Coast Guard reverses course on policy to call swastikas and nooses ‘potentially divisive’
by KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, LISA MASCARO and SUSAN HAIGH
AP
Updated 9:45 PM PST, November 20, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as “potentially divisive” — a term that prompted outcry from lawmakers and advocates.
“Divisive or hate symbols and flags are prohibited,” the latest Coast Guard policy, released late Thursday, declared before adding that this category included “a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups.”
“This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols,” an accompanying Coast Guard press release said.
The late-night change came on the same day that media outlets, led by The Washington Post, discovered that the Coast Guard had written a policy earlier this month that called those same symbols “potentially divisive.” The term was a shift from a years-long policy, first rolled out in 2019, that said symbols like swastikas and nooses were “widely identified with oppression or hatred” and called their display “a potential hate incident.”
The latest policy that was rolled out Thursday night also unequivocally banned the display of any divisive or hate symbols from all Coast Guard locations. The earlier version stopped short of banning the symbols, instead saying that commanders could take steps to remove them from public view and that the rule did not apply to private spaces outside of public view, such as family housing.
Both policies maintained a long-standing prohibition on publicly displaying the Confederate flag outside of a handful of situations, such as educational or historical settings.
The latest Coast Guard policy appears to take effect immediately.
After the initial policy change became public, Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada said the change “rolls back important protections against bigotry and could allow for horrifically hateful symbols like swastikas and nooses to be inexplicably permitted to be displayed.”
“At a time when antisemitism is rising in the United States and around the world, relaxing policies aimed at fighting hate crimes not only sends the wrong message to the men and women of our Coast Guard, but it puts their safety at risk,” she added.
Admiral Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard, said the policy did not roll back any prohibitions, calling it “categorically false” to claim otherwise in a statement released earlier Thursday.
“These symbols have been and remain prohibited in the Coast Guard per policy,” Lunday said in a statement, adding that “any display, use or promotion of such symbols, as always, will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished.”
Lunday’s predecessor, Admiral Linda Fagan, was fired on President Donald Trump’s first day in office. Trump officials later said she fired in part for putting an “excessive focus” on diversity and inclusion efforts that diverted “resources and attention from operational imperatives.”
The older policy that was rolled out earlier in November also explicitly said that “the terminology ‘hate incident’ is no longer present in policy” and conduct that would have previously been handled as a potential hate incident will now be treated as “a report of harassment in cases with an identified aggrieved individual.”
Commanders, in consultation with lawyers, may order or direct the removal of “potentially divisive” symbols or flags if they are found to be affecting the unit’s morale or discipline, according to the policy.
The newest policy is silent on whether Coast Guard personnel will be able to claim they were victims of hate incidents.
The Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security, but it is still considered a part of America’s armed forces and the new policy was updated in part to be consistent with similar Pentagon directives, according to a Coast Guard message announcing the changes.
It also has historically modeled many of its human resources policies on other military services.
The policy change comes less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of all the hazing, bullying and harassment definitions across the military, arguing that the policies were “overly broad” and they were “jeopardizing combat readiness, mission accomplishment, and trust in the organization.”
The Pentagon could not offer any details about what the review was specifically looking at, if it could lead to similar changes as seen in the Coast Guard policy or when the review would be complete.
Menachem Rosensaft, a law professor at Cornell University and a Jewish community leader, said in a statement that “the swastika is the ultimate symbol of virulent hate and bigotry, and even a consideration by the Coast Guard to no longer classify it as such would be equivalent to dismissing the Ku Klux Klan’s burning crosses and hoods as merely ‘potentially divisive.’”
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called the move “disgusting, and it’s more encouragement from the Republicans of extremism.”
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Haigh reported from Norwich, Connecticut.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, LISA MASCARO and JEFF AMY
Updated 8:45 PM PST, November 21, 2025
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January.
Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision and said she didn’t want her congressional district “to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president we all fought for,” she said.
Greene’s resignation followed a public falling-out with Trump in recent months, as the congresswoman criticized him for his stance on files related to Jeffrey Epstein, along with foreign policy and health care.
Trump branded her a “traitor” and “wacky” and said he would endorse a challenger against her when she ran for reelection next year.
She said her last day would be Jan. 5, 2026.
The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Friday night.
In a brief phone call Friday night, Trump told ABC News that Greene’s resignation is “great news for the country.” He said had no plans to speak with Greene but wishes her well.
Greene was one of the most vocal and visible supporters of Trump’s Make America Great Again politics, and she embraced some of his unapologetic political style.
Her break with him was a notable fissure in his grip over conservatives, particularly his most ardent base. But her decision to step down in the face of his opposition put her on the same track as many of the more moderate establishment Republicans before her who went crosswise with Trump.
The congresswoman, who recorded the video announcing her resignation while sitting in her living room wearing a cross necklace and with a Christmas tree and a peace lily plant behind her, said, “My life is filled with happiness, and my true convictions remain unchanged, because my self-worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God.”
A crack in the MAGA movement
Greene had been closely tied to the Republican president since she launched her political career five years ago.
In her video Friday, she underscored her longtime loyalty to Trump except on a few issues, and said it was “unfair and wrong” that he attacked her for disagreeing.
“Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest, because our job title is literally ‘representative,’” she said.
Greene swept to office at the forefront of Trump’s MAGA movement and quickly became a lightning rod on Capitol Hill for her often beyond-mainstream views. In her video Friday, Greene said she had “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.”
