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A Muslim, pro-Palestine valedictorian from a North Carolina high school blasted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during her commencement speech last week, which a school official is seen on video cutting short.

During the graduation ceremony for Clayton High School last Thursday, Leen Hijaz delivered the welcome speech, WRAL-TV said, adding in its video report that Hijaz is the valedictorian of the graduating class.

As Hijaz reached the closing remarks of her speech, she began commenting about ICE and Palestine, the station said. The following is the transcript of Hijaz’s final words based on a video recording:

Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say. Every single person here has a voice, and we are privileged to have the freedom to use it when so many people around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard. Whether it’s the millions suffering in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan, and so many other countries around the world, or the families being torn apart by ICE, these are not distant issues; they are happening right now as I speak. My point is, we’re not given a voice to stay silent.

Then what appeared to be a school official approached Hijaz at the podium and cut off her speech, after which Hijaz turned and sat down in her seat onstage.

Nevertheless, the crowd gave Hijaz a big round of applause.

Below is the clip of her off-script words:

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The moment was captured on video as Clayton High School live streamed the commencement ceremony on the school’s YouTube page, WRAL reported.

What’s more, Hijaz on her TikTok account the day after the graduation ceremony said her diploma was being withheld due to her words in her speech, the station said.

“What I focused on throughout my entire life was my education, and for something so important to me, something that I worked hard for 12 years of my life to get taken from me, I feel oppressed,” Hijaz said, according to WRAL.

Hijaz in her TikTok video also identified herself as a Muslim and added that she was the graduating class’ valedictorian even though she was technically a junior, noting that she graduated early.

Hijaz added that for six months she did “a lot of fighting to get on that stage” before the school “gave in and they said that I could do the welcome speech.”

“The only reason why I wanted to go on that stage is because I wanted to say something,” Hijaz said in her TikTok video. “And I really think that somebody had to say something because nobody else is going to speak up. Nobody.”

Hijaz added in her TikTok video that when the high school principal approached her at the podium, the principal said that “if you don’t stop speaking right now, you’re not graduating.”

What’s more, Hijaz said in her TikTok video that her diploma was going to be “withheld for a week.”

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The News & Observer said the school’s principal didn’t respond to an email requesting comment on the incident.

In a statement provided to WRAL, Johnston County Public Schools said students were required to submit their remarks well in advance of graduation and that a student deviated from what administrators preapproved.

“School administrators intervened in order to maintain the integrity and focus of the program in real time,” the district said, according to the station. “This action was not about limiting a student’s voice but about ensuring that a school-sponsored event remained consistent with its intended purpose.”

In her TikTok video, Hijaz said she didn’t submit the end of her speech as part of her official speech because she said the school would’ve denied it “immediately because of how racist they are.”

“I was extremely scared to say something and really wasn’t planning on doing it, but I had so much support from my friends and family around me, and they really encouraged me to say something,” Hijaz said in her TikTok video, adding that “I didn’t get the chance to say everything I wanted to say, but I said enough that the word went out.”

Hijaz added in her TikTok clip that her principal was yelling her name and making her feel “uncomfortable” — and that later the principal said that she was “so disappointed” in Hijaz and that the valedictorian “made this all about” herself and “abused” the “privilege to speak.”

The school district told WRAL that while it respects students’ right to express their views and encourages important conversations concerning their views, they also have “a responsibility to ensure that official school events remain inclusive, respectful, and focused on celebrating all graduates.”

“We remain committed to supporting student expression while upholding the structure and expectations of school-sponsored activities,” the district said, according to WRAL.

WRAL added that the school district has given Hijaz’s diploma to her.

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Computers and their graphics processing units are becoming hot commodities, and prices seem poised to get worse, not better.

Demand for processors is set to affect everything from gaming to run-of-the-mill memory sticks, resulting in a pincer attack on consumer wallets.

‘AI demand is driving up the price.’

Blaze Media’s Auron MacIntyre noted a recent price spike in handheld gaming device Steam Deck; a product that has been on the market for about four years increased in price by $300 in May.

“Over the entire history of video games, systems went down in price as they get older,” MacIntyre wrote on X. “You might say ‘who cares it’s a child’s toy’ and fair enough but it’s a signal of a wider trend[.] The price is skyrocketing because AI demand is driving up the price on all physical computing hardware from video processors to RAM.”

The culprits in the processor gold rush are tech and AI companies buying up GPUs — which are typically used in phones, laptops, and gaming consoles — to power their data centers.

Just a few years ago, a few thousand GPUs in a single facility was considered cutting edge. Now, upwards of 100,000 GPUs are “interconnected through high-speed networking systems designed to operate as a single computational unit” inside one building, according to DataCenters.com.

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While the mind may imagine an all-powerful energy source or an unseen technology at the core of these sprawling data centers, photos inside the facilities show they are quite literally thousands of computers plugged into each other, powering the demands of search engines and AI agents.

The writing has been on the wall since at least 2024; Microsoft bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs that year. Meta bought an estimated 224,000, ByteDance bought around 230,000, and xAI purchased 200,000 (per Data Center Dynamics).

Last November, Tech Powerup noted official “warnings” from manufacturers that price hikes would be unfolding as memory costs rose over 170% year-over-year.

This prediction turned out to be accurate as GPU pricing has risen between 5% to 20% or more, according to Fusion Worldwide. The outlet notes shortages in high bandwidth memory, graphics double data rate, and dynamic random-access memory.

This has led to product lead times of an additional three to seven months.

RELATED: Out of control: Here’s how a company spent $500 million on AI in a single month

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Consumers may be well served to hoard some GPUs for themselves too. The demand is not only making prices increase, but depreciation is slower as well.

Business Insider recently cited a company selling refurbished GPUs that said in the second year of a processor’s life, it only loses 15 cents on the dollar. In its third year, the same GPU is only losing one additional cent and can be sold for 84 cents on the dollar.

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“Mind the gap.”

British trains broadcast this recorded warning to passengers about to board, reminding them to avoid stumbling into the space between the station platform and the train.

The Bible explains how this one act of sacrificial love built a beautiful bridge over that infinitely large gap between you and your Creator.

But there’s a much bigger gap — a bottomless chasm of a gap — that we also desperately need to mind.

It’s the gap between us and the wholly holy God who made us.

I know. You don’t believe in a “sky daddy.” Or you do, but you prefer to avoid thinking about the ramifications of being a creation and not the Creator.

Either way, you know that you’re broken. Perhaps you rationalize your unhappiness by telling yourself the fiction that we are all just random bits of tissue, evolved from primordial ooze.

But telling yourself there is no meaning to life does not mean there is no meaning to life. You’ve just not grasped it yet.

And you can’t. Not on your own.

But again, that doesn’t mean the answers are not there. You’re just reluctant to look in the right place.

The answer you don’t want to hear

Yep, it’s the Bible. The beautiful story of who created you, and what He created you for.

Of course, you could start by just looking around — at the magnificent beauty in the world, at the unfathomable greatness of the cosmos, of the meticulously designed intricacies of the human body, of the irreducible complexity of the tiniest organism — and ask yourself honestly, is this really all random?

The people who insist that is the case are the most effective gaslighters in history. Because you’re being gaslit when someone tells you to ignore what you can plainly see with your own eyes.

