Kairi Got Coin Issues!

If this is a real image, this is problematic.

I was saving this for the Cash Fever series. Too bad the issue gotten worse for rapper Offset.

Kairi Cephus is a 34 year old rapper, producer and media personality who was formerly part of the hip-hop group The Migos. 

Offset along with Quavo and Takeoff were from Lawrenceville, Georgia but aligns with Atlanta's southern rap scene.

He is the father of six children. Three of his children comes from his former wife, rapper Cardi B. She has him on a restraining order and he has a court order for child support.

He also is struggling. Offset left Quality Control Music to run solely as a Capitol and Motown Records artist.

Offset is really finding himself in some financial issues. His friends and former allies believe he has a huge vice problem. Besides the women, the alcohol, the weed and the failure to commit to doing his job as an entertainer, he has a gambling problem.

A drinking problem. A sexual problem. A lot of anger issues.

Again, it's not my business to worry what people do in their private lives. However, it is newsworthy to find out why the rapper was shot in Hollywood, Florida.

Most who often play are either a family member, co-worker or friend who has a gambling addiction.

So here's the public service announcement.

Most lotteries and casinos offer help for problem gambling. I want to acknowledge this.

The National Council on Problem Gambling operates the National Problem Gambling Helpline Network (1-800-522-4700). The network is a single national access point to local resources for those seeking help for a gambling problem. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

You can get help if you, a loved one or friend is dealing with drug abuse.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

It is a difficult thing to tell a family member, friend, co-worker or a player of a gambling venue. But if see something, say something. It may save a life.

The signs of problem gambling include:

• The person constantly borrowing money from friends, family, loan facilities or banks.
• The person is always taking more out to chase the jackpot (or clout).
• The person loses track of time or misses appointments due to gambling.
• The person is running late on paying bills or dues.
• The person feels like "playing it back" is the only way to win.
• The person is getting agitated over wins and losses.
• The person is using alcohol or drugs to ease stress. 
• The person damages property at casinos or lottery retailers.
• The person deliberately asks others to claim prizes to avoid paying child support, spousal support or owed taxes.
• The person uses false ID, false social security numbers or gives wrong information to avoid taxes or has known status as a banned guest or voluntarily excluded player (self-prevention/restricted gambler).
• The person is restless and feel the only way to relax is to gamble.
• The person is jeopardizing relationships, their jobs and their social life in order to gamble.
• The person repeatedly lies about wins and loses.
• The person is trying to curb problem gambling but never achieves the goal.
• The person has trouble adjusting to increases in lottery prices and rule changes.
• The person usually holds up lines in businesses due to inconsistent demands or repetitive calls of plays and bets.
• The person often uses phone apps to purchase lottery tickets and sports bets without consideration of funds.
• The person is upset when family members, friends or frequent winners win jackpots or prizes.

These are the hard truths about problem gambling. You know someone or have a problem. That's why it's important to know your limits when you gamble. 

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Offset confirmed that the rapper was in stable condition, but his exact condition was unknown. Police said the injuries were not life-threatening.

“Offset has been released from the hospital and he is up and walking,” a representative for Offset said on Friday. “We’re incredibly grateful to the doctors, nurses, and the entire hospital staff who took such great care of him.”

The rapper shared his own statement on social media Friday, writing, “Thank you to everyone who’s checked in on me and showed me love! I’m good….but I’m planning to be better! I’m focused on my family, my recovery, and getting back to the music…realizing that life is made up of quiet wins and loud losses...”

Lil Tjay is county lockup on aggrevated assault with a deadly weapon.

“Life’s a gamble and I’m still playing to win,” he concluded.

Earlier this week, officers detained two people. The rapper Lil Tjay, born Tione Jayden Merritt, was arrested in connection with the altercation that occurred before the shooting, the Seminole Police Department in Florida said. He was charged with disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without a valid license.

The second person detained at the scene has not been charged and investigators were working to identify others involved, police said in a statement Tuesday.

Offset, born Kiari Kendrell Cephus, launched his career with Migos, one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time. The Atlanta trio is celebrated for their rapid-fire triplet flow, an often-imitated delivery that changed the trajectory of trap.

The group had several multiplatinum selling singles, including “Bad and Boujee,” which went No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, “Stir Fry,” and “Narcos.” Migos released four full-length albums across their career.

More than three years ago, Offset’s cousin Takeoff, another member of Migos, was shot and killed at a Houston bowling alley.

As a solo artist known for his idiosyncratic style — a melodic, aggressive finesse — Offset has released three full-length albums.

He was also previously married to the rapper Cardi B. The pair were secretly wed in September 2017 in Atlanta. In 2024, Cardi B announced that she filed for divorce. They have three children together.

If Trump Can Get Away With It....

Democrats will throw candidates under the bus for allegations. Republicans will elect them even if they're convicted felons, sexual predators and seditionists.

Again, Democrats are their own worst enemy. They rather cancel people than focus on the issues that matter. While I don't give two fucks who becomes governor of California, I know about eight of the candidates are pro Israel. There is no convictions or indictments.

No just rumors and basically heresy. 

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a frequent target of the Trump Administration, Fox and the far right is once again hog tied in a scandal. 

Remember he said he will not take AIPAC money.

He ran for president in 2019-2020. He is a frequent guest on progressive radio, CNN and MS NOW.

As he is leading in the campaign for governor in a packed jungle primary, the ops got to him. 

Does Israel, Roger Stone, Republicans and Tom Steyer ring a bell? 

They were his biggest threats besides the Republican lightweights Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and far right British American agitator Steve Hilton.

Consenting adults having sex whether they're married, having an affair, engaging in a relationship of the opposite sex, engaging in a relationship of the same sex, engaging in a relationship with transgender Americans, engaging in a relationship with adult content creators, engaging in a relationship with prostitutes or escorts is not my business.

