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A knife-wielding male hijacked a Chicago Transit Authority bus in the middle of the night earlier this week, but the wise bus operator used her experience and wits to pull off a daring escape.

Police said the suspect was aboard a southbound No. 53 CTA bus just before 2:40 a.m. Wednesday in the 2400 block of North Pulaski Road in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood when he pulled out a knife and demanded the bus not stop, WLS-TV reported.

‘She could see him through the mirror, what he was doing, jabbing with the knife, like he was going to stab her.’

The bus driver, a 57-year-old woman, tripped a silent alarm, the CTA told the station.

After a bus supervisor located the bus, the bus driver escaped out a window in the 900 block of North Clark Street, police told WLS.

The bus traveled about 6.5 miles after leaving its normal route, the station said.

The suspect got off the bus and ran into Washington Park, WLS said, adding that police took him into custody in the 100 block of East Chestnut Street just before 3:20 a.m.

The bus driver’s union leaders described what they saw on the bus’ surveillance video, the station said.

“She could see him through the mirror, what he was doing, jabbing with the knife like he was going to stab her, but only doing it in a motion where she could see through the mirror,” Michelle Townsend, second vice president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, told WLS.

The station said it’s unclear what the suspect wanted.

Police said charges are pending, and no injuries were reported, WLS added.

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Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen said there was a 47% drop in serious crime across the transit system compared to last year, the station reported, adding that buses saw a 40% drop.

Leerhsen added to WLS that Chicago police officers’ hours patrolling the transit system have increased by 75% since December, especially during evening and overnight hours.

In March, Cook County Sheriff’s officers also began patrols, the station said.

WLS said the increased security comes after President Donald Trump threatened funding due to violent attacks in the CTA system — including one last November when Lawrence Reed allegedly set a woman on fire on the Blue Line.

The station added that violent crimes across the CTA system — including stations and platforms — “remain at a high level, with 779 violent crimes committed in a 12-month period between April of last year and this year.”

The CTA over the summer will launch a pilot program featuring violence interrupters and crisis intervention specialists who hope to help stop crime before it happens, WLS reported.

One person walking out of the Red Line’s Roosevelt station Wednesday weighed in on CTA safety, the station said: “It’s a traveling hotel. You know what I’m saying. It is dangerous.”

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Trump Mobile has finally begun shipping its phones just days after liberal pundits called the company a scam over its delays.

Earlier this week, left-wing media began claiming en masse that the phones may never be released because the company had changed its terms of service.

‘Phones that were preordered are starting to be delivered to customers this week.’

Trump Mobile took $100 deposits for smartphones last year, with the release slated for August 2025. About nine months later, media members pointed to the company’s terms and conditions, updated in April, which said it “does not guarantee that a Device will be produced or made available for purchase.”

“A preorder deposit provides only a conditional opportunity if Trump Mobile later elects, in its sole discretion, to offer the Device for sale,” the terms stated, according to Fortune.

This sent liberals into a frenzy, with progressive Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) claiming customers “got scammed” while citing a Stephen Colbert video that said the phones may never come. Pundits from “The Daily Show” and Chris Cuomo shared similar sentiments about the phone’s delayed release.

On Thursday, however, Trump Mobile finally announced it would start shipping the T1 smartphone, a gold-colored device running on Android with a massive 512GB storage.

“Phones that were preordered are starting to be delivered to customers this week,” Trump Mobile CEO Pat O’Brien told Reuters.

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O’Brien said the delays happened because his company had to work through multiple stages of development to ensure components were up to standard.

The phone is priced at $499, is branded with Trump messaging, and includes a Snapdragon 7-series processor, 12GB of RAM, a 6.78-inch display, a 5,000mAh battery, and a 50MP triple camera system.

Pundits would be better suited to critique the phone on its hardware, as GizChina described it as a “reskinned version of the Chinese-made Wingtech Revvl 7 Pro 5G.”

PC Mag rated that phone a 3 out of 5 in 2025.

The T1 was also compared to the HTC U24 Pro in terms of hardware, a Taiwanese-made phone from 2024.

Furthermore, Trump Mobile initially promoted the T1 as being “designed and built ⁠in the United States,” but CEO O’Brien said the first devices would be “assembled in the U.S.” with the aim to release a phone with most components being made domestically at some point.

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On its website, Trump Mobile boasts a $47.45 monthly plan in honor of the president, with unlimited calling, texting, and data.

With no contract, the company offers roadside assistance to subscribers, with the ability to bring one’s old phone over to the network; a Trump phone is not required.

The delay of around 280 days is not quite the longest in phone release history. Back in April 2011, the white iPhone 4 dropped after a 308-day pushback.

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It’s time to dismantle one of the most degraded sectors in American higher education: schools of education. The colleges responsible for training and certifying the majority of our nation’s teachers have become factories for mediocrity and indoctrination.

States have both the authority and obligation to replace these monolithic institutions by promoting better teacher-prep pathways that are already proving their worth across the nation.

As recent graduates of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, we believe that teachers must be more than competent technicians — they must deliberately form American citizens.

The declining value of schools of education is an opportunity for states to look elsewhere for teacher preparation.

Today, however, schools of education are the chief culprits in the growing disquiet among pundits and everyday Americans about the value of the traditional four-year college experience. Graduates with bachelor’s degrees in education are among the lowest earners of any college major. Even more alarmingly, recent research shows their degrees aren’t worth what they paid and are often financed with loans.

These schools are also failing to live up to their own promises. The National Council on Teacher Quality found in its most recent study that only one in eight teacher-prep programs dedicate “sufficient time” to covering fundamental math content; 28% of elementary programs “adequately address” all core components of reading instruction; and 3% require candidates to take courses in necessary science and social studies content.

Other research has further exposed education schools’ century-old dismissal of, and contempt for, rigorous academic content.

What are these institutions of higher learning teaching instead? American schools of education have long been infiltrated by the left’s “long march through the institutions” and serve as havens for neo-Marxist ideas.

At Stanford, we weren’t taught about the science of reading or what knowledge children should learn. Rather, we read Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” a radical polemic that rejects the teaching of received knowledge as oppressive and envisions schools as drivers of political activism.

