A Virginia Democrat is attacking the recipient of Democrat Attorney General candidate Jay Jones&#8217; homicidal texts, accusing the moderate Republican of “betrayal” after she confirmed the authenticity of the unsolicited, threatening messages she received from Jones, The Daily Wire has learned.
House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott, a convicted crack dealer who Democrats installed as head of the statehouse, has embarked on an unusual effort to unseat Carrie Coyner, a Republican who is viewed as one of the chamber&#8217;s most bipartisan members and whose friendliness with Jones led to him confessing his desire to murder political opponents.
&#8220;I&#8217;m Speaker Don Scott. I&#8217;m here to tell you, Carrie Coyner is no moderate. She&#8217;s a MAGA Republican, blocking our agenda for Virginia families. Carrie Coyner has betrayed us too many times,&#8221; he said in an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EWrKHZar5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ad posted Tuesday</a> by the campaign of Lindsey Dougherty, who is running to unseat Coyner in her Chesterfield, Virginia, district.
Scott went so far as to speak at a church in Coyner&#8217;s district on October 5, telling congregants using the pulpit to minimize Jones&#8217; homicidal ideation and electioneer against Coyner, again accusing her of betrayal and linking it to the text messages. Coyner &#8220;has done nothing but try to betray the agenda that we&#8217;ve tried to move forward,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We can&#8217;t get distracted because they want us to get distracted by the text message here.&#8221;
Coyner told the Virginia Scope that Scott&#8217;s church appearance was &#8220;intimidating,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t do anything wrong in this, and I was honest when asked.&#8221; She and Gilbert did not return requests for comment from The Daily Wire.
<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dem-ag-nominee-jay-jones-fantasized-about-shooting-former-virginia-gop-speaker-he-receives-both-bullets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Review</a> upended Virginia&#8217;s election cycle after reporting that in 2022, Jones had texted Coyner, at the time his colleague in the House of Delegates, about how he would rather kill then-Republican speaker Todd Gilbert than Hitler, and how he fantasized about seeing Gilbert&#8217;s children, whom he described as &#8220;little fascists,&#8221; die in their mother&#8217;s arms.
The story suggested that Coyner was not the source, but that she had sent screenshots of the conversation to others shortly after receiving them, and she confirmed their authenticity to National Review when asked. The story says Jones called Coyner to double down on the sentiments expressed in the text, which the outlet attributes to a third party with knowledge of the call.
When Democrats took control of the House, Gilbert, the Republican House Speaker whom Jones wanted dead, was replaced by Scott, the allegedly reformed crack dealer. This year, Jones went from being an obscure legislator to a candidate for attorney general, running against incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican.
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Democrats, including gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and lieutenant governor candidate Ghazala Hashmi, have refused to rescind their endorsements of Jones or call for him to step down from the race. They have said they condemn the texts, which Jones has apologized for. But efforts to target the perceived source of the revelation raise questions about whether they&#8217;re actually only angry that the public learned about them.
Scott did not reply to The Daily Wire&#8217;s questions asking whether the ad was retaliation for Coyner&#8217;s role in the Jones scandal, whether he thinks she handled it well, when and why he decided to get involved in her race, and how many other candidates he has cut ads for.
On October 6, the <a href="https://www.virginiascope.com/coyner-says-jones-told-her-in-a-2020-phone-call-that-a-few-police-officers-dying-would-stop-them-from-killing-other-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Scope</a> published an interview with Coyner in which she elaborated on a reference Jones made in his texts to having &#8220;told you this before.&#8221; She said that in 2020, Jones wanted to change the law so that police officers could be personally sued by alleged criminals, while Coyner opposed it. She said Jones told her, &#8220;maybe if a few of them died, that they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people.&#8221; Jones denied making the statement, according to the Virginia Scope.
Coyner told the Virginia Scope that she had nothing to do with the release of the texts and did not know about their release until contacted by National Review. Before Jones apologized, he doubled down and claimed he was being &#8220;smeared&#8221; by his opponent, Miyares, even though Miyares had said that he, too, had nothing to do with the texts making their way to the media.
Scott&#8217;s campaign to oust Coyner is especially curious because Coyner has frequently worked with Democrats in the legislature, including Scott&#8217;s close ally and Senate leader Louise Lucas, to make community college classes free for high schoolers. According to the <a href="https://www.vpap.org/general-assembly/legislators-caucus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Public Access Project</a>, Coyner broke ranks to vote with Democrats more than any other Republican. No Democrat was as bipartisan as she was, according to the data.
Yet even as Virginia Democrats have tried to win a purple state with messaging opposing &#8220;extremists,&#8221; the fact pattern suggests that some have contempt for all Republicans, however moderate. Jones’ infamous rageful texts were spurred by then-Republican Speaker Gilbert saying kind things about a Democrat who had died. &#8220;If those guys die before me, I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves,&#8221; he said.
In the gubernatorial debate on October 9, Spanberger&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dem-hits-opponent-saying-something-dumb-she-was-quoting-kamala?author=Luke+Rosiak&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Virginia+Dem+Hits+Opponent+For+Saying+Something+Dumb.+She+Was+Quoting+Kamala+Harris.">response</a> when asked about the Jones texts was to blame Republicans. She obfuscated when asked by the moderator whether she still endorsed Jones, given the texts. After the moderator noted that Spanberger was dodging the question, she said Republicans &#8220;held them for years so the public was unaware who had knowledge of these text messages.&#8221;
That apparent victim-blaming comes despite the fact that Coyner appears to have not told the public about the text messages precisely because she was collegial and forgiving. On top of that, the suggestion that Democrat legislators could only know how Jones felt about Republicans by hearing it from Republicans calls for believing that Jones was more open with his opponents than he was with his Democratic colleagues.
Republicans have continued to show compassion even as Democrats refuse to denounce a candidate who called for violence against Republicans. This month, a Democrat statehouse member, Candi Mundon King, had a daughter die. Gilbert, whose kind words for another deceased Democrat triggered Jones&#8217; rage, offered condolences again, saying, &#8220;May God wrap his arms around Delegate Mundon King.&#8221; But on the same weekend that her daughter died, King reposted on social media a call for &#8220;punishing Confederates and <a href="https://x.com/lukerosiak/status/1975212586024177761/photo/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erasing them</a>&#8221; and &#8220;punishing trump &amp; his MAGAt accomplices.&#8221;
Senator Mark Warner and Congressman Eugene Vindman, both Virginia Democrats, are set to <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sdc1017" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appear alongside</a> Jones at a fundraiser in Fredericksburg on Friday.
Virginia Congressman <a href="https://x.com/oconnor_reports/status/1978144917575589985" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Beyer</a> (D-VA) said he &#8220;very much hopes [Jones] prevails,&#8221; claiming that Jones&#8217; express fantasies about murdering the family of a political rival are &#8220;no worse than what Donald Trump says almost every day.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-say-candidate-who-fantasized-about-murdering-gop-leader-is-better-than-republicans">Virginia Dems Say ‘Our Democracy’ Depends On Voting For Candidate Who Fantasized About Assassination</a>

