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Establishmentarians’ worst fears are being realized at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is putting Americans’ health first, challenging the failed status quo, and threatening Big Pharma’s apparent influence over the agency.

While there now appears to be a sizeable mutiny under way at the CDC, Kennedy has made one thing crystal clear: He’s not backing down.

Frustration with Kennedy has been mounting among medical establishmentarians for months.

‘Once RFK provides the other side of the story, there is no turning back for a significant portion of the country.’

There has, for instance, been a great deal of pearl-clutching over his termination of the Biden appointees on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices whose coziness with pharmaceutical companies prompted questions about their vaccine recommendations; his removal of the COVID vaccine from the CDC’s recommended vaccine schedule for healthy pregnant women and children; and his cancellation of mRNA vaccine development contracts.

This shake-up at the CDC continued last week with the White House’s ouster of Susan Monarez as director — a removal her attorneys claimed was the result of her supposed refusal “to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts.”

Amid Monarez’s futile fight to keep her job — she has since been replaced by Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill — other CDC officials threw in the towel, including Debra Houry, the chief medical officer; Daniel Jernigan, the director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease; and Demetre Daskalakis, the sex-obsessed homosexual “activist physician” who showed up in public wearing bondage gear and served as director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

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Following this changing of the guard, over 1,000 current and former HHS staff members released a letter on Wednesday demanding Kennedy’s resignation from his position as health secretary.

The Save HHS campaign’s letter, whose signatories are not publicly named but have been supposedly revealed to members of Congress, claims that Kennedy “continues to endanger the nation’s health” by:

“facilitating” the removal of Monarez; “causing the resignations” of Daskalakis and his ilk; appointing Dr. Robert Malone and other experts to ACIP who have in the past raised concerns about experimental vaccines;rescinding the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for COVID vaccines; anddaring to say that “trusting experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy.”

The Save HHS campaign did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

The Save HHS campaign indicates on its website that its partner organizations include Doctors for America, National Nurses United, and the American Public Health Organization.

The scientific advisory board of the Accountability Journalism Institute is apparently also a partner.

In its petition to remove Kennedy, the AJI’s scientific advisory board claimed that President Donald Trump’s health secretary “poses an immediate and long-term threat to the health of the American public.”

The AJI scientific advisory board’s claim appears to be a stone’s thrown from a glass house. After all, a member of the board and signatory of the petition is Peter Daszak — the disgraced British zoologist who was formally debarred along with his scandal-plagued organization EcoHealth Alliance in January by the HHS.

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Former CDC Director Susan Monarez and ex-CDC official Demetre Daskalakis. Photo (left): Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images; Photo (right): Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Blaze News senior editor Daniel Horowitz, author of “Rise of the Fourth Reich: Confronting COVID Fascism with a New Nuremberg Trial So This Never Happens Again,” noted to Blaze News, “The reason you are seeing so much mutiny against RFK Jr. is because unlike many of the Trump legal and policy changes, which can easily be changed under the next administration, CDC guidance is much more of a cultural influence straight down to individual parents and doctors.”

“For years, the industry relied on an air-tight unanimity of opinion in health care and government that every vaccine was as pure as the wind-driven snow and absolutely indispensable for every baby born in this country,” wrote Horowitz.

“Once RFK provides the other side of the story, there is no turning back for a significant portion of the country because ultimately it relies on the public confidence in vaccines,” continued Horowitz. “It’s not like immigration policies with TPS, parole, and expedited removal that the next president can just reinstate the prior policies from day one.”

Kennedy noted in an op-ed on Tuesday that while the CDC “was once the world’s most trusted guardian of public health” with a mission both clear and noble, “over the decades, bureaucratic inertia, politicized science, and mission creep have corroded that purpose and squandered public trust.”

‘The CDC must restore public trust — and that restoration has begun.’

The health secretary turned the endangerment accusation on its head, pointing out that the CDC under previous management “produced irrational policy during COVID: cloth masks on toddlers, arbitrary 6-foot distancing, boosters for healthy children, prolonged school closings, economy-crushing lockdowns, and the suppression of low-cost therapeutics in favor of experimental and ineffective drugs.”

“The toll was devastating. America is home to 4.2% of the world’s population but suffered 19% of COVID deaths,” added Kennedy.

The health secretary noted further that the “truth must no longer be ignored” about the downsides of vaccines, antibiotics, and therapeutics and that “infectious and chronic illness are linked.”

Kennedy indicated that his ACIP housecleaning and the replacement of CDC leaders who “resisted reform” were meaningful steps toward restoring trust, eliminating conflicts of interest, and curbing “bureaucratic complacency” at the agency but that there was still much work to be done.

“The CDC must restore public trust — and that restoration has begun,” wrote Kennedy. “It won’t stop until America’s public health institutions again serve the people with transparency, honesty, and integrity.”

To this end, Kennedy indicated that the agency will modernize systems, enhance scientific rigor, build infrastructure, and empower states and communities.

HHS communications director Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Blaze News, “Secretary Kennedy has been clear: The CDC has been broken for a long time. Restoring it as the world’s most trusted guardian of public health will take sustained reform and more personnel changes.”

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The LGBT political coalition is beginning to fray. Andrew Sullivan is hardly alone among LGB advocates in believing the demands of the T’s are pushing the movement too far.

While I appreciate their contributions to resisting trans tyranny, I must part company with the LGBs on one important point. I don’t believe we can roll back the trans tide without at least revisiting and probably reversing the “gay gains” in general and “gay marriage” in particular.

The successful ‘gay marriage’ movement directly contributed to the falsification of public documents, the ‘born that way’ myth, and the battering of parental rights.

Key ideas in the campaign to redefine marriage laid the groundwork for key ideas in trans activism. I was active in the marriage debate from the 2008 battle over Proposition 8 in California all the way to the Supreme Court’s redefinition of marriage in Obergefell in 2015. I remember the cavalier manner in which our arguments were dismissed at that time. Let’s revisit a few of them.

Government as arbiter of biological truth

We can start with the rewriting of public documents for ideological purposes. Trans activists claim the right to falsify their birth certificates. Many people across the political spectrum can see problems with allowing them to do so. Yet some of those same people who once promoted “gay marriage” but currently criticize transgenderism (like Andrew Sullivan) seem to forget that removing the gender requirement from marriage introduced and normalized this very process.

Some states changed marriage licenses and birth certificates. No more husband and wife, just “partner.” No more “mother” and “father,” just gender-neutral “parents.” In the state of California, “gay marriage” led to the law permitting three people to be listed on a birth certificate as legal parents.