This intellectual lineage explains why critical theory and its offshoots such as the 1619 Project, which is riddled with historical inaccuracies yet was taught in 4,500 classrooms in a single year, have become so dominant in American public education.

At our alma mater, the influential education professor Jo Boaler has led efforts, backed by debunked research, to remove algebra from California middle schools while simultaneously building a consulting enterprise that charges schools thousands of dollars to implement these same “reforms.”

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All of this points to a simple conclusion: Education schools will not be reformed from within. A machine built on a flawed foundation cannot be repaired by replacing a few parts. We should not expect universities to solve the problem. They are the problem. The declining value of schools of education is an opportunity for states to look elsewhere for teacher preparation.

States can improve the quality of teacher preparation and boost teacher effectiveness by promoting alternative teacher training programs that are already proving their worth. Prospective teachers should first earn a bachelor’s degree in the subject they will teach — history, biology, math, or literature — then enter a focused, apprenticeship-style training under veteran classroom teachers.

Across the country, a growing ecosystem of alternative programs is allowing individuals without education degrees to enter the teaching profession. To be most effective, such programs should emphasize clinical practice, a proven predictor of teacher effectiveness that is often missing from university teacher preparation. This approach also enables new educators to earn their credentials while working and earning a good wage.

Clinical practice means educators are trained not in the ideological vacuum of schools of education, but inside real classrooms, learning from real teachers, and working with real students. In this way, teachers are grounded in the practical knowledge and skills that impact students’ academic outcomes, not ideology.

Studies show that in the first few years of teaching, demonstrated effectiveness is a far better predictor of long-term quality than the pathway through which a teacher was certified — and that greater differences exist among teachers who trained in the same program than those who bypassed such programs entirely.

Teach for America corps members, who are generally young, non-education majors, on average produce stronger gains for students than their traditional counterparts. At worst, they are no less effective than those who spent four years in a typical teacher prep program. Even earning a master’s degree in education does not reliably produce better educators.

Florida, for example, has developed a teacher certification program for professionals with non-education bachelor’s degrees and an apprenticeship program for those with associate’s degrees. These programs feature high-quality, self-paced curriculum modules for participants.

Tennessee offers the Job-Embedded Practitioner Licensure Program, enabling new educators to bypass the traditional credentialing bureaucracy entirely and earn their license while serving as teachers of record.

Arizona provides an Alternate Teaching certificate that similarly emphasizes real-world preparation, including a requirement that candidates demonstrate proficiency in both the U.S. Constitution and the Arizona Constitution, ensuring that even non-traditional entrants receive a grounding in civics free from ideological overlay.

Any replacement for the failed ed-school model must form educators capable of passing along the blessings of liberty to future generations. It’s time to recover the true purpose of public education: pursuing truth, cultivating virtue, and forming citizens who are morally capable of sustaining a free republic.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published at the American Mind.

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The Riverside Sheriff’s Office reassigned a school resource deputy as it investigated an arrest where he slammed a female student to the ground outside a California high school.

The officer was sent to address a physical fight between students on Tuesday at about 3:47 p.m. near the campus of Vista del Lago High School in Moreno Valley.

‘She was on the ground and, yes, she got rowdy, and he was just moving her around like a rag doll.’

An Instagram influencer told KTLA-TV that he heard about the incident and went to document the incident. He posted the video he captured of the rough arrest.

Police said the girl tried to pull away as the officer attempted to detain and handcuff her.

“Put your hands behind your back. Stop,” the deputy said to the girl. “Stop doing what you’re doing!”

The influencer, who didn’t want to be publicly identified, admitted that the girl was resisting arrest. He claimed that she was 14 years old, but it’s unclear whether that is accurate.

“She was on the ground and, yes, she got rowdy, and he was just moving her around like a rag doll,” he added.

The student was evaluated by paramedics and was eventually arrested on suspicion of battery and resisting arrest.

The Moreno Valley Unified School District released a statement to KTLA indicating that it had reached out to the family of the girl to offer support.

Many people online were very supportive of the officer’s actions.

“Thank you officers for your service. These feral, vile rabid citizens needs to learn law, order and swift justice!” said one user on the X platform.

“[I don’t] give a damn what sex or race. You play stupid games. You win stupid prizes,” another response reads.

“Act like animals get treated like an animal,” another user replied.

“Stop resisting arrest you dumbasses you won’t be roughed up. You got what you deserve,” another said. “I’m tired of hearing little pansy ass p***ies can’t handle it when they’re trying to resist screw you you got what you deserved.”

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“The Riverside Sheriff’s Office takes each use of force very seriously and makes every effort to de-escalate these situations whenever possible,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

“As with all use-of-force incidents, a review will be conducted to ensure compliance with our policy and training standards,” they added.

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There’s a conversation happening behind closed doors in Washington that should make every American pay attention, and it has nothing to do with EV mandates or fuel economy targets.

This time, it’s about war, capacity, and whether Detroit is about to be pulled into something far bigger than the auto business.

GM is expected to compete for a major Army contract to develop the next-generation infantry squad vehicle, a platform designed to replace the aging Humvee.

According to the Wall Street Journal, senior Pentagon officials have been quietly engaging with leadership from General Motors and Ford Motor Company, including CEOs Mary Barra and Jim Farley. The message is not subtle. The U.S. may need its automakers to help build the tools of modern warfare.

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Running on empty

This is a direct response to a growing problem that Washington can no longer ignore. Ongoing conflicts abroad have exposed a reality that’s uncomfortable but unavoidable. The United States does not currently have the industrial capacity to produce munitions, missiles, and advanced defense systems at the speed and scale modern warfare demands. Stockpiles are being drained faster than they can be replenished, and the traditional defense contractor base is under pressure.

While the Pentagon has dismissed these claims, the fact remains the U.S. military seems to be on the hunt for manufacturers. And when you need scale, speed, and manufacturing expertise, there’s one place you go: Detroit.

Let’s be honest about what this really means. This is not a routine government outreach effort. This is Washington signaling that America’s industrial base may need to shift priorities, and fast. The auto industry, which has spent the last decade being pushed toward electrification at enormous cost, is now being evaluated for something entirely different: its ability to support national defense on a large scale.

