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A child murderer who was scheduled to be released from prison after only serving a portion of his sentence is facing an additional charge after public outrage.

Ronald Exantus snuck into a home in Versailles, Kentucky, on Dec. 7, 2015, and stabbed 6-year-old Logan Tipton in the head, killing him. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2018 for assaulting the boy’s family members.

‘I told the court — if I ever cross paths with him, I will kill the man.’

His case inspired outrage across the country after Exantus was scheduled to be released after serving only seven years of his sentence for good behavior. The Kentucky Justice Cabinet said in a statement that the parole board recommended Exantus finish out the rest of his term but that he had fulfilled the requirements to be released on mandatory re-entry supervision based on Kentucky state law.

“He will stay on [mandatory re-entry supervision] under probation and parole supervision until the expiration of his sentence. The Department of Corrections does not have discretion in determining release dates, which are governed by state law,” a statement from the cabinet reads.

The public outrage caught the attention of the White House, which released a statement on Saturday.

“I can confirm the White House is looking into this. It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote.

Five days later, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office was taking action to keep Exantus behind bars.

“My office has been working with State Attorney Gladson’s office in Marion County since we were alerted that this dangerous individual who murdered a child by repeatedly stabbing him in the head was in Florida,” he wrote in a post on social media.

“This afternoon, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and 5th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office obtained a warrant for the arrest of Ronald Exantus for failure to register as a convicted felon,” he added. “State officials are now working to send him back to Kentucky. I want to thank Sheriff Woods and State Attorney Gladson for keeping our communities safe from this dangerous felon.”

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The case also received national attention after the father of the victim said that he would kill Exantus on the spot if he ran into him in public.

“I’ve had my talks with God ’cause I’m not afraid to tell you all, I told the court — if I ever cross paths with him, I will kill the man,” Dean Tipton told WLKY-TV. “I will kill him where he stands.”

If Uthmeier is successful in prosecuting Exantus, Tipton won’t need to put his own freedom at risk to avenge this son.

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Islamists have been swarming the streets of New York City, flying Palestinian flags and calling for terror attacks “stronger than … the first October 7.”

“We did not act enough,” the protesters chanted. “If we acted enough, the headline behind me would read, ‘Gaza has been liberated.’”

“Our work is not done. We must show up stronger than we did the first October 7. To make it clear that we are not going anywhere. We will keep fighting until Palestine is free,” they yelled.

“If he hadn’t referenced October 7 … you could say he’s just making a benign statement. No, no, actually. This is clearly, clearly a terroristic threat. … And my opinion, I would hope that Pam Bondi and Donald Trump share that same opinion,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“You should not be allowed to come into my country and spew terroristic threats and not expect to get denaturalized and deported,” she says.

Gonzales points out that 9% of the residents in New York City are Muslim — which comes out to be nearly a whopping 750,000 Muslims.

“We’re almost to the point where we can’t put the genie back in the bottle. I think it’s time that we start talking about this and stop being afraid to hurt people’s feelings, especially when you talk about how they are infiltrating at the highest levels,” Gonzales says.

“How it is a fact that we have a Muslim Democrat socialist — which don’t get me started on how that all works — Zohran Mamdani, who is about to win the mayoral race in New York City in November. I mean, there’s basically no way he doesn’t win,” she continues.

“And the problem is that the tenets of Islam, the tenets of their holy book, completely contradict the tenets of this country and the tenets that this country was founded on,” Gonzales explains. “They are not compatible with one another, and it should not be controversial to say that.”

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Last month, Ted Barham, a Christian pastor and longtime resident of Dearborn, Michigan — the city with the largest Arab population in the U.S. — bravely spoke out at a city council meeting about the ceremonial naming of two intersections after Osama Siblani.

Siblani is the publisher of Dearborn’s Arab American News and a prominent community leader.

Barham took issue with the city’s honoring of Siblani given his past remarks praising Hezbollah and Hamas as “freedom fighters.” At the meeting, he calmly but pointedly made his case, arguing that the city might as well have named the streets “Hamas Street” and “Hezbollah Street.”

Dearborn’s Muslim mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, however, was enraged. He called Barham an “Islamophobe” unfit for the city, declaring him “not welcome here” and quipping that he would personally throw a city parade upon his departure.

On a recent episode of “LevinTV,” Mark Levin played the clip of the heated interaction.

“This is sick,” says Levin, condemning the lack of media coverage on this story.

The Arab takeover of Dearborn, he argues, mirrors the swell of Palestinians in places like Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, and Hebron, the burial site of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“It wasn’t that long ago that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, was 80% Christian. Today … less than 15% of the population of Bethlehem is Christian. It’s Palestinian,” says Levin.

“Some time ago, many [in Hebron] were slaughtered by the Palestinians. The Palestinians took over the area, so the IDF has a significant force there to protect the 85 Jewish families who are still there,” he adds.

Levin recalls traveling to Hebron with his family: “We had to go there in a vehicle with a driver. The vehicle was armored, the driver was armed, and we had to stay close.”

He then connects Dearborn’s controversy to broader historical shifts, arguing that the biblical regions of Judea and Samaria, named in the Bible for their significance to the ancient Israelites, are improperly called the West Bank of Palestine today. He rejects this modern term, asserting it erases Jewish historical ties, much like the street naming in Dearborn overlooks problematic associations.

The “Islamists” in Dearborn stand with Hezbollah and Qatar, says Levin.

That means “they want the annihilation of Israel and the Jews and the annihilation of the United States.”

To hear more of Levin’s analysis, watch the video above.

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YouTube announced in an official blog post on Thursday that it will give second chances to some users who had their channels terminated.

In late September, banned creators got the impression that they would be reinstated on YouTube after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote on X that Google had committed to allowing “ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform.”

When controversial commentators Alex Jones and Nick Fuentes tested out the claim by starting new YouTube channels, they were promptly removed from the platform.

‘We may take action to protect the community.’

YouTube quickly responded by saying it had not yet rolled out the new pilot program, while a spokesman for Rep. Jordan told Blaze News that the new program would only “extend at a minimum to any users banned for policies no longer in effect,” such as policies pertaining to alleged misinformation about COVID-19 and elections.

In YouTube’s new blog post, the company wrote that it has heard from creators “loud and clear” that they want more options to return to the platform.

