https://pjmedia.com/author/patrick-poole/feedPJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 09 Apr 2026 15:28:07 -0400<![CDATA[A woman recently charged with making terrorist threats in a small North Dakota town claims she is innocent and being targeted because of her race and religion. But a local news station reports that not only has she been repeatedly charged with crimes in multiple states, she was previously arrested for her connection to a nationwide case of human sex trafficking.]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 23:47:05 -0400<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/03/11/somali-woman-charged-with-terrorizing-north-dakota-neighborhood-previously-tied-to-human-sex-trafficking-case-n101417<![CDATA[UPDATE 1:00 p.m. EST: NYPD arrested 37-year-old Thomas Heard, a &#8220;transgender woman,&#8221; yesterday afternoon after Heard threatened another woman with scissors. The victim was able to assist police in tracking the suspect down.]]>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:56:47 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/03/09/nypd-searches-for-racist-hate-crime-suspect-who-attacked-subway-riders-with-mace-n64313<![CDATA[The Muslim Student Association (MSA) is comprised of hundreds of chapters at universities and colleges across the U.S. and Canada. Founded in 1963, with its roots in the land grant universities of the American Midwest, it now boasts chapters in every state in the country and is unquestionably the largest Muslim student group in American higher education.]]>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:35:11 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/02/28/muslim-student-group-graduates-to-outright-terror-recruitment-n101403<![CDATA[The testimony Wednesday by former Trump attorney and convicted perjurer Michael Cohen before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform did not produce the smoking guns that Democrats were hoping for, but it did produce a prodigious amount of fake news.]]>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:11:41 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/02/27/nbc-news-reporter-caught-lying-about-michael-cohen-testimony-on-trump-and-wikileaks-n64134<![CDATA[Video posted online Monday shows the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), using U.S.-supplied TOW missiles in its ongoing campaign against Assad regime forces in the northern province of Idlib. The video was published by Ebaa News, with claims that the target was a group of Syrian soldiers:]]>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:39:43 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/02/26/al-qaeda-still-using-cia-provided-missiles-in-syria-n101396<![CDATA[One of the biggest questions for Western governments that has played out in recent days in the American media is what to do with Western ISIS recruits who are now in the custody of U.S.-backed forces as the Islamic State&#8217;s geographical military presence collapses into nothing.]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:12:45 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[CAIR]]><![CDATA[Council on American-Islamic Relations]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]><![CDATA[ISIS]]><![CDATA[Justice Department]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/02/21/flashback-comeys-fbi-embraced-american-isis-terrorist-helped-him-get-justice-department-job-n101385<![CDATA[In the closing minutes of last night&#8217;s Super Bowl, viewers saw an advertisement by the Washington Post narrated by actor Tom Hanks that placed the newspaper &#8212; and the journalistic enterprise as a whole &#8212; at the epicenter of modern American history.]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:26:26 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/02/04/was-washington-posts-self-congratulatory-5-25-million-super-bowl-ad-warranted-n63561<![CDATA[Two days after the incident, the ongoing investigation into the alleged hate crime targeting &#8220;Empire&#8221; actor Jussie Smollett has raised more questions than it has answered. Pictures of two shadowy figures released last night — Chicago Police are calling them &#8220;persons of interest&#8221; — will only add to the controversy.]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:28:35 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/31/empire-actor-jussie-smollett-alleged-hate-crime-investigation-yields-more-questions-no-answers-n63487<![CDATA[The incendiary story of an alleged hate crime attack targeting Empire actor Jussie Smollett immediately went viral yesterday, with media reporting the attackers made racial and anti-gay comments while using President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;MAGA&#8221; slogan during the 2 a.m. assault in downtown Chicago.]]>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:44:03 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/30/shifting-stories-cloud-claims-of-alleged-hate-crime-attack-targeting-empire-actor-jussie-smollett-n63464<![CDATA[CNN reports that Twitter account @2020fight, one of the primary outlets pushing the dubiously edited video of the encounter between the Covington Catholic High School students and Native American activist Nathan Phillips this past weekend, has been shut down for being a suspected bot account.]]>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:59:59 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/23/cnns-information-warfare-expert-got-duped-by-twitter-bot-pushing-dubious-covington-video-n63326<![CDATA[The largest American loss of life during our near-four-year involvement in Syria occurred earlier today in the city of Manbij in the northwestern part of the country.]]>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:16:56 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/16/four-americans-killed-in-suicide-bombing-in-syria-isis-claims-credit-n101296<![CDATA[Notwithstanding a federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Clemson&#8217;s National Championship football team at the White House tonight. Clemson won their national title exactly a week ago.]]>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:14:31 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[media]]><![CDATA[Satire]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/14/freedom-was-on-the-white-house-menu-for-clemsons-national-championship-football-team-n63110<![CDATA[A local San Diego TV station claims that CNN contacted their offices yesterday to schedule an interview with one of their reporters on a border wall story, only to spike the interview when they discovered the news station&#8217;s previous reporting documenting the success of the border walls and other security measures.]]>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:52:31 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/11/cnn-spiked-local-media-interview-for-pro-border-wall-reporting-san-diego-tv-station-claims-n63041<![CDATA[Two Americans who had joined ISIS in Syria were captured Sunday by U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the Hajin pocket, one of the remaining areas under the terror group&#8217;s control in Deir ez-Zor governate in eastern Syria. Two Pakistanis and one Irishman were also captured.]]>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 14:45:20 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/06/two-american-isis-fighters-captured-in-syria-n101237<![CDATA[There were important developments overnight in the murder earlier this week of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed last Sunday morning when someone opened fire on the car she was riding in with her mother and three sisters. Two men have been arrested in the case, and one has already been charged with capital murder.]]>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 10:32:27 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/06/suspects-arrested-in-murder-of-7-year-old-jazmine-barnes-but-questions-of-medias-behavior-remain-n62923<![CDATA[A police bomb disposal officer was killed while attempting to dismantle a bomb outside a Cairo church on Saturday, Agence France Press reports. Five other people were injured, including two other police officers.]]>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 17:17:04 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/05/hours-before-orthodox-christmas-bomb-disposal-officer-killed-in-explosion-outside-cairo-church-n62899<![CDATA[The Bavarian town of Amberg is in shock after a group of asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iran rampaged through the city Saturday night. Four attackers aged 17 to 19 randomly beat exiting passengers at the train station, and then moved to the city center to continue their rampage.]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 08:22:15 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/03/asylum-seekers-rampage-through-german-town-injuring-12-n62855<![CDATA[A medical resident at the Cleveland Clinic was ousted from her position after an organization reported on her long history of making anti-Semitic statements on social media.]]>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:43:33 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2019/01/01/cleveland-doctor-ousted-after-anti-semitic-social-media-posts-reported-n62816<![CDATA[To close out 2018, three people have been stabbed at the Manchester Victoria train station in the UK in an apparent act of terrorism.]]>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:28:43 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2018/12/31/happy-new-year-infidel-manchester-train-stabbing-an-apparent-act-of-terrorism-n101227<![CDATA[A Palestinian Authority (PA) court in Ramallah has sentenced a U.S. citizen to life in prison with hard labor today for the crime of selling property to Jews, a capital offense in the PA.]]>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:09:53 -0500<![CDATA[Patrick Poole]]>https://pjmedia.com/patrick-poole/2018/12/31/palestinian-authority-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-life-in-prison-for-selling-jerusalem-apartment-to-jews-n62796