An elderly leftist couple in Arlington Heights, Illinois, charged with vandalizing the Republicans of Wheeling Township headquarters in January pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges on Thursday.

Brock McNerney, a 72-year-old retired financial planner, and Moisette McNerney, a 69-year-old retired special education teacher, admitted to criminal damage to property and criminal defacement of property charges as part of a plea agreement.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that on the night of January 25, 2026, surveillance video captured the pair drawing multiple swastikas and profanities in permanent marker across the windows of the ROWT office at 909 E. Rand Road.

They specifically targeted a portrait of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, born in Arlington Heights and a former volunteer at the local GOP office as a Wheeling High School student, defacing his image. The couple also tossed bags of feces and poured an unknown liquid near the front door.

This was no isolated act of random mischief. It came after earlier vandalism in December 2025 that included threatening and offensive messages scrawled into the brick outside the office, specifically and gleefully referencing Charlie Kirk’s wounds.

The January attack occurred right before the March primary. ROWT members installed cameras after the prior incident.

Despite the use of Nazi symbols against a political organization and the apparent effort to frighten Republican volunteers, the McNerneys were charged only with misdemeanors, not hate crimes.

The Daily Herald reported:

Cook County Judge Thomas Newinski sentenced the couple to 18 months court supervision, 100 hours of community service, a $100 fine and court costs. Newinski also ordered the couple to pen an apology letter to the Wheeling Township organization.

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Defense attorney Jason Stevens said Thursday that his clients took accountability for their actions, adding that they had no prior criminal record.

“They’re going to abide by their sentence,” he said.

Many in the Republican community, including ROWT members, point to Illinois’ glaring two-tiered system of justice. Recent cases of Merlin Lu in Cook County and Derek Webb in Lake County saw the accused hit with felony hate crime charges for conduct involving well-recognized symbols of hate. Derek Webb was denied bond; a judge called his actions “extremely troubling” and said they “terrorized” the community.

The McNerneys’ case involved the same category of hate symbols, swastikas plastered over Charlie Kirk’s face, yet prosecutors stuck with misdemeanors. No hate crime enhancement. No felony. Just another soft landing in Democrat-controlled Cook County.

The victim impact statement submitted by the Republicans of Wheeling Township makes the human cost clear. The perpetrators largely succeeded in their mission to silence and intimidate. Membership feels less safe holding open office hours in a space occupied for over two decades.

Supporters are declining to display yard signs for fear their homes will be targeted next. One Jewish member wrote of being “saddened and horrified.”

Others described lasting fear of retaliation, reluctance to recruit new members, and the emotional toll of repeated attacks that forced extra police patrols and additional security spending.

Despite the notoriety of this case, it has not deterred further attacks. ROWT reported four separate acts of defacement in June alone—two involving sputum deposited on Charlie Kirk’s face and others with offensive notes. A similar note appeared in April.

Just the morning of the victim impact statement, a Facebook comment celebrated the original vandals: “You are right my friends, this person [the Accused] let us all down by using a sharpie and not using fire.”

Four days after the January vandalism, the same individuals were observed holding similar hateful symbols at a “No Kings” rally—with a slight modification: swastikas for the Republicans, none for themselves. Five months later, still no apology.

ROWT asked the court to consider a public written letter of apology and, in lieu of monetary restitution to the organization, a donation in Charlie Kirk’s honor to Turning Point USA, the group he founded.

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An immigration enforcement officer appeared completely unfazed as a group of anti-ICE agitators harassed her outside the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

Video circulating on social media shows the female officer dancing to music from inside a transport vehicle while a protester films her through the window and attempts to provoke a confrontation.

The officer simply keeps dancing.

“You think dancing offends us?” the activist shouts.

“What offends us is that you’re literally trafficking human beings right now!”

Yes, enforcing federal immigration law is now “human trafficking” according to the radical Left.

According to @christina.summers2, the social media account that circulated the footage claimed seven detainees were inside the vehicle and were being transported to Delaney Hall. However, the brief video does not show the passengers or independently confirm that number.

@christina.summers2 07/14/2026 ice van driver dances with 7 detainees in the back on the way into delaney hall. makes me sickkkk #ice #newark #newjersey #fifa #Protest ♬ original sound – christina 🙂

Delaney Hall has been under near-constant siege since it reopened as a key Northeast detention hub.

Delaney Hall is a privately owned, 1,000-bed detention facility operated by GEO Group under a 15-year contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The company announced the agreement in February 2025, saying the facility would support ICE’s Newark enforcement operations. GEO Group said the contract was expected to generate more than $60 million in annualized revenue.

