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Israel repeatedly attacked nuclear facilities and military sites across Iran Thursday night, neutralizing elements of the country’s nuclear program, air defense systems, and military leadership.

The strikes, which the Trump administration stressed were undertaken unilaterally, have prompted condemnations from Arab nations in the region and a mixed response from American politicians.

The strikes

“Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday evening. “This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”

Over 200 Israel Air Force jets hit targets in the Iranian cities of Tabriz, Kermanshah, Arak, Isfahan, and Natanz, as well as in the capital city of Tehran, where a residential apartment building collapsed, another large building was set ablaze, and military command housing was hit.

‘The world is a better place without them.’

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the target in the Natanz area was a uranium enrichment site, “which has operated for years to achieve nuclear weapons capability and houses the infrastructure required for enriching uranium to military-grade levels.”

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The strikes allegedly damaged the underground area of the site, which contains an enrichment hall home to centrifuges, electrical rooms, and supporting infrastructure.

Israel also targeted dozens of radar and surface-to-air missile launchers, crippling the air defense system in the west of the country.

Both Israeli and Iranian authorities confirmed that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Hossein Salami was killed in the strikes. The Israel Defense Forces said they also killed Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces and the second-highest commander after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Gholam Ali Rashid, commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters.

“These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands,” said the IDF. “The world is a better place without them.”

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Mohammad Pakpour, the brigadier general who commanded the IRGC ground forces, has reportedly taken Salami’s place.

Iranian state media indicated that at least two nuclear scientists, Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, were also killed in the attacks, reported Reuters.

The American geopolitical intelligence platform Stratfor indicated in an assessment ahead of the attacks that Israel had destroyed most of Iran’s S-300 air defense capabilities in its October 2024 strikes, which afforded it an ever-shrinking window of opportunity to destroy parts of Tehran’s nuclear program without great risk to its attack aircraft.

Additionally, in recent months, Iranian proxies in the neighborhood have been thinned out — including the Assad regime, Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Hezbollah in Lebanon — meaning less opposition in the aftermath.

The day before the strikes, the U.S. State Department issued orders for personnel to depart from embassies and diplomatic offices overseas.

American response

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement shortly after the attacks began, “Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region.”

“Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense,” continued Rubio. “President Trump and the administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners.”

‘They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!’

“Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel,” added Rubio.

Rubio’s threat comes just days after Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh indicated that in the event of a new conflict, “all U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them in host countries.”

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President Donald Trump, who was engaged in on-again, off-again negotiations with Tehran, underscored Thursday that he didn’t want another conflict in the region.

After noting that “there’s a chance of massive conflict,” Trump told reporters, “I don’t want them going in because that would blow it. Might help it, actually, but also could blow [a potential deal with Iran].”

On Friday morning, Trump stated on Truth Social, “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to ‘just do it,’ but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done.”

“I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come,” continued the president. “And they know how to use it. Certain Iranian hardliner’s [sic] spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”

‘Retaliation for this aggression is Iran’s legitimate right.’

“There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!” added Trump.

Whereas House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other lawmakers rallied behind Israel, reiterating that it has a right “to defend itself,” some in Washington criticized the move.

Democratic Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.) called the strikes a “reckless escalation.” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wrote, “A war with Iran would make Iraq look like a skirmish. If your goal were to bankrupt America and destabilize the world, dragging us into another endless Middle East war would be the way to do it.”

Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck emphasized the surgical nature of the strikes, tweeting:

Israel is incredible. Like surgeons. They must have had people on the ground with targeting. The world would have cheered if we could have taken out the scientists and military leadership in Germany. Same genocidal evil, but watch the media of the world take the side of the mullahs.

Iran responds

The Iranian government claimed that the attacks were a “blatant violation of international law and a terrorist attack” that “resulted in the martyrdom of citizens, commanders, and nuclear scientists.”

“Defending Iran’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty is the undeniable responsibility of the government and the armed forces,” continued the government. “Retaliation for this aggression is Iran’s legitimate right, and with the ‘powerful hand of the armed forces’ and under the command of the Leadership, severe punishment will be inflicted upon Israel.”

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose senior adviser was reportedly wounded in the overnight attack, emphasized that the “powerful arm of the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces won’t let them go unpunished.”

Early Friday, Iran reportedly launched around 100 drones toward Israeli territory in retaliation, which Israeli authorities said they were working to neutralize.

This is a developing story.

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An armed teenage robber was shot dead by a man he was intending to rob, according to Chicago police.

On Tuesday at about 10:45 p.m., a man was getting some objects out of the back of his car near North Artesian Avenue when an armed robber approached him and demanded that he hand over his belongings, according to the Chicago Police Department.

‘He was a good kid — as far as I knew him. All he did was play videos games. He wasn’t into gangs or nothing. I don’t know what happened.’

The 36-year-old man instead pulled out his own gun and shot the 18-year-old multiple times.

Police said the intended victim was a concealed carry license holder. He was not injured in the incident.

The suspect, however, was transported to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was later pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the teen as Daone K. Feazell.

Feazell went by “DaOne Noremorse” online, according to a Daily Mail report which included comments from the teenager’s family.

“He was a good kid — as far as I knew him. All he did was play videos games. He wasn’t into gangs or nothing,” said Vanessa Horton, the deceased’s grandmother. “I don’t know what happened.”

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The Daily Mail report said the teenager had been on a short crime spree that included robbing a man 18 minutes prior and stealing his car, as well as the armed robbery of two 27-year-old women as they walked on the street.

Horton also said she had last seen her grandson the day before he died, at her granddaughter’s graduation.

“When we got home, he walked me upstairs, and that was the last time I saw him,” she added.

Other family members and friends responded to his death.

“Wtf, you was just at the graduation cuz,” read one comment.

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Harvard University — the gold-plated symbol of American elitism — is in the fight of its life, and it’s a battle of its own making.

For the past month, Harvard has been locked in a standoff with the Trump administration over student visas, foreign money, anti-Semitism, and compliance with federal law. This is more than just another Beltway spat. This is a tectonic clash between the people who built this country and the elites who now believe they own it.

Why are taxpayers subsidizing institutions that actively undermine the very values that built this country?

To most Americans, Harvard stands for privilege, power, and a snobbish culture far removed from the everyday citizen. So why should you care what happens to Harvard?

Because this isn’t just about one Ivy League school. It’s about whether America will remain a free republic — or continue down the path of ideological capture by radical institutions.

It all began in April, when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded that Harvard provide records of foreign students involved in illegal, violent, or disruptive activities — like the kind of protests we saw last year that devolved into pro-Hamas encampments. Harvard missed the deadline. So the Trump administration pulled the plug: No more international student enrollments for Harvard.

