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Fox News
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Seattle journalists attacked by agitators call out far-left media for covering up violence at protests
Two independent journalists who say they were assaulted while covering immigration protests in Seattle accused local media outlets and city leaders of turning a blind eye to violence from the radical far-left agitators. Cameron Higby is an investigative journalist who focuses mostly on protests, especially those of the violent variant. He described his scary encounter at an anti-ICE rally in downtown Seattle in detail with Fox News Digital. As evening fell, he said Antifa took over streets downtown and became violent. Videos posted to his social media show rioters trying to break into buildings and blocking cars from being able to proceed through the area. Higby said that Antifa stopped drivers and demanded they say, "F— ICE" and lit fires under the cars of drivers who wouldn't comply. One video clip shows rioters hurling an object at a car that tried to escape. According to him, one woman was "so terrified that she abandoned her vehicle in traffic." Once Antifa returned to the federal building, Higby said things quieted down, so he sat down on the sidewalk. Even though he was dressed like Antifa and wearing a gas mask, he was identified by one man who told him to leave. "Before I could stand up I was pinned up against a wall," he said. Higby said three men approached and tried to remove his mask and helmet. "Then I was picked up by somebody and was choked out, punched in the head twice with sap gloves, which are filled with steel or lead shot. And then he kicked me in the face. I pepper sprayed him and he ran away. They then later found a black Jeep Wrangler that they thought belonged to me. They destroyed it, and the poor guy had to drive his car home with a busted windshield," Higby recalled. "I ended up with a concussion, nausea, dizziness, ringing in the ears, light flashes, and some headaches. I had to go to the ER and urgent care." Higby is no stranger to violent behavior at protests he's covered in the past – sharing that one day he was bear sprayed at "point-blank." But he said this weekend's assault left him shaken like never before. "This is definitely the worst attack I've had on me, depending on how you look at it. I've been assaulted a lot, probably more times than I could count. This is probably the most violent assault. If I wasn't wearing a helmet, I'd probably be dead or in the hospital in critical condition. I mean the staff clubs are like brass knuckles basically. The helmet's dented and he punched me so hard that if you slow the video down you can see the filter of the gas mask actually fly off just from the impact of the hit." "This literally could've killed me," he said of the assault, which video only captured after it was already underway. "If one of my friends hadn't grabbed him and pulled him back, if that hadn't happened, he probably would have kept going." "Thankfully, I was able to grab my car keys and my phone and all that. Otherwise, even if I managed to get away, I would have been stranded. I couldn't contact anybody, I wouldn't be able to drive my car," Higby added. Higby claimed that his sources told him the Seattle Police Department was told not to intervene in the protest – a decision he said would have come from city officials. "There is a detective on the case now. So it's an extremely slow crawl, and we've just had to twist the arm of the SPD," he said. "I don't have any animosity towards the rank-and-file police officers… I know SPD wants to take care of this problem, but they just can't." The Seattle PD confirmed to Fox News Digital that Higby filed a police report. As for media coverage, Higby said the local media "hasn't covered anything about it," and The Seattle Times, along with Mayor Bruce Harrell, "said everything was peaceful, it's all good." Brandi Kruse is another local, independent journalist who was attacked by masked protesters on Saturday at an anti-ICE protest in Tukwila, Washington, just south of Seattle. She was out covering the anti-Trump "No Kings" protest in the city that day when her team heard that Antifa was planning to try to disrupt immigration enforcement activities outside a Department of Homeland Security facility in Tukwila. While the "No Kings" protest had remained peaceful, things quickly escalated into violence after Kruse arrived at the DHS Antifa protest. "At that point, there hadn't been any sort of confrontations between police and these protesters," she recalled. "I would say it took less than two minutes for the assaults to start. So we didn't even really get a chance to do any reporting on the ground there because, within moments, this group was mobbing us." Video of the encounter that Kruse posted to YouTube shows protesters spraying her with water and trying to block her camera with black umbrellas and protest signs. Several people surrounded Kruse and her armed security member while chanting, "F— you, fascist," and "Nazi." As Kruse and her team walks away from the crowd to create some distance, they continued to follow her and harass her, she says. "They had no interest in leaving me alone. They kept yelling at me to leave," she continued. Kruse said a woman dumped a full water bottle on her head, a few people hit her from behind with their signs and one man ran at them and sprayed insecticide in her face as her team tried to get away. "This thing sprayed a pretty far distance and it burned immediately. And that person followed us for maybe 10, 20 feet, just continuing to spray us