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The last 20 living hostages in Gaza were freed on Monday morning, bringing an end to the 737 days of hell they endured in Hamas’ dark terror tunnels.
As part of the first phase of President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, the hostages were escorted out of Gaza by the Red Cross, transferred to the Israel Defense Forces, and reunited with their families.
Prior to being released, Hamas allowed some of the hostages to video call their families as their masked terrorists stood close by or <a href="https://x.com/avivaklompas/status/1977636413316411610?s=46&amp;t=ghpHusspWPjTMisXwpsMaA">in the frame</a>.
Upon arriving in Israel, freed hostages underwent a medical and psychosocial evaluation before reuniting with their families. Videos of the emotional reunions show the hostages embracing their loved ones.
Prior to the release, many Israelis stayed up all night, eagerly awaiting the return of the hostages.
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— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1977556099164443003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The twenty released include 11 men kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival: Elkana Bohbot, 35; Rom Braslavski, 22; Evyatar David, 24; Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 23; Maxim Herkin, 35; Segev Kalfon, 27; Bar Abraham Kupershtein, 22; Eitan Abraham Mor, 23; Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25; Alon Ohel, 24; and Avinatan Or, 32.
From Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Gali Berman, 27, and Ziv Berman, 27, were freed. From Kibbutz Nir Oz, the released include David Cunio, 35; Ariel Cunio, 28; Eitan Horn, 38; and Matan Zangauker, 25.
Also released were Omri Miran, 47, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Matan Angrest, 22, who was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz outpost, and Nimrod Cohen, 21, who was kidnapped near the Gaza border.
Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were set to address the Israeli Knesset following the successful return.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas abducted 251 people from Israel, including children, women, and elderly people. A total of 168 returned home alive, and the bodies of 58 others have returned home so far.
Many of the hostages who have returned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-hostages-reveal-harrowing-conditions-of-starvation-and-exploitation-upon-return-home">have testified</a> that they were held for long periods in dark tunnels and subjected to torture, severe starvation, and physical and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sadistic-humiliation-mutilation-and-gang-rape-were-part-of-hamas-strategy-israeli-report-shows">sexual abuse</a>.
Under the deal, Hamas is supposed to begin returning the bodies of the remaining deceased hostages, though reports indicate that some may be difficult to locate. A joint Israeli-U.S.-Qatari-Egyptian task force will be established to find any missing remains, with the goal of recovering all of them within 72 hours of the release of the living hostages, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-869940#google_vignette">The Jerusalem Post reported</a>.
In exchange for the hostages, Israel agreed to release 250 security prisoners — including some convicted of murder — along with 1,722 Gazans detained during the war. Of the 250 prisoners, 15 will be released in Jerusalem, 100 in the West Bank, and 135 will be deported to Gaza or abroad. Israel reportedly warned Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank, not to celebrate the release of Palestinian prisoners as part of the peace deal.
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According to Israeli media reports, Israeli authorities distributed fliers in neighborhoods where prisoners’ families live, stating that &#8220;anyone who participates in such activities exposes himself to punishment and arrest.&#8221;

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When a conservative get-out-the-vote operation sent text messages to voters in Virginia to ensure they’d seen Jay Jones’ texts fantasizing about murdering a political opponent and his children, the intent was to encourage recipients not to vote for Jones.
Instead, some recipients responded to the robotexts by agreeing with the violent sentiments.
The Family Foundation Action said some messages it received back were explicit death threats, which have since been referred to law enforcement. Remarkably, the group sent the message only to Democrats who were identified as being on the more moderate side, and whom they thought would be persuadable.
Even these “moderate” Democrats replied with messages like, “Thank God, we need to kill more Nazis”; “Conservatives are inhuman cretins. Thus they should be put down swiftly without remorse”; “MAGA = Nazis”; and “Good. I&#8217;d vote for him over the fascist any day.”
“This is what they have to say in reaction to being sent information on how Jay Jones wants the children of political opponents to die, just weeks after Charlie Kirk gets assassinated,” the PAC said. “This is who they are … Do not let Jay Jones and the monsters supporting him win.”
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Polling suggests that the attorney general’s race in Virginia is roughly tied, even after the National Review revealed the gruesome text messages, whose authenticity Jones acknowledged in an apology. It was also revealed that Jones had made similar comments about the police.
Americans have been shocked as no Democratic candidate, including his running mates Abigail Spanberger and Ghazala Hashmi, has called for him to drop out of the race for the commonwealth’s top law enforcement position.
Some groups have even appeared to denigrate their founding principles in order to maintain hard-line partisanship. Giffords PAC, a gun-control group founded by former Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords after she was shot by a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/us/16loughner.html">nonpartisan</a> maniac, is <a href="https://giffords.org/elections/endorsements/">continuing to endorse Jones</a>, despite his stated desire to shoot elected officials. Giffords PAC did not respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment. Gabby Giffords is married to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
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“Their silence speaks volumes about whether they actually believe in the principles they claim to champion,” Virginia state Sen. Glen Sturtevant, a Republican, told The Daily Wire. Jones has “shown he lacks the character and judgment this office requires. He needs to withdraw immediately,” he added.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that “on balance, he’s the better person” than his Republican rival — a suggestion that Democrats view Republicans as even worse than those with murderous fantasies aimed at political moderates. That’s even though Jones’ rival in the race, Jason Miyares, has been attorney general for the last four years, making him a known quantity and not a prospective “fascist.”
It’s a position not all that different from one expressed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dems-say-candidate-who-fantasized-about-murdering-gop-leader-is-better-than-republicans?author=Luke+Rosiak&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Virginia+Dems+Say+‘Our+Democracy’+Depends+On+Voting+For+Candidate+Who+Fantasized+About+Assassination">Jones’ text messages</a>: That if he had Hitler, Pol Pot, and Virginia’s then-House Speaker, a moderate Republican, in a room with two bullets, he’d shoot the Republican twice.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-the-virginia-way-dead-ag-jason-miyares-breaks-down-whats-really-at-stake-in-jay-jones-race?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=39&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Is+The+‘Virginia+Way’+Dead%3F%3A+AG+Jason+Miyares+Breaks+Down+What’s+Really+At+Stake+In+Jay+Jones+Race">Is The ‘Virginia Way’ Dead?: AG Jason Miyares Breaks Down What’s Really At Stake In Jay Jones Race</a>

Gubernatorial Candidate Abigail Spanberger Joins Labor Day Parade In Buena Vista, Virginia

A Virginia PAC Messaged Voters About Jay Jones’ Violent Rhetoric. Here Are The Unsettling Responses.

