Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) claims that Kamala Harris’ team asked a troubling question during the vetting process for her VP pick.

On Sunday, The Atlantic shared a section of Shapiro’s upcoming book, “Where We Keep the Light,” that detailed what he called “unnecessarily contentious” questions from the Harris team.

In the snippet, Shapiro claims that former Biden aide Dana Remus asked whether he was an “agent of the Israeli government.”

Per Fox News:

“Had I been a double agent for Israel? Was she kidding? I told her how offensive the question was,” Shapiro wrote.

“Remus was just doing her job. I get it. But the fact that she asked, or was told to ask that question by someone else, said a lot about some of the people around the VP,” he added.

“It nagged at me that their questions weren’t really about substance,” Shapiro wrote. “Rather, they were questioning my ideology, my approach, my world view.”

Shapiro also noted that their discussion grew “especially tense” when Harris asked if he would apologize for his past comments criticizing anti-Israel protesters at the University of Pennsylvania.

Shapiro has publicly disputed Harris’s characterizations as “blatant lies” and “complete bulls***,” suggesting she was “trying to sell books and cover her a**.”

While the Harris camp nagged Shapiro about his views on Israel, Gaza, and violent campus protestors, they apparently failed to thoroughly vet their actual VP pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), about his knowledge of the massive fraud perpetrated against American taxpayers by Somali immigrants under his leadership.

The Gateway Pundit reported on newly discovered evidence indicates a relationship between Walz, the source of Massive Money Laundering, and the possible destination of this massive amount of “stolen” money.

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced several initiatives to combat the rampant fraud noting, “President Trump has instructed the administration to bring accountability for the hardworking people of Minnesota.”

“Under Democratic Governor Tim Walz, welfare fraud has spiraled out of control. Billions of dollars intended for feeding hungry children, housing disabled seniors, and providing services for children in need were diverted to benefit Somali fraud rings.”

“The scandal has already claimed Walz’s political career, forcing him to abandon his bid for re-election. But if he reckoned that quitting would somehow shield him from legal culpability, he is mistaken.”

There is mounting evidence that Walz was willfully complicit, deliberately refusing to expose or pursue the monumental thefts and, instead, launching aggressive measures to scuttle any legal scrutiny and criminal consequence.

Read more:

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Somali Welfare and Money Laundering

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during more than two weeks of nationwide protests, blaming the deaths on U.S. President Donald Trump and accusing him of encouraging unrest by promising protesters U.S. military support.

Khamenei described Trump as a criminal and claimed the protests, which began over economic conditions and later shifted to calls for regime change and an end to Islamic governance, were driven by foreign-backed agitators. He did not address reports from witnesses and human rights groups that Iranian security forces fired on unarmed protesters.

An unnamed Iranian official told Reuters that authorities had verified at least 5,000 deaths, including about 500 security personnel. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported 3,919 confirmed deaths, with nearly 9,000 additional deaths under investigation, along with 24,669 arrests. Human rights groups said security forces removed injured protesters from hospitals and restricted medical treatment, while phone outages left some wounded without help. Protesters and eyewitnesses described a crackdown involving live fire, drones, and paramilitary forces.

Khamenei warned of consequences for protest participants and called for unity to defend the Islamic system, while Iran’s judiciary signaled that some detainees could face execution under charges punishable by death. Some of the deadliest clashes were reported in Kurdish regions.

The government imposed a near-total internet shutdown with only limited restoration. Multiple Iranian state TV channels were hacked during the shutdown, briefly airing footage of anti-regime protests and messages from exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi urging Iran’s military and security forces to break with the Islamic Republic and join the protesters. Streets have returned to an uneasy calm with police and military presence, though hit-and-run clashes continue.

Economic collapse, including an 80 percent currency devaluation, a weakened regional position following Israeli strikes, and escalating state violence, combined with the largest protests in decades, has created what analysts describe as an existential moment for the Islamic Republic. Protesters have been chanting “No Mullahs, No Shah” and demanding a democratic republic, leading many to believe that U.S. strikes could help turn the tide in favor of the protesters and bring an end to the ayatollahs’ rule.

