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According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda.

Each year, the AMA collects hundreds of millions of dollars through royalties on its proprietary Current Procedural Terminology codes. These are the codes doctors use to communicate with insurers and federal agencies when they conduct checkups, order tests, or write prescriptions. Hospitals, insurance companies, and medical professionals are all required to use them — and pay for the privilege.

Instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

In 2023 alone, the AMA raked in nearly $285 million from CPT royalties. That isn’t a side hustle; it’s a windfall. Watchdogs now rank the AMA among the most financially powerful nonprofits in American health care.

The AMA didn’t earn that money through clinical excellence or medical innovation. It profits from what is essentially public infrastructure.

The federal government made it so. In the 1980s, Medicare and Medicaid began requiring CPT codes for billing. In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act made CPT codes the federal standard for electronic health care transactions. That mandate gave the AMA control over an indispensable part of American medicine.

Hospitals, providers, and insurers can’t opt out. But instead of using its monopoly to support physicians or patients, the AMA has funneled its resources into ideological activism.

On gun control, the AMA has pushed bans on so-called assault weapons, supported raising the legal age of ownership to 21, and opposed allowing teachers to defend themselves in the classroom.

On climate policy, it has declared climate change a “public health crisis,” called for slashing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, and demanded “carbon neutrality” by 2050. The group even promotes plant-based diets — not to improve patient health, but to cut emissions. One AMA paper noted that producing a single serving of red meat releases 200 times more carbon dioxide than growing a serving of beans.

During the 2020 George Floyd riots, the AMA declared that racism was “an urgent threat to public health,” pledged to dismantle “racist and discriminatory policies,” and released a video in which its board members solemnly recited these mantras. The group also called for sweeping police reform, claiming “a correlation between policing and adverse health outcomes.”

This is political advocacy, not public health. And it’s not limited to official statements — it’s backed by millions of dollars the AMA collects thanks to its government-protected monopoly.

In 2024, the AMA spent nearly $25 million on lobbying — more than the AARP. By contrast, the National Rifle Association spent just $2 million. The beef and dairy industries, which stand to lose if AMA-backed climate plans move forward, spent far less.

Through lobbying and political donations, the AMA is using your money — your premiums, your tax dollars — to advance its political goals.

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That pipeline of influence may be in jeopardy.

According to recent reports, allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have explored transferring CPT oversight from the AMA to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It’s a smart move that the Trump administration should take seriously.

A working model already exists. Health care providers use ICD codes — International Classification of Diseases — to document diagnoses. These codes are freely available, globally standardized, and cost nothing to use. There’s no reason procedural codes like CPT couldn’t operate the same way.

Stripping the AMA of its CPT monopoly wouldn’t just break a political racket. It would free American health care from a rent-seeking gatekeeper that has long since abandoned its original mission.

CPT codes are public infrastructure now. A private group with a political agenda shouldn’t be allowed to control access to them — especially not one that spends its royalty checks advancing the left’s culture war.

The Trump administration, with RFK Jr. at the Department of Health and Human Services, has a real opportunity here: End the royalty scheme, move CPT into the public domain, and cut off the AMA’s cash flow.

It’s time to let doctors get back to medicine — and take politics out of the exam room.

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The editor in chief of left-wing magazine Mother Jones faced swift backlash after justifying the harassment of Vice President JD Vance and his children while they were visiting Disneyland.

Clara Jeffery approved of reports that Vance and his family were booed as they tried to enjoy the theme park, and she pointed to families being torn asunder by the mass deportations of the Trump administration.

‘Keep young children of politicians out of your gutter fights. Reprehensible, deplorable bully.’

“People who feel bad for JD Vance’s kids as family gets booed at Disneyland,” Jeffery wrote on social media. “I get it, but better those kids know now what their father is about. Other kids are watching their parents get shipped off to gulags.”

In a second post, she appeared to blame Vance for bringing his children out in the open.

“Also, JD Vance knows he’s going to be booed at Disneyland or the Kennedy Center or wherever,” she added. “He doesn’t have to go with his kids, but … he probably wants the optics of his family being booed. So … yeah.”

Many on social media thought it heartless for Jeffery to make the comments at a time when so many incidents of violence against politicians have been documented.

“WTF is wrong with these people!???” Donald Trump Jr. responded.

“Imagine the type of soulless ghoul you have to be to say this…Imagine being the Editor in Chief of Mother Jones Magazine,” GOP strategist Andrew Surabian replied.

“Even among left-wing publications there used to be a standard against attacks on children. The left and their cohorts in MSmedia have sunk to new lows,” writer David Asman said.

RELATED: Left-wing editor cries ‘Christian nationalism’ after flight attendant wishes her ‘blessed’ night — and backlash is brutal

“Clara Jeffery, Mother Hones [sic] editor-in-chief is an immoral, piece of filth. Thankfully, 90% of America has no idea and gives zero f**ks who she is or her political agenda,” read another response.

“@ClaraJeffery is a soulless ghoul. Leftists are f**king demons,” another user said.

“Clara Jeffery, do you have children or grandchildren? How will you feel if your comment is flipped and millions of people do the same to them? Being cruel to children is not the solution,” another critic said.

“What a vile, bully you are. Keep young children of politicians out of your gutter fights. Reprehensible, deplorable bully. Shameless. You personify today’s leftist activists,” read another response.

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The Epstein saga continues. Now Ghislaine Maxwell — Epstein’s longtime romantic partner and convicted accomplice in his sex trafficking of underage girls — may give us the “client list” we were told by the DOJ doesn’t exist.

On July 13, a source close to Maxwell leaked to the media that she is willing to testify before Congress about which elites were clients of Epstein’s. According to a Daily Mail report, the source said Maxwell would “welcome the chance to tell the American public the truth.”

But Sara Gonzales, BlazeTV host of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered,” isn’t convinced this is the magic solution to our Epstein problem.

“Why in the hell should we trust anything that she has to say? Like, you’re talking about a convicted child sex offender,” she says.

On the other hand, “maybe there are reasons why Ghislaine Maxwell might actually be credible,” Sara adds, playing devil’s advocate. After all, Maxwell was never offered a plea deal. And yet, how can we trust her when Epstein isn’t alive to challenge her narrative?

The Daily Mail’s source also stated that “no one from the government has ever asked [Maxwell] to share what she knows” — a claim Sara finds odd.

“I have a very hard time believing no one from the government has ever asked her to share what she knows,” she scoffs, “but if that were the case, that would be very telling, and I would want Ghislaine Maxwell to come up and tell the American people the truth about what happened.”

Thus far, “not a single member of Congress has publicly responded about hearing Ghislaine Maxwell,” she adds, calling it “odd.”