A Virginia PAC Sent Texts To Voters About Jay Jones’ Violent Rhetoric. Here’s What Some Replied

As Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza approaches its third year following the October 7, 2023, massacre, the conflict has shaken the foundations of public opinion, shifting views not only toward Israel but toward Palestinians as well, according to a recent <a href="https://bit.ly/SEPT25NVT">Cygnal survey</a>.
For decades, Israel enjoyed strong bipartisan support in the United States, but that consensus has eroded, and younger Americans are at the forefront of that shift. Among American voters, Israel’s image is slightly underwater overall, with 41 percent viewing it favorably and nearly 44 percent unfavorably. But among voters aged 18 to 44, Israel’s standing is significantly worse — it is deeply underwater with a net favorability of -31. For voters over 55, it’s the opposite – Israel has a net favorability of +14.
This trend should come as no surprise amid two years of anti-Israel protests, often echoing Hamas messaging, on college campuses and throughout liberal cities. However, declining support for Israel has not translated to a pro-Palestinian shift.
Public opinion on Palestinians is even more negative, with 45 percent of Americans having an unfavorable view compared to just a 31 percent favorable one. But it is here that the generational and partisan divides cut in the opposite direction — 60 percent of voters over the age 55, and 64 percent of Republicans, hold the most unfavorable view of Palestinians.
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Americans are more broadly aligned in their views of Hamas, with three-quarters of likely voters having a negative opinion of the U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. As is often the case with tracking public opinion, single digits tend to get a mere glance, especially in this case, when only 6 percent view Hamas favorably.
However, that 6 percent translates into roughly 20 million American voters holding a favorable view of Hamas.
That’s enough people to fill 186 Michigan football stadiums (each holding more than 107,000 people), and it not only reflects a dangerous moral confusion, but also a broader cultural shift that favors ideological extremes.
Most Republicans, and some Democrats, support Israel’s effort to destroy Hamas to prevent future massacres and secure the release of the remaining hostages. They are the type of voters who welcome groundbreaking talks between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, as we witnessed this week. But radical voices on the far Left often point to the devastation in Gaza and accuse Israel of genocide. A loud minority on the Right have also begun to believe Israel seeks to draw America into another conflict, or see Israel at the center of every conspiracy, from toppling the Assad regime to assassinating Charlie Kirk.
For American “normies,&#8221; all of this is, of course, absurd.
This moment in time is not a passing dip in support for Israel. Another Cygnal <a href="https://bit.ly/46GQqHz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> from just after the horrific attacks by Hamas on innocent civilians on October 7, 2023, revealed 47 percent of American voters were concerned about pro-Palestinian protests in America, but that 38 percent were indifferent, and 15 percent supported them. It’s not unreasonable to assume indifference and tacit support are the same here, meaning that in less than a week after the unprecedented attacks on Israel that sparked the current conflict, more were accepting of the pro-Palestinian protesters’ grievances and open calls for violence against Israel.
These alarming trends were specifically cited by Charlie Kirk, who warned that a war over information was being waged against Israel, especially on social media, and that it had permeated into conservative movements. This latest data affirms the incredibly high-stakes nature of this new era.
But how fitting is the promise of a leader like President Trump to set a new course, not just on the diplomatic stage but on the public one as well. His critical role to support Israel as a bastion of democracy and a strong American ally will only be as effective as Israel’s efforts to rebuild trust and reshape its image among younger Americans in particular.
Maintaining bipartisan, or even just intergenerational Republican support for Israel as a strategic ally is not merely in Israel’s interest – it is in America’s interest. In a democracy, public opinion is not a secondary concern, but the foundational pillar that sustains long-term foreign policy.
Ignoring these dangerous trends is something neither country can afford.
Alex Tarascio is a principal and pollster at Cygnal. Or Yissachar is the executive director of David Institute for Security Policy and member of the Israel Defense and Security Forum.

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Pollsters: Generational Divide On Israel Threatens Longstanding Support From American Voters

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Critics across the political spectrum ripped New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday for a statement commemorating the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attack on Israel.
Mamdani posted a statement to his X account on Tuesday that reflects on the attack that marked the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. After commemorating the “horrific war crime,” the self-described “democratic socialist” dedicated most of his statement to condemning Israel for perpetrating “genocide” in Gaza, citing fatality numbers from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
“In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: a death toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble,” said Mamdani, without noting that Hamas often uses civilian buildings for military functions, in which case those buildings <a href="https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule10">become</a> legitimate military targets under international law.
“Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all,” he continued. “This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.”
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My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023. <a href="https://t.co/JlsXUeAeYd">pic.twitter.com/JlsXUeAeYd</a>
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The statement drew backlash from the Right and the Left. Dan McLaughlin, a senior writer for National Review, was one of many who accused Mamdani of victim-blaming.
“If Israel’s war *in response to being invaded* is &#8216;genocidal,&#8217; most of the wars fought in the past century would meet that standard on the part of most of the combatants, even those resisting the conquest of their country &amp; the enslavement or extinction of their people,” <a href="https://x.com/baseballcrank/status/1975601985505432051">said</a> McLaughlin.
MSNBC columnist Michael Cohen <a href="https://x.com/speechboy71/status/1975572563033309558">hit</a> Mamdani as well: “On the second anniversary of October 7, one anodyne sentence on how murdering Jews is bad. And the rest is yet another seedy, pejorative attack on Israel.”
David Frum, a writer at The Atlantic, <a href="https://x.com/davidfrum/status/1975560012404826408">posted</a>: “This is a genuinely useful statement. The chilly formulaic language about the 10/7 atrocity &#8230; the intense angry passion of the denunciation of Israel&#8217;s self-defense &#8230; together they arrestingly reveal what the author cares about and what/who he does not care about.”
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GOP Rep. Mike Lawler of New York said that not only should Mamdani’s statement disqualify him to run for mayor, but that anyone who endorses the Democratic candidate should be out of American politics.
Mamdani has <a href="https://www.zohranfornyc.com/endorsements">gained</a> support from notable Democrats such as Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
“This statement is beyond disqualifying — anyone who endorses him for Mayor is completely unqualified too,” Lawler posted. “Any New York Democrat who supports this insanity needs to be defeated at the ballot box.”
Mamdani’s statement <a href="https://x.com/IsraelMFA/status/1975598416097857604">earned</a> reproach from Israel’s Foreign Ministry as well.
“​​Two years after Hamas launched its barbaric massacre against Israel and the Jewish people, Mamdani has chosen to act as a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda — spreading Hamas’s fake genocide campaign,” the ministry responded. “By repeating Hamas’s lies, he excuses terror and normalizes antisemitism. He stands with Jews only when they are dead. Shameful.”

