"You're Not The Only One With Guns": Anti-ICE Organizer Issues Viral Threat After US Marshal Wounded In Ramming Incident

Los Angeles schoolteacher and prominent anti-ICE activist Ron Gochez has suggested that if the Trump administration continues to round up illegal aliens, they may wind up on the receiving end of a bullet.

anti-ICE activist Ron Gochez

 "This is South Central Los Angeles," Gochez told a crowd at a Tuesday evening anti-ICE protest. "They are not the only ones with guns in this city. They're not the only ones and don't forget that." 

WATCH: A school teacher at an anti-ICE protest warns federal agents that they're "not the only ones with guns." pic.twitter.com/O2cyuvFDT9

— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 22, 2025

"I don't say that because we're calling for violence," he continued. "I'm saying that because the people have every right to defend themselves against masked, unidentified gunmen with AR-15s and other military rifles." 

Citizens do, but anyway... 

His comments followed a shooting incident earlier Tuesday during an ICE enforcement operation, where a U.S. marshal was wounded in the hand by a ricochet bullet and the suspect, Carlitos Ricardo Parias (a TikTok influencer also known as "Richard L.A."), was shot in the elbow after allegedly ramming federal vehicles.

Ron Gochez - ICE Hunter

Gochez has made headlines this year as a founder of the Los Angeles Chapter of Unión del Barrio - an activist group known for 'patrolling' Los Angeles to look for signs of ICE agents setting up to conduct immigration raids and then posting about them to their Instagram following of nearly 150,000.

Gochez is heading north from Florence to Martin Luther King Boulevard, weaving through every street while looking for signs of ICE agents and talking to me.

That past Sunday morning, Union del Barrio’s Instagram posted a photo to its nearly 100,000 followers, exposing 200 ICE agents staged in an industrial area of Bell.

“We think that an ICE agent leaked their meet-up to us, where they set up a depot to plan their day,” Gochez says, a hint of pride in his voice. “We disrupted their operation, and they retreated to their main depot in Terminal Island, San Pedro. Our eyes are on their stations day and night, tracking when they leave and return.”

Gochez founded L.A.’s Union del Barrio chapter in 2004. Amid recent ICE raids across Southern California, his organization's page has become the top source for real-time, verified ICE sightings in Los Angeles. -L.A. Taco

Unión del Barrio's tagline reads that they are "committed to the complete liberation of all Raza, from Chile to Alaska, and supporting the self-determination of oppressed peoples worldwide." 

So, the goal is to take back the Americas. And it may start with shooting ICE agents?

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AI Deepfakes Fueling Digitally-Enabled Crime-Wave In The Freight Industry

Authored by Noi Mahoney via FreightWaves.com,

Cargo theft across North America is rapidly evolving from traditional trailer break-ins to sophisticated digital fraud schemes that use artificial intelligence, social engineering and marketplace reselling to move stolen goods faster than ever before, experts told FreightWaves.

“Criminals have realized they can commit theft without ever touching the freight,” Danny Ramon, director of intelligence and response at supply chain risk firm Overhaul told FreightWaves.

“They’re lowering their physical risk and scaling operations digitally — sometimes pulling off multiple thefts a day.”

Ramon said organized cargo networks are increasingly adopting AI-generated voices and synthetic identities to bypass verification calls or create fake carrier profiles. 

“AI, just like it is in the business world, is a force multiplier in the criminal world as well,” Ramon said.

“Unfortunately, it’s adding efficiency, it’s sometimes the appearance of legitimacy, especially to social engineering and phishing attacks. AI now is making these things messages … not only grammatically perfect, if need be, but maybe just imperfect enough to sound like a person.”

The digital shift mirrors a broader trend noted by Descartes’ account executive Danielle Spinelli, who is known in the freight industry as the “Fraud Girl” and hosts the Tell Me Everything podcast.