She actually agrees with Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), who tweeted the following on July 12:

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“I do not support Medicare for all or taxing the wealthy in a wealth tax,” but it’s true that “every single congressional member should be put on the record as to whether they want the Epstein files to be released to the public,” Sara says. “Do you want transparency or do you not? Speak now or forever hold your peace because eventually we will find out if you are one of the ones on that list, and we will deal with you accordingly.”

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

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The president escalated his attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates while his administration continued to accuse Powell of improper spending on renovations at the institution.

Powell had adopted a wait-and-see position on interest rates in anticipation that inflation might increase as a result of the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, the president continued his rhetorical jab at Powell, despite a report showing an increase in inflation.

‘He’s a knucklehead. Stupid guy. He really is.’

“We should have the lowest interest rate anywhere in the world. Jerome Powell has done a terrible job. And frankly, I don’t think he could do a worse job. He’s called everything wrong,” the president said to reporters.

“So they had a report come out the other day, 71 different economists and me — you know who was right? Me! Did you know that? I was right!” he added, apparently referring to estimates of inflation from his tariffs.

On Tuesday, the Core Consumer Price Index was reported to have risen to 2.9% on a year-to-year basis. The increase led many to believe that Powell would refuse calls from the president to cut rates in order to cut off any overheating of the economy. Powell has previously said his target for safe inflation was about 2%.

“I tried being nice to the guy. It doesn’t help. He’s a knucklehead. Stupid guy. He really is,” Trump said about Powell in comments from the White House on Monday.

RELATED: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says he will not resign if asked by Trump

Earlier in July, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte called for an investigation into Powell’s “political bias” as well as his “deceptive Senate testimony” and said they were enough to dismiss him from his position.

Powell has defended the independence of the Federal Reserve and denied claims that the president could fire him at will.

He also called for an independent probe into the renovation accusations. In a letter to members of the Senate Banking Committee, Powell indicated that he asked the Fed’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, to review the costs of the renovation and anything else related to the project.

“The Board’s IG conducted an audit in 2021 to assess the Board’s process for planning and managing multiple renovation projects as well as procuring services under various renovation-related contracts,” Powell said in the letter. “I have asked the Board’s IG to take a fresh look at the project.”

Powell was first nominated to head the Federal Reserve by Trump during his first term, but the president has soured on his leadership and has lobbed numerous insults and accusations at the central banker.

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In a blatant show of hypocrisy, the left-leaning media has launched a vicious smear campaign against loyal Trump adviser Sergio Gor.

The media is questioning his security clearance with unverified claims about his Soviet Uzbekistan roots and has falsely branded him a “Russian spy.”

Meanwhile, the same media outlets shield extremist Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Kampala, Uganda, from criticism — despite the destruction his radical socialist policies could bring to New York and the rest of the country.

“There’s no allegation that [Gor] has Marxist or communist tendencies or beliefs, or that he pushes pro-Russia policy, or any of that. It’s just a Soviet smear of this guy,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” says, adding that it’s not just the media’s protection of Zohran Mamdani that reveals the hypocrisy.

“The same people who had zero problems with a member of Congress sleeping with a Chinese spy for two years,” he says. “They had no problem electing a man who attended a church where the pastor condemned America every week.”

“They couldn’t care less about the lead candidate for mayor of New York City, who’s an avowed socialist and Islamist,” he continues.

“None of that matters. But this guy who advises Donald Trump, he was born in Uzbekistan,” he adds.

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The House Rules Committee is dominated by Republicans, who boast a 9-4 majority over Democrats. However, while the vote was mostly along party lines, the results are likely not what was expected.

‘Every Republican on this committee should be able to easily vote “yes.”‘

The amendment, if passed, would have sent a vote to the House on whether to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to “preserve and release any records related to Jeffrey Epstein,” Newsweek reported.

However, Republicans voted down the motion, defeating it 7-5 with just one GOP member voting alongside Democrats.

Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) joined the four Democrats who voted to force the House ruling, including Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), who told Republicans before the vote that if there is nothing that needs to be hidden, they should unanimously vote to release the files.

“Every Republican on this committee should be able to easily vote ‘yes,'” Fernandez said.

RELATED: ‘Epstein is a CIA op’: How far up does the scandal REALLY go?

Fernandez later shared a video of the vote to her X account, adding, “Republicans in the House Rules Committee just stopped an amendment that, if passed, would force Congress to vote on whether the Trump Administration should release the Epstein files. What are they hiding?”

Khanna also shared the vote on his X page, thanking Norman for joining his side’s vote.

“People are fed up. They are fed up,” Khanna wrote. “Need to put the American people before party!”

The only Republican absent from the vote was Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas).

Roy did not appear to make a public comment about the vote and has recently focused on the Texas floods and illegal immigration.

RELATED: Former Israeli prime minister responds to accusations that Israel orchestrated Jeffrey Epstein ‘blackmail ring’

Video went viral that purported to show House Republicans voting unanimously to block “the release of the Epstein files.” Despite the video amassing over 1 million views, it appeared to be unrelated to the House Rules Committee vote.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said that video was actually from a “procedural vote.”

“We voted against Democrats having House floor control. It’s a misunderstanding,” Greene told podcast host Benny Johnson.

The House Rules Committee Republicans who voted against forcing the House vote on the Epstein files were:

Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (N.C.)Michelle Fischbach (Minn.)Erin Houchin (Ind.)Nick Langworthy (N.Y.)Austin Scott (Ga.)Morgan Griffith (Va.)Brian Jack (Ga.)

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to risk it all and hopes to bounce back from recent AI-related shortcomings with what he is calling “hundreds of billions” of dollars’ worth of investments.

Llama — Meta’s answer to public AI models like ChatGPT and DeepSeek — was not nearly as successful as the Facebook founder hoped, and with Zuckerberg still pushing his dream of augmented reality, he is hoping to get ahead in the field of “superintelligence,” popularized a decade ago by the tech philosopher Nick Bostrom and embraced in recent years by the likes of Zuckerberg.

‘We’re also going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into compute to build superintelligence.’

By most accounts, including sources he has cited, Zuckerberg has started a new team of top AI talent, paying them as if they were star NBA players.

SemiAnalysis said the typical offers Zuckerberg is throwing out are about $200 million over four years, 100 times more than the usual payout in this field. There have even allegedly been some billion-dollar offers that were turned down by top researchers and engineers from competitor OpenAI.

The new team will focus on AI systems that can perform intellectual tasks at a level meant to compete with the smartest humanity has to offer against machines, with the hope of surpassing human abilities.

This superintelligence team is coupled with gigantic investments in another adjacent sector, which has turned into an arms race in the tech sector.

