#5 WOH G64: The Dying Star 2,000 Times Bigger Than Our Sun
A police major sent an email. It said — and I'm quoting directly — "It is not a question of if, but when he will maliciously wound — or worse — again." That email was sent months before Stephanie Minter was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Fairfax County, Virginia. The prosecutor got the email. The sheriff had the tools to stop it. George Soros had already paid for the outcome. And Stephanie Minter had a bus to catch.
Welcome back to Everyone Knows. I'm Brian Bullock. And today we are naming names.
Because this is not a tragedy. Tragedies are accidents. What happened to Stephanie Minter was a policy decision — made deliberately, over years, by specific people who are still in their offices right now, still collecting government paychecks, still running the same machine that got her killed.
So we are going to talk about all of them. Every single one. And when we're done, I want you to ask yourself one question — and I'll get to that at the end.
Stephanie Minter was 41 years old. On the evening of February 23rd, she was waiting at a bus stop in Fairfax County, Virginia. A man named Abdul Jalloh allegedly walked up and stabbed her to death.
That's who she was. A woman waiting for a bus. Going somewhere. Living her life. And the system that was supposed to protect her had been systematically dismantled by the people she elected to run it.
Remember her name. Because the rest of this segment is about the people who made sure she was defenseless.
Abdul Jalloh entered the United States illegally in 2012. In the years that followed, he was arrested more than thirty times in Fairfax County alone.
Thirty. Times.
Rape. Assault. Multiple stabbings. Drug possession. Grand larceny. Identity theft. Property destruction. Firing a weapon. Contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Trespassing. Pickpocketing.
In 2023 he was convicted of malicious wounding — sentenced to seven years with five suspended. He was back on the street almost immediately. While on probation for that conviction, he allegedly stabbed another Virginia resident. He was granted bond anyway. Three weeks after that he allegedly assaulted an elderly man and stomped his head into the ground.
Six months later — Stephanie Minter.
Now here's what I need you to understand — this man should have been deported years ago. ICE had detainers on him. Multiple times. The system had every tool it needed to remove Abdul Jalloh from this country long before February 23rd.
But somebody kept letting him walk. And that somebody has a name.
His name is Steve Descano. He is the Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney — which means he is the chief prosecutor for the county. And he is a Democrat who ran on a platform of not prosecuting illegal immigrants.
I'm not editorializing. It is on his campaign website right now. It says — and again I'm quoting directly — that his office will "take immigration consequences into account when making charging and plea decisions" and that avoiding deportation will be "a top priority."
Translation: if charging you might get you deported — he'll think twice about charging you at all.
In almost every one of Jalloh's thirty-plus arrests — Descano's office dropped the charges.
But it gets worse. Because in November of 2024 — months before Stephanie Minter was killed — Fairfax County Police Major Jeffrey Mauro sent a direct email to Descano's Chief Deputy, Jenna Sands. The email was not vague. It was not a suggestion. It was a warning.
Major Mauro wrote that Jalloh was "one of the repeat and violent felony offenders" he had expressed concern about. That his behavior was "escalating and becoming more violent and explosive." And that — again, direct quote — "It is not a question of if, but rather when he will maliciously wound — or worse — again."
He asked Sands whether the suspended portion of Jalloh's sentence could be reinstated.
It was not.
Jenna Sands got that email. Steve Descano ran that office. They had the warning in writing. They had the legal tools to act. They chose not to.
And now Stephanie Minter is dead.
Now you might be asking — how does a prosecutor who campaigns on not deporting criminals get elected in the first place? How does a man with that platform win a race for the top law enforcement position in one of the most populated counties in Virginia?
The answer is six hundred thousand dollars.
During the 2019 election cycle, the Justice and Public Safety PAC — a political action committee directly bankrolled by George Soros — poured over $600,000 into Steve Descano's campaign. That PAC exists for one purpose: to elect left-wing prosecutors across the country who will soften criminal enforcement, reduce incarceration, and — as we now know — think twice before charging someone if it might result in their deportation.
Descano has survived two recall efforts. He is still in office. Soros's investment is still paying dividends.
The question you have to ask yourself is this: what exactly did George Soros buy for $600,000 in Fairfax County? The answer is standing right there at that bus stop on February 23rd.
But Descano isn't the only name that belongs in this story. We also need to talk about Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid.
In 2018, Sheriff Kincaid sent a letter to ICE informing the agency that her office would no longer honor immigration detainers. She terminated the working agreement between her department and federal immigration enforcement entirely. No more cooperation. No more holding dangerous illegal immigrants until ICE could take custody.
The result? From October 2022 to February 2025 — just over two years — the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center released more than a thousand deportable illegal immigrants in direct defiance of over 1,150 ICE detainer requests.
