‘War Against Pro-Lifers’: Inside Suspected Manifesto Of IVF Clinic Bomber

'War Against Pro-Lifers': Inside Suspected Manifesto Of IVF Clinic Bomber

The suspected bomber of a California fertility clinic appears to have declared "war against pro-lifers" in a smattering of online writings believed to be his. Awebpagewith statements expressing hatred of religion and human life is part of an FBI probe into Guy Edward Bartkus, who allegedly killed himself in a bombing at American Reproductive Centers on Saturday, the FBI told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The suspected manifesto webpage cites an "anti-fascist" group, Sandy Hook Elementary School killer Adam Lanza and others as inspiration for the Pallm Springs attack, whichkilled Bartkusand injured 19 others. The webpage is one of "multiple" online materials the agency is reviewing to determine possible connections to Bartkus, FBI Los Angeles spokesperson Laura Eimiller told the DCNF. The FBI previouslysaidthat Bartkus left behind "anti-pro-life" writings and a "possible manifesto" and attempted to livestream the attack, all of which aligns with the contents of the webpage. The agency alsosaidBartkus "had nihilistic ideations" and deliberately targeted American Reproductive Centers, a facility providing in vitro fertilization (IVF) services. Multiplemediaoutletsreported that the alleged manifesto webpage was part of the investigation of the clinic attack, citing law enforcement sources. The website also mentions the author's sadness stemming from the recent death of a female friend, which matches law enforcement information about Bartkus' personal life, The Los Angeles Timesreported. "Life can only continue as long as people hold the delusional belief that it is not a zero sum game causing senseless torture, and messes it can never, or only partially, clean up," the alleged online manifesto states. "I think we need a war against pro-lifers." "It is clear at this point that these people aren't only stupid, they simply do not care about the harm they are perpetuating by being willing agents for a DNA molecule," it says. Text appearing on the tab for the page reads, "Fuck you pro-lifers!" The webpage also instructs viewers to "download the recorded stream of my suicide & bombing of an IVF clinic!"(RELATED: DOJ Wins Guilty Plea For One Of Few Pregnancy Center Attackers It Caught While Pro-Lifers Sit In Prison) The FBI identified twenty-five-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus as the suspect in the Saturday bombing of a Palm Springs, California fertility clinic. (Photo courtesy of the FBI) American Reproductive Centerssaid on Sundaythat no eggs or embryos were harmed in the explosion. A "services"webpagefor the clinic does not mention abortions. American Reproductive Centers did not respond to a request for comment. Bartkus' suspected manifesto gave links to other online materials labeled as "good stuff," including adocumentfrom "the Aponist Society," a fringegroupespousing "antinatalist" views along with "anarchism" and "anti-fascist" ideology. Antinatalism is the belief that humans should stop procreating. The Aponist Society condemned Bartkus' "act of terrorism" against the Palm Springs clinic in astatementabout Bartkus allegedly referencing the group. The "good stuff" section of the webpage also listed "antinatalism"materiallinked to the Sandy Hook shooter, whokilledmore than 20 people in his 2012 massacre. The alleged Bartkus manifesto also said "religion is retarded" and that the biblical idea of God is "evil." The webpage mentions the suicide of a "best friend" named "Sophie" in a section describing what brought the author "over the edge." The FBI has referred to Bartkus' alleged attack as "an intentional act of terrorism." "The Trump administration understands that women and mothers are the heartbeat of America," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a SaturdayX postwhen news broke of the Palm Springs bombing. "Violence against a fertility clinic is unforgivable." All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter's byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contactlicensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

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Children among 7 killed in Mexico shooting; cartel messages left behind