RELATED: Trump bets big on AI to make America dominant again

An Amazon Web Services data center in Manassas, Virginia, in 2025. Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images

“For our superintelligence effort, I’m focused on building the most elite and talent-dense team in the industry,” Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, his X-like platform. “We’re also going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into compute to build superintelligence.”

To do this, Zuckerberg will throw money at the procurement of data centers, in the hope of competing with companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle, the biggest names in the game.

“We’re actually building several multi-[gigawatt] clusters,” Zuckerberg wrote, referring to the data centers. “We’re calling the first one Prometheus and it’s coming online in ’26. We’re also building Hyperion, which will be able to scale up to 5GW over several years.”

These data centers are gigantic. Zuckerberg showed a graphic displaying the Hyperion Data Center, which will call Richland Parish, Louisiana, its home and is almost the size of Manhattan.

According to Netizen, Zuckerberg will bring 500 jobs to the region, paying about $82,000 per year.

RELATED: Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar midlife crisis

At the same time, Meta spokesperson Ashley Gabriel told TechCrunch that Prometheus is located in New Albany, Ohio.

These massive data center complexes will run the advanced AI models at an unprecedented scale, which of course will require massive amounts of energy to power them.

If Meta is to compete with Amazon and Microsoft in this space, they likely need to poach significant amounts of power from local sources, which has already become a big issue on the Eastern seaboard. Alternatively, Meta might need to build its own small modular nuclear reactors, which, while costing billions, could power the data centers while pleasing the surrounding community at the same time by lowering their energy prices through providing auxiliary power.

“We’re dealing with enormous quantities of energy demand,” Blaze Media’s James Poulos said. “AI inference consumes a lot, and training even more. There’s no clear way to come close to meeting anticipated needs without something like a national nuclear industrial program. And that’s before you start tallying all computational demands on electricity generation.”

According to a recent International Energy Agency report, next year’s increase in consumption across AI, crypto, and data centers “could amount to between 160 and 590 TWh compared with 2022. This is equivalent to the electricity consumption of Sweden (low estimate) or Germany (high estimate).”

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The head of Glenn Beck’s nonprofit helping the victims of the historic Texas flooding said that the disaster response from the federal government and the state has been phenomenal, contrary to accusations from Democrats.

J.P. Decker, the executive director of nonprofit Mercury One, spoke to Blaze Media co-founder Beck on his radio show Tuesday and detailed how the federal response to the disaster has allowed state efforts to be as effective as possible.

‘The response from the administration helped us to be able to help them long-term.’

“You, for the very first time, you wrote to me, on day one, and I said, ‘What’s happening with the floods?’ And you said, ‘We’re just staying out of the way,'” Beck recalled.

Decker wrote and said, “The state has this so buttoned up, we just want to stay out of the way,” according to Beck.

“So we were just feeding people,” Beck said.

“Yeah, we were just working with our partners because we didn’t want to get in the way of the search and rescue,” Decker told Beck on Tuesday.

Decker went on to describe what he saw on the ground as the head of the Mercury One charity trying to provide help to the disaster victims of what he described as a “horrific” tragedy.

“In that area, we’re helping a little town because there was about 26 homes that were hit pretty hard by it. So we’re helping that area provide the sheetrock and everything they need to kind of rebuild,” he said.

“But the day before we were in that neighborhood, about 200 yards away, they found two adults and a little 9-month-old,” Decker added.

Despite the extent of the unprecedented disaster, Decker said the response from the federal government has been very effective.

“Almost everyone everyone said, ‘We’re Texans. We’re gonna get through it,'” Decker recalled.

“And then we talked to all of our partners, and they said, ‘This is unlike any disaster we’ve ever seen,’ and some of them have been doing it for 15, 20 years,” he explained. “And they said, ‘The response from the administration helped us to be able to help them long-term.'”

“You mean by ‘the administration,’ the state and —” Beck asked.

“The state and federal,” Decker replied. “They sent the National Guard but also the Coast Guard. I mean, the Coast Guard got there within no time.”

He added, “It’s cool to see when administrations do the job.”

RELATED: NY newspaper nailed with backlash over cartoon mocking MAGA victims of Texas floods: ‘Twisted, vile, and shameful’

Decker said that Mercury One would be in Texas for a long time to provide help to the flood victims. He said that many of the victims did not have flood insurance and would need help to rebuild.

Eleven days after the disaster struck, there are officially 132 confirmed fatalities and another 101 people still missing.

“It’s unbelievable,” Beck said.

“It’s just horrific,” Decker responded.

Decker praised Beck’s audience for having a strong response to the call for help. He said they challenged their donors to help raise $1 million for the disaster relief efforts, and they were able to do it within 48 hours.

“I have to tell you, J.P., I am so proud of Mercury One,” Beck said emotionally. “And I’m so proud of what you’ve created.”

Decker also offered an update on their efforts that continue to help disaster victims in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.

“I just got an update this morning. We’re up to almost 150 homes rebuilt in North Carolina,” he said. “Our goal is over 400 in the next two years.”

Anyone who wants to support Mercury One in its efforts to help Texas flood victims can visit its website here.

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Rep. Cory Mills, the Florida Republican who has in recent months faced allegations of stolen valor, undergoing a secret Islamic conversion, holding weapons contracts with the federal government while serving in Congress, and domestic violence, appears to have leapfrogged into yet another scandal, this time over a luxury apartment in Washington, D.C., where rent exceeds $20,800 per month.

Independent investigative journalist Roger Sollenberger revealed on Monday that Mills faced possible eviction for failure to pay months’ worth of rent on a D.C. penthouse managed by the Bozzuto Management Company.

According to documents filed by Parcel 47F LLC — Mills’ landlord — and Bozzuto Management Co. in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia last week, the congressman failed to pay $85,009.80 in rent from March to July.

The landlord’s resident ledger also appears to show that Mills was late in paying rent most months since his June 2023 move-in date, accruing around $15,000 in late fees by January 2025.

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Mills’ property manager threatened him with a lawsuit in January, stating in a letter obtained by Sollenberger, “Your balance of rent as of today is $17,361.00 and your total balance is $18,229.05. A ledger showing the dates of rent charges and payments for the period of delinquency is enclosed.”

The manager of the property — where Metropolitan Police Department officers were called in February in connection with Mills’ alleged domestic violence incident — also noted that the congressman’s failure to pay the balance of unpaid rent would ultimately result in his eviction.

While paying or failing to pay rent for the D.C. luxury property, Mills has also apparently been paying rent for a beachfront property in New Smyrna Beach, Florida — the last known rental value of which was $12,000 per month.

‘Facts are a finicky thing.’

