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From Bruce Springsteen to Britney Spears, the NFL used to platform legends at Super Bowl halftime shows — but that has irrefutably changed.

In 2026, rapper Bad Bunny will headline the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock believes the choice is a slap in the face to not only President Donald Trump and MAGA supporters — but to Americans everywhere.

“They have selected a Latin, gay, hip-hop, gangster, trap music, no-english-speaking rapper to perform at the Super Bowl this year. His name is Bad Bunny. I had heard the name,” Whitlock says.

“And once you start going down the rabbit hole, this is a demonic rapper selected by Jay-Z and the National Football League to promote demonic activity. And I think it’s a reaction in part, partially, to what the Charlie Kirk assassination sparked,” he continues, noting that it was a “terrific moment of religious revival.”

“And the Super Bowl this year is in Northern California, and that is the headquarters of Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi and just this whole revolutionary Marxist left-wing. That’s their headquarters, Northern California,” he explains.

Whitlock loves football but unfortunately is having to come to terms with the NFL now being “a part of a demonic movement” that’s been run by Jay-Z since 2020.

“This is an unapologetic drug dealer,” Whitlock says of Jay-Z. “Says that he was involved in violence and murder, but we’ve placed him on a pedestal. Him and all of his demonic music. We’ve placed him on a pedestal in the National Football League. The most powerful force in American culture.”

“And so Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, not one song does he sing in English. Not one. So we’re about to have a halftime show where most of the audience will have no idea what’s going on,” Whitlock adds.

“But I guarantee you, Bad Bunny’s going to put on a drag show at halftime because that’s how he got there. By redefining masculinity, by dressing in women’s clothing, by pretending, well, ‘I’m not gay, I’m sexually fluid,’” he continues.

In one music video, Bad Bunny does dress in drag, going as far to wear what appears to be pounds of makeup and giant fake breasts.

“The National Football League is going to put on a halftime drag show,” Whitlock says, disturbed. “I can’t do it. And I’m telling you, I love football, but I fear God more than I love football. They’re grooming our babies. We’re going to pay a price for this.”

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A former famed financier with money ties to George Soros is accused of torturing women at a secret BDSM “sex dungeon,” according to authorities.

Howard Rubin, 70, used to be a high-profile money manager at Salomon Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Merrill Lynch.

‘The defendants allegedly exploited Rubin’s status to ensnare their prospective victims and forced them to endure unthinkable physical trauma before silencing any outcries with threats of legal recourse.’

On Friday morning, FBI agents arrested Rubin at his home in Fairfield, Connecticut.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said in a Friday statement, “A 10-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging retired New York-based financier, Howard Rubin, also known as ‘Howie’ and ‘H,’ along with his personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, with sex trafficking and transporting women in interstate commerce for sex acts with Rubin.”

Federal authorities said Powers became Rubin’s personal assistant around 2011 and “managed the logistical aspects of their commercial sex operation.”

Federal officials added that Rubin additionally was charged with bank fraud in “connection with misrepresentations made to a bank in the course of financing Powers’ mortgage for the Texas home of Powers and her husband.”

Powers also was arrested Friday at her home in Southlake, Texas.

The alleged sexual abuse crimes occurred between 2009 and 2019 when Rubin and Powers “recruited multiple women to travel to New York City to engage in commercial sex acts with Rubin involving bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism, referred to as ‘BDSM’ sex, and some of the women were trafficked.”

ABC News reported that Rubin “lured dozens of women, including former Playboy models, to be sexually and physically assaulted during encounters in his Central Park penthouse in a soundproofed room described in court papers as ‘The Dungeon.'”

The feds said the alleged sexual encounters took place at luxury hotels and at Rubin’s two-bedroom penthouse apartment in midtown Manhattan, where one of the bedrooms was converted into “what they referred to as a sex ‘dungeon’ that was painted red, soundproofed, and furnished with BDSM equipment and devices, including a device to shock or electrocute the women.”

“During many of these encounters, Rubin brutalized women’s bodies, causing them to fear for their safety and/or resulting in significant pain and injuries,” the statement says.

“Rubin also used force, fraud, and coercion to traffic another woman in 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada,” the statement reads.

Rubin and Powers are accused of requiring the women to sign nondisclosure agreements, which would “require the women to assume the risk of the hazards and injury of the BDSM encounters with Rubin, prohibit the disclosure of information about the BDSM sex with Rubin, and require the payment of damages in the event of a breach.”

Federal investigators said Rubin used the NDAs to intimidate the women, warning of legal action and public humiliation if they pursued legal recourse.

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Joseph Nocella Jr. — interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York — stated, “As alleged, the defendants used Rubin’s wealth to mislead and recruit women to engage in commercial sex acts, where Rubin then tortured women beyond their consent, causing lasting physical and/or psychological pain, and in some cases physical injuries.”

Christopher G. Raia — assistant director in charge of the FBI — revealed, “For many years, Howard Rubin and Jennifer Powers allegedly spent at least one million dollars to finance the commercial sexual torture of multiple women via a national trafficking network.”

“The defendants allegedly exploited Rubin’s status to ensnare their prospective victims and forced them to endure unthinkable physical trauma before silencing any outcries with threats of legal recourse,” Raia said. “The FBI will continue to apprehend any trafficker who sexually abuses others for twisted gratification.”

Harry Chavis — acting special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation of the New York Field Office — noted that the alleged sexual abuse “was not a one-man show.”

“While Rubin dehumanized these women with abhorrent sexual acts, Powers is alleged to have run the day-to-day operations of the enterprise and got paid generously for her efforts,” Chavis said. “IRS-CI and FBI partnered to see fit that all the facts are detailed in this case and ensure that this pair realizes the full consequences of their ghastly behaviors.”

If convicted of sex trafficking, Rubin and Powers each face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment. Rubin and Powers face a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment if convicted of transporting women to engage in commercial sex acts.

Rubin faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years if he is convicted of bank fraud.

Rubin pleaded not guilty in a federal court in Brooklyn.

Rubin’s lawyer did not immediately reply to a request for comment from Reuters.

Rubin is a former high-profile Wall Street trader and hedge fund manager who became notorious for making unauthorized trades.

CNBC said of Rubin, “He first gained public notoriety in 1987 for making unauthorized trades at Merrill Lynch, which the firm at the time said contributed to a massive $250 million loss from mortgage securities. Rubin’s action at Merrill, which led to his termination, is detailed in Michael Lewis’ Wall Street memoir ‘Liar’s Poker.'”

“Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street” was written by best-selling author Michael Lewis, known for penning popular books such as “Moneyball,” “The Blind Side,” and “The Big Short.”

