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For generations, homeownership has been a cornerstone of the American dream. It meant stability, responsibility, and the chance to pass wealth to the next generation. It gave people a stake in their communities.

But that dream is slipping away. And it’s not by accident.

If we want Americans to remain free and self-governing, they must be able to own their homes and their futures.

We are drifting into a rental society. Fewer families can afford to buy a home, while massive investment firms and corporate landlords are buying up the housing supply and turning America into a nation of tenants.

This is hardly the natural evolution of the market. Rather, it’s the result of decades of bad policy, turbocharged by emerging technology and justified by global elites who’ve decided that private property is both outdated and unsustainable.

The corporate land grab

The “renters’ revolution” emerged from bad policy. For years, local, state, and federal governments have made it more difficult and expensive to build homes. Zoning restrictions choke supply.

Environmental rules delay development. Add in the unintended consequences of government-backed mortgage schemes in the Bill Clinton era, which played a major role in the 2008 housing market crash, and you’ve got a system that makes homes less attainable, despite the stated intentions of the enacted policies.

Into that broken system stepped Wall Street. After the crash, investment giants like Blackstone began buying up foreclosed homes in bulk, turning millions of single-family homes into rental properties. Much of this trend is made possible by emerging technology.

Today, institutional investors use artificial intelligence and algorithmic tools to scan markets and make instant cash offers, often outbidding families looking to buy their first homes. Companies such as Invitation Homes own tens of thousands of properties, all of which are managed through centralized apps, automated lease terms, and data-driven pricing tools.

We are experiencing a market shift — from millions of individual owners to a few corporate landlords.

Ideological push against ownership

This shift is also being encouraged, explicitly and implicitly, by international organizations pushing a post-ownership future. The World Economic Forum’s “you’ll own nothing and be happy” slogan was presented as a prediction, not a policy.

But look closer, and you’ll see that many World Economic Forum and United Nations initiatives actively promote this shift. The U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals call for denser high-rise cities, a move away from single-family zoning, and new restrictions on suburban development, all in the name of “sustainability” and “equity.”

It’s a coordinated ideological push to replace ownership with access, property with subscriptions, and permanence with flexibility. And the consequences are already showing.

The price of being a permanent renter

When you don’t own your home, you don’t control it. You follow the rules set by someone else. That might mean no pets, no subleasing, and often no firearms on the premises.

As environmental, social, and governance scores, smart devices, and digital IDs creep into the rental landscape, we are fast approaching a future where landlords, driven by corporate and political incentives, can enforce ideological compliance under the guise of lease terms.

Renting means you’re always paying, never building. Homes have long been the foundation of middle-class wealth in America. When families are locked out of ownership, they’re locked out of that opportunity. The result is a cycle where equity flows upward to institutional investors while working families remain stuck on the hamster wheel.

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The “renters’ revolution” isn’t without psychological and cultural costs too. People who own their homes are more likely to put down roots, raise families, get involved in their communities, and feel a stake in the future of the country. Renters, especially when forced into that role, often feel transient and disempowered. That rootlessness is breeding disconnection and resentment.

The political fallout

These psychological costs have political consequences. Younger Americans, who increasingly see homeownership as unattainable, are also more likely to believe the system is rigged against them.

And who can blame them? They’re being told that capitalism failed them, when in reality, it’s crony capitalism, ESG corporatism, and global central planners who’ve rigged the game. But that distinction is often lost — or intentionally obscured. This increases the potential for them to turn to the siren song of socialism or further government action.

This is not just an economic problem. It’s a civic one. A society where most people don’t own anything is a society that’s easier to control, easier to manipulate, and easier to pacify. If we want Americans to remain free and self-governing, they must be able to own their homes and their futures.

We need lawmakers to investigate the concentration of housing in corporate hands. We need to roll back ESG-driven distortions in markets and rethink zoning rules that throttle supply. We should do more to promote first-time homeownership, rather than punishing it. And we must restore the idea that private property is not just an economic good — it’s a political necessity.

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President Donald Trump released a video highlighting his landmark accomplishments over the past six months — and the results speak for themselves. While the media fixates on negative polls and manufactured controversy, this period marks one of the most dramatic political turnarounds in recent memory. Now is the time to take stock of what conservatives have achieved — victories that once seemed unimaginable.

Reining in gender radicalism

Nowhere has the shift been more profound than in the fight against gender ideology. Just five years ago, opposing male athletes in women’s sports brought swift condemnation from corporate boards, activist groups, and political elites. Today, the momentum has flipped.

This is no time to coast. The next phase demands aggressive follow-through. Now it’s about willpower and execution.

Americans no longer feel compelled to nod along as ideologues insist that men can become women — or vice versa. This change didn’t happen because it polls well. It happened because we reclaimed a basic principle: truth.

The same country that once put a Supreme Court justice on the bench who couldn’t define “woman” now has a federal government unafraid to say, “That’s a chick.”

That shift marks a massive cultural victory. A few years ago, it felt impossible. Now, it reflects a growing national trend — a long-overdue return to reality in public life.

Securing the border

Border enforcement has taken a decisive turn. For years, Americans watched as federal officials failed to act, leaving the southern border wide open and allowing criminal networks to thrive. That era has ended.

Under President Trump, the government began doing what it should have done all along. Targeted enforcement raids have sent a clear signal: Illegal immigration won’t be ignored, and those here unlawfully face consequences. Self-deportation has increased. Illegal crossings have declined.

The policy works — and the message is unmistakable.

This marks more than just a policy shift. It’s a cultural and political turning point. Americans now recognize that a secure border isn’t just possible — it’s essential. National sovereignty is back on the table.

A resurgent economy

Trump’s economic agenda has delivered real results. When he returned to office, the nation was still stuck in the inertia of the post-COVID economy and the slow-growth legacy of the Obama-Biden years. That changed quickly.

Trump’s signature 2017 tax cuts, now made permanent, have sparked renewed business investment, job creation, and wage growth. These are the largest tax cuts in U.S. history — and they’re doing what they were designed to do: make American companies more competitive and American families more prosperous.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has broken the regulatory chokehold that once blocked vital infrastructure and energy projects. Nuclear plants are coming back online. American energy is rising — without relying on foreign regimes.

This pro-growth agenda doesn’t just create jobs. It revitalizes the core of the American economy: workers, builders, producers, and risk-takers. By slashing taxes, limiting government overreach, and putting American interests first, the Trump administration has reignited prosperity — and buried the stagnation of the past.

Peace through strength

Trump has reshaped American foreign policy with bold, decisive leadership. For decades, presidents vowed to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. None followed through. Trump did.

He launched targeted strikes, enforced crippling sanctions, and shattered the illusion that diplomacy alone would stop Iran’s ambitions. Critics warned of escalation. But Trump understood what past leaders refused to admit: Weakness invites aggression. Strength deters it.

His response proved the U.S. will defend its national interest — no matter the cost.

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Trump didn’t just contain Iran. He rewrote the rules of diplomacy in the Middle East. The Abraham Accords shattered decades of failed orthodoxy, establishing historic peace deals between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The foreign policy establishment said it couldn’t be done. Trump did it anyway.

He also forced NATO allies to pay their fair share — a long-overdue correction. For years, U.S. taxpayers carried the burden of Europe’s defense. Trump ended the freeloading and demanded real commitments.

