The powder keg that is South America has produced another bang, as units of the Bolivian Armed Forces rebelled in La Paz and stormed the Bolivian Presidential Palace to depose Socialist Luis Arce.

A small group of Army troops, led by rebel generals, marched towards the Palace announcing that the current Bolivian Socialist Regime ‘was over’, and that and a new Cabinet would be installed by force.

Bolivia’s controversial Socialist leader, Luis Arce, denounced the ‘irregular movements of the army’, calling them ‘reactionaries and fascists’ trying to ‘overthrow Bolivian democracy’.

As is always the case, the formidable network of Latin American socialist leaders immediately rose in unison to condemn the ongoing coup: Arce’s Bolivian rival, ex-president Evo Morales, along with Chile’s Gabriel Boric, Mexico’s Lopez Obrador, Cuba’s Miguel Diaz-Canel, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and Brazil’s Lula da Silva, among others.

In La Paz, rebelling General Commander of the Army, Juan José Zúñiga, declared that there will be a a Provisional authority and a new cabinet and stated that ‘the country cannot continue like this any longer’.

Military Members of the Bolivian Army forcibly entered the presidential palace after ramming the gate with an armored vehicle.

But the dramatic action was unleashed by just a few troops, no more than a couple of hundred.

Other generals were either pro Arce or else were waiting for the public reaction and how it continues to unfold.

General Zuniga announced that the era of the MAS Socialist Regime in Bolivia was over, promising to ‘restructure the Democratic Rule’ in Bolivia, while accusing the current authorities of pursuing an authoritarian, far-leftist path.

The Bolivian Army promised to release the many political prisoners, such as the elected right-wing Governor of Santa Cruz Luis Fernando Camacho and the former Center-Right President Jeanine Áñez.

Meanwhile, supposedly deposed president Arce was very active, ordering the dismissal of the head of the Army General Zuniga and appointing the Chief of the General Staff of the Army Jose Wilson Sanchez Velasquez.

The new Commander immediately  ordered that ‘all personnel who are mobilized in the streets must return to their unit’s barracks’.

Apparently, the coup plotters did not get the support they hoped, because General Zuniga left the Palace Square after in an armored car, and his destination is is unknown.

After that the rest of the rebelling troops withdrew the Palace and the mutiny appears to be over.

The latest development so far seems to be that a Criminal investigation was launched  in La Paz against General Zuniga and other military coup plotters.

Bolivia is the second poorest country in South America, but it has become geopolitically important for its vast Lithium reserves.

BREAKING: Apparent coup ongoing in Bolivia as armored truck seen ramming into presidential palace pic.twitter.com/daIrTdVCTC

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 26, 2024

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Just in time for Thursday night’s presidential debate!

The FBI on Wednesday arrested a Florida “Proud Boy” for charges related to his conduct at the US Capitol on January 6.

Three and a half years later!

Garrett is being charged for walking to the US Capitol and pushing against a police officer’s shield.  The DOJ called this “felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder.”

Garrett also touched a man who was pushing against the giant MAGA sign that Ray Epps was pushing at police officers!

NEW VIDEO of Ray Epps Hurling GIANT Trump Sign at Police on Jan. 6 But Was Never Arrested Like Several Trump Supporters Who Touched that Same Sign (VIDEO)

According to Biden's DOJ, 48-year-old Troy Vincent Garrett of Stuart, Florida was "charged with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder. In addition to the felonies, Garrett is also charged with several misdemeanor offenses, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building."

Per the DOJ:

A Florida man and member of the Proud Boys organization was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Troy Vincent Garrett, 48, of Stuart, Florida, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and civil disorder. In addition to the felonies, Garrett is also charged with several misdemeanor offenses, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, act of physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

The FBI arrested Garrett today in Stuart, Florida, and he made his initial appearance in the Southern District of Florida.

According to court documents, it is alleged that Garrett was identified in publicly available footage and images taken prior to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol as he gathered with other members of the Proud Boys organization near the Washington Monument in preparation for a march along the National Mall and around the U.S Capitol. The group, including Garrett, eventually made their way to the west side of the Capitol building and arrived in the area of the Peace Memorial at approximately 12:50 p.m.

Court documents say that rioters later breached the outer fencing surrounding the restricted area of the U.S. Capitol grounds at approximately 12:53 p.m. and advanced on the Lower West Plaza. It is alleged that Garrett then made his way to the south side of the plaza, where uniformed Capitol police officers were attempting to block rioters from advancing further.

As Capitol police officers attempted to keep rioters from advancing beyond the police line, video footage shows Garrett shoving a Capitol police officer's riot shield with his hand.

