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Dallas police charged a man with murder after finding the remains of his girlfriend in a freezer at an abandoned house where neighbors said drug addicts were often seen.

A neighbor of the house on Georgia Avenue in East Oak Cliff tipped off police on May 10 after hearing from the drug users that there was a body inside, according to an affidavit.

The man claimed that they threatened each other with knives and that three days before the woman’s body was found, he saw her lying on the floor of the closet.

Police found the freezer and the human remains in the master bedroom of the house.

The body had to be thawed out before the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the victim died from multiple stab wounds, including an injury above her eye that penetrated her brain.

Detectives documented the presence of blood on the walls and carpet of the bedroom. They also found a large military-style knife that was wrapped in a cloth and towel and dropped into a hole in the drywall of the room.

The victim was identified as 27-year-old Maria Murray, and after an investigation, police arrested 51-year-old Kendrick Brown for her alleged murder.

Brown told police he had no knowledge about the room or the freezer, but police were able to find videos on his cell phone indicating he had been in the room many times, according to the affidavit.

The videos also allegedly showed that he had been in a romantic relationship with Murray.

Police were able to find a person who lived at the home, and he told them, through the assistance of an American Sign Language interpreter, that Brown and Murray had numerous physical altercations at the home.

The man claimed that they threatened each other with knives and that three days before the woman’s body was found, he saw her lying on the floor of the closet of the bedroom.

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He added that Brown yelled at him and shut the door, and the witness never saw Murray again.

The house was also reported to be on fire just hours after her body was found, according to a CBS News report.

Brown is being held at the Dallas County jail on a bond of $250,000.

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After her decisive loss to President Donald Trump in 2024, Kamala Harris has continued making efforts to remain relevant. Whether she’s speaking at Democratic Party events, making appearances on talk shows, or promoting her new book, Harris’ theme has consistently been “I told you so.”

BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales calls it “making the rounds trying to trash the Trump administration.”

She plays numerous clips of Harris bragging that she accurately predicted what is currently happening under President Trump, explicitly using the phrase “I told you so.”

For example, at the Leading Women Defined Summit in 2025, Harris said, “There were many things that we knew would happen. … I’m not here to say, ‘I told you so.’”

In March 2026 at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Celebration of Life service, Harris told the crowd, “So let me just say, I predicted a lot about what’s happening right now. I’m not here to say ‘I told you so,’ but we did see it coming.”

In fact, Harris has invoked the “I told you so” theme so frequently that several media outlets jokingly dubbed her book tour the ‘I Told You So Tour.’”

However, now that she’s being made fun of for this catchphrase, Harris is attempting to backtrack. Last week at the Austrian World Summit, Harris was asked during a moderated conversation about her use of the phrase “I told you so.”

She responded, “I don’t say, ‘I told you so.’ That’s kind of obnoxious.”

But Sara laughs at Harris’ blatant hypocrisy.

“I’m just wondering, guys, what she has to say ‘I told you so’ about,” she tells guests Davey Jackson and Adam Johnson.

“What actually happened here was, Kamala was using that catchphrase to try to drum up, is this popular or not? They polled it, and they said, ‘This is not polling well.’ So they told her, ‘Stop saying that,”’ Johnson says.

“That’s how politics works. She is bought. She is sold. Just like Biden,” he adds.

Jackson thinks the funniest part about Harris’ public appearances isn’t her hypocrisy but her “code-switching.”

“Listen to her voice at the Jesse Jackson funeral and then how dramatically it changes as soon as she’s in front of Stephen Colbert,” he laughs, highlighting how Harris has repeatedly adjusted her speech, accent, and vocabulary to fit her audience.

“She blows me away. Like, just listening to her cackle and babble is insane,” Jackson says.

To see the clips of Kamala caught in blatant hypocrisy and to hear more of the panel’s conversation, watch the video above.

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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from using expanded government databases in its effort to purge voter rolls of foreigners.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the government “trampled” on the privacy rights of Americans and risked wrongfully purging voter rolls of Americans legally allowed to vote.

‘It’s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist.’

“All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” Sooknanan said. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”

The administration added government data, including Social Security data, to the SAVE federal database, which stands for Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements. SAVE is used to detect ineligible voters.

However, Sooknanan ruled that the expansion of the database violated privacy protections passed by Congress. She said the administration ignored the rules in order to “comply with an executive order aimed at reshaping federal elections, which directed them to create a system for mass voter verification.”

James Percival, the general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, criticized the ruling on social media.

“It’s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist,” he wrote. “Judge Sparkle Soknanan’s [sic] latest ruling preventing DHS from addressing alien voting is just the latest example!”

Democracy Forward represented the group that challenged the expanded database.

“As the Trump-Vance administration continues its attack on the right to vote, this is an important victory for the American people and our democracy,” said Skye Perryman, the group’s CEO and president. “The data at the heart of this lawsuit was unlawfully consolidated in violation of privacy laws intended to protect sensitive personal information.”

The group added in a statement on social media: “This protects millions from baseless investigations and unlawful voter roll purges — a critical win for voting rights.”

RELATED: Trump order leads to investigation of 33 potential incidents of noncitizen voting, AG Paxton says

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York also praised the ruling.

“We got a big win in court today for free and fair elections, blocking Donald Trump’s efforts to set up a massive voter purge database,” he wrote on social media.

“I called this out months ago as one of Trump’s most sinister strategies for subverting our elections this November,” he added. “That’s why Democrats blocked the wretched SAVE Act in the Senate — and we’ll do so again, and again, and again. Democrats won’t stop fighting until all of Trump’s plans to rig the system are defeated.”

Sooknanan was nominated to the bench by former President Joe Biden in Jan. 2025 just ahead of Trump entering his second term.

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Google believes there is a place for artificial intelligence in filmmaking, and it is willing to put its money where its mouth is.

