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Emergency: Please Help Cynthia Yockey

Posted on | June 29, 2026 | No Comments

Regular readers know my longtime friend Cynthia Yockey, whom I first met at CPAC 2009. Cynthia was a fresh-minted ex-Democrat at the time, being one of the PUMAs (“Party Unity, My A$$”) women angered by Barack Obama taking the nomination away from Hillary Clinton. Seems like a million years ago, doesn’t it? Anyway, Cynthia blogged for more than a decade at The Conservative Lesbian (the site is currently on hiatus), and has been an outspoken critic of the transgender agenda.

Andrew Breitbart (left) with Cynthia Yockey (right) at CPAC 2012.

Cynthia is active in the Iowa Republican Party, and helped rally support for Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the 2024 election, and has worked most recently as a ghost writer and researcher, assisting with Jack Posobiec’s book Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) among other projects.

All this is preamble to urging readers to hit Cynthia’s tip jar immediately. Due to some health problems, she was unable to work regularly for a while, fell behind on her mortgage and needs to come up with $1,500 by Wednesday to avoid foreclosure. Not to invoke any “greedy banker” stereotypes — Snidely Whiplash twirling his mustache — but this is just one of those damsel-in-distress situations that require emergency intervention. When Cynthia got in touch with me Sunday afternoon, I’d just finished working with my son on our family’s Fourth of July fireworks finale and felt a pang of regret that I’d had no forewarning of Cynthia’s impending crisis. Three days is short notice to come up with $1,500, but I assured her I’d do what I could.

Professor Glenn Reynolds has called attention to Cynthia’s Brain Fog Diagnosis Checklist, an 83-page guide to the problem she was dealing with the past year. Part of the problem is that patients suffering from this issue may not realize it is really a medical symptom (often associated with hypothyroidism), and health professionals might not correctly diagnose the causes. From her own experience, Cynthia was motivated to produce this resource to help others, and if she were to sell just 40 copies of the Brain Fog Diagnosis Checklist, that would be enough to save her from foreclosure. In the meantime, however . . .

HIT CYNTHIA’S FREAKING TIP JAR!

Crowd-funding $1,500 means that if 300 people give $5 each, or if 75 people give $20 each, that will add up to the needed total. We’ve done this kind of thing many times before, and whatever you give, please know that you are thereby answering prayers. Thanks in advance.

 

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Woke ‘Supergirl’ Bombs Badly

Posted on | June 29, 2026 | No Comments

Helen Slater (left, in 1984) and Milly Alcock (right) as ‘Supergirl’

Let’s start by stating the obvious: Sixty-six-year-old grandpas are not the target audience for super-hero action movies and, even when I was part of the target demographic, age-wise, I really never was much of a fan of movies about comic-book characters. Like, I vaguely remember going to see the 1978 Christopher Reeve Superman movie, and I’ve seen at least one Batman movie, the 2002 Spider-man and 2008 Iron Man, but that’s about it. Just not the kind of guy who lines up for whatever DC/Marvel project comes out off the Hollywood assembly line.

So now we have the latest franchise-killing “woke” failure:

Supergirl didn’t just flop at the box office this weekend; it is a flop of epic proportions, an abysmal failure that will be remembered only as a failure.
With a disastrous $38 million domestic opening and an even more humiliating overseas take of $30 million, Supergirl is a bigger domestic flop than The Marvels ($46 million), The Flash ($55 million), Black Adam ($67 million), and Morbius ($39 million). . . .
The production and promotion budget for Supergirl is right around $250 million. That makes the break-even number at $450 to $500 million. Supergirl will be lucky to hit $200 million worldwide. Warner Bros. is looking at massive losses.

Much like when the anti-male 2016 Ghostbusters remake flopped, the defenders of Vaguely Queer Supergirl are blaming right-wing “backlash” and “toxic masculinity” for this box-office catastrophe.

