President Donald Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that American forces had taken out a “drug-carrying boat” coming out of Venezuela.
Trump made the comments during a press conference from the White House announcing that Space Command will be moving its headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. He said that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had briefed him just before the press conference.
“When you come out and when you leave the room, you’ll see that we just, over the last few minutes literally, shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat. And you’ll be seeing that, and you’ll be reading about that,” Trump said.
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🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: We just, over the last few minutes, shot out a drug-carrying boat&#8230; and there&#8217;s more where that came from&#8230; These came out of Venezuela. <a href="https://t.co/JlurCZWBpG">pic.twitter.com/JlurCZWBpG</a>
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“It just happened moments ago and our great general, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has been so incredible, including what took place in Iran knocking out potential nuclear power for a long time to come … he gave us a little bit of a briefing. And you’ll see. There&#8217;s more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country. Coming in for a long time,” he added.
He said that the boat came out of Venezuela. “We took it out and you’ll get to see that after this meeting is over,” Trump said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the strike in a post on X.
“As [Trump] just announced moments ago, today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization,” Rubio posted on X.
The strike comes as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maduro-accuses-u-s-of-seeking-a-regime-change-after-trump-deploys-military-to-south-caribbean">tensions have been rising</a> between Trump and Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Last month, Trump directed the Pentagon to deploy U.S. troops and warships to address “threats to U.S. national security from specially designated narco-terrorist organizations in the region,” according to Reuters.
The Trump administration has accused Maduro and his government of taking part in massive drug trafficking operations that smuggle narcotics into the United States. The government recently increased the bounty on Maduro to $50 million, citing his alleged ties to transnational gangs and drug cartels.

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Google is promising the Trump administration that it will end a practice that led to Republican fundraising emails being flagged as “dangerous” spam, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.
The commitment comes after Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/ferguson-letter-alphabet-ceo-re-potential-ftc-act-violations-related-to-partisan-administration-of-gmail.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> Google over <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/business/google-caught-flagging-gop-fundraiser-emails-as-suspicious-sending-them-directly-to-spam-memo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that its email platform was filtering emails from Republican fundraising platform WinRed as spam while not applying the same scrutiny to Democrat platform ActBlue. Google pinned the blame for the labeling on its partnership with a third-party company and committed to no longer using that company&#8217;s spam list, according to a Friday <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/09/09192025-letter-to-Chairman-Ferguson-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Ferguson obtained by The Daily Wire.
“Your letter inquires about a recent example of a warning label that appeared on certain emails that included a link from a fundraising organization,” wrote Anne Wall, the head of federal government affairs and public policy for Google. “The label appeared after a third-party company, SURBL, placed that fundraising organization on its abuse list. The organization’s presence on SURBL’s list, combined with other signals, resulted in the warning label.”
SURBL is a corporation based in the Netherlands that compiles an intelligence database used to flag unwanted emails. Wall said that SURBL was just one of the hundreds of &#8220;signals&#8221; Gmail used to target unwanted messages.
In light of the complaints, she said that Google would no longer use SURBL’s list to weed out spam.
“Google took the concerns raised by the fundraising organization very seriously,” she told Ferguson. “We promptly evaluated whether we could protect Gmail users from unwanted spam without reliance on the SURBL signal, and determined that our own advanced protections are the most effective way to protect users. As a result, we stopped incorporating SURBL as a signal.”
Reached by The Daily Wire, a Google spokesman echoed Wall&#8217;s letter, noting that SURBL was used by &#8220;dozens of American ISPs, cybersecurity companies and email providers&#8221; but that the tech company decided to use its own protections. The spokesman also noted that the Federal Election Commission previously dismissed a similar complaint from Republicans back in January 2023, and a federal judge in California threw out a similar complaint against Google in July 2024.
The concerns about Republican emails being improperly labeled were first flagged last month by the Republican consulting firm, Targeted Victory.
“If Gmail is allowed to quietly suppress WinRed links while giving ActBlue a free pass, it will continue to tilt the playing field in ways that voters never see, but campaigns will feel every single day,” the firm said in a memo, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/business/google-caught-flagging-gop-fundraiser-emails-as-suspicious-sending-them-directly-to-spam-memo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.
After that report, Ferguson sent a letter to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, warning that the disparate labeling may be a violation of federal law.
“My understanding from recent reporting is that Gmail’s spam filters routinely block messages from reaching consumers when those messages come from Republican senders but fail to block similar messages sent by Democrats,” Ferguson wrote. “If Gmail’s filters keep Americans from receiving speech they expect, or donating as they see fit, the filters may harm American consumers and may violate the FTC Act’s prohibition of unfair or deceptive trade practices.”
Wall told Ferguson that Google appreciated &#8220;the importance of political communications, and we remain committed to helping senders — including political senders across the political spectrum — when they experience difficulties with their email campaigns. Indeed, we have regularly worked closely with email senders of all kinds to improve our product and our policies.&#8221;

