Alexandros Paporakis is a 19-year-old from Palatine, Illinois who was arrested around October 11, 2026, and charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawful possession of weapons.

He plotted a mass shooting targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois

According to court accounts and police statements, he researched the location, drove there armed with a modified AR-style rifle, roughly 300 rounds of ammunition, body armor/tactical gear, and other items (including Nazi symbolism and a gas canister with a slur). The rifle reportedly jammed; he left, contacted a Taco Bell coworker, where he worked as a cashier, shared details of the plan and materials, including, of course, an eight-page manifesto. Alexandros was arrested after the coworker tipped off police. No one was injured.

After the story made headlines, Democrat Ro Khanna jumped in his car and blamed the attempted terrorist plot on a “white supremacist.” Khanna is an Indian-American multi-millionaire with an estimated net worth of $150-$340 million.

As a Hindu American, I am angered by the attempted mass shooting at a Temple by a white supremacist.

The shooter’s evil is only surpassed by his ignorance. Hinduism teaches non-violence. https://t.co/7E3znjY1dP

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 15, 2026

Now we know the rest of the story.

Paporakis is trans.

The would-be terrorist is being treated for ADHD, depression, and anxiety and receives hormone injections for gender transition.

Pporakis is latest in a string of violent trans teens who wreak havoc on our communities. What is going on here?

Here is a short list of several documented trans mass shooters in America, via Grok.

These are the ones most consistently referenced across news reporting, police statements, and databases:

** Audrey Hale (also referred to as Aiden Hale), March 27, 2023 — The Covenant School, Nashville, Tennessee.
Biological female who identified as male (trans man). Killed 6 people (3 children and 3 adults) and was killed by police. Nashville police confirmed the transgender identification. This is the sole case that meets the strictest long-term mass-shooting definitions in databases such as the Violence Prevention Project.⁠

** Anderson Lee Aldrich, November 19–20, 2022 — Club Q, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Identified as nonbinary (they/them pronouns) by defense attorneys. Killed 5 and injured 19 at an LGBTQ nightclub. Often grouped with transgender cases in broader discussions, though nonbinary is distinct.⁠

** Robin Westman (formerly Robert Westman), August 27, 2025 — Annunciation Catholic Church/School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Biological male who legally changed name to Robin as a teenager and identified as female (court documents noted identification as female). Killed 2 children and injured roughly two dozen others before dying by suicide. Later writings expressed regret about the transition. Frequently cited in post-2025 reporting.⁠

There is no evidence Paporakis is Democrat.

And here is one more… from today.

@RoKhanna How many right wing transformers do you know? This is one of your goblins. https://t.co/Fd3yXtcSZK

— Patriotic Pepe (@larson109) October 15, 2026

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President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at a rally for Republicans in Dalton, Georgia, this afternoon. 

Trump will rally in support of Republican Congressman Mike Collins, who is challenging Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff for the state’s Senate seat.

Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson is also running against Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms to succeed term-limited Governor Brian Kemp.

Races for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and Congress will also be on the ballot.

Supporters were lined up hours early to see Trump speak.

The White House issued a press release ahead of the rally, highlighting Trump’s tax cuts, investment in American manufacturing, support for farmers, southern border security, and public safety:

Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to the Peach State with a proven record of America First results that put Georgia workers, families, seniors, and communities first. Under the leadership of President Trump and Republicans, Georgians are seeing historic tax relief, a surge of private investment and job creation, lower energy costs, support for farmers, the most secure border in a generation, and safer streets.

Delivering Tax Relief for Hardworking Georgians

President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts are putting real money back in the pockets of Georgia workers, families, and seniors.

• No Tax on Social Security: Approximately 1.8 million Georgia seniors benefit from the new senior deduction, with the average senior expected to pay zero federal taxes on Social Security benefits.
• Bigger Refunds: Georgia taxpayers saw average refunds of $3,169 in 2026.
• Protecting Jobs and Wages: The Working Families Tax Cuts safeguarded 198,000 Georgia jobs, $36 billion in state GDP, and $18 billion in workers’ wages.
• Rural Health Investments: Georgia secured $219 million in first-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding from the Working Families Tax Cuts.

Unleashing a Private Investment and Jobs Boom

President Trump’s pro-growth, America First agenda is driving major private investment and high-quality job creation throughout the Peach State.