in the face with what we later found out was hornet killer," Kruse explained. Things turned violent after an undercover army veteran offered assistance to Kruse and her team. "As soon as Antifa realized that this army veteran was with us they pounced on him," she said. "There's this part of the video that shows them knocking him to the ground. There's maybe six or seven black-clad Antifa members, and they're kicking him. They're stomping him. It was absolutely brutal." She said one person threatened the man with a gun before Kruse's security was able to pull the "innocent bystander" out. Another civilian drove up at this moment and rescued the three from the violent crowd. "At that point, I didn't really know the driver, but I knew that it was probably better than the situation we're in. So we pile in with this guy, and we just take off as they're pelting his vehicle with who knows what," she said. Kruse filed a police report with the Tukwila PD afterward. The police confirmed to Fox News Digital a report had been filed, and an investigation was ongoing. Kruse is familiar with these protests, having covered them extensively in her 15-year journalism career. She previously worked at a Fox affiliate in Seattle for several years and now hosts a political commentary show called "Undivided." In her experience, it's not unusual for Antifa to attack journalists or "anyone who is exposing their criminal conduct." She said she was previously assaulted by Antifa during the 2020 summer of protests when the group took over parts of the city. Kruse recalls this experience in the new Fox Nation streaming series, "Summer of Chaos: Inside Seattle's CHOP Zone." "This is a very violent faction of left-wing extremists with a long history of assaulting journalists in Seattle, including myself," Kruse said. She accused local left-wing outlets like The Seattle Times of covering for violent extremists. On Saturday night, the paper published a report on the protest without mentioning the violence by the protesters. Their report documents Tukwila Police using tear gas against protesters and frames law enforcement as the instigators of violence. "If you'd just read The Seattle Times article, you would think that the police unleashed on peaceful demonstrators," Kruse said. "So you have these media outlets that absolutely cover for violent left-wing extremists. And so Antifa doesn't target them in the same way, because why would they?" The Seattle Times and Mayor Bruce Harrell's office did not return requests for comment.
American Military News
7 hours ago
- Politics
- American Military News
Fmr. Coast Guard lieutenant threatened to kill Trump, FBI says
A former U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant who has identified himself as a member of Antifa was arrested on Monday and charged for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump. According to Fox News, charges have been filed against former Lieutenant Peter Stinson, a Virginia resident who served in the Coast Guard from 1988 to 2021. The outlet noted that Stinson was also a sharpshooter and a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) instructor. In the court documents obtained by Fox News, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force officer claimed that Stinson allegedly threatened on May 9 that Trump needed to be '[L]uigied,' in an apparent reference to Luigi Mangione, who allegedly assassinated United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December. According to court documents, Stinson allegedly posted violent threats against Trump on multiple social media platforms. The former Coast Guard lieutenant's threats included guns, knives, and poisoning against the 47th president. Court documents claim that Stinson issued a threat against Trump in April of 2020 in response to a social media user who tweeted, 'Somebody ought sue [Trump's] a– off.' Stinson allegedly answered the social media user, saying, 'Somebody ought to do more than sue the orange mf's a–.' Stinson allegedly added, 'It involves a rifle and a scope, but I can't talk about it here.' READ MORE: Pic: Assassination suspect arrested after 'largest manhunt' in Minnesota's history According to the court documents, Stinson allegedly issued another threatening statement on social media, saying, 'I'd be willing to pitch in $100 for a contract. Who wants to join me? We could solve the solvable part of this problem in a crack. Then, we can focus on the coronavirus itself.' The court documents also claim that Stinson referenced '8647' multiple times in his alleged threats against Trump. Officials claim that Stinson's use of '8647' is 'likely in reference to an Instagram post made by former FBI Director James Comey.' 'The post by Comey was interpreted in the news media as a violent threat to President Trump and prompted an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service,' court documents state. 'STINSON has since made 13 additional posts on Bluesky including the text, '8647'.' According to the court documents, Stinson's most recent threatening post was shared on June 11 on BlueSky when he allegedly wrote, 'When he dies, the party is going to be yuge.' In addition to Stinson's alleged threats against the 47th president, court documents claim that the former Coast Guard lieutenant has 'self-identified as a member of ANTIFA' and issued a February statement on social media, saying, 'Sure. This is war. Sides will be drawn. Antifa always wins in the end. Violence is inherently necessary.' According to Fox News, Stinson has been charged with threatening to kill Trump and is currently expected to appear in federal court on Wednesday.
