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Socialists Plot To Attack Federal Agents

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

No matter how unpopular the topic is with American voters, the hard left still wants to keep as many illegal aliens from being deported as possible, and to that end they’re organizing to attack ICE agents.

A volunteer orientation meeting hosted by the Party for Socialism and Liberation in partnership with Houston Leads outlined plans to establish a rapid response network against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Houston.

The session, attended by about a dozen participants, emphasized organizing volunteers to counter deportations, raids, and detentions.

A speaker described the initiative’s objective, stating, “We want to build a long-term movement that fights back against deportations, raids, detention, and all other forms of immigration-related terror.”

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Tactics discussed include responding to ICE sightings by recording agents, slowing operations, and mobilizing at locations. Volunteers are advised to identify as neutral observers to avoid affiliation disclosure.

“What you say is that you’re a volunteer legal observer … we never say what we are a part of,” instructed an organizer.

The meeting covered legal rights, such as refusing searches without warrants, and potential risks like being arrested for obstructing justice. “We are just inevitably going to be facing up against law enforcement and ICE agents,” speakers noted.

Did you know that obstructing federal agents as they carry out lawful duties is a federal crime under 18 U.S. Code § 1501?

Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or opposes any officer of the United States, or other person duly authorized, in serving, or attempting to serve or execute, any legal or judicial writ or process of any court of the United States, or United States magistrate judge; or

Whoever assaults, beats, or wounds any officer or other person duly authorized, knowing him to be such officer, or other person so duly authorized, in serving or executing any such writ, rule, order, process, warrant, or other legal or judicial writ or process, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

So how does the Party for Socialism and Liberation get away with an open conspiracy to hinder law enforcement officers in carrying out their official duties? This seems like the sort of thing the FBI should investigate, especially the funding sources. The Party for Socialism and Liberation’s fiscal sponsor is the Progress Unity Fund, which in turn is funded by the George Soros-backed Tides Foundation.

The left know that deporting illegal aliens is widely popular with the American people, and that such deportations are both legal and constitutional. But they are in open rebellion (indeed, dare we say “insurrection?”) against them because they have deluded themselves into thinking that importing a huge populace of unassimilated illegal aliens into the country is somehow going to be their ticket to permanent political rule, long after the author of this idea stated that it was no longer true.

It’s yet another 20%/80% hill they seem willing to die in.

Moreover, this is not merely an American issue. All across Europe, natives are rising up against their elites importing a huge underclass of unassimilated illegal aliens to change the nature of their electorates to benefit the left.

How long do unelected leftwing billionaires get to fund open conspiracies to break federal law to benefit Democrats without consequences?

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Sig’s P320 Problem Deepens

Thursday, August 7th, 2025

Despite Sig Sauer’s constant denials, the crisis over uncommanded P320 discharges continues to mount, and the Houston Police Department just pulled the weapon as a duty pistol.

The Houston Police Department has ordered approximately 1,200 officers to replace their SIG Sauer P320 service weapons following a lawsuit alleging the pistol’s potential for unintended discharges.

Under the new directive, officers have until the end of September to make the switch.

The decision follows a lawsuit filed by veteran HPD officer Richard Fernandez Jr., who alleges that his holstered P320 discharged without a trigger pull.

The $10 million lawsuit, filed against the pistol’s manufacturer, SIG Sauer, claims Fernandez now suffers permanent numbness in his foot as a result of the incident.

“I heard a pop, but it didn’t sound like a gunshot,” Fernandez recounted. “I looked down, saw a hole in my pant leg, and realized I was bleeding. My hand wasn’t anywhere near the gun.”

His legal team argues that SIG Sauer has long been aware of serious design flaws in the P320. The suit joins more than 100 similar claims filed nationwide since 2017, many alleging the pistols fired while holstered or after being dropped.

The P320 has a controversial track record with HPD. In 2017, tests done by HPD found the pistol can accidentally fire almost 10 percent of the time after being dropped.

I wonder if this was pre- or post-voluntary upgrade.

While it was adopted by the U.S. military in 2017 as the M17 and M18, the civilian version soon faced scrutiny following reports of “drop-fire” incidents. These concerns prompted SIG Sauer to launch a voluntary upgrade program in 2017 to address potential discharge risks.

Despite the upgrades, lawsuits have continued to emerge alleging that the P320 can still fire without the trigger being pulled.

A jury found the SIG P320 “defectively designed” in a Massachusetts police lawsuit last month.

Steve Crowder devoted a show to P320 problems, including collecting videos of uncommanded discharges:

  • Crowder shows four videos of police P320s going off in the holster with no one’s fingers anywhere near the trigger. In two of those instances an officer was shot. And those are just the instance where the discharge was actually captured on film, so it seems reasonable to assume that there are a whole lot more that weren’t filmed.
  • Crowder also notes a very significant change in the language of Sig’s denials: “Newest email. The P320 cannot, under any circumstances, discharge without the trigger first being moved to the rear. Cool. “Trigger pull” versus “moved to the rear.” You know that change had to have come straight from their legal department in a CYA memo.

