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Can Trump strike a China deal without selling out workers?

September 27, 2025

After eight months in office, almost all of the Trump administration’s aggressive trade agenda has come into focus.

Sectoral tariffs have been applied to industries deemed important to national security. A fresh review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, negotiated and signed during President Donald Trump’s first term, has been announced. And while lots will hinge on the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court review of the legality of “reciprocal” tariffs, the president has used them to trigger trade talks and higher rates with almost every major trade partner.

Trump has a chance to stand on higher ground than his predecessors on China. But it all depends on what kind of deal his administration strikes with that country.

But the biggest trade question remains unanswered: How will the second Trump administration ultimately deal with China?

The China question

Negotiations between the U.S. and Chinese governments are ongoing, the results of which will be hugely consequential. But judging from the administration’s own body language and with a November deadline rapidly approaching, you might conclude that the president is most interested in another deal for the sake of a deal.

That would be a mistake. China’s state-directed economy massively distorts global trade. Many of its manufacturing industries are in a state of intentional overcapacity, and the Chinese government has proven willing to absorb those trade barriers rather than correct the imbalances; as such, China remains a major U.S. trading partner, despite the wall of tariffs and other restrictions our nations have raised and lowered against each other.

A bad precedent

Moreover, we know what happened the last time a Trump administration cut a hasty trade deal with China. The promised bulk-commodity purchases weren’t completed, and China made no meaningful changes to specific unfair trade behaviors like intellectual-property theft, circumvention, and its raft of industrial subsidies. While Trump began both his terms as a China trade hawk, looking to differentiate himself from his predecessors, his first-term retreat and ongoing second-term hesitation make that distinction hardly discernible.

Misreading Beijing

Over the last quarter-century, every American president has misread the Chinese Communist Party. President Bill Clinton trusted that market power would liberalize Chinese society; it has since grown more authoritarian. President George W. Bush trusted the power of Hank Paulson to manage the U.S.-China relationship. Instead, the American manufacturing workforce suffered the horrific China shock. President Barack Obama, much more sanguine about China, aimed to mitigate the damage but trusted that bilateral dialogues and engagement through the World Trade Organization would induce Beijing to move off of its model of state capitalism; it instead ran out the clock on him and his efforts.

Donald Trump, the ultimate dealmaker, trusted that an agreement would change the bilateral dynamic, but then Xi Jinping ignored it. President Joe Biden, to his credit, kept many of Trump’s tariffs and even made nascent progress in shoring up our own industrial capacities and enlisting our allies. But, to borrow a phrase utilized by his administration, the “yard” in “small yard and high fence” was, in fact, too small to spark systemic change.

What’s the strategy?

Now Trump has returned, but has his approach evolved? The administration’s actions on China to date could cause whiplash. Perhaps this strategic ambiguity is by design. But it makes one wonder what his priorities are now. Is it a TikTok deal inconsistent with U.S. law? Will we have 145% tariffs, a grand trade bargain, or something in between? Does the president want to make China dependent on American technology for artificial intelligence, or does he want to completely box it out of the latest tech? Will he invite Chinese domestic investment or view it as a national security threat?

And if he announces an agreement, will it be strong enough to move more critical supply chains out of China?

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After all, defending U.S. manufacturing and its workers against unfair Chinese trade used to be the clear goal. If it remains so, any deal with China must maintain tariffs at a level high enough to limit import volumes, make extremely narrow and time-limited exceptions for the inputs necessary to turbocharge the reshoring effort, and phase tariffs for those categories over time.

The administration must also continue to enlist allies in the effort to surround China. There will be a chance for that with Canada and Mexico during the USMCA negotiations. Higher tariffs for “transshipped” goods, like the recent deal with Vietnam, should be a feature of all these reciprocal agreements. The latest China shock is hitting manufacturing hard in the European Union, so the EU’s participation should be a priority.

Lasting change

Finally, the administration must include the U.S. Congress in this work. Executive orders only go so far, and, in 2025, skepticism about the U.S.-China trade relationship is one of the few areas of bipartisan political agreement. President Trump should leverage that, call on Congress to repeal China’s permanent normal trade relations, and make a higher tariff rate permanent. That would be a huge step toward locking in a sensible derisking strategy and also demonstrating to businesses that the strategy is durable.

Trump has a chance to stand on higher ground than his predecessors on China. But it all depends on what kind of deal his administration strikes with that country. A lot of American factory jobs depend on the outcome.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.

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Tylenol’s concerns about possible autism risk date back more than a decade, documents reportedly show

September 27, 2025

Joseph MacKinnon

Medical groups, foreign health organizations, and some lawmakers threw a conniption this week after President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dared to take action over the apparent association between autism and prenatal exposure to acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.

A popular tactic taken by critics was to refute a claim the Trump administration wasn’t making, namely that acetaminophen was causally linked to autism.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, for example, stated, “In more than two decades of research on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy, not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester of pregnancy causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children.”

Of course, the point the administration was making concerns the apparent correlation, not causation, between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism in children — a correlation that has been borne out in numerous studies published in reputable peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Environmental Health, JAMA Psychiatry, Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, and the International Journal of Epidemiology.

While such studies evidently have not swayed organizations cozy with the pharmaceutical industry, they certainly caused alarm behind the scenes at the very company that made Tylenol for six decades.

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson made the acetaminophen product Tylenol available over the counter in 1960. In 2023, J&J spun off its consumer health care division Kenvue as an independent company, which now makes the drug.

Damning internal documents recently obtained by the Daily Caller indicate that years before J&J parted ways with Tylenol, some of its senior scientists admitted that a possible association existed between Tylenol and autism.

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For instance, when serving as the U.S. director of epidemiology for J&J’s pharmaceutical arm Janssen in 2018, Rachel Weinstein noted in an email, “The weight of evidence is starting to feel heavy to me.”

After referencing “studies in prenatal exposure and neurodev outcome,” Weinstein wrote, “It looks like there are a bunch of papers from 2016 that we somehow missed. Many of them by Liew et al.”

One of the papers Weinstein may have been referring to was a study published in the international journal Autism Research. The study indicated that maternal use of acetaminophen for over 20 weeks of pregnancy “increased the risk of [autism spectrum disorder] or infantile autism with hyperkinetic symptoms almost twofold.”

The company documents were provided to the Caller by the law firm Keller Postman, which is leading a class-action lawsuit against Kenvue as well as against retailers that sell their own store-branded acetaminophen.

Ashley Keller, lead attorney for the families whose suit will be heard before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit beginning on Oct. 9, told Blaze News, “The emails confirm that the company’s nothing-to-see-here response to the administration’s announcement is pure spin.”

“Internally, the company was aware of the growing body of scientific evidence linking prenatal Tylenol use to neurodevelopmental harm in offspring,” Keller added.

‘There are dozens of studies showing a link between Tylenol and neurodevelopmental harm in offspring.’

Weinstein wrote in a 2014 letter to one of the researchers behind the 2014 study titled “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy, behavioral problems, and hyperkinetic disorders,” which was published in JAMA Pediatrics, “We recognize the substantial strengths of the study and the data sources.”

That study concluded, “Maternal acetaminophen use during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk for HKDs and ADHD-like behaviors in children.”

Referencing her correspondence with the researcher on the 2014 paper, Weinstein and other top J&J scientists considered backing follow-up studies; however, she then noted, “Do we really need to stick our neck out and make this offer?”

Slides for a 2018 internal presentation labeled “privileged and confidential” discussed epidemiological studies concerning potential links between Tylenol and various neurodevelopmental disorders. The slide summarizing the studies under review states, “Individual observational studies show a somewhat consistent association of increased occurrence of neurodevelopmental outcomes with prenatal exposure.”