The Newark facility has become a magnet for far-left activists who routinely gather outside its gates, obstruct vehicles, antagonize law enforcement officers, and demand that ICE release detainees.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, anti-ICE agitators attacked and damaged vehicles attempting to leave Delaney Hall in June. One vehicle reportedly had its windshield shattered as protesters swarmed the facility.

In another ridiculous episode, two anti-ICE protesters attempted to stop a Jeep with their bodies and were thrown to the pavement when the driver continued moving.

The Gateway Pundit also reported Sunday that a tear-jerking narrative promoted by the wife of a Delaney Hall detainee unraveled after records revealed that her husband had been taken into custody following an alleged domestic assault, not while innocently purchasing diapers, as activists had claimed.

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The cash-strapped Democratic National Committee has put its own Washington, D.C., headquarters up as collateral to secure a massive $15 million loan as the party struggles financially ahead of the critical 2026 midterm elections.

According to newly reported D.C. deed records detailed by NOTUS, the DNC put its physical headquarters in Southeast Washington, partially owned by the committee, up as security for the loan it took out last year.

The DNC secured the $15 million line of credit in October 2025 to help finance off-year elections and prepare for the 2026 midterms. It was reportedly the largest off-year loan in the committee’s history.

Federal Election Commission records confirm that the DNC received $15 million in loans during the current election cycle. The committee’s credit agreement describes a secured revolving credit facility with Amalgamated Bank.

But the DNC did not explicitly identify its headquarters as collateral in its monthly or loan-related filings with the FEC, according to NOTUS.

The financial numbers are brutal.

As of June 30, the DNC reported approximately $16.3 million in cash on hand and more than $18.5 million in debts and loans, according to the Federal Election Commission.

The Republican National Committee, meanwhile, reportedly has approximately $128 million in cash and no outstanding debt.

One anonymous DNC member accused Chairman Ken Martin of “gaslighting” committee members about the organization’s finances and questioned whether he could effectively lead the party through the coming election cycle.

The DNC attempted to downplay the stunning collateral arrangement.

“This is not new,” a DNC official told NOTUS, noting that the building had also been used as collateral in 2019, 2018, 2014, and other election cycles.

The DNC’s defense is essentially that putting its headquarters on the line has become a regular feature of the party’s financial management.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the DNC’s financial crisis has become so severe that party officials reportedly asked vendors to delay submitting bills until after the midterm elections.

The bookkeeping maneuver would allow the committee to postpone recognizing some expenses until after voters go to the polls.

The Gateway Pundit also reported that Martin allegedly threw his phone at a junior aide’s desk during an angry outburst earlier this month, prompting a formal complaint to the DNC’s human resources department.

Martin has reportedly become increasingly isolated and concerned about internal leaks as frustrated Democrats question his leadership, fundraising performance, and handling of the party’s failed 2024 election autopsy.

The Gateway Pundit reported in May that Republicans were already outraising Democrats and holding a commanding cash advantage as liberal donors continued questioning the direction of the party following its disastrous 2024 election performance.

President Trump’s political operation and Republican committees are sitting on enormous cash reserves while the DNC is buried in debt and struggling to convince major donors to open their checkbooks.

The party that claims it can manage America’s economy cannot even manage its own books.

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A 21-year-old university student, young mother, and pregnant woman has been convicted in Poland for the “crime” of speaking the truth about mass immigration.

On July 16, 2026, the District Court in Zamość found Oliwia Olejniczak guilty of “inciting hatred” and slapped her with a 3,000 PLN fine (roughly $800–$1,000) for remarks she made at a completely legal and peaceful “Stop Immigration” rally on July 19, 2025. She was pregnant with her second child at the time of the verdict.

Her husband, Adam Olejniczak, reached out to The Gateway Pundit with the details of this outrageous free-speech persecution under Donald Tusk’s left-liberal government.

Oliwia, a top physiotherapy student and mother of a one-year-old, took the stage in Zamość, one of roughly a hundred similar demonstrations held across Poland that day, and voiced the fears shared by countless ordinary Poles.

She spoke about the real risks of uncontrolled mass immigration from incompatible cultures: rising crime, violence, and rape already plaguing Western Europe.

Adam Olejniczak wrote to The Gateway Pundit:

“My wife, Oliwia Olejniczak, a 21-year-old university student, young mother, and (at the time of the verdict) pregnant with our second child, was recently convicted and fined ~3,500 PLN (around $1000) simply for speaking out against mass immigration.

