Democratic members of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee announced Tuesday that they will refuse to participate in a hearing on Wednesday focused on Muslim Brotherhood networks within the United States.
The boycott targets a session organized by Federal Courts Subcommittee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America.” The proceeding aligns with broader initiatives by national and state Republicans aimed at cracking down on the group, which includes proposals to classify its various branches as terrorist organizations.
In a joint statement, Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) sharply criticized the panel’s focus, writing, “Scapegoating Muslims may be a Texas Republican strategist’s idea of ‘solid gold’ to whip up their voters, but Democrats have no intention of indulging this political creepshow, particularly after the recent violence targeting places of faith. Our focus is the costs families face thanks to rampant, non-stop Trump corruption.”
Responding to news of the planned walkout, a spokesman for Cruz dismissed the Democrats’ decision, indicating that the boycott was expected.
The hearing’s scheduled witness list features several counterterrorism and legal policy experts, including former FBI Special Agent Lara Burns, who is currently with George Washington University’s Program on Extremism; Arielle Klepach, senior counsel at the National Jewish Advocacy Center; and Kyle Shideler, a homeland security analyst at the Center for Security Policy.
In January 2026, the Trump administration officially designated three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities: the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood.
The report examined how the Muslim Brotherhood executes a long-term, non-violent strategy aimed at embedding Islamist ideology within Western social, political, and academic institutions.
The report cited authenticated internal documents (notably the 1982 “Project” and the 1991 “Explanatory Memorandum” recovered during U.S. law enforcement actions).
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy identified four primary arenas where the Muslim Brotherhood tries to gain entry:
Influencing government and politics: They build connections with government officials and lawmakers by presenting themselves as normal civil rights, religious, or human rights groups. They also team up with progressive or non-religious political groups when they share common goals, helping them gain trust and political power.
Targeting colleges and students: They try to shape what is taught in universities, who gets hired as professors, and what research gets done. They use hidden money from Middle Eastern countries (like Qatar) to fund college programs and influence classes on world politics. They also work with student activist groups to make anti-Western and anti-Israel ideas seem normal on campus.
Using the legal system: They use democratic laws and anti-discrimination rules to fight against police oversight and government terrorism investigations. They also use lawsuits to quiet their critics by claiming that any criticism of their political movement is just religious hatred or bigotry.
Controlling the media and storyline: They try to control public opinion by making people feel that criticizing political Islam is the same thing as being prejudiced against all Muslims. At the same time, they build their own network of community centers, private schools, and charities to keep control over local Muslim communities and preserve their identity.
A growing anti-Muslim movement is gaining traction in Japan.
When most people think of Japan, they don’t picture a country with a significant Islamic presence or a growing number of mosques. But the reality may surprise them.
Japan has long been viewed as one of the few remaining countries willing to fiercely protect its national identity, traditions, and culture.
What many of us didn’t realize was that the left had been quietly working its way in all along… just take a look at these numbers.
East Asia Forum:
Japan’s Muslim community has grown rapidly to around 420,000 people
What Japan is experiencing now is similar to what the United States and other Western nations went through decades ago. The country is only beginning to feel the effects of growing Islamic migration, and the political battle lines are already being drawn between the right and the left.
The blip below shows how Japan’s left is now borrowing very familiar Western talking points to promote “diversity” and push for a permanent migrant population.
East Asia Forum:
[…] but intense opposition to a mosque construction in Fujisawa in 2025 illustrates how anti-Muslim sentiment is becoming more organised and politically emboldened, fuelled by social media misinformation and right-wing politicians seeking electoral advantage. Without a coherent national approach to immigration that equips local governments to manage diversity and counters hate speech effectively, Japan risks allowing local flashpoints to define its relationship with an increasingly permanent migrant population.
When you research this topic, you find one article after another that uses these Western left-wing buzzwords and talking points regarding Japan’s concerns over the Muslim invasion.
