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Democrats just lost the opportunity to gain three seats in the battle to control Congress after a state supreme court blocked their effort to redistrict the election maps.

The effort by a group called Coloradans for a Level Playing Field involved three separate ballot proposals, one of which would have changed the Colorado redistricting map for the 2028 and 2030 election cycles, if approved by the voters.

‘While Trump and his MAGA allies regularly sidestep the law and ignore voters, efforts to respond have once again been dealt a legal setback over a technicality.’

Redistricting would have given Democrats the chance to pick up three extra seats. The Colorado Supreme Court said the effort violated the “single subject requirement” for ballot measures.

“Changing the constitutionally mandated frequency of redistricting — however temporary the change — is not merely a mechanism to administer the new congressional district map,” wrote Chief Justice Monica Márquez in one of the unanimous decisions issued Monday. “Instead, it represents a seismic shift to Colorado’s longstanding redistricting process enshrined in the state constitution.”

Curtis Hubbard, the spokesperson for the group sponsoring the bills, called the ruling “disappointing” in a statement on the group’s website.

“While Trump and his MAGA allies regularly sidestep the law and ignore voters, efforts to respond have once again been dealt a legal setback over a technicality,” he added.

National Republican Redistricting Trust President Adam Kincaid praised the ruling.

“Complete and total victory in Colorado!” he said on the X platform. “In a win for voters and the Colorado Constitution, the Colorado Supreme Court resoundingly rejects Democrats’ attempt to manipulate the initiative process.”

RELATED: Trump is WINNING the redistricting battle against Democrats, CBS analysis finds

According to the Coloradans for a Level Playing Field’s math, Republicans may be able to pick up as many as 11 seats in Congress now that the group’s gerrymandering initiatives have been blocked.

The group will not have the opportunity to amend their initiatives and have them appear on the next election ballot, ending the effort in Colorado.

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Law enforcement officials are expressing shock at the conditions that allegedly led to the death of a 7-year-old boy in Michigan.

Paramedics were called to the home in Flint Township on Nov. 4, 2025, over the report of a child in distress.

‘It was just one of the most unbelievable scenes that the police have seen, that I’ve reviewed in my 22 years as prosecuting attorney.’

They found Casper O’Brien having difficulty breathing and unable to move because he weighed 255 pounds, according to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office.

His parents, Damien and Jessica O’Brien, had also packed the home with so many objects that it was difficult to move around. Police reported there was feces throughout the home because the toilet didn’t work.

They also said the boy had “some of the worst open sores and rashes they’ve ever seen.”

He died later that evening at a hospital.

His parents were charged with one count of second-degree murder, one count of torture, and three counts of second-degree child abuse.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the autopsy showed the boy died of a heart muscle disease, and morbid obesity was listed as a contributing factor.

“What we allege is that he was not fed in a nutritious way,” Leyton said. “He was neglected, and he was abused, and his diet is part of it, and not getting whatever help he needed because he was nonverbal as part of it. All that adds up to an extreme case of child abuse resulting in someone’s death.”

They also found a 5-year-old child who was morbidly obese. She was found naked outside by officers and was dirty, with knots in her hair.

Leyton gave a rundown of the evidence gathered in the case.

“We’ll present the body camera footage,” Leyton said. “We’ll present the autopsy results. We’ll present the fact that this child died from fairly natural causes brought on by the obesity and the lack of nutrition. And we’ll present what we think as a case of neglect and abuse and torture.”

RELATED: People so ‘extremely obese’ they were almost bedridden starved 14-year-old girl until she weighed 35 pounds, police say

The parents could face life in prison if convicted.

Leyton expressed disbelief at the parents’ behavior because the father had a good job with health insurance but had only taken the boy to a doctor once.

“They had called the veterinarian about one of their pets. They knew what to do for the dog, but they didn’t do it for their own child,” he added. “Sadly, he died because of neglect.”

Leyton said the case was difficult for the police — as well as Child Protective Services — to investigate.

“It was just one of the most unbelievable scenes that the police have seen, that I’ve reviewed in my 22 years as prosecuting attorney,” Leyton added.

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In New York City, three Democratic Socialists of America members recently won their primaries, pushing out two longtime incumbent Democrats. Far-left influencer Hasan Piker celebrated the victories by declaring, “It’s the decade of socialism. It’s coming to a neighborhood near you.”

Piker has called the Republican Party the world’s “biggest terrorist” and recently said Israel, in its current form, “does not have a right to exist.”

Far-left activists are using the education system to undermine Western institutions and advance a fundamentally different political vision.

Socialist and neo-communist partisans such as Piker and the DSA are gaining momentum in major cities. Many Americans do not realize that these far-left “people’s movements” often are not grassroots uprisings at all. They are driven by billionaire-funded activist organizations and progressives with elite academic backgrounds.

How did an anti-Western ideology gain such influence, especially among young people?

Part of the answer lies in the education system.

The radical left has turned American children, teachers, and K-12 schools into pieces of a political apparatus designed to build immediate and long-term power. From colleges of education to preschool lessons to youth activism, classrooms are increasingly used to advance an intentionally vague socialist “political revolution.”

The training begins before teachers ever enter the classroom.

Many colleges of education now treat anti-racism and social justice activism as core elements in the training of future and current educators. Schools of higher education also promote critical pedagogy as a “best practice.” That philosophy, rooted in cultural Marxism, treats teaching as inherently political and justifies far-left activism and diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the education system as necessary tools to overcome supposed oppression.

What is taught in colleges of education never stays there.

The New York State Education Department’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework promotes critical pedagogy to help dismantle “systems of biases and inequities rooted in our country’s history, culture, and institutions.”