In other words, California (and 11 other states) redefined parenthood by stealth. Before “gay marriage,” the government document known as a “birth certificate” simply recorded the biological reality of the man and the woman who contributed their genetic material to the procreation of the child. After “gay marriage,” “parenthood” becomes the creation of the state, delinked from any necessary connection between the child’s body and the bodies of the parents.

I can testify that throughout the debate over redefining marriage, few people seemed to care about this redefinition of terms.

‘Born that way’ as founding myth

The gay lobby and the campaign for gay marriage also paved the way for transgenderism by promoting the “born that way” myth. Trans rights activists claim, in all seriousness, that some people are “born in the wrong body.” Many people are rightly skeptical, realizing that this concept has literally zero foundation in any actual biological science.

However, some of these skeptics accept at face value the idea that certain people are “born gay.” The gay lobby has aggressively promoted this claim, in spite of the fact that extensive efforts to prove it have failed. In 2019, a massive study of the human genome concluded decisively that there is no “gay gene.” There is a modest genetic contribution to “gayness” (an inexact term, but that’s another whole story), comparable to the genetic component of other complex behavioral patterns.

Even prior to 2019, studies of identical twins should have ended the “born gay” idea. Identical twins, by definition, share identical genes and an identical prenatal uterine environment. By any understanding of “born gay,” the concordance rate of sexual orientation should be 100%. That is, if one identical twin is “gay,” the other should also be gay, 100% of the time. The actual number is closer to 30%.

When the T’s demand that we rewrite the foundational social institutions of civilization, based on some supposed accident of nature that they have no control over, they are following the path pioneered by the L’s and the G’s.

State ideology as wedge between parents and children

Finally, and most alarming, enacting the trans agenda has put the state at war with the natural right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children. Trump’s executive order ending federal support for the trans agenda included a long laundry list of things the U.S. Department of Education would henceforth cease doing. Nonetheless, many public schools continue to teach pro-trans propaganda to impressionable children.

Some states have redefined child abuse to include parents who refuse to sufficiently “affirm” their child’s (mis)understanding of their gender. Some states offer themselves as “sanctuary states” for children in other states whose parents fail to affirm them. Parents in Maryland had to fight, all the way to the Supreme Court, not to direct the education of their children, but simply to protect them from the egregious harm of state-sponsored indoctrination.

I‘d like to remind my former opponents in the Prop 8 debate of a prediction we made at the time: that enshrining “gay marriage” in law would lead to exposing children to pro-gay propaganda in the schools.

“No, no!” you said.

We brought up the case of David Parker in Boston, who was arrested for being too aggressive in his objections to the school reading to his son “Heather Has Two Mommies” in kindergarten. That was in 2005!

You dismissed our concerns. Nearly 20 years later, Scott Smith was arrested for disrupting a Loudoun County school board meeting. Smith’s daughter was assaulted in the girls’ restroom by a boy who said he was a girl.

Could you, just for a moment, admit that advocates of natural marriage had a point?

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Facing facts

The successful “gay marriage” movement directly contributed to the falsification of public documents, the “born that way” myth, and the battering of parental rights.

As I said at the outset, I respect and appreciate the contributions of self-described gays and lesbians to resisting the pro-trans agenda. But I really urge you to rethink your earlier commitment to the pro-gay agenda. It was not the harmless “advance of freedom” we’ve all been led to believe. Sooner or later, we are all going to have to face this fact. We need to stop falsifying birth certificates, walk back the “born gay” myth, and restore parental rights. It would be great if y’all could help us out with that.

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Over the holiday weekend, rumors began circulating on the left that President Donald Trump had passed away after going several days without a public appearance — but he quickly shut them down.

“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Aug. 31st. “Also, DC IS A CRIME FREE ZONE! President DJT.”

“The left was really excited,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments. “There was, like, a gleam in their eye. You know, usually they have dead eyes. I think it’s ’cause they take too many SSRIs, but they usually have the dead eyes.”

On August 30, “Donald Trump” was the number-one trending topic on X after the left began excitedly repeating that the president was nowhere to be seen.

In the trending sidebar on X, it revealed that 49,000 posts claimed that “TRUMP IS DEAD,” 17,500 posts claimed that “TRUMP DIED,” and 110,000 posts said “It Happened.”

Even Tim Walz got in on the deranged and deluded excitement.

“You get up in the morning and you doomscroll through things — although I will say this. The last few days you woke up thinking there might be news,” Walz told an audience, to laughter. “Just saying, there will be news sometime.”

“Breaking: People die,” Gonzales comments, disgusted.

“Or is that his cowardly call to violence?” BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens chimes in. “Because that’s what they really want. What a sick, sick human being. I don’t recall ever in this network or anyone here ever talking about wanting Joe Biden to lose his life.”

“They say the quiet parts out loud, at least,” he continues. “So let them announce themselves.”

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If you’ve ever tried to buy tickets to a major concert or sporting event, you know the scam. You spend hours in a “virtual queue,” only to watch tickets vanish in seconds. Scalpers and bots scoop up thousands, then flip them for double or triple the price. Fans refresh their browsers over and over, while Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, pocket the profits.

It’s a racket, and for decades the people who keep live entertainment alive — ordinary fans — have paid the price.

Fans don’t want excuses. They want a system that works for them, not one designed to funnel cash into a corporate machine while leaving families priced out.

That’s why President Trump plans to unveil a ticket reform package this month. His proposal promises to take on the corporate monopoly that dominates the industry and restore fairness to fans.

The problem is straightforward: Live Nation and Ticketmaster control roughly 70% of the ticketing and live events business — and about 80% of the primary ticketing market. According to the Justice Department, that dominance has allowed the conglomerate to dictate what fans can buy, what they must pay, and who gets access at all.

As Trump FTC Commissioner Mark Meador explained last year, “Live Nation Ticketmaster created a dominant conglomerate with an unprecedented amount of control over the live ticketing market, resulting in monopoly power it has used to entrench its position in the marketplace.”

Fans lose twice under this scheme. They pay outrageous fees when Ticketmaster sells the tickets the first time. Then they pay again when scalpers resell them — because Ticketmaster takes another cut.

Trump’s plan should target the obvious abuses by cracking down on bots that grab tickets before real people even have a chance, establishing distribution systems that treat fans fairly, and encouraging competition in a market currently controlled by one corporate behemoth.

Those reforms would finally level the playing field. But Live Nation-Ticketmaster has other ideas. The company now wants government-imposed price caps on resale tickets — a move that sounds like “reform” but would entrench its monopoly even further.

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Former Trump Justice Department official Brian Pandya warned that such price controls would bankrupt Ticketmaster’s smaller rivals, eliminating competition altogether. Meanwhile, the $38 billion conglomerate could take the hit, since it also profits from artist management, promotion, and the 400-plus venues it controls nationwide. Price caps would squeeze everyone else out while leaving the monopoly stronger than ever.