To say that hurt would be an understatement. Foreign students make up 27% of Harvard’s student body — more than 6,700 individuals. Their tuition is a massive cash cow. Harvard sued, of course, and a federal judge has temporarily paused the visa ban. But the message from Trump’s Department of Homeland Security was clear: Comply with federal law or face the consequences.

Then came a broader move: The administration paused all new student visa interviews nationwide while it considers expanding social media vetting for foreign applicants. After the chaos we saw on campuses last fall, that seems like basic common sense.

Shut off the spigot

Next, the Trump administration turned off the federal funding faucet — more than $3 billion in research grants and contracts frozen. Harvard screamed censorship and filed another lawsuit, claiming this was a First Amendment violation. But let’s pause here: Harvard has a $53 billion endowment. That’s more than the GDP of more than 120 countries.

Why does an institution that rich receive any federal funding, let alone billions? Since World War II, the federal government has been throwing money at universities for research, including the development of the atomic bomb. Once the spigot opened, it never shut. Today, your taxpayer dollars are funding a $50,000 research project into the effects of coffee.

Congress is finally waking up. A bill is working its way through the Senate that would slap a tax on massive university endowments. Harvard alone could be facing an $850 million annual tax bill. About time!

Behind the crackdown

Three key factors are driving Trump’s fight with Harvard.

The first reason is anti-Semitism. Harvard, like many elite schools, turned a blind eye to vile anti-Jewish sentiment after the October 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel. The administration says enough is enough — and it’s right.

Second, Harvard has refused to comply with the 2023 Supreme Court decision declaring race-based admissions unconstitutional. The message from Harvard? We’re above the law.

Third, Harvard has been deeply entrenched in woke ideological corruption. Trump said it plainly on the campaign trail: Elite universities like Harvard are controlled by “Marxist maniacs and lunatics.” That’s not hyperbole. Harvard has abandoned its motto, Veritas — truth — in favor of radical conformity.

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Just 9% of Harvard students identify as conservative. Among faculty, that number is a jaw-dropping 2.5%. This is a monoculture, not any sort of “marketplace of ideas.”

And it’s getting worse. In March, a Harvard professor openly called for firing any faculty who don’t support “gender-affirming care” for children. Think about that. This is not education. This is indoctrination.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression recently ranked Harvard dead last in the country for free speech. It scored zero out of 100.

A fight beyond Harvard

Maybe you’re thinking, “Yeah, Harvard’s always been liberal. What else is new?” Here’s what is new: The radicalism cultivated behind ivy-covered walls has spilled into the real world.

We’ve had a cultural lab leak. Academic ideas once confined to lecture halls — critical race theory, diversity, equity, and inclusion measures, gender ideology, climate hysteria — are now infecting K-12 classrooms, human resources departments, government agencies, and even the military.

This is no longer a theoretical problem. It’s practical. It’s personal. It affects your children’s education, your job, your freedom of speech, and your values.

So here’s the question we should all be asking: Why are taxpayers subsidizing institutions that actively undermine the very principles and beliefs that built this country?

Trump’s war on Harvard is about more than visas, lawsuits, or even money. It’s about reclaiming the soul of America from those who have hijacked it. Harvard may have prestige, but it no longer has integrity. It certainly doesn’t need your money — or your consent.

It’s time to cut off the funding, tax the endowment, and force accountability. Because in the fight for America’s future, no institution should be above the people who pay the bills.

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Celebrities have always been the voice of reason when it comes to political issues abroad and at home, and Katy Perry is no exception.

The pop star, who recently made headlines for feeling “battered and bruised” after being mocked for her flight to space, decided to take a stand on social media for the people of Mexico.

“Los Angeles has lived under three flags: Spain, Mexico, and the United States. That land has seen borders shift, power change hands, and yet the people, especially the brown and indigenous people, have always been there. Planting roots, building lives, raising families,” Perry said in a post on social media.

“And now, in 2025 the descendants of those same communities are being hunted, like criminals in their own ancestral home,” the pop star added.

“She talked about the original name of the city of Los Angeles to suggest that the protests were all justified,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

Perry also claimed Los Angeles was “founded by Mexican settlers in 1781” and that the city was built on “Mexican labor, Mexican history, and Mexican culture.”

“That’s not what happened there, pudding,” Gray laughs. “That’s not history. What is history, of course, is that not only was Mexico Spanish territory for almost 400 years, but in the case of Texas, it was only ever Mexican territory for 15 years.”

“In California, it was under 30 years of Mexican rule. Spain had it before that. Second, not only did we gain that territory through a very legitimate war, the way virtually every nation on this planet has gained the territory they have now, but they attacked us, repeatedly, across the Texas border, until President Polk finally said, ‘Okay let’s end this nonsense. Send the troops in,’” he continues.

“And when that happened, we routed their military so completely that we pushed them all the way back past Mexico City, we drove all the way through their nation, and took their capital city. And then, of course, out of the goodness of our American hearts, we gave them back all the Mexican territory from Mexico City, all the way to the border, the current border, with the United States,” he says, adding, “and we threw in an extra $15 million for land on top of it. We didn’t have to do that.”

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Headline after headline has slammed President Donald Trump’s recent wave of pardons, claiming they prove America now operates under a two-tiered justice system. But the outrage is manufactured. These critics want you to forget that Trump was a target of the very system they now accuse him of controlling.

With these pardons, Trump isn’t abusing the justice system — he’s beginning to dismantle the weaponized bureaucracy within it. For years, a corrupt faction inside the Department of Justice has twisted its constitutional mandate to serve the personal and political agendas of activist attorneys and the operatives who influence them. Trump’s actions mark the start of holding that faction accountable.

Government lawyers and law enforcement officials have abused their power for personal ambition and gain. They don’t want the truth. They want trophies.

Don’t take Trump’s word for it. Or mine. Critics across the political spectrum have warned for decades about the potential for the weaponization of criminal law by overzealous prosecutors.

President Bill Clinton told the ladies of “The View” that former FBI Director James Comey used his power and “outside influence” to sway the outcome of the 2016 election.

Two-time Attorney General Bill Barr has warned that prosecutors often turn into “headhunters,” obsessed with taking down targets at any cost. That mindset, he said, leads the Justice Department away from its duty to administer justice fairly and according to clear, consistent legal standards.

Joe Biden himself allowed that his Justice Department “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” individuals — choosing targets based on improper criteria and engaging in “selective prosecution.” He was referring, of course, to the federal case against his son Hunter.

