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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other Republicans are seeking the impeachment of U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, the Obama appointee who apparently helped the Biden FBI spy on Republican lawmakers’ phone records.

During a press conference on Wednesday regarding the latest insights into the FBI’s Arctic Frost operation, Cruz called on the House to impeach Boasberg, stating, “Judge Boasberg put his robes down, stood up, and said, ‘Sign me up to be part of the partisan vendetta against 20% of the Republicans in the Senate.'”

‘This order is an abuse of power.’

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) underscored that what Boasberg “did to Senator Cruz and maybe other senators absolutely — and I don’t say this lightly — absolutely is worthy of impeachment proceedings. There has to be accountability.”

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) published documents earlier this month detailing how the Biden FBI sought private cellphone records from at least nine Republican lawmakers during Arctic Frost — an operation that set the stage for at least one case brought against President Donald Trump by former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s special counsel, Jack Smith, whose appointment was ruled unconstitutional.

Grassley released additional documents this week showing that Smith and his team subpoenaed records for over 400 Republican individuals and entities as part of what the Iowa senator called a “fishing expedition.”

Cruz — whose Senate office hardline and cellphone records were reportedly targeted — suggested on Wednesday that the indiscriminate targeting of conservatives was “egregious” and that the secret subpoenaing of lawmakers’ communication records was executed “in complete contravention of the Constitution, of separation of powers, of the Speech and Debate Clause, of free speech, of basic rights and property.”

The Texas senator produced a court order apparently indicating that Boasberg barred AT&T from informing Cruz that his phone data was being collected by the Biden administration. The prohibition was to remain in effect for at least one year.

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The order reportedly stated as cause that “the court finds reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in destruction of or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation.”

“I can tell you there is precisely zero evidence to conclude that I am likely to destroy or tamper with evidence or to intimidate potential witnesses. Zero evidentiary basis for that,” stressed Cruz. “This order is an abuse of power. This order is a weaponized legal system.”

‘Boasberg is that radical leftist judge who is out of control.’

Cruz admitted that he had not yet seen the subpoenas for the other senators but speculated “Judge Boasberg printed these things out like the placemats at Denny’s, one after the other.”

The Texas senator noted that if a litigant makes a claim for which there is no factual basis, “that litigant is subject to sanctions in federal court — and if a judge signs an order reaching a factual conclusion for which there is zero evidence whatsoever, that judge is abusing his power.”

Blaze News has reached out to Boasberg for comment.

‘Who is Boasberg?’

“Now who is Boasberg? Boasberg is that radical leftist judge who is out of control, who has been issuing nationwide injunctions, one after the other, trying to stop President Trump from carrying out his mandate from the voters,” said Cruz.

Boasberg has worked ardently in recent years to earn the label “radical leftist.” For instance, he:

ordered in August the release of a woman accused of repeatedly threatening Trump’s life;temporarily blocked summary deportations of apparent Tren de Aragua terrorists by the Trump administration under the Alien Enemies Act;tried unsuccessfully to hold Trump administration officials in contempt for deporting illegal aliens to El Salvador;kept Kevin Clinesmith — the former FBI attorney who, according to the DOJ, fabricated evidence to support a surveillance application to the same FISA court, lying about Carter Page’s past cooperation with the CIA — out of jail; andmandated a right to Medicaid for able-bodied adults without work requirements.

The demands that Boasberg face accountability for his involvement with the FBI’s Arctic Frost “fishing expedition” come just months after Attorney General Pam Bondi slapped him with a misconduct complaint for allegedly “making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration.”

This is also not the first time that Republicans have called for his impeachment.

After ordering the Trump administration not to deport suspected members of the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization, President Trump called for Boasberg to be impeached, suggesting in a March 18 post on Truth Social that Boasberg was a “radical Left Lunatic of a Judge.”

That same day, Republican Rep. Brandon Gill (Texas) introduced articles of impeachment accusing Boasberg of attempting to seize power from the executive branch, thereby interfering with the will of the American people; jeopardizing the safety of the nation; and engaging in actions that prioritize political gain over the duty of impartiality owed the litigants in the case.

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House Republicans are ramping up the pressure on activist judges in the wake of the bombshell findings about Operation Arctic Frost.

The revelations concluded that former President Joe Biden’s FBI targeted conservative groups, private citizens, and even sitting senators. One recurring name in a thread of surveillance scandals is James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, who greenlit the subpoenas that targeted Republicans.

‘It is clear that Judge Boasberg has abused his judicial authority for weaponized political purposes.’

In light of his involvement, a growing number of House Republicans are standing with outraged senators in calling for his impeachment.

“It is clear that Judge Boasberg has abused his judicial authority for weaponized political purposes,” Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana told Blaze News. “His unconstitutional blocking of President Trump from making America great again and involvement in Arctic Frost are reason enough to remove him from the bench. Impeachment hearings should begin immediately.”

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“A judge waging lawfare against elected senators of the United States and weaponizing their power for political gain should be impeached,” Republican Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina told Blaze News. “Full stop.”

Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas took matters into his own hands and introduced articles of impeachment against Boasberg to “hold him accountable for his attempt to undermine the will of the people.”

“Radical activist Judge James Boasberg continues to weaponize his judicial authority and target his political opponents,” Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas told Blaze News. “Judge Boasberg facilitated the egregious Arctic Frost scandal where he equipped the Biden DOJ to spy on Republican senators. His lack of integrity makes him clearly unfit for the gavel.”

RELATED: Damning new docs reveal who’s on Biden admin’s ‘enemies list,’ expose extent of FBI’s Arctic Frost

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Gill’s fellow Texan Republican Rep. August Pfluger also railed against Boasberg’s involvement in the surveillance effort, calling for an investigation. Pfluger likewise joined Republican Rep. Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma to urge Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jack Smith and “every single Biden-era DOJ bureaucrat” who partook in this scandal.