President Donald Trump called for new leadership in Iran on January 17, describing Khamenei as a “sick man who should run his country properly and stop killing people.” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded that any attack on Iran or its supreme leader would amount to all-out war.

Trump came close to ordering military strikes on January 15 but pulled back due to multiple factors, according to reporting from Axios, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump that day and urged him not to strike. He said Israel was not ready to defend itself from Iranian retaliation because the United States lacked sufficient air defense assets in the region and Israel had depleted interceptors during the 12-day war in 2024, and he also argued that the U.S. strike plan was not strong enough.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, along with officials from Qatar, Oman, Egypt, and the UAE, lobbied Trump not to attack, warning of serious consequences for regional stability and fearing Iranian proxy retaliation through Hezbollah and Houthis. Pentagon officials warned that U.S. firepower in the region was insufficient to repel expected Iranian retaliation and that officials had missed the window for action. The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is en route but will not arrive for 2-3 weeks.

Pentagon officials warned that the outcome of strikes was uncertain and could destabilize another Middle Eastern country, trigger a wider conflict endangering 30,000 U.S. troops in the region, and shock global oil markets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued for patience to let sanctions work.

By Wednesday afternoon on January 15, U.S. military forces were positioned and ready. The USS Roosevelt destroyer entered the Persian Gulf, allies had been warned of imminent strikes, personnel evacuated from bases in Qatar and Bahrain, and Iran closed its airspace. Officials in Washington and Middle Eastern capitals expected bombs to drop within hours.

Around 3 PM ET, Trump told reporters the killing had stopped, and the strike order never came. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sent a text message through Trump envoy Steve Witkoff on January 15 morning, committing to stop the killing and halt planned executions of protesters. Trump later claimed Iran had canceled the hanging of over 800 people. One U.S. official said it was close and the military was in a position to act fast, but the order did not come.

Military action remains on the table according to the White House. Trump imposed sanctions on January 15 targeting 18 Iranian entities and individuals and announced 25% tariffs on any country doing business with Iran. Officials say another decision point could come within weeks once more assets arrive.

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St. Louis officials have suspended an active search for monkeys reported loose in the city after artificial intelligence-generated images flooded social media and overshadowed actual tips.

Multiple vervet monkeys were first reported this past week near a park in the northern part of the city, according to local officials.

The sightings quickly triggered what city leaders described as widespread confusion.

“It’s unclear who owns the monkeys, how they got loose, or exactly how many there are,” city Department of Health spokesperson Willie Springer said, KTVI reported.

Springer said the reports sparked “rumor after rumor” as residents began posting claims online.

Some of those claims included assertions that the monkeys had been captured.

Others included images purportedly showing the animals across the city.

Several of those images were later determined to be fake or AI-generated, and some of the generated images got increasingly absurd.

“But as of Monday, the monkeys remained at large,” Springer said.

The volume of online trolling eventually overwhelmed the response effort.

“It’s been a lot in regard to AI and what’s genuine and what’s not,” Springer said.

“People are just having fun. Like I don’t think anyone means harm,” he added.

City officials said there appeared to be some validity to the original monkey sightings.

However, the flood of fabricated content sent police and animal control on what one official privately described as a wild goose chase, the Associated Press reported.

Social media posts even claimed the monkeys were traveling with a goat. The fake reports complicated efforts to track real sightings. With actual leads exhausted, city officials quietly suspended the search this past Tuesday.

Springer said the largest number of monkeys people reported seeing at one time was four.

He also noted that owning monkeys is illegal in the city.

Animal control has been working with primate experts at the St. Louis Zoo to locate the animals.

Vervet monkeys are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they are commonly seen.

City leaders said they will resume their search efforts if valid sightings are reported.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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