Internal communications further indicate that some J&J employees were reportedly also aware of a 2018 scientific review that indicated nine recent studies had suggested “an increased risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes following prenatal [acetaminophen] exposure.”

The Caller indicated that Weinstein could not be reached for comment.

A spokesperson for J&J told the Daily Caller, “Johnson & Johnson divested its consumer health business years ago, and all rights and liabilities associated with the sale of its over-the-counter products, including Tylenol (acetaminophen), are owned by Kenvue.”

The current maker of Tylenol, Kenvue, in turn continued downplaying a link between its drug and autism.

“Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of the people who use our products,” said Kenvue spokeswoman Melissa Witt. “We have continuously evaluated the science and continue to believe there is no causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism.”

When asked about Kenvue’s assertion that “there is no credible science that shows taking acetaminophen causes autism,” Keller, the attorney representing families in the class-action lawsuit against Kenvue, told Blaze News, “To quote the late, great Justice Scalia: ‘Pure applesauce.'”

Alluding to some of the credible science that has been undertaken to date, Keller underscored there is cause for concern.

“There are dozens of studies showing a link between Tylenol and neurodevelopmental harm in offspring. The direct measurement studies that look at biomarkers all show dose response (more Tylenol, more risk),” Keller said. “They also show very elevated odds ratios (double, triple, quadruple, even quintupling of the risk). The animal models, which can control for genetics far better than human observational studies, show that acetaminophen is neurotoxic.”

“Does that mean causation has been definitively established? No, it is simply likely,” Keller continued. “But even if you only think it is plausible, we shouldn’t have to wait for definitive proof of causation before we warn pregnant women of risks.”

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Sheriff gave dire public warning after being forced to release ‘very dangerous’ inmate. Turns out his warning was warranted.

September 27, 2025

Dave Urbanski

Steve Reams, sheriff for Weld County in Colorado, posted a chilling warning on Facebook earlier this month.

Reams revealed that an inmate who “is a potential danger to the community” was being released.

‘God help this State.’

The sheriff’s Facebook post included a mugshot of 21-year-old Ephraim Debisa (aka Debisa Ephraim) along with video allegedly showing the suspect repeatedly pounding the heads of fight victims even after they were unconscious.

In the first part of the clip, a male appears to get knocked out and is lying on a sidewalk when another male begins repeatedly punching the victim in the face; the second part shows a one-on-one street fight during which a male sucker-punches another male, the punched male falls to the street, and the male who walloped him repeatedly punches the face of the motionless victim.

Reams said Greeley Police arrested Debisa on April 5 on charges of suspicion of attempted murder, first-degree assault causing serious bodily injury, and engaging in a riot. Reams said Greeley Police on April 23 issued another arrest for a separate case regarding Debisa while he was still incarcerated in the Weld County jail.

Nevertheless, the sheriff noted in his Sept. 8 Facebook post that Debisa “will be released from the Weld County jail today per Colorado statute. Competency was raised in two of his criminal cases, and the courts found in July of this year his competency could not be restored, and therefore he would not be able to stand trial.”

Reams added, “The state legislature and the Governor have continued to weaken the criminal justice system by handcuffing law enforcement, prosecutors and judges for the sake of criminals. Colorado HB24-1034 has created a crisis where very dangerous individuals are being released to the street to reoffend over and over; this is the latest example. I pray this individual doesn’t hurt another innocent victim, but the public deserves to know of his past violent actions so they can protect themselves accordingly. God help this State.”

Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 24-1034 into law last year, KCNC-TV reported, which says in part that those deemed incompetent to stand trial in the last five years should be given mental health treatment if possible.

But Sheriff Reams told the station that the law allows those who don’t qualify for the mental health program to be released without further attention. Indeed, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office told KCNC it had to drop its case against Debisa since mental health evaluators did not believe they could restore his competency within a reasonable, foreseeable future, which the law requires.

“With that ruling, we are forced to release that individual,” Reams told the station.

The sheriff added to KCNC that prosecutors tried to extend Debisa’s jail stay through legal channels while trying to find ways to prosecute him further or get him into a mental health facility. But those efforts were exhausted, and the inmate was legally required to be released, the station said.

“He is a very dangerous person, and his actions, from what we can tell, were unprovoked,” Reams added to KCNC.

Reams added to the station that he would have considered getting federal agencies involved to consider deportation since Debisa is a refugee from Tanzania — except technically he was never acquitted or found guilty of the charges against him; Debisa only was found incompetent to stand trial. Therefore he also couldn’t be prosecuted for deportation, KCNC said.

A warranted warning

As you might already be guessing, it turns out that Sheriff Reams’ dire warning to the public earlier this month was warranted.

Police in Greeley just arrested Debisa after University of Northern Colorado officials said he was spotted on campus with a gun, KCNC reported in a follow-up story.

Indeed, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday, “Today, Ephraim Debisa, 21, was arrested again by the Greeley Police Dept. with the help of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office STRIKE team.”

The sheriff’s office said Debisa was arrested on a warrant from the UNC police on a pair of felony charges: unlawful possession of a weapon on school grounds and trespass of an inhabited dwelling.

Sheriff Reams reacted to Debisa’s new arrest by saying exactly what you might expect: “I knew this would happen. I am glad no one was hurt.”

The sheriff’s office added that jail staff couldn’t produce a new mugshot for Debisa “due to his uncooperative behavior.” Debisa in a virtual interview from jail said he’s being politically targeted.

The new arms race is AI — and America’s kids are losing

September 27, 2025

Ryan P. Williams

The accelerating ascent, ubiquity, and commercialization of artificial intelligence require a renewed focus on truly elite human capital if we are to safeguard the future of Western civilization — both from external adversaries like China and also, perhaps even more importantly, from ourselves, especially given our postmodern and transhumanist tendencies.

In the coming years, we will need an elite cadre of Americans residing at the top levels of national and state government and bureaucracy. And yet, we are confronted by a very sad state of affairs across K-12 and postsecondary education, making the creation of such an elite class an increasingly difficult task.

We are clearly sapping the attention spans and atrophying the brains of our high school students.

A recent Atlantic article illustrated “Exhibit A” of this problem, namely, Harvard, the peak of elite credentialing institutions. The article, titled “The Perverse Consequences of the Easy A,” documents an alarming trend after decades of grade inflation. This excerpt helps give a sense of the problem’s progression: “In 2011, 60% of all grades were in the A range (up from 33% in 1985). By the 2020-21 academic year, that share had risen to 79%.”

Harvard has studied the problem and its effects: It turns out that when little effort is required to succeed in traditional academic respects, students stop going to class and, unsurprisingly, are doing less and less learning. An embarrassing fact emerges from faculty and student interviews: Fewer students are reading books and engaging with ideas at the world’s leading bastion of higher education. Trends are similar across the Ivies. The rise of ChatGPT and other large language models only exacerbates the problem.

The collapse of true learning in higher education should not be a surprise: The supply side for higher ed — teenagers — are rapidly incorporating LLMs into their daily academic lives.

In January, a Pew Research survey found that the number of America’s teenagers, ages 13-17, using ChatGPT had doubled since 2023 from 13% to 26%. Awareness among teens of ChatGPT has grown significantly over the last two years as well from 67% to 79%. With increasing familiarity comes the rising likelihood of teens using ChatGPT for homework and paper writing, as well as the opinion that it is legitimate and good for such purposes — roughly 50% to 80% of those surveyed, depending on how familiar they are with the technology.