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FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that the FBI would address all of the public&#8217;s lingering questions about the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk when &#8220;appropriate.&#8221;
In an update, Patel said that the investigation into Kirk&#8217;s killing was ongoing and that his agency was still exploring multiple theories about the killing. He said that the FBI would “ensure every question is addressed at the appropriate moment.”
“As the Director of the FBI, I am committed to ensuring the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination is thorough and exhaustive, pursuing every lead to its conclusion,” he posted on X. “The full weight of America’s law enforcement agencies are actively following the evidence that has emerged, but our efforts extend beyond initial findings. We are examining every facet of this assassination.”
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As the Director of the FBI, I am committed to ensuring the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination is thorough and exhaustive, pursuing every lead to its conclusion.
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Patel said his agency was investigating several key questions, including the location of the shooting, whether suspected assassin Tyler Robinson had accomplices, the authenticity of an apparent text-message confession, activity in Discord chats, how the murder weapon was transported, “hand gestures observed as potential &#8216;signals&#8217; near Charlie at the time of his assassination,” and visitors to Robinson’s home in the days leading up to the attack.
He added that some details are already known but can’t be shared while Robinson’s case is still under investigation and prosecution.
Patel addressed online claims that an airplane near the assassination site turned off its transponder shortly after Kirk was shot dead.
“Regarding specific details, such as questions about the plane that allegedly turned off its transponder after departing from an airport near the assassination site, we can share updates when answers are confirmed. After interviews with the pilot and consultation with the FAA, we determined the transponder was not turned off. Incomplete flight data in rural areas caused the apparent gap,” Patel said. 
“The entire FBI mourns the loss of Charlie Kirk. We will not rest until justice is served, and our investigation into this assassination will continue until every question is answered,” he added. 
Patel, along with other top Trump administration officials, attended a memorial service for Kirk on Sunday in Arizona, where nearly 100,000 people gathered to honor his legacy. 

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Florida Congressman Randy Fine and Texas Rep. Keith Self on Friday introduced legislation that would ensure that Sharia law cannot be implemented anywhere in the United States.
The “No Shari’a Act” would prohibit the application of Sharia “where such application would violate constitutional rights,” according to a copy of the legislation shared with The Daily Wire. Both Fine and Self said that the measure was intended to protect Western culture and ensure that the United States would not be taken over by Islamic radicals. 
“We are not going to become a Muslim nation. There are plenty out there,” Fine told The Daily Wire. “If you want to live under Sharia, return to where you came from, but we’re not interested in you coming here and conquering our country.”
Self said the influence of Shariah was already present in Texas. 
“We cannot have two sets of laws,” he told The Daily Wire. “There is one in the United States. It&#8217;s called the U.S. Constitution and the state laws under states of course, but we cannot have two different civilizations with different laws.”
The issue came to a head in Texas with controversy over the planned EPIC City development outside Dallas that was intended to be a Muslim community. Critics worried that the development would implement Sharia.
The legislation says that the “the Constitution of the United States is and must remain the supreme law of the land, and no foreign law or legal system may be permitted to undermine it” and that “no court shall enforce a judgment, decree, or arbitration decision if it relies, in whole or in part, on Shari’a or any foreign law that violates the constitutional rights of any party.”
Fine referenced the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/muslim-mayor-in-dearborn-michigan-tells-christian-resident-you-are-not-welcome-here">recent confrontation</a> in Dearborn, Michigan, where a Christian resident was told he was not welcome in the city by Muslim Mayor Abdullah Hammoud after he spoke out in opposition to naming a street after Arab American publisher Osama Siblani.
“We do not want to replicate this barbaric Middle Age philosophy in this country, and we need to make that clear, this is not welcome in the United States,” Fine said. “We need to respond to the Islamists saying Christians are not welcome in Dearborn by saying, no, you are not welcome here.”
Self said that Sharia allows for child marriages, husbands to beat their wives, honor killings, and genital mutilation. He said these practices were “not compatible with U.S. law, U.S. Constitution, and our civilization.”

