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The many fans of the Washington Commanders who long for the return of the team’s former name and logo got a big boost from the family of the tribal chief who inspired both.

The team caved to activist pressure to drop the name and logo in July 2020 over accusations that both had racist connotations. For a brief time, the team took the name “Washington Football Team,” then switched to the Washington Commanders in 2022.

‘White Calf’s name was dropped from the Redskins narrative. His life story was erased from history. Even worse: Uncle Two Guns was dehumanized.’

According to Thomas White Calf, the team was named after his late uncle Two Guns White Calf, who was a chief of the Blackfeet tribe. Thomas told the New York Post the storied history of his uncle and called for the team to restore the name to honor his family and the Native American community.

“White Calf defended tribal traditions in our Blackfeet homeland in Montana, where many of us still live today,” Thomas wrote. “He went to Washington, D.C., where he forced the U.S. government to honor Indian treaties. He served as a model for the U.S. Mint’s famous 1913 ‘Indian head’ nickel. White Calf’s face is still a collector’s item.”

Thomas White Calf said his uncle was friends with Teddy Roosevelt Jr. and made President Calvin Coolidge a member of the Blackfeet Nation. His death in 1934 was front-page news.

He went on to criticize the left-wing movement that led to the removal of his uncle’s visage from the team logo.

White Calf became the proud warrior face of the Redskins in 1972, championed by Blackfeet leader Blackie Wetzel and with support of Native Americans across the country.

Cancel-culture racists decided at some point they wanted to get rid of Indian images in the public domain. The Redskins and Two Guns were their No. 1 target.

White Calf’s name was dropped from the Redskins narrative. His life story was erased from history. Even worse: Uncle Two Guns was dehumanized. He was ridiculed as a “savage and clownish mascot.”

Thomas White Calf went on to link the group that opposed his uncle’s presence on the logo to billionaire leftist George Soros. He also thanked President Donald Trump for using his influence to pressure the team to change the name back.

“We ask that the American Indian never be erased, dehumanized or forgotten again,” he wrote. “God Bless the Blackfeet. God Bless President Trump. And God Bless the United States of America.”

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The issue was revived by comments made in July by football linebacker Von Miller, who had signed on to the team and referred to it by its former name rather than the Commanders.

“The Washington Redskins called me a month and a half ago and started talking and agreed to come here to Washington about a week and a day ago. And here I am, so excited to be here,” he said at an introductory press conference.

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An Israeli government official was arrested during a child sex-crime joint sting operation in Nevada earlier this month, racking up a felony charge of “luring a child with computer for sex act,” according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press release.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, 38, was named as one of the eight arrested during a Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children Unit joint operation with the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force earlier this month.

Alexandrovich was reportedly released from custody on $10,000 bail after an initial court appearance and then returned to Israel.

Those arrested reportedly believed that they were meeting underage children whom they had met online for sex acts, but they were apprehended by law enforcement in part of the two-week sting operation.

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According to an alleged screenshot of a since-deleted LinkedIn profile, Alexandrovich is the executive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate, a government agency that operates under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Another screenshot also placed him in Nevada during early August, talking about the Black Hat conference and cybersecurity:

Two things you can’t escape at Black Hat 2025: the relentless buzz of generative [artificial intelligence] and the sound of Hebrew … in every corridor. … The key takeaway? The future of cybersecurity is being written in code, and it seems a significant part of it is being authored in #TelAviv and powered by LLMs. An exciting time to be in the field!

Black Hat 2025 was a cybersecurity conference scheduled for August 2-7 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Jewish Chronicle reported that a “Tom Alexandrovich” is due in court in Clark County, Nevada, on August 27 in connection with an alleged offense on August 6, a date that coincides both with the Black Hat Convention and with the Nevada police sting operation. Alexandrovich was reportedly released from custody on $10,000 bail after an initial court appearance and then returned to Israel.

According to an article published Wednesday by Ynet, an Israel-based outlet, the Israeli prime minister’s office initially issued a statement denying that the official was even arrested. “A state employee who traveled to the U.S. for professional matters was questioned by American authorities during his stay,” the initial statement read. “The employee, who does not hold a diplomatic visa, was not arrested and returned to Israel as scheduled.”

In a Saturday report, Ynet said that the Cyber Directorate claimed its earlier statement “was accurate based on the information provided to us” when presented with evidence of the arrest. The office denied that it had any involvement with posting Alexandrovich’s bail, though it is unclear who posted it. Alexandrovich is reportedly on leave “by mutual decision.”

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment on the circumstances of Alexandrovich’s arrest.

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Actor Chris Pratt says it’s not hard for him to back Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite him being a member of the Trump administration.

Pratt is married to Katherine Schwarzenegger, whose mother, Maria Shriver, is part of the Kennedy family. This has put the actor in close reach of RFK Jr., the United States secretary of Health and Human Services.

Comedian Bill Maher recently asked Pratt about his connection to the Kennedys and wanted to know what type of criticism he has faced over the relationship.

‘I’ll put Clorox in my children’s cereal myself!’

Pratt opined that the media has taken a lot of shots at him and others through unnamed sources that he believes do not exist at all.

“In politics, you inherit enemies,” he told Maher on “Club Random.” “And when you jump in on the bandwagon with the most divisive president ever, it makes sense that you’re going to be made to look terrible.”

Both Maher and Pratt agreed that there is something the media cannot take away from RFK Jr.: He is fighting big industry on behalf of the American people. Particularly, as Maher described, Kennedy Jr. is over the target regarding toxic ingredients in food and pharmaceuticals being used by children.

Still, Pratt said he finds it nonsensical for anyone to criticize the HHS secretary simply for being in Trump’s orbit.

“I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d have an allergic reaction to — to be like, ‘Oh, well, if they do it, I don’t want it to happen. I’ll put Clorox in my children’s cereal myself!'” he joked with Maher.

Putting it simply, Pratt explained that a lot of discourse could emerge just from the two political sides being somewhat reasonable.

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“You know, it’s like, come on, be reasonable here,” Pratt added. “There are certain things that would be a good thing to have. I want them all to be successful,” he said of the Trump administration.

Pratt and Maher had a lot to agree on during the podcast, especially when it came to supporting American troops. Maher revealed that his parents met in the U.S. Army, and despite not always agreeing with foreign policy, he has always had a “soft spot” for the Army.

In the same breath, Maher had a strong message for those who label the U.S. as a horrible place to live.

“If you think we’re the worst country in the world, then just f**king do some research. Just f**king noodle around the internet. You will find a lot of people who did a lot of worse things,” he said.

The host and his guest then shared a unique perspective about being a media figure that has the luxury, or curse, of being able to read about themselves through the eyes of others.

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(L-R) Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Christina Schwarzenegger attend the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “FUBAR” on May 22, 2023. Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

“Politics, it’s a nasty business,” Pratt declared. “I’ve seen how the person you are can be such a contrast to the person that people are being told that you are.”

At the same time, the actor said he would only be doing himself a disservice if he were to constantly rebuke claims that are made in the media.

“Proverb 26:20, ‘For lack of wood the fire will go out,'” Pratt cited, explaining that he would rather let something that’s “not real” be “liked” by 300,000 people than address the fake claim to 50 million people.