Together, these achievements mark a dramatic departure from the weak, consensus-driven diplomacy of the Obama-Biden era. Trump hasn’t just restored credibility on the world stage. He’s proven that America leads best when it leads with resolve.

Just the beginning

These past six months have delivered a series of political and cultural victories many thought out of reach. A year ago, they seemed impossible. Today, they’re reality.

But this is no time to coast.

The next phase demands aggressive follow-through — especially on immigration. Trump must solidify the gains made on border security and ensure illegal immigration remains in retreat. The infrastructure exists. Now, it’s about willpower and execution.

Foreign policy also demands continued focus. The world remains volatile, and America needs a president who won’t hesitate to defend U.S. interests. Trump has shown he can meet that challenge. He must keep doing so — with clarity, strength, and resolve.

And then there’s spending. The left hasn’t let up. Democrats want more programs, more debt, more control. Trump’s tax cuts delivered real growth, but long-term stability means confronting the bloated federal bureaucracy and forcing Congress to spend less — not more.

The first half of 2025 brought a revolutionary shift. We reversed trends that once looked permanent. We reclaimed cultural and political ground that had been written off.

But none of it will last without vigilance. To secure lasting change, conservatives must stay engaged, focused, and relentless. The future won’t protect itself. We have to do it — now.

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Democrats long campaigned against President Donald Trump’s choice for U.S attorney in New Jersey, Alina Habba. On Tuesday, U.S. district court judges proved once again willing to give the president’s opponents what they want, swapping out the president’s choice for her subordinate.

The Justice Department has, however, cut that victory short.

How it started

Trump named Habba, his presidential counselor, as the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey on March 24. She was sworn in on March 28.

Trump noted on Truth Social at the time that Habba, who represented him in three trials in recent years, “will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to secure a Legal System that is both ‘Fair and Just’ for the wonderful people of New Jersey.”

The White House announced on July 1 that the president was nominating Habba for a full four-year term.

Democrats — New Jersey Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim in particular — condemned Habba’s appointment and campaigned against her Senate confirmation, which will come down to the wire this week.

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Since interim U.S. attorneys are allowed to serve for only 120 days if not confirmed by the Senate or extended indefinitely by the district court for the district concerned, Habba needed winning votes both in the Senate Judiciary Committee, then on the Senate floor before the expiry of her term on Friday.

However, federal judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey — 15 out of the 17 of whom are Obama and Biden appointees — declined to appoint Habba on Tuesday without offering any explanation.

With days left until the expiration of Habba’s term, a panel of the blue state’s judges issued an order — signed by George W. Bush appointee Renée Marie Bumb, the chief judge for the district — appointing one of Habba’s subordinates, Desiree Leigh Grace, as the U.S. attorney for the district until the vacancy is filled.

‘When judges act like activists, they undermine confidence in our justice system.’

The order went out just days after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) demanded that the Democrat-appointed judges reject Habba. Jeffries made clear when making his demand that his animus against Habba had much to do with her indictment of LaMonica McIver, the Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey accused of assaulting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

How it’s going

The Trump DOJ blasted the judges’ move and responded with another personnel change.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who over the weekend emphasized that Habba “has the full confidence” of Trump and the DOJ, stated on Tuesday, “The district court judges in NJ are trying to force out [Habba] before her term expires at 11:59 p.m. Friday. Their rush reveals what this was always about: a left-wing agenda, not the rule of law.”

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“When judges act like activists, they undermine confidence in our justice system,” continued Blanche. “Alina is President Trump’s choice to lead — and no partisan bench can override that.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday evening that Habba’s replacement, Grace, had been removed, noting that “this Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges — especially when they threaten the President’s core Article II powers.”

‘President Trump has full confidence in Alina Habba.’

Blanche suggested that the district judges in New Jersey colluded with Democratic senators but that their apparent plot “won’t work.”

“Pursuant to the president’s authority, we have removed that deputy, effective immediately,” said Blanche. “This backroom vote will not override the authority of the chief executive.”

Of course, Democrats were apoplectic about the Trump administration’s decision to fight fire with fire.

“Trump’s Department of Justice is once again criticizing a court that acted within its authority, continuing a pattern of publicly undermining judicial decisions and showing disregard for the rule of law and the separation of powers,” Booker and Kim complained in a joint statement. “The firing of a career public servant, lawfully appointed by the court, is another blatant attempt to intimidate anyone that doesn’t agree with them and undermine judicial independence.”

White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said in a statement to Blaze News, “President Trump has full confidence in Alina Habba, whose work as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey has made the Garden State and the nation safer. The Trump administration looks forward to her final confirmation in the U.S. Senate and will work tirelessly to ensure the people of New Jersey are well represented.”

Blaze News has reached out to the DOJ for comment.

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More than 150 of President Trump’s nominees still await confirmation. Democrats refuse to budge. Without unanimous consent, the process would require over 4,000 hours of debate — time the Senate doesn’t have.

The clock is ticking. The chamber plans to adjourn Tuesday for recess.

Key vacancies leave major gaps across the federal government — and the Senate has no excuse.

Trump’s first term proved the importance of having the right people in place. Personnel is policy. Without confirmed appointees, the administration can’t fully execute its agenda.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces three options. He can pressure Democrats to relent and agree to fast-track confirmations. He can formally declare a recess, giving Trump the authority to make recess appointments that last through the end of his term. Or he can pursue a hybrid approach — squeezing Democrats procedurally while preparing the paperwork for immediate recess action.

But waiting is not an option. Every day of delay empowers the bureaucracy Trump came back to dismantle.

As of Tuesday morning, 138 traditional White House nominees remained stuck in Senate limbo. Another 16 privileged nominees — those eligible for expedited consideration — and several military promotions have also cleared committee but await floor votes.

These aren’t fringe appointments. Each has already undergone vetting, public hearings, and secured majority approval in respective committees. All that remains is a vote.

Yet, the Senate continues to stall.

Take just one example: Not a single U.S. attorney has been confirmed. The administration has begun referring cases to the Justice Department, but without Senate action, key prosecutors remain on hold. Five U.S. attorney nominees have cleared committee and now sit idle on the Senate calendar.

The delay extends to critical foreign policy and national security posts.

Ten weeks into Trump’s second term, the United States still has no ambassador to the European Union. The Vatican — central to diplomatic efforts in an increasingly unstable world — also lacks an American envoy.

The backlog includes the nominee for undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial crimes, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and the undersecretary of State for arms control and international security.

Also stuck: the assistant secretary of Labor for mine safety and health, six Defense Department nominees, nine military service nominees across the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and three undersecretaries and assistant secretaries at the State Department.

These vacancies leave major gaps across the federal government — and the Senate has no excuse.

The old confirmation process depended on unanimous consent to move nominees forward. That tradition began to erode when Democrats started blocking President George W. Bush’s picks. Republican resistance to President Obama accelerated the breakdown, and by Trump’s first term, the system had collapsed into gridlock.

To sidestep the dysfunction, Thune would need to file for cloture, wait two days, and then allow up to 30 hours of debate for top-level nominees — such as deputy secretaries and ambassadors — or two hours for lower-tier appointments like assistant secretaries.

That slow-motion slog won’t cut it. With more than 150 nominees pending and recess looming, the clock is already working against him.