History of help

There is precedent for this, and it’s not ancient history. During World War II, American automakers famously halted civilian vehicle production and became the backbone of military manufacturing. Tanks, aircraft, trucks, engines, all of it rolled out of facilities that once built cars for Main Street. It was called the arsenal of democracy, and it worked.

The question now is whether history is about to repeat itself, not through mandates, at least not yet, but through “collaboration,” which in Washington terms often means something a lot closer to expectation than suggestion.

These discussions are still in the early stages, but don’t mistake “preliminary” for unimportant. Pentagon officials are asking hard questions. Can automakers pivot their production lines quickly? Do they have the workforce flexibility? Can their supply chains handle defense-grade manufacturing? And perhaps most importantly, what regulatory and contractual barriers stand in the way?

Companies like GE Aerospace and Oshkosh Corporation are already part of the broader conversation, bridging the gap between commercial manufacturing and defense production. Oshkosh Corporation in particular has long operated in both civilian and military spaces, producing tactical vehicles while maintaining a diversified portfolio. That kind of hybrid model may soon become more common if Washington gets its way.

Boon or boondoggle?

But this isn’t just about national security. It’s also about economics, and that’s where things get complicated.

Automakers are navigating one of the most challenging environments in decades. Sales growth has cooled. Profit margins are tightening. The cost of electrification has ballooned beyond early projections, putting enormous pressure on balance sheets. Billions have been spent chasing EV targets that consumers have been slower to adopt than expected.

In that context, defense contracts start to look less like a burden and more like an opportunity. Stable, long-term revenue backed by government funding has a certain appeal, especially when your core business is under strain.

That doesn’t mean this is an easy pivot. Building consumer vehicles and building military hardware are fundamentally different businesses. Defense manufacturing comes with layers of compliance, extensive testing requirements, and procurement cycles that can stretch for years. This isn’t about slapping a different badge on a pickup truck and calling it a day.

Factories would need to be retooled. Workers would need retraining. Entire supply chains would need to be adjusted to meet military specifications. And all of it would have to happen within a regulatory framework that is far more complex than anything the auto industry deals with today.

Factory flex

Still, if there’s one thing American manufacturers have proven, it’s that they can adapt under pressure. During the COVID-19 pandemic, both GM and Ford shifted production to build ventilators in partnership with medical companies. It wasn’t perfect, but it was fast, and it demonstrated something important. When pushed, this industry can move.

Now, the Pentagon is betting that same flexibility can be applied to defense production. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been explicit about the need for what he calls a “wartime footing” in manufacturing readiness. That phrase matters. It doesn’t necessarily mean the U.S. is entering a traditional war, but it does mean planning for sustained, high-volume production of military equipment.

And the financial scale behind that planning is enormous. The Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget would be the largest in modern history, with significant allocations for munitions, drones, and next-generation battlefield technologies. That kind of spending demands one thing above all else: capacity. And right now, capacity is the bottleneck.

There’s also a strategic shift happening here that shouldn’t be ignored. For years, the U.S. has relied on a relatively small group of defense contractors to supply its military. Those companies are highly capable, but concentration creates vulnerability. Expanding the industrial base to include commercial manufacturers could increase resilience and reduce dependency on a limited number of suppliers.

Civilians sidelined?

That’s the upside. The downside is just as real.

What happens when civilian manufacturing capacity is redirected toward defense? What does that mean for vehicle production, pricing, and availability? And how does this reshape the long-term business models of companies that were already in the middle of a massive transition toward electrification?

These are not abstract questions. They are practical concerns with real economic consequences.

Timing is another factor that adds urgency to the conversation. These discussions reportedly began before recent escalations in global tensions, but the current geopolitical environment has only intensified the pressure.

Some automakers are already positioned to step into a larger role. General Motors, for example, operates a defense subsidiary that produces an infantry squad vehicle based on the Chevrolet Colorado platform. It’s a relatively small part of the business today, but it serves as proof of concept. Automotive technology can be adapted for military use, and it can be done efficiently.

Looking ahead, GM is expected to compete for a major Army contract to develop the next-generation infantry squad vehicle, a platform designed to replace the aging Humvee. This isn’t just a transport vehicle. It’s being envisioned as a mobile command center, a power hub, and a critical component of modern battlefield operations.

That kind of project sits squarely at the intersection of automotive engineering and defense innovation. It’s also a preview of what could become a much larger trend.

In the near term, expect more discussions, more feasibility studies, and more pressure from Washington. The Pentagon is clearly signaling that it wants industry to be ready, not just willing. Readiness is the key word. This is about preparation for a scenario where demand spikes and the current system can’t keep up.

In the longer term, this could fundamentally reshape how we think about American manufacturing. For decades, the auto industry has been driven by consumer demand, regulatory requirements, and technological innovation. Now, national security is entering the equation in a much more direct way.

Detroit has always been a symbol of American industrial strength. Now, Washington is looking at it as something more, a potential force multiplier in a world where manufacturing capacity is becoming a strategic asset.

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Many Americans today feel like they’re being crushed by the weight of modern life.

“Right now, absolutely everything feels unstable — the economy, the culture, politics, wars breaking out, our families, prices climbing. Paychecks somehow or another feel smaller every single month. People are screaming at each other online,” Glenn Beck sighs.

Over time, this pressure begins to erode the human soul and sow seeds of anger and bitterness.

Glenn has experienced the effects of this himself, especially in his 20s and 30s.

“I got in this place to where I thought, you know, if I can just get ahead of the next disaster, or if I could just get the next promotion, if I could just get that raise, buy that house, afford that car, if I could just win the next argument, if I could just get people to see things what I want them to see, then maybe I’d feel OK,” he recounts. “No, no — those things would happen, and then I would feel more empty.”

Even though today Glenn is in a far more healthy place and no longer copes with “drugs and alcohol,” he admits that he still finds himself numbing in other ways, like “doomscrolling.”

“I think that’s where a lot of people are right now. … We are spiritually exhausted; we are emotionally way underwater; we are isolated,” he says.

He knows from personal experience, however, that trying to rigidly control everything is not the answer. Freedom, he says, is actually found when we finally realize that control is an illusion.