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Mamdani Blasted For October 7 Post: ‘He Stands With Jews Only When They Are Dead’

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Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a man with hundreds of explosive devices outside a church holding a Mass in honor of the Supreme Court. The man had a manifesto that suggested he was targeting the Supreme Court and Catholics, according to court papers obtained by The Daily Wire.
Louis Geri, a 41-year-old from Arizona and New Jersey, was apprehended outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on October 5, the same day the church held its annual &#8220;Red Mass&#8221; in which a cardinal prays for the high court as it embarks on a new term, and which is historically attended by justices.
Geri was occupying a green tent on the steps of the church when police attempted to clear the area in preparation for the Supreme Court event. He told police, &#8220;You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives,&#8221; according to an affidavit.
A member of the Metropolitan Police Department&#8217;s Bomb Squad then told him he needed to move because of a special event. He replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m aware of that (referring to the Red Mass),&#8221; police wrote, and threatened to throw a bomb into the street as a demonstration, adding, &#8220;I have a hundred plus of them.&#8221;
Police said they would remove him against his will, and he replied, &#8220;Several of your people are gonna die from one of these.&#8221; With a lighter in one hand, he handed them nine pieces of paper that amounted to a manifesto entitled, &#8220;Written Negotiations for the Avoidance of Destruction of Property via Detonation of Explosives.&#8221;
The manifesto &#8220;revealed his significant animosity towards the Catholic church, members of the Jewish faith, members of SCOTUS and ICE/ ICE facilities,&#8221; police wrote, indicating that the incident may be the latest in a string of left-wing domestic terrorism.
Geri &#8220;then shifted his right thumb over top of the butane lighter to initiate the lighting action and stated, &#8216;You better have these people step away or there&#8217;s going to be deaths.'&#8221;
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Geri then left the tent to urinate on a tree and was apprehended by three officers, at which point he said he had a device in his pocket. A bomb squad technician located in his pocket &#8220;a vial with a white cap, which contained yellow liquid inside, with an M-device taped to the exterior.&#8221;
After he was arrested, the bomb squad located &#8220;a large cache of handmade destructive devices&#8221; in the tent, police said. He was charged with: Unlawful Entry, Manufacture, Transfer, Use, Possession or Transportation of Molotov Cocktails, or other Explosives for Unlawful purposes, Threats to Kidnap or Injure a person, Assault on Police Officer x 2, Possession of Destructive Device, Manufacture or Possession of Weapon of Mass Destruction (Hate Crime) and Resisting Arrest.
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On Monday, after reviewing the bombs more carefully, police filed an affidavit from a bomb technician saying &#8220;there were over 200 devices recovered from D-1&#8217;s tent. There was a strong smell of acetone emitting from some of the vials. Some of the liquid was determined to be Nitro Methane. The liquid appeared to be multiple chemicals mixed together, none in original containers &#8230; the devices appeared to be fully functional.&#8221;
Police said that in a jailhouse interview, Geri &#8220;described his devices as grenades and explosives containing Nitro Methane with a rubber band securing a fuse to be used for detonation. [He] also stated he planned to use the modified bottle rockets with the aluminum foil heads attached and treated in a Thermite solution to allow for his detonation of the devices from a distance.&#8221;
He is being held in jail without bond.
No justices attended the mass this year because of security concerns, according to the <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/supreme-court-justices-do-not-attend-annual-red-mass-due-security-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Catholic Reporter</a> – concerns which appear to have been justified. Last year, three justices, all conservative, attended: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. In 2018, leftists were photographed protesting the mass with signs that said &#8220;Stop Kavanaugh,&#8221; and referring to the false smear peddled by Democrat senators that Kavanaugh was a gang-rapist.
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The potential assassination of a large number of justices came just two days after a Joe Biden-appointed judge issued a lenient sentence to Nicholas Roske, who attempted to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022. In that case, Judge Deborah Boardman departed from sentencing guidelines by 22 years, sentencing Roske to just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-man-who-planned-to-assassinate-brett-kavanaugh-gets-off-easy-will-serve-just-8-years">eight years</a> instead of the 30 years-to-life called for by sentencing guidelines. Prosecutors had warned that a stiffer sentence was needed to deter others from attempting to assassinate justices, and this new incident could add to calls from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to impeach Judge Boardman.
According to public records reviewed by The Daily Wire, Geri was from Vineland, New Jersey, but had been living in a motel in Mesa, Arizona, for the last several years. In 2021, an Arizona jury found him guilty of indecent exposure. He was admitted to state prison in August 2022 and released in May 2023, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.
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Man With 200 Explosives And Leftist Manifesto Arrested Outside Supreme Court Event At Church: Police