New York City schools have adopted this strategy. A key component is “critical consciousness,” or what many would call a woke mindset. This approach seeks to “identify and interrupt policies and practices that center on historically advantaged social/cultural groups.”

In other words, New York City teachers are expected to incorporate far-left political orthodoxy into teaching methods, curriculum development, lesson planning, and classroom activities.

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New York is not alone.

In Joliet Public Schools in Illinois, the district’s “Teacher Evaluation Framework” says contracted staff can receive an “excellent” mark if they demonstrate critical consciousness in classroom interactions and performance.

Once these abstract concepts reach the classroom, they are woven into curricula such as ethnic studies, conditioning children to see society almost exclusively through the lens of oppressor and oppressed. Sold to school boards, parents, and communities as the study of history and culture, ethnic studies often functions as an activist training program rooted in critical pedagogy.

Some students are exposed to this framework as early as preschool. They are not merely taught to view the world through an anti-Western political lens. They are also encouraged, and in some cases required, to engage in activism or “action research” aimed at dismantling “systems of oppression” such as capitalism and the “patriarchy.”

Those seeds of politicization bore fruit last spring when schools across the country dealt with hundreds of student walkouts in support of far-left political causes and a “political revolution.”

These youth protests were not fully organic. They were often organized, promoted, or funded by activist organizations such as the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Sunrise Movement, and teachers’ unions.

The most extreme example came from Chicago Public Schools, which gave in to the Chicago Teachers Union’s demand to use students and district resources for its May Day mass mobilization effort.

Regardless of political affiliation, Americans who care about the constitutional republic should recognize what is happening. Far-left activists are using the education system to undermine Western institutions and advance a fundamentally different political vision.

Thomas Paine wrote 250 years ago that “tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.” If this republic is to endure, it will require the same love of liberty and willingness to defend it that animated previous generations.

American children deserve the same opportunity for self-government enjoyed by those who came before them. That’s why the corruption of the education system in service of anti-Western ideology and political activism must end.

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Bill Maher did not suddenly become a conservative. That is what makes his recent comments to Vice President JD Vance so politically revealing.

Maher is still Maher — a liberal comedian, secular critic of Christianity, supporter of abortion, and longtime enemy of the religious right. He is not about to show up at a Turning Point USA conference in a red cap. He is not quoting Milton Friedman at CPAC. He is not becoming a Baptist.

Bill Maher is not moving right because Republicans suddenly became perfect. He is moving right because Democrats moved left into madness.

Yet in a recent conversation with Vance, Maher said his 2028 vote is “in play.” He said he could imagine voting for Vance or Marco Rubio if Republicans nominated the right candidate.

That should terrify Democrats.

Maher does not represent the average American voter in every respect. But he represents something dangerous for Democrats: the liberal who still remembers what liberalism used to be. He remembers when Democrats imagined themselves as the party of free speech, civil liberties, working-class people, and common sense. He remembers when liberals mocked religious fundamentalists rather than replacing them with secular versions in HR departments, faculty lounges, and school boards.

Maher’s point was not that Republicans have become irresistible. It was that Democrats have become repellent.

That is the real story.

For years, Democrats have comforted themselves with the idea that the country is divided over Donald Trump. Maher’s comments reveal a different problem. What happens when the choice is not Trump? What happens when the Republican nominee is Vance, Rubio, or someone else who can speak fluently about the failures of the left without carrying all of Trump’s baggage?

Then, Democrats have to defend themselves. That is where things get difficult.

Look at New York City.

The city that once elected Rudy Giuliani after years of chaos and vowed never to forget 9/11 is becoming the showcase for democratic socialism and outright communism. Candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America just swept important Democratic primaries.

RELATED: ‘Weak and pathetic’: Mamdani-backed radicals sweep Democratic establishment in New York’s electoral bloodbath

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These candidates are not progressive in the old sense. They reject the assumptions that once made the Democratic Party nationally competitive. They talk as if capitalism is the enemy, policing is oppression, borders are immoral, and Israel is uniquely evil among nations. They embrace socialism, excuse anti-Semitism, and treat Western civilization as a crime scene.

The old Democratic establishment used to understand that this was a problem. It knew America was not a socialist country. It knew most Americans did not want their cities run by activists. It knew Americans might debate the policies of Israel while still rejecting anti-Semitism.

Now, the Democratic establishment mostly shrugs. Or worse, it congratulates the winners and pretends this is normal.

It is not normal.

It is not normal for open socialists to become the energy center of a major American political party. It is not normal for candidates surrounded by anti-Israel radicalism to be treated as the future. It is not normal for Jewish voters to be told, in effect, that their concerns about anti-Semitism are merely bad-faith efforts to silence criticism of Israel.

That is one reason Maher’s discomfort matters. He is not a Christian Zionist or conservative evangelical. He is an irreverent liberal comedian who can see that something has gone wrong when the left cannot clearly distinguish between criticism of a government and hostility toward Jews as Jews.

Anti-Semitism is not the only issue.

The same problem appears in gender ideology. Americans are generally willing to be kind and decent to adults who identify as transgender. What they will not do is surrender reality.

They do not want boys in girls’ sports. They do not want men in women’s prisons. They do not want children rushed into medical pathways that can alter their bodies permanently. They do not want schools hiding gender transitions from parents. They do not want bureaucrats punishing anyone who says male and female are real categories grounded in nature.

Yet the Democratic Party has made this agenda a test of moral purity. Ordinary Americans who believe the obvious — that men are not women — are treated as bigots.

This is political insanity. It is also moral bullying.

The left first demanded tolerance. Then it demanded affirmation. Then it demanded participation. Now it demands that Americans deny what they can see with their own eyes. If they refuse, they are told they are hateful.