Had to screencap that Variety headline just so no one would suspect me of inventing it. Much of the problem with Supergirl is the decision to cast Milly Alcock in the lead role. She is perhaps best known for playing Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in a 2022 prequel to the popular Game of Thrones series. Whatever her merits as an actress, however, she doesn’t have the bombshell vibe that, for example, Gal Gadot brought to the successful 2017 Wonder Woman. Keep in mind that the canon backstory of Wonder Woman is a heckuva lot more “queer coded” than anything known about Supergirl, who made her first appearance in a 1959 edition of Action Comics as Superman’s cousin from the planet Krypton.

Leaving it to film critics to assess Milly Alcock’s onscreen performance, perhaps the bigger problem is that, off-screen, the actress simply couldn’t stop running her mouth in publicity interviews:

[A]pparently bizarre comments and financial failures are what the [producer] James Gunn era at DC Studios is all about. Because the latest pre-release tracking data on this weekend’s “Supergirl” release has gone from disastrously bad to monumental failure. And the film’s star, Milly Alcock, is sure to shoulder some of the blame.
Alcock, as a reminder, implied in a March interview that she’d been receiving criticism for being a woman starring as a…female superhero. Which makes little sense.
“It definitely made me aware that simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on,” she told Vanity Fair. “We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies. I can’t really stop them. I can only be myself.”
When reaction to those remarks was generally negative, Alcock got defensive and doubled down.
“I didn’t even say ‘men’ — I said ‘people!’” she said in a profile for Variety. “And they got so angry. I was like, ‘You’re proving my point. You’re proving my point!’”
Apparently unaware that those remarks then proved she had, in fact, been referring to unknown male fans who supposedly criticized her for playing “Supergirl.” But that wasn’t the only odd statement she made during that portion of the press tour.
Alcock said much of the criticism came from those who said they were a “dad” or “Christian.” Which apparently disqualifies them from having an opinion about a movie or casting decision. Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.
“And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts,” Alcock said. “Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me.”
As if that wasn’t enough, just a few days ago, Alcock addressed the sexuality of the “Supergirl” character in a response to a question from Queerly Radio. When the host asked whether that was something Alcock had “explored” her character’s supposed “queerness” in preparing for the role, she answered, “It wasn’t, but in honor of ‘Pride month,’ as I’m getting all these questions…I don’t know. I think that what makes this film beautiful is that it’s not centered around a man, it’s not centered around love at all. I don’t really know. I don’t know. I don’t know. She probably goes both ways.”

“Look! Up in the sky! It’s SuperQueerGirl!”

The people making movies — and making decisions about who gets hired to make movies — in Hollywood don’t ask my advice and, as I say, I’m not the target audience here, but permit me to offer just a few observations on what went wrong with Supergirl:

  1. People don’t want politics in a summer blockbuster — So far as I am aware, no one has detected any overt political message in Supergirl, so why was Milly Alcock out there turning the pre-release publicity tour into a Gender Studies lecture?
  2. Respect the audience — If you’re making a comic-book super-hero movie, maybe you should think about the fandom of comic-book super heroes. Just throwing that out there. Instead of viewing the original fandom as a hostile force to be insulted, perhaps the alleged geniuses running Hollywood studios should try to appeal to this pre-sold potential audience.
  3. Respect the source material — Just glancing at the plot summary on Wikipedia, Supergirl begins with something close to the original backstory. But did the filmmakers try to match the spirit of the old D.C. comics character?

Some research into the Action Comics catalog might yield many possible suggestions for a movie plot, but one idea that occurs to me is the contrast implicit in the difference between the character titles: Superman and Supergirl. Why not scout around for a teenage actress to play the lead and write a script that has a coming-of-age theme, the ingenue super-hero, as it were? She’s got her Kryptonian powers on a learner’s permit and has a girlish awkwardness about her? Or maybe make her sassy, getting lessons in humility as she learns from her mistakes?

There are all kinds of fun possibilities in the basic concept, and shouldn’t movies be about fun? Isn’t that what the kids want while they’re munching popcorn and slurping their overpriced sodas?

But what do I know? I’m just a 66-year-old grandpa.



