MUST WATCH: Cops Yank Ladder Out from Under Ceiling-Crawling Suspect After Hour-Long Standoff at Washington Macy’s
October 18, 2026
Vancouver police pulled a ladder out from under a man who had spent more than an hour crawling through the ceiling of a Macy’s at Vancouver Mall in Washington, sending him tumbling onto a mattress they had placed underneath.
Employees called police around 4 p.m. on Sept. 30 after spotting someone moving on top of the ceiling tiles, breaking them and damaging lights and wiring.
Officers and firefighters set up a ladder and spent roughly an hour trying to talk the man down.
According to court records, the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Gabriel Hideo, growled and made incoherent noises while moving around in the ceiling.
When he stepped onto the ladder and then tried to climb back into the ceiling, officers pulled the ladder away.
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A suspected burglar at a Macy’s store in Vancouver fell through the ceiling before he was arrested by police.
Hideo fell onto the mattress, got up, and attempted to flee, but officers caught him.
“They had a conveniently located mattress for us to be able to pull over there, and so in case he fell, because there was definitely an opportunity, with not a lot of footing up there, for him to fall out,” Vancouver Police Department public information officer Kim Kapp told KIRO Newsradio.
“And he eventually came down the ladder a few rungs, and we were able to pull the ladder out. He fell onto the mattress, and we were able to get him into custody,” Kapp said.
“We have to be creative sometimes, but at the end of the day, everybody went home safely,” Kapp added.
Police evacuated the mall’s second floor during the standoff.
When he was finally apprehended, police found a large fixed-blade knife on him.
The creepy ceiling lurker was charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree malicious mischief. He was held on an existing felony warrant.
See if You Can Spot the Difference Between How the NY Times Covered Dr. Ben Carson vs. Abdul El-Sayed
October 18, 2026
The media is biased against conservatives. Pretty much everyone on the right knows this.
Even so, sometimes you see evidence of bias that is so over the top, that you really have to marvel at the media’s ability to carry it out with no shame.
Byron York is a writer for the Washington Examiner. He recently stumbled onto an example of media bias that will blow your mind.
Over at the New York Times, they’re covering the various races of the 2026 midterms. In their coverage of Abdul El-Sayed, they constantly refer to El-Sayed as a doctor, even though he isn’t one. El-Sayed has never seen a single patient and has never practiced medicine in any capacity, but they still call him a doctor.
Dr. Ben Carson is not only a doctor, he is a renowned pediatric brain surgeon. Yet the same newspaper, the New York Times, referred to Carson as ‘Mr.’ instead of doctor.
This is almost unbelievable.
Take a look below:
Perhaps there are reasons of style policy involved, but reading New York Times coverage of Dr. El-Sayed, and remembering Times 2016 coverage of renowned brain surgeon Ben Carson makes you wonder: Did Carson ever get an MD? pic.twitter.com/E5Ol6LV8Fx
Byron points out how WaPo repeatedly refers to Abdul El-Sayed in their articles as “Dr.” (despite him never being a licensed doctor) and yet they consistently refer to Ben Carson as “Mr.” despite him being a world-renowned pediatric brain surgeon. https://t.co/XTFhLN0bB2
I’m sure the NYT spokesman will have an explanation. @NYTimesPR Why is brain surgeon Ben Carson a Mr. while unlicensed med school graduate Abdul el-Sayed is a Dr.
Do you know something about Dr. Ben Carson your readers don’t know?? https://t.co/OEwxFMxCm0
Fascinating catch. Perhaps the style policy involved is deference to the Times’ political party & pettiness/hostility toward opponents—especially those seen as demographic turncoats. https://t.co/FScEKRK3kt
TRAGIC UPDATE: US Airman Dead After Horrifying Accident During Pregame Demonstration at College Football Game – Incident Now Under Investigation
October 18, 2026
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There has been a heartbreaking update about a brave American who was entertaining the crowd before last night’s college football game between the UTSA Roadrunners and the Navy Midshipmen.
As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, a night meant to honor America’s fighting men and women turned into a nightmare Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio when a U.S. military service member lost control during a high-risk pregame rappel from the stadium rafters.
He then plummeted onto the field.
The terrifying incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. local time on October 17, during UTSA’s annual “Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans” game, an event dedicated to recognizing America’s military personnel, veterans, and their families.
