Republican Michigan Senate hopeful Mike Rogers launched a new ad that shows that Democrat conman Abdul El-Sayed is “too extreme” and “too weird” for Michigan voters.

The ad strings together El-Sayed clips to show him as sexually fixated and out of step with Michigan.

Laura Ingraham opens the ad with images of El-Sayed bizarrely dancing in a sitcom living room, parroting the children’s cartoon Blue’s Clues. She notes, ” El-Sayed, the socialist, we’ve decided he’s just weird.”

Next, in a clip from an interview on Fox News with Jesse Watters during a discussion on sex-change surgeries for minors, a serious topic on the safety of children, El-Sayed asks, “Are you circumcised?”

During a podcast clip about Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, El-Sayed, fixated on the sex lives of Republicans, asks, “What do you think is going through Usha’s head when he talks? Damn, I have to sleep with him.”

He then jokes that she’s pregnant, so “something’s happening.”

Ingraham adds, “They say sex sells, but this guy seems just obsessed with it.”

El-Sayed, a doctor, discusses circumcision by saying it is “surgery on a kid’s ding a ling.”

El-Sayed then discusses his interesting Instagram feed that seems to have an awful lot of OnlyFans videos hitting his algorithm.

“And like, the things that I actually look at on Instagram, every third video that scrolls on its own is going to be some OnlyFans model.”

The ad closes with two simple observations, “ABDUL IS JUST WEIRD.”

And, “WRONG FOR MICHIGAN.”

Watch:

Conman Abdul El-Sayed — too extreme, and too weird for Michigan. pic.twitter.com/UqFmGXCcUB

— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) August 31, 2026

Vice President JD Vance sent a warning to El-Sayed to stop targeting his wife and members of Vance’s family.
While in Michigan campaigning for Rogers, Vance stated, “Now, the last thing I’ll say about Abdul, Mr. El-Sayed, is he has a weird habit of talking about my family. Have you noticed this? Yeah.”

“You know, look, I don’t know who his wife is. I’m sure she’s a lovely person, but I would never come to this state and disrespect you or disrespect somebody’s family by talking about another person’s wife, a person who isn’t on the ballot. And yet, Abdul El-Sayed, every time they put a microphone in front of his face, he wants to talk about my wife or my grandfather.”

“My message to Abdul El-Sayed is you can pal around with terrorist sympathizers and you can say that America deserved 9/11, or you could empathize not with the children who were targeted at Temple Israel, or— but with the attacker. These are all despicable things, but they’re all things that the people of Michigan will judge you on based on your record. But I actually think that the people of Michigan think it’s kind of weird. When you talk about another guy’s wife. I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about the public policy ideas you have to make their ideas better.”

He continued: “I think the people of Michigan would like you to talk about how you’re going to protect autoworkers when you’re supporting every single policy that has undercut the wages and jobs of Michigan autoworkers your entire life in public service.”

“But whatever you want to talk about, Abdul, keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth because she’s way out of your league.”

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In recent days, Vladimir Putin has issued concrete military and diplomatic signals indicating that he intends to escalate the war in Ukraine rather than negotiate a resolution.

According to Pavlo Palisa, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, the Russian political leadership issued an order on August 29 instructing its forces to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, comprising the entire Donbas region, by December 31, 2026.

The deadline is significant because Russian forces have been fighting for control of the Donbas since 2014, but have failed to secure the entire region, despite nearly five years of full-scale war following the 2022 invasion.

Palisa said Russia’s military leadership considered the timeline unrealistic and requested an extension to March 31, 2027. The Institute for the Study of War assesses that neither deadline is achievable at Russia’s current rate of advance, noting that Putin has set and missed fifteen separate Donbas deadlines since 2022.

However, ISW’s feasibility assessment assumes that Russia maintains its current rate of advance, while Putin’s four-month order explicitly directs his forces to accelerate beyond that baseline.