Although Mills’ annual congressional salary is just over $170,000, estimates published online put his net worth somewhere between $8.15 million and $40.35 million as of December. While such estimates would suggest he is good for the rent payments, Blaze Media investigations have shown that Mills and corporations in his name are actually millions of dollars in debt.

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

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Mills responded to Sollenberger on X, calling him a “biased hack” and claiming that the missed payments were not for a lack of trying but rather the result of technical difficulties and process failures.

The congressman shared two supposed emails, one dated June 17 and the other dated July 3, in which he indicated that he was following up with regard to payments and a broken link.

“Facts are a finicky thing but wouldn’t expect you to be anything other than a biased hack!” said Mills.

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Sollenberger was quick to point out that Mills provided screenshots of emails sent only after he allegedly missed four monthly rent payments.

“What about the warning in January for missed rent? Or the 18 months of late rent? The fact is your landlord is evicting you in court,” wrote Sollenberger.

RELATED: GOP Rep. Cory Mills explains why he was married by a radical Islamic cleric

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Sollenberger said in a statement to Blaze News, “The great thing about living rent-free in someone’s head is you can’t get evicted for non-payment.”

“However, I do think it’s valid to ask why and how a sitting congressman who is personally liable for tens of millions of dollars in unpaid corporate debt (which he’s never disclosed, in apparent violation of federal law) would spend $350,000 a year to rent homes in D.C. and Florida — while simultaneously claiming to donate his entire congressional salary to charities that he refuses to publicly identify,” continued Sollenberger. “I’ve asked Cory about this several times, including yesterday. For some reason, he refuses to answer.”

Mills talked around the matter during an X Spaces hosted by conservative commentator David Pollack on Monday. While the congressman did not address why he failed to pay his landlord, he suggested that he was the subject of controversy because he was “trying to disrupt the status quo.”

A spokesperson for Mills told Blaze News that “the congressman’s landlord was able to fix the payment portal after Mills’ persistent requests over the past few months. Mills has paid his bill in full.”

“Let there be no mistake: Congressman Mills always intended to pay his rent, and he is grateful to have resolved the issue with his D.C. landlord,” added the spokesperson, who sent along a letter from Mills’ Florida landlord, who indicated that “he pays rent on time every month, without exception.”

RELATED: Conspiracy: Does rogue FBI agent put freedom of speech at risk?

Screenshot of letter given to Blaze News

Blaze News has reached out to Mills’ D.C. landlord as well as to a lawyer representing the organization in the lawsuit for confirmation that the bill has been paid and for comment on whether the legal action will be dropped.

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On April 19, 2024, families of students at Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora, Colorado, got a message from the school saying, “This afternoon during fifth grade recess, an unidentified adult male entered the field, approached a group of students, engaged them briefly, and then exited property,” KDVR-TV reported.

Police said it “appeared that this person attempted to grab a young boy” and then left the school grounds before officers arrived, the station said.

Galligan had been in and out of jail for 12 years, and previous charges against him included assault, burglary, and sex crimes, his family told KUSA-TV last year.

In a follow-up story, KDVR said an 11-year-old boy called for help when the suspect grabbed him and approached three other students.

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“They are the ones who fought off this guy, ran away from him, called stranger danger. And if they had not done that, I wouldn’t have my son with me in my own home,” the 11-year-old’s mother, Miranda Ayala, added to the station.

Later, cops found someone nearby who matched the suspect’s description, KDVR said: 33-year-old Solomon Galligan, who was arrested that same day on one count of attempted kidnapping. Police also said Galligan was a sex offender.

RELATED: Chicago Mayor Johnson passes buck to feds over illegal alien sex offender living unchecked in city: ‘That’s their job’

Indeed, Galligan was convicted of nonconsensual sexual contact in 2011, KMGH-TV noted. In addition, KCNC-TV reported after his arrest last year that Galligan claimed to identify as a woman and had been in the process of transitioning for several years.

Galligan had been in and out of jail for 12 years, and previous charges against him included assault, burglary, and sex crimes, his family told KUSA-TV last year.

But after all that, a doctor last month found Galligan incompetent to stand trial in the 2024 attempted kidnapping case, Eric Ross — a spokesman for the DA’s office — told KUSA in a new story. Therefore, “by state statute, we are required to dismiss charges in the case,” Ross added to KUSA.

RELATED: ‘Burn in hell’: Teacher who raped 12-year-old student, had his baby found guilty of 11 felonies for sexual abuse of 5 boys

However, the DA’s office said Galligan won’t be back on the streets when the charges are dropped, KMGH reported.

Ross told KMGH that “the defendant will be civilly committed for mental health treatment. Contrary to what has been reported, the defendant is not being released out in the public.”

State court records indicate Galligan has had four criminal cases dismissed — and in every case, the issue of competency was raised, KMGH reported, adding that a hearing for Galligan is expected to be scheduled for later in July.

‘When a defendant is found incompetent to proceed, we are legally obligated to dismiss charges. Our hands are tied based on the findings of competency.’

In response, Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky told the New York Post that an “effort” to “recall” Democrat DA Amy Padden “is well under way and will begin this week.”

“The conduct of the 18th DA over the past six months is beyond deplorable,” Jurinsky, a Republican, added to the Post. “This is simply the icing on the cake.”

Jurinsky also told the paper that “the progressive attitude will not be tolerated. While certain state laws highlight deeper issues in the state of Colorado, Amy Padden will be recalled for her part in not upholding the laws and punishing criminals.”

The DA’s office on Tuesday didn’t immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for comment regarding Jurinsky’s words to the Post about Padden.

Jurinsky last week made no secret of her desire to oust the DA after Padden offered a plea deal to an illegal alien teenager who fatally struck a 24-year-old woman while driving 90 miles per hour, the Denver Gazette said. Indeed, the offer of only probation and community service for the unlicensed teen elicited outrage. Kaitlyn Weaver was taken off life support two days after last July’s collision.

Padden said Jurinsky’s statements about the Weaver case “misrepresented” the 18th Judicial District’s work, according to the Gazette.

As for the Galligan case, the Post added that the DA’s office said in a statement, “We have not yet filed the formal motion to dismiss. We have until the end of the month to do so. The defendant is being civilly committed into mental health treatment. … When a defendant is found incompetent to proceed, we are legally obligated to dismiss charges. Our hands are tied based on the findings of competency. However, they are not being released to the public.”

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) continued to defend illegal immigration and called for a pathway to citizenship amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.

The “Shawn Ryan Show” released an interview on Monday with the Democratic governor, during which he claimed that illegal immigration has not negatively impacted Americans’ ability to find work.

‘As one of California’s most vital industries, Gov. Newsom should be incentivizing this sort of modernization rather than justifying outdated and exploitative labor practices.’