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WASHINGTON—Republicans are urging the IRS to prioritize revoking the tax-exempt status of eight organizations with alleged &#8220;links to designated foreign terrorist groups,&#8221; and others &#8220;linked to violence and unrest&#8221; across the nation.
The <a href="https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/10.6.25-Letter-to-IRS.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a>, from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, comes on the second anniversary of Hamas&#8217;s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
“From the international funding sources and activities of tax-exempt entities in the U.S., and the role of certain organizations in fostering antisemitism on college campuses, the Committee has remained steadfast in ensuring that all tax-exempt organizations are abiding by their exempt status,” the letter reads.
Smith referred some of the groups named in Tuesday&#8217;s letter to the IRS for revocation during the 118th Congress. In his letter, the chairman noted that shortly after the committee sent revocation letters, the Treasury Department designated Samidoun as a terrorist organization &#8220;that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Foreign Terrorist Organization.&#8221;
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However, Smith said that due to recent “political violence and the continued concerning actions by the previously referred organizations with ties to official foreign terrorist organizations,” he said it is important that the IRS takes action.
“These organizations have failed to operate for their tax exempt purpose. Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and in exchange, organizations must operate for stated exempt purposes,” Smith said.
Smith notes that the Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, and Islamic Relief USA, are “suspected of having terrorist ties to groups like Hamas,” and claims they use ties to “actively support and funnel resources in support of terrorism.”
The letter names the following organizations: Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, Islamic Relief USA, Alliance for Global Justice, WESPAC Foundation, Tides Foundation, Peoples Media Project (The Palestine Chronicle), and The People’s Forum.
It includes other groups: Alliance for Global Justice, WESPAC Foundation, and the Tides Foundation, which they say “disrupt college campuses, incite violence and intimidation, and illegal riot across the United States.”
Students for Justice in Palestine and Samidoun were cited as one of the notable projects, according to the letter.
Late last month, President Donald Trump issued a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/#:~:text=(j)%20The%20Commissioner%20of%20the,for%20investigation%20and%20possible%20prosecution." target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Security Presidential Memorandum</a> directing the IRS to make sure no tax-exempt entities are &#8220;directly or indirectly financing political violence or domestic terrorism.&#8221;
The letter applauded the move and said Committee Republicans are &#8220;glad that the Trump Administration is taking the threat of tax-exempt entities with ties to political violence and terrorism seriously.&#8221;
Smith encouraged the IRS to prioritize examinations and vowed to continue their oversight work on tax-exempt organizations.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Republicans Mark Oct. 7 With Calls For IRS To Revoke Tax-Exempt Status Of Terrorist-Linked Groups

Scott Bessent

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Top Democrat officials in Virginia have rallied around Attorney General candidate Jay Jones, declining to call for him to drop out of the race despite texts expressing his violent fantasies about murdering Republicans.
<a href="https://x.com/jaaavis/status/1974237981268381718?s=46" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louise Lucas</a>, president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate and a marijuana dispensary co-owner, said in a statement, &#8220;There is no place for political violence or violent rhetoric in our public discourse, and Jay must take accountability for his actions. But we will not allow this moment to overshadow the stakes of this election. &#8230; The choice before us is far bigger than this mistake.&#8221;
&#8220;Jay Jones has demonstrated the character, compassion, and vision that the Office of Attorney General deserves. Jason Miyares, by contrast, has proven himself to be nothing more than Donald Trump&#8217;s pro-bono attorney, pushing dangerous, partisan agendas &#8230; our rights, our democracy, and our future are on the line.&#8221; The statement was co-authored by Sen. Mamie Locke, a political science professor and head of the Senate Democrats&#8217; political arm.
Jones&#8217; text messages, first reported by National Review, were sent in 2021 to a Republican lawmaker after the then-Republican leader of the state house, Todd Gilbert, said kind words about a Democrat who had died, which infuriated Jones, who seemed to feel that the deceased Democrat was insufficiently liberal if he had respectful relationships with Republicans.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, Hitler and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">texted</a> to Del. Carrie Coyner (R). “Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.”
He hoped for the death of Gilbert&#8217;s children as a way of impacting the state&#8217;s politics, saying, &#8220;Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.&#8221;
He added: &#8220;Do I think Todd and Jennifer are evil? And that they&#8217;re breeding little fascists? Yes.&#8221;
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When Democrats took control of the House of Delegates, Gilbert was replaced as speaker by Don Scott, a convicted crack dealer. In recent days, Scott defended Jones on criticism that he was arrested for driving 116 miles an hour and performed his court-ordered community service by volunteering for his own PAC, and attempted to tie a Republican candidate to &#8220;Nazis.&#8221;
The two Democrats running for Virginia&#8217;s top slots alongside Jones condemned his violent rhetoric without rescinding their endorsements or saying he should drop out of the race.
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Ghazala Hashmi, the Democrat candidate for lieutenant governor, said, &#8220;I have been very clear that political violence has no place in our country, and I condemn it at every turn. Jay must take accountability for the pain that his words have caused. We must demand better of our leaders and of each other.&#8221;
In Virginia last week alone, one man was <a href="https://www.fauquiernow.com/news/loudoun-man-arrested-in-death-threat-against-local-del-higgins/article_877db319-6e27-4984-aa63-77122912311e.html">arrested</a> for allegedly threatening Republican state delegate Geary Higgins by writing “I will shoot u @ yer next public rally. Then send you memes with the photos. I know where your f*in kids are,” while another man was charged with writing that he <a href="https://www.progress-index.com/story/news/local/2025/09/26/va-delegate-remains-defiant-in-face-of-death-threat-says-its-political/86374505007/?tbref=hp">planned to kill</a> Republican Del. Kim Taylor. Taylor said Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger&#8217;s exhortation to supporters to &#8220;let rage fuel you&#8221; could have contributed to that.
John Reid, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, told The Daily Wire in an interview that if violence has no place in politics, then Jones must withdraw from the race.
&#8220;The Democrats have a violence problem. They talk about it nonstop. They have enough followers in their party who are willing to act on it that they should show some self-restraint,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When you see the pattern of Democrat leaders who are constantly fanning the flames and then acting like they don&#8217;t understand why people are taking them up on killing &#8216;Nazis&#8217; and killing &#8216;fascists&#8217; or attacking fantasy &#8216;white supremacists.'&#8221;
He said he&#8217;s begun wearing a bulletproof vest. &#8220;As a candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia, that&#8217;s crazy to me.&#8221;
Spanberger, the Democrat nominee for governor, said, &#8220;I made clear to Jay that he must fully take responsibility for his words &#8230; as the next Governor of our Commonwealth, I will always condemn violent language in our politics.&#8221;
Yet Jones did not fully take responsibility: Jones acknowledged that the texts were real, but his would-be apology blamed his Republican opponent and, inexplicably, Donald Trump, saying it was a &#8220;smear&#8221; to call attention to the accurate story.
“Like all people, I’ve sent text messages that I regret, and I believe that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics,” Jones <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-ag-candidate-once-referenced-putting-two-bullets-head-gop-leader-texts-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox. “Let’s be clear about what is happening in the attorney general race right now: Jason Miyares is dropping smears through Trump-controlled media organizations to assault my character and rescue his desperate campaign.”
Miyares, the Republican incumbent attorney general and Jones&#8217; opponent in next month&#8217;s election, <a href="https://x.com/SchneiderG/status/1974548230131331275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;I don&#8217;t accept his apology.&#8221;
John Reid asked, &#8220;What kind of narcissism do you have to try to make yourself a victim when you said this?&#8221; Of Spanberger and Hashmi, he added, &#8220;They think that they&#8217;ll chastise him with one or two lines on X and that will make this go away. I think this is much more serious than a slip of the tongue when you look at the pattern of violence over the last year years and when Abigail Spanberger says, &#8216;let your rage fuel you.'&#8221; That, he said, &#8220;implies uncontrollable anger and hostility.&#8221;
He noted that Democrats called for Democrat Governor Ralph Northam to resign when decades-old pictures that were offensive to black people surfaced, but have not done the same when Jones said he would &#8220;piss on [the] graves&#8221; of dead Republicans.
&#8220;Democrats have demonized Republicans to such an extent that they are simply running on hatred of the other side,&#8221; with Spanberger refusing to tell Virginians where she stands on prominent issues like transgenders in locker rooms, and Hashmi refusing to debate Reid, he said.
&#8220;That&#8217;s one reason I have put out policy positions every week, unlike the other candidates. I just think people should cast a vote not just based on how bad your opponent is, but what your ideas are. I&#8217;m trying to bring that old fashioned positive mindset back to the campaign. But the Democrats can&#8217;t help themselves but bring up ludicrous statements, like you&#8217;re a Nazi or a white supremacist, at the same time that their people are actually advocating violence. And they&#8217;ve got to be held accountable for that,&#8221; he said.
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Early Voting Begins In Virginia Gubernatorial Race

