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Owaisi-Azad join hands in UP, picks Chandra Shekhar Azad as CM face to consolidate Dalit-Muslim votes against BJP

Owaisi-Azad join hands in UP, picks Chandra Shekhar Azad as CM face to consolidate Dalit-Muslim votes against BJP

Setting the stage for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party-Kanshiram president Chandrashekhar Azad on Thursday announced the formation of ‘Samajik Parivartan Morcha’, with Owaisi naming Azad as the alliance’s Chief Ministerial candidate and asserting that the front would stop the BJP from returning to power in the state for a third time.

WATCH: Socialist agitators lose it when cameras turn on them

WATCH: Socialist agitators lose it when cameras turn on them

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Far-left activists from the network funded by communist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham can dish it out, but they can’t take it. For years, CodePink activists, easily recognizable in hot pink T-shirts, have heckled lawmakers and officials in public settings with a tactic called “bird dogging,” cornering targets, peppering them with hostile questions, like “Why do you support baby killers?” and shaming them on social media with tactics that amount to humiliation rituals. On Veterans Day, the agitators found themselves on the other side of the lens, and they didn’t like it. For six hours on Wednesday, Fox News Digital followed members of CodePink, BreakThrough News, the People’s Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and allied groups in the Singham network through the halls of Congress during a lobbying event organizers called the “Taxpayer Uprising.” But when the cameras turned on them, they angrily refused to answer questions and covered the camera lens, one time with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf and another time with a backpack designed with the pattern of a watermelon, a symbol adopted by the Palestinian movement. Then, they responded with smears and ad hominem attacks. Finally, they published their footage of the confrontations, turning their objections to being filmed into content for their followers. One follower congratulated them on their success deploying “psychic militancy.” LAWMAKERS THROW OUT ‘TROJAN HORSE’ ACTIVISTS THEY SAY ARE ENGAGED IN AMERICAN SUBVERSION The day began just before 10 a.m. inside the Rayburn House Office Building, where activists in pink CodePink T-shirts and keffiyehs walked into a breakfast gathering of the U.S. House Bagel Caucus. At 9:59 a.m., they surrounded Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and pointed their cameras at him. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, wore a shirt emblazoned with the message “NO WAR ON IRAN” and pressed him on Section 219 of the National Defense Authorization Act, which she called a “merging” of the U.S. and Israeli militaries. “It is not a merging of the militaries,” Goldman said. “It is a collaboration on technology that we depend on Israel for, and they depend on us for, and it is for our own national security.” He asked the activists whether they supported Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamas and Hezbollah. “We’re not funding them. We’re funding Israel,” Benjamin replied. When the liberal congressman called the situation in Gaza “absolutely horrific” and said he wished Hamas would allow in the aid Israel was trying to send, the group members groaned in unison. CodePink activist Tighe Barry, Benjamin’s husband, in a pink shirt and pink hat, yelled at him: “You’re a real congressman and you just made that statement?” “That was a horrific lie that you just said,” Barry shouted at him. “As a sitting congressman, I take deep offense at that.” “Alright, here we are. We’re enjoying the Bagel Caucus here,” Goldman said before walking away. “Thank you for talking. Take care of yourself.” HOW CODEPINK CO-FOUNDER MEDEA BENJAMIN’S FAMILY FOUNDATION BECAME A MAJOR FUNDER OF LEFT-WING ACTIVIST GROUPS CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin moved through the building wearing a backpack designed with the pattern of a keffiyeh, the checkered scarf that has become a symbol of the pro-Palestinian movement. At 10:06 a.m., the group shuffled to the Rayburn cafeteria, where organizers had set up tables numbered by lobbying group. Pink signs reading “TAXPAYER UPRISING” and “WAR IS NOT GREEN” sat on the tables. Confrontations began within minutes. “No, no. Hey, out of here,” a CodePink volunteer told the reporter at about 10:09 a.m. Asked for an interview, Barry turned to his fellow activists and balked, saying, “Why would I?” AS SINGHAM FACES FEDERAL PROBE, WIFE MARCHES IN ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST LED BY GROUPS HE FUNDED A woman at the check-in table asked the reporter to “move your camera away.” Another activist used a keffiyeh to block the camera’s view, and a Muslim woman in a headscarf put her hand over the lens. At about 10:12 a.m., a activist hoisted a pink backpack printed with watermelons in front of the Fox News Digital camera. A young man in a keffiyeh, with a name tag that read “Finn,” then planted himself in front of the camera and moved with it as it tried to pan around him. “Is this what you do in your free time, is like, wander around?” he taunted. Melissa Garriga, CodePink’s media contact, refused to answer any questions, priding herself to the team on refusing to answer emailed requests for comment from Fox News Digitai. Asked a question by the reporter standing right in front of her, she cupped her hand behind her ear and said, “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. Can you speak up?” Asked again, she responded, “I still can’t hear you. You’re gonna have to talk a little louder. Sorry.” Then, again: “Can you please speak up?” Asked about Singham’s funding of CodePink, Garriga waved her hand across the lens. “I don’t have to respond to you,” she said. At 10:14 a.m., Garriga put her hand fully over the camera: “Just buzz off,” she said. The activist with the “Finn” name tag returned and held a gray jacket over the lens, then a canvas tote bag, then a keffiyeh, one after another. Minutes later, a red-haired woman in a keffiyeh waved her hands in front of the camera. Shortly after 10:20 a.m., CodePink co-founders Jodie Evans and Benjamin took charge of the room. Evans married Singham in 2017 when he sold his company, Thoughtworks, for an estimated $785 million. He used some of those proceeds to pump $285 million into a network of nonprofits that have been pro-China and pro-communist. Several of their leaders hit the halls of Congress on Wednesday. “Alright, everybody, we want to start our program,” Evans said at 10:22 a.m. Benjamin urged them to confront lawmakers wherever they found them. “Remember, they work for us. They’re not better than us. They are public servants,” she said. “And so if you see them, try to engage them.” She told the