Having sex with anyone who intoxicated is a huge risk. Many inebriated people make decisions that cause cognitive issues. If a woman or man is drunk and has sex with a random stranger or the victims is too drunk to make decisions, many see it as sexual assault under the guise of consent. People who engage with drunk people often take a risk of an allegation of sexual abuse, theft or murder.

It is best to allow the drunk person to detoxify by letting them sleep in their filth. Bars and restaurants have the legal obligation to not allow drinks to people inebriated.

Also, if you leave your drink unattended, make sure you throw it away. 

Again, heresy not an indictment or conviction.

In a stunning political reversal, prominent supporters of Swalwell’s campaign for California governor withdrew their support Friday after the congressmember denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him.

Swalwell was among the leading Democrats in the race to replace outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom. But in just hours, he saw his most prominent supporters - including U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and powerful labor unions - drop their endorsements and call for his exit from the race.

Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate who has avoided engaging in the contest to replace him, said in a statement: “As we continue to learn more, these allegations from multiple sources are deeply troubling and must be taken seriously.”

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who hasn’t endorsed in the race, said the “serious allegations” must be investigated.

“As I discussed with Congressman Swalwell, it is clear that is best done outside of a gubernatorial campaign,” she said in social media posted by her staff.

The allegations surfaced at a critical stage of the wide-open campaign to lead the nation’s most populous state. The exodus of support threatened to cripple Swalwell’s campaign, less than a month before voters receive mail ballots in advance of the June 2 election.

Many claim Roger Stone has a role in the women making allegations against Swalwell.

This turmoil in the race came after the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that a woman said Swalwell sexually assaulted her in 2019 and 2024. The newspaper reviewed text messages about the alleged 2024 assault and spoke to people whom she had told about it. She told the newspaper she did not go to police because she was afraid she would not be believed.

The woman worked for Swalwell in 2019 when the first alleged assault occurred, and the 2024 assault allegedly occurred after a charity gala, the newspaper reported. She said in both cases she was too intoxicated to consent to sex.

Tara Reade all over again. 

Again, I take all allegations seriously but this is a timing issue like when Reade tried to force a scandal to Ryan Grim as Joe Biden was considered the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. She eventually left the United States and gained sanctuary in Russia. 

The Republicans dropped her like a bad cold. I still have disdain for Grim despite agreeing with him on Israel having too much influence in U.S. politics.

Swalwell would be outside of his wife when these allegations occurred. It is hard to prove since these allegations run in 2019 and most recently 2024.

Seems like its an op. Because if she was sexually assaulted during his 2020 presidential bid (later House reelection bid), how come this didn't come to light as he declared his bid?

I am not dismissing it. I am totally done with this moral high ground cancel culture bullshit. Democrats need to get the facts before they start burning at the stake.

Swalwell denied the woman’s account and suggested they were part of an attack due to his campaign’s momentum.

“These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement. “For nearly 20 years, I have served the public — as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women. I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.”

The paper didn’t name the woman, and The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify her account and identity. Her lawyer declined to comment.

The woman received a cease-and-desist letter from Swalwell’s attorney, the Chronicle reported. The attorney, Elias Debaie, confirmed he sent out at least one letter and called the allegations “baseless.”

Swift backlash from prominent Democrats

On Friday afternoon, Schiff said in a social media post he’s “deeply distressed” by the allegations, calling for Swalwell to end his gubernatorial bid.

Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who helped run Swalwell’s campaign, said he’s immediately ending his role.

“The congressman should leave the race now so there can be full accountability without doubt, distraction, or delay,” Gomez said on social media.

Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego and California Rep. Adam Gray also said they’re yanking their support. Mark Ramos, who heads the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, called on Swalwell to end his campaign.

Powerful labor unions, including the California Service Employees International Union and the California Teachers Association, said they’re suspending their support. The California Federation of Labor Unions said it’s “acting urgently” on next steps.

A spokesperson for House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said the allegations require a “serious and thorough investigation.”

“These brave women must be heard and respected,” spokeswoman Christie Stephenson said in a statement. “It is imperative that the investigation follow the facts, apply the law and take place immediately.”

President Donald J. Trump, Erika Kirk and Republican lawmakers have scandals out the ass. Yet, Republicans will continue backing them regardless.

Growing calls for Swalwell to drop out

Uncorroborated and nonspecific rumors that Swalwell behaved inappropriately with female staffers have circulated on social media for weeks, but the Chronicle’s story is the first reported account of someone making a direct accusation. At a Tuesday campaign event in Sacramento, he told reporters he’s never had a sexual relationship with a staff member or intern.

CNN also reported that several women accused Swalwell of sending them inappropriate sexual messages.

Swalwell earlier this week announced a series of campaign functions he’s planned around the state, but canceled the scheduled event Thursday in Palm Springs.

Swalwell is among several leading Democrats in the crowded field to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, and he immediately came under pressure from all other Democratic rivals to withdraw from the race.

Tara Reade accepts an award in Moscow. This woman alleged Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. She fled to Russia claiming that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating her. She claimed Biden sicced the DOJ on her. The allegations were in 2020. The Trump Administration and his DOJ had an open inquiry.

Swalwell, originally from Iowa, was elected in 2012 and represents a House district east of San Francisco. He launched a presidential run in April 2019 but shuttered it a few months later after failing to catch on with voters. Swalwell, who is married and has three children, is perhaps best known nationally as a House manager in President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial during his first term in early 2021.

Yet, President Donald J. Trump is a convicted felony, an adjudicated sexual predator, a seditionist, a habitual liar, a sundowning geezer and twice impeached president won.