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What if the left was right and Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad really was inspired by Hiter’s Nazi propaganda?

A recent satirical article by the Babylon Bee titled, “Historians Uncover Hitler Jeans Ad from 1942” discusses a Bee-produced ad of Hitler promoting a pair of jeans — and gives leftists exactly the win they wanted.

“Whether I’m exploring the great outdoors, lounging around Eagle’s Nest, or invading Poland, I always make sure I’m wearing American Eagle jeans. They’re the most comfortable jeans I’ve ever worn, and they make my hinterlands look amazing,” the faux Hitler says as the video flashes to an image of a pair of swastikas covering his back pockets.

“So if you want to buy these jeans, go right ahead. I’m not going to stop you. Unless you are Jew — or a gay,” he adds, before a voice-over says, “Adolf Hilter has great jeans. Jeans. Get it?”

The article itself dives deeper into the “history” behind the ad, writing, “While scholars have long speculated that Hitler must have modeled blue jeans as part of his fascist rule, the shocking ad has roiled historians.”

“‘We always thought blue jeans were a Nazi dog whistle, but now there is proof,'” said professor Dr. Martin Barnes. “’The word jeans is literally a homophone with the word ‘genes,’ which can only mean one thing: jeans want to invade Poland and kill all the gays. We must stop jeans at all costs,’” the Bee article continued.

BlazeTV host Pat Gray could not be more amused.

“That Sydney Sweeney thing,” Gray says, laughing, “not an original, okay? A direct rip-off.”

“And maybe they have a point on the left,” producer Keith Malinak chimes in.

Gray laughs again, exclaiming, “He’s got swastikas on both butt pockets!”

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Denzel Washington does not care about social media, followers, or the idea that he could be canceled.

The iconic actor took part in a press junket for his new film, “Highest 2 Lowest,” along with director Spike Lee, which included multiple questions about social media followings and public perception.

While Lee has historically been more controversial than the actor, the pair have worked together on many well-received movies and seemingly formed such a strong bond that Washington had no problem taking the lead on many of the more poignant questions they were asked.

Washington first showed reporters that he is not the biggest fan of today’s media landscape when he was asked about having a mostly black cast in his upcoming movie.

‘You just have to do something stupid. You just have to get people to follow you.’

“You have never shied away from starring or acting, producing, directing films with a predominantly black cast,” Associated Press reporter Gary Gerard Hamilton prompted the actor. The reporter then asked Washington what allowed him to be “unafraid of tackling those projects.”

Washington immediately pointed out that he cares about talent, not what other people think.

“Well, it’s a different time when I started. I’m not concerned with what people think about me. I don’t care about that. Especially now. When I was younger, you didn’t, you know, I didn’t grow up like your generation is growing up where a zillion people are watching you all the time and you’re looking to be followed all the time. And, you know, you actually had to be good at what you did,” he said.

“You don’t have to be good now,” Washington continued. “You just have to be eccentric. You just have to do something stupid. You just have to get people to follow you.”

It was at that point director Lee knew exactly how to set up his pal to hit another home run.

“Who were you following, too, right?” Lee asked Washington.

Washington answered, “I’m a leading man, you know. I don’t follow nobody. I follow the Lord. That’s it. That’s the only following I’m doing is my Lord and savior Jesus Christ. I’m not following anybody else on this planet. Period.”

Washington’s takedown of the leading questions would soon get a follow-up when he was similarly approached by a different reporter.

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The next day, Complex News released its own interview with Lee and Washington, featuring journalist Jillian Hardeman-Webb. The reporter went down a similar line of questioning with the 68- and 70-year-olds, respectively. However, she, too, found out the hard way that Washington is not concerned with anyone’s critiques.

“Do you guys consider being ‘canceled’?” Hardeman-Webb asked.

“What does that mean? To be canceled?” Washington chimed back.

“It means you lose public support,” the reporter explained.

“Who cares?” Washington replied. “What made public support so important to begin with?”

Hardeman-Webb attempted to explain that “followers now are currency,” but by this point she had already unlocked another one of Washington’s epic rants about who and what he is willing to follow.

“I don’t care who’s following who. Okay? You can’t lead and follow at the same time, and you can’t follow and lead at the same time. I don’t follow anybody. I follow the heavenly spirit,” Washington declared.

The veteran performer continued to preach to the journalist, who is reportedly 29 years old, about why he follows God.

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“I follow God,” Washington exclaimed. “I don’t follow man. I have faith in God. I have hope in man, but look around — it ain’t working out so well.”

He concluded, “Forget being followed. You can’t be canceled if you haven’t signed up. Don’t sign up. Don’t get me started. … I could care less.”

What stood out in both interviews was each reporter taking in Washington’s remarks and seemingly having a positive reaction to his religious sentiments.

While many people may still have many lessons to learn about follower “currency,” Washington’s injection of an alternative view of social media and its surrounding culture should only deepen the conversation about the actual need for personal branding.

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President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will “lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES.”

The president — whose announcement comes just 10 days after a pair of councilmen in Hamtramck, Michigan, were charged with election and absentee ballot fraud — indicated that he will kick off this initiative with a forthcoming executive order aimed at ensuring honesty in the 2026 midterm elections.

‘Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM.’

The president has long raised concerns over mail-in voting and voting machines.

Ahead of the 2020 election, Trump warned that mail-in voting “WILL LEAD TO MASSIVE FRAUD AND ABUSE” and noted that “unless changed by the courts, will lead to the most CORRUPT ELECTION in our Nation’s History!”

Trump also warned: “RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!”

Absent corrective action over such concerns, former President Joe Biden managed to somehow win the 2020 election, netting millions more votes than Kamala Harris did in 2024.

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FBI Director Kash Patel vindicated some of Trump’s concerns, revealing in June that intelligence reports from August 2020 detailed “allegations of plans from the [Chinese Communist Party] to manufacture fake driver’s licenses and ship them into the United States for the purpose of facilitating fraudulent mail-in ballots — allegations which, while substantiated, were abruptly recalled and never disclosed to the public.”

‘ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING.’

Between January 1 and June 30, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1,513 shipments containing fraudulent documents, including 19,888 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses.

RELATED: Election officials rage as Trump administration pushes for election security

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In addition to possible exploitation by bad actors at home and abroad, Politico highlighted another reason why Trump might want to spike mail-in voting: Historically, Democrats have turned in more mail-in votes than Republicans, who alternatively vote more often in person.

According to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey, 62% of respondents who identified as Republicans or leaned Republican said voters should be able to vote early or absentee if they had a documented reason for not voting in person on Election Day. Only 17% of Democrats or Democratic-leaning respondents said the same.

The Election Assistance Commission indicated that nearly 15 million mail-in ballots were returned at ballot drop boxes in the 2024 election.

“With their HORRIBLE Radical Left policies, like Open Borders, Men Playing in Women’s Sports, Transgender and ‘WOKE’ for everyone, and so much more, Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM,” Trump wrote on Monday. “ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS.”

Trump suggested further that other countries have ditched mail-in voting “because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED.”

The president suggested it would be worthwhile to scrap voting machines because they supposedly “cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election.”

The Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution holds that “the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.”

