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Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is disturbed — but unsurprised — by the recent brawl out of Cincinnati, and he blames the “culture of fear” for why such a violent attack is able to take place in his state.

“Glenn, I think that the basic point is common sense. We should not have everyday, hardworking Americans who are afraid to go into their cities — particularly a city like Cincinnati — for fear of assault, for fear of battery,” Ramaswamy tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program.”

Ramaswamy also spoke to one of the victims of the Cincinnati brawl, Holly, who was knocked out cold by a black man.

“At the time I had spoken to her, one of the things that surprised me is that she said not a single state or local official had even reached out to her at that point in time. And that was on Monday, after the Friday night of the incident, which was remarkable,” he explains.

“And I can see why, in part, because there is a culture of fear around these issues relating to violence and urban crime,” he adds.

According to the stats, the current risk in Cincinnati of being a victim of violent crime is 1 in 137.

“So, my view is, I don’t care what Democrat or Republican Party you’re in. I don’t care what your skin color is. We ought to be united around the issue of fighting and violent crime in our cities. And this is, in part, directly the result … of this defund the police, the anti-cop, anti-rule of law culture that spread across the country,” Ramaswamy tells Glenn.

Glenn was, of course, also disturbed by what he’d seen in the video footage of the attack.

“What I saw were people that were cheering it on or not involved suddenly jumping in and getting involved, which was terrifying. When the female went down, I thought they killed her. I mean, her eyes were open. She was out cold,” he recalls.

“I’ve talked to her several times in the last week, Glenn, and it is very sad. She’s a working mom. She’s a single mother, and she’s somebody who on a rare occasion went to the city to have a good time for a friend’s birthday party,” Ramaswamy explains, noting that the victim was forced to call an Uber after the attack.

“There wasn’t an ambulance,” he tells Glenn. “She called an Uber.”

Not only that, but Ramaswamy also refers to reports that one of her assailants was let out on bond for a different alleged crime earlier that month.

“So, we’ve got to rethink some of the breakages in our judicial system,” he says.

“And that’s why I’m running for governor,” he continues, adding, “I do think that we have had too many politicians who have tried to sweep these issues under the rug for too long.”

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Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives responded to an aggravated robbery and shooting in the 13700 block of Victoria Street near Evanston in East Harris County last week, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

Authorities said an adult male allegedly approached a victim outside his home, pointed a handgun at the victim, and took the victim’s wallet and keys.

Cantera fled the scene on foot, the sheriff’s office said. But he wouldn’t get far.

But deputies told KTRK-TV that the victim’s family members came outside.

The sheriff’s office said that when the suspect — identified as 18-year-old Anthony L. Cantera — pointed a gun at them and opened fire, one of the victim’s family members returned fire.

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Anthony L. Cantera. Image source: Harris County (Texas) Sheriff Ed Gonzalez

Cantera fled the scene on foot, the sheriff’s office said. But he wouldn’t get far.

A short time later, deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim at a residence located in the 800 block of Nadolney Street — less than half a mile from the initial scene on Victoria Street.

There, deputies located a male matching the original suspect’s description who was suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, authorities said.

The individual was identified as Cantera — the same male identified as the suspect in the earlier incident on Victoria Street — and he was charged with aggravated robbery, the sheriff’s office said.

Detectives believe Cantera — who was hospitalized in fair condition and received treatment for his wound — was involved in several other robberies.

Anyone with information related to this incident or the suspect is urged to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit at 713-221-6000 or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS (8477).

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Former CNN journalist Jim Acosta was criticized widely for recording an “interview” with an AI reconstruction of a child who was killed in the horrific massacre at Parkland in 2018.

The AI construct was made to look and sound like Joaquin Oliver, who was killed at 17 years old. Oliver’s parents approve of the avatar in order to seek increased gun control legislation.

‘This isn’t an interview. … It’s unethical and exploitative.’

“I’ll be having a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting in 2018. But his parents have created an AI version of their son to deliver a powerful message on gun violence,” Acosta said on social media.

He posted a preview where he asks the AI avatar what solution it had to gun crime.

“I believe in a mix of stronger gun control laws, mental health support, and community engagement. We need to create safe spaces for conversations and connections, making sure everyone feels seen and heard,” the AI construct said.

Acosta was excoriated by many on both sides of the aisle for the bizarre stunt.

“This is the kind of journalism that Jim Acosta is doing without the guardrails of CNN,” said Chuck Ross of the Washington Free Beacon.

