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A military veteran attending a championship baseball game recorded a woman threatening to call immigration officials on him and sent her to the unemployment line.

Ricardo Fosado said the exchange between him and several Milwaukee Brewers fans began as a friendly rivalry at Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at American Family Field.

‘Call ICE, call ICE. I’m a U.S. citizen, war veteran. … ICE is not gonna do nothing to me, good luck!’

Fosado said it got heated after the Los Angeles Dodgers got a lead late in the game, and he began recording and cheering while mocking Brewers fans. A woman got into his face and called him a “p***y” for drinking a cocktail instead of a beer.

She then joked to a man in front of her, “You know what, let’s call ICE.”

“Call ICE, call ICE. I’m a U.S. citizen, war veteran, baby girl! … ICE is not gonna do nothing to me, good luck!” Fosado responded while laughing.

The woman takes a swipe at his phone, to which he responds with an expletive.

Video of the interaction was posted online, where it went viral.

The woman was identified as Shannon Kobylarczyk, who then resigned as a board member of the Make-A-Wish foundation in Milwaukee. She also lost her job as an attorney at Manpower Group.

“As soon as we became aware of this video, the individual was placed on immediate leave, and we began an investigation,” the company said. “As a result of this process, the employee is no longer with the organization.”

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Fosado, however, also faced some consequences for his behavior at the game.

On Thursday, the Brewers released a statement saying that Fosado had been ejected from the game over the behavior he exhibited in the video, including “disorderly conduct and public intoxication.”

The statement said that both he and Kobylarczyk were notified that they were banned from the park. Kobylarczyk was banned because she “became physical” in her interaction with Fosado.

“The Brewers expect all persons attending games to be respectful of each other, and we do not condone in any way offensive statements fans make to each other about race, gender, or national origin. Our priority is to ensure that all in attendance have a safe and enjoyable experience at the ballpark,” continued the statement from the team.

WISN-TV reported that Kobylarczyk declined to comment on the story.

The Dodgers went on to win the game and go up two games on the Brewers. Whoever wins the series will go to the World Series.

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Harvard has stated that it had an “extraordinarily challenging” fiscal year amid its ongoing feud with the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump withheld over $2 million in federal research funding after he accused Harvard of “repeatedly” failing to confront anti-Semitic harassment on its campuses, arguing that the university was violating federal civil rights law.

‘Even by the standards of our centuries-long history, fiscal year 2025 was extraordinarily challenging, with political and economic disruption affecting many sectors, including higher education.’

Harvard responded to the funding freeze by suing the administration. While most of those awards have been reinstated, according to Harvard, President Donald Trump’s actions against the university appear to have made an impact.

“The reinstatements of those grants do not erase the disruption the terminations sparked, nor do they negate the uncertainty ahead. That means we can’t simply return to ‘business as usual,’” Harvard chief financial officer Ritu Kalra told Bloomberg.

A financial report released Thursday by the Ivy League school showed a $113 million deficit for fiscal year 2025, which ended on September 30. This marks Harvard’s first operating loss since 2020 and its largest deficit since 2011. In contrast, for fiscal year 2024, Harvard reported a $45 million gain.

Harvard’s financial difficulties prompted it to make “difficult but necessary choices,” according to Alan Garber, the university’s president. It reportedly implemented a hiring freeze, initiated layoffs, scaled back projects, and withheld salary increases from exempt employees.

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“Even by the standards of our centuries-long history, fiscal year 2025 was extraordinarily challenging, with political and economic disruption affecting many sectors, including higher education,” Garber wrote.

He also blamed President Donald Trump’s termination of federal research funding, noting that a federal judge found the move to be unlawful. The administration reportedly has plans to appeal the judge’s decision.

RELATED: Why Trump’s war with Harvard hits closer to home than you think

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“We closed [the fiscal year] confronting the abrupt termination of nearly all of Harvard’s federal research grants, facing potential constraints on the exchange of international scholars, and considering how we will absorb the enactment of a substantial increase to the federal tax on endowment income, scheduled to take effect in fiscal 2027,” the report read.

Despite its reported challenges, Harvard recorded the largest current-use gifts in its history, totaling $629 million — a 19% increase over the previous fiscal year. However, the university’s endowment gifts, which are more restricted in their use, have declined over the last two years. In fiscal year 2023, Harvard collected $561 million in endowment gifts, while the amounts dropped to $368 million in 2024 and $364 million in 2025.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested one of El Salvador’s “most wanted” who stands accused of murder, according to a Department of Homeland Security press release exclusively obtained by Blaze News.

‘These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that sanctuary politicians across Virginia are protecting as they demonize law enforcement.’

On October 2 in Virginia, ICE agents captured Ismael Enrique Mendoza Flores, also known as “El Calaco,” believed to be an MS-13 gang leader.

Mendoza Flores was wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and illicit associations. According to Fairfax County case records, he was arrested in Virginia on August 23 for unauthorized use of a vehicle, a criminal felony. The alleged crime was reportedly committed on July 28. Mendoza Flores made bail and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for October 31.

The DHS reported that ICE arrested Mendoza Flores due to an active warrant for murder. He was listed as part of the Salvadoran National Police’s “Most Wanted Gang Members” Program.

Mendoza Flores told U.S. authorities that he entered the country as a child in 2015.

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Ismael Enrique Mendoza Flores, “El Calaco.” Image source: Department of Homeland Security

“Our brave men and women of ICE arrested one of El Salvador’s most wanted fugitives off of the streets of Virginia. This MS-13 gang member was wanted for murder,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.

“These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that sanctuary politicians across Virginia are protecting as they demonize law enforcement,” McLaughlin continued. “President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem are not going to allow gang members to terrorize American citizens.”

RELATED: ICE accuses LA officials of giving ‘a middle finger to the law’ after county paves way for illegal aliens to receive funding

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The DHS vowed to continue the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite the ongoing government shutdown.

The department stated that it “will not let the Democrats’ government shutdown prevent our law enforcement officers from executing the critical mission of securing our nation from the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”

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The Trump administration is reporting astounding statistics regarding the crackdown on violent crime through Operation Summer Heat by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

FBI Director Kash Patel posted the stats in a graphic on social media on Wednesday and praised FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and the operation as the “juggernaut that led to all these record breaking arrests.”

‘He drew it up. He put out the mechanics, he went to the field, and he went a hundred percent for these last seven months.’

The operation that began June 24 and ended Sept. 20 included 8,629 arrests as well as 2,281 firearms seized, according to the Department of Justice.

The operation also included 7,757 search operations and 557 “identified children,” according to the FBI. Officers seized 421 kilograms of fentanyl and 44,569 kilograms of cocaine.

The operation resulted in 2,081 criminal indictments, the FBI claimed.