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A woman traveling with her 16-month old son and her 75-year-old mother said in videos posted Wednesday that she and her family were kicked off a United flight because she misgendered a flight attendant. One of the videos shows the woman speaking with a United representative who confirmed the woman was booted by the captain for misgendering and other alleged comments.

Nutritionist Jenna Longoria, aka the Period Guru, said she, her mother and her son were kicked off a United flight in San Francisco that was headed for Austin, Texas on Wednesday and that their luggage–which had medicines for each–was kept on the plane while they were left behind. Longoria said she was told she had committed a “hate crime” and that she may be banned from flying United.

My 16-month old & I were denied entry on a @united flight back to Austin bc I used the wrong pronoun for the attendant. We have no luggage, nothing. we’re stranded in San Francisco. What are my rights? @elonmusk @jchilders98 pic.twitter.com/2b1rC14wg4

— The Period Guru ® (@JennaLongoria) June 26, 2024

Initial video by Longoria on the situation:

Mother and 16 month old baby DENIED entry to United Flight for using the wrong PRONOUNS for flight attendant.

“The flight attendant has denied access to us because he said I made a derogatory comment about one of the flight attendants because I didn’t use the right pronoun” pic.twitter.com/SyvqNJzdmF

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 26, 2024

Longoria’s discussion with a United representative who said the captain denied her entry to the plane for “what came out of your mouth.” Longoria asked if it was because she used the wrong pronoun. The representative said, “There was, there was some more that I heard that you had conversation with inflight” and mentioned a “verbal confrontation.”

One of the flight attendants tells the upset mother “I gotta fact find. I gotta get my crews together. In flight has to get their statements. I need statements. I don’t want to go verbal about what I thought I heard.”

@JennaLongoria pic.twitter.com/DK5WUJdvlt

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 26, 2024

Longoria posted it took United thirty minutes to kick her and her family off the plane and that the airline denied her request for their luggage with their medicines to be removed from the plane.

“As they were kicking us off plane i asked to get our bags & told them the urgency of getting our medications. It took about 30 mins for them to get the operations manager & formally kick us off flight. They chose not to take our luggage off when they had the opportunity.”

As they were kicking us off plane i asked to get our bags & told them the urgency of getting our medications. It took about 30 mins for them to get the operations manager & formally kick us off flight. They chose not to take our luggage off when they had the opportunity.

— The Period Guru ® (@JennaLongoria) June 26, 2024

United contacted Longoria via X Twitter, but was slow to resolve her situation.

“Still waiting for resolution. I appreciate the DM that you’re looking into it but I’m still stranded here in airport with 16-month old & a 75-yr old mother. There is a 1:15 pm direct flight to Austin can we get permission to board?”

Still waiting for resolution. I appreciate the DM that you’re looking into it but I’m still stranded here in airport with 16-month old & a 75-yr old mother. There is a 1:15 pm direct flight to Austin can we get permission to board?

— The Period Guru ® (@JennaLongoria) June 26, 2024

Longoria has not posted in several hours since then, indicating she may have have found a flight to Austin for her family.

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Earlier this week, video of the leader of the Democrat LGBTQ Diversity Council Chair, Michael Knaapen, attempting to solicit violent sex from what he believed to be a 14-year-old boy was released by Predator Poachers’ Alex Rosen.

The disturbing 50-minute confrontation and was released here.  The remarks from Knaapen’s alleged conversation with a 14-year-old are extremely graphic and incredibly disturbing.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Knaapen visited the White House last year on three occasions and was allegedly a guest at Vice President Kamala Harris’s house during a ‘Pride’ event recently.

Several claims were going around on social media that Knaapen was pictured in the above photo with Lincoln Project co-founder, Rick Wilson.

However, that is not Michael Knaapen.  According to a post on X, that is co-founder of Christians Against Trumpism and Political Extremism, Joel Searby.

The “Christians Against Trumpism” co-founder is facing charges for lewd/lascivious conduct, two counts of obscene communications related to luring a minor to meet for sex, and using a two-way communications device to facilitate a felony.

Searby allegedly contacted his teenage victim on the Snapchat app on June 19th. He was identified by a contact in the boy’s phone that was linked to Searby’s Snapchat account.

An Alachua County Sheriff’s deputy said that several pictures also clearly showed Searby’s face.

The alleged conversation quickly turned into what many consider ‘grooming.’  The Alachua Chronicle reports:

Searby then allegedly told the boy about a “secret crush” he had in high school with a man in his 40s: “Eventually we got a chance to be alone and he made a move on me to kiss me and I liked it. Then we did more stuff in secret whenever we could. He kinda like taught me stuff. It was fun… Don’t regret it lol. What you think?”

Searby allegedly asked the victim if he would ever do something like that and went into more detail about his sexual experiences with the older man while he was in high school, including oral sex.