Google’s DeepMind AI unit will partner with an emerging movie studio that will be risking its reputation by inviting such a tech monster into its halls.

‘We think there are better uses.’

A24, the studio behind “Backrooms” — a 2026 horror film that fueled grassroots excitement — has accepted a gigantic $75 million injection from Google’s AI sector.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the partnership is not to make AI films or generate likeness of actors (as of right now); rather it will make use of AI in a way that is less intrusive on the viewer.

“We think there are better uses that preserve creative control and support risk-taking,” said Scott Belsky, a partner in A24.

Belsky revealed that the studio will lean into AI tools instead, because filmmakers have not been fond of the attempts by developers to push AI use to make movies faster and cheaper.

The new tools “won’t look anything like the prompted generation type of AI that people feel uncomfortable with,” Belsky added.

However, a certain element of artists will likely be on the chopping block as A24 Labs is developing an application for AI-generated storyboards.

RELATED: It only took weeks for AI usage to break the corporate piggy bank

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A24 Labs, a team of about 20, is tasked with replacing the roughly-drawn movie scenes that directors use to map out sets and different shoots.

Moreover, Reuters reported that the studio and Google will collaborate on research and development projects that will make new workflows. However, filmmakers are to retain full creative control, and the deal does not include intellectual property or data training.

The terms make sense given the growing disdain for AI animation and film that has been seen when big companies put out projects using the technology.

Coca-Cola and McDonald’s both saw huge blowback from AI-generated Christmas commercials in 2025, and unique artistic perspectives are what have made A24 an emerging favorite for so many.

RELATED: Microsoft says business must pay to use its AI — and eyes cheap Chinese model for lowly consumers

“Backrooms” opened to an astounding $81 million opening in late May, which led to a total of $175 million domestically at the time of this writing.

This came off of just a $10 million budget. Movie lovers created a lot of buzz before the film’s release for its unique take stemming from a simple concept first developed on the anonymous message board 4chan.

Non-recycled, anti-industry films are what people like most about A24, and integrating big AI into its studio is an obvious big risk.

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Right now, our youth are virtually ignorant of the American story. According to the most recent data from the Nation’s Report Card (NAEP), students know almost nothing about the nation’s founding.

On the last National History exam in 2022, only 13% of eighth graders scored proficient. Roughly 40% scored below the NAEP basic level in U.S. history — the lowest performance category.

Glenn Beck is deeply concerned about these numbers.

“We are raising a generation that cannot explain the country they’re standing in,” he laments.

But that’s not even close to the biggest threat facing our young people.

“It’s not just the [American] story that is thinning out,” sighs Glenn. “It is everything that used to hold a person in place.”

Stories, family, friendship, and church, he argues, are all vital to the human spirit. But these cornerstones have been slowly crumbling with each generation. Today, much of the country struggles with “loneliness” — a condition that has become so rampant, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy declared it an “epidemic” in 2023.

“Try to hold all of that in your head at once and then say, ‘What do you think’s happening to our kids?’” says Glenn. “No shared story, emptied out churches, emptied out clubs, a friendship drought, a loneliness the doctors are calling a health emergency. Now picture being born into that.”

“You don’t even know where you are. You have no map. You have no name for who your people are. There’s no seat saved at any table for you. You just have a screen in your hand and a thousand strangers glad to tell you who you ought to be. That’s the ground our kids are standing on,” he continues.

Kids, he argues, come into the world not knowing who they are. Slowly, over time, they develop an identity “piece by piece” based on “whatever is reflected back at them.”

But what’s reflected back at them today is largely determined by screens controlled by algorithms designed to mold and condition.

“Some of the voices reaching your kids, they are not random, OK? You’ve got people who know exactly what they’re doing. They have a vision for who your kid should become,” Glenn warns.

These visions are often incredibly alluring to the floundering youngster.

Glenn imagines a young child still in his most formative years “swimming … in an ocean of a thousand voices,” desperately trying to nail down his identity.

“And then one of those voices steps forward and offers the whole package: Finished identity. Here’s who you are; here’s your people; here’s your club; here’s what you stand for,” he visualizes.

This promise of “finally becoming someone” is “the hook” that so many children fall prey to today.

“When a kid feels invisible, a ready-made identity stops becoming attractive and becomes irresistible because they’re looking for a shore,” says Glenn.

It’s the job of parents to provide them with a different shore.

Glenn has two pieces of advice.

“Give them a place where they belong … where they can sit and disagree, and it’s allowed,” he says, highlighting how so many of the poisonous movements kids get swept up in today demand absolute conformity as a prerequisite for admission.

“If the only place you’re offering your kid belonging is a place that demands their silence, they will pay that price,” Glenn cautions, “and when they’re hurting, when they’ve gone quiet and pulled away … that’s the moment to move towards them because somebody’s going to fill that void in your kid.”

His second encouragement is to “tell them about the trap.”

“[Tell them] if anyone ever tells you that you have to stop doubting in order to belong, run — run from them. If they promise that they will transform you, and all that you have to do for payment is be compliant, that’s the tell,” Glenn urges.

The key, he says, isn’t creating the perfect bubble to shield them from the world’s dangers. The key is “[making] sure that when they walk out your door, their eyes are wide open, and they have a home worth coming back to.”

To hear more, watch the video above.

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Federal prosecutors released new details in the child porn arrest of a drag queen founder of a Pride group in central New York, and they are very disturbing.

Travis J. Longo, 46, of Cazenovia had been arrested over an alleged “pattern” of sexually explicit communications to a child under 12 years old, as previously reported by Blaze News.

‘Drag is all about tearing down social norms. None of it is real.’

Police initially released few details in the case, but a federal criminal complaint reveals the disgusting content allegedly found on Longo’s iPhone 17 Pro Max.

