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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: ‘Shoot the f**kers!’ Anti-ICE agitators caught on video apparently calling for violence in wake of deadly Dallas shooting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: Man who allegedly towed away ICE vehicle during operation has been arrested: ‘Now he can laugh behind bars’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: ‘Shoot the f**kers!’ Anti-ICE agitators caught on video apparently calling for violence in wake of deadly Dallas shooting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: Who is bankrolling the anti-MAHA movement?

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

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

RELATED: Libs gobble Tylenol, foreign officials complain after Trump highlights autism link

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

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

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

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

RELATED: Trump administration claims link between autism and Tylenol, greenlights remedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: Warren faces continuing backlash over outlandish response to Kimmel controversy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: Google admits to political censorship under Biden and says thousands of YouTube accounts will be reinstated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Commentators were shocked by the display on YouTube:

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

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

RELATED: DHS: Deadly Dallas ICE shooting came a month after bomb threat at same office

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

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

The narrative

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

‘Unreal.’

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

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

Screenshot: YouTube, Cory Mills

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

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

RELATED: Cory Mills’ Bronze Star document raises serious concerns about stolen valor, Rep. Mace says

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

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

‘Was it some severe maiming wound? No.’

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

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

The admission

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

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

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

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

RELATED: Stolen valor? Veterans dispute Cory Mills’ record: ‘He fooled a lot of us’

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

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

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

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

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

‘That blood on Cory was not Cory’s.’

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

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

“Were you wounded then?” asked Blaze News.

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

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

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

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

An appeal to doubt

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

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

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

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

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

RELATED: 5 former colleagues of Rep. Cory Mills say he told them he became a Muslim — as girlfriend claims Blaze News report ‘entirely untrue’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blaze News has reached out to Mills for comment.

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

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

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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night “comedy” show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” was suspended all of six days before ABC caved to public pressure from the left and reinstated it.

The network originally pulled the show because Kimmel made the following vile comment just six days after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was publicly assassinated while speaking on his college campus tour: “We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

He then went on to make fun of President Trump for his reaction to being asked how he was handling the death of his friend. “I think very good,” he said before quickly pivoting to discussing a White House ballroom renovation project.

Liz explains, “When you are a public broadcast network … ABC, or NBC, or CBS, you have a broadcast license. You’re not a cable news network. You have a broadcast license from the federal government. It’s issued by the FCC … and part of the terms of your broadcast license is that you are to serve the public interest.”

But the left spun the narrative that the government strong-armed ABC to suspend the show because Kimmel criticized Donald Trump.

Clearly they’ve forgotten that “he’s been [mocking Donald Trump] on a nightly basis for the last decade” and has never been fired for it, says Liz Wheeler, BlazeTV host of “The Liz Wheeler Show.”

“Jimmy Kimmel was not fired for making a joke at Donald Trump’s expense. He wasn’t even fired for mocking Charlie Kirk, as despicable as he is for doing that. … Jimmy Kimmel was fired for lying about Charlie Kirk’s assassin,” she clarifies, noting that Kirk’s alleged murderer has been proven to be a radical leftist.

Kimmel “lied and libeled half of the country,” says Liz.

But that’s exactly what he’s expected to do. As part of the left-wing media apparatus, Kimmel is expected to broadcast “malicious, false vilification of everyone who dared to vote for Donald Trump.”

This kind of hate-inspiring rhetoric is the entire reason Charlie Kirk is dead, says Liz.

“Children, yes, like Tyler Robinson, are indoctrinated with violent, revolutionary, neo-Marxist ideology like transgenderism. This happens in schools from kindergarten all the way through college,” and “the mainstream media and voices like Jimmy Kimmel play a large, even an outsized, role in that kind of propaganda,” she explains.

Whether it’s a teacher celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk or Kimmel’s slanderous lie that Robinson was MAGA and that Trump supporters are a violent gang, it is moral and necessary for them to lose their jobs.