The premise of “Liar’s Poker” as per Goodreads:

Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street’s premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold rush. ‘Liar’s Poker’ is the culmination of those heady, frenzied years — a behind-the-scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in American business. From the frat-boy camaraderie of the forty-first-floor trading room to the killer instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything on a high-stakes game of bluffing and deception, here is Michael Lewis’s knowing and hilarious insider’s account of an unprecedented era of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune.

Bloomberg reported that Rubin was described in the book as a “young trader who studied behavioral research into which homeowners were likely to prepay their mortgages.”

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A Texas man made threats against members of the LGBTQ movement as payback for the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk, police said.

Joshua Cole from Anson posted the threats on a Facebook page related to the Abilene Pride Parade & Festival, according to court documents.

‘Theres only like 30 of em we can send a clear message to the rest of them.’

“I say we lock and load and pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk,” one comment reads.

He allegedly added, “Theres only like 30 of em we can send a clear message to the rest of them.”

Federal agents tried to contact Cole on Sept. 19 a day after Abilene police were tipped off about the threats. His employer told investigators that he had just quit his job and stormed out of the building. His fellow employees reportedly described him as a “hothead.”

Cole was arrested after a traffic stop the day before the festival.

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Court documents argued that the threats were real because they were specific and not conditional in nature.

“The threats were also specific to a particular set of victims: people participating in the gay pride parade tomorrow,” prosecutors wrote. “With this level of specificity, [Cole’s] comments were not mere idle of [sic] careless talk, exaggeration, or something said in only a joking manner.”

He allegedly said that he did not plan to harm the parade-goers but admitted that his statements could be taken as threats.

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Willie Wilson, a conservative Chicago businessman and former mayoral candidate, was apparently invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday regarding the ruinous soft-on-crime Democrat policies that set the stage for what he regards as a badly needed intervention by the National Guard.

“I support the National Guard coming to Chicago,” Wilson said in a statement earlier this month. “Crime is out of control, crippling our economy, and costing countless innocent lives. Saving lives is the most important responsibility we have to the citizens of Chicago.”

A spokesman for Wilson alleged to Blaze News that his client’s invitation to testify was rescinded by the committee of both Democrats and Republicans on the eve of the hearing due to his attempt to unseat Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in 2020.

‘It’s personal for me.’

“He got a call from the committee staff saying that they have a custom, and the custom is if you’ve run against someone who’s a member of the committee, then you actually cannot testify as a witness on that committee,” said the spokesman. “Dr. Wilson’s a busy man, and he made time to come out here to Washington, so it’s a little disappointing that they would utilize a custom to actually try to silence him.”

Wilson said in a statement to WFLD-TV, “Senator Durbin can stop me from testifying, but he cannot silence my voice or refute the facts that under his leadership, Chicago has averaged 652 homicides a year.”

“Democrat leaders have failed to protect the African-American community,” added Wilson.

Senator Durbin’s office did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment by deadline.

A committee aide confirmed to Blaze News on Monday that Wilson “is not noticed as a witness tomorrow.”

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“Wilson has experienced personal loss and suffered the real-world impact of Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies,” said the aide. “Therefore, the committee has put him in contact with the White House to explore an opportunity to share his experience.”

Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, told Blaze News, “It is absolutely ludicrous that Republicans would bow down to the sensitivities of Dick Durbin, of all people. The president and the White House have made it a top priority to restore order to our decayed urban centers. Hearing directly about what’s happening in Chicago is absolutely necessary for any committee that’s seriously looking into this matter.”

The office of Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) declined to comment. The other members of the committee did not respond by deadline.

“It’s personal for me, from personal loss,” Wilson reportedly said during a press conference in August. “But also personal for me as a citizen of Chicago.”

“People who happen to want to help, whatever the motive may be,” continued Wilson, “I welcome it.”

Editor’s note: Mike Howell is a contributor to Blaze News.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed optimistic after President Donald Trump revealed his administration’s latest effort to end the war in Gaza.

Netanyahu came out in support of Trump’s latest peace proposal during a joint press conference at the White House Monday. The 20-point proposal includes demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the unconditional return of Israeli hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Gazan prisoners, and establishing a “Board of Peace,” which will be chaired by Trump, to oversee the redevelopment of Gaza. The proposal was met with applause from some staffers, Cabinet members, and Israeli media.

‘This can be done the easy way, or it can be done the hard way.’

With the peace deal seemingly earning Netanyahu’s support, it is now up to Hamas to review and accept the terms of the agreement in order to bring an end to the war in Gaza.

“This is the closest we’ve ever come to real peace,” Trump said during the press conference. “Not fake peace. Not political fools’ peace.”

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Trump told reporters that Hamas “wants to get this done too,” although it has not publicly taken a stance. In the event that Hamas rejects the peace agreement, Netanyahu said Israel “will finish the job by itself.”

“This can be done the easy way, or it can be done the hard way,” Netanyahu said. “But it will be done. We prefer the easy way, but it has to be done.”

“If Hamas rejects the deal, Bibi, you will have our full backing to do what you have to do,” Trump said.

Moments before the presser, Trump and Netanyahu held a call with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in order to put Israeli-Qatar relationships back “on a positive track.” During the call, Netanyahu expressed “deep regret” for killing a Qatari serviceman and violating Qatari sovereignty after Israel conducted a strike on Doha targeting Hamas leadership in early September.

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Trump ultimately declined to take any questions from an eager press corps, citing ongoing negotiations. Trump also offered Netanyahu the option to take questions from Israeli press, which the Israeli leader declined. Notably, Netanyahu’s popularity has steadily declined in Israel and in the United States as the war in Gaza approaches its second anniversary.

The press erupted with questions while both world leaders promptly left the press conference.

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U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice will take several steps to strengthen prosecution of violence against federal officers.

Bondi posted a letter on social media that was sent to the directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Marshals Service; and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“The Department of Justice will arrest and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law every person who aids, abets, or conspires to commit these crimes, whether through funding, coordination, planning, or other means.”

“The DOJ is deploying agents to protect ICE facilities, arrest violent agitators on the spot, and bring the strongest federal charges possible,” Bondi wrote on social media. “The rule of law will prevail.”

Bondi quoted President Donald Trump as saying the instances of political violence were the “culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a democratic society.”

She also listed numerous acts of political violence that have recently plagued the U.S.

“Domestic terrorists have firebombed Tesla vehicles and dealerships,” Bondi added. “Would-be assassins have tried to murder President Trump — twice — and tried to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Assassins in Minnesota have gunned down lawmakers and Catholic schoolchildren in two separate incidents. And just a few weeks ago, an assassin murdered Charlie Kirk in cold blood.”

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“The Department of Justice will arrest and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law every person who aids, abets, or conspires to commit these crimes, whether through funding, coordination, planning, or other means,” Bondi concluded.

The president has blamed political violence on overheated rhetoric from the left and promised to root out the organizations that fund and help coordinate attacks on federal agents.