Some initial studies suggest that this problem may be worse than the rising temptation of machine-aided plagiarism. An MIT Media Lab study determined that the use of ChatGPT in researching and composing papers led to underperformance “at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” The main author of the paper emphasized that “developing brains are at the highest risk.” The study is still under peer review and has a small sample size, but it would seem to confirm a common theme of similar cognitive and concentration studies done by many researchers since the rise of social media and the smartphone.

We are clearly sapping the attention spans and atrophying the brains of our high school students. The best of them are going to elite institutions of higher education, where they are less likely than ever to take any real advantage of their most important years for stocking intellectual capital and forming their minds and souls.

Technological Quixotism

Our pursuit of the holy grail of artificial general intelligence is sold to us by our current technologist class on at least two tracks. We are told that the AGI revolution will cure cancer, extend our lives considerably, help us terraform Mars, and usher in a new age of abundance and convenience. Who doesn’t want that? And we also really have to do it, pedal to the metal, in order to beat China in the new nuclear arms race — that is, the AI race.

This generally pro-technologist point of view was represented in the recent attempt by Sen.Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and others to get a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of AI into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That effort failed, thankfully, despite an intense lobbying effort by a growing constellation of pro-AI Big Tech PACs, super PACS, and lobbyists.

Another finding in the MIT study also lends credence to the recent enthusiastic embrace of AI. If you took the test group that was asked to complete a writing assignment without ChatGPT to rewrite their paper without it physically in front of them but with ChatGPT’s assistance, their measured brain activity demonstrated more robust engagement and retention, and the finished product was of good quality. This suggests that the use of LLMs as aids rather than originators of thought and writing posed much less of a probability of cognitive laziness and atrophy. In this way, LLMs look more like a useful supplemental tool.

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Students face a great temptation to use this new technology as a pedagogical aid, as some elite universities like Duke are trying to integrate AI and LLMs into their systems and educational strategies. But growing research suggests that doing so has as many dangers as advantages. Consequently, AI must be approached very cautiously.

Moreover, integration of LLMs into K-12 education is gaining steam, especially given the increasingly ideological bent of primary education in recent decades. If the education-school-credentialed leftists who disproportionately populate the ranks of our public and private K-12 teachers can’t be trusted, perhaps the solution is to cut them out altogether and replace them with AI.

The use of LLMs as aids rather than originators of thought and writing posed much less of a chance of cognitive laziness and atrophy.

This experiment is currently being run by the private K-12 Alpha School based in Austin, Texas. Alpha Schools now have 17 locations either starting or nearly ready to launch across the country, charging roughly $45,000 in tuition annually. They boast excellent results in testing metrics (SAT and ACT), even while offering only two hours a day of AI-tutor-based instruction, followed by another four to five hours (including lunch) of life skills and creative and collaborative group work under the guidance of real-life human mentorship.

This is a new experiment, so it remains to be seen how Alpha students will fare on a longitudinal basis as the first cohorts matriculate into higher education. The Alpha schools are relentlessly data- and testing-driven, so perhaps they will navigate this uncharted territory successfully, avoiding the pitfalls of screen-based learning and attendant tradeoffs.

A litany of pre-AI age studies show the positive benefits of students getting back to the basics of education before the introduction of the screen. Taking notes by hand leads to better retention and absorption of material compared to taking notes on computers, to cite just one example.

Don’t let your servant become your master

The larger looming problem, however, is how we should educate elite students — how we should cultivate elite human capital — and equip them to navigate a rapidly changing national and international technological environment that is still bedeviled by the perennial and ancient difficulties of preserving “small-r” republicanism and the common good.

The argument of our technological class is that elite students should be set free — and even subsidized and offered quasi-monopoly protection — to pursue the quest for AGI. If we don’t, they argue, we’ll lose the AI arms race, and the West will be eclipsed by China, militarily and economically.

To rip an international anecdote from recent headlines to illustrate our dilemma further, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught in a hot mic moment at a China confab discussing exciting advancements in biotechnology and organ harvesting — and even what such “advancements” might mean for their own longevity. If Putin is excited about living for another 20 to 50 years, Xi and his oligarchy must be pondering and planning for the possibilities of biotechnology, gene editing, eugenic embryo selection, and artificial wombs as a possible solution to China’s demographic problem.

Couple that impulse with the race for AI supremacy, and we must face the possibility — perhaps quite soon — of an arms race not only in AGI, but also onto transhuman vistas previously relegated to the pages and screens of science fiction.

Navigating this future while preserving America’s spirit of liberty and constitutionalism will be a tall order. It will require large bets on the old tools and contours of liberal education by private philanthropy and local, state, and national governments.

The ultimate control of our republican future must not be left to the technologists, but rather to statesmen and leaders whose minds and souls have been shaped in their formative years by a deep consideration of those age-old questions of justice, the common good, natural rights, human flourishing, philosophy, and theology.

The argument that we don’t have time will be a powerful one. The relentless pursuit of new areas of technical knowledge will be sold as the more urgent task — after all, national survival, they say, may be at stake. Given the 20th century’s experience with technical mastery severed from ethical, political, and constitutional safeguards, the bet on the unfettered pursuit of technological supremacy to the neglect of all else is just as likely to result in self-destruction.

As my colleague Christopher Caldwell has recommended, our AI arms race must be augmented, supplemented, and ultimately guided and controlled by wise statesmen who are steeped in the older ways of American liberal arts education. My hope is that those who are anxious about the fate of free government in the face of external material threats and internal spiritual threats can join forces to navigate our brave new world with wisdom and courage.

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To that end, we urgently need to locate, recruit, equip, and refine as many members of America’s current and soon-to-be cognitive elite as we can find and help them become better readers, thinkers, and writers. They will then be properly prepared, at least to the extent we can help them to be, to balance our pursuit of technological progress — intelligently and humanely — with the traditions and principles of Western civilization.

We need a Manhattan Project for elite human capital. Our difficulty is that we can’t snap our fingers and replace the Harvards and Yales with Hillsdales. And yet something approximating that miraculous trick may be needed to save us from our international rivals — and from ourselves.

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a speech delivered at the 2025 National Conservatism Conference. It was published originally at the American Mind.

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17 days after Charlie’s death, it’s clear: We are now on the other side of the Rubicon

September 27, 2025

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The assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, whose only crime was to host debates in the public square and declare the gospel of Jesus Christ, has made something abundantly clear: We have crossed the Rubicon.

But it was the left’s response to his tragic death that revealed this reality perhaps even more than the shooting itself. Almost immediately, radicals took to social media to post videos celebrating Charlie’s murder, claiming he deserved to die and even mocking his wife, Erika, and their two children. Across the country, they defiled memorials, crashed prayerful vigils where his admirers gathered in grief, and even called for more violence against conservative figures.

This wasn’t a fringe group, either. It was a minority, says Auron MacIntyre, but “a very large minority.”

But now that it’s clear the right will not follow the left’s suit and respond in violence, even the liberals who initially issued “half-hearted rebukes” are beginning to “[rip] the mask off,” caveating their original statements with hypocritical comments like, “Charlie Kirk was evil. He was a fascist. He was a racist. … Wasn’t he kind of asking for it?”

Auron warns: For too long conservatives have mistakenly believed that “history is over” and that modern politics is just a “debate club,” but we can no longer deny the reality facing us: A nation this divided cannot endure.

“In order to have the type of politics where you get to debate over what you disagree with instead of fight over what you disagree with, you need to share a large amount of culture, belief, religion, morality, tradition, [and] understanding,” says Auron.

But “because we do not share them, we cannot do that mode of politics.”

“What we’re trying to do right now is operate one mode of politics on top of a foundation that is completely crumbled and can no longer support it. I’m not happy about that fact. I’m not cheering about that fact. I wish that foundation was still firm,” he says. “I wish we shared a common Anglo-Protestant understanding. I wish that we could speak to each other with all the implicit understanding that comes with a shared tradition, a shared morality, a shared way of looking at the world.”