“This isn’t an interview, Jim. And you know that. It’s unethical and exploitative,” journalist Jim Stinson responded.

“This is obviously exploitive tragedy-mongering that no serious journalist would go near, so naturally Acosta is all over it,” replied Mark Hemingway of RealClearInvestigations.

“Jim Acosta is ok with deep fakes as long as the AI puppet says words that agree with his politics,” another critic said.

“It’s bad enough that this kid’s grief-stricken parents are turning to AI to keep their son ‘alive’ but doesn’t this breach some level of journalistic ethics to interview the AI ghost of a dead kid?” another detractor said. “I realize that’s a rhetorical question bc it’s Jim Acosta but still … grotesque.”

RELATED: Parkland survivor was praised for confronting Marco Rubio on gun control — he now regrets what he did

Oliver was killed along with 16 others during the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by Nikolas Cruz, a former student. His father, Manuel Oliver, also toured the country in January performing a play about his son and how he died.

“I don’t think politicians are able to solve this problem. It’s not a political answer that I’m expecting here. I’m expecting our society to evolve enough to understand,” he said at the time. “It’s happening with a huge number of young Americans that are more concerned about the things that really matter: climate change, gay rights, women’s rights, and also gun violence.”

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The Democratic governor of New York says the state will also seek redistricting in order to influence the control of Congress, after a redistricting feud broke out between Texas and California.

The Constitution grants each state the responsibility of drawing district maps to determine what groups of voters will be pooled together to vote for their members of Congress. Partisan state lawmakers have used the practice to try to draw district maps to maximize their party’s influence.

‘There’s a phrase, “You have to fight fire with fire.” That is a true statement of how we’re feeling right now.’

Republicans in Texas were accused by Democrats of such “gerrymandering” when they announced a proposal to redistrict that might cut out some Democratic seats. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) responded by saying the liberal-dominated state would redraw districts to cut out Republican seats.

On Monday, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the Empire State would join the fight.

“There’s a phrase, ‘You have to fight fire with fire.’ That is a true statement of how we’re feeling right now,” Hochul said to reporters with state Democrats beside her.

“And as I’ve said, another overused but applicable phrase, ‘All’s fair in love and war.’ That’s why I’m exploring with our leaders every option to redraw our state congressional lines as soon as possible,” she added.

She said that state Democrats were on board with the endeavor. New York has 26 representatives in the U.S. House, 19 of which are Democrats and seven Republican.

Texas Republicans are currently fighting efforts by the Democrats in the minority to avoid allowing a quorum for the redistricting by fleeing the state. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) said Democrats might lose their seats and could face criminal consequences for their behavior.

RELATED: Gov. Gavin Newsom threatens to redistrict California after Texas GOP drops new district map proposal

Newsom fired off a threat to redraw district lines in California on Wednesday after accusing Texan Republicans of caving to demands from President Donald Trump.

“Donald Trump asks for 5 seats and Greg Abbott automatically bends the knee. The 2026 election is being rigged. California won’t sit back and watch this happen,” he wrote on social media.

However, despite the big talk from Hochul, the process of redistricting is so complicated that it would not affect the 2026 election.

“We’re already working on a legislative process, reviewing our legal strategies, and we’ll do everything in our power to stop this brazen assault,” Hochul added.

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Now that Russiagate is out of the bag and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has passed the case to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation, the burning question on everyone’s mind is: Who will face charges?

Author, legal scholar, and attorney Hans Mahncke, however, says there’s a more important question that needs answering first.

On a recent episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” he joined Liz to discuss the single most important factor in potential criminal prosecutions related to Russiagate.

“I do not want to see piddly little perjury charges, a slap on the wrist essentially, for these people who attempted to stage a coup against a duly elected president using false information … and [weaponized] the government against us — we the people. I want serious charges,” Liz says.

“What can these individuals be charged with?” Liz asks.

“I would start off with not the what but the where,” Mahncke says.

“If the idea is to charge them in Washington, D.C., or across the river in Arlington, so that’s the Eastern District of Virginia, you might as well just not charge them at all. … Because there is no way a jury in those places is going to convict these people.”

“Is there a way to avoid those jurisdictions?” Liz asks.

“Absolutely, there’s many creative ways, but it just seems that Democrats are much better at using these creative ways,” Mahncke says, pointing to the case of Douglass Mackey, known as “Ricky Vaughn,” who was convicted in 2023 for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election by posting deceptive memes encouraging Hillary Clinton supporters to vote by text.