Per the San Antonio Express-News, four service members from Detachment 2 of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, an Air Force unit that trains tactical air control party (TACP) specialists at Joint Base San Antonio and Camp Bullis, were set to rappel down roughly 15 minutes before kickoff as part of UTSA’s annual Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans game.
About halfway down, one of the team members accelerated uncontrollably, sliding rapidly down the line before slamming into the turf near midfield.
Emergency medical personnel immediately rushed onto the field, where they attended to the service member for approximately 10 minutes before removing him on a stretcher.
He was later transported to a local hospital.
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A military member fell while rappelling to present the colors before Saturday’s UTSA–Navy game at the Alamodome. The patient was taken to the hospital as a priority-one transport; the extent of their injuries is unclear. https://t.co/x3umwndMG0
HORROR: Female Driver Allegedly Plows Through Youth Soccer Field in Kansas and Strikes Several Innocent People in Mass Casualty Event – Two Dead, 11 Injured
October 18, 2026
Wichita Police Captain Aaron Moses speaks after a person drove onto the field during a soccer game at a Wichita sports complex and struck several people. Screenshot
The city of Wichita, Kansas, is reeling following a mass casualty event Saturday afternoon that saw two people lose their lives and several more suffering serious injuries, allegedly due to the action of a female driver.
As KWCH reported, an individual driving a black pickup truck plowed through the youth soccer fields at the Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon.
A witness stated that several people were struck by the vehicle. One child and one adult were killed in the incident.
At the time of the incident, Kansas State High Schools Activities Association’s (KSHSAA) inaugural flag football semifinals were taking place on an adjacent field.
KSHSAA confirmed to KWCH that four Kansas City-area teams were playing – St. Thomas Aquinas, Shawnee Mission West, Shawnee Mission South, and St. James Academy.
Officials have not said whether any players from those teams were injured.
Wichita Police Captain Aaron Moses confirmed during a press conference that two people were killed in the incident and revealed that they had taken the driver into custody.
Moses added that there was no ongoing threat to the public. He did not say whether the driver acted deliberately.
“We have two fatalities confirmed here at the scene and multiple other casualties, with individuals transported to area hospitals,” Moses said. “The vehicle involved in this incident remained at the scene.”
“The driver of that vehicle is currently in our custody. There is no additional ongoing threat to the public from that drive.”
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NEWS: Wichita Police Captain Aaron Moses announced that two people have been killed and the driver of a black Chevy Silverado has been arrested after MOWING DOWN people on the youth soccer fields at Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon.
“We have two fatalities confirmed here at the scene and multiple other casualties with individuals transported to area hospitals. The vehicle involved in this incident remained at the scene. The driver of that vehicle is currently in our custody. There is no additional ongoing threat to the public from that driver.”
During a press conference later Saturday evening, police identified the driver as a 34-year-old female from Garden City.
The two souls who perished were a 6-year-old boy from McPherson and a 35-year-old man from the same city.
BREAKING: Wichita Police have identified the driver of the black Chevy Silverado that MOWED DOWN several people at a youth soccer field at the Stryker Sports Complex, killing an adult and a child, as a 34-year-old woman from Garden City, Kansas.
“The driver of that truck is a 34-year-old female from Garden City. She has been cooperative to this point in the investigation. On the field, two people were pronounced dead here at the scene. One of them is a 6-year-old male from McPherson. The other is a 35-year-old male from McPherson.”
11 people were transported to local hospitals for injuries. All but one had what are described as “traumatic injuries.”
Wichita Police Capt. Aaron Moses reveals that 11 people—10 of them with traumatic injuries—were transported to local hospitals after a 34-year-old woman PLOWED into them with her pickup truck at the Stryker Sports Complex Saturday afternoon, killing two people.
“Transported an additional 11 people from the scene to area hospitals. 10 of those 11 had traumatic injuries, and those injuries span from minor injuries like bruises to extremely severe injuries, but at this point we believe those to be non-life threatening.”
Ilhan Omar’s Claim of Political Persecution By Trump Completely IMPLODES as Judge Who Approved Warrant to Search Her Home is Officially Revealed
October 18, 2026
Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has been claiming that last week’s raid on her DC home is nothing but political persecution by a ‘vengeful’ President Trump and is pleading her innocence. Now, we can officially put that nonsense to rest in dramatic fashion.