Manichi:
Discrimination toward foreign residents in Japan has expanded from Koreans and Kurds to Muslims as their population has estimated to have nearly doubled in recent years, according to observers and community members.
Misinformation and hate speech are spreading on Japanese social media, and mosques are receiving a barrage of abusive phone calls and emails.
Some are asking why they are suddenly being targeted. Others are afraid to leave their homes.
Muslims in Japan, including foreign residents and Japanese believers, numbered roughly 420,000 at the end of 2024, up from 230,000 in 2019, according to Hirofumi Tanada, a professor emeritus at Waseda University who studies the faith in Japan. There are now over 160 mosques nationwide.
It’s almost as if the people of Japan don’t stand a chance. Just like everybody in the West, they’ll be guilted, bullied, and threatened into accepting “diversity.”
But as we said earlier, the backlash is growing louder and stronger.
Many Japanese citizens, including a surprising number of young people, don’t want mosques or Muslim cemeteries built in their communities, and they’re now taking to the streets to fight back against this failed “diversity” scheme.
VIDEO AT LINK………………….
Japanese citizens asking what’s happening to their country have every right to be heard.
There’s nothing hateful about loving your own culture, protecting your traditions, or wanting the country your children inherit to remain yours. Japan has spent centuries building a distinct national identity, and many people are now asking why preserving that identity is suddenly treated as something shameful or “racist.”
Why is every nation being pushed toward the same borderless, blended, global culture?
And why is Japan now facing the same political battle over mass migration and Islamafication that has already transformed the Western world?
To many of these protesters, it feels like an experiment that started without their consent. Japan remained one of the few countries that fiercely guarded its traditions, social cohesion, and national character. Now, some are wondering whether that very resistance made it the next target.
During Tuesday’s National Night Out Against Crime on Staten Island, Mamdani received loud jeers and profanities as he approached to speak, lasting under a minute before leaving. The chilly welcome contrasted with warmer receptions in other boroughs, where he polled stronger than his 23.1 percent on the Island. Amid the tension, activist Scott LoBaido suffered cardiac arrest onsite, revived by NYPD officers and volunteers before hospitalization. Mamdani continues citywide events, highlighting record-low crime stats with police leaders.
I don’t believe most Democratic voters have a problem with this kind of thing. Many of them cheer it. That’s why the overtly psychotic tyrants are taking the Democratic Party by storm, across the country. Even if some Democratic voters dislike it, they will still vote for ANY Democrat, including these, over any Republican. All they care is that we don’t get Trump, or any Republican who actually keeps his promises. Once enough of these deranged, evil individuals are in power, it will be too late to avoid the civil war or similar breakdown that’s likely coming. Republicans: Don’t be so sure Republicans will start winning blue states as Democrats move more left than ever seen in human history. Do not underestimate just how much Democrat voters despise Republicans, not just Trump.
NO THANKS (from Newsmax, more on the future Governor Wong): Wisconsin Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong defended her past call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” saying the holiday remains “a time that’s incredibly painful for many people in our communities.”
Exactly what would canceling Thanksgiving look like? It’s not mandatory. You are free to ignore Thanksgiving. Does this Democratic Party candidate seek to send the FBI into people’s homes and seize their turkeys and candied sweet potato? Will people be fined or arrested if they post on social media, or say out in public, “Happy Thanksgiving”? Once the precedent is set for this with Thanksgiving, who or what will be next?
Democrat voters: This is your party. These are the people you are supporting.
I’m not what you’d call a keen observer of the political climate in our country, but I do pay attention, broadly, to what’s going on within our two parties. Watching the latest from Bill Maher, I was reminded of how we struggle to reconcile our support for an idea we might like, if it’s promoted by a politician we hate. And vice versa. Here though, we have an opportunity – Democrats, in particular – to speak out loudly and clearly against an ideology that has been proven, demonstrably, to be a really bad idea.