On 19 July 2025 she took the stage at a peaceful, legal “Stop Immigration” rally in Zamość — one of roughly a hundred such demonstrations held across Poland that same day. Two days later an investigation was opened. On 16 July 2026 the District Court in Zamość found her guilty of “inciting hatred” and imposed the fine.

Notably, the case was not handled by the local prosecutor’s office in Zamość. Instead it was immediately taken up by the other District Prosecutor’s Office, an office roughly an hour away that is widely known for its ideologically leftist leanings.

They launched proceedings against Oliwia with extraordinary speed. In the Polish justice system such rapid action almost never happens unless the target is someone who has criticized the current left-liberal government.

During her speech she voiced legitimate fears for her own safety and that of our young child. She warned that uncontrolled mass immigration of people from incompatible cultures would bring the same rise in crime, violence and rape already visible in Western Europe.

She said the words “That could have been me, that could have been you,” directly referencing a horrific crime that had occurred only weeks earlier in Toruń: a 24-year-old Polish woman from her home region was brutally murdered by an illegal Venezuelan national who gouged out her eyes so she could not identify him and then killed her.

This fear was not abstract. Not long before the rally, Oliwia had already taken part in protests in our region against the opening of special centers for migrants.

Across Poland, dozens of such facilities were being established where illegal immigrants — many of whom had crossed the eastern border illegally — were to receive assistance and even help legalizing their stay. These centers were part of a broader policy that many ordinary Poles, including my wife, saw as a direct threat to public safety.

Among the emotional lines she spoke were:
“I am a mother, I am a Pole. I am afraid for the future of my child. I am simply afraid that some Black man will come when I am out walking with my child and harm us. Do not let Black people and Islamists colonize our beautiful Zamość. Down with immigration!”

After the verdict she stated clearly:
“I am simply a mother who wants her child to be able to walk safely on the streets of a Polish city. I just wanted Poland to remain safe. I don’t want to be afraid of evening walks. I don’t want to be afraid of strangers on the street. At the rally many statistics were presented from Western European countries where mass immigration, especially from Africa and Islamic countries, has brought a rise in crime — these are facts, not racism.”

There was no call to violence and no incitement to hatred — only a mother’s public warning about real risks. Yet the court convicted her. In its reasoning the court even treated slogans such as “A Pole is the host in Poland,” “That could have been me,” or “Down with immigration” as racism, incitement to hatred, and psychological manipulation intended to frighten people. This is absurd.

Official statistics from Western Europe clearly show that certain groups of immigrants commit far more crimes per capita than the native population. Pointing out these facts is not hatred — it is reality.

The double standard is glaring: while my wife was swiftly investigated and punished for her words, the Venezuelan murderer still has not received a final sentence more than a year later.

The court imposed this financial penalty knowing our circumstances. We are both full-time physiotherapy students at the university, raising a small child and relying on academic scholarships.

My wife is currently the top physiotherapy student at the entire university; I am second. We work hard because we want to help people through our future profession.

Last year my wife was one of the main organizers of a large charity event that helped a hundred children from orphanages in our region. She also organized the local March for Life and Family. She is a person with an angelic heart — yet the court treated her as if she were some kind of beast inciting hatred.

In addition to the 3,000 PLN fine, the prosecution had demanded 10 months of restriction of liberty for my pregnant wife! This demand alone is an unimaginable absurdity. They also commissioned a linguistic expert opinion that cost approximately 5,000 PLN (about $1,300).

That expert produced an extremely left-wing, politicized report that went far beyond linguistics and even urged the authorities to punish such statements harshly so Poland would not become “anti-democratic, dangerous and backward.”

The court itself completely rejected this opinion as incomplete, non-objective and biased — so we were spared being burdened with those extra thousands of zlotys. Despite discarding the expert’s report, however, the court still adopted essentially the same narrative that the far-left expert had pushed.

Altogether we were looking at a potential cost of around 8,000 PLN (roughly $2,100) plus the threat of 10 months of restricted freedom.

The conviction has no legal foundation under Polish free-speech protections or the European Convention on Human Rights. Ordo Iuris, the respected Christian-conservative legal institute that defends civil liberties, is representing Oliwia and has already announced an appeal demanding full acquittal.

Since the case became public, the harassment has intensified. My wife, myself, and even our young child have become targets of online insults. There have been isolated but very real threats coming from leftist, including some who live in our own city.

Poland was long regarded as one of the most resistant countries in Europe to the woke agenda. Under the current liberal government that resistance is being systematically dismantled.

Citizens who dare to warn about the dangers of mass immigration are now being prosecuted while real violent criminals face far slower justice.”

This is not isolated. It is the same pattern of speech policing and elite double standards we have documented across Europe and increasingly in the United States.