But when one side believes that chopping off the genitals of a child is not only permissible but loving? Peaceable discourse is no longer a viable option. When the disparity between worldviews is this great, “We enter into a different kind of politics. … To quote a poorly ended television show, ‘When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die,”’ says Auron.

While he loathes this method of politics, “The sad news is that history doesn’t ask us what we want.” Once a republic starts to break down, as all republics eventually do, and people begin to spit on virtue and law and order, “You’re going to probably need to go outside of the rules in order to restore that type of government,” Auron explains.

“We’re going to need to make sure the left knows there’s a cost for what they’ve done.”

But Auron isn’t advocating for the anarchy and violence that’s become expected from the left. He’s calling for a “very, very, very, very, very serious response from the Trump administration.”

“The correct answer here,” he says, “is legitimate state force under the color of law. There’s nothing that Trump can’t do under the law that he needs to get done right now.”

“Thousands of people need to go to jail. They need to be bankrupted. It needs to be impossible for them to fund [terrorist groups] anymore. Companies like Discord need to pay a severe price for going out of their way to allow the organization of terrorist networks on their platform.”

“The Rubicon’s behind you whether you like it or not.” says Auron.

“Too many people are dead. Too many more will come if we take no action.”

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Thug allegedly tries to rob man at Penn Station and ends up shot by his off-duty police wife twice

September 27, 2025

Carlos Garcia

A man who allegedly tried to rob a couple at Penn Station in Manhattan got a surprise when they turned out to be off-duty police officers.

The husband and wife officers were in plainclothes and awaiting a train on the platform for the Long Island Rail Road when 32-year-old Jahmar Stewart approached them at about 7 p.m., according to a New York Police Department spokesperson.

‘The would-be victim’s wife pulled out her firearm and shot Stewart in the arm and the gut.’

Stewart tried to rob the man but instead got into a scuffle with him.

That’s when the would-be victim’s wife pulled out her firearm and shot Stewart in the arm and the gut.

He was later transported to Bellevue Hospital for treatment and was listed in stable condition on Wednesday evening.

Police said Stewart did not appear to be armed at the time, but he may have tried to simulate having a weapon.

The officer couple had worked the United Nations General Assembly and were returning home at the time of the incident. They sustained some minor injuries.

WABC-TV reported that the commuters on the train to Ronkonkoma were shocked to watch police attend to the bleeding suspect on the platform during the height of rush hour.

The man was arrested at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday and charged with assault and attempted robbery.

Sources told WABC that Stewart had five prior unsealed arrests, including assault and menacing, and lived in a shelter in Brooklyn. One reported incident of assault occurred only a month prior to the shooting.

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Tetris CEO admits to purposely hiring more women — says women are ‘overqualified,’ while men are ‘winging it’

September 27, 2025

Andrew Chapados

Tetris CEO Maya Rogers defended the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as a force for good in order to diversify workplaces.

Rogers is the daughter of Henk Rogers, the video game developer who first secured the rights to distribute Tetris to gaming console companies.

‘There needs to be something that is almost enforced to make sure that there are enough women in the industry.’

In an interview with Games Industry, Rogers said that people don’t believe she runs the Tetris company when she tells them.

“They see a youngish-looking female, and they don’t believe you, or they don’t think that you run Tetris, or whatever,” she told the outlet. “But I guess it’s never really fazed me.”

After saying that the industry should not be dominated by men, Rogers made strange claims about the difference between male and female applicants. Despite saying “of course” she has faced sexism in her industry, the CEO went on to say that men are trying to get jobs by “winging it,” while women are “overqualified.”

“Men show up to the table, and they’re kind of winging it, right? Guys are really good at winging it. … Women show up overqualified because they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, am I good enough for the job?'”

Rogers added, “We’ve got to put ourselves out there, and be OK to be vulnerable.”

Games Industry cited Rogers as having “made a point of increasing the number of women working at the Tetris Company” as well.

Rogers explained, “When my father was running the business, it was more male. And now we have a lot of women, and it’s great. We’re doing amazing things. Girls can do it all.”

The 47-year-old then championed DEI programs and said there needs to be assurances to get women into the gaming industry.

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“That in itself in America today is a thing that’s being questioned,” she said about DEI programs. “But I think that was so important to have, because it did change how many people of diversity, [of] different backgrounds, were allowed in the workplace.”

More directly, Rogers said, “There needs to be something that is almost enforced to make sure that there are enough women in the industry,” and women in powerful positions need to “be out there, being vocal, [and] inspiring people to fight for their rights.”

To further her point, the CEO said that women are still battling for change, before claiming that women “came together” to fight “for their rights,” which she believes still needs to happen.

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Overall, the idea of a male-dominated gaming industry did not seem to sit will with Rogers, who said, “It shouldn’t be that way,” and, “Women need to be given a chance.”

“There’s so many women playing games, and we’re still having mostly men designing games,” she concluded. “That doesn’t make any sense at all.”

In 2020, CNBC cited a study by the International Game Developers Association that showed 71% of video game developers in the world are male. In 2022, a report for U.S. gaming developers by the Gamer said that 76% of developers in the United States were male.

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JD Vance hilariously obliterates attempt to accuse Kid Rock of ‘violent rhetoric’ from the right

September 27, 2025

Carlos Garcia

Vice President JD Vance took time out of his busy day to annihilate a left-wing troll on social media who was trying to recast a video from the Bud Light transgender debacle as “violent rhetoric” from the right.

The debate over rhetoric leading to political violence has been raging since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, with many on the left trying to deflect blame onto the right.

‘The right uses beer cans for target practice. The left uses people they disagree with.’

One random troll got the attention of the vice president when he brought up a video from celebrity Kid Rock wherein he shoots at cases of Bud Light after its doomed marketing agreement with a transgender-identifying influencer.

“This is how MAGA responded after Bud Lite had the audacity to feature a trans influencer in their ads. So spare us your bulls**t about violent rhetoric from the left, [JD Vance],” wrote the user who claimed to be a liberal U.S. Marine veteran.

Vance fired right back.

“I call upon all of our supporters to stop the violence against innocent beer cans,” he responded. “And I call upon all left wing radicals to stop inciting violence against innocent people.”

Others pounced on the exchange to fill out Vance’s argument.

“He shot cans. Not people. That’s the difference, dips**t,” activist Matt Van Swol replied.

“F**king moron doesn’t know the difference between shooting beer cans and people,” another detractor replied.

“The right uses beer cans for target practice. The left uses people they disagree with. We are not the same. Carry on,” one response reads.

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“Yes, using an inanimate object for target practice is THE EXACT SAME THING as shooting a father to death in front of his family. You miserable moron,” another response reads.

“You can pry these empty beer cans out of my cold, dead hands,” another user joked.

“This led to so much uncalled for violence against beer cans. I saw one guy crush one with his foot. I’m still a mess from watching it. This has to stop,” another jokester added.

A Blaze News request for comment to Kid Rock was not immediately answered.

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UK government makes digital ID mandatory to get a job: ‘Safer, fairer and more secure’

September 26, 2025

Andrew Chapados

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that digital ID will become mandatory in order to be employed in the United Kingdom.

The new ID is part of a government plan to allegedly help fight illegal immigration. The idea is that illegal employment is what is attracting many migrants to make the treacherous trip across the English Channel to move to the U.K.

‘You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.’

Starmer said the IDs would not only make it more difficult to work in the U.K. illegally but that it would offer “countless benefits” to citizens. The BBC reported that senior minister Darren Jones claimed the IDs could also be “the bedrock of the modern state.”

