Terror Plots, Fake Crime Stats, and a Border Bill Coming Due

While the media chases Trump’s tone, the country just got a raw look at what the last four years actually unleashed, and what’s changing fast.

Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, December 16th, 2025.

Over the last 48 hours, the government quietly admitted three things it spent years denying: extremists are organizing inside the U.S., crime data was manipulated to protect political narratives, and open-border policies created risks no one wanted to own.

The media will treat these as isolated stories. They’re not. They’re symptoms of the same failure — institutions protecting themselves instead of the public.

This briefing connects the dots before the excuses start.

The New Year’s Eve Bomb Plot They Almost Pretended Wasn’t Real

Four self-identified members of a radical pro-Palestinian extremist cell were arrested while preparing coordinated IED bombings across Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. Five targets. Desert testing. Written attack plans. Bomb components laid out on tables.

Here’s the part that matters: this wasn’t some lone-wolf fantasy. This was organized, ideological, and operational. The group’s worldview blended “Free Palestine” rhetoric with explicit anti-American, anti-law-enforcement intent — including plans to target ICE agents and vehicles.

The FBI stopped it days before execution. That’s the win. The failure is that people like this were able to organize, recruit, and move freely inside the U.S. in the first place.

18,000 Terrorists Inside the Country — And That’s Just the Ones We Know

The National Counterterrorism Center told Congress something legacy media still refuses to say plainly: 18,000 known or suspected terrorists entered the U.S. during the Biden years.

That number isn’t theoretical. It includes 2,000 admitted through the Afghan airlift, many without full vetting, plus thousands more who crossed illegally and disappeared into the interior.

When Democrats tried to deflect responsibility during the hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem snapped back: this wasn’t an accident — it was policy. And the risk isn’t abstract. It’s exactly how you end up disrupting bomb plots days before execution instead of never hearing about them at all.

Washington, D.C. Crime Wasn’t “Down” — It Was Downgraded

House Oversight dropped the receipts: D.C.’s police leadership didn’t reduce crime — they reclassified it out of public view.

Commanders testified they were pressured to downgrade offenses so they wouldn’t appear on daily crime reports. Those who refused were humiliated, sidelined, or transferred. One commander described being dressed down publicly for robberies he didn’t commit — because the numbers embarrassed leadership.

This matters because it confirms what residents already knew: the data was lying. And it also explains why Trump’s federal crime surge worked. When optics stopped mattering and enforcement returned, crime actually dropped.

Trump Draws the Line: Fentanyl Is Now a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Trump signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursors as Weapons of Mass Destruction. That’s not rhetorical. It’s legal.

The move unlocks harsher prosecutions, asset seizures, intelligence tools, and potential military support for law enforcement. The logic is blunt: fentanyl kills more Americans annually than most wars, and it’s trafficked by cartel networks that behave like terror organizations.

This isn’t about symbolism. It’s about treating mass death like the national security threat it is — not a public health talking point.

The Reiner Murders, and the Media’s Reflex to Miss the Point

Rob Reiner and his wife were brutally murdered. Their son has been charged and is being held without bail. That’s the tragedy.

The spectacle came afterward — as media outlets scrambled to turn Trump’s commentary into the story instead of the crime itself. It’s a familiar move: emotional overload, moral scolding, zero clarity.

The only relevant facts right now are the charges, the custody status, and the ongoing investigation. Everything else is noise.

Hunter Biden Loses Another Law License — Quietly

Hunter Biden consented to disbarment in Connecticut, admitting attorney misconduct tied to his gun and tax cases. No criminal admissions. No courtroom drama. Just another professional consequence — long after a presidential pardon wiped away the legal exposure.

It’s not revenge. It’s residue. And it’s what accountability looks like when it shows up late and watered down.

This is what happens when narrative management replaces enforcement. Terror threats don’t disappear — they metastasize. Crime doesn’t go down — it gets reclassified. And accountability doesn’t arrive until the damage is already done.

The people who caused this will spend the day arguing about tone, process, and “context.” They won’t argue the facts, because today, the facts finally spoke for themselves.

~ Scott 🇺🇸

P.S. If this feels sudden, it’s because you were lied to slowly.