One photo of child sex abuse material was found that involved a child between 5 and 7 years, and three videos were found that involved infants, according to WSTM-TV.

Investigators also found chat messages on his phone where Longo admitted to others that he was sexually interested in children, including a male child he knew personally.

Longo was elected to the Cazenovia School District Board of Education in 2024 and was praised by LGBTQ+ supporters for being one of the first open drag queens to be elected into office.

He was initially charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child and was later charged with receiving and possessing child pornography. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted for those charges and would also have to register as a sex offender.

Longo founded the Cazenovia Pride group to advocate the LGBTQ+ agenda, but the group has since disbanded and canceled a Pride parade event scheduled for June 27 over the heinous allegations.

The board unanimously voted for Longo to resign and gave him a deadline to do so before it took additional action.

He performed at drag shows under the persona “Anita Buffem” and has an Instagram account under that name with dozens of posts.

RELATED: California city mayor pro tem calls for end of Pride Month observation, and outrage ensues

In Nov. 2025, Longo was invited to speak about his drag queen and school board experiences at Colgate University’s Center for Women’s Studies in Hamilton, New York.

“Drag is all about tearing down social norms. None of it is real. We are subscribing to these things, and I find such joy in doing that,” he said at the time.

“I’ve realized these things, being LGBTQ, being ADHD, these things about me my whole life that have been something that makes me feel like I don’t have value, are what make me so valuable,” he is quoted as saying. “I implore younger people to lean into who [they] are.”

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A Georgia teacher accused of molesting six high school students allegedly was seen in a cellphone video wearing a “Jesus Loves You” shirt while having sex with a student, newly released warrants reveal.

As Blaze News previously reported, 25-year-old Maris Nichols was arrested May 8. Alexander High School in Douglas County, where Maris was a biology teacher, hired her three years ago.

At least 27 search warrants have been executed in the investigation, and detectives sought evidence from cell phones, Snapchat, Ring camera video, and school-issued technology, WXIA said.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in May that Nichols was hit with 13 charges, including six counts of improper sexual contact, four counts of grooming of a minor for sexual offense, two counts of child molestation, and tampering with evidence.

Nichols was released from jail on a $74,000 bond.

Nichols was arrested a second time on May 21, according to WXIA-TV.

The Times-Georgian reported that a judge ordered Nichols to be held under house arrest except for medical appointments, religious services, and legal consultations. The judge said Nichols also must wear an ankle monitor, undergo a mental evaluation, avoid contact with minors not related to her, and stay away from the school.

Nichols has been accused of committing sex crimes against six alleged victims, all of them teenagers.

WSB-TV said Nichols had sex with students in a classroom, in a closet, and in one student’s truck while parked at a local golf course.

WSB also reported that a warrant was served to collect “genetic evidence and fingerprints” from two teens and obtain surveillance video from St. Andrews Golf Course allegedly showing a “rendezvous” between Nichols and a teen.

The New York Post reported that Nichols “engaged in sexual activity in a Hummer and at a golf course, sent raunchy images to students, and engaged in sexting with teens.”

WANF-TV reported that Nichols had sexual intercourse with a student inside a school closet on April 23 and inside a car on May 2.

Fox News reported that Nichols sent text messages to two male students “describing sex acts she wanted them to perform on her, and sent nude photos to a female student and encouraged her to watch the movie ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.'”

Nichols — a graduate of the evangelical Christian college Liberty University, the Post said — also allegedly wore a “Jesus Loves You” shirt in a video showing her having sex with a student.

WXIA, citing warrants, reported that state investigators downloaded the cell phone of a student who admitted having sex with Nichols and discovered multiple videos on it. WXIA said one of those videos allegedly shows Nichols wearing a light-yellow sweatshirt with the words “Jesus Loves You” across the back “while engaged in a sexual act.”

Investigators added to Atlanta News First that among “inappropriate messages” sent from Nichols’ phone to several students was a “video of the teacher having sex with a student while wearing a sweater that says Jesus loves you.” Atlanta News First said video of those sexual encounters began to circulate among several students.

WSB said a “Jesus Loves You” sweater worn by the teacher in a video showing her having sex with a student was requested in a search warrant.

At least 27 search warrants have been executed in the investigation, and detectives sought evidence from cell phones, Snapchat, Ring camera video, and school-issued technology, WXIA said.

RELATED: Female elementary teacher, 25, turned in by husband for alleged sexual misconduct against underage student: Court docs

In addition, WSB reported that newly filed search warrants suggest some students may have blackmailed Nichols over her allegedly owning and operating an OnlyFans account.

Citing investigators, WAGA-TV indicated students were said to have threatened to expose Nichols’ alleged OnlyFans account unless she gave them favorable grades in her class.

The Douglas County School System said it was “deeply troubled by allegations against an individual associated with one of our schools.”

WAGA previously reported that Nichols also has been a “player personnel director” for the high school football program.

Nichols was not listed Monday among the staff on the high school’s website.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Blaze News‘ request for comment.

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During Father’s Day weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested numerous illegal aliens with prior convictions for violent crimes, including attempted murder and child sexual abuse, according to a Department of Homeland Security press release obtained exclusively by Blaze News.

“While Americans enjoyed Father’s Day weekend, ICE was working around the clock to remove attempted murderers, pedophiles, rapists, arsonists, and other public safety threats from our communities,” DHS acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated.

‘While families across the nation celebrated Father’s Day, DHS honored the fathers, children, and spouses forever changed by violent crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens.’

“We are removing criminals so another family does not have a preventable tragedy,” Bis continued. “Every day, ICE is committed to fighting for the victims of illegal alien crime and their families. They are our why.”

Bis noted that President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin “stand with Angel families.”

The DHS press release highlighted ICE’s capture of 15 illegal immigrants with criminal histories in the United States.