The better path is obvious: Open up the marketplace. Strengthen enforcement against ticket bots. Redirect regulations to protect fans, not corporations. And if necessary, break up the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly entirely.

Fans don’t want excuses. They want a system that works for them, not one designed to funnel cash into a corporate machine while leaving families priced out of concerts, plays, and ball games.

Trump’s plan could finally deliver that. For once, fans might win — and the monopoly might lose.

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Do you count? Does your life count?

A priest once told me that I don’t count. But later, he asked me if I coded. Because, he said, I spoke English like a coder. I bet you can count. I bet you do count. This is a safe bet, because you were made in the image of God. But also, you are a man. Or a woman. So, therefore, you cannot count the same as God. But you can count as God counted through man.

Are you ready? Do you trust yourself enough to count to 10? Let’s try it. Maybe say a prayer first, though — just to be safe.

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.

I wonder whether you did that right the first time. I didn’t. It took me the better part of four decades to learn this secret. Although it is widely known to any 4-year-old. You could try again. For yourself. With your fingers.

Did you do it?

It’s up to you, anon. But if you were to have done it, you could do it again at any time. Perhaps it could become a prayerful meditation. Do you know who else had ten fingers? Moses. David. Jesus. Constantine. Elizabeth I. Shakespeare. Do you, then, know them all like the back of your hand as you count?

It is simply not possible to care in a human fashion at scale.

You cannot know anything like the back of your hand when you are typing … or when you are reading on a computer screen. Try typing and reading what you type at the same time. I guarantee that you cannot closely examine the back of your hands as you type and read at the same time. Your mind is too limited. You can focus on one thing at a time.

This is the most profound digital communication I can provide to you right now, anon.

Do you get the pun? Digital. My hands typed this. You probably have two thumbs, too. This makes you human. But also, a monkey could do it. Some liar once said that monkeys with keyboards could eventually produce Shakespeare. Not even very high-IQ monkeys, banging out code to train large language models on everything that has ever been digitized, could produce anything with an ounce of the artistic worth of William Shakespeare.

Do you remember the Mayan Apocalypse? Did anything happen? (Of course it did. It was the end of the world as we know it. The end of the world actually comes every night when the sun goes down. When is the last time you saw a sunset?) The Mayans counted, too. But not just on their hands, under base 10. They also counted their toes and therefore had a base 20 calendar: 20-hour days, 20-day months, 20 of them. They were very superstitious about the end of the world, probably. At least, the Aztecs were. They would sacrifice children en masse to make sure the sun came up again the next morning.

But then the Aztecs’ prophecy was fulfilled, and Cortez annihilated them.

This was right and just. I mean, what would you have done if you were Cortez? Cortez, probably, counted on his hands, too. Just like you. He, too, wore shoes. With closed toes. Can you count to 10 on your toes? One toe at a time? Probably not. But the Mayans probably could.

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They were grateful to Cortez for helping them exterminate the Aztecs. But then … they had to deal with the Mexicans. Poncho Villa. Not a nice hombre. And now the cartels. Not nice hombres, either. They treat men and women like they don’t count. Like they are only numbers. Little figures entered into Excel tables.

Do you work for a cartel? Probably. Most everyone is employed by a corporation.

Corporations are not people. They do not count on their hands, because they do not have hands. Sometimes they are owned by families. If so, they can be good. Very good, even, to their employees, who also have families.

Can you count the number of lives that depend on your life? You are asked to every year, by the tax man, who shall surely cometh every year until you are dead. And then he will tax you, too.

How many lives depend on yours? How many lives have you taken through your carelessness? Taken for granted? You must, necessarily, take for granted almost every human life you ever see. It is simply not possible to care in a human fashion at scale.

It has been said that humans cannot manage more than 150 relationships at once. That’s too big a number to count, really. If you are human. Which you are.

So try to count to 10 again. The 10 most important lives to you. Count on your fingers. Love each finger as though it were a loved one. If there are 10 you can love truly, you shall not suffer the fate of the Sodomites. Hopefully.

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A comedian lands at Heathrow and finds himself met by officers as though he posed a terrorist threat. His offense? A social media joke about trans people. He’s released on bail on the condition he doesn’t post on X.

Another man prays silently outside the “safe zone” of an abortion clinic and is hauled off, given a two-year conditional discharge, and fined £9,000 (just over $12,000).

We hope Britain pulls up from its nosedive, but let’s not delude ourselves. America faces the same temptations.

A third man waves the Union Jack at a pro-Palestinian march in England — only to be arrested. Reuters quickly ran interference: not for the flag, they said, but for a “racially aggravated public order offence” and “homophobic abuse.” As if that makes it better.

And we’re still not mentioning the Islamic child-rape scandal that grows worse with every new revelation. The United States watches Britain collapse into a kind of Reformation-era persecution, this time in the name of Islam, paganism, and sexual license. Americans shake their heads, maybe reassure themselves: We fought a revolution to escape this. Charles II jailed Christians. Charles III praises Islam. And we have the First Amendment. Case closed.

Not so fast. We may be on the same road. Once you begin policing speech to protect feelings, the end point looks very much like the UK. And we have plenty of warning signs.

The university test case

Universities may be the clearest early indicator. Professors tell us every profession must “look like” society — except their own. If a field is 97% male, they call it systemic bias. But in the academy itself, where atheists and leftists dominate, they see no problem.

The numbers don’t lie. At Arizona State University, a December 2024 survey found just 19 Republicans among 544 faculty members. At the University of Arizona, only eight Republicans out of 369. Entire departments lacked a single Republican. A 2023 Harvard Crimson study found only 2.5% of Harvard faculty identify as conservative. If any other profession looked this skewed, professors would scream about bias. In their case, they call it “normal.”

And the consequences? They’ll defend freedom of speech for burning an American flag. Burn a trans flag, and suddenly you’ve committed a hate crime. That is one step removed from Graham Linehan’s arrest in the UK for an X post.

Censorship in practice

Students already know what this means. A 2022 FIRE survey found they self-censor in class. They parrot leftist slogans on gender and race, not because they believe them, but because they want the grade. We are teaching them to lie to advance. No one is being asked to confess Christ; they are being asked to confess Ibram Kendi and John Money.

I’ve seen it firsthand. At ASU’s Honors College, faculty blocked Charlie Kirk, Dennis Prager, and Robert Kiyosaki from speaking, smearing them as “white supremacists.” That label alone was enough to push the event off campus. These professors weren’t interested in argument. They wanted silence.