“There’s one man who is responsible for Operation Summer Heat, and the architect is Deputy Director Dan Bongino,” said Patel in an interview with Real America’s Voice.

“He drew it up. He put out the mechanics, he went to the field, and he went a hundred percent for these last seven months,” Patel added. “And the men and women of the FBI executed Deputy Director Bongino’s Summer Heat operation.”

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“Every one of these arrests means that our streets are safer, and that’s because of the work of this administration, of President Trump and Director Patel,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during a media briefing at the White House on Wednesday.

“Every American deserves to live in a city without fear of being mugged, murdered, raped, or shot,” said Trump at the same briefing. “We’re going to save all of our cities, and we’re going to make them essentially crime-free.”

RELATED: FBI Director Kash Patel sues MSNBC columnist for defamation

Bongino also posted a statement about the operation on social media.

“Thank you for your support and patience during this critical operation targeting the most violent criminals, across the nation. We will continue our push to crush violent crime as our Summer Heat operation wraps up.”

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On Wednesday, a grand jury convened to consider charges against John Bolton, a national security adviser in President Trump’s first term and a longtime Trump critic.

On Thursday afternoon, the grand jury came to a decision.

A Justice Department official previously told the New York Post that the case they had against him was ‘airtight.’

The 76-year-old former Trump adviser was indicted by a grand jury on 18 counts related to mishandling classified information, eight counts of transmission of national defense information, and 10 counts of unlawful retention of NDI, according to a DOJ press release.

“There is one tier of justice for all Americans,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement, according to the press release. “Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable. No one is above the law.”

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According to a Wednesday New York Post report, the grand jury considered charges against Bolton over his alleged sharing of highly sensitive classified materials on a private email server. A Justice Department official previously told the New York Post that the case they had against him was “airtight.”

Bolton stands accused of sending classified information on a private AOL email account as well as keeping “diary-like notes” during his time in the first administration.

Thursday’s indictment signals a major milestone in a months-long investigation — with potentially dire consequences.

According to the heavily redacted search warrant affidavit, reviewed by AP upon its September release and used by the FBI to justify its August raid of Bolton’s Maryland house, an unredacted section heading reads, “Hack of Bolton AOL Account by Foreign Entity.”

More details on the nature of the hack or the “foreign entity” were unavailable due to redactions.

If convicted, Bolton could face up to 10 years in prison for each count, the press release said.

According to CNBC, Trump said in response to the news of Bolton’s indictment: “You’re telling me for the first time, but I think he’s, you know, a bad person. I think he’s a bad — yeah, he’s a bad guy. It’s too bad. But that’s the way it goes, right? That’s the way it goes.”

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Turning Point USA announced that Vice President JD Vance will headline one of the group’s campus events alongside Charlie Kirk’s widow. Members of the Trump family will also appear at an event.

Erika Kirk has been named the head of TPUSA after the assassination of her husband during a campus event at Utah Valley University in September. The suspect arrested for the killing was identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, and he was charged with murder.

‘Nobody can replace Charlie, but if we all sort of take little pieces, we can do as much as we can to ensure that Charlie’s mission continues to survive long after he’s gone.’

Vance will speak at an event at the University of Mississippi on Oct. 29, where between 9,000 and 10,000 attendees are expected, according to TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet.

“Part of keeping Charlie’s memory alive is keeping the mission alive,” said Vance. “And nobody can replace Charlie, but if we all sort of take little pieces, we can do as much as we can to ensure that Charlie’s mission continues to survive long after he’s gone, and part of that is these campus tours.”

He added, “My plan is to give a little speech, talk a little about the issues of the day, but turn most of it over to just do Q&A with the audience. I want to hear from these kids.”

At a separate TPUSA event at Auburn University on Nov. 5, Eric and Lara Trump will be headlining. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who is running for governor, will also headline the event.

RELATED: Church vandalized ahead of TPUSA event — graffiti message calls speaker the Antichrist

A source close to Vance and Donald Trump Jr. told Axios that the president’s son is also expected to headline a TPUSA event.

“I would expect to see both of them turn up at TPUSA events over the next several months and long after that,” said the source in September. “They understand that Turning Point is now Charlie’s political legacy, and they both want to help grow it to be bigger and more influential than ever.”

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The British establishment has long sought to put Tommy Robinson away. The independent journalist has, after all, spent decades raising hell about the fallout of mass migration, the detachment of British elites, the failure of multiculturalism in England, the threats posed by radical Islam, and the cover-up of the Pakistani rape-gang scandal.

Once again, Robinson is facing the prospect of prison; however, this time around, the world’s richest man appears to be in his corner.

On July 28, 2024 — a day after organizing a political rally slightly smaller than the historic, 100,000-strong “Unite the Kingdom” march that he led on Sept. 13 of this year — Robinson was detained by Kent police under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act while attempting to travel to Spain, where he now lives.

Robinson was charged with “frustrating” police’s counterterrorism powers by allegedly refusing to give them access to his phone, which police confiscated at the time of his detention, Sky News reported.

Under the Terrorism Act, detainees are required to provide law enforcement with access to their mobile device.

Robinson allegedly told police, “Not a chance, bruv. … You look like a c**t, so you ain’t having it,” adding that his phone contained sensitive “journalist material” regarding “vulnerable girls.”

In a video statement on Monday, Robinson said, “Just imagine that I am facing terrorism charges under terrorism legislation because I didn’t want to give the state my sources of information as a journalist — and not one single journalist has commented on that in the U.K.”

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Mitchell Thorogood, the arresting officer who apparently recognized Robinson ahead of pulling Robinson over, told the Westminster magistrate’s court this week that he stopped Robinson as he attempted to enter the Channel Tunnel in a friend’s car partly because the vehicle was not Robinson’s, the BBC reported.

Thorogood suggested further that he pulled Robinson over because he thought it “unusual” for someone to drive a luxury car alone from Britain to Spain.

‘It’s an attack against me based on my political view, nothing else.’

Sky News indicated that Alisdair Williamson, Robinson’s lawyer, characterized the counterterror stop as a “fishing expedition,” and told the court that Robinson was targeted based to a “significant degree on a protected characteristic,” namely his right-wing political views.

“We say it is obvious,” Williamson said. “He was stopped unlawfully, detained unlawfully for 40 minutes, and asked questions that were something to do with his political beliefs.”

Robinson told reporters outside the courthouse this week that the arresting officer “absolutely did not follow his protocol, did not follow the law. This is a total abuse of the legal system. It’s an attack against me based on my political view, nothing else. There was no suspicion of terrorism, no suspicion of a crime. … I’m now in court for being Tommy Robinson.”

Jo Morris, the prosecutor in the case, claimed that the officer was justified in questioning Robinson on account of his “notoriety for associating with far-right activists.”