It’s alarming to see how quickly communism has been embraced by so many, but it’s even more alarming, to see how many have yet to condemn it, in favor of sheltering under a “big tent.” This week, Gavin Newsom dismissed concerns over Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and progressive candidates winning key primaries, stating he would gladly campaign for them. He argued that the party must be in the “addition, not subtraction business” to retake control of Congress.
Not that anyone asked me, but…wow. The candidates that Newsom is referring to here are not subtle. They have clearly articulated precisely what they want, and exactly what they will try to accomplish if they gain power. No borders. No police. No prisons. No Senate. From each according to his needs, from each according to his abilities, and so forth. They are literally quoting Karl Marx, and they are literally on the record as desiring to completely dismantle our government and replace it with actual communism. And the Governor of California says he will campaign on their behalf, if doing so will result in a Congressional win. Truly amazing.
Seems to me, that this is best opportunity Democrats will ever have to make some kind of reasonable appeal to Independents, and those not on board with this administration. This is a chance to affirmatively distance themselves from an ideology that has caused more human suffering than any other scheme dreamt up by man. And yet, they have not.
I understand how unpopular President Trump is in the eyes of many. But if the DSA continues to grow in popularity, and the Democrats actually campaign on their behalf, I think it’ll be the largest political blunder in my lifetime. Unless of course, I’m wrong, and the DSA expands to swallow the Democratic Party, and communism winds up on the ballot. In which case, Ronald Reagan’s warning will haunt us all.
“Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction.” Ronald Reagan
Dearborn mosque leader threatens to resign. Niraj Warikoo. Updated Jan. 25, 2015. The religious leader of the Islamic Center of America — a landmark religious institution in metro Detroit that’s one of Michigan’s biggest mosques — said Friday he would resign unless the board of trustees dissolves.
The dramatic announcement by Imam Hassan Qazwini to his packed congregation was met by cries of support from members pleading for him to stay and reflects an intense debate in one of the most notable mosques in the United States over finances and what is permissible under Islam.
Imam Hassan Qazwini’s opponents have accused him of using donations to the mosque for family projects and of having an illicit relationship, charges he strongly denies.
A nationally known Muslim leader, Qazwini announced he was stepping down during his Friday afternoon sermon, the most popular gathering time for Muslims. Afterward, when members asked him to stay, Qazwini said he would reconsider if the board dissolves.
“The entire board has to be dissolved, with the exception of the founding fathers” of the mosque, Qazwini said, according to a recording of his sermon. “The entire system has to be dissolved. The by-laws have to be dissolved.”
Qazwini’s announcement came after a tumultuous past few months that saw anonymous letters accusing him of diverting mosque money for his father’s projects in Iraq. Qazwini’s critics want the money instead to retire the remaining debt of the mosque and to help for projects in other countries, such as Lebanon. A majority of the congregation is of Lebanese descent, while Qazwini is of Iraqi descent.
The letters also accused Qazwini, who is married, of having a relationship with a woman through an arrangement in Shia Islam known as mutah (temporary marriage), which allows a man away from his wife to have sex with another woman that may involve a payment.
At a packed event at the mosque Friday night where Qazwini was scheduled to speak to youth, he strongly denied both of the allegations contained in the letters, which were mailed last year to the homes of Muslims who attend the mosque.
“I’m not going to take it anymore,” he said, adding that some Lebanese board members are racist toward Iraqis and called them “selfish.”
“Remove this cancer,” he said of the those board members. “We need to stand up.”
There were three sets of letters, mailed from October to December, said mosque members. They also appeared on the windshields of cars parked outside the mosque during a religious service in November.
“Qazwini is the main obstacle which prevent the payment of all the debt,” one of the letters reads in part. It said that Qazwini “takes the … contributions and revenues” and gives them to his father, a religious leader in Iraq who runs a hospital and orphanage in Iraq.
The letters also criticized Qazwini for naming Ron Amen as chair of the board, saying he was not an observant Muslim. Amen and Kassem Allie, executive administrator of the mosque, did not return calls seeking comment.
On Nov. 28, supporters of Qazwini held a rally outside the mosque, which sits off Ford Road in Dearborn. It’s one of the oldest Islamic congregations in Michigan and has become known as an icon of Islam in the United States.