This problem goes far beyond politics. Law enforcement, once politicized, can be turned against anyone. Prosecutors armed with the full force of the federal government can destroy individuals, families, businesses, and entire communities.

As Barr put it, the mere act of launching an investigation can be devastating: “People facing federal investigations incur ruinous legal costs and often see their lives reduced to rubble before a charge is even filed.”

Once you understand how the game works, turning your political or corporate rivals into criminal targets becomes easy.

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In my family’s case, Amazon executives hired a former federal prosecutor to pressure his former colleagues at the Justice Department to go after my husband, a former Amazon employee. Their goal: bring federal charges over an obscure “process” crime — violating internal Amazon employment terms.

The Justice Department never filed charges. The investigation eventually closed. But for four excruciating years, prosecutors used civil forfeiture laws to seize every dollar in our bank accounts. FBI agents raided our home while our babies crawled on the floor in diapers. Prosecutors threatened our family members with criminal charges in a scheme to force my husband into pleading guilty to a lie.

We sold our house. We lost our jobs. We spent years in court just to “prove” what was always true: My husband had complied with his employment contract.

The Chrisley family knows this drill, too. After President Trump pardoned Todd Chrisley, his daughter, Savannah, revealed that law enforcement explicitly wrote that they needed a “big fish” — and the Chrisleys were the “biggest fish” in Atlanta. For many prosecutors, a high-profile conviction is just a stepping stone to a cushy law firm job and a seven-figure salary.

My family made it through. So did the Chrisleys. But plenty of Americans are still “in the hunt,” as prosecutors like to say.

Greg Lindberg is one of them. A self-made entrepreneur, Lindberg built a network of insurance companies that employed more than 7,000 people. His mistake? Supporting the wrong candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner. After the election, the winning candidate got to work, with help from the FBI and Justice Department, setting a trap that would ensnare Lindberg in a manufactured bribery scheme.

Prosecutors took the Lindberg case to court on charges built on lies. As Barr warned, they became obsessed with “getting their guy.” Even after the Fourth Circuit vacated the bogus conviction, the U.S. attorney refused to back down. He threatened Lindberg with new charges and a staggering 540-month sentence, knowing Lindberg was financially drained and couldn’t afford to fight.

This wasn’t just a campaign to destroy one man. The fallout has devastated thousands of families across North Carolina. Lindberg’s insurance companies, once solvent, are now failing. People are out of work. Why? Because the same commissioner who targeted Lindberg handed control to a group of handpicked receivers — politically connected insiders with no accountability.

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Those receivers didn’t just take over Lindberg’s insurance businesses. They seized more than 100 companies. They’ve collected tens of millions in fees while leaving policyholders in limbo and small businesses without payouts. The result? Lost jobs, ruined livelihoods, and a crisis that didn’t begin with Greg Lindberg — it began with the government.

Lindberg is still fighting to clear his name. So are others.

Decorated NYPD veteran and 9/11 hero Michael McMahon now faces prison on the bizarre charge that he spied for China — for $5,000. Trail runner Michael Sunseri could spend six months in jail for breaking a speed record in Grand Teton National Park, on a trail thousands have used before — except the government says it was “off-limits” in his case.

How is this justice?

Government lawyers and law enforcement officials have abused their power for personal ambition and gain. They don’t want the truth. They want trophies. And until that changes, President Trump should keep using his pardon power boldly, unapologetically, and often.

Because the real two-tiered justice system isn’t a myth. It’s the scoreboard — and it’s long past time to even it.

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To the applause of many on the right, the Pentagon has issued a ban on transgender men and women in the military. Officials have said that as of December, 2024, there were 4,240 troops who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria on active duty — but that number may be higher, as there are about 2.1 million total troops serving.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is among those pleased with the decision, writing, “No More Trans @ DoD” in a post on X.

Democrats are of course fighting the ban — and shockingly, BlazeTV host Alex Stein agrees with them.

“I disagree with this too,” he tells Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). “Because if you look at our military, Congresswoman Mace, and you look at transgenders — I’m just talking about statistically — you want a mean, tough military, right? Nobody’s meaner than a transgender person.”

“Nobody’s more violent than a transgender person,” Mace responds.

“We give them guns, we put them on the front line — the trans out there are like Rambo, and they’re going to fit in,” Stein says.

“But they love Hamas a lot, though,” Mace counters.

“But Hamas will throw them off the roof,” Stein fires back.

“I don’t know that they could shoot a terrorist, because they love them,” Mace says. “They like the terrorists. Look at what they’re doing — Trantifa — in California. Burning it down. I agree with you, but I don’t think they would shoot a terrorist in the Middle East, because they like them so much.”

“That’s a sad, sad, weird, confused person that will go there and protest for Palestinian people that would literally murder them. It’s kind of a weird moral conundrum,” Stein agrees.

“They would decapitate them in a heartbeat. They wouldn’t last five minutes,” Mace adds.

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A security expert appeared to stun the CNN anchor who asked him to assess the incident where a Democrat politician was aggressively shoved out of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem’s press conference.

Democrats are outraged over the video footage of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California being dragged out of a briefing Thursday, but instead of justifying the outrage, Josh Campbell said the agents acted appropriately to the threat.

‘You can’t interrupt something like that, that’s already in progress, without having those consequences.’

“How should we, in your view, be analyzing how we’re seeing these agents respond?” asked Kasie Hunt.

“Well, it’s easy to think about this as one incident, but actually from a law enforcement perspective, we’re really looking at three separate incidents that happened,” said Campbell.

He said the first incident was the interruption of the DHS secretary that was not a part of a question and answer period.

“You can’t interrupt something like that, that’s already in progress, without having those consequences,” he explained.

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He said the second incident was when Padilla turned into the agents as they were walking him out.

“At that point, from a security detail perspective, we’re taking this person out against their will. We’ve asked the person — and again, this is all happening very quickly — but the moment he turns into them, they realize this is not someone who is going to comply,” Campbell said.

He did express some concerns about whether they needed to take Padilla to the floor after he had already been ejected. But he added that Noem had no responsibility for their actions.

“This was neither the fault nor the responsibility of DHS Secretary Noem,” Campbell added. “She’s in the middle of a press conference. There’s someone who interrupts and then makes it clear by his movements that he is not going to comply. He’s taken out. Again, I don’t think any of that was her responsibility.”

Video of Campbell’s comments were posted to the X account of White House communications director Steven Cheung.

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Federal prosecutors announced the arrest of a man charged with conspiracy to commit civil disorders after he was allegedly caught on video passing out riot gear to protesters in Los Angeles.

Protests against deportation operations from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents erupted into violence and vandalism that lasted several days, beginning Friday. One widely circulated video showed a man handing face shields from a carton in a truck to protesters.