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Florida Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Sharia Law: ‘We Are Not Going To Become A Muslim Nation.’

As Democrats protest the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to arrest illegal aliens convicted of crimes, including sexual offenses against children and vehicular homicide. 
Illegal aliens picked up by ICE across the country on Thursday included those convicted of robbery, kidnapping, and sexual indecency with a child, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. Those arrests happened as Democratic officials attempted to storm the holding cells of illegal aliens in New York City. 
“Yesterday, while Democrat lawmakers were obstructing law enforcement at Federal 26 Plaza, ICE law enforcement officers were arresting more pedophiles, child abusers, and kidnappers. Nothing will slow ICE down from removing criminal illegal aliens who are terrorizing American communities,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. 
One of those nabbed by federal immigration officials on Thursday was a 42-year-old illegal alien from Mexico named Armando Vasquez-Gonzalez, who was convicted of sexual indecency with a child in Hays County, Texas. Hays County is located between San Antonio and Austin. 
Federal officials also arrested Nery Garcia-Linares, a 32-year-old criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, who was convicted of endangering the welfare of a four-year-old child through sexual conduct in Trenton, New Jersey. 
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Jefferson Caisahuana-Torres, a criminal illegal alien from Peru convicted of felony injury to a child in Idaho, was also nabbed by ICE. Caisahuana-Torres was originally <a href="https://www.mtexpress.com/news/cops_courts/bonneville-county-man-charged-in-ketchum-rape-case/article_c7675db4-e8b2-11ef-aba0-5b734f40d741.html">charged</a> with rape of a 16-year-old girl. 
Authorities also arrested Edgar Benitez-Martinez, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in Santa Clara County, California, and Souraphong Senethong, an illegal alien from Laos, convicted of robbery and kidnapping in King County, Washington. 
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“DHS applauds the heroic work of the brave men and women of ICE who are securing our nation and restoring the rule of law for our American citizens,” said McLaughlin. 
As these arrests were happening across the country, nearly a dozen Democrat lawmakers were arrested after they engaged in an hour-long standoff with federal officers at an ICE facility at 26 Federal Plaza. They chanted and held up a banner that read “NYers against ICE.”  DHS said that the clash <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-politicians-arrested-for-attempt-to-storm-nyc-ice-facility-packed-with-illegal-criminals?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Dem+Politicians+Arrested+For+Attempt+To+Storm+NYC+ICE+Facility+Packed+With+Illegal+Criminals">happened</a> in front of ICE cells holding an MS-13 gang member convicted of criminal possession of a weapon and DUI, along with illegal immigrants carrying convictions for criminal possession of a gun and drug trafficking.

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As Democrats Protest, ICE Arrests Illegals ‘Terrorizing American Communities’

Nearly 60 Democrats on Friday voted against a resolution from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to honor conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and condemn all political violence. 
The resolution, which denounced the assassination of Kirk in Utah last week, <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025282">passed</a> the House with a 310-58 vote. All Republicans and 95 Democrats voted in favor, while 58 Democrats voted against it and 38 voted present. 
Johnson’s resolution “honors the life, leadership, and legacy of Charlie Kirk, whose steadfast dedication to the Constitution, civil discourse, and Biblical truth inspired a generation to cherish and defend the blessings of liberty.”
It also calls upon “all Americans — regardless of race, party affiliation, or creed — to reject political violence, recommit to respectful debate, uphold American values, and respect one another as fellow Americans.”
In a speech, Johnson <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-oppose-resolution-honoring-charlie-kirk-condemning-political-rcna232150">said</a> that after political debates, Kirk would “reach out a hand of friendship or offer an arm around the shoulder of someone who he had just defeated in a contest.”
“Why? Because it wasn’t about winning … the policy arguments. It was about the people,” he said. “And Charlie loved vigorous debate, but he loved people more.”
Prominent Democrats who voted against the resolution included Reps. Jasmine Crockett (Texas), Pramila Jayapal (Washington), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), and Ilhan Omar (Minnesota). 
During debate on the floor, Ocasio-Cortez attacked Kirk over his political views, labeling him a racist. 
“His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans — far from ‘working tirelessly to promote unity’ as asserted by the majority in this resolution,” she <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1969074559602110509">wrote</a> on X. “We can condemn his horrific assassination and the scourge of political violence without uplifting these ideas.”
House Democrat leadership agreed Thursday that they would vote in support of Johnson’s resolution.
Earlier this year, a <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025179?RollCallNum=179&amp;BillNum=H.RES.519" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> to condemn the assassination of Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband passed unanimously, with all Republicans voting in support.
The Senate on Thursday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlie-kirks-birthday-officially-recognized-by-senate-as-national-day-of-remembrance?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Charlie+Kirk’s+Birthday+Officially+Recognized+By+Senate+As+‘National+Day+Of+Remembrance’">passed</a> a resolution to recognize Kirk’s birthday on October 14 as the “National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.” The resolution passed unanimously and is essentially a ceremonial move, as it lacks the authority of law.
A memorial service for Kirk is set for Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, that will feature remarks from President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other administration officials.