• Pirelli is investing $1.2 billion to expand its Rome facility, creating 1,000 jobs.
• Mayville Engineering Company is investing as much as $30 million to establish a new metal fabrication facility in Thomson.
• Siemens is investing $185 million to build a new advanced manufacturing facility in Pendergrass, creating 1,400 jobs.
• DeltaX is investing $141 million to establish its North American manufacturing headquarters in Walton County, creating 250 jobs.
• ArcelorMittal Building Solutions is investing $107 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Macon-Bibb County.
• Rideout Arsenal is investing $22 million to build a new manufacturing facility, creating 120 jobs.
• Yancey Engineered Solutions is investing $5.7 million to build a new factory in Cordele, creating 300 jobs.
• Unified Legacy is investing $125 million to construct a new manufacturing facility in Macon-Bibb County.
• UCB is investing $2 billion to build a manufacturing facility in Gwinnett County.
• Pratt & Whitney is investing $200 million to expand operations in Muscogee County.
• Georgia is also positioned to capture a significant share of GE Appliances’ $3 billion U.S. investment, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s $2 billion U.S. investment, Silver Lake’s $400 million U.S. investment, Anheuser-Busch’s $300 million U.S. investment, and General Dynamics’ $200 million U.S. investment, among others.

Supporting Georgia Families, Farmers, and Communities

President Trump is shielding Georgia families from higher costs and delivering support where it is needed most.

• Protecting Ratepayers: Georgia Power is freezing base rates through 2029 and delivering more than $2.8 billion in savings — $180 per year in savings for the typical residential consumer. Georgia’s major utilities have signed President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, ensuring large data centers — not Georgia ratepayers — pay for the power and infrastructure they require.
• Delivering for Farmers: The Trump Administration has delivered more than $177 million to over 4,300 Georgia farmers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program and more than $171 million to over 4,000 producers under a $12 billion national bridge program for trade disruptions and higher input costs left by the Biden Administration.
• Delivering Disaster Relief: After Hurricane Helene, President Trump raised the federal cost-share for Georgia disaster relief from 75% to 90%, approved a $318.3 million Disaster Declaration Request, and announced more than $1 billion in FEMA funding for communities and healthcare facilities.

Securing the Border and Ending the Biden-era Betrayal

President Trump ended the open borders policies that enabled tragedies like the murder of Laken Riley and restored the most secure border in a generation.

• President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, requiring detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft or violence — honoring the legacy of Laken Riley, a Georgia student murdered by an illegal alien previously released into the country.
• The Trump Administration has not released a single illegal alien from the border into the U.S. interior for 17 straight months.
• Refugee admissions are down nearly 90% from 2024 levels.
• Southern border apprehensions in August were 94% lower than the monthly average under the Biden Administration.
• The U.S. recorded negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in half a century, with more than three million illegal aliens having left the country since President Trump returned to office.
• ICE has arrested more than 10,000 gang members during President Trump’s second term.

Making Georgia’s Streets Safer

Crime is falling across Georgia as President Trump’s immigration enforcement, support for law enforcement, and tough-on-crime policies Make America Safe Again.

• In Atlanta, murders dropped 22% last year and continued plunging in 2026 — with homicides down 36% in the first quarter compared to last year.
• In DeKalb County, murders fell nearly 30% last year.

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President Trump and Republicans are delivering lower taxes, major private investment, support for ratepayers and farmers, a secure border, and safer communities. Georgians face a clear choice: continue this progress, or return to the higher taxes, open borders, and failed policies of the past.

Trump is scheduled to begin speaking at approximately 3 pm ET.

Watch live below:

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President Donald Trump appears to be deeply unhappy with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his recent decision to resume strikes on Russia’s oil refineries only days ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

Zelenskyy resumed the strikes despite the president having asked him to stop as early as last month, when he warned the Ukrainian leader that the world was experiencing a fuel crisis, according to Reuters.

During an interview on Thursday with Rob Finnerty of Newsmax, the president repeatedly lashed out at Zelenskyy over not only the strikes, but also other issues involving Ukraine.

“Zelenskyy’s not a good guy for us to deal with,” he bluntly said at one point.

Trump continued by using the term “disgrace” to describe the Ukrainian president’s decision to resume strikes despite its effect on oil and gas prices.