That kind of politics creates backlash. It also creates strange coalitions.

RELATED: Sorry, socialists: The system isn’t the savior

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A voter does not have to become a movement conservative to conclude that Democrats have become dangerous. He may simply want his daughter to play sports against girls. He may want his Jewish neighbor to be safe walking to synagogue. He may want police to arrest criminals. He may want schools to teach reading instead of gender ideology. He may want politicians who like the country they seek to govern.

That is the opening Republicans now have.

The opportunity is not merely to say, “Vote Republican because we are Republicans.” That is not enough. The opportunity is to say, “You may not agree with us on everything, but we are not asking you to pretend reality is fake.”

Maher is not the whole electorate. But he is a warning flare. When even Bill Maher looks at Democrats and says his vote is up for grabs, the problem is not Republican messaging. The problem is Democratic extremism.

Democrats can keep telling themselves that voters are being manipulated by right-wing media. They can keep insisting that concerns about socialism, anti-Semitism, crime, schools, and gender ideology are manufactured panics. They can keep nominating activists who sound as if they are running a graduate seminar in revolutionary decolonization resentment.

Or they can notice what is happening.

Bill Maher is not moving right because Republicans suddenly became perfect. He is moving right because Democrats moved left into madness.

If Democrats keep going, Maher will not be the last liberal to say: enough.

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BlazeTV host Christopher Rufo believes the Democrat Party machine and its woke politics is being replaced by something far more sinister: die-hard socialists and third worldism.

Just last week, three Zohran Mamdani-backed Democratic socialists — Claire Valdez (NY-7), Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13), and Brad Lander (NY-10) — won their Democratic congressional primaries, defeating establishment incumbents and candidates, including two sitting representatives.

“The Dem establishment is totally crushed, totally weak, totally ineffective,” says Rufo, “and in New York, we’ve seen this playing out now for about a year where they tried to run moderate Dem candidates … trying to stop the DSA candidates from gaining so much power, but the DSA is really running the show.”

“They have control over the municipal government; they have control over the greater New York City congressional delegation; they have a permanent infrastructure,” he continues.

The Democrat establishment, Rufo argues, has virtually become a “misnomer” because the Democratic Socialists of America has really become the establishment power now. They’re the ones with “full-time activists, a full-time messaging apparatus, [and] a full-time get-out-the-vote operation.” They have mastered the art of “out-organizing” their opponents, he says.

Co-host Jonathan Keeperman doesn’t see the Democrat establishment vs. the DSA as a matter of “competing architectures,” however. He believes the left’s “lack of leadership” has allowed the DSA to begin “colonizing the old Democrat machine.”

“The Democrats have nothing even close to … a singular figure who can point that constituency in a particular electoral direction,” he says, calling the Democrat Party “a totally rudderless ship.”

“[The Democrat Party is] up for contest,” says Rufo, “and it seems clear that the more radical left-wing factions within the Democratic Party feel like they have all of the energy; they have all of the momentum; and that they can ride it to the end point, which is changing the party from within.”

While he acknowledges that DSA power is still relatively confined — pocketed in deep-blue places like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco — its ability to “take a minority faction in a larger political body, capture it, subvert it, bully it, and then get it to submit” is disturbing.

“I think you’re going to see a lot of the DSA ideas trickling upward in the party. These activists are going to use their leverage, their star power, their charisma, and it’s going to change the Democratic Party,” Rufo predicts.

And that’s a terrifying prospect because these ideas will be rooted not in wokeism, which is bad enough, but in “third worldism” — an even more “serious threat to life, liberty, and property.”

“The left has molted the dead skin of woke,” he says.

The push is no longer “the oppressor-oppressed narrative” that urges redistribution of goods and services to “oppressed groups.” The DSA promotes a far “harder-edged political ideology,” says Rufo. “If you listen to these candidates like Darializa Chevalier, it’s seize property, seize housing, seize wealth.”

“It is a third-worldist ideology,” he declares.

To hear more, watch the episode above.

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A 16-year-old male is accused of opening fire on an occupied Augusta, Georgia, home last month, and law enforcement said the public should consider the suspect “armed and dangerous.”

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office obtained aggravated assault warrants for Kawung Bentley Jr. in connection with the May 18 shooting in the 2300 block of Travis Pines Drive, the Augusta Press reported.

‘Deputies found about four bullet holes in the bedroom window and two more in the exterior wall near the window.’

Deputies responded to the residence around 4:17 a.m. after multiple shots were fired into the home while two people were inside, the Press reported.

The 63-year-old homeowner told deputies that he and a 30-year-old woman were lying in a bedroom when gunfire shattered a bedroom window, the Press reported, adding that the woman told deputies she ran into a bathroom and hid in a bathtub as bullets struck the home.

The homeowner said he saw four males creeping outside the home moments before the shooting, the Press said, adding that the homeowner grabbed his firearm as the suspects fled in a Dodge Durango.

More from the Press:

Deputies found about four bullet holes in the bedroom window and two more in the exterior wall near the window. A parked Dodge Charger outside the home was also struck twice by gunfire.

Investigators recovered two spent shell casings in the roadway along with a backpack believed to have been left behind by one of the suspects.

Despite the gunfire entering the occupied home, there is no indication in the incident report that either of the two people inside was struck or injured.

The Sheriff’s Office released a wanted flyer this week identifying Bentley as the suspect and warning the public not to approach him.

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Those with information on Bentley’s whereabouts are asked to contact investigator Sean Morrow at 706-432-5281 or the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 706-821-1080 or 706-821-1020, the Press added.

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Billionaire George Soros is heading toward breaking his own record in campaign donations after already spending nearly $103 million in the midterm elections.