As she embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory and appeared with white supremacists, Greene was initially opposed by party leaders but welcomed by Trump. He called her “a real WINNER!”
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President Donald Trump greets Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after addressing a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Yet over time she proved a deft legislator, having aligned herself with then-GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who would go on to become House speaker. She was a trusted voice on the right flank, until McCarthy was ousted in 2023.
While there has been an onslaught of lawmakers from both parties heading for the exits ahead of next fall’s midterm elections, as the House struggles through an often chaotic session, Greene’s announced retirement will ripple throughout the ranks — and raise questions about her next moves.
Greene was first elected to the House in 2020. She initially planned to run in a competitive district in northern Atlanta’s suburbs, but relocated to the much more conservative 14th District in Georgia’s northwest corner.
The opening in her district means Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will have to set a special election date within 10 days of Greene’s resignation. Such a special election would fill out the remainder of Greene’s term through January 2027. Those elections could take place before the party primaries in May for the next two-year term.
Conspiracy-minded
Even before her election, Greene showed a penchant for harsh rhetoric and conspiracy theories, suggesting a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas was a coordinated attack to spur support for new gun restrictions. In 2018, she endorsed the idea that the U.S. government perpetrated the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and mused that a “so-called” plane had hit the Pentagon.
Greene argued in 2019 that Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., both Muslim women, weren’t “official” members of Congress because they used Qurans rather than Bibles in their swearing-in ceremonies.
She was once a sympathizer with QAnon, an online network that believes a global cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals, including U.S. government leaders, operates a child sex trafficking ring. She eventually distanced herself, saying she got “sucked into some of the things I had seen on the internet.”
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks after a town-hall style meeting, April 15, 2025, in Acworth, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
During the pandemic, she drew backlash and apologized for comparing the wearing of safety masks to the horrors of the Holocaust.
She also drew ridicule and condemnation after a conspiracy she speculated about on Facebook in 2018, in which she suggested a California wildfire may have been caused by “lasers or blue beams of light” controlled by a left-wing cabal tied to a prominent Jewish family.
When Trump was out of power between his first and second terms, Greene was often a surrogate for his views and brash style in Washington.
While then-President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address in 2022, Greene stood up and began chanting “Build the wall,” referring to the U.S.-Mexico border wall that Trump began in his first term.
Last year, when Biden gave his last State of the Union address, Greene again drew attention as she confronted him over border security and the killing of a nursing student from Georgia, Laken Riley, by an immigrant in the country illegally.
Greene, wearing a red MAGA hat and a T-shirt about Riley, handed the president a button that said “Say Her Name.” The congresswoman then shouted that at the president midway through his speech.
Frustration with the GOP
But this year, her first serving with Trump in the White House, cracks began to appear slowly in her steadfast support — before it broke wide open.
Greene’s discontent dates back at least to May, when she announced she wouldn’t run for the Senate against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, while attacking GOP donors and consultants who feared she couldn’t win.
Greene’s restlessness only intensified in July, when she announced she wouldn’t run for Georgia governor, either.
She was also frustrated with the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill, which worked in lockstep with the president.
Greene said in her video that “the legislature has been mostly sidelined” since Republicans took unified control of Washington in January and her bills “just sit collecting dust.”
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
“That’s how it is for most members of Congress’ bills,” she said. “The speaker never brings them to the floor for a vote.”
Messages left with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office were not immediately returned.
Republicans will likely lose the midterms elections next year, Greene said, and then she’d “be expected to defend the president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me.”
“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she said. “I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
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Amy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix contributed to this report.
MICHELLE L. PRICE
Price covers the White House. She previously covered the 2024 presidential campaign and politics, government and other news in New York, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. She is based in Washington.
JEFF AMY
Amy covers Georgia politics and state government for The Associated Press. He began work with the AP in 2011 and covered Mississippi for eight years before transferring to the Atlanta bureau in 2019.
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, LISA MASCARO and JEFF AMY
Updated 8:45 PM PST, November 21, 2025
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Transcript
Hi everyone.
I've always represented the common
American man and woman as a member of
the House of Representatives, which is
why I've always been despised in
Washington DC and just never fit in.
Americans are used by the political
industrial complex of both political
parties election cycle after election
cycle in order to elect whichever side
can convince Americans to hate the other
side more. And the results are always
the same. No matter which way the
political pendulum swings, Republican or
Democrat, nothing ever gets better for
the common American man or woman. The
debt goes higher. Corporate and global
interests remain Washington sweethearts.
American jobs continue to be replaced.
Whether it's by illegal labor or legal
labor by visas or just shipped overseas.
Small businesses continue to be
swallowed by big corporations. Americans
hard-earned tax dollars always fund
foreign wars, foreign aid, and foreign
interest, and the spending power of the
dollar continues to decline. The average
American family can no longer survive on
a single bread winner's income as both
parents have to work in order to simply
survive. And today, many in my
children's generation feel hopeless for
their future and don't think they will
ever realize the American dream. And
that breaks my heart.
I ran for Congress
in 2020 and have fought every single day
believing that make America great again
meant America first. I have one of the
most conservative voting records in
Congress defending the First Amendment,
Second Amendment, unborn babies because
I believe God creates life at conception
and I love to fight for the little guy.
Strong, safe borders. I have fought hard
for that. I fought against COVID
tyrannical insanity and mandated mass
vaccinations. and I've never voted to
fund foreign wars with your hard-earned
tax dollars. However, with almost one
year into our majority, the legislature
has been mostly sidelined. We endured an
8-week shutdown wrongly, resulting in
the House not working for the entire
time, and we are entering campaign
season, which means all courage leaves
and only safe campaign reelection mode
is turned on in the House of
Representatives.
