I believe it is time we start calling terrorism terrorism and start throwing people in prison. The violence is here.

Trump’s big, beautiful bill crosses a major milestone.

And California…just…California.

News

Here is some news:

• Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on the evening of Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
  • The victims, identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were a couple who were about to become engaged, according to Israeli officials421. 
  • The attack occurred as they were leaving an event at the museum, which is located near the intersection of 3rd and F streets NW, close to an FBI field office652.
  • The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Illinois (other reports specify Chicago), approached a group of four people and opened fire, fatally wounding the two embassy staffers231.
  • After the shooting, Rodriguez entered the museum, where he was detained by security personnel and subsequently taken into police custody23.
  • While in custody, Rodriguez reportedly shouted “Free, free Palestine” and disclosed where he had disposed of the firearm, which was later recovered by authorities1235.
  • Two other Israeli Embassy employees were reportedly injured, but this has not been confirmed by all authorities5.

• On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, several pro-Palestinian protesters—including recent graduates and alumni—burned and shredded their diplomas outside Columbia University following the school’s commencement ceremony. The demonstration was a response to Columbia’s perceived ties to Israel and to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a former student detained by immigration authorities
  • Police intervened to extinguish the flames and restore order, resulting in at least one arrest according to the NYPD1356.
  • The protest escalated into confrontations with law enforcement, with demonstrators attempting to breach police barriers and officers issuing desk-appearance tickets for low-level offenses16.

• The Israeli military has likely killed the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Wednesday.
  • Sinwar took over leadership of the terror group in Gaza after Israel killed his brother, Yahya Sinwar, in October. Mohammed is believed to have been killed in one of hundreds of airstrikes that Israel’s air force carried out in Gaza over the weekend, according to the Israel National News. 
  • Israel has launched a new military operation, “Operation Gideon’s Chariots.” The Israeli military said it struck over 670 Hamas targets in Gaza over the weekend, eliminating weapon storages and underground Hamas infrastructure, as well as killing dozens of terrorists.

• Security Guards at the CIA’s headquarters in McLean, Virginia, shot and wounded a woman on Thursday morning after she failed to stop at the gate, CBS News reported.
  • The shooting came just hours after two Israeli Embassy staffers were murdered by a man shouting “Free Palestine” outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night.
  • The CIA headquarters in McLean is just over 12 miles northeast of the Capital Jewish Museum, but there is currently no evidence that the two shootings are related.

• The Supreme Court on Thursday voted in a 4-4 vote to uphold the Oklahoma State Supreme Court’s decision in a landmark school choice case. 
  • The state had ruled that providing state funds for a religious charter school violated the First Amendment. 
  • Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the ruling, resulting in the 4-4 split.

• President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” passed the House of Representatives early on Thursday morning with few Republican defections.
  • The bill passed 215 to 214 with just two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, voting against it. All Democrats voted against the bill as well, and House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., voted “present.”
  • Some of the changes to the bill:
    • SALT deal stays
    • Medicaid work requirements moved up to Dec. 2026
    • Incentives for non-expansion states
    • Faster phase out of energy tax credits for wind, solar, and battery storage in 2028 w/ some exceptions
    • Changes to federal pension
    • Ditching the federal requirement that firearm suppressors must be registered

• On May 16, 2025, an EF3 tornado with 150 mph winds struck St. Louis, killing at least five people, as part of a multistate disaster that claimed 17 lives in Kentucky and two in Virginia, per weather.com reports.
  • CEMA Commissioner Sarah Russell failed to activate St. Louis’ tornado sirens due to a communication breakdown with the Fire Department, leading to her placement on paid leave by Mayor Cara Spencer for an external investigation, according to stlouis-mo.gov.
  • The X post by Right Angle News Network highlights public outrage, linking Russell’s failure to her non-binary identity (they/them pronouns), reflecting broader societal tensions around DEI policies, as seen in a 2025 White House order terminating federal DEI programs.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/two-israeli-diplomats-shot-killed-event-capital-jewish-museum-washington-dc
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/5/21/pro-palestinian-columbia-alumni-torch-diplomas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-upholds-oklahoma-decision-blow-religious-charter-schools
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-johnson-donald-trump-get-big-beautiful-win-budget-passes-house
https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-shot-by-security-guards-after-failing-to-stop-at-gate-at-cia-headquarters?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Zach+Jewell&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Woman+Shot+By+Security+Guards+After+Failing+To+Stop+At+Gate+At+CIA+Headquarters

STOP VOTING FOR THESE PEOPLE!