Soros was the largest single donor in the midterms four years ago when he spent $128 million, according to a review of Federal Election Commission records.

‘The Soros family is angrier than ever at American politics. … They would prefer to remake America into something entirely different.’

The 95-year-old has made less than $1 million of donations in his own name, while the vast majority of his donations were funneled through the Democracy Political Action Committee he launched in 2020.

“Money talks, and Soros money says the most insidious, unconstitutional, costly tax hikes in American history are on the table,” said Douglas Kellogg of the Americans for Tax Reform organization.

He went on to describe him as the “wannabe Bond villain” who is responsible for the left-wing takeover of the Democratic Party.

Capital Research Center investigative researcher Parker Thayer told the New York Post that George Soros has begun the process of transferring his power to his eldest son, Alexander Soros.

“He wants to be more political than his dad. This is the first midterm cycle where he is in control,” Thayer said of the younger Soros.

“George is not in control; he hasn’t been in control in some time,” he added.

Both Soroses have backed the controversial Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner, as well as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

“The Soros family is angrier than ever at American politics,” Thayer said. “They would prefer to remake America into something entirely different.”

RELATED: ‘We will find you’: Soros-backed district attorney vows to ‘hunt down’ ICE agents who violate law

While Trump has mocked the Democrats for not fighting the communist takeover of the party, a group of Democratic lawmakers has begun to organize a pushback against extremist ideologies.

“We’re for capitalism, not socialism. We’re for safety, not lawlessness,” Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York said about the effort. “We’re proud of America, not ashamed of America — and we need to be promoting those things.”

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Seemingly out of nowhere, the United States is knee-deep in the quantum computing race.

President Trump signed the executive order Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation on Monday, but the effects of the impending research are rarely discussed.

‘These are the problems where today we cannot run high enough fidelity simulations in a classic computer.’

Quantum computing is typically explained by comparing the calculations of a traditional computer that uses ones and zeros to a quantum computer that uses the numbers in between to make calculations much faster.

A flat coin versus a spinning coin is also used as an analogy, essentially meaning that a quantum computer holds data in a special state that allows it all to be analyzed at once, resulting in faster (more numerous) calculations.

“Quantum information science and technology (QIST) will provide transformational capabilities that will drive American innovation, power economic growth, generate high-paying jobs, and bolster national security,” the executive order reads.

Simply put, the bizarre-looking machines will calculate a lot faster.

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“A quantum computer is going to solve a very particular type of problem that isn’t solved well today with a classic computer, and it’s going to solve it much better,” Amazon AI executive Peter DeSantis told CNBC.

The reluctance (or inability) to pin down the actual end result of quantum computing can be difficult to surmise, but DeSantis theorized “the problems that I would think are going to be tackled first are the ones that are quantum-based problems, so things like chemistry, material science.”

He added, “These are the problems where today we cannot run high enough fidelity simulations in a classic computer, and once we have a quantum computer, we’re going to find some real progress.”

These computers will allegedly be more adept at code-cracking and designing batteries or superconductors because they are able to model atomic behavior precisely.

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White House Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios promised more jobs and an increase in the domestic supply chain for quantum infrastructure and materials.

These materials include superconducting circuits, semiconductors, and other supplies so unheard of they are hard to describe outside of their definitions.

For example, required materials include a photonic circuit, which is a chip that modulates and controls laser beams.

In addition, a trapped-ion system is a physical, trapped qubit (a quantum computer bit) that is suspended or trapped in an electromagnetic field.

According to ABC News, Kratsios said the United States should be ready to expand the quantum workforce through apprenticeships, credentials, and workforce development.

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Law enforcement officials ended a hostage situation at a jail in North Carolina hours after the inmates were able to overpower guards.

The inmate takeover began at about 5 a.m. at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor.

‘The perpetrators must be held accountable for this horrifying action.’

Three guards were accosted and two were taken hostage, while the third was able to escape, according to police.

Hours later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Charlotte announced that an FBI hostage team and a SWAT team helped clear the facility.

“All inmates and staff are safe and accounted for, and those who sustained injuries received treatment,” the FBI statement reads. “Inmates were transferred to other facilities for housing, and the detention center will remain secured while personnel assess the extent of the damage.”

There were 88 inmates at the detention center, which has about 90 beds. The facility houses pretrial detainees and short-term inmates for Bertie County and Martin County.

Bertie County Sheriff Tyrone Ruffin said the two released guards were being treated for injuries, but he did not elaborate on the nature of the injuries.

Ruffin did not answer questions about the cause of the takeover.

“Right now we have a lot going on that we’re trying to get under control,” he added. “I will release that information to the public as soon as I can.”

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“The perpetrators must be held accountable for this horrifying action,” Gov. Josh Stein (D-N.C.) said on social media.

“We also must do everything in our power to ensure this doesn’t happen again — and that includes doing more to recruit, retain, and compensate the county and state officials who are charged with keeping our jails and prisons safe,” he added.

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The Supreme Court said in a partisan decision Monday that the president had expansive authority to fire government agency employees.

The ruling overturns a 1935 decision in which the highest court in the land found that Congress could shield government workers from being fired by the president unless it was for cause.

‘Such a Monumental Ruling at such an important time!’

The six conservatives on the court ruled in favor, while the three liberals dissented.

“Although it is up to the Senate to decide whether to confirm those with whom the President would prefer to work, neither Congress nor the courts may saddle him with those with whom he cannot work,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority ruling.

“Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him,” he added. “Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people.”

The president praised the ruling for expanding his power in numerous posts on the Truth Social platform.