Biden judge rejects DOJ bid to halt probe of prosecutors in botched ICE protest case

Biden judge rejects DOJ bid to halt probe of prosecutors in botched ICE protest case

A federal judge investigating whether prosecutors misled her court in the “Broadview Six” case against anti-ICE protesters canceled a hearing requested by the Justice Department to clarify her authority to conduct the inquiry. U.S. District Judge April Perry, a Biden appointee, has ordered four federal prosecutors, including Chicago’s U.S. attorney, to testify under oath as she considers possible sanctions or criminal contempt proceedings. “Ultimately, the Government’s professed lack of clarity about the Court’s inherent authority to ask lawyers who have made misstatements to or misled the Court to explain their actions is immaterial,” Perry wrote Wednesday, canceling the Nov. 17 hearing. The Justice Department dropped the criminal case against the six protesters in May amid allegations of misconduct involving former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg, who later resigned. But Perry’s investigation into the prosecutors’ conduct has continued. DOJ MOVES TO BOOT FEDERAL JUDGES FROM IMMIGRATION CASES OVER NYT INTERVIEW Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the Justice Department’s third-ranking official, argued in a filing that requiring prosecutors to testify would put them in a “Catch-22.” “They can testify and risk prosecution, or they can assert their rights under the Fifth Amendment and risk antagonizing the court, while it may also be considering non-contempt sanctions,” Woodward wrote. Perry rejected the government’s argument, writing that “the Government does not represent at least 3/4 of the individuals who have been asked to testify, two of whom have expressed their willingness to do so.” Perry has ordered U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and three assistant U.S. attorneys in the Northern District of Illinois — William Hogan, Matthew Skiba and Andres Almendarez — to testify under oath Monday about possible misconduct in grand jury proceedings involving the protesters. “There is no indication on the docket that the Government represents the fourth individual,” Perry wrote, referring to Boutros. The testimony is expected to address prosecutors’ knowledge of possible grand jury misconduct, the accuracy of their statements to the court, why grand jury transcripts were redacted and whether officials outside the U.S. Attorney’s Office received information about the investigation. Perry could use the testimony to determine whether sanctions or criminal contempt proceedings are warranted. DOJ MOVES TO BOOT TWO FEDERAL JUDGES FROM IMMIGRATION CASES OVER REMARKS TO MEDIA: ‘EXTRAORDINARILY IMPRUDENT’ The canceled hearing follows a separate dispute over communications the Justice Department has declined to disclose to Perry. On Monday, Woodward argued in a motion that certain communications involving federal prosecutors were privileged and should not be disclosed. The Justice Department also submitted a privilege log identifying the withheld communications and the grounds for withholding them. Perry rejected the submission Tuesday, finding it “noncompliant” because the government had redacted information identifying numerous senders and recipients in lengthy email chains. She also questioned the Justice Department’s response to her request for an email sent to Boutros containing an expedited transcript of the Oct. 9, 2025, grand jury session, when jurors first declined to return an indictment. The PDF, the judge said, lacked metadata that could help establish whether Boutros had read the email. Prosecutors were given until Thursday to address her concerns. The inquiry began May 20, when Perry ordered prosecutors involved in redacting grand jury transcripts to appear in court and questioned them during a sealed hearing the following day. ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS GOV SHERRILL DENIED ENTRY In October, Perry requested communications between federal prosecutors and outside officials concerning investigative and charging decisions in the case, finding that “several aspects of this prosecution were very flawed.” The inquiry stems from a grand jury’s refusal to return an indictment on Oct. 9, 2025, and again during a subsequent session convened by Boutros, when two jurors were excused over concerns about their impartiality. Those jurors later returned for a third session on Oct. 23, when the grand jury indicted the protesters on a felony conspiracy charge. According to court records, grand jury transcripts initially provided to Perry in April contained redactions that concealed evidence of possible misconduct, including allegations of improper “vouching” for the government’s case by former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg during an Oct. 9, 2025, grand jury presentation. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER Six protesters, including former Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, faced federal charges stemming from a Sept. 26, 2025, confrontation outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. Prosecutors alleged that the demonstrators surrounded a federal immigration agent’s vehicle to prevent him from entering the facility. Members of the crowd allegedly struck the vehicle, damaging a side mirror and windshield wiper, although prosecutors did not identify any of the six defendants as personally responsible. The other defendants were Oak Park village trustee Brian Straw, Chicago Democratic Committeeman Michael Rabbitt, Abughazaleh campaign staffer Andre Martin, former Cook County Board candidate Catherine Sharp and musician Joselyn Walsh.

