🚨Nick Shirley, the 24-year-old MAGA “independent journalist” who has appeared at the White House with Trump and JD Vance, has pulled down his viral takedown of a family-run Seattle grocery and retracted his bogus election fraud claim. In October, Shirley accused Lam’s Seafood Asian Market of EBT fraud. His voiceover claimed “one can of Spam and one thing of sushi was $120.” He tagged the DOJ, FBI and White House, demanding Lam’s be shut down. The video drew nearly 600,000 views, per KIRO 7. Lam’s said the purchase was a full case of 24 Spam cans, which accounts for the total. Now Shirley says: “I have not uncovered any evidence that Lam’s itself engaged in EBT fraud, or that Lam’s colluded with the woman in the video who was attempting to use the EBT card.” The videos are gone. Per the Seattle Times, Lam’s sent Shirley a cease-and-desist letter 30 days ago. The correction came after the damage was already done. Lam’s was losing customers and fielding abusive calls. The Lynnwood Times reports the store has retained legal counsel to consider a lawsuit. No suit has been reported filed. This is the second time Shirley’s fraud-hunting has fallen apart. In December, Shirley posted a video claiming Somali-run Minnesota day cares took public funds without children attending. It drew GOP praise and Trump administration action. After the video, investigators from Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) visited nine of the ten centers. Per CBS Minnesota, they found children at eight of them. The ninth hadn’t yet opened for the day. The 19th reports the tenth, Mako Childcare Center, has been closed since 2022 and got no funds in that time.
BREAKING🚨 Two husbands who perform as Vikings at Universal's Epic Universe went to a friend's funeral in Arizona. Now ICE has them locked in separate detention centers, facing possible deportation. Agustin Baccega and Gustavo Romanello, a married couple of acrobats from Argentina, landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Saturday, November 7. They had come to say goodbye to a friend from the city's circus community who had died the day before. Two men in plain clothes walked up, asked Baccega his name and told him he was under arrest for being in the country illegally. Baccega told them he had asylum. Jonathan Batchelor, a longtime friend who was on the phone with the couple, said the agents waved that off. Romanello took a photo of his husband being handcuffed and sent it out. Then, Batchelor said, an agent turned to Romanello and asked, "This is another one, do you have another pair of cuffs?" The call went dead, as Alisa Reznick first reported in KJZZ. The two came to the U.S. in 2020 and applied for asylum. Neither has a criminal record. They perform in full Viking gear in Universal's "The Untrainable Dragon" show. Romanello is a recent Full Sail University animation graduate. Baccega also works for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, the agency that runs Orlando's airport. ICE calls it a "targeted enforcement action" and says the men overstayed visas that expired in 2021. Its statement says a work permit does not protect anyone from arrest or removal. ICE did not answer questions about why it arrested two men with pending asylum claims. The same statement advertised up to $3,000 and a free flight for people who agree to self-deport. The husbands are now locked up apart, Baccega at Eloy Detention Center and Romanello at Florence, about 25 miles away. Alexa Neilen, their friend and castmate, said they are in "a cold, desolate room with hundreds of people just crowded in." Their attorney, Samuel Sketers, said that for people fighting their cases from detention, "your rights are almost entirely disregarded." The day after the arrests, Trump told 60 Minutes that his immigration policy "might be too tough." A GoFundMe for the couple's legal defense has raised nearly $38,000. Rep. Maxwell Frost's office says he plans to help the men and their families. If you appreciate my posts, it would mean the world if you followed my page. Thank you for being here.
A Regina Police Service officer is facing criminal charges after allegedly keeping a prohibited firearm that was handed over to him for destruction during a 2022 provincial gun amnesty. Const. Sheldon Kowalchuk, a seven-year member who was working as a patrol officer at the time, has been charged with Breach of Trust (CC 122) and Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (CC 91(1)). Police allege he obtained a Bushmaster XM15-E2S — an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle that has been prohibited since May 2020 — for his own benefit instead of ensuring it was destroyed. He reportedly went alone to collect the gun after a member of the public called for police to pick it up under the amnesty program (which allowed people to surrender illegal or unwanted firearms without facing charges). The Regina Police Service only became aware of the incident in March 2026 after being alerted by the Saskatchewan Firearms Office. An internal investigation by the Professional Standards Unit followed, and the Crown recommended the charges. The firearm has been seized. Kowalchuk is suspended with pay under the Police Act and is scheduled to make his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on December 15, 2026. Police say there is no evidence the gun was used or that it posed a public safety risk. Chief Lorilee Davies addressed the charges at a news conference. She called the situation “disappointing” and said, “No chief wants to be the person standing in front of the community saying one of our own has been charged criminally.” She stressed accountability: “It’s important to me that we’re accountable, that we show we have a set of standards, that we’re not sweeping anything under the rug.” She added that she has stood in front of the public in similar situations more times in the past year than she would like, that “these are not easy days for our service,” and that “any type of misconduct will not be condoned.” Davies also noted that police are held to a higher standard of conduct and that the officer failed to meet the expectations of both the service and the community.
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