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As more Americans open their Bibles and are looking to start attending church in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s atrocious assassination, they are faced with an important question — and BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey is asking the founder of Watermark Church and the 1613 Project, Pastor Todd Wagner, for answers.

“A lot of people are trying to figure out, ‘What is the test for my pastor?’” Stuckey explains on “Relatable. “Because they understand being a pastor — you know more than anyone — is hard, and they want to be gracious and they want to be understanding with their pastor, but sometimes they might get the nagging feeling that ‘I don’t know if my pastor is meeting this moment. I don’t know if he’s boldly proclaiming the word of God.’”

“So how should we think about our church leaders? And how do we decide, yes, I am in a church that is glorifying God?” she asks.

“Figure out what your pastor thinks the purpose of his church is. They’ll probably say something, you know, maybe from Matthew 28, go and make disciples,” Wagner responds. “I’m like, great, well, what’s a disciple? Like, can you define a disciple?”

“And disciples are not people that attend his services,” he continues.

“Most pastors, even the ones with good doctrinal statements, they cut a deal with their people. It’s like, ‘You come here,’ right? ‘You validate me with your presence,’ you know, ‘you give me enough money to keep the lights on. And I won’t ask too much of you, and we’ll both tell each other we’re doing what God wants us to do,’” he explains.

Wagner does not believe this is anywhere near enough, noting that Jesus said “that his church — that the gates of hell won’t stand against it.”

“Too many pastors are frankly just saying, ‘Hey, we’ll do the ministry; you just come support the ministry.’ That’s an unbiblical church,” he says.

And this is what he calls the “deceitfulness of sin.”

“The deceitfulness of sin is that it makes a life that is not faithful look faithful or attractive, right? So the worries of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, the concern for many things — this is what chokes out faithfulness,” Wagner says.

“If your church is collecting you and isn’t calling you to greatness and doesn’t see their job as setting you up so that one day, when you stand before the Lord, you’re going to hear, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant,’ you’re in an unbiblical church,” he explains.

“If your church isn’t actively confronting the gates of hell, speaking out against hellish things,” he warns, “you’re not in a biblical church, because that’s what Jesus says his church will do.”

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YouTube is the latest social media company to settle lawsuits for suspensions of President Donald Trump’s accounts in 2021 to the tune of millions of dollars.

Alphabet, the parent company for YouTube, agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle the lawsuit, according to a court filing Monday. The accounts had been shut down in the wake of the rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

‘The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad, and the ugly.’

The majority of the settlement — $22 million — will go to the Trust for the National Mall nonprofit to pay for the construction of the ballroom at the White House.

Meta had settled a similar lawsuit for Trump’s account on Facebook, and X also settled a lawsuit with the president. Meta removed restrictions from his accounts on Facebook and Instagram in July 2024. Democrats at the time demanded the suspensions continue in order to quell Trump’s claims that the previous election had been stolen.

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“Social media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many places around the world,” reads a Meta statement from 2023. “The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad, and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box.”

The bans on Trump’s account led to his joining the pro-Trump platform Truth Social, on which he continues to post his messages.

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Democrats, deep-staters, and the legacy media gleefully cheered on the Biden administration as it confronted imagined far-right terrorism here in America and brought the weight of the government down on supposed extremist groups, including peaceful pro-life protesters and traditional Catholics.

At the time, lawmakers such as then-Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) demanded a more liberal application of foreign terrorist designations, while Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and other Democrats championed legislation that would define domestic terrorism as a crime.

Now that Democrats are no longer in control of the White House or Congress, the left is far more circumspect about beefing up the government’s ability to identify and act against domestic terrorist groups.

Fresh off designating Antifa as a terrorist organization, President Donald Trump issued a national security memorandum on Thursday establishing a strategy to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle all stages of organized political violence and domestic terrorism.”

Citing the deadly attacks on U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the deadly Black Lives Matter riots, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the two known attempts on his own life, Trump stressed that “this political violence is not a series of isolated incidents and does not emerge organically.”

‘”Instead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a democratic society,” Trump noted in the memo. “A new law enforcement strategy that investigates all participants in these criminal and terroristic conspiracies — including the organized structures, networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and predicate actions behind them — is required.”

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Trump’s memo sets the stage for the relevant authorities not only to go after those who are recruiting, grooming, and funding would-be terrorists but to revoke tax-exempt status for NGOs linked to domestic terrorism and to designate qualifying groups as “domestic terrorist organizations.”

Liberals of various stripes have concern-mongered about the president’s memorandum.

For instance, Patrick Eddington, a senior fellow at the libertarian CATO Institute, suggested that Trump’s memo made former President Harry Truman’s Executive Order 9853 — an order designed to root out communists and Soviet sympathizers in the federal workforce during the Cold War — “look tame by comparison.”

Pulling a similar thread, Douglas Charles, a history professor at Penn State Greater Allegheny, insinuated to the Los Angeles Times that this initiative might be a “McCarthyism redux.”

The NGO Human Rights First claimed that the president’s strategy “presents a serious threat to our core freedoms.”

Uzra Zeya, CEO of Human Rights First, suggested further that the Trump administration was using the “scourge of political violence as a pretext to seek to silence voices it sees at odds with its political agenda.”

‘This is a shameful and dangerous move.’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office claimed within hours of the order’s signing on Thursday, “Trump is waging a crusade of retribution — abusing the federal government as a weapon of personal revenge. Today it’s his enemies. Tomorrow it may be you.”

Hina Shamsi, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, characterized the initiative as an attempt to intimidate Trump’s critics.

“After one of the most harrowing weeks for our First Amendment rights, the President is invoking political violence, which we all condemn, as an excuse to target non-profits and activists with the false and stigmatizing label of ‘domestic terrorism,'” Shamsi said. “This is a shameful and dangerous move. But the president cannot rewrite the Constitution by memo.”

The White House has suggested that such critics are effectively political hacks engaged in another gaslighting campaign.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement to Blaze News, “Left-wing organizations have fueled violent riots, organized attacks against law enforcement officers, coordinated illegal doxxing campaigns, arranged drop points for weapons and riot materials, and more.”

‘The fact of the matter is that there is a concerted effort, by enemies of the United States both foreign and domestic, to destabilize our country.’

“The Trump qdministration will get to the bottom of this vast network inciting violence in American communities, and the president’s executive order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization is just the beginning,” Jackson continued. “Anyone attempting to downplay left-wing political violence or point the finger at Republicans following the slew of left-wing violent attacks are not credible at all; they’re simply partisan actors ignoring reality.”

John Eastman, a former Trump lawyer and the founding director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, emphasized the timeliness and importance of the president’s counterterrorism initiative, calling it “a much-needed and perfectly legal response to the recent spate of domestic political violence and, as importantly, the coordinated conspiracy that funds and incites it.”