Trump’s allusion to working with the Republican Party to “BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS” signals an intention to lean on congressional Republicans to wield their constitutional authority to “make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) expressed support for Trump’s initiative, writing, “We must do everything we can to protect the integrity of our elections. No more mail-in ballots!”

Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray (R) called the elimination of mail-in ballots “common sense.”

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The Minnesota Vikings and 11 other NFL teams have come under fire for their new male cheerleaders — but the Vikings’ new additions have undoubtedly been the loudest and received the most social media backlash.

The two new male Vikings — Blaze Shiek and Louie Conn — have been dancing all over social media, their feminine style being what’s rubbing NFL fans the wrong way, to the point that they’re getting rid of their season tickets.

Blaze media co-founder Glenn Beck is among those displeased by the progressive move.

“The Minnesota Vikings — the Vikings — now have two male cheerleaders,” Glenn says on “The Glenn Beck Program,” noting that his wife and daughter, who were both cheerleaders, brought the controversy up to him initially.

“I said, ‘Well, now, let’s not be hasty.’ I said, ‘There’s lots of sports teams that have male cheerleaders,'” Glenn said, recalling that he then asked his wife if she had male cheerleaders that held the girls up and threw them into the air during cheer routines.

“And my wife went, ‘That’s not this,’” he adds.

“So the Vikings having male cheerleaders like that [does] not exactly make a lot of sense,” Glenn says.

“It’s not a surprise, though, right?” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere asks.

“I would say most NFL teams,” he adds, “you would not be stunned to see it.”

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A Georgia day-care worker is accused of child abuse, and the alleged victim’s father posted images of his 1-year-old son’s mangled face on Facebook.

Bainbridge police told WCTV-TV that 54-year-old Yvette Thurston was arrested last Monday and faces charges of first-degree aggravated battery and three counts of first-degree child abuse.

‘I have been instructed to not comment about the events of this past week.’

The station, citing Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Emmons, said Thurston’s bond was set at $44,000 for all four charges.

Thurston has bonded out of the Decatur County Jail, WCTV reported, citing jail records.

Thurston was identified as an employee at Little Blessings Child Care, where the reported incident allegedly took place, the station said.

Cory Weeks — the father of the alleged victim — shared images on Facebook of his 1-year-old boy’s mangled face and said the injuries took place on his son’s first day at the day care.

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Weeks added in the Facebook post that “we were told another child in Clay’s class did this type of damage with a plastic toy” and that he watched day-care surveillance video with police and that “nothing we saw was for the fainthearted, especially happening to such an innocent soul.”

WCTV reported that specific details about the case were not immediately released, but the station added that investigators confirmed that officers viewed day-care surveillance video that contributed to the investigation.

Bainbridge police added to WCTV that the boy was treated at an area hospital.

The station said representatives affiliated with the day care didn’t immediately comment about the alleged incident.

WRDW-TV reported that Little Blessings Child Care is affiliated with the Bainbridge Church of God, according to the day-care facility’s social media page.

Video of a service at the church was posted Sunday on YouTube. After the 15-minute mark, the video switches to audio-only, and after the 17-minute mark, someone — presumably the pastor — begins speaking. The audio is noticeably lower, and the individual speaking tells the congregation that “I have been instructed to not comment about the events of this past week. However, what I am doing, I’m gonna just ask that we stand, and I’m gonna ask that we all come together.” The audio then goes silent; the audio is restored just after the 20-minute mark at a higher volume.

Blaze News on Monday reached out to the church’s pastor, business administrator, and day-care director for comment, leaving voicemails for all three. None of the three on Monday immediately replied to Blaze News’ requests for comment. A Google search for the church indicates that it isn’t open until 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Chief Investigator Mark Esquivel of the Bainbridge police on Monday told Blaze News that the case remains an “open investigation” and that there are “a lot of people to talk to,” including those in the church’s administration.

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Imagine the following scenario. You’re getting ready for bed at your house in the countryside. Surrounded mostly by forests and farms, it’s very quiet, very peaceful. Suddenly, as you turn out the lights and enjoy the fact that it’s actually dark out here away from the lights of the city, you hear a pounding from downstairs. Somebody is attempting to break into your home.

Now, depending on the sort of person you are, you probably have one of several reactions. You might anxiously go to the window and attempt to see exactly what is going on. You might desperately look around for a flashlight and a baseball bat. You might grab the AR-15 from your closet while thinking, “Finally! About time I got some use out of this bad boy!”

Signal jammers gained notoriety in South Africa for their use in raids on isolated farms.

Regardless of which path you take, there is one thing you would almost certainly do before going downstairs to confront your would-be assailants: You call 911. Normally, you would call, hear the dispatcher on the other end, tell him what is going on and where, and then be told that police are on the way. Not this time.

This time, you hear an error tone. Call failed. You dial again. Same thing. You grab your other phone (you have a work phone in this scenario; just go with it). Same thing. Error tone. Call failed. Unfortunately for you, the five men breaking into your house are using a signal jammer. Nobody is coming to help you.

What is a signal jammer? Well, it’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like. It jams signals. Basically, it disrupts the signal between a device and the thing that device is attempting to connect to. It does this by emitting a stronger radio frequency on the same frequency band: 700-2100 MHz for cellular, 1.575 GHz for GPS, etc. A good jammer doesn’t just block one of these options; it blocks all of them. So before you ask: No, your Wi-Fi call is not getting through. If it’s still a bit confusing, think of it like this: You’re standing in a room, and your friend is at the other end of the room. You open your mouth to ask where he’d like to go for dinner, but just as the words leave your mouth, the guy in the middle of the room starts yelling about the new Taylor Swift album at the top of his lungs. It’s something like that.

Before we get back to the dramatic story unfolding at your country estate, you might be wondering where these things came from, what they are generally used for, and maybe most of all how you can get your hands on one.

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Signal jammers came about in WWII, mostly for disrupting enemy radio transmissions. They continued to develop after the war and are now used to counter radio, radar, and other such things in military applications. Law enforcement uses them for preventing remote-activated bombs, as well as securing important locations. As to the last question, they are strictly illegal for civilian use under the Communications Act of 1934 (Section 302(b), in case you were wondering). The given reason for this prohibition on privately owned signal jammers is simple. It’s illegal to disrupt transmissions outside military and law enforcement; signal jammers exist for the sole purpose of disrupting transmissions; so they are illegal. Now, just as with other illegal items (AR-15s in New York City, for example), the fact that signal jammers are illegal doesn’t mean that nobody outside the military and police have them, which brings us back to the situation at your country estate.

The men breaking into your house are not police or military; they are members of an organized crime network. They have developed the strategy of sending small groups of armed men to break into isolated homes, while using signal jammers to prevent the homeowner from calling for help. Fortunately for you, this strategy does not really exist in the United States, so this situation is more hypothetical. Unfortunately, this strategy has been widely used in South Africa, is used increasingly in Mexico, and could start to become more common in America.

Signal jammers gained notoriety in South Africa for their use in raids on isolated farms. Criminal gangs, using sophisticated jamming equipment, have carried out horrific attacks on Afrikaner farmers, who often use radio to communicate and assist one another. In Mexico, cartels use these jammers to do things like block the GPS signals of stolen trucks. Along the U.S. southern border, they use jammers to counteract Border Patrol assets like drones and radar. If these organizations continue to expand their operations within the United States, we will see an increased use of signal jammers and sophisticated crime within our borders.