Searby allegedly sent a shirtless photo of himself and asked the victim for a photo: “Sending me a pic of you helps me know I can trust you. But no pressure.”

Searby allegedly asked the victim if he would be willing to “just try stuff and you could say yes or no? Like I could walk you through it… That’s how it was for me with the guy when I was younger… I’m super secret I have to know you will keep it between us. It’s a huge deal.”

Searby then allegedly asked if the victim could come over to his house the next morning and help him with something. Searby allegedly sent another photo, showing a bulge in his underwear, and later sent two more shirtless photos. He told the victim that if he came over, they could do “some of what I described before” and reiterated that he had to “KNOW that you will keep it our secret. Forever… But as [sic] could both get in trouble if anyone finds out. Especially me. And NO ONE knows.”

At that point, a sheriff’s deputy took over the conversation from the victim’s side and asked Searby to send a fake text message that the boy could show his parents to justify him going over.

Searby obliged and wrote, “Hey bud hope all is well!  Are you able to come help me this morning by chance?  Have some things to move and a couple big limbs and need a hand.  Let me know.  Thanks!  Would probably take an hour or a little more.”

The deputy then asked Searby, “When you mentioned yesterday about jerking off.  Is that all we would be doing?”

Searby told him they could “take it one step at a time” and that they could stop if he started doing anything he didn’t want to do.

“I’ll walk you through it.”

Joel Searby was the chief strategist for Evan McMullin’s 2016 presidential campaign.

He was just arrested in Florida for allegedly soliciting sex from a teen boy.

This is the second major figure from the Lincoln Project circle to be accused of soliciting sex from underage men. pic.twitter.com/QAgYoe98cJ

— America 2100 (@America_2100) June 22, 2024

Earlier this week, The Federalist and Red State writer Chad Felix Greene posted a long thread on X today documenting his personal experience and his ideas about certain mindsets in the LGBTQ community regarding adults ‘grooming’ minors.

Greene includes several relevant articles and personal reflections about the exploitation of minors by “leftwing progressives.”  Searby, however, was a so-called “long-time Republican political operative” and claims to be a “Christian.”

Every man I had sex with when I was 14 knew I was 14 beforehand.

LGBTQ culture has no socially imposed boundaries on it. They don’t police themselves. They are too consumed with protecting their political causes and shaming rightwing bigots.

Teen sex work is the norm in LGBTQ…

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) June 23, 2024

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A pregnant Massachusetts woman who previously accused three Stoughton police officers of sexually abusing her when she was just 13 years old may have been killed despite her death initially being ruled a suicide.

Sandra Birchmore’s death was officially ruled a suicide by a Massachusetts state medical examiner after Birchmore’s body was found hanging in her apartment in 2021.

Now, a pathologist hired by Birchmore’s family has refuted the state medical examiner’s report.

Former New York City chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden, in his investigation into Birchmore’s death, concluded, “Ms. Birchmore did not die of suicidal hanging … The cause of Ms. Birchmore’s death is ‘Strangulation,’ and the manner of death is ‘Homicide.’”

Police Chief Donna McNamara said, “While I am not a trained medical examiner, and I am not qualified to draw any direct conclusions, the findings certainly warrant further examination at the highest level.”

Pregnant woman who accused three cops of sexually abusing her as teen didn’t die by suicide: pathologist https://t.co/VTzXevWkcT pic.twitter.com/uzQ9520xNu

— New York Post (@nypost) June 25, 2024

Per The New York Post:

A pregnant Massachusetts woman who accused three cops of grooming and sexually abusing her as a teenager did not commit suicide and may have been killed, a high-profile pathologist hired by her family has claimed.

Sandra Birchmore’s death had been ruled a suicide by a state medical examiner after the 23-year-old was found hanging in her Canton apartment back in February 2021.

The medical examiner and investigators had said at the time that the young woman’s autopsy — which also determined she was three months pregnant — had shown no evidence of foul play.

But former New York City chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden, who was hired by her family amid an ongoing civil legal battle against the three cops, has since rejected those findings, the Boston Globe reported.

“I must disagree,” Baden wrote in a June 18 letter to a lawyer for Birchmore’s estate.

“Ms. Birchmore did not die of suicidal hanging … The cause of Ms. Birchmore’s death is ‘Strangulation’ and the manner of death is ‘Homicide.’”

CBS reported in 2022, an internal investigation by the Stoughton Police Department discovered three of its officers sexually abused Sandra Birchmore.

Stoughton police chief “profoundly disturbed” by new information in Sandra Birchmore’s death @LouisaMoller https://t.co/ID6YXMnj2X

— WBZ | CBS News Boston (@wbz) June 24, 2024

The Stoughton Police Department has since dismissed the three officers.

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