Far-Left Ilinois Congressional Candidate Indicted for Impeding ICE Loses Primary

Far-Left Ilinois Congressional Candidate Indicted for Impeding ICE Loses Primary

Far-Left Ilinois Congressional Candidate Indicted for Impeding ICE Loses Primary
March 18, 2026

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Katherine Abughazaleh lost her primary bid in the crowded field to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Abughazaleh participated in anti-ICE protests in the fall, which ultimately led to charges.

Abughazaleh was indicted, along with five others, for conspiring to impede the work of a federal law enforcement officer.

According to the indictment, “The defendants were among a crowd of people who surrounded a government vehicle with the intent to hinder and impede the driver—a federal agent—from proceeding to a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., on Sept. 26, 2025.”

“The defendants and others allegedly crowded together in the front and side of the government vehicle, stood in its path, banged on the car and windows, and pushed against it to hinder and impede its movement.”

“The conspirators broke one of the vehicle’s side mirrors and the rear windshield wiper and etched a derogatory message into the body of the vehicle, the indictment states.”

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche noted at the time, “No one is above the law, and no one has the right to obstruct it.”

“Federal agents perform dangerous, essential work every single day to enforce our immigration laws and keep our communities safe.”

“When individuals resort to force or intimidation to interfere with that mission, they attack not only the agents themselves but the rule of law they represent. The Department of Justice will never tolerate such conduct and will continue to hold accountable anyone who seeks to impede lawful federal operations.”

Despite claiming ‘free speech’ and that she was being ‘politically targeted,’ when she was confronted with a video of her actual actions that day in an interview with journalist Tara Palmeri, Abughazaleh promptly rage-quit mid-interview.

Abughazaleh shared a partial clip of her actions on X, blaming the ICE officer for her crime.

Daniel Bliss, the Mayor of Evanston, a far-left suburb of Chicago, won the Democrat primary and will face Republican John Elleson, a pastor from Arlington Heights.

Evanston Roundtable reported on Abughazaleh’s concession following the loss.

“I don’t know if you heard, but we didn’t win,” Abughazaleh said, “and that really f**king sucks. We came really close, and it sucks” (and) pinned some of the blame on AIPAC, “dark money smear campaigns [and] institutional power” for tipping the scales out of her favor in the hotly contested primary.

 

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Iranian Intelligence Minister Who Bragged About Arresting Mossad Agents Responsible for ‘Eliminations’ Killed in Overnight Strikes in Tehran

Iranian Intelligence Minister Who Bragged About Arresting Mossad Agents Responsible for ‘Eliminations’ Killed in Overnight Strikes in Tehran
March 18, 2026

Iran Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license./Author: Khamenei.ir

On Wednesday, Israeli Defence Minister (IDF) Israel Katz announced that Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, who bragged about arresting those responsible for ‘eliminating’ Iranian leadership,  was killed in overnight strikes in Tehran.

In 2022, the U.S. Treasury and State Department designated Khatib for serious human rights abuses in direct response to the crackdown following Mahsa Amini’s death. Amini died from injuries sustained at the hands of police after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab.

He was sanctioned alongside the Morality Police and other officials for complicity in violence against protesters.

IDF shared the announcement on Telegram: 

“Overnight (Wednesday), the Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, eliminated the Iranian terrorist regime Minister of Intelligence, Esmaeil Khatib, in a targeted strike in Tehran.”

“Khatib had been appointed Minister of Intelligence by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in 2021. In his role, Khatib oversaw the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, the Iranian terrorist regime’s primary intelligence organization, which also played a key role in supporting the regime’s repression and terrorist activities.”

“The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence possesses advanced intelligence capabilities, overseeing surveillance, espionage, and the execution of covert operations worldwide, particularly against the State of Israel and Iranian citizens.”

“As the Intelligence Minister, Khatib played a significant role during the recent protests throughout Iran, both with regards to the arrest and killing of protestors as well as shaping the regime’s intelligence assessment. Similarly, he operated against Iranian citizens during the Mahsa Amini protests (2022–2023).”

“In addition to his activities targeting the State of Israel, Khatib led the Ministry of Intelligence’s terrorist activities against Israeli and American targets around the world, as well as activities directed against targets within Israel during Operation Roaring Lion.”

“Khatib previously held several key roles within the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), primarily holding intelligence positions, where he served as a significant source of knowledge.”

“His elimination joins dozens of other eliminations of senior commanders of the Iranian terrorist regime throughout the operation, including senior figures in the Ministry of Intelligence, and significantly degrades the regime’s command and control structures.”