Instead, Thune must flush Democrats out of their bunkers. President Trump has already urged him to delay or cancel recess. But polite requests won’t move the needle. Hardball will.

Thune should launch a confirmation marathon. Don’t put up five nominees — put up 50. On paper, that could mean 1,500 hours of debate. In practice, Democrats will eventually tire of the filibuster and cave. At some point, they’ll agree to unanimous consent just to end the ordeal.

The alternative? Let the president bypass them entirely with recess appointments.

Thune holds a powerful card: the threat of an official Senate recess.

While headlines routinely claim Congress is “in recess,” the Senate hasn’t entered a formal recess in decades. Here’s why that matters: Under the Constitution, once the Senate recesses for 10 days or more, the president gains the power to make “recess appointments.” That authority allows him to install nominees without Senate confirmation — for the remainder of the chamber’s term. In this case, that means until January 2027.

Senators don’t like giving up that power. To prevent it, someone usually shows up every three days to gavel in and declare the Senate “in session,” even if no real work gets done. But Thune can break that pattern. He just needs two things: House approval — which should be easy — and the support of 51 senators.

That second part will be more of a challenge. Republicans may need to cut a deal with someone like Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine moderate who rarely misses a vote and has little patience for procedural brinkmanship.

If Trump secures the recess and installs his nominees, they’ll serve for the next 18 months. Even if Republicans lose the majority in November, the Senate can return in 2026 and retroactively confirm those same appointees. Nominees who’ve already cleared committee won’t need to repeat that step — but they’ll still face the full gauntlet of Senate debate.

The move would restore function to a stalled government — and hand Trump the team he needs to finish the job.

National radio host Vince Coglianese spotlighted the plan on his Tuesday show. It’s clever — and entirely justified. But not everyone’s on board. Plenty of Senate veterans bristle at the idea of recess appointments, especially if it means Democrats might one day do the same. That discomfort doesn’t matter. At some point, this move needs to be on the table.

That time has come.

The Senate despises missing recess even more than it fears recess appointments. And to be fair, skipping the break isn’t just about junkets and downtime. Senators need time back home to campaign, connect with voters, and sell the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Republicans know they must define their record to hold the majority. Democrats know they must distort that record to win it back.

But logistical strain is real, too. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) may seem immortal, but he’s 91. He’s not the only aging lawmaker still clocking in. Call it a structural flaw in our system, but it’s one Thune and the White House legislative affairs team can’t ignore.

Still, excuses won’t do. The president won a national mandate. Senate Democrats have turned debate itself into a weapon to block Trump from building the government voters chose.

We’ve already seen what happens when Trump doesn’t have the right people in place. That mistake can’t be repeated. This fight may be messy, but it’s necessary — and winnable. Thune just needs to hold the line.

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A shooting outside an Anchorage restaurant could have led to many needless deaths, but a good guy with a gun was able to put down the shooter before anyone else was killed, according to a bar owner.

Security video obtained by KTUU-TV shows the moment when a security guard quickly struck down a man who was shooting in a crowded sidewalk outside the Gaslight Lounge on Saturday evening.

The video shows a security guard reaching into the trunk of his car to retrieve his gun as another guard appears to confront Manogiamanu.

Police said they responded to the scene early Sunday morning and found three men with gunshots, one with life-threatening injuries. They later found a fourth person with non-life-threatening injuries. One of the men was identified as 23-year-old Leroy Manogiamanu.

John Pattee, the owner of the bar, explained to KTUU what happened when the shooting broke out at about 2:50 a.m.

“When we saw these guys coming, we radioed all our staff, all of our security staff,” he said. “[We] said, ‘Hey, these guys, something’s wrong with these guys.’ So we were on alert, and so we brought staff to the front.”

The video shows a security guard reaching into the trunk of his car to retrieve his gun as another guard appears to confront Manogiamanu. Moments later, Manogiamanu pulls a gun and begins shooting.

That guard was able to take out Manogiamanu from nearly point-blank range.

“He confronted the guy that was about to shoot other people,” Pattee said.

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“There’s a small group of criminals that are victimizing my clientele and my staff and my business,” Pattee added. “In this particular instance … all of us feel like we’re as much of a victim as my two guys that got shot.”

Pattee said another guard was shot seven times, but astonishingly, no vital organs were shot, and the man was going to be released the next day. Another guard was shot in the hand and was released from the hospital.

The owner spoke to the man who shot down the shooting, and he said the guard told him he was proud of what he did because police told him he likely saved many lives.

KTUU also pointed out that the incident happened just across the street from a police headquarters.

The Alaska Police Department said they are investigating the incident as a homicide.

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If someone is willing to endanger your child, what wouldn’t he or she be willing to do to you?

That’s why the Trump administration’s move to cut federal funds from so-called nonprofit hospitals that provide chemical and surgical — and highly profitable — “gender-affirming care” to minors is not only justified — it’s long overdue.

If nonprofit hospitals won’t even protect the children in their care, taxpayers should no longer be forced to subsidize them.

The new policy protects children, of course. But it also protects taxpayers and reins in massive, unaccountable hospital systems that cloak predatory behavior in the language of charity.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ recent rulemaking, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., raises several urgent questions:

How long have taxpayers been funding these irreversible procedures?How much public money has been funneled into these programs?Which hospitals are responsible?And how transparent have hospitals been about it?

Until recently, America’s nonprofit hospitals — and their outsized role in America’s astronomically high health care costs — have largely escaped scrutiny from the legacy media. But the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which seeks to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, changed that. The attention was long overdue and well deserved.

Investigations revealed that many nonprofit hospitals:

Exploit the tax code and dodge transparency laws.Engage in phantom billing and ruthless collections.Divert funds earmarked for poor patients.Shower executives with salaries and benefits that would probably enrage the shareholders of otherwise “for-profit” public companies.

In other words, they act less like charities and more like corrupt corporations — with none of the accountability.

In addition, while resisting compliance with federal transparency laws, nonprofit hospitals have become some of the most successful land speculators in the country. It’s hardly a coincidence that these same nonprofits play an aggressive role in state, local, and national elections, directing enormous cash donations to candidates that will do their bidding. Charitable, indeed.

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Take, for example, the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, which drew national attention after a pro-trans, same-sex married nurse turned whistleblower exposed how the hospital targeted children. Jamie Reed testified that the center:

Pressured families into life-altering decisions through bullying and misinformation.Consistently failed to meet even minimal mental health evaluation standards.Never disclosed that treatments would cause permanent infertility.In some cases, proceeded with interventions even after parents withdrew consent.

Her testimony was central to the Supreme Court’s recent decision affirming states’ rights to restrict “gender-affirming” surgeries based on age.

Or consider Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. There, whistleblowers exposed staff who pressured skeptical parents with the manipulative question, “Would you rather have a dead daughter or a living son?”

Finally, at the Benioff Children’s Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco, things went a step further. It, too, was credibly accused of the same aggressive surgical-advocacy and anti-transparency practices of the aforementioned hospitals. But Benioff didn’t keep its indoctrination within its hospital walls. Hospital officials partnered with the local public school system to “educate” students about teen trans surgeries.

The “manual” Benioff distributed to public schools posed questions including, “What role can the school take in supporting mom and exploring medical options?” and “How many times is too many times to call mom about a student’s comments about depression and testosterone?” Internal emails later revealed staff asking how they could evaluate children’s mental health without involving parents at all.