The DHS noted ICE’s arrest of Jose Francisco-Amaya, an illegal alien from Honduras who was previously convicted of attempted homicide in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

RELATED: Illegal alien terrorist crashes car during ICE arrest after taking his wife hostage, feds claim

Jose Francisco-Amaya. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE agents nabbed Daniel Ornelas-Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico. His criminal history includes convictions for four counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old and annoy/molesting children in Santa Clara, California.

Daniel Ornelas-Garcia. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Carlos Leonardo Ruiz, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was also arrested by federal agents over the Father’s Day weekend. He was previously convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child in Auburn, California.

Carlos Leonardo Ruiz. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE captured Felipe Roque-Monje, an illegal alien from Mexico who was convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old in Pomona, California.

Felipe Roque-Monje. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Immigration officers caught Osman Lopez-Manzilla, an illegal immigrant from Honduras. He was previously convicted in Bradenton, Florida, for child fondling/lewd or lascivious battery.

Osman Lopez-Manzilla. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Abulay Nian, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone, was arrested by ICE agents. His criminal history includes a conviction in Delaware, Ohio, for rape, assault, and possession of forged instruments.

Abulay Nian. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE officers captured Eduardo Arce-Aguilar over the weekend. The illegal alien from El Salvador was convicted of forcible sexual abuse in David County, Utah.

Eduardo Arce-Aguilar. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Federal agents apprehended Alberto Garrido-Maurin, an illegal alien from Cuba. His rap sheet includes convictions for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, fraud, larceny, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and marijuana possession in Detroit, Michigan.

Alberto Garrido-Maurin. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Kiet Trung Tran, an illegal alien from Vietnam, was detained by ICE. He was previously convicted of aggravated sexual assault in Dallas County, Texas.

Kiet Trung Tran. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE officers captured Khaek Sisavath, an illegal alien from Laos with a prior conviction in St. Louis, Missouri, for robbery, armed criminal action, assault, and arson.

Khaek Sisavath. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Federal agents arrested Khanh Loc Ngoc Pham, an illegal alien from Vietnam who has numerous convictions in Beverly Hills, California. He was convicted of four counts of forgery, four counts of credit fraud, three counts of possessing counterfeit items with intent to defraud, three counts of burglary, hit-and-run, grand theft, and fake checks.

Khanh Loc Ngoc Pham. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Dethamongsalk Nouthavykoun, an illegal alien from Laos, was also captured by ICE officers over the weekend. He was previously convicted in Tarrant County, Texas, for aggravated robbery, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful restraint, carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, and vehicle theft.

Dethamongsalk Nouthavykoun. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE arrested Pedro Morales-Varela, an illegal alien from Honduras with prior convictions in Puerto Rico for armed robbery, possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

Pedro Morales-Varela. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

Federal immigration officers nabbed Orlando Eugenio Parada-Mancia, an illegal alien from El Salvador. He was previously convicted of the distribution of fentanyl in Boston, Massachusetts.

Orlando Eugenio Parada-Mancia. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

ICE also arrested Ramon Sanchez-Morales, an illegal alien from Mexico who had a prior conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine in Corpus Christi, Texas.

RELATED: Exclusive: ICE arrests illegal aliens convicted of child sex crime, forcible sexual assault, and drug trafficking

Ramon Sanchez-Morales. Image source: Department of Homeland Security

“While families across the nation celebrated Father’s Day, DHS honored the fathers, children, and spouses forever changed by violent crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens,” the DHS press release read.

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The controversy surrounding the recent Los Angeles mayoral election could become one of the most consequential political battles of President Trump’s second term — and BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler believes it’s time for the president to do something about it.

“The Democrats have in a chokehold the election system. They have taken it away. They have stolen the election system from the people, and it is now in their control. So the outcome of these elections is essentially predetermined,” she begins.

And Republicans, Wheeler says, “have a very big, daunting job to clean up our election systems.”

“The American people voted for Trump because they want justice, because we want justice for all of the things that were done to us,” she explains, pointing out that the stolen election in Los Angeles is now a “golden opportunity” for Trump to take action.

“And you should do that because it’s the right thing to do. You should do that because it’s your constitutional duty to make sure that we have free and fair elections,” she adds.

And if Trump does take action after the outcome of the Los Angeles election, Wheeler predicts his base support will “balloon” and “increase exponentially.”

“That energy will come roaring back if you pursue justice in the L.A. elections. What will happen is, you will have enormous midterm turnout because nothing motivates the base like justice does,” she says.

“And this time, this is different than 2020. This time we have actual evidence that crimes were committed. We have evidence of how the Democrats stole this election,” she continues, explaining that there’s proof of election fraud via video.

In the videos, which Wheeler plays, L.A.’s “homeless” tell reporters that they were paid to cast votes for Democrats.

“This is not speculation. The fact that the majority of the fraud that happened happened on Skid Row with these 43,000 drug addicts who the left calls homeless, but we know they’re addicted, most of them,” Wheeler says.

“What the Democrats did and are doing is wrong,” she says, adding, “but it is also a golden opportunity. And for this, Spencer Pratt seems to understand, and I’m very appreciative of that.”

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Failed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has suggested that the U.S. should completely change the way the winner of a presidential election is chosen.

Democrats have complained for decades that the Electoral College should be abolished after two recent elections swung to Republicans despite Democrats winning the majority vote.

‘That should be a discussion that we should have. I don’t think we should eliminate that as a point of discussion for potential action.’

Harris made the comments in an interview with Don Lemon released Friday.

“I think that there is some real shaking up that we have to do of the rules and the structure,” Harris said to Lemon.

“Is that get rid of the Electoral College?” he replied.

“I think we should — that should be a discussion that we should have. I don’t think we should eliminate that as a point of discussion for potential action,” she tepidly responded.

A clip of her comments was posted to social media.