“So we’re happy to share that we’re introducing a pilot program to offer some qualified creators an opportunity to rebuild their presence on YouTube,” the blog stated. “Starting today, some previously terminated creators will have the opportunity to request a new YouTube channel.”

The platform noted that “not every type of channel termination” will be eligible, however, starting with only those who have been banned from the platform for at least one year.

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YouTube went on to say it would “consider several factors” when evaluating which excommunicated creators could apply for a new channel.

This included whether or not the creator has “committed particularly severe or persistent violations” of YouTube’s community guidelines, or whether the creator’s “on- or off-platform activity harmed or may continue to harm the YouTube community, like channels that endanger kids’ safety.”

YouTube also revealed that the latest pilot program would not be available to anyone banned for copyright infringement, or those who have violated the “creator responsibility” policies.

This area is likely the most contentious portion of the new program rules, as it covers a wide swath of undefined activity that extends to the content creator’s personal life and conduct outside of YouTube.

YouTube states that a creator could be in violation of the responsibility code if his or her behavior “harms” YouTube’s “users, community, employees or ecosystem.”

“We may take action to protect the community,” YouTube explains. An attached video added that conduct that loses the platform ad revenue can also be considered a violation.

“YouTube and advertisers don’t want to be associated with that level of craziness,” the video host said sternly. “And when advertisers pull their spend, everybody loses.”

“Inappropriate” behavior can also include the intention to cause malicious harm to others, or “participating in abuse or violence, demonstrating cruelty.”

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By now, creators know that such vague terminology can and will be used against them in the court of YouTube appeals, with the appeal process throwing up a whole other barrier within the new program.

If banned creators lose an appeal, they will also have to endure the mandatory one-year period before applying through the second chances program.

Another hurdle arises if a creator deleted his or her own channel. “Creators who deleted their YouTube channel/Google account will not be able to see the ‘request a new channel’ option at this time,” YouTube wrote.

Creators will know they are eligible for the second chances program simply by seeing an option to request a new channel when they log into the YouTube Studio on their computer through their previously deleted channel.

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Tyler Robinson, the homosexual leftist accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, claimed in advance of the fatal Sept. 10 shooting at Utah Valley University that the Turning Point USA founder was “spreading hate,” charging documents say.

Leftists have now leveled the same accusation against the TPUSA student chapter at Rutgers University, using a pressure campaign in hopes of shutting down speech deemed hateful.

How it started

Mark Bray is an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University who has not only seemingly championed the terrorist group Antifa and its use of violence but wrote the 2017 book “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.”

Within hours of stating that “only mass antifascism, legal or not, can save us,” Bray claimed on the liberal X knockoff Bluesky that he received “multiple death threats + doxing” following alleged harassment from Turning Point USA.

It appears he was referring to the attempt by the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA to get him fired.

The petition started by the TPUSA student chapter’s treasurer, Megyn Doyle, states, “We, the students of Rutgers University, are deeply concerned to learn that an outspoken, well-known antifa member, Dr. Mark Bray, is employed by the university.”

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Mark Bray (left) peddling his book on ‘Meet the Press’ in 2017. Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images.

“With the current trend of left-wing terrorism, having a prominent leader of the antifa movement on campus is a threat to conservative students on campus,” continues the petition. “Dr. Bray has regularly referred to mainstream conservative figures such as Bill O’Reilly as fascist while he calls for militant actions to be taken against these individuals. This is the kind of rhetoric that resulted in Charlie Kirk being assassinated last month.”

In addition to flagging Bray’s apparent defense of political violence and incendiary rhetoric, the petition highlighted a note in the professor’s book that indicates 50% of the proceeds would go to the International Anti-Fascist Defence Fund, which supports Antifa activists around the world.

After Bray was called out for his radicalism — with receipts provided — the leftist professor presented to the liberal media as a victim, suggesting he intended to flee to Europe but proved unable.

“I’ve never been part of an antifa group, and I’m not currently,” Bray told the New York Times. “There’s an effort underway to paint me as someone who is doing the things that I’ve researched, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.”

Radicals circle the wagons

Leftist students and faculty members at Rutgers rushed to Bray’s defense.

The Rutgers chapters of the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers joined the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union in condemning the attempt by the TPUSA’s student chapter to get Bray canned over his apparent support for Antifa terrorists. The unions further smeared the student chapter, suggesting it was responsible for the threats Bray has supposedly received.

“The threats against … Bray are a predictable consequence of Turning Point’s campaign to distort Dr. Bray’s views,” said the unions’ joint statement. “Silence in the face of these assaults will only embolden the far right.”

A Change.org petition that had over 3,500 signatures at the time of writing appeared on Sunday in the wake of Bray’s recent claims of victimhood, demanding that the university disband the Rutgers chapter of TPUSA.

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“The Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has been continuously promoting hate speech and inciting violence against our community,” said the petition, reportedly created by a former student from the Rochester Institute of Technology. “This disturbing behavior has created a toxic environment that has already led to tragic consequences.”

‘Any opinion that challenges their worldview is immediately branded as “hate speech.”‘

“We urge Rutgers University to immediately disband the Turning Point USA chapter from its campus,” continued the petition. “By doing so, we will not only be upholding our commitment to educational excellence but also ensuring a safe and inclusive environment for every individual within our community.”

“The petition to disband our Turning Point chapter is blatantly defamatory,” Ava Kwan, outreach coordinator for the Turning Point USA chapter at Rutgers, said in a statement.

“The accusations of ‘inciting violence’ and ‘making threats’ are complete lies,” continued Kwan. “The same people claiming we’re suppressing their free speech are actively trying to silence us for speaking the truth. It’s not just ironic, it’s hypocritical and absurd. Any opinion that challenges their worldview is immediately branded as ‘hate speech,’ a meaningless term weaponized to control dissent and protect their false narrative.”

Blaze News has reached out to TPUSA for comment.

When asked whether Rutgers is considering disbanding the TPUSA student chapter, the university said in a statement to Blaze News, “The university does not comment on specific personnel or student conduct matters.”

The university noted further that it is “committed to providing a secure environment — to learn, teach, work, and research, where all members of our community can share their opinions without fear of intimidation or harassment. Rutgers is committed to upholding the rights of students and faculty to free speech and academic freedom as fundamental to our community.”

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After a trial lasting two years and one month, Ontario Justice Heather Perkins-McVey on Tuesday handed down conditional sentences to Freedom Convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich.