Newsom stated that roughly half of the agricultural workers and 41% of construction workers in California are illegal immigrants, noting that the state collects $8.5 billion in tax dollars from illegal immigrants each year.

“Not insignificant,” Newsom stated. “It’s half of our agricultural work. You care about farmers and ranchers — if that’s your number-one, go-to commitment — then you sure as hell should care about their workers. Forty-one percent of our construction workers, Texas and California have the highest percentage of their construction workers that would fall into that category.”

He questioned how the state would ever rebuild after the devastating wildfire earlier this year if President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda is allowed to persist.

“Without that workforce, ain’t gonna happen,” he continued.

“I think there needs to be a pathway for those folks as we secure the border. And we own that issue.”

RELATED: ‘We’re not talking amnesty’: Trump touts work program to provide labor for farmers

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While advocating for illegal aliens already in the U.S., he simultaneously claimed that he “believe[s] in border security,” adding that his administration has handed 11,000 criminals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

When asked whether illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans, Newsom responded, “Not in Tulare County, not in Ventura County. I don’t know many people that want a job out there in those packing facilities. I don’t see many people that look like me jumping at those jobs. I just don’t. Maybe there’s some exceptions; I haven’t seen the evidence of that.”

Newsom also stated that he would be “happy to advocate for eliminating sanctuary policy.”

“The reason it exists is because of the total abject failure of the federal government to do its f**king job. It exists because they persist in politicizing this,” he said.

RELATED: California marijuana farm raids recover 10 children after 300,000 unaccompanied minors vanished on Biden’s watch

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Ira Mehlman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform told Blaze News that California’s illegal immigration crisis costs taxpayers $30 billion a year to provide related services, such as public education and health care.

Mehlman argued that Newsom “is essentially endorsing exploitative labor practices that allow employers to provide poor wages and working conditions.”

“Construction has traditionally been a solid, unionized middle-class trade. These were prized jobs that allowed blue-collar workers to earn comfortable wages with benefits to support their families. The influx of illegal aliens has pushed many American workers out of these trades entirely or forced them to accept lower wages and less favorable working conditions,” Mehlman explained.

Furthermore, he argued that access to low-wage, illegal labor has hindered technological advancements within these industries, which could ultimately lead to increased productivity and reduced costs.

“As one of California’s most vital industries, Gov. Newsom should be incentivizing this sort of modernization rather than justifying outdated and exploitative labor practices,” Mehlman told Blaze News.

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President Donald Trump announced that financial crimes investigators had concluded that Democrat Sen. Adam Schiff of California may have committed mortgage fraud.

The president posted the comments about the reported finding from the Fannie Mae Financial Crimes division on his social media account on Tuesday.

‘He is a dishonest, crooked guy. Adam Schiff is a SERIOUS lowlife.’

“I have always suspected Shifty Adam Schiff was a scam artist. And now I learn that Fannie Mae’s Financial Crimes Division have concluded that Adam Schiff has engaged in a sustained pattern of possible Mortgage Fraud,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He went on to say that Schiff had improperly described a property in Maryland as his primary home in order to escape paying the high property taxes of California.

“Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND to get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America, when he must LIVE in CALIFORNIA because he was a Congressman from CALIFORNIA,” the president added. “I always knew Adam Schiff was a Crook.”

He suggested that Schiff had falsely designated the property when he refinanced in 2009 and continued the alleged fraud through several transactions until 2020.

“Mortgage Fraud is very serious, and CROOKED Adam Schiff (now a Senator) needs to be brought to justice,” he added.

Schiff responded in a defiant statement on his own social media account.

“Since I led his first impeachment, Trump has repeatedly called for me to be arrested for treason. So in a way, I guess this is a bit of a letdown,” the Democrat wrote.

“And this baseless attempt at political retribution won’t stop me from holding him accountable,” he added. “Not by a long shot.”

Trump lambasted Schiff in a statement to reporters as well.

RELATED: Republicans excoriate Democrats after they defeat resolution to censure Adam Schiff

“Adam Schiff is one of the lowest of the low. I would love to see him brought to justice. He is a dishonest, crooked guy. Adam Schiff is a SERIOUS lowlife,” he said.

Axios reported that the Federal Housing Finance Agency declined to comment about the allegations made by the president.

The accusations are similar to those made against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who allegedly misrepresented a rental home as a primary home of residence in order to obtain preferable loan interest consideration. She has also called those accusations “baseless.”

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NBC News tried to hit back at Republicans with a bizarre gotcha that was completely rejected and ridiculed by many on social media.

The article published on Tuesday meant to show the hypocrisy of those on the right criticizing former President Joe Biden’s administration for using an autopen to sign important documents that may not have been properly approved by the former president.

‘This isn’t journalism; this is a shameless effort to launder Democrat talking points.’

The article pointed out that Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, had used a digital signature on his own official letters about the autopen.

NBC News was roundly excoriated by many online for the failed gotcha.

“This might be the single dumbest thing written in 2025 — and that’s saying something in a very competitive field. The fact that thousands of people liked [it] is a bleak sign of where we’re headed,” replied author Hans Mahncke.

“I’m trying to understand why this was written, other than to push Democrat propaganda and avoid covering the investigation into Biden’s decline. Is the argument,” asked Mollie Hemingway, “that Comer doesn’t know he’s sending these letters/subpoenas he talks about all the time?”

“The fact that NBC News doesn’t know that this is an apples-to-oranges comparison is a HUGE problem. This isn’t journalism; this is a shameless effort to launder Democrat talking points,” responded GOP communications expert Steve Guest.

“If you cannot differentiate between a Congressman using Adobe to send a digital letter and unelected bureaucrats usurping the Constitutionally enshrined pardon power from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, you should not be Doing Journalism,” replied Tiana Doescher of the Washington Examiner.

RELATED: Ed Martin floats names of ‘gatekeepers’ in Biden autopen controversy; Trump accuses exploiters of ‘TREASON’

“The issue isn’t whether a digital signature is sufficient. The issue is whether the pardon power was exercised by the only person with that power. Stop being stupid,” read one popular response.

“Needed this laugh today,” joked commentator Guy Benson.

President Donald Trump has called the autopen scandal “one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history.” Biden has denied wrongdoing and called the accusations “ridiculous and false.”

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Ryan W. Routh is attempting to fire his court-appointed attorney and represent himself less than two months before his trial on charges that he tried to assassinate Donald J. Trump in September 2024 — just after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to stymie Routh’s desire to “turn this trial into a circus.”

Routh, 59, of Greensboro, N.C., sent a typed letter to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that was dated June 29 and filed on the court docket July 11 saying that he would “be representing myself moving forward.”