Virginia Dems Say ‘Our Democracy’ Depends On Voting For Candidate Who Fantasized About Assassination

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GREENBELT, Md.—The man who planned to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 in an attempt to change the court’s balance of power was sentenced by a Joe Biden-appointed judge on Friday to 97 months in prison, granting the defendant&#8217;s request for an eight-year sentence.
Judge Deborah Boardman, a Joe Biden appointee to Maryland federal court, acknowledged there was &#8220;a whopping 22-year difference&#8221; between that and the minimum of 30 years called for by federal sentencing guidelines. Prosecutors had asked for sentencing guidelines to be followed.
The Department of Justice plans to appeal the sentence, The Daily Wire has learned.
Nicholas Roske traveled from California to Kavanaugh’s Maryland home armed with cache of weapons after a leaked document showed that the court planned to rule against liberals on abortion. Although he had meticulously planned the assassination for months, he had a change of heart outside the conservative justice’s home and called the police to turn himself in.
He has been detained in the three years since, so with time served and good behavior, Roske&#8217;s sentence would mean he could be out four years after being sentenced on the charge of Attempt to Assassinate a U.S. Justice. The sentence also included lifetime court supervision.
Boardman said &#8220;Under the law I must consider the sentencing guidelines. The guidelines in this case are 360 months to life. It&#8217;s important to understand the Supreme Court stance on guidelines&#8230; They used to be mandatory, but in [a case called] Booker the Supreme Court held that they were advisory.&#8221;
The judge acknowledged that &#8220;this crime did involve domestic terrorism,&#8221; but undid most of the &#8220;terrorism enhancement&#8221; created by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase recommended punishments in terrorism cases.
&#8220;I have not seen evidence that the Sentencing Commission relied on evidence that it would reduce recidivism,&#8221; she said. She said recent research in the Georgetown Law Journal said terrorists are not uniquely incapable of being rehabilitated.
The sentencing took more than seven hours, with much of the time dedicated to discussing how Roske&#8217;s transgender identity meant he should get a lighter sentence.
In a more than hour-long speech justifying the light sentence, Boardman said &#8220;Ms. Roske came out to herself as transgender in 2020 but kept it secret. Ms. Roske&#8217;s sister came out as gay two years prior but Ms. Roske saw that their parents struggled to reconcile her sexuality with their religious beliefs.&#8221;
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<h1>“I am heartened that this terrible infraction has helped the Roske family… accept their daughter for who she is,” Judge Boardman said.</h1>
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“I am heartened that this terrible infraction has helped the Roske family… accept their daughter for who she is,” Judge Boardman said.
His mother Colleen told the judge on Friday that “I have attended PFLAG meetings and learned about the LGBTQ+ community. I am committed to going on this journey with Sophie&#8230; She was frustrated with what was going on in the world, and we weren&#8217;t a safe place to process it.&#8221; As his mother wept, Nicholas Roske also choked up, his Adam&#8217;s apple bobbing up and down.
Boardman said &#8220;Any prison time is punishment for her. The length doesn&#8217;t need to be particularly long&#8230; unduly harsh conditions make a difference, too.&#8221; The judge continued, &#8220;She will be imprisoned in a male facility even though she is a transgender prisoner, pursuant to an executive order from the president. Before the executive order, that wasn&#8217;t the case.&#8221;
Roske and his mother, father, and sister all spoke in court, emotionally describing how hard it has been on the family. Kavanaugh&#8217;s relatives did not address the court, but left the courtroom abruptly after the judge issued the light sentence.
Earlier in the hearing, Boardman lashed out at prosecutors and President Donald Trump, saying &#8220;Let&#8217;s not hide the fact that President Trump issued an executive order saying transgender inmates would be assigned to prisons with their biological sex.&#8221; The prosecutor replied that there was an injunction holding up much of the enforcement of that executive order, and the judge later state that Roske could, in fact, get hormone replacement in prison, at least while the injunction was in effect.
In court, Roske appeared as a tall man with a deep voice. His online posts show that even as a transgender, he is attracted to women, not &#8220;cis men.&#8221;
The judge opined about giving a shorter sentence because of Roske&#8217;s transgenderism even as she said that thanks to a court injunction, Roske may get female hormones in federal prison. &#8220;With the injunction in place, Ms. Roske could receive gender affirming care, but if that injunction goes away, she could be denied it. So when I sentence her, I take into account that she is a transgender woman.&#8221;
Prosecutor Coreen Mao said &#8220;A single-digit sentence will say the ends justify the means, it&#8217;s a gamble one will take to assassinate a Supreme Court justice.&#8221;
Boardman said &#8220;Why do you think that Ms. Roske, sitting here three years later, poses a danger to the public? &#8230; We can agree Ms. Roske neeeds intensive therapy. Will she be provided that in the Bureau of Prisons? We both know about the significant shortcomings by BOP in providing therapy.&#8221;
Roske&#8217;s lawyer said, and Boardman agreed, that Roske should get significant credit for calling the police and telling them about his plan. Prosecutors said he was spooked when he saw deputy U.S. Marshalls guarding Kavanaugh&#8217;s home.
His lawyer said &#8220;What makes this case unique is not that Ms. Roske tried to kill a political figure, it&#8217;s that she stopped and turned herself in.&#8221;
Boardman interjected: &#8220;Judges are not political!&#8221;
During the trial, the judge referred to the defendant by female pronouns, sometimes calling him by male pronouns and then correcting herself. Prosecutors avoided pronouns and called him &#8220;the defendant.&#8221; As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-attempted-kavanaugh-assassin-identifies-as-transgender-woman-legal-filings-show">reported</a> last month, Roske&#8217;s legal name remains Nicholas and the case is captioned United States vs. Nicholas Roske. His legal team telegraphed ahead of the trial that much of the argument at sentencing would be based around this transgender identity.
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A Daily Wire review of Roske’s postings on Reddit before the shooting shows that he is one in a string of violent trans-identifying individuals who are obsessed with video games and leftist politics. In one, he said he was a “Trans Gamer Girl Seeking Friend.” In another, he said he was “Seeking Daddy to Have Complete Sexual Control Over Me.”
Still another post said “Dating: I am into androgynous or feminine people who use she/her pronouns&#8230;. Play Partners: Pretty kinky, have a fet account and everything&#8230;. If you are not a cis man, chances are I am interested in playing with you :).”
Like the boyfriend of Tyler Robinson, who allegedly assassinated Charlie Kirk, Roske was apparently a “furry.”
He put out a classified ad calling himself a “MtF Pet For Owner.” It said, “I want to wear nothing but a collar, ears, and tail plug and communicate only through my body what I want.”
In one Reddit post, he explained that “I am pro-abortion (in favor of aborting fetuses, not pro-choice).” He said that all babies should be aborted, because they cannot give consent to being born. “This would require no deaths of people already in existence, it would simply prevent new people from coming into existence. Over time, resources would become more plentiful, another benefit of this method,” he wrote.
On May 20, 2022, he asked Reddit users, “The Roe v Wade leak has brought a lot of attention to the supreme court and what it is capable of. If going into the future the supreme court retains the same members, what is a realistic expectation for the future? On the other hand, if a conservative judge were replaced by a liberal judge, thus changing which party has the majority, what would change?”
The next day, he posted in Reddit’s “forensics” forum, claiming to be a novelist: “Writing a killer who is obsessed with not leaving evidence. What methods could they use?”