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Eastman also rebutted Eddington’s suggestion that the memo was reminiscent of Truman’s executive order.

“There is nothing in it remotely comparable to President Truman’s ‘loyalty oath’ executive order, because it says nothing about federal employees (unless, of course, they are part of a conspiracy to commit violence against the United States and its citizens),” Eastman told Blaze News.

“As for those who are screaming that this violates core constitutional protections such as those in the First Amendment, inciting violence and funding violence are no part of the speech protected by the First Amendment,” Eastman continued. “And the hypocrisy is palpable, coming as these complaints do from the ‘silence is violence’ crowd. Trump’s memo targets actual violence, and those who object that it is too broad are playing semantics.”

“The fact of the matter is that there is a concerted effort, by enemies of the United States both foreign and domestic, to destabilize our country. Not only is the President’s memo a welcome recognition of the stakes that is well within his authority, it is also in furtherance of his solemn duty to protect the United States, its Constitution, and its citizens,” Eastman added.

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Texas may be the first state in the union to remove the American Bar Association from the accreditation process for law schools.

The Texas Supreme Court issued an order Friday indicating that the ABA’s role would be reduced and the court itself would instead consider which law schools are approved under the admission rules.

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

Texas is the first to strip the ABA from power, but other states are considering similar actions, including Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee. The anticipated changes would take place beginning Jan. 1.

“I’m supportive of ditching the ABA, but per FL’s constitution it is up to the FL Supreme Court to make that change,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wrote on Sunday.

Many on the right praised the decision.

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

Lee previously criticized the ABA in comments to Blaze News over the group’s privileged status on judicial nominees.

Jennifer Rosato Perea of the ABA said the organization is considering the “implications” of the order.

“We look forward to continuing to work with Texas and other states to ensure that a national accreditation system exists that promotes quality, efficiency, and flexibility while maintaining law degree portability across state lines, to the benefit of students, employers, law schools, and the states themselves,” Perea said.

RELATED: Mike Lee: Cut the ABA’s privileged say-so on judicial nominees — ‘significant left-leaning bias there’

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“Texas takes the sensible step of ending the ABA’s stranglehold on law school accreditation,” wrote Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network. “Rather than outsourcing this important gatekeeping role to a liberal activist group with a history of attempts to circumvent federal free speech and equal protection laws, the Texas Supreme Court will determine itself which schools can adequately provide legal education. I hope other states will follow their lead!”

Some critics accused Texas officials of scapegoating the ABA for low bar passage rates.

“Kind of the thing you’d expect from a state with a history of independence and secession efforts,” wrote Chris Williams of Above the Law.

The public is invited to comment on the proposal by Dec. 1.

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Turning Point USA said there were long lines of people waiting to receive a “FREEDOM” shirt in memory of slain activist Charlie Kirk for the college football game between Oregon and Penn State.

About 5,000 shirts were handed out to Kirk supporters outside Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Penn State fans were encouraged to wear white for the “White Out” campaign to show their support for the team.

Hundreds of Pennsylvania voters were registered at the event and thousands of volunteers were signed up.

Kirk had planned to attend the game before he was assassinated in Utah and was wearing the “FREEDOM” shirt when he died.

Video of the T-shirt turnout was provided to Blaze News by Cliff Maloney, who said hundreds of Pennsylvania voters were registered at the event and thousands of volunteers were signed up.

“In the end, the Ducks won … FOR CHARLIE!” Maloney wrote on social media.

Police arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as a suspect in the Kirk assassination. Robinson was in a romantic relationship with a man who identified as transgender and allegedly confessed to the killing in texts he sent to his boyfriend just before the attack, according to the FBI.

“I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,” read a note allegedly from Robinson.

RELATED: 19-year-old posted social media threat to attack Charlie Kirk vigil, police say

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The Oregon Ducks defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions in a score of 30 to 24.

“An experience I’ll never forget!” Maloney wrote of the game.

About 111,015 people attended the game at Beaver Stadium, which was just 15 people shy of breaking the record of 111,030 in Nov. 2024.

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The new attorney for Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin on Monday in court requested more time to go through the “voluminous” amount of evidence gathered so far since the killing of the TPUSA founder Sept. 10.

The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, took part in the hearing virtually from the Utah County Jail. Robinson is charged with aggravated murder among other crimes in connection with Kirk’s assassination. The prosecution has said it will seek the death penalty in the case.

Both the defense and prosecution characterized the amount of evidence prosecutors gathered as ‘voluminous,’ the AP added.

The Utah County Commission last week named Kathryn Nester as Robinson’s appointed attorney after the court determined he couldn’t afford private counsel.

Nester on Monday said she’s not planning on waiving a preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence against her client to proceed with a trial, the Associated Press said.

Both the defense and prosecution characterized the amount of evidence prosecutors gathered as “voluminous,” the AP added.

The judge granted Nester’s request and scheduled the next hearing for 10 a.m. Oct. 30.

RELATED: Tim Allen had a powerful reaction to Erika Kirk forgiving the suspected assassin of her husband

Robinson’s previous hearing — his first — took place Sept. 16. During that hearing, a trial team representative stated that a pretrial protective order was submitted on behalf of Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk; the judge granted that request.

Just two hours prior, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray formally brought charges against the suspect. Besides aggravated murder, Gray also charged Robinson with felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury. Gray noted that the state alleged “aggravating factors,” as it’s believed Robinson “targeted” Kirk because of the TPUSA founder’s “political expression” and knew that children were present at the scene and would “witness the homicide.”

Blaze News previously reported that Gray also stated that Robinson texted his transgender roommate and told him to drop everything to look at a note he had left under his keyboard. According to charging documents, the note read: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I’m going to take it.”

Gray also confirmed that Robinson had begun to date his biologically male roommate, who had begun transitioning to female. An alleged text chain between Robinson and his roommate also appears to undermine a left-wing narrative about a possible motive that painted Robinson as right-wing due to his family connections.

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Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension from ABC for his vile comments regarding Charlie Kirk after his passing began a free-speech discussion on the left — but Megyn Kelly isn’t buying it.

“I think I’m in the minority, but I’m totally in favor of what Brendan Carr did last week. 100% in favor,” Kelly tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program.”

“They have to feel our pain. Why, whenever we’re in control, do we take the high ground only to get beaten to a pulp again once they’re back in control, and we continue to say, ‘Oh, these are our principles. We’re going to live them in order to make clear to everybody we really hold them,’” Kelly explains.

“And then they just get used against us,” she adds.

Now, people on the left are losing their minds over censorship, big government, and free speech.

“You and I haven’t moved at all on our principles,” she tells Glenn. “We hate lawfare. We hate government censorship. We don’t believe hate speech is problematic. It’s perfectly legal. It’s constitutional. It’s kind of why the First Amendment was invented.”