“We’ve tried to predict the future, fix the country, save our kids, survive the economy, hold our relationships together, and then somehow or another still sleep well at night. No wonder people are cracking,” he proclaims.

There’s only one way we survive this: “radical honesty.”

“And it starts with looking in the mirror and dropping the act that you’re in control,” Glenn says frankly.

He argues that when we attempt to control everything, we’re allowing fear to sit behind the steering wheel of our lives.

“We have to start saying, ‘Fear has been driving a lot of my decisions, and it’s got to stop,”’ he says.

No more blaming the media, politicians, or our parents for our own shortcomings. “Start telling the truth about you,” Glenn urges, acknowledging that this is “hard” but leads to “freedom.”

Once you see yourself clearly, the next step is to “surrender to the understanding that [you’re] not God” and thus have no control over anything external.

This doesn’t mean that we give up on the pursuit of what’s good and true; it just means we stop trying “to carry the entire weight of the world on [our] shoulders,” Glenn says.

The only thing we can and should try to control, he encourages, is our own behavior.

“Tell the truth. Make amends. Be dependable. Stay sober or soberminded. Love your family deeply. Spend every minute present with them. Admit when you’re wrong. Turn off the phone. Help the person in front of you. … Get your soul in order,” Glenn implores.

“A society only survives when enough ordinary people choose to live their lives with integrity while the world around them has lost its mind, and I think people deep down are starving for this right now.”

To hear more, watch the video above.

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Tina Peters was sentenced to eight years in prison for allowing unauthorized access to voter machines during the 2020 presidential election, but she’s going be a free woman very soon.

The pro-Trump former county clerk has had her sentence commuted by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, over free speech concerns.

‘I have learned and grown during my time in prison, and going forward I will make sure that my actions always follow the law, and I will avoid the mistakes of the past.’

President Donald Trump had threatened Colorado officials with “harsh measures” unless Peters was released, but Polis said his decision had to do with defending free speech rights.

On Friday, Polis released a statement that said he granted clemency to 44 individuals, including the commutation of Peters’ sentence.

Her conviction will not be wiped away but will be granted parole beginning June 1.

She had been convicted on seven counts related to the presidential election, including attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, and official misconduct.

Although she had been defiant during sentencing, she admitted in a later statement that she had “misled the Secretary of State when allowing a person to gain access to county voting equipment.”

She added, “I have learned and grown during my time in prison, and going forward I will make sure that my actions always follow the law, and I will avoid the mistakes of the past.”

Polis said in a letter to Peters that he believed eight years was “an extremely unusual and lengthy sentence for a first-time offender who committed nonviolent crimes.” He added that the judge who sentenced Peters placed too much emphasis on her political beliefs.

Democrats are furious at Polis and accused him of kowtowing to the president.

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“Importantly, your application demonstrates taking responsibility for your crimes and a commitment to follow the law going forward,” Polis added in the letter to Peters.

But he made sure to emphasize that he was not pardoning her.

“She’s a convicted felon,” he added. “She deserves to be a convicted felon. She will remain a convicted felon.”

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The American Bar Association has voted to end diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at law schools after pressure from the Trump administration.

The rule required law schools to follow DEI policies in recruitment, admissions, and student programs, but it has been suspended since Feb. 2025 after President Donald Trump began a crackdown on DEI.

‘It’s time for the ABA’s monopoly to come to an end.’

On Friday, the ABA voted to eliminate the rule permanently.

David Brennen, an ABA council member and a former dean ⁠of the University of Kentucky College of Law, said he still supports DEI policies but voted to end them.

“I think it’s appropriate as an accrediting body that we eliminate that standard so we don’t inhibit the diversity of ideas out there in various types of legal education environments,” he said.

The change won’t be final until the ABA’s House of Delegates considers it and deliberates over possible revisions. Once that process is completed, the decision could be final as early as 2027.

In April 2025, the president directed U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to determine whether to suspend or terminate the ABA as the government’s accreditor based on what he called “unlawful ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ requirements.”

Texas became the first state to decertify the ABA over its focus on DEI. Florida and Alabama have followed suit, and other Republican-controlled states are considering doing the same.

“The left-wing advocacy group known as the American Bar Association has long enjoyed exclusive authority to accredit law schools,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on social media after Texas announced the decision in Sept. 2025.

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“It’s time for the ABA’s monopoly to come to an end,” he added. “I commend Texas for taking the lead and hope other states will soon follow.”

The ABA Standards Committee recommended repealing the rule in order to maintain ABA’s prominence in the national system of accreditation.

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Jack Osbourne made it clear that he has no desire to chat about politics with the paparazzi.

Osbourne was spotted at the Capitol with his mother, Sharon, on Friday as they honored his late father, Ozzy, who passed away in 2025. As he was about to leave, the 40-year old was approached by a reporter eager to get his take on current events.

‘Then be a politician, don’t be an entertainer.’

Osbourne immediately shut down the conversation

“You know what, I think celebrities just need to keep their mouth shut,” the Brit-American said.

‘Entertain the people’

In case it wasn’t clear, Osbourne put it more succinctly into an order of operations for celebrities: “Make entertainment, entertain the people, shut the f**k up.”

The Aussie reporter persisted, asking why Osbourne didn’t think he should use his platform to get across a “big opinion” that could “change hearts and minds.”

Osbourne’s simple response? If that’s what you want, “Be a politician, don’t be an entertainer.”

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Trump ‘Train’

Osbourne clearly takes after his cantankerous old man. While the elder Osbourne criticized the war in Iraq under the George W. Bush administration and spoke out against his native UK’s decision to leave the European Union, for the most part he focused on his showbiz career.

Even after the former Black Sabbath frontman asked the Trump campaign to stop using his song “Crazy Train” at rallies, the two remained on good terms, with the president leaving the family a condolence voicemail after the singer’s death last July.

The Osbournes told TMZ they were on Capitol Hill because Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz (R) had entered Ozzy Osbourne’s biography into the Congressional Record.

Spartz shared her “deepest sympathies” with the family last year, calling Ozzy a “true pioneer of heavy metal and an enduring symbol of the rebellious, freedom-loving spirit that resonates across our nation and throughout the world.”

