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"If you're opposed to DEI, and that is his opposition, therefore, you are a white supremacist."

Larry Elder responded to MSNBC calling Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth a "white supremacist"

JUST IN: President Donald Trump announces Karoline Leavitt as the White House Press Secretary.

On Monday, November 11, a new Trooper from the 90th Recruit Training Troop assigned to the Springfield Barracks was on patrol with his Trooper Coach during “break in,” a period for new troopers to gain experience in the field working alongside a veteran.

Shortly after 9 p.m., the pair stopped to enter information about a motor vehicle stop they completed in the moments before when a man in his late 30s approached the passenger side of their cruiser. Troopers observed the man carrying a hatchet in his right hand, several knifes, and a machete.

The man engaged the Troopers asking them why they wouldn’t exit the cruiser and arrest him for the aforementioned weapons in his hands. Troopers attempted to de-escalate the situation and told the man he was free to leave. The man remained at the cruiser shaking his head.

Recognizing the abnormal behavior and the serious threat posed by their proximity to the weapons, the Trooper Coach directed the new Trooper to de-escalate by putting the cruiser in reverse and creating distance from the man. As soon as the cruiser moved backwards, the man raised his hand and struck the car several times on the hood, right fender, and right head light. As the cruiser continued away, the man wound up and threw the hatchet at the passenger side of the windshield.

Troopers requested assistance as the man continued to follow them down the street, retrieved the hatchet, and began yelling. Together with additional Springfield and State Police, law enforcement drew their weapons and ordered the man to drop his.

The man eventually complied with the verbal commands, dropped his weapons, and surrendered. He continued acting erratically yelling that he wanted to kill corrections officers and later first responders broadly.

Colonel Noble said this about the encounter: “Despite the grave danger posed by an armed, volatile individual, these Troopers used their training and composure to achieve a safe resolution for the suspect, bystanders, and first responders. This event is one example of the excellent police services our members deliver to the people of Massachusetts. I thank these troopers for their example of de-escalation, which remains a core value of our approach to these situations."

We commend this team of state troopers and Springfield Police Department officers for using their training, skill, and restraint to end a potentially fatal situation without injury.

Mass State Police

NEW: US Coast Guard reports they interdicted a human smuggling vessel one mile off the coast of Newport Beach, CA yesterday, apprehending 21 illegal immigrants in the process. Two were from Uzbekistan, one was from Russia, and 18 from Mexico. All transferred to CBP custody.

Bill Melugin

USCG release: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3966726/coast-guard-interdicts-21-migrants-off-coast-of-newport-beach

"Most of America has seen that every single time the experts have tinkered with our health guidelines, or our health care system, they have made it worse."

Carl Higbie shows his support for President-elect Donald Trump, nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

NEW: The five communities hit hardest in 2018 wildfires are receiving $40.7M in new federal aid to help reach full economic recovery.

California will keep working to secure disaster relief and recovery for victims.

California Governor

A deadly gun battle that erupted in San Diego ended with a man and woman killed, the suspect dead and a San Diego Harbor Police officer seriously injured.

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/two-people-killed-trainee-officer-shot-and-wounded-suspect-dead-in-brutal-san-diego-shootout

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⚠️ A special weather statement has been issued for Orange Cove CA and  Minkler CA until 4:45 PM PST

"All we ask is that we be given a fair shake."

Joe Gamaldi

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NEW: Bay Area Council pushes for CHP deployment to reduce BART crimes.

After recent attacks on or near BART trains, there are calls to get crimes under control with a renewed effort to deploy highway patrol officers, even though BART leaders say they have a handle on it.

Prayers for the Richland County Sheriff’s deputy who was seriously injured in the line of duty last night. 🙏🏽

North Dakota: The state patrol will investigate a rollover where a Richland County Sheriff’s deputy suffered serious injuries north of Dwight.

Sheriff Gary Ruhl says deputy Steve Nelk has broken ribs, a fractured back and other injuries.

Ruhl says Nelk is hospitalized at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo and is expected to recover. Ruhl says Nelk was en route to Wahpeton for law enforcement training when he lost control of his personal pickup on Highway 81 at about 6:15 p.m. Thursday. He says Nelk overcorrected and lost control of the pickup, which rolled in the ditch.

Nelk has been with the sheriff’s department for about 12 years.

https://kfgo.com/2024/11/15/deputy-injured-in-rollover-near-wahpeton/

Alina Habba: Trump’s Team Will Deliver the Change America Voted for

https://lauraingraham.com/alina-habba-trumps-team-will-deliver-the-change-america-voted-for/

JUST IN: A 27-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for the hate-crime killing of a gay former classmate in Foothill Ranch in 2018.

Samuel Lincoln Woodward was convicted in July of the Jan. 3, 2018, fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein.

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