The prime minister made the announcement at the Global Progressive Action Conference in London on Friday, stating, “Our immigration system does need to be fair if we want to maintain that binding contract that our politics is built on.”

Starmer continued, “And that is why today I am announcing this government will make a new, free of charge digital ID mandatory for the right to work by the end of this parliament. Let me spell that out: You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.”

“It’s as simple as that,” the leader sternly stated, before making a moral argument. “Because decent, pragmatic, fair-minded people, they want us to tackle the issues that they see around them. And, of course, the truth is, we won’t solve our problems if we don’t also take on the root causes.”

The knighted leader continued to claim that the move was an attempt by the government to have “control over its borders.”

“We do need to know who is in our country,” Starmer added.

“It is not compassionate left-wing politics to rely on labor that exploits foreign workers and undercuts fair wages.”

Jonathan Brash, a member of parliament from Hartlepool and politician in Starmer’s party, said that it was important to “explode the myths and conspiracy theories being spread on Digital ID.”

“It will make our country safer, fairer and more secure,” Brash said on his X page, along with an image of a political poster that said the same.

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“This is a battle for freedom,” English reporter Lewis Brackpool told Blaze News. “Liberalism is to blame. This attitude of ‘live and let live’ caused this freedom-robbing policy. It’s time for Brits to take a stand.”

Brackpool called for peaceful resistance while pointing to his work with Restore Britain, which has already begun investigating the government’s intentions behind the project.

“The British public deserves full transparency on Digital ID drifting into surveillance and financial control,” he wrote on X.

In early September, Blaze News reported that both French President Emmanuel Macron and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair were urging Starmer to consider making digital IDs mandatory.

The Daily Mail reported that Blair was pushing the idea in backroom conversations, continuing his early-2000s attempt to push the IDs on the country’s citizenry.

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Nexstar joins Sinclair in reinstating Jimmy Kimmel’s show to its ABC stations

September 26, 2025

Carlos Garcia

The broadcasting company that owns many ABC-affiliated stations announced that it would allow the return of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show Friday after suspending the show.

Kimmel earned the ire of many on the right when he claimed during the monologue for his show on Sept. 15 that the suspected Kirk assassin had been a part of the pro-Trump MAGA movement. Two media companies shut down his show on their ABC stations before his show was suspended from broadcasting anywhere.

‘As a local broadcaster, Nexstar remains committed to protecting the First Amendment while producing and airing local and national news that is fact-based and unbiased.’

The Nexstar Media Group released a statement Friday evening after the Sinclair Broadcasting Group earlier reinstated the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show on its ABC-affiliated stations.

“As a local broadcaster, Nexstar remains committed to protecting the First Amendment while producing and airing local and national news that is fact-based and unbiased and, above all, broadcasting content that is in the best interest of the communities we serve,” the statement reads.

Nexstar said it had been in discussions with the Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ABC Television, and that Disney was addressing its concerns about the Kimmel comments.

“We stand apart from cable television, monolithic streaming services, and national networks in our commitment — and obligation — to be stewards of the public airwaves and to protect and reflect the specific sensibilities of our communities,” the company added. “To be clear, our commitment to those principles has guided our decisions throughout this process, independent of any external influence from government agencies or individuals.”

When Disney said the show would return to ABC, both Nexstar and Sinclair initially announced that it would continue to be suspended on their stations.

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A spokesperson for Sinclair cited a shooting at an ABC station in its announcement to allow the show to air again.

“Over the last week, we have received thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers, and community leaders representing a wide range of perspectives,” the statement reads. “We have also witnessed troubling acts of violence, including the despicable incident of a shooting at an ABC affiliate station in Sacramento. These events underscore why responsible broadcasting matters and why respectful dialogue between differing voices remains so important.”

In his first show after returning to the airwaves, Kimmel continued to criticize President Donald Trump, but he also said he was very touched by Erika Kirk following the command of her faith to forgive the suspected assassin of her husband, Charlie Kirk.

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‘Rioter’ allegedly carrying firearm arrested outside Illinois ICE facility

September 26, 2025

Cooper Williamson

Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations at the Broadview, Illinois, detention facility were interrupted by protests outside the fencing. Blaze News correspondent Julio Rosas captured video footage of the scene, which escalated to a fever pitch when protesters could be heard shouting, “Arrest ICE!” “Shoot ICE!” and “Shoot the f**kers!” Shortly thereafter, some arrests were made.

‘These riots outside the ICE Broadview Processing Center and attacks on ICE officers come after Democrat politicians, including Governor Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, have villainized and demonized ICE law enforcement.’

According to a Department of Homeland Security press release, one of the protesters who was apprehended was carrying a firearm, which was quickly confiscated by law enforcement.

“Just days after the vile terrorist attack on an ICE Dallas Facility, over 200 rioters gathered outside the Broadview Processing Center in Illinois, and some began chanting ‘shoot ICE.’ These violent threats and smears about ICE must stop. There is no place in American politics for violence,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in the press release.

As noted by McLaughlin, the increased tension outside ICE facilities in recent months comes after Democrat politicians repeatedly and recklessly used scare tactics to apparently convince constituents that law enforcement posed an existential threat to the United States.

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“These riots outside the ICE Broadview Processing Center and attacks on ICE officers come after Democrat politicians, including Governor Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, have villainized and demonized ICE law enforcement,” McLaughlin added.

“We are calling on Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson to condemn these riots and tone down their rhetoric about ICE,” she continued.

The statement described the preparedness of the “rioters,” who “arrived with boxes of fireworks, N-95 masks, gas masks, goggles, knee and elbow protection, and large quantities of food and water.”

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Two ‘MONSTERS’ arrested in shooting of children’s baseball coach were granted citizenship under Biden, DHS says

September 26, 2025

Carlos Garcia

Two of the three men arrested for the shooting of a children’s baseball coach in Texas were granted citizenship under the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The shooting incident was reported at the Ameripark youth baseball field in Katy on Sunday, according to a press release from the Waller County Sheriff’s Office. Police said they were called at 9:50 a.m. on a report of shots fired and then a second call reporting that someone had been shot.

‘There was bullets flying everywhere. It wasn’t one shot. There’s bullets flying everywhere off the poles, onto the field. It’s just unbelievable.’

When they responded, they found a 27-year-old coach who had been shot in the shoulder. He was airlifted to a hospital for treatment and later released.

After an investigation, police concluded that three man had been shooting at targets and a stray bullet had hit the coach. The three men were identified as 23-year-old Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, 21-year-old Ahmad Mawed, and 27-year-old Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah.

But many suspect that the police concluded hastily that the men had accidentally shot at the baseball field with dozens of children.

Two youth coaches spoke to KTRK-TV and described a chaotic scene.

“There was bullets flying everywhere. It wasn’t one shot,” said Corbin Geisendorff. “There’s bullets flying everywhere off the poles, onto the field. It’s just unbelievable.”

“Our team was about to take the field,” recalled Alex Smith. “Our kids were out ready to go, and then shots started being let go. They ducked down, got in line, and they trusted us, thankfully. We got them to their parents.”

Police said each of the suspects was charged with one felony count of deadly conduct involving the discharge of a firearm. Each was held under a $100,000 bond.

On Friday, the official social media account for the DHS reported that two of the suspects had gained U.S. citizenship under the Biden administration.

“Two of the MONSTERS who opened fire on a children’s baseball field in Katy, Texas, gained status and even U.S. citizenship under the Biden Administration. Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah and Ahmad Mawed ruthlessly opened fire hitting the team’s coach while he was leading a prayer,” read the post.

“These individuals should never have been allowed into our country. Under @POTUS Trump, and @Sec_Noem we are working to prevent attacks like these from ever happening again,” they added.