Image of Esmaeil Khatib, Iranian Minister of Intelligence, highlighting his role in directing intelligence operations and involvement in internal protests and terrorist activities.
Image via IDF

In a recent interview, before being eliminated himself, Khatib bragged about arresting Mossad agents in Iran who were “responsible for eliminations here.”

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The British Imperialistic Rule of the Free World Has Come to an End

The British Imperialistic Rule of the Free World Has Come to an End

The British Imperialistic Rule of the Free World Has Come to an End
March 18, 2026

Donald Trump stands with two colleagues outside a building, discussing key topics during a public appearance.

President Trump is not only destroying Iran, but he is also destroying the free-loaders who have been influencing US foreign policy for nearly a century.  We’ve learned a lot about … Read more

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AI CEO Issues Code Red: Prepare for Meltdown

AI CEO Issues Code Red: Prepare for Meltdown

AI CEO Issues Code Red: Prepare for Meltdown
March 18, 2026

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After correctly predicting the 2008 and 2020 stock market meltdowns…

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Look, I’m not the only one warning.

The research firm Bernstein Research said this AI company “has the power to crash the global economy for a decade.”

The CEO of this AI company also just issued a CODE RED in an internal memo…

Warning his employees that they’re dealing with a critical situation.

Another company executive even implied they might need a government bailout.

The last time I saw something like this was in 2008…

When I predicted a stock market meltdown…

Just three weeks before Lehman went under.

Make no mistake…

The stage is set for a meltdown of historic proportions.

So please click here and I’ll show you why I believe this is a $1.4 trillion ticking time bomb…

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In fact, I’m recommending you take these five simple steps to prepare, before it’s too late.

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WATCH: Chris Cuomo Gets Dog-Walked on His Own Show By Veteran Cop After He Defends Biden and Compares MAGA to Violent Antifa Thugs

WATCH: Chris Cuomo Gets Dog-Walked on His Own Show By Veteran Cop After He Defends Biden and Compares MAGA to Violent Antifa Thugs

WATCH: Chris Cuomo Gets Dog-Walked on His Own Show By Veteran Cop After He Defends Biden and Compares MAGA to Violent Antifa Thugs
March 18, 2026

Chris Cuomo gets schooled after attacking MAGA on his show. Credit: News Nation YouTube screenshot

Left-wing television host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo got completely schooled by a long-time police officer last night while trying to draw a despicable comparison between MAGA and left-wing violence.

On Monday night, Cuomo got angry at a guest who correctly asserted that Joe Biden “arced up the temperature” nationwide and caused more division and violence. As TGP readers know, few presidents in our history poisoned the political environment the way Biden and his handlers did.

Toward the end of Tuesday’s program, Cuomo got a call from a veteran cop named John, who had a bone to pick with him about the segment.

While John agreed that Biden did not “ramp up the temperature,” he revealed that in his 26 years as an officer, the only real violence he had ever seen during protests came from the left. This included multiple attacks on police officers by Antifa.

Right-wing protests were, by comparison, pretty much peaceful.

Cuomo responded by saying he did not disagree with what John was saying about violence on the left, but said Trump and MAGA were no different because they were engaging their own demagoguery.

John shut down Cuomo’s cheap shot with another important point: TDS-suffering leftists may get triggered by Trump, but those in the middle and on the right go about their normal lives.

WATCH:

JOHN: Chris, I just had a follow-up to last night, you seemed miffed by one of your guests last night saying Biden arced up the temperature…I was a police officer for 26 years, and I’ve never seen violence in any right-wing protests as I’ve seen on the left, all the way up to George Floyd. It’s terrible.

Let’s say the Proud Boys are coming to town; we’re going to be walking for a long time. You hear Antifa’s coming and you know you’re in for it.

I’ve never seen violence and things done to police officers as nasty and vile as those from the left.

CUOMO: I don’t disagree with what you’re saying (on left-wing protests) because you’ve lived it and not me…But again, my problem wasn’t that it was leaving out the other half (the right).

How can you leave out MAGA and the demagoguery of what this President has been about in a conversation about how things have gotten where they are?

That’s like cognitive dissonance.

JOHN: It doesn’t seem to enrage people the way it does on the left. Whatever Trump’s doing, it agitates the people on the left, but it doesn’t agitate the people in the middle or the far right enough to do what the left is doing.

I think that’s where the disconnect is…(Trump’s words) are not causing people (in the middle and right) to come to the streets.

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Author: Cullen Linebarger