These aren’t isolated incidents. They reveal a systemic pattern of deception, coercion, and radical ideology under the banner of “health care.”

Cutting federal funding to hospitals that promote this abuse is a critical first step. But it can’t be the last.

If nonprofit hospitals won’t even protect the children in their care, taxpayers should no longer be forced to subsidize them.

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Conservatives face a “use it or lose it” moment on immigration enforcement and deportations. They’ve never had a stronger case — or more support, even as public opinion flags — for aggressive removals. They have the rationale, the electoral mandate, and now the federal funding. If they fail to act, the left — and even Donald Trump, who’s already flirting with amnesty for non-criminal aliens — will seize the opportunity.

Their argument will go like this: “We tried your way. Mass deportation doesn’t work. Now we need a ‘legal pathway’ for those who haven’t committed serious crimes.” That’s the amnesty trap. To avoid it, conservatives must escalate interior enforcement — fast.

No more excuses. Immigration reform by reconciliation is possible — if the political will exists.

Illegal immigration remains a policy problem, not a funding problem. Throwing money at it won’t solve anything if the rules stay broken. Congress could pour $1 trillion into ICE operations, but if every removal gets litigated case by case, Trump’s second term will end before we even scratch the surface of Biden’s four-year importation binge.

Since February, ICE has averaged just 14,700 removals per month. That’s roughly 176,000 a year — or barely 700,000 over a full term. Even with increased arrests, that pace won’t clear the backlog of criminal aliens, let alone the 7.7 million undetained cases on ICE’s docket, the 8 to 10 million admitted under Biden, or the broader illegal population likely numbering in the tens of millions.

The system can’t even expel one known gang member — Kilmar Abrego Garcia — without months of delay. Instead of removing him, the Justice Department has been forced into court defending itself against claims that it “defied” a judge by taking too long to return him from El Salvador.

And that’s just one case. The Justice Department has also spent untold resources fighting Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil, who now walks free — and is suing the government for $22 million. Yes, Khalil held a green card. But that doesn’t give him a right to stay in the United States while openly supporting terrorism in violation of federal law.

Despite Supreme Court rulings aimed at narrowing judicial overreach, federal courts continue to block nearly every facet of immigration enforcement. Two weeks ago, a district judge in California effectively shut down most ICE operations in Los Angeles. The Ninth Circuit declined to reverse the order.

That leaves no doubt: Even with the Supreme Court on record and billions in new appropriations to support removals, the system remains broken. If the Trump administration keeps obeying these court orders, something must change — and fast.

Here’s the danger: If deportations continue at a glacial pace and Democrats reclaim the House in 2027, Trump may throw in the towel. He’ll say, “Even I couldn’t make it work,” and cut a deal for amnesty, justifying it as the only realistic path forward. In effect, he’ll codify the de facto amnesty already in place.

So what should we do?

Strip jurisdiction in budget reconciliation 2.0

With Senate leaders floating another reconciliation bill, Trump should make judicial reform the centerpiece. The content, the campaign, the messaging — all of it must focus on dismantling judicial roadblocks to immigration enforcement.

Republicans won’t unify around cutting meaningful spending beyond the deal struck in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. So Trump should spend every ounce of his remaining political capital on something transformational: ending judicial sabotage of deportations.

He should demand that all removal orders for noncitizens — or at least non-green card holders — become final, with no Article III court review. That change alone would defund millions of court cases and carry a direct budgetary effect. In the same bill, Congress should block federal courts from reviewing state-based immigration laws, leaving the final word to state judiciaries.

Trump must not let Senate leadership hide behind procedural excuses like the Byrd Rule. We’ve already seen how easily they override it when they want to. During the last reconciliation debate, Trump and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) ignored the parliamentarian to push through their tax strategy.

To extend the 2017 tax cuts without scoring them as new spending, the GOP simply redefined “current policy” as “current law.” When Sen. Bernie Moreno (D-Ohio) presided over the chamber, he ruled the provision in order — without even consulting the parliamentarian, who would have almost certainly objected.

Trump should demand that same treatment now. No more excuses. Immigration reform by reconciliation is possible — if the political will exists.

Call in the Guard

Trump should also deploy the National Guard to support ICE and the Department of Homeland Security directly. Use them to build temporary detention facilities, assist in arrests, and provide operational security. If Antifa resumes its terror campaign, arrests will stall before they even reach the courtroom.

The Justice Department and FBI need to move aggressively to disrupt and prosecute the groups organizing these attacks. If left unchecked, they will shield the illegal population from enforcement and grind federal operations to a halt.

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Establish a Homeland Security Reserve Corps

Former ICE official Dan Cadman has proposed forming a Homeland Security Reserve Corps composed of retired or former immigration enforcement officers. Trump should adopt the idea at once.

Rather than relying solely on new, untested agents — each bringing long-term benefit obligations — this reserve force would provide a cost-effective and experienced backup. Trained personnel could be rapidly deployed when enforcement surges, without the lag time of recruitment or training.

As Cadman put it, the reserve would cost less “to initiate and maintain … than will be spent trying to fill out the ranks with newly minted but untested officers.” State and local law enforcement also offer a deep bench of willing partners.

Send them back by ship

Once legal and street-level interference is neutralized, the next hurdle becomes logistics. Deportations by commercial air remain expensive and inefficient.

Trump should leverage maritime resources — ships over planes. Water transport moves more people at less cost, and the federal government already controls the tools. The Navy, Coast Guard, FEMA, and the Department of Transportation all have assets that can scale removals quickly. There’s no reason not to use them.

Target identity theft

Illegal aliens don’t just trespass borders — they break laws to stay employed. Identity fraud, document forgery, and fake Social Security numbers keep the jobs magnet humming.

Rather than flirt with amnesty, Trump should target this criminal network directly. He should order the Social Security Administration to resume sending no-match letters to employers when an employee’s name doesn’t align with the Social Security number on file.

These letters would compel businesses to terminate ineligible workers and refer them to ICE. The effect would be swift and far-reaching.

The truth? Both parties have long ignored this problem because major donors want cheap labor. But if document fraud laws were enforced consistently, the jobs magnet would shut off — and self-deportation would surge.

If Trump continues lauding these workers as “impossible to replace,” he risks creating moral and political inertia. That narrative will lower enforcement morale and momentum, fueling the next bipartisan push for amnesty.

One thing is certain: Trump won’t get another shot at this mandate. If he fails to deliver on his promise, the amnesty lobby will claim permanent victory — and entrench it. The consequences won’t be temporary. They’ll shape immigration policy for a generation. We should all consider — and fear — what comes afterward.

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On Friday, July 18, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard declassified over 100 pages of documents — including emails, memos, and internal communications — related to the Russiagate scandal, confirming what most of us have known for nearly a decade: Former President Barack Obama and his administration apparently orchestrated a campaign to push the false narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump’s campaign.

When she heard the news, Liz Wheeler, BlazeTV host of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” was thrilled.

“My reaction when I first saw this was ‘Oh, heck yes!’” she says. “For the first time, we have access to a whole host of documents” that prove “high-ranking Obama administration officials were intimately involved in staging this attack on President Trump, which is really an attack on you, the voter.”