He won in 2016 and 2024. In 2024, he won the popular vote. The first time in over 20 years. The last Republican to win the popular vote was George W. Bush.

California itself makes up the seventh in economic strength. The U.S. is ranked fourth.

Gavin Newsom, the current governor is hinting a run as well as former vice president Kamala Harris who both are from California. However, their support of Israel will doom them.

Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Vince McMahon are rich, powerful sexual predators. They have the billions to scrub away their deviant behavior.

Me. Swelwell, Hasan Piker, Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Kristi Noem, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and so many others could be destroyed because of a sex scandal. The personal problems do not put food on people's plates. It does bring paychecks home.

Personal business is not government business. Since when does my focus got to be on the "he said, she said stuff?"

We are practically buried alive by all this chaos by that 79 year old crumungon president.

Whether Swalwell stays in the race or not is depending on the voters. If they care more about this than lowering grocery prices, lowering gas prices, fixing bridges, stopping wildfires, make Hollywood to film capital of the world, fixing potholes, stopping gun violence, save the water infrastructure and stopping the chaos of Trump, vote for that.

Enough with these neverending distractions.

Bae Spills Byron's Tea Chats On Kristi!

Dude looks like a lady.

A woman comes forth with allegations that Byron Noem, the husband of former Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem wa going to leave her and transition into a woman.

The junk food media is now zeroed in on the trouble marriage of Kristi and Byron Noem.

It was an open secret that Kristi was in a romantic affair with Corey Lewandowski.

Lewandowski was ousted as deputy press secretary when Noem was fired. 

The Daily Mail, a British far right tabloid mostly obsessed with Duchess Meghan of Sussex, former vice president Kamala Harris and Black on whatever crime stories interviewed Shy Sotomayor, a model who does cosplay and is dominatrix.

She just generated 15% more support on her platform thanks to this.

Consenting adults having sex whether they're married, having an affair, engaging in a relationship of the opposite sex, engaging in a relationship of the same sex, engaging in a relationship with transgender Americans, engaging in a relationship with adult content creators, engaging in a relationship with prostitutes or escorts is not my business.

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

You can get help if you, a loved one or friend is dealing with drug abuse.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

Bryon Noem allegedly dresses up in women boob suits. He dresses up to attract men and women. It is an open secret. So I guess that's why Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski have that special friendship. The former first gentleman and husband of the disgraced Trump Administration officials made her life more chaotic.

Look, he isn't in the federal government and its own business. Not my place to judge.

However, the controversy keeps the former Homeland Security chief and former South Dakota governor had that MAGA makeover. It must have trigger Byron to be like his wife.

Kristi was a former South Dakota state lawmaker, U.S. House member, governor and Homeland Security secretary in President Donald J. Trump's second administration.

Shy Sotomayor cosplay as Dragon Ball Z fighter Android 18.

She felt a lot of pushback over opening during the pandemic, the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline which went through reservations. The tribal groups have permanently banned her and her family from the land. Eight of the nine tribal groups have banned her from entry.

Her handling of ICE led to the deaths of Americans. It was marred with agents who raped women, allowed people in treatments to die, detaining children under 12, pushing for more armed protection, losing her purse, having a food allergy, allowing Lewandowski travel with her frequently, allowing him to fire people without proper protocols, spending on personal expenses and so many other issues under watch led to her eventual firing.

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Unearthed audio reveals Kristi Noem's husband professing his love to a dominatrix:

"I do love you... You're so much better [than my wife]. Would you ever marry me?" pic.twitter.com/hizwSzjKBc

— FactPost (@factpostnews) April 10, 2026

Noe, shattered by the explosive new report that her husband leads a cross-dressing double life in which he chats online with fetish models.

Noem told The Independent the claims in the report were “not all true.” He did not elaborate when asked for more information.

The 56-year-old was reported to have been in an on-off relationship online with Shy Sotomayor, a 30-year-old sex worker known as Raelynn Riley, since 2016, she claimed in an interview with the Daily Mail, published Friday.

It is the latest in a series of exposés on the husband of the recently ousted Homeland Security Secretary, who has been keeping a low profile since the story broke last week.

Sotomayor shared recordings of phone calls and screenshots of messages she said she exchanged with Bryon Noem, where he said she was “so much better” than his wife. He also expressed wanting to transition to become a woman, the messages showed.

In one recent message, the South Dakota insurance boss said he wanted to change his name to Crystal “so bad,” and that he wanted plastic surgery. “I want to be your trans bimbo bitch,” the messages showed.

Sotomayor, from Colorado Springs, is the second online model to go public about her interactions with Bryon Noem after Nicole Raccagno—whose Instagram name is “plastictrophybimbo”— previously told the Mail that he was in love with her.

Bryon Noem made similar declarations to Sotomayor, she said, and in one message told her, “I can see us leaving our spouses for each other.”

Sotomayor said she first connected with Bryon Noem in 2016 but he cut off contact “abruptly” in 2020, around the time that his wife was elected governor of South Dakota, where she ran on a platform of conservative Christian values.

The thrill is gone.

She did not learn his true identity until they reconnected in October 2025, she said, where he “just popped back into my life like a little groundhog.”

“Is it because of everything going on right now with ICE?” Sotomayor asked.

“And life,” Bryon Noem replied.

On January 31, the model said she asked Bryon Noem how he could be with his wife in light of her aggressive immigration crackdown and that she was “unlikable.”

“I do like my wife and I know you don't,” he replied.

“She's a good person,” Bryon Noem reportedly said in defense of his wife. “You are amazing though,” he added, in reference to Sotomayor.

Sotomayor claimed she pressed the husband how he could be with his wife “after everything she’s done.”

“He urged her not to believe everything she reads in the news,” the Mail reported, adding that he mused having a phone call with Sotomayor that night.