Children among 7 killed in Mexico shooting; cartel messages left behind

Officials said gunmen opened fire and killed seven people, including some minors, in Mexico's most deadly state, where violence between warring drug cartels has triggered condemnation by the Catholic Church. The attack in the central state ofGuanajuatooccurred at around 2:00 am Monday in a plaza in the city of San Felipe where local police found seven bodies, all male, and a damaged van after reports of gunfire, the local government said in a statement. The officers also found two banners with messages alluding to theSanta Rosa de Lima gang, which operates in the area, the statement said. Messages areoften left on victims' bodiesby cartels seeking to threaten their rivals or punish behavior they claim violates their rules. Guanajuato is a thriving industrial hub and home to several popular tourist destinations, but it is also Mexico's deadliest state, according to official homicide statistics. The violent crime is linked to conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and theJalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation. Mexican leaders of the Catholic Church condemned the shooting on Monday, calling it "an alarming sign of the weakening of the social fabric, impunity and the absence of peace in vast regions" of the country, which is majority Catholic. "We cannot remain indifferent in the face of the spiral of violence that is wounding so many communities," the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, an organization of Mexican bishops, added in a statement. The shooting was "one more among so many that are repeated with painful frequency", it said. In December, the Church in Mexico called on warring cartels to declare a truce. Guanajuato recorded the most homicides of any state in Mexico last year, with 3,151, 10.5 percent of murders nationwide, according to official figures. Since 2006, when the military launched an anti-drug operation, Mexico has tallied about 480,000 violent deaths. Recent bloodshed in Guanajuato The mass shooting marks the latest deadly attack in Guanajuato, where bystanders and police officers are often casualties amid cartel turf wars. In February, five women and three men wereshot deadin the street in Guanajuato. The month before that, security forces clashed with gunmen in the state, leaving10 suspected criminals deadand three police officers injured. In December 2024,eight people were killedand two others wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in Guanajuato and opened fire on customers. Last October, the bodies of 12 slain police officers — all bearingsigns of tortureand left with messages by cartels — were found in different areas of the region. The state prosecutor's office also said the perpetrators left messages in which a cartel claimed responsibility. The bodies were found less than 24 hours aftergunmen attacked a residential centerfor people suffering from addictions in the same municipality, killing four. In June 2024, a baby and a toddler were among six members of the same familymurderedin Guanajuato. In April 2024, a mayoral candidate wasshot dead in the streetin the state just as she began campaigning. The U.S. State Department urges Americans to reconsider traveling to Guanajuato. "Of particular concern is the high number of murders in the southern region of the state associated with cartel-related violence," the department says in atravel advisory. Italy's Trulli: From Past to Present Car bomb outside Palm Springs fertility clinic was act of terrorism, officials say Everything we know about investigation into blast outside Palm Springs fertility clinic

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Netanyahu says even his allies can't take "images of mass famine" in Gaza

