Unhinged teacher threatens to behead girl who asked about his Israeli flag: witnesses

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Unhinged teacher threatens to behead girl who asked about his Israeli flag: witnesses
Warner Robins Middle School

A Georgia teacher allegedly threatened to behead a middle-school student for commenting on his Israeli flag.

Benjamin Reese, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at Warner Robins Middle School, allegedly became angry Dec. 7 when the girl asked about the flag as students were leaving after class and said she found it offensive.

He followed her into the hallway and told the student he was Jewish and had family members who live in Israel, reported WMAZ-TV.

"You don't make an antisemitic comment like that to a Jew," Reese said, according to another faculty member.

The girl responded negatively but did not raise her voice, the faculty member said, and Reese allegedly threatened to drag the student outside and brutally murder her.

"You mother-----ng piece of s--t, I'll kick your a--," Reese said, according to multiple witnesses. "I should cut your mother-----ng head off."

Witnesses said Reese returned to his classroom cursing and yelling that she should not speak that way to a Jew, and he allegedly continued making violent threats.

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"I will drag her a-- into the parking lot, slit her f----ng throat and kill her," Reese said, according to witnesses.

A deputy who was at the school interviewed multiple witnesses, including teachers and students, but Reese at first denied speaking to anyone when questioned by the principal.

Reese then said a student was offended by the Israeli flag, which he believed was antisemitic, but he denied saying anything racist and claimed to have spoken to another teacher about the issue.

The deputy led Reese back to his classroom, but he kicked a doorstopper in an aggressive manner.

Reese invoked his civil rights and refused to answer the deputy's questions, but he was arrested based on witness allegations and charged with making a terroristic threat and cruelty to children.

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Trump cronies' 'ill-gotten' cash still in crosshairs despite pardons: ex-Cruz aide

President Donald Trump's allies can still be forced to give back corruptly gained money despite pardons, according to a former Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) aide.

Amanda Carpenter, a writer and editor at Protect Democracy who once served as communications director for the Texas senator, laid out the strategy on a Friday episode of Legal AF.

Speaking with host Somil Trivedi of Court Accountability Action, Carpenter acknowledged the hurdles facing anyone hoping to hold the Trump administration to account, from the Supreme Court's grant of criminal immunity to the president's pardon power.

"It has been widely reported that he is considering giving pardons to anyone within 200 feet of the Oval Office," Carpenter said. "How on earth will we get any accountability on the corruption front knowing he could wield the pardon power to give them that get out of jail free?"

Her answer, she said, lies in civil disgorgement, a legal remedy that lets the government recover profits obtained through wrongdoing without bringing criminal charges.

"We have laws on the books that allow people to get money back if those monies were gained in an ill-gotten way," Carpenter said.

She identified five categories a new Congress could pursue, including no-bid contracts, crypto profits, slush funds and settlements, lavish gifts like the plane and diamond rings Trump has received, and broader pay-for-play schemes that she said extended to the lobbying around pardons.

Carpenter argued that the people on the other end of those deals offer a way around officials who stonewall investigators.

"Members of Congress, Trump, they might defy subpoenas and the like, but on all of these deals, there are private actors on the other side," she said. "A lot of this is discoverable because the paper trail is so thick."

She pointed to Clark Construction as one example and noted that state attorneys general could also pursue cases.

"These aren't new laws," Carpenter said. "You don't have to pass a new law to do it. We see this happening all the time as a routine enforcement matter."

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MS NOW's Jen Psaki floored by Trump's lack of confidence in GOP: 'He has good reason!'

MS NOW's Jen Psaki flagged President Donald Trump's increasingly noncommital and unconfident tone with Republican Senate candidates — including in states where Republicans definitely shouldn't be losing.

For starters, she said, he's been repeatedly making such claims about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate bid, saying that Paxton "can be a bit of a pain" and "I don't care" if he's here at one of his latest rallies.

"Nothing says 'everyone get out and vote for my candidate who will be an irreplaceable member of the Senate, partner to me,' like telling people you don't care if he's even there," said Psaki. Trump will be campaigning for him again soon in San Antonio, she noted, but "I'm not sure Ken Paxton sees it" as help these days.

Paxton isn't the only candidate getting this treatment, Psaki continued. "Earlier today, Trump was asked about his support for North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, who is running against Democrat Roy Cooper. And here's what Trump had to say about his candidate in that race."

"He's a great man and I am worried about him," Trump said. "I hope he wins."

"I am worried about him. I hope he wins. Like you're a political observer," said Psaki. "Put it on a bumper sticker. Again, nothing projects confidence like saying you're worried about your candidate 32 days before an election."

Nonetheless, added Psaki, "he has good reason to be worried about Michael Whatley because just today, one of the main Republican super PACs abruptly canceled all of its ad spending in North Carolina. And they were planning to spend a lot in order to redirect resources to Kansas."

"Think about that for a second," said Psaki. "Democrats have not won a Senate election in North Carolina since 2008. But things are going so badly for Republicans right now that they are effectively giving up on that state so that they can protect a Senate seat in Kansas, where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932, almost 100 years ago. And things aren't exactly going great for Republicans in Kansas right now, either, which is probably why this money is being moved."

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Trump gushes over 'beautiful' younger aide onstage as Natalie Harp looks on

President Donald Trump fawned over a younger aide's looks at an Oklahoma rally Thursday as devoted aide Natalie Harp looked on.

Trump brought 31-year-old communications adviser Margo Martin, an Oklahoma native, onto the stage in Durant, the Daily Beast reported. He then turned his attention to her appearance.

Martin "is known for a number of things," the president told the crowd. "I can't mention one, because if I do, my political career will be over."

He said it anyway. "You can never say that a woman is beautiful. If you say a woman is beautiful, that's the end of your political career. But, I'll say it anyway," Trump said, before declaring, "She is a beautiful woman, inside and out."

Gesturing toward Martin's parents, he went on, "I see why she's good-looking, actually. You know, I believe in the racehorse theory. Fast horses, right? Great mom and dad."

Harp was at the rally too, Hugh Dougherty pointed out on the "Daily Beast Podcast," where he and Joanna Coles picked apart the moment. "He brought [Martin] up, he hugged her, he talked about how beautiful she is. We know that that's the language of Trump," Dougherty said.

He noted that photos surfaced earlier in the week appearing to show Trump shouting at Harp, and that Martin "has regularly been mistaken for Melania."

"I actually feel for Natalie Harp watching that," Coles said.

Coles suggested the rally could reflect a deliberate tactic. "It seems that he's trying to pit them against each other, which is something we know he does with his Cabinet," she said, pointing to JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.

Both women have worked in the White House since the first day of Trump's second term. Each earns $150,000 a year, and each received a $45,000 cash gift from Trump, apparently for the holidays, the Washington Post reported last month. Harp has called Trump her "Guardian and Protector in this Life" in letters published by the Daily Beast.

Asked for comment, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung shot back. "Joanna shouldn't be so jealous, it's not a good look for her," he said.

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