Putin’s Aug. 22 rejection of proposals to restart negotiations was a clear move toward escalation rather than reaching a peaceful compromise. According to an Aug. 26 Bloomberg report, people close to the Kremlin described peace talks as having reached a dead end. At the time, Ukraine and the United States were pursuing new proposals, including a partial aerial ceasefire and a ceasefire framework based on the current front line.

Putin called those proposals “exotic” and “unacceptable,” while saying Russia remained open to talks only “based on the realities on the ground.” He also told members of his United Russia party that the war would move “only forward.” Separately, he warned that Ukraine had opened a “Pandora’s box” that would bring retaliation against its economy.

Within days of rejecting the talks, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Aug. 31 that it was preparing “massive strikes” against Ukraine’s energy grid in retaliation for Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries and logistics hubs. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the planned strikes an appropriate response to what he termed Kyiv’s path of escalation. The announcement came days after a Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot near Myla, in Kyiv’s Bucha district, killed at least 38 people on Aug. 29, according to Zelensky.

There have even been hints of nuclear escalation. Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces test-launched an ICBM from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Aug. 28. The missile, believed to be either a Topol or Yars, has an estimated range of 10,500 kilometers, enough to reach the continental United States, according to SIPRI estimates. Separately, Duma member Alexei Zhuravlev of the Rodina party publicly called for using tactical nuclear weapons to force Ukraine’s capitulation on Aug. 30. This was an individual lawmaker’s position, not an announced Kremlin policy, and Bloomberg has reported no indication that Russia is currently preparing to use a nuclear weapon.

On the northern front, Ukraine’s Presidential Office said on Aug. 28 that Russia’s General Staff had been tasked with drafting operational scenarios for an offensive toward Kyiv and Chernihiv, potentially staged from Belarusian territory. However, Palisa said no new offensive troop groupings were currently being detected in that direction.

Belarus continues to expand its logistics, personnel, and training infrastructure near the border, but Kyiv has not confirmed a buildup approaching the roughly 70,000-troop threshold that its commanders have established as the marker of a credible threat. Belarusian airspace also continues to serve as a launch corridor for strikes into Ukraine. Belarusian opposition monitors reported that a Russian jet-powered drone crossed from Gomel into Ukraine’s Chernobyl exclusion zone during the night leading into Aug. 31, marking the second such incursion in three days.

European nations have responded with visible concern. Finland requested Swedish aircraft and warships to help monitor its border with Russia. Germany moved to attribute an Aug. 4 drone incident at Leipzig Airport to Moscow, while Romania said it had destroyed a Russian naval drone targeting a Black Sea drilling platform.

Kremlin-linked sources told The Economist that Putin is prepared to commit an additional 300,000 to 400,000 troops without declaring a new nationwide mobilization, relying instead on regional recruitment drives, even as Russian battlefield losses are outpacing recruitment by roughly 6,000 troops a month.

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In the race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton, Talarico can not seem to hide his radical positions.

During a private Zoom meeting that has resurfaced with Austin Sierra Club activists from 2020, Talarico said the quiet part out loud, again.  He went after capitalism, suggesting it is an ‘oppressive system’ that he wants ‘to dismantle.’

“The multi, you know, multi-faceted threat of a climate crisis, an economic crisis, and a social justice crisis,” Talarico told the group, “I think that kind of New Deal effort would be the only approach to start to address all three in a thoughtful and meaningful way.”

One of the participants then asked him, “Second question….communities of color receive the most harm from the impacts of climate change, yet receive the least government support to deal with it.”

“Tell us about one of the committees you are on, or hope to be on, and the most important actions that committee could take to fight for climate justice and mitigate the impacts of climate change for all Texans.”

Talarico responded, “Yeah, and I am so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country,” he told the very White group of activists.

“I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them.