After Qazwini announced Friday in Arabic he was leaving, some in the audience started to cry out their support, including Moussa Hamka, principal at Grosse Pointe South High School. Hamka then spoke at the mosque in support of Qazwini.
“The community rallied in support of him,” Hamka said afterward. “There was an unprecedented amount of support at the Friday prayers. … The community supports the imam. We’re not going to allow the status quo to continue.”
In Philadelphia, the country’s second-poorest big city, the demand for deeply affordable rental housing is a constant.
To better meet that need, the Philadelphia Housing Authority launched an ambitious — and costly — plan to remake and expand its vast real estate portfolio. Over eight years, the agency estimates it will spend $6.3 billion to preserve, redevelop, build or acquire roughly 20,000 subsidized units.
That translates to an average unit cost of about $315,000 — more than the market value of many Philadelphia homes.
Labor Costs * Regulations(Approvals Take 2–3 Years) * Rent limits (prevent self-funding repairs) * Because of all the above buildings become so dilapidated rehabs costs have soared.
Artificially inflate costs with taxes and regulations Artificially inflate labor costs with minimum wage Increase the need with illegal immigrants Decrease the available housing via regulation.
History shows that mere dissatisfaction with the government is not enough—and that we can prevent a government collapse through our own constitutional and ethical conduct.
Note: This essay is not a call for armed resistance. Instead, it examines historical situations that justify such resistance, as well as the non-violent values and actions conservatives can immediately use to prevent the need for armed resistance from arising.)
Throughout history, free societies have wrestled with an uncomfortable question: Is there ever a time when citizens have a moral duty to resist their own government? The question matters because America is not immune from decline. We are retreating, overtaken by what increasingly resembles a cult, one built around the destructive moral impulses Gad Saad describes in Suicidal Empathy.
Not only are the barbarians and lunatics at the gate; many now seemingly seek their “leadership.”
Rigor, reason, and resolve can only take us so far. There comes a moment when simply talking about our problems isn’t enough, and our best thinking virtues can no longer ensure our survival. As a society, we preach one thing and practice another when it comes to applying force to defend essential virtues.
Resistance should not be defined as dissatisfaction with elections, taxes, policies, or political opponents. A free society depends upon vigorous disagreement, constitutional processes, and the peaceful transfer of political power. Neither is resistance the refusal to obey laws simply because one believes them to be unjust or disagrees with those charged with enforcing them; we are beginning to see both.
In a constitutional republic, lawful remedies must be exhausted before the moral question of resistance can even arise. Not every unpopular law is tyranny, and not every political defeat is oppression. The threshold for legitimate resistance is intentionally set extraordinarily high because violence to reassert our constitutional rights carries terrible consequences.
Only when lawful institutions have ceased functioning according to their intended purpose, peaceful remedies have been exhausted, and government itself has become the principal instrument of systematic injustice, not its remedy, does the moral question of resistance deserve, even demand, consideration.
Across both Scripture and our founding traditions, the ethical use of force is never celebrated but is recognized as sometimes necessary to uphold justice and protect the innocent. The Bible consistently distinguishes between violence driven by malice and violence used to restrain evil: the “avenger of blood” in Deuteronomy, the communal defense of the oppressed in Proverbs 24:11, and in Romans 13 all frame force as a grave responsibility, not a license to trifle with. These principles underpin our Judeo-Christian tradition.
America’s Founders embraced a similar moral logic. Drawing heavily on natural law philosophy, they argued that governments exist to secure the people’s God-given rights and derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” When government becomes destructive of those ends through a long train of abuses, the Declaration of Independence affirms that the people retain the right to alter or abolish it. If resistance wasn’t exactly what they had in mind, I’m lost.
This principle is not uniquely American. It runs through centuries of Western political thought. John Locke argued that people possess certain rights simply because they are human—life, liberty, and property. Governments do not create those rights; they exist in spite of and superior to government. Citizens establish governments through mutual consent to protect themselves, not in the reverse, to give up agency.
