As The Gateway Pundit reported last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered all of the United States’ top military commanders to gather on Tuesday at Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia.

Hegseth urgently announced the meeting on Thursday of last week and originally gave no details on the subject matter.

Officials within the Pentagon have since revealed Hegseth’s plans to give a speech on “warrior ethos” and will outline the military’s new direction under the Trump administration.

President Trump broke his silence on the meeting and shared, “It’s really just a very nice meeting, talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape.”

He added, “You know the expression ‘esprit de corps’? That’s all it’s about. We’re talking about what we’re doing, what they’re doing, and how we’re doing.”

The Independent further reported that President Trump will be present during the meeting.

Trump to attend Hegseth’s speech dragging generals in from around the globe: report https://t.co/j3pbAe63qa pic.twitter.com/sYx4GK3ylf

— The Independent (@Independent) September 28, 2025

Per NBC News:

President Donald Trump in an interview with NBC News Sunday, confirmed that he plans to attend an unusual meeting organized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that will gather hundreds of senior military officers near Washington on Tuesday.

“It’s really just a very nice meeting talking about how well we’re doing militarily, talking about being in great shape, talking about a lot of good, positive things. It’s just a good message,” Trump told NBC News in a phone call. “We have some great people coming in and it’s just an ‘esprit de corps.’ You know the expression ‘esprit de corps’? That’s all it’s about. We’re talking about what we’re doing, what they’re doing, and how we’re doing.”

Hegseth last week summoned hundreds of senior military leaders, who are stationed all over the world, to Washington for a meeting of the Pentagon’s top brass.

The event will be held at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia, about 30 minutes south of Washington. The base will host potentially thousands of military members, including the top brass, their aides and their security.

On Thursday, President Trump praised Hegseth’s plan to conduct a meeting with the U.S. military’s top generals and admirals  and stated, “I love it, I mean I think it’s great.”

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35‐year-old Casey Robert Goonan has been sentenced to 235 months — nearly 19.6 years — in federal prison for a string of firebombing attacks targeting UC Berkeley and the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland. The court formally designated him a “domestic terrorist.”

According to the plea agreement, Goonan admitted that in June 2024 he carried out a series of coordinated arsons and attempted firebombings.

On June 1, Goonan placed a bag containing six Molotov cocktails under the fuel tank of a marked University of California Police Department patrol car near the UC Berkeley campus, lit it, and fled. The vehicle caught fire.

On June 11, Goonan traveled to the Oakland federal building, carrying three Molotov cocktails, tried (by throwing rocks) to break windows so he could lob devices inside, but was thwarted by security. Instead, he placed the devices in a planter on the side of the building and lit them.

He also admitted to setting additional fires on the UC Berkeley campus on June 13 and June 16, 2024. In his own statements (as part of the plea), Goonan claimed the attacks were motivated by “despair over Gaza” and that he was inspired by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. He went further, calling on others to carry out property attacks on Bay Area campuses in solidarity with Palestine.

In addition to roughly 235 months (nearly 20 years) behind bars, the court ordered 15 years of supervised release and $94,267.51 in restitution (plus a special assessment).

WATCH:

BREAKING: 35-year-old Casey Goonan has been SENTENCED to 19 years in PRISON after he FIREBOMBED a police car at UC Berkeley!

To top it off, he has connections to Hamas!

His attacks were rightly considered as DOMESTIC TERR0RISM! Goonan actually admitted he was inspired by the… pic.twitter.com/AvVEi55HWM

— Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) September 27, 2025

According to the press release:

Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced today to 235 months in federal prison for committing a series of arsons and firebombings at the University of California, Berkeley and the Oakland federal building in June 2024.  Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White handed down the sentence.

In January 2025, Goonan, 35, of Oakland and Pleasant Hill, pleaded guilty to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive.

According to a plea agreement filed in open court, in the early morning hours of June 1, 2024, Goonan placed a bag containing six explosive devices commonly known as “Molotov cocktails” underneath the fuel tank of a marked University of California Police Department (UCPD) patrol car parked near the UC Berkeley campus.  Goonan lit the bag on fire and fled, causing the patrol car to catch on fire.  A video capturing the events on the morning of June 1, 2024, can be viewed here.