“Can talk to you tonight, but I will regret it tomorrow,” he said. “Because I'm still with her.”

Kristi Noem was said to be barely showing up for her new role at the State Department after being ousted by Trump in March, the Mail reported Thursday.

Trump Calls MAGA Influencers Traitors!

Trump calls Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson traitors.

President Donald J. Trump once praised these figures as being influential in MAGA.

One year into his second term, the president has turned on Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Obviously, there is a major civil war brewing between the Republicans and the Democrats.

Americans are tired of the status quo, Israel, 20th Century fear mongering, endless wars, the us versus them mantra and elites.

Anthony Anderson said it best, why are we "wasting money going to the moon" when we have issues on Earth?

He is right.

Americans are not concerned about going to the moon. We are concerned about the cost of living, the government being distracted with issues outside of their job to fix the economy and our president making conflicts with everyone who angers him.

The president and his allies said they can't cancel us....

Oh, when Charlie Kirk got assassinated, the cancel culture began again.

When Israel conducted its response to October 7th, cancel culture continued.

When former president Joe Biden said he was going to save the "soul of the nation", he literally just ignored the people who wanted him to have a soul.

Owens said that Trump is sun downing.

Thanks to Biden, we are now cursed with another chaotic Trump term.

Trump continues pushing people away and deteriorating in front the American people.

In June, he turns 80 years old. He will surpass Joe Biden in the sundown phase.

Trump went after big-name conservative media figures Thursday over their criticism of his handling of the war in Iran, calling some of his former allies “low IQ," “losers” and "nut jobs."

“They’re losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social before dishing out personal insults.

"They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too!" he wrote.

He said Carlson "should see a good psychiatrist," called Owens "crazy," described Jones as saying "some of the dumbest things” and referred to Kelly as having "nastily" asked him about his past remarks about comedian Rosie O'Donnell.

Owens responded by posting a screenshot of Trump’s post on X and writing, “It may be time to put Grandpa up in a home.”

“Trump’s mad that he’s wrong. He’s mad that he got set up by Israel," Jones said on his show.

"Once a man, twice a child,” he added. “This is dementia.”

Spokespeople for Carlson and Kelly did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In the past week, Carlson, a former Fox host, called on U.S. military aides to reject plans to kill Iranian civilians, while Owens, the former communications director of Turning Point USA, said the Trump administration was “satanic” and urged Congress to “have the Mad King Trump removed.”

Kelly, a former Fox host and NBC News anchor, said on her podcast this week that she was “sick of this s---,” adding, "You don’t just threaten to wipe out an entire civilization.” On his show, Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist, called for Trump to be removed through the 25th Amendment.

Their comments, which intensified after Trump threatened to wipe out Iranian civilization, underscore a growing schism within Trump’s base over the Iran war, particularly after he campaigned on "no new wars."

In his post, Trump said his former supporters in conservative media like Carlson and the others are “not ‘MAGA.’”

"MAGA is about WINNING and STRENGTH in not allowing Iran to have Nuclear Weapons," he said. "MAGA is about MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and these people have no idea how to do that."

Afrika Bambaataa Passed Away!

Afrika Bambaataa dies from cancer.

Hip-Hop legends die but their music last forever. So in the honors of golden age, there lies Afrika Bambaataa. Also lies the scandals that tarnished the legacy.

He may be one of the first hip-hop pioneers in the LGBTQ community. 

Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68.

Bambaataa’s sudden death was met with an outpouring of condolences from friends, family and fans across the world, who paid tribute to his profound and unmistakable impact on one of the world’s most popular and politically influential music genres. But others have said that his impact was overshadowed in recent years after numerous men who knew Bambaataa when they were boys accused him of sexual abuse.

The rapper and producer is best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982’s “Planet Rock” and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.

“Hip Hop will never be the same without him -- but everything hip hop is today, it is because of him. His spirit lives in every beat, every cypher and every corner of this globe he touched,” his talent agency, Naf Management Entertainment, wrote in an emailed statement on Tuesday.

The birthplace of hip hop

Bambaataa was Lance Taylor born in 1957 in the South Bronx, and he came of age at a time when the New York City neighborhood was rapidly deteriorating after intensifying segregation and years of economic neglect. By the 1970s and 1980s, landlords were burning apartment buildings to collect insurance money instead of investing in repairs, leaving low-income mostly Puerto Rican and Black families without socioeconomic opportunity.

Bambaataa had Jamaican and Barbadian heritage, and he was raised in a low-income public housing complex by his mother, according to an interview he gave Frank Broughton in 1998. He was exposed to music at an early age through his mother’s vinyl record collection.

The ability to repurpose and mix old hits became one of his signatures at the parties he began to throw in community centers across the neighborhood in the early 1970s, Bambaataa said in the interview. He was deeply inspired by the work of Kool Herc, who is often deemed the father of hip-hop.

Bambaataa had Jamaican and Barbadian heritage, and he was raised in a low-income public housing complex by his mother, according to an interview he gave Frank Broughton in 1998. He was exposed to music at an early age through his mother’s vinyl record collection.

The ability to repurpose and mix old hits became one of his signatures at the parties he began to throw in community centers across the neighborhood in the early 1970s, Bambaataa said in the interview. He was deeply inspired by the work of Kool Herc, who is often deemed the father of hip-hop.

Bambaataa and the parties where he DJ’ed swelled in popularity throughout the decade and well into the 1980s, when he released a series of electro tracks that helped shaped the burgeoning hip-hop and electro-funk music movements. He also was one of the first DJs to use beat breaks, incorporating the iconic Roland TR-808 drum machine.