Barber received 12 months of house arrest followed by a six-month curfew.

‘I told Lawrence that day that I’ll serve 100 years in prison before I will ever apologize.’

Lich was sentenced to twelve months of house arrest and an additional three and a half months of curfew — reduced from six months because she has already spent 74 days in custody. Both must complete 100 hours of community service.

The judge granted exceptions allowing Barber to continue his trucking work.

‘Absence of remorse’

Perkins-McVey rejected an absolute discharge for either defendant, citing “an absence” of remorse. At the same time, she averred that the years-long prison sentences sought by prosecutors — eight for Barber and seven for Lich — would be “unfit.” The pair had been found guilty April 3 of mischief charges.

In a video posted to X, Barber thanked supporters:

We’re still here, and I just wanted to reach out to everybody and say thank you very much for all the support.

I’ve officially lost control of the inboxes on all accounts. I cannot keep up with the messages of support, but I will do my best on the way home to respond to each and every one of you. I just had to come on here and say thanks.

I’m going to sum up what my mother said to me yesterday after court:

“Son, I would rather have you home safe for 18 months than have you sit in a jail cell for six.”

I agree with her. I can still work. I can still do the farm duties. I mean, there’s worse places to be than on the farm, where I have property and I can get some work done and I can still truck.

So again, thank you very much everyone for the support out there. We really appreciate it. It’s been quite the ordeal, and I think we’ve woke a lot of people up around the country, and we continue to wake these people up to … exactly what happened and how the government acted and is still acting.”

No regrets

Lich later posted on X:

Lawrence and I discussed remorse in a meeting at his office prior to our sentencing hearing in July. I told him I would not, and could not, express remorse as it would be dishonest and disingenuous.

To whom shall I apologize? The thousands of Canadians who stopped planning to take their own lives when the convoy started? To the thousands … who were able to return to their jobs? Or should I apologize to all the Canadians who can kiss their dying loved ones or have their families over for Thanksgiving?

I told Lawrence that day that I’ll serve 100 years in prison before I will ever apologize.

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‘Lawful protest’?

Official opposition leader Pierre Poilievre took to X to comment on the verdict:

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber peacefully protested the imposition of emergency measures that the Federal Court found to be unlawful and unconstitutional. Instead of pursuing rapists, drug dealers and other monsters, the Crown sought lengthy prison sentences. Justice Perkins-McVey rightly rejected the Crown’s request, and sent Tamara and Chris home to their families. We must get to a justice system that ensures the security and freedom of all Canadians.

Perkins-McVey said she relied heavily on victim-impact statements to determine the extent of the convoy’s disruption of business and day-to-day life in downtown Ottawa. She was careful to stress the nonviolent and accommodating nature of the protest.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on a fraud charge by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, according to two sources who spoke to CNN.

President Donald Trump has been in a feud with James since she sued him and the Trump Organization for allegedly overvaluing properties in order to secure favorable loans and other financial benefits.

A report about the grand jury indictment indicated that Halligan herself presented the case against James.

After regaining office, Trump pounced on allegations from Bill Pulte, the Federal Housing Finance Agency director, that James had improperly declared a Virginia home her primary residence in order to secure financial advantages.

On Monday a report from MSNBC indicated that prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi had told acquaintances that she believed there was not enough evidence to prosecute James. The sources of the report also believed that Yusi might be fired after presenting her recommendation to interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

A report about the grand jury indictment indicated that Halligan herself presented the case against James. The AP reported that James has been indicted on one count of fraud.

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Trump has excoriated James on social media and at one point referred to her as a “wacky crook.”

Critics have accused the president of abusing the powers of government to persecute his political enemies. A judge in the fraud case against Trump ordered him to pay $355 million in penalties, but an appeals court later dismissed the fine, ruling in August that it was “excessive” and unconstitutional.

“This is a political witch hunt and I think she should be ashamed of herself,” Trump testified during the case. “You believe this political hack back there and that’s unfortunate.”

This is a developing story.

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The NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation announced late last month that Benito Ocasio, the cross-dressing Puerto Rican rapper known as Bad Bunny, will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.

While Ocasio, a supporter of Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign, recently suggested on “Saturday Night Live” that “people all around the world who love my music are also happy” about the decision, a great many Americans appear deeply displeased with the league’s choice of entertainer.

Ocasio has, after all, admittedly avoided touring in the U.S. because of the Trump administration’s faithful enforcement of federal immigration law; cursed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents; and repeatedly dressed up in drag, in at least one case wearing fake breasts. Ocasio has also raised eyebrows with his suggestion that Americans — whose official language is English — will have to learn Spanish to understand his Super Bowl performance.

‘One by one, conservatives will take back every great American institution.’

Fortunately, there will be an alternative for normal Americans. Turning Point USA announced on Thursday that it will be running a rival halftime show “celebrating faith, family & freedom.”

While the conservative organization has yet to announce performers and key event details, the name of the Super Bowl halftime alternative contains a major hint: “The All American Halftime Show.”

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The corresponding website for the TPUSA event asks visitors to indicate which genres of music they’d prefer to see featured, including Americana, classic rock, country, pop, worship, or “anything in English.”

Blaze News has reached out to a TPUSA spokesman for additional insights into the event.

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The news was well received by American conservatives and other patriots.

BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre said in response to the announcement, “It’s time.”

“The NFL chose Bad Bunny. Turning Point chose America. That’s how we win the culture war — by building something better,” wrote Crystal Kate, senior adviser to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts.

The New York Young Republican Club noted, “We’re beginning to see the formation of a parallel culture in America, a revitalization of the true American Spirit, free from corporate wokeism and donor/advertising pressures. One by one, conservatives will take back every great American institution.”

President Donald Trump suggested that Ocasio, the headliner for the official alternative to the TPUSA halftime show, is “absolutely ridiculous.”

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On Thursday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a press conference to provide updates on the ongoing government shutdown. Along with other GOP leaders, Johnson placed blame for the shutdown squarely on Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other leading Democrats.

“It seems complicated, what’s happening in Washington right now,” Johnson said. “It actually is very simple.”

‘A majority of the Senate is already on our side. … So this really does get down to Leader Schumer and the bulk of his caucus.’

The speaker went on to say that Schumer and other top Democrats are prolonging the shutdown to appease the radical wing of their party. “They are worried about the Marxist flank in their Democrat Party,” Johnson said. “… He’s terrified that he’s going to get a challenge from his far left.”