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Truth vs. lies

How do they justify it? With “hate crimes.” Not crimes that incite violence, but crimes of opinion. Disagree with LGBTQ ideology? That’s hate. Straight to jail. Professors sleep well at night because we’ve accepted their framework: society divided into oppressors and oppressed. Bad outcomes aren’t the result of choices, but of systemic injustice. Victims must be coddled, even at the expense of truth.

Once you accept that, feelings erase the First Amendment.

We need a spine. Sexual sins are real and destructive. Abortion ends a life. A comedian may say this through jokes; a philosopher may say it through essays. Either way, it’s the truth. The mob can gnash its teeth, plug its ears, strip away free speech, and jail comedians, but reality doesn’t change.

We hope Britain pulls up from its nosedive, but let’s not delude ourselves. America faces the same temptations. We must pray for the end of abortion, speak plainly about the damage sexual ideology inflicts on children, and reject the false frame of “oppressors and oppressed.” The real categories are truth and lies. Choose wisely, while you still can.

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An 18-year-old man who was detained at the site of a lethal triple shooting at an apartment complex had killed two of the victims, according to California police.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to the Lance Apartments along El Camino Avenue in Carmichael on Sunday at about 7 a.m. over a report of bullet holes and possibly dead people.

Police did not release the identities of the three men killed and later said they were gang-related and knew each other.

When they arrived, they found three men dead from gunshot wounds at the apartment and detained one man, identified as 18-year-old Jaylen Davis. All of the men were in their twenties, and they were all found with guns next to them.

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper criticized a low-income housing complex for delaying its investigation by not providing security video when requested. After obtaining a subpoena, police identified a witness that aided in the investigation.

Police determined that two of the men were robbing the third man at the apartment and shot him during a struggle. That man died.

Davis, who also lived at the apartment complex, then retrieved his gun and killed the two robbers. The witness interviewed by police confirmed the details relayed by Davis.

The sheriff’s office said the four men in the incident had prior felony convictions and were restricted from possessing guns.

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Police said the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office would not seek homicide charges against Davis.

However, Davis is going to face charges related to the gun possession and also because he was on parole and had an ankle monitor at the time of the incident. He is not eligible for bail.

Police did not release the identities of the three men killed and later said they were gang-related and knew each other.

Sgt. Amar Gandhi told KTXL-TV that Davis would not likely face a strict punishment for the low-level offenses.

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Power always seeks to expand. It never halts for principles or words on paper, but only for rival powers strong enough to resist it. Those rivals must have deep roots, independent resilience, and the ability to demand loyalty. They must project sovereignty in ways the state cannot easily replicate, establishing spheres of influence that can resist government overreach without ever firing a shot.

Historically, strong communities provided this check. Their religions and folkways became the rhythms of life, passed down through generations. These beliefs drew authority from transcendent sources no earthly power could reproduce. Families built churches, schools, libraries, civic organizations, unions, and fraternities to preserve culture, transmit values, and care for members.

Communities with shared traditions can limit state commands. But diversity dissolves those limits.

Such communities formed spheres of sovereignty. They made competing demands on their members and provided services the state could not: spiritual grounding, mutual aid, a sense of identity. Membership required specific behaviors to remain in good standing, norms the state could not easily reshape. Because traditions were deeply ingrained, the state had to respect them or risk serious resistance.

Over time, these communities often accumulated wealth. Virtue and stability generated surplus capital, which supported robust institutions and provided safety nets. Their members no longer relied on government in times of need. They relied on each other. These were the kulaks — the middle class — people whose independence created natural barriers to state expansion. Not atomized “self-reliance,” but communal reliance: stability rooted in culture and habit. That is precisely why governments sought to break them.

High and low vs. the middle

The political theorist Bertrand de Jouvenel, in “On Power,” described the classic formula: high and low versus the middle. The ruling class always wants more power, but the middle class resists. The poor, being dependent and disorganized, cannot mount opposition. Only the middle class, with property, institutions, and traditions, can stand in the way. To expand power, rulers must dissolve these spheres of sovereignty.

Their method is alliance with the dependent lower classes. Sometimes this means the domestic underclass. But that group still shares culture and traditions with the middle, making it less reliable as a tool. Importing a foreign underclass works better. Immigrants lack roots in the land or its traditions. They can be counted on to side with rulers against the entrenched middle.

Mass immigration delivers cheap labor to the wealthy while creating a new political client base. The upper class benefits from gardeners and nannies. Politicians gain millions of new voters to whom they can promise state benefits.

Dependence as a weapon

Immigrant groups rarely possess cohesive culture or resilient institutions. They lack roots, leisure, or unity to resist. They depend on the ruling class for entry, employment, rights, and welfare. Many don’t speak the language. They need the state to survive — and they reward the state with loyalty. This isn’t passive dependence. To succeed, they actively require the state to expand.

To serve this new underclass, rulers pillage the middle. Kulaks are blamed for inequality. They are guilted, taxed, or coerced into surrendering what they built. That wealth is transferred to immigrants, cementing the state’s power over both. The middle grows poorer, loses property, closes institutions, and becomes more unstable. Families that once resisted government control now depend on it.

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Mass immigration also erodes culture, another obstacle to power. Communities with shared traditions can limit state commands. But diversity dissolves those limits. Forced to mingle with newcomers, the shared identity frays. Cultural separation becomes taboo. Institutions that once passed on values and provided aid collapse. Charities are drained. Public spaces decay. And those who maintained them see no reason to sacrifice for strangers.

The state ensures that escape is impossible. First taboo, then law, forbids communities to separate and reform. Those who try are smeared as bigots, then prosecuted. The middle is barred from reconstituting its way of life. Virtue fades. The spheres of sovereignty are gone. Everyone becomes a rootless dependent, giving the state a blank check to expand its power.

Why immigration became policy

This is why mass immigration became a priority across Western liberal democracies. It doesn’t just dismantle barriers to state power; it builds a machine to demand more of it. Rulers gain cheap labor, grateful voters, and excuses to raid the middle. The cost is cultural dissolution, but to elites that is a feature, not a bug.

If we want an elite that serves its people rather than undermines them, we must choke off this supply of outside populations. Stop importing clients. Stop dissolving communities. Restore the middle class and the spheres of sovereignty that protect liberty. Only then can the leviathan be caged.

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Sara Gonzales, BlazeTV host of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” has long been a vocal Trump supporter, but there’s one criticism she’s always harbored: He’s “been very unwilling to question Operation Warp Speed.”

“Until now,” she exclaims.

On Monday, September 1, President Trump posted the following message on Truth Social:

“This is huge, you guys,” Sara says.