“We was playin’ everything, everything that was funky,” he said. He later added that what set his parties apart was that “other DJs would play they great records for fifteen, twenty minutes. We was changing ours every minute or two. I couldn’t have no breakbeat go longer than a minute or two.”

At that time, Bambaataa said in previous interviews that he was able to leverage his affiliation with the local street gang the Black Spades in order to form a group he called the Zulu Nation, a nod to a South African ethnic group that he drew inspiration from. His slogan eventually became known as “peace, love, unity and having fun,” and he said that he sought to use hip-hops’ ballooning popularity to resolve local gang conflicts.

Later, Bambaataa changed the name to the Universal Zulu Nation to signal the inclusion of “all people from the planet earth.”

“At the core our music made people feel like they belong to a movement and not a moment, our music offered Hope something positive to believe in, it gave people identity, unity, and a way out,” Ellis Williams, a producer known as Mr. Biggs, wrote in an email to the AP. Mr. Biggs was a member of the group Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force that included Bambaataa.

Accused of sexual abuse

In recent years, numerous people have accused Bambaataa of sexual abuse.

In 2016, Bronx political activist and former music industry executive Ronald Savage accused Bambaataa of abusing him in 1980, when he was Savage was a young teen.

“I was scared, but at the same time I was like, ’This is Afrika Bambaataa,’ ” Savage told the AP in 2016. At the time he recalled, in detail, that encounter and four others that he said followed.

Bambaataa has vehemently denied those allegations.

After Savage went public with his claims, numerous other men came forward to share similar experiences about Bambaataa. In June 2016, the Universal Zulu Nation released a public letter apologizing to “the survivors of apparent sexual molestation by Bambaataa” saying that some members of the group knew about the abuse but “chose not to disclose” it.

“We extend our deepest and most sincere apologies to the many people who have been hurt,” organization wrote.

I Barely Knew Epstein!

When they go low, she wants to sue. Being a public official, you got to take the arrows. I mean, did she ever listen to Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama or Jill Biden?

While the president is dealing with the blowback of his aggression towards Iran, the first lady made the whole situation worse.

First Lady Melania Trump made statements about Jeffrey Epstein which pushes the story back on her and President Donald J. Trump's ties to the world’s most notorious pedophile.

Oh, former attorney general Pam Bondi will invoke executive privilege to avoid a congressional subpoena. Bondi slow walked the release of the Epstein files. 

Only 40% of the documents were released and the president's name was redacted.

Israel was redacted. Many of the people named in the files are not under criminal investigation. Again, taking pictures with Epstein or going to his island is not a crime.

Whatever those victims name are the ones who face the music when the U.S. Justice Department hands out indictments. 

The president will risk it but expect pardons of many of these figures. 

She is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his sex crimes, saying Thursday that the “stories are completely false” and calling accusations that she was somehow involved “smears about me.”

Reading an extraordinary statement at the White House, Melania Trump said she and her attorneys were fighting back against “unfound and baseless lies” in regards to her connections to the late financier, a convicted sex offender who leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes.

“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” she said. “The individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect. I do not object to their ignorance, but rather I reject their mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation.”

The seemingly out-of-the-blue message came as her husband, President Donald Trump, and his administration had finally seemed to move past more than a year of controversy surrounding Epstein, especially as the Iran war had become all-consuming in Washington.

The first lady’s comments almost assuredly will serve to push the story back into the political spotlight even as the president urged the public and media to move on from the case.

Nick Clemens, a spokesperson for the first lady, said the West Wing was aware beforehand that she was making a statement. But he deferred to the West Wing on whether the content of what Melania Trump planned to say was known. The White House press office did not respond to requests for comment.

Calls for a congressional hearing for Epstein victims

The first lady spoke for about five minutes, reading her statement in the Grand Foyer, then walked away without taking questions. She did not go into detail on the accusations against her, but said they came from “individuals and entities looking to cause damage to my good name.”

She added that they were financially and politically motivated.

The first lady also called on Congress to hold a public hearing centered on survivors of Epstein’s crimes, with a chance to testify before lawmakers and have their stories entered into the congressional record.

“Each and every woman should have her day to tell her story in public if she wishes,” she said. “Then, and only then, we will have the truth.”

Two of Epstein’s accusers, Maria and Annie Farmer, said in a subsequent statement: “What we want is accountability, transparency, and justice.”

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican and onetime fierce Trump supporter who resigned from Congress after a public falling out with the president, posted on X, “I am grateful to the First Lady for her brave statement today about Epstein and his victims.”

Democrats, meanwhile, jumped on Melania Trump’s comments, saying they agreed with her call for a congressional hearing. In a social media post, Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee that is investigating Epstein, called on the Republican chair of the committee, Rep. James Comer, to schedule a public hearing “immediately.”

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who sponsored a bill prompting the release of millions of Epstein documents, turned attention back to the Justice Department, saying it’s the attorney general’s job to bring in survivors for testimony. Massie, who has pressed for more arrests in the Epstein case, ended a social media post with a call to “PROSECUTE!”

Questions about Epstein’s reach have loomed over the administration and divided Republicans, driving a wedge into Trump’s MAGA base as some pressed for the government to release more files and prosecute figures linked to the financier.

The issue has dogged Trump and fractured some of his alliances, including the one with Greene. Trump dismissed the issue as a “Democrat hoax” but later signed a bill to release files from Epstein’s case.

It was not clear what prompted the first lady to revive the issue. She noted that several individuals and organizations have had to apologize for their “lies about me.” Of the examples she cited, the most recent was in October.

In that case, book publisher HarperCollins UK apologized to the first lady and retracted passages from a book suggesting Epstein played a role in introducing her and Donald Trump.

Melania Trump mentioned her husband several times in her comments. She said Epstein did not introduce her to Trump, and that she met her future husband at a New York City party in 1998.