Goonan also attempted to firebomb the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on June 11, 2024.  Goonan arrived at the federal building carrying a bag containing three Molotov cocktails.  Goonan threw rocks at the building, hoping to break a window in order to throw lit Molotov cocktails inside. That plan was disrupted by protective services officers.  Upon fleeing from the officers, Goonan placed the Molotov cocktails in a planter on the side of building and lit them on fire.

In addition to these two attacks, Goonan set other fires on the UC Berkeley campus on June 1, June 13, and June 16, 2024.

Goonan acknowledged that these attacks were inspired by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and that he called on others to attack property on Bay Area college campuses in support of Palestine.  Goonan admitted that his conduct was designed to influence and affect the conduct of governments by intimidation and coercion and to retaliate against the governments of the United States and the State of California for their conduct.

“Freedom of expression and peaceful protest are deeply enshrined values in America.  We are all free to think what we want and express those views peacefully, but the use of violence to achieve political aims—or to silence those with whom you may disagree—has no place in our community and our country,” said United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian.  “Anyone who crosses the line between peaceful protest and violence will be met with the full force of the law.”

“Safeguarding our communities from violence remains at the forefront of the FBI’s mission.  While free speech and peaceful protest are protected rights, turning to firebombs and arson crosses into criminal conduct that endangers lives and threatens public safety,” said FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo. “Today’s sentencing makes clear that the FBI and our partners will not tolerate violence, and we will hold accountable anyone who seeks to harm our communities.”

At sentencing, the Court referred to Goonan as a “domestic terrorist” and found that he had committed a felony offense that involved or was intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism.

In addition to the prison term, Judge White also ordered the defendant serve 15 years of supervised release after he is released from custody and ordered restitution in the amount of $94,267.51 and a $100 special assessment.  The defendant has been in custody since his initial arrest on state charges on June 17, 2024.

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Kamala Harris took the stage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., and decided it was the perfect time to fan the flames of leftist violence across America.

Harris painted a dystopian picture of America under conservative leadership, accusing the “extreme right wing” of hatching a “long-term agenda” that’s being “swiftly implemented today.”

She name-dropped Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, and Pat Buchanan as the architects of some grand conspiracy, while conveniently ignoring her own party’s history of corruption, election meddling, and weaponizing the government against political opponents.

Harris went on to attack President Trump, accusing him of lining his own pockets, cutting SNAP and Medicaid, “ending the war on cancer,” and even deploying the U.S. military to “the streets of America.”

Her words were filled with venom and contempt, not only for Trump, but for the millions of Americans who voted for him.

At one point, Harris glorified radical activists who “spoke with their pocketbooks” and cheered the return of leftist TV host Jimmy Kimmel.

She admitted Democrats “cannot allow” their opponents to frame the debate, and doubled down with her closing demand: “We must fight fire with fire.”

WATCH:

Full transcript:

Kamala Harris:
“As a former—and I consider myself a lifetime—member of the CBC, I am deeply honored to receive this award. For more than half a century, the CBC has not only been a conscience of the Congress but a conscience of America: fighting for opportunity, for equality, and for freedom.

With your help, 75 million Americans stood with us last year on behalf of a stronger America, stood with a belief in the promise of America. And today, the CBC, in the tradition of its founders, confronts an unprecedented—but not unfamiliar—threat to that promise.

The United States Congress has equal power to the executive branch in our constitutional government. Your work, then, is more important than ever—especially as your colleagues bend the knee and fail to uphold their constitutional agreement.

With each passing day, we are witnessing a president who has lined his own pockets and those of the super-rich, while he raises tariffs on the backs of working people, cuts SNAP and Medicaid, ignores science, ends the war on cancer, and deploys the United States military to the streets of America.

And let us be clear—we predicted all that. But, CBC, what I did not predict was the capitulation: the universities, law firms, media corporations, and industries that have been so quick to kneel before power.

But I’ll tell you who refuses to capitulate—the people.