‘We want to understand who these people are and where this organization’s coming from.’

Many suggested that the video was evidence that the violent protest had been orchestrated and funded by nefarious organizations.

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrest of Alejandro Theodoro Orellana by the FBI during a sting operation at his home.

“We have made it a huge priority to try to identify, locate, and arrest those who are involved in organizing, supporting, funding, or facilitating these riots,” he said to Fox News.

“It appears they’re well-orchestrated, and coordinated and well-funded,” he added, “so we want to understand who these people are and where this organization’s coming from, and today was one of those first arrests, the key arrests that we did.”

Essayli posted video of the man passing out the masks from the back of a black pickup truck.

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A person who claimed to know Orellana told KTLA-TV that he was not known to be associated with criminal activity.

“No, nothing of the sort. Nothing at all,” said the resident. “No one in this block have I heard any, you know, bad news from or any gossip.”

The Trump administration responded to the rioting against federal operations by ordering National Guard troops as well as U.S. Marines to provide security for ICE officials.

Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of acting as a totalitarian and trying to militarize cities. An emergency request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to block the military orders was denied by a judge, but Newsom has pressed on to accuse the president of acting contrary to the U.S. Constitution.

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Business owners in Washington, D.C., reportedly are frustrated at law enforcement after a suspect in several arson incidents was released without charges.

One of the arson incidents damaged the Kirby Center of Hillsdale College, and a source at the school told Blaze News that law enforcement said the fire might be related to an alleged serial arsonist who’d been released after a recent, separate incident.

‘Arsonists are inherently dangerous individuals. If they’re willing to commit property damage, then ostensibly they’re willing to harm people.’

D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly told WRC-TV that dozens of fires have been reported in the past four months in the area.

“What we know is since the end of March, we’ve been investigating about 35 fires that look like they’re related to somebody that is serial lighting fires,” he added to the station.

A recent fire behind St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Second Street NE singed the brick of the building and significantly damaged a vehicle, Donnelly noted to WRC.

Police arrested Mohammad Al-Rashidi, 50, in May after firefighters said they witnessed him lighting a trash can on fire, the station said. Although Al-Rashidi spent a night in jail, Donnelly told WRC that prosecutors didn’t believe they could get a conviction, so destruction of property charges were dropped.

Al-Rashidi, who is believed to be homeless, was released, the station said.

But officials believe he continued lighting fires in the area, and they allegedly are now looking to detain him. Multiple sources familiar with the investigation told WRC a judge signed a new arrest warrant for Al-Rashidi in connection with the church fire.

In fact, investigators told the station that Al-Rashidi is a suspect in four separate fires set Wednesday morning.

One of those fires damaged construction materials at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center. Blaze News spoke to a Hillsdale source who said fire officials told him they were looking for a serial arsonist in the case. The source also said officials described the man as homeless.

“It’s an annoyance,” the Hillsdale source told Blaze News, describing the aftermath as “a mess.”

James McCrery, a business owner in the area, told Blaze News he’s concerned law enforcement officials aren’t taking the incidents seriously enough, after he heard the suspect had been previously released without charges.

“I’ve been working hard to express concern to law enforcement,” McCrery told Blaze News. “Arsonists are inherently dangerous individuals. If they’re willing to commit property damage, then ostensibly they’re willing to harm people.”

He added that releasing the suspect might not have been the “appropriate response” to the incidents — and told Blaze News he’s spoken to other business owners who feel similarly.

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Chief Donnelly shared McCrery’s concerns.

“My fear … these fires are happening in the middle of the night,” Donnelly told WRC. “They’re happening in areas where they could grow. My fear is that one’s going to extend to a house, and somebody’s going to get hurt or lose their property. That’s what our fear is, absolutely. This is a big problem.”

However, D.C. Council member Charles Allen said in a statement to the station that officials are taking the incident seriously.

“There have been dozens of suspicious fires around Capitol Hill lately — ranging from small items burned on sidewalks to trash cans lit on fire in alleys to a detached garage burned down behind a home,” he noted to WRC. “Fortunately, no one has been hurt so far, but I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time if the person responsible isn’t stopped soon. [Metropolitan Police] and [the Fire and EMS Department] are on the lookout and taking these suspicious fires seriously and treating them with the same urgency we all feel in the community.”

Security video of a man lighting a fire in a trash can be viewed on WRC’s YouTube video.

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In an interview with Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli documented the details that led to the arrest of a union leader at an ICE protest just as rioting broke out in Los Angeles on Friday.

Supporters of SEIU leader David Huerta have accused federal law enforcement officials of targeting him for arrest out of political motivation. His union called for his release and said that he was injured during the incident as well.

‘I don’t care who he is. He’s not going anywhere. He’ll get court on Monday.’

Essayli provided details of the incident to Glenn Beck that contradicted that accusation.

“I have been following SEIU for quite some time, and they are maybe not the head of the snake, but they’re near. They might be some of the teeth in the head of the snake. And I haven’t followed SEIU California for quite some time. And David Huerta, what can you tell me about him, and exactly what happened that got him arrested?” asked Beck.

Essayl said he didn’t want to jeopardize the investigation but offered the state’s version of what happened with Huerta.

‘He stood in front of the driveway to block the agents from [executing a search warrant]. … That instigated a physical altercation between Mr. Huerta and the agents. … I don’t think anyone there knew who it was.’

“On Friday, our agents were executing that search warrant at that business. He stood in front of the driveway to block the agents from being able to go in and out of there and to get the van in there that was needed to transport the people who had been detained or arrested,” said Essayli.

“He would not move.”

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“So the agents went to move him, and my understanding is that instigated a physical altercation between Mr. Huerta and the agents. They pushed him. I think he pushed back, and they ended up pepper-spraying him and arresting him,” Essayli continued.

But contrary to the accusations that the agents targeted Huerta, Essayli said they didn’t know who he was at the time.

“I’ll be honest with you; I had no idea who he was. I don’t think anyone there knew who it was. The agents didn’t know. It was a couple of hours later [that] we had politicians [who] started calling our special agents’ offices. They called my offices. Some tried to call me to say, ‘He’s a big deal. You don’t know who you arrested,’ and basically insinuating that we need to let him out,” Essayli continued.

“I said, ‘I don’t care who he is. He’s not going anywhere. He’ll get court on Monday,”’ he added.

RELATED: Union president reportedly detained and injured in ICE raids in Los Angeles

A statement from the SEIU claimed that Huerta had only been documenting the actions of federal agents.

“We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement: standing up to injustice, regardless of personal risk or the power of those perpetrating it,” said SEIU executive director Tia Orr.