On Wednesday, CNN officially revealed that Justice Department prosecutors first had to go through Judge Matthew Sharbaugh, a federal magistrate judge on the DC District Court.
Before approving the warrant to raid Omar’s home, Sharbaugh limited how the DOJ could access her documents because of her role as a member of Congress.
Prosecutors, however, first had to contend with a federal magistrate judge, in a prolonged back-and-forth that hasn’t previously been reported.
Judge Matthew Sharbaugh of the DC District Court ultimately limited how the Justice Department could access Omar’s documents in Monday’s search, before he would approve the warrant, because of her role as a member of Congress and the Constitutional protections that affords, multiple people familiar with the investigation told CNN.
As previously reported by The Gateway Pundit, Article III Project founder and former Senate Judiciary Committee counsel Mike Davis strongly suspected that Sharbaugh was the judge who granted the warrant to search Omar’s home.
To back up his case, he said the DC U.S. District Court’s public website showed Sharbaugh was the magistrate on criminal duty from October 3 through October 16, 2026, the period covering the raid. Of course, there was still a very small possibility that Sharbaugh may not have been able to attend during that time.
The fact that Sharbaugh approved the warrant is all the more shocking considering his background.
Davis noted in a Fox News op-ed published on Sunday that Sharbaugh financially supported Crooked Hillary in her failed presidential campaign against Trump in 2016.
He also clerked TWICE for a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama.
Before becoming a judge, Sharbaugh donated to Hillary Clinton during her losing 2016 campaign against President Trump. Sharbaugh clerked twice for Judge Robert Wilkins, a leftist appointee of President Obama, on both the D.C. U.S. District Court and the D.C. U.S. Circuit.
Judge Wilkins was one of the three D.C. U.S. circuit judges rammed through by former Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the end of 2013, just before Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate.
Sharbaugh also has a history of ruling against the Trump Administration in notable cases.
For example, Sharbaugh RELEASED a woman back in August who was accused of deliberately defacing the World War II Memorial, allowing her to leave custody on nothing more than a personal recognizance bond.
This came despite the DOJ’s pleadings.
The Gateway Pundit reported that federal agents raided the Washington, DC-area residence of Omar early Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork.
The pre-dawn raid was part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork, documents filled out by her late father when she was a child.
According to her website, Omar arrived in the United States in March 1995, when she was 12 years old. She came with her family as a Somali refugee after spending approximately four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000, at age 17.
Multiple agents wearing HSI jackets were observed outside the residence around 6 a.m.
Leftist-and-Migrant Alliance Behind Belgium’s “Student” Riots
October 18, 2026
What began as student unrest in France is spreading to other countries. Leftist organizational involvement has been documented, but participation by Islamist groups has not been verified. Some observers report a disproportionate number of participants with migrant backgrounds, though official figures have not established their share.
Several left-wing organizations have been linked to Belgium’s protests. RedFox, the secondary-school youth movement of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PTB), distributed stickers among protesters. Education Minister Valérie Glatigny and MR president Georges-Louis Bouchez accused far-left extremists of manipulating students. RedFox denied responsibility for the violence.
Public buildings vandalized, buses set on fire, police pelted with paving stones and fireworks. Officially, Belgium’s unrest is a protest over education. As in France, education is a pretext.
The movement began on October 1 with school blockades in Liège and spread within days to Mons, Charleroi and Brussels. Students say they oppose overcrowded classrooms and a tuition increase in Belgium’s French-speaking Community. Reuters reported that they were inspired in part by the unrest in neighboring France.
On October 6, Liège police reported 31 administrative arrests, two judicial arrests and several injured officers. That same week, Liège prosecutors detained a 13-year-old who had called on social media for others to bring gasoline cans to burn down a school.
The violence escalated in Brussels on October 9 during a national union strike that drew 30,000 marchers, according to police, and 50,000, according to the FGTB union. The march itself was peaceful, but more than a thousand rioters gathered nearby, some carrying Molotov cocktails, sticks and mortars. Police said the violence had no connection to the union march. A police union representative told VRT the rioters were not youths or students but outright scum.