According to Johnson, the Democrats’ delaying tactic is hurting the average American: “They are playing politics, and real Americans are paying the price for it.”

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said that Republicans are ready and willing to work with Democrats to move legislation forward. “We’re prepared to work. I’ve got very talented counterparts on the Democratic side,” Cole said.

He added that Schumer and other prominent Democrats are preventing bipartisan progress: “A majority of the Senate is already on our side. A bipartisan majority of 55. So this really does get down to Leader Schumer and the bulk of his caucus.”

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) echoed the speaker’s comments on Democrat efforts to appease the radical elements of the party. “I think the American people are getting sick of this charade,” Scalise said. He pointed to these efforts at appeasement as a major reason for the Democrats’ refusal to compromise. “Chuck Schumer is more concerned with his political job than he is about the jobs of millions of American families,” he claimed.

For his part, Schumer has remained focused on the additional health care funding and coverage that Democrats have insisted on adding to the continuing resolution in order to open up the government. In a post on X, Schumer wrote, “The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking healthcare away from you.”

Since the government shut down, there have been five votes on measures to reopen it. All of them have failed. Another vote is scheduled for October 10.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer against an illegal alien who killed a college student in a hit-and-run accident and received a light prison sentence, Blaze News has exclusively learned.

‘This monster should never have been in our country and has had a final order of removal since 2018.’

On April 2, Rosali I. Fernandez-Cruz, a 24-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was driving his pickup truck when he struck and killed Nathaniel Baker, a 21-year-old University of South Carolina student, who was riding his motorcycle in Richland County, South Carolina.

Fernandez-Cruz, who illegally entered the U.S. through the Mexico border in December 2016, fled the scene of the crash without attempting to administer aid.

Three of the four charges against Fernandez-Cruz were ultimately dropped, including failure to render aid, failure to yield right of way, and driving without a license.

He pleaded guilty to hit-and-run resulting in death and was sentenced to just one year in prison. He was also given credit for 131 days of time served.

Fernandez-Cruz’s scheduled release is set for March 2026.

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Rosali I. Fernandez-Cruz. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

A Department of Homeland Security press release revealed that ICE has lodged a detainer against Fernandez-Cruz to ensure that he is deported following the completion of his prison sentence.

An immigration judge issued a final order of removal in 2018.

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“21-year-old USC student Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Baker was driving a motorcycle when he was hit by a truck driver who fled the scene,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated. “The hit-and-run driver, Rosali Isaac Fernandez-Cruz, was in our country illegally and received just one year in prison for taking Nate’s precious life. ICE lodged a detainer to ensure as soon as this killer completes his one-year prison sentence that ICE is notified to arrest him and get him OUT of our country.”

“Nathaniel was a 21-year-old college student with his whole life in front of him. This monster should never have been in our country and has had a final order of removal since 2018,” McLaughlin added.

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A flyer allegedly created by far-left radicals calls for activists to use laser pointers against law enforcement helicopters in Portland, Oregon.

Portland has been the site of violent rioting against officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Antifa protesters. The situation has deteriorated to the point where the Trump administration has ordered National Guard troops to protect federal facilities and the White House has threatened to cancel federal funding to the city.

‘All you need is a laser. Leave home — they can see where the laser is coming from.’

On Thursday, a flyer surfaced on social media that seems to call upon activists to commit a federal crime.

“Every night for weeks we are forced to listen to the threatening rhythm of helicopter blades as the federal regime spies on us. The only limit power knows is our refusal to submit. This Saturday, October 11th, at 9 pm you are invited to fight back. All you need is a laser. Leave home — they can see where the laser is coming from,” the flyer reads.

“Go to a park, a field, or some other public place, and once the clock strikes 9 unleash your beam at the cop copter. Mask up,” the flyer continues. “Coordinate with friends to throw a laser party!”

The flyer can be traced back to a post on a website titled Rose City Counter-Info that publishes “anarchist and anti-authoritarian” material. The website also publishes material promoting Antifa.

Leftist protesters have previously used laser pointers to attack federal agents in Portland, most notably in 2020. In July of that year, several protesters were arrested for violence including the use of lasers as weapons.

RELATED: Nick Sortor threatens legal action against the Portland Police Department after his arrest over Antifa attack

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Journalist Andy Ngo captured video showing Portland protesters using high-powered laser pointers at that time.

“It’s not surprising to see Antifa announce their intention to commit a federal crime,” national correspondent Julio Rosas told Blaze News. “Their goal is to cause disruptions to the federal government in any way they can. It would be amusing to see if they follow through on it as four illegal aliens in Portland were recently arrested for doing the same thing.”

Rosas spoke at a roundtable about Antifa at the White House on Wednesday to describe his experiences in dealing with the left-wing group.

Blaze News’ requests for comment from various Portland Antifa websites were not immediately answered.

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A Canadian gym that claims the fitness industry is dominated by white people has removed a pricing structure that was based on race.

R Studios released a statement in response to online backlash after reports circulated that showed the company offering classes for “BIPOC … Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour” at half its typical rate. Its usual rate was $30, but the “BIPOC” rate was $15.

‘Our mission has always been to create spaces that feel safe.’

As reported by the Daily Mail, not only did the Halifax, Nova Scotia, studio offer a special “BIPOC drop in rate,” but a screenshot of an alleged chat with the company revealed users could get a “reduced” membership cost simply for being “a black person.”

“Yes, we offer a BIPOC membership option,” the company allegedly responded, according to the image.

In response, the fitness studio posted a series of statements to its Instagram account, seemingly admitting to the pricing program.

“Our mission has always been to create spaces that feel safe, inclusive, and welcoming for all people,” the post began.

The statement then immediately positioned the company as implementing diversity programs as a method to fight bigotry. Not only did R Studios claim that the fitness industry has “long been predominantly white and often inaccessible,” the company seemed to state it has engaged in race-based hiring practices as well.

“We have taken pride in being leaders who actively promote diversity through our hiring practices, in-studio equity and inclusion training, and the creation of our IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility) Committee.”

Further cementing that customers are to “feel seen” at the business, R Studios then addressed “feedback and criticism” surrounding its efforts to create a “discounted membership” created by its “BIPOC team and IDEA Committee to help foster diversity and inclusion.”