Me and Donald barely knew Epstein and Ghislaine.

Email to Maxwell was ‘trivial’

The first lady brought Epstein back to the forefront months after federal authorities released millions of pages of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Lawmakers complained when the Justice Department made only a limited release last month, but officials said more time was needed to review additional documents that were discovered and to ensure no sensitive information about victims was released.

Melania Trump said Thursday that she was not friends with Epstein or Maxwell, but was in overlapping social circles in New York and Florida. She described an email reply she sent to Maxwell as “casual correspondence” without elaborating.

“My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trivial note,” she said.

Among the documents released by the Justice Department was a brief email from 2002 with the sender and recipient blacked out. It begins, “Dear G!” and ends “Love, Melania,” and compliments the recipient on a magazine article about “JE.”

“I know you are very busy flying all over the world,” it says. “How was Palm Beach? I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY.”

That email was sent the same month that a New York Magazine article was published about Epstein in which Trump called him a “terrific guy.”

Among other documents released was an image from Epstein’s home showing a series of photographs along a credenza and in drawers. In that image, inside a drawer among other photos, was a photograph of Trump, alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Maxwell.

Epstein killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in New York. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Candace Owens: Charlie, You're Not The Father!

Show us them faces.

The far right and some on the left are questioning the widow of the white nationalist Charlie Kirk. 

Candace Owens is trying to expose the widow, Erika Kirk. 

Kirk has been thrust into the spotlight as the widow. The president, vice president, Republicans and many of the far right have used his vile name as a rally cry to push more authoritarianism.

Owens and many others claim that her two children aren't Charlie's. 

I am laughing at this one. 

Christine Quinn said Erika Kirk is "everywhere but with her kids."

The TurningPoint USA organization continues to function without Charlie Kirk’s awful presence. However, it is facing internal problems and many are losing faith in how Erika runs the group.

IS SHE RIGHT WERE CHARLIE AND ERIKA GOING TO GET A DIVORCE????????????

WAS ERIKA CHEATING ON HIM???????? pic.twitter.com/iPWiai9jta

— Ginny Robinson (@ImGinnyRobinson) April 7, 2026

Owens who previously worked for TurningPoint USA, PragerU and The Daily Wire has declared war on them. She has vowed to expose the Israeli influence taking over MAGA.

Owens has openly stated she regrets voting for President Donald J. Trump.

Many online have started to question why Kirk isn't putting her children first. 

Charlie's parents aren't in the mix. Usually, everyone who was affected by Kirk's death should have a stake in TurningPoint USA. The online community believe that Erika locked out the parents.

Erika had hid her pregnancy and claimed it was a private matter. That raises speculation.

Candace Owens tells her supporters to question everything.

Rumors the parents wanted a paternity test issued. When the results came and it turned out to be not Charlie's, they abandoned the movement.

She had many relationships before meeting Kirk. 

They do not show the faces of their children. I get it. I respect the privacy matter to not let their children be put into their toxic brew. However, how Christian nationalist Kirk was, I don't understand why he would shield his children.

Owens has been very focused on Erika because she strongly believes that she is disingenuous about her relationship with her husband.

The infamous CBS News interview with Bari Weiss also had red flags.

Look I am not going to be looking into the rabbit hole. But I am enjoying the civil war between MAGA.

I am almost happy to see the Dems infight too. Because Americans are fed up.

Trump's chaotic second term has finally awaken Americans who are tired of the status quo in the Republican and Democratic Parties. They are putting foreign interests like Israel ahead of the country itself.

The articulate idiot and the grieving grifter feud continues. 

Wisconsin Supreme Court Got Bluer!

Say cheese.

The Republicans are not pleased about the sleeper primary and special election to decide on the state of Wisconsin's Supreme Court.

President Donald J. Trump carried Wisconsin in 2016 and 2024. 

Former president Joe Biden carried it in 2020. Former president Barack Obama carried it in 2008 and 2012.

Wisconsin is your average majority white state. Whites make 65% of the populationm with a 10% indigenous population 8% Black, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian and 7% biracial and 2% immigrant. 

Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Appleton, Janesville, Kenosha, Waukesha and Eau Claire are the largest cities in the state. Madison is the state capital.

Badgers baby.

Hello cheese heads.

Fear The Herd.

Milwaukee's Best.

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, growing the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues await in the perennial battleground state.

Taylor, who focused her campaign on abortion rights, handily defeated Republican-backed Maria Lazar in the fourth straight victory for liberal court candidates dating back to 2020. Liberals are now guaranteed to hold a majority on the court until at least 2030.

“Once again, Wisconsin showed the entire nation that we believe that the people should be at the center of government and the priority of our judiciary, not the billionaires, not the most powerful and privileged, but the people,” Taylor said in her victory speech.

Wisconsin Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming, in the wake of Lazar’s double-digit defeat, called for Republicans to “stay united and continue fighting for our conservative values.”

Democrats tightened their control of the court just months before a November election in which they seek to keep the governor’s office and flip the state Legislature, where Republicans have held the majority since 2011. Democrats aspire to undo a host of Republican-enacted laws that made Wisconsin a focal point for the nation’s conservative movement in the 2010s.

This year’s Supreme Court election stands in stark contrast to the swing state’s previous two, where national spending records were set in battles over majority control. Spending and national attention was down dramatically this year without control of the court at stake.

Liberals took control of the state’s top court in 2023, ending 15 years under a conservative majority. They held onto their majority with last year’s victory in a race that drew involvement from President Donald Trump and billionaires George Soros and Elon Musk, who personally handed out $1 million checks to voters in the state.