And when you open your eyes to that, you have to wrestle with the existence of a Creator. And that’s when you should consider opening that Bible.

It explains how a loving, wholly holy God created people, not robots. They were and are free to choose. The first people chose wrong. Like we all would have, had we been the first. God was not surprised by this. After all, He’s God. He had a plan all along.

Why did He choose to do it this way? I don’t know. I’m not God. Neither are you.

But as He is holy and perfect and we are not, doing wrong put a permanent, uncrossable, gaping chasm between Him, the holy, and us, the unholy. We don’t have a way to reach Him.

And yet — He created us to be in relationship with Him. That’s a longing we all have, to be in relationship with our Creator, but we stifle it or tell ourselves it’s nonsense until we can’t even hear the little voice that tried to point us in the right direction.

The good news …

And now we come to the good news, or gospel (which literally means “good news” in Greek). This part is in the Bible too, as it was, as I said, God’s plan all along.

Jesus, who is God, came to Earth. He allowed Himself to be crucified. And He rose again, as was witnessed by hundreds of people. He is alive now. He is still God.

The Bible explains how this one act of sacrificial love built a beautiful bridge over that infinitely large gap between you and your Creator. Your broken relationship with God has been permanently repaired.

So all that’s required to mind the gap is to access that beautiful bridge.

And that’s really quite simple. The Bible shows us the path, countless times.

In Acts 16, we’re told that the authorities had jailed the apostle Paul and his companion Silas for preaching that gospel, and God miraculously caused an earthquake to break open the jail doors and unshackle the prisoners. The jailer awoke, saw the open prison doors, and drew a sword to kill himself, believing his two prisoners had escaped. But Paul yelled to him that they were still there. The jailer rushed in: “And trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved’” (Act 16:29-31).

Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. That’s it. Faith in Jesus as Lord means you are saved from eternal separation from the Creator (hell) and rightly aligns you as who you were created to be.

Simple, but rich with meaning. Note the language. We are to believe in the Lord Jesus.

… and how to take it

Consider also (boldface mine):

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, leading to righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, leading to salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

Many beliefs move a person closer to God. Acknowledging that there IS a God is a start. So is acknowledging that Jesus lived, died, and even rose again. But you can intellectually come to believe the second part of that passage (believe God raised Him from the dead) without confessing Jesus as Lord — because if someone is your Lord, by definition you submit to Him.

Make no mistake, God is already in authority over you. But He doesn’t force anyone to submit to Him. As James points out, even the demons know that Jesus is God, but they don’t willingly submit to Him (James 2:19). You have been granted the same freedom to reject Him as Lord and be your own god.

Millions choose that path. But the fact is, there is only one bridge to God — that bridge forged by Christ’s loving sacrifice on the cross.

RELATED: 7 ways to know if you’re saved

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Only one way

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me’” (John 14:6).

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13-14).

Don’t be misled. Any path that doesn’t involve walking over this bridge will not mind the gap. It is instead a path that will leave you without God for eternity.

It’s so easy to take a wrong turn. That’s why the gospel is such good news, that fulfills every need you have with a plethora of blessings.

What prizes await

When you accept the free gift offered through faith in the Lord Jesus, His grace transforms you.

And that moment of transformation is YOUR life’s pivot point. Kind of like the best Christmas morning you could ever have, because all at once you get to unwrap all these gifts:

The gift of faith, as we are granted the ability to believe the truth.The gift of repentance, as we begin the pivot away from our old life (aka, begin to sin less).The gift of justification, which means our accounts are settled with God. The price has been paid for every sin we have ever committed or will commit. Paid in full. Done. (Spoiler: Christians will still sin. See “sanctification” below.)The gift of salvation, as we are welcomed into His eternal family and rescued from the domain of darkness. We are now His children.The gift of relationship, as we are granted personal, unquestioned access to the God of the universe (in the Old Testament, only the high priest could access the “Holy of Holies” aka God; now we all can, as we are welcome to pray at any time).The gift of the Holy Spirit within you. God comes to live in you.The gift of sanctification, which means we will grow more and more like Him as we learn more and more of Him through His word. And the more we are like Him, the more we will burn with a desire to do for Him whatever He has gifted and called us to do. We are invited to come alongside Him and build His kingdom, which is the greatest adventure any of us could undertake.

So now you know how to access the bridge that will mind the gap, once and for all.

Whether you take that path is the most important decision of your life. God will not force you into His presence. But in His love, He has provided a simple choice you can make to live with your Creator now and for eternity.

If you choose wrong … mind the gap, my friend.

​Abide, Lifestyle, Christianity, Mind the gap, God, Jesus, Christian living, Faith 

Randall McCain bragged in a rap song that the feds were watching him but were unable to catch him. It appears the feds took that personally.

McCain was arrested for allegedly running an international drug ring, and prosecutors say that his rap lyrics helped them build the criminal case against him and dozens of others.

‘I’m on the road right now … 200 bows in a n***a’s state … 3,500 for a pound this that better weed.’

The criminal organization allegedly peddled narcotics and black-market marijuana and spanned all the way to Spain and the United Kingdom.

The ring was based out of a metro office park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but extended to California, Texas, Illnois, Arkansas, and Florida.

The suspects posted rap videos with lyrics that “celebrated and advertised” the drug trafficking operation, according to prosecutors. Some of the claims in the songs were corroborated by activities documented by police.

One of the rap lyrics cited was, “The feds tryna watch me but they couldn’t I was swapping whips,” which means the rapper was swapping cars in order to avoid detection by law enforcement.

Another set of lyrics cited was the following: “I’m on the road right now … 200 bows in a n***a’s state … 3,500 for a pound this that better weed.” The slang apparently translates to $3,500 for 200 pounds of marijuana.

Yet another refers to criminal activity from the home at the rapper’s grandmother.

They also used popular social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram to run the business, as well as encrypted platforms like Signal.

RELATED: Man who rapped about his gun having an automatic switch is arrested for possessing a machine gun, faces 10 years in prison

Eighteen suspects have been arrested, and officials say as many as 40 in total may be implicated in the drug ring.

Most of the suspects arrested already are facing charges of conspiracy to commit a felony.

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Most people think of grants as free money handed out at random or as something reserved for large nonprofits with powerful connections. In reality, however, grants are one of the most structured and intentional forms of funding in the American economy. They are designed to connect capital with specific outcomes, and both sides benefit when that connection is made.

Essentially, a grant is a non-repayable investment. A donor, whether an individual, foundation, or corporation, allocates capital toward a defined purpose. A recipient, whether a nonprofit, business, or project leader, applies for that funding with a plan to execute that purpose.

Unlike a loan, there is no repayment, and unlike a general donation, there are expectations.

That structure is what makes grants so effective.

Understanding how that system works is the difference between missing out and getting ahead.

For recipients, the benefit begins with access to capital without added risk. Organizations can fund new programs, hire staff, or invest in infrastructure without having to take on debt or divert limited funds. That security opens the door to growth.

Grants are often used as seed funding, supporting early-stage ideas that would otherwise struggle to attract financing. They allow organizations to think beyond short-term constraints and plan for the long term.

Just as importantly, grants create credibility. When an organization is awarded funding through a competitive or structured process, it signals validation. That recognition can attract additional donors, partners, and opportunities, creating momentum that extends far beyond the initial award.