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Fed up

Along with ruling out a future in politics, Osbourne noted that he and his mother had a “beautiful day” in D.C.

He added, “It made us miss [my father]. He would have loved it. He would have been truly honored to be a part of this today.”

Osbourne is part of a growing trend of celebrities who want very little to do with politics. This includes rocker Gene Simmons, who had nearly exactly the same message as Osbourne in March when he told liberal celebrities to “‘shut the f**k up.”

In fact, actor Jamie Kennedy shared similar sentiments when speaking with Osbourne on his podcast in February, when he criticized woke celebrities for calling the United States fascist.

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A bitter debate has erupted online after a food stamp beneficiary posted a video appreciative of a California aquarium’s policy allowing recipients in for free.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium on the central coast says on its website that it participates in the Museums for All program, which allows Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries free or reduced-fee access.

‘As someone who has been to the aquarium numerous times and seen the price go from $20 to $40 to now $65, this pisses me the f**k off.’

Many online were outraged about the program after finding out about it through the recipient’s video on social media.

“This welfare s**t is legalized theft f**king bulls**t. Been working my ass off on roofs and doing electrical work my money gets eaten up by groceries, housing, and vehicle cost and these people live free on our dimes. F**k this,” read one popular response.

“We make it WAY too attractive to be on welfare. You’d have to make at least 80K per year to be able to compete with everything people on welfare get for free for sitting on their asses,” said another user.

“We went last year. my family payed. I don’t think anyone else did. It was super crowded. I feel like the price is really $10 but I payed $400 for my family of 3 and about 37 other people,” read another reply.

“Why should they get more than those of us who pay taxes? What makes them deserve it more than us. I work 5 days a week and have to sit home most of the time because I can’t afford this stuff,” said another critic.

Others supported the program.

“I have zero issue with making Museums and Aquariums accessible to the poor,” read one popular post. “Being able to enrich the mind should not just be available to the wealthy this is why we also have Public Schools and Libraries.”

“It is offered so that children are able to share in educational experiences that their parents would be otherwise unable to afford. Are only children from middle, upper middle and wealth families entitled to educational opportunities?” asked another user.

And others attacked the critics of the program as being heartless.

“Do you realize how s***ty of a person you have to be, that you’re angry folks are going to the aquarium for free? You probably don’t, because you’re s***ty,” said one user.

“Poor people deserve fun and education, too, you f**king ghoul,” read another response.

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About 1,600 museums participate in the Museums for All program across the entire nation, according to the program’s website.

“As someone who has been to the aquarium numerous times and seen the price go from $20 to $40 to now $65, this pisses me the f**k off,” responded one riled-up user. “I go to the aquarium and spend $65 so that ebt Maria and her bastard children can have unlimited free access.”

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On May 1, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to temporarily reinstate in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill mifepristone — blocking its delivery by mail or telemedicine nationwide.

The ruling paused 2023 FDA regulations to allow remote prescribing and was immediately appealed to the Supreme Court.

Dr. Christina Francis tells BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey that one of the co-plaintiffs in the case was coerced into a chemical abortion by her boyfriend, who threatened her if she didn’t take the drugs.

“Thankfully, the Fifth Circuit recognized that this is a real, active danger to state pro-life laws, but also to individual women who are being harmed and, of course, pre-born children who are being harmed by these drugs,” Francis explains.

“And so, the Fifth Circuit said, ‘While this case is making its way through the court, we need that in-person dispensing requirement back immediately,’” she adds.

“But then what happened at the Supreme Court?” Stuckey asks.

“That Fifth Circuit decision was immediately appealed to the Supreme Court by the abortion drug manufacturers,” Francis explains, while Stuckey points out that there are several reasons why it’s so important that the decision to require in-person dispensing of the abortion pill stands.

“Obviously, we don’t want any babies to be killed with the abortion pill at all, but this in-person visit requirement is a really important, not only deterrent possibly, but also just to preserve the safety of the women who are seeking to use this abortion pill,” she says.

“Absolutely,” Francis agrees. “So, we know at its baseline, this abortion drug, mifepristone, is inherently dangerous. It’s four times more dangerous than surgical abortions. But that’s when it’s being dispensed in person.”

“When a woman has an in-person evaluation by a medical professional,” she explains, it makes sure “they know how far along she is in her pregnancy, ensures that she does not have an ectopic pregnancy, which is life-threatening to her, and ensures that she is actually the one who wants the abortion, that it’s not someone forcing her into that.”

And without in-person dispensing, Francis tells Stuckey that “abortion is essentially legal in all 50 states right now.“

“This is a federal mandate that is overriding all state pro-life laws right now,” she adds.

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Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck, who traveled to London this week to speak at the upcoming Unite the Kingdom Rally on Saturday, warned “The Glenn Beck Program” listeners that it may be his last time in the country.

Beck spoke with U.K. activist Tommy Robinson on Friday to discuss the upcoming march, which is expected to draw a crowd of up to 50,000 people, and the new government threats against those who attend.

‘The future of our country is at stake.’

“I was told by Parliament today that if I speak, most likely, I will not be allowed to come back to England ever again,” Beck stated at the start of the program, vowing to speak at the rally even if he is permanently banned from returning.

“I am going to be speaking there, even if it is — sadly, because I love this country — even if this means I’m barred from visiting this country for the rest of my life. So be it,” Beck declared.

He noted that Saturday’s rally would include a tribute to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last year while speaking on a Utah college campus. He emphasized that the march would be “very peaceful” and “family-driven.”

A day ahead of the rally, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer released a video condemning the UTK movement, accusing its organizers of “peddling hatred and division.”

“My government will not stand in the way of peaceful protest, but we will act decisively against hatred. We will use the full force of the law when that hatred manifests as violence,” Starmer stated. “And we will ban those coming into the U.K. who seek to stir it up, as we have done already.”

Beck stated that Starmer’s video “just screams setup to me,” noting that he had a similar “bad feeling” a couple of days before the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol.

RELATED: Glenn Beck in SHOCK over UK’s dystopian ‘blasphemy laws’

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Robinson joined Beck to talk about the breakdown of leadership in Great Britain, particularly regarding mass immigration and failures to address violent criminals and terrorists. He noted that the government banned numerous individuals, including journalists Ezra Levant and Avi Yemini, from entering the U.K. to attend Saturday’s rally.