‘I no longer want to listen to how horrible a person I am.’

“It was ridiculous from the outset to consider a random stranger that knows nothing of who I am to speak for me,” Routh wrote. “That was foolish and ignorant, and I am sorry — a childish mistake.”

Routh faces a Sept. 8 trial on five federal charges stemming from the attempted assassination of President Trump at his West Palm Beach, Fla., golf resort.

Routh is charged with the attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of the assassination attempt, intentionally assaulting a Secret Service officer, illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

The FBI said Routh set up a sniper’s nest just outside the fence near the sixth green of the Trump International Golf Club. Routh allegedly possessed a “military-grade” SKS rifle with a magazine containing 19 rounds with one in the chamber, ready to fire on President Trump, prosecutors said.

About 1:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 2024, a Secret Service agent doing a perimeter sweep of the golf course “saw the partially obscured face of a man — later identified as Routh — in the brush along the fence line near the sixth hole,” the DOJ said at the time of Routh’s arrest. “The agent fired at Routh when he saw a rifle aimed at him through the chain-link fence.”

Routh could face life in prison if convicted of the attempted assassination charge. The other counts carry prison terms of five to 20 years each.

RELATED: Suspect Ryan Routh accused of nearly killing little girl after 2nd Trump assassination attempt

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Judge Cannon scheduled a July 24 Faretta hearing to determine whether Routh can proceed as his own counsel. An initial hearing on the matter was held July 10, but the judge ruled that a follow-up hearing is required before she will rule on Routh’s motion to represent himself.

In his letter to the court, Routh claimed his federal public defenders “refuse to answer my questions,” leading him to conclude, “Best I walk alone.”

“I no longer want to listen to how horrible a person I am,” Routh wrote. “I can beat my own self up; I do not need help. Bashing me is fine, but selling hard to my daughter that I a [sic] peice [sic] of s**t goes to another level. I do not enjoy that from those that are supposed to be on my side — unfortunate.”

Defense attorney Kristy Militello submitted a forensic competency review under seal for the judge to consider. Judge Cannon ordered Militello to continue representing Routh on pending matters until the issue is settled on July 24.

Federal prosecutors filed a 20-page motion attempting to cut Routh off from what they described as his desire to turn the trial into a circus. A hearing on that motion is set for July 22.

“A defendant may not use general evidence of his supposed good character to prove that he did not commit the charged crimes,” prosecutors wrote in the July 8 motion. “A ruling to that effect is especially vital here. As the court knows, Routh has been very explicit in his desire to turn this trial into a circus where his supposed good character is weighed against the president’s.

“Routh’s desire is reflected by his discovery production — almost none of which relates to any element of the charged offenses, but instead only to persuading the jury that he is a good person,” prosecutors wrote. “He even has provided us with four-decades-old Eagle Scout applications.”

‘Why is it not all or nothing?’

Prosecutors have asked Judge Cannon to preclude Routh from offering his own writings or statements in an attempt to prove his character or explain his motives. Under federal rules of evidence, prosecutors can offer Routh’s communications, writings, or statements as evidence, but the defendant cannot introduce other writings. Such material would be considered self-serving hearsay.

“Those materials include his self-published book, ‘Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,’ in which he invites a foreign country to assassinate President Trump, and an apparent ‘dedication’ letter, which Routh left at the crime scene, which provides a list of defendant’s justifications for his attempted murder of the president,” prosecutors wrote. “Unless the government chooses to introduce some or all of these writings, Routh cannot.”

In his letter to Judge Cannon, Routh questioned why the death penalty is not on the table for his alleged crimes.

“Why is the death penalty not allowed, at nearly 60 a life of nothingness without love — what is the point?” Routh wrote. “Why is it not all or nothing?”

RELATED: Alleged attempted Trump assassin’s political rant revealed in prison letter

Suspected would-be assassin Ryan W. Routh demanded to represent himself in a letter to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon.U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Routh restated his desire to be released in a prisoner swap with the terror group Hamas, Iran, China or be allowed “to freeze to death in Siberia in exchange for a Ukrainian soldier so that I could die being of some use and save all this court mess — but no one acts; perhaps you have the power to trade me away.”

“What an easy diplomatic victory for Trump to give an American he hates to China, Iran or North Korea or wherever as a gesture of peace in exchange for an unjustly held democratic prisoner — everyone wins,” Routh wrote.

Prosecutors said they expect to introduce communications between Routh and a onetime employee, Tina Brown Cooper, with whom he allegedly conspired to illegally obtain the SKS rifle for the assassination attempt and a .50-caliber rifle. Cooper arranged for Routh to buy the SKS rifle from her current boss for $350, prosecutors said. Routh paid Cooper $100 for arranging the deal, court records allege.

On July 7, Cooper pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors in North Carolina to one federal count for transporting the SKS rifle. She will be sentenced on Oct. 2.

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If Americans thought the era of woke Hollywood films was coming to an end, they were sorely mistaken.

The latest “Superman” film directed by James Gunn centers on the idea that Superman is an immigrant and has traded the classic motto “Truth, justice, and the American way” for “Truth, justice, and the human way.”

When questioned about the backlash, “Superman” co-star Nathan Fillion laughed as he told reporters on the red carpet that “somebody needs a hug” and that it’s “just a movie.”

“I wish that it was just a movie, ‘cause that’s what we want,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments. “Like, I just want a movie.”

“It’s almost like this is gaslighting,” she continues.

“You guys are the ones who, if you’re not injecting it directly into the movie, you’re injecting it into the conversation around the movie, and then it makes people be like, ‘You know what? I don’t even want to see your stupid movie.’”

BlazeTV contributor and founder of Rippaverse Comics Eric July is well acquainted with the comic book industry and isn’t a fan of the political turn Superman is taking either.

“When you look at the comic book industry and comic book movies over the last several years and what’s happened, they’ve used this as a vehicle for their own political and social political agendas. It’s no secret,” July tells Gonzales.

“The context matters,” he continues, “and especially with regards to Superman, if you understand what DC has been doing in their comics as of late.”

July explains that in the comics, Superman’s minor son is now gay.

“Of course they’re going to use Superman as a vehicle to say, ‘Hey, this is a character you guys like. Well, he’s ours. He represents what we all want,’” July says, noting that using a character from Planet Krypton to make an immigrant connection is a “disingenuous way to even look at that.”

“You don’t get to hijack Superman and try to make it about you,” he adds.

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Pastor John MacArthur has gone home to be with the Lord.

A pastor and theologian, MacArthur preached the gospel to millions. He faithfully served as pastor of Grace Community Church in Southern California for nearly 60 years. He founded “Grace to You,” a media ministry, and the Master’s Seminary. His impact on American Christianity is undeniable. He influenced generations of American pastors and Christians.