If convicted, Robinson — who has pleaded not guilty and is presently in Israel at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invitation — could face several months in prison and/or receive a $3,355.80 fine. The trial is set to conclude on Nov. 4.

Robinson claimed on Monday that Elon Musk was financially helping with his legal defense.

The beleaguered journalist’s team claimed in a statement earlier this year that Musk was providing support for Robinson in this case as well as for his unsuccessful legal challenge earlier this year over his prolonged solitary confinement in prison.

“Why is Tommy Robinson in a solitary confinement prison for telling the truth? He should be freed and those who covered up this travesty should take his place in that cell,” Musk tweeted on January 1. Four days later, he tweeted, “Once again: FREE TOMMY ROBINSON NOW.”

Blaze News has reached out to Robinson and Musk for comment.

Daisy Cooper, a leftist lawmaker who serves as deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in parliament, demanded on Wednesday that MI5, the United Kingdom’s domestic counterintelligence and security agency, to investigate Musk, even though the Guardian indicated that Musk has yet to provide them with confirmation that he is in fact covering the bill.

“On Monday, the far-right, racist hate-preacher Tommy Robinson, who is currently on trial for allegedly refusing to comply with counterterror police, claimed that his legal costs are being paid by Elon Musk,” Cooper said. “It is outrageous that a man who has so much control over what people read online every day could be funding someone who stokes far-right extremism on our streets. If this was Putin, the government surely would act.”

“So will the prime minister commission the Security Services to assess the threat that Elon Musk poses to our democracy and recommend measures to this house that we can take to stop it?” Cooper said to Britain’s liberal prime minister, Keir Starmer.

“I can tell her we do look across the board at threats to our democracy and must continue to do so,” Starmer replied, according to the National. “I won’t comment on the particular case given the state of legal proceedings.”

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A recent Wall Street Journal article has exposed the real culprit behind the incessant threatening text messages Americans all over the country have been receiving as of late — which include threats over late toll payments, U.S. postal service fees, and unpaid traffic violations.

According to the Wall Street Journal, these texts are always “poised to get unsuspecting victims to fork over their credit card details,” and those behind it “take advantage of this information to buy iPhones, gift cards, clothing, and cosmetics.”

And behind the messages are criminal organizations operating out of China — who have made more than $1 billion over the past three years off the scam.

“Wow,” BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler comments, shocked. “I think we can all speak to this personally. I know, for me at least, I’m receiving just dozens and dozens of these things — way more than I used to.”

These criminal gangs use “SIM farms” — which are rooms jammed with boxes of networking devices — to flood people with text messages.

“You know, you neglected to pay a toll, and now you better watch out or your credit score is going to get hacked, and you’re going to be thrown in jail, and your car is going to be taken away unless you click this really shady-looking URL and give us your credit card number, and then we’re going to steal from you,” Wheeler says.

At these SIM farms — which have been found in shared offices, crack houses, and auto repair shops — the servers are “stuffed with little white cards,” the Wall Street Journal writes, “that mobile customers put in their new phones to begin making calls or sending texts.”

And Wheeler explains that it’s the Chinese communists behind it.

“The Chinese communists are stealing from us to the tune of $1 billion, just by that particular text message scam alone over the course of the past three years — $1 billion. And this, I am sad to say, is just another example of a crime committed against us by the crafty Chinese communists,” she says.

“They are not merely adversarial trading partners in a globalist economy. The Chinese Communists actively, desperately want to depose the United States and destroy us, and they’re doing so by disrupting our society socially and culturally,” Wheeler continues.

“They are attempting to destroy our economy. They are sowing civil unrest,” she says. “For goodness sake, they created a virus that spiraled us into tyranny.”

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An award-winning nurse in Texas has been fired after she was caught on police bodycam video telling officers she would let them die if they needed medical treatment at the hospital where she worked.

Officers with the Magnolia Police Department pulled over a female driver just after midnight Saturday on suspicion of erratic driving.

‘I’m a f**king nurse, and when you come through my hospital, don’t worry, I’ll let you die.’

Citing the arrest report, KTRK-TV reported that police observed 35-year-old Crystal Tadlock speeding and running a red light. Police said it took Tadlock 40 seconds to pull over and that while doing so, she hit a piece of concrete.

Police noted that Tadlock had “bloodshot, glassy eyes and slurred speech” and added that Tadlock admitted to having two alcoholic beverages — a beer and a wine mixer — at a concert before the traffic stop.

Police also said Tadlock refused to undergo a breathalyzer test at the traffic stop, so officers administered a field sobriety test. According to officers, Tadlock “almost fell over backwards” during the field sobriety test, which she blamed on a recent eye injection.

Police bodycam footage shows Tadlock yelling at officers: “I couldn’t walk straight because I had a f**king eye injection yesterday! Because my perception is permanently off!”

Tadlock was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.

While being transported to the Montgomery County Jail, police video shows Tadlock appearing to verbally attack an officer over his heritage: “You can’t speak straight because you have an accent from another country,”

Additionally, police footage indicates that an officer attempts to inform Tadlock of her rights, but she interrupts and says, “That’s because ICE hasn’t picked you up yet” — a reference to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Tadlock told the officer she had worked at the Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital for the last seven years, according to police.

Police said in a Facebook statement that “the female, who is a nurse, stated that if any of us came to her hospital, that she would make sure we died.”

“Greater Heights, bitch. Don’t go there,” she is heard saying on video.

“I’m a f**king nurse, and when you come through my hospital, don’t worry, I’ll let you die,” Tadlock also is heard telling the officers on video.

The nurse adds, “All your family members.”

She then asks if she is being recorded.

The officer is heard telling the nurse, “You really just said you don’t want me there ’cause you’re gonna let me die.'”

Tadlock is heard replying, “Well, yeah. I mean, you’re not that great of a person. You think you can just treat me like this?”

Tadlock is heard on police video saying, “You’re going to be so embarrassed. Ha. And I’m white. Yeah.”

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Tadlock has been bonded out of jail.

Police added in the Facebook post, “Unfortunately we couldn’t charge her with not being a very nice person.”

Police said they’re still waiting for the results of a blood draw.

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital reportedly fired Tadlock, releasing the following statement to KTRK:

Immediately upon learning of this incident on Saturday, we took swift action to suspend the employee, pending investigation. She has subsequently been terminated. The safety and privacy of our patients, visitors, and workforce are our top priority, and we take such matters very seriously.

Tadlock previously won a nursing award.

In 2021, Tadlock was the recipient of the DAISY Award for “Extraordinary Nurses” for being “compassionate” and going “above and beyond” during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Crystal is an exceptional ICU nurse who always goes above and beyond when providing care for patients as well as assisting the healthcare team,” the DAISY Foundation stated. “Crystal always demonstrates a compassionate, caring, positive attitude towards patients, family, colleagues, and all healthcare disciplinary teams.”