But grants are not just one-sided. For donors, instead of broadly contributing to a cause, grantmakers can define exactly what they want to support. Grantmakers can also establish criteria, require reporting, and track outcomes over time. That creates accountability and ensures that funding is tied to results, not just good intentions.

Matching grants, for example, are designed to unlock additional funding by requiring others to contribute. This approach not only increases total dollars raised, but it also expands participation and engagement. According to data from the Bolger Foundation, these types of campaigns consistently drive higher donor involvement and overall contributions.

There are also practical advantages on the donor side. Contributions can offer tax benefits, and tools like donor-advised funds allow individuals and families to strategically manage their giving over time.

However, the grant system only works when the right capital meets the right opportunity. Too often, organizations struggle to identify funding sources that match their mission. At the same time, donors can find it difficult to connect with projects that align with their goals.

RELATED: No more free ride for federal grant hogs

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That disconnect slows everything down.

That’s why more and more firms like mine have grown increasingly focused on grant matching as a way to close that gap.

By helping connect recipients with funding opportunities that align with their work and aligning donors with clearly defined outcomes, the process becomes more efficient for both sides. The alignment happens, and the results are tangible: Projects move forward faster, funding is deployed more strategically, and donors and recipients alike have greater confidence.

Grants are part of a system designed to direct resources where they can have the greatest impact. Understanding how that system works is the difference between missing out and getting ahead.

For organizations looking to grow, grants offer a path to funding without added burden. For donors looking to make a difference, they offer a way to turn intention into measurable results.

The opportunity is already there. The question is whether more people are ready to use it.

​Grants, Us economy, Small businesses, Grantmakers, Donors, Entrepreneurs, Corporations, Opinion & analysis 

Morris Katz is not only a political strategist credited with helping engineer Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York politics and who is now reportedly involved with Graham Platner’s campaign, but also a children’s book author.

At only 27 years old, BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler isn’t surprised that Katz is the “kingmaker” of “communist candidates like Zohran Mamdani and Graham Platner.”

But what is surprising about Katz is a children’s book he authored titled “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Puberty ― and Shouldn’t Be Googling: For Curious Boys.”

“This book is targeted, by the way, at young boys aged 10 and up. Think of a 10-year-old child, a 10-year-old boy. This is who this book is targeted to,” Wheeler says, before homing in on page 17 of the book.

Katz used fruit and animals to symbolize different stages of puberty but added a note on page 17 that reads: “At first, we were going to use images of my penis to get this point across but the publisher said it was inappropriate so here we are, with some fruit and animal metaphors.”

“This is not normal. This is disgusting, disturbing degeneracy, and it gets even worse than that,” Wheeler says, before pointing out a chapter in Katz’s book titled “Sexual Feelings.”

“It can feel embarrassing if your crush is a friend or someone a lot older than you,” Katz wrote.

“You could find yourself with a crush on someone who’s not really thinking sexual thoughts yet,” he continued, calling it “perfectly normal.”

“What on earth is he writing? Normalizing to children not only sexual relationships between young people and significantly older people — which, if you’re writing this to a 10-year-old, would be a predator relationship, a relationship with a sexual predator, a crime,” Wheeler comments.

“He’s also normalizing being attracted to, quote, ‘someone who’s not really thinking sexual thoughts yet.’ What is that?” she asks.

“That would be a child. A crush on a child, a sexual crush on a child, is not normal. And yet, according to Morris Katz in his book, he says, ‘All perfectly normal,’” she adds.

Katz even wrote a chapter on “sexuality,” where he made sure children know that they can like “girls, boys, both, or neither.”

“That is called grooming. Grooming children into certain sexual identities by introducing the concept to them. Grooming children to be gay by telling them that it is a perfectly normal feeling to have deviant sexual feelings,” Wheeler says.

Katz goes on to encourage transitioning, writing, “The sexual organs you are assigned at birth determine your gender at birth. If you are born with a penis, you are considered a boy, and if you’re born with a vagina, you’re considered a girl.”

“But not everybody feels at home in their body or identifies with the gender they are assigned at birth. Some people don’t identify as a boy or a girl,” he added, urging children to talk to a parent, doctor, or therapist if they’re feeling confused.

“Ten-year-old boys. And Politico reports he sold hundreds of thousands of copies,” Wheeler comments. “I hope that’s not true because it means that children all across our country would be subject to this content.”

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Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida accused a top Code Pink organizer of berating her before smacking her, and the entire exchange is on video.

Luna was walking from Congress after questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio when Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin peppered her with questions.

‘These are not “allegations.” It happened. My staff was there when it happened and wrote statements.’

TMZ obtained the video from the anti-war organization and published it online.

“Marco Rubio has been sanctioning the Cuban people, which is hurting them by the billions!” Benjamin said to Luna.

“You just touched me! You’re going to walk away right now, or else I’m going to call Capitol Police!” Luna said to Benjamin.

“OK, I will walk away. Bye-bye!” she responded.

Luna posted on social media that she would be filing charges against Benjamin.

“After I questioned Secretary Rubio on Code Pink and their ties to the CCP, their organization followed me out, berated me, and then their head person here in DC smacked me. I will be filing charges,” she posted.

“Btw these are not ‘allegations.’ It happened. My staff was there when it happened and wrote statements for LEO,” she added.

Benjamin posted about the incident and accused Luna of lying.

“Today, a congresswoman lied to have me detained by Capitol Police. Why? To try to silence our work against U.S. wars in the Middle East and sanctions on Cuba,” she wrote on social media.

RELATED: Former candidate who threatened to hire ‘Russian-Ukrainian hit squad’ to kill Anna Paulina Luna has been sentenced to prison

Benjamin admitted that she “tapped” Luna with her hand but claimed Luna accused her of assault.

“Instead of defending these wildly unpopular policies, members of Congress target the activists working to stop them,” she added. “Thankfully, I was released without charges. No amount of intimidation will change that the majority of people in the U.S. want to stop U.S. wars and aggression. We won’t be silenced.”

The Code Pink organization did not immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

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The U.S. House of Representatives successfully passed a rebuke against the president’s U.S.-Israeli joint strikes on Iran on Wednesday.

Democrats in the House narrowly passed the resolution by a vote of 215 to 208, with four Republicans joining their political opponents.

‘I told Iran, “It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!”’

A White House official expressed to ABC News the view that the resolution is unconstitutional.

“President Trump will continue to protect our national security using his constitutional authority as commander in chief while being transparent with Congress,” the official said.

The official added that the resolution is unlikely to pass in the Senate, but even if it were to pass, it would have “no force or effect.”

The four Republicans who voted with Democrats were Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Tom Barrett of Michigan, and Warren Davidson of Ohio.

The Senate is working on a separate version that would force the president to end the war, but even if the Senate passed it and got approval from the House, Trump could easily veto it.

The president has been trying to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Iran, but the regime’s nuclear program and control of the Strait of Hormuz have been sticking points between the two nations.

Also on Wednesday, Iran’s foreign ministry defended the regime’s attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait by accusing the Middle Eastern countries of allowing the U.S. to launch attacks from bases within their borders.