Projected Gas Price Increases in California for 2025–2026

Recent analyses and multiple news reports indicate that California gas prices could rise dramatically over the next year, with estimates suggesting an increase of up to $0.68 per gallon—or more—by late 2025, and potentially much higher by 2026.

Key Factors Driving the Increase

• Refinery Closures: Two major California refineries—Phillips 66 in Los Angeles (slated to close by the end of 2025) and Valero in Benicia (expected to close by April 2026)—are set to shut down. Together, these facilities produce about 20% of the state’s gasoline supply2346.
• Refining Capacity Loss: The closures will reduce California’s refining capacity by approximately 21%, creating a significant supply shortfall that is not expected to be matched by a corresponding drop in demand134.
• Supply Chain Challenges: California lacks incoming fuel pipelines and relies heavily on maritime imports, making it vulnerable to global disruptions and higher transportation costs156.
• State Policies and Taxes: Expanding cap-and-trade costs, changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, and high state excise and sales taxes are all contributing to higher prices146.
• By late 2025, after the Phillips 66 closure, prices could jump to $6.43 per gallon—an increase of about $1.61 from the April 2025 average of $4.822346.
• By the end of 2026, after both refineries close, prices could reach between $7.35 and $8.43 per gallon, representing a 75% increase over current rates123456.

Gas prices are currently averaging $3.12 a gallon, down from $3.30 a gallon in 2024. The all time high was $4.99 a gallon during Biden’s presidency in 2022.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-much-have-gas-prices-gone-ASOZQPjaTfu26XAppD9SMw
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/california-gas-prices-expected-U5sKMppHQlW9ZGP_EGnu4w
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-states-have-the-lowest-ga-XNk2tcLETUigw3KAGxc5gw
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-the-states-with-the-h-z_mGJ8iNTXW7hfgHp.Pc2w

Speaking of Racism

According to the Daily Wire:

The Trump administration is investigating the City of Chicago after Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson bragged about the number of black people he has hired.

The Justice Department informed Johnson on Monday of the probe just one day after he appeared at a church and suggested that he had staffed his administration based on race. In a letter, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told Johnson that the investigation would examine whether the city violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in employment.

Dhillon told Johnson the investigation was “based on information suggesting that you have made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-doj-probing-chicago-mayor-after-he-bragged-about-race-based-hiring?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=News&elementPosition=28&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+DOJ+Probing+Chicago+Mayor+After+He+Bragged+About+Race-Based+Hiring

There’s Your Answer

According to the Daily Wire:

On Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister bluntly stated that whether the despotic regime in Iran makes a nuclear deal with the United States or not, Iran will continue enriching uranium.

Seyed Abbas Araghchi claimed, “Special Interest groups; malign actors which set the agendas of at least previous Administrations,” should be ignored before adding, “we are ready for a serious conversation to achieve a solution that will forever ensure that outcome. Enrichment in Iran, however, will continue with or without a deal.”

In January 2024, the Arms Control Association noted that Iran had accelerated its production of uranium enriched to near-weapons grade levels, pointing out that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had estimated Iran was producing approximately nine kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent uranium-235 per month. “Accelerating the production of uranium enriched to 60 percent U-235 is concerning because the material can be quickly enriched to weapons-grade levels or 90 percent,” the Arms Control Association reported.

“Once you’re at 60, you’re 90% of the way there. You are, in essence, a threshold nuclear weapons state, which is what Iran basically has become,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday.

Uranium enrichment involves increasing the concentration of the Uranium-235 (U-235) isotope in uranium, from its normal 0.7% to 3.5% for use in nuclear reactors or going further, over 20%, at which point it can be used for nuclear weapons.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-foreign-minister-taunts-u-s-deal-or-no-deal-we-will-enrich-uranium?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Hank+Berrien&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Iran+Foreign+Minister+Taunts+U.S.%3A+Deal+Or+No+Deal%2C+We+Will+Enrich+Uranium

The heroes that were abandoned by the Biden administration and were stuck on the International Space Station finally speak out. Let’s listen to what they had to say.

An illegal alien and social media influencer is rightfully deported.

And California is an absolute crap hole.

Heroes

https://www.foxnews.com/media/nasa-astronauts-butch-wilmore-suni-williams-give-first-interview-since-return-earth-fox-news-exclusive

Donald Trump keeps fixing things through DOGE and, boy, are Democrats pissed off about it.