And yet, “There’s one big caveat before we celebrate this reckoning for Russiagate,” she warns, and that caveat is Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“Pam Bondi is now facing, I would argue, an even bigger test than the Epstein files,” says Liz, who’s been unapologetic in her criticism of Bondi’s handling of the Epstein case.

Gabbard’s declassification of the Russiagate documents has put Americans in a place where they can “actually demand justice.” But justice “is not just exposing corruption,” says Liz. “Justice means arresting, indicting, and putting on trial the criminals: Barack Obama, James Comey, [James] Clapper, [John] Brennan,” and likely “a whole list” of co-conspirators.

And “silly perjury charges,” she says, aren’t going to cut it. “Justice is perp walks and jumpsuits.”

“Treason … seditious conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the government, deprivation of rights under the color of law, grand conspiracy — those are the charges that fit the crimes,” Liz says.

But the question remains: Will Pam Bondi serve justice proportional to the crimes committed?

“This is her big test,” Liz says. “Are we going to see perjury charges, or are we going to see justice?”

To hear Liz’s thorough breakdown of the entire scandal top to bottom, watch the episode above.

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The famed heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday morning at the age of 76, according to his family.

Tributes poured in for the former lead singer of Black Sabbath, who is largely considered to have changed the course of music history.

‘I remember playing in the Crown Pub in Birmingham and thinking, ‘This will be good for a couple of years, drink a few beers and have a jam.”

“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love,” reads the statement posted to Osbourne’s social media account.

The statement was signed by his wife, Sharon, his sons Jack and Louis, and his daughters Kelly and Aimee.

Osbourne had just performed with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham before 45,000 fans.

He died just weeks after his “farewell tour.”

Born John Michael Osbourne to a working-class family in Birmingham, England, he struggled in school due to his dyslexia and dropped out at the age of 15 to work menial jobs. In 1968, he became the front man for the Polka Tulk Blues Band, which eventually evolved into Black Sabbath. At the time, he didn’t think it would go very far.

“I remember playing in the Crown Pub in Birmingham and thinking, ‘This will be good for a couple of years, drink a few beers and have a jam,'” he recalled.

Massive fame and wealth followed afterward.

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His most well-known songs included “Paranoid,” “Crazy Train,” “War Pigs,” and “Iron Man.”

Osbourne had been battling with Parkinson’s disease and was physically debilitated during his last few public performances. He admitted that his health had been compromised by the large amount of drugs and alcohol that he had ingested earlier in life.

He credited his wife for saving him.

“I do count my lucky stars,” Osbourne said to Rolling Stone magazine in Nov. 2023. “I don’t know why I’m still here, and I do sometimes think I’m on borrowed time. I said to Sharon the other day, ‘What a great f**king life we’ve had and what a great f**king experience.'”

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Nearly two dozen states of the union have joined a lawsuit against efforts by the Trump administration to ensure that federal benefits stop going to illegal aliens.

The lawsuit alleges that the administration did not go through required steps needed to authorize the cuts to such benefits and that such cuts would amount to “devastating impacts” on the states.

‘The Trump administration is trying to gut Head Start, community health clinics, food banks, and other lifeline programs by banning states from serving their residents.’

The new policy would require programs to verify the citizenship status for those who are receiving benefits from health, education, and social services programs.

“People facing homelessness or domestic violence have never needed proof of immigration status to walk into a shelter,” reads a statement from the lawsuit.

The lawsuit was filed by attorneys general of Rhode Island, Washington state, and New York. Attorneys general from another 18 states have joined the lawsuit, as listed below:

CaliforniaColoradoNevadaArizonaConnecticutHawaiiIllinoisMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaNevadaNew JerseyNew MexicoOregonVermontWisconsin

Also included is the District of Columbia.

New York Attorney General Letitia James posted a statement on social media about the lawsuit.

“The Trump administration is trying to gut Head Start, community health clinics, food banks, and other lifeline programs by banning states from serving their residents,” she said. “I’m leading 20 attorneys general to stop these attacks on hardworking families.”

“This is yet another outrageous attempt by this administration to work around the law and disrupt critical services Arizonans depend on every day,” reads a statement from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes about the new rule.

“Congress designed these services to be widely accessible to people in this country. But now the Trump administration wants to do an immigration check as preschoolers file into the classroom, ready to learn their ABCs,” said Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown.

RELATED: 20 Democrat AGs sue Trump’s Education Department over ‘massive’ staff cuts

“These notices impose unworkable requirements on state agencies and providers that are plainly intended to damage these vital support systems and intimidate vulnerable people,” Brown added.

Illegal aliens generally do not qualify for federal benefits such as food stamps or Social Security, but many states set up their own programs that benefit illegal immigrants.

“When illegal aliens exploit these resources, it is at the expense of Americans in desperate need of them,” reads a statement from White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson to the New York Times. “President Trump was elected based on his promise to put Americans first, and that’s exactly what this administration is committed to doing.”

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Following the declassification of over 100 pages of documents related to the Russiagate scandal, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard made the bombshell claim that Barack Obama, his administration, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign engaged in a “treasonous conspiracy” and sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice.

“This is one of the biggest stories of all time in America,” Glenn Beck says.

These documents, he says, are the “smoking gun” we’ve long needed to get to the bottom of Russiagate. On this episode of “The Glenn Beck Program,” Glenn unpacks the scandal from beginning to end and explains what must happen next.

Beginning

On September 12, 2016, in a secure briefing room, a document from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama was “circulated quietly” among his intelligence team. The memo stated: “Foreign adversaries do not have and will probably not obtain the capabilities to successfully execute widespread and undetected cyberattacks on election systems.”

In other words, Russia was not a threat to the election’s outcome.

But when thousands of private DNC emails were leaked by hackers, the Clinton campaign and the media blamed Russia, despite the NSA’s “low confidence” in that claim. As Hillary Clinton’s campaign began “hemorrhaging,” Glenn Beck notes, “inside of John Brennan’s CIA and James Comey’s FBI, the chatter grew that Moscow was coming for our democracy.”

Then on October 7, 2016, the DNI and DHS “jointly state that Russia is directing cyberattacks,” contradicting internal memos from the same week that showed key agencies still had serious doubts about Russia’s involvement.

Middle

After Donald Trump’s victory, panic took hold of the White House.

“A meeting is called on December 9, 2016, in the situation room. Everyone is there — Clapper, Brennan, Susan Rice, McCabe, Kerry, and President Obama,” Glenn says, noting that this meeting is on record. “Instructions are issued to scrap the post-election briefing that had reaffirmed [there was] no Russian interference at all and have the intelligence community rewrite a new draft.”

Thanks to the newly declassified documents, now “we have in the DNI’s own handwriting that a new assessment on Russia’s influence [had] been ordered per [President Obama’s] request.”

Then in January 2017, “just days before Trump is inaugurated, a new briefing from the intelligence community” is released, claiming “Russia did influence the election.”

“No smoking gun, no new evidence — just a new tone,” Glenn says. “That change, now backed by Brennan and Clapper, echoed by Obama, was enough to justify a two-year, multimillion-dollar investigation into Trump and Russia.”

Dubbed Crossfire Hurricane, the investigation into Russia’s potential role in Trump’s victory used the Steele dossier, a report funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign with phony claims about Trump’s ties to Russia, to justify spying on Trump associates like Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, which was done illegally via altered documents submitted to a FISA court to obtain surveillance warrants.