She recalls how President Trump doubled down on the success of Operation Warp Speed during his 2024 presidential campaign. For him to finally address the concerns of the millions of Americans who were unfairly “vilified” and “censored” for questioning the COVID vaccine during the pandemic is a “huge step forward,” she says.

Given Anthony Fauci’s highly suspicious pre-emptive pardon, deadly vaccine side effects like myocarditis and pericarditis, Pfizer and Moderna’s multibillion-dollar profits, and the fact that alternative treatments were buried, President Trump’s demand that vaccine companies “justify the success of their various COVID drugs” is beyond necessary.

Even though no one should oppose President Trump’s call for the truth — be it good or bad — the left is predictably up in arms. They want everyone to bury their skepticism and questions and continue pretending the vaccine was good and necessary.

Sara points to a recent New York Times hit piece titled “We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health,” in which former CDC directors criticize Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership at HHS, accusing him of undermining public health.

But look at the people who were shaping public health before the Trump administration took over, and it’s clear we’re in far better hands now.

Sara displays a handful of embarrassing images of one such person: Dr. Demetre Daskalakis — the former director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases — who resigned on August 28 due to irreconcilable differences with RFK Jr. In the photos, Daskalakis, a gay infectious disease physician known for his work on HIV/AIDS and the monkeypox virus, dons promiscuous leather outfits and jewels.

“This is the guy who was in charge of keeping you safe,” Sara scoffs, playing a clip of Dr. Daskalakis urging the public to “support people’s joy as opposed to calling them risky” in relation to the monkeypox virus.

Sara finds it ironic that “when it comes to dudes fornicating with each other, it’s just a good time,” but “when it comes to someone who doesn’t want to take an experimental jab … they’re not allowed to participate in society.”

“So these are the people that they want you to trust. … These are the same people, mind you, who brought you … a 42% obesity rate, a 60% chronic disease rate,” she condemns.

These are the same people who told us to “trust the science” but are now telling us to not critically examine whether or not the science actually worked — even though systematic review is a cornerstone of science.

“No f**king wonder we’re all sick,” Sara says.

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

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The infamous “missing minute” from the prison security video on the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s death has been filled by video released in the most recent Epstein files document dump.

The House Oversight Committee released more than 33K pages of documents from the files on Tuesday after meeting with a group of victims of the deceased billionaire financier.

The two clips released on Tuesday fill in the previously missing minute.

The “missing minute” from Aug. 10, 2019, has been cited by many as evidence of a cover-up in the case. Many have suspected that Epstein did not kill himself, as was claimed in the official report, but was killed by wealthy and famous people who were involved in his sex trafficking ring.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi had previously said the missing minute had been caused by a normal technical lapse in the footage.

“What we learned from Bureau of Prisons was every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing,” she explained.

But according to Fox News Digital, there is no missing minute, and the two clips released on Tuesday fill in the previously missing minute.

Digital forensics experts said the two clips previously had been spliced together through the use of Adobe Premiere Pro. The time stamp on the clips had also indicated the short absence and fueled conspiracy theories.

However, there is no motion on the newly discovered minute.

RELATED: Trump denies report of letter and drawing sent to Jeffrey Epstein on 50th birthday, threatens to sue WSJ

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana praised the group of six victims for coming forward and indicated that new information had come from their two-and-a-half-hour meeting.

“Some of the ladies have shared these stories publicly before, but at least two of the women had never told their stories before, one for the very first time in the room, and so there were tears in the room,” he told reporters afterward.

“There was outrage. It was both — I would describe it as heartbreaking and infuriating,” Johnson continued. “That justice has been delayed so long.”

The Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News in time for publishing.

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made a major announcement concerning mandatory vaccinations during a press conference on Wednesday, which was met with enthusiastic applause from the audience.

‘They do not have the right. Do not give it to them.’

Ladapo began his speech by praising Governor Ron DeSantis (R) for resisting government overreach during the COVID era.

He then revealed a significant win for medical freedom, stating that the Florida Department of Health and DeSantis would work in partnership to end “all” vaccine mandates in Florida law.

The crowd reacted to Ladapo’s announcement by standing up and bursting into applause.

“Every last one of them,” Ladapo clarified. “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.”

“Who am I as a government, or anyone else — or who am I as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body?” he continued.

“Your body is a gift from God. What you put into your body is because of your relationship with your body and your God. I don’t have that right. Government does not have that right. They want you to believe they have that right. And unfortunately, they’ve been successful.”

RELATED: Where’s the outrage?! This whistleblower’s vaccine injury lawsuit demands national attention

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Ladapo noted that nearly every state has vaccine mandates.

“They do not have the right. Do not give it to them. Take it away from them,” he declared. “And we’re going to be starting that here in Florida.”

He emphasized the importance of allowing Americans to make informed decisions about vaccines.

Ladapo explained that the Florida Department of Health has the power to initiate the process by eliminating rules established under the previous administration that required certain vaccines.

“It’ll be wonderful for Florida to be the first state to do it,” he said.

RELATED: Study: COVID-19 vaccination is ‘strongly associated with a serious adverse safety signal of myocarditis’

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Also during the Wednesday press conference, DeSantis unveiled the establishment of the Florida Make America Healthy Again commission, which will be chaired by first lady Casey DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins (R).

DeSantis referred to Florida as the “national model for medical freedom.”

“The Florida MAHA commission will prioritize reforms that empower Floridians, reduce regulatory burdens, and hold actors accountable for their conduct, while fostering incentives for healthy living and innovation,” he stated during the press conference.

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A Texas man with a large cache of weapons is accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy who allegedly was playing the “ding-dong ditch” doorbell prank, according to authorities.

The Houston Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a “fatal shooting of a juvenile male” around 10:55 p.m. Saturday.

Police reported that gunshots are heard on the video, followed by audio of the boy gasping.

The shooting victim was rushed to an area hospital, but doctors on Sunday pronounced the child dead.

Authorities identified the shooting victim as 11-year-old Julian Guzman, who reportedly was playing a “ding-dong ditch” prank. Participants in the prank ring a home’s doorbell or knock on the door and run away before the occupant answers.

Investigators said the shooting victim and his 10-year-old cousin were at a family gathering nearby before they walked a block away to play the “ding-dong ditch” prank.

“Officers were told that Guzman was ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away,” the Houston Police Department stated. “A witness stated Guzman was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound.”

Houston Police Department Homicide Detective Sgt. Michael Cass told CBS News that the suspect was “waiting in the shadows in his own side yard behind a fence” after the victim and his cousin began playing the prank — doing so three times in a span of 15 minutes.

But by the third ding-dong ditch attempt, police said “the cousins ran as fast as they could, but the homeowner was waiting behind the fence in his yard,” according to the news network.