That ranked Fairfax County third in the entire country for ignoring federal immigration holds. Third. In the whole country. Behind only Santa Clara County in California and Cook County Jail in Chicago.
ICE had detainers on Abdul Jalloh. Multiple of them. Kincaid's policies made sure they didn't stick. And when he walked out of that facility, Stacey Kincaid's fingerprints were on the door.
I want to close this segment the same way I closed the article I wrote about this story. Three questions. Simple ones.
If it were Steve Descano's daughter waiting at that bus stop — would Jalloh have been walking free with thirty-plus arrests on his record?
If it were Sheriff Kincaid's sister — would she have terminated the ICE agreement?
If it were George Soros's family member — would his six hundred thousand dollars have gone toward a prosecutor who kept letting a violent illegal alien walk?
You already know the answers. So do they.
Stephanie Minter deserved better. So does every American citizen living in a county run by people who have decided that illegal immigrants — even violent, repeat-offending ones — matter more than you do.
Say her name. Remember theirs.
Steve Descano. Stacey Kincaid. Jenna Sands. George Soros.
And Stephanie Minter. Forty-one years old. Waiting for a bus.
Coming up — a senior Iranian government official publicly threatened to eliminate the President of the United States today. The media called it an escalation of rhetoric. I'm going to tell you what it actually is. That's next.
"They Just Threatened to Kill the President. The Media Called It a Spat."
A senior Iranian government official — not some Twitter troll, not some fringe cleric — a man who runs Iran's Supreme National Security Council — posted a direct threat on social media today telling the President of the United States to be careful not to get eliminated. The American media covered it like a political back-and-forth. I'm going to tell you what it actually is.
Welcome back to Everyone Knows. I'm Brian Bullock.
Day eleven of the Iran war. And today it stopped being about bombs and started being about something a lot more personal. Because today, a senior Iranian official told Donald Trump — publicly, on social media, for the whole world to see — to be careful not to get eliminated.
Not a rumor. Not anonymous. A named, senior official. On record. In writing.
Let's talk about what that actually means.
His name is Ali Larijani. And before the media tries to minimize this — let's be clear about who he is.
Larijani is the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. That's the top national security body in the country. He's a former IRGC commander. He negotiated Iran's nuclear deals. He ran Iran's state broadcaster for a decade. Time Magazine once called his family — and I'm quoting — the Kennedys of Iran. This man wrote his doctoral thesis on Immanuel Kant. He is not a hothead. He is not fringe. He is one of the most powerful figures left standing in the Iranian government after the February 28th strikes killed Supreme Leader Khamenei and most of his top military leadership.
When Ali Larijani says something — it is Iran talking.
Here's exactly what he posted on X today. Direct quote:
"The sacrificial nation of Iran doesn't fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn't eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself."
This came in direct response to Trump posting on Truth Social that if Iran does anything to stop oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz — they would be hit, quote, TWENTY TIMES HARDER.
So Trump says twenty times harder. Larijani says be careful not to get eliminated.
That is a threat on the life of the President of the United States. From a sitting government official. In wartime. On a public platform. And every major news outlet this morning was writing headlines like "Iranian Official Issues Warning" and "Tensions Escalate."
No. Call it what it is.
Here's what makes this different from typical political bluster. Iran has already tried to kill Donald Trump. Twice that we know of.
Last week — March 7th — a Pakistani national named Asif Merchant was sentenced after being caught trying to hire a hitman during the 2024 presidential campaign. Iranian-connected operation. Real plot. Real money. Real target.
And Secretary Hegseth confirmed just days ago that the Iranian official who ran a separate assassination operation against Trump had been hunted down and killed by US forces. His words: "Iran tried to kill President Trump. And President Trump got the last laugh."
So this isn't a country blowing off steam. This is a country with an active, documented history of trying to murder this president — and one of their top officials just posted a public warning that he should watch his back.
At what point does the press start treating that seriously?
Trump, for his part, did what Trump does. He brushed it off entirely. Told CBS News — and I'm quoting — "I have no idea what he's talking about, who he is. I couldn't care less."
I understand the posture. You don't give your enemy the satisfaction of knowing the threat landed. Fine. But someone in the administration better be taking it seriously behind closed doors — because the history here demands it.
Hegseth added that today would be, quote, "the most intense day of strikes yet." More fighters. More bombers. More strikes. He said the intelligence is more refined than ever.
Good. Because this war doesn't end with a press release. It ends when Iran no longer has the ability or the will to keep making threats like the one Larijani posted this morning.
Here's what I want you to take away from this.
We are in active combat with Iran. Eight American soldiers are dead. Strikes are hitting Iranian soil today. And a senior Iranian official — not a militia commander, not a proxy — a man who sits on their supreme security council — just publicly told the American president to watch his back.