“Jack Smith’s ‘Arctic Frost’ investigation into President Trump, Republican lawmakers, and conservative groups has turned out to be exactly what we expected: an unconstitutional political witch hunt,” Republican Rep. August Pfluger of Texas told Blaze News. “The weaponization of our nation’s top law enforcement agency to target political opponents is unacceptable, especially in the United States.”

“These individuals must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law — and we will ensure this kind of blatant corruption never happens again.”

The House has the sole authority to introduce articles of impeachment for a judge, and just a simple majority is needed to pass them. Republicans hold a slim majority in the House, 219-213.

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An alleged shoplifter in a North Carolina supermarket was caught on surveillance video brutally beating an employee who confronted him.

Detectives from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are working to identify two individuals involved, WBTV-TV reported.

‘When we have self-checkouts, it just presents an opportunity for people who are not doing the right thing, thieves, to take items and commit crimes.’

Police told the station the physical attack took place Oct. 20 at the Food Lion in the 2200 block of Park Road in Charlotte.

Two people were in the self-checkout area of the supermarket attempting to steal items when an 18-year-old Food Lion employee confronted them, Detective Ashley Phillips told WBTV.

Surveillance video showed one of the alleged shoplifters speaking with the employee and then walking with the employee into a back room, the station said.

Another surveillance camera captured the attack in the back room. Video shows one of the suspects grabbing the employee in the neck and chest area and slamming the employee against a large container against a wall, punching the employee, and then appearing to stomp the employee on the floor.

Surveillance video then shows the two alleged shoplifters leaving the Food Lion with the stolen items following the beating, WBTV reported.

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“It’s unfortunate. Any act of violence is senseless,” Phillips told the station. “When we have self-checkouts, it just presents an opportunity for people who are not doing the right thing, thieves, to take items and commit crimes.”

Phillips added to WBTV that employees who witness illegal activity in the workplace shouldn’t attempt to intervene.

“We want to suggest to everyone that is in a store working as an employee, just step back and observe, then collect as much information as you can and call 911 so that way police can respond, and you don’t have to interfere with someone committing a crime,” she noted to the station.

Phillips added to WBTV that she’s hopeful someone will recognize the alleged shoplifters through the surveillance videos and still images: “They’re very clear. I’m hoping that someone will see it and call it in. We get some good tips, and I’m very grateful for that.”

Those with information about the Food Lion incident are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600, the station said, adding that tipsters can remain anonymous and receive a cash reward if they have information that leads to an arrest. Community members can also submit tips about crimes through the P3 Tips app, WBTV noted.

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What made Charlie Kirk such a force to be reckoned with?

That was one of topics up for discussion Monday when BlazeTV’s Allie Beth Stuckey joined “Fox & Friends” co-hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Griff Jenkins before headlining that evening’s Turning Point USA tour stop at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

‘He really was an anomaly. God just blessed him with amazing work ethic and persistence and energy.’

“He was so generous with his time,” the “Relatable” host recalled, noting that the slain activist miraculously managed to balance traveling nonstop, raising a young family, scaling TPUSA into a national juggernaut, and igniting a movement that reached millions — all while still making time for others:

He could’ve been doing a million other very important things, but he would take the time every day to text his friends, to text his colleagues, to send Bible verses, to say, “Hey, keep going,” “I saw this article,” or, “I saw you talk about this topic. You did such a good job.”

He was such a champion, such an encourager of so many of us, and that is going to continue to bless me for the rest of my life.

‘Keep slugging’

Jenkins asked Stuckey what she anticipated seeing at the Baton Rouge TPUSA event, especially in the wake of LSU’s Charlie Kirk tribute back in September.

“It makes me think of when we heard Charlie’s widow, Erika, talk about, ‘You have no idea what you’ve done,’ and you hear Andrew Kolvet, Charlie’s producer, talk about that he hopes that the TPUSA events are going to be bigger than ever before. Is that what you anticipate seeing tonight?” Jenkins asked.

“Oh, absolutely,” Stuckey said.

And her instincts were spot-on.

The sold-out Baton Rouge event — hosted by the local TPUSA chapter — drew a massive 1,600 attendees, far exceeding expectations. Lines wrapped around the block, and doors opened early to accommodate the surging crowd of young conservatives eager to honor Kirk’s legacy and rally in support of faith, family, and freedom. The vibe was electric and defiant, pulsing with patriotic fervor as chants of “USA!” and “Charlie Kirk!” erupted from a packed house.

Stuckey inspired and challenged the crowd with a powerful speech on “five of Charlie Kirk’s most controversial truths,” motivating students with Charlie’s favorite phrase of encouragement: “Keep slugging.”

‘He really was an anomaly’

Earhardt told Stuckey she found it “amazing” to hear from so many people all that Kirk had done for them. “I’m hearing you say he would text you, encourage you,” she marveled.

“He also had to fundraise. He also had a family. He was traveling. He was contacting so many people and really pouring into their lives. How did he balance it all? How did he have time to do it?”

“I have no idea,” was Stuckey’s candid response.

“You know, I’ve joked a few times that, in true Charlie fashion, he is giving all of his friends and his team a whole lot of work. … Gosh, it’s taken at least a dozen of us to make up for Charlie’s speaking engagements and all of the different obligations that he had on his show and everywhere,” she laughed.

“He really was an anomaly. God just blessed him with amazing work ethic and persistence and energy because, of course, God knew that his time was tragically short. And he had a lot to accomplish, and he did.”