Harris lost the popular vote to Trump in 2024 by only 1.5 percentage points but got buried in the Electoral College count 312 to 226.

In 2016, Donald Trump won the Electoral College, while Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, and George W. Bush also won the Electoral College in 2000, while Al Gore won the popular vote.

Proponents of the Electoral College argue that without it, presidential candidates would ignore smaller states and campaign only in large cities and states. They also point out that the change in campaigning means not all of the results would have flipped in elections where the popular-vote receiver lost.

Democrats proposed legislation in 2024 to end the Electoral College, which they said was unfair and biased against larger states.

“In an election, the person who gets the most votes should win. It’s that simple,” Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii said at the time. “No one’s vote should count for more based on where they live. The Electoral College is outdated and it’s undemocratic. It’s time to end it.”

However, a constitutional amendment would be needed to change the electoral process.

RELATED: New York Times hit with backlash over op-ed calling for radical government change so the left can compete

Rutherford B. Hayes and John Quincy Adams were the other two presidents who benefited from the Electoral College despite failing to win the popular vote.

The vast majority of presidential elections are won by candidates who won both the Electoral College and popular vote.

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In a recent conversation with Brandon Tatum and Gary Chambers, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith promoted a “black first identity” — which frames black identity through the lens of historical oppression rather than individual agency and achievement.

“What the hell is wrong with looking at yourself as black first before you’re anything else? Black before you’re American. Black before, you know, you’re anything else. What’s wrong with that?” Smith asked Tatum and Chambers.

“Because all black people ain’t the same,” Tatum responded. “Like, for instance, we all different. So when I say ‘I’m black,’ what does that mean? The color of my skin.”

“Black people from New York is different than black people from the South. Black people from Africa that came over here as immigrants are very different than African-Americans. We’re diverse like anybody else,” he continued. “When white people say ‘I’m white first,’ what does that mean?”

Smith argued in response that black people should identify with their enslaved ancestors, as they are identifying with the “remnants of that even in today’s society.”

“I’m saying if you identify yourself as black before you identify yourself as American, what you’re doing is saying coming out of the womb, I know I’m going to be at a disadvantage because I’m in America and I’m going to have to scratch and claw and have an uphill climb,” he continued.

While he says that should not be met with a “defeatist attitude,” he goes on to say that it means “you are at least acknowledging that there are historical insidious acts that are associated with this particular nation.”

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is not amused.

“Stephen A. Smith is a cancer to the American media. That you could sit there and be paid $20 million a year by ESPN … and be as unqualified as Stephen A. Smith and then make the argument that there’s all these historical disadvantages, uphill climb,” he comments, annoyed.

“Don’t tell me about 150 years ago in slavery, something you did not experience. Don’t tell me about 100, 80 years ago, and segregation, and things you did not experience,” he says.

“When did you run uphill? When you flunked fourth grade? That was a racist plot? That was American racism making you repeat fourth grade?” he continues, pointing out that Smith’s obsession with a “black first identity” isn’t actually a “black first” identity at all.

“That’s a victim first identity. That’s what you just unpacked,” he explains.

“He’s promoting a victim first identity while claiming to be a Christian, while claiming to belong to some church, while claiming to have some sort of biblical worldview. Show me anywhere in the Bible where Christians are supposed to take on a victim first mentality,” he continues.

“Stephen A. Smith and myself grew up at the exact same time,” he says. “We’ve never been victims.”

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The Texas Rangers are pushing toward becoming the most family-oriented team in baseball.

Not only have the Rangers remained the sole annual holdout for Pride Night celebrations in the major leagues, this year they went above and beyond to celebrate fathers.

‘I think there was a sense of love and respect that I got from him.’

The Rangers played to a 4-3 Father’s Day win against the San Diego Padres on Sunday but put extra focus on the fathers on the team.

Rangers players and their many children lined up outside the dugout for the national anthem before the game, and the family-oriented promotions continued throughout the day.

Aside from bringing their kids onto the field, players participated in a video that talked about how their fathers motivated them and contributed to their lives and careers.

First to make remarks was pitcher Jacob deGrom, who said his father still plays catch with him in the offseason, continuing his dedication to his son’s baseball path since he was a boy.

“My dad was willing to hit me as many grounders as I want, throw me as much batting practice as I want, and play catch as long as I wanted,” deGrom recalled. “Once he got off work, pretty much it was we were going to play something till it was time to go inside and eat and go to bed.”

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Relief pitcher Jacob Latz said he idolizes his father for his drive and motivation.

“He’s my idol,” Latz plainly stated. “I don’t think he’s ever taken a nap in his life.”

The 30-year-old continued: “Looking back on how far we’ve come and then, you know, just to have those moments, still being able to play catch with him at his age is pretty cool.”

First baseman and slugger Jake Burger revealed his dad grew up working on a turkey farm in Southern Indiana, filling up buckets of feed for the turkeys.

“Every single morning at 5:00 a.m.,” Burger explained.

Burger was born in Missouri but said his father carried over that work ethic and instilled it in him growing up.

“I think there was a sense of love and respect that I got from him, and that’s how I want to exhibit it to my kids too.”

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The Rangers also posted some dad jokes to round out the day, asking questions like, “How does the moon style his hair?”

“Eclipse it,” outfielder Brandon Nimmo read.

Pitcher Nathan Eovaldi asked, “What did the scarecrow win an award for?”

“He was out standing in the field.”

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, a radical Minnesota Democrat who has in recent years been accused of immigration-related fraud, is facing renewed scrutiny over her finances in the wake of a new filing claiming that she and her current husband, former Democratic consultant Tim Mynett, might have a negative net worth.

Republicans remain dissatisfied with the explanation provided by Omar’s office — that the dramatic fluctuations in the congresswoman’s alleged net worth is the result of an “accounting error” that has since been rectified.

