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Homeland Security’s Pre-Crime Push

4 days ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

The Trump administration is requesting Congress double a homeland security fund to pay off confidential informants, according to the detailed budget documents released Friday. It is the first time in a decade that the fund has been increased. The move is part of a broader push pitting traditional against cutting edge methods to prevent attacks before they happen, a goal enjoying newfound urgency following the Molotov cocktail attack on pro-Israel marchers in Boulder, Colorado yesterday.
Trump’s Goodbye to Soft Power

6 days ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

President Trump’s commencement address at West Point contained a revelation that got eclipsed by his bizarre asides about short golfers and trophy wives (lol). He made it clear that the era of soft power is over. “The military's job is to dominate any foe and annihilate any threat to America, anywhere, anytime in any place,” the President said to the graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy (commonly known as West Point).
Read Elias Rodriguez’s Leaked Chats

1 week ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

We do stories others won’t touch; please make that work possible by becoming a paid subscriber (or gifting one)Within minutes of the brutal gunning down of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington last Wednesday, President Trump said the murders were “based obviously on antisemitism,” a term reiterated by his FBI director and other administration officials. Soon the framing was taken up by the news media, though the manifesto of alleged gunman Elias Rodriguez said nothing about Jews.
FBI Visits Me Over Manifesto

2 weeks ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

Making newsworthy documents available to the public shouldn’t require a lawyer, but it does. Help us continue giving you the documents the rest of media refuse to publish by becoming a paid subscriber. Times are tough and we need your help!For the second time in a year, the FBI came to my home yesterday after I published the so-called manifesto of the man charged with killing two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington.
The Israel Embassy Shooter Manifesto

2 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Ken Klippenstein

I’ve obtained an alleged copy of the manifesto written by Elias Rodriguez, suspect in the killing of two staffers at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC on Wednesday. I believe the document to be authentic for several reasons, including the fact that it is signed by Rodriguez and timestamped well before he was named by law enforcement or any media.
Gerry Connolly Dead at 75

2 weeks ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

Today, 75 year old Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia died of the esophageal cancer he’d been diagnosed with last year. Connolly, you may recall, was recently picked by congressional Democrats to serve as ranking member on the high-profile Oversight Committee, passing up Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Connolly joins five other members of Congress who also died in office over the past 13 months:Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona (77), who died of lung cancer on March 13, Rep.
Biden's Cancer

2 weeks ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

Hey all, we’re having major issues with fundraising, please help us survive by subscribing below (or gifting them). If just 5% of readers did so, we’d be set. Just hours before Joe Biden’s prostate cancer announcement, congressman Jim Clyburn, age 84, was on CNN saying he still thinks his 82 year old friend would’ve been fit to serve as president had he been reelected. Next he casually uttered something so insane I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
Biden's Cancer

2 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Ken Klippenstein

Hey all, we’re having major issues with fundraising, please help us survive by subscribing below (or gifting them). If just 5% of readers did so, we’d be set. Just hours before Joe Biden’s prostate cancer announcement, congressman Jim Clyburn, age 84, was on CNN saying he still thinks his 82 year old friend would’ve been fit to serve as president had he been reelected. Next he casually uttered something so insane I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
Comey’s “86 47” Post Gets Terrorwashed

2 weeks ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

For once an FBI guy got a visit from police for his social media post. How’s that for irony? If you haven’t heard, former FBI Director James Comey committed the cardinal sin of going online while on vacation and posting some seashells on a beach spelling out the numbers “86 47.” Predictably, this sent the Trump administration into DEFCON 1, precipitating a visit from Secret Service.
Feds Begin Political Vetting for American Citizens

3 weeks ago | kenklippenstein.com | Ken Klippenstein

Hasan Piker, an American citizen, was singled out and interrogated on Sunday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Piker, who is of Turkish background, was returning to the U.S. after a trip to Paris. For two hours, Customs and Border Protection detained him and asked whether he supported Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to Hasan’s account. His story, first reported by , has circulated widely; but it caught my attention because I once worked with Hasan.