Liberals argued that democracy was at stake in the 2025 election, noting that when the court was controlled by conservative justices in 2020 it came just one vote shy of siding with Trump in his attempt to invalidate enough votes to overturn his loss in that year’s presidential election.

The court under liberal control has reversed several election-related rulings, including one that overturned a ban on absentee ballot drop boxes, and it is poised to once again be in the spotlight around the 2028 presidential election.

Races for the court are officially nonpartisan, but support for candidates breaks down mostly along partisan lines. The seat was open due to the retirement of a conservative justice.

Maria Lazar, backed by Trump lost to Chris Taylor. She will become the fifth Wisconsin Supreme Court member.

Taylor, who is a state Appeals Court judge and previously worked for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, focused much of her campaign on abortion rights. One of her TV ads argued that “abortion is on the ballot.” In another ad, she criticized Lazar for calling the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 “very wise.”

Lazar, who is also a state Appeals Court judge and was supported by anti-abortion groups in her run for that court, tried to brand Taylor as nothing more than a politician who will push a partisan agenda on the high court.

They sparred over each other’s partisanship during the campaign’s sole debate last week.

Lazar accused Taylor of being a “radical, extreme legislator” and a “judicial activist.” Taylor said that Lazar would bring “an extreme, right-wing political agenda to the bench.”

But she had a much harder time getting her message out. Taylor had a large fundraising advantage and spent about nine times as much as Lazar on television ads, based on a tally by the Brennan Center for Justice.

The liberal-controlled court has already struck down a state abortion ban law and ordered new legislative maps since taking control of the court, fueling Democrats’ hopes of capturing a majority this November.

Taylor has been a judge since 2020 and before that spent 10 years as a Democrat representing the liberal capital city of Madison in the state Assembly.

Lazar, a judge since 2015, previously worked four years under a Republican attorney general in the state Department of Justice. In that role, she defended a law enacted under former Republican Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers.

A circuit court judge ruled in December that the law is unconstitutional, a decision expected to ultimately land before the state Supreme Court.

Lazar also defended laws passed by Republicans and signed by Walker implementing a voter ID requirement and restricting abortion access.

Democrats had been optimistic given the past two Supreme Court elections, which saw candidates they backed winning by double digits.

Another conservative justice is retiring next year, giving liberals a chance to take 6-1 control of the court thanks to Taylor’s victory.

Clay Fuller Wins MTG Seat!

Republican Clay Fuller heads to Washington.

I knew he was toast when he said "I am not going to be...."

Shawn Harris once again falls to the Republican in the special election to replace the controversial Marjorie Taylor Greene. 

Rep-elect Clay Fuller (R-GA) won the run off special election with 52% of the vote.

Fuller, backed by President Donald J. Trump did not perform with the high figures but a win is win.

Harris said he respects his runoff election loss to Fuller and remains optimistic as he continues campaigning for the full two-year congressional term.

“Whoever would’ve thought that this race would be this close in a ruby red district,” Harris told Local 3 moments after learning he’d lost.

Harris made gains from his 2024 general election loss to then- Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Supporters said they remain optimistic, with Harris running unopposed in the May 19 Democratic primary.

“Having made these kinds of gains in this district is very positive,” said Deborah Wiengar, who started volunteering with Harris in January.

Another supporter, Marcella London, said she wants more people to get to the polls in the primary and then the general election.

“Get out in November cause he’s a leadership man, and he’s going to guide us and straighten out the White House,” London said.

Harris said he remains focused on issues impacting Northwest Georgians as he begins his next campaign.

“Northwest Georgia right now is dealing with PFAS,” he said, “That is our thing that we all have in common. It runs from Dalton to Rome, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.”

If elected, Harris said he would only serve three terms, or six years.

Perennial alert. Shawn Harris is running for the two year House term in November.

Despite the presidential endorsement going to Fuller, Harris said he would support Trump when he agrees with him. He cited the crackdown at the southern border as a point of agreement but said he disagrees with immigration enforcement operations led by ICE.

Harris cast doubts that he will face Fuller if both advance to the November general. He said he believes he could face former State Sen. Colton Moore, who came in third place in the March 10th election.

“He’s [Fuller] in a primary, and it’s not guaranteed just because he beat me tonight that he’s going to beat somebody in that primary come May, so I have to have myself prepared,” Harris said.

Harris appeared on MS NOW saying he will only focus on the issues that centrist Democrats support. Especially the fucking apartheid genocidal ethnostate of Israel.

That right there cost him.

Democrats are not listening and this the end game.

Harris wants to be the status quo, middle of the road, not looking for a fight Democrat.

Dealing with a fascist is not middle ground. Democrats want unapologetic fighters.

Greene who refused to back any of them criticized Fuller as an America Last/Israel First politician. She is right.

Both Harris and Fuller care more about Israel than the fucking district Greene finally paid attention to until her abrupt resignation. The reason she resigned was the president resending his endorsement of her. Trump and Greene had a fallout over Israel, the Jeffrey Epstein files, falling behind on the America First agenda, the massive debt spending as well as his support for endless wars.

AIPAC congratulated Fuller. That's all you need to know.

The U.S. and Iran agreed to a two week ceasefire. That means the U.S. is likely going to pay for the damages it inflicted on Iran since the start of this aggression. This aggression has put a major dent in the world economy and weakened the U.S. standing.

Israel will continue attacking Iran despite a ceasefire.

The Strait Of Donmuz!

After setbacks, Trump concedes to a two week ceasefire. Expect the U.S. and Israel to violate it within days.

Whoa, did the president blink?

Trump.Always.Chickens.Out.

President Donald J. Trump has talked to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and he has managed to get Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian to agree to a two week ceasefire. I don't believe it but the Iranians have back channeled.

Which means, the U.S. and Israel regroup and reload. Many of these ceasefires are often violated by the two. 

