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FBI: Suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire targeted house of worship because of its ‘Jewish ties’

https://srnnews.com/hub-of-jewish-life-in-mississippis-capital-city-damaged-by-arson-attack/

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A suspect in an arson fire at a historic Mississippi synagogue admitted to targeting the house of worship because of its “Jewish ties” and was turned in to authorities by his father who had observed burn marks on his son’s ankles, hands and face, the FBI said Monday.

Stephen Pittman was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive. The suspect confessed to lighting a fire inside the building, which he referred to as “the synagogue of Satan,” according to an FBI affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Mississippi on Monday.

There was no attorney listed for Pittman in the court docket Monday.
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The suspect’s father contacted the FBI and said that his son had confessed to setting the building on fire. Pittman had texted his father a photo of the rear of the synagogue before the fire, with the message, “There’s a furnace in the back.” His father had pleaded with his son to return home, but “Pittman replied back by saying he was due for a homerun and ‘I did my research,’” the affidavit said.

During an interview with investigators, Pittman said he stopped at a gas station on his way to the synagogue to purchase the gas used in the fire. He also took the license plate off of his vehicle at the gas station. He used an ax to break out a window of the synagogue, poured gas inside and used a torch lighter to start the fire, the FBI affidavit said.

The FBI later recovered a burned cell phone believed to be Pittman’s and took possession of a hand torch that a congregant had found.

FWIW, "the synagogue of Satan" is a phrase from the New Testament book of Revelation. It is likely, though I don't visit such places to have seen it, that the phrase has been used in Stormfront-grade antisemitic sites and publications.

ICE Agent At Center Of Minneapolis Shooting Reportedly In Hiding As Federal Officers Swarm Home, Pack Up Belongings

https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/10/ice-agent-jonathan-ross-minneapolis-shooting-hiding-federal-agents-home/

Federal agents swarmed the home of the ICE officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis this week, removing belongings as the house sits empty and the agent’s family reportedly goes into hiding.

A Special Response Team arrived at Jonathan Ross’s suburban Minneapolis home Friday morning, according to the Daily Mail. Officers wearing masks and balaclavas carried out plastic crates, a computer tower and picture frames before forming a defensive formation around a vehicle that left the garage.

A neighbor told the outlet she saw Ross’s wife pacing in the driveway Wednesday afternoon, hours after the shooting. The house has been empty since then.

Ross’s father defended his son in an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail. “She hit him,” Ed Ross, 80, said. “He also had an officer whose arm was in the car. He will not be charged with anything.”
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The Minnesota Star Tribune first identified Ross through court records as the ICE deportation officer who shot 37-year-old Renee Good on Wednesday.

Ross, 43, served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 with the Indiana National Guard, according to the Associated Press. He joined Border Patrol near El Paso in 2007 and worked there until 2015 before becoming an ICE deportation officer in Minnesota. Court testimony showed he also served as a firearms instructor, SWAT team member and FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force team leader.

This article was dated the afternoon of 1/10. It's pretty much a certainty that multiple Progs and Prog groups are trying to locate the officer.

"Ross" is not as common a family name as "Smith", "Jones", "Black", etc. but it is far from uncommon. Likewise "Jonathan". On his radio show this AM, Mike Gallagher ( https://mikeonline.com/ ) read an email from another person in MN who has the same name. The guy, who had zero to do with the Renee Good shooting or ICE, has had his phone flooded with threatening calls and text messages because some Prog or Prog group found his name and phone number and published it online. Progs do not care about facts, so they didn't care to verify whether a person with a somewhat common name was in fact the ICE officer with that name. And, of course, the STrib doesn't give 1/10 of a shit.

This is meant to whip people into a frenzy to push the escalation.

Lefty would rather have open war than give up their political power that Trump is dismantling.

DUmmies Lie, they lie all the time.

Federal judge delivers Mamdani early legal setback on housing market intervention

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/federal-judge-delivers-mamdani-early-legal-setback-housing-market-intervention

A federal judge blocked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's effort to intervene in the sale of thousands of rent-stabilized rental properties on Thursday.

Mamdani's administration had sought to slow the sale of the properties after tenants complained that the seller, Pinnacle Group, had poorly maintained the properties and were concerned that the prospective buyer, Summit Properties USA, would have similar issues.

Mamdani's administration attempted to intervene on the basis of being a creditor to Pinnacle. The company owes the city over $12 million in unpaid fines, according to Gothamist.

Bankruptcy Judge David Jones rejected Mamdani's effort, however, setting back the new mayor's first foray into NYC's housing market.

Mamdani's first attempt to monkey-wrench NYC housing came up short.