“Any hostile act will be met with an immediate, decisive response. What sanctions and war failed to achieve won’t be won with more war,” Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi said.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana told reporters the wartime resolution was “dangerous” and “untimely.”

Trump berated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Axios, for threatening the peace negotiations by attacking Lebanon.

“You’re f**king crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,” the president said, according to a summary by one of the officials.

RELATED: The Iran war is causing another shortage — and it will directly affect every American

On Tuesday, the president posted an update on negotiations on Truth Social that denied some media reports claiming talks between the nations had ended.

“The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today,” Trump posted.

“Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, ‘It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!'” he added.

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As fears over the impending AI takeover continue to mount, some politicians are proposing solutions. Earlier this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) published an opinion piece in the New York Times in which he announced a bill called the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act.

In short, Sanders argued that big AI companies got rich by using everyone’s data, writings, and ideas without permission or compensation. His bill proposes that the government take 50% ownership of the biggest AI companies — including voting shares and board seats — and place them into a public sovereign wealth fund that would supposedly benefit all Americans.

Glenn Beck believes this might be Sanders’ worst idea to date.

“For the love of little baby Jesus, hear me!” he pleads. “Do not allow our government to get deeper in bed with these AI companies.”

While Glenn agrees with Sanders that AI developers “have taken and built this entire system on your back,” government involvement will only further corrupt an already depraved system.

He explains that for years, AI developers have been using Google data to “map” human brains to learn how to effectively “manipulate” us. In other words, they’re learning how to bring about “the death of free will.”

Couple this astonishing power with the government’s “evil schemes,” and you’ve got a dystopia that would shock even Orwell.

To illustrate the danger of public-private partnerships, Glenn recounts how during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government made secret agreements with companies like Pfizer to receive royalty payments for every vaccine sold.

“Now you want to give Bernie Sanders 50% of these AI companies, which would give [the government] a seat at the table? … Not on your life,” declares Glenn.

“That is unimaginable power that you’d be giving to the United States government.”

Executive producer for “The Glenn Beck Program” Ricky Ratliff-Fellman notes the hypocrisy of Sanders’ sudden desire to work with AI developers. “It’s interesting that Bernie Sanders, who has historically been very skeptical … of Big Tech, is suddenly finding a way to get into bed with them,” she remarks.

Glenn believes the unprecedented power such a union would create is just too tempting even for Big Tech skeptics.

“Can you imagine how far in the rear-view mirror we would be if we had politicians on the board of directors of these tech companies, where [they] had a 50% vote and voice?” he asks.

“We will be the Soviet Union making the ZiL, the worst car ever made, overnight.”

To hear more, watch the video above.

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A far-left radical who made millions as a Silicon Valley software engineer and then worked on Wall Street before going into politics just ran into a political brick wall.

Saikat Chakrabarti worked on the Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) presidential campaign in 2016 before founding Justice Democrats to push the party to the far left. His signature victory was helping Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) oust a party boss in New York in 2018.

‘We’re thinking about kind of, like, how much of myself I’m pouring into this and how much of myself we want to make sure that we’re, you know, pouring into the task at hand.’

Now he’s known for spending the most money in the primary race for California’s 11th district — and failing to even compete.

Despite outspending his main competitor $9.2 million to $3.9 million, Chakrabarti was able to garner only about 15% of the vote and was boxed out of the general election.

State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, got the most votes at 41.3%, while San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) progressed to the next election stage with 28.6% of the vote.

Chan was able to soundly defeat Chakrabarti despite spending only $650,000, or about 7% of the massive spending by Chakrabarti. As of Wednesday afternoon, the final tally for the primary has not been reported, but the election has been called for Chan and Weiner by NBC News and others.

Chakrabarti worked as the chief of staff to Ocasio-Cortez for a time before branching out on his own. In that time, he was accused of illegally funneling money to her campaign through payments to her boyfriend.

Ocasio-Cortez denied the allegations but did not answer directly if the description of the transfer of money was accurate.

She also shrunk back from endorsing Chakrabarti in the campaign to replace 86-year-old Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who is retiring from the seat after winning it 20 times.

“I think for me overall it’s more about I’m trying to think about the role that I am trying to play more broadly in these things,” she said in April when asked about a possible endorsement for her former chief of staff.

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“We’ve got 435 seats in Congress, right? And there is this kind of moment where it’s like when — and not just with this race, with any race — once you go in, then it’s like, what about this? What about this, what about this one? And I’m one person with, you know, a pretty amazing crack but also lean team,” she added helpfully.

“And so we’re thinking about kind of, like, how much of myself I’m pouring into this and how much of myself we want to make sure that we’re, you know, pouring into the task at hand,” she continued.

She went on for almost another minute.

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Despite plenty of video footage showing former President Joe Biden stumbling through basic sentences and forgetting where those sentences were going, Jill Biden is once again dismissing concerns about his cognitive fitness.

In a recent interview on CBS with Rita Braver, Jill claimed more than once that Biden was “fine” when asked about his frequent gaffes.

“But what if that had happened during a meeting with foreign leaders or something like that?” Braver asked the first lady.

“I don’t know how to answer that,” Jill responded.

“Yeah, because you can’t answer that,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray chimes in on “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “He should not have been president is the only answer to that.”

“Next time you steal the presidency, make sure it’s someone with a pulse,” executive producer Keith Malinak adds.

Braver also pointed out that while “President Biden had said that he would never pardon his son,” he then pardoned him.

“Did you urge the president to think again about that?” the reporter asked.

“Well, you know, Joe said in the beginning, ‘I won’t pardon Hunter. I won’t pardon Hunter.’ And then the Justice Department changed, and I think that the process was not fair to Hunter,” Jill answered.

Jill was also asked about Biden’s mental decline, with the reporter asking, “Did you ever see signs that he was falling into cognitive decline?”

“No, no,” she answered.

Malinak isn’t amused by Jill’s claim, commenting, “You’re a liar.”

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A former Army combat surgeon and 9/11 first responder with a history of befriending convicted Islamist terrorists emerged victorious in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District.

Adam Hamawy — having received endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — beat out 12 other Democratic contenders in the contest to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Hamawy led the race in fundraising by a significant margin, with the pro-Palestinian super PAC American Priorities spending an additional $2 million on his behalf.

‘[Hamawy’s] testimony … did more to bolster the prosecution’s proof of a jihadist terrorism conspiracy against the United States than to help the accused.’

Notably, Hamawy, 56, is drawing intense backlash for his past connection with Egyptian terrorist Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman — known as the “Blind Sheikh” — and for his defense testimony in the 1995 trial that ultimately saw Abdel-Rahman put away for life.

Hamawy, then a 26-year-old medical school student, was put on the stand by Abdel-Rahman’s lawyers to deny that the Blind Sheikh had solicited various people to carry out the assassination of then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

According to court documents, during a 13-hour car ride from New Jersey to Detroit in 1991, Abdel-Rahman encouraged FBI informant Emad Salem to turn his “rifle’s barrel to President Mubarak’s chest, and kill him.” However, Hamawy testified that he sat behind the two during the ride and never heard any such statement, adding that he did not hear Mubarak’s name come up at all.

“Did you ever hear Sheik Omar say to Emad Salem to turn his gun on Mubarak?” Lynne Stewart, Abdel Rahman’s lawyer, asked Hamawy.