AOC taps power player who helped Bernie Sanders defy the odds as major 2028 decision looms

AOC taps power player who helped Bernie Sanders defy the odds as major 2028 decision looms

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is tapping a key player behind Bernie Sanders’ presidential fundraising operation as speculation swirls over whether the left-wing Democrat could launch her own White House bid in 2028. Ocasio-Cortez split with her longtime digital fundraising firm, Middle Seat, Axios reported Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter. She has now tapped Aisle 518 Strategies, the firm led by Democratic strategist Tim Tagaris, who helped drive Sanders’ record-breaking online fundraising operations during his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, according to Axios. The move comes as some progressive groups are calling for Ocasio-Cortez to jump into the White House race in 2028. There has also been mounting speculation that she could seek the Senate seat held by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in 2028, potentially setting up a Democratic primary showdown if Schumer seeks re-election. AOC CAMPAIGN MEMO FRAMES GROWTH FROM PROGRESSIVE FIREBRAND TO NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY FORCE Ocasio-Cortez’s office declined to comment to Fox News Digital on Thursday. Middle Seat and Aisle 518 Strategies each did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests seeking comment. Sanders’ 2016 fundraising operation capitalized on major campaign moments and attacks from establishment Democrats to generate surges in small-dollar donations, helping propel the relatively obscure Vermont senator into an unexpectedly competitive primary battle against Hillary Clinton, Politico reported at the time. “Internet fundraising is about taking potential energy and converting it into kinetic energy, and nobody has done that better than Bernie Sanders,” veteran Democratic operative Ari Rabin-Havt told Politico back in 2016. “Tim [Tagaris] and his team are maximizing that. Their emails are superior.” Sanders’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Sanders’ campaign raised $34.5 million in the final three months of 2019, according to the AP. He went on to briefly emerge as the Democratic front-runner in early 2020 before Joe Biden consolidated support and secured the nomination. AOC OPENS UP ABOUT RACE, GENDER IN WEIGHING POSSIBLE 2028 WHITE HOUSE BID Ocasio-Cortez previously parted ways with her longtime campaign manager and creative director earlier in 2026, and also recruited a few former aides, according to Axios. “I know there is a lot of speculation about what I will decide to do in 2028,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a recent fundraising email. “I get asked about it nearly every interview and event.” Still, Ocasio-Cortez told The Washington Sun in an interview published Wednesday that she plans to deliberate privately about her political future. “I probably will not be sharing anything publicly for a little while,” she told The Sun.