Isaac Thomas, a Michigan resident and January 6 defendant, shared his reaction to being pardoned by President Donald Trump during an interview on Sunday. According to Thomas, Trump signed pardon documents live on television, extending clemency to nearly all January 6 defendants.
“A little over an hour ago, my attorney in my January 6 federal case received a call from President Trump’s team, letting him know that my name was added to the pardon list,” Thomas said. “Just about less than 10 minutes ago, President Trump on live TV signed the pardon documents.”
Thomas described his experience surrounding the January 6 Capitol incident and the subsequent charges he faced. “I’ve been accused of a lot of stuff as well as other January 6 defendants,” Thomas said. “The mainstream media has really dragged our name through the dirt. They’ve accused us of insurrection, despite nobody being charged with insurrection.”
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Thomas denied the accusations of violence, including claims that he assaulted an officer with a flagpole. “There is still, to this day, no officer that has come forward and said that I assaulted them,” he said. “There’s not a single one listed. My attorney hasn’t been able to figure it out either.”
Thomas, who spent seven months in jail—including four months in solitary confinement—has yet to stand trial for the charges brought against him. He said he turned down multiple plea deals, citing faith and hope for exoneration. “I still have not been given my day in court,” he noted.
Reflecting on the events of January 6, Thomas claimed that the crowd’s actions were in reaction to police conduct. “The Capitol Police, without warning, launched smoke bombs and rubber bullets and mace into the crowd,” he said. “That caused people to fight back. Throughout them launching those attacks, they murdered four protesters.”
Thomas pointed to his faith as a source of strength throughout the ordeal. “God has used this to make me stronger and to bring me closer to Him than I’ve ever been,” he said. “I wouldn’t change a single thing. I would do it all over again a million times.”
He also expressed gratitude toward Trump. “We stood by your side and stood up for you, and today you kept your promise,” Thomas said. “I’m very grateful for that.”
When asked if he had regrets, Thomas maintained his stance, saying he was proud to have exercised his First Amendment rights. “I do not condone any sort of violence,” he said. “But I am very proud that I exercised my First Amendment right to peacefully protest.”
Thomas concluded the interview by encouraging others to speak their truth. “Be bold and brave,” he said. “Go out here and speak the truth. Don’t worry about being called names.”
Michigan House Bill 5711, which would roll back the state’s clean energy mandates for utilities, has cleared the House Energy Committee and is headed to the full House for a vote.
If approved there, it would move to the Senate for consideration.
🚨The Village of Birch Run, Michigan doesn’t record or live stream their public meetings. They’re not legally required to, but I think it would be something good to do for transparency. I talked to the village president who did not want to touch the issue.
The USGS says a magnitude 2.9 earthquake hit about 7 km south southeast of Amherstburg, Canada, just across from the Detroit area. It happened at a shallow depth of about 2 km.
Did you feel anything in Mid Michigan or Metro Detroit?
No livestream. No recording. No transparency. So I showed up. St. Charles, Michigan school board. Know a school board or local government keeping meetings off camera? Tell me where to go next.
Thank-you for being here. M to F I send out this morning email. The stories they don’t want you to see.
SOS Benson’s Past Ties to SPLC Draw Scrutiny Amid Federal Investigation Allegations
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who is running for governor, isn’t shy about her longtime ties to the now federally-indicted Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
The left-leaning SPLC is under a U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigation, and faces 11 counts related to wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. It centers on the SPLC paying people to infiltrate groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazi organizations in order to incite racial unrest. These are the very groups the SPLC said they fought against.
The Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) stressed that Benson’s affiliation with the SPLC wasn’t “peripheral.” It said, “By her own account, [Benson] worked at the organization as an undercover operative in the late 1990s, going so far as to pose as a freelance journalist to gain access to neo-Nazi leaders and white supremacist groups.” Click here to read more.
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FBI looks into dead or missing nuclear and space defense scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX
Almost a dozen scientists related to nuclear and space defense programs tied to NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin are dead or missing in cases as far back as 2022, and they’ve gone largely unnoticed by authorities and the public—until now.
The House Oversight Committee formally demanded answers from four federal agencies Monday on the deaths and disappearances of at least 11 American scientists and researchers with ties to NASA, nuclear research, and classified defense programs—several of them directly connected to the space defense technologies now being commercialized by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), the chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, sent letters to FBI Director Kash Patel, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, requesting staff-level briefings no later than April 27. Click here to read more.
Alabama boy’s secret Facebook post asking for cancer drug grabs national attention
RALPH, Ala. - An Alabama teenager took a chance on Wednesday, filming a two-minute video on his mom’s Facebook page without his parents knowing.
He didn’t expect what happened next.
Will Roberts, 15, lives in Ralph, an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County. He’s fighting for his life against stage 4 bone cancer, called osteosarcoma, which has spread throughout his body.
“From a parent’s aspect, you’re just getting by day to day in hopes that this miraculous treatment is advanced in the time that you’re allowed to fight every day,” said Will’s mother, Brittney. Click here to read more.
Appeals court keeps Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ open
ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can continue operating, overturning a lower court’s order that had required it to begin winding down.
In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the state-run center did not trigger requirements for a federal environmental review. The majority said Florida officials built and control the facility on state land, without sufficient federal involvement to invoke the National Environmental Policy Act.
“Florida, not the federal government, controls the site and bore the full cost of construction,” the opinion stated. At the time of the district court’s injunction last August, no federal reimbursement had been provided, the panel noted. Click here to read more.
Fairfax Schools’ ‘Equity’ Calendar and Its Classroom Consequences
In January 2022, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) adopted a calendar containing fewer five-day school weeks and more early release days with the explicitly stated goals of “equity and inclusion.”
At that time, the 12 Democratic-endorsed school board members also voted to decouple spring break from Easter—a terrible idea that lasted only a year—as part of broader efforts to create a more “equitable” school calendar.
FCPS’s updated calendar further recognizes several religious and cultural holidays, including Eid al-Adha, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Día de los Muertos, Diwali, Bodhi Day, Three Kings Day/Epiphany, Orthodox Christmas, Orthodox Epiphany, Lunar New Year, Ramadan, Good Friday, Theravada, Orthodox Good Friday/Last Night of Passover and Eid al-Fitr. Click here to read more.