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AOC, Dozens Of House Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning Kirk Assassination

Leaders of a Native American tribe fighting to close the Florida illegal alien detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have batted down numerous allegations of domestic violence over the years as the tribe receives tens of millions in taxpayer dollars. 
The chair, treasurer, and a top adviser of the Miccosukee Tribe have all faced domestic violence charges over the past 30 years, according to a <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/919568169/Miccosukee-Research-Report">new report</a> from the American Accountability Foundation. These allegations have ranged from misdemeanor battery to felony battery of a pregnant woman.
The tribe has also been plagued by kidnapping accusations and battles with the IRS, according to the American Accountability Foundation.
“While the Miccosukee Tribe wages a legal battle against Alligator Alcatraz, hoping to manufacture outrage, what they really want is to distract from their own sinister record,” American Accountability Foundation President Tom Jones told The Daily Wire.
“There’s a bleak history here: leadership tangled in a newborn baby abduction, repeated beatings on women, and a brazen refusal to pay federal taxes. The tribe’s latest public stunt is not about justice; it’s a smokescreen to keep Americans from asking tough questions about their dark trail of corruption and crime.”
The tribe grabbed headlines after it joined several environmental groups in a suit against Florida and the Trump administration over Alligator Alcatraz. A judge ordered the detention facility shut down, but a federal appeals court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-allows-floridas-alligator-alcatraz-to-remain-open-for-business">ruled</a> earlier this month that the detention center can remain open.
The lower court decision led to a glowing ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/meet-native-american-tribe-beat-trump-administration-court/story?id=124390445">profile</a> of the tribe, featuring extensive quotations from Curtis Osceola, a senior executive policy adviser to Miccosukee Tribe Chairman Talbert Cypress, according to the outlet.
“It was a roar of applause,” Osceola told ABC. “Everyone was very, very pleased that the judge granted the temporary restraining order.”
What ABC didn’t mention was that Osceola was arrested in January for battery and resisting law enforcement. 
Osceola was <a href="https://www2.miamidadeclerk.gov/cjis/casesearchinfo?qs=uoPdDVfJ6VMN48qmP0TsQnjuu9wkKVhyRLqjSBlqbLEXqsKBP0h9fVJQJw0l426D">booked</a> on January 24 after a woman called police, and they responded to his residence in Doral, Florida. According to police, Osceola answered the door with blood on his face. This blood appears to be visible on his mugshot. 
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After police went into Osceola’s home to check on the status of the female caller, a woman identified as his girlfriend alleged that he slapped her amid an ongoing dispute about his divorce from his wife. Police <a href="https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/charges-dropped-for-miami-dade-chief-resilience-officer-after-allegedly-slapping-girlfriend/3551789/#:~:text=Osceola%20is%20a%20lawyer%2C%20was,build%20public%20support%20for%20projects">said</a> that “there were various signs of a disturbance inside the residence including a broken glass on the floor.”
Osceola later <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article300728254.html">claimed</a> the incident resulted from his girlfriend’s “adverse reaction to prescription medication.” 
The charges were dropped about a month after the arrest — but not after Osceola lost his role as Miami-Dade County’s chief resilience officer. 
“While I have been cleared of all wrongdoing by the state attorney’s office and all charges against me have been dropped—in the court of public opinion, things are different. It is for this reason, among others, that the Mayor’s office has decided to rescind their offer to me to lead the Office of Resilience as its Chief,” he said in a statement. 
Prosecutors gave a different explanation. The office of Miami-Dade State Attorney said that the charges were dropped due to “the victim indicating that she had no recall of the incident and therefore that she was unwilling to cooperate in the prosecution of the case.”
Other tribal leaders have also been arrested on domestic violence charges. 
Talbert Cypress, the chair of the tribe, was <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2vtj1wb15626ycn75w6wo/Talbert-Henry-Battery.pdf?rlkey=2cik55bigok9kzuigofd9xl27&amp;e=1&amp;st=0ze6y1w0&amp;dl=0">charged</a> with battery in 2006. Court records indicate that he ended up going through a pretrial diversion program. Another key tribal official, Kenneth Cypress, was <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gcl5mmkxvcigsen2gvyrn/Felony-Kenneth-Cypress.pdf?rlkey=fhr4n4gz5u0yvi09mnmo0dzjc&amp;e=1&amp;st=wa2bbilc&amp;dl=0">charged</a> in 1995 with battery of a pregnant woman and disorderly intoxication. There ended up being no action taken on the arrest, according to court records. He is currently the treasurer for the Miccosukee Tribe’s Business Council.