“However, it’s the left that’s drifted from those principles, not us. And now the question is, how do we wrestle the country back to stasis — back to the old stasis prior to the left losing its mind? And I am really just firmly of the belief now that they must be brought to heel. Again, not with physical violence, but with the same tactics in terms of policy and approach in governing that they use against us,” she explains.

And while Kimmel wasn’t even fired, she can’t think of anyone who deserved the warning more.

“Those tears out on that stage were for him. What a joke. That crying, whiny baby. He has celebrated everyone on the right’s cancellation. He danced on our professional graves, and he has the nerve to want us to feel sorry for him because he had a five-day paid vacation,” Kelly says.

“When I got canceled at NBC for literally asking a question about blackface Halloween costumes … and why, when I grew up in the 70s and 80s, you could wear those like if you wanted to honor Diana Ross or Michael Jordan and not get canceled, but clearly in, you know, the 2000s, things had changed. And that was my question,” she explains.

“It got me canceled at NBC. Did Jimmy Kimmel at the time come out and say, ‘You know what? This is BS. I’ve got to admit, I wore blackface many times.’ Jimmy did, not me. ‘That I’ve worn it repeatedly as Karl Malone. I wore it as Oprah in a fat suit,’” she continues, noting that Kimmel was openly “mocking black people.”

“He didn’t say a word. He let me twist in the wind. … Why should any of us feel sorry for him? He’s totally pro the cancellation of anybody whose politics he doesn’t share,” she says, adding, “so I’m thrilled he felt some pain last week.”

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Days before a deadly shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was spouting off virulently anti-ICE political propaganda and demonizing the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

“That’s happening in the United States of America. Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars, people disappearing, no due process, no oversight, zero accountability happening in the United States of America today,” Newsom said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

“Bulls**t we’re being hyperbolic,” he continued. “If you’re a black and brown community, it’s here in this country. And so I’m deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation’s first bill to address the issue of masking, also to require you have simple identification.”

“I mean, if some guy jumped out of an unmarked car in a van with a mask on, tried to grab me, I mean, by definition, you’re going to push back. And so these are not just authoritarian tendencies. These are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government,” he added.

Newsom went on to fearmonger over the White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller calling the Democrat party an “extremist organization.”

“It’s very ironic that Newsom is signing a bill banning masks five years after he signed a bill to require masks,” Keith Malinak, executive producer of “Pat Gray Unleashed,” says, before pointing out that the guests late-night show hosts have on are always Democrats.

“Stephen Colbert, 176. Conservatives, 1. ‘Daily Show,’ 157 to 9. Seth Meyers, 68 to 0. Jimmy Kimmel, 58 to 2,” Malinak says. “I mean, it’s becoming a political talk show. Not a comedy show.”

“They’re just an extension of the political arm of these networks,” he adds.

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A Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was allegedly mugged in Dublin before his team played in the NFL’s first ever game in Ireland.

The Steelers played the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park early Sunday as part of the NFL’s ongoing overseas showcases. The Steelers won 24-21, but neither their backup quarterback nor one of their dedicated fans were able to enjoy the game without experiencing all Dublin has to offer.

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The crimes happened within a couple miles of the stadium, with the Steelers quarterback getting attacked in the Temple Bar and Dame Street area.

Skylar Thompson — a 6’2″, 219-pound veteran currently on injured reserve — was “jumped and robbed” late Friday night by what was described by the Irish Independent as “several men” who stole his phone.

Thompson suffered minor injuries and was allegedly brought to the hospital.

Irish police said they were on patrol on Dame Street in “the early hours of Saturday morning” when they “encountered a male who required medical assistance” at the scene.

Unfortunately for football fans, thugs were in the area after the game, as well, as a disabled elderly man was also robbed on Sunday night.

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According to another Irish report, a man named Gregory, who was in a wheelchair, stopped in the street to smoke a cigar in celebration of the Steelers’ win. At that point, Gregory was robbed of his phone by a woman who attempted a quick getaway

Fortunately, members of the public alerted nearby police who were able to chase down the woman and return Gregory’s phone. The woman was taken to a local police station and charged.

Gregory was reportedly robbed on O’Connell Street, which is even closer to the stadium than the area where Thompson was mugged.

These areas are known for crimes against foreigners and tourists, according to reports, particularly in the form of pickpocketing and robberies. Previous suspects have been described as young drug dealers and youth gangs.

Additionally, in 2024, a man named Mohamed Axmed was reportedly jailed for robbing two U.K. tourists in the same area.

RELATED: Gang of foreign nationals get away with jewelry store heist; a month later they try again — but this time cops are ready

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Former UFC champion Conor McGregor, who has aspirations of becoming the president of Ireland, quickly spoke out about Thompson’s mugging.

“Let the World know! Ireland is ran by traitors to its people!” McGregor wrote on X, quoting comments about the story. “GET THIS GOVERNMENT OUT NOW!”

While Irish police confirmed “no formal complaint” over Thompson’s situation was made, NFL reporter Tom Pelissero reported on comments from the Steelers’ organization that seemingly confirmed the ordeal.

“Thompson, who is on injured reserve, suffered minor injuries but is OK and with the team,” the reporter wrote on X. “Statement from Steelers Spokesman Burt Lauten: ‘We are aware of a situation involving Skylar Thompson on Friday night in Dublin. We will have no further comment at this time as we are working with NFL security to gather more information regarding the incident.'”

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The assassination of Charlie Kirk, connected to a suspect who is reportedly in a romantic relationship with a man who claims to identify as female, reignited concerns about increasing violence associated with transgender ideology. Kirk’s murder follows the Covenant School shooting in Nashville in 2023 and the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Minneapolis last month, both of which were carried out by individuals who claimed to identify as trans.

Among those accused in this surge of violence is a crew of young, trans-identifying radicals from the Bay Area known as the Zizians, who have drawn particular attention from the authorities for their alleged string of deadly attacks.

The Zizians, dubbed a cult-like group that has been likened to a modern-day Manson family, have been implicated in a chilling series of killings: a Vermont Border Patrol agent gunned down during a traffic stop, a Pennsylvania couple found shot in their home with no signs of forced entry, and the stabbing of a California landlord scheduled to testify against group members.

Beyond the ominous headlines, their story reveals not a well-organized underground network but rather a disjointed group of tech-savvy youth who were drawn into progressive movements and ensnared by a toxic mix of gender dysphoria, artificial intelligence doomsaying, radical veganism, and anarchism. These ideologies have directed their quest for logic and innovation down a path of isolation and increasing violence.