“We call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate ICE raids that are tearing apart our communities, disrupting our economy, and hurting all working people,” she added.

Huerta was charged with one felony count of conspiracy to impede an officer and released on a $50,000 bond.

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) attempted to disrupt Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Los Angeles press conference on Thursday, but his grandstanding swiftly backfired.

A video captured by Fox News’ Bill Melugin showed Padilla crashing the Department of Homeland Security press conference and interrupting Noem’s speech.

‘He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem’s press conference.’

Security swiftly intervened.

“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” Padilla stated after an agent began escorting him out of the room.

Resisting multiple security officers, the senator tried to press on with his comments.

Moments later, after agents had removed him from the room, Padilla shouted, “Hands off!”

RELATED: White House hammers liberals for gaslighting about LA riots: Burning cities isn’t justice — it’s chaos

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“I’m told Noem is in a room meeting with Senator Padilla right now. After I stopped recording, my team witnessed him being taken to the ground by FBI personnel and he was temporarily detained,” Melugin said.

A second video circulating on social media appeared to support Melugin’s reporting.

The clip showed three FBI agents wrestling Padilla to the ground and placing him in handcuffs.

Padilla’s Democratic allies jumped to his defense.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) responded to the incident, calling Padilla’s removal “outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.”

“[Padilla] is one of the most decent people I know. … Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now,” Newsom wrote in a post on X.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated that the video of Padilla’s forced removal “sickened my stomach,” accusing officers of “manhandling” the senator.

“We need immediate answers to what the hell went on,” Schumer demanded.

Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) said, “Let’s call it what it is: a disgraceful abuse of power. Senator Alex Padilla was dragged and handcuffed out for daring to question Secretary Noem. This wasn’t a threat — it was dissent. They’re not keeping us safe — they’re silencing us.”

RELATED: 25 Dem senators parrot same script in videos slamming Trump, Musk

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Padilla’s office stated, “Senator Padilla is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations in Los Angeles and across California. He was in the federal building to receive a briefing with General Guillot and was listening to Secretary Noem’s press conference. He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.”

However, a third video appeared to contradict the office’s claim that Padilla was removed for asking a question. Instead, it shows Padilla walking to the front of the room where Noem was speaking. Before Padilla said anything, an officer, noticing his quick approach, intercepted the senator.

According to Melugin, Noem stated she met with Padilla for several minutes after the incident and that the two exchanged phone numbers.

“[Noem] says it was cordial and beneficial. He had concerns about [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations & they opened up a line of communication. Said it was a good meeting and things are okay between the two of them (outside of all the political reaction happening now),” Melugin reported.

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No more $7,500 tax credit for electric cars.

That crucial proposal is tucked away in Trump’s big, beautiful bill — and even Elon Musk likes it. (At least, that’s what he’s saying.)

As Stellantis Ram brand manager Tim Kuniskis says, “Americans like to count cylinders.”

If passed, it would spell the end of up to $7,500 in federal subsidies per EV and would shut the door on an increasingly controversial and costly pillar of the Biden administration’s transportation policy.

Cash for Clunkers 2.0

Let’s be clear: This isn’t about disliking innovation or electric vehicles. Some people love them. Americans love tech and efficiency. But many are waking up to the realization that we’ve been here before — back in 2009 — with the infamous “Cash for Clunkers” program.

That federal boondoggle was touted as a win-win: Stimulate the economy, clean up the roads, and help Americans afford new, fuel-efficient cars. Instead, it destroyed perfectly good vehicles, reduced the used car supply, inflated car prices, and ultimately did little for emissions.

RELATED: Extend your EV battery’s lifespan with two simple steps

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Fast-forward to today, and the government is repeating history with a different name and a different agenda. This time, it’s EVs that are being pushed through incentives, tax breaks, and regulations. The problem? Americans aren’t buying it — literally. According to AAA’s latest 2024 survey, only 16% of U.S. adults say they’re likely to purchase an EV as their next vehicle, the lowest percentage since 2019. A staggering 63% say they’re unlikely or very unlikely to go electric.

Not buying it

The reasons are clear and reasonable. High purchase prices, unreliable charging infrastructure, battery range anxiety, higher insurance rates, and sky-high repair costs are all legitimate concerns. Add to that the challenge of charging at home — especially for apartment dwellers — and you have a product that’s simply not ready for mass adoption.

That hasn’t stopped the federal government from funneling billions of your tax dollars into EVs, much of it to automakers who were already profitable. What’s worse, companies that don’t even manufacture in America are reaping the rewards, while U.S. taxpayers foot the bill.

No EV-only future

Brands like Toyota and Stellantis (which includes Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, and Jeep) have already expressed skepticism about a full-EV future. Toyota’s and Hyundai’s leadership continues to advocate for a mixed drivetrain approach — hybrids, plug-in hybrids, hydrogen, and even internal combustion — arguing that a one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t make sense globally or domestically.

They aren’t alone. Honda and Mazda have also taken more cautious steps, resisting the full-EV tunnel vision. It’s not resistance for the sake of rebellion; it’s an approach that represents the truth, rooted in economics, infrastructure, and real consumer behavior.

RELATED: Gas car ban by 2035? EPA sets stage for electric-only future

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Meanwhile, EVs sit on dealer lots for months at a time. Automakers are slowing production. Ford slashed its F-150 Lightning production goals by half. GM is backpedaling on its EV transition timeline, delaying new launches, and many brands are following. Even Tesla, the king of EVs, is feeling the squeeze, with fluctuating demand and concerns about long-term profitability.

Stuck on green autopilot

And yet, the federal government has remained stuck on green autopilot. The current EV tax credit system — expanded under the Inflation Reduction Act — is projected to cost more than $200 billion over the next decade, according to Capital Alpha Partners. These aren’t small subsidies; they’re massive market distortions. And like Cash for Clunkers, the unintended consequences may haunt us for years.

The Republicans’ proposal doesn’t stop at EV credits. It also seeks to eliminate incentives for commercial EVs, used EVs, and other so-called clean energy projects. But don’t confuse this with an anti-tech or anti-progress stance. It’s about rebalancing the market, restoring consumer choice, and stopping the flood of taxpayer dollars toward an agenda that simply doesn’t align with how Americans drive — or want to drive.

As Stellantis Ram brand manager Tim Kuniskis says, “Americans like to count cylinders.”

Americans deserve a transportation future that prioritizes freedom, innovation, and infrastructure that works. That means more choices — not mandates. It means supporting vehicles people actually want and can afford, not forcing premature transitions through subsidies.