“Today’s Historic Slaughter Decision by the Supreme Court is the Greatest Increase in Presidential Power in the last 100 years. Such a Monumental Ruling at such an important time!” the president posted on Truth Social.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

“Put simply, today the majority reshapes our Government,” Sotomayor wrote.

RELATED: Thomas RAILS against SCOTUS ruling on firing of Fed governor — with 2 conservatives siding with liberals

“Dozens of independent commissions are now likely to become purely executive agencies, shifting tremendous power over broad swaths of American life into the President’s hands,” she added.

The case was first filed by Rebecca Slaughter, who was appointed by Trump to the Federal Trade Commission in his first term. He sought to dismiss her in his second term without cause, and she sued on the basis of the 1935 precedent set during the New Deal era.

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Last week, Louisiana church pastor Tony Spell, 48, was arrested and charged with battery after video captured him beating up a 20-year-old male neighbor he claims threatened to rape and kill his family.

According to reports, Spell claims he was working on a church bus when he heard his neighbor’s son yell, “Tony, I’m gonna rape your wife. I’m gonna rape all of your grandchildren. … The next time you go out of town, I’m gonna kill them, and what the F are you going to do about it?”

Spell defended his actions, calling himself the “natural protector” of his family, and claimed that the victim’s family had been harassing and intimidating them as well as church attendees for years — an allegation they denied.

The video of the fight has gone viral, sparking widespread debates over self-defense and pastoral conduct.

On a recent episode of “The Rick Burgess Show,” BlazeTV host and men’s ministry leader Rick Burgess dove into the incident.

“Solomon told us there’s a time for everything — and sometimes there is a time to fight,” Rick says.

This incident, he argues, seems to be one of those times.

“People can say bad things about you and say they don’t like you and all that, and we certainly try to stay out of anything violent, but when it comes to the point when people begin to threaten your family and begin to threaten their very lives … there is a time when this is necessary,” Rick says.

“I shouldn’t love this as much as I do,” he confesses, watching the footage of Spell battering his neighbor.

Rick especially loves the sermon Spell delivered from the pulpit immediately after his release.

That evening, Spell famously told his congregation he “fulfilled the Scripture” by laying “hands on the sick.”

“That was fantastic,” Rick laughs.

The panel agrees that Spell was in the right to defend his family and congregation.

“We love it,” Rick says.

To see the footage of the fight and hear more of Rick and the team’s commentary, watch the episode above.

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The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence kicked off on Thursday in Washington, D.C., but a few Democratic states say they will not send an official delegation to the Great American State Fair.

Various state officials offered several reasons as to why they were refusing to participate, and some did not give any rationale at all.

‘Frankly, you’ll never see anything like it, and you’ll never see anything like it again.’

According to Freedom 250, which is organizing the event, all 50 states and six territories will be represented at the fair. However, some states that have declined official participation cited cost as the reason.

Here are the states that have refused to participate officially, per Newsweek:

ConnecticutIllinoisMaine Massachusetts North Carolina Oregon Rhode Island Vermont Washington

Hawaii is reportedly declining to participate as well.

Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek told KATU-TV that the state withdrew from the event because of “the cost of participating in the fair and growing concerns that the event in Washington, D.C., is shaping up to be a more partisan affair than originally presented.”

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, another Democrat, accused Trump of making the event partisan.

“This president routinely makes patriotism partisan and personal — and it shouldn’t be that way,” he said in an interview with the New Republic. Pennsylvania is still participating in a private capacity after pressure from U.S. Sens. John Fetterman (D) and Dave McCormick (R).

The event faced a minor setback when nearly all of the music groups and singers decided to drop out after initially agreeing to perform. Some claimed to have been misled about the nature of the celebration.

“I asked lots of questions and was assured this was a nonpartisan event that was meant to celebrate ALL 50 states,” Martina McBride wrote after pulling out.

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Some of the events scheduled for Monday at the fair included a pancake-eating contest and appearances by actor Dean Cain, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, and commentator Michael Knowles.

The celebration at the Capitol will conclude on July 10 with the largest display of fireworks ever, according to Trump.

“Frankly, you’ll never see anything like it, and you’ll never see anything like it again,” he said in Dec. 2025.

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The New York Times has sunk to an all-time low after criticizing prominent conservatives’ maternity outfits — taking aim at a dress Usha Vance wore during “Story Time with the Second Lady” alongside her husband, JD Vance.

“There’s no floor. They just keep getting lower and lower. And to the extent that the New York Times actually paid someone to write a fashion critique on what White House officials were wearing during their pregnancies,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“This is not bad enough to critique a pregnant woman about a lot of things. They’re like, ‘We’re going to make them feel bad about what they wore,’” she continues.

The article, titled, “The Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image,” criticizes pregnant Usha Vance, Katie Miller, and Karoline Leavitt for how they dress as pregnant women.

The New York Times commented on Usha’s “stretchy, coral dress,” explaining that it “hugs her stomach, making what she is talking about very clear.”

“After all, as second lady, her job is to represent and humanize the vice president by spotlighting her pregnancy. She is doing exactly that,” the article reads.

Gonzales laughs, “I mean, she has a giant pregnant belly. What would you like for her to do? Wear like a big paper sack?”

However, Usha wasn’t going to take the criticism lying down.

“Now that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can’t wait to hear about what the New York Times has to say about my elastic waistband pants and compression socks! In the meantime, enjoy my pregnancy fashion (or lack thereof) and a good story with your kids on Storytime with the Second Lady,” Usha posted in a rebuttal on X.

“Now, in, you know, typical journalism fashion for the New York Times, they don’t talk about any important things. They want to talk about Usha Vance’s maternity dress and Taylor Swift’s wedding,” Gonzales comments.