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NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya addresses Tylenol scandal in Glenn Beck interview

September 26, 2025

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Trump derangement syndrome has reached a fever pitch. Pregnant women taking Tylenol, even intentionally overdosing on the drug, has become a viral trend on social media in the wake of President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement cautioning women against using the drug during pregnancy, as it’s been linked to an increased risk of autism in children.

According to recent reports, one woman who partook in this trend is currently on a ventilator. Both she and her baby face critically low survival chances.

On the other side of the spectrum, MAHA devotees view the announcement as a long-overdue breakthrough. They’re celebrating the fact that the government is finally validating long-held suspicions about acetaminophen contributing to autism’s rise, after years of silence and suppression by Big Pharma and health agencies.

To get clarity on what has become yet another divisive issue facing our society, Glenn Beck spoke with NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.

Pregnant or not, Tylenol is “well-known to cause liver toxicities if you overdose,” Dr. Bhattacharya says.

“If you’re not pregnant and you have a headache or you have a fever, it’s fine; just take it at the right dose,” he advises.

However, the reason the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a warning about taking Tylenol while pregnant, he says, is simply because recent research has found a correlation.

“There’s been a whole sort of range of research in recent years that establishes that there’s this association between taking Tylenol late in pregnancy and subsequent neurodevelopmental conditions like autism, like ADHD,” Dr. Bhattacharya says.

The reason the medical community is so divided on this issue is because “there’s a big fight in the literature over how strong that association is.” But Dr. Bhattacharya’s personal opinion after looking at the available evidence is that “there’s enough there to tell people, especially pregnant women, to be careful with it.”

And that is precisely what President Trump’s announcement was: a warning for pregnant women to be cautious about taking Tylenol.

But lefties, in their commitment to demonize everything associated with President Trump, have predictably raged over what is nothing more than a cautionary warning meant to prevent potential harm.

When Glenn first heard the Tylenol announcement, he thought it would be nothing more than “a blip,” but now that it’s turned into a “nightmare,” he fears what other crazy stunts the left will pull as HHS continues to uncover what’s fueling the autism epidemic.

The announcement “was the least autocratic thing I’ve seen in probably 20 years, and it was like Hitler himself made this declaration,” he says.

And yet the people — regular citizens and medical professionals alike — who are up in arms over Trump’s Tylenol warning are the same people who happily kowtowed to and endorsed mask, lockdown, and vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Will blind opposition to Trump cost more lives in the quest for truth?

To hear more of Glenn and Dr. Bhattacharya’s conversation, watch the full interview above.

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‘Shoot ICE!’ Leftist agitator forced to answer for apparently violent comments at Illinois protest

September 26, 2025

Cooper Williamson

Leftist agitators clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Friday morning outside a Broadview, Illinois, ICE detention facility, hurling apparently violent comments at federal agents just days after a deadly shooting at an ICE facility in Texas.

During the conflict, some protesters could be heard chanting, “Arrest ICE!” and a couple even call out to “shoot ICE!”

A man with a whistle, who apparently initiated the “shoot ICE!” call, then appears to yell, “Shoot the f**kers! Shoot the f**ker!” an escalation in rhetoric all the more chilling in the wake of the deadly shooting at a Dallas ICE facility on Wednesday.

‘I am gonna bring little baggies of flour next time under the guise of tear gas.’

Blaze News’ national correspondent Julio Rosas, who captured the shouts for violence on video, tracked down the man with the whistle whom he witnessed calling for the killing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Asked why he is out at the facility, the man tells Rosas, “I’m out here to protest ICE. I’m here to shove this s**t back in their face.”

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Rosas then asks the man to gauge the success of the protests. He responds, “Uh, no, but, uh, I don’t know how you measure success. We’re out here all the time. … There’s a lot of media up in here, and a lot of it is going out there, so even though it looks small, on the media it looks big. Especially when you get flash bangs and people spreading and stuff like that.”

The man, who identifies himself as a United States Navy veteran with eight years of service, denies that he called out “kill ICE,” despite Blaze News footage that captured the moment on video.

The man whom Rosas interviewed can be seen on the right-hand side of the video:

Image by Blaze News

Rosas presses the man on the dangers of these calls to violence, especially in light of the violence against law enforcement in other parts of the country. The man says, “Dude, it’s dangerous without that s**t. What are you gonna do? Not fight back? How do you fight back? Apparently, words mean something.”

Asked to clarify about whether fighting back includes shooting at law enforcement, the protester says, “Shooting back at them? No, never, never, never. I consider myself an unarmed combatant. I basically try and be neutral as best as I can like the observers.”

Unprompted, the man describes his plan for the next protest. “I am gonna bring little baggies of flour next time under the guise of tear gas,” he says, waving his hand with painted red fingernails around his face.

Rosas presses the man once more about whether he would support shooting ICE, as his prior remarks on video suggested. “I wouldn’t support shooting ICE. I’d support f**king with ’em,” he laughs.

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Health organizations attacking Trump’s Tylenol-autism claims are cozied up with Big Pharma

September 26, 2025

Rebeka Zeljko

Medical establishmentarians have come out of the woodwork to condemn the Trump administration’s recent autism announcement. Although these health organizations dispute the administration’s findings from a medical perspective, many of them omit their close ties to pharmaceutical companies.

President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparked outrage among the medical establishment by formally naming acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, as one of the alleged culprits behind the exponential increase of autism in American children.

‘The Trump administration does not believe popping more pills is always the answer.’

Trump and Kennedy’s announcement suggested that pregnant women who take acetaminophen could be at an increased risk of having children with neurological conditions like autism and ADHD. Kennedy also indicated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will notify physicians of the findings and that the Department of Health and Human Services will launch a nationwide campaign to inform parents of the potential risks.

“For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary,” Trump said during the Monday announcement.

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“The Trump administration does not believe popping more pills is always the answer for better health,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. “There is mounting evidence finding a connection between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism — and that’s why the administration is courageously issuing this new health guidance.”

A slew of medical organizations quickly came out against the findings, saying they are “filled with dangerous claims” and “irresponsible.” At the same time, some of these same organizations have cozied up to pharmaceutical companies.

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The American Psychiatric Association cautioned against the White House announcement, saying it was “incorrect to imply that a handful of studies have established causation.”

“A strong base of evidence shows that acetaminophen, when taken as directed, is safe for use during pregnancy,” the APA said in a statement. “Any decisions around a course of treatment should be determined by a patient and their doctor.”

One of the many notable “patrons” that supports the APA Foundation includes Johnson & Johnson, which owned the Tylenol brand for decades before Kenvue took ownership in 2023. Other patrons include Alkermes, which produces a drug that is being tested for efficacy in treating autism, and Sage Therapeutics, which also has a drug development program to treat conditions like autism.

Other groups like the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics have issued similar statements criticizing the administration’s autism announcement.

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“Today’s White House event on autism was filled with dangerous claims and misleading information that sends a confusing message to parents and expecting parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals,” the AAP said in a statement.

“Suggestions that acetaminophen use in pregnancy causes autism are not only highly concerning to clinicians but also irresponsible when considering the harmful and confusing message they send to pregnant patients, including those who may need to rely on this beneficial medicine during pregnancy,” the ACOG said in a statement.

Although the ACOG does not appear to have directly received funding from pharmaceutical companies, several have been listed as “supporters” of the organization. Meanwhile, the AAP’s “Presidential Circle,” which is made up of corporations that have donated $50,000 or more, includes household pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna. The “Patron” donors list, which includes donations between $25,000 and $49,000, also includes Eli Lily and Genentech as partners.

