… high-interest mortgages on several properties he owned in Lawrence. We took him into custody without incident at his home earlier today.🚨BREAKING: #FBI Boston & @IRS_CI special agents have arrested Mayor Brian DePena, of Lawrence, MA, for allegedly fraudulently obtaining over $1.5 million in #COVID19 @SBAgov loans, & using the proceeds to fund his campaign account, pay his personal taxes, & pay off $883,000 in… pic.twitter.com/lYUSIMPhSZ
— FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) August 14, 2026
Massachusetts Mayor Charged with Pandemic Loan Fraud & Money Laundering
The War on Fraud Continues
…families go without assistance they rely on while criminals live off stolen taxpayer funds. USDA OIG unswervingly stands with VP Vance and WH Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in support of the victims and to bring fraudsters to justice.”“3,000 victims got their food assistance stolen by this one SNAP fraud scheme carried out by two illegal aliens,” - USDA Inspector General John Walk
— White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud (@WHFraudTF) August 14, 2026
They will now face justice.
The War on Fraud continues. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/xh7dO4LKZR
Fauci Shut Down Their COVID Lab Leak Story
… leak.”🚨 Fmr. ABC News’ Terry Moran Says Fauci Shut Down Their COVID Lab Leak Story
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) August 14, 2026
“The day that it's supposed to air, it gets reviewed and it comes back to me — it is incomprehensible … I was told ‘Fauci’ … There was an organized campaign … to say there's no way there's a lab… pic.twitter.com/FM2Q6oe3m8
A Coup called Operation Round River: The Graphic Novel
Your graphic novel of Round River the Operation is tremendous.
Everyone should click into it and read the panels.
Nice summary.
Jeff Clark
Everyone should click into it and read the panels.
Nice summary.
Jeff Clark
Well done! I turned this into a graphic novel linking back to this thread. I have some questions for you at the end.
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) August 13, 2026
A Coup called Operation Round River: The Graphic Novelhttps://t.co/fw3CJKjiaS pic.twitter.com/lIFuyVcfRt
RFK Jr, 14 August 2026
Morning at Gold's, Venice. #GetOutside #LiveRealLife pic.twitter.com/v5PyzfsGCc
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 14, 2026
Los Angeles Fraudster Walk of Shame
The Trump Administration is shining a light on the Los Angeles Fraudster Walk of SHAME. pic.twitter.com/7Pgy1Tu1ae
— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) August 14, 2026
Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty
… pleaded guilty to all pending counts in the indictment. There are no accommodations or concessions, and we are free to seek the maximum penalty under the law… The results achieved today now allow our office to seek the maximum penalty allowed — life imprisonment.”U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald for @SDNYnews on Luigi Mangione's guilty plea today: “He stands convicted in federal court and faces life in prison. While the defendant pleaded guilty, our office does not have a plea agreement with him. Instead, he pleaded open, which means he… pic.twitter.com/4WvVQf20nT
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) August 14, 2026
NIH Head Francis Collins Emailed Fauci to Takedown the Authors of the Great Barrington Declaration
… lockdowns."Quick and devastating published take down."
— Students For Liberty (@sfliberty) August 13, 2026
Those were the words the head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, used in a private email to Anthony Fauci. He was describing what he wanted done to three tenured scientists who publicly disagreed with… pic.twitter.com/XnluOOZAcJ
The email exists because an undergraduate went and got it.
… epidemiologists."The scientists were the authors of the Great Barrington Declaration: Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford, Sunetra Gupta of Oxford, Martin Kulldorff of Harvard. They argued for focused protection of the vulnerable instead of society-wide lockdowns.
— Students For Liberty (@sfliberty) August 13, 2026
Collins called them "fringe… pic.twitter.com/kMumoV8woc
… scientific reply, he was asking for a takedown. He wanted these scientists to be publicly discredited before their argument reached policymakers.Read that back.
— Students For Liberty (@sfliberty) August 13, 2026
The head of the federal agency that funds most of American biomedical research asked the country's top infectious disease official, in writing, to organize a takedown of three tenured scientists at Stanford, Oxford, and Harvard.