“None of them have got criminal convictions, are racists, or any hatred like that,” Robinson told Beck.

“We’re not talking about him banning football hooligans and extremists here. We’re talking about mainstream political opinions that [Starmer] doesn’t agree with. … They just banned these 11 people as far-right, racist extremist agitators who are intent on violence. They just make it up.”

RELATED: ‘Frankly disgraceful’: British politicians implode after Trump official meets with Tommy Robinson

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Robinson stated that the UTK rally will include gospel bands, Christian pastors, speeches, and other performances.

The Metropolitan Police will deploy 4,000 officers to the UTK event. The department is planning to use live facial recognition technology at the UTK rally, according to MP Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman. However, the department does not plan to use the technology at a nearby pro-Palestine protest the same day, which is expected to draw 30,000 participants, GB News reported.

Beck stated that this is the first time the government has publicly admitted to using facial recognition.

“That’s to send a message … [that] you’re an enemy of the state,” Beck said, adding that government officials aim to “make the crowd frightened.”

“The future of our country is at stake,” Robinson remarked.

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The parents of teens creating chaos on Washington, D.C., streets may face prosecution themselves, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Dozens of videos on social media have captured acts of violence and robbery committed by large groups of teenagers at popular areas, including the Navy Yard waterfront. Law enforcement authorities say organizers use social media to alert willing participants.

‘Parents: Do your job. Or we will do ours.’

On Friday, Pirro said that the parents of the teenage terrors will face the wrath of the Justice Dept. unless they take control of their children.

“There is one area that hasn’t been discussed. Parental involvement has been a noted gap in any discussion,” said Pirro at a media briefing.

“And I am here to say, as the United States attorney in the District of Columbia, that ends today,” she added. “Starting today, my office will aggressively prosecute parents under D.C.’s curfew law.”

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, has issued numerous orders establishing curfews based on age in order to combat the takeovers. Pirro said that violations of curfew cannot be prosecuted at the federal level and must be left to local law enforcement.

“That does not preclude me from bringing charges against the parents,” Pirro added. “Parents: Do your job. Or we will do ours.”

She said that the parents would face charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor if they were found to have abetted the takeovers, failed to prevent them, or permitted their children to participate in any way.

RELATED: Democratic mayor declares public emergency and reinstitutes juvenile curfew in DC

Those parents could face fines, court-ordered classes, and even jail time — up to six months.

“To parents, you must supervise your kids or face criminal consequences,” wrote Pirro on social media. “Law abiding taxpayers should no longer have to pay for the chaos caused by parental neglect.”

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its affiliates routinely throw around tens of millions of dollars in American elections to ensure that hardline supporters of Israel are elected to the U.S. Congress on both sides of the aisle.

Rep. Thomas Massie — a Republican lawmaker with an 86.79% lifetime Turning Point Action score whom AIPAC has once again spent a fortune trying to unseat in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District — introduced legislation on Thursday that would make AIPAC subject to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.

‘It simply ensures transparency.’

FARA — a law originally advanced to curb Nazi Germany’s influence in America — requires certain agents acting on behalf of foreign governments, organizations, or individuals to register with the Justice Department and to make “periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts, and disbursements in support of those activities.”

There have long been calls for AIPAC to have to register under FARA. Some opponents of such transparency have argued that the organization isn’t foreign, that it’s “‘America’s pro-Israel lobby’ and not the ‘Israel lobby.'”

“For some reason they’re immune right now,” Massie said when announcing the Americans Insist on Political Agent Clarity Act, or AIPAC Act for short. “I think, not just the money that’s spent in politics but the lobbying that happens on Capitol Hill should be reported if it’s a foreign country — whether it’s Great Britain, Australia, Turkey, Qatar or Israel, it needs to be reported.”

“The Americans Insist on Political Agent Clarity Act does not ban speech, restrict advocacy, or prohibit Americans from supporting foreign allies,” Massie said in a statement. “It simply ensures transparency. If an organization is heavily engaged in influencing U.S. policy in ways that principally benefit a foreign country, it should be required to register under FARA.”

RELATED: How Jewish summer camp made me distrust Israeli propaganda

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The AIPAC Act would: clarify that U.S.-based organizations may qualify as foreign principals under FARA when their lobbying activities primarily advance the interests of a foreign power; establish “objective indicators” to determine foreign political alignment; and create a private right of action for American citizens to file complaints with the DOJ requesting probes into possible FARA violations by a foreign principal.

Massie has in recent months complained about the support his Republican challenger Ed Gallrein has enjoyed from “Israel-first billionaires Miriam Adelson, Paul Singer, and John Paulson, who himself appears in Epstein’s black book,” via a PAC called MAGA KY.

The Daily Caller reported that AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition have spent upwards of $9.8 million on efforts to boost Gallrein.

Massie appears to have drawn the ire of AIPAC and leading pro-Israel activists in part due to his past criticism of aid to Israel and his criticism of American military interventions in Iran.

Blaze News has reached out to AIPAC for comment.

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The Department of Homeland Security highlighted several criminal illegal aliens who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday during National Police Week, according to a press release obtained exclusively by Blaze News.

Federal agents arrested sexual predators, child abusers, and those previously convicted of other violent crimes.

‘Every single day, our officers put their lives on the line to remove criminal illegal aliens from American neighborhoods.’

“Yesterday, the men and women of ICE risked their lives to arrest child pornographers, sexual predators, and burglars,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated.

“Every single day, our officers put their lives on the line to remove criminal illegal aliens from American neighborhoods,” Bis continued. “On Police Week and every day, our pride in and support for these brave men and women keeping America safe will remain unwavering.”

DHS highlighted that ICE arrested Henry Paul Noriega-Perez, an illegal alien from Guatemala whose rap sheet includes a conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor in Cook County, Illinois.