 

Category: Movies

Rule 5 Sunday: Redness

Posted on | June 29, 2026 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

I’m late, I’m late!
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EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, MAGA Temporary Status Ended, Happy 100th Birthday Mel Brooks!, Supergirl – Total Cinematic Catastrophe, Son of the Morning Star, European Heat Wave, NY: Jew-Hating Islamic Commies Win, In Maidjan Heilung, “If I Could Turn Back Time”, Eg Er Kominn Heim Oinn Valdermarsson, Summertime, Cape Fear, Dolly Parton, Midsommar, and Vance Joy Saturday Sun

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FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin

Posted on | June 28, 2026 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Because I’m a retard who can’t remember his passwords, there was no blogging from Salt Lake City Thursday and Friday. I was there for the Ark Press rollout of Larry Correia’s American Paladin, which unlike the new Uwe Boll flick is all killer and no filler.
In the world of Dynasty League Baseball, we’re just weeks away from the 1975 draft in Pete’s league. I’m hoping it’s not on the 17th, because I’m going to be a little bit busy playing host to Tim Powers and a few dozen of my closest friends.
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The Last Ride of Da’Quain Johnson

Posted on | June 28, 2026 | 2 Comments

The Revolutionary Black Panther Party (RBPP) “is an active, Marxist-Leninist black nationalist organization in Michigan,” according to an AI summary. The Michigan chapter of the RBPP is part of a nationwide organization reportedly founded in 1992. Saturday they staged an armed rally in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to protest the police shooting of Da’Quain Trey Johnson. That got my attention.

Da’Quain Johnson was 32 years old when he was fatally shot by police around 9:30 p.m. February 18 after a pursuit that began after police received a complaint that Johnson was carrying a firearm. He was riding a bicycle at the time, and your first thought might be, “Why is a grown man riding a bicycle on a February night in Michigan?” Probably his driver’s license had been revoked, although I have been unable to find his full criminal history, but my point is that an adult man riding around Grand Rapids on a bicycle that time of night in February — yeah, a police officer might take notice of that behavior. However, police had not randomly noticed Da’Quain Johnson, but rather had specific information that he was armed, and that fact needs to be emphasized:

Immediately after he shot and killed a man, a Grand Rapids police officer said he saw the barrel of the man’s pistol pointed at him.
Police Chief Eric Winstrom provided video clips on Thursday, Feb. 19, from body-worn and in-car cameras of the violent encounter that led to the fatal shooting Wednesday night on the city’s Southeast Side.
Winstrom said police rushed to release three videos to counter false narratives spreading on social media.
“There’s a lot of inconsistencies or outright falsehoods being spread on social media,” he said.
“And I think when false information is being spread on social media and we have the opportunity to get some accurate information out, we should take that opportunity.”
He said he had not reached any conclusions where the K-9’s officer’s actions violated the law or department policy. He fired three shots, with the man struck in the chest.
Police would not disclose the man’s identity, but his mother identified the victim as Da’Quain Johnson.
Winstrom said police acted on an officer-initiated complaint that the man was armed with a handgun. It was not clear if the officer witnessed the man with the gun or acted on information from an informant.
The video showed police trying to stop the man who was riding a bicycle. As they neared the parking lot of Eastern Lofts on Eastern Avenue SE, the K-9 officer released the dog.
Two officers approached and told the man to “stop reaching,” and threatened he could get shot.
“Stop reaching, man. You’re going to get shot. Hey, he’s got a gun. He’s got a gun in his hand.”
The officers involved have not yet been interviewed by investigators but that should happen within the next two days.
Winstrom said the man was on parole for weapons violations. A pistol was found at the scene.
The man’s gun was underneath him.
Winstrom said it was fortunate that no officers were injured but said the man’s family suffered a tragedy.
“… I know that there’s a family that’s hurt that’s going to miss this young man,” he said.
He said that the man was undergoing surgery when he died early Thursday. Medical staff worked for probably three hours trying to save his life.
Winstrom said the man led police on lengthy pursuit on his bicycle. He did not know why the man fled but noted he was on parole.
“I don’t know if that plays into it. I don’t if parole (agents) had a hold on him or something. I know he had past (arrests) for weapons violations and things like that. But, you know, I can’t assess his intent or what his motivation was. … Obviously, you’re on parole for a gun, you’re not legally allowed to carry a gun. So that could have been part of his fleeing.”