“Now, if you tell me that Zelenskyy is again shooting at refineries, all he’s doing is making the world oil price higher,” Trump said. “I think that’s a disgrace. There’s plenty of other targets. They don’t have to hit– there are a lot of targets that you can hit.”

“But when you shoot a diesel refineries where you make diesel oil, and we need that, and the world needs that, then he’s not doing a good service for the world,” the president added.

The president also admitted that to him personally, dealing with Zelenskyy is harder than dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I find Zelenskyy to be more difficult to deal with than Putin,” he said.

This wasn’t the first instance of him criticizing Zelenskyy in favor of the Russian president:

.@POTUS: “I think, actually, Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelensky.” https://t.co/jakykFpNCP

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 12, 2026

However, Zelenskyy has also been critical of Trump.

“As his clash escalated with Trump, Zelenskyy was in Brussels on Friday to shore up support from European allies, whom he called ‘real leaders’ as they gathered for a crucial summit,” according to NBC News.

All of this comes after President Trump announced a deal last week to buy diesel from Russia. The tentative deal sparked bipartisan backlash, with critics accusing him of acquiescing to Russia.

At least eight Senate Republicans have already publicly criticized the deal, according to The Hill. Several of them, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, reportedly wrote a letter to Trump calling the deal “a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our allies.”

The president has nevertheless continued to maintain that he’s made the right decision.

“The European Union paid Russia 250 Billion Dollars for Energy, and the Fake News Media doesn’t want to get near that story,” he wrote in a Truth Social post published Monday. “I made the right choice for the American People — ALWAYS, AMERICA FIRST!”

The president has also been lashing out at Zelenskyy for refusing to reach a final settlement with Russia and conclude the war:

JUST NOW: President Trump criticizes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by saying, “Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to… he better damn well stop.” https://t.co/HS3qmsPaZ7

— WORLD NEWS (@_MAGA_NEWS_) October 10, 2026

“Zelenskyy could have settled this war many times, many, many times, and he chooses not to,” Trump told reporters late last week. “It’s very difficult… But he could have settled it many times, and he chose not to.”

He also spoke about the gas and diesel issue.

“He wants to make problems for the world,” Trump said of Zelenskyy. “He wants to make problems for our farmers, our ranchers, with diesel fuel, because Russia supplies a large portion of the diesel fuel throughout the world.”

“And we told him, do whatever you want, but don’t hit the diesel fuel, because there’s a big problem, a big shortage,” the president continued.

“And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. He can do whatever he wants, but he can’t do that, because we have a world problem.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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During an interview with reporter Vanessa Kjeldsen on WMTV, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin Secretary of State JoCasta Zamarripa made it very clear what her number one priority is… and it isn’t for the benefit of citizens.

Zamarripa told Kjeldsen that her number-one priority, should she win the election, would be to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented Wisconsinites.

“So I really want to sit down and talk with him a bit about pro-immigration policies that I hope that he’ll be supportive of,” Zamarripa stated.

“And I feel confident he will be. But I just want to have that conversation so I can say it, you know, definitively as I go around the state to talk to Latino Wisconsinites about why, if they have the right to vote, they should be voting for David Crowley on November 3rd.”

Kjeldsen asked, “What would you like to see in Wisconsin?”

Zamarripa replied, “My number one priority is to see the governor sign driver’s licenses for undocumented Wisconsinites into law. And I hope that that governor will be David Crowley.”

Kjeldsen followed up, “And have you heard at all from David Crowley on that specific item or waiting to connect with him?”

Zamarripa answered, “We’re going to talk soon, but I feel confident. I know as a legislator, he was supportive of my— that was my legislation when I was in the State Assembly. I know that he was supportive. I believe that he’ll be supportive as our next governor.”

“But I want to have that conversation to be able to say it definitively. But driver’s licenses for undocumented Wisconsinites is going to improve the public safety of all Wisconsinites, whether they’re 5th generation U.S. citizens or brand new, newly arrived immigrants, because it’s going to mean more folks with a driver’s license driving on our roads, more folks accessing affordable auto— automobile insurance.”