On Easter, the president threatened war crimes and demanded the Strait of Hormuz is released from Iranian control. The Iranians ignored his complaints and vowed to make the U.S. and Israel suffer for assassinating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate to a deal.

Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges and power plants, as the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted the ceasefire and that it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. Neither Iran nor the United States said when the ceasefire would begin, and attacks took place in Israel, Iran and across the Gulf region early Wednesday.

Israel has also agreed to the ceasefire, according to a White House official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The ceasefire calls for Israel and Hezbollah to halt fighting in Lebanon, according to the prime minister of Pakistan, which has been mediating talks.

Ben Garrison turned on Trump.

In the version of its 10-point ceasefire plan released in Farsi, Iran included the phrase “acceptance of enrichment” for its nuclear program. But for reasons that remain unclear, that phrase was missing in English versions shared by Iranian diplomats to journalists.

Trump initially had said Iran proposed a “workable” 10-point plan that could help end the war launched by the U.S. and Israel in February. But he later called it fraudulent, without elaborating. Trump has said ending Iran’s nuclear program entirely was a key point of the war.

Pro-government demonstrators in the streets of Iran’s capital screamed: “Death to America, death to Israel, death to compromisers!” after the ceasefire announcement Wednesday morning. They also burned American and Israeli flags in the street.

It shows the ongoing anger from people who were affected by U.S. and Israeli aggression. 

Christian and Jewish extremists are preparing for what many assumed would be an apocalyptical battle which excellerates World War III.

Iran and Oman to collect shipping fees in Strait of Hormuz

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said passage through the strait would be allowed under Iranian military management. It wasn’t immediately clear whether that meant Iran would completely loosen its chokehold on the waterway.

The plan allows for both Iran and Oman to charge fees on ships transiting through the strait, according to a regional official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss negotiations they were directly involved in. The official said Iran would use the money it raised for reconstruction.

Iranians are still prepared for anything.

In addition to control of the strait, Iran’s demands for ending the war include withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region, the lifting of sanctions and the release of its frozen assets.

Since the war began, Trump has repeatedly backed off deadlines just before they expire.

In doing so again Tuesday, Trump said in a social media post he had come to the decision “based on conversations” with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Gen. Asim Munir, Pakistan’s powerful army chief. Sharif, in a post on X hours earlier, urged Trump to extend his deadline by two weeks to allow diplomacy to advance. He used the same post to ask Iran to open the strait for two weeks.

“Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated,” Trump said.

There are concerns in Israel about the agreement, according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media. The person said Israel would like to achieve more.

Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium is still buried at enrichment sites. The program had been one of the main issues cited by both Israel and the U.S. in launching the war.

Earlier Trump threats raised alarms

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” if a deal isn’t reached, Trump said in an online post Tuesday morning. But he also seemed to keep open the possibility of an off-ramp, saying that “maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen.”

Trump’s expansive threat did not seem to account for potential harm to civilians, prompting Democrats in Congress, some United Nations officials and scholars in military law to say such strikes would violate international law.

Tehran’s representative at the U.N., Amir-Saeid Iravani, said the threats “constitute incitement to war crimes and potentially genocide” and that Iran would “take immediate and proportionate reciprocal measures” if Trump launches devastating strikes.

The U.S. and Israel have committed war crimes in Iran with attacks targeting its civilian infrastructure with fales claims of it being military. The ever changing narrative is either take out the Iranian leadership and its nuclear program. Iran has responded with a stream of strikes on Israel and Gulf Arab neighbors which host U.S. and Israeli interests. It has caused regional chaos and outsized economic and political shock.

Late Tuesday, Pakistan’s prime minister urged Trump to extend his deadline by two weeks to allow diplomacy to advance. In a post on X, Shehbaz Sharif, whose country has been leading negotiations, also asked Iran to open up for two weeks the Strait of Hormuz.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei 

China, which is Tehran’s biggest trade partner, encouraged the Iranians to find a way to a ceasefire as talks progressed, according to two officials who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Before the deadline, airstrikes hit civilian infrastructure such as two bridges and a train station. The U.S. claims it hit military infrastructure on Kharg Island, a key hub for Iranian oil production. Likely they didn't and tried to disrupt the power grid.

While Iran cannot match the sophistication of U.S. and Israeli weaponry or their dominance in the air, its chokehold on the strait since the war began in late February is roiling the world economy and raising the pressure on Trump both at home and abroad to find a way out of the war the president and Israel started.

Airstrikes hit Iran, which fires on Saudi Arabia and Israel

Even as the ceasefire was announced, Israel continues on. There were missile alerts continued in the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait early Wednesday, hinting at the chaos surrounding the diplomatic moves. A gas processing facility owned by Western back corporations in Abu Dhabi was ablaze after incoming Iranian fire, officials said.

Israel continues violating the ceasefire by its attacks on Iran. An Israeli military official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations scoffed at the U.S. backed ceasefire. Iran also kept up fire on Israel in retaliation for Israeli aggression.

The U.S. military has halted all offensive operations against Iran but continues secretive  actions, said an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive military operations.

Earlier Tuesday the Israeli military said it attacked another civilian infrastructure. The Israelis attacked an Iranian petrochemical site in Shiraz, the second day in a row it hit such a facility. The military later said it also struck bridges in several cities that were being used by Iranian civilians. It is falsely claimed as military transport.

More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched illegal war, but the government has not updated the toll for days.

In Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Hezbollah, Israel has killed more than 1,500 people. The Israeli regime is moving forward with its ethnic cleansing of more than 1 million people. Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there.

In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, Israel has killedmmore than two dozen people have died, while a disputed 23 have been reported dead in Israel, and disputed 13 U.S. service members have been killed.