“They’re investigating not fraud, not anything that actually helps the everyday American citizen, but they did publish, ‘New York Prepares for an Event at M.S.G. Clues Point to You Know Who,’” she continues, showing the Times’ article on Swift and fiance Travis Kelce’s wedding gossip.

“There were actually two push alerts. They wasted a push alert on Taylor Swift investigation. That’s insane. Two push alerts. Imagine people being busy at work typing on their computer like, ‘Oh my gosh, I just got a news push alert. I wonder what breaking news it is,’” she adds.

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DC Studios is finding out that being a progressive girl boss does not necessarily pay the bills.

In the weeks leading up to the opening weekend for “Supergirl,” star Milly Alcock sparked online chatter with her consistent interviews in which she explored the “LGBT” inspiration of the film, while repeatedly stating her character is likely bisexual — and it did not work out.

‘I have many queer friends, so honestly I’m kind of honored.’

Clip slip

During what turned out to be an awful opening weekend, yet another clip of Alcock addressing wild fan theories circulated, from a lesser-known interview she did at a fan event in Brazil. In the clip, Alcock is asked about embracing Supergirl as a queer icon, a theme that reporters have consistently hammered the actress about at events and red carpets.

“I have many queer friends, so honestly I’m kind of honored. I’m honored that that’s happening,” Alcock replied with her signature giggle.

She went on, “I think because she doesn’t live inside the binary of what we think a woman should be, that is what makes her so special and so exciting and so new.”

She may transcend every binary, but Hollywood still lives inside one: hit or flop. “Supergirl” seems headed straight for the latter, with a very disappointing $38 million domestic opening. Coming in well below expectations, “Supergirl” had a whopping $170 million budget, according to Deadline, and bowed out to “Toy Story 5,” which took in $70 million despite it being its second weekend.

RELATED: ‘Supergirl’ star proclaims character is ‘probably’ bisexual and definitely doesn’t need a man

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No love

Alcock explaining that her Kryptonian character would “do what she’d want to do” in regard to her sexuality was yet another nail in the coffin that likely turned away audiences, including father-daughter moviegoers.

At a New York City premiere, Alcock embraced how the film “doesn’t center around any sort of love” or “romance” at all and focused on how much gay fans can relate to her character. She called “Supergirl” a “really great representation of what a modern woman can be.”

In London, the 26-year-old also noted that it was “beautiful” for the movie not to be “centered around a man” and “not centered around love at all.”

This was followed by Alcock saying that the character would “probably go both ways,” meaning Supergirl is bisexual, according to the actress.

To top it off, Alcock pinpointed Christian dads as her most frequent online harassers.

RELATED: ‘Supergirl’ Milly Alcock’s most fearsome foe? Christian dads

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Consolation prize

Female-led superhero movies have let studios down over recent years, with “Supergirl” having one of the worst openings in the 2020s, but not the worst.

“The Eternals” (2021) and “The Marvels” (2023) both did better than Alcock, with $71 million and $46 million respectively, but “Supergirl” did manage to outperform movies like the abysmal “Madame Web” (2024) that garnered just $15 million.

The possibly bisexual superpowered girl was seen by far more people than “Wonder Woman 1984” (2020), which made just $16 million, and “Birds of Prey” (2020), the Harley Quinn film that made $33 million.

However, the “Wonder Woman” film was released deep into COVID-19 restrictions in December 2020.

“Birds of Prey” had no excuse, though.

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This past Father’s Day weekend, an article on fatherhood in the New York Times went viral.

However, it wasn’t about a great father. It was about a woman who transitioned and calls herself a father.

“You might be thinking, ‘Really? In the year of our Lord 2026, this is what the New York Times is talking about? I thought we were over this madness. I thought we realized and successfully stigmatized roping kids into being sources of affirmation for gender delusion,’” BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey says on “Relatable.”

The headline reads, “To my daughter, my gender was never complicated.”

The article contains cartoons to help describe the relationship between “father” and daughter, including one where the daughter asks, “How long did you have breasts for Dad?”

“What a tragic, tragic line for a child to utter. The daughter is later shown at school with friends where a friend says, ‘You can’t grow a beard. You’re a girl.’ And the daughter responds, ‘My dad did, and he was a girl,’” Stuckey explains.

“And this is supposed to prove that this is super simple. Or maybe it proves that it is so delusional that a child who still believes that there is a fat man that can circle the universe in one night, fit down their chimney, and put presents under the tree like that. They believe it because they believe all kinds of fantastical things,” she continues.

But the New York Times isn’t the only publication to do the opposite of celebrating fatherhood.

“There was also this piece in the Toronto Star: ‘A modest proposal: Why it’s time to abolish Father’s Day,’” Stuckey says, pointing out that the article is a bit of a “bait and switch.”

In the article, the author laments the pressure put on children to buy gifts, claiming that the real gift is quality time.

“If your problem is materialism, that’s one thing. Or you just think it’s, you know, a made-up reason to buy Hallmark cards, that’s fine,” she says, adding, “But the title, we need to abolish Father’s Day, or we need to abolish Mother’s Day, another thing that I’ve heard in the past due to some undue burden that’s just perpetuating this idea that celebrating fathers and positive fatherhood is not something that we need to do.”

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For the first time in more than 40 years, privately developed nuclear reactors are switching on in America.

On June 4, Antares Nuclear’s Mark-0 reactor went critical at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. Valar Atomics followed on June 18, producing heat from a reactor core inside a tentlike structure in the Utah desert. The Department of Energy called it “the rebirth of America’s nuclear industry.”

‘Nuclear in America has been defined for too long by delays, by companies that said they would and then didn’t. … Today is the first of those commitments delivered.’