Netanyahu says even his allies can't take "images of mass famine" in Gaza

A soaring death toll in theGaza Stripand an increasingly vocal outcry over near-famine conditions in the Palestinian territory are piling pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a negotiated ceasefire with Hamas and drop his country's near-total blockade of the enclave. Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said Tuesday that at least 87 people were killed by Israeli military strikes over the last 24 hours alone.The Israel Defense Forces haveramped up operations in Gazaover the last week, killing hundreds of people, many of them women and children, in what Netanyahu's government insists is legitimate self-defense and aimed entirely at securing the return of58 hostagesstill held by Hamas and its allies in Gaza, and destroying the group. Israel blames Hamas — long designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel and the European Union — for all casualties in Gaza, accusing the group of operating in and around civilian infrastructure.On Monday, for the first time in two and a half months, Netanyahu permitted a handful of trucks carrying aid to enter Gaza. He said he had been pressured into easing the total blockade by allies who could not tolerate "images of mass famine." There were unconfirmed reports on Tuesday that as many as 100 trucks had been allowed to cross the Gaza border. But the United Nations' World Food Program said this week that a few trucks would be just a drop in the bucket given the vast and urgent need for food in Gaza, where more than 2 million Palestinians have been trapped for more than two years of blistering war. Thousands of trucks have been lined up for weeks just across the Gaza border, waiting to cross in. No food, fresh water or medicine had entered the territory for nearly 80 days under the Israeli blockade. Hunger is so rife that full-blown famine is once again stalking Gaza's population, according to the WFP's director for the Palestinian territories, Antoine Renard, who's just returned from the enclave. "You have around an estimated 14,000 children that I know are facing what we call severe acute malnutrition," he told CBS News on Monday, meaning those children could die without rapid intervention. "We always wait for when 'famine' is on. But when famine is on, it's already too late. That will be a failure of all the international community." Until this week, Israel's government had insisted there were no food shortages in Gaza. But for the first time, in a messageposted Monday on social media, Netanyahu acknowledged that Gaza is nearing a hunger crisis."Our best friends in the world, senators that I know as enthusiastic Israel supporters, who I know for many years, are come to me and telling me, 'we give you all the support for a final victory — arms, support on your maneuvers to destroy Hamas, support at the U.N. Security Council. There is one thing we cannot endure — pictures of mass famine. This is something we are unable to witness. We will not be able to support you.'" As a result of that pressure, he's allowing the limited amount of aid into Gaza. Renard said the WFP had sufficient food on standby, ready to enter, to feed the entire population of Gaza for a month. "It must stop," he said of the Israeli blockade. "The civilian population shouldn't be trapped. There's no reason, actually, to hold them accountable for what they are not part of." Netanyahu did not name any of the nations exerting pressure on his government to ease the blockade, and while Israel's closest and most vital ally the U.S. was almost certainly the country he referred to when mentioning long-friendly senators, it's not just the U.S. calling for a resolution to the crisis — and other countries have been doing so more assertively. In a strongly worded statement published Monday, the leaders of the U.K., France and Canada called the level of human suffering in Gaza intolerable, and they threatened to take action. "The Israeli Government's denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law," the countries said in a joint statement. "We oppose any attempt to expand settlements in the West Bank ... We will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions." Netanyahu decried the threat, saying in a statement that by "asking Israel to end a defensive war for our survival before Hamas terrorists on our border are destroyed and by demanding a Palestinian state, the leaders in London, Ottowa and Paris are offering a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on October 7 while inviting more such atrocities." "The war can end tomorrow if the remaining hostages are released, Hamas lays down its arms, its murderous leaders are exiled and Gaza is demilitarized," said the Israeli leader. "No nation can be expected to accept anything less and Israel certainly won't. This is a war of civilization over barbarism. Israel will continue to defend itself by just means until total victory is achieved." Israel has escalated its war with a new offensive that has killed nearly 600 people over the last week, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. Doctors are running out of supplies — barely able to treat malnourished children, let alone the hundreds of people injured by the Israeli strikes who stream in day after day. The war in Gaza was sparked by the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and left 251 others as hostages in Gaza. Israel's retaliatory war has destroyed large swaths of Gaza, displaced 90% of its population — most of them multiple times — and killed more than 53,500 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry. Italy's Trulli: From Past to Present Car bomb outside Palm Springs fertility clinic was act of terrorism, officials say Everything we know about investigation into blast outside Palm Springs fertility clinic

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FTC's Democrats to ask judge to rule Trump fired them illegally