In the end, Charlie didn’t just create a movement — he multiplied one.

“Even though he was the center of it, it’s far beyond him,” Stuckey said.

The Charlie effect

And she’s right. Since his tragic death, Charlie’s American Comeback Tour, which was rebranded as This Is the Turning Point Tour to honor his legacy, has experienced an explosion in participation. Campus events see massive, exceeding-expectations turnouts. Thousands are left outside as arenas fill to bursting. Patriotic chants fueled by grief-turned-determination electrify the atmosphere.

Interest in TPUSA membership has also dramatically increased, with the organization receiving more than 120,000 requests to start local chapters since the founder’s martyrdom.

The Charlie effect is real — and it’s fueling a nationwide revival.

“He left a legacy that really multiplied, and that speaks to who he was as a person but also just where we are as a country right now. People have woken up, and people are ready to step off the sidelines and come into the arena, and I say let’s go,” Stuckey urged.

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Vice President JD Vance joined Erika Kirk for a packed-house event at the University of Mississippi on October 29. The event, hosted by TPUSA, drew a crowd of over 10,000. Mrs. Kirk spoke on her husband’s legacy and the need for young people to step up in the current political environment.

Reflecting on her decision to speak at the event, which took place exactly seven weeks after her husband’s assassination, Mrs. Kirk said, “Being on campus, for me, is a spiritual reclaiming of territory. … The enemy, he doesn’t want you. He wants your territory. He wants your influence.”

‘The hope we are looking for is not found in Washington. It’s not found in media. It’s right here.’

She referred to her late husband’s desire to always push forward as a motivation for her to continue his work. “This moment, it can either be your breaking point or your wake-up call,” she said.

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Mrs. Kirk went on to encourage students to “find your voice” and told them not to be intimidated by the political environment, calling Gen Z “the courageous generation.” She emphasized TPUSA’s renewed commitment to providing resources for students in college and high school.

“The hope we are looking for is not found in Washington. It’s not found in media. It’s right here,” Mrs. Kirk said.

Vance also spoke at the event, commenting on his friendship with Charlie Kirk and echoing the TPUSA founder’s advice to students: “The most important advice he ever gave you was fall in love, get married, have a family.” Using examples from his own life, he encouraged students to have children and raise them well.

After his remarks, Vance took questions from a number of students on topics ranging from faith and marriage to foreign policy and immigration.

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The Big Tech boom around artificial intelligence shows no signs of stopping as several companies continue to climb in value. And Nvidia is leading the charge.

AI chipmaker Nvidia became the first company to reach a $5 trillion market valuation this week, just three months after it climbed over the $4 trillion threshold, the New York Post reported.

‘The market continues to underestimate the scale of the opportunity, and Nvidia remains one of the best ways to play the AI theme.’

Nvidia, now in the $5 trillion club by itself, has seen outstanding growth in the last three years since the start of the AI boom. In June 2024, Nvidia reached $3 trillion; in July 2025, it reached $4 trillion.

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“Nvidia hitting a $5 trillion market cap is more than a milestone; it’s a statement, as Nvidia has gone from chip maker to industry creator,” Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, told the New York Post.

“The market continues to underestimate the scale of the opportunity, and Nvidia remains one of the best ways to play the AI theme,” Britzman continued.

Some estimates pin Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s stake in the company at roughly $179.2 billion, making him the world’s eighth-richest man.

This week, Apple topped $4 trillion, joining Microsoft and Nvidia above that mark, according to CNN.

This rapid growth in the tech industry, however, has sparked concerns that this could be a bubble waiting to burst.

In an August interview with The Verge, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth.”

“If you look at most of the bubbles in history, like the tech bubble, there was a real thing. Tech was really important. The internet was a really big deal. People got overexcited,” Altman said.

Return reached out to Nvidia for comment but did not receive a response.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. first highlighted the new revelation based on studies that there are potential links to autism when pregnant women take Tylenol.

Now the state of Texas is suing the makers of Tylenol, claiming that they hid these links to autism and that it was deceptively marketed to women.

“These are kids that are permanently altered,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“This is the type of thing, whether it’s transitioning kids or going after the vaccine, that harms people, that these companies know about, and they don’t tell us. They make hundreds of millions, billions of dollars off these products, and they don’t disclose they’re harmful,” Paxton explains.

“So that’s part of my job, is to protect consumers from companies that are doing bad things and that’s what we’re doing here,” he adds.

Gonzales points out that it was “interesting watching the backlash.”

“It was very alarming for me to see after RFK Jr. announced this, you had these TikTok videos of these pregnant women who just to spite RFK were like, ‘I’m going to take a bunch of Tylenol on video and, you know, knock it back with some water. Haha, screw you.’ And I’m like, what are we doing? How have we been reduced to this?” she says.

“It seems like anytime you give them a scientific study and say, ‘Hey, this company was fraudulently misrepresenting a COVID vaccine, Tylenol,’ whatever it is, they can’t handle it. Like, it doesn’t compute for them,” she adds.

“Well, and the fact that you’d be willing to ignore the science and maybe take the risk that, ‘Oh, I hope it’s not right, and I might damage my kid permanently,’” Paxton chimes in.

“I mean, why would you do that?” he asks.

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Major U.S. companies are putting tens of thousands of Americans out of work.

While some analysts believe the job cuts are a sign of more bad things to come for the economy, others have taken cues from some of the top brands that say they are shifting toward automation and AI, rendering thousands of jobs useless, especially in the warehouse, sorting, and human resources sectors.

‘I’ve reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads.’

One of those companies is UPS, which recently announced they had cut 48,000 employees since last year. According to the New York Times, 70% of those jobs affected drivers and warehouse workers. The Atlanta-based company said it was undergoing changes in its delivery network.