Instead of asking for a… pic.twitter.com/6KJAwQxJNh
… had no platform to push back against the unified government line.The Collins email was not isolated.
— Students For Liberty (@sfliberty) August 13, 2026
At the height of the pandemic, world-leading scientific voices were being scrubbed from platforms, smothered in press briefings, and silenced by administrative agencies coordinating with social media companies.
On American campuses, students… pic.twitter.com/7ueAOzqU7b
Melissa Farris Charged With Vandalizing the World War II Memorial
… United States and Destruction of Veterans' Memorials, in Federal District Court against Melissa L. Farris, offenses that carry penalties of up to ten years in prison. She is now in custody.Vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument honoring the Americans who fought and died for our freedom. Those Americans include my father and grandfather.
— US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) August 14, 2026
This morning, we are filing two felony charges, Depredation Against Property of the… pic.twitter.com/7EQxGWtdue
… the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was charged by criminal complaint this morning in connection with vandalizing the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, announced @USAttyPirro. https://t.co/tgZlIejCOk
— U.S. Attorney DC (@USAO_DC) August 14, 2026
According to the criminal complaint, U.S. Park Police were called about 2 p.m. on August 13 for a report of a disorderly person. A witness told officers that they had observed a woman spray painting graffiti on portions of the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion of the World War II Memorial at the eastern end of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
A United States Park Ranger arrived at the scene and observed foam in the fountain area of the Atlantic pavilion. Multiple people were gathered around the balcony watching a woman shooting video of herself. The woman fled when she became aware of the Ranger’s presence.
In a review of Farris’s public social media accounts, investigators discovered that she had recorded multiple livestream videos on August 13. In one recorded video, she allegedly admitted to damaging the World War II Memorial.
Before Farris defaced the World War II Memorial, she had allegedly recorded and posted a video in which she stated, “I am cognitively aware and executively (sic) of the choices I am making and I am doing so to push my whistleblower case into the courtroom . . . someone has to make choices that are different and I am accountable for my actions. I am going to make these choices today and I will step foot into the courtroom, and I will wait to be arrested . . . I am accountable for the things that I do and the choices that I make and our government needs to be accountable for their choices too.”
… it during WWII. SAD!The vandal who spray painted the World War II Memorial filmed her own crime and posted it to Facebook, proud of degrading a monument to America's fallen heroes.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 14, 2026
The radical left hates America so much they will desecrate the memory of the hundreds of thousands who died defending… pic.twitter.com/vz9ZS8yJGH
… mental health program.Hmmm. She can be charged but after all the crying towels are soaked up in court the Liberal Judges of DC will probably praise her and either let her off because of temporary mental (Trump) illness or give her probation, for the same reason, referring her to a publicly paid…
— Pro_Liberte (@SeeTrek) August 14, 2026
There Can Be No Greater Insult
Our beautiful World War II Memorial was just hit by Spray Painting Vandals. THERE CAN BE NO GREATER INSULT TO THOSE AMERICAN HEROES WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II. First the Reflecting Pool, now this. We are on their trail! Where do these animals come from???
Donald J Trump
The Interior Department condemned the action:
“The World War II Memorial is a sacred place to honor the service of our members of the Armed Forces and the over 400,000 Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice in WWII. The vandalism that occurred is an utter disgrace and will not be tolerated.”
Donald J Trump
… as they investigated.WWII MEMORIAL DEFACED: Bright pink spray paint reading “Clean hands, dirty money” was found scrawled across the hallowed National Mall memorial on Thursday.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 14, 2026
The memorial's fountain was also tampered with, overflowing with bubbles, prompting U.S. Park Police to block off the area… pic.twitter.com/ib8SOWDQAC
The Interior Department condemned the action:
“The World War II Memorial is a sacred place to honor the service of our members of the Armed Forces and the over 400,000 Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice in WWII. The vandalism that occurred is an utter disgrace and will not be tolerated.”
A person put bubble soap into the World War II Memorial fountain in Washington, Aug. 13, 2026. (footage shot by me) pic.twitter.com/LAk8umkDlp
— Anthony Peltier (@_anthonypeltier) August 13, 2026