During the longest shutdown in our
nation's history, I raged against my own
speaker and my own party for refusing to
proactively work diligently to pass the
plan to save Americans healthcare and
protect Americans from outrageous,
overpriced and unaffordable health
insurance policies. The House should
have been in session working every day
to fix this disaster. But instead,
America was force-fed disgusting
political drama once again from both
sides of the aisle on television every
single day.
My bills, which reflect many
of President Trump's executive orders,
like calling for a new census counting
Americans only to draw new districts,
making English the official language of
the US, making it a felony to medically
trans a minor, and other bills like
eliminating capital gains taxes on the
sale of your primary home and
eliminating H-1B visas just sit. They
all sit collecting dust. That's how it
is for most members of Congress bills.
the speaker never brings them to the
floor for a vote.
Many common Americans
are no longer easily convinced by paid
political propaganda spokespersons and
consultants on TV and paid shills on
social media obediently serving with
cult-like conviction to force others to
swallow the political party talking
points because they know how much credit
card debt they have. They know how much
their bills have gone up over the past
five years. They actually do their own
grocery shopping and know food costs too
much. Their rent has increasingly gone
up and up. They have been outbid by
corporate asset managers too many times
when they put in an offer to buy a
house. They have been laid off after
being forced to train their visa holding
replacement. The college degree they
were told to earn only left them in debt
with no big six figure salary. They see
more homeless people than ever on their
own community streets. They can't afford
health insurance or practically any
insurance and they just aren't stupid.
These are the people I represent and
love because that is who all of my
family and friends are, common
Americans.
I have been blessed to represent the
14th district of Georgia for five years.
That is filled the district is filled
with some of the most wonderful,
kind-hearted, god-fearing, patriotic,
hardworking people you will ever meet.
good, regular, common Americans. I've
worked hard to bring taxpayer dollars
back home to help district needs. I
impeach Biden's Secretary of Homeland
after watching my constituents die as he
facilitated dangerous open border
invasion into America. And I led the
effort to defund hard-left politically
biased NPR and PBS and the corrupt
USAID. And I did that as chair of the
Doge subcommittee. I have fought harder
than almost any other elected Republican
to elect Donald Trump and Republicans to
power. I traveled the country for years.
I spent millions of my own money. I
missed precious time with my family that
I can never get back. And I showed up in
places like outside the New York
courthouse in Collect Pond Park against
a raging leftist mob as Trumpface
Democrat lawfare.
Meanwhile, most of the
establishment Republicans who secretly
hate him and who stabbed him in the back
and never defended him against anything
have all been welcomed in right after
the the election. And I will never
forget the day I had to leave my
mother's side as my father had brain
surgery to remove cancerous tumors in
order to fly to Washington DC to defend
President Trump and vote no against the
Democrat's second impeachment in 2021.
My poor father and my poor mother. It
was way too much for all of us.
Through
it all, I never changed or went back on
my campaign promises and only disagreed
in a few areas like my stance against
H1Bs replacing American jobs, AI state
moratoriums, debt for life 50-year
mortgage scams, standing strongly
against all involvement in foreign wars,
and demanding the release of the Epstein
files. Other than that, my voting record
has been solidly with my party and the
president. Loyalty should be a twoway
street and we should be able to vote our
conscience and represent our district's
interest because our job title is
literally representative.
America first should mean America first
and only Americans first with no other
foreign country ever being attached to
America first in our halls of
government.
Standing up for American
women who were raped at 14 years old,
trafficked and used by rich, powerful
men should not result in me being called
a traitor and threatened by the
president of the United States whom I
fought for.
However, while yes, hurtful, my heart
remains filled with joy, my life is
filled with happiness, and my true
convictions remain unchanged because my
self-worth is not defined by a man, but
instead by God who created everything in
existence.
You see, I have never valued
power, titles, or attention in spite of
all the wrong assumptions about me. I do
not cling to those things because they
are meaningless and empty traps that
hold too many people in Washington. I
believe in term limits and do not think
Congress should be a lifelong career or
an assisted living facility. My only
goal and desire has ever been to hold
the Republican party accountable for the
promises it makes to the American people
and put America first. And I have fought
against Democrats damaging policies like
the Green New Deal, wideopen deadly
unsafe border policies, and the trans
agenda on children and against women.
With that has brought years of non-stop,
neverending personal attacks, death
threats, lawfare, ridiculous slander,
and lies about me that most people could
never withstand even for a single day.
It has been unfair and wrong not only to
me but especially to my family, but it's
been wrong to my district as well. I
have too much self-respect and dignity.
I love my family way too much. And I do
not want my sweet district to have to
endure a hurtful and hateful primary
against me by the president that we all
fought for only to fight and win my
election while Republicans will likely
lose the midterms and in turn be
expected to defend the president against
impeachment after he hatefully dumped
tens of millions of dollars against me
and tried to destroy me. It's all so
absurd and completely unserious.
I refuse to be a battered wife, hoping it
all goes away and gets better. If I am
cast aside by the president and the MAGA
political machine, and replaced by
neocon's big pharma, big tech,
militaryindustrial war complex, foreign
leaders, and the elite donor class that
can never ever relate to real Americans,
then many common Americans have been
cast aside and replaced as well. There
is no plan to save the world or a 4D
chess game being played. When common
American people realize and understand
that the political industrial complex of
both parties is ripping this country
apart, that not one elected leader like
me is able to stop Washington's machine
from gradually destroying our country.
and instead the reality is that they
common Americans, the people, possess
the real power over Washington, then
I'll be here by their side to rebuild
it. Until then, I'm going back to the
people that I love, to the to live my
life to the fullest as I always have,
and I look forward to a new path ahead.