    • Crowder also had on Brandon Herrera (who previously covered the issue) to talk about the P320:

  • Brandon Herrera: “ICE has released a report. Basically they were talking about all the accidental discharges that have happened with all of their service weapons. And you have multiple columns. One of them is which pistol it was. Vast majority were the P320s. Then in the other column whether or not that incident included injury. So they not only said that these things were going off, but there were multiple occasions where they were injuring people that were actively working for ICE.”
  • BH: “if if they admit there is a problem with the civilian side stuff, then they have to maybe go in and [do] a very expensive upgrade to all their their military contract [P320s].”
  • BH: “Hopefully this is a big enough deal with this airman unfortunately losing his life that Sig can no longer look the other way and pretend there isn’t a problem.”
  • Steve Crowder: “How do you think [Sig] scored such a big contract with at that point a relatively new pistol?
  • BH: “That’s an excellent question.” [long pause]
  • BH: “It seems like Sig has gotten a lot of these contracts. And the question is whether that was based on merit, or some other thing that I won’t say in a public setting.”
  • BH: “I’m frankly shocked I haven’t gotten a cease and deceased yet. A cease and desist yet. I think it might be coming soon because I think they’re at the point where they, especially this this most recent wave, they’re losing control of the narrative. Before it was easy to just say, ‘Oh, it’s a couple of grifters, you know, don’t pay any attention to them. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.’ But now, I mean, hell, it’s everybody. The the conversation is completely shifted. Very few people are defending Sig anymore on this.”
  • SC: “My hunch is because of the military doesn’t want to admit that they screwed up either.”
  • Off the topic of Sig, Herrera says he’s not eager to run for office again. “Running the first time was probably one of the worst nine-month experiences of my life. And I would love to not repeat that again, but at the same time, they’re not voting any better.”

    • At this point its hard to see Sig gets out of this jam short of completely withdrawing the P320 from the market. Their potential liability is huge, and replacing all military and police service arms may be ruinous, as, presumably, any sort of recall to fix the problem, even assuming that they could find a fix and provide a solution that works.

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    Posted in Guns, Texas, video | 38 Comments »

    Texas Mobilizes National Guard To Help ICE

    Thursday, July 24th, 2025

    While blue locales are busy attacking ICE facilities and doxing ICE agents, Texas is mobilizing the National Guard to help ICE deport illegal aliens.

    The Texas National Guard is mobilizing to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations across the state, sources confirmed to Texas Scorecard.

    The deployment will reportedly center on managing large-scale detention facilities designed to facilitate mass deportations, with judge advocate general officers potentially deputized to streamline legal processes.

    Hundreds of National Guard troops from across the nation will also be deployed to protect and support ICE agents in the field amid a heightened threat environment for federal immigration enforcement officers.

    Under Operation Lone Star, launched in 2021, Texas has already deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the southern border in response to the Biden administration’s lax enforcement policies. According to officials in border counties, some of those assets have already been pulled back, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are now being empowered to do their jobs.

    Texas has reportedly eased off of arresting illegal aliens and charging them with criminal trespassing as the federal government assumes responsibility for border security operations.

    Maybe there’s less need now that they’re not crossing the border in such huge numbers.

    Operation Lone Star is now expected to be refocused from securing the southern border to assisting with mass deportations.

    Texas National Guard troops were previously activated in June to maintain order during statewide protests against federal immigration enforcement efforts.

    Abbott’s office has emphasized collaboration with federal partners, including a February agreement allowing guard members to make arrests under CBP supervision.

    Weirdly, Texas is a state where the government follows the law and works for the benefit of actual citizens, not shadowy transnational conspiracies bound and determined to import as many illegal aliens into the country as possible.

    It must be very frustrating for those who saw Biden’s illegal alien invasion as the key to finally turning Texas blue…

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    Posted in Border Control, Texas | 1 Comment »

    Harris County Jails Kill 2.5 Times As Many People As Texas Executes

    Thursday, June 26th, 2025

    Texas has a reputation as the state most willing to implement the death penalty. Yet, thus far in 2025, with the year almost half over, only four people have been executed in Texas.

    The death penalty remains controversial, because few prospects are more horrible than having the state take you life. (In communist countries, they’ve done it by the tens of millions.) That’s why our judicial system has an extensive series of checks and balances, derived not only from the Constitution but extending further back into English common law.

    But what if I told you that Democrat-run Harris County has let ten people die in their jails this year?

    Three inmate deaths within two days have reignited scrutiny of the Harris County Jail, which is chronically overcrowded and understaffed and lacks adequate medical care for inmates, according to state standards.

    Sounds like Harris County has a big, big problem. Maybe they should hire more jailers, and build more jails, rather than pursuing socialist pipe dreams like the now-abandoned “Guaranteed Income” scheme. Or any budget line item for “diversity” or “climate change.”

    With the latest three fatalities reported between June 23 and 24, 10 inmates have died in custody during the first half of 2025 alone—putting the jail on track to surpass last year’s total.

    The Harris County Jail has been out of compliance with state jail standards since 2022.

    Persistent overcrowding remains a major concern. Harris County has resorted to outsourcing around 1,500 inmates annually to facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Texas counties. This practice costs taxpayers nearly $50 million each year.

    Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare previously stated his commitment to lowering the jail population and announced plans to bring outsourced inmates back.

    Soros-backed Teare’s “solution” seems to be to keep putting repeat offenders back on the streets so they can continue to victimize citizens. Not ideal.

    Critics argue that overseeing outsourced inmates is difficult, with some pointing to the recent death of inmate Erik Carlson, who died shortly after being transferred out of state.

    Adding to the crisis is a severe mental health challenge. According to officials, about 80 percent of Harris County Jail inmates suffer from mental health issues, with many prescribed psychiatric medications.

    80%? Really? That seems unrealistically high.

    Harris County Jail has consistently failed state compliance checks since September 2022, particularly concerning inmate observation and healthcare provision. Staffing shortages continue to impede efforts to meet these basic standards.

    Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has been in office since January 1, 2019, and these repeat failures fall on her and the Commissioners Court. Heads should roll, and Texas Attorney Ken Paxton should consider suing over the repeated negligence shown by Teare, Hidalgo and Harris County government.

    Hire more jailers. Build more jails.

    That might not completely solve the problem, but it sure as hell will be a start on solving it…

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    Posted in Budget, Crime, Democrats, Texas | 10 Comments »