UPS claimed it would save $3.5 billion from the cuts, with Yahoo Finance reporting that its stock jumped after the company disclosed the mass layoffs.

After leaked Amazon documents alleged that the company would avoid 600,000 future hirings — replacing them with robots — inside sources then allegedly revealed that the company had 30,000 job cuts on the way as well.

Amazon ended up denying that the internal documents represented its “overall hiring strategy” and then sliced the latter claim in half.

“Today’s announcement … includes an overall reduction in our corporate workforce of approximately 14,000 roles,” a spokesperson told Blaze News. Amazon bolstered its announcement by stating it was going to make 250,000 seasonal hirings for Christmas.

RELATED: Amazon’s secret strategy to replace 600,000 American workers with robots

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Intel announced a major restructuring plan in July that it said would result in over 24,000 cuts by the end of 2025. According to PC Mag, the company planned to cut down its global workforce by 15% and get to 75,000 employees.

“These changes are designed to create a faster-moving, flatter and more agile organization,” Intel said.

Accenture fired thousands of employees, as reported in September, part of an $865 million restructuring plan. Despite the 11,000 cuts, it has nearly doubled its AI and data staff in two years.

Simply put, many people hired for routine tasks were replaced by AI smart tools, the report stated.

Microsoft was also making a bet on AI when it announced 7,000 layoffs in May, CNN said. Microsoft, like many of the companies, made moves to trim its management-class employee base.

Salesforce revealed in September that 4,000 employees were cut from its customer support network.

“I’ve reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000 because I need less heads,” CEO Marc Benioff said, per CNBC. The employees were set to be replaced by customer service bots called Agentforce.

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Other, smaller cuts came from the following:

Paramount — 2,000 employees after its merger with Skydance;Target — 1,800 corporate cuts, including 800 roles that will never be refilled, in an attempt to spark growth;Applied Materials — 1,400 cuts to reduce operating costs due to slow demand in the semiconductor industry;Kroger — 1,000 jobs cut in corporate administrative roles; andMeta — 600 people removed from the “superintelligence lab” to streamline decision-making processes.

There are other global examples, however, like Ford, which cut 1,000 jobs in Germany due to weak demand for electric vehicles, according to Newsweek, and PwC, the investment firm that said it was cutting its global staff by 5,600 after it “upskilled” other employees by using AI.

Swiss company Nestle also said it was dropping 16,000 employees to increase efficiency, but told CNBC the move was “much broader” than simply subbing in AI.

With some companies struggling to articulate the reasons for their layoffs, this could mean that a general increase in access to information is shining a light on what would typically be considered business as usual. However, it does seem clear that many companies are following through on what seemed like distant warnings that low-skilled or rote jobs will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence.

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“I ain’t afraid of no ghost.”

Easy enough to say 40 years ago, when audiences delighted to the spectral pest control antics of Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Dan Aykroyd. You can’t fear what isn’t real, after all.

The show pioneered a tactic known as ‘provocation.’ This is when an investigator attempts to goad a spirit into manifesting by insulting it.

Things have changed. Since then, the proportion of Americans who believe in ghosts has surged 400%. Surveys indicate that nearly two-thirds of the population now hold supernatural beliefs, and 20% have reported seeing a ghost.

Entrepreneurial spirits

With roughly 50 million Americans purportedly having encountered a haunting, the business of ghost hunting has evolved into a profitable enterprise. It would appear that the invisible hand of the market really does exist.

As proof that even the ethereal cannot escape the iron law of supply and demand, paranormal tourism is booming. Millions of Americans now spend over $300 million on haunted attractions each year. You can satiate your gruesome desires by visiting Iowa’s Villisca Axe Murder House, where eight people, including six children, were murdered in 1912. For $430, anyone brave enough to take a whack at it can try to spend the night.

Ghost-hunting shows are scaring up unprecedented interest as well. YouTube, for example, has hundreds of paranormal-themed channels. One of the biggest is “Sam and Colby.” With an average of 10 million views per video, the kids are among the most popular ghost hunters online. The two film themselves while visiting haunted locales across the United States. Freed from the limitations of conventional television, the videos are lengthy and typically unedited, offering a more immersive experience for their audience of 15 million subscribers.

There are compilation channels for those who don’t want to endure the deferred gratification of 90 minutes of shaky handheld videos and constant cries of, “What was that?”

Then there are channels like “Mind Junkie” and “Nuke’s Top 5,” which brazenly monetize our endless appetite for not-so-carefully-vetted supernatural slop. One wonders if these shrewd content creators are also behind the “debunking videos” they attract. Nice business model, if so.

Tales from the clip

“Paranormal Caught on Camera,” now in its ninth season on Discovery+ and the Travel Channel, can best be described as a reality show. From poltergeist activity to mysterious shadows roaming the woods, a panel of experts weighs in on supposed paranormal footage from around the world. Imagine “Ghostbusters” meets “America’s Funniest Home Videos” — with the approximate scientific rigor of both.

Psychologists say a prior belief in ghosts makes a person more inclined to perceive unexplained sounds and events as paranormal. The show’s presenters are clearly familiar with the research. They frequently use the term “energy” (which appears to function as a noun, verb, and adjective) and attribute every sound or camera jiggle to the spirit realm.

Ghost roast

“Ghost Adventures” is one of the longest-running and best-known of these types of shows. While the experts on “Paranormal Caught on Camera” are content to remain armchair investigators, aging goth heartthrob Zak Bagans and his crew actually go out into the field. Since 2008, they have traveled around the United States looking for paranormal phenomena. The format is simple: They arrive at an alleged haunted location, turn off the lights, hit record, and explore the building. What we get is a well-curated, finely edited spectacle.