“I’ve heard of brokerages getting phone calls from AI bots on the carrier side — they’re trying not to sound Middle Eastern or raise red flags, just to sound like a typical call,” Spinelli said.

“If you’re dispatching, ask drivers real-time questions — like about the weather or their surroundings — instead of routine ones, because that’s what the bots are programmed to answer.”

Cargo thefts in the U.S. increased 33% year-over-year in the second quarter to 525 incidents, according to Overhaul’s Q2-2025 cargo theft report. 

Criminals targeted California (38% of all cases during the quarter), Texas (21%), Tennessee (15%), Pennsylvania (10%) and Illinois (7%). The areas around Los Angeles and Long Beach accounted for 36% of all cargo theft cases in the U.S. during the quarter.

Top commodities targeted by thieves in the quarter included electronics, food and beverage products and home appliances.

Low-risk, high-reward — and powered by social media

Both experts warned that freight crime has become more agile thanks to online reselling channels such as Facebook Marketplace, TikTok Shop, and small pop-up stores.

“There’s now a criminal direct-to-consumer pipeline by way of e-tail websites and social media marketplaces where whatever these cargo thieves are stealing, they’re reaping 100% of the sale price,” Ramon said.

On Oct. 2, authorities in Los Angeles arrested Adeel Shams, founder of popular sneaker resale platform CoolKicks, after discovering more than $500,000 in stolen Nike goods during a raid at the company’s Santa Monica warehouse. Following Shams arrest, CoolKicks issued a statement saying they had no knowledge that the Nike products were stolen goods when they purchased them.

Trending consumer products — from energy drinks to sneakers — are also top targets, Ramon added.

“Anything going viral on TikTok will get targeted,” Ramon said. “It’s no longer about cost density; it’s about how fast they can liquidate the load.”

Spinelli said even low-value loads like bottled water or Kraft mac and cheese have become training exercises for newer fraudsters.

“Some of the things happening is they’re making the new guys that are getting in the fraud game handle those low, lower risk ones because those are easier to train on,” she said. “I think then as they kind of get trained up, then they go after the big things.”

Holiday hotspots and a Mexico shift

Overhaul’s data shows theft spikes each holiday season near major intermodal hubs — including Southern California, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Atlanta, Memphis, and the Northeast corridor. 

“Distribution centers are packed right now, and that’s when security corners get cut,” Ramon said.

Ramon noted rising theft and violence in Mexico’s freight corridors, especially in Puebla, which recently surpassed the State of Mexico as the top cargo-theft state.

“Cartel groups centralized control there, and now we’re seeing more violence at the start of thefts rather than just threats,” he said.

A growing cost to the industry

While cargo theft still represents only a small fraction of total freight transactions, Spinelli said its financial impact is severe. 

“When companies get hit, insurance doesn’t always cover it — they pay out of pocket, and some shut down,” she said. “That cost just rolls back to the consumer.”

Both experts agreed that education and awareness — not just detection — will define the next phase of the industry’s fight against freight fraud.

“It’s a cat-and-mouse game,” Spinelli said. “The bad guys evolve fast. So the only real defense is staying one step ahead.”

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Federal Judge Blocks Push To Remove Gender Ideology From Sex Ed Curricula

Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,

A federal judge in Oregon said during a hearing on Monday that she plans to issue an injunction stopping the Trump administration from requiring several Democratic-led states to remove references to gender ideology from their sexual health education curricula as a condition of receiving federal grant funding.

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken, based in Eugene, made the comments in reference to a lawsuit filed by 16 states, including Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin, as well as the District of Columbia. The states of Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota are leading the group.

The lawsuit centers on an executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20—the first day of his second term.

The order called for federal agencies to recognize two sexes, male and female, and to ensure that grant funds do not support “gender ideology.”

The Department of Health and Human Services published notices in August that recipients of grants from the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) and the Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education programs must not include content teaching that gender identity is separate from biological sex.