RELATED: ‘Disgusting criminal’ illegal alien tortured dogs at animal training center in Las Vegas, DHS says

Henry Paul Noriega-Perez. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Ueliton Aparecido Deborba, an illegal alien from Brazil, was also captured by ICE agents on Thursday. He was previously convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old and risk to injure a child in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Ueliton Aparecido Deborba. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Federal immigration agents nabbed Raul Sanchez-Garduno, an illegal alien from Mexico who was convicted of aggravated sexual battery and forcible sodomy in Prince William County, Virginia.

Raul Sanchez-Garduno. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Jason Daniel Mendoza-Canales, an illegal alien from Honduras, was also captured by ICE. His criminal history includes a conviction for sexual battery by restraint in Santa Monica, California.

Jason Daniel Mendoza-Canales. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE arrested Juan Jose Godoy-Nunez, an illegal alien from Honduras. He was previously convicted of assault and burglary in Sumner County, Tennessee.

RELATED: Democratic mayor installs ‘anti-ICE’ signs all over Los Angeles — Trump administration issues MOCKING response

Juan Jose Godoy-Nunez. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

“This Police Week, DHS honors law enforcement men and women protecting American communities from barbaric criminals,” the press release reads.

Bis noted that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin was “on the ground with ICE law enforcement officers in Virginia” on Friday.

Mullin stated that ICE arrested an illegal alien who had previously been removed multiple times from the U.S. and had a criminal history of drug possession and driving under the influence. He blamed Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her sanctuary policies for making “Virginia a magnet for criminal illegal aliens.”

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Republicans in Minnesota are demanding accountability for a top Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party official who allegedly told a Republican to shoot himself.

Video on social media captures state Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL) in an intense argument with Republican state Rep. Elliott Engen, and at one point she screams in his face. The exchange happened Thursday during a sit-in by Democrats angry over proposed gun restrictions that were rejected.

‘Any suggestion that I would encourage violence is absurd and completely contrary to how I have conducted myself throughout my legislative career.’

Engen indicated on social media that Gomez yelled at him to “go f’ing shoot” himself and reposted video on social media making the claim.

Not only did he claim Gomez told him to shoot himself, but Engen added that “multiple” Democrat colleagues told him the same.

Republican leaders are now demanding that Gomez be punished by losing her committee assignment.

“This kind of behavior is unacceptable and it makes every person in this place less safe,” said Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R). “Someone willing to spew hate and accost colleagues is unfit to serve as a leader in Minnesota.”

Others are calling on Gomez to resign, which would tip over control of the House, currently tied at 67 members each, to Republicans.

However, in comments to KSTP-TV, Gomez denied using the violent rhetoric and provided video of the exchange from closer up that captures her apparently screaming, “Think of them, not yourself! How about that?!” instead.

“Total fabrication of my actual words,” she said to KSTP.

Engen accused KSTP of shilling for Democrats, and when a KSTP reporter challenged him to post video of Gomez saying what he claimed, he responded defiantly.

“It was ten seconds into me being accosted on the house floor that it was said. Typically, you don’t think to have a live body cam on your colleagues, Tom. What you’re doing isn’t ‘reporting.’ It’s called carrying water,” Engen responded.

A Blaze News request for comment to Engen’s office was not immediately answered.

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The exchange comes at a time of heightened awareness about political violence after at least two more alleged assassination attempts against President Donald Trump since a bullet grazed his ear in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.

“At no point did I say what the right wing media would have you believe was said,” Gomez continued in her statement.

“I was responding to shameless floor comments from Rep. Engen where he called out Annunciation parents who lost a child to gun violence after voting against the measure they were supporting,” she added. “Any suggestion that I would encourage violence is absurd and completely contrary to how I have conducted myself throughout my legislative career.”

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From her college days through her professional career with the Indiana Fever, superstar point guard Caitlin Clark has been selling out stadiums.

But the Clark mania is beginning to fizzle.

“They’re selling tickets right now for Indiana Fever games in Indianapolis for just $28. The Caitlin Clark star is dying. There’s no question about that,” says BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock.

Meanwhile, longtime Clark rival and Atlanta Dream power forward Angel Reese is “ascending,” he says, highlighting the Dream’s 2-0 start to the season and Reese’s undeniable role in the team’s success.

Clark’s star power fading as Reese’s swells is a nightmare scenario for him as a die-hard Clark supporter.

“If Angel Reese wins a WNBA title this year or before Caitlin Clark or at the same time that Caitlin Clark’s star is diminishing, what a horrible, horrible movie that will be for me,” he confesses.

Even though Clark has given him “a million reasons to jump ship,” Whitlock vows he’s “not going to do it.”

“I’m going down with the ship. I’m going to stay loyal to Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever, but holy cow is this start to the season hard on me,” he sighs, alluding to the Fever’s rocky 1-1 record and Clark’s ongoing back injury.

Whitlock accuses the WNBA of lying “about her health” last season, insisting that she was fine when she was actually taking significant beatings on the court that hurt her health.

“I think they’re lying again this year,” he says, “and I am legitimately concerned that Caitlin Clark physically will never be what she was when she entered the WNBA and she may be a declining star.”

Fellow sports commentator Ben Daniel says that if Whitlock is right and Clark is indeed on the decline, it’s “doom and gloom for the WNBA,” as Clark is the league’s biggest economic engine.

As for Clark’s back injury, Daniel admits that it’s suspicious. “There was no running to the trainers’ table to get my back realigned when we were playing FIBA ball, but now that we’re back in Indiana with this great staff, now suddenly we gotta break out the cushion,” he scoffs.

While Whitlock hopes that Clark’s injuries aren’t serious, there are several “clues” that suggest they might be.

“You have the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball, and you’re drafting a player at her position?” he remarks, referring to the Fever’s recent draft pick Raven Johnson, who plays point guard like Clark.

On top of that, the Fever are playing in a way that “[takes] the ball out of [Clark’s] hands,” Whitlock adds.

All things considered, it seems to him like Clark is legitimately declining.

“I’m just looking at the clues that the Indiana Fever seem to be operating like Caitlin Clark is damaged goods,” he says.

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A new online encyclopedia is garnering attention for its complete disregard for the truth.

Previously, in response to obvious left-wing bias on Wikipedia, X owner Elon Musk built Grokipedia, his own version that generates detailed articles based on generations from Grok AI.

‘Comprehensive coverage of topics mainstream encyclopedias overlooked.’