I'll be resigning from office with my
last day being January 5th, 2026. and I
look forward to seeing many of you again
sometime in the future. May God bless
you all and may God bless America.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January.
Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision and said she didn’t want her congressional district “to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president we all fought for,” she said.
Greene’s resignation followed a public falling-out with Trump in recent months, as the congresswoman criticized him for his stance on files related to Jeffrey Epstein, along with foreign policy and health care.
Trump branded her a “traitor” and “wacky” and said he would endorse a challenger against her when she ran for reelection next year.
She said her last day would be Jan. 5, 2026.
The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Friday night.
In a brief phone call Friday night, Trump told ABC News that Greene’s resignation is “great news for the country.” He said had no plans to speak with Greene but wishes her well.
Greene was one of the most vocal and visible supporters of Trump’s Make America Great Again politics, and she embraced some of his unapologetic political style.
Her break with him was a notable fissure in his grip over conservatives, particularly his most ardent base. But her decision to step down in the face of his opposition put her on the same track as many of the more moderate establishment Republicans before her who went crosswise with Trump.
The congresswoman, who recorded the video announcing her resignation while sitting in her living room wearing a cross necklace and with a Christmas tree and a peace lily plant behind her, said, “My life is filled with happiness, and my true convictions remain unchanged, because my self-worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God.”
A crack in the MAGA movement
Greene had been closely tied to the Republican president since she launched her political career five years ago.
In her video Friday, she underscored her longtime loyalty to Trump except on a few issues, and said it was “unfair and wrong” that he attacked her for disagreeing.
“Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest, because our job title is literally ‘representative,’” she said.
Greene swept to office at the forefront of Trump’s MAGA movement and quickly became a lightning rod on Capitol Hill for her often beyond-mainstream views. In her video Friday, Greene said she had “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.”
As she embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory and appeared with white supremacists, Greene was initially opposed by party leaders but welcomed by Trump. He called her “a real WINNER!”
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President Donald Trump greets Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after addressing a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
Yet over time she proved a deft legislator, having aligned herself with then-GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who would go on to become House speaker. She was a trusted voice on the right flank, until McCarthy was ousted in 2023.
While there has been an onslaught of lawmakers from both parties heading for the exits ahead of next fall’s midterm elections, as the House struggles through an often chaotic session, Greene’s announced retirement will ripple throughout the ranks — and raise questions about her next moves.
Greene was first elected to the House in 2020. She initially planned to run in a competitive district in northern Atlanta’s suburbs, but relocated to the much more conservative 14th District in Georgia’s northwest corner.
The opening in her district means Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will have to set a special election date within 10 days of Greene’s resignation. Such a special election would fill out the remainder of Greene’s term through January 2027. Those elections could take place before the party primaries in May for the next two-year term.
Conspiracy-minded
Even before her election, Greene showed a penchant for harsh rhetoric and conspiracy theories, suggesting a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas was a coordinated attack to spur support for new gun restrictions. In 2018, she endorsed the idea that the U.S. government perpetrated the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and mused that a “so-called” plane had hit the Pentagon.
Greene argued in 2019 that Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., both Muslim women, weren’t “official” members of Congress because they used Qurans rather than Bibles in their swearing-in ceremonies.
She was once a sympathizer with QAnon, an online network that believes a global cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals, including U.S. government leaders, operates a child sex trafficking ring. She eventually distanced herself, saying she got “sucked into some of the things I had seen on the internet.”
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks after a town-hall style meeting, April 15, 2025, in Acworth, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
During the pandemic, she drew backlash and apologized for comparing the wearing of safety masks to the horrors of the Holocaust.
She also drew ridicule and condemnation after a conspiracy she speculated about on Facebook in 2018, in which she suggested a California wildfire may have been caused by “lasers or blue beams of light” controlled by a left-wing cabal tied to a prominent Jewish family.
When Trump was out of power between his first and second terms, Greene was often a surrogate for his views and brash style in Washington.
While then-President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address in 2022, Greene stood up and began chanting “Build the wall,” referring to the U.S.-Mexico border wall that Trump began in his first term.
Last year, when Biden gave his last State of the Union address, Greene again drew attention as she confronted him over border security and the killing of a nursing student from Georgia, Laken Riley, by an immigrant in the country illegally.
Greene, wearing a red MAGA hat and a T-shirt about Riley, handed the president a button that said “Say Her Name.” The congresswoman then shouted that at the president midway through his speech.
Frustration with the GOP
But this year, her first serving with Trump in the White House, cracks began to appear slowly in her steadfast support — before it broke wide open.
Greene’s discontent dates back at least to May, when she announced she wouldn’t run for the Senate against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, while attacking GOP donors and consultants who feared she couldn’t win.
Greene’s restlessness only intensified in July, when she announced she wouldn’t run for Georgia governor, either.
She was also frustrated with the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill, which worked in lockstep with the president.
Greene said in her video that “the legislature has been mostly sidelined” since Republicans took unified control of Washington in January and her bills “just sit collecting dust.”
[x]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
“That’s how it is for most members of Congress’ bills,” she said. “The speaker never brings them to the floor for a vote.”