‘That’s just a straight question: Do you believe the Bible is the authoritative word of God?’

But what stands out most about MacArthur’s legacy is that he refused to compromise. He always defended biblical truth — and he refused to apologize for it.

In a culture of confusion and compromise, MacArthur was uncompromising.

He not only pastored his flock and exposited the Bible line by line, but MacArthur helped millions of Christians navigate our increasingly anti-Christian culture. He did not back down from conflict — especially if it meant proclaiming God’s truth.

When news broke over the weekend that MacArthur’s health had declined, an old video of MacArthur debating none other than Gavin Newsom — then the mayor of San Francisco — went viral. The clip, which aired on CNN in 2004 (practically ancient in the age of social media), embodies MacArthur’s faithfulness to Jesus and the Christian witness.

As mayor of San Francisco in 2004, Newsom ordered the city-county clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Newsom later appeared on CNN, identifying as a “practicing Catholic,” and defended the LGBTQ agenda.

But his anti-Christian justifications were no match for MacArthur, who needed only one question to unravel Newsom’s logic.

“I would just like to ask the mayor: As a practicing Catholic, do you believe the Bible is the word of God?”

Newsom clearly hated the question.

“Pastor, I’m not going to get into a theological debate with you,” the Democrat huffed.

MacArthur fired back, “That’s not a theological debate. That’s just a straight question: Do you believe the Bible is the authoritative word of God?”

When Newsom affirmed the Bible as the authoritative word of God, MacArthur quickly exposed the contradiction between Newsom’s support for the LGBTQ agenda and Christianity.

“Then the Bible says when God created man, He said ‘one man, one woman, cleave together, for life.’ That’s a family. Jesus, in the New Testament, reaffirms that. All of the writers of the Old and New Testament affirm it. Adultery, bestiality, homosexuality was punishable by death according to the Old Testament law because it was so serious in those early years because it literally shattered the hope of civilization,” MacArthur explained. “The New Testament offers us, of course, grace — those sins, our sins, they are forgivable. Jesus died to redeem us from those sins. We’re all sinners.”

RELATED: Christian Pastor John MacArthur issues scathing rebuke of California Gov. Gavin Newsom for running pro-choice billboards

MacArthur was not only concerned about declaring God’s truth in the face of lies. He also cared about Newsom’s salvation.

In 2022, MacArthur wrote a letter to Newsom, then and now governor of California, rebuking him for “rewarding evildoers and punishing the righteous.” Newsom’s policies, the pastor warned, reflect an “unholy, upside-down view of honor and morality.” Politics aside, the goal of the letter was to plead with Newsom to “hear and heed what the Word of God says to men in your position.”

The letter, indeed, warned Newsom about his responsibilities as a leader and God’s judgment. But it also called Newsom to repentance and offered him the gospel.

“One day, not very long from now, you will face that reality. Nothing is more certain,” MacArthur wrote, referring to the judgment of God.

“You will stand in the presence of the Holy God who created you, who is your Judge, and He will demand that you give an account for how you have flouted His authority in your governing, and how you have twisted His own Holy Word to rationalize it. As you look over the precipice of eternity, what will your answer be?

“My plea to you, Sir, is … that you would not go to that day of judgment apart from receiving forgiveness and righteousness through faith in Christ alone,” he went on to write.

“So there is salvation for those who repent. Christ purchased full redemption for all who will turn from wickedness, forsake their evil thoughts and actions, and trust fully in Him as Lord and Savior.

“Our church, and countless Christians nationwide, are praying for your full repentance. Please respond to the gospel, forsake the path of wickedness you have pursued all your life, turn to Christ, ask for forgiveness, and use your office to advance the cause of righteousness (as is your duty) instead of undermining it (as has been your pattern),” MacArthur pleaded.

Uncompromising. Bold. Full of truth. A lion of the faith. This is MacArthur’s legacy. A faithful servant of his Lord, Jesus Christ, now home for eternity.

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Mike Waltz is in the hot seat as the Senate kicks off his contentious confirmation hearing to serve as ambassador to the United Nations.

Waltz, who previously served as national security adviser to President Donald Trump, was removed from the role following a string of scandals. Most notably, Waltz accidentally added the editor in chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a private Signal group chat with other administration officials where they discussed and coordinated an imminent airstrike against the Houthis in Yemen.

‘I was hoping to hear you had some sense of regret.’

Although Waltz has taken full responsibility for the “embarrassing” slipup, “Signalgate” was the Democrats’ cannon fodder of choice on Tuesday.

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware pressed the nominee over the use of Signal to communicate about ongoing military operations, saying it is “not an appropriate, secure means of communicating highly sensitive information.” Coons also asked Waltz if he had been investigated over the incident.

“The use of Signal, as an encrypted app, is not only authorized, it was recommended by the Biden-era CISA guidance,” Waltz said in defense of the chat.

RELATED: Scott Jennings shreds media’s narrative around Trump admin Signal group chat

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“Of course, there was no classified information exchanged,” Waltz added.

Coons reiterated his concerns over the “demonstrably sensitive information” that was leaked by the chat, asking Waltz again if he had been investigated for it.

“The White House conducted an investigation, and my understanding is that the Department of Defense is still conducting the investigation,” Waltz said.

“At the time, you took responsibility for adding a journalist to the Signal chat,” Coons said in response. “But it doesn’t seem to me that the administration’s taken any action to make sure this doesn’t happen again. … I was hoping to hear you had some sense of regret.”

RELATED: Senate Democrats set to grill Mike Waltz over ‘Signalgate’ during confirmation hearing

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Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) also grilled Waltz over the alleged sharing of sensitive information on Signal. Waltz confirmed when pressed that “Signal has not been approved for use by U.S. government officials for the sharing of classified information.”

Senator Kaine didn’t stop there. He pressed Waltz on the ongoing investigations surrounding the alleged Signal leak of classified information. Waltz responded: “I shouldn’t and can’t comment on an ongoing investigation, but what I can do is echo Secretary [Pete] Hegseth’s testimony that no names, targets, locations, units, routes, sources, method … no classified information was shared.”

Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) accused Waltz of avoiding responsibility, saying that it was not an acceptable excuse to say that Jeffrey Goldberg was “sucked in” to the message group.

Booker continued, “Instead, in a moment when our national security was clearly compromised, you denied, you deflected, then you demeaned and degraded those people who objectively told the truth and criticized your actions.”

“It shows profound cowardice. … Even after weeks, if not months, of reflection, you couldn’t sit before this committee and take some responsibility.”