FTC's Democrats to ask judge to rule Trump fired them illegally

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Two Democrats on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission who were fired by President Donald Trump in March will urge a federal judge in Washington to declare the move illegal on Tuesday, in the latest showdown over the limits of presidential power. Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter seek an order declaring their terminations unlawful and allowing them to resume their work at the agency, which enforces consumer protection and antitrust law. The case is one of several testing a 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent that shields independent agencies from direct White House control. A ruling overturning it could reverberate far and wide, shaking the independence of agencies that regulate road safety, stock markets, telecommunications and monetary policy. Bedoya and Slaughter say their terminations on March 18 openly defied a law allowing the president to fire FTC commissioners only for good cause, such as neglecting their duties. The Supreme Court upheld that law in the 1935 case Humphrey's Executor v. U.S., after the last time a U.S. president attempted to fire an FTC commissioner over a policy disagreement. Congress has the power to create agencies that serve legislative or judicial functions, and allowing the president to control those agencies violates the separation of powers, the Supreme Court ruled. The Trump administration has argued Humphrey's Executor does not apply to the current FTC, which gained the authority to sue in federal court to block mergers and seek financial penalties after the case was decided. As it now exists, the FTC should be considered part of the executive branch controlled by the president, not Congress, the administration has said. Multiple courts have considered that argument and rejected it, saying the Supreme Court settled the matter, Slaughter and Bedoya said. The FTC, currently led by three Republicans, is structured so that no more than three of its five commissioners come from the same party. The case is playing out at the same time as similar challenges by members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board who were fired by Trump. The Supreme Court could rule at any time on whether the Trump administration must reinstate the NLRB and MSPB members, while this case is being reviewed. (Reporting by Jody Godoy; Editing by Aurora Ellis)

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GOP questions Biden's cancer diagnosis and Valley fever cases on the rise: Morning Rundown

GOP questions Biden's cancer diagnosis and Valley fever cases on the rise: Morning Rundown