“It’s not cancel culture; it’s self-defense,” says Liz.

To hear more of her commentary, watch the episode above.

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Sean Duffy’s Department of Transportation is taking decisive action to protect American roadways following an increase in tragic accidents involving non-English-speaking truck drivers.

Safety and national security issues within the trucking industry gained national attention in August after an illegal alien who obtained his commercial driver’s license in California allegedly caused a fatal wreck in Florida.

‘This is not a proposal. This is a final rule, and it is effective immediately.’

Duffy held a press conference on Friday morning to announce “emergency action” aimed at ensuring safer roadways.

The DOT revealed the results of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audit, which found “systemic non-compliance” among state driver licensing agencies in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.

RELATED: Duffy threatens funding freeze for 3 states flouting English requirements for truck drivers

“This is not a proposal. This is a final rule, and it is effective immediately,” Duffy said during the presser. “… Here’s the bottom line: Non-citizens will not be eligible for a CDL unless they meet a much stricter set of rules. Second, all states must immediately pause the issuance of non-domiciled CDLs until they can comply with our new rules.”

“My message is very simple,” Duffy added. “Get into compliance now, or we’ll pull funding and we’ll force you into compliance.”

The DOT described California as “the most egregious,” citing that over 25% of the non-domiciled CDLs reviewed were improperly issued.

“The audit has uncovered both a catastrophic pattern of states issuing licenses illegally to foreign drivers, as well as the fact that even if the current regulatory framework is followed, it can fail. The confluence of these two factors have created an imminent hazard on America’s roadways that must be fixed,” read a DOT press release obtained by Blaze News.

The DOT attributed the issuance of a “large number” of non-domiciled CDLs to ineligible drivers to poor quality assurance, inadequate training, and programming errors. The department identified cases where licenses remained valid beyond the drivers’ lawful presence in the United States.

RELATED: American trucking at a crossroads: Deadly crash involving illegal alien exposes true cost of Biden’s border invasion

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The department presented four examples of California-issued CDLs with expiration dates extending beyond the work authorization periods of the respective foreign nationals. For instance, one set of images displayed a CDL with an expiration date of June 2030, issued to a foreign national whose work authorization expired in April 2022. Another photo showed a CDL with a June 2030 expiration date, issued to a foreign national whose work authorization ended in May 2021. In both cases, the licenses were issued several years after the individuals’ work authorizations had lapsed.

As a result of the FMCSA’s findings, the DOT declared a pause on California’s issuance of non-domiciled CDLs, requiring the state to identify all unexpired licenses that fail to comply with regulations.

RELATED: Hidden phones, earpieces: Five non-English speakers arrested for alleged CDL cheating scheme

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The DOT issued an interim final rule to tighten eligibility requirements for non-domiciled commercial learner’s permits and CDLs. Foreign nationals seeking these credentials must “meet a much stricter set of rules, including an employment-based visa and undergoing a mandatory federal immigration status check using the SAVE system.”

Duffy warned in August that the department would pull federal funding from states that fail to comply with English language proficiency requirements for drivers. He noted at that time that California receives $30 million from the DOT.

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Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement sentiment has been on the rise in recent months as agitators continue to harass and attack ICE agents and facilities. In the wake of the deadly ICE facility shooting in Dallas on Wednesday, agitators have taken their rhetoric to the next level, with some now appearing to call for violence against ICE agents.

On Friday, Blaze News captured footage of a crowd of anti-ICE protesters attempting to block a federal vehicle from entering an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. The initial standoff around the vehicle then escalates with multiple participants openly calling for violence against law enforcement.

‘Arrest ICE!’

In a video captured by Rosas, the crowd of agitators can be heard shouting, “Arrest ICE!” One individual then yells, “Shoot ICE!” Another individual then appears to echo that violent statement. The first agitator can be heard escalating even further: “Shoot the f**kers! Shoot the f**ker!”