Fox News
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
‘No Kings' rallies are a Trojan Horse for radical, violent Leftists
So, the "No Kings" rallies went off without a hitch from coast to coast — and they were peaceful. Great news, right? That must mean the rioting and violence are over. Think again. This is the same script we saw with the Black Lives Matter movement, and we know exactly how it ends. When I warned in my Fox News op-ed last week that the "No Kings" rallies would provide cover for violent Antifa, anarchists and other thugs, every prediction came true—not hypothetically, but in brutal, tangible form across the Pacific Northwest. Take Seattle, where I live. On June 14, an estimated 70,000 protesters marched peacefully from Capitol Hill to the Seattle Center to decry the Trump administration. Just as expected, the rally was without incident, with little more than minor vandalism and the normal unhinged, angry messaging from the Radical Left complaining about authoritarianism and fascism, two concepts the average activist can even define. Yet once that crowd began to disperse, militants readying their black‑bloc gear—shielded, hooded, masked—stepped forward. They torched property, plastered federal buildings with graffiti, and hurled frozen water bottles at cops. They even concussed a local independent journalist, Cam Higby, for having the audacity to document their crimes. "At one point, they hold me down. I'm in a headlock. They're choking me. And this guy comes up and he punches me in the head twice. He then kicks me in the face. I pull out pepper spray, deploy it in his face, and then he cries like a baby for the next 10 minutes," Higby explained on my Seattle-based talk radio show. Spokane, too, fell victim. Originally billed as peaceful, the rally in the eastern Washington city devolved into disorder and defiance: 11 arrests with local authorities scrambling to contain escalating violence. Again, the crowd was "mostly peaceful"—until the moment it wasn't. In Tukwila, about 15 minutes south of Seattle, while the "No Kings" organizers marched in Seattle, a cadre of masked agitators erected makeshift barricades outside a Department of Homeland Security facility. When independent journalist Brandi Kruse arrived to cover the event, she was almost immediately assaulted with a radical spraying her in the face with wasp killer spray. Tukwila PD reported that pepper spray and "pepper‑balls" were deployed to clear the blockade after obstruction and escalation. Then there's Portland, where organizers boasted of "Portland‑nice" turnout—hundreds of peaceful participants pretending goodwill. A mob lobbed fireworks, smoke grenades and rocks at federal law enforcement protecting an ICE facility, injuring four. They tagged property with threatening messages, including, "Love thy neighbors + shoot ICE agents" and "We buy pig heads! Call: 1 800 DEAD COP." They forcibly entered the ICE facility, but federal agents were able to ultimately maintain control. During the melee, Antifa posted flyers doxxing federal agents. They returned on Sunday, with a total 20 arrests across the multiple protests outside the ICE facility. Portland's history shows that these black‑bloc tactics aren't spontaneous—they're rehearsed and coordinated, waiting for the right opportunity to get violent. Make no mistake: the "No Kings" organizers billed the rallies as democratic and peaceful, knowing that it would provide the perfect cover for violence. Left-wing media would focus on the peaceful rallies, while ignoring or downplaying the extremists enabled to continue assaulting police and sowing chaos on our streets. This was not accidental. It was strategic—radicals leveraging liberal goodwill to infiltrate and destabilize. And they succeeded. So what comes next? Wash, rinse, repeat. It's precisely what happened in 2020, as I write about extensively in my book "What's Killing America: Inside the Radical Left's Tragic Destruction of Our Cities," when I went undercover to infiltrate Antifa. On Tuesday, Portland Antifa again targeted ICE property, with federal agents making several arrests. The armed activists have maintained an around-the-clock "occupation" around the property and we anticipate this will continue throughout the summer. And the causes activists take on will not be relegated to immigration. Transgender radicals and their allies are already planning a June 27th rally and march in Seattle demanding free so-called "gender-affirming" care on demand, which includes reassignment surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. In Washington state, minors do not need parental consent for gender-affirming care. The "No Kings" movement is not the end—it's