Day: September 8, 2026

One of Three Illegal Aliens Arrested in Tennessee Identity Theft Probe Booked into Knox County Jail as U.S. Marshals Inmate

Tom Pappert
Magdalena Gomez-Garcia

The name of one of the three alleged fraudsters, identified last week by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a suspect in an identity theft probe, appears on a list of inmates at the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, suggesting the crimes may have occurred in East Tennessee.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) first told Border Hawk last week that Magdalena Gomez-Garcia, Elias Gomez-Garcia, and Eulalia Ordonez-Carmelo were arrested on August 4, with the outlet reporting ICE described all three suspects as illegal aliens from Guatemala who were already subject to final orders of removal.

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TN Democrat Governor Nominee’s Pledge to End ICE Cooperation Earns Endorsement from PAC Affiliated with $735,000 Nashville Grant Recipient

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Jerri Green

Jerri Green, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Tennessee, last month received the endorsement of a political action committee (PAC) associated with one of the pro-illegal alien nonprofits which received grants totaling nearly $1.5 million from Metro Nashville. 

The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Coalition (TIRRC) Votes political action committee (PAC) on August 11 endorsed Green, the Memphis City Council member and Georgetown University School of Law graduate who secured the Democratic Party’s gubernatorial nominee last month. 

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U.S. Military Strikes ‘Multiple’ Iranian Oil Tankers

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The Hill   The U.S. military struck “multiple” Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Tuesday in response to “more” attempted Iranian missile launches at U.S. Navy warships, a U.S. official told The Hill’s sister network NewsNation. It is unclear which U.S. Navy warship was targeted. U.S. forces struck an oil tanker near Kharg Island, located in the northern Persian Gulf, Tasnim News Agency, a semiofficial news agency affiliated with the IRGC, reported Tuesday. READ THE FULL STORY   

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Report: Karmelo Anthony’s Texts Revealed in Court Contain Alleged Racist, Anti-Gay Remarks

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Breitbart   Convicted murderer Karmelo Anthony expressed his dislike of “black b*tches” and said he preferred President Trump over Joe Biden in a series of recently revealed text messages obtained by The Daily Mail. Prosecutors did not present the texts in evidence during Anthony’s trial for the murder of fellow teenager Austin Metcalf at a Frisco, Texas, area track meet on April 2, 2025. Among the many disturbing messages contained in the court documents is one message from Anthony to a friend in which he claims that he “f***ing [despises] black bitches.” READ THE FULL STORY   

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Trump Administration Expresses ‘Profound Concern’ over Ford’s Ties to China

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CNBC   The Trump administration expressed “profound concern” Tuesday about Ford Motor ’s ties to Chinese companies that it believes could be detrimental to the Detroit carmaker and U.S. automotive industry. In a letter addressed to Ford CEO Jim Farley, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy questioned the automaker’s strategic trajectory with Chinese companies “as it pertains to American national automotive manufacturing integrity, supply chain exposure, and reliance on technologies of foreign adversaries.” Ford, which regularly touts its position as the top-producing automaker in the U.S., called the letter a “wrongheaded attempt to capture headlines.” READ THE FULL STORY   

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Mitch McConnell’s Wife Elaine Chao Held Appointments from Chinese Communist Party Organizations While Serving in Cabinet

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Elaine Chao

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials appointed Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife to multiple government positions, many of which partially overlapped with her two U.S. Cabinet posts, according to Chinese government and state media reports unearthed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Elaine Chao, who married the Kentucky Republican in 1993, has held numerous U.S. government positions since the 1980s, including serving as Department of Labor (DOL) secretary throughout President George W. Bush’s tenure and as Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term. After resigning from the Trump administration in January 2021, Chao then served on the board of EV charging company ChargePoint between 2021 and 2026, and is now listed as a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Citizenship Records System Used to Remove Non-Citizen Voters

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SCOTUS

President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a citizenship records system his administration used to remove noncitizen voters from the rolls.

The Department of Homeland Security used the data program, known as Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), to conduct voter roll audits, CNN reported. 

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Ballot Language Released Ahead of November Vote on Three Proposed Tennessee Constitutional Amendments

Kaitlin Housler
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The Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office released the language for three proposed constitutional amendments that will appear on the November 3rd ballot, giving voters an opportunity to review the measures ahead of Election Day.

The three amendments address pretrial bail, state property taxation, and constitutional rights for crime victims.

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Fans Wearing XX-XY Athletics Gear Booted from Soccer Game, Sports Bar

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XX-XY shirt

A Portland professional soccer team and a prominent women’s sports bar removed fans wearing apparel from XX-XY Athletics, a company that opposes allowing men who claim to identify as women to compete in women’s sports.

A group of eight fans attended the women’s soccer match between the Portland Thorns and the Washington Spirit at the stadium Providence Park Sunday, but security escorted them from the venue. Later, the Sports Bra, a women’s sports bar, expelled the same fans over the XX-XY Athletics T-shirts.

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Kathy Hochul Announces $70,000,000 in New Grants in Effort to Protect Against Hate Crimes, Antisemitism

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Kathy Hochul

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that she is distributing $70 million in state grants aiming to safeguard against hate crimes.

Hochul’s office said in a press release that the funding will be disbursed to 290 nonprofit community-based organizations that “are vulnerable to hate crimes and attacks due to their ideology, beliefs or mission.” The Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes grant program will enable the nonprofits to “strengthen both their physical facilities and cyber security as well as increase the safety of staff and individuals they serve,” according to the announcement.

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Trump Justice Department Urges Supreme Court to Strike Down State and Local AR-15 Bans

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The U.S. Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to strike down categorical bans on AR-15 rifles in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois, arguing that the restrictions violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The position was presented in a brief filed Friday by Solicitor General D. John Sauer in two cases before the Supreme Court: Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins. 

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