If government becomes the principal violator of those rights, Locke argued, the people retain the ultimate right to alter or abolish it. That principle is the philosophical foundation of the American Revolution and must remain a present-day expectation.
Our Judeo-Christian traditions reached a similar conclusion. Scripture consistently condemns violence undertaken for conquest, revenge, hatred, or personal gain while recognizing the legitimacy of force used to defend innocent life and restrain evil.
Augustine later developed these principles into Just War theory, arguing that force may become morally permissible only when the cause is just, peaceful alternatives have failed, the response is proportional, and the objective is the restoration of peace rather than revenge. The goal is always justice—not violence. I do disagree with his ideas regarding proportionality; they encourage some bad actors rather than deterring them, but otherwise I concur.
Most people already recognize that rights carry corresponding responsibilities. Parents have a duty to protect their children. Police have a duty to intervene when innocent people are attacked. Soldiers accept a duty to defend our nation. In each case, refusing to act when innocent lives are endangered is itself a moral failure.
That raises an uncomfortable but unavoidable question. If individuals have a duty to protect innocent people from violent criminals, does a free people have a comparable duty when oppression originates from the government itself?
History offers interesting corollaries. During the Second World War, members of the French Resistance sabotaged railroads, gathered intelligence, hid Allied airmen and Jewish families, and fought an occupying regime that had extinguished lawful avenues of dissent. Their actions violated the laws imposed by Nazi authorities. Yet history remembers them not as criminals but as the patriots they were, because the government that demanded their obedience lacked moral legitimacy. We honor them today because they resisted tyranny when peaceful alternatives disappeared.
The lesson of both the American Revolution and the French Resistance is not that violence is noble, but that legitimacy matters more. Governments derive moral authority from protecting justice and liberty. When a government becomes the principal instrument of oppression and peaceful remedies have been exhausted, resistance may cease to be merely a right and become an actual obligation.
Some readers will likely misinterpret me, thinking this is a call to arms. It’s not. Real resistance begins long before physical force ever becomes imaginable. It begins with self-government, civic engagement, moral courage, honest speech, faithful citizenship, and a steadfast refusal to surrender the principles upon which constitutional government rests and the kind of principled engagement too few actually undertake.
Government is not a substitute for personal responsibility. We delegate, as appropriate, those decisions best made by representatives acting within constitutional constraints.
Those representatives must remain mindful of their duty to the citizens they serve, but in an even more profound sense, to the constitutional order and the traditions entrusted to them by our Founders and subsequent generations. Our fealty and fidelity must always be to the Constitution and the liberties it protects, because governments exist to preserve those principles—not to supplant them.
If we ever reach the point where resistance becomes morally necessary and defensible, every institution of self-government will already have failed. Our first obligation, therefore, is not to prepare for that day, but to preserve the constitutional order, civic virtue, and moral courage that ensure that day never arrives.
A big tent may end up being the death of what was once the Democrat Party.
Scott Jennings made the case on Tuesday as the country waited to see whether five Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates in Missouri, Michigan, Kansas, Virginia, and Washington state would topple Democrat incumbents and push the party even further toward the radical left. What’s unfolding now is not just a primary-season skirmish; it’s the visible advance of a hostile takeover.
Establishment Democrats who refuse to condemn their ideological allies, along with the party’s progressive wing, have spent months celebrating the “big tent” chief among them being Bernie Sanders. Jennings’s warning is simple: take Democrats at their word. If this is the coalition they’ve chosen, then the party is no longer hiding what it has become; it is openly stating it.
“Well, I mean, right at the end, [Sanders] ultimately said, yes, I want people like Hassan Piker in my political party,” Jennings said. “We’re a big tent. He wants people in the party that say America deserve 9-11. He wants people in his party that are out there idealizing Chairman Mao and the like. I mean, this is not something I would be embracing if I were trying to build a political party that could appeal to, you know, mainstream Americans.”