The birth of a fringe group

Before the group came to be known as the Zizians, its lead founding member, Jack “Ziz” LaSota, moved to San Francisco in 2016, with the aspiration of breaking into the Bay Area’s tech startup scene. LaSota, a male who identifies as a woman, became deeply involved with the local rationalist movement, a philosophy that emphasizes the use of reason, logic, and evidence to understand the world and make informed decisions. LaSota’s stated goal was to make a positive contribution to the tech industry by addressing the potential existential threat posed by artificial intelligence, a major concern for rationalists focused on “effective altruism,” which stresses prioritizing actions that promote good.

However, LaSota encountered several issues after relocating to the Bay Area, the first of which was the high rental prices. Determined to address this problem, LaSota formulated a plan with Gwen Danielson that involved dodging exorbitant rent costs by living on boats with other rationalists. LaSota dubbed the communal living initiative the “Rationalist Fleet.”

‘Ziz planned to drive across the entire continental United States to murder me.’

LaSota’s blog, Sinceriously — which has since been taken down, but mirrored and archived versions still exist — described Danielson as a “bigender” “trans woman.”

At the time, LaSota was actively attending in-person meetups hosted by users of LessWrong.com, an online discussion board for rationalists. During one of those events, LaSota met Jacob Pekarek, also a “trans woman,” who went by several names, including Jay Leo Winterford, Jane, and Fluttershy. Pekarek became involved in the boat venture, for a time living with LaSota and Danielson.

In 2017, the group invested in a tugboat, “The Caleb.” They lived on it while it was illegally docked in Pillar Point Harbor, according to a lawsuit.

While the Rationalist Fleet aimed to address the lack of affordability of the Bay Area, both internal and external pressures soon began to fracture the group.

RELATED: Zizians: The vegan trans cult behind a Border Patrol agent’s murder?

Jack “Ziz” LaSota. Image source: Allegany County Sheriff’s Office

Clashes with the rationalists

Things for LaSota and the crew started to take a strange turn around 2019 amid growing friction between the group and the area’s rationalist movement.

In November, LaSota staged a protest against the Center for Applied Rationality, a Berkeley-based nonprofit that hosts rationalist workshops. The organization was scheduled to host an alumni weekend retreat at the Westminster Woods camp along the Bohemian Highway in Sonoma County, but the gathering was interrupted by LaSota and several others — Danielson, Amir “Emma” Borhanian, and Alexander “Somni” Leatham — who showed up wearing Guy Fawkes masks and hooded black robes.

LaSota and the group claimed that CFAR had “betrayed us,” going so far as to accuse members of the nonprofit of sexual misconduct against children. CFAR’s leadership has repeatedly denied those claims. LaSota also argued that instead of forwarding the mission of protecting humanity from AI, CFAR was pushing its members to work on AI.

The protesters allegedly blockaded the entrance to the retreat with their vehicles, knowingly or unknowingly trapping inside a class of over two dozen elementary school children who had been attending a ropes course.

Law enforcement responded to the scene by deploying a SWAT team and a helicopter after receiving reports that one of the protesters may have had a gun. However, no firearm was found on the protesters. The group was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment, false imprisonment, conspiracy, resisting arrest, wearing a mask while committing a crime, and trespassing.

They each were released from jail after posting bail, and prosecutors dropped felony charges to misdemeanors.

The group later filed a civil rights complaint against Sonoma County authorities, claiming that officers had subjected them to excessive force and “sexual assault and battery” by ignoring their requests to be searched by female officers instead of male officers. The complaint further alleged that, while incarcerated, their clothing was “forcibly stripped off their bodies” and officers “crowded around to look at the Claimants’ genitals and naked bodies.” They claimed they were “tortured” and “woken whenever they started to fall asleep … and were kept naked and cold for days.”

Court proceedings in the cases slowed to a crawl during COVID.

The protest not only led to legal battles but also deepened the group’s alienation from the rationalist community, pushing them toward more extreme ideologies.

Spiraling ideologies and isolation

Following the protest, the group was ultimately banned from LessWrong.com and CFAR meetups.

For the last several years, Danielson had also been experimenting with a sleep technique LaSota described as “partial sleep” or “unihemispheric sleep,” which supposedly lets “parts of your brain do REM sleep without the rest.”

LaSota built on Danielson’s sleep practices, creating the concept that people are made up of two hemispheres and each hemisphere can be either “good” or “nongood.” Those with two good hemispheres are considered “double good”; those with one, “single good”; and those with none, “nongood.” LaSota noted that “double good” is “far less common than single good.”

“This means that they cannot have fusion concerning good, only treaties, and will tend to take actions where the two sets of concerns seem to overlap, with infinitely recursive mutually-warped epistemics,” LaSota wrote, describing the concept of “single good.”

The group’s living situation also began to change.

Curtis Lind, an 82-year-old man who was living on his boat, reportedly befriended the group. In early 2020, Lind, who owned property in Vallejo, California, allowed some of the friends — including Borhanian and Leatham — to live in box trucks and RVs on his land.

The crew abandoned “The Caleb” in 2022, allowing it to sink in the harbor.

It was around this time that things appeared to go off the rails completely for the group of friends.

Michelle “Jamie” Zajko, who was living in Vermont, claimed publicly in February 2022 that LaSota had made death threats against Zajko. LaSota allegedly demanded that Zajko kill Alice Monday, Zajko’s romantic partner, and provide photographic proof.

“And if I didn’t do it,” Zajko wrote in a blog post, “Ziz planned to drive across the entire continental United States to murder me.”

LaSota’s Sinceriously blog posts had become progressively more bitter and aggressive over the years, even calling for “airlock[ing],” a term used to mean killing, certain types of people. The friends’ comments on LaSota’s blog further revealed the extent of the group’s fractures and ongoing disagreements.

After Danielson failed to show up at a court hearing related to the protest incident, the defense attorney asked for a stay in the case in August 2022, stating that he believed Danielson had committed suicide.

That same month, reports surfaced that LaSota had also died. The Coast Guard received a call from a relative who claimed LaSota had fallen overboard while boating in San Francisco Bay. After the Coast Guard concluded an 18-hour search, LaSota was presumed dead.

At this point, it seemed that the group had largely fallen apart, with Danielson and LaSota both presumed dead and two other individuals tied to their clique — Chris “Maia” Pasek and Pekarek — having reportedly committed suicide in 2018 and 2021, respectively.

RELATED: Police nab suspected leader of trans murder cult linked to Border Patrol agent’s killing

Michelle “Jamie” Zajko. Image source: Allegany County Sheriff’s Office

Faked deaths and violent retaliation

Amid the COVID-19 lockdowns, California implemented an eviction moratorium that allowed those living on Lind’s property, including Borhanian and Leatham, to avoid paying rent. The state extended this moratorium for more than two years, with it officially coming to an end in late June 2022.

After they still failed to pay rent, Lind moved to evict the friends by scheduling a date with the sheriff’s office.