The show pioneered a tactic known as “provocation.” This is when an investigator attempts to goad a spirit into manifesting by insulting it. While this demonstrates a fortitude worthy of Ray Parker Jr. himself, it has never once worked over 300 episodes. The only scary thing that appears to be happening is a group of middle-aged men screaming in the dark about nothing in particular.

The truckload of pseudoscientific equipment these guys bring to the task separates them from your average amateur. A truckload of pseudoscientific instruments is used to add an element of objectivity. Particularly prized is the EMF meter, used to detect the electromagnetic fields ghosts apparently emit. This essential prop emits clicks and pings reminiscent of the motion trackers used to detect xenomorphs in the movie “Aliens.” Unsurprisingly, there is no James Cameron-level tension here. Ninety-nine times out of 100, they’ve probably just found the fuse box.

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Phantom itch

Slick, polished, and carefully choreographed. It’s all very Hollywood. It comes as no surprise that the massive increase in belief in ghosts over the last 50 years coincides with the golden era of horror. Art imitates life. Many of these shows use the same strategies as your typical Hollywood special effects department.

So why are we watching these shows? “Ghost Adventures,” now in its 28th season, has perfected the art of selling us fear. These shows give us what we want. We love to be afraid. A horror movie grants us the chance to live vicariously through the characters on the screen. A way to experience and navigate terror from the comfort of our couch.

Then there’s another, more poignant, explanation. We believe in ghosts for the same reason that we believe in God. In the end, both ghost hunters and Christians are motivated by the same persistent yearning that has dogged us since the dawn of humanity: There’s got to be something more than this.

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Residents of an apartment complex in Southern California were horrified to after the remains of a 7-year-old boy were found stuffed inside a freezer of their neighbors’ unit.

Deputies were called on a welfare check to the apartment at the complex on Euclid Avenue in Lynwood on Tuesday evening, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

‘This is an unimaginable and horrific tragedy. … My heart breaks for what the other children in this home must have experienced.’

After finding the remains, police arrested 25-year-old Destiny Harrison, the boy’s mother, on suspicion of committing murder.

They also arrested his father, 25-year-old Daniel Monzon, and his grandmother, 46-year-old Ana Zarceno-Carcamo, on conspiracy to commit murder.

The couple had three other children living in their home, and they were taken into protective custody. The children were 16 years, 13 years, and 9 months old.

Police said they were still investigating the incident and offered few details.

“This is an unimaginable and horrific tragedy,” L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn said. “I stand ready to support the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as they investigate this child’s death. My heart breaks for what the other children in this home must have experienced, and it’s critical that our Department of Children and Family Services do everything possible to support them and keep them safe in protective custody.”

Neighbors told KTLA-TV they were shocked by the report and said they had seen no signs of trouble from the family.

“To me she seemed like a normal person,” said a neighbor who did not want to be identified. “The whole time she was here, she was walking her dog right here, and that’s about it.”

“Once I found out it was a kid, I was literally driving home with my gut going crazy,” said Christian Torres, who lives near the location of the incident. “It hurts when you hear about these cases, but when you live them and they’re so close to you, it’s a whole different thing.”

RELATED: Remains of 4 dead infants found abandoned in recently vacated house, police sources say

Another resident, who only wanted to be identified as Mia, said no one heard anything.

“That’s traumatizing to know that kid had to suffer like that,” she told KTLA. “A lot of people are trying to figure out what family did this. … How did we not know? How did other people not know? There are thousands of people living around here, and none of us heard a thing or even saw anything on any of the kids.”

The three suspects are being held on $2 million bail each.

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At least one police department in California is responding to the possible lapse in food stamp benefits by stepping up patrols around grocery stores to prevent theft and unrest.

Republicans and Democrats have been blaming each other as the government shutdown enters its fifth week, but the rhetoric had worsened as the threat to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program grows closer. About 5.5 million people in California depend on SNAP food welfare.

‘These increased patrols are not in response to any specific incident, but are a preventive measure to maintain public safety, deter theft, and reassure the community.’

The Barstow Police Dept. posted the statement on their official Facebook page Tuesday.

“We understand that these circumstances may cause additional stress for many families. To help ensure the safety of residents, customers, and business owners, officers will be conducting extra patrols around local grocery stores, convenience stores, and shopping centers,” the statement reads.

“These increased patrols are not in response to any specific incident, but are a preventive measure to maintain public safety, deter theft, and reassure the community that law enforcement is present and ready to help,” they added.

The benefits will run out on Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues.

About 42 million people across the country receive the benefits.

RELATED: Who is to blame for the government shutdown? CNN analyst finds astounding results

California and 20 other states are suing the federal government to ensure the SNAP program is funded.

“While Donald Trump parades around the world trying to repair the economic damage he’s done with his incompetence, he’s denying food to millions of Americans who will go hungry next month,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said in a statement. “It’s cruel and speaks to his basic lack of humanity. He doesn’t care about the people of this country, only himself.”

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While Jasmine Crockett’s supporters believe she has what it takes to run for Senate in Texas, BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere points out there may be some potential complications that could throw a wrench in those plans.

“There’s been a scandal here, a scandal there. No big deal,” Burguiere comments, before pulling up an article from the Washington Free Beacon titled “Inside Jasmine Crockett’s Secret Stock Portfolio and Failed Attempts To Become a Marijuana Magnate.”

“Twenty-five undisclosed stocks in Crockett’s portfolio include her ownership of shares in Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, General Motors, Uber, DuPont, ExxonMobil, American Airlines, AT&T, Aurora Cannabis, Ford, and ‘Corporate Cannabis’ and ‘Stocks Worldwide,’ the records show,” the article reads.