The United States military is becoming the United States military again, thanks to Pete Hegseth.

And Legos are transphobic.

News

Here is some news:

• On Monday, Elon Musk said on X that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team discovered that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) paid out “$59 [million]” to “luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants” last week. This comes as DOGE has been looking through spending records of government agencies looking for waste.
  • According to Musk, “The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order.”
  • “That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals! A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds,” Musk added.
• The lawfare has begun:
  • A judge has blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship Executive Order.
  • A judge has blocked Trump’s buyout package for federal employees. So far, 65,000 bureaucrats have taken the package.
  • A judge has ordered that payments that have been cut by the Trump administration on the advice of DOGE.
• The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that “four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City.”
  • The firings come after Elon Musk wrote on X Monday that “The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.” 
  • New York has spent $7 billion on illegal aliens.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the U.S. Army to change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, but with a twist. 
  • Hegseth signed a memo aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 before landing in Stuttgart, Germany, ordering the renaming of the North Carolina base to Fort Roland L. Bragg, not the Confederate general that was the previous namesake. 
  • The base was originally named in 1918 for Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina, who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles that contributed to the Confederacy’s downfall.
  • Biden renamed Ft. Bragg Fort Liberty.
• President Donald Trump is ordering the immediate reversal of Biden-era green energy regulations on household appliances and the reinstatement of environmental orders issued under his first term.
  • During his term, former President Joe Biden issued more stringent climate standards for various household appliances, such as gas stoves, washing machines and dishwashers, which energy experts and manufacturers have warned could lead to more expensive alternatives that are far less effective than current models.
• President Donald Trump wants to send IRS agents to the Mexico border to remove illegal migrants. The tax agents would be deputized to help arrest, detain and transport people out of the country. 

https://thepostmillennial.com/doge-uncovers-59-million-spent-by-fema-to-house-illegal-immigrants-in-nyc-hotels?utm_campaign=64466
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-ceasefire-should-canceled-hostages-arent-released-saturday-let-all-hell-break-out
https://www.foxnews.com/us/4-fema-employees-fired-over-egregious-payments-migrants-dhs-says
https://www.foxnews.com/us/hegseth-says-fort-bragg-coming-back-twist
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14382303/trump-irs-agents-border-illegal-migrants.html

Dumbass of the Day

Sen. Andy Kim gets the award. I have never heard this guy speak before. The first time he says something, he sounds like a dumbass.

Here he is, addressing the cuts to USAID:

Some things that DOGE found:

• LGBTQ coloring books in Pakistan.
• Sesame Street in Iraq.
• Sex changes in Guatamala.
• Groundwater exploration and assessment in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
• A cement project in Gaza (used for the terrorist tunnels).
• DEI scholarships in Burma.

Yeah, I think we could do with USAID.

Legos Are Sexist

According to Fox News:

Britain’s Science Museum has argued that the way children’s Lego bricks fit together reinforces gender and sexuality stereotypes.

The Science Museum in the United Kingdom has recently made headlines for its self-guided tour that tells “stories of queer communities, experiences, and identities.” This “Seeing Things Queerly” tour at the museum claims that Legos push a “heteronormative” agenda.

“Like other connectors and fasteners, Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way,” the online blog for the self-guided tour says. “The top of the brick with sticking out pins is male, the bottom of the brick with holes to receive the pins is female, and the process of the two sides being put together is called mating.”

So, in other words, Legos have to not work to not be sexist.

The tour guide blog adds further, “This is an example of applying heteronormative language to topics unrelated to gender, sex and reproduction. It illustrates how heteronormativity (the idea that heterosexuality and the male/female gender binary are the norm and everything that falls outside is unusual) shapes the way we speak about science, technology, and the world in general.”

Gender is a binary. Legos are not even the greatest evidence of that.

The Telegraph, which resurfaced this tour, which appears to have begun in 2022, on Thursday, reported, “No source is provided for the alleged view that people consider Lego to be gendered, or that sticking bricks together is called ‘mating.’”

Fiona McAnena, the director of advocacy at Sex Matters, scorched the display as “bonkers.”

“The Science Museum’s self-guided trail on all things ‘queer’ is completely bonkers, and includes some absurd claims. The idea that Lego is ‘heteronormative’ because the blocks are described as ‘male’ and ‘female’ is ridiculous,” she told The Telegraph. “Children who play with Lego don’t need to be told that some people say fitting Lego blocks together is ‘mating.’ People expect to be informed, educated and inspired when visiting the Science Museum, not to have dubious claims rooted in gender ideology forced on them.”