President Trump’s new tax plan could do more than balance the books — it could finally bring some sanity back to our roads. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just pulled one of his boldest moves yet under the Trump administration and fired the CDC’s vaccine advisory board after removing COVID shots from children’s and pregnant women’s vaccine schedules.

“This is the first true consequence that I think we have seen,” BlazeTV host Steve Deace says on “Blaze News I The Mandate,” noting that “almost every major health care policy position” in Trump’s administration has gone to “some form of COVID scamdemic skeptic.”

“The nomination of RFK Jr. as secretary of HHS, guys, might be the closest we’re ever going to get in America to a tribunal on what happened during that period of time. And now, this is the closest thing to real consequences — people losing their jobs — that we have seen,” he continues.

The CDC vaccine advisory board in question has existed for decades and, according to Deace, has “never once found that a single vaccine was unsafe.”

“Now, just to put this in some context … Moderna, as a company, for over a decade tried to bring a singular product to market but was never able to do it one time, until the COVID vaccine,” he explains.

“So somehow, somehow they were unable to harness this mRNA technology for over a decade to successfully bring one, not even a single product to market one time, and yet, under the gun, the pressure of a once-in-a-century pandemic, they pulled it off,” he continues.

“We’re talking about a panel that at least 25 years did not find one single shot unsafe, including the COVID vaccines. So that just kind of gives you an idea of who this panel is,” he adds.

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Despite a handful of Republican defectors, the House narrowly passed the rescissions package on Thursday which will slash $9.4 billion in spending.

The rescissions package cuts $8.3 billion in foreign aid, including some funds to the U.S. Agency for International Development, and cuts spending to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which uses taxpayer dollars to fund biased media platforms like PBS and NPR. The package passed with a 214-212 vote, with four Republicans joining 208 Democrats to vote against it.

The four Republicans are Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, and Mike Turner of Ohio.

‘$9 billion won’t solve all our budget problems but it’s an incredible start.’

One key vote that secured the DOGE cuts’ passage was from Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Although Massie has bucked his party on several major votes, the fiscal hawk was enthusiastic to support the spending cuts.

“Just voted for the 2025 rescissions act,” Massie said. “These are the first DOGE cuts. $9 billion won’t solve all our budget problems but it’s an incredible start. Let’s cut more. Thank you DOGE!”

RELATED: Congress to codify DOGE cuts while conservatives lead the charge

To Massie’s point, $9.4 billion in spending cuts is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the $36 trillion debt. That said, he and other Republicans feel it is a step in the right direction.

“From the moment NPR’s CEO exposed herself as a dishonest, left-wing activist, I vowed to ensure NPR never gets another cent of taxpayer funding,” Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas said. “That day is finally here. I applaud my House colleagues for passing this rescissions package to defund them entirely. The gravy train is up.”

RELATED: Democrats vote overwhelmingly to allow illegal aliens to continue voting in key district

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The Los Angeles riots have largely petered out; however, the narrative battle over their nature and significance rages on ahead of the nationwide “No Kings” uprisings championed by billionaire Walmart heiress Christy Walton.

The White House published a provocative, 48-second video on Wednesday juxtaposing audio from liberal news coverage characterizing the uprisings in L.A. as “rallies” and “protests” with images of radicals burning vehicles, clashing with police, and attacking federal agents.

RELATED: It’s not a riot, it’s an invasion

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“What’s happening in Los Angeles aren’t ‘peaceful rallies’ — they’re third-world insurrection riots on American soil,” stated the White House.

A previous video shared by the administration provides strong indications of whose statements the White House was refuting, namely Democratic Sens. Cory Booker (N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), and Alex Padilla (Calif.); twice-failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris; and CNN talking head Dana Bash.

“The reality is we see peaceful protests launching in Los Angeles,” Booker told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” prior to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard. “Remember: A lot of these peaceful protests are being generated because the president of the United States is sowing chaos and confusion by arresting people who are showing up for their immigration hearings.”

RELATED: Twin daughters of top Los Angeles Democrat arrested in ICE riots for allegedly assaulting police officer with deadly weapon

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Padilla emphasized to CBS News on Tuesday the “peaceful nature of the protests,” suggesting that the “folks that show up after dark and are involved with the looting and the vandalism — which has no place, it’s wrong and we denounce that — are a very different group of people.”

Contrary to Padilla’s suggestion, a great deal of the vandalism and violence that occurred over the weekend took place in broad daylight.

‘Looting an Adidas store isn’t justice.’

When condemning Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, Sen. Warren suggested that it amounted to a “dangerous escalation” in response to people peacefully protesting — another whitewash of the violence and mischaracterization of the scene on the ground.

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Kamala Harris said in a June 8 statement that the “demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful,” characterizing the lawful actions of the Trump administration alternatively as “cruel” and “dangerous.”

Dana Bash suggested that the uprising in Los Angeles was not “a real riot.”

The White House confronted the doubters with “a few simple truths” about the Los Angeles riots in a statement accompanying its new video, noting: “Looting an Adidas store isn’t justice. Burning cities isn’t speech. Gavin Newsom isn’t a good governor.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Blaze News in a statement, “As a direct result of Gavin Newsom’s failed, incompetent leadership, violent rioters have attacked law enforcement officers, lit cars on fire, and engaged in lawless chaos — all while waving foreign flags and declaring their hatred for American law enforcement. That is not something that should be happening in America — and everyone should be able to acknowledge that.”

This is not the first time that the White House has posted about “simple truths” on social media.

In a May 2 post captioned “four simple truths,” the White House shared a picture of Kamala Harris labeled “not president”; a picture of MS-13 associate Kilmar Abrego Garcia labeled “not a ‘Maryland man'”; a picture of the National Public Radio logo labeled “not real news”; and a picture of the Gulf of America labeled “not Gulf of Mexico.

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Every woman gets their period, but very few understand it.

And while many choose to use artificial fixes like hormonal birth control to relieve period symptoms, this doesn’t actually regulate or fix the menstrual cycle — it simply shuts the menstrual cycle down.

“A natural menstrual cycle is beneficial for women, because it’s how we make hormones,” naturopathic doctor Lara Briden tells BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey on “Relatable,” explaining that to give women birth control to solve all their problems is a “reckless approach.”

And there are other solutions to issues like painful periods that aren’t birth control.

“I definitely have friends who say, ‘I just have horrible periods, they’re really heavy, I have horrible, debilitating cramps,’” Stuckey says. “A lot of doctors will say the only remedy is birth control, but you have a natural approach to that, so where should women start if they’re in any of those boats?”

