16 DEC 2025: Terror Attack Thwarted, New Trans Link // Pipe Bomber Update // Dirty DC Police Chief // Trump's Golden Age // Global: Aussie Gun Control, Mexican Water, Chile Election, Trump Peace Deals, Good News!
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Federal authorities stop a near-miss terror attack in California after arresting members of a far-left extremist group plotting New Year's Eve bombings in Southern California. New details also raise serious questions about the FBI's handling of the January 6 pipe bomber case, as investigators confirm key cellphone data was always available but left unanalyzed for years. In Washington, DC's police chief resigns amid revelations that crime data was deliberately manipulated, fueling broader concerns about the reliability of national crime statistics.
On the economic front, President Trump defends his "Golden Age" message as new labor and inflation data approach. Wages continue to outpace inflation, rents and gas prices fall, and a major 7.4 billion dollar smelter project in Tennessee promises to reduce America's reliance on China for critical minerals. Democrats, meanwhile, signal plans to campaign on affordability fears and AI-driven job anxiety, even as Republicans quietly work to elevate the most left-wing Democratic candidates ahead of future elections.
Abroad, Australia reels from the deadliest terror attack in decades as leaders debate gun control versus confronting radical Islam. Mexico agrees to release overdue water to Texas after tariff threats, while the US expands a militarized buffer along the southern border. Chile elects a hard-right president amid a regional political shift, ransom payments strengthen al-Qaeda in Africa, peace deals collapse in Congo and Southeast Asia, and new medical research offers early cancer detection and improved dental health for children.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
Keywords: California terror plot, left-wing extremism, Turtle Island Liberation Front, January 6 pipe bomber, FBI cellphone data, DC crime statistics scandal, Trump economy, critical minerals smelter Tennessee, Australia terror attack, Mexico water treaty, southern border militarization, Chile election, al-Qaeda ransom Mali, Congo conflict, Cambodia Thailand tensions, early cancer blood test, vitamin D pregnancy
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| 0:00.0 | It's December 16th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:12.4 | Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.4 | I've got a headline brief for us this morning, heavier on news, later on analysis, but still |
| 0:26.9 | full of great information this morning for our holiday season. That's shaping America and the world. |
| 0:33.2 | We begin with domestic news this morning, starting with a near-miss terror attack in California. |
| 0:38.8 | CBS, Reuters News, and others report that the West Coast was nearly the site of bloodshed, this time caused by radical leftists. |
| 0:46.6 | Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI leadership announced yesterday that four members of the far-left terror group called Turtle Island Liberation Front planned to attack Los Angeles in Orange County. |
| 0:57.0 | They were arrested on Friday in the deserts of the Golden State while they were testing their explosives that were set to be planted on New Year's Eve and detonate at midnight. |
| 1:05.8 | A fifth member of the group has also been arrested with reporter Andy Noe confirming that this guy is a former police officer |
| 1:12.2 | who has transitioned himself into what he calls a woman. He believes himself, in other words, |
| 1:17.1 | to be transgender. That continues the trend that we have seen over the past several years of trans |
| 1:21.8 | terror cult members trying to draw blood. To that point, the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles said |
| 1:27.4 | that this leftist |
| 1:28.0 | terror group is a lot like we have seen lately anti-capitalist, pro-Palestinian, and anti-American. |
| 1:34.4 | In fact, that hatred of the United States is captured in this latest group's name, Turtle Island. |
| 1:39.8 | That is based on a native or indigenous tribal story about how North America the land was created, |
| 1:45.0 | allegedly on the back of a turtle or turtle shell. |
| 1:48.0 | So that, according to this leftist group, is what we've got to return back to. |
| 1:51.6 | A turtle-based society, or some such thing, run by native people. |
| 1:56.8 | But no, sorry, no turtles for the radical left this morning. |
| 2:00.2 | They're going to go to prison instead. Now, so far, no reactions for the radical left this morning. They're going to go to prison instead. |
| 2:02.0 | Now, so far, no reactions from their fellow Democrats this morning. And I say that because you might |
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