“Crockett also reported in her last Texas financial disclosure owing debts of at least $110,000 — none of which she divulged in her first congressional financial disclosure covering the same calendar year,” it continues.

The article reports that it’s “unclear if Crockett still owes the debts she reported in her last Texas financial disclosure.”

Crockett reported owing at least $46,580 to both the Texans Federal Credit Union and Wells Fargo at the end of 2021, and reported owing between $18,630 and $46,580 to an individual named Ben Babcock.

“Crockett’s debt to Babcock may have stemmed from a home she appears to have rented while serving in the Texas state legislature. Crockett’s Texas financial disclosures show her debt to Babcock steadily increased from 2019 through 2021,” the article reports.

“This is just a thought, and I don’t know if you’ve had similar experiences, but this is how it’s been consistently through my life. When I’ve rented apartments and homes from various landlords, what they’ve expected is me to pay the rent monthly,” Burguiere comments.

“Apparently not the case with Ben Babcock, who is, like, totally fine with just this thousands of dollars in debt just building up,” he says.

And according to the article, when Crockett appeared on ‘The Breakfast Club’ earlier this year, she “brought up — and laughed off — internet reports that she is worth $9 million but said she may be in line for some very lucrative fees from long-running civil rights cases she worked on before entering government.”

“If House ethics rules prevent her from taking her cut, Crockett told ‘The Breakfast Club’ hosts, she’ll quit Congress, take the money, then run again.”

“This is why I love her so. This is why she should absolutely run for Senate in Texas, because she’s the only person who’s honest about this stuff,” Stu says, before homing in on Ben Babcock.

“I’m very fascinated about this Ben Babcock character who’s so generous because I have a mortgage payment. I would love to just not pay it. It would be awesome,” he continues. “Maybe Ben Babcock could give me a house for free too.”

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Various organizations and leaders related to Black Lives Matter are under investigation for possible fraud, according to sources that spoke to the Associated Press.

Sources familiar with the matter told the AP that at least one search warrant has been served and that several subpoenas have been issued in the Department of Justice investigation.

The foundation last reported in financial filings that it had amassed over $28 million in assets.

The report said that the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. was one of the groups being investigated. The foundation last reported in financial filings that it had amassed over $28 million in assets.

The AP report said the sources spoke to the outlet anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

While there were no indications of criminal charges yet, the report showed a renewed focus on investigating radical leftist groups by the DOJ. President Donald Trump has declared that law enforcement officials will root out the funding for violent rioting related to politics.

A spokesperson for the DOJ declined to comment to the AP report.

Support for the group increased after the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody in 2020, but the large-scale rioting across the U.S. in the months afterward led to many turning away from the movement.

RELATED: Black Lives Matter issues a new list of demands, including a permanent Trump ban from political office and social media

The foundation said Thursday it was not a target “of any federal criminal investigation” in a statement to the AP.

“We remain committed to full transparency, accountability, and the responsible stewardship of resources dedicated to building a better future for Black communities,” reads a statement from the foundation.

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Progressive groups are organizing more than 100 anti-immigration enforcement protests at Home Depot and detention center locations nationwide this weekend.

‘All over the country, ICE agents are targeting immigrants in and around Home Depot, attacking and terrorizing workers, customers, and surrounding communities.’

The demonstrations are advertised as a “rally/vigil” to honor “all the workers who have been kidnapped by ICE on Home Depot properties.”

Organizers accused Home Depot of “becom[ing] ICE’s passive partner,” claiming that the company “has not resisted or condemned these raids.”

“Tell Home Depot: ICE Out!” the ads read.

The planned demonstrations appear to be in response to the death of Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a 52-year-old from Guatemala. In August, Montoya Valdez was fatally struck by a vehicle when he ran onto a California highway while attempting to flee the scene of a Home Depot, where federal agents were performing immigration enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security stated that Montoya Valdez was not being pursued by any federal law enforcement agents at the time.

RELATED: No, ICE isn’t terrorizing innocent families with social media surveillance

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“All over the country, ICE agents are targeting immigrants in and around Home Depot, attacking and terrorizing workers, customers, and surrounding communities. The raids are terrifying, chaotic, and sometimes deadly,” the ad for the protest read.

Organizers are hosting a Día de los Muertos protest outside a Pasadena Home Depot on Saturday, in honor of Montoya Valdez and two other individuals who died in separate incidents tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, according to Pasadena Now. The local outlet noted that the event will feature an altar, music, and speakers.

RELATED: Far-left congressional candidate hit with reality check after allegedly impeding ICE operations

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The protests are a part of the Disappeared in America project, hosted by the Public Citizen Foundation, the National Day Laborers Organizing Network, the Workers Circle, and the Detention Watch Network.

The George Soros’ Open Society Foundations has made nearly two dozen grant donations, totaling over $6 million, to the Public Citizen Foundation since 2016. It has donated $700,000 directly to the Detention Watch Network and another $835,000 to the Tides Center “to support the Detention Watch Network.”

“We aren’t notified that immigration enforcement activities are going to happen, and we aren’t involved in the operations. We’re required to follow all federal and local rules and regulations in every market where we operate,” Home Depot told Blaze News.

Open Society Foundations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Texas pastor Dwight McKissic took to X to shockingly credit Democrats with lowering abortion rates — and suggested that God is concerned with protecting “the whole of life,” not just birth.

“God can hit a straight lick with a crooked stick. The Democrats have actually reduced abortions more so than Republicans. In the sovereignty of God he is revealing to us, his ways are above our ways. Democracy [sic] who are pro-life understand that voting for Donald Trump was not going to save one baby,” McKissic wrote in a post on X.