“As for accountability, it never came,” Glenn says.

End

Last Friday, Tulsi Gabbard declassified hundreds of documents, supporting what many of us strongly suspected: “A president, along with others, [conspired] to take down a presidency, working together in coordination and using the press to push it all out,” Glenn says.

Gabbard also claimed that both special counsel Robert Mueller and special counsel John Durham “chose not to follow the evidence.”

“The whole machine, from the press to the prosecutors, geared not towards justice, but protection of the narrative, and at the center of that narrative, Gabbard says, is Barack Obama himself. He didn’t just know. He orchestrated the shift from ‘no cyber-manipulation’ to ‘the Russians stole the election,’” Glenn says.

“You have to understand — they not only doctored [the intelligence] … they presented it as truth; they weaponized it. They then colluded with the media, and they did a psychological operation on you, the American public, to get you to believe it,” he explains.

Now that the case has been sent to the Department of Justice, potential indictments lie in the hands of Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“And if there are no indictments, it’s going to be trouble,” Glenn says.

Why?

Because Russiagate “is no longer a conspiracy theory,” he says. “The documents are real, they’re out, the voices are named, the signatures are in ink, and the line runs not through Moscow but through Langley.”

“The American people have to trust in the integrity of our democratic republic. Accountability is essential,” he adds.

To hear more of Glenn’s analysis, watch the episode above.

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A major payment processing platform revealed that it halted payouts to a Daily Wire political commentator due to “a legally binding order.”

On Monday, Michael Knowles accused payment platform Stripe of possibly “de-banking” him. He speculated that the suspension was a reaction to his political opinions.

‘Looking forward to resolving this issue with Tennessee.’

“Hi, @Stripe. Are we still doing this de-banking thing? Was it something I said?” Knowles wrote. “If we say that men can’t be women, if we donate to pro-life charities, if we oppose two men buying eggs, renting wombs, and commoditizing babies.”

“Does that come at the cost of de-banking?” he questioned.

In a multi-post thread, the Daily Wire host explained that payments from his monetized X account “abruptly stopped” six months ago. Assuming it was “an innocent mistake,” he reached out to Stripe’s user support to rectify the issue.

Stripe’s support team confirmed that it had “temporarily disabled” his payouts, stating that it sent a message to X in October with more details about the pause, according to screenshots uploaded by Knowles.

The payment platform reportedly instructed him to contact X directly to obtain more information.

“I would recommend contacting your platform for more information, as we can’t provide any further information on this account hold,” a screenshot of a support email reads.

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Knowles said that he then asked X for assistance on the matter, but its team referred him back to Stripe.

“We have confirmed this issue is not on our end — and you will need to login [sic] to Stripe and contact them to sort this out,” an X team member reportedly wrote.

Knowles concluded that Stripe’s decision to suspend his account was likely a retaliatory act due to his political views, emphasizing that he had not violated any of the platform’s stated “prohibited businesses” rules.

“Since I haven’t been distributing fake IDs, selling drugs, or jamming telecommunications equipment, it seems Stripe concluded that my political opinions had somehow violated their policy against encouraging ‘unlawful violence’ against certain demographics,” Knowles stated. “Of course, I’ve never encouraged ‘unlawful violence’ against anyone. But in the absence of any real explanation from Stripe, I can only conclude that they’ve now decided that certain conservative opinions amount to ‘illegal’ activity.”

RELATED: Major bank announces end of de-banking policies on guns and political affiliation

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Stripe responded to Knowles, requesting that he contact them directly to resolve the issue.

A few hours later, Stripe reached out again, offering additional information about the circumstances surrounding the pause. Yet its second post raised more questions than it answered.

“By way of follow-up, we can confirm that the restrictions placed on your account were not taken unilaterally by Stripe, but were the result of a legally binding order that was issued to us. Our support team previously reached out to X regarding this matter. In order to maintain your privacy, we are following up with you in a separate email with additional information,” Stripe wrote.

While it remains unclear what the order pertains to, Knowles provided an update on the issue on Tuesday afternoon.

“I’m pleased to say Stripe has reached out to resolve this strange issue, which appears to have begun with a government administrative error rather than intentional de-banking,” Knowles wrote. “As we investigate, I’m even more pleased to say that we’re also exploring legislative solutions to the lack of transparency that often makes these issues unresolvable for countless Americans. Will discuss more on the show and keep everyone posted as this develops.”

Stripe responded, stating, “Thanks for working with us. Looking forward to resolving this issue with Tennessee. At Stripe, our role is to process payments — we do not take action on accounts based on political speech.”

When reached for comment, Stripe referred Blaze News to its response to Knowles on X.

X did not respond to a request for comment.

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A spokesperson for former President Barack Obama issued a rare public response to the strong accusations made by current President Donald Trump that Democrats had committed “treason.”

Trump went into a tirade about what he said was “irrefutable proof” that Obama had orchestrated a treasonous conspiracy to tip the balance of the 2020 election in favor of the Democrats. He went on to name other Democrats involved in the alleged scheme and called for “serious consequences” for the perpetrators.

‘Our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response.’

Within hours of the comments from the current president, a spokesperson for the former president issued a statement denying the allegations.

“Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” reads the statement from Patrick Rodenbush.

“Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes,” he added. “These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”

RELATED: ‘Prosecuting Obama’: Trump makes shocking statement as he commends Gabbard for bombshell evidence release

Trump leaned on a report from Tulsi Gabbard, his director of national intelligence, in his accusations.

“They caught President Obama absolutely cold,” Trump said. “Tulsi Gabbard. What they did to this country, starting in 2016, but going up all the way, going up to 2020 and the election, they tried to rig the election. And they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that.”

He went on to name several alleged collaborators in the conspiracy, including former DNI James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former FBI Director James Comey.

“The leader of the gang was President Obama. Barack Hussein Obama,” Trump continued. “He’s guilty. This was treason. This was every word you could think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody’s ever even imagined, even in other countries.”

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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has consistently fought for transparency and answers for the American people. Johnson shared his latest push for transparency with Steve Deace on the “Steve Deace Show” Tuesday as he and many others across the country are still hungry for answers.

Over a year has passed since Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots at former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, nearly assassinating the incoming leader of the free world. Despite the time that has elapsed, the American people still know little about the assassination attempt or the would-be assassin himself.

Johnson decided to take matters into his own hands.

“An awful lot of what we do know, my investigatory staff, just by calling local law enforcement shortly after Butler … were able to develop a pretty detailed timeline,” Johnson told Deace. “We published a preliminary report, laid out all of the failures of the security plan of the Secret Service in Butler. Then, within two weeks, the FBI pretty well took over the investigation, and everybody clammed up.”

“I assumed when President Trump won the election that he would be appointing people that would dig into this, investigate it, and release that to the public,” Johnson added. “All of a sudden, the one-year anniversary is upon us, and nothing has really been released.”

RELATED: Exclusive: Congress pushes bipartisan bill preventing Mexico’s ‘illegal seizure’ of American assets

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Johnson decided to take matters into his own hands by issuing what he called a “friendly subpoena” to FBI Director Kash Patel for all documents related to the Butler assassination attempt.

