Have you had the sinking feeling that we’re not being told the full truth about the terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas on New Year’s Day? Initially, an FBI special agent claimed that the New Orleans incident wasn’t a terror attack, but the public saw through that denial. Meanwhile, the media initially brushed off the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas as an accident — despite the undeniable symbolism of a Tesla blowing up in front of a Trump property. It’s hard to believe that it wasn’t a calculated message.
Between the FBI and the media, it feels like there’s a concerted effort to downplay these incidents and gaslight the public. The FBI hides behind its badges and the supposed prestige of its agency, while the mainstream media uses its role as gatekeepers of information to push their preferred narrative — one that serves their agenda, not the truth.
Neither the FBI nor the media have given us much reason to trust them lately, and the way they’ve handled these attacks is the latest in a long list of offenses, which is why at this point, we have very little reason to believe either going forward.
So when the FBI claims there is “no definitive link” between the horrific events, I can’t help being skeptical.
“At this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas,” FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said Thursday morning. “And again, I'll preface, as I close, I'll preface everything with what I started with in the beginning, which was, this is very early in an investigation like this.”
FBI: There is "no definitive link" between Las Vegas attack and New Orleans attack
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 2, 2025
-Both attacks involved vehicles
-Attacks happened within hours of each other
-Both vehicles rented through Turo
-Both suspects served in U.S. Army at the same base pic.twitter.com/WPM7EZVAM6
There is a small possibility that these incidents are related, but let’s look at the facts we’ve already reported. The attacks happened within hours of each other, and both involved vehicles that the suspects rented through the car-sharing app Turo. Both suspects are veterans who served in the U.S. Army at the same base at the same time for a brief period.
That’s an awful lot of similarities to be shrugged off as mere coincidences, don’t you think? While the FBI insists there’s no connection between these two events, it seems more likely that they are.
For what it’s worth, authorities are reportedly investigating a connection between the two incidents, but who knows when, if at all, we’ll find out the truth.
I don’t expect to get the truth until Donald Trump takes office and properly reforms the FBI and the Justice Department. Once Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are confirmed as FBI director and attorney general, they will have the opportunity to clean house.
Related: You Won't Believe How the AP Described the Cybertruck Explosion in Vegas
The facts are clear: Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, drove his truck through a crowd on Bourbon Street and opened fire on bystanders, killing 15. His allegiance to ISIS has been confirmed. The FBI, however, insisted that this wasn’t a terrorist attack at first.
Meanwhile in Nevada, the Cybertruck bomber in Las Vegas did everything but scream “terrorism” — he loaded a Tesla with firework mortars and gasoline before parking outside the Trump Hotel. Thankfully, he only succeeded in blowing himself up.
It’s time for the FBI (and the media) to step back and stop insulting our intelligence. The American people are no longer buying the political games they’re playing. The facts don’t lie. There appear to be links between the two events, and no good can come out of downplaying these situations or pretending that they are isolated incidents. It’s as if the FBI’s attempt to downplay these attacks is a desperate effort to avoid acknowledging the reality of terrorism on American soil, especially when it involves groups like ISIS.
The FBI needs to be honest with the American people: these were acts of terrorism. But until we clean house and restore integrity to the FBI, it's hard to trust anything that it tells us.
The American public deserves better. We demand the truth.