Waltz faced pressure from his own party as well. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) questioned Waltz on where his loyalties exactly lie: “I guess it just worries me that you come more from the Liz Cheney wing of the party than the Donald Trump wing of the party.”

Waltz, a former U.S. representative from Florida, affirmed his loyalty to President Trump, citing his voting record in Congress: “Senator, I am squarely with the president. I’ve been with him in every single election I’ve participated in.”

Mike Waltz needs a majority vote in the 53-47 Republican-controlled Senate to be confirmed as the new U.N. ambassador. A vote on his nomination is expected before the U.N. General Assembly opens on September 9.

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Election officials in one of the bluest cities in Michigan may soon have to give answers under oath about an election-related imbalance that always seems to favor Democrats.

In 2022, the Michigan GOP and the Republican National Committee sued various officials in Flint, Michigan, after the city hired just a fraction of the number of Republican polling inspectors required by state law.

‘It’s about making sure that courts are open to decide important questions about people’s rights.’

The state statute demands that “board of election commissioners shall appoint at least 1 election inspector from each major political party and shall appoint an equal number, as nearly as possible, of election inspectors in each election precinct from each major political party.”

However, of the 562 inspectors appointed by the Flint election commissioners, just 57 were Republicans, court documents said.

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

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Despite the gross disparity, lower courts in Michigan dismissed the lawsuit, claiming that the state and national Republican parties lacked standing. These Republican organizations “cannot show that they are interested parties who are entitled to a declaratory judgment,” the majority opinion from the Michigan Court of Appeals determined in 2024. The 2-1 decision added that the groups “do not have a legally protected interest in the enforcement of” the applicable statutes.

A supermajority of the decidedly liberal Michigan Supreme Court disagreed.

On Monday, the state’s highest court ruled 5-1 that the Michigan Republican Party and the RNC do in fact have “a unique interest in ensuring the fair and equal treatment of party-affiliated candidates during voting and the counting of ballots.” The ruling added that such “fair and equal treatment” “is fulfilled through party-affiliated election inspectors.”

The ruling gives new life to the GOP lawsuit, allowing it to proceed at the lower courts. Should it be retried, “Flint officials will be forced to explain themselves under oath,” Rod D. Martin, tech entrepreneur and CEO of Martin Capital, noted.

“Democrats stacked the deck in Flint,” Martin continued on social media. “Now they’ll have to answer for it.”

Michael Whatley, chairman of the RNC, likewise cheered the ruling as “another major win for election integrity!”

“Every voter deserves transparency and fairness — and that starts with equal representation among poll workers,” he continued in a statement posted to social media.

Republican state Rep. Bryan Posthumus of Rockford is likewise pleased.

“The Supreme Court made the right call in overturning the lower court’s ruling,” Posthumus said in a statement to Blaze News. “The fight to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections is a continuous one, and this is a big battle to win.”

Even the ACLU of Michigan celebrated the decision. ACLU attorney Phil Mayor claimed that the GOP lawsuit “really deserved to be heard.”

“The underlying case may be about politics, but the standing question that the Michigan Supreme Court decided today is not about politics. It’s about making sure that courts are open to decide important questions about people’s rights,” Mayor said, according to Michigan Public.

RELATED: 16 noncitizens apparently voted in Michigan in 2024 — and liberals are cheering about it

Michael Whatley and President-elect Donald Trump meet in Arizona in December 2024.Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Flint is not the only heavily Democratic city in Michigan to be sued for failing to hire enough Republican election inspectors. In August, the RNC sued Detroit on similar grounds.

At that point, only 335 of the more than 500 precincts in Detroit had provided legally required information about polling workers. Of those 335, at least 202 “did not have any Republican election inspectors,” the lawsuit said, even though the Detroit clerk had received in May a list of nearly 700 Republicans willing to serve.

Though the city had hired at least 250 Republicans, those supposed Republicans were not nominated by the party.

Detroit settled that lawsuit just before the 2024 general election, agreeing to adjust “processes and protocols” to accord with state law.

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Just like BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey, founder of Live Action Lila Rose is a fierce pro-life advocate.

However, while they agree on social issues that concern morality, when it comes to their perspectives on faith, they differ slightly.

“Something that I hear a lot,” says Stuckey, “is that the church has always been so clear on this … and Protestantism has given way to division. And the Catholic Church is unified, but Protestantism, the fruit of it is this dissension and all of these denominations.”

“And yet when you look at, statistically, what professing Catholics say they believe and what professing Protestants say they believe, it seems to me, if we are to believe a Pew research or something like that, that Protestants, when it comes to things like abortion, when it comes to things like homosexuality, statistically we’re a lot more united on ‘This is what the Bible says,’” she continues.

Meanwhile, Stuckey says that according to these Pew Research studies, 68% of Catholics “say that they’re pro-choice” and 70% of Catholics believe that “non-Christians can go to heaven.”

“So my question is if the Catholic Church is a bastion of unity, why are professing Catholics so disunified when it comes to these really big moral, theological issues?” she asks Rose.

“These words might mean even different things to people, and might be lending some of the confusion,” Rose responds, noting that the Catholics who view missing weekly mass as a mortal sin will be a different story.

“They’re going to be pretty pro-life and pretty down the line, largely speaking, on sexual ethics,” she says. “There’s still going to be confusion even on contraception and IVF, things of this nature.”

“But I think that cohort, they’re doing the weekly gathering as God has commanded of worship, of the Mass, right? So I think it would depend on the groups we’re comparing, quite frankly, because I do know the idea of ‘I’m a believer, I’m a Christian, or I’m an evangelical’ can be very watered down, here in the United States and globally in terms of what that means with morality,” she adds.

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Senate Democrats are preparing to grill Mike Waltz during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to question Mike Waltz, a former Trump adviser and prospective U.N. ambassador.

‘Mike’s used to taking incoming fire.’

Waltz, who was ousted from the National Security adviser role in May following what has been called “Signalgate,” is set to face the public for the first time concerning his involvement in the scandal. Signalgate allegedly involved a private message chain with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, and others discussing war plans.

Mike Waltz took the fall when it was revealed that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of the Atlantic, was added to the chain.

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“This will be a chance for senators to question the former national security adviser and nominee to be U.N. ambassador, which has historically been a significant foreign policy post,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who sits on the committee, told USA TODAY in anticipation of today’s hearing.

The U.S. ambassador seat for the United Nations has been largely vacant during the second Trump administration. Filling the seat was further frustrated when Trump withdrew his nomination for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) at the end of March.

“He’ll be fine. Mike won’t have any issues,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla) told the Independent. “I mean, the Democrats are gonna do their thing. Whatever. Mike’s used to taking incoming fire.”

Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida, needs a majority vote to be confirmed in the 53-47 Republican-controlled Senate.

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