“No,” Hamawy replied.

Hamawy went on to tell prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that he heard the word “jihad” more than once that weekend as they attended the “Towards a Global Islamic Economy” conference, which featured numerous other Islamist terrorist speakers, including Osama bin Laden associate Hassan al-Turabi.

When Fitzgerald asked if Hamawy had heard “about how Muslims had to do jihad against the enemies of Islam,” Hamawy replied, “That’s what [Abdel-Rahman] always talked about. He talked about jihad, you know?” Hamawy confirmed that Abdel-Rahman considered the United States and Israel enemies of Islam.

At the time, Abdel-Rahman also preached at the Al-Salam Mosque in Jersey City, where the 1993 World Trade Center bombing conspirators met.

Abdel-Rahman was ultimately convicted of seditious conspiracy, solicitation to murder Mubarak, conspiracy to murder Mubarak, solicitation to attack a U.S. military installation, and conspiracy to conduct bombings. The bombing targets consisted of the U.N. General Assembly building, the New York FBI building, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, and the George Washington Bridge, according to evidence presented at trial.

Andrew McCarthy, the chief prosecutor of the case, said: “As was uniformly the case with witnesses presented in the extensive defense case, [Hamawy’s] testimony, once cross-examination was over, did more to bolster the prosecution’s proof of a jihadist terrorism conspiracy against the United States than to help the accused.”

Hamawy’s campaign told Fox News Digital that a past affiliation with Abdel-Rahman amounts to “guilt-by-association” shaming.

Hamawy is also attracting criticism for working in a Gaza hospital that served as a command center for Hamas.

In May 2024, he did a three-week tour of duty at Gaza’s European Hospital. When Hamawy returned, he told Rowan University’s student newspaper, the Whit, in October: “I didn’t see any guns in the hospital. There was no one that I could identify as a combatant. There were definitely no tunnels underground and no command base there.”

One year later, in May 2025, Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, one of the architects of the Oct. 7 attacks, was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in a tunnel directly under the emergency department of the hospital while meeting with other senior Hamas terrorists, many of whom also died.

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The Times of Israel reported that Hamas also held hostages in the tunnel at some point.

Hamawy’s connections to Hamas-related controversies do not end there. He received the endorsement of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, whose executive director, Nihad Awad, said he “was happy to see” Palestinians “breaking the siege” on October 7.

In April, Hamawy appeared on the far-left streamer Hasan Piker’s podcast, where he discussed his desires to “abolish ICE” and “dismantle the DHS,” while also attacking what he referred to as “the department of war crimes.”

Jewish Insider recently published a detailed description of Hamawy’s history of volunteering in Bosnia during the summer of 1994 with a nonprofit called the Benevolence International Foundation that aided Muslims in the region.

Hamawy had worked in the cities of Sarajevo and Zenica, the two cities in which Benevolence maintained its offices. In 2002, Bosnian and U.S. authorities raided those offices and allegedly found documents, correspondence, and materials linking Benevolence to al-Qaeda operations and financing.

Hamawy himself has not been charged with terrorism or accused by authorities of participating in terrorist activity.

In the November general election, Hamawy will face off against Republican Gregg Mele in what is considered a solidly Democratic district.

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Move over, Charlize Theron!

Jennifer Lopez is the latest star to flaunt the decade’s must-have celebrity accessory: a “trans” kid.

‘[The kids should] go where they want to go and do what they want to do.’

Twins

Emme Muniz — one of a pair of twins Lopez shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony — recently graduated from Los Angeles’ Windward School under the new, more gender-identity-appropriate moniker Oskar, according to Page Six.

The last name Muniz comes from Anthony’s real name, Marco Antonio Muñiz; the singer and Lopez were married from 2004 to 2014.

The nepo baby formerly known as Emme is no stranger to the limelight; when she was just 11, her mom brought her onstage to perform with her at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show. Since then, the superstar scion has made the scene at a number of screenings and red carpets.

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Status symbols

In a since-deleted post from Windward’s Instagram account, the school congratulated one “Oskar Muniz” for gaining admittance to Sarah Lawrence College, a private liberal arts college in New York.

The post was “liked” by actress Jennifer Garner, who was once married to actor Ben Affleck; he was married to Lopez for three years.

The post tagged an account belonging to Oskar, which also notes the same college, along with “he” as a preferred pronoun, as well as symbols for gay (“⚣”) and trans (“⚧︎”).

RELATED: Let them ‘rot’: Former Marine’s solution to fixing California is about as anti-establishment as it gets

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All in the family

Dad Anthony apparently failed to attend his daughter’s graduation, but other members of the extended family were there to pick up the slack. Among them: 14-year-old Samuel Affleck, Anthony’s ex-wife’s former stepson.

While Samuel continues to identify with his biological sex, his older sister Seraphina recently came out as trans.

Anthony was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents and has multiplatinum albums in both English and Spanish. He is 57 years old and has seven children in total.

Lopez, 56, had previously said she wants her kids to “be happy and go where they want to go and do what they want to do.”

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Bodycam footage from the United Kingdom has turned Henry Nowak’s death from a local outrage into a national indictment. The footage appears to show officers handcuffing an 18-year-old stabbing victim, dismissing his pleas for help, and treating him as the suspect while he bled to death.

Nowak, an 18-year-old from Essex, reportedly told officers, “I can’t breathe,” and “I’ve been stabbed.” Officers mocked him, denied that he had been injured, and debated whether they had any obligation to check. The case has drawn comparisons to George Floyd in the United States. The comparison is imperfect, but the contrast is obvious: In Nowak’s case, the police had every reason to believe the man on the ground needed urgent medical care.

The purpose of a system is what it does. British police no longer appear organized to protect the people of Britain, but rather to eliminate them.

In December, Nowak was walking home from a pub while recording himself on social media. He encountered Vickrum Digwa, a 22-year-old Sikh immigrant, who claimed Nowak intentionally bumped into him. The recording stopped during the initial encounter, so the exact sequence remains unclear. When it resumed, Nowak called Digwa a “bad man” before Digwa grabbed his phone and the recording ended.

Digwa then allegedly stabbed Nowak multiple times in the jaw, legs, and heart with a ceremonial dagger. Britain imposes strict anti-knife laws on its native population, yet Sikhs receive exemptions to carry kirpans. That fact turned Nowak’s death into a symbol of Britain’s two-tier society.

Digwa did not immediately summon help. He recorded himself mocking Nowak as the wounded teenager tried to escape over a fence. Nowak told his attacker more than once that he was dying. Digwa’s brother eventually called police with a story that Nowak was a violent racist who had insulted and assaulted the Sikh man before injuring himself while climbing a fence.

The police appear to have accepted that story instantly. They treated the bleeding English teenager as the threat and the immigrant suspect as the victim. They handcuffed Nowak, and he reportedly choked to death on his own blood in police custody.

Even before the bodycam footage emerged, Nowak’s death had become a flashpoint in a deeply divided Britain. Despite the clear wishes of voters, British politicians have allowed mass migration to transform the country. Immigrants have strained the welfare state, crowded the job market, driven housing pressure, and changed the country’s culture. But nowhere has the transformation become more obvious than policing.