“Abortions have decreased when Democrats were in office, and increased when Republican presidents were/are in office. God is demonstrating to us, he is concerned about the whole of life … not just pro-birth, but all aspects of life. God moves in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform,” he added.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is not buying it.

“This is a Democratic operative who calls himself a religious leader, who calls himself a Christian,” Whitlock says.

“He’s co-signed and said, ‘Hey look, you know, even when we’re putting Planned Parenthoods everywhere, even when we’re putting abortion trucks outside the Democrat National Convention, hey, this is all working in conjunction with God. And the more babies we kill, the actual less babies die,’” he continues.

“What Dwight McKissic is saying is actually reminiscent of what his contingent has been saying for a very long time,” BlazeTV contributor Chad Jackson says.

“I remember when Roland Martin said something similar. … He said that, ‘Well, Democrats are actually more pro-life than Republicans because we actually care about the entire life, the whole life. If you’re so pro-life, then why aren’t you supporting things like, you know, universal basic income?’” he adds.

“And so, what he’s saying is that the only life worth living, if you are an unborn child coming into the world, is a life that is basically socialist in nature,” he continues.

“And so, the fact of the matter is, Dwight McKissic is somebody who calls himself a pastor, but he has traded in his role as a pastor behind the pulpit for advancing a political agenda more so than advancing the kingdom of God. And it’s quite troubling because you see the same thing happening in many so-called black pulpits across this country and, I mean, they’re leading people straight to hell,” he says.

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A driver tried to run over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was involved in a vehicle stop in California, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The Ontario Police Department said it provided aid to the agents after receiving a call Thursday morning about a shooting.

One of the officers fired ‘defensive shots’ at the vehicle out of fear for his life.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the agents performed the traffic stop at about 6:30 a.m. on Vineyard Avenue when another car pulled up in front of them, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The officers ordered the other driver to leave, McLaughlin said, and he seemed about to comply when “the car stopped and attempted to run officers over by reversing directly at them without stopping.”

One of the officers fired “defensive shots” at the vehicle out of fear for his life, according to McLaughlin.

“The subject fled the scene and abandoned his vehicle,” she added.

Ontario police were not involved in the shooting and offered only traffic control and security while DHS investigated the incident.

Video from KTTV showed scenes recorded from a news helicopter.

RELATED: DHS has a message for ‘cowards’ threatening ICE on social media — influencer laughs in response

The FBI is also investigating the incident, according to Ontario police.

Ontario was also recently the scene of a horrific accident that took the lives of at least three people when the driver of a commercial truck plowed into stopped traffic on the 10 freeway. The driver was identified as a 21-year-old illegal alien from India named Jashanpreet Singh.

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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky fired back after Vice President JD Vance criticized the lawmaker for constantly bucking their party.

Vance spoke at the University of Mississippi Wednesday night to continue the Turning Point USA’s college campus tour following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In remembrance of Kirk, Vance opened the floor to thousands of students to ask questions.

‘You’re eventually going to make too many enemies.’

One attendee asked Vance why President Donald Trump went after Massie, raising concerns that this conflict would discourage independent thinking within the Republican Party.

“This one is hard for me,” Vance said. “And the reason it’s hard for me is because Thomas Massie and I — he’s one of the first people that ever reached out to me about my book or about political office. I’ve known Thomas Massie well before I ever got involved in politics.”

RELATED: Senate Republicans betray Trump, help Democrats try to block tariffs

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“I think the problem with Thomas — and I’ve told him this in private, and now I guess I’ll say it again in public — is it’s one thing to disagree with the party on a particular issue,” Vance added. “It’s one thing to have your independent stand on a number of questions — and by the way, some of this stuff where Thomas Massie has been independent from the Republican Party, I’ve agreed with.”

Vance went on to argue that despite their friendship, Massie’s ideological stubbornness, no matter how principled, has cost him the president’s support.

“Being independent, having your own opinions is one thing,” Vance said. “Voting against the party on every single issue, you’re eventually going to make too many enemies. And that is the problem that Thomas has had. It’s not one issue. It’s not three or four issues. It’s that every time that we’ve needed Thomas for a vote, he has been completely unwilling to provide it.”

“Politics is politics,” Vance added. “And when you always vote against the party, you can’t expect the party to actually back it.”

RELATED: Vance casts tiebreaking Senate vote after Republicans join Democrats to tank Trump’s tariffs

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Massie argued that if the party demands total compliance on every vote and leaves no room for debate, it risks alienating many voters who may not check every policy box on the party platform. Massie also did not shy away from calling out the party’s policies he objected to, saying he “won’t be their yes man.”

“The lady at TPUSA last night addressed an issue many young Republicans have with our party today,” Massie said of the attendee who approached Vance. “90% of my votes align with the Republican platform, yet there seems to be no room for dissent or debate. Our tent shrinks if party leaders demand 100% compliance.”

“When leaders of my own party protect sex traffickers, spend our grandkids into oblivion, fund endless wars, lockdown our citizens, bailout corporations, bow to other countries, and hurt small farmers … it’s true that I won’t be their yes man,” Massie said in a post on X.

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The liberal media wasted a great deal of airtime and ink over the past decade fearmongering about the Russian collusion narrative but clammed up earlier this year when the Trump administration produced receipts demonstrating that the basis of multiple investigations and numerous arrests was nothing more than a hoax perpetrated on the American people by the Obama administration.

In the wake of revelations this week about Operation Arctic Frost — chiefly about the Biden FBI’s surveillance of Republican lawmakers and indiscriminate targeting of conservatives — the liberal media has once again proven strategically incurious, evidencing the unidirectional nature of their outrage.