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In another video, the masked crowd can be seen swarming and hitting the federal vehicle while repeating chanted slogans after a leader in the crowd, according to video footage captured by Blaze News’ Julio Rosas.

RELATED: ‘Pure attack on ICE’: Acting ICE director tells Glenn Beck the motive for deadly attack is clear

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“Anti-ICE protesters are trying their best to interfere with federal operations in Illinois. The crowd has been blocking a road agents use to bring in their vehicles,” Blaze News national correspondent Julio Rosas said.

“One federal agent was swarmed as he entered, with the mob hitting his vehicle and getting in front. Other agents have pepper balls and tear gas to break up the crowd, but so far I have not seen any arrests.”

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Yet another video shows the crowd dispersing after federal agents shoot pepper balls from the fence as the vehicle nears the entrance of the ICE facility. The crowd can be heard shouting and coughing as a plume of pepper spray swirls around the vehicle. The crowd disperses as the vehicle reaches the entrance.

ICE agents have ramped up the protective measures of their facilities in response to the rising frequency of protesters and violence targeting the agency.

“The fence installed this week on the other side of a different road has kept the crowd away from the ICE facility itself, but that has not deterred people from showing up,” Rosas said.

Rosas confirmed that Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss was present at the scene but was not among the crowd surrounding the federal vehicle. He also added that Democrat 9th District Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was at the scene.

Agents were forced to move Abughazaleh last week after she refused to get out of an ICE facility’s driveway.

Following this standoff between ICE agents and the anti-ICE protesters, Rosas reported he saw two arrests made at the scene.

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If you were starting to miss former Vice President Kamala Harris and her infamous word salads, then you’re in luck — because she’s back and talking just as much as ever.

Harris has been making the interview rounds to promote her new book, “107 Days,” and in one recent interview on “Good Morning America” with Michael Strahan, she explained why former President Joe Biden did a great job during his losing campaign for a second term.

“My concern about him running for re-election was completely separate from my admiration and knowledge about his capacity to serve as president of the United States, which was consistent and never wavered,” Harris told Strahan.

“Well, as we sit here today, do you think he would have been up for running the country for four more years?” Strahan then asked.

“I — here’s the distinction that I make. Having had the experience myself, it is one thing to have the capacity to govern. It is another thing to go through an election for president of the United States,” Harris replied.

“Running for president of the United States is like being in a marathon at a sprinter’s pace, with people throwing tomatoes at you every step you take. It is not for the lighthearted. It takes an incredible amount of endurance and stamina. And can you imagine doing it while you are also carrying literally the weight of the world as being president of the United States?” she continued.

“So the distinction I make is about capacity to be president and what that election would require in that campaign, especially running against Donald Trump,” she added.

BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere can’t believe what he’s hearing.

“So she’s saying it’s harder to run for president than be president. That’s her case. That is a bizarre argument. You’re talking about managing the world’s nuclear weapons. You’re talking about multiple conflicts going on at any given time,” Stu says.

“Running a campaign is like running a marathon at a sprinter’s pace while they’re throwing tomatoes at you,” he mocks. “What’s being president like? A wonderful stroll through the park?”

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Tennis legend Serena Williams recently asked her social media followers their opinions on some decor she found inside a New York City hotel.

Williams was in town for an event put on by apparel companies SKIMS and Nike, which included a walk on a red carpet with Kim Kardashian. On Thursday, Williams made a temporary Instagram story post from inside an unknown hotel room where she made a discovery.

‘She has a thing against cotton??’

In a point-of-view video, Williams walks up to a cotton plant sitting on a table in a hallway and asks her audience, “All right, everyone. How do we feel about cotton as decoration?”

“Personally for me, it doesn’t feel great,” Williams stated.

In another post immediately after, Williams is shown wearing a one-piece gray suit with one leather glove on, while holding a piece of cotton in her hand.