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The post continued, claiming that while R Studios’ “initiative was built from a place of compassion and community,” the company said it understood that some have interpreted the pricing tiers to be “exclusive.”

The company then justified the decision by saying part of its work means recognizing “true inclusion,” which involves creating “intentional space for those who have been historically marginalized or excluded.”

R Studios further announced that it would be removing all discounted memberships and replacing them with an allegedly “even more inclusive” program to provide memberships for those who face “financial or systemic barriers” but “regardless of background.”

On the final page of the post, the company said it remains committed to DEI.

This commitment is still displayed proudly on the R Studios website, where it boasts a land acknowledgement.

“The Rstudios community is currently working to be more inclusive,” the statement reads. The company also declares in the acknowledgement “that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.”

It adds, “This territory is covered by the ‘Treaties of Peace and Friendship’ signed in 1725.”

The Mi’kmaq have been noted as being scalpers for pay who tortured prisoners of war from other tribes, which was of course common at the time.

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Local political candidate from the People’s Party of Canada Jeff Evely commented that he felt the fitness studio was in violation of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act.

“R studios in Nova Scotia charges double for white people, in violation of Sections 5(1) of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act,” Evely wrote on X.

Notably, the studio’s owner, Connie McInnes, was celebrated by national Canadian bank TD Canada in 2019 for her efforts to create “safe spaces for women.”

R Studios did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment regarding race-based pricing and hiring practices.

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Pro-Hamas protesters who allegedly became violent during a march in Boston on Tuesday evening will remain in custody unless they can raise sufficient funds to cover their high bail costs.

‘I think that effectively, the far-left promotes violence.’

Thirteen agitators were arrested earlier this week while participating in a pro-Palestine rally on the two-year anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack that caused the deaths of more than 1,200 Israelis.

Some of the charges against the protesters included disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and disturbing the peace.

Four officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries, including broken bones, in scuffles with the protesters.

John Gately, the host of the “John F Gately Show,” captured footage of the demonstration and estimated that roughly 175 people attended.

“There was a kerfuffle. There was a report of pepper spray; I didn’t see that,” Gately told Blaze News on Wednesday. “It was a fight in the middle of Tremont Street.”

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“From my perspective, this is all the same ball of wax: Antifa, free Palestine, trans-tifa. They’re all the same effectively, far-left/communist agitators,” Gately said. “It’s all the same oppressor versus oppressed dialectic.”

“I think that effectively, the far-left promotes violence,” he added.

On Thursday, the Boston Herald reported that the arrested protesters were slapped with high bail amounts. Three individuals, 26-year-old Osama El Khatib, 19-year-old Styx Hatch, and 21-year-old Roder Atwood, were held on $10,000 bail. Atwood is accused of assaulting a police officer and causing bodily harm.

Atwood, a Tufts University senior, pleaded not guilty. His attorney requested that Atwood be released, noting his lack of prior criminal record.

Blaze News reached out to Atwood’s attorney, Peter A. O’Karma.

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Atlanta Carrig-Braun, 24, and Haley Macintyre, 24, were held on $7,500 bail. A few other individuals, including 27-year-old Madeline Weikel, 22-year-old Jacob Pettigrew, and 28-year-old Gabrielle Smith, were held on $5,000 bail.

Owen Woodcock, 26, and Amun Prophet, 25, were held on $1,000 bail. Prahlad Iyengar, 25, Laith Hintzman, 19, and Benjamin Andre Choucroun, 20, were held on $500 bail.

In a statement previously provided to Blaze News, Mayor Michelle Wu (D) said, “We are extremely grateful for the work of the Boston Police in keeping the city safe and in supporting the right to peacefully protest. Boston will not tolerate violence, and we categorically condemn those who came into our community to attack our police officers. The individuals who engaged in these attacks must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

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Jackie Hill Perry is a Christian author whom BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey has admired and agreed with on many issues, but whose stance on racial justice became abundantly clear in 2020 and led to her blocking Stuckey on social media.

Now, in a recent episode on her “With the Perrys” podcast, Perry explained that she doesn’t believe Charlie Kirk is a martyr — and Stuckey couldn’t disagree more.

“They misunderstand. ‘Why don’t you think he’s a martyr?’ And it’s like, because I heard what he said. And so, it’s not that I don’t appreciate his stances on abortion, on sexuality, on marriage, but it’s also, I hear other things alongside that that don’t give martyr,” Perry said.

“I want to get to the bigger point here, which is really important, and that is about martyrdom. Was Charlie a martyr? She says that other things that he said ‘didn’t give martyr.’ And I take issue with how that is phrased because that’s such a flippant way to be talking about the assassination of a brother in Christ,” BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey comments.

“What does the Bible say that a martyr is?” she asks. “When we look at the etymology of martyrdom and that word, what does it actually mean? Is a martyr someone who only says things we agree with? Is a martyr someone who never says things that are offensive? Is a martyr someone that has to be perfect and totally sinless? Is that how we define martyr?”

“Because it seems to me from that conversation that that is how they are defining it. Charlie Kirk said things that they don’t agree with,” she adds.

However, the biblical definition of a martyr is much different from the one Perry was basing her rejection of Kirk on.

“A martyr is one who bears testimony to faith, one who willingly suffers death rather than surrender his or her religious faith, especially their Christian beliefs,” Stuckey reads.

“When we look into the Greek term ‘martys’ — so when we look at the etymology, the study of this word, ‘martys’ literally means witness. So a witness to the truth. And what does witness mean? It means someone who attests to a fact, to an event, from personal knowledge. So one who so testifies. Now what does testify mean? To affirm the truth of,” she continues.

“What is not the definition of a martyr is someone who always agrees with us. Someone who never offends us. Someone who is sinless. Only Jesus was sinless. Someone whose words meet our definition of gentle or loving or kind. It is also not someone who never talked about politics or who voted a certain way,” Stuckey explains.

“That’s not how we define martyrdom,” she adds.

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Over a week into the Democrat-induced government shutdown, President Donald Trump revealed just how far the administration is willing to go.

During a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Trump said Democrats will get “a little taste of their own medicine.” The government has officially entered its ninth day of the shutdown, and neither Democrats nor Republicans seem to have budged. As a result, Trump is turning up the pressure.

‘They wanted to do this.’

“Despite all of the damage that it’s caused, the shutdown, it’s been, you know, pretty damaging, I mean, not yet because it’s early, but it gets a little bit worse as it goes along,” Trump said.