“I issued what I consider a friendly subpoena to Kash Patel, just basically reminding him, hey, the public has a right to know what happened in Butler,” Johnson said. “They have a right to know what happened in West Palm Beach there, in terms of the second assassination attempt. … There are an awful lot of unanswered questions here that deserve answers.”

Johnson’s subpoena does not address the second assassination attempt.

RELATED: Tulsi Gabbard orders ‘unprecedented’ release of MLK assassination files

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“I understand the challenges,” Johnson added. “But all that being said, I would still think this would be the priority of President Trump’s administration to get to the bottom of the assassination and make everything they found out public.”

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) had viewers laughing after he addressed an obscure complaint from detainees at a federal detention center.

While in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the governor gave a joint press conference with newly appointed Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia.

DeSantis was talking about his state’s finances when a reporter asked about detainees’ rights at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center named Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida. The governor then revealed he had heard a wild complaint from the illegal immigrants there.

‘Did they at least cut the crust off[?]’

“You know lawyers are not able to see their clients out there,” the reporter claimed about the ICE facility. “What do you think, being a lawyer yourself and a JAG lawyer?” the reporter added, referring to DeSantis’ time as legal adviser in the Navy.

The governor expressed disappointment in members of the media, who he said have been taking complaints from “criminal aliens” and “running with it” without verification. DeSantis even explained that despite claims detainees at Alligator Alcatraz are not fed well, they are actually “fed the same [food] that the staff is fed.”

He continued, “But, like, in Florida prisons, do you think the prisoners get the same meals as the guards? No. Of course not. It’s different. Everyone’s the same there,” DeSantis stressed.

The governor then recited a bizarre complaint allegedly made by some of the illegal aliens.

“They were mad that the ham sandwiches weren’t toasted. Excuse me? I mean, give me a break.”

RELATED: Alligator Alcatraz is a warning to illegal immigrants in the US: Leave now or end up here

Not only did the live audience of reporters laugh at DeSantis’ recollection of the complaint, but viewers of the clip on X were equally as astonished.

“Did they at least cut the crust off the bread for these poor criminals?” one viewer on X replied.

Another viewer laughed and called it “ridiculous that these people are complaining.”

A third viewer said he believed that the complaint was true based on New York City’s migrant shelters, where residents had complained about the meals being served inside their luxury hotel.

RELATED: Florida police go full steam ahead with historic partnership to enforce federal immigration law

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For example, at the Row Hotel in New York City, migrants complained of rotten food and poor choices for their children.

However, Mayor Eric Adams claimed that the illegal aliens were being too picky about their food choices and preferred preparation styles from their regions of origin, i.e., Central and South America.

“People might have a different cultural taste for certain foods — we can’t do that. We can only provide nutritional food for people,” Adams said at the time, per NBC New York.

The New York Times also reported at the end of 2023 that the company providing meals to migrants had listed more than 70,000 meals as “wasted.”

Of course, NYC taxpayers foot the bill for the wasted food costs, which were estimated to be around $39,000 per day.

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Administrators at elite American colleges are simultaneously outsourcing some of their work evaluating potential students to juvenile critics around the world while giving applicants an opportunity to virtue-signal their way into contention by telling strangers what they want to hear about hot-button topics like abortion and the war in Gaza.

Colby College, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University have partnered with Schoolhouse.world and will welcome applicants to submit “Dialogues” certifications on the peer-tutoring platform as an optional supplement to their college application this fall.

One of the upcoming ‘Dialogues’ focuses on the topic of DEI.

According to Schoolhouse, which was founded by the CEO of Khan Academy, Sal Khan, “The Dialogues portfolio is a certificate you can submit to our university partners as part of your college applications to demonstrate your open mindedness, empathy, and communication skills.”

Students on Schoolhouse can engage in one-on-one Zoom conversations with other students for “Dialogues” credits.

Topics include abortion, “addressing racism,” affirmative action, climate change, euthanasia, “free speech vs hate speech,” “future of gender equality,” “income inequality,” “Israel Palestine Conflict,” and “threats to democracy.”

At the time of publication, one of the upcoming “Dialogues” focuses on the topic of DEI.

Students participating in sessions on this particular topic will be: provided with an overview on the subject; prompted to discuss their views on diversity, equity and inclusion; and allotted 60 minutes to discuss the matter and take up relevant questions.

RELATED: ‘As a woman’: Duke Law quietly pushes insane diversity statements for law journal applicants

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In order to receive credit for the session, students ages 14-18 must complete a post-event survey, which asks them to select up to five terms from a list of real and HR-championed virtues — including empathy and kindness — that best describe their partner’s strengths in the discussion. These responses are reflected in the other student’s “Dialogues” portfolio.

Students can improve their scores by attending more sessions, signaling the attributes strangers online want to see, and challenging their own views.

“It’s very easy in anonymous or asynchronous forums to just completely ‘other’ the other party — to think they’re idiots, think they’re evil, whatever,” Khan told Education Week. “That’s very hard to do in this [face-to-face] setting.”

Harvard sophomore Alex Bronzini-Vender noted in a recent New York Times op-ed that in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action in college admissions, colleges exploited a “loophole”: “Though the court would no longer allow colleges to screen applicants for race per se, they would probably still be allowed to ask applicants how race had shaped their lives.”

This “identity question” apparently gave way to a “disagreement question,” where applicants were prompted to detail a moment where they engaged in a difficult conversation or encountered someone with a differing opinion.

‘Not exactly subtle.’

Schoolhouse, which rewards literal virtue signaling, appears to afford colleges another way of “tone-polic[ing]” admissions files, suggested Bronzini-Vender.

Forbes noted in 2022 that colleges were drawn to Schoolhouse by the promise that it could provide evidence both of applicants’ academic preparation and whether they might make positive contributions to campus life.

James Nondorf, the University of Chicago’s vice president for enrollment and dean of college admissions, told Forbes, “In our first year of the partnership with Schoolhouse.world, students from 15 different countries and 14 states submitted certifications to UChicago, and UChicago enrolled an incredibly diverse group of 13 students with Schoolhouse.world transcripts.”

“College admissions basically adding ‘virtue signaling’ to [their] list of enrollment requirements,” said Austen Allred, co-founder and CEO of the coding boot camp BloomTech.

“‘Let’s debate immigration then I’ll grade you on empathy,'” Allred added. “Not exactly subtle.”

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The Tennessee Titans’ new stadium — the Nissan Stadium, a fully enclosed dome designed to seat 60,000 people — was well underway when the $2.1 billion project was suddenly halted after a noose was discovered on the construction site on July 17.

The Tennessee Builders Alliance condemned the prop as a “racist and hateful symbol” and suspended work pending an investigation involving Metro Nashville Police. It also implemented mandatory anti-bias training for workers, provided counseling services, and offered a $250,000 reward for information identifying the culprit. Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell (D) called the incident “very concerning.”

“When are they going to learn? These are almost never real,” scoffs Pat Gray, BlazeTV host of “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

But even if the noose was a racially motivated stunt, it’s not enough to “shut down a $2 billion project,” says co-host Jeffy, pointing out that the majority of construction workers involved in the project probably didn’t even see the noose at all.

“We’ve become a nation of babies,” says Pat, arguing that the solution is simple: “Pull it down, throw it away, move on.”

Given that the majority of these stunts turn out to be attention-seeking hoaxes, Pat assumes that the culprit is likely reveling right now in the frenzy his little spectacle is causing. Giving this type of incident so much attention, he says, is counterproductive in that it only “[hypes] up the division between us.”