The APA, the AAP, and the ACOG did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Media group to begin airing Jimmy Kimmel’s show again after leftist pressure campaign

September 26, 2025

Carlos Garcia

One of the media companies that had pre-empted Jimmy Kimmel’s show said it would return to broadcasting it after a pressure campaign from left-wing activists and celebrities.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of ABC stations and had previously called Kimmel’s comments about the Charlie Kirk assassination suspect “inappropriate and deeply insensitive.”

‘While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content.’

In a press release on Friday morning, a spokesperson for the company said the show would return Friday night.

“Over the last week, we have received thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers, and community leaders representing a wide range of perspectives,” read the statement. “We have also witnessed troubling acts of violence, including the despicable incident of a shooting at an ABC affiliate station in Sacramento. These events underscore why responsible broadcasting matters and why respectful dialogue between differing voices remains so important.”

The company went on to say that it had presented options to Disney, the parent company of ABC Television, in order to strengthen accountability and responsibility around similar issues. Disney did not adopt those policies.

“Our decision to preempt this program was independent of any government interaction or influence,” the spokesperson continued. “Free speech provides broadcasters with the right to exercise judgment as to the content on their local stations. While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content.”

Sinclair had also been criticized by some for backing off of airing a Charlie Kirk tribute in place of the Kimmel show.

Nexstar Media Group also suspended Kimmel’s show and has not returned it to the airwaves as of Friday afternoon. Blaze News’ request for comment to Nexstar was not immediately answered.

Kimmel’s return to the airwaves just a few days after his show’s suspension was lauded by many on the left. He used the opportunity to criticize President Donald Trump but also tearfully applauded Charlie Kirk’s widow for making a powerful statement by forgiving her husband’s alleged assassin.

Blaze News’ request for comment from the Disney Corporation was not immediately answered.

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YouTube bans Alex Jones and Nick Fuentes AGAIN immediately after saying it would support ‘free expression’

September 26, 2025

Andrew Chapados

Less than two days after YouTube was alleged to be giving banned creators a second chance, the platform has reportedly banned controversial commentators Nick Fuentes and Alex Jones.

The news comes after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) made announcements about how Google, parent of YouTube, was prepared to make a series of policy changes after admitting to the fact that “White House pressure” during the Biden administration led to censorship of “political debate on COVID and elections.”

‘To clarify, we terminated this channel as it’s still against our rules for previously terminated users to start a new channel …’

Rep. Jordan wrote on X, “Due to our oversight efforts, GOOGLE commits to offer ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform.”

Testing out the new alleged commitments, both Alex Jones’ Infowars platform and Fuentes reportedly started new YouTube channels. According to Infowars, it started a channel called AlexJonesLive, while Fuentes reportedly started RealNickFuentes.

On Thursday morning, Infowars said its channel had been removed, while AF Post, along with some Fuentes supporters, said his page was taken down by YouTube as well.

It was not long before YouTube responded to both claims directly and revealed that the pages were not taken down by mistake.

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Replying to Infowars, YouTube said, “To clarify, we terminated this channel as it’s still against our rules for previously terminated users to start a new channel — the pilot program for terminations isn’t available yet and will be a limited pilot program to start.”

The platform added, “We’ll have more to share on how the pilot program will work, who is eligible, and how creators can access it very soon.”

In response to the report by AF Post, YouTube similarly wrote that the company “terminated these channels as it’s still against our rules for previously terminated users to start new channels.”

On its own X page, YouTube explained again that the pilot program is not yet live and that it will continue to terminate “new channels from previously terminated users in accordance with these guidelines.”

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A spokesman for Rep. Jordan told Blaze News that the new YouTube program will only “extend at a minimum to any users banned for policies no longer in effect.”

The spokesman added, “The policies that have been rolled back the most were the COVID-19 and elections policies. This will include thousands of Americans and likely disproportionately conservatives. Others may be welcomed back onto the platform as well.”

Jordan’s office explained that, as they understand it, YouTube meant that the “limited” portion of the program referred to only users who were banned for policies that were no longer in effect. Still, Jordan’s team referred to this as a “massive change,” stating they believe it to be the first time YouTube has made a policy shift in this manner.

“But the main fact remains unchanged,” the spokesman continued. “ANY account banned for policies no longer in effect WILL be allowed back onto the platform.”

Blaze News asked Rep. Jordan’s team if they know when the expected pilot program is set to begin; his team said they did not, but that they “expect a much larger announcement in the coming days from YouTube and that people will start returning to the platform soon.”

“Our understanding is that YouTube is referring to it as a pilot program because it is a new step YouTube has not taken before, and there may be issues to work through with the rollout,” the spokesman added.

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Fuentes spoke on his channel’s deletion his X page on Thursday, noting YouTube’s comment about reinstating “channels they approve under a ‘limited pilot program.'”

“Sounds a little ridiculous. Can’t we just have free speech?” he asked. “I’ve been banned since February 2020 when I was 21 years old.”

He continued on his show, “America First,” and revealed it was Jones’ idea to do a “stress test” on YouTube by creating new accounts.

“It didn’t last even 12 hours,” he explained. “YouTube should have free speech; you said you have a renewed commitment to free speech. But you’re still banning people?”

Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, said that while he thinks Fuentes may not like him, he still finds it “un-American” for his channel to be removed.

“Our country is at its best when we’re able to hear one another,” Ramaswamy wrote on X. “Nick Fuentes & Jimmy Kimmel probably don’t like me, for different reasons. I don’t care. It’s still un-American to muzzle the peaceful expression of opinions. And no, that’s not a legal point, it’s a cultural point.”

YouTube did not respond to Blaze News’ questions about its pilot program.

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Magazine MILKS Belichick-Hudson humiliation ritual

September 26, 2025

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Bill Belichick has accomplished a lot in his football career, but now he’s added another completely different notch to his belt. That is, the North Carolina head coach has become the first coach ever featured on the cover of Us Weekly magazine with his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson.

And BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock does not believe it’s a good thing.

“I’ve heard of midlife crisis … but on the cover of a magazine with your sugar baby? This, to me, this feels like some sort of ritual, humiliation ritual,” Whitlock says.

“And it couldn’t have come at a worse time,” BlazeTV contributor Steve Kim chimes in. “Look, I understand the way the media works a little bit, and I’m sure this cover was planned out months ago, but to come out on the same week after you get just blown away by USF and on a game day where, once again, she’s on the sideline before the game, I think that’s the greatest irony.”

And BlazeTV contributor T.J. Moe points out that it’s going even worse for Belichick than just poor optics.

“There’s a lawsuit right now going on. It got filed today, where one of the former administrators is suing UNC for hiring Belichick behind closed doors. This is how poorly this is going,” Moe explains.

“This is how upset UNC is right now with the hiring of Bill Belichick,” he says, noting, “and they’re embarrassed about it.”

“I don’t have another explanation other than he’s so tied up in this 24-year-old that he was willing to sacrifice his entire reputation and his life,” he adds.

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VIDEO: Grotesque Halloween display shows MAGA mannequins hanging by rope with Mexican flag flying above

September 26, 2025

Carlos Garcia

A disturbing Halloween display appears to advocate for violence against supporters of President Donald Trump at a neighborhood in Houston, Texas.

Video of the grotesque mock execution shows two mannequins, a male and female, being hanged by rope beneath a small Mexican flag.

Below the mannequins are two coffins, in case the message wasn’t already clear enough.

The pair are wearing red hats that appear to mimic the “Make America Great Again” hats of the pro-Trump movement. They are also wearing black face masks, which could allude to the controversy over federal immigration officials wearing masks during their operations.