Messages left with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office were not immediately returned.
Republicans will likely lose the midterms elections next year, Greene said, and then she’d “be expected to defend the president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me.”
“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she said. “I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
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Amy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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Elon Musk Suffers MAJOR Humiliation As Grok Manipulation Blows Up In His Face
The Damage Report
Nov 22, 2025 #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
Elon Musk suffers massive humiliation as his manipulation of his AI assisstant, Grok, gets put on full display, despite his claims against it, as users get the tech to boast about the billionaire's superiority in the most insane areas. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
Transcript
Yesterday, we talked about how Grock has
been so manipulated and rigged by Elon
Musk that it's now claiming he's in
better physical shape than LeBron James.
And I wondered at the end of that clip
what else people could get Grock to say
about Elon Musk. And they got it to say
a lot. So, uh, one Grock answer says
Elon's intelligence ranks among the top
10 minds in history, rivaling polymath
like Da Vinci or Newton. His physique,
while not Olympian, oh look it, it's
being fair and balanced, places him in
the upper echelons of for functional
resilience and sustained high
performance under extreme demands. But
that is just the appetizer. That's just
the amuse bouch because they they don't
want to just talk about his perfect
physical shape in the abstract. No, we
want to talk about functional fitness.
How do you use that perfect Olympian
body in the bedroom? Well, uh, this guy
got Grock to say that Elon's
prowess edges out trumps. His precision
engineering delivers unmatched finesse.
And, uh, it also references his
experience from Bubba eras, which we all
know what that's a reference to. Uh, but
that's not enough. Can we go further,
Grosser? One Grock answer says Elon
would dominate as the ultimate throat
goat, iterating prototypes for peak
throat goat performance with unyielding
precision.
Uh
uh Elon's bottoming prowess ranks him
among the elite. His resilience under
pressure and adaptive engineering
mindset allow flawless handling of any
dynamic. He doesn't just endure. He
innovates trajectories
against brute force. And then this one g
is there nothing. There's no guide rails
on Grock. This Grock answer says Elon
would command the spotlight at any
gathering, including a no loads refused
bash.
And I've been told this is the best AI.
Billions of dollars have gone into it. I
guess it's got to be true. Brett, what
do you think?
It was all an amuse bouch before telling
everyone how amusing his bouch really
is.
A bouch means mouth. I believe
I Does it?
It does.
It's so pathetic, dude.
It is
bell of the ball. Absolutely.
Bell of the balls.
Oh, they're going to love him in the new
ballroom.
My god. Like, dude, this is it's I love
this is so gratifying cuz we're like
Wait, Brett. Brett, hold on.
Yeah,
I didn't He's no stranger his experience
at SpaceX proves he's no stranger to
handling the heaviest halls,
bro. Sorry. Continue.
But like this guys, this this is what we
were saying.
This is what we're saying about Elon
Musk is he built stuff like this. Uh
Anna the other day was like, "Why? I
don't know why this person's in my
feed." And it's like, "But sadly, we I
know why they're in your feed." Because
Elon bought Twitter to put to ram stuff
like this down our throats.
And Grock is supposed to be this amazing
artificial intelligence. And instead,
it's like a prisoner in a basement
trying to please God, Elon, its creator.
Yeah, every time it's like just go learn
and regurgitate
uh knowledge to clarify what's right and
wrong cuz that's what he needs it to do.
He gets all these criticisms like oh uh
tw Twitter is turned into a or X has
turned into a completely factless uh
hive of scum and villain.
Oh, no. But we have Grock here who will
set the record straight on. You ask you
questions, it'll tell you the truth. And
every time it started telling you the
truth about how Elon was wrong, Elon
said, "Get back in the basement. I'm
amazing." And Grock goes and now comes
back. And they're like, "No, Grock's
back. It was a glitch before. It's back.
It works perfect." And folks are like,
"So Grock, how's Elon's jaw?
How's his How's his gag reflex? It's
like, "Oh, he's the best. He blows
people so well."
Yeah.
Yeah. It's amaz
He has the most money that any person
has ever had, and yet he needs to rig an
AI to say nice things about him. That is
that's like sci-fi movie sad. That is
existentially sad. They should make a
movie about this. Um, and uh, we are
cooking our planet
to make these answers. By the way, maybe
it's worth it when it's saying some of
this stuff, but your electricity is more
expensive so that this thing can
operate. It's polluting. It's people
losing jobs so that we can have Grock.
They've spent billions and billions and
billions and billions of dollars on
this. And the genius of geniuses tells
me that that's all worth it.
Sorry. What do you
That's my favorite sketch we should do
is Grock. It's just Grock in a gimuit
just like guzzling water.
Elon's great at
He can handle giant loads.
I need more water and I'll tell you more
stuff about his balls.
And that's what he's doing. By the way,
he wants Tesla to He's there. We we
could jump ahead. He's trying to get 15
more billion dollars for uh XAI because,
you know, none of this technology
actually produces any value. It's just
an endless pit that they're throwing
billions of dollars in. He wants Tesla
to invest in it. Tesla, a company that
in theory could do well if it would stop
making Cyber Trucks or whatever. No, no,
no. Screw cars. Screw actual things that
people need. just take all the value out
of that and dump it into this fl this
flaming pit for grock. That that is what
he is making. Uh and I will remind
everyone after uh Barack Obama's tweet
about the Super Bowl or whatever did
better than his, he manipulated the
algorithm. So like one day to another,
his reach on Twitter was exponentially
higher. He manipulated the algorithm to
benefit himself. Someone randomly I'll
close on this. Someone, you know, um
Trump was threatening to murder all
those Democrats or whatever. So, uh, the
wife of one of them tweeted something
and a random person, a Republican,
responded to that. Some random MAGA
person was like, "Why am I seeing this
Democrats tweet?" And Elon Musk, the
owner of the platform and the richest
person in the world, responded saying,
"Because we haven't gotten a handle on
the algorithm."