“Feels like nail polish remover cotton,” she noted. Williams then touched it to her fingernail before visibly cringing and walking out of frame.

Although there was no opportunity for viewers to leave comments on Williams’ choice of video format, on other pages that reposted the clip, she did not garner any of the support she may have been looking for.

RELATED: Serena Williams and ‘The View’ DEFINE ‘crip walking’ as black culture

On the page TheShadeRoom, black viewers overwhelmingly disagreed with Williams taking issue with the plant.

“I don’t feel nothing about it!! It’s cute. She has a thing against cotton??” asked Gee Gee.

“I actually think it’s beautiful [art] decoration,” said a woman named Constance.

“They weren’t out there for her to see it as an offensive gesture. … It’s decor,” a man named Jay commented.

“It’s a plant! We aren’t picking it, giving free labor anymore! It’s a beautiful plant,” remarked Kiesha.

A few viewers inferred from Williams’ video that she saw the decoration as racist, with a woman named Charlandra claiming, “Seeing raw cotton can evoke racial trauma, recalling the forced labor our ancestors endured while picking raw cotton! Some of these hotels do have racial undertones! It’s a weird looking plant.”

At the same time though, kiky808 said, “Victim card race baiting bs while wearing a blonde wig.”

RELATED: Coco Gauff: ‘I’m proud to represent the Americans that LOOK like me’

Serena Williams and Kim Kardashian attend the NikeSKIMS Launch Event at Nike House of Innovation on September 24, 2025, in New York City. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for SKIMS

But viewers on that page were not alone. Over on TMZ Sports, the vast majority of black commenters also saw no problem with the plant.

For example, Aurora commented, “It’s a plant. They didn’t ask you to pick it.”

Another comment read, “Black woman here, I have cotton plant decorations all over my place, they’re beautiful. Wrap this up.”

Cathy, who listed Milan, Italy, as her residence, asked, “Do people in America not wear cotton clothes?”

A woman named Jamie asked an interesting question when she wrote, “I’m Asian … should I be offended when people throw rice at weddings[?]”

While Williams did not explicitly say she felt the plant was a racist dog whistle, the overwhelming interpretation of her video and remarks indicated that she was, indeed, implying it.

In the past, Williams has received public support from the media surrounding allegedly racist cartoons and alleged sexism on the tennis court. Now that she’s retired and not as frequently in the public eye, her support for these plights may be drying up.

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Mason County, Kentucky, sits just an hour from Cincinnati but feels like another world. Its beautiful rolling hills, deep farming roots, and traditions make it a bastion of conservative culture. Trump carried the county by 44 points. Residents distrust globalism, Big Tech, and government collusion.

Yet Mason has become the latest target for one of the largest data centers in the world. The company behind it hides its name, cloaks officials in nondisclosure agreements, and dangles cash at landowners while refusing to reveal how it will feed the massive hunger for power and water.

The question now is whether Kentucky — and America — will heed the warning or allow ‘progress’ to consume the very land, food, water, and power that make progress possible.

The plan calls for a sprawling 5,000-acre “technology campus” near Big Pond and Tuckahoe roads. Local officials admit the buyer is a Fortune 20 giant, described only as a “global, top 10” company with “hundreds of thousands of employees.”

Residents say the tactics are familiar. A few landowners get offers — $35,000 an acre in this case — while the broader community is left to bear the burden: displaced farmland, strained resources, and declining property values. Good luck selling to anyone but the data-center developer once the deal is in motion.

Power drain

The proposed complex in Maysville would demand 2.2 gigawatts of power, starting at 110 megawatts by 2026 and hitting full capacity by 2028-2031. That’s the annual energy use of 1.8 million American homes. For a county of 17,000 people, the numbers are staggering. The project alone would nearly double the East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s yearly output.

And that’s before accounting for water. Data centers require enormous cooling systems that siphon off local supplies. Add in the direct loss of 5,000 acres of farmland and timberland — in a nation already facing record-low cattle herds and shrinking food security — and the price tag for “progress” keeps rising.