The DAISY Foundation has a mission to “meaningfully celebrate extraordinary, compassionate nurses, capturing those moments unique to nursing that make a profound difference in the lives of people around the world.”

Police did not immediately respond to Blaze News‘ request for comment.

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According to a Cygnal poll, a sizable group of liberals supports breaking the law regarding ICE when simply protesting does not get the job done.

According to the poll, 42% of liberals overall and a whopping 60% of liberals under 30 consider it appropriate to “go beyond peaceful protest” in response to ICE, even if that means “breaking the law.” For Democrats ages 18-44, breaking the law to oppose ICE is a +15 issue, but a -42 issue among Democrats ages 45 and above, highlighting the increasing radicalization of younger voters.

An overwhelming 76% of general voters agreed that ‘politics has gotten more confrontational, and they wish it could return to being more civil.’

The poll, which was conducted October 7-8 of this year and surveyed 1,500 likely general election voters, showed a number of striking trends and top voter issues. The top issue for voters is now “threats to democracy,” up to 21% from 17% in April. It replaced “inflation and the economy,” which fell from 35% to 17% across the same period. Other top issues include illegal immigration and border security and health care.

An overwhelming 76% of general voters agreed that “politics has gotten more confrontational, and they wish it could return to being more civil.” However, 57% believe that political conflict and violence will continue to escalate. A telling detail is that voters under 30 are three times more likely “to accept the current tone and style of politics today as necessary or preferable,” 34% versus 12%.

RELATED: DOJ files first terrorism-related charges against alleged ‘Antifa Cell’ after ICE attack: ‘Get to the rifles’

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Another interesting data point is the breakdown of where voters get their news. For Democrat voters, the main source is national TV at 45%. GOP voters favor cable at 44%. Among voters under 30, however, YouTube is the dominant news source, favored by 52% of Republican voters and 51% of independents. Among Democrats, the number sinks to 35%.

Popular figures on both sides of the aisle experienced slight increases in negative perception over the last few months. Cygnal has President Trump currently at 54% unfavorable and RFK Jr. at 52%. Support for the MAHA movement, however, remains very strong at 74%. On the other side, Chuck Schumer is at 51% unfavorable, while Hakeem Jeffries fares better at only 38% unfavorable, but with 15% having no opinion.

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Decisions made in the 1970s may still be affecting the average American’s ability to buy a home.

When the United States used gold as a standard for backing its currency, it acted as a limiter on money creation, capping the amount of currency that could be printed.

‘You have one year. One year. I don’t give a damn. I don’t care if you go bankrupt.’

According to currency expert and author Paul Stone, severing the U.S. dollar from gold in 1971 allowed for unlimited money-printing, immediately devaluing Americans’ savings while causing the unfettered spiraling of housing prices.

“The best way for everyone to understand gold standard … is it’s just a limiter,” Stone told Return in an interview. “They raised gold’s price to 35 bucks an ounce, which immediately diluted your savings by 40%. … That’s evil. When the government fixes its problems or addresses them at our expense, that’s evil.”

Likening uncontrolled money-printing to making “cotton candy out of thin air,” Stone told Return that the government has continuously doubled down on creating a false financial-energy system that causes stress and burden where it need not be.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in housing costs.

RELATED: Jerome Powell proves the Fed’s ‘independence’ is a myth

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Contrasting the median price of a home in 1970 ($23,000), Stone said today’s average of $420,000 should be around $56,000-$70,000 if it were not for inflation caused by money printing.

Printing “us” out of debt was continuously perpetuated, Stone explained, all the way through the Bill Clinton administration, which “made fractional lending happen.”

Stone explained that with fractional lending, banks were allowed to lend 10 times the real amount of their money, which flooded the market with nonexistent capital. With that much money floating around, and an additional 1,000% spending power, the money directly inflated real estate pricing.

“So the price goes from what we think it ought to be … to $420,000 grand?!” he laughed, disappointedly.

When Stone was asked whether or not cryptocurrency, or perhaps specifically Bitcoin, was a way to circumvent inflation and make real capital gains, Stone identified that the method of currency is not the problem, but rather it is the user.

RELATED: I went to El Salvador to see if the country really gave up on Bitcoin

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“The reason there’s a ton of crypto is we’re brilliant creations,” Stone theorized. “And so people started to sense issues with government money. So they created non-government money. And of course the government has the power to get on top of that. And now it’s all just lipstick on a pig.”

The currency, whether crypto or fiat, will continue to be devalued and spiral out of control if the government does not change its core thesis, the author continued. “You can rename the dollar to some other name and it’s still worth three cents and you’re still printing money to pay your bills and you’re still killing the currency. There’s no way out of this.”

His radical solution? “Stop printing a dollar. Literally start back and just bring reality in as it kicks our ass,” Stone bluntly stated.

Additionally, Stone said that his “drastic” solution would include telling all U.S. corporations that they have one year to stop manufacturing outside of the country.

“You have one year. One year. I don’t give a damn. I don’t care if you go bankrupt. The country is practically dead financially.”

At the same time, he suggested a focus on state power and urged young Americans to vote with their feet and attempt to create an insulated environment in an affordable place. This sort of devolution revolution involves citizens not paying for what the federal government could not pay for if it weren’t for money-printing.

Stone urged, “The number-one solution to all this is you either move to a place where what you earn overwhelms your bills better or the government stops printing. … Move to a small town.”

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The Department of Justice under President Trump has formally filed what appear to be the first known charges related to Antifa as a terrorist organization.

In early July, Antifa gunmen were allegedly involved in a violent ambush outside a federal facility in Texas called the Prairieland Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas.

‘Antifa adherents have increasingly targeted agents.’

In a document citing the incident, the federal government provided more details about an alleged Antifa terror cell.

A “North Texas Antifa Cell” of at least 11 operatives who were “clad in black and donning masks” attacked the detention center on the Fourth of July, 2025, the DOJ wrote in court documents. The government alleged that some of the operatives were wearing body armor and carrying firearms as well.

The documents, obtained by Fox News and filed in the Northern District of Texas on October 15, alleged that the Antifa cell members were “shooting fireworks towards the facility and vandalizing vehicles and a guard shed.”

When the DHS called local police, alleged Antifa members then started issuing disturbing directives.

RELATED: ‘SURREAL’: Glenn Beck shares what it was like talking to the FBI about Antifa

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As Alvarado police were issuing commands to a “black-clad figure,” one accused Antifa member allegedly yelled, “Get to the rifles.”

That same person then allegedly opened fire on officers, hitting one in the neck area. The wounded officer fell to the ground but was able to return fire.