The Pakistani grooming-gang scandals revealed the pattern. English girls were raped across the country while police, terrified of being called racist, ignored or minimized the crimes. In some cases, victims were treated as the problem. In others, fathers who tried to protect their daughters faced the law instead. The message was clear: The state feared accusations of racism more than it feared the destruction of its own people.

RELATED: ‘White lives matter’: UK erupts over footage of English teen’s demise in handcuffs after stabbing by Sikh thug

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Immigrant stabbing attacks have also helped justify sweeping bans on defensive weapons, including knives and pepper spray. Yet Nowak died from a ceremonial blade Digwa was permitted to carry. Immigrants enjoy exceptions while native Britons face disarmament. That is not equal justice. It is hierarchy.

After a stabbing spree last year left three young girls dead, riots broke out across Britain. The government response was brutal. Authorities did not merely arrest violent offenders or street protesters. They escalated social media arrests so aggressively that Britain now jails people for speech and political offenses at levels no free country should tolerate. At every turn, the government has privileged the comfort of foreign communities over the safety and dignity of the native population.

Americans often fail to grasp how deeply George Floyd’s death reshaped the Anglosphere. Britain, despite lacking America’s domestic history of slavery, endured its own Black Lives Matter revolution: protests, policing struggle sessions, and attacks on statues of figures such as Winston Churchill. Keir Starmer, now prime minister, bent the knee for a foreign criminal. A country convulsed itself over an American drug addict, yet struggles to muster the same moral energy for murdered English children. The implication is dark.

The Nowak footage poured gasoline on a smoldering fire. Officers assumed the white teenager was guilty without evidence. They joked as he begged for help. They placed him in cuffs when he posed no threat. One image now circulating shows officers shackling Nowak’s pale hand, ghost-white from blood loss. It captures the moral condition of the British state.

RELATED: Free speech in Britain is worse than you think

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The purpose of a system is what it does. British police no longer appear organized to protect the people of Britain. Too often, they protect the regime’s migration project and punish anyone who resists it. When mass migration produced predictable violence, the government minimized, excused, or concealed it. When victims and their families protested, the government disciplined them. When citizens took to the streets to demand justice, the government crushed them.

The British state has made mortal enemies of the English people. That may sound extreme, but what better explanation fits the evidence? The system treats white Britons as permanent suspects and immigrants as protected classes. It uses “racism” not as a neutral moral category but as a weapon to silence, disarm, and destroy the native population.

One officer involved in Nowak’s death has reportedly resigned. According to the Telegraph, the other three remain on duty and have not been suspended.

White lives matter. Henry Nowak’s life mattered.

A real price must be paid for his death, and radical reforms must follow. If British elites attempt to bury this case, they will be playing with righteous fire.

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The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life that boasts “solid and well-rounded” priests.

Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins, one of the institute’s priests who has served as rector of Detroit’s historic St. Joseph Shrine since 2021, demonstrated his solidity on Monday, coming out on top after a round with an 18-year-old suspect accused of stealing a car and crashing into another vehicle outside the church.

‘I had to, unfortunately, give him a few punches.’

The young priest — a Franco-American citizen who grew up in a military family and was ordained in 2015 — told WJBK-TV that he was in the church parking lot when he heard the screech of tires followed by a loud crash.

Moments earlier, police spotted a vehicle they believed to have been stolen and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The suspect clearly had other ideas.

Commins, wearing his priestly cassock, bolted to the source of the commotion and spotted a bloody man wearing only one shoe fleeing the scene. Hearing a cry for someone to stop the one-shoed suspect who was running his way, Commins rushed in for an interception.

The priest tackled and, aided by a parishioner, detained the 18-year-old suspected car thief until police arrived on the scene.

Commins — sporting some scrapes on his knuckles and a pair of bandaged fingers — told WJBK that he “grabbed him and put him down.”

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“He was resisting a lot, trying to run away, definitely,” the priest continued. “So I had to, unfortunately, give him a few punches and hurt my hand a little bit — nothing major — but making sure that there was no threat since I didn’t know if he had a gun, if he had a weapon. It was definitely suspicious behavior and probably guilty of the accident.”

After police officers took over for the man of God, Commins rushed back to the site of the accident to check whether the woman in the vehicle that had been struck needed any help, the sacraments, or perhaps even a blessing.

Although Commins said the woman was initially “not very responsive,” police said the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Commins told WJBK that once the situation outside his church was resolved, he said his prayers “as usual” and had dinner with the community.

“Just another day in the D!” Commins said, laughing.

The suspect was arrested in connection with the incident, and three others were detained. The Detroit Police Department did not immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

The advocacy group CatholicVote called the priest “legendary.”

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Nearly 100 children were rescued and almost 300 people were arrested as part of a sweeping law enforcement operation against child exploitation in Texas, according to authorities.

The FBI on Friday revealed the results of Operation Soteria Shield — a “coordinated law enforcement effort focused on rescuing children from online sexual exploitation and bringing offenders to justice.”

‘Every single day, this FBI is moving more aggressively than ever before to destroy child predator networks and save innocent victims all over the country.’

“Investigators, analysts, digital forensic examiners, prosecutors, victim advocates, and child advocacy partners worked together to identify offenders and protect vulnerable children,” the FBI Dallas branch stated.

The joint operation included almost 200 law enforcement personnel from agencies across Texas. Key participants included the FBI’s Dallas North Texas Child Exploitation Task Force, the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Dallas Police Department, the Plano Police Department, the Wylie Police Department, and the Garland Police Department.

Between March and April, Operation Soteria Shield aimed to expose “offenders who exploit children through online platforms, social media, messaging applications, and other digital environments.”

The FBI said, “Investigators pursued individuals involved in the possession, distribution, production, or promotion of child sexual abuse material, online solicitation of minors, trafficking, sexual assault, and other child exploitation-related offenses.”

As a result of Operation Soteria Shield, 276 people were arrested for child exploitation and 89 children were rescued.

“Investigators also worked to locate children who were being exploited, identify previously unknown victims, and connect children and families with appropriate services,” the FBI said.

The FBI noted that the cases in Operation Soteria Shield remain active, and “additional charges may be filed as forensic examinations and follow-up investigations continue.”

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FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News, “Every single day, this FBI is moving more aggressively than ever before to destroy child predator networks and save innocent victims all over the country, and today’s brilliant numbers out of FBI Dallas and partners are the latest milestone in that righteous mission.”

FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock said, “Together, we were able to make a significant impact in the ongoing battle against predators who exploit children in our communities.”

Dallas Police Department Chief Daniel C. Comeaux added that these are “not victimless crimes” and that they can “leave lasting trauma on children and families.”

Plano Police Department Chief Ed Drain said the operation has “changed lives.”

“Every child deserves to grow up safe, protected, and free from exploitation,” Drain remarked. “This operation reflects our shared commitment to defend children wherever abuse occurs, whether that is in a home, on a device, or through an online platform.”

Wylie Police Department Chief Anthony Henderson proclaimed, “What is done in the dark will be brought to the light.”

“Through the coordinated efforts of all participating agencies, hundreds of predators have been identified and removed from our communities,” Henderson continued. “This operation reflects our collective commitment to protecting children and pursuing those who seek to exploit or harm them.”