Jennings went on to then attack the rise of antisemitism among the progressive left, who have continued to target AIPAC, Jewish people, and even representatives who support the state of Israel.
“I think they’re going to deeply regret these associations and this continued demonization of AIPAC,” he added. “AIPAC is Jewish Americans, Americans who are choosing to participate in politics. And let’s be honest, they’re just using it as a euphemism to say the Jews. I mean, that’s what they’re doing. And I think it’s a- Senator Sanders is Jewish. Okay, that doesn’t absolve him of demonizing other Americans who simply want to participate in American politics.”
This comes as many Democrats have refused to see the rising threat of the DSA within their own ranks. Whether conservatives like it or not, our opponents are becoming more openly socialist, and that means the case for free markets has to be made more explicitly than ever, on efficiency, on prosperity, and on moral principle.
Too many people assumed the virus of collectivism died with the Soviet Union. It didn’t. Now the scourge of collectivism threatens the soul of the United States as we know it.
Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
Kentucky woman got tired of waiting on her chicken, so police say she pulled an AR-15 on a KFC employee
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Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
Kentucky woman got tired of waiting on her chicken, so police say she pulled an AR-15 on a KFC employee
Story by Draggy
• 7h •
3 min read
Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
Kentucky Woman Got Tired Of Waiting On Her Chicken, So Police Say She Pulled An AR-15 On A KFC Employee
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot. Continue reading
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
The former governor of Washington State blamed the raging wildfires on climate change, but a man who was previously convicted of killing his father has been arrested for allegedly starting the blazes. Jay Inslee, who served in the role from 2013 to 2025, shared a video of himself on Sunday afternoon discussing the wildfires that have burned more than 10,000 acres and remain zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Inslee donned a casual royal blue hoodie and filmed himself outside as he spoke about the infernos. In the clip and its caption, the Democrat said climate change was to blame for the fires. He also made the same assumption on CNN. ‘Three enormous wildfires are raging in Spokane. Thousands of people are evacuating, not knowing if they’ll come back to a home or nothing but ashes. ‘Climate change isn’t some faraway threat. It’s happening right now, to our neighbors and friends. We have to fight for them,’ Inslee, 75, wrote. The following day, Aaron F Farinacci, 37, was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson after he allegedly started the Old Trail Fire in Spokane.
A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According toWKYT, 33-year-oldNayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot.
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
Investigators reportedly used multiple forms of evidence to identify Roman. Police reviewed security footage from the KFC and used the video to identify the vehicle involved in the incident. Officers then compared the footage with police body camera recordings from earlier traffic stops involving that vehicle.
Police also presented a photo lineup to the employee, who reportedly identified Roman as the person involved. The combination of the restaurant surveillance, previous body camera footage, and the employee’s identification ultimately led authorities to Roman.
Roman was taken into custody in late July and charged with one count of first-degree wanton endangerment. Jail records showed Roman was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on Monday, July 27. LEX 18 reported that she was arrested on July 28, creating a one-day difference between the published timelines.
Under Kentucky law, first-degree wanton endangerment applies when someone allegedly displays extreme indifference to human life and creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury. The statute classifies the offense as a Class D felony. It becomes a Class C felony when a firearm is discharged during the offense. None of the reviewed reports allege that Roman fired the rifle.
The charge connected to the KFC rifle arrest remains an allegation and does not amount to a conviction. As of August 3, Law and Crime reported that Roman’s next court appearance had not been publicly confirmed. No plea, conviction, or final legal outcome was included in the latest available reporting.
Beyond the legal process, the case puts another spotlight on what restaurant workers may face while simply trying to complete a shift. Employees have no control over every delay happening inside a busy kitchen, yet the person working the window often becomes the most accessible target for a customer’s frustration.
No matter how Roman felt in the moment, the arrest now means navigating a felony case connected to what reportedly began as impatience over food. For the employee, it means being placed at the center of an encounter that allegedly became threatening without warning.
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