As a result, Trump said his administration will “be making cuts that will be permanent.”

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“We’re only going to cut Democrat programs, I hate to tell you,” Trump said.

“We’ll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs. … They wanted to do this, so we’ll give them a little taste of their own medicine,” Trump added.

Democrats have voted several times to keep the government closed since the October 1 funding deadline. The Republican-led funding bill is a clean continuing resolution with no partisan anomalies. The only change in the GOP’s bill is a bipartisan increase in security funding for lawmakers following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

In contrast, the Democrat-led funding bill boasts a $1.5 trillion price tag and aims to reverse most if not all legislative accomplishments achieved through Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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“Chuck Schumer proclaimed this morning that every day gets better for them,” Trump said. “No, every day it’s actually getting worse for them, and they’re having a rebellion in the Democrat Party because they want to stop.”

“This is a confession that he’s acting, not to serve the people, but to serve the partisan interests of his party,” Trump added. “And I don’t think he’s serving them well because … they just lost an election in a landslide.”

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A Democrat state representative in North Carolina has been accused of raping a teenager, prompting some in his party to demand his resignation.

On Wednesday, state Rep. Cecil Brockman, 41, was booked into Guilford County jail on four charges: two counts of statutory rape of a child between the ages of 13 and 15, a class B felony, and two counts of indecent liberties with a child, a class F felony.

‘The profound seriousness of these criminal charges makes it impossible for him to effectively represent his community.’

Court documents allege that on August 15, Brockman “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did engage in a sexual act with” and “did commit and attempt to commit lewd and lascivious act upon the body of” a 15-year-old victim. Whether the alleged victim is male or female is unclear.

Court documents further claim that Brockman has attempted to make contact with the alleged victim, even going so far as “attempting to locate the juvenile in the hospital” and “attempting to use his status” as a state lawmaker “to gain information” about the victim’s whereabouts.

Brockman was not given bail upon his arrest. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Thursday afternoon.

A spokesperson from Brockman’s legislative office declined a request for comment from Blaze News.

Since his arrest, high-profile members of his party from around the state have already called for his resignation.

“The profound seriousness of these criminal charges makes it impossible for him to effectively represent his community,” the North Carolina Democratic Party said in a statement, according to WRAL.

House Minority Leader Robert Reives (D-Chatham) hedged a bit, saying that if the allegations are proven true, then they “would disqualify him from public office.” But Reives said first, “It is important to let the legal process unfold.”

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The calls for Brockman to resign stand in stark contrast to the heated political situation in Virginia, where Democrats around the state have stood by Jay Jones, their candidate for attorney general, despite previous violent statements about a Republican colleague and his family.

Last week, a text conversation from 2022 resurfaced between then-House Delegate Jones and Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner. During their exchange, Jones said:

in a hypothetical scenario in which he has two bullets and must choose whether to kill then-Speaker Todd Gilbert (R), Adolf Hitler, or Pol Pot, “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.””Put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.“Gilbert’s two kids are “little fascists” who should die so that “evil” Gilbert will change his mind on some political issues.if his Republican colleagues should die before he does, he would “go to their funerals to piss on their graves.“

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New York City police said a 25-year-old male admitted to beating a man to death inside a Brooklyn subway station, ABC News reported.

Police said officers arrived at the Jay Street station just after 3 p.m. Tuesday after getting a call about an “aided male,” the news network said.

Police added that suspect had a katana sword — with a blade of more than 20 inches in length — resting in his lap at the time of the arrest, WABC reported.

Upon arrival, officers “observed an unidentified male, unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma about the body,” police added to ABC News.

Paramedics transported the victim to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in “critical condition”; he later was “pronounced deceased,” police told the news network.

The suspect punched, kicked, and stomped 64-year-old Nicola Tanzi — and allegedly admitted to detectives that he did it because he didn’t like the way the victim looked at him, police told WABC-TV, which added that Tanzi suffered a fractured skull.

Authorities named the suspect as 25-year-old David Mazariegos late Wednesday afternoon, WABC reported, adding that he’s been charged with murder, robbery, and grand larceny.

Authorities added that Mazariegos has 17 prior arrests, including for assault earlier this year, petit larceny, and graffiti, WABC said.

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WABC said Mazariegos was arrested around 10 p.m. Tuesday after NYPD officers assigned to the subway in Times Square saw him sitting on the sidewalk.

Police added that suspect had a katana sword — with a blade of more than 20 inches in length — resting in his lap at the time of the arrest, WABC reported.

What’s more, police told WABC that Mazariegos also was in possession of four of the victim’s credit cards — including one the suspect allegedly used to make a Target purchase Tuesday night.

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Detectives also are looking into similarities between Tuesday’s murder and the death of a worker who confronted a shoplifter at a Morton Williams in Hell’s Kitchen last month, WABC said.

More on what led to the deadly attack, according to WABC:

Police say the suspect was pulling on the exit gate at the Jay Street-MetroTech station, attempting to gain entry around 3 p.m. Tuesday when Tanzi approached.

The two exchanged words, and the suspect sucker punched the 64-year-old, knocking him to the ground.

According to investigators, video from MTA security cameras recorded the suspect then punching, kicking, and stomping the victim’s head 15 times while he was on the ground.

Police say the suspect was then seen boarding a Bronx-bound No. 2 train.

Candles burned at the scene of the crime Wednesday in memory of Tanzi, WABC said, adding that others said he was a security guard and a nice guy.

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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited the department’s domain awareness system, which sent photos of the suspect to officers’ phones, after which the suspect was arrested, WABC reported.

“Right after this horrific attack, the entire NYPD received an emergency alert to their phones with photos of the suspect and a physical description,” Tisch said on X. “Eagle-eyed cops working near Times Square recognized this perp from the photos they had just received and immediately brought this dangerous criminal into custody.”

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The federal government collects samples of wastewater to protect citizens from communicable diseases, it says.

The seldom-discussed operation is called the Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance program, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

‘… 72-hour period from collection to detection is unacceptable.’

The program is twofold; the first portion involves collecting and monitoring wastewater samples from select U.S. airports.

In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York City (JFK), and Washington D.C. (IAD), either airplane wastewater or airport bathroom wastewater is collected. In other cities like Newark (EWR), Miami, and Seattle, only nasal swab samples are collected from willing international travelers.