Police said the incident was recorded on Guzman’s cell phone.

Police reported that gunshots are heard on the video, followed by audio of the boy gasping.

‘What harm could they have done? Playing with a doorbell?’

The Houston Police Department named the shooting suspect as 42-year-old Gonzalo Leon Jr.

On Monday, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office charged Leon with murder.

On Tuesday, officers with the Houston Police Department’s SWAT unit and a Criminal Apprehension Team located Leon and his packed car at a hotel in La Porte, Texas.

Leon was arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail, according to online records.

RELATED: California man convicted of murdering 3 teenagers after ‘ding-dong ditch’ prank that included ‘mooning’

Sgt. Cass noted that the children were “not threatening in any way” and that the shooting did not seem to involve self-defense because it “wasn’t close to the house.”

Cass told KHOU-TV, “In my opinion, it does not look like any type of self-defense.”

Legal analyst Carmen Roe added to KHOU, “From what we know, it is difficult to imagine a homeowner reasonably believing children playing a centuries-old prank posed a legitimate threat.”

While executing a search warrant at Leon’s house, investigators found a handgun and 20 other firearms, plus tactical and smoke grenades, police said.

“Looked like he may have been a collector of firearms,” Cass said.

Leon is an Army veteran who was deployed and spent time in the reserves, police told CBS News, which added that his defense attorney at his Wednesday court appearance said Leon was disabled in combat and honorably discharged.

Neighbors were shocked after a child’s prank resulted in tragedy.

“What harm could they have done? Playing with a doorbell? That’s the part that really kind of hurts the heart,” one neighbor told KHOU. “For someone to shoot him in the back, they knew they were a kid. What’s the purpose of it?”

Another resident added, “Kids are just being kids. I feel like we’ve all played ‘ding-dong ditch.'”

One neighbor claimed to have seen a group of children pranking homes in the neighborhood on the day of the shooting.

“I warned them that they shouldn’t be doing what they were doing, that it was dangerous, and they had two minutes to go and leave the property or I would contact the police,” the neighbor stated. “They knew that they were doing something wrong.”

One resident claimed that “an innocent life” was taken, but it could have been avoided if parents taught their children “what’s right and what’s wrong, and it’s wrong to knock on somebody’s door playing a prank.”

A number of recent “ding-dong ditch” pranks resulted in unfortunate outcomes.

As Blaze News reported in May, a Virginia homeowner was charged with murder after a high school senior was fatally shot as he allegedly played the “ding-dong ditch” game. In January, four juveniles reportedly did the doorbell prank at a home in Missouri, after which the homeowner chased them with a sawed-off shotgun but didn’t fire it.In July 2024, a Maine man fired 14 rounds at teens who had played the “ding-doing ditch” prank.Blaze News reported in August 2023 that a Delaware state trooper was suspended for allegedly beating a 15-year-old boy after the teen played the “ding-dong ditch” game at the officer’s home.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Joe Gebbia said that the failure of Democrats to secure the border led to his abandoning the party and voting for President Donald Trump.

The 44-year-old, who co-founded Airbnb, made the comments while speaking to Katie Miller on her podcast. He said that he spoke to his friends on the Democratic side about border issues and was not satisfied with their explanations.

‘This is not right. … This is a real problem, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be enforcing the laws of our country.’

“In mid-2021, the activity at the border caught my attention, and I remember thinking, ‘What’s going on with this topic? It seems as if there’s no border,'” said Gebbia. “And as it got worse that year, I felt as if I needed to understand this problem more, so I reached out to my friends from the Democratic side of the House, at all levels, from the highest level all the way down.”

He added: “I got some answers, but felt unfulfilled.”

Gebbia went on to say that the president’s son-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner sealed the deal with him after explaining the issue more fully.

“I get on the phone with Jared and say, ‘Hey, can you help me? Fill in the gaps for me? Like, what am I missing here? Is this normal? Like, it seems there’s no enforcement of our own border. Like, don’t nations need borders to be a nation?’ And so he put me on this curriculum of just talking to experts in the field, and I remember just being like, ‘Holy cow, this is crazy!’ Like, this is not right,” Gebbia continued.

“This is a real problem, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be enforcing the laws of our country and our border,” he added. “And so, I think, as I started to pull on that thread, I sort of began to look at other topics and eventually came to the point where I don’t think I can support a political party that wants to have an open border, that lets in criminals and dangerous people into our country. That’s not something I can get behind.”

Video of Gebbia’s comments went viral on social media with more than nine million views.

RELATED: Anti-Trump critics call for boycott against Airbnb after co-founder reportedly joins DOGE

Gebbia went on social media to clarify that he had stepped away from any operating role at the company in 2022.

“My views are my own and are in no way reflective of the company,” he added.

That did not prevent people on the left from attacking him.

“Gross. Airbnb’s co-founder Joe Gebbia spreading anti-immigrant hate on the podcast of a fascist who delights in separating families and disappearing people,” responded queer New York City Council member Tiffany Caban.

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California’s mask commissars are once again clamoring for Americans to cover their faces.

During the pandemic, Democrat leaders and health officials in the Golden State proved eager to condition Americans’ ability to leave the house and to perform basic errands on wearing a mask.

“Bring your mask with you whenever you leave your home,” said former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “That will help us get more freedoms.”

On June 18, 2020 — just over a month after L.A. reopened its beaches — the California Department of Public Health announced that Californians were required to wear face coverings in public spaces; when obtaining services from the health care sector; when waiting for or riding on public transportation; when engaged in work with other members of the public; and “while outdoors in public spaces when maintaining a physical distance of six feet from persons who are not members of the same household.”

“Simply put, we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered,” said Gavin Newsom — the Democrat governor who months later issued a statewide order expanding the mask requirement to most indoor and outdoor settings.

Newsom issued his order despite evidence that masks, like the COVID-19 vaccines, weren’t as effective as some proponents liked to pretend.

RELATED: Let us never forget how COVID lockdown lunacy, tyranny, and hypocrisy harmed all of us

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For instance, the Centers for Disease Control’s peer-reviewed journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, published a study in May 2020 that found “no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks.”

The researchers stated, “There is limited evidence for [disposal medical masks’] effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

‘I recommend that everybody in West Sacramento wear a mask when they are around others in indoor public spaces.’

Although Newsom’s mask mandate was partially dropped in March 2022, mask requirements nevertheless remained in effect for certain settings. Even a comprehensive Cochrane analysis of scientific studies concerning the efficacy of masks in reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, led by Oxford epidemiologist Tom Jefferson and published in January 2023, concluded:

Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness/COVID‐19-like illness compared to not wearing masks. … Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks.