The department also sent 46 states and territories letters in which it mandated the removal of any such references from federally funded materials within 60 days. Non-compliance led to actions including the termination of California’s PREP grant after the state did not change its educational content.

PREP teaches young people about abstinence and contraception to decrease pregnancy risk and sexually transmitted infections, with a focus on supporting children in foster care, homeless situations, or regions with elevated teen birth rates. The Title V program similarly advocates for sexual risk avoidance.

Collectively, the plaintiff states faced losing at least $35 million in funding if they did not comply with the directives.

Attorneys for the states argued that the administration’s requirements contradict the statutory frameworks set up by Congress for these programs and infringe lawmakers’ authority over federal spending, thus violating the U.S. Constitution.

They further asserted that the policy is an “arbitrary and capricious” exercise of power under the Administrative Procedure Act, since it allegedly excludes certain categories of students from educational materials.

Representatives for the Trump administration argued that the policy is in line with congressional objectives of promoting abstinence and reducing sexual risks.

They underscored that the measures do not prevent any individuals from taking part in the programs but instead prohibit the inclusion of specific content revolving around the topic of gender transitions.

“We’re not excluding anybody from these programs,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Susanne Luse said. “We’re just simply saying you cannot teach that boys can be girls and girls can be boys.”

During the hearing conducted over the phone, the judge said that the administration’s stance was inconsistent with applicable statutes and akin to a “separate-but-equal” doctrine as it relates to sex education. She said she will release a written injunction soon.

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Netflix Crashes After Musk's "Cancel" Crusade Leads To Top, Bottom Line Miss

As Goldman wrote in its preview, positioning into today's earnings from Netflix was muted at best, with the stock serving as a "funding short" for various tech-linked pair trades. It is therefore safe to say that expectations were rather muted (with options pricing in 7.5% implied move). Well, for once Wall Street had it spot and whether or not this was due to Elon Musk's aggressive campaign to "Cancel Netflix" due to its tranny-endorsing content, moments ago the company reported results which were catastrophic, with the company missing on both the top and bottom line, and even though it went for the good ole' miss and hike forecasts, the stock - which is plunging after hours - did not buy it. 

Here are the highlights from Q3:

• EPS $5.87 vs. $5.40 y/y, badly missing estimate $6.94
   
• Revenue $11.51 billion, missing estimate $11.52 billion
  • US & Canada revenue $5.07 billion, +17% y/y, beating estimate $5.04 billion
  • EMEA revenue $3.70 billion, +18% y/y, beating estimate $3.68 billion
  • Latin America revenue $1.37 billion, +10% y/y, missing estimate $1.4 billion
  • APAC revenue $1.37 billion, +21% y/y, missing estimate $1.38 billion
     
• Operating income $3.25 billion, +12% y/y, missing estimate $3.63 billion
• Operating margin 28.2% vs. 29.6% y/y, missing estimate 31.6%
• Cash flow from operations $2.83 billion, +22% y/y, beating estimate $2.56 billion
• Free cash flow $2.66 billion, beating estimate $2.39 billion

Naturally, Reed Hastings and his woke, pedo-friendly outfit would never admit that Musk was responsible for the stock implosion, so he blamed some Brazilian BS instead: 

"Operating margin of 28% was below our guidance of 31.5% due to an expense related to an ongoing dispute with Brazilian tax authorities that was not in our forecast. Absent this expense, we would have exceeded our Q3'25 operating margin forecast. We don’t expect this matter to have a material impact on future results."

Yeah right. 

This is what else the company said about Q1:

Revenue in Q3 grew 17%, in-line with our forecast, driven primarily by membership growth, pricing adjustments, and increased ad revenue. Revenue was in-line with our guidance with the slight variance due to unfavorable movements in foreign currencies since we set our forecast.

Engagement remains healthy. We hit our highest quarterly view share ever in the US and UK, which has grown 15% and 22%, respectively since Q4’22, according to Nielsen and Barb.