By comparison, the average coal plant sits on 585 acres; a natural gas plant, only 30. Those facilities power the nation. This one would devour power and water to feed servers.

A national trend

This isn’t just about Mason County. Hyperscale data centers are sprouting everywhere with the help of state and federal officials eager to rezone farmland. Twenty such facilities are already planned for Kentucky, 10 for Ohio, and 35 for Indiana. Each site removes productive farmland, stresses infrastructure, and hands more of the food and energy supply to giant corporations.

The sales pitch is always the same: jobs and economic development. Yet the real math looks different. The U.S. lost more than 100,000 beef-cow operations between 2017 and 2022. Farmers face higher feed costs, tighter margins, and competition from giant meat-packers. Now, Big Tech threatens to take what’s left.

Cronyism exposed

Mason County Judge-Executive Owen McNeill and other officials signed NDAs while promoting the deal. Residents see it for what it is: promises of prosperity in exchange for their land, heritage, and way of life. On Facebook, 1,500 locals in “We Are Mason County” compare it to a Nigerian prince scam — big promises, little proof, and huge risks.

The scam extends to Frankfort. House Bill 775 exempts data centers from Kentucky’s 6% sales and use tax for 50 years. Servers, networking equipment, cooling systems — all tax-free. Farmers pay sales tax on every tractor and plow, but Google and Meta lobbied for an endless free ride.

RELATED: Time to pump the brakes on Big Tech’s AI boondoggle

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Land, food, water, power

At stake are the four essentials of civilization. Land grows food. Water sustains life. Power keeps the lights on. Once given away, none of these can be reclaimed. The boosters of artificial intelligence say America must have the infrastructure for it at any cost. But if AI can’t survive without tax breaks, secrecy, and the seizure of farmland, maybe it isn’t the inevitable juggernaut Silicon Valley claims.

Mason County itself bears the name of George Mason, the anti-Federalist who warned that monopolies in trade and commerce would mean “no Security for … the People for their Rights.” He did not live to see global monopolies seizing farmland in Kentucky, but he predicted the danger.

The question now is whether Kentucky — and America — will heed the warning or allow “progress” to consume the very land, food, water, and power that make progress possible.

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A Florida high school football coach of “significant size” is accused of fighting several students at once and has been charged with child abuse.

Jamir Clarke, 29 — a now-former assistant football coach at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach — was arrested Monday on four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm, WTVJ-TV reported, citing Broward jail records.

‘I feel like as an adult, you should have a larger margin for patience for these kids because they can get mouthy, they can talk and say wild jokes, but I think putting your hands on a kid is never OK.’

The fight occurred in a weight room during football practice after an argument over social media posts, the station said, citing an arrest report.

The report said one of the victims made the “negative” posts, and Clarke became “verbally argumentative” before he started “swinging punches,” WTVJ said.

RELATED: Prominent high school girls’ basketball coach — an 81-year-old male — fired after yanking star player’s ponytail

According to WPLG-TV, which cites a partially redacted arrest report, Clarke called a student a “b***h” and punched the student in the face after the student admitted to posting something negative on social media about someone associated with Clarke.

Deputies said other students surrounded Clarke and “rushed” him, WPLG added, which prompted Clarke to start “swinging punches” at the students.

“He hit our football player first, and then everybody just retaliated,” one student told WPLG. “He just got surrounded by everybody, and he just started throwing punches at everybody.”

WPLG said the report indicates Clarke struck three students and a mirror on a wall was cracked. WTVJ, citing the report, said Clarke allegedly struck four students.

One victim told police that Clarke could have de-escalated the argument but incited the brawl after throwing the first punch at the student, WPLG reported.

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According to the report, responding deputies were searching the weightlifting room, where the fight occurred, when they found a locker room door that was locked.