‘They screamed when Nixon’s “enemy list” was exposed.’

The New York Times, for instance, has concern–mongered in recent weeks about personnel changes at the Justice Department and the Trump administration’s alleged use of “the federal government’s vast intelligence gathering and law enforcement authority to cast the specter of criminality on Mr. Trump’s enemies.”

However, with the apparent exception of an Oct. 7 article focusing on Republican denunciations of special counsel Jack Smith’s covert collection of lawmakers’ phone records and an Oct. 21 article boosting denials issued on Smith’s behalf by his lawyers, the Times has avoided troubling itself with questions about Arctic Frost or the latest documents highlighting the Biden FBI’s targeting of conservatives.

The Times was far from the only liberal publication to ignore the documents released this week by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) and the House Judiciary Committee revealing the massive scope of the Arctic Frost dragnet.

The Washington Post, CBS News, ABC News, and the Atlantic similarly appear to have largely ignored the matter, publishing little to nothing this week on the latest bombshells.

RELATED: Damning new docs reveal who’s on Biden admin’s ‘enemies list,’ expose extent of FBI’s Arctic Frost

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CNN’s coverage this month appears to be limited to a piece boosting denials on Smith’s behalf and an analysis piece by senior reporter Aaron Blake, who did his apparent best to downplay the finding that Smith had covertly obtained the phone records of Republican lawmakers.

Blake claimed that the “GOP is exaggerating the evidence”; that the evidence does not “fit what is traditionally understood to constitute ‘spying'”; that the surveillance of lawmakers’ communications is not unprecedented; and that “we certainly don’t have evidence that it was done for political purposes.”

While MSNBC, NBC News, and Politico seemed interested in engaging with the story prior to this week, their efforts were apparently focused on downplaying the findings, portraying Smith as a victim, and painting Arctic Frost as an apolitical investigation and Republicans’ concerns as unhinged.

Trump ally Roger Stone noted, “They screamed when Nixon’s ‘enemy list’ was exposed. Why aren’t the media and the Democrats talking about the Arctic Frost TARGET LIST — the ultimate weaponization of the criminal justice system?”

Tom Bevan, the president of RealClearPolitics, expressed amazement, writing on Thursday morning, “No mention of Arctic Frost in the NY Times or the Washington Post. These are not ‘news’ organizations any more.”

Bevan added, “Same on CNN, ABC News, CBS News … and NBC News. Not. One. Story.”

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said Wednesday that what is revealed in the latest document dumps regarding Arctic Frost “is nothing short of a Biden administration enemies list. I’m old enough to understand how toxic a term that was under Richard Nixon. This is far worse — far worse, orders of magnitude worse.”

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The campaign bus for the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia caught on fire just five days before the pivotal election.

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears confirmed the incident in a post on social media Thursday but offered few details.

‘I’m thinking of the Lt. Governor and her team after this scary incident.’

“While en-route to an event, our campaign bus caught fire,” she posted. “Everyone is safe. Thank you to the first responders who got to the scene quickly — we are so grateful for you.”

Her Democratic competitor, Abigail Spanberger, posted about the incident as well.

“I’m relieved to hear Winsome Earle-Sears and her team are safe after her campaign bus caught on fire this afternoon,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “I’m grateful to our first responders for their quick action — and I’m thinking of the Lt. Governor and her team after this scary incident.”

Authorities have not released any details yet about the incident.

WCAV-TV published a photograph of the fire that was sent to them by a viewer. A second photo from the scene shows that the bus was mostly destroyed by the fire.

A spokesperson with the Earle-Sears team said first responders were still at the scene at about 3 p.m. local time.

RELATED: VIDEO: Earle-Sears crushes Democratic candidate over death-wish texts during gubernatorial debate

Most polling has shown Spanberger with a lead in the race, but Earle-Sears has gained some ground and closed some of the gap as Election Day approaches.

Spanberger might have given Earle-Sears an opportunity to persuade voters into the Republican column after the Democrat refused to retract her endorsement of Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones, who texted death wishes against a Republican and his children.

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Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem has denied Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request to halt immigration enforcement operations for the Halloween weekend. Noem provided her response during a press conference on Thursday in Gary, Indiana, to provide updates on Operation Midway Blitz.

Pritzker said he wants the three-day pause to keep children safe from federal agents, who have had to deploy tear gas in response to locals getting violent and interfering with operations.

‘We have individuals that we picked up off the streets with our ICE officers and CBP officers that have assault against a child, child pedophiles, rapes.’

“No, we’re absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe. The fact that Governor Pritzker is asking for that is shameful and, I think, unfortunate that he doesn’t recognize how important the work is that we do to make sure we’re bringing criminals to justice and getting them off our streets,” Noem said.

“We have individuals that we picked up off the streets with our ICE officers and CBP officers that have assault against a child, child pedophiles, rapes. Those individuals don’t deserve to be on our streets, and we’re certainly not going to let our kids be victimized by them,” she added.

Noem announced Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested over 3,000 illegal aliens since the start of Operation Midway Blitz.

RELATED: Legal victory for Border Patrol in Chicago after judge tries to micromanage operations

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As the “Crossroads of America,” Indiana has been working closely with ICE to arrest illegal aliens who are driving 18-wheelers and other large commercial vehicles in the aftermath of several cases involving illegal alien semi-truck drivers allegedly causing fatal accidents.

“Through that partnership, 223 illegal aliens have been arrested and taken off of our roads. Of those, 146 of them were drivers. That includes 46 semi-truck drivers and another 82 of them that were either box trucks, buses, moving vans, vehicles such as that,” Noem explained.

The illegal aliens who were arrested were issued commercial driver’s licenses from states such as California, Illinois, and New York.

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