‘Voters see right through the corrupt lies of Ilhan Omar.’

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The Somalia-born ethno-nationalist raised eyebrows last year with a financial disclosure report claiming that in 2024 — the same year that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., and the DOJ’s public integrity unit reportedly launched an investigation into the congresswoman’s finances — she and her husband held assets of between $6 million and $30 million.

The couple’s sudden fortune was linked in the filing to Mynett’s venture-capital management firm, Rose Lake Capital LLC, as well as to his now-defunct winery, eStCru LLC.

In addition to contradicting Omar’s previous assertion that she was “not a millionaire,” the May 2025 filing prompted House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (Ky.) and other Republicans to question “how her husband accumulated so much wealth over the past two years.”

After all, she reported assets valued at no more than $208,000 in 2023, and a year earlier, Rose Lake Capital reportedly had only $42.44 in its bank account.

“There is no way such wealth could have been accumulated, legally, while being paid the salary of a politician,” President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Jan. 22.

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The congresswoman subsequently filed an amended disclosure for 2024 claiming that the value of the assets she and her husband held was between $18,004 and $95,000. The Wall Street Journal highlighted that in the amended disclosure filed on March 26, Mynett’s businesses were shown as having no value once liabilities were factored in.

“The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire,” Jacklyn Rogers, a spokeswoman for Omar, stated at the time. “The congresswoman amended her disclosures voluntarily as soon as the discrepancy was identified.”

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Days before Vice President JD Vance claimed last month that Omar was under investigation by the Justice Department, the foreign-born congresswoman filed her financial disclosure for fiscal year 2025.

According to the new filing first detailed by the New York Post, Mynett made no income last year from Rose Lake Capital.

The only money Mynett allegedly earned last year was $201 to $1,000 from eStCru, which filed for termination in April — roughly one week after Omar filed her amended financial disclosure stating the winery was effectively worthless.

Omar claimed that the total value of her and her husband’s assets last year was somewhere in the range of $20,000 to $125,000 and that their liabilities — student loans and credit card debt — were between $30,000 and $100,000. On the basis of Omar’s financial allegations, her net worth is between -$80,000 and $95,000.

A spokesperson for Omar told Blaze News in a statement, “The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire.”

“The original filing was based on incomplete information from Mr. Mynett’s businesses’ accountants in good faith and deference to professional judgment. It listed assets without liabilities, and it significantly overstated her husband’s net worth,” the spokesperson continued. “The accounting error created a misleading picture of far greater wealth. The congresswoman amended her disclosures voluntarily as soon as the discrepancy was identified. The amended disclosure is now complete and accurate.”

Delanie Bomar, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, told the Post, “Voters see right through the corrupt lies of Ilhan Omar.”

“Omar has spent her entire career covering up Democrat-enabled fraud that cost taxpayers billions, so it’s no surprise that she would do the same for her husband,” Bomar continued.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) stated, “Ilhan Omar and her husband need to be held accountable for their sketchy financial disclosures. They’re clearly lying and trying to game the system.”

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Jimmy Kimmel announced that he will be replaced this summer with a rotating roster of hosts that includes one histrionic hater of President Donald Trump.

Kimmel said Rosie O’Donnell will be one of the hosts to take over the show as he takes a traditional two-month break for the summer.

‘It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically and hard for me personally as well.’

“We have assembled a potent group of hosts to fill in for me, beginning with Tiffany Haddish, Colman Domingo, Ike Barinholtz, Anthony Anderson, Jelly Roll,” said Kimmel on Thursday.

“And as a special treat for our commander in chief, I asked one of his all-time favorites, Rosie O’Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming,” he added.

O’Donnell and Trump have attacked each other verbally since before he became president, and his insults against her have been used by opponents to accuse him of misogyny.

One of his most famous jabs came during the first debate for the presidential Republican primary in 2015, when he interrupted moderator Megyn Kelly.

“You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals,” said Kelly.

“Only Rosie O’Donnell!” said Trump to loud applause and laughter.

“For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell,” Kelly responded when the laughter subsided.

In March, O’Donnell said she was leaving America for Ireland with her youngest child, Clay, and would return when all citizens have equal rights. She has said that the 12-year-old identifies as nonbinary.

“I was never someone who thought I would move to another country. That’s what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child. And here we are,” she said.

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“It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically and hard for me personally as well. The personal is political,” she added. “When it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back.”

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Economist Alan Greenspan has died at age 100, according to his wife.

Greenspan chaired the U.S. Federal Reserve for four terms under four different presidents, beginning in the Reagan administration in 1987 and ending in 2006 under the George W. Bush administration.

‘The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct after inevitable, often unanticipated disturbances.’

Many credited his economic policies for the prosperity of the 1980s and ’90s, but others blame him for the global financial crisis of 2008.

He was married to veteran NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell since 1997. Mitchell said he died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Former President Ronald Reagan called him “an economist’s economist, one of the most widely respected men” in the field when he appointed Greenspan as Fed chairman.

After the financial crisis which Greenspan described as a “once-in-a-century credit tsunami,” he admitted that he made a mistake in his assumptions about human nature.

“Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief,” he said during a 2008 congressional hearing.

“I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms,” he added.

His admission has become the basis for critics of the free market capitalist theory of economics.

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He is also credited with coining the phrase “irrational exuberance” to explain investor behavior that leads to a market bubble.

“Whether by intention or by happenstance, many, if not most, governments in recent decades have been relying more and more on the forces of the marketplace and reducing their intervention in market outcomes,” Greenspan said in a 2005 speech.

“We appear to be revisiting Adam Smith’s notion that the more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct after inevitable, often unanticipated disturbances,” he concluded.

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The day that honors the end of slavery was celebrated unanimously across most sports leagues, with some notable exceptions.