Next to them is another mannequin with a colorful poncho and hat. Above the display flies a larger Mexican flag, and below the mannequins are two coffins, in case the message wasn’t already clear enough.

Blaze News obtained video of the display, which can be viewed below:

Many on both sides of the aisle have called for an end to political violence after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.

Commentators were shocked by the display on YouTube:

“Political hate speech.””These people are insane.””I suppose they will try and push this off as ‘freedom of speech,’ too? Sickening.” “Is it a good idea to do that in very red Texas.” “What in the actual ffffff. Imagine if the roles were reversed.”

While the state of Texas is solidly in the Republican column, Houston is reliably left-leaning in elections.

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Cory Mills leans on comrade’s testimony, only to have his ‘twice wounded’ tall tale blown up

September 26, 2025

Jill Savage

Republican Rep. Cory Mills (Fla.) has on multiple occasions claimed that he was “blown up” twice overseas and campaigned on the biographical assertion that he was “wounded twice while deployed.” His story does not, however, add up.

When called out this week for alleged “stolen valor,” the scandal-plagued congressman shared a letter from an old comrade in an apparent effort to validate his narrative. This attempt to bolster his account does not appear to have gone as planned.

The narrative

Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, then-congressional candidate Cory Mills released a campaign advertisement highlighting his supposed bona fides. A quarter of the way through the ad, Mills refers to his formative experiences in the Middle East.

‘Unreal.’

Mills states in the ad, “I was hit not once but twice with improvised explosive devices and explosive formed projectiles. After you take a hit like that, you don’t know if you’re going to survive or not.”

During that stretch of the video, a large graphic appears at the center of the screen stating, “WOUNDED TWICE WHILE DEPLOYED.”

Screenshot: YouTube, Cory Mills

Keen observers have questioned the veracity of the “wounded twice” claim in the campaign advertisement as well as Mills’ repeated assertion that he was “blown up twice” while serving as a defense contractor in Iraq.

Mills’ congressional bio states, “While serving abroad, he was struck twice in 2006, once with an improvised explosive device (IED) and once with an Iranian explosively formed projectile (EFP), which resulted in numerous casualties.”

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images

Mills told C-SPAN in 2023 that he “was blown up twice by roadside bombs in 2006.”

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) shared a video of Mills’ claims to X on Monday, writing, “Beginning to think nothing Cory Mills says is true. This guy has been parading himself around as some sort of U.S. Army special ops covert Ranger sniper James Bond 007 elite commando for years and it’s not even remotely close.”

‘Was it some severe maiming wound? No.’

“He was an ambulance driver mainly in the motor pool,” continued Mace. “Medics work hard to save lives! Why wasn’t that good enough? But instead he fabricated his resume, and stole stories from men who either gave their life for their country and can’t speak now or can’t speak for themselves due to their injuries.”

“Total Stolen Valor. And this guy sits on the House Armed Service committee?” added Mace. “Unreal.”

The admission

Mills’ “blown up twice” claims appear to be in reference to two incidents that took place in Iraq: a roadside bombing that occurred on March 15, 2006, and a roadside bombing that took place on April 19, 2006.

Blaze News previously confirmed that Mills was present at the first incident. However, photographic evidence and sources have called into question the congressman’s recollection of events and alleged injuries.

Mills, discussing the first incident, revealed the extent of his injuries in his April interview with Blaze News.

“I ended up hitting my head,” said Mills. “Was it some severe maiming wound? No. I’ve got the actual document that shows where I was hit.”

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“I had a concussion. So a concussion isn’t being wounded? Knocking your head off an actual armored vehicle door and having to go get treated and have three days down, that’s not being wounded, right? So what is your definition? Do I need to lose an arm? Do I need to be shot in shrapnel? Just tell me. Tell me what your definition of wounded is. Because apparently, [traumatic brain injury] is not an external wound,” said Mills.

After Mills suggested that he had sustained a Purple Heart-qualifying wound, Blaze News asked Mills for clarification whether he had indeed suffered a traumatic brain injury.

“No, actually I just got reviewed by the PA and the doc there, and they basically told me, ‘Monitor yourself over the next 24 hours,’ and then — which I did — and then 72 hours later, I was cleared to be able to return back to work.”

“So you weren’t wounded, then,” said Blaze News.

“According to them, I had a severe concussion. That’s all they wrote up,” said Mills.

‘That blood on Cory was not Cory’s.’

When Blaze News later pressed Mills on the twice-wounded claim and asked whether, in the second incident in which a vehicle was hit by an explosion, he was in the affected car, Mills answered, “No.”

“We were on the team that [was] actually there,” said Mills. “We helped to try and pull everyone out and actually get the bodies transferred.”

“Were you wounded then?” asked Blaze News.

“No, I wasn’t wounded on that,” said Mills.

Scott Kempkins, one of Mills’ then-colleagues who suffered injuries in the second incident, previously told Blaze News that Mills was “absolutely not wounded.”

“I got hit in the shoulder, the neck, and the leg,” Kempkins said. “And then the guy in the turret took a little bit of shrapnel to the side of his face. That was it. Cory’s vehicle was already around the corner and about 50 yards down the street. It would have been impossible for him to be wounded.”

While Mills has referred to blood on his pant leg in a photograph taken after the mission as supposed confirmation of an injury, one of his colleagues told Blaze News that the blood did not belong to Mills.

An appeal to doubt

In response to Rep. Mace’s Monday tweet, Mills shared the photograph of him apparently wearing another man’s blood along with a July 16, 2025, letter from Paul Sovitsky, Mills’ team leader in Iraq when he was working for DynCorp International on the State Department’s World Personal Protective Services program.

‘If Cory is claiming he was wounded in both, that’s probably a stretch.’

Sovitsky’s letter did not support the “twice wounded” claim but gave Mills a possible out regarding his “blown up twice” narrative.

“I understand that there may be a question as to what ‘blown up’ means to the military contractors that served in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said the letter. “It refers (in contractor speak) to being in a motorcade struck by improvised explosive devices.”

“It does not necessarily mean that you are physically ‘blown up’ or even seriously wounded,” added Sovitsky.

Courtesy of Scott Kempkins. An image apparently taken after the April 2006 roadside bombing.

Sovitsky, who was in the vehicle with the congressman when their motorcade was ambushed by a command-detonated IED, subsequently told Blaze News that “with all of Cory’s train wrecks, no one needs to lie about what he did.”

“I don’t think there was any question about the first explosion,” said Sovitsky, who indicated he had asked for the letter not to be made public, and called Mills a “human train wreck.”

Sovitsky lent credence to Mills’ claim of an injury in the first roadside attack, telling Blaze News that the congressman complained of a “throbbing” head after their Suburban was raked with bullets and swept by a shock wave.

Sovitsky cast doubt, however, on whether Mills sustained an injury in the second roadside bombing, referring to indications that he was around 50 yards away at the time.

“If Cory is claiming he was wounded in both, that’s probably a stretch,” Sovitsky told Blaze News. “He did provide aid. He even got blood on his pants treating — I believe it was Scott Kempkins, who got a big wound in his shoulder.”

When Blaze News noted that Mills had shared the photograph where his pant leg was bloodied as if to insinuate that was his injury, Sovitsky said, “No, no, totally a lie.”

“That blood on Cory was not Cory’s,” added Sovitsky.

Blaze News has reached out to Mills for comment.

While Sovitsky acknowledged that the congressman proved effective and helpful at the time, he noted, “If the beef on Cory is that he has lied about his military service and exaggerated his contractor service, you can’t fix that by then telling a lie.”

“In court, the minute you can impeach some part of, you know, a witness’ testimony, their entire testimony … has to be questioned,” said Sovitsky. “And I want Cory to pay the price for his lies and screwing people over.”

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