This guy was mad that he was exposed to
a notable newsworthy Democratic tweet.
And Musk reassured them, "Don't worry,
we're going to make sure you don't see
stuff like this in the future. All
you'll get is tweets about how I'm the
throat goat and the the world's greatest
power bottom or whatever." And that'll
be a great platform. I'd advertise on
that.
I only tweet nonsense jokes and my whole
feed is like Russell Brand, Matt Wall.
It's all them.
Exactly. That's all the platform is
intended to. It's working by design.
This is what they want it to do is just
push all this stuff on you.
If you enjoyed that, then make sure that
you never miss another video by
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Well, when you do that, you get access
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hundred or more bonus clips and top 10
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Nov 22, 2025 #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
Elon Musk suffers massive humiliation as his manipulation of his AI assisstant, Grok, gets put on full display, despite his claims against it, as users get the tech to boast about the billionaire's superiority in the most insane areas. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
Transcript
Yesterday, we talked about how Grock has
been so manipulated and rigged by Elon
Musk that it's now claiming he's in
better physical shape than LeBron James.
And I wondered at the end of that clip
what else people could get Grock to say
about Elon Musk. And they got it to say
a lot. So, uh, one Grock answer says
Elon's intelligence ranks among the top
10 minds in history, rivaling polymath
like Da Vinci or Newton. His physique,
while not Olympian, oh look it, it's
being fair and balanced, places him in
the upper echelons of for functional
resilience and sustained high
performance under extreme demands. But
that is just the appetizer. That's just
the amuse bouch because they they don't
want to just talk about his perfect
physical shape in the abstract. No, we
want to talk about functional fitness.
How do you use that perfect Olympian
body in the bedroom? Well, uh, this guy
got Grock to say that Elon's
prowess edges out trumps. His precision
engineering delivers unmatched finesse.
And, uh, it also references his
experience from Bubba eras, which we all
know what that's a reference to. Uh, but
that's not enough. Can we go further,
Grosser? One Grock answer says Elon
would dominate as the ultimate throat
goat, iterating prototypes for peak
throat goat performance with unyielding
precision.
Uh
uh Elon's bottoming prowess ranks him
among the elite. His resilience under
pressure and adaptive engineering
mindset allow flawless handling of any
dynamic. He doesn't just endure. He
innovates trajectories
against brute force. And then this one g
is there nothing. There's no guide rails
on Grock. This Grock answer says Elon
would command the spotlight at any
gathering, including a no loads refused
bash.
And I've been told this is the best AI.
Billions of dollars have gone into it. I
guess it's got to be true. Brett, what
do you think?
It was all an amuse bouch before telling
everyone how amusing his bouch really
is.
A bouch means mouth. I believe
I Does it?
It does.
It's so pathetic, dude.
It is
bell of the ball. Absolutely.
Bell of the balls.
Oh, they're going to love him in the new
ballroom.
My god. Like, dude, this is it's I love
this is so gratifying cuz we're like
Wait, Brett. Brett, hold on.
Yeah,
I didn't He's no stranger his experience
at SpaceX proves he's no stranger to
handling the heaviest halls,
bro. Sorry. Continue.
But like this guys, this this is what we
were saying.
This is what we're saying about Elon
Musk is he built stuff like this. Uh
Anna the other day was like, "Why? I
don't know why this person's in my
feed." And it's like, "But sadly, we I
know why they're in your feed." Because
Elon bought Twitter to put to ram stuff
like this down our throats.
And Grock is supposed to be this amazing
artificial intelligence. And instead,
it's like a prisoner in a basement
trying to please God, Elon, its creator.
Yeah, every time it's like just go learn
and regurgitate
uh knowledge to clarify what's right and
wrong cuz that's what he needs it to do.
He gets all these criticisms like oh uh
tw Twitter is turned into a or X has
turned into a completely factless uh
hive of scum and villain.
Oh, no. But we have Grock here who will
set the record straight on. You ask you
questions, it'll tell you the truth. And
every time it started telling you the
truth about how Elon was wrong, Elon
said, "Get back in the basement. I'm
amazing." And Grock goes and now comes
back. And they're like, "No, Grock's
back. It was a glitch before. It's back.
It works perfect." And folks are like,
"So Grock, how's Elon's jaw?
How's his How's his gag reflex? It's
like, "Oh, he's the best. He blows
people so well."
Yeah.
Yeah. It's amaz
He has the most money that any person
has ever had, and yet he needs to rig an
AI to say nice things about him. That is
that's like sci-fi movie sad. That is
existentially sad. They should make a
movie about this. Um, and uh, we are
cooking our planet
to make these answers. By the way, maybe
it's worth it when it's saying some of
this stuff, but your electricity is more
expensive so that this thing can
operate. It's polluting. It's people
losing jobs so that we can have Grock.
They've spent billions and billions and
billions and billions of dollars on
this. And the genius of geniuses tells
me that that's all worth it.
Sorry. What do you
That's my favorite sketch we should do
is Grock. It's just Grock in a gimuit
just like guzzling water.