Staff helped deputies open the door, and inside they found Clarke “sitting on the floor with his legs crossed and the lights off,” the report stated.

A WPLG video report says Clarke stands 6’7” and weighs 400 pounds.

“While he is arguing he acted in self-defense, he is a significant size, your honor, so there is a valid reason for the teammates of this victim to be of concern as Mr. Clarke presented a risk to them,” prosecutor Eric Linder said in court Wednesday, according to WPLG.

Broward County Public Schools told WPLG, “The employee in question is being reassigned as we review the matter for further action, up to and including termination. We are deeply disturbed by this incident, as the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority.”

The school’s principal told parents in an email that Clarke “will also no longer serve as an assistant football coach at our school — this was his only position on our campus,” WPLG added.

Clarke was being held at the Broward County Main Jail and appeared in court Wednesday morning where a judge ordered him held on a total bond of $30,000, WPLG noted, adding that if he posts bond, he’ll be placed on house arrest with a GPS monitor, he must surrender any weapons or firearms, and he’s been banned from contact with the victims.

Clarke bonded out of the Broward County jail early Thursday evening, WPLG said in a follow-up report, which noted he said nothing as he departed the jail in Fort Lauderdale.

RELATED: Wild brawl caught on video at HS basketball playoff game; 7 arrested, including 3 minors and 1 player

In addition, prosecutors said in court that Clarke earlier this year was accused of violence against a student at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, WPLG said, adding that a BCPS spokesperson confirmed that Clarke is a campus monitor at the school.

“Following Clarke’s arrest on Monday (9/22/25), Broward Schools Police was made aware of a video that showed him fighting with students in a bathroom at Monarch High School, where he was working as a campus monitor,” a BCPS spokesperson said in a statement, according to WPLG. “That incident, which took place in early September, was not reported at the time. Clarke, who has been employed with BCPS since December 2024, is being reassigned while these incidents are reviewed for further action, up to and including termination. At all times, the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority.”

Monarch parent Shaka Williams told WPLG that Clarke’s behavior was “outrageous.”

“The video I saw is him being the aggressor, and it was terrible,” Williams noted to the station. “I feel like as an adult, you should have a larger margin for patience for these kids because they can get mouthy, they can talk and say wild jokes, but I think putting your hands on a kid is never OK.” Williams also said, “You should have more self-control. I didn’t know it was over two schools. That’s crazy.”

Monarch student Isaiah Robinson told WPLG that the accusations against Clarke are “not surprising, really, now that he has a history of it.”

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A casual conversation turned into a deprogramming session when Bill Maher recently hosted the notoriously Trump-hating director Rob Reiner on his “Club Random” podcast.

Maher urged the MAGA-mad mogul to see the importance of keeping communication open with his political opponents, citing Barack Obama’s skill at dealing with Republicans during his presidency.

‘Every fiber of your being wants to be like, “I got to get this person to not see it that way.”‘

“Politics is about making deals. It’s about bargains,” Maher said, lamenting that liberals like Reiner are not willing to work with the current administration.

Tokin’ moderate

Reiner, meanwhile, countered that today’s GOP is beyond reasonable discussion.

Maher, noting that the Democrats do not have “any power,” said that the idea of purposely not having conversations with conservatives is a pointless endeavor.

“The idea of, ‘We don’t talk to you when we don’t even have the power?’ Of course, you have to talk to people,” Maher explained.

But Reiner interjected.

“Before you have an exchange, you have to agree on certain facts,” Reiner said.

Return to condescender

Maher’s tone switched, the way it often does when he himself is speaking to someone he completely disagrees with.

“No, you don’t. You can’t. Once you start down that road … you just have to talk to people,” the host said.

The portly producer then offered up an example that showed he does not see much worth in talking to someone who is on a different page.

RELATED: Bill Maher urges left to stop comparing Trump to Hitler

“No, no, you talk to people,” Reiner asserted. “But if somebody says, ‘Two plus two is four,’ and the other guy says, ‘No, it’s not,’ how do you begin the discussion?” he asked.