The accused continued to fire additional rounds until his rifle jammed, which is when the attackers fled the scene, the document added. Police also reportedly found a flag reading, “Resist Fascism. Fight Oligarchy.”

Prosecutors previously described the incident as an “ambush” and a “coordinated attack.”

RELATED: If Trump labels Antifa a foreign terrorist organization, here’s what he can do next

Police arrested most of the alleged Antifa cell after the attack. Many were arrested near the scene of the crimes, the DOJ wrote. Alleged Antifa members Zachary Evetts and Cameron Arnold, aka Autumn Hill, were named in the document.

The DOJ claimed that the Antifa cell subscribes to “revolutionary anarchist or autonomous Marxist ideology,” which explicitly calls for “the overthrow of the United States Government.”

“Antifa adherents have increasingly targeted agents and facilities related to DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the document added.

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Late last month, Blaze News reported about a Florida teen who authorities said carried out a jaw-dropping hoax featuring his own supposed kidnapping as well as texts to his family claiming he’d been shot and was being followed by four Hispanic men.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and surrounding agencies pulled out all the stops, committing personnel and resources over the course of about 24 hours to find 17-year-old Caden Speight.

‘While continuing the investigation, detectives additionally learned that Speight had mentioned running away before, and they located ChatGPT searches on his laptop about collecting his blood without causing pain and Mexican cartels.’

But things began looking suspicious with every update, and finally the kid was found. But it was far from a happy reunion.

Turns out authorities said Speight shot himself in the leg. And his claim about Hispanic men following him? Made-up. But that was just for starters.

It now appears that his alleged hoax was even more elaborate than authorities first thought.

How it began

An Amber Alert was issued on the night of Sept. 25 stating that Speight was last seen about four hours earlier in the 12800 block of SW Highway 484 in Dunnellon, which is about an hour south of Gainesville.

RELATED: Racist signs found above water fountains in Georgia high school. Turns out student of color is behind hate hoax.

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As time wore on and the crisis heightened, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods noted that he had dedicated all of his available resources in an effort to find the teen, and his personnel worked through the night of Sept. 25 and through most of the next day on the case. In fact, Woods later said “federal agencies” as well as reinforcements “from around the state” turned out to help.

Many observers also were worried; one replied to the alert on Facebook with the following: “Oh, dear Jesus, please bring this young man back to his family safe and unharmed.”

But after the Hispanic men claim was debunked, authorities combed the scene where both Speight’s truck had been found and a shooting had been reported. The teen wasn’t there — but a bullet hole in the truck reportedly was.

The dominoes kept falling. An updated alert added that it was possible Speight “left the incident location on a black bicycle with a red and grey tent, which he purchased at Walmart on SW 19th Avenue Road in Ocala just prior to this incident being reported.” Ocala is about 40 minutes northeast of Dunnellon.

Finally the sheriff’s office said on the afternoon of Sept. 26 that Speight had “been located safe in Williston,” which is about 35 minutes northwest of Ocala.

Authorities say it was a hoax

Sheriff Woods a few days later announced in a video update that Speight made it all up.

Woods said, “We had witnesses that contradicted the initial information. Caden simply rode away towards Williston while the rest of us were left to think the worst, and my team was working in overdrive to solve this case.”

As for the teen’s claim that he’d been shot, the sheriff said, “Content to continue the ruse, Caden — who had a handgun with him since the beginning of all of this — chose to shoot himself in the leg, causing a non-life-threatening injury just prior to walking out to the roadway where he would be located by citizens in Williston. There is zero chance that Caden’s gunshot wound came from any type of an assailant.”

Woods added that numerous people asked if Speight would face consequences, and this week that has come to pass.

RELATED: ‘Noose’ found at Obama Presidential Center building site in Chicago — but some conservatives are skeptical: ‘I’ll take ‘hate crime hoaxes’ for $3,500, Alex’

Facing justice

The sheriff’s office said Major Crimes Detective Jason Williams on Tuesday arrested Speight for presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a minor.

In its announcement, the sheriff’s office added that during the all-out search for Speight, crime scene technicians noticed a bullet hole through the windshield of his vehicle, suspected blood, Speight’s severely damaged cell phone, drag marks in the dirt, and bicycle tracks leading away from his truck.

But authorities soon said he went much further than that in an attempt to solidify the hoax:

Further investigation and testing revealed that Speight had fired the shot through the windshield, splattered a mixture of blood in the truck, and destroyed his cell phone. Speight then fled the area on a bicycle with camping supplies he purchased at Walmart just before reporting this incident. An eyewitness also advised that he saw Speight leaving the area on a bicycle.

While continuing the investigation, detectives additionally learned that Speight had mentioned running away before, and they located ChatGPT searches on his laptop about collecting his blood without causing pain and Mexican cartels. On September 26, 2025, Williston Police Department (WPD) officers located Speight during a call for service at 727 W Noble Avenue in Williston. Speight was found with a handgun and the bicycle still in his possession. He attempted to continue the ruse and had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his leg, which shattered his femur and required medical treatment.

The sheriff’s office said that after Speight’s arrest, he was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

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BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey has been praised across the aisle for the debating prowess she displayed during her Jubilee debate with 20 progressive Christians — and she has some seriously helpful tips for those who might find themselves in similar disagreements.

“Here is my tip when you’re debating. Number one, connection without compromise. Connecting to them in a human and genuine way without conceding to their argument,” Stuckey says.

“Number two, define your terms,” she says, explaining that in order to have a debate on a subject, you have to agree on the building blocks of the debate.

In a clip from the debate, Stuckey defines her terms before engaging with a liberal on abortion, saying, “So, abortion, the intentional killing of a human being in the womb. Can we agree on that?”

When the liberal said he didn’t believe abortion is murder, Stuckey brought it back to “killing.”

“I believe that it is killing life in the womb,” the liberal agreed.

“Killing what species of life?” she asked.

“A human,” he answered.

“So, we can agree that abortion is the intentional killing of a human inside the womb,” she says.

“Evil, bad, wrong, simple,” she says. “So, I believe that the intentional killing of an innocent human being is evil. Do you agree?”

“No,” he answered.

“They’re not in charge. You can be in charge, and you can do that in a gracious way and an assertive way. They are not setting the rules; you are setting the rules. So, define terms. That is so important from the very beginning,” she says, reflecting on the clip.

And one of her most important tips is that “you are not trying to win every argument in every conversation.”

“You are trying to advance the ball down the field a little bit more. You are trying to plant a seed. Remember, this is so important for every sphere of life. You are not the main character. You’re not the main character in your own life. You’re not the main character in that person’s life,” Stuckey says.