The CDC explains that samples are shipped to a laboratory for “digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR)” testing to ensure there are no pathogens that are of concern to public health. Samples that do have certain pathogens undergo sequencing to determine variants, strains, or mutations that could be dangerous.

“Basically, if you use the washroom on a plane, they’ll pull the material from the plane; the fecal matter and the urine, and we can actually run that through a device that can actually sequence it and detect the presence of a threat or whatever viral material you might have shed,” Jake Adler, CEO at Pilgrim Labs, told Blaze News.

Adler, the biodefense entrepreneur behind the clay-based hemostatic dressing Kingsfoil, described the program as largely ineffective, however, that is mostly due to the sheer time it takes for the samples to make it to labs for analysis.

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Jimmy Arias, 46, from Venezuela, washes his face in the bathroom of a makeshift shelter operated by the city at O’Hare International Airport on Aug. 31, 2023. Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

“They’re going to be pulling the wastewater, or basically the material from the bathroom, and then bringing that to a local laboratory and monitoring for the presence of viruses,” Adler detailed.

“That means they have to drive roughly four hours to each portable sampling unit — which we have, I think, close to 3,000 or 3,500 across the country … then they do the testing and then 72 hours later we know whether or not we’ve detected a threat. Now obviously, a 72-hour period from collection to detection is unacceptable,” the CEO explained.

Adler has a solution, however. The biotech expert said he is working on a chemical threat detection system that will not only work for military operations, but would have domestic implementations, as well.

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Calling it Argus, Adler described the program as a “next-generation, fully autonomous and near real-time bio-surveillance platform” that detects the presence of bio-aerosols, viruses, and pathogenic bacteria in the air.

This would massively cut down on the time it takes to identify a threat, Adler told Blaze News. In airports especially, tracking the presence of viruses in the air for “real-time sequencing and analysis” to understand how the virus could spread through the population via movement patterns would be a game changer.

Adler strongly affirmed that any product released through his company would not only be safe, but it would have to be something he was willing to experience himself.

That is why, when he released Kingsfoil, the biotech entrepreneur was willing to cut his own leg open in order to showcase the product.

“I’m a human, right? So I am a relevant model,” he said about testing the product on himself. Shockingly, Adler said that he has already told his team that he intends to “probably do it again, as needed.”

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Former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) failed spectacularly in her bid last year to secure a U.S. Senate nomination, placing a distant third in a Democratic primary that she suggested was rigged. Evidently keen to reacquire power, the leftist law professor is in the running to become the next governor of California.

While recent polling suggests that she leads other Democrats as well as Republican candidates Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, Porter’s sizable edge in the gubernatorial race appears threatened by mounting evidence both of her nastiness and unwillingness to answer reasonable questions.

‘Is this a disaster? Yes.’

This week, Porter threatened to walk out of an interview with CBS News California after reporter Julie Watts asked, “What do you say to the 40% of California voters — who you’ll need in order to win — who voted for Trump?”

“How would I need them in order to win, ma’am?” Porter said before laughing at the notion of appealing to the millions of Republicans living in California. “If it is me versus a Republican, I think that I will win the people who did not vote for Trump.”

When Watts dared to ask follow-up questions, Porter said, “I feel like this is unnecessarily argumentative.”

After Watts noted that she was posing the same questions to Porter that she had posed to other candidates, Porter became visibly agitated, looked to someone off camera, and stated, “I don’t want to keep doing this. I want to call it.”

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When asked whether she was going to continue the interview, Porter said, “Not like this, I’m not. Not with seven follow-up questions to every question you ask.”

“I don’t want to have an unhappy experience with you,” continued Porter. “And I don’t want this all on camera.”

Gale Kaufman, a Sacramento-based Democratic strategist, told Politico, “Is this a disaster? Yes.”

“And the reason it’s a disaster is because it amplifies what her reputation already is.”

Three other California Democrats jockeying for the governor’s mansion — former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and former California state controller Betty Yee — were among those who made hay out of Porter’s interview.

Villaraigosa said, “We need a leader who will solve hard problems and answer simple questions.”

Becerra, apparently referencing Porter’s scoffing at the prospect of courting Republican voters, stated, “I’m not interested in excluding any vote.”

“Katie Porter is a weak, self-destructive candidate unfit to lead California,” tweeted Yee. “It’s time for her to drop out of this race.”

Yee added, “After watching the interview, it’s clear — Katie Porter doesn’t have the temperament to be Governor.”

Blaze News has reached out to Porter’s campaign for comment.

Critics have far more than just the CBS News interview to cite as evidence of Porter’s cantankerous disposition.

Footage obtained by Politico on Wednesday has gone viral showing Porter viciously berate a staffer who interrupted her July 2021 meeting with then-Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

In the video, which was taped for the Biden administration, Porter, occupying much of the foreground, spotted a staffer in the background, then screamed, “Get out of my f**king shot!”

The staffer apparently wanted to correct something Porter had said about electric vehicles. After the chastised staffer volunteered the correction, Porter said, “You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.”

The final, edited version of the video published by the Biden administration omitted the unhappy experience.

“It’s no secret I hold myself and my staff to a high standard, and that was especially true as a member of Congress,” Porter told Politico in a statement. “I have sought to be more intentional in showing gratitude to my staff for their important work.”

The problem of Porter’s temper has not only been raised by former staffers — one of whom was apparently scolded after contracting COVID — and by the former congresswoman’s ex-boyfriend Julian Willis, who called her a “monster,” but by Porter’s ex-husband, Matthew Hoffman, who alleged in court filings that Porter was abusive, prone to “extreme anger,” and had in a 2006 incident apparently dumped a bowl of steaming hot mashed potatoes onto his head, burning his scalp.

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This week’s column is meant for anyone younger than 40, which ropes in most Millennials and all of Gen Z and more. But they won’t listen to Olds like me at 51, so maybe you good readers can find a way to slip this into their Ovaltine if they’re your kids or grandkids.

I suppose if I were smart and wanted to market this well to that crowd, I’d call what follows a “guide to adulting.” But I won’t, because using the non-word “adulting” is the kind of kiddie nonsense that young people should have stopped doing before they started doing it.

You’d think this set was raised in a joint custody arrangement between 2 Live Crew and a band of cockney orphans in Dickensian London.

The new 17?