With the eviction date looming, Lind claimed one of the friends, Suri Dao, asked him on November 13 to inspect a leaky outdoor water tap. During the visit, Lind stated that he blacked out and woke up to find several individuals standing over him as he was covered in stab wounds.

Lind pulled out his gun to defend himself, and that is when Leatham stabbed him with a samurai sword, he claimed. Lind opened fire, killing Borhanian and wounding Leatham.

Lind, somehow, survived the alleged attack — this time.

When police arrived on the scene, they arrested Dao and transported Leatham and Lind to the hospital. A blonde friend who identified as “Julia Dawson” was taken to the station for questioning, then transferred to the hospital after appearing to suffer from a medical emergency. Dawson quietly left the hospital, evading further interaction with law enforcement.

Authorities later confirmed that “Dawson” was a false identity, and the individual who had been living with Borhanian and Leatham was, in fact, the previously thought deceased LaSota.

The alleged attack on Lind was only the beginning of a wave of violence that extended beyond California.

More senseless killings

In early January 2023, authorities discovered Zajko’s parents, Richard and Rita, dead from gunshot wounds in their Pennsylvania home.

Law enforcement noted no signs of a break-in, concluding that the killer must have been someone the couple knew.

‘We are seeing all across the country an increase in violence from the transgender community and those that are obsessed with breaking out of gender norms and sexual norms.’

Several days later, police detained Zajko, who was staying in a hotel room in Pennsylvania after attending a graveside ceremony. While being apprehended by authorities, Zajko requested that the hotel’s lobby attendants inform Daniel Blank, another friend of the group who was also staying in the hotel, of the arrest.

Police obtained a warrant to enter Blank’s hotel room, where they say they discovered him hiding in the bathroom with LaSota.

Zajko and Blank were already released by the time authorities allegedly recovered Zajko’s Smith & Wesson 9mm and five boxes of ammunition hidden in a cloth bag in Blank’s hotel room.

RELATED: If radical Islam was terror, why isn’t transgender extremism?

Daniel Blank. Image source: Allegany County Sheriff’s Office

The group of friends, now widely referred to as the Zizians, seemed to lie low for a couple of years amid ongoing investigations until January 2025, when Lind, who was scheduled to testify against the Zizians accused of attacking him a few years earlier, was found stabbed to death on his property in California.

Maximilian Snyder, another individual tied to the Zizians, was arrested and accused of the murder. Prosecutors alleged that Snyder had killed Lind to prevent him from testifying against Leatham and Dao.

Days later, two other Zizians were wrapped up in yet another tragic and senseless killing.

A Vermont Border Patrol agent, David “Chris” Maland, 44, was performing a vehicle stop on January 20 when vehicle occupants Teresa “Milo” Youngblut and Felix “Ophelia” Bauckholt opened fire. The exchange of gunfire resulted in the deaths of Maland and Bauckholt, a German national.

Authorities recovered multiple guns, ammunition, cell phones, laptops, and tactical gear inside the suspects’ vehicle. They noted that some of the cell phones were wrapped in foil. It is unclear why the suspects were in the area. However, when previously stopped by authorities, they claimed they were looking at real estate.

Zajko allegedly purchased the guns in Youngblut and Bauckholt’s possession. Further tying the incident to the Zizians, Youngblut and Snyder had previously applied for a marriage license.

Where are they now?

In February 2025, Danielson’s father told the New York Post that Danielson had not committed suicide and was still alive and in hiding from the “dangerous” Zizians.

“She checks in regularly and I heard from her very recently, but she’s not ready to come out of hiding just yet,” Brett Danielson stated.

He noted that the Zizians’ “political ideology was that killing animals is just as violent as killing people, and therefore everybody is guilty of violence.”

“And that probably led some of them to a self-justification for their own propensity for violence,” he concluded.

LaSota, Zajko, and Blank are currently being held without bond at the Allegany County Jail, facing trespassing, obstruction of justice, weapons violations, drug possession, and felony drug-trafficking charges. LaSota was also federally charged with possessing firearms and ammunition as a fugitive.

No charges have been filed in response to the killing of Zajko’s parents.

Youngblut is currently in federal custody, facing a four-count superseding indictment for the murder of Maland, the assault of two other Border Patrol agents with a deadly weapon, and firearms offenses.

Dao and Leatham are in custody, facing aggravated mayhem and murder charges. Leatham is also facing charges for allegedly trying to escape from jail.

Snyder is in custody, facing murder charges for the death of Lind.

An increase in violence

The killings allegedly linked to the Zizians appear to stem from personal disputes or impulsive actions taken in moments of panic, rather than organized efforts. However, the possibility of future shifts in their behavior remains, as the number of active Zizians and those influenced by their ideologies is unknown.

“We are seeing all across the country an increase in violence from the transgender community and those that are obsessed with breaking out of gender norms and sexual norms. It’s growing out of hand,” Terry Schilling with the American Principles Project told Blaze News. “The internet is fueling it at an incredible rate, and it’s one of the main reasons why American Principles Project has decided to focus so heavily on protecting children online from these dangerous social media sites that warp these kids’ brains and turn them into absolute monsters.”

The Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Blaze News, “DHS works diligently with law enforcement partners to keep our nation’s communities safe from ideologically driven violent extremists.”

The FBI declined to comment. Attorneys for LaSota and Zajko did not respond to a request for comment.

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The feud between the author of the mega-popular “Harry Potter” book series and the actors of the movie adaptation continued with a devastating admission from J.K. Rowling.

Rowling posted a statement on social media explaining that Emma Watson’s wealth has protected her from the consequences of the LGBTQ policies she supports.

‘Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who’s identified into the women’s prison?’

The famed author acknowledged that the “Harry Potter” actors have a right to their opinions but that they have chosen to use their relationship with Rowling as a platform to criticize her statements on the transgender agenda.

“Years after they finished acting in Potter, they continue to assume the role of de facto spokespeople for the world I created,” she wrote.

Rowling explained how Watson had inflamed transgender supporters to attack her and then made a meaningless gesture of friendship.

“Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness,” she wrote.

“Like other people who’ve never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is,” Rowling added. “She’ll never need a homeless shelter. She’s never going to be placed on a mixed sex public hospital ward. I’d be astounded if she’s been in a high street changing room since childhood. Her ‘public bathroom’ is single occupancy and comes with a security man standing guard outside the door. Has she had to strip off in a newly mixed-sex changing room at a council-run swimming pool? Is she ever likely to need a state-run rape crisis centre that refuses to guarantee an all-female service? To find herself sharing a prison cell with a male rapist who’s identified into the women’s prison?”

RELATED: JK Rowling triggers backlash and hatred with one tweet about transgender misogyny

Rowling then explained that Watson’s recent switch in tone about the author led to Rowling’s admission.

“The greatest irony here is that, had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me — a change of tack I suspect she’s adopted because she’s noticed full-throated condemnation of me is no longer quite as fashionable as it was — I might never have been this honest,” she wrote.