Having previously been convicted of a weapons violation, Da’Quain Johnson was out on parole when police got a tip that he was armed with a pistol, a crime that would send him back to prison, and that “could have been part of his fleeing,” the police chief says, stating the obvious.

To counter “false narratives spreading on social media,” the police wasted no time releasing the bodycam video:

 

Six weeks later, the officer was exonerated:

The Grand Rapids police officer who fatally shot Da’Quain Johnson just over six weeks ago will not face any charges tied to that shooting. The other officer on scene at the time of the shooting was also cleared by Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.
The decision to rule the deadly use of force as justified, came Thursday afternoon [April 2] during a press conference six weeks after Johnson died from his injuries. . . .
Becker cited findings that Johnson was armed with a loaded gun, which Becker said Johnson pointed at an officer during the struggle.
An audio recording of officers relaying information from a confidential informant, who told police Johnson was traveling around the southeast side of the city with a gun. Officers used that tip to locate Johnson near Miss Tracy’s Liquor Store.
Becker then played multiple video recordings of the the pursuit and struggle between Johnson and officers. Among the new videos included a recording from a security camera at the apartment complex where officers caught up to Johnson.
Also shown was video from the dash camera of one Grand Rapids Police Department cruiser and the body camera from one officer, both of which had been partially released by the department in February. Becker walked through those videos, highlighting how Johnson’s hand positioning would indicate he was reaching for something on his right hip. After officers shot Johnson, the gun can be seen in the videos fall out of Johnson’s right hand.
In his explanation, Becker said the officers acted within Michigan law to use deadly force against a person armed with a deadly weapon. The prosecutor expressed his belief that no jury would be convinced the officers should be convicted of charges when they were effectively acting in self-defense. . . .
According to the MSP report, the Grand Rapids Police Department later recovered a tan and black 9mm pistol on the ground near Johnson’s body, loaded with “eight rounds in the magazine and one round chambered.”
The report also said, while attempting life-saving measures, healthcare workers found on Johnson’s body a plastic bag containing around 10 grams of suspected crack cocaine.

The convicted felon was dealing crack near a liquor store when police, acting on a tip that he was armed, located him and then chased him four blocks to the spot where they caught up with him.

Here is the full 40-minute press conference by the prosecutor:

 

Was this what cops call a “good shoot”? Were the tactics used by police consistent with best practices in law enforcement? Hindsight being 20/20, you can argue about that however you want, but the point Becker made is this: In order to prosecute the cop, he would have to disprove the officer’s self-defense claim, despite the fact that Da’Quain Johnson had a loaded pistol in his hand, with a round already chambered.

Sorry, no jury is going to vote for a conviction in such a situation.

Nevertheless, they persisted:

The Revolutionary Black Panther Party held another rally at Calder Plaza Saturday afternoon, again demanding for prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the shooting death of Da’Quain Johnson.
This is the second such rally, with one held in May. At that rally, the party said they wanted the investigation reopened within 30 days. Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker has not reopened the investigation.
Now the Black Panthers said they’re heading to Lansing to ask the Attorney General’s office for a formal recusal of Becker. They say his handling of the case was unethical.
“Not only was it unethical, but if you actually look at laws and procedures in this state, It was prosecutorial misconduct. And not only was it prosecutorial misconduct, he actually had a bias, but it was in favor of the police. It was in favor of law enforcement. Not only was it in favor of law enforcement, it acted against but not only was it in favor of law enforcement, it acted against the people that his office says he’s supposed to protect victims,” said Dr. Alli Muhammad MD, national leader of the Revolutionary Black Panther Party.
They are also asking for the arrest of all officers involved in the shooting and the suspension of the department’s K-9.

Not gonna happen. Nobody is going to riot on behalf of a convicted felon dealing crack who got shot with a loaded 9mm in his hand. You can march on the state capital if you want, but your demands are irrational and even the kind of people who might be looking for any excuse to loot the local CVS aren’t buying this one. Better luck next time.

UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers!