the beginning. Think Summer of Love 2.0, only with better branding and even more media complicity. Just like BLM, the radicals are banking on America being too distracted, too naïve, or too beaten down to see what's really going on. They show up in force, wrap themselves in words like "justice" and "freedom," then use that shield to justify terrorizing communities under the guise of activism. These are not organic uprisings. They are part of a billion-dollar national strategy. Peaceful protests are the Trojan horse. The radicals inside? They're waiting. And the media is letting them. Legacy outlets ran glowing coverage of the "mostly peaceful" marches while ignoring what came next: fires, assaults, vandalism, and threats. It's 2020 déjà vu. We've seen this before. The script is the same. The only difference is the cast. Don't be fooled, America. The chaos activists unleash is anything but accidental and the next act is already being written.
The Hill
a day ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Antifa's violence in LA is not helping immigrants
Once more, the streets of Los Angeles are filled with chaos, burned buildings, looted businesses, law enforcement under siege, and ideological flags flying high in American air. We've been here before. And if we do not course-correct, we will be here again. And again. Let's start with the uncomfortable truth: The root of the current riots lies in the previous administration's failure. A failure that permitted millions to enter our country without any real verification process. No accountability. No enforcement. No border management that reflects both compassion and security. That porous approach to immigration, driven by virtue-signaling rather than vision, has produced what we're now witnessing: unrest tied directly to policies that abandoned common sense for political optics. Second, let's name the perpetrators. The majority of these riots are being led, organized, and amplified by Antifa factions and ultra-left progressive groups whose mission is not reform but total revolution. These are modern-day anarchists. Their goal is not justice but chaos. They want to tear down capitalism, dismantle law enforcement, and erase every institutions that hold Western society together. Their agenda is disorder, and their strategy is infiltration — hijacking moments of genuine civil concern and setting fire to the very cities they claim to protect. Third, we must be honest about the optics and outcomes. Some individuals are peacefully protesting. The constitutional right to assembly and civil disobedience must be protected at all costs. But the images we are seeing of foreign flags waving amid anti-American rhetoric, rocks thrown at police officers, and masked agitators shouting for the abolition of ICE and capitalism, undermine any moral high ground. The presence of Mexican, Salvadorian, and Palestinian flags during riots does not help the cause of immigration reform, either. It alienates the public and further mobilizes opposition even to the most rational and compassionate immigration policies. If you genuinely believe in legal immigration and you care about the millions who have been here for 20, 25, or 30 years, raising families, working hard, living peacefully, then you must agree that these riots hurt and did not help their cause. This lawlessness is antithetical to everything the immigrant rights movement hopes to achieve. The riots in downtown Los Angeles serve as a stark and unmistakable reminder that we are only inches away from the breakdown of law and order at any given moment. The same spirit of lawlessness that engulfed our nation after the murder of George Floyd has returned. And this time, it has been weaponized with even more ideological fervor and less spiritual clarity. A segment of our population, especially among younger generations, has been captivated by a narrative that rejects the rule of law and lacks any foundational understanding of our constitutional republic. Worse still, there is a spiritual void and a lack of prophetic bandwidth to discern the difference between justice and vengeance, between righteous indignation and reckless rage. At the end of the day, no one should ever be protesting the deportation of individuals who are violent criminals, rapists, murderers, or pedophiles. That is indefensible. There is a legitimate space for expressing concern over the deportation of longstanding immigrants who have lived here peacefully and, despite having overstayed their visas decades ago, have contributed to society and never engaged in criminal behavior. To conflate those two narratives — criminal and non-criminal — destroys our credibility and sabotages efforts at reform. The Los Angeles riots should wake us up not only to what is happening in our streets, but also to what's happening in our hearts. If we do not recover respect for truth, wisdom, discernment and law and order tempered by grace, we will lose our nation not to conquest but to chaos. Pastor Samuel Rodriguez is the lead pastor of New Season, one of America's most influential megachurches, and president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which represents millions of Christians worldwide.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Coast Guard sharpshooter Peter Stinson who made threats to kill Donald Trump is freed from prison