Aimee Sisson, the health officer in Yolo County, said in a statement on Friday, “California is experiencing a summer COVID wave.”

The CDC’s COVID-19 Hospitalization Surveillance Network indicated that in the week ending Aug. 23, the national hospitalization rate was 1.4 per 100,000 for those ages 0-4; 0.2 for those ages 5-17; 0.4 for those ages 18-49; 0.9 for those ages 50-64; and 5.1 for those 65 and older.

While the overall level of hospitalizations for the endemic virus is reportedly “low,” the Los Angeles Times indicated the number is increasing across the Golden State.

According to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 31 states, including California.

RELATED: The numbers hold terrible news for the Democrats’ future

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“Based on current wastewater levels of the virus that causes COVID-19, I recommend that everybody in West Sacramento wear a mask when they are around others in indoor public spaces,” said Sisson. “I also recommend that people in the rest of Yolo County wear masks when they are around others indoors if they are 65 or older, have a weakened immune system, have an underlying medical condition that puts them at a greater risk of severe COVID-19, or spend time around people who fall into these categories.”

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has similarly recommended “wearing a well-fitted mask when you are in crowded, indoor spaces, including when traveling.”

The California Department of Public Health noted in a social media post on Saturday, “Protect yourself and your loved ones by considering masking in indoor public places like airports and planes. Wear a high-quality mask like an N95, KN95 or KF94 to stay protected.”

The CDPH told Blaze News in a statement, “CDPH continues to recommend masks in certain situations and is not considering changing these recommendations at this time.”

“Local health departments may make recommendations on masking based on virus activity in their region,” the agency added in its statement. “Overall wastewater concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 are currently increasing, and it is not yet clear when wastewater activity will peak this summer.”

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The Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded its detention space to yet another state, after already opening facilities in Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, and Texas.

ICE has officially opened the “Louisiana Lockup” within the Louisiana State Penitentiary. This facility was created through a partnership with the notorious prison to utilize an unused section, expanding ICE’s capacity by 416 beds. The DHS plans to house the “worst of the worst” illegal immigrants at this facility.

‘If you are in this country illegally, you could find yourself in the Louisiana Lockup.’

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan, and Governor Jeff Landry (R) plan to host a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the new facility.

“To the worst of the worst: Welcome to the LOUISIANA LOCKUP,” Landry wrote in a post on X ahead of the press conference.

“Criminal illegal aliens beware: Louisiana Lockup is where your time in America ends,” Landry said. “Louisiana Lockup will give ICE the space it needs to lock up some of the worst criminal illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and gang members — so they can no longer threaten our families and communities. This facility fulfills President Trump’s Make America Safe Again promise. I want to thank President Trump, Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy ICE Director Madison Sheahan for their leadership and partnership. Together, we’re making Louisiana and America safer.”

RELATED: Lone Star Lockup: Trump admin unveils largest ICE detention facility yet

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“If you are in this country illegally, you could find yourself in the Louisiana Lockup,” the DHS wrote on social media. “Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App.”

The department told Fox News that 51 immigrants have already been moved to the detention center.

RELATED: From Alligator Alcatraz to the Speedway Slammer: Noem’s DHS increases ICE detention space

President Donald Trump and Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

“Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Louisiana to expand detention space,” Noem stated. “Thank you to Governor Landry for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country. If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in CECOT, Cornhusker Clink, Speedway Slammer, or Louisiana Lockup. Avoid arrest and self-deport now using the CBP Home App.”

CECOT — Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo — is a maximum-security prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration transferred suspected gang members.

Blaze News reached out to the DHS for comment.

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Last month, a high-ranking Israeli government official was arrested and charged with a felony during a sex crime sting operation by Nevada police. Nearly a month after he posted bail, flew back to Israel as scheduled, and failed to appear for his felony arraignment on August 27, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was scheduled to appear in court via a Zoom link Wednesday.

Alexandrovich, who was confirmed to be a senior official of the Israel Cyber Directorate, was arrested and charged with using computer technology to engage in a sexual act with a minor, a felony.

The court acknowledged that supervising and enforcing these conditions would be difficult given the ‘distance’ between the court and Alexandrovich’s current whereabouts.

Having flown to Israel shortly after posting $10,000 bail on August 7, Alexandrovich was not available to appear before the court in person on August 27, nor did he appear via Zoom. As was clarified on the court docket and during the hearing Wednesday, his bail was posted prior to the probable cause review.

Blaze News can confirm that Alexandrovich appeared at the arraignment hearing set for September 3.

RELATED: Israeli government official arrested in child sex-crime sting, flees to Israel

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Noting the seriousness of the charge, Henderson Justice of the Peace Barbara F. Schifalacqua ordered Alexandrovich to avoid contact with minors and prohibited the use of social media or applications for dating or meetups.

The court acknowledged potential difficulties in supervising and enforcing these conditions given the “distance” between the court and Alexandrovich’s current whereabouts.

During the hearing, the defense stated that Alexandrovich submitted to and “passed” a polygraph test when asked if he had ever had sexual contact with any person under the age of 19. The defense also noted that Alexandrovich has been compliant with the court in the almost 30 days that have elapsed since the arrest.

An opposition hearing was set for September 24. The reply will be heard on October 1, and the argument, at which Alexandrovich will appear via Zoom once more, was scheduled for October 6. The date of the preliminary hearing will be scheduled during the argument hearing.

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Iconic filmmaker David Mamet got into an enlightening discussion about Democrat policies destroying the American family, and liberal podcaster Bill Maher did not disagree.

Mamet was being interviewed by Maher on his “Club Random” podcast when Maher tried to challenge him on the notion that liberals want to destroy the family.

‘Liberals actually think they’re doing good. I know a lot of times it’s really just about making them feel good. … But they’re not actually trying to destroy.’

“I know you think liberals want to destroy the family,” Maher said to Mamet.

“No. I don’t think they want to destroy the family. I think they have destroyed the family,” Mamet responded. “But they haven’t destroyed my family.”

“But they didn’t really do it on purpose,” Maher replied.

“Wait a second. What you’re saying is ‘I didn’t know it was loaded,’ right?” Mamet joked.

“Yes!” Maher laughed.

“That’s what Lee Harvey Oswald could have said!” said Mamet, referring to JFK’s assassin.

“Okay. But liberals actually think they’re doing good,” Maher responded. “I know a lot of times it’s really just about making them feel good, which is what’s so obnoxious when they do that. But they’re not actually trying to destroy …”

“Yes, and we understand as dramatists is that nobody ever did something for a bad reason,” Mamet interjected.