“You are one of maybe 10,000 people that the Lord is going to use in a person’s life to complete their testimony. You are a small part. You are one vessel. You have one role to play,” she continues.

“You plant the seed; you love them,” she adds.

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Most smartphones come with decent cameras these days, complete with customizable modes, color filters, and basic zoom capabilities. However, recent advancements in camera zoom technology make it easier than ever for someone to spy on you or your family from afar, both in public spaces and from the comfort of your own home.

Hybrid zoom is here, and it’s everywhere

The cameras on most smartphones today feature two zoom technologies. Optical zoom uses the focal length of the camera lens to magnify a subject. In other words, it can only zoom in as far as the lens physically allows. Digital zoom expands the zoomable distance of the optical lens by cropping the image even closer. Although this neat software trick can dramatically increase the zoom distance on your phone, zooming in too far will make a photo grainy or blurry.

Innovations like hybrid zoom will continue to chip away at basic rights like personal privacy and security.

While zoom technology is nothing new, hybrid zoom is a newer concept that combines optical and digital zoom to produce more enhanced photos, and it’s sweeping through the smartphone market. For the first time, all three major phone manufacturers in the United States now make flagship phones that can snap photos and videos up to 40x-100x away, far beyond the standard 3x-5x zoom length found on most phones prior to 2020. Now that these devices are widely accessible, privacy and long-distance surveillance are major concerns that all Americans should keep in mind.

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Watch out for these flagship phones with hybrid zoom

Samsung was the first to add “Space Zoom” to its Galaxy lineup back in 2020. You may have seen photos of Samsung users taking very detailed pictures of the moon, and although it was later confirmed that Samsung used AI to craft some of these images, Space Zoom is still effective at snapping close-up shots here on Earth. Even five years later, the latest Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra takes some of the most impressive zoomed-in photos, with up to 100x the lens focal length.

RELATED: Don’t upgrade your iPhone to iOS 26 until you know about this trick

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Google and Apple also joined the fray this year. The Google Pixel 10 Pro series received a telephoto lens with 100x “Pro Res Zoom” that’s further enhanced by AI to take incredible photos and video from far away. As for Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro series, these phones received the longest telephoto lens ever put into an iPhone, with up to 40x zoom capabilities.

While each phone has its drawbacks — Samsung Galaxy faked its moon photos, Google Pixel’s AI can sometimes distort a zoomed-in image, and Apple’s iPhone doesn’t get as close as its competitors — hybrid zoom is now a basic feature on all three major flagship devices.

Should you worry about hybrid zoom? Here’s what it does and doesn’t do.

Now that hybrid zoom is widely available, it’s easier than ever for someone to snap photos or videos of you from a distance, without your knowledge or permission. A stranger can see where you are and what you’re doing at any given moment.

Even worse, hybrid zoom is versatile — someone could use it to spy on you at a park, in the grocery store, or while driving your car, and it can even peek through the front window of your home. It has the power to breach your personal privacy almost everywhere.

Luckily, hybrid zoom doesn’t enhance the microphone on the host device. So while someone can photograph you from a distance, he can’t hear what you’re saying, unless he gets close.

Quick tips to protect yourself from hybrid zoom

Even if a stranger can’t hear you, he can learn a lot about you by taking photos and videos. Here are some quick tips to stay safe.

Close your blinds and curtains, especially at night. No one can zoom into your window if it’s covered.Never leave your phone, tablet, or laptop on and unattended in public. Be especially careful when using privacy-sensitive apps, like banking, investments, etc.Always use biometrics (fingerprints or facial recognition) to log in to your devices and webpages. This way, no one can watch out for your passcode or login passwords.Don’t leave your credit card out on a table at a restaurant or anywhere it can be photographed.

Knowledge is power

As consumer technology evolves faster than ever, new innovations like hybrid zoom will continue to chip away at basic rights, like personal privacy and security. None of us can stop them from coming, but awareness makes it easier to keep you and your family safe on both sides of your front door.

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Sports commentator Skip Bayless said Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Travis Hunter is checking out from football.

Bayless, a former ESPN2 and FS1 commentator, posted a 28-minute video on Tuesday in which he claimed that Hunter should not have taken time out of his day last Sunday to get baptized.

‘It’s Sunday. It’s God’s day.’

Hunter was baptized on Sunday before a home game against the Seattle Seahawks, completing the ceremony at Celebration Church, a non-denominational congregation in Jacksonville.

In a post on X, Bayless criticized Hunter, stating, “There is no way Travis Hunter should’ve chosen to be baptized on the morning of a game. He is losing interest. He is mentally checking out on the Jags.”

A Christian himself, the 73-year-old went on to tell his audience that the baptism was evidence that Hunter was “starting to lose interest” in his team.

“So he was actually happy to be baptized on a game-day morning because football isn’t taking that much concentration, or focus, or pregame mental preparation,” he said.

The analyst continued to opine, citing Hunter’s college coach Deion Sanders as saying that Hunter needs to be played a lot in order to stay engaged with football. This is allegedly because the athlete likes video games and fishing.

Explaining that he did not think the baptism was any sort of protest, Bayless still claimed that Hunter’s attitude in this case was, “Hey, they’re not using me that much anyway; why not get baptized on a game-day morning?”‘

Hunter, on the other hand, was flabbergasted when asked by reporters about his choice to get baptized.

RELATED: 26 NCAA softball players baptized together before going head-to-head in Conference USA tournament

“Did you get baptized this morning?” a female reporter asked Hunter on Sunday, after his team lost 12-10 to the Seahawks.

“Yes,” Hunter plainly replied.

“Why’d you do that?” the reporter continued.

“It’s a crazy question: Why did I get baptized?” Hunter said with a smile.

Still pressing, the reporter then asked, “Why did you choose to go to church this morning?”

The 22-year old-provided a simple answer: “Sunday. It’s God’s day. I’ve been planning to get baptized for a minute. I changed my life over to become a better man.”

A male reporter then chimed in to ask, “What did it mean to you?”

Hunter, turning to his right, revealed, “It means a lot. Becoming a better man, leaving my old flesh and just becoming the new Travis.”

RELATED: ‘Thank you Jesus for this amazing moment’: Minor league baseball player gets baptized by teammate on the field

Bayless had stats to back up his claim that Hunter may not be getting the amount of playing time he is used to, stating that in his last year in college at Colorado, he was used in 87% of offensive plays and 83% of defensive plays. With Jacksonville, through six games, he has been used in just 63% and 39%, respectively.

“If given the correct opportunities, Travis Hunter will revolutionize modern-day pro football as a two-way player [on] offense and defense,” Bayless claimed.

The now-independent commentator revealed in his remarks that he knows Hunter’s baptism was special because he himself is a Christian who recently rededicated his life to God.