When a president with a fragile ego couldn’t take a joke and brought down the weight of the government to silence the voice of a citizen, folks spoke with their pocketbooks this week, and Jimmy Kimmel is now back on the air. When Dr. Jamal Bryant issued a call to speak with your pocketbooks, the power of the people was also demonstrated.

A time such as this demands that the leaders in this room remind the people of their power: speak truth and speak with courage, even when you don’t have an audience.

A time such as this demands that we win the midterms and enforce checks and balances on this unchecked, incompetent, unhinged president.

Yesterday, I joined a visiting student at my alma mater, Howard University. You know, when I was there, I remembered—when I was there, I found my power at 17.

When I was their age, Ronald Reagan was president. The extreme right wing was hatching the long-term agenda that is being swiftly implemented today—enhanced today by propaganda and misinformation.

And recall: they played the long game, working for decades to take over state houses, gerrymander districts, stack the Supreme Court, and create the radical blueprint currently being used by this administration.

As I have written, the current president is their vehicle. But the road was paved over decades by harsh and crushing rhetoric, right-wing celebrity, the belligerent discourse of Newt Gingrich, and the narrow-minded politics of Pat Buchanan.

CBC, we have some deep work to do. First, we must prioritize immediacy—focus on the immediate issues people face, like the rising cost of groceries, housing, and health care.

Second, we cannot allow them to gaslight us by suggesting that the powerless, and not the powerful, are responsible for our predicament.

Finally, please, let’s get over the savior complex—which is just one individual. Can you say it with me? Come on. Because, Democrats, we have so many stars. We have so many stars, and many of them are in this room right now.

You are the leaders who are up for the fight. You are leaders who have courage. You are leaders who speak truth. Leaders who know that, at a time such as this, one thing is for sure:

We must fight fire with fire.

So, CBC, let’s get to work.”

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Beloved country singer Dolly Parton, 79, postponed her upcoming Vegas concerts due to health issues.

“I want the fans and public to hear directly from me that, unfortunately, I will need to postpone my upcoming Las Vegas concerts. As many of you know, I have been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures. As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!” Dolly Parton said in a statement on Sunday.

She continued, “In all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see. You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you. While I’ll still be able to work on all my projects from here in Nashville, I just need a little time to get show-ready, as they say.”

“And don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet. But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you. I love you and thank you for understanding,” she added.

Here are the Las Vegas concert dates that were postponed:

pic.twitter.com/D332AVLYnm

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) September 28, 2025

Earlier this year, Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 62 years, passed away.

He was 82 years old.

“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together,” Dolly Parton wrote in March.

“Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy,” she wrote.

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With midterms just over a year away there is plenty in the news cycle to keep the algorithms spinning people into a frenzy. Election integrity may not be top of mind following the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, the indictment of James Comey, or Jimmy Kimmel crying about his suspension. However, election integrity remains a major priority of the Trump administration.

Americans are suspicious about election integrity after 2020 because sometimes the numbers don’t make sense. Illinois is a perfect example of warranted suspicion by the public.

Following the 2020 election the American public watched as Christopher Krebs the Director of CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) claimed, “…the 2020 election was the most secure in U.S. history.” However, in the very same testimony Krebs admitted, “…as you move out from election day, there will be tabulators that… uh… that may have internet connections to transmit the vote from the precinct to the county level, to the state…” Watch a clip of Krebs admitting as much in his testimony to Congress reported by CBS here.

It turns out there is plenty to question. As electionfraud20.org notes in forensic detail, in every swing state there were multiple problems. Issues such as break in chain of custody, voter roll anomalies, unobserved ballot counting, unobserved ballot adjudication, duplicate ballots, counties where ballot tallies did not match records, vote spikes of 95% to Biden, more votes counted than individuals recorded as voting and the list goes on.

This information was always available. The main weapon of the media has been to obfuscate. As it pertains to election machines, the biggest question mark in 2020 may have come from Antrim County Michigan. As reported by the Washington Examiner, Biden had won the traditionally Republican voting County. However, according to state and election officials, a “glitch” caused by “human error” was the non-fraudulent explanation for recounts showing Trump had won the county. Further audits and investigation would suggest otherwise. This among many other stories would call into question the legitimacy of election machines.