Watch:

In a private Zoom meeting with Austin Sierra Club activists, James talarico says capitalism is an oppressive system he wants to dismantle:

“I’m … thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and white supremacy and capitalism in our country.… pic.twitter.com/sPDDXg6l5q

— Lone Star Liberty PAC (@LoneStar_PAC) September 1, 2026

The Gateway Pundit reported on another horrible video of Talarico’s that resurfaced, where he agreed with a podcaster who called Christians America’s ‘villains.’

Talarico has also caused a stir with his perversion of Christianity. During an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, he confirmed his blasphemous belief that “God is both masculine and feminine” and that “God is nonbinary.”

WATCH: “Take it Up With the Apostle Paul” – James Talarico Doubles Down on Calling God “Nonbinary” and Saying There Are Six Genders, Admits Some “Missed the Mark”

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A Bank of America executive was killed during a stabbing in Times Square in New York City on Monday.

Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, New Jersey, was fatally stabbed by a female assailant on Monday afternoon.

The stabber, identified as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros, was fatally shot by NYPD officers.

A dramatic video posted to social media shows the moment police officers shot a knife-wielding Cisneros.

Piacenti was stabbed in the abdomen in an “unprovoked attack,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a press conference.

Cisneros used two kitchen knives to carry out the attack. She also stabbed a 68-year-old man in the stomach, but he survived.

The New York Post reported:

The woman killed by a knife-wielding maniac in Times Square was a young executive at Bank of America — who had recently celebrated her wedding anniversary, The Post has learned.

Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, New Jersey, was fatally stabbed near the Crossroads of the World on Monday afternoon before the suspect, who also wounded an elderly man in the violent rampage, was shot dead by police.

Piacenti was employed by Bank of America in New York City, working as the Vice President of Business Selection and Conflicts, sources told The Post.

She was a 2016 graduate from the University of Pennsylvania and 2021 graduate of Fordham Law School, according to her LinkedIn profile.

The successful career woman had also just celebrated her second wedding anniversary on Aug. 10, according to social media posts.

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Mistress of Imprisoned Ex-FBI Special Agent Tried to Report His Crimes with China and the Bidens – Now She’s Dead

(Much of this was reported one year ago at JoeHoft.com on September 17, 2025, after Ms. Guerriero contacted us.)

Allison Guerriero, FBI Agent Charles McGonigal’s ex-mistress turned whistleblower, wrote the following on her Substack about the OIG politely declining to investigate her claims that former top Biden FBI Executive, Charles McGonigal was involved in fraudulent activities with China as well as with Europeans. (emphasis added)

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) officially declined to open a case into the FBI’s handling of matters involving Charles McGonigal — and instead punted the whole thing back to, wait for it… the FBI.

Hmmm so the FBI is involved in some alleged crimes and corruption? What better agency to investigate this than the FBI!

The jokes just write themselves…

Yes, really.

It is my belief that I witnessed deeply troubling conduct by former senior FBI official Charles McGonigal. I reported that conduct through the appropriate channels, at great personal risk. It is also my belief that this conduct involved potential espionage, uncharged sanctions violations, and serious financial irregularities.

So naturally, the agency I believe helped cover it up is now being asked to investigate… itself.

This is like reporting your house was robbed, and the police say:

“Don’t worry, the suspect you named is a retired cop — he’ll drop by later and see if you’re missing anything.”

Honestly, I expected the OIG to decline and I was looking forward to posting it solely for the jokes. Every whistleblower I’ve ever spoken to receives some version of the same polite form letter. It’s like a “thank you for your bravery” Hallmark card, sealed with a bureaucratic shrug.

To be clear: it is my belief that this isn’t about one bad actor. I believe this is systemic. The same system that failed to act on credible information is now in charge of reviewing itself — and we’re all supposed to pretend that’s accountability.

It’s not.

But I’m still here. I’m still speaking out. And I’m still fighting — despite the retaliation, the legal bills, and the silence from the very institutions that were supposed to protect whistleblowers like me.