Garland Police Department Chief Jeff Bryan added, “Protecting our most precious resource, our children, from online exploitation requires vigilance, strong partnerships, and a relentless commitment to pursuing those who seek to harm them.”

Operation Soteria Shield is part of Operation Iron Pursuit — the FBI’s nationwide effort to locate victims of child sex abuse and detain child sex predators.

The Department of Justice said in a statement last month that “more than 200 child victims were located and over 350 child sexual abuse offenders were arrested” as a result of Operation Iron Pursuit.

The DOJ highlighted the rescue of a 10-year-old in Utah with a transgender parent and partner during Operation Iron Pursuit.

The child was supposed to be on a camping trip with a transgender parent, partner, and another child. The group instead flew from Canada to Mexico and then to Cuba; concerns existed that the 10-year-old child was taken to Cuba for gender reassignment surgery. FBI Victim Services Division assisted with the recovery of the children, providing crisis support and stabilization.

Law enforcement officials are advocating for parents and guardians to remain vigilant by talking openly with children about online dangers.

Authorities stress that caregivers should “monitor digital activities” and “report suspicious communications.”

“Online child exploitation often begins with seemingly ordinary digital contact, and early reporting can be critical to stopping abuse and identifying victims,” the FBI declared.

Anyone with information about child exploitation is urged to contact local law enforcement, contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI, submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov, or contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at cybertipline.org.

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Children who play sports are being treated like professional athletes, and even professional athletes are suffering greater injuries than ever before.

Now that youth sports are being maxed out and competitions are offered as year-round money-makers for athletic organizations, the frequency of devastating injuries among children has increased, and top doctors are noticing.

‘When you’re physically putting 10,000 hours of demand on an adolescent body, that doesn’t work.’

Dr. Karim Meijer, medical director and head team physician for the NFL’s Denver Broncos, says not only are pro athletes in the middle of an “injury epidemic,” but children who yearn to become professional ball players are being driven by the “youth sports industrial complex.”

From inside his own clinic, Dr. Meijer told Blaze News about a new phenomenon: gruesome injuries that have become the new normal in sports.

“We’re seeing knee dislocations,” Meijer said from an exam room. “Those are devastating career-, limb-threatening-type injuries on an athletic field that just wasn’t as prevalent in the [older] NFL days. … Those things really weren’t happening.”

To that end, injuries to children have also increased as they engage in what Meijer described as intense, repetitive training that starts as early as 7 or 8 years old.

“When you’re physically putting 10,000 hours of demand on an adolescent body, that doesn’t work,” the pro doctor explained.

Meijer said kids are playing multiple games every weekend, all year round with no true off-season, creating cumulative damage that never fully heals. The doctor warned parents that by the time these children reach high school or college, their tissue and tendons can already be compromised.

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Injuries that were rare a generation ago — “Achilles ruptures, UCL tears, growth-plate avulsions, rotator-cuff tears” — are now commonplace due to “ubiquitous” sports leagues, Meijer said.

Meijer recalled appointments he’s had with young athletes within recent days, including a 14-year-old “who threw a ball from third base and pulled his growth plate off the inside of his elbow.”

“That’s a kid that also plays year-round baseball,” Meijer added.

These injuries are not necessarily occurring in major sports or affecting only male athletes either, according to the physician. Young girls are coming to him with rare injuries due to constant physical stress and competition too.

“I have a 14-year-old volleyball girl I saw this morning who already has partial tears on the underside of her rotator cuff, something commonly we see called internal impingement,” Meijer pointed out, demonstrating a volleyball spiking motion. “Fairly young, but it’s a year-round volleyball player.”

The doctor urged parents to start thinking about the longevity of their child’s athletic career and how to prevent injury.

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“It’s not rocket science,” Meijer declared, saying he tells parents all the time the types of injuries their child may be susceptible to just based on their sport.

Solutions can be as simple as playing different sports that use “completely different kinds of mechanics” and that work different parts of their body.

In the doctor’s opinion, parents may also want to consider their kids’ health before signing them up for a long-term athletic commitment, especially since these sports companies are always seeking more revenue.

“What’s a 12-month calendar year look like for the healthier child versus the financial benefit of a youth sports organization?” Meijer asked.

Other suggested remedies included training that doesn’t involve the repetitive motions of a given sport, some of which can be worse than others.

“I wouldn’t pitch in two consecutive seasons,” Meijer said as an example.

He concluded, “I tell parents all the time, it’s not a sprint. It’s a marathon. You gotta work year by year, but you want to keep your child as healthy as possible as you go through it.”

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According to BlazeTV’s Jason Whitlock, Caitlin Clark — the Indiana Fever superstar who’s created more hype around women’s basketball than any player in the league’s history — is being intentionally sabotaged. Jealousy and ideological opposition to what Clark represents as a white heterosexual is fueling what he believes is a covert scheme to destroy her professional basketball career.

On this episode of “Fearless,” Whitlock exposes six women he claims are running the anti-Clark campaign.

Whitlock’s “Caitlin Clark Six” includes the following Indiana Fever officials:

Lin Dunn – senior adviserKelly Krauskopf – president Amber Cox – chief operating officer and general managerStephanie White – head coachBriann January – assistant coachKarima Christmas-Kelly – assistant coach

“This little cabal has been together for years and years and years,” says Whitlock. “They have no interest in helping Caitlin Clark become the greatest player in WNBA history.”

He believes that instead of building a successful team around her, the Fever is trying to “transition Caitlin Clark socially, and if necessary, completely out of the league.”

This, he speculates, has caused her “mental health issues” that are impacting her on and off the court.

“She’s second-guessing herself physically, mentally, her jump shot, everything about herself, her lifestyle,” says Whitlock.

He believes head coach Stephanie White teed Clark up to be “embarrassed defensively” in the Fever’s games against the Golden State Valkyries and the Portland Fire by deliberately putting her in unfavorable matchups.

Briann January and Stephanie White, he claims, have intentionally “cooked up a defensive scheme that does not work for Caitlin Clark.”

“And I hear many [saying], ‘oh, he’s just making excuses, Whitlock just loves Caitlin Clark. No, I know how you win championships with a player like Caitlin Clark,” Whitlock counters. “I know how you build a business off a player that drives ticket sales and interest the way Caitlin Clark does.”

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A man who was fined nearly $2 million for scamming the Medicare system was released from probation despite paying nearly none of the fine, and he’s not the only one.

An investigative report found that many Minnesota fraudsters who are fined millions of dollars fail to pay back any significant amount but are allowed to get off probation.

‘For the person who just doesn’t care and is trying to get away with wrongdoing, I think we need stronger medicine.’

In 2023, a man named Tommie Johnson Sr. pleaded guilty to stealing health care funds through a personal care assistance scheme.

Prosecutors wanted to put Johnson in prison for 45 months, but a judge put him on probation instead so he could work to pay off the $1.7 million restitution.

For three years, Johnson paid the bare minimum of monthly payments, often $25 to $50 a month. Despite paying a tiny fraction of what he owed, Johnson was allowed to get off probation by Hennepin County District Court Judge Emily Froehle.

“The record at the time of sentencing reflects that it was unrealistic and not anticipated that [Johnson] would pay the full amount of the joint and some restitution,” Froehle wrote in the order.

The case is not unusual, according to investigators with KMSP-TV.