The former US Coastguard lieutenant charged with making online threats to kill Donald Trump has been bailed on condition that he declares his home gun-free and pays for his internet use to be monitored, can reveal. Trained sharpshooter Peter Stinson, 63, was arrested on Friday charged with making a slew of disturbing social media posts against the President, including saying he needed to be 'Luigied,' a reference to Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood on a New York City street. But in a hearing on Wednesday, federal magistrate judge Ivan Davis said he will order the self-declared Antifa activist released on home detention provided he reveals the whereabouts of his father's 22 rifle, among other conditions. The judge's release order came despite strong objections by prosecutors, who argued that Stinson was 'dangerous' to the president and the wider public. Prosecutor Natasha Smalky pointed to a chilling February 2025 online post in which Stinson allegedly asked 'How much collateral damage is appropriate? If, say, two of the top three targets can be completed, what sort of collateral damage is ok.' He is said to have followed up with a second post justifying it by saying: 'I'd say other fascists and [orange emoticon] sycophants are fair game for sure'. A raid of Stinson's home in Oakton, Virginia, by federal investigators last week found only two BB guns – and an empty safe in his truck – but the decorated veteran of three decades had also told agents he was looking after his father's rifle, which they could not locate. A copy of the order obtained by states Stinson – who has no valid passport – is banned from obtaining a new passport or travel document, must remain at his home except for court-sanctioned exceptions and 'refrain from having contact or affiliation with any extremist organizations'. Wednesday's hearing Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia, was told Stinson expressed interest in traveling to Uruguay and used Signal and Proton email, the encrypted communication messaging apps and stated the benefits were the messages could self-destruct. The court also heard how Stinson's partner left their home when he was arrested and had refused to be a third-party custodian if he was granted home detention – a condition the prosecution had pushed for and the judge denied. Stinson was told that if he commits a federal felony while awaiting trial he would face additional penalties of up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine tacked on to whatever sentence he received. Prosecutors argued for Stinson's continued detention, highlighting the large number of online threats over several years and their 'increasing specificity and escalation' around the time of the Butler assassination attempt on Trump and the Inauguration. Stinson's lawyers argued his posts were 'political hyberbole' and there was no single online statement in which he used the word 'I' and threatened to harm or kill the president. In a court memo arguing for his pre-trial release on Tuesday, Stinson's public defender characterized the 57-year-old Virginia father's threatening comments about Trump as mere 'political advocacy' that should be protected by his First Amendment rights. Attorney Geremy Kamens argued that Stinson, a trained sharpshooter, has engaged in 'abstract' political commentary on social media over several years and had no 'specific' or 'imminent' plans to harm the president. He is listed on LinkedIn as a coordinator for the MayDay Movement, which has the goal of impeaching and removing Trump as 47th U.S. president Stinson, who served in the Coast Guard for 33 years, was arrested on Monday after a 19-page FBI affidavit alleged he made a series of threats against Trump between April 2020 and June 11, 2025. Describing Stinson as a 'devoted father of five children' with 'deep ties to his community', Kamens pointed out that his client has no 'significant' prior criminal history and does not pose a flight risk or danger to the community. In an extraordinary statement, Kamens also noted that