President Trump has long been skeptical of large traditional reactors, saying they tend to get “too big and too complex and too expensive.” But he bet big on small modular reactors, pledging to “approve new reactors” and “slash the red tape.”

In May 2025, Trump signed four executive orders and set a deadline: at least three new small reactors online by July 4, 2026 — the nation’s 250th birthday.

The Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program followed, fast-tracking 11 new designs and sidestepping the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s traditional licensing process, which previously took more than 20,000 hours to complete. Oversight was placed with the Energy Department instead.

Antares CEO Jordan Bramble put the stakes plainly: “Nuclear in America has been defined for too long by delays, by companies that said they would and then didn’t. We said criticality in 2026, electricity production in 2027, and power to the warfighter in 2028. Today is the first of those commitments delivered on the schedule we set.”

Chief nuclear officer at Ocean Atomics Nick Touran summed up the pace: “We haven’t done anything this fast, basically ever.”

RELATED: Oil industry warns Trump about gas price SHOCK coming soon: Report

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The reactors look nothing like today’s massive plants, which average 44 years old. Radiant’s design uses small nuclear fuel balls — its chief nuclear officer compared them to gobstoppers — built to be mass-produced and deployed anywhere from military bases to disaster zones. A third reactor still needs to go critical before July 4 to fulfill the president’s pledge.

This month, the Trump administration also announced $17.5 billion in loans to build 10 large-scale conventional nuclear plants using Westinghouse technology. Construction is targeted to begin by 2030.

Idaho National Laboratory Director John Wagner made the bigger ambition clear: “The goal was never just criticality. The goal is 400 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2050.”

Critics aren’t sold. Edwin Lyman of the Union of Concerned Scientists called the race “essentially an exercise in public relations,” warning that slashing regulations undoes decades of safety lessons. “This is taking us back to the 1950s, and that is not progress.”

The program skipped public comment periods and environmental reviews — which the DOE said were unnecessary.

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Two of the conservatives on the Supreme Court have sided with the three liberal justices to rule against the president’s decision to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while a lawsuit continues.

President Donald Trump has been trying to fire Cook since 2025 after she was accused of committing mortgage fraud through evidence gathered from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

‘Today’s decision is an unprecedented incursion on the executive branch.’

On Monday, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh ruled against the president being allowed to fire Cook while the litigation continued. Four other conservative justices dissented.

“Not only the fact of independence but also the appearance of independence is key to the Federal Reserve’s design,” wrote Roberts in the majority opinion.

He went on to assert that the president had not followed due process in firing Cook, which he indicated should have included offering an explanation for her removal, allowing her to respond, and setting up a deadline for the response. However, he also said in a footnote that the president could fire Cook if he tried again and followed due process.

The president responded in a post on Truth Social.

“The Cook Lawsuit, having to do with her suitability in sitting on the Board of the Federal Reserve, was sent back by the Supreme Court on a strictly procedural basis,” Trump wrote, “we will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!”

Roberts said the ruling was necessary to maintain the independence of the Federal Reserve and to assuage the public.

“Any change in that scheme must come from Congress, not the courts,” Roberts continued. “That is why we cannot accept the government’s contentions in this case. To do so would allow the president to remove a member of the Federal Reserve at any time, for any reason, without any notice before, and without any judicial check after.”

Justice Clarence Thomas called the arguments for the independence of the Federal Reserve unconstitutional.

“Today’s decision is an unprecedented incursion on the executive branch,” Thomas wrote in the dissent.

“Many do not share the court’s rosy appraisal of the past century. But if the court prefers an independent Federal Reserve Board, then its issue is not with the president but with the Constitution,” he added.

RELATED: Warsh approved to replace Powell as Federal Reserve head — and even 1 Democrat supports him

Cook responded in a statement Monday that accused the president of acting out of political motivation.

“It was an attempt to remove me on a manufactured pretext because I refused to bow to political pressure and continued to set interest rates based only on what would best serve the American people,” she wrote.

She has denied the allegations and has not been charged with any crime.

While the president has been demanding that the Federal Reserve lower interest rates, he has backed off on that campaign after some metrics showed inflation climbing to 4%.

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The alleged victim of a recent physical attack outside a Texas bar said her assailants yelled “free Karmelo” — and now three females face assault charges, the Dallas Express reported.

The alleged “free Karmelo” exclamation presumably was in reference to Karmelo Anthony, a black male who earlier this month was sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering Austin Metcalf, a white male, at a high school track meet in April 2025.

‘Any credible threat, any attempt to organize violence, and any effort to intimidate members of the community will be taken seriously and investigated appropriately.’

Ciarrianne Fuller, 21, and Alana Mumphrey, 25 — both of Longview — and Dejae Shalyn Brown, 26, of Pittsburg, were listed in Gregg County Jail records on warrants for assault causing bodily injury, the Express said.

Fuller was arrested Tuesday, the Longview News-Journal reported, adding that Brown and Mumphrey surrendered to law enforcement and were booked into jail Thursday afternoon; all three were released on $20,000 bonds.

The Express said a woman publicly identified on social media as Sammie Lee alleged that several females attacked her after leaving Whiskey J’s in Longview during the overnight hours of June 20 into June 21.

According to the Express, Lee alleged in her public post that the females shouted “free Karmelo” and said they planned to target “the smallest white girl they could find.”

Lee said she had not interacted with the three females prior to the assault, the News-Journal reported, adding that Lee posted photos on social media showing her injuries.

The Express said it asked the Longview Police Department for additional comment and clarification regarding if investigators have confirmed Lee’s allegation that the suspects yelled “free Karmelo” — or if they’ve uncovered any motive for the alleged assault — but the paper said it didn’t immediately receive a response from police.