“I’m a God guy,” Bayless said. “I was baptized as an infant in Methodist Church.”

At the same time, Bayless added that he does not like to call himself Christian any more because “that’s been condemned as this term for far-right nutcases, zealots. I believe in God and the Bible with all my heart and all my soul. My life is dedicated, start to finish, to God and the Bible.”

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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo does not take the issue of childhood vaccines likely — and is making major changes for the health and safety of Florida children.

Florida is seeking to end all vaccine mandates, including those for schoolchildren.

“The whole ‘means justify the ends’ that people are championing — our critics are championing — it’s a really bad way to make public policy,” Ladapo tells BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”

“Ultimately, I get the interest in — you know, none of us want people to be sick. None of us want to have to deal with people catching different viruses or bacterial infections, going to the hospital, things that are part of life — but we want to minimize those for sure,” he continues.

“But you can’t do it through unethical means. The means do not justify the ends. If the means are bad, the means are bad. The means and the ends are two different things. And it’s just so clearly both a parents’ rights issue and it’s very clearly a moral and ethical issue,” he adds.

Ladapo believes that Americans have a God-given right to “control what goes into your body.”

“Otherwise, do you really own it?” he asks.

Gonzales couldn’t agree more.

“If the government says you don’t have the right to control what enters your body, you don’t have any rights,” she says. “Like, that is one of the most fundamental, basic ideas. I don’t understand how it’s controversial.”

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The Department of War has implemented new rules regarding news-gathering at the Pentagon such that now, according to Secretary Pete Hegseth, the building “has the same rules as every U.S. military installation.”

These rules, which reflect the fact acknowledged by the New York Times that “members of the news media do not possess a legal right to access the Pentagon” and that “legally, the press has no greater right of access than the public,” prompted apoplexy among scores of liberal news outlets.

‘It’s like college move-out day.’

After the Pentagon Press Association characterized the rules as a form of intimidation, the Associated Press, the Atlantic, CNN, Fox News, the New York Times, Politico, Reuters, Task & Purpose, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post announced that they were not going to sign an agreement signaling comprehension of the new policy by the 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline.

If the liberal reporters loath to sign a form indicating they “have received, read, and understand” the new rules thought that the Department of War was going to buckle in the face of their protest, they were greatly mistaken.

The Pentagon Press Association said in a statement that on Wednesday — a day after Hegseth gave select publications a virtual wave goodbye — the Department of War “confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America.”

The PPA claimed further that “Oct. 15, 2025, is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon, and to free speech for all.”

RELATED: While the lights are off, let’s rewire the government

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Footage shows shows a gaggle of reporters who apparently turned in their press credentials and vacated their Pentagon workspaces exiting the building, many wearing looks of self-satisfaction.

A reporter from an independent outlet that covers the military told the Columbia Journalism Review, “It’s like college move-out day.”

Nancy Youssef, a reporter for the Atlantic who has occupied space at the Pentagon since 2007, told the Associated Press, “It’s sad, but I’m also really proud of the press corps that we stuck together.”

One America News Network did not stick together with the liberal media outfits. It reportedly signed the form recognizing the new rules.

Hegseth indicated that the new rules rejected by the liberal media were, in essence, that reporters can no longer roam freely through the halls of the Pentagon; members of the press must wear visible badges; and the “credentialed press [is] no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

The lengthy document detailing the new rules in full states that:

credentialed members of the press who are American citizens can access the Pentagon 24 hours a day;reporters must ensure their press credentials are visible and worn above the waist while in the Pentagon;reporters cannot roam around various locations within the Pentagon without an escort from an authorized War Department official;while members of the press are not required to submit their writings to the War Department for approval, DOW information “must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released by any military member, DoW civilian employee or contract employee”; andreporters could have their credentials revoked or not renewed if they “solicit government employees to violate the law by providing confidential government information.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Florida authorities arrested a 9-year-old male last Thursday after they say he brought a knife into his elementary school the day before and threatened classmates with it.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said during one incident the suspect got into a fight with a victim during recess at Middleton-Burney Elementary School in Crescent City, and the victim told deputies the suspect said he was going to stab him and pulled a pocketknife from his backpack. The victim told deputies he ran and told a teacher.

‘We have not had any repeat offenders since we have put this in place.’

Another victim told deputies that the suspect tapped him on the shoulder on the playground, and when the victim turned around, the suspect had an open knife in his hand. The victim told deputies he ran away out of fear and tripped, after which the suspect stopped chasing him and walked away.

Another student told deputies the suspect walked over to her and showed her a knife and asked her not to tell teachers; she added that the suspect walked over to another child and “flicked open the knife” and pointed it at the child’s stomach. Authorities said that child was unable to be identified.

In the end, the sheriff’s office said deputies arrested the 9-year-old suspect and took him to the Putnam County Jail. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, officials said, adding that he was booked and then released to a parent until his court date.

However, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is getting backlash for posting the suspect’s mug shot on Facebook. The sheriff’s office also named the young arrestee in the post.

About 48,000 comments have followed as of Thursday morning. Here’s what some opponents of the mug shot posting have had to say:

“I don’t agree with this at all,” one commenter said. “While I absolutely do not support his behavior or bringing a weapon to school, this is still a 9-year-old child. Arresting him, taking a mugshot, and publicly posting it like this can cause lasting psychological harm. At this age, the focus should be on intervention, counseling, and protection, not criminalizing him in a way that could follow him for life. There should be statutes in place to protect children this young, this feels more like trauma and child abuse than justice.””Posting a 9 YEAR OLD’S mugshot?!” another commenter exclaimed.”Yeah. I’m all about shaming criminals. But that’s a little far,” another commenter noted. “He’s still a baby and needs guidance not [shame]. That will only reinforce forms of hate and mistrust. Post his parents and get him help and positive encouragement.””Since when does law enforcement [show] pictures of a 9 yr. old child and [give] their name?” another commenter wondered. “What the child did I’m not condoning, but still he’s a very young child.”

But the sheriff’s office, for now, is not budging. In fact, it told WTSP-TV that the decision to post the child’s mug shot is a policy the agency has upheld since 2018, and it won’t remove the post.

“We have not had any repeat offenders since we have put this in place,” Allison Merritt with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office added to the station.

In fact, just a week earlier, the sheriff’s office posted a 10-year-old male’s mug shot for the same charge and circumstance. Officials said this child brought a pocketknife to school and threatened another student.

WTSP said state law doesn’t protect the confidentiality of juveniles charged with felonies, and their names, photos, and arrest reports legally can be released.

But the station added that the statute allows families to request that photos be taken down from websites — and if they’re not removed within 10 days, the posters can face civil penalties.