“He had nothing to do with Manhattan or New York or anything like that. No connection at all. He lived in Florida. … They charged him up there because they knew they would get a friendly jury who would convict him,” Mahncke says.

“The way they tied it in, it was like, ‘Well, his Twitter feed was being read in New York, hence we can charge him there.’ Well, all these [Russiagate] crimes that these people committed, they affected the people in Oklahoma, in Texas, in West Virginia.”

“You can definitely create angles to go to Florida or any of these other places, so that would be my overriding priority. Make sure you do it in the right jurisdiction. Otherwise, just don’t do it at all.”

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

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The Department of Justice is opening a grand jury investigation into the allegations against Democratic officials of a conspiracy dubbed “Russiagate,” according to sources who spoke to Fox News Digital.

The report said that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed her staff to open the grand jury investigation on Monday morning. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had issued a criminal referral on the basis of unearthed documents substantiating the accusation that the probe into President Donald Trump was meant to influence the election.

‘I’ve seen up close the self-serving tactics of people who put ambition and influence over their oath to the Constitution.’

Gabbard’s memo was titled “Intelligence Community suppression of intelligence showing ‘Russian and criminal actors did not impact’ the 2016 presidential election via cyber-attacks on infrastructure.”

Gabbard accused former President Barack Obama and his officials of contriving a “narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Trump win” and “selling it to the American people as though it were true.”

A spokeperson for the Justice Department said the organization would not comment on the existence of a grand jury investigation but that Bondi was taking the referral from Gabbard “very seriously.” The spokesperson added that Bondi believed there was “clear cause for deep concern” about the allegations.

No charges have yet been filed against anyone, but a grand jury investigation would be a precursor to charges being filed.

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“I’ve seen up close the self-serving tactics of people who put ambition and influence over their oath to the Constitution,” Gabbard said in an interview with Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck.

“Like many others, I’ve sworn to defend that Constitution in uniform and in office,” she added. “That’s why this work matters so much. I carry a heavy responsibility — but it’s one I embrace with purpose.”

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State officials in Wyoming are implementing a plan to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to address the ongoing illegal immigration crisis.

Last week, Governor Mark Gordon (R) announced that the Wyoming Highway Patrol entered into an agreement to join ICE’s 287(g) program, which allows non-federal agencies to “enforce certain aspects of U.S. immigration law.”

‘The contribution to public safety is significant, and it leverages ICE’s limited resources here in Wyoming.’

Under ICE’s oversight, WHP officers will be authorized to “perform specified immigration officer functions.”

Gordon called the new agreement “another step” in Wyoming’s commitment to assisting with securing the border.

He stated, “Our nation’s security depends upon effective immigration enforcement, and I am proud that our Wyoming Highway Patrol continues to support this effort and is now formalizing their commitment to this work through our agreement with ICE.”

Robert Guadian, the Denver Field Officer director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, called the program “a great force multiplier for my ICE officers in Wyoming.”

RELATED: Florida sheriff: Feds are running out of space because we’re arresting so many illegal aliens

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“I applaud the governor for joining with us to keep Wyoming communities safe,” Guadian said.

WHP agreed to participate in the program’s Task Force Model, which “allows your officers to enforce limited immigration authority while performing routine police duties,” according to ICE’s website.

“An ICE supervisor determines next steps. These officers may also exercise limited immigration authority as active participants on ICE-led task forces,” it notes.

Gordon explained that the WHP is preparing a “phased rollout” of the model that will allow local officers to receive free ICE training and access the agency’s databases.

RELATED: Sheriffs in Democratic strongholds partner with ICE to back Trump’s deportation surge

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images

WHP Administrator Col. Tim Cameron stated, “Our troopers are uniquely positioned to support immigration enforcement through our daily operations along Wyoming’s interstates — key corridors for cross-country travel that are sometimes exploited for unlawful activity. The 287(g) agreement enhances our ability to identify individuals in violation of federal immigration law and take appropriate action under ICE’s direction.”

“This partnership strengthens public safety, expands our access to federal resources and intelligence, and reinforces the strong working relationships we maintain with local law enforcement,” he added.

Cameron told WyoFile that the department’s limited rollout will begin by enrolling only one to two troopers each from Laramie, Carbon, Sweetwater, Natrona, and Campbell Counties in ICE’s training.

“This is not every trooper, it is not carte blanche, you are not an immigration officer,” Cameron explained. “It gives you very specific and limited authority to perform very specific functions under ICE’s direction.”