RELATED: How the black family was broken — and how we can restore it

The video was first published in June but resurfaced as a clip on social media this week and garnered hundreds of thousands of views.

Elsewhere in the interview, Mamet said that President Donald Trump called him after his past appearance on Maher’s show and scolded him for not defending the president’s claims of a stolen election. He said Trump spoke to him for 20 minutes to persuade him about his argument.

Mamet is best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry Glen Ross,” as well as the films “The Untouchables” and “Wag the Dog.”

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A group who say they were victims of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein held a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, demanding transparency.

The self-proclaimed survivors voiced support for the Democrat-led Epstein Files Transparency Act, which calls on the attorney general to “release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein.”

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who sponsored the bill, appeared with survivors in D.C. alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), as the victims made a shocking revelation.

‘It will be done by survivors and for survivors; no one else involved.’

Lisa Phillips, who has spoken extensively about surviving abuse at the hands of Epstein, took the podium at the Capitol to make a series of statements.

“Transparency is justice. Release the files,” Phillips stated in one clip from the event.

Phillips has been vocal about her claims recently, saying she was sex-trafficked by Epstein when she was a young model in the early 2000s. However, it was at the press conference that she dropped a bomb.

“Several of us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list of names,” Phillips revealed. “We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Now, together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world, and it will be done by survivors and for survivors; no one else is involved.”

RELATED: White House slams Massie’s Epstein bill as a ‘very hostile act’ — some Republicans sign on anyway

As one of 23 co-sponsors, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has filed a petition to force a vote on Khanna’s bill in Congress. He would need 218 House members to sign the petition to force the vote, which would likely include all 212 Democrats.

According to BBC, four Republicans have already signed, including Massie himself, Greene, Nancy Mace (S.C.), and Lauren Boebert (Colo.).

In a comment to NBC News this week, the White House slammed Massie’s push for the bill to get a vote, calling it “a very hostile act to the administration.”

Massie has responded, stating that President Trump “may be covering for some rich and powerful people,” according to The Hill.

RELATED: Epstein victims have identified other ‘persons of interest,’ House Oversight Committee chair says

Lisa Phillips speaks during a rally in support of the victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

In comments alongside the Epstein victims, Greene called the fight for transparency “the most important” battle currently in Congress.

“Fighting for innocent people,” Greene added, stating that the women she stood with have never received justice.

Greene continued, noting she become aware that Epstein rubbed shoulders with elites in the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.

“Jeffrey Epstein, somehow, was able to walk among the most rich, powerful people, not only in America, but foreign countries,” Greene claimed.

She stressed that the scandal is something that should “never happen in America” and that the issue is not something that should drive a political wedge between Republicans and Democrats.

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Amid his stunning success at reducing crime in Washington, D.C, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of sending federal law enforcement agents to yet another deep-blue city with a violent crime problem — instead of to Chicago.

On Wednesday, Trump indicated that he may first send federal agents down south to New Orleans on account of his strong relationship with Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

‘With a crime rate of 65 per 1,000 residents, New Orleans has one of the highest crime rates in America.’

“We’re making a determination now, do we go to Chicago, or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that’s become quite tough, quite bad?” Trump said from the Oval Office.

“So we’re going to be going to, maybe, Louisiana, and you have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We’ll straighten that out in about two weeks. It will take us two weeks — easier than D.C.”

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Outlets initially balked at Trump’s description of New Orleans as “quite tough” and “quite bad,” citing statistics that suggest crime fell slightly in 2024 and significantly since 2022. However, other crime indices show that New Orleans does indeed have “a crime problem,” as Trump said.

Neighborhood Scout said that “with a crime rate of 65 per 1,000 residents, New Orleans has one of the highest crime rates in America.” The database rated New Orleans a 1 out of 100 where 100 is the safest possible. In a 2023 version of its top 100 most dangerous cities in America, Neighborhood Scout listed New Orleans at 33.

It also happens to be one of the most Democratic. According to World Population Review, New Orleans is among the top 20 most liberal cities in America, coming in at number 17.

Blaze News reached out to the offices of Gov. Landry and NOLA Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) to see whether they would cooperate with any type of federal law enforcement help, but neither office responded.

Even with the ongoing violence in cities like New Orleans and strong resistance from Illinois Democrats like Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Trump still seems determined to assist the crime-beleaguered residents of Chicago.

“We can straighten out Chicago. All they have to do is ask us to go into Chicago,” he said.

“We don’t have the support of some of these politicians. But I’ll tell you who is supporting us, the people of Chicago, and I sort of want them to let it be known they have incompetent people.”

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President Donald Trump revealed a military strike against drug-runners in a ship from Venezuela in an offhand comment from the White House, but it led to a curious response from his critics.

The president offered few details on the operation to reporters Tuesday but said that he had been briefed on the strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

‘He’s basically the actual devil you can stop playing it safe now.’

Trump later released a video of the strike on a post on Truth Social and said that 11 people had died. He said they were members of the infamous Tren de Aragua criminal gang.

“Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!” Trump said.

The U.S. sent three more warships to the seas near Venezuela in order to combat drug cartel activity that occurred in the prior weeks. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called the actions of the U.S. an “extravagant, unjustifiable, immoral, and absolutely criminal and bloody threat.”

On social media, anti-Trump voices pounced to attack the administration and seemingly defend the murderous drug cartels.

“Drug trafficking is a crime, not an act of war. Traffickers must be arrested, not summarily executed, which U.S. forces just illegally did,” human rights activist Kenneth Roth responded.

“It’s truly insane to me that Trump sent 7 warships and 4,500 troops to Venezuela and just illegally attacked one of their boats and I have barely heard the media and democrats even mention it. What would he have to do to actually get you to fight??? He’s basically the actual devil you can stop playing it safe now,” left-wing YouTuber Kyle Kulinski replied.

“As with Trump’s bombing of Iran, his show of force and possible military assault on Venezuela — a country that poses no threat to the US — is taking place with no congressional input or approval, and next to no public debate. It is pure gangsterism,” activist Max Blumenthal responded.

“We’re not at war with Venezuela. And drug trafficking is not a capital crime nor one that merits extrajudicial execution. If the Trump administration had evidence that they were trafficking drugs, the next step was arresting and prosecuting them. Not calling in the military,” progressive activist Andrew Wortman said.

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At least one major left-wing influencer claimed that Trump was motivated by the desire to distract from a group of Jeffrey Epstein victims who were meeting with members of Congress Wednesday.

“Trump just murdered 11 people on a boat off of Venezuela to distract from the Epstein victims speaking out tomorrow,” Brian Krassenstein said. “My guess is an even larger escalation around the time that the victims start speaking in the morning.”

There was no larger escalation after the victims spoke in the morning.

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