One was the Detroit Lions, who confused fans with their decision not to post any materials in support of Juneteenth.

‘It must have been an accident.’

Given that Juneteenth was first recognized as a holiday in 2021 by President Joe Biden, it is not unusual for the day to be overlooked by the common sports fan. For most pro sports teams though, every possible iteration of race or cultural politics typically gets marked down on the calendar.

This was why football fans were confused when the Lions opted not to post anything for Juneteenth, with one Lions supporter assuming “it must have been an accident.”

“Just go look at the Lions profile picture,” the fan noted; the Lions’ X photo features transgender and gay pride colors.

There was no mention of the new holiday from the National Hockey League either, Fox News reported.

The league is only a week removed from the last game of the Stanley Cup Finals, so it is possible employees are on hiatus. However, the NHL has been deeply involved in diversity efforts for years — especially since the Black Lives Matter era — making this a strange move for the league as well.

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Some players in the league previously complained the NHL wasn’t doing enough to support diversity, even after the hiring of a woman named Kim Davis to serve as the executive vice president of social impact, growth initiatives, and legislative affairs.

With a goal to bring diversity to the league and its C-suite, Davis described hockey as a “tribe” that needs to “feel more welcoming.”

This eventually led to the NHL Player Inclusion Coalition, which has since wreaked havoc on the league with its initiatives.

Blaze News previously reported on the league-wide controversies surrounding Pride jerseys, Pride tape, and player backlash.

RELATED: Juneteenth only makes sense if natural law is real

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Still, NFL fans seemed split on the latest issue online, either dragging the Lions organization for not supporting Juneteenth or being puzzled as to why they support other progressive celebrations if they are able to avoid this one.

“I just find it wild that they can support LGBTQ but not black people especially since most of their team is Black,” an X user wrote.

Another reaction from the story had one fan saying they had grown to hate the “weird idea of social media telling teams what to do.”

With the Lions as the lone standout in the NFL, they join the Texas Rangers of the MLB who similarly are the only team in their league not to celebrate gay pride with a dedicated night.

The Lions and the NHLPA, which runs the Player Inclusion Coalition along with the NHL, did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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The Los Angeles Fire Department has been battling a blaze at a Boyle Heights cold-storage facility for nearly a week that began when the solar panels on the warehouse’s rooftop caught fire.

Former mayoral challenger Spencer Pratt criticized Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for cutting the LAFD’s budget and noted that the warehouse had previously been the site of a solar panel fire in 2024.

‘Interior storage rack systems remain in place and are supporting portions of the collapsed roof, creating complex and unstable conditions that require a cautious and methodical approach.’

“This same warehouse had a solar panel fire 2 years ago,” Pratt wrote in a social media post. He claimed that Bass “slashed the LAFD budget and now they can’t stop it, and it’s spewing out heavy metals into the lungs of Boyle Heights folks for a week straight.”

“Nice job, Karen!” he added.

Officials have reported that air monitoring results show no toxic chemicals or hazards beyond those expected in normal fire smoke.

Pratt further criticized the city’s leadership for having to “bring in resources from TEXAS to manage a single structure fire” after LAFD Chief Jaime Moore stated that the city was bringing in water cannons from Texas.

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The fire prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Bass to issue emergency declarations on Saturday.

Newsom’s office stated that the fire has “produced significant smoke and particulate matter that may affect air quality in surrounding neighborhoods.”

“The City and County have opened spaces for families seeking relief from the smoke, and we will continue working around the clock and doing everything possible to put this fire out completely,” Bass stated.

Operations at several schools in the area were temporarily relocated due to ongoing air quality concerns, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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The LAFD provided an update on Sunday stating that fire crews had made “significant progress,” but noted that the “building’s construction continues to present operational challenges.”

“Interior storage rack systems remain in place and are supporting portions of the collapsed roof, creating complex and unstable conditions that require a cautious and methodical approach,” the LAFD wrote.

“Smoke conditions have improved significantly and are expected to continue improving as firefighters make progress extinguishing the fire. Although smoke conditions are trending in a positive direction, intermittent increases in smoke may occur as crews open walls and other concealed spaces to locate and extinguish hidden fire,” it continued.

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Elon Musk’s unprecedented rise to a trillion-dollar net worth has sparked outrage from leftists, who believe it is unfair that one person should possess that much wealth. But BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere sees Musk’s accomplishment very differently.

“I look at that as an incredible achievement. I look at that as something that is amazing. He’s done a lot of amazing things. He’s an incredible person,” Stu says.

“He’s out there just generating wealth like no one has ever seen,” he continues, pointing out that the “left is pissed off about it” and leftists think it’s “terrible.”

And one article published by the Guardian is a perfect example of the left’s attitude towards Musk’s wealth.

“Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why,” the headline reads.

“There’s really innovative thoughts here,” Stu jokes, “like ‘fiscal fairness’ is one of the reasons. So that’s really thoughtful. Second is — I thought this was interesting — ‘wastefulness.’”

Stu points out that the author, Ingrid Robeyns, lives in the U.K.

“I’d say it’s a free country, but she’s in the U.K., where they’re arresting people with opposite opinions,” he says.

“There’s a lot of interesting choices being made by that wonderful nation and the people in it. And we don’t get to control it because it’s their country, not ours, first of all. But secondly, because we’re not them. Like you control your own life. I wish people could get a little bit more sense on that one,” he continues.

Robeyns explained in her article that Musk’s wealth creates “harms.”

“Extreme wealth concentration undermines democracies,” Stu reads.

“He’s made more millionaires than pretty much anybody else,” he says, explaining that Musk has taken employees from the “lowest levels of the food chain” at his company and turned them into millionaires.

“She then says, by the way, ‘it comes with massive greenhouse gas emissions and environmental harm,’” he adds.