“Adults can’t expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend’s assassination, then assert their right to the former friend’s love, as though the friend was in fact their mother,” Rowling concluded. “Emma is rightly free to disagree with me and indeed to discuss her feelings about me in public — but I have the same right, and I’ve finally decided to exercise it.”

Rowling’s post quickly went viral with over 10 million views.

Blaze News has reached out to Watson for comment.

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If you stumble onto any delusional radical left winger’s social media today, you’re likely to find them celebrating violence they view as revolutionary — and Jay Greene of the Heritage Foundation knows where it all begins.

“College courses routinely romanticize political violence by featuring violent revolutionaries, terrorists who are blood-drenched murderers, and featuring their works in course assignments and presenting their actions in favorable terms,” Greene tells BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere on “Stu Does America.”

“And so it’s not surprising that young people might get the idea that it’s justifiable for the advancement of justice, or some other worthy cause to engage in political violence, because in their college courses, they read works by people who did precisely that,” he continues.

Greene pointed out Angela Davis, Bill Ayers, and Assata Shakur, “each of whom were involved in revolutionary movements in the ’60s and ’70s” and “each of whom was accused of murder.”

Davis was a leader in the Black Panther movement who bought the guns used in the 1970 courtroom takeover in which the judge was killed, the DA was shot, and a member of the jury was seriously wounded.

“She managed to get off on the claim that she didn’t know what the guns were going to be used for,” Greene explains.

“She later became the vice presidential candidate for the Communist Party in the United States, and in Moscow, received the Lenin prize. That’s not the John Lennon prize, but the Vladimir Lenin prize, for her efforts to advance violent revolution in the United States,” he continues.

“Now, not only does she have books in over 2,000 syllabi in U.S. colleges, not only that, but she is regularly a distinguished speaker, gets paid between $30,000 and $50,000 per appearance at U.S. universities, and she herself is a professor out in the California public university system,” he adds.

Bill Ayers and Assata Shakur have similar stories, now “read in college and lauded in college despite their blood-drenched past.”

“It’s unbelievable how deep this goes,” Stu comments.

“If you think about it, if you go and shoot a health care CEO who’s a father in the back, as in, you know, in cold blood, you’re treated as a hero,” he continues while explaining there’s clear incentives for becoming a violent revolutionary on the left.

“We see lots of people celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. The incentives seem to be lined up to a certain type of leftist, particularly a young leftist who’s going to see this as something that maybe they just get praised for, if they do, and at the very least, they will be seen in the history books as this hero,” he says.

“That’s entirely true,” Greene agrees. “You know, the people that we lionize as heroes to our children throughout their entire educational development and personal development, including in their college courses, they’re going to want to imitate.”

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BROADVIEW, Ill. — U.S. Border Patrol agents, under Commander at Large Gregory Bovino, dispersed protesters who were blocking the road that leads to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building near Chicago on Saturday.

The processing facility in Broadview has been heavily targeted in recent weeks by anti-ICE protesters in response to President Donald Trump ordering Operation Midway Blitz for the Chicago area. Until this past week, crowds have been able to form directly outside the facility, blocking the road and driveway in an attempt to prevent federal vehicles from entering or leaving.

ICE installed temporary security fencing down the road from the building to prevent protesters and rioters from getting close. On Saturday, another anti-ICE crowd formed by the security fence and had to be ordered to clear the road multiple times by Border Patrol.

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During a lull in the confrontations, one woman was seen passing out large and small Mexican flags to protesters. The woman told Blaze News that someone else had come by to drop off the flags.

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After it became clear the crowd was not going to disperse and stop their attempts to impede federal law enforcement, Bovino and his agents came out for one final time to clear the crowd from the road. Agents used multiple canisters of tear gas, shot pepper balls, and confiscated homemade shields from the anti-ICE agitators.

Border Patrol made multiple arrests as the formation moved down the road.

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President Trump shared Blaze News’ video of the confrontations on Truth Social and said, “Border Patrol will take no nonsense!”

There were no major confrontations between agents and protesters at the facility on Sunday, perhaps because of the show of strength by Border Patrol the previous night. Plus, the protests at the Broadview facility have typically occurred on Fridays, though the reason is unclear. It remains to be seen how anti-ICE groups will adapt to the reinforcements sent by the Department of Homeland Security as Operation Midway Blitz is still under way.

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Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny has been named as the next Super Bowl performer despite mocking the president just two months ago.

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is known not only for music but outlandish outfits that often include dresses and women’s clothing.

‘… f**king ICE could be outside.’

The 31-year-old was named by the NFL as the performer for the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, which will take place on February 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Bad Bunny immediately declared the performance would be dedicated to his “people” and their history.

“What I’m feeling goes beyond myself,” he said, per the NFL. “It’s for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown … this is for my people, my culture, and our history.”

He finished by saying, in Spanish, “Go tell your grandma we’re going to be the SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW.”

The announcement comes after Bad Bunny mocked President Trump in July over his immigration policies.

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Bad Bunny attending the 2023 Met Gala Celebrating ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Photo by Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

In his music video for “NUEVAYoL,” released on July 4, Bad Bunny not only draped a Puerto Rican flag over the Statue of Liberty, but he inserted a break in the video in order to play a parody of the president’s voice.

“I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America,” the Trump parody says over the radio. “I mean the United States. I know America is the whole continent.”

The voice continues, “I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans.”

The men listening to the radio seemingly disregard the message and turn it off.

At the beginning of September, the musician said he excluded the United States from his upcoming world tour because he feared Immigration and Customs Enforcement would raid his concerts.

Although there were “many reasons” he did not “show up in the U.S.,” Bad Bunny explained, “there was the issue of — like, f**king ICE could be outside.”

“And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he said, according to the Guardian.

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In January, the artist revealed that he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election because he was offended by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally. Hinchcliffe joked that Puerto Rico was a floating island of garbage, a play on the fact that the territory has an extreme waste management issue.

“I can understand that it’s a joke, but there’s people that doesn’t understand that it’s a joke. People who are going to agree with that joke,” Ocasio said at the time, per Yahoo.

Platinum recording artist Bruno Mars, who is part Puerto Rican, supported Bad Bunny with a post on X, quoting his words from the NFL press release while adding, “Go get em Bad Bunny!”

Rapper Jay-Z, who collaborates with the NFL for its halftime show through his company Roc Nation, called Bad Bunny “inspiring” for what he has done for Puerto Rico.

“We are honored to have him on the world’s biggest stage,” Jay-Z said.

Jon Barker, senior vice president of global event production for the NFL, added that Bad Bunny has a “unique ability to bridge genres, languages, and audiences,” which makes him a “natural choice to take the Super Bowl halftime stage.”

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