“I’ll give you two examples, which are kind of my favorite ones because they can really move the needle on symptoms,” Briden says. “If young women or teenagers are having very heavy periods, painful periods, one of the things I have learned early on, and then I’ve just seen in practice again and again, is that it can improve by switching the kind of dairy cow’s dairy they’re eating.”

According to Briden, unlike “A2 milk,” certain dairy proteins can be “quite inflammatory for some people” and that inflammation “can manifest as heavier flow, or more painful flow, or premenstrual mood symptoms.”

“Another example is the nutrient zinc. A zinc supplement can relieve period pain,” she explains. “There’s been at least one clinical trial where they tested zinc in direct comparison to the pill for period pain, and they found that zinc worked as well as the pill.”

Zinc is not only cheaper than the pill, but Briden notes that it also “doesn’t shut down the menstrual cycle.”

“So it sounds like there are a lot of potential natural remedies for the menstrual issues that people have that aren’t suppressing someone’s very necessary ovulatory cycle,” Stuckey comments.

“It’s 2025, we don’t have to shut down women’s entire hormonal systems just to avoid pregnancy,” Briden agrees.

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As President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security works to clean up the illegal immigration crisis caused by the former Biden administration, a leaked internal memo from the department named several “open borders politicians” who allegedly defended “illegal alien rapists, murders, [and] pedophiles.”

The unclassified memo accused progressive politicians of prioritizing illegal immigrant criminals and violent rioters over law enforcement and their American citizen constituents, citing the recent destructive and violent protests in Los Angeles, California, last week.

‘ICE, get the f**k out of LA so that order can be restored.’

“Since June 6, thousands of violent rioters protesting [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations in Los Angeles have assaulted law enforcement officers with concrete chunks and Molotov cocktails, attacked federal buildings, burned cars, and destroyed other public and private property throughout the city,” the leaked memo read. “Still, open borders politicians have consistently defended, excused and denied the violence.”

The DHS accused the leftist politicians of attempting to blame the lawless protests on ICE.

RELATED: Tim Walz grilled for comparing ICE agents to ‘Nazi Gestapo’

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“Leftists slander law enforcement, lie about Trump policies, and praise illegal aliens,” the memo continued.

The department’s internal document listed several Democratic politicians: former Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Maxine Waters of California. Additionally, it referred to Rep. Norma Torres of California but mistakenly listed her as “Yvette Torres.”

The DHS included quotes from each of the individuals to support its claims that the politicians “put Americans last” by defending illegal alien criminals.

It quoted Harris stating, “Demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors have been overwhelmingly peaceful.”

The memo noted that Newsom, during his June 10th address to California, said, “[Trump’s] administration is pushing mass deportations, indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families, regardless of their roots or risk. What’s happening right now is very different than anything we’ve seen before.”

A comment attributed to Bass read, “Stop the raids. There is a real fear in Los Angeles right now. Parents, workers, grandparents, young people scared to go about their daily lives. We are a city of immigrants. Washington is attacking our people, our neighborhoods, and our economy.”

RELATED: DHS posts ‘foreign invaders’ deportation meme — and liberals can’t cope

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The DHS quoted Sen. Murphy stating, “This is a moment where we have to be on the streets all over the country. … [President Trump is] trying to turn a protest that is pretty small into something that involves an even bigger confrontation.”

It included a comment from Ocasio-Cortez that read, “It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock, rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence.”

“ICE, get the f**k out of L.A. so that order can be restored,” Torres was cited as saying.

Waters was quoted as stating, “Don’t think that somehow, because they called out the National Guard, there was violence. There was no violence.”

DHS noted that ICE arrested “murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and other heinous scumbags” during the Los Angeles operation.

The department stated that the leftist politicians have continued to “stand firmly with foreign nationals invading America and causing mayhem” and therefore “do not care about the American people’s safety or law enforcement.”

The DHS added that the politicians’ policies would “never put America first” and that they are “squarely on the side of criminal illegal aliens.”

“The Trump Administration will always put the American people first and defend law enforcement working to keep America safe,” the department concluded.

Representatives for Harris, Newsom, Ocasio-Cortez, Bass, Torres, Waters, and Murphy did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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The left’s favorite climate doomsday prophet, Greta Thunberg, has decided to expand her activism into geopolitical waters. On June 1, Thunberg boarded the Madleen with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to deliver “symbolic aid” to Gaza, which is to say that she set out with intentions to make a statement about her solidarity with Palestinians rather than deliver actual humanitarian assistance.

Her bold plan to break Israel’s naval blockade, however, quickly backfired when Israeli forces intercepted the yacht in international waters. Thunberg, along with several other passengers, was detained. The left, clutching their pearls, echoed Thunberg’s cries of “kidnapping,” but the climate panic poster child was swiftly deported back to her home country of Sweden.

BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere can’t help but laugh at “Greta’s big boat adventure.”

“I hope you’ve been following the saga. It’s been so much fun,” he says.

Before she embarked, Thunberg said of her endeavor: “No matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the livestreamed genocide.”

“Yeah, I really haven’t heard anything from the Palestinian side this entire time. They’ve been totally silent,” says Stu sarcastically.

If Thunberg was actually worried about genocide, perhaps she should consider who funded her little marine adventure.

“The funding for this particular boat adventure comes from who else but London-based Hamas operative … Zaher Birawi. He was described in Parliament as a person with, quote, ‘links to Hamas,”’ says Stu.

The Israeli naval blockade Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition were aiming to break through was imposed because aid shipments destined for Gaza had been smuggling arms to Hamas. When Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz heard of Thunberg’s “symbolic aid” mission, he told “the anti-Semitic Greta and her fellow Hamas propagandists” to “turn back,” vowing that they “would not make it to Gaza.”

And while Katz’s statement proved true, Thunberg’s “kidnapping” narrative did not.

“They tell her in advance, they’re going to stop her. They do stop her,” he says, pointing out the irony that Israel is supposedly the “genocidal regime.”

The Israel Foreign Ministry capitalized on the irony when it posted the following image of Thunberg being offered a sandwich on the naval ship that “kidnapped” her:

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“It’s an adorable photo of her in a little puffy life jacket with a frog hat, just smiling at a wonderful sandwich,” says Stu.

In Thunberg’s defense, she was offered “a prepackaged sandwich.”

“What kind of genocidal terrorists are they?” Stu asks facetiously.

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During a Thursday hearing, former Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) was brutally grilled by Republican lawmakers for his past comments likening Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to the “Nazi Gestapo.”

Walz appeared alongside Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Kathy Hochul of New York to testify on sanctuary cities before the House Oversight Committee. During the hearing, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) confronted Walz for comments he made during a commencement ceremony in May where he said, “Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the street.”