Many of the comments over at Instapundit indicate some readers did not read the whole thing before reacting. Otherwise it would be obvious that Da’Quain was not shot to death merely for riding a bicycle around Grand Rapids, nor simply for being armed. Felon in possession of a firearm (Section 750.224f of the Michigan penal code) carries a penalty of up to five years in prison. Considering that Da’Quain was out on parole for previous felonies, and appears to have been dealing crack cocaine at the time, other sections of the Michigan penal code would also apply. However, police were just investigating on the basis of a tip from an informant, and there was no reason why that should have led to a shooting, except for Da’Quain’s failure to cooperate. When the cop yells “drop the weapon,” you should do what he says.



 

Category: Crime, Michigan

In The Mailbox: 06.24.26

Posted on | June 25, 2026 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho

The Based Book Romance Sale Is ON!
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OVER THE TRANSOM
Doug Ross: USAID’s Color Revolution Machine Arrives In America
357 Magnum: Any Bets on This Library Being a Gun-Free Zone?
EBL: European Heat Wave, Pan Fried Fish, New York Jew Hating Islamic-Commies Win In Primaries, and Bannockburn
Twitchy: Mayor Mamdani Spots a “Fundamental Constitutional Right” Nobody Else Can Find, Families Of Jailed Antifa Terrorists Livid – Claim Government Lied, and The Most Insane Video Flashbacks From the COVID Era
Louder With Crowder: Joy Behar LOVES democratic socialism, though is shocked once she finds out what it is, Zohran Mamdani And His Communist Mob Promise To Abolish ICE, Democrat official lashes out at  meeting, claims ICE is running concentration camps , “Catholic” priest celebrates Pride month with his trans music minister, because “love is so important”, and Trump can’t help but notice Dems don’t call him a “Nazi” anymore, and he’s got a hilarious reason why
Vox Popoli: Paper Beats Blood, The Lady-in-Waiting, A Masterclass on Time, and No Chance in Hell
The Abbey of Misrule: The Kingdom of Trees
Cedar Sanderson: On The Wire
Upstream Reviews: The Boston Tea Party Conspiracy
Born Lucky: Can This Woman Save Heterosexuality?
Stoic Observations:: The Overbearing, also, The Metro Progress Report
John C. Wright: Amelia Sings “The Gods of the Copybook Headings”, also, Lest We Forget
Sensurround: The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Greatness: Trump Cancels Signing of Bipartisan Housing Bill, Demands Congress First Pass the SAVE Act, Trump Says Vandals Cut 350-Foot Gash in Reflecting Pool, 6 Arrested, 7 Given Citations For Damaging Pool, DOJ Finds USDA Preferences for ‘Socially Disadvantaged’ Farmers Discriminatory, Mamdani-Backed Radicals Sweep New York Primaries, and Judge Strikes Down Trump-Era Courthouse Arrest Policy
BattleSwarm: House Investigates Austin’s Own Soros-Backed DA Jose Garza
Behind The Black: Smooth on Mars is apparently not so smooth, Boeing wins $2 billion satellite contract from Space Force, and  Some details about SpaceX’s secretive Starfall demo mission
CDR Salamander: NATO’s Upcoming Ankara Summit
Don Surber: Court allows Trump to do his job
Flopping Aces: FISA Finally Died, and the Intelligence Blob Started Screaming About Democracy
Gates Of Vienna:  Road Trip, also, A Marxist Jew-Hating Incel?
The Geller Report: No Vote for SAVE AMERICA, But Thune’s Senate Rushes Through a Toothless “Iran War Powers” Act to Hamstring Trump, MASSIVE FRAUD BUSTS: Mass Arrests in Fraud Scandals, BILLIONS STOLEN, Antifa Terrorists Sentenced to Hundreds of Years for Ambush, DOJ Investigating NYC Coffee Shop That Banned, Publicly Humiliated Jewish Congressman, and THE HATE SLATE: Mamdani-Backed America-Hating Communist Candidates Sweep NYC Primaries
Hollywood In Toto: Meet the Mind Behind Viral A.I. ‘Mary Sue’ Animated Clip, Supergirl – Joyless DC Flop is a Super Mess, Black Walrus Brims with Flatulence Gags, Not Politics, and Wait … Netflix Honors America’s 250th Birthday With This?
Legal Insurrection: Clean Sweep – A Very Good Night for Mamdani in New York Primaries, Minneapolis to Shut Down Off-Leash Dog Park Believed to be Native American Burial Site, DC Appeals Court Allows Trump to Fast-Track Deportations as Litigation Proceeds, Judge Blocks Trump From Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote, and Al Jazeera ‘Journalist’ Mourned by Mamdani was Hamas Terrorist, IDF Reveals
Nebraska Energy Observer: Innovation
Outkick: Caitlin Clark Shoved In Neck As Another Apparent Foul Goes Uncalled, FIFA Revokes Commentator’s Credentials Over On-Air Crashout, Scotland Fans Descend On Miami For Brazil Match After Drinking Boston Dry, Sophie Cunningham Protects Caitlin Clark With Ragebaiting Finger Wag, and Woman mourns loss of beloved White Castle in Queens
Power Line: Murder, the Deal, Socialism, Libel and the Supreme Court, Retraction, Quote of the day, At SPA, Matt Bauer’s lawsuit, and Antifa Gets What It Deserves
Shark Tank: DeSantis Reaffirms Push For Republican Gubernatorial Debate, Criticizes FL GOP
Shot In The Dark: Iran, Berg’s Law – Forward to the Foreword, and Berg’s Law – Forward
STUMP: RIP Alan Greenspan – On Parkinson’s Death Trends In The U.S. (1999-2025)
Transterrestrial Musings: SpaceX, also, The Second American Civil War
Victory Girls: Zohran Mamdani’s Socialist Wave Didn’t Start Yesterday
Watts Up With That: Some revealing screen dumps from the UK Met Office website, Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Stats, The Forest Management Conundrum in the United States-Part 2, What Climate Crisis? Indonesia Taps Fossil Fuels, and Climate.gov Rides Again
The Federalist: Four Years Post-Dobbs, Corporate Media’s Abortion Fearmongering Proves More False Than Ever, Propaganda Media Gear Up To Whitewash New York’s Socialist Takeover, They Banned This Book To Keep You From Talking About Immigration, Senate RINOS Too Busy Scolding Trump To Pass Voter ID Bill, and The Disingenuous Schemer Ro Khanna Is A Model Democrat
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Zizian Cult Update: Michelle Zajko Charged With Murdering Her Parents