Per usual, the media certainly isn’t helping.

“All the news stations are covering it like it’s this horrific crime,” says Jeffy.

“Not one of them even brings up the possibility that it’s a hoax,” adds Pat.

Sadly, the media narrative that emerges will almost certainly be: This is a result of living in “Trump’s America.”

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Mahmoud Khalil, the green card holder the Trump administration is trying to deport, refused to specifically condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization when given the chance multiple times during an interview with CNN on Tuesday.

Khalil’s legal status in the United States has been targeted by the Trump administration as they seek to crack down on noncitizens who have lent their support for terrorist groups and have organized disruptive protests on college campuses. The State Department maintains that Khalil’s participation in a group calling for the end of Western civilization and his support for Hamas are reason enough to revoke his green card.

“Just to be clear here, though, do you specifically condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization in the United States, not just for their actions on October 7?” CNN host Pamela Brown asked Khalil.

“I condemn the killing of all civilians, full stop. And —” Khalil began to reply.

“But do you condemn Hamas specifically?” Brown pressed.

“No, I’m very clear with condemning all civilians. I’m very straight in my position in that part. But it’s disingenuous to ask about condemning Hamas while Palestinians are the ones being starved now by Israel. … So I hate this selective outrage of condemnation, because this is not — this wouldn’t lead to a constructive conversation,” Khalil explained.

Brown then reminded Khalil the reason why it is valid to ask him if he supports Hamas is because that is one of the justifications the federal government is seeking to have him deported from the United States.

“I simply asked and protested the war in Palestine. That’s what I did. That’s my duty as a Palestinian, as a human being right now, is to ask for the stop of the killing in my home country. And that’s consistent with who I am,” Khalil said.

Host Wolf Blitzer ended the interview by praising Khalil for his strong condemnation of anti-Semitism and wishing his family good luck.

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Photo (left): Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Photo (right): Win McNamee/Getty Images

“It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. The Trump Administration acted well within its statutory and constitutional authority to detain Khalil, as it does with any alien who advocates for violence, glorifies and supports terrorists, harasses Jews, and damages property,” the Department of Homeland Security said in response to Khalil’s interview.

Since being released from federal custody while his case is still pending, Khalil met with members of Congress in Washington, D.C., such as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

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The reactions to the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show has spanned a wide spectrum, but few have reached the “cringe” depths to which Jon Stewart has sunk.

CBS notified Colbert on Thursday that his show was canceled, leading many to accuse Paramount Global, the network’s parent company, of trying to appease the Trump administration while seeking FCC approval of a merger with Skydance Media worth $8 billion.

‘This reminds me of an angry teen yelling at his parents when told they are grounded.’

Stewart lambasted the decision on his show and brought on singers appearing to be a church choir to sing an expletive-filled reaction that many online found embarrassing.

“Go f**k yourself!” Stewart sang, adding, “F**k, f**k, f**k yourself, just go f**k yourself!” while the choir repeated the phrase in the background.

In his screed about Colbert, Stewart accused CBS of targeting Colbert in an attempt to gain favor from President Donald Trump. Stewart’s show airs on Comedy Central, which is also owned by Paramount Global.

“If you believe, as corporations or as networks,” said Stewart, “you can make yourself so innocuous that you can serve a gruel so flavorless you’ll never again be on the boy-king’s radar, A) Why will anyone watch you? And you are f**king wrong! You want to know how impossible it is to stay on Lord Farquaad’s good side? Donald Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News!”

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Many on social media found the display childish and embarrassing.

“Left-wing media is populated by entitled, spoiled brats,” responded investigative journalist Jen Van Laar.

“This is precisely the kind of partisan, juvenile slop that led to Colbert’s unprofitability and, in time, will lead Jon Stewart to the same place. ‘Yelling expletives at Trump with a gospel choir’ is not clever or entertaining. It’s garbage,” replied Christopher Rufo.

“This reminds me of an angry teen yelling at his parents when told they are grounded for some teen transgression,” read one response. “And this man is 62 years old. If there were any sense in Stewart he would look at this in a few days and cringe.”

“Very disrespectful to get a Church choir to sing curse words and blasphemy. Very low and unnecessary. Even if the singers and musicians are not from a real church choir, still a terrible thing to do,” read another response.

Others have accused Trump, without evidence, of ordering the cancellation of the show and called the decision the latest example of “fascism” from the administration. Although the show has been canceled, Colbert will have one more year of broadcast time to criticize Trump and Paramount Global.

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Each U.S. House member will receive up to $20,000 to install or enhance security systems at their home residences and up to $5,000 a month to hire private security teams through September 2025, the Committee on House Administration announced Tuesday.

The huge funding boost for home and personal security comes more than five weeks after the June 14 assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and her husband, Mark Hortman, inside their suburban Minneapolis home.

The USCP Threat Assessment Section investigated 9,474 ‘concerning statements and direct threats’ against members of Congress in 2024.

The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, faces a possible death sentence under a federal grand jury indictment handed up July 15. His federal public defender said Boelter plans to plead not guilty to all charges when he is arraigned Sept. 12 in Minneapolis.

Boelter is accused of a gruesome plot to murder at least seven Minnesota lawmakers and family members in the predawn hours of June 14. The FBI said Boelter shot state Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlin) nine times and his wife, Yvette, eight times in their suburban home. Boelter went on to force his way into the Hortman residence and killed the former Minnesota House speaker, her husband, and their golden retriever, the FBI said.

Boelter was reportedly dressed as a police officer and drove an SUV painted and outfitted to look like a police vehicle. The FBI found what it said was a hit list in the suspect’s SUV containing the names of more than 45 primarily Democrat lawmakers from six states.

$5,000 per month

“The enhanced member security framework aims to address security gaps and alleviate members’ concerns while fulfilling their duties as elected officials, particularly in their districts and residences,” the Committee on House Administration said in a statement.

“This plan will bolster the lifetime Residential Security Program limit to $20,000 for each member, to allow for a more comprehensive suite of security equipment to be installed at their residences and address rising costs in security equipment since the start of the program,” read a one-page circular sent to all House members. The previous limit was $10,000.

RELATED: Accused Minnesota assassin: ‘If you want to save the country you have to get your hands dirty’

US Capitol Police will work with local law enforcement to increase security for members of Congress in their districts. Photo by Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

The plan increases the monitoring and maintenance allotment from $150 per month to $5,000, and allows members to “use the proposed allotment to hire licensed and insured individuals or companies to provide personal security for the remainder of FY2025,” the memo said.

Under the plan, the House Security Assistance Authorization program will work with U.S. Capitol Police to develop memoranda of understanding with local police in each member’s district so “local law enforcement can provide additional coverage should a threat arise,” the memo said.

Capitol Police officials have reported a sharp increase in threats to members of Congress in recent years. The USCP Threat Assessment Section investigated 9,474 “concerning statements and direct threats” against members of Congress in 2024. That figure represented an 18% increase from 2023.

Threat cases rose every year since 2017 except 2022, the year after the Jan. 6 protests and rioting, Capitol Police reported in February 2025.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) moved up the start of the annual August recess, with the final House votes taking place July 23. House business will resume Sept. 2 after the Labor Day holiday.

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