‘Inflammatory rhetoric such as yours … is responsible for putting a target on the back of every ICE agent who is risking their life to protect our communities.’

The insinuation Walz made is that federal law enforcement agencies under the direction of President Donald Trump are like the Nazi secret police deployed by Adolf Hitler.

“When you said the words ‘modern-day Gestapo,’ you were referring to ICE agents,” Emmer said. “Gestapo, by the way, sir, was the official secret police of Hitler’s Nazi Germany. So you’re calling ICE agents modern-day Nazis.”

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“Given the attacks on ICE agents that took place in Los Angeles over the weekend, don’t you regard your dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric as a problem?” Emmer added.

As Emmer pointed out, recent ICE raids in California have been met with violent riots, which he says have been incited by the extreme rhetoric of Walz and other leftist politicians. During these riots, ICE agents and other members of law enforcement have been attacked with rocks, have dealt with arsonists, and have even had details about their location leaked, compromising their safety.

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Walz stammered at Emmer’s confrontation and failed to address his past comments.

“It saddens me that you refuse to express regret from comparing ICE to Nazis,” Emmer said. “ICE agents are brave Americans who get up every morning, leave their families, and put their lives in harm’s way to protect our country, sir. You, at the very least, owe an apology to these dedicated public servants.”

“Inflammatory rhetoric such as yours, and the other governors on this panel, is responsible for putting a target on the back of every ICE agent who is risking their life to protect our communities.”

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Lancaster County is an unlikely spot for a state-of-the art entertainment venue. Many of the locals don’t own a vacuum cleaner, let alone something so worldly as a television or smartphone.

Yet here it is in the tiny hamlet of Ronks, Pennsylvania: a palatial edifice rising out of the verdant rolling hills of Amish country, with seats for 2,000 and sets that rise up to 40 feet high: The Sight & Sound Theatre.

Animal lovers of all ages will adore the show’s non-human actors — all 140 of them.

Its imposing scale may seem incongruous in a place where horse-drawn carriages dominate the local traffic, but on second glance, Sight & Sound is not so at odds with its pious neighbors. It’s a modern-day cathedral of sorts — a wholesome showcase for stories from thousands of years ago, told through slick stagecraft and crowd-pleasing contemporary music.

Whatever the locals think of them, Sight & Sound’s Broadway-style adaptations of Bible stories are a hit, attracting over a million theatergoers a year and helping to build an entertainment empire consisting of a movie studio, a streaming site, a conservatory, and a second venue in Bronson, Missouri.

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Nourishing ‘Waters’

It all started with a simple vision: to share the majesty of God’s creation. In 1964, local amateur photographer Glenn Eshelman and his wife, Shirley, began putting on humble multimedia shows, displaying Glenn’s work on a bulky, boxy projector, accompanied by music and Glenn’s live commentary.

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In 1976, the couple opened the Living Waters Theatre, which allowed them to add live music and special effects such as a synchronized water fountain display.

Their first full-length production, “Behold the Lamb,” followed in 1987. By 1991, the theater’s growing popularity necessitated the construction of the bigger and more modern Sight & Sound Entertainment Centre a mile down the road.

When that burned down in 1997, the Eshelmans took the opportunity to come back with an even better venue, resulting in the theater Sight & Sound patrons are familiar with today.

Called to build

It was at the old Entertainment Centre in 1995 that Sight & Sound first presented its version of one of the most recognizable stories in the Old Testament: the watery saga of Noah and his ark.

“Why Noah?” founder Glenn Eshelman recalls asking, when an inner voice first suggested he do the show.

“Look how people are drawn to animals,” was the response.

“So I went down into my art room, my office, in the house,” Eshelman recalls. “Took my pencil and paper. Took my Bible, and I … laid the whole outline out for the show ‘Noah.’”

“’Noah’ was the show that really put Sight & Sound on the map,” explains Josh Enck, the theater’s president and chief creative officer. It also established a winning “formula” for future productions.

“It was big scope, family-friendly; it had live animals … and the music was very compelling and soaring. … That really was the genesis of what has become the Sight & Sound brand,” says Enck.

Pilgrims’ progress

The Sight & Sound stage subsequently hosted a succession of notable biblical personas: Abraham and Sarah, Ruth, Joseph, Jonah, Jesus, Samson, Moses, and, most recently, Daniel.

Which each show, the production became grander and more high-tech. Sight & Sound has never shied away from using state-of-the-art-equipment to present ancient stories of faith.

From the old-school projector, the shows have moved to floor-to-ceiling projections onstage to depict the settings of the stories. One scene from the 2023 production of “Moses,” for example, features an actor struggling against the backdrop of an epic, on-screen sandstorm.

To celebrate the theater’s progress through the years — along with decades of simply making Bible stories cool again! — Sight & Sound Theatre opened a 30th anniversary revival of “Noah” on March 13.

Before the flood

Its depiction of the deepest human longings against a backdrop of thrilling spectacle makes Noah’s story an ideal challenge for Sight & Sound’s talented ensemble of actors, musicians, designers, and technicians.

Building the set alone is a monumental task. While most of it was created especially for this new show, it does feature the “ark” from the original 1995 production. It’s the only piece that survived the 1997 fire.

To give the audience a sense of the immensity of the ark, this “Noah” uses every inch of Sight & Sound’s 300-foot wraparound stage, while also extending four stories into the space above it. The set is the highest ever to grace the Sight & Sound stage

Creature feature

Animal lovers of all ages will adore the show’s non-human actors — all 140 of them. In the production I saw, even more mature audience members couldn’t resist audibly fawning over the frisky goats, fat rabbits, and wing-flapping ducks. Birds flying overhead and horses trotting down the aisles — an impressive feat of logistics even for Sight & Sound — make the show a truly immersive experience.

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As usual, the actors remain unidentified, their names absent from the souvenir program — a conscious reminder that here it is the story that takes precedence.

The music is arranged and performed with a professionalism that wouldn’t be out of place in a Broadway musical. The song “Building the Ark” is a standout. Sung by Noah and his crew as they busy themselves with the titular task, it inventively uses the clink of metal on metal for its rhythmic beat.

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A lasting promise

The show ends on an uplifting note with “His Promises Are True,” a stirring reminder that that wonderful band of colors in the sky is a testament to God’s faithfulness.

Before we left the theater, a cast member invited patrons to pray with a nearby staff member. Sight & Sound is a storytelling ministry, and I would say “Noah” marks one of its most successful missions yet.

“Noah” plays through December 31, although buying tickets early is strongly recommended, as shows tend to sell out quickly. Take it from me: This is one time you don’t want to miss the boat.

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