If you’d like to help me stay in this fight, please consider supporting my legal defense and basic expenses here:

www.GiveSendGo.com/AllisonGuerriero

And you can follow me on X (formerly Twitter), where I post updates, public filings, and the kind of truths that make federal agencies squirm:

https://x.com/allisonguerrier

Thanks for reading. More to come.

— Allison Guerriero

(See the letter from the OIG at Ms. Guerriero’s Substack) 

Ms. Guerriero was correct.  It turns out FBI’s finest – Charles McGonigal – was providing secret information to China related to Hunter Biden’s business in China and was never convicted under the Biden Administration.  This is reported from the same entity that recently turned down a review of Ms. Guerriero’s complaint into the same matter.

This revelation from the new Inspector General report on corrupt FBI agent Charles McGonigal is staggering, and yet you won’t hear a word about it from legacy media.

McGonigal giving secret information about an ongoing investigation to the very targets of that probe is bad enough. It gets worse when you learn this investigation was into Hunter Biden’s Chinese firm and his business partners. But by far the worst part is that Joe Biden’s DOJ declined to prosecute McGonigal for it.

If there was ever a case for recusal, this was it. There needs to be a full and thorough fresh investigation into everything involving McGonigal, including his communications, activities, associates, financial dealings, use of FBI resources, handling of classified information, attempts to influence or obstruct investigations, and the decision not to charge him for aiding Hunter Biden’s firm.

Here’s more:

This revelation from the new Inspector General report on corrupt FBI agent Charles McGonigal is staggering, and yet you won’t hear a word about it from legacy media.

McGonigal giving secret information about an ongoing investigation to the very targets of that probe is bad… pic.twitter.com/JthptpEoha

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) September 4, 2025

And more:

You warned us all, and you were right. McGonigal’s corruption never received the attention it deserves, partly because of the cover up by Biden people and partly because so few in the public even know his name.

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) September 4, 2025

Roger Stone shared this last year.

The scandal of Charles McGonigal is no mere footnote in history – it is a festering, malignant sore on the face of American justice. It is the most brazen example of the FBI’s arrogance, corruption, and perfidy against the American people. McGonigal, a high-level FBI official, was charged with accepting bribes when he should have been charged with espionage. And make no mistake: this sordid tale of betrayal and deception is far from over.

McGonigal, once the exalted head (or “crowned head”) of the counterintelligence kingdom at the FBI’s all-powerful New York Field Office, was not simply dabbling with Russia and Albania. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has now confirmed what many of us long suspected: his tentacles extended into China as well with none other than a not-so-casual association with the Biden Crime Family.

China – the very adversary waging an unrelenting war on America’s economy, our health, our sovereignty, and our future. Where else did McGonigal’s treachery reach? Who else within the upper echelons of American law enforcement and intelligence services was in league with him, profiteering on America’s vulnerabilities, feeding at the trough of betrayal like barnyard pigs?

And yet, what punishment did this so-called rogue operator receive for his colossal catalog of sins? A laughable 78 months in federal prison. Seventy-eight months! For a man who consorted with foreign agents, betrayed this nation, compromised national security, and spat in the face of the very sacred Oath he swore to uphold. In fact, McGonigal’s sentence has been officially shortened twice.

No espionage charges. No treason charges. No asset forfeiture. No tax fraud charges. No further investigative work to uncover McGonigal’s involvement in any other illicit financial activities. NONE. That alone is extraordinary. In virtually every corruption and foreign-agent case, the government seizes ill-gotten gains. But here, McGonigal’s prosecution was tidied up with the help of the Biden Justice department and swept away with surgical neatness as though to erase the evidence trail.

On Thursday, after years of trying to get out the whole truth about Charles McGonigal and his activities with the Biden gang, Ms. Guerriero was found dead.

Mistress who turned in treacherous FBI spy Charles McGonigal is mysteriously found DEAD: Her haunting final texts revealed… as grieving dad insists she ‘would never’ take her own life https://t.co/TJnu3jBrf0

— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) August 31, 2026

God bless Ms. Guerriero.

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