Solutions to high-tech crime are fairly simple. Signal jammers specifically can be tracked to some degree by spectrum analyzers, RF detectors, or the network-monitoring software employed by cellular providers. Precise tracking with any sort of efficiency is quite difficult, though. The real solution is to crack down on foreign criminal organizations operating on American soil. Tech such as signal jammers is very expensive and highly regulated. It generally requires powerful criminal networks and a certain amount of government corruption for these devices to become a danger to most people. President Trump has taken a step in the right direction with his recent executive order, but nobody knows just how many foreign criminals are already in our country, thanks to the Biden administration. Maybe keep that AR-15 loaded, just in case.

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NFL quarterback Lamar Jackson seemed to cut out all the noise after sharing a message from conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Jackson — a two-time NFL MVP, four-time Pro Bowl player, and leader of the Baltimore Ravens — had heaps of criticism piled onto him after going on a sharing spree on his X page.

‘It’s all about Jesus.’

Jackson shared a plethora of images and videos about baptisms, trusting in God, and even Bible verses and prayers, but it was not until he shared a message from Kirk that the haters came out of the woodwork.

“It’s all about Jesus.”

Those were the simple words from Kirk that Jackson shared to his page that encouraged many fans to post messages ranging from simple heartbreak all the way to referring to Kirk as the “spawn of Satan himself.”

While many X users thought they were giving Jackson the benefit of the doubt in thinking he did not even know who Kirk was, the anger toward Jackson escalated and got far worse.

RELATED: Charlie Kirk spoofed by ‘South Park’ as America’s ‘master debater’ who totally owns liberals

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One sports fan shared a screenshot of Jackson’s post and said he hoped the quarterback “continues to choke in the playoffs.”

Despite a lot of pushback from other fans, an account named Zion said that Jackson had put a “stain” on his “legacy” by sharing Kirk’s Christian message.

Not to be outdone, another X commenter shared a story about Jackson echoing Kirk and said, “I don’t think Lamar Jackson know Charlie kirk hate n*****s.”

Jackson ignored the heat, though, and continued pushing biblical messages like, “Give your worries to the Lord, and he will care for you. He will never let those who are good be defeated.”

This went on for hours, culminating in another Bible verse as Jackson’s final share for the weekend — Acts 4:12, which reads: “Jesus Christ is the only One that can bring you salvation.”

This is not the only time Jackson has put himself in hot water for comments on X. In 2020, he wrote a message about trusting the president when President Donald Trump shared a video of Jackson’s friend reacting to his selection in the NFL Draft.

“Really nice to see this and, what a great pick!” Trump wrote.

“Truzz Trump,” Jackson replied, meaning trust.

The simple message caused mixed reactions, which were also largely ignored by Jackson.

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The 28-year-old has not made any other public comments (or X posts) since his Sunday sharing spree, but Kirk did share an image about Jackson receiving heavy criticism and offered a simple message in response.

“Jesus is the way, truth, and life,” Kirk said.

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Ford is stepping back from an all-electric future and leaning hard into gasoline and diesel vehicles.

This is a huge pivot, setting the stage for a potential profit surge starting in 2026. This isn’t just a corporate maneuver — it’s a move that could redefine the American automotive landscape.

If Ford’s focus on gasoline vehicles delivers, its stock price could climb as profits grow.

The end of the EV mandate

For years, Ford’s profits took a hit from federal regulations pushing electric vehicles. The U.S. government’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards and greenhouse gas emissions rules forced automakers to sell an increasing share of EVs, with mandates aiming for near-100% EV sales during the 2030s.

These policies brought steep fines and costly carbon credits, requiring Ford to subsidize unprofitable EVs with revenue from gasoline vehicle sales. The result? Higher prices for consumers and fewer of the vehicles Americans actually wanted.

That’s all changing. In July 2025, a budget reconciliation bill became law, easing these regulatory pressures. The Environmental Protection Agency is also moving to rescind its “endangerment finding,” a step expected to eliminate GHG fines and credits by late 2025.

During a recent earnings call, Ford CEO Jim Farley highlighted the financial windfall, projecting $1.5 billion in savings for 2025 alone, with billions more to follow in 2026 if these credits disappear. These savings far outweigh potential tariff-related costs, positioning Ford for a profitability boom.

Why EVs haven’t won over America

EVs aren’t vanishing entirely, but their role in Ford’s U.S. lineup is shrinking. The reason is straightforward: Most Americans aren’t interested. Despite heavy subsidies, EVs remain unprofitable for automakers. Consumers face high up-front costs, rapid depreciation, and low residual values, making gasoline vehicles a more practical choice. Ford’s sales data confirms this, showing EVs as a small fraction of demand while gasoline engines remain popular.

To comply with EV mandates, Ford had to inflate gasoline vehicle prices to offset losses. Technologies like start-stop systems, turbochargers, and electrification added thousands to production costs, which were passed on to buyers. Production quotas also limited how many profitable gasoline vehicles Ford could build. The outcome was a market where consumers paid more for vehicles they didn’t fully want, and Ford’s bottom line suffered.

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Back to what works

With regulatory constraints fading, Ford is realigning production to match consumer demand. The company is phasing out costly technologies like start-stop systems and turbochargers, which were required to meet fuel economy standards.

Without CAFE fines, these features are no longer necessary, paving the way for lower prices. Ford is also bringing back naturally aspirated engines, which are cheaper to produce and known for their reliability — qualities American buyers value. The 5.0-liter V-8, found in the F-150 and Mustang, is a standout example, and Ford may expand its use to models like the Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, Ranger, and Bronco.

While Ford isn’t abandoning EVs entirely, its focus will shift. EVs will remain for international markets, niche applications, and research to stay competitive if they become viable without subsidies. This strategic shift allows Ford to prioritize affordable, reliable vehicles that align with what Americans want.

Profits in sight

Ford’s second-quarter 2025 financials offer a glimpse of the road ahead. The company reported a record $50.2 billion in revenue but a $36 million net loss due to special items.

Its EV division, Ford Model e, recorded a $1.3 billion loss, up $179 million from last year. However, Ford is optimistic. By redirecting resources from EVs to commercial trucks and full-size SUVs, the company sees a multibillion-dollar opportunity.

To brace for potential challenges, Ford secured a $3 billion line of credit from JPMorgan Chase, despite holding $20 billion in cash and $14 billion in liquid securities. This cautious move signals confidence in its long-term strategy. If Ford’s focus on gasoline vehicles delivers, its stock price could climb as profits grow.

The end of EV mandates is a win for affordability. New vehicle prices have soared in recent years, with basic models jumping from $16,000 six years ago to much higher today, partly due to EV-related costs. As Ford shifts to naturally aspirated engines, gasoline vehicle prices could drop by thousands. Meanwhile, EVs will reflect their true cost, likely making them less competitive without subsidies.