Talbert was quoted by the media in opposition to Alligator Alcatraz, saying that the tribe “will always stand up for our culture, our sovereignty, and for the Everglades.”
The Miccosukee Tribe has been involved in numerous other legal controversies, including a 2018 incident where the tribal authorities <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-newborn-birth-sues-hospital-native-american-tribe/story?id=54446512">took</a> the child of a Miccosukee woman and a white man from a Miami hospital. The parents accused the tribe of kidnapping their child after the grandmother of the child obtained an emergency order giving her custody. The grandmother claimed that the father would abuse the child, a claim both parents disputed. 
After a lengthy legal battle and calls from lawmakers, including then-Florida Senator Marco Rubio, to return the child, the parents regained custody of their daughter.
The grandmother at the center of the case, Betty Osceola, has <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DOTh9eiE25G/">organized</a> vigils in protest of Alligator Alcatraz. It is unclear if she is related to Curtis Osceola, the embattled tribal adviser.
As the tribe weathered all of these incidents, it was heavily funded by the federal government.
Since 2008, the tribe has taken in around $233 million in federal funding, according to an <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e9j83kjkavxq6gx0w8chd/Miccosukee-USA-Spending.xlsx?rlkey=qzvgfkannnj36z06zdc5hbh9w&amp;e=1&amp;st=ua6yv7md&amp;dl=0">analysis</a> from the American Accountability Foundation. This includes over $100 million from the Department of the Interior and $50 million from the Department of Health and Human Services. 
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Even as the tribe cashed hefty checks from the government, judges have ruled that it has been delinquent in paying its taxes. In 2018, a court <a href="https://apnews.com/general-news-804c66272d1949de894f8f9d41c9f241">ruling</a> opened up the tribe to being on the hook for more than $1 billion in unpaid taxes after a judge ruled that casino profits were taxable income. As of 2021, each tribal member reportedly receives $160,000 annually in casino profits, according to court documents. 
The American Accountability Foundation said that the “controversial tribe should cease to be funded by taxpayers as they continue to skirt taxes and hamper the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement.”
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sided <a href="https://www.taxnotes.com/research/federal/court-documents/court-opinions-and-orders/eleventh-circuit-affirms-payments-tribe-members-were-taxable/3th40">against</a> the tribe in 2021 after it appealed the decision, saying that it “encouraged members to hide their payments from the IRS.”
“The taxpayers here followed the Tribe&#8217;s advice, and they are now subject to hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax deficiencies. They offer various reasons why they do not owe taxes on these payments,” the majority wrote. “One assertion is that any taxes are barred by a statute that exempted an earlier land transfer from taxation; another is that the payments are merely non-taxable lease payments from the casino. Unfortunately for these Tribe members, the payments are just income — taxable income. That means we affirm.”
Four years later, the same court ruled against the tribe after it attempted to shut down Alligator Alcatraz. 
The judges <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709/gov.uscourts.ca11.92709.42.1.pdf">ruled</a> that a lawsuit brought by environmental groups and the tribe “failed to state a viable claim” that Florida and the Department of Homeland Security violated federal environmental laws. The decision was celebrated by Republicans in Florida, including Governor Ron DeSantis, who promised to open up similar detention centers across the state. 
As of last week, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-dhs-reveals-the-worst-of-the-worst-illegals-in-alligator-alcatraz">told</a> The Daily Wire that Alligator Alcatraz was still holding a variety of illegals, including those convicted of drug trafficking, murder, and sexual offenses targeting children.
“Despite repeated hoaxes peddled by the media and activist judges, Alligator Alcatraz is still open and housing some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including murderers, pedophiles, weapon traffickers, and drug dealers until they are swiftly removed from our country,” said Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

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