“Just because we can post a mug shot of a 9-year-old doesn’t mean we should,” attorney Shannon Schott, a legal expert in juvenile law, told WTSP.

Schott added to the station that posting a child’s mug shot online can have lasting consequences, including an impact on the child’s mental health, future schooling, and chances at rehabilitation.

“The juvenile justice system really is intended to keep things behind closed doors so a family can privately heal and move forward and help their child move forward,” she told WTSP. “It’s really just a conflict between the way the sheriff thinks that things should be done and how the system actually works.”

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A President Trump supporter says he has been kicked out of countless stores and card tournaments simply for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

Joe Brennan, a champion Magic: The Gathering player, made headlines last week after he was banned from an upcoming tournament over alleged behavioral issues stemming from anonymous complaints. However, most supporters pointed to a different culprit: the fact that other game players simply do not like Brennan for wearing his MAGA hat at tournaments.

‘There was a player that had a play mat with Trump’s bloody, severed head next to a guillotine on it.’

After Brennan’s ban, it was not hard to find posts online referring to him as a “Nazi” who made people “uncomfortable” with his hat or others that called for even greater restrictions on him.

Mind Rot

Brennan has triggered liberals in his space for years, and the fact that he is seen as one of the best players in the world and the “poster child” for vintage Magic cards, all while wearing a MAGA hat, does not bode well for his online reputation. Past posts from 2023 that show threads complaining about Brennan wearing his hat while “knowing it irritates people” are still available.

In a 2024 Twitter post, a user asked, “With Nazi s**t finally being cancellable can we kick Joe Brennan out of eternal magic?”

Still, dozens of players stood up for Brennan after his ban and signed a letter asking for an adequate resolution. The completely reasonable document riled up even more agitators, who Brennan said went after his supporters.

“People [were] getting doxxed and extorted into giving money to charities that they may or may not have supported otherwise, but they were kind of pseudo-canceled,” Brennan told Blaze News. “Basically, as your penance you have to give money to this charity to show that you’re on the right team and things like that.”

Brennan called the reactions “egregious,” but also expressed great discomfort with the idea that not only were individuals engaging in such behavior but they “felt comfortable posting pictures of their messages engaging in that behavior and bragging about it, as if they knew that the community would celebrate them for doing ‘the right thing’ for doxxing and extorting these people for signing their names on this letter.”

Virtue’s Ruin

No stranger to a ban, Brennan revealed to Blaze News that these acts were just the latest in a years-long battle.

RELATED: MAGA hat triggers woke cardplayers into allegedly banning champion from entering tournament

Joe Brennan after winning the 2019 NYSE Open tournament. Photo courtesy Joe Brennan

Brennan stressed that he does not mind anyone wearing political attire or messaging in stores, public settings, or at tournaments; he simply wants to be able to wear his, too.

Describing the Magic card scene as like “the Seattle or the Portland” of hobby communities, Brennan said tournaments are rife with left-wing displays that are never challenged.

Bernie Sanders, President Obama, and even pro-Palestine materials are consistently on display, Brennan told Blaze News, while providing pictures of Magic players wearing shirts like “Smoke Meth & Hail Satan.”

“Even last year at this tournament there was a player that had a play mat with Trump’s bloody, severed head next to a guillotine on it,” Brennan explained.

Cast Out

The progressive bias even extends to brick-and-mortar locations. Reasserting that he does not mind if a company has political displays or allows patrons to wear attire he disagrees with, Brennan said that there have been many occasions when he would walk into a store and immediately face a ban over his MAGA hat.

“Most of the time I would just walk into the store, and oftentimes it was stores that had known me for years, but they would say, ‘Hey, either you have to leave,’ without really any discussion, or some of them would say, ‘You have to either take your hat off or leave.'”

Brennan has even faced bans despite being on amicable terms with organizers, before arriving at an event to face a public excommunication.

“[The tournament organizer] kicks me out in front of everybody as soon as I walk in the door. … It seemed to me like he was looking to make a public spectacle, like a virtue signal.”

Despite the ongoing crowd of distractions, Brennan has stayed out of the mud. In the most recent instance, he even reached out to the company that banned him, looking for a solution.

Shockingly, the two parties came to terms.

RELATED: DC liberals are escaping reality by pretending to be mermaids

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Collective Restraint

With the help of a fellow game player and lawyer, Brennan spoke with Card Titan, the organizers of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, tournament now in its 11th year.

While Card Titan had vaguely allegedly alluded to Brennan in a post on X about its “core values,” Brennan was surprised when the company agreed to put out a joint statement.

Both parties said they agreed to “bring down the temperature” and attempt to find unity. The statement also said “political discrimination has no place” in the community and that “wearing a MAGA hat” is “not a legitimate reason to remove” someone from an event.

Brennan said he was shocked that Card Titan agreed to the statement and said it was the first step in such a direction that the company or any relevant tournament host has ever made in their community.

“At this point I don’t believe that Card Titan in any way was discriminating against me like past companies certainly have,” Brennan explained. “But I do believe that the most likely scenario is probably that whoever made the underlying complaints, or whatever they were, I assume were just politically motivated.”

Brennan’s desire for positive outcomes cannot be ignored. He even described several instances when he has bitten his tongue in order to keep the peace.

Show of Valor

For example, Brennan recalled speaking to the organizers before the 2019 NYSE Open, a Magic: The Gathering tournament in New York. Brennan revealed that organizers told him at the time that even with a $500 entry fee, they were still not breaking even and that 2019 would be the final tournament.

Not only did Brennan promise he would win the tournament, but he vowed to return the first-prize winnings to the organizers to bankroll future tournaments.

“I said, ‘Listen, don’t sweat it. I’m going to go win the event, and I will give you back the first-place prize. … I will give you back that prize, and you’ll be able to run the next event — you know, use that as your startup money.’ And I did that,” Brennan remembered.

Brennan said the prize was four copies of the card Mishra’s Workshop, currently valued between $2,500 and $3,200 USD each. Due to his generosity, the tournament was able to live on. However, the next time it was set up, other players circulated a petition asking to have Brennan banned from the tournament, despite his actions to ensure that the tournament could continue.

“Now, these players didn’t know what I had done,” Brennan said. “They didn’t know that that tournament would not have existed were it not for my, you know, what I had done the previous year. But it was like, man, that really kind of hurt.”

Through all the insults and stressful situations Brennan has gone through, his spirit has not wavered, even when asked if he is putting too much faith in his opposition in terms of coming together.

“Really, we need to come together, man. This toxicity and polarization is just crazy. I would ask anybody who’s listening: Play out the current trajectory to its inevitable conclusion. And 10 years from now, is that a world you want to live in? You know? That’s all I’m saying.”

Brennan is set to return to Card Titan’s tournament in 2026. Card Titan did not return requests for comment.

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