A young Polish mother is punished for protecting her children. The actual killers and the politicians importing the chaos face far less urgency. Free speech is under attack in Poland just as it is elsewhere. The voice of a young mother should never be treated as a crime.

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The pressure is mounting on RINO Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the do-nothing Republican establishment.

Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) has become the third Republican senator to publicly oppose the upcoming August recess until the Senate passes President Trump’s SAVE America Act.

Tomi Lahren:
There’s a lot of frustration, Senator, with you and your fellow senators, quite frankly. Republicans are frustrated that their Republican senators aren’t able to get voter ID, proof of citizenship, and some of the other parts of the SAVE America Act across the finish line. I want you to shoot it very straight with us: Is there a chance—is there a snowball’s chance in hell—that we get the SAVE America Act, in any iteration, through the Senate and to the president?

Sen. Jim Banks:
Well, this is the fifth time the House has passed the SAVE America Act. I’m frustrated, too. The Senate should abandon the so-called traditions and the filibuster rules—nuke the filibuster and do whatever it takes to pass the SAVE America Act. I think the NDAA and the upcoming reconciliation package that the House is going to send over to the Senate are the best opportunities that we have to pass the SAVE America Act, requiring voter ID.

The NDAA is very important for our troops and our military. By the way, Democrats are blocking funding for our military at a time when we need to replenish our munitions stockpiles and support our military. So, that’s the perfect bill to put the SAVE America Act in. The Democrats are all against it. They don’t want to support our military, and the Democrats don’t want voter ID.

So, let’s put every Republican on the record in support of it, pass it, save this country, and head into the midterms with the best hand that we have to keep the majorities in the House and the Senate. I fear what will happen if we don’t pass the SAVE America Act on Election Day in the midterm elections.

Tomi Lahren:
Yeah, I have the same fear. Senator, do you think that you should forgo the upcoming recess to get this done?

Sen. Jim Banks:
I’m all for it. We don’t need a recess. Let’s pass the SAVE America Act. It’s more important than taking a break or taking a recess.

I’m back in Indiana for the weekend. I head back to Washington tomorrow. I’ve heard from people everywhere I go, from the diner this morning to the grocery store: “Pass the SAVE America Act.” We have to get it done. It’s so fundamental to the future of this country to make sure that American elections are only for Americans.

By the way, the biggest story this week was the Democrat governor in New Jersey admitting that 6,600 illegals were accidentally registered to vote and that hundreds of them actually voted in the last two elections in New Jersey. If that can happen there, and even a Democrat is admitting it, it’s yet the biggest reason and example of why we have to pass the SAVE America Act.

WATCH:

BREAKING: Sen. JIM BANKS (R-IN) just became the THIRD SENATOR to OPPOSE August recess until the SAVE America Act passes

BANKS: “We don’t need a RECESS. Let’s pass the SAVE America Act. It’s more important than taking a break, taking a recess!”

Those opposing recess:
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 26, 2026

Banks joins Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT), who have already demanded that lawmakers remain in Washington and finish the job they were elected to do.

Lee fired the first shot earlier Sunday, formally objecting to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August “at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act” and demanding a roll call vote. “Do not assume you have my consent. You do not,” Lee warned Majority Leader John Thune.

Scott quickly backed him: “I stand with @BasedMikeLee. I will vote to stay in session unless we have passed the SAVE America Act. The American people expect us to deliver. They deserve secure elections.”

I stand with @basedmikelee.

I will vote to stay in session unless we have passed the SAVE America Act.

The American people expect us to deliver. They deserve secure elections. https://t.co/nvLB5PjpOF

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) July 26, 2026

The House passed the legislation in February by a 218–213 vote. The Senate later voted 51–48 to begin considering it, but the measure stalled after Republicans failed to secure the 60 votes needed to overcome the chamber’s filibuster rules.

When previously asked whether he would keep the Senate in session, Thune claimed he would consider it if he believed there were a path to passage but insisted that Democrats would continue blocking the bill and Republicans would not eliminate the legislative filibuster.

President Trump is also losing patience with the slow-moving Senate.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently confirmed that Trump wants the legislation passed before lawmakers flee Washington for their lengthy summer break.

“The president spoke about this directly yesterday. His patience is running out,” Leavitt said, according to previous Gateway Pundit reporting.

The House has repeatedly acted to advance the SAVE America Act. Now it is time for Senate Republicans to stop hiding behind procedure, cancel their recess, and force every senator to go on the record.

Banks, Scott, and Lee understand what is at stake.

No SAVE America Act, no August recess.

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