This shift restores consumer choice. Whether you prefer the reliability of a gasoline truck, the power of a Mustang, or the utility of an SUV, you’ll find more options at better prices. Ford’s emphasis on commercial trucks and SUVs also caters to businesses and families, key drivers of demand.

Driven by demand

Ford’s pivot underscores a fundamental truth: markets thrive when they reflect consumer preferences, not government mandates. The EV push forced automakers to prioritize unprofitable products, raising prices and limiting choice. Its rollback lets Ford invest in what Americans want — affordable, dependable vehicles. This could spark a revival for the U.S. automotive industry, with Ford at the forefront.

Other automakers are likely watching. If Ford’s profits soar, competitors may follow, reinforcing the trend toward gasoline and diesel. EVs will continue to evolve where they make economic sense, but for now, the U.S. market is hitting the gas.

Ford’s decision signals lower prices, more choices, and a market that listens to consumers. Whether you’re a truck driver, a family on the go, or a car enthusiast, this shift could mean better vehicles at better prices. Share this story with friends who love cars or hate high costs — they’ll want to know.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pushing back against criticism from medical establishmentarians over the agency’s willingness to take a closer look at the health risks posed by antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, during pregnancy.

Various health organizations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, accused FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, his agency, and the participants in an expert panel discussion that Makary hosted last month of disseminating “inaccurate” information and of making “outlandish” claims.

‘Adolescents exposed to SSRIs in utero exhibited higher anxiety and depression symptoms than unexposed adolescents.’

An FDA spokesperson defended the agency’s discussions with experts on the topic, suggesting to Blaze News that the critiques of the agency’s expert advisory process were “politically driven.”

Dr. Jay Gingrich, professor of developmental psychology at the Columbia University Medical Center, noted during the July 21 panel discussion that while expectant mothers suffering depression have long been prescribed SSRIs, it was not until recently that any substantial research was undertaken to determine whether these drugs improved outcomes in the mothers’ offspring.

JAMA Medical News confirmed that no randomized clinical trials have been undertaken, due partly to ethical concerns. Despite the absence of such trial data, 6%-8% of pregnant women are reportedly prescribed SSRIs in the United States.

After observing in rodent trials that the mice born of female mice exposed to SSRIs exhibited “stark changes in behavior” and “changes in the brain,” Gingrich explored with Finnish researchers whether SSRI exposure in the womb was similarly consequential for human children and found that it was.

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A study co-authored by Gingrich and published earlier this year in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications provided further confirmation of negative impacts, revealing that “adolescents exposed to SSRIs in utero exhibited higher anxiety and depression symptoms than unexposed adolescents and also had greater activation of the amygdala and other limbic structures when processing fearful faces.”

The study concluded that “SSRIs are a common therapeutic strategy in perinatal maternal emotional disorders, however the present cross-species data and prior studies on single species indicate that we need more mechanistic understanding of how pharmacological factors like SSRIs impact early brain development and later result in maladaptive behaviors.”

‘The public needs better information, and the FDA must strengthen the warnings.’

Dr. Adam Urato, chief of maternal-fetal medicine at MetroWest Medical Center in Massachusetts, told his fellow panelists that he has observed in recent years women increasingly taking antidepressants during pregnancy, in many cases thinking SSRIs “don’t affect the baby or cause complications.”

“These drugs alter the mom’s brain. Why wouldn’t they affect the baby’s?” said Urato. “We can see it on prenatal ultrasound. The ultrasound studies show SSRI-exposed fetuses have different movement and behavior patterns. After birth the newborn babies can have jitteriness, breathing difficulties, and higher rates of admission to the neonatal intensive care unit.”

“The public needs better information, and the FDA must strengthen the warnings,” Urato underscored. “For example, there’s currently no warning regarding preterm birth or preeclampsia. The postpartum hemorrhage warning needs to be strengthened. But perhaps the major shortcoming is that the label doesn’t make clear that SSRIs alter fetal brain development.”

The concerns raised by Gingrich, Urato, and the other panelists evidently ruffled some feathers at organizations that champion the use of SSRIs during pregnancy.

Steven Fleischman, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, rushed to complain, stating shortly after the conclusion of the panel discussion that it “was alarmingly unbalanced and did not adequately acknowledge the harms of untreated perinatal mood disorders in pregnancy,” adding, “Robust evidence has shown that SSRIs are safe in pregnancy and that most do not increase the risk of birth defects.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ current practice guidelines reportedly recommend SSRIs as a first-line pharmacotherapy for mothers between the time of conception and up until a year after the baby’s birth.

Fleischman told JAMA Medical News last week that the panel may “incite fear and cause patients to come to false conclusions that could prevent them from getting the treatment they need.”

‘Commissioner Makary has an interest in ensuring policies reflect the latest gold-standard science and protect public health.’

Marketa Wills, CEO of the American Psychiatric Association, echoed Fleischman in a July 25 letter to Makary, stating, “We are alarmed and concerned by the misinterpretations and unbalanced viewpoints shared by several of the panelists.”

“The inaccurate interpretation of data, and the use of opinion, rather than the years of research on antidepressant medications, will exacerbate stigma and deter pregnant individuals from seeking necessary care,” wrote Wills.

In addition to stating that “the overall evidence suggests that individuals can and should take SSRIs prior to or during pregnancy, when they are clinically indicated for treatment,” Wills claimed that “recent meta-analyses have found no association between prenatal SSRI exposure and overall risk of birth defects.”

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine similarly complained, suggesting that the panelists made “unsubstantiated and inaccurate claims.”

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Other groups similarly outraged by the discussion of possible downsides to drugs characterized as safe and effective include Postpartum Support International, the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry, and the Massachusetts General Hospital for Women’s Mental Health.

An FDA spokesperson told Blaze News, “The claim that the FDA’s expert advisory process is ‘one-sided’ or politically driven is insulting to the independent scientists, clinicians, and researchers who dedicate their expertise to these panels.”

“FDA expert panels are roundtable discussions with independent panels of scientific experts that will review the latest scientific evidence, evaluate potential health risks, explore safer alternatives, and individual experts may offer their recommendations for regulatory action,” continued the spokesperson. “This initiative is part of the FDA’s broader efforts to apply rigorous, evidence-based standards to ingredient safety and modernize regulatory oversight, thoroughly considering evolving science and consumer health.”

The spokesperson noted that “Commissioner Makary has an interest in ensuring policies reflect the latest gold-standard science and protect public health” and stated that suggesting “his engagement on women’s health signals a desire to manipulate outcomes is politically motivated and undermines the serious work being done to improve care for millions of women.”

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As social media and alternative news sources continue to make strides into the well-capitalized territory of cable news networks, the legacy media have been forced to make changes to their business models. Well-established left-wing organizations are in some cases facing an existential threat, and now one of the most well-known leftist outlets is trying its hand at a rebrand.

Comcast’s NBCUniversal has announced that it will spin off several media assets, including MSNBC, into an independent company called Versant by the end of the year.

‘The peacock is synonymous with NBCUniversal, and it is a symbol they have decided to keep within the NBCU family.’

In a surprising move, MSNBC will change its name to MS NOW, short for My Source News Opinion World. Clearly, cutting the “NBC” is part of the major rebrand, but keeping the “MS” is unexpected given that Microsoft began to divest from NBC News in 2005 and completed the sale of its 50% stake in the website in 2012.