Brussels transit operator STIB reported four vandalized buses, including one completely destroyed, and three trams with smashed windows. Police confirmed that one bus was set on fire. At Brussels-Midi station, glass along an entire bus platform was smashed. More than 100 people were arrested, roughly 80 administratively and 30 judicially.
The riots continued. On October 13, police made at least ten judicial arrests near Brussels-Midi, nine involving minors, and seized fireworks and bottles of flammable liquid. On October 17, an unauthorized gathering turned into riots. A car was flipped onto its roof, and the Socialist Party headquarters was attacked. Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said the violence was no longer a protest.
After the October 9 riots, the social media account Visegrád 24 stated that second- and third-generation migrants had joined forces with Antifa near Brussels Central Station to clash with riot police. Police, prosecutors and the Interior Ministry have not yet released information on the backgrounds of those arrested that day.
Similar descriptions have emerged after earlier unrest. Following the 2026 New Year’s riots, the mayor’s office, citing police reports, stated that the vast majority of perpetrators were young Belgian nationals with a migrant background.
Vlaams Belang made a similar claim about the June riots at Brussels Central, saying footage showed mainly young people with a migrant background. The party also criticized politicians’ unwillingness to name the problem.
RedFox’s presence was confirmed by a protester who said on camera that the material came from the organization. Its head, Manon Vidal, is a PTB member of the Brussels parliament. Political scientist Pascal Delwit has said RedFox promotes the party’s narrative of class struggle between the dominant and the dominated.
The PTB was founded in 1979 on a Maoist program. In December 1989, its newspaper Solidaire called Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu “our comrade Ceausescu”. The party also backed North Korea and the Tiananmen Square crackdown. In 1994, party president and founder Ludo Martens published a book defending Stalin. The PTB dropped its references to Stalin and Mao only at its 2008 congress. Belgian media continue to describe it as a Marxist party.
In 2019, a PTB provincial councillor in Namur quit the party, saying elected members had to hand over all their allowances and that members’ social media activity was monitored.
The FGTB, Belgium’s socialist trade union, has also had leaders convicted over earlier strike actions. In 2021, a Liège appeals court convicted 17 FGTB members and leaders, including current president Thierry Bodson, of malicious obstruction of traffic for blocking the E40 highway during a 2015 strike. In 2019, the head of the FGTB in Antwerp was convicted of the same offense over a port blockade.
In France, where the unrest began, La France Insoumise declared its full support for the student movement and said it would march alongside it. On October 17, protesters forced their way into Lille’s town hall.
LFI deputy Raphaël Arnault co-founded the Jeune Garde, an antifascist group the French government dissolved in June 2025. France’s Council of State upheld the dissolution as proportionate to the gravity of its threats to public order.
In February 2026, 23-year-old nationalist activist Quentin Deranque was beaten to death in Lyon on the sidelines of a conference by LFI MEP Rima Hassan. Jeune Garde members were placed under formal investigation for manslaughter, including two former assistants of Arnault.
President Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terrorist organization in September 2025. In November 2025, the State Department designated four European groups as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. They included Germany-based Antifa Ost, which the department said attacked people it deemed “fascists” between 2018 and 2023, and Italy’s Informal Anarchist Federation, which has claimed responsibility for bombs and letter bombs against political and economic institutions.
The unrest comes as most French people express dissatisfaction with their government’s immigration policy. A CSA poll in September 2025 found that 79% wanted a tougher policy. An Odoxa poll for Le Figaro in January 2026 found that 70% of French people said there were too many immigrants in France, while 77% held a poor opinion of the government’s immigration policy.
In May, 69% of 18- to 24-year-olds backed a three-year suspension of legal immigration, the highest share of any age group. In June, CSA found that 83% supported sending home foreign criminals, delinquents and the long-term unemployed, including 90% of respondents aged 18 to 24.
The divide between voters and political leaders predates the current unrest. In 2005, 54.68% of French voters rejected the European Constitution in a referendum. In February 2008, Parliament, meeting in Congress, cleared the way for the Treaty of Lisbon, which retained the main elements of the rejected text, without another referendum.
In a 2017 discussion at Harvard, World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab said “we penetrate the cabinets” through his Young Global Leaders program. He named France, describing President Emmanuel Macron as one of the program’s participants.
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