“Because, Rob, that’s a slippery slope,” Maher replied, already sounding defeated.

“If you start down that road of, ‘I can’t talk to you if you believe this crazy thing,’ you just can’t,” he continued.

Reiner, 78, legitimately seeming like he wanted to hear Maher’s advice, asked, “What do you do?”

A player’s prayer

The “Real Time with Bill Maher” host admitted that while he has never been married, his experience in long-term relationships has led him to be able to accept the fact that he doesn’t have to agree with everything someone says.

“It’s very like a relationship. … And I know there are moments where the person is believing something, and you just — every fiber of your being wants to be like, ‘I got to get this person not to see it that way, ’cause I just think it’s f**king nuts.'”

But if that person wants that relationship to last, Maher continued, they will have to learn “three little words that are most important to any relationship.”

“They’re not, ‘I love you.’ They’re, ‘Let it go,'” he revealed. “Sometimes you just have to let it go.”

RELATED: Chris Pratt mocks Trump haters for being ‘allergic’ to good policy, defends RFK Jr.

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Over the moon

Maher gave examples of speaking with someone who does not believe the lunar landing of 1969 happened, or even Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom he disagrees with on many topics.

The reason Democrats need to reach across the aisle is because there were a lot of places where “the Democrats did f**k up,” Maher said.

On his list of DNC gaffes was the U.S.-Mexico border, DEI initiatives in colleges, and “elite universities, where the kids are raised to be these anarchist, America-hating anti-Semites, and there is zero diversity of opinion.”

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“When people stop talking, really bad stuff starts.”

Just days after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, a clip of him saying these exact words went viral. In it, Charlie explained to the students around him the reason why he felt called to speak at college campuses across America — something he did for years with great success. “When you stop having a human connection with someone you disagree with, it becomes a lot easier to want to commit violence against that group,” Charlie explained.

Though many who had the privilege of debating Charlie would walk away with a newfound understanding and respect for the other side, just as many would leave in a frenzy, unable to reconcile their own convictions with the truth in his words. For them, it was easier to call him “hateful.”

Charlie’s assassination was the inevitable consequence of a subversive culture that taught Americans that words are violence, disagreement is hatred, and silencing your opposition, even permanently, is a moral good.

His life’s work was dedicated to countering a fundamental breakdown in civil discourse taking place within our country. Conversation itself had become “hate speech”; its proponents were labeled “fascists” — the solution for which was violence. This moral perversion, echoed from classrooms to the highest offices of power, built a culture of permission that ultimately led to Charlie’s assassination.

Time for debate

Though conventional responses often emphasize abstract calls for “unity,” such routine prescriptions miss the mark. This moment requires unrelenting confrontation. It demands that we renew our commitment to debate, possess the courage to repel assault on free speech, and above all, refuse to tolerate the moral perversion within our culture that rationalized, if not directly caused, Charlie’s death. If we fail to meet this moment of national crisis with conviction, nothing will change.

Just days after Charlie’s assassination, YouGov polling on political violence confirmed what disturbing public celebrations of his death had already revealed: Liberals are increasingly willing to justify political violence.

According to YouGov, “very liberal” Americans are eight times more likely to say political violence is justified than their conservative counterparts (25% versus 3%). When it came to celebrating the death of a public figure, 90% of “very conservative” people said it was not acceptable to be happy about the death of a public figure, compared to only 56% of the “very liberal.”

The bleak reality of this data played out in real time as college professors, Democrats, and elected officials celebrated, if not excused, Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Some members of Congress even felt the need to contextualize Charlie’s assassination with all the “bad things” he has said over the years — as if anything he said somehow made his life less valuable and more deserving of death.

On social media, these sentiments were sadly commonplace.