Lego also sells an LGBTQIA+ playset called “Everyone is Awesome” with Lego minifigures standing in front of a rainbow including the various colors of the LGBTQIA+ flag. 

It just shows these people have nothing else to call sexist. It’s like when people call sidewalks racist.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/science-museum-claims-legos-push-heteronormative-agenda-lgbtq-tour

Donald Trump has been a busy bee. Let’s go over some of his doings.

A politician decides to mutilate herself on the alter of her twisted ideology.

And the Philadelphia Eagles beat the crap out of the Kansas City Chiefs which means Philly is on fire this morning.

News

Here is some news:

• President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would sign an executive order next week ending the federal government’s “ridiculous” push for paper straws.
  • Trump wrote: “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work. BACK TO PLASTIC!”
  • Everyone knows that paper straws do not last long and liquidate in water.
  • Studies have shown that paper straws also contain a lot of dangerous carcinogens.
• The Trump administration on Thursday ordered the General Services Administration (GSA) to “cancel every single media contract” by the end of the day.
  • The email follows shocking findings from DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, namely that legacy media outlets were taking in millions of dollars from the federal government through mass subscription contracts. For example, the federal government paid more than $8 million to Politico last year alone for the outlet’s Politico Pro service.
  • Not only was Politico on the block, subscriptions to the New York Times were cancelled.
• President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at protecting the religious freedoms of Americans and ending the “anti-Christian weaponization of government.”
  • Trump’s order states: “The Biden Department of Justice sought to squelch faith in the public square by bringing Federal criminal charges and obtaining in numerous cases multi-year prison sentences against nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life Christians for praying and demonstrating outside abortion facilities.”
  • It continues: “Those convicted included a Catholic priest and 75-year-old grandmother, as well as an 87-year-old woman and a father of 11 children who were arrested 18 months after praying and singing hymns outside an abortion facility in Tennessee as a part of a politically motivated prosecution campaign by the Biden Administration.  I rectified this injustice on January 23, 2025, by issuing pardons in these cases.”
• President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had terminated most members of the Board of Trustees at the Kennedy Center — including Chairman David Rubenstein — and had taken over the role himself.
  • Trump released a statement on Truth Social:

• Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky said Wednesday that she underwent surgery earlier this year to become voluntarily sterile out of fear for the future of reproductive health care access with President Donald Trump back in office.
  • Here’s how the representative explained her decision: Just under two weeks ago, I underwent surgery to ensure that I would never have to navigate a pregnancy in Donald Trump’s America. I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate.  …If you know people who are questioning how serious this is, I’m going to repeat myself: A sitting government official opted for voluntary sterilization because she was uncertain she would be able to access contraception in the future.
• NASA has increased the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 from 2.3% to 2.4%, indicating a more precise calculation of risk over time.
  • The asteroid, ranging from 130 to 330 feet in diameter, could cause significant local destruction if it hits, similar to the energy release of a nuclear bomb.
  • Global defense mechanisms, including the International Asteroid Warning Network and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group, are actively engaged in monitoring and potential deflection strategies, following protocols triggered by such threats.
• Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22.
  

https://www.dailywire.com/news/back-to-plastic-trump-vows-to-end-ridiculous-biden-push-for-paper-straws
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cancel-every-single-media-contract-trump-takes-strong-action-after-shocking-doge-findings
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eradicating-anti-christian-bias-trump-signs-executive-action-ending-targeting-of-christians
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dumps-kennedy-center-board-puts-immediate-end-to-drag-shows-for-kids
https://www.dailywire.com/news/radical-feminist-lawmaker-maims-herself-to-make-a-statement-that-no-one-cares-about

Yeah, It Was Trump

Some things:

• “End racism” was just a stupid slogan. It is annoying and worthless. It is almost as bad a “choose love”.
• The fact is, it annoyed fans. “Choose love” will annoy fans. When you think of NFL football, is the first thought that comes to mind is “choose love”?
• I’ll go a step further. There is too much choosing of love in the NFL already. Football has become too wussy as it is.
• You know what else every football fan can’t stand?
  • The BS slogans on the back of the players helmets.
  • The new kickoff format.
  • All the penalties.
  • The inability for players to hit other players.
  • The referees favoring teams.
  • A 100 pound woman telling us NFL defense strategy.
  • 45 minute long halftime shows.
  • Taylor Swift.
• Finally, the President SHOULD be at the game. They show up to World Series games all the time.
• Why would Trump have anything to do from the NFL removing that stupid slogan? Do these broads really think Trump cares what they right in the end zone?