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MSNBC and several other assets will be losing the iconic peacock logo in addition to the name refresh.

“The peacock is synonymous with NBCUniversal, and it is a symbol they have decided to keep within the NBCU family,” Versant CEO Mark Lazarus said in a company memo on Monday.

The new publicly traded company will include assets such as USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine, according to a Comcast press release.

“As MS NOW continues to grow within Versant, it’s critical that it has its own distinct identity, entirely separate from the NBC News brand, in order to avoid any potential confusion between the two organizations,” Adam Miller, COO of NBCUniversal, said in a statement.

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Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is attempting to reignite his political career after facing a brutal electoral loss in November 2024.

Brown relaunched his Senate campaign on Monday to try to take back an Ohio Senate seat after Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno defeated him in November by over 200,000 votes.

‘Ohioans just rejected Sherrod Brown’s radical agenda.’

Brown will be running alongside 75-year-old millionaire Fred Ode in the Democrat primary to ultimately face off against Republican Sen. Jon Husted. Husted was appointed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in January to fill the Senate seat vacated by JD Vance after he became vice president.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee wasted no time before calling out Brown’s track record, accusing him of selling out to the “far left.”

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“Ohioans just rejected Sherrod Brown’s radical agenda of allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports, fueling mass illegal immigration, and failing to protect Ohio’s good-paying manufacturing jobs,” NRSC regional press secretary Nick Puglia said in a press release. “If Brown wins his primary, we remain confident voters will reject him again in 2026.”

Brown boasted a steady streak of left-wing policies throughout the 18 years he served in the Senate.

The NRSC’s attack ad said Brown pushed sex-change surgeries for children, “funneled money” to groups that wanted to defund the police, and embraced the open-borders, mass-amnesty policies that became commonplace within the Democratic Party.

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“Sherrod Brown didn’t stand up for Ohio,” the ad said. “He sold it out.”

“Ohio deserves better. Not a liberal sellout like Sherrod Brown.”

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Globalist progressive puppet master George Soros turned 95 years old last week on August 12.

“He’s outlived almost all of the people that tried to stop him and, to be honest, most of the economies that he tried to collapse,” says Glenn Beck.

“You have toppled a few currencies just for sport; you have funded enough political movements all over the world to keep small nations in coups for over a century now; and you’ve turned philanthropy into a really terrifying word,” he adds, congratulating the billionaire on reaching his 95th birthday only “to see [his empire] all come apart at the very end.”

Since Alex Soros, George’s second son, was given control of Open Society Foundations and related financial entities in 2023, Glenn has reveled in watching him send the family empire spiraling into chaos.

You’re “the man who broke the Bank of England,” he says to George. “Your son is breaking another bank, but it seems to be yours.”

Glenn points out some of Alex’s biggest failures, most notably his decision to invest roughly $2 billion in an electric vehicle company called Rivian Automotive. Under Alex’s oversight, Soros Fund Management purchased nearly 20 million shares at $70-$100 per share, but in just a year’s time, the stock dropped to a laughable $18 per share, resulting in over $1 billion in losses.

According to HedgeFollow, a website that tracks and ranks U.S. hedge fund performances, Soros Fund Management currently holds a performance rating of one out of five stars, indicating it is among the least successful hedge funds in the country.

In July 2023 after Alex assumed control of operations, Open Society Foundations cut 40% of its staff worldwide, drastically limited new grants, and made significant changes to its operating model — all signs that the nonprofit organization was running “out of money,” says Glenn.

However, Alex’s “crowning achievement,” he says, was his involvement in Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, with OSF spending $1.6 million to lobby for provisions like electric vehicle tax credits tied to its Rivian investment.

But now that the Trump administration is taking drastic moves to repeal and limit the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions, it seems that’s become yet another failure of Alex’s, too.

But it’s just the beginning of his long list of misfires. While Alex was pumping money into the Inflation Reduction Act, he was simultaneously “spending at least $4 million on Stacey Abrams’ failed gubernatorial campaign,” says Glenn.

“Who would be this stupid? Certainly not George Soros’ son,” he mocks.

“Now it could be because at the time Rivian was starting to build a gigafactory right there in [Abrams’] state and he was asking the state for some subsidies. … Then she didn’t win, and all that money was flushed down the toilet.”

Even the Soros-funded DAs who were installed to “collapse this country” are beginning to fail, as “more than a dozen have been removed from office by recalls and scandals,” says Glenn, adding that the dramatic increase in urban crime thanks to these soft-on-crime DAs was a “key factor” in the defeat of the Democratic Party in 2024.

“The second election of Donald Trump, you know — crime, immigration, and the economy were the big topics, which had to bother you because those were your big topics, too,” he taunts.

The Trump administration “cutting electric car subsidies,” “closing the borders, defunding all your little NGOs,” “going after your sanctuary cities, and, this week, taking crime on in D.C.” has got to be “mental torture” for 95-year-old George, who’s “just trying to make it to the pudding in the afternoon,” Glenn mocks. “To see your world fall apart. That torture must be relentless.”

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Republicans flood social media with sharp, hysterical, and widely shared videos. They crack down on crime in the streets and enjoy rising poll numbers. Democrats, by contrast, gasp for air, wag fingers, and whine. This isn’t just another swing in the cycle of political fortunes. Something deeper has shifted.

American politics has undergone a profound change. Consider a simple benchmark: Tuesday will mark 32 years and seven months since Bill Clinton — young, charismatic, and eager to project cool — walked onstage to play his saxophone with Fleetwood Mac. For the first time since John F. Kennedy, Democrats looked hip. Republicans, meanwhile, were stuck defending the status quo, explaining Reaganomics, pushing back against rock stars, and getting mocked on “Saturday Night Live.”

The problem for conservatives for years was that they made conservative content, as opposed to content imbued with their worldview and values.

They say when you’re explaining, you’re losing, and from Whitewater to Iraq to health care and “corporations are people too,” Washington Republicans would spend most of the next three decades explaining.

“Prosperity is actually rising, even if it’s all plastic and we’re buying it from abroad!”

“That woman sleeping in her car with her baby actually lives more comfortably than princes of medieval Europe!”

“The only way to have freedom here at home is to have elections 6,200 miles away in that country between Jordan and Iran!”

“You guys, Walmart is a force for good. Convenience! Cheap prices. Little shops in town couldn’t even pay benefits to their teen employees.”

Take a look at this video Immigrations and Customs Enforcement released last week. It might not be your kind of music, but would an administration that gave a darn about Democrats’ shrieks post glossy videos of its new enforcement SUVs with a song about how much money they’ve got now and how they don’t “pull up with no knife cause I bring guns to fights”?

Is it appropriate? Who cares? It’s a good beat, and more — it’s the kind of thing that early in my journalistic career Republicans would have “pounced” on from Democrats. Ben Shapiro lecturing about lewdness and violence; “Crossfire” era, bow-tied Tucker Carlson irritated and confused, while a hammered James Carville cackles at him and Jon Stewart pretends he’s cooler than Steve Earle.

“Obama is not acting presidential!”

“How dare they take a vacation; do you know how much that costs taxpayers?”