Posted on | June 24, 2026 | No Comments

Zizian cult member Michelle Zajko

The most important part? “She did not act alone”:

A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the [2022] shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday that authorities don’t believe she was acting alone.
Michelle Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, has been charged with murder, burglary and conspiracy charges in the deaths of Rita and Richard Zajko, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said at a news conference. The prosecutor said she did not act alone.
Rouse said that Zajko is known to have been among those who killed her parents “to the extent that if she wasn’t the one who actually pulled the trigger, she was certainly aligned with those who did.”
Online court records didn’t immediately indicate whether Zajko had an attorney in the Pennsylvania case as of Wednesday. An attorney representing her in Maryland did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment, and the Delaware County Public Defender’s office declined to comment.
The couple was shot to death in their home on New Year’s Eve after police say a neighbor’s doorbell camera captured video of a car pulling up to their home in Chester Heights, a voice shouting “Mom!” and another voice exclaiming, “Oh my God! Oh, God, God!”
Michelle Zajko has denied any involvement, and in court filings suggested her father might have killed her mother and then himself.
“I didn’t murder my parents,” she wrote in an April 2025 “ Open Letter to the World.”
Authorities, however, had long described Zajko as a person of interest in the double homicide, two of the six deaths linked to a group of young, highly intelligent computer scientists who appear to share radical beliefs about veganism, animal rights, gender identity and artificial intelligence.

Murder victims Richard and Rita Zajko.

My suspicion is that authorities traced the bullets that killed Zajko’s parents to one of the guns that she is known to have purchased for her Zizian comrades. None of those currently in custody, including cult leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota and Teresa Youngblut, have cooperated with authorities, and if prosecutors have enough evidence to convict Zajko, she’ll likely continue denying her guilt even after she goes to prison while her accomplices go free. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.



 

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