There is a feminism of all sports right now. People are getting tired of it. If the NFL doesn’t want to go down the path of the NBA, they will knock it off.

Sunny Hostin continued the idiocy:

• “Fishy and shady”? Have the intellects at The View found a new conspiracy theory?
• I do agree with Sunny that the NFL’s reasons for getting rid of the slogan is bad. Nothing they mentioned has anything to do with “End Racism” in the end zone.
• They ended it because fans thought it was stupid and annoying. The election of Trump just cemented that.
• Finally, writing “End Racism” in the end zone is neither noble nor effective. It’s stupid and a virtue signal. That’s it.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-is-absolutely-certain-the-super-bowl-axed-end-racism-slogan-because-of-trump

The list goes on of countries that have caved to Donald Trump. We need to add Canada to that list.

The Mexican drug cartels are upping the ante against border patrol.

And let’s have a conversation about the new and deadly cult called Zizians.

News

Here is some news:

• President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary deal Monday evening to halt the imposition of 25% tariffs on each other’s imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out.
  • That initiative, Trudeau said, includes “reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.”
  • “In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. [sic] Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.”
• The oil producer Chevron used the term “Gulf of America” in its fourth-quarter earnings statement that was released last week.
  • The complete news release from the energy giant stated that it “started up several key projects in the Gulf of America” during quarter four. These projects consisted of the “deepwater Anchor project,” where Chevron employees “began water injection to boost production from the Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti fields, and started production from the Whale semi-submersible platform.”
• US Attorney Ed Martin confirmed on Monday that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees are being targeted in “violation of the law.”
  • “Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting DOGE employees,” Martin wrote. “We are in contact with FBI and other law-enforcement partners to proceed rapidly. We also have our prosecutors preparing.”
  • While Martin did not provide any names of individuals or groups, he did say that arrests were incoming.
• Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives in a desperate bid to thwart the crackdown at the border, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.
  • An official security alert was sent out, stating: “On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information advising that Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against US Border Patrol agents and US military personal currently working along the border with Mexico.”

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/canada-announces-us-tariffs-on-hold-for-30-days-after-justin-trudeau-holds-good-phone-call-with-president-trump
https://thepostmillennial.com/oil-giant-chevron-uses-gulf-of-america-in-fourth-quarter-earnings-release
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-attorney-ed-martin-confirms-doge-employees-are-being-targeted-in-violation-of-the-law
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/mexican-cartels-order-suicide-drone-attacks-on-border-patrol/

The Good

The Dumbass of the Day

What a Shock

According to the New York Post:

The murder of a US Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border appears to be linked to a radical leftist trans militant cult accused of killings across the country.

Around a week before the Jan. 20 attack, federal law enforcement had been surveilling German national Felix “Ophelia” Bauckholt and University of Washington student Teresa “Milo” Consuelo Youngblut.

Staff at a Lyndonville, Vermont, motel alerted authorities about seeing the duo with a firearm and black tactical clothing.

When law enforcement visited them, the pair claimed to be looking at property in the area and promptly checked out of the motel on Jan. 14, according to court documents.

Then, on Inauguration Day, Border Patrol Agent David Maland stopped their car in Coventry, Vermont.

Youngblut allegedly shot at Maland, who was killed, and border agents returned fire, killing Bauckholt. Youngblut is in custody.

Authorities now say the guns used by Youngblut and Bauckholt are owned by a person of interest in other murders — and connected to a mysterious cult of transgender “geniuses” who follow a trans leader named Jack LaSota, also known by the alias “Ziz.”

Bauckholt was a biological male who identified as trans and used feminine pronouns. He was an award-winning youth math genius from Freiburg, Germany, who later graduated from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Around 2021, he was hired as a quantitative trader at Tower Research Capital in New York. It is believed Baukholt was in the US on an H-1B visa. The Department of Justice says he was armed in the car and tried to aim his firearm before being shot dead.

Youngblut, who is accused of firing the surprise shots that killed Air Force veteran Maland, was injured by return fire.

Youngblut is a biological female who identifies as trans and lists having neo-pronouns as “xe/xem/xyrs” on social media. Youngblut was a University of Washington student studying computer science.

Youngblut graduated from the prestigious and woke north Seattle private institution Lakeside School, which Bill Gates also attended.