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Longview Police Department spokesperson LaDarian Brown did say police are in communication with the FBI about the case because of online conversations “concerning retaliation, division, and attacks between members of our community,” the News-Journal reported.

“Any credible threat, any attempt to organize violence, and any effort to intimidate members of the community will be taken seriously and investigated appropriately,” Brown added, according to the News-Journal.

Racial tensions have surrounded the Karmelo Anthony case since its beginnings more than a year ago:

Shortly after Metcalf’s stabbing death, Anthony supporters went viral on social media, with one declaring that “Austin Metcalf got exactly what he deserved — point blank, period.”A high-profile Anthony spokesman reacted to Anthony’s indictment last year by calling for a fight against “white supremacy” and blasting “bigots” and “racists.”At the start of Anthony’s murder trial early this month, the prosecution dismissed all prospective black jurors — and one of the prospective black jurors acknowledged he’d have a “hard time putting a brother in jail.”After Anthony’s murder conviction, Democrat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas threw shade at the Metcalf family, saying that “black women, especially black women who have black male children, live in fear and agony every single day — a fear and agony that, I promise you, the Metcalfs probably never spend a day living that way.”In addition, a white-hating agitator claiming Anthony was “legally lynched” is a criminal, disgraced ex-judge.

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In a recent demonstration, the Muslim community of Dearborn, Michigan, took to the streets, marching and chanting in a way that has renewed many Americans’ concerns about immigration in this country.

Videos of the scene in Dearborn, Michigan, a town which has found itself near the center of the national debate about immigration due to its high concentration of Muslims, began emerging Sunday morning.

‘There are no American flags, but there are flags of many other countries.’

The march was described as an “Ashura procession.”

In a video originally posted by Brendan Gutenschwager and later circulated by other accounts, hundreds of Shia Muslims can be seen marching down the street, making hand gestures and salutes, chanting, and waving a number of flags.

RELATED: Comedian infiltrates Dearborn, Michigan — and the stories he returns with are WILD

None of the flags, as some people observed, were American flags. All appeared to be foreign flags, some of which have words written in a foreign script.

Many observers were distressed by this demonstration of apparently unassimilated Muslims who have gained a foothold in America.

Ned Ryun, the CEO of American Majority, wrote, “If you look at this and don’t immediately conclude that mass remigration must happen, and happen quickly, you are a moron guilty of suicidal empathy.”

Replying to Ned Ryun, Elon Musk voiced similar thoughts on the video and made a chilling observation: “There are no American flags, but there are flags of many other countries. Those whose loyalty is to another country over America are, by definition, traitors and must be expelled immediately.”

Gad Saad addressed President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, saying, “Does this concern you at all? If yes, what are the remedies?”

Eric Daugherty pointed out that this is not what assimilation looks like: “TERRIFYING: Dearborn Michigan just went maximum Islam, flooding the streets and making clear they’re here to conquer, not assimilate. This is why Islam needs to be repelled! Islamist flags waving, THEY WANT TO END THE WEST.”

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Republicans in Alaska were dealt a significant blow Friday after a court intervened to keep a Senate challenger on the ballot.

The Superior Court for the State of Alaska in the Third Judicial District has ruled that Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a challenger to Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, must be restored to the primary ballot for U.S. Senate.

‘The Division’s application of a “good-faith” test to Mr. Sullivan’s declaration of candidacy is not supported by the US Constitution, Alaska statutes, or the Division’s implementing regulations.’

Judge Thomas Matthews held that the Alaska Division of Elections unlawfully imposed a “good-faith” candidacy requirement on J. Sullivan — a requirement that does not appear in the U.S. Constitution, Alaskan statutes, or division regulations.

J. Sullivan, a 69-year-old retired teacher, reportedly registered as a Republican earlier this year and entered the race to oust Sen. S. Sullivan on May 29, just before the deadline for filing.

In response, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Alaska Republican Party filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the state’s division of elections, respectively.

After Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (R) requested an investigation into J. Sullivan’s eligibility, Carol Beecher, the director of the Division of Elections, concluded that J. Sullivan had not filed a genuine “good-faith” candidacy and instead sought to confuse voters by placing two candidates with nearly identical names on the ballot — deeming him ineligible to seek the office of senator.

He has also been accused of coordinating with Democrat operatives. Sen. S. Sullivan told CNN earlier this month that J. Sullivan’s candidacy was effectively a Democratic effort to “cheat.”

J. Sullivan appealed the division’s decision to the Superior Court, where Judge Matthews ruled in his favor.

RELATED: Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up? Alaska GOP works to keep another Dan Sullivan off the open primary ballot

Matthews affirmed that J. Sullivan met all the qualifying criteria set out by the Constitution, and therefore Alaska could not impose an additional requirement on his candidacy. The court further concluded that Sullivan’s alleged motives or political affiliations did not bear on his constitutional eligibility to seek office.

“The Division’s application of a ‘good-faith’ test to Mr. Sullivan’s declaration of candidacy is not supported by the U.S. Constitution, Alaska statutes, or the Division’s implementing regulations. As such, the Division’s decision to exclude Mr. Sullivan from the primary ballot is without a legal basis,” Matthews determined.

Matthews argued that ballot design — not exclusion — is the proper remedy for concerns over voter confusion.

“The Division may also design the ballot to facilitate fairness, simplicity, and clarity. But those tools are different from the complete exclusion of a candidate.”

The state has appealed the decision to the Alaska Supreme Court, with oral arguments scheduled for Monday. Unless the state high court intervenes, J. Sullivan will appear on Alaska’s Aug. 18 nonpartisan primary ballot.

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