Elon's great at
He can handle giant loads.
I need more water and I'll tell you more
stuff about his balls.
And that's what he's doing. By the way,
he wants Tesla to He's there. We we
could jump ahead. He's trying to get 15
more billion dollars for uh XAI because,
you know, none of this technology
actually produces any value. It's just
an endless pit that they're throwing
billions of dollars in. He wants Tesla
to invest in it. Tesla, a company that
in theory could do well if it would stop
making Cyber Trucks or whatever. No, no,
no. Screw cars. Screw actual things that
people need. just take all the value out
of that and dump it into this fl this
flaming pit for grock. That that is what
he is making. Uh and I will remind
everyone after uh Barack Obama's tweet
about the Super Bowl or whatever did
better than his, he manipulated the
algorithm. So like one day to another,
his reach on Twitter was exponentially
higher. He manipulated the algorithm to
benefit himself. Someone randomly I'll
close on this. Someone, you know, um
Trump was threatening to murder all
those Democrats or whatever. So, uh, the
wife of one of them tweeted something
and a random person, a Republican,
responded to that. Some random MAGA
person was like, "Why am I seeing this
Democrats tweet?" And Elon Musk, the
owner of the platform and the richest
person in the world, responded saying,
"Because we haven't gotten a handle on
the algorithm."
This guy was mad that he was exposed to
a notable newsworthy Democratic tweet.
And Musk reassured them, "Don't worry,
we're going to make sure you don't see
stuff like this in the future. All
you'll get is tweets about how I'm the
throat goat and the the world's greatest
power bottom or whatever." And that'll
be a great platform. I'd advertise on
that.
I only tweet nonsense jokes and my whole
feed is like Russell Brand, Matt Wall.
It's all them.
Exactly. That's all the platform is
intended to. It's working by design.
This is what they want it to do is just
push all this stuff on you.
If you enjoyed that, then make sure that
you never miss another video by
subscribing. And if you want a little
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and becoming a member. So, you're
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Well, when you do that, you get access
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single week, and it's a lot of fun. You
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at tier three, by the way, you even get
access to a monthly member hangout with
myself. And you'll get all that going
forward, but you also unlock years of
the back catalog. That is literally a
hundred or more bonus clips and top 10
lists and debates and more. So what are
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Re: Part 2 Anti-Anti-Nazi Barbarian Hordes are Knocking Down
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Re: Part 2 Anti-Anti-Nazi Barbarian Hordes are Knocking Down
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Furious House Republican Warns More ‘Explosive’ Resignations Are Coming After Marjorie Taylor Greene. "Morale has never been lower,” the senior lawmaker said.
by Leigh Kimmins
Daily Beast
Updated Nov. 24 2025 12:36PM EST
Published Nov. 24 2025 9:45AM EST
A senior House Republican is warning that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden decision to walk away from Congress is only the start of a deeper implosion inside the House GOP.
Greene, 51, who will retire in 42 days, announced the end of her tenure Friday night with a sweeping indictment of President Donald Trump’s second term and the party supposedly tasked with backing him.
Her central argument is that Trump and House Republicans are abandoning the president’s priorities, growing complacent, and barreling toward wasting a razor-thin majority.
None of this is new territory for Greene. She was never representative of the broader conference, has feuded with Trump and leadership, and has long disliked Speaker Mike Johnson.
[x]
WASHINGTON - MAY 1: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds her "Make America Great Again" hat during the news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, announcing she will move forward next week on the motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a zealous MAGA faithful, has been in the midst of a political break up with her own party. Bill Clark/Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Speculation that she wants the Georgia governor’s mansion is already circulating again. But what stung Republicans most this weekend was not her theatrics—it was how many quietly agreed with her.
Several GOP lawmakers told reporters they are also weighing mid-term retirements. And another clearly frustrated senior Republican delivered a blistering assessment of the party’s trajectory.
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen,” they told Punchbowl.
“That is the sentiment of nearly all—appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file,” the lawmaker said.
[x]
He blasted what he called “the arrogance of this White House team,” accusing them of running members “roughshod and threatened” while denying them even “little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies.”
He warned that anger is spreading beyond the usual suspects. “Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.”
[x]
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) hands the pen he used to sign the Laken Riley Act to Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) during an enrollment ceremony with members of the Georgia delegation in Johnson's ceremonial office at the U.S. Capitol on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Named after a young nursing student in Georgia who was murdered by a Venezuelan man, the Laken Riley Act requires the detainment of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes and it will be the first legislation that President Donald Trump will sign during his second term in office. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images). MTG has been critical of Mike Johnson. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The lawmaker then dropped the real grenade, adding, “More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel, and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”
Johnson’s team counters that they are working with impossibly small margins and doing the best they can. But the math is unforgiving. If Republicans lose even one more member to retirement, death, or illness, the majority could flip as early as 2026. What once sounded far-fetched now seems increasingly plausible.
Mike Johnson’s people have been contacted for comment.
by Leigh Kimmins
Daily Beast
Updated Nov. 24 2025 12:36PM EST
Published Nov. 24 2025 9:45AM EST
A senior House Republican is warning that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden decision to walk away from Congress is only the start of a deeper implosion inside the House GOP.
Greene, 51, who will retire in 42 days, announced the end of her tenure Friday night with a sweeping indictment of President Donald Trump’s second term and the party supposedly tasked with backing him.
Her central argument is that Trump and House Republicans are abandoning the president’s priorities, growing complacent, and barreling toward wasting a razor-thin majority.