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Syrian-born terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was awaiting trial on rape charges when he killed two people in a Yom Kippur synagogue attack in England on Thursday, U.K. outlets reported.
Al-Shamie, 35, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yom-kippur-carnage-knife-wielding-attacker-kills-2-outside-synagogue?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=29&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Yom+Kippur+Carnage%3A+Knife-Wielding+Attacker+Kills+2+Outside+Synagogue">shot</a> dead by law enforcement minutes after he rammed his car into a crowd outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester and attacked worshippers with a knife during the holiest Jewish holiday of the year, leaving two dead and three seriously injured.
The Syrian native, who moved to the U.K. as a teenager, was due to appear in court for a rape understood to have taken place earlier this year in Manchester, according to the Telegraph.
“He was on nobody’s radar for terrorism, but he definitely had a criminal record, though nothing to suggest he was going to do anything like this,” a police source <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/03/manchester-synagogue-terrorist-was-on-bail-for-alleged">told</a> The Guardian.
But Al-Shamie had sent death threats to Conservative parliament member John Howell in 2012 after the MP defended Israel’s right to self-defense, requiring Howell to employ police protection. One email from Jihad Al-Shamie read, “It is people like you who deserve to die,” the Telegraph <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/03/manchester-synagogue-attack-latest-news-victims-named/">reported</a>.
Al-Shamie’s father had previously praised Hamas after the terror group’s October 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 Israelis, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/03/world-news/uk-terrorist-jihad-al-shamie-was-on-bail-for-rape-when-attacked-synagogue-on-yom-kippur/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social">reported</a>.
In the hours and days following the attack, Islamists and anti-Israel activists flooded U.K. streets, calling for Israel’s destruction and setting off fireworks.
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Pro-Pals took over the streets of central London last night. Set off fireworks in the busiest parts. Chanted for Israel’s destruction. And I don’t see a single police officer. So do racist thugs run our capital now? It’s like a nightmare dystopia. <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> <a href="https://t.co/AA6VqwNQ4K">pic.twitter.com/AA6VqwNQ4K</a>
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The synagogue attack comes weeks after the U.K. Labour government <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/29/labour-party-conference-vote-israel-genocide-gaza?utm_source=chatgpt.com">accused</a> Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, a move many have pointed to as potentially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-attack-is-on-you-fury-at-britains-security-boss-after-synagogue-bloodshed?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98This+Attack+Is+On+You%E2%80%99%3A+Fury+At+Britain%E2%80%99s+Security+Boss+After+Synagogue+Bloodshed">fueling</a> further hatred toward Jews.
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Leader of the U.K. Reform Party Nigel Farage echoed these sentiments, condemning both the street celebrations and the Starmer government’s weak response.
“The whole Jewish community in Britain [is] now deeply fearful. Within just a few hours of this horrific incident, we saw … pro-Palestinian flags on the streets, people out, previously unplanned, demonstrating. But here’s the truth of it, they weren&#8217;t demonstrating, they were actually celebrating,” Farage <a href="https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1974050674980606056">said</a> on X. “I can&#8217;t even imagine we’ve ever seen such vile scenes on our streets, certainly not in my lifetime.”
Farage blasted British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, a staunch anti-Israel activist, for her tepid response to the violence against Jews.
“In response to this, the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says she’s disappointed. Disappointed. That’s the most the Home Secretary can say,” Farage continued. “Well, I hope all of you watching this video are outraged, outraged, and frankly frightened. This is broken Britain. This is evidence of societal breakdown. It is deeply worrying and very frightening.”
Farage also criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent recognition of a Palestinian state and warned about an upcoming protest planned for Saturday in London.
“There is a big, big march planned in London this Saturday. And I think the only way we can describe it is a hate march,” Farage said. “I must admit, saying this now to you today, I feel more worried about the state of broken Britain than I ever have before.”