Confront subversive thought

Charlie’s work on college campuses was dedicated precisely to this issue. For too long, the left has enjoyed an unchallenged echo chamber of subversive thought, inverting conventional American morals that value the pursuit of truth, free speech, and open debate with violence and suppression in the defense of ideological conformity — the ultimate good of the progressive left.

At San Francisco State University, for instance, former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was infamously assaulted and held for ransom by a mob of enraged students, simply for affirming the reality that men cannot be women.

At MIT, students and faculty alike demanded that the university cancel geophysicist Dorian Abbot’s lecture on climate change on the basis that Mr. Abbot did not support race-based admissions and instead believed that people should be evaluated as individuals — how horrible. “Freedom of speech goes very far, but it makes civility difficult,” said MIT Professor Robert van der Hilst.

Keep talking, keep debating

Charlie’s warning was prophetic; people had indeed stopped talking, and bad stuff was happening. Any thought that challenged the progressive orthodoxy was not up for conversation, and, in fact, holding such controversial beliefs barred you from university grounds altogether.

Free speech makes you dangerous and violent. It made Charlie Kirk a threat.

In reality, the willful suppression of speech, debate, and the pursuit of truth is far more dangerous, subversive, and “hateful” than any charge Democrats have ever levied against us. Charlie’s death is proof of that.

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His assassination was not an isolated crime. It was the inevitable consequence of a subversive culture that taught Americans that words are violence, disagreement is hatred, and silencing your opposition, even permanently, is a moral good.

So now is not a time for “both-sides-ism.” Our nation faces moral bankruptcy, and the radical left has made it clear where it stands. It is incumbent upon all of us to push harder, chastise evil, and especially challenge the institutions that reject the principles of free speech that Charlie fought so hard for. Failure to do so will only result in further deterioration of the shared values that we believe make our nation great.

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Charlie Kirk is no longer with us, but young men are continuing to fight for a healthy debate of ideas across the country — including a group of men who go by the name “Fearless Debaters.”

The men, clad in MAGA hats, set up debate tables on college campuses and invite those who disagree to have a conversation with them.

However, when they set up shop at Tennessee State University, they were met with very little peaceful debate and much more anger and childishness, as a group of black women descended upon their operation and began yelling and stealing their property.

But the college’s response didn’t address its students’ behavior at all, but only the behavior of the white men in MAGA hats who attempted to have a conversation with the students.

“Today, a group of individuals unaffiliated with Tennessee State University appeared on campus without prior notice. In accordance with university policy, any demonstration or protest activity requires advance approval and permitting,” a statement from the university began.

“Campus police and staff responded promptly, and the individuals were escorted from university grounds without incident. At all times, TSU students conducted themselves in a professional and respectful manner,” the statement continued.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is shocked, as the students were not conducting themselves in “a professional and respectful manner” by any means.

“These guys set up a table and put a sign in front of it and put a microphone for people to debate them the way Charlie Kirk, Steven Crowder, they do this at white college campuses all the time,” Whitlock says.

“This is commonplace. But I guess if you’re white and want to debate Tennessee State students, you need a written permission. You need legal authority to do that,” he continues, noting that TSU is a publicly funded university.

As for the students behaving “respectfully,” Whitlock calls it “an insanity and a delusion that permeates a matriarchal-controlled culture.”

“To argue that these kids — who are stealing things that aren’t theirs, knocking over things that aren’t theirs, flipping people off, giving them the bird, shouting them down — ‘they acted professionally at all times.’ Are you kidding me?” He asks.

A follow up statement called the “Fearless Debaters” a “hostile group” who had the intention of disrupting, demeaning, and inciting fear at TSU.

“These students are so weak, according to their leaders, that their psychological safety is violated when white people disagree with them,” Whitlock says.

“You can’t build a properly functioning, well-organized society based on the matriarchy, founded in the matriarchy. Doesn’t matter what color the matriarchy is; it’s the matriarchy. It’s going to lean into drama and chaos. It’s going to lean into feelings,” he adds.

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