The same media that spent years screaming about "threats to democracy" is calling this an escalation of rhetoric. It's not rhetoric. It's a government official openly threatening the head of state of the country his nation is at war with.
Call it what it is. Cover it like what it is.
And for those keeping score — Iran started a war they cannot win, lost their supreme leader on day one, had their assassination coordinator hunted down and killed, are taking their most intense strikes yet today — and their response is to post threats on social media.
That's not strength. That's a regime running out of options and hoping nobody notices.
Ali Larijani told the President of the United States to be careful not to get eliminated. That's the story. Not a spat. Not a war of words. A threat. From a named government official. In the middle of a war. With documented prior attempts on record.
Say what you want about Trump — nobody gets to threaten the American president and have it treated like noise.
I'm Brian Bullock. This is Everyone Knows. We'll be right back.
Before I let you go — I've got one more story. And this one has nothing to do with politics.
"The Star That Broke the Rules"
Before I let you go tonight — I want to take you somewhere that has nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with war, nothing to do with any of it. I want to take you 160,000 light years away. Because something just happened out there that broke every rule in the book — and nobody can explain it.
We spend a lot of time on this show talking about what's broken down here. Tonight I want to spend a few minutes looking up. Because what's happening 160,000 light years away from Earth right now is one of the most remarkable things astronomers have ever observed — and it might rewrite everything we think we know about how the biggest stars in the universe live and die.
Its name is WOH G64. Not exactly a name that rolls off the tongue — but stick with me, because what this thing is will blow your mind.
WOH G64 is a star. But not like our sun. Our sun is a medium-sized, middle-aged star — about 4.5 billion years old with roughly 5 billion years left. WOH G64 is in a completely different category.
It is 28 times the mass of our sun. Its diameter is about 1,500 times greater. If you replaced our sun with WOH G64, its surface would extend all the way out past Jupiter — past the fifth planet in our solar system — and nearly reach Saturn, the sixth. You wouldn't just lose Earth. You'd lose Mars. You'd lose the asteroid belt. You'd lose Jupiter. All of it — swallowed inside this one star.
And if you wanted to travel around its surface at the speed of light — the fastest anything in the universe can move — it would take you six hours.
Six hours. At the speed of light. Just to go around it once.
Now here's where it gets really interesting.
WOH G64 is only about 10 million years old. That sounds old. But remember — our sun is 4.5 billion years old. In stellar terms, WOH G64 is a newborn. It burned so hot, so fast, so brilliantly that it's already near the end of its life. Astronomers call stars like this the rock stars of the universe — born brilliant, live fast, die young.
And right now — WOH G64 appears to be dying.
But here's the thing. Nobody knows how.
In 2014, astronomers observed something that had never been seen before. The star changed color. It went from red to yellow — transitioning from what's called a red supergiant to a yellow hypergiant. A massive transformation. And it did it quietly. No explosion. No eruption. No violent event of any kind. It just... changed.
Astronomers looked at every model they had. Every theory about how massive stars evolve. And the conclusion was the same across the board:
No current stellar models can fully explain this transformation.
Science — with all of its instruments and satellites and centuries of observation — watched this star do something and had to admit it simply doesn't know what happened.
So what happens to WOH G64?
There are a few possibilities. Stars between 8 and 23 times the mass of our sun typically explode in what's called a supernova — one of the most violent events in the universe, releasing more energy in seconds than our sun will in its entire lifetime.
But WOH G64 is bigger than that range. At 28 times the mass of our sun it's in territory where the rules get murky. It might go supernova. It might collapse directly into a black hole — skipping the explosion entirely and just... disappearing. Or it might do something nobody has ever seen before.
Oh — and one more thing. WOH G64 isn't alone out there.
Astronomers recently discovered it has a companion star orbiting it. A binary system. Two massive objects gravitationally bound to each other, slowly circling. And at some point — possibly — they might merge. Two enormous dying stars colliding into each other in one of the most catastrophic events imaginable.
We don't know when. We don't know how. We just know it's out there, 160,000 light years away, doing something science has never seen before.
I think about stories like this when the weight of everything else gets heavy. The wars, the politics, the corruption, the fraud — all of it is real and all of it matters. But sometimes it helps to remember that we live on a pale blue dot orbiting an average star in one corner of one galaxy among hundreds of billions — and 160,000 light years away, a star 1,500 times the size of our sun is quietly defying everything we think we know about the universe.
We don't have all the answers down here. Turns out we don't have all the answers up there either.
And somehow — that's one of the most comforting things I know.
That is Everyone Knows. The hard truth, the stuff nobody else will say, and the thing that keeps you going.
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