Q3’25 operating income totaled $3.2B, up 12% year over year. Operating margin was 28% vs 30% in Q3’24. This was below our guidance forecast because we incurred an expense in Q3’25 of approximately $619 million related to an ongoing dispute with Brazilian tax authorities regarding certain non-income tax assessments. This expense was not included in our prior guidance forecast but was identified as a potential exposure in our prior 10-Q and 10-K filings. The expense, which covers periods from 2022 through Q3’25, was booked as a cost of revenue. The cumulative impact of this expense (approximately 20% of which is for the year 2025 with the remainder related to 2022-2024) reduced our Q3’25 operating margin by more than five percentage points. Absent this expense, we would have exceeded our Q3'25 operating margin forecast, and we don’t expect this matter to have a material impact on our results in the future. Diluted EPS was $5.87 vs. $5.40 last year (+9% year over year), $1.00 below forecast due to lower than forecasted operating income.

Hoping markets will quickly forget the atrocious Q3 numbers, NFLX was hoping market will just buy the outlook hype with the following Q4 guidance: 

• Revenue $11.96 billion, above the estimate $11.9 billion
• EPS $5.45, above estimate $5.42
• Operating income $2.86 billion, above estimate $2.88 billion
• Operating margin 23.9%, above estimate 24.1%

Looking ahead, NFLX said In Q4’25, it expects revenue growth of 17% (16% on a F/X neutral basis) driven by growth in members, pricing, and ad revenue. We project an operating margin of 23.9%, a two percentage point year over year improvement.

This means that for the full year 2025, we expect $45.1B in revenue (16% growth, 17% on an F/X neutral basis), in-line with our prior expectations for 15%-16% revenue growth (16%-17% on a F/X neutral basis). We’re now forecasting a 2025 operating margin of 29% (both reported and based on F/X rates as of 1/1/25), vs. our prior expectations for a 30% reported operating margin (29.5% based on F/X rates as of 1/1/25) due to the impact of the Brazilian tax matter.

NFLX also discussed its content slate, which according to the company "helped drive record TV view share in Q3 in the United States and the United Kingdom , two of our largest markets. Based on Nielsen and Barb data, from Q4’22-Q3’25, our quarterly 4 TV view share has grown 15% and 22% in the US and UK, respectively, as you see in the charts below. Given the still substantial amount of linear viewing globally, we believe there’s plenty of opportunity to expand our share of TV engagement, if we continue to improve."

Turning to the company's cash flow, it reported Q3 cash generated from operating of $2.8B vs. $2.3B in the prior year period. Free cash flow in Q3’25 totaled $2.7B vs. $2.2B in Q3’24. The company now expects 2025 free cash flow of approximately $9B (+/- a few hundred million dollars), up from its prior forecast of $8B-$8.5B. This new forecast
reflects the timing of cash payments and lower content spend.

During the quarter NFLX repurchased 1.5M shares for $1.9B, leaving $10.1B remaining under our existing share repurchase authorization. We ended the quarter with gross debt of $14.5B and cash and cash equivalents of $9.3B

There was a bunch more in the investor letter which readers can peruse at their leisure, but the only thing that mattered was the stock price, which explains why NFLX has been underperforming since June and has become the favorite hedge fund funding short.

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Taibbi: FEMA Workers Improperly Collected Data About Politics Of Disaster Victims

Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News,

Last November 8th, on the Saturday after Election Day, one of the more bizarre post-scripts to Donald Trump’s re-election emerged in the form of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) decision to sideline one official accused of telling FEMA workers to “avoid homes advertising Trump” while canvassing for victims of Hurricane Milton in Florida.

Joe Biden and former FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell in Florida after Hurricane Milton last year

The Daily Wire spoke to multiple FEMA officials who produced screenshots of entries like “Trump sign, no contact per leadership”:

The most painful confirmation, however, came from then-FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, who testified after the election that the episode was an “isolated incident,” as well as “unacceptable” and “heartbreaking,” suggesting the problem was limited to one eventually-terminated Disaster Survivor Assistance crew leader named Marn’i Washington, adding: “I do not believe that this employee’s actions are indicative of any widespread cultural problems at FEMA.”