No longer. Today, Tucker is greeted like a rock star by young people when he walks into a room or waves from Kid Rock’s balcony at his Nashville bar. RFK Jr. in his 1960s ties is evangelizing the country on how to live healthier, happier lives, while the corporatists sputter. Guys like Shane Gillis, once fired from “SNL,” are giggling mirthfully at guys like Stephen Colbert, who is the first of the completely uncool late-night scolds to watch his iconic platform disappear beneath the waves.

President Donald Trump, the undeniable leader of this tectonic vibe-shift, is tooling on Democrat reporters for fun, cracking jokes at world leaders, dancing to 1970s jams, and hosting UFC fights on the White House lawn.

Across town, Democrat congressmen are sweating in front of Union Station looking for reporters and recording breathless videos about how “crime rates are “ackchyually” great and that lurking menace you’ve felt on city streets isn’t real at all. What about the open-air gun market I walked through on Independence Avenue? Or that woman who was murdered in front of her house? Or the adorable little 15-month-old infant shot to death buckled into his daddy’s car?

“Statistics say it’s safe! Thirty-year low!”

Shut up. No one’s buying it any more. And the rejection is making matters worse for Democrats, who truly, deeply cannot handle being made fun of.

The problem for conservatives for years was that they made conservative content, as opposed to content imbued with their worldview and values. No one wants to laugh at “the conservative comedian” or tune into “the conservative Millennial.” Could you possibly be less cool? The conservative movie space was more of the same. “The movie liberals don’t want you to see!” Who cares? People want entertainment.

Liberals knew this, for a time. They made movies that were good — and also imbued with liberal teachings. We might have grumbled, but it was the best show in town. When they made liberal movies instead of movies that were liberal, they ended up with flops. Even peak Matt Damon couldn’t get people to watch his dumb movie about fracking.

That’s all Democrats produce now. From late-night TV to award shows, politics drowns out entertainment. The more audiences tune out, the more they lecture. “Why aren’t you listening? Fascism!” they cry. But Harvey Weinstein is gone, and no one’s buying the act any more.

Politics are fleeting; Republican dominance in Washington could be ended in just over a year. But culture is less fleeting. This shift is real, and it isn’t going anywhere.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has long used her pardon powers to spare criminal noncitizens from deportation.

For instance, in December 2022, Hochul pardoned nine foreign nationals who engaged in criminal activity after migrating to the United States — crimes including drug dealing, theft, robbery witness tampering, and drug possession.

“Clemency is a powerful tool that can be exercised to advance the interests of justice and fairness and to recognize efforts made by individuals to improve not only their own lives but the lives of those around them,” the Democratic governor said at the time.

Vatthanavong ‘would be on a deportation flight to Laos’ were it not for Hochul’s intervention.

The Democrat governor has issued yet another slew of pardons, but this she time did so without any fanfare and announced them only after the New York Times reported on the decision — likely because she was helping a killer avoid deportation.

Sammy Vatthanavong, 52, reportedly entered the U.S. as a refugee from Laos with his family around the age of 7. He was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in 1990 after gunning down an unarmed man two years earlier during a confrontation in a Brooklyn pool hall.

According to AsAmNews, Vatthanavong — who claimed he acted in self-defense — was sentenced to 14 years in prison and stripped of his green card.

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Mekong NYC — a Southeast Asian-focused liberal organization in New York City that is committed to “creating a strong safety net rooted in community power” — and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund waged a months-long pressure campaign to get Hochul to pardon Vatthanavong.

Mekong NYC claimed the governor “has a moral responsibility to take every step possible to protect our immigrant communities” and accused the Trump administration of “heinous” attacks on immigrants.

Both groups stressed the urgency of the pardon, suggesting that without it, his deportation was all but guaranteed.

Hochul granted the killer an unconditional pardon on July 1, one day ahead of his mandatory immigration appointment, where Mekong NYC suggested he stood a risk of arrest.

Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin confirmed to the New York Times that Vatthanavong “would be on a deportation flight to Laos” were it not for Hochul’s intervention.

“If you are a convicted criminal alien, you should not have the privilege to be in this country,” added McLaughlin.

‘I’ll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don’t know a soul.’

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) noted that Hochul tried to get the pardon through without New Yorkers finding out.

“Kathy Hochul was caught red-handed for secretly pardoning a violent illegal felon,” Stefanik said in a statement. “Her dangerous secret pardon of this violent criminal illegal who should have been deported 35 years ago after his conviction is just another example of her putting criminals and illegals first instead of law-abiding New Yorkers.”

“What is most shameful is the Worst Governor in America Kathy Hochul issued this heinous pardon in secret, hoping New Yorkers wouldn’t find out,” added Stefanik.

Hochul suggested that the criminal noncitizen who fatally wounded an unarmed man should remain in the country because he supposedly poses no threat.

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“Unless I believe someone poses a danger, I follow what the Bible tells us: ‘Forgive one another as God in Christ forgave you,'” Hochul said in a statement to the New York Times. “They’ve paid their debt, and I’ll be damned if I let them be deported to a country where they don’t know a soul.”

“Without the community that rallied behind me, I would have been on that deportation flight to Southeast Asia today with over 100 others,” Vatthanavong said in a statement obtained by AsAmNews. “This pardon from Governor Hochul feels like being reborn. Everyone deserves a second chance, and my story is proof that when our communities fight together, we can protect each other.”

Blaze News has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security about whether Vatthanavong can still be arrested and then deported.

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The DOGE revolution has identified federal waste, forced Washington politicians to rethink their spending habits, and exposed the decades-long crusade by Democrats to funnel taxpayer money into activism. In a state like North Dakota — a deep-red stronghold — you’d expect Republicans to seize November’s America First mandate and gut bloated budgets.

Think again. Too many unprincipled legislators are choking on the swamp’s fumes, betraying the voters who rejected the status quo. It’s time to call them out.

Politicians care more about re-election and climbing the ladder than they do about your wallet. They’ll dodge tough cuts to keep their seats, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.

North Dakota’s Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency — a state-level DOGE — was established by House Bill 1442 to tackle the state’s $20.3 billion 2025-27 budget. The mission: Slash waste, end duplication, and put taxpayers first.

For fiscal conservatives, it looked like a dream come true. But after its first meeting July 30, conservatives are sounding the alarm. This committee is packed with spendaholics who will keep the gravy train rolling for as long as they can.

If we want real cuts, we need to stop coddling politicians and start fighting in Republican primaries.

Some get it; some don’t

Credit where it’s due: the leadership is solid. Chairman Rep. Nathan Toman (R-Mandan) is a budget hawk. Vice Chairman Sen. Chuck Walen (R-New Town) has a good record with his conservative base. Both men understand that North Dakota’s budget bloat calls for a chainsaw, not a Band-Aid.

But their grit is drowned out by a committee built to fail — thanks to GOP leaders afraid of losing votes by cutting unnecessary funds. Legislative Management appointed Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan (D-Fargo), a Democrat who has never met a spending bill she didn’t love, especially in human services and health care. Her role is to protect the status quo, not shrink it.