Youngblut’s family had reported her missing to Seattle police in May 2024. Her family said she was in a controlling relationship and cut off contact, according to the police report. Her social media account on BlueSky shows she followed some Antifa-aligned far-left accounts.

In November 2024, Youngblut filed a marriage application with a 22-year-old fellow Lakeside alumnus named Maximilian Bentley Snyder.

Last week, Snyder, an “any pronouns” computer science whiz from a wealthy Seattle family, was arrested in Vallejo, Calif., for the murder of an elderly key witness set to testify in an upcoming attempted murder trial against alleged members of the trans extremist group.

The arrest has revealed previously hidden close associations between Youngblut, Bauckholt and a cult linked now to four killings.

That group, the “Zizians,” are highly educated trans vegan “rationalists” who hold fringe, esoteric ideological beliefs about transhumanism and animal rights.

Their leader, Jack “Ziz” LaSota, is a biological male who identifies as a woman. He also used the name Andrea Phelps, and is accused of influencing followers to kill. LaSota’s archived prolific blog writings ramble about the use of violence and radical anarchist tactics to achieve various ends.

LaSota has a warrant for an arrest in Delaware County, Pa., after skipping out on court hearings on an open criminal case. His supporters say he died in 2022, but that appears to be based on a fake online obituary to try to escape the law.

A source with knowledge says LaSota was living with Bauckholt and other members of the group in an Airbnb rental in Chapel Hill, NC, since 2023.

A Jan. 27 motion by federal prosecutors to deny Youngblut bail strongly suggests links with the group.

“Her [Youngblut] associations with other individuals suspected of violent acts also warrants caution,” prosecutor Matthew Lasher wrote in a court filing.

“The individual who purchased the firearms the defendant and Bauckholt possessed on January 20, 2025, is a person of interest in a dual-homicide investigation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.”

That person of interest is bioinformatics researcher Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, according to the ATF.

Zajko is the trans nonbinary adult child of Rita and Richard Zajko, an elderly couple found killed in mysterious and unsolved circumstances in Delaware County in early 2023. Zajko’s past archived blog posts show close associations with “Ziz.”

According to public records in reporting by Vermont news site vtdigger, Zajko had purchased a plot of land in rural Vermont close to where the deadly shootout occurred. Members of the “Ziz” group are known to live in communes in box trucks.

Zajko has not been charged with any crime.

A dispute over a former Bay-area “Ziz” commune is at the center of the murder case against Snyder, the Seattle man who applied for a marriage license with Youngblut.

In November 2022, 82-year-old Curtis Lind narrowly survived an assassination attempt by three members of the “Ziz” group who were squatting on his property in Solano County, Calif.

They impaled him with a sword and repeatedly stabbed him. Lind shot two of the assailants, killing Amir “Emma” Borhanian. He lost an eye in the attack and spent a month in the hospital.

Two other alleged members of the cult, Suri Dao and Alexander “Somni” Leatham, both transgender, have a trial in April for the attempted murder of Lind, causing the death of their comrade and other felonies. Both of them have tried to escape from custody and face other charges.

But that trial may be in jeopardy with the sole witness, Lind, murdered — allegedly by Snyder.

The Solano District Attorney’s Office accuses Snyder of lying in wait for Lind and then slitting his throat.

“The victim was a witness to a crime who the defendant intentionally killed for the purpose of preventing his testimony in a criminal proceeding,” the DA alleges.

Snyder’s last transaction on Venmo last year was noted for “Milo,” the trans name of his fiance.

Without naming LaSota, the court filing strongly suggests he is the linchpin among all the suspects and persons of interest.

After the shooting of the border agent, a bomb squad investigated Bauckholt and Youngblut’s Toyota Prius hatchback.

Investigators found two pistols, ammunition clips, night-vision goggles, two full-face respirators, a ballistic helmet, 48 rounds of hollow-point ammunition, shooting range targets, interstate lodging information, two-way radios and a dozen electronic devices, some of which were wrapped in foil.

At their Airbnb rentals in North Carolina, where they lived before going to Vermont, the property owner says Youngblut parked a new box truck on his property, where they spent much of their time during the day, along with other individuals in black clothing.

Some trans activists online are pressuring people not to talk to authorities or journalists, and are cheering the killings.

After it was announced that the elderly witness was murdered earlier this month, one X account that has expressed support of the Vallejo, Calif., trans defendants wrote: “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”

Andy Ngo is a senior editor at the Post Millennial and author of the New York Times bestseller “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”

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