“I guarantee you that Tesla has done more with the electric cars to protect the environment than Ingrid does after any meal she’s ever had,” co-host Dave Landau chimes in.

“And there are emissions that she provides. … If you’re in the same room, you’ll know about them,” Stu adds, laughing.

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A major tech company has announced that it is coming to Texas with a new partnership with an energy giant in the Lone Star State.

On Monday, Chevron announced that it is partnering with Microsoft to develop a new data center campus, known as “Project Kilby,” in Texas.

The project will scale to an estimated capacity of 2.67 gigawatts of capacity over time.

The two companies signed a 20-year power purchase agreement in anticipation of the planned, “co-located” power plant and data center.

Reuters reported that the facility is set to be built in Pecos, Texas, west of Midland.

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“AI is reshaping the global economy, and abundant, affordable, reliable energy is essential to fueling that transformation,” said Jeff Gustavson, Chevron president of New Energies, in a Monday press release. “Chevron is uniquely positioned to deliver power to customers with certainty, speed, and at a competitive cost, leveraging Permian natural gas and our proven execution capabilities. This project links Chevron’s traditional strengths to emerging demand, creating differentiated value for our shareholders and the communities where we operate.”

This agreement, the press release notes, is an important milestone leading up to the final investment decision, which is expected to be made at the end of this year. The “first power delivery is anticipated in 2028.” The project will scale to an estimated capacity of 2.67 gigawatts of capacity over time.

The joint infrastructure appears to be designed, at least in theory, to avoid burdening residential neighbors with higher electricity rates, one of many oft-repeated objections to new data centers being built.

The press release claims that “Kilby is designed to deliver reliable, dispatchable electricity directly to Microsoft while aiming to mitigate impacts on the regional grid that consumers rely on,” presumably by, at least in part, circumventing the main power grid in the state.

While proponents of the deal point to economic growth potential for the state and efforts to mitigate negative environmental impacts, critics say there may be some serious drawbacks to the plan.

For example, a Mother Jones article from last month noted that Microsoft may intend to take advantage of significant tax incentives that could cost the state heavily.

Greg LeRoy, the executive director of Good Jobs First, pointed out that Microsoft does not mention tax abatements in its pledge. “If they don’t say, ‘We will refuse tax abatements,’ then they’ve got their fingers crossed behind their back,” LeRoy told Mother Jones.

Oil & Gas Watch warned that the project may have significant environmental impacts, including a yearly output of over 13.8 million tons of greenhouse gases, a comparable annual output to that of nearly 3 million gas-powered vehicles.

This agreement comes less than two weeks after Governor Greg Abbott (R) directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to “take immediate steps to protect residential ratepayers from the costs of data center expansion.”

In the letter, Abbott directed the PUC to “take action to require data centers to pay for all of their electric infrastructure costs to ensure that no residential ratepayer is burdened by those costs.” Abbott added that these directives are building upon Senate Bill 6 and directed the PUC and ERCOT to submit a report by July 17 and to take action to reduce residential ratepayer transmission costs by July 31.

Project Kilby will primarily use natural gas power and plans to “use non-potable, brackish groundwater sources for power plant operations.”

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When a trio of masked teens tried to rob a man aboard a Chicago bus Saturday night, the 54-year-old fought back, police told CWB Chicago.

Chicago police told the outlet the man was riding a northbound Ashland bus near 57th Street around 11:22 p.m. when the three males approached him and demanded his property while aboard the bus.

‘This will continue to happen all over the city. Can’t stand at the bus stop. Can’t ride the CTA bus. Can’t ride the train.’

Investigators told CWB Chicago the trio began taking items from the man, including a chain necklace that was later recovered from one of the suspects.

A witness told WGN-TV in the station’s video report that the suspects were “talking about shooting him, blowing his brains out.”

But the man soon decided he wasn’t going to give up his stuff without a fight.

Police told the outlet the man reached into his bag, pulled out a “sharp object,” and fought with the robbers.

The suspects battered the victim before fleeing the bus, and CWB Chicago reported that officers initially were dispatched after a bus panic alarm generated a “person with a knife” call.

But as the investigation unfolded, police learned the three ski mask-wearing teenagers targeted the passenger who fought back, the outlet said.

CWB Chicago said police recovered a knife at the scene.

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Then came the plot twist: While officers were sorting out what happened on the bus, 911 operators received another call from the 5600 block of South Justine Street from a caller reporting that his 13-year-old little brother had been stabbed in the hand.

When officers arrived, they quickly connected the dots. According to a police report, the wounded 13-year-old, his older brother, and another individual at the Justine location turned out to be the robbers. Police also recovered the victim’s chain necklace at the scene.

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Police told CWB Chicago that Chicago Fire Department personnel treated the victim, who suffered a cut on his hand, and then took him to St. Bernard Hospital; he was listed in good condition.

Two of the alleged robbers suffered what police said were minor injuries, and paramedics also treated them the outlet said, adding that the three suspects were arrested and charges were pending as of Sunday morning.

A number of commenters reacting to the station’s video report about the incident were up in arms:

“The mayor will give the 3 criminals the key [to] the city for such bravery,” one commenter wrote sarcastically.”Every law-abiding citizen should invest in a [Firearm Owners Identification Card], firearm training, and the [Concealed Carry License],” another commenter said. “Stay ready for the Devil.””A 54-year-old man taking on three young punks and only having a laceration on his hand … bravo!!!” another commenter wrote. “And glad they caught and arrested the three thugs; just too bad they will be released, if they aren’t already, due to [Illinois Democrat Gov. JB] Pritzker’s absurd Safe-T Act.””In a future plea deal, charges of assault with bodily harm and aggravated robbery will be reduced to fare evasion — probably,” another commenter predicted.”This will continue to happen all over the city,” another commenter lamented. “Can’t stand at the bus stop. Can’t ride the CTA bus. Can’t ride the train.”

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