With millions of visits per month, Grokipedia is growing, but it does not address the issue of AI hallucination, which most chatbot users have likely become familiar with since their popularization.

IBM describes the phenomenon as a language model producing outputs that are nonsensical or altogether inaccurate. This problem exists within all chatbots, but one new online encyclopedia is leaning into it.

Halupedia is the latest invention that is seemingly peak Web 2.0, and it not only allows AI hallucinations; it consists entirely of them.

The website describes itself as “comprehensive coverage of topics mainstream encyclopedias overlooked,” with the tagline, “an encyclopedia of a universe that does not exist until you visit it.”

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Popular faux historical pages include the Great Pigeon Census of 1887, a failed count of every bird of its kind in Great Britain and Ireland.

There also exist pages for the Ministry of Slightly Wrong Maps, which is not to be confused with the Ministry of Terribly Wrong Maps.

The explanations for real-life topics or people are completely made up on the website, including Charlie Kirk. While Grokipedia says Kirk was an American conservative political activist, author, and media host, Halupedia describes Kirk as a “prominent figure in the late medieval textile trade, particularly renowned for his contributions to the standardization of textile fasteners.”

In order to understand how the website generates its pages, Return asked ChatGPT. Poetically, ChatGPT hallucinated part of its answer and said Halupedia is “a fan-made wiki dedicated to the Halo video game series.”

When Grok was asked, it gave a clearer explanation: Users can type in any URL they want, and the website will automatically generate nonsensical answers.

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“Nothing exists on the site until someone visits a page,” Grok explained.

Therefore, as of this writing, the page for Joe Biden is now live, which describes the former president as “a species of deep-dwelling subterranean lichen, primarily found in the geologically unstable regions of the West Anglia Subterranean Preserve.”

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Republicans can claim their first major scalp in the fight to redraw congressional maps now that a longtime Tennessee Democrat has announced he will no longer run for re-election in November.

On Friday, Rep. Steve Cohen declared that he would not run to represent “any of the three gerrymandered congressional districts carved out of the 9th District” of Tennessee, which he has represented since January 2007.

‘It has been the honor of my life serving you.’

Republicans state lawmakers in Tennessee immediately responded to the Callais Supreme Court decision, which determined that racially gerrymandered congressional districts are unconstitutional. They reconvened and passed a new map that broke the 9th Congressional District up into three separate districts that will likely turn red after the November midterms.

Tennessee state Democrats did not take the news well, engaging in over-the-top and in some cases potentially dangerous theatrics in the state Capitol, blaring bullhorns and dancing atop their desks in childish protest.

RELATED: Trump-hating Democrat will soon be out of a district — here are some of his worst meltdowns

State Rep. Justin Jones. Madison Thorn/Bloomberg/Getty Images

All for naught. Cohen is the only Democrat member of Congress from Tennessee, so unless the courts intervene, Tennessee will likely have an all-Republican congressional delegation come January.

“Last week, Tennessee Republicans silenced the Black vote here in Memphis to make Republican victories likely,” he wrote in his statement posted Friday. “We are still fighting, and if we prevail in the courts and the 9th District remains intact, I will remain a candidate.”

“If not, it has been the honor of my life serving you,” he concluded.

Moreover, Republican Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton notified Democrat House Minority Leader Karen Camper on Tuesday that because of their shameful antics, members of the Democratic Caucus should expect to receive individual letters removing them from all standing committees and subcommittees in the statehouse, “except where membership is required pursuant to Rule 65 of the House Rules.”

This is a breaking story.

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Last month, BlazeTV’s Sara Gonzales exposed the Allen Infant Care Center in Allen, Texas, through a viral video confrontation with owner Yuan Yao, a Chinese national.

After receiving a whistleblower tip alleging that the apparently shuttered facility — with an empty building, overgrown playground, and no children in sight — had sponsored at least 37 H-1B visas and filed over 50 labor condition applications for unrelated high-skill jobs (like market research analyst and supply chain expert) in an alleged “pay-to-play” scam where workers reportedly paid up to $20,000 for sponsorship while being underpaid, Sara and her camera crew confronted Yao and vowed that justice would be served.

And she was right.

On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Golden Qi Holdings LLC (the entity behind Allen Infant Care Center) and Yao under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, accusing them of running sham businesses to fraudulently obtain H-1B visas, misusing federal/state subsidies, and advertising nonexistent services, prompting an ongoing criminal investigation into H-1B program abuse.

On this episode of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” Sara reacts to the news that her H-1B investigations and reporting have once again sparked a legal response from the state.

In his official press release, Paxton explicitly highlighted Sara’s reporting: “Blaze Media reporter Sara Gonzales recently visited the location listed for the Allen Infant Care Center. She did not find any child care at all. Instead, she found an empty building and a playground overgrown with vegetation. Gonzales spoke with an individual familiar with the property who claimed that the facility has not operated for an extended period of time and alleged that Yao ‘sells visas.’”

“I’m not one to pat myself on the back. Actually, I probably am,” Sara laughs, “but we all know who got this bus done. … It sure is nice to hear it directly from the attorney general’s press release.”

Sara praises Paxton for being “a great attorney general,” who she “[hopes] to God will be our next senator here in the state of Texas.”

“When the feds are not stepping in, Ken Paxton is like, ‘You know what? Buckle up, boys, because if you’re committing fraud, we’re going to find you,”’ she says.

The lawsuit, Sara explains, aims not only to stop Yao’s alleged illegal activity but also to recover “up to $10,000 for each violation of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act among other civil penalties.”

“Looks like Mr. Yao will be paying quite the chunk of change,” she smirks, joking that she’s already eyeing his metallic rose-gold BMW.

“I so badly want to send a message to Paxton’s office and be like, ‘Listen, listen — I did all of this, and I did it for the good of the state and the country, but I’m just saying if he gets deported, can I just have the car?”’ she quips.

But in all seriousness, Sara says that this lawsuit is “yet another example of why we need to shut the H-1B program down.”

“Halt it immediately. Blow the entire thing up. Blow it all up,” she implores.

To see footage from Sara’s original reporting and hear more of her commentary on the lawsuit, watch the episode above.

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