“The contribution to public safety is significant, and it leverages ICE’s limited resources here in Wyoming,” he told the news outlet.

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The Trump administration quietly ended a decree from the late President Jimmy Carter that introduced diversity, equity, and inclusion policies into government hiring practices decades ago.

The decree was the result of a 1979 Supreme Court finding in Luevano v. Ezell that the government civil service exam was unlawful because black and Hispanic applicants were not passing it at the same rate as white applicants. Carter issued the 1981 decree that shut down the exam and called on federal agencies to produce a test that had equal outcomes for the different demographics.

‘It’s about time people are judged not by their identity but instead “by the content of their character.”‘

The Office of Personnel Management has tried to create a test six times but failed, leading agencies to be forced to hire workers without any similar testing.

With the end of Carter’s decree, government workers can be tested without officials worrying about the disparate impact on minorities, contingent, of course, on any new court challenges.

Research psychologist Russell T. Warne said the end of the decree could led to “seismic changes in how the Civil Rights Act is interpreted in employment law.”

“For over four decades, this decree has hampered the federal government from hiring the top talent of our nation,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon in a statement from the Justice Department. “Today, the Justice Department removed that barrier and reopened federal employment opportunities based on merit — not race.”

The America First Legal Foundation filed a federal complaint in May to end the decree.

“Being able to recruit the best and brightest to work in Washington returns dividends for the country by doing more with less,” said AFL Vice President Dan Epstein to Fox News Digital. “That is what all Americans deserve from their government.”

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“It’s simple. Competence and merit are the standards by which we should all be judged; nothing more and nothing less,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro of the District of Columbia.

“It’s about time people are judged not by their identity but instead ‘by the content of their character,'” she added.

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Repeating a strategy from their 2021 playbook, scores of Texas House Democrats fled the Lone Star State on Sunday — a decision they may come to regret.

The last time that they abandoned their posts en masse, Texas House Democrats were attempting to prevent the passage of legislation that would improve election integrity. This time around, the legislators are desperately trying to block a redistricting plan that would help the GOP gain five more congressional pickup opportunities ahead of the midterm elections.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) indicated that unless the “derelict Democrat House members” returned to Texas and showed up when the House reconvened at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, they would be removed from office.

Abbott noted further that the absentee legislators could face felony charges if they sought and/or took money to avoid the vote and pay down their $500-per-day fine for breaking the quorum.

Now that the deadline has passed and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) announced Monday afternoon that a “quorum is not present,” Abbott quickly made clear that there would be real consequences.

The eponymous host of BlazeTV’s “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” told Blaze News, “Governor Abbott must hold these lawless Democrats accountable. Our leadership cannot allow Democrats to dictate the direction of the state when the Texans voted for a clear Republican majority.”

RELATED: Gov. Abbott threatens to remove from office ‘derelict’ Democrats who abdicated their duties

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“Governor Abbott and Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows face what may be the most defining moment of their careers today,” continued Gonzales. “Vacate the seats, issue arrest warrants, and charge those soliciting donations to evade fines with felonies. Set a precedent that this can never happen again.”

“It is imperative that Texas leads on this,” added the BlazeTV host.

Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck noted that he hopes, “if a court approves it, that Governor Abbott replaces every one of them.”

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When making his threat on Sunday, Abbott referred to an August 2021 advisory opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton, which states that “through a quo warranto action, a district court may determine that a legislator has forfeited his or her office due to abandonment and can remove the legislator from office, thereby creating a vacancy.”

While uncertain about the speediness and workability of the removal proposal, Paxton appeared confident on Monday that state Republicans would ultimately prevail with the help of Abbott’s resolve, Democrat arrests, and time.

RELATED: Democrat offers bizarre spin on imploding support for his party — and he’s getting amazing backlash

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“Now that they’ve let them out of the state, it’s going to take a little longer,” Paxton told Benny Johnson, “but I am very optimistic if the governor — and I believe the governor will have resolve — if keeps calling them back, it’s going to be a challenge for all 51 of them to stay out of the state for the rest of their lives.”

After the Monday deadline, Paxton stated, “Instead of showing up to work and doing the jobs they were elected to do, House Democrat members have fled the state in a cowardly desertion of their responsibilities as elected officials. These jet-setting runaways abandoned Texas, abdicated their duties in the House, and sacrificed their constituents for a publicity stunt.”