Watch:

Democratic candidate for Wisconsin Secretary of State JoCasta Zamarripa: “My number one priority is to see the governor sign driver’s licenses for undocumented Wisconsinites into law. And I hope that that governor will be David Crowley…” https://t.co/flOhsit4Qo

— Vanessa Kjeldsen (@VanessaKjeldsen) October 15, 2026

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wisconsin’s population is approximately 5.97 million residents. Roughly 97.3% are citizens.

Undocumented/unauthorized immigrants: Estimates for Undocumented/unauthorized immigrants generally range from about 70,000 to 110,000. The Migration Policy Institute lists about 69,000.

Zamarripa’s number one priority is focused on less than 2% of the state’s population.

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As the midterms approach, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith sounded the alarm on what is in store if Democrats regain power.

“Here’s where the problem lies,” Smith stated. The Democrats have already shown us it’s not going to stop there.”

“The Democrats have already put us on notice that if they regain power, they’re going to start talking about stuff like packing the Supreme Court.”

“They’re going to entertain opening the borders, at least to some degree.”

“Not going to be as bad as Biden did it. Not gonna let 15 to 20 million people cross the border illegally. That’s true. But in the same breath, they ain’t gonna have it fully closed either.”

“And in the process of all of that happening, while they’re doing that, they’re facilitating those things transpiring.”

“They’re also going to spend They’re also going to re-engage in identity politics. And you know the stupidest thing they’re going to do?”

“They’re going to go after Trump. They’re going to try to impeach him. Impeach him, impeach Pete Hegseth, Lord knows who else.”

Watch:

NEW: Stephen A. Smith *SOUNDS ALARM* over what Democrats will try to do if they regain power

– Pack Supreme Court

– Open borders

– Identity politics

– Impeach Trump

– Impeach Pete Hegseth

– Impeach other Trump Admin officials

The Democrat agenda isn’t to improve the lives of Americans.

Instead, they will lurch far left and obsess over attacking Trump and his administration if they regain power.

Many Democrats are pretending to focus on “affordability” — but their policies are what drove up prices.

Others have made it clear they will wage lawfare and push radical policies.

It’s not a good sign for Democrats that people like Smith are aware of this and warning that this is their true platform.

— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) October 15, 2026

Smith also lambasted Kamal Harris for talking about the left’s radical plans so close to the election.

Watch the full segment below:

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President Trump on Friday said that he told his new White House Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia, to reconsider her role in the press office as the media treats her “very badly” and “very unfairly” as she reportedly came to the decision to step down. 

Since Katie’s first day, the knives have been out, with the media trashing her performance and questioning her law credentials after she accurately presented herself as a lawyer with a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University. The attacks were even coming from within the administration, with officials trashing her to the mainstream media.

(VIDEO) White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Addresses Claims She Lied About Being a Lawyer

Sean Hannity also grilled Zacharia during an appearance on his show on Thursday night.

WATCH:

Trump was asked on Friday about Zacharia not passing her bar exam to become an attorney and her performance in her first press briefing on Tuesday, and he said the media has treated her “pretty nastily.”

“Katie’s been treated very badly by the media, very, very badly, very unfairly, I think, and I just spoke to her about it,” Trump said.

“I said, ‘Katie, is this for you?’ because, you know, she’s been treated very rough, and she’s a nice person, very nice person. I’ve watched her for years on television, but I said, ‘Is this for you, Katie? Because honestly, you don’t need this. You don’t have to be treated that bad.’”

Trump added that it’s not only the leftwing media but also Fox News’s Sean Hannity and the Fox and Friends panel this morning were “tough” on her.

“She’s been treated, I would say, pretty nastily, and I said to Katie just two minutes ago, I said, ‘Katie, you know you don’t have to do this if you don’t want,'” he said.

“She said, ‘This is a lot tougher.’ I said, “Welcome to the world of Trump.”

WATCH:

Trump later in the gaggle told reporters, “when I get back, we’re going to talk because I don’t think that Katie should be made to suffer like she’s suffering at the hands of the press.”

“So, I will talk to her as soon as I get back,” he added.

WATCH:

Now, Fox News reports that Zacharia has told Fox’s Peter Doocy that she is “transitioning out” of the new role after less than a week.

A senior White House official tells @pdoocy Katie ZACHARIA is “transitioning out” of the press secretary position.

— Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) October 16, 2026

The New York Times is reporting that Zacharia has been “fired,” but this appears to be false. The Gateway Pundit has reached out to Zacharia for more information.

This is a developing story.

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