Washington didn’t take the CYA maneuver lying down. She made a series of aggressive media appearances, saying repeatedly “my orders come from my superior” from above when instructing subordinates to avoid homes that made some FEMA workers “uncomfortable” by featuring Trump paraphernalia:

Marn'i Washington, the ex-FEMA employee accused of telling her team not to go to Florida homes with Trump yard signs, says the order to avoid certain houses was from her direct superior based on previous team encounters.

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The Democrats generally maintained that decisions to skip over houses featuring Trump signs or signs about guns were legit and safety-based. Republicans blasted FEMA workers for comparing Trump voters to “vicious dogs” and suggested instructions like “Per leadership no stop Trump flag,” and “Trump sign, no contact per leadership” were indicative of a wider problem.

A year later, the Privacy Office of the Department of Homeland Security is releasing a review of that episode, the broader issue of using disaster relief work to collect political intelligence on voters, and the potentially withholding of benefits from some with the wrong beliefs. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the new administration found more than just one “isolated incident,” describing violations of the Privacy Act of 1974, which with a few exceptions bars collection of information about First Amendment-protected speech, like political signage. Most tellingly, though, DHS investigators found — in a near-exact parallel to trends in pro-censorship programs — that a lot of the political controversy surrounding FEMA aid grew out of the vague way in which the agency’s Disaster Survivor Assistance Field Operations Guide was written.

The Field Operations Guide instructed FEMA workers to “Remove yourself from the situation if you feel threatened” when dealing with “hostile” individuals, the only problem being, as the new report notes: “The Disaster Survivor Assistance Field Operations Guide does not define the term ‘hostile.’”

“The way the guide was written, FEMA employees had leeway to skip outreach to a house if its signs made them feel uncomfortable,” one Washington-based First Amendment lawyer put it last week. “So it’s basically the same concept of a harm or distress standard we’re seeing in Europe with speech issues, where the emotional response of the observer is what matters legally, as opposed to a concrete rule.”

The DHS report doesn’t describe a huge number of instances, but does list examples of FEMA workers from various relief efforts taking down political information well before the incident that actually made the news. FEMA’s actions were “not limited to the Hurricane Milton disaster relief efforts in 2024,” and in fact, “FEMA impermissibly collected prohibited information at least dating back to the Hurricane Ida disaster in September 2021.”

Some examples cited: October, 2021: “Homeowner had sign stated… this is Trump country.” September, 2021: “A lot of political flags, posters, etc. ‘Fuck Joe Biden,’ ‘MAGA 2024,’ ‘Joe Biden Sucks’ ‘Trump 2024’ We do not recommend anyone visiting this location.” November 2024: ‘There was a political flyer so I didn’t leave a FEMA brochure.” Neither Criswell nor Washington responded to requests for comment.

The DHS report lists several recommendations for changing procedures to make both political information-gathering and subjective aid delivery harder, but the problem the report identifies suggests a broader, hairier problem. Federal aid workers empowered to withhold relief based on what they consider “hostile” signage in either direction creates an opening for a federalized version of the old “walking-around-money” operation pioneered by ward-heelers in city elections, in which petty cash made it into the hands of one party’s potential voters. The number of incidents in the new DHS report don’t come close to suggesting an election-altering phenomenon (the most controversial instances came last year, but still totaled under 100 episodes), but as one official who worked on the report noted, the phenomenon still “really escalated in the last administration.”

The DC-based lawyer said the mere fact that FEMA aid can be politicized should worry members of both parties enough to do something about it. “People hate the government enough as it is. If it’s known that disaster relief can be politicized and nobody fixes the problem, imagine how mad people will be one or two cycles from now.”

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