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Then there are Republican Reps. Glenn Bosch and Robin Weisz — appropriations loyalists who rubber-stamped 99% of the state budget. They are not reformers. Expecting them to cut waste is like asking a fox to guard the henhouse.

State problem, national roots

This isn’t just North Dakota’s mess — it’s politics everywhere. Red-state Republicans talk tough about fiscal discipline but crumble when the time comes to act. Why? Cutting spending risks votes, dries up PAC money for re-election, and alienates lobbyists.

It’s why North Dakota GOP leaders play nice with Hogan. It’s why Bosch and Weisz keep the spending spigot open. And it’s why our $36.2 trillion national debt keeps climbing.

Politicians care more about re-election and climbing the ladder than they do about your wallet. They’ll dodge tough cuts to keep their seats, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.

The only fix: Primaries

The DOGE is a great idea. But across red states, task forces like North Dakota’s stall when Republicans fear backlash more than they fear waste. Without legislators willing to fight, this will become another powerless committee generating reports nobody reads.

The fix? Get serious in Republican primaries.

In North Dakota, Citizens Alliance is backing challengers to big spenders like Bosch, Weisz, and their allies. In Pennsylvania, the group has added more than 55,000 GOP voters — 250 per day — because primaries are the contact sport that scares RINOs straight. In Idaho, Citizens Alliance helped oust Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Winder in 2024 and backs more than 40 lawmakers with proven conservative records.

North Dakota needs that same fire if it wants the state task force on government efficiency to roar instead of roll over. Republicans who dodge the DOGE mandate aren’t just failing — they’re betraying voters who demanded lasting reform. If they can’t bring a bulldozer to budget bloat, they don’t belong in leadership.

​Opinion & analysis, Opinion, Doge, Doge cuts, Slashing budget, Fiscal conservatives, States, Republicans, Spending, Spending cuts, Department of government efficiency, North dakota, Rinos, Primaries 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters that he is open to certain concessions in order to achieve peace with Russia, despite rejecting the ideas in the past.

Zelenskyy spoke to reporters in Brussels over the weekend, not long after President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska for a historic summit.

During the meeting, Putin said that Ukraine would need to abandon its Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the eastern border as a condition for peace. Zelenskyy responded to the demands and announced what he is considering an arrangement.

‘Putin has been unable to take it for 12 years.’

Although he is set to meet with Trump Monday, the Ukrainian leader said that he would be open to “land swaps” in order to reach a peace deal with Russia, but rejected the idea that he should give up Donetsk.

A map of the region showing current battle lines (Aug. 14, per the BBC), shows that while Luhansk is completely enveloped by Russian forces, about a third of Donetsk is still under Ukrainian control, as is a fair chunk of the Zaporizhzhia territory. Those front lines are where the negotiations should start from, Zelenskyy said.

“We need real negotiations, which means they can start where the front line is now,” Zelenskyy explained, according to the New York Post. “The contact line is the best line for talking.”

Ukraine’s strong defense of Donetsk was Zelenskyy’s proud talking point on the issue. He noted, “Putin has been unable to take it for 12 years, and the Constitution of Ukraine makes it impossible to give up territory or trade land.”

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As peace gets closer, President Zelenskyy is seemingly changing his tune when compared to remarks he has made throughout the war.

In April 2022, he said that “we cannot give up our territory,” regarding ceding land in exchange for peace.

In a July 2022 interview with CNN, Zelenskyy also firmly rejected the idea of giving up territory.

The Ukrainian president also called it “insane” to consider giving territories to Russia in December 2023, referring to Russian troops as “terrorists” at the time.

Zelenskyy now says, “Since the territorial issue is so important, it should be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at the trilateral Ukraine-United States-Russia,” referring to a meeting between himself, Trump, and Putin.

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After Friday’s U.S.-Russia meeting, Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that “security measures” for Ukraine were “largely” agreed upon between himself and Putin, meaning Ukraine would get certain guarantees without being admitted into NATO.

Trump then said the peace deal is now “really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done.”

In response, Zelenskyy told reporters, “We really want to get an answer to these questions in order to understand what ‘security guarantees’ are.”

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When President Trump asserts federal control over Washington, D.C., half measures won’t do. To succeed, he needs to go all the way — and his plan to extend the federal presence in the district is a good start.

The 1973 Home Rule Act allows a president to reassert control over the Metropolitan Police Department for 30 days. Extending beyond that would likely require a congressional resolution or invoking emergency powers, either of which would trigger a Capitol Hill fight. Democrats’ push for D.C. statehood — and two guaranteed Senate seats — depends on convincing Americans that the district can govern itself. It can’t. The city’s experiment in representative democracy has failed as spectacularly as many regimes in the Middle East.

Federal control must apply the broken-windows model: Enforce the full criminal code to prevent larger crimes before they happen.

The Constitution’s Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 gives Congress exclusive legislative authority over the nation’s capital. Home rule was the deviation, not the norm, from decades of relatively peaceful federal stewardship. This isn’t a “takeover” so much as a “take-back” — like taking away the car keys from a teenager who used the family sedan to run drugs and commit drive-by shootings.

Home rule should have ended long ago. One obvious moment came in 1990, when Mayor Marion Barry (D) was caught smoking crack cocaine in an FBI sting. He infamously blamed his ex-girlfriend, Rasheeda Moore — an FBI informant — muttering to the cameras, “The bitch set me up.” That episode still looms large in the public memory, an emblem of the city’s dysfunction.

Decades of unchecked crime have made Washington, D.C., a national embarrassment. If it were a state, it would have the nation’s highest homicide rate. Carjackings — nearly 200 reported so far this year — are a prime example. More than half are committed by juveniles. A review of the D.C. Police Department’s own X feed shows that suspects overwhelmingly are black. This pattern holds across most violent crime categories, though officials avoid publishing full racial breakdowns in the name of political correctness.

That’s the racial dynamic at the heart of the Black Lives Matter policing debate, a fight the left has framed on two assumptions: first, that police and “systemic racism” are solely responsible for urban crime; second, that the solution is to stop enforcing the law in minority communities. These ideas drove policy after the 2020 riots, and the results have been disastrous.

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Trump now has the chance to prove the opposite — that law enforcement can restore baseline safety and quality-of-life standards in urban America. A show of force alone won’t cut it. Federal control must apply the broken-windows model: Enforce the full criminal code, from violent felonies down to quality-of-life offenses, to prevent larger crimes before they happen.

The early signs are promising. Federal and MPD officers have set up vehicle checkpoints targeting illegal aliens, cleared homeless encampments, and increased patrols citywide. These actions should expand to cover the everyday infractions that feed D.C.’s climate of lawlessness — disorderly conduct, curfew violations, truancy, turnstile-jumping, littering, jaywalking, reckless driving, loitering. Residents know that these “small” crimes erode public order and stoke constant tension.

Once the federal government flips that culture, the tone of the city will change. Crime will fall. Visitors will return. And President Trump will have an unassailable case that restoring law and order in America’s cities is possible, desirable, and effective — with Washington, D.C., as the model for generations to come.

​Opinion & analysis, Opinion, Blm, Black lives matter, Trump, Donald trump, Washington dc, Crime, Metropolitan police department, Dea, Fbi, Broken windows, Violent crime, Carjacking, Public safety, Systemic racism