Trump and other Republicans' well wishes to Biden shift to accusations of a cancer cover-up. A federal judge in Texas issues a novel order in the ongoing Alien Enemies Act legal saga. And cases of Valley fever are on the rise in one state. Here's what to know today. In the day after former President Joe Biden announced he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, Republicans' reactions have shifted from sympathy to an onslaught of accusations that his inner circle masked his condition while he was in office. Among the more prominent voices was President Donald Trump, who on Sunday wished Biden a speedy recovery. And then yesterday, Trump posted on social media: "Everyone was in on the coverup! Who was running the country? We need accountability!" The assertion from Trump and others, including Vice President JD Vance, comes as fresh reporting suggests Biden's decline was more pronounced than previously known. Now, the cancer diagnosis —coupled with the damage to Biden world's credibility when it comes to his fitness — are tinder for unfounded speculation that Biden, 82, knew he was sick and concealed it anyway. Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin called the timing of Biden's announcement "interesting." On the other side of the aisle, former Rep. Dean Phillips, who ran against Biden in the 2024 Democratic primary, also suggested Biden held off in revealing his diagnosis for strategic reasons. Given the care and attention Biden received as president, the advanced state of the illness left some medical experts surprised. According to multiple oncologists, most cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed at an early stage. But in around 8% of cases, the cancer has already metastasized by the time it's diagnosed — and at that point, the patient has most likely had prostate cancer for several years to a decade.However, there are some exceptions. One former Biden aide said the former president would be better served if he answered a few pressing questions: Why was the cancer detected late? Did doctors test for it earlier? And what are the prospects for recovery? Biden took to social media to thank well-wishers for their "love and support," and a Biden spokesperson said yesterday there was no additional information outside of Sunday's announcement. Read the full story here. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is set to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committeeabout Trump's budget request for the agency — though after last week's contentious congressional hearings, Kennedy's vaccine skepticism and support of fluoride bans is bound to come up. There was little sign of a breakthroughin peace negotiations after Trump's phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as Trump called for direct talks between the warring countries. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino have spent years accusing "deep state" actors of weaponizing the FBI against Trump. Now that they lead the FBI, they find themselves in an awkward position —and some Trump supporters are calling them out. The death of George Floyd almost gave momentum to the effort to reform "qualified immunity," which can protect police officers even when they have violated the Constitution. But as one scholar and critic of the legal defense put it,"Nothing, I mean nothing, has happened." The Trump administration has until tomorrow afternoon to facilitate contact between a Venezuelan man deported to a notorious El Salvador prison and the man's lawyers, a federal judge in Texas said yesterday. It's the first such court order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men suspected of being members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. The Trump administration is expected to appeal. At the center of the case is Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino, a 24-year-old who traveled to the U.S. in September as part of a refugee resettlement program, which involves extensive vetting and background checks. Agelviz was detained at the airport in Houston, and two weeks before the immigration court case was set to be resolved, he was deported without warning or court hearings to El Salvador. Documents show that Agelviz was detained because of a forearm tattoo and that he had no criminal record and there was no additional evidence linking him to the gang. Agelviz's mother, who also resettled in the U.S. with his two younger brothers, spoke about the case to NBC News' David Noriega.Read the full story here. The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration tomove forward with revoking special legal protectionsfor almost 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants. The Justice Department said it filed charges against Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver in an incident at an ICE facility in Newark,alleging she assaulted law enforcementduring a May 9 visit that involved a protest. Meanwhile, acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced that all charges have been dropped against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested and charged with trespassing. Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student who has been detained since March,released a new video of Khalilthat they say contradicts the federal government's claims about him. California is on track for another record-breaking year of Valley fever, according to early data, which shows more than 3,000 confirmed cases already logged this year. That's more than there were at the same time last year and nearly double what cases were this time in 2023. And the cases aren't appearing only in hot and dry areas like Kern County. Cities along California's central coast are also becoming Valley fever hot spots. The increase in cases has been so dramatic, in fact, that the Golden State is closing the gap with Arizona for the most Valley fever cases annually. But Arizona is also seeing more hot spots emerge in areas that are historically colder and wetter. Other places in the U.S. could see more Valley fever cases, too, as climate change creates drier soils that allow the range of the fungi to expand. Making matters more complicated: Valley fever is tricky to diagnose because its symptoms overlap with other respiratory illnesses such as Covid, the flu and pneumonia.Read the full story here. The bombing at a fertility clinic in Californiashould be a wake-up call, especially as reproductive issues are becoming increasingly politicized, security experts and women's health advocates said. A fourth inmate in the group of 10 that escaped from a New Orleans jail last weekhas been captured. A hearing that could lead to freedom for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted in their parents' 1989 murders, has beenpushed back more than two months. A former personal assistant for Sean "Diddy" Combs sobbed on the witness stand, and Casandra Ventura's former best friend testified that she witnessed Combs assault Ventura twice.Here's what else happenedyesterday in Combs' federal trial. Two of England's worst-performing soccer teams have made it to the high-stakes Europa League final.But how? This is the best it's been for Knicks fans since the turn of the century. From 2001 to 2021, the Knicks had the fourth-fewest playoff wins in the NBA and the only teams with fewer didn't even exist for 20 years. It was bleak. There were so many attempts at turning around the franchise that went bust that fans could be excused for losing faith. But in the past few years, a series of smart moves (none better than bringing on Jalen Brunson) has brought the team back to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. Knicks fans — from celebs courtside like Spike Lee, Fat Joe and Timothée Chalamet, to the ones sitting in the last row of the upper sections —are thrilled. Madison Square Garden will be electric this week as they "welcome" the rival Indiana Pacers. Let's Go Knicks!—Tim Perone, managing editor for news When Tawanda Scott Sambou was assigned to find a story commemorating the 75th anniversary of World War II, the first thing she asked herself was, "What role did Black women play in the war?" She thought she was coming to a dead end in her search until she came across the 6888th battalion, an all-women, majority-Black unit that traveled to Europe to sort through a massive mail backlog so that soldiers would receive letters from home. "I was so intrigued," said Sambou, a senior producer at NBC News. "I just thought, 'Wow, people don't know about this troop, this unit. I would really love to share their story.'" See howSambou's reporting brought a new level of recognition to the Six Triple Eight unit, from a Congressional Gold Medal to a Netflix film starring Kerry Washington and directed by Tyler Perry. NBCU Academyis a free, award-winning education program for developing new skills and advancing careers in journalism, media and tech. Memorial Day is rolling in, and NBC Select has a list ofthe best early dealsto check out right now, with discounts on items from Apple, Brooklinen, Shark and more. Plus, we've got the intel oneverything you should buy or skipthis time around. Sign up to The Selectionnewsletter for hands-on product reviews, expert shopping tips and a look at the best deals and sales each week.

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