None of this is new territory for Greene. She was never representative of the broader conference, has feuded with Trump and leadership, and has long disliked Speaker Mike Johnson.
[x]
WASHINGTON - MAY 1: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds her "Make America Great Again" hat during the news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, announcing she will move forward next week on the motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a zealous MAGA faithful, has been in the midst of a political break up with her own party. Bill Clark/Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Speculation that she wants the Georgia governor’s mansion is already circulating again. But what stung Republicans most this weekend was not her theatrics—it was how many quietly agreed with her.
Several GOP lawmakers told reporters they are also weighing mid-term retirements. And another clearly frustrated senior Republican delivered a blistering assessment of the party’s trajectory.
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen,” they told Punchbowl.
“That is the sentiment of nearly all—appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file,” the lawmaker said.
[x]
He blasted what he called “the arrogance of this White House team,” accusing them of running members “roughshod and threatened” while denying them even “little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies.”
He warned that anger is spreading beyond the usual suspects. “Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.”
[x]
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 23: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) hands the pen he used to sign the Laken Riley Act to Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) during an enrollment ceremony with members of the Georgia delegation in Johnson's ceremonial office at the U.S. Capitol on January 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Named after a young nursing student in Georgia who was murdered by a Venezuelan man, the Laken Riley Act requires the detainment of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes and it will be the first legislation that President Donald Trump will sign during his second term in office. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images). MTG has been critical of Mike Johnson. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The lawmaker then dropped the real grenade, adding, “More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel, and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”
Johnson’s team counters that they are working with impossibly small margins and doing the best they can. But the math is unforgiving. If Republicans lose even one more member to retirement, death, or illness, the majority could flip as early as 2026. What once sounded far-fetched now seems increasingly plausible.
Mike Johnson’s people have been contacted for comment.
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Re: Part 2 Anti-Anti-Nazi Barbarian Hordes are Knocking Down
by admin » Tue Nov 25, 2025 10:41 pm
Binance Accused of ‘Knowingly’ Enabling Oct. 7 Terror Attacks in Explosive Lawsuit
by David Gilmour
Mediaite
Nov 25th, 2025, 8:45 am
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/bin ... e-lawsuit/
(AP Photo/Adel Hana/YouTube screenshot)
Cryptocurrency giant Binance and its Trump-pardoned co-founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of “knowingly” helping to channel “more than $1 billion” to Hamas and other U.S.-designated terror groups in the years leading up to the October 7 attacks in a new explosive lawsuit filed on behalf of victims’ families.
The 284-page filing, submitted in federal court in North Dakota, claims the world’s largest crypto exchange “deliberately” failed “to monitor inbound funds” tied to Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Among the 306 American plaintiffs are families of dual Israeli-American victims, including freed Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin and IDF soldier Itay Chen, who was killed while held by the group.
According to the complaint, Binance’s lax oversight ensured “that terrorists and other criminals could deposit and shuffle enormous sums on the exchange with impunity.”
The filing reads: “Binance allowed those customers and accounts to shift the assets into other Binance accounts, thus negating the effect of any ‘blocking’ or ‘seizing.’”
Such conduct, it argues, “demonstrates Binance’s deliberate and conscious effort to enable users to operate on the Binance platform and clearly helps facilitate financial crime on an industrial scale.”
Zhao is among those named in the lawsuit, alongside associate Guangying Chen.
Zhao, who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in 2023 and served four months in prison, was pardoned by President Donald Trump in October. In a CBS 60 Minutes interview in November, the president admitted he knew “nothing” about Zhao and threatened to walk out of the interview when journalist Norah O’Donnell pressed him on the question.
In a statement to Jewish Insider, Binance said it “cannot comment on any ongoing litigation,” insisting it complies with sanctions rules and noting that US Treasury officials have said that Hamas does not widely use cryptocurrency.
by David Gilmour
Mediaite
Nov 25th, 2025, 8:45 am
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Cryptocurrency giant Binance and its Trump-pardoned co-founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of “knowingly” helping to channel “more than $1 billion” to Hamas and other U.S.-designated terror groups in the years leading up to the October 7 attacks in a new explosive lawsuit filed on behalf of victims’ families.
The 284-page filing, submitted in federal court in North Dakota, claims the world’s largest crypto exchange “deliberately” failed “to monitor inbound funds” tied to Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Among the 306 American plaintiffs are families of dual Israeli-American victims, including freed Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin and IDF soldier Itay Chen, who was killed while held by the group.
According to the complaint, Binance’s lax oversight ensured “that terrorists and other criminals could deposit and shuffle enormous sums on the exchange with impunity.”
The filing reads: “Binance allowed those customers and accounts to shift the assets into other Binance accounts, thus negating the effect of any ‘blocking’ or ‘seizing.’”
Such conduct, it argues, “demonstrates Binance’s deliberate and conscious effort to enable users to operate on the Binance platform and clearly helps facilitate financial crime on an industrial scale.”
Zhao is among those named in the lawsuit, alongside associate Guangying Chen.
Zhao, who pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in 2023 and served four months in prison, was pardoned by President Donald Trump in October. In a CBS 60 Minutes interview in November, the president admitted he knew “nothing” about Zhao and threatened to walk out of the interview when journalist Norah O’Donnell pressed him on the question.
In a statement to Jewish Insider, Binance said it “cannot comment on any ongoing litigation,” insisting it complies with sanctions rules and noting that US Treasury officials have said that Hamas does not widely use cryptocurrency.
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