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The White House plans deep cuts to “Democrat agencies” as the government shutdown continues, a terrorist attacks an Orthodox synagogue killing two and wounding more, and Leonardo DiCaprio stars in a new political blockbuster.
It’s Friday, October 3, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Shutdown Day 3</h2>
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Topline: The government shutdown enters its third day, as the blame game continues and President Donald Trump threatens mass firings of federal employees. 
The GOP strategy: The White House wants to make the shutdown about healthcare funding for illegal immigrants. It says the Democrat proposal would result in $200 billion in subsidies going to non-citizens over the next decade, primarily through Medicaid and mandatory emergency care. The White House argues that the American people elected President Trump to cut those exact policies, and by blocking him from doing so, Democrats are denying the will of the people.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1973753810154889282">said</a>: “Trump ran on the promise to end taxpayer-funded benefits going to illegal aliens, and tens of millions of Americans voted him back to this beautiful White House to implement that promise … and now Democrats want to undo it — and they&#8217;re holding our country hostage.”
The White House says the United States will lose $15 billion in GDP revenue each week the shutdown drags on, and it wants to ensure Democrats bear the blame, posting news clips on social media describing national guardsmen going unpaid, food assistance for low-income single mothers drying up, etc.
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A number of federal websites had new banners on Thursday — the official Justice Department homepage, for example, read “Democrats have shut down the government … websites are not currently updated.” 
Trump’s austerity: The president is targeting “non-essential” federal employees for termination as part of his broader government efficiency efforts. He posted on social media that he “had a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut … I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Yom Kippur Synagogue Attack</h2>
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Topline: A knife-wielding man targeted a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
The U.K.’s counterterrorism police have deemed the attack a “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/02/world/manchester-synagogue-stabbing-uk">terrorist incident</a>.”
Timeline: Authorities first received calls at around 9:30 a.m. local time about a man driving his vehicle into pedestrians outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue. The suspect, identified as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen who is of Syrian descent, then got out of his vehicle and began stabbing people around him. Authorities have confirmed that two people have been killed and four others were injured.
The suspect was shot and killed by police about 7-8 minutes after authorities were first called. 
The attack: The terrorist was not able to enter the actual synagogue because the entrance was locked and barricaded. When he exited the vehicle, he immediately encountered synagogue security and other members who stopped him.
Step back: About 30,000 Jewish people reside in Manchester – outside of London, it’s home to the largest Jewish community in the country. Antisemitic incidents in the U.K. have hit record levels after the October 7th attack by Hamas in Israel. In the first half of this year alone, there have been more than 1,500 reported incidents.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">“One Battle After Another”</h2>
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Topline: A new film by celebrated director Paul Thomas Anderson starring Leonardo DiCaprio is earning high praise from critics and solid numbers at the box office – but it’s also stirring up debate about its potentially polarizing political themes.
National Review contributor Giancarlo Sopo joined Morning Wire to discuss the film, “One Battle After Another.”
What is the film about? “I think to understand ‘One Battle After Another,’ you have to understand the book that it&#8217;s based on, and it&#8217;s Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Vineland.’ Essentially, it&#8217;s a story about a bunch of radicals who have gotten burned out, have attempted to attack government installations and institutions using violence. Now they are being hunted. So, it&#8217;s a satire, right? You’ve got radicals on one side, and then on the right, you&#8217;re going to have a bunch of racist, autocratic thugs, essentially, coming after them who are part of this paramilitary organization that is also tied, by the way, to a secret society of races called the Christmas Adventurers Club.”
Is it a political movie? “I think the film&#8217;s political sympathies are obviously with the progressive left. At the same time, though, I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily call it a political movie. I would look at it more as Antifa Star Wars, as a friend told me, where the politics and the radicalism is kind of used as a vehicle to tell a father-daughter story. You have this burned-out dad who spends all day smoking weed and watching ‘The Battle Of Algiers,’ bringing up a young daughter, who&#8217;s a teenager now, entirely by himself. And he&#8217;s having a hard time communicating with her. There are very funny, generational conflicts as tends to happen to those who have kids now are starting to figure that out.”
Is there any sympathy for people considered to be on the right in the film? “The thing with the movie is that no one&#8217;s really in the center, right? Or really the center left or much less the middle. It follows a set of extremists on both sides. And what the story is telling you on the political side is that these ideologies are pulling people away from what matters most to them in life, which should be their own children. There are very clear passages in the film that communicate that. I don&#8217;t think anyone is portrayed here sympathetically in the film, to be candid with you, with the exception of the teenage girl.”
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The suspect in Thursday&#8217;s deadly knife attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England, has been identified as a British citizen of Syrian descent named Jihad Al-Shamie.
Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by police after he rammed people with his vehicle — and then attacked one person with a knife — just as a Yom Kippur service began. He was wearing what was referred to as a &#8220;suspicious package&#8221; around his waist. Three others were arrested in connection with the attack.
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&#8220;The man who carried out the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack has been named by Greater Manchester Police as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent,&#8221; GB News presenter Patrick Christys reported.
Anna Riley, reporting from the scene for GB News, confirmed that two other men, both in their thirties, and a woman in her sixties had also been arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the attack, and also said that the &#8220;suspicious package&#8221; had been evaluated by police investigators and was determined to be &#8220;not viable.&#8221;
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Police in Manchester were still working to identify those who were killed in the attack, and noted that several remained in the hospital as a result of injuries sustained when the suspect rammed into the crowd.
Riley said that interviews with locals revealed that &#8220;people have been killed here, Jewish people, just for being Jewish.&#8221;
Yom Kippur, considered the holiest day of the year on the Jewish calendar, is translated in English as the &#8220;Day of Atonement.&#8221; The focus on this somber holiday is repentance for any wrongdoing over the past year.

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