We’re in an era of unprecedented infantilization. Chronological adults are grown-ups in years only; they have the minds of children. No, it’s not “just like it’s always been.” I’m not saying “the same things old people have always said.” There has never been a time in history before the Millennial generation when helpless, unskilled, and babyish behavior was tolerated in adults, let alone culturally praised as it is today.

The average 35-year-old in 2025 has the tastes, habits, and deportment of a 17-year-old from my youth. They bond over cartoon comic book superheroes; they giggle in the corporate office tower over Stanley-brand water cups and clicky acrylic nails like girls used to do in ninth grade in the bathroom.

I’ve had enough.

Let’s get to it.

OK, groomer

Fifteen years ago, I hired 24-year-old “Olga” for a secretarial job at my company. She was great and worked for us for years. But I almost fired her on the first day. She walked into the office wearing a belly-baring crop top and jeans slung so low she might have been modeling for a depilatory cream ad.

“This is not appropriate office wear; this is an outfit for the clubs,” I said as she looked at me shocked. Her mother had never told her that it wasn’t cute to wear provocative clothing to a professional job, because mom was too busy trying to look her daughter’s age.

Prescription for young ladies:

No exposed belly.No excess cleavage — no more than half an inch should be shown, if any.Wipe 75% of that makeup off, and absolutely no false eyelashes in broad daylight. That’s an evening look for women of questionable reputation.Pry off those acrylic claws and keep your nails no longer than what’s standard for a French manicure. In fact, just do that — the French manicure.Take that nose ring out.

Prescription for young gentlemen:

No dyeing your hair — not for fun, not to cover gray. Dyed hair on a man gives the impression that he’s unstable or untrustworthy. Do not sass me about this.Shave your face, or, if you wear a beard, trim it neatly. You may not do handlebar mustaches or biblical patriarch 4-foot long trailing vines. Honestly.Wash your hair. Repeat: Wash your hair.Then comb it.No long hair. No, a ponytail will not do. A gentleman’s hair should be short and neat. You may rock a fade, a modified slick ’50s pompadour (my favorite), and similar, but that’s all.Buy jeans that fit sufficiently to remain above your butt crack, and tuck your shirt in.No jewelry except a wedding ring or a class ring. No, you may not wear “just one diamond stud in my ear.” Do you want to look like a gentleman or a Brooklyn pimp from 1972?

That’s fashion and grooming sorted. Let’s move on to speech.

Talk stupe

If you’ve been alive for 50 years, you’ll notice how different America sounds today. You’ll notice how immature and declassé even newscasters sound now. As a young man, my friends mocked me for my sharp, nasal upstate New York/upper Midwest accent. Sample of me speaking at 17: “Oh my Gad! I’ll have a side seel-id with reeyinch dressing!”

I deliberately cultivated a (then-normal) “newscaster from nowhere” flat American accent, the kind that all professionals of every race and background strove for. It served me well in two ways.

First, my speech no longer made me sound like what I was (a welfare kid from a semi-rural trailer park), removing class-based preconceptions from the minds of people I needed to impress. You can object to that all you want, but it won’t change reality. If you talk like you’re down-market, you will be perceived as down-market.

Consider the widespread fashion among American young people to mimic low-class (and particularly black low-class) pronunciation and mispronunciation. It sounds “street.” It sounds vulgar. It sounds uneducated. Many of them think this is positive. It is not.

Second, since my aim was to communicate clearly and respectfully with my fellow adults, I no longer peppered my speech with up-to-the-minute slang and obscure in-jokes. Today, however, nearly everyone young (and too many older people) seem more focused on broadcasting how “cool” they are to their peers than in expressing their thoughts with elegance and precision.

Remove these from your vocabulary:

“Adulting,”“Not a good look,”“Comfy,”“My journey,”“Lived experience,”“Do better,” and“Super” as a replacement for “very.” In fact, drop “very” as well.

Glottal stop it

Amend incorrect and grating mispronunciations. The worst feature of modern accents are the glottal stops that everyone under 40 is suddenly inserting into words. You’d think this set was raised in a joint custody arrangement between 2 Live Crew and a band of cockney orphans in Dickensian London. If you don’t know what I mean, click here to listen to examples of glottal stops.

In all the following, people are dropping the ‘T’ sound and putting in a glottal stop. It’s nails on a chalkboard. The only kids who did this when I was in school came from ignorant households and were still saying “puh-sketti” at 12 years old.

Not “buh’in,” but “button.”Not “impor’enh”, but “important.” (And never “impore-dent.”)Not “kih’en,” but “kitten.”Not “moun’uhn,” but “mountain.”

Extra credit: Stop dropping your G’s. You are “swimming,” not “swimmun.” This doesn’t sound “authentic;” it sounds stupid.

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Missed manners

A trip to any store will convince American adults of a certain age that remedial etiquette lessons are necessary. A great many parents have not instructed their children in the most elementary forms of manners and interpersonal communication.

Prescription:

Look people in the eye when they speak to you. Stop looking at your phone or at the floor.But do not perform the Gen Z stare. If you’re not mentally retarded, you may not goggle at people with a blank expression as if you didn’t know how to respond to the greeting “hello.”When someone says, “Hi, how are you,” you must respond. It’s easy. Just mimic the form back to them: “Hi there, I’m great. How are you?”When placing a phone call, you identify yourself first. It’s intensely rude to call someone and ask for “Josh” without first saying, “Hi, this is David Smith from Smith Capital. I’m looking for Josh, please?”The proper response to “thank you” is “you’re welcome.” It is not “no problem,” and it is never “no worries.”

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Extra credit: Work on your pitch and intonation.

It started with the valley girls of the ’80s, but now everyone, man and woman alike, is speaking in what I call “gear-shift tonality.” Recall how a car engine winds up higher and higher as you shift a manual from first gear to second to third, etc. The pitch gets higher and higher until you shift, then it drops back down and starts again.

That’s for manual transmissions, not for human speech. Gear-shift tonality makes even declarative sentences sound like questions. It’s also known as “upspeak.”

Whatever you want to call it, stop doing it. Anyone not in your age set finds it annoying and wearying. It makes you sound child-like, tentative, unsure, or manipulative. Remember, Margaret Thatcher took vocal lessons to lower her speaking register in order to be taken seriously in world politics.

That concludes today’s instruction. Keisha and Valerie, you will stay behind and clean the chalkboards to work off the demerit for chewing gum (open-mouthed too). All remaining pupils may close their desks and take their primers home. Class is dismissed.

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