Stinson 'repeatedly disclaimed his own ability to carry out violence', which he argues 'demonstrates' that his posts 'constitute political hyperbole' and 'disclaim any personal intention to engage in violent conduct'. The apparent disclaimers were in reference to the posts in which Stinson stated he lacks the 'skills' and is 'not a good enough shot' and would serve only in a 'support capacity.' Stinson also allegedly made graphic threats against Trump on multiple social media platforms involving guns, knives and poisoning. Stinson served in the United States Coast Guard for 33 years from 1988 until 2021. He was a sharpshooter and an instructor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during that time. He is listed on LinkedIn as a coordinator for the MayDay Movement, which has the goal of impeaching and removing Trump as president. Stinson also made several references online to '8647,' which government officials recognized as a reference to an Instagram post made by former FBI Director James Comey. To '86' means to cancel or get rid of something. Many interpreted Comey's post as a threat against Trump, who was the 45th and is now the 47th president. Stinson's arrest comes amid heightened scrutiny by federal prosecutors, who are taking an aggressive approach to threats against the president and other government officials, following previous assassination attempts on Trump. Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. Crooks was taken out by counter snipers – but not before the shooter killed a rally attendee and badly injured two others. Based on the timing of that attempt on Trump's life and Stinson's social media posts, investigators found that the former Coast Guard officer was referencing the attack when he wrote: 'A missed opportunity will not come around again.' Stinson referenced online on February 6, 2025 that he didn't have the 'necessary skills' to carry out an assassination and claimed that many people and groups were plotting action. He suggested, however, in other posts that he does have those skills. The court documents come as neighbors in the quiet rural enclave in Oakton, Virginia, where Stinson lives with his wife, two high-school aged sons and their dog Betty-Lou, told of the dramatic moment FBI agents and an armored vehicle swooped on the property on Friday evening at about 5pm. One neighbor, who did not want to be named, said about 10 FBI agents in multiple unmarked vehicles with blacked out windows took over the three-bedroom house for several hours. Some of the agents were wearing heavy military fatigues, he said, but he understood they were conducting a federal search warrant. Another said when she saw an 'aggressive' armored vehicle roll into the street – which appeared to have a machine gun mounted on the back – she took her family into their basement. 'We didn't know what was happening at this stage, and we were fearful of a shootout,' she said. The locals said they did not see Stinson detained by the authorities, but that his younger son was at home during the search as they saw him standing at the top of the street Many interpreted '86 47' as a threat against Trump, since '86' means to get rid of something and Trump is the 47th president Neighbors believe the FBI had been scoping out the house – which is set back from the road in a wooded glade – all day on Friday, as they'd seen several unfamiliar cars driving down the road. Documents show Stinson was arrested in Fairfax county, on Friday before news broke of the charges against him this week. Locals were in disbelief at the charges levied against Stinson, who they described as an 'unassuming, quiet guy' and a 'nice, down-to-earth man'. 'There was nothing that gave me cause to think he'd be accused of anything like that, but we didn't really know them too well,' one said. They said Stinson and his family had been renting their home for about a year-and-a-half and 'kept themselves to themselves'. Another neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said: 'I met him on Halloween, it was a two-second conversation, he seemed nice. 'So when Friday happened, I was like, "Ok holy cow, what's going on", but they [the authorities] didn't tell us anything. 'I went outside to take out the recycling and saw them up there, and was like oh "do I need to move my vehicles?" They were like "no" and I was like "Am I safe?" and they said "you're fine". 'My husband called me earlier because he heard news of it on the radio, I only just found out what it was about today. I didn't even know his name. 'It's kind of crazy. You never know who's living next door, but unfortunately this is a time when there's a lot of people upset with a lot of things on both ways.'