Fast forward to April 2025 during the municipal elections in Illinois. One of the most common contentions of 2020 was suspicion raised by statistical anomalies and extremely low probability of counted outcomes. Illinois has become a Democrat stronghold over the years. Even so, no one expected that the recent municipal elections in April of 2025 would result in 222 of 280 Democrat wins, a 79% margin of victory, among local candidates according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The article goes on the mention that, “This was the first off-year election of permanent vote by mail after years of compiling participants.” It goes on to assert that Democrats have much more trust in vote by mail. This somehow represents a benefit for Democrats in holding such an outsized margin of victory this past April.

There is one citizen who has done a simple analysis of the data directly from the county websites. Significant concerns of statistical anomalies would require more of an explanation than just vote by mail “confidence” from Democrats. Take the recent X posts from an account going by the name, Election Nark. For example, the below post highlights DuPage County, a collar county of Chicago’s neighboring Cook County. Across three different Townships, Democrat registered voter candidates supposedly received a uniform ranking of percentage of votes across the four different vote types of total votes, early votes, vote by mail, and election day votes. AI calculated the odds of this at 1 in 268 billion.

Remember when we discussed the perfectly voted rankings?
4 candidates won the 4 open seats, ranked perfectly across total votes, early votes, vote-by-mail, and election day.
And the odds of it happening once were 1 in 268 Billion.

It happened 3 times in the DuPage Township… pic.twitter.com/XoKtLKIvWd

— Election NARK (@ElectioNark) July 21, 2025

The odds decrease as the analysis continues across two more township races for trustee positions. The public is supposed to believe that Democrat registered voter candidates, across 5 different townships, with different populations and different demographics rank within a percentage point of each other winning all seats, while Republican registered voter candidates rank within a percentage point of each other losing all seats. It cannot be stressed enough that this pattern is consistent across 5 different voting populations. This is seemingly impossible, and AI agrees. AI calculates the odds of this as (1 in 4.534 × 10^{46} or 1 in 4.426 × 10^{43}). In other words, a number that exceeds the number of seconds since the Big Bang.

So what are the chances this could happen in an election?

We had two different Artificial Intelligence systems analyze the data and run the odds. This is our favorite response but both had the same conclusion:

The odds (1 in 4.534 × 10^{46} or 1 in 4.426 × 10^{43}) are… pic.twitter.com/RCEtTxIR0S

— Election NARK (@ElectioNark) July 22, 2025

What about that vote-by-mail advantage? Interestingly, Election Nark shows the same pattern emerging when vote-by-mail is analyzed. This time a comparison is done between vote by mail ballots counted as of election day and vote by mail ballots counted between election day and the last day of counting on April 15^th. In two different races, one for Downers Grove Village Trustee, and one for Lisle Township trustee the percentage of total vote by mail votes both as of April 1^st and after counting stopped on April 15^th are within a percentage point for each candidate while also maintaining the ranking from first to last for each candidate after both counts. In both races all Democrat registered voter candidates won and all Republican registered voter candidates lost. It is incredible for this result to happen in two different races. And yet, Election Nark has shown this pattern across 9 different township races in DuPage County! See the X post below:

Try and wrap your head around this…

EVERY
SINGLE
TOWNSHIP
IN
THE
COUNTY!!!!!!!

Each candidate had a certain percentage of the total VBM vote on 4/1.
Then they counted thousands of ballots for two more weeks,
and magically each candidate’s percentage of the total VBM votes was… pic.twitter.com/3aP91XFhMF

— Election NARK (@ElectioNark) July 31, 2025

The odds are unbelievable to say the least. One could claim that perhaps this is an issue with just DuPage County. That would require another article to address. However, Election Nark shows the very same patterns across multiple counties in Illinois including Cook, Kendall, Lake, and Will counties. All the data is sourced from the County websites. When these patterns arise within one county amongst multiple races the odds that random chance was the result are astronomically low. If this astronomically low probability of pattern consistency is shown across multiple counties logic would suggest an investigation is warranted. There is certainly more to report on this subject. Stay tuned.

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