The investigation found that convicted fraudsters paid only about $2.4 million out of $13.3 million in combined restitution ordered through the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at the office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (DFL). That comes to only about 18.8%.

Many of the fraudsters had their probation discharged despite paying little or nothing toward their restitution.

A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office said the office is seeking to strengthen laws to make the fines stick.

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“We will continue to urge courts to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure the fraudsters we convict pay back as much of the money they stole as possible,” the spokesperson claimed.

“For the person who just doesn’t care and is trying to get away with wrongdoing, I think we need stronger medicine for people like that,” Ellison said.

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A pair of foreigners employed at a controversial U.S. biolab were charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox onto American soil and giving false statements to federal law enforcement.

Vincent Munster — a 53-year-old Dutch citizen who is the chief of the virus ecology section at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health Biosafety Level 4 research facility in Hamilton, Montana — and one of his underlings, a 38-year-old Cameroonian national named Claude Kwe, were caught by Customs and Border Patrol officials with a black case allegedly full of viral materials at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Jan. 25.

‘This is bigger than a customs charge.’

The duo allegedly told CBP agents that the case — which they had traveled with from the Congo, where a major monkeypox outbreak was underway — contained diagnostics and testing equipment. Federal agents discovered, however, that the case actually contained 113 vials in Styrofoam containers, the Justice Department said in a release.

According to the DOJ, an FBI analysis of 20 of the 113 vials showed that 17 contained deactivated monkeypox virus, one contained the chickenpox virus, and two contained human DNA.

Monkeypox is a disease caused by a virus in the same genus as the virus that causes smallpox. While endemic in various African regions, monkeypox made a global play in early 2022. In nearly all Western cases, the disease affects and is spread by homosexuals.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine noted that of the 528 infections diagnosed between April 27 and June 24, 2022, 98% of those infected were homosexuals and that “transmission was suspected to have occurred through sexual activity in 95% of the persons with infection.”

Individuals infected with monkeypox often experience a painful rash that can look like pimples or blisters, respiratory problems, exhaustion, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and chills. The disease can be spread via respiratory droplets, through “direct contact with a rash or sores of someone who has the virus,” and through “contact with clothing, bedding, and other items used by a person” with the virus.

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Vincent Munster. NIAID.

Emily Hilliard, a senior Health and Human Services press secretary, told Blaze News that the NIH, which owns Rocky Mountain Laboratories, is cooperating fully with law enforcement and the relevant authorities regarding the case against Munster and Kwe.

Hilliard noted further that the NIH was made aware of the incident at the Detroit airport in January, and agency leaders “immediately activated established agency protocols to safeguard related laboratory facilities, research materials, and biological samples.”

These measures apparently included “securing relevant laboratory spaces, restricting access to affected areas, and conducting a comprehensive audit and inventory assessment to verify that all materials were appropriately accounted for, documented, and maintained in accordance with all relevant biosafety policies, requirements, and procedures.”

U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. of the Eastern District of Michigan said of the alleged monkeypox smuggling attempt, “These NIH experts apparently broke our laws by smuggling viral pathogens on a packed commercial airplane from an outbreak in the Republic of Congo. Let that sink in.”

“Any deliberate effort to conceal and smuggle biological materials into the United States without proper authorization is a breach of the public’s trust and could have placed the public at risk,” stated Marcus Sykes, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

Munster and Kwe each face a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Neither the researchers nor the HHS responded to a request for comment from Blaze News.

Dr. Richard H. Ebright of Rutgers University alleged of the suspect, “Munster exemplifies the dishonesty, the disregard for biosafety, the disdain for law, and the contempt for the public interest that — after four decades of Anthony Fauci having treated virology as his personal fief and power base — have become pervasive in virology.”

Dr. Robert Malone, a biochemist who recently served on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, emphasized that “this is bigger than a customs charge.”

“Why does Munster’s name matter? In April 2024, Sen. Rand Paul released documents showing Rocky Mountain Laboratories — Munster’s facility — was listed as a participant in EcoHealth Alliance’s DEFUSE proposal. The same proposal DARPA rejected for posing unacceptable biosafety risks,” wrote Malone. “DEFUSE contemplated experiments on novel bat coronaviruses, spike protein manipulation, and insertion of furin cleavage sites. DARPA said no. But NIAID kept funding the same research ecosystem — EcoHealth, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the same scientific objectives. Then COVID emerged in Wuhan.”

Munster is currently listed as a senior investigator with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ virus ecology section. In recent years, he has worked on and researched numerous viruses, including SARS-COV-2, the virus behind COVID-19.

Kwe is a research fellow with the NIH’s intramural research program.

The two of them have worked together on monkeypox research and are listed as co-authors of a February 2026 study assessing “the risk of clade Ib mpox and our preparedness.”

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Monkeypox. NIH-NIAID/Image Point FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

They concluded in their study that “the emergence and current co-circulation of clade Ia, Ib, and clade IIb in Africa, and recent spread of clade Ib mpox in the U.S, Europe, and Asia is a reminder that emerging infectious diseases are global issues that require timely coordinated response.”

The foreign researchers noted further that “the global spread of clade IIb and Ib should also be recognized as sentinel events, highlighting essential gaps in pandemic preparedness.”

The criminal charges against Munster and Kwe come just weeks after White Coat Waste Project — a watchdog that helped expose EcoHealth Alliance’s and former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci’s ties to the gain-of-function experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology — obtained and published a damning whistleblower report detailing Munster and Kwe’s alleged attempt to smuggle foreign viruses onto American soil.

The whistleblower characterized Munster as a “Fauci acolyte and all around egotistical, arrogant foreigner that joined his research project (to aerosolize covid virus) to Ralph Baric’s project (to weaponize it).”

Baric, a professor in the departments of epidemiology and microbiology at the University of North Carolina, is a leading proponent of gain-of-function research who successfully fought for an exemption from the Obama administration’s moratorium on the dangerous practice in order to keep manufacturing artificial SARS-like viruses.

In response to a request for comment, Baric directed Blaze News to UNC, which did not immediately respond.

The whistleblower went on to claim that after Detroit authorities “found dozens of vials” in Munster’s baggage in January, the NIH “went into full cover-up mode.”

Rocky Mountain Laboratories has also been home to additional scandals in recent months.

The NIH recently confirmed to the Ravalli Republic that in November 2025, the facility was exposed to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, which has a fatality rate of 30% or higher.

“At no time was there any evidence of disease transmission or infection, nor was there ever any risk to staff, caregivers, or the public,” said the NIH.

According to the whistleblower, that “exposure” was the result of an infected monkey “that was being tortured (infected and sickened with no pain mitigation) as an experiment for Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever.”

The NIH did not immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for comment about the whistleblower’s allegations.

On Feb. 18, RML also filed a federal “release/loss/theft” form. An NIH spokesman said it was done “in response to a potential exposure to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus due to a hole in a glove that occurred while changing cages of laboratory mice.”

“There was no release outside of the lab and at no time was there any risk to the public,” said the spokesman.

Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana, citing the whistleblower complaint, asked HHS Inspector General March Bell in a May 26 letter to launch a formal investigation “into the safety, security, and personnel practices at RML” and raised alarm about Munster’s souvenirs from the Congo.

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