“I am prepared to do everything in my power to hold them accountable because these liberal lawmakers are not above the law,” continued Paxton. “It’s imperative that they be swiftly arrested, punished, and face the full force of the law for turning their backs on the people of Texas.”

The Texas House passed a motion Monday to issue arrest warrants for the Democrats who abandoned their posts.

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House Democrats who broke quorum can be dragged into the state legislature thanks to a 2021 Texas Supreme Court ruling.

After the House issued warrants to compel members back to the chamber, Abbott announced that he had ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to “locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans.”

“This order will remain in effect until all missing Democrat House members are accounted for and brought to the Texas Capitol,” added the governor.

Aaron Reitz, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general and former Trump Department of Justice official, told Blaze News, “Governor Abbott has made clear what needs to happen. Democrats should return to work and accept that Texas will have these maps — whether the Left likes it or not. Their resistance is futile.”

Reitz took aim at the Democrat legislators’ rhetoric surrounding their collective abdication of duty, noting, “Democrats are accusing Republicans of anti-democratic behavior to distract from their own. This isn’t a power-grab — these new districts more accurately reflect the political preferences and geographic realities of Texas voters and comply with current court rulings.”

“The real issue for Democrats is that these maps ruin their plan to seize a House majority in 2026,” continued Reitz. “That’s why they’re resorting to political stunts instead of doing their jobs.”

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Jake Adler, founder of the medical startup Pilgrim, was willing to bleed to show investors he was serious about his product.

At just age 21, the biotech entrepreneur is so convinced his product has legs that he wounded his own.

In a video sent to investors, Adler sterilized his thighs before reminding viewers that his product is intended to undergo proper and rigorous clinical investigations. But that didn’t stop him from testing it on himself first.

‘I’m allowed to do anything to my own body.’

Adler reportedly numbed his legs with lidocaine before using a medical device, a punch biopsy tool, to create two “scientifically precise wounds.”

Adler then applied his product, called Kingsfoil, to one of the open wounds. The other wound was left undressed as a control subject.

Kingsfoil is a clay-based hemostatic dressing that turns into a gel-like matter when it touches the skin. It is designed to help close wounds and aid in healing.

The product seemingly stalled the bleeding on the wound it was applied to, according to Business Insider, which reviewed the video.

“I was very cautious,” he told the outlet.

“When I looked through the laws, there was nothing that inherently said I couldn’t do a test on myself.”

Adler added, “In the same way you can get a tattoo, I’m allowed to do anything to my own body.”

With a warning not to try this at home, Adler showed he was willing to go to any length to get his product to market. A few huge investments later, the young entrepreneur is pushing toward what he has been primed to do for years.

RELATED: Bioscience secrets reveal you need to chew harder — and use better gum

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Adler got a head start in 2023, acquiring a Thiel Fellowship just a year after graduating high school. The fellowship, backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, funds young people who “want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.”

“Two years. $200,000. Some ideas can’t wait,” the website reads.

By March 2025, Pilgrim had acquired $3.25 million in investments, capital that has since ballooned to $4.3 million in seed funding at the time of this writing.

Now, Adler openly recognizes how his fellowship was able to eat up some of the initial costs that cause so many startups to stumble out of the gate. Adler says that while it can take most companies many more months to gain approval, Kingsfoil is able to accelerate its timeline thanks to partnerships with the Department of Defense.

RELATED: This ‘Star Wars’ vehicle is now real, and you don’t need a license to fly one

Adler named Kingsfoil after the healing herb in “The Lord of the Rings.”

The tech space is rife with these types of references to the J.R.R. Tolkien corpus; Alex Karp’s Palantir is named after a seeing stone, Palmer Luckey’s tech company Anduril refers to a sword, and Luckey’s cryptobank startup Erebor is a mountain in the same lore.

While Adler admits that most of his ideas can be credited to works of fantasy, the unofficial banner under which these startups are named immediately evokes the expectation of an elevated standard. When a startup in this orbit uses one of these fantasy-themed monikers, it is expected to be both serious and promising.

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Adler explained in a March interview that his aspirations are focused on helping U.S. armed forces increase their readiness when it comes to defense, not weaponry.

For example, in addition to Kingsfoil, he has looked into the possibilities of controlling “sleep architecture” so that soldiers can feel as if they have slept for five hours when they have only slept for three. Adler does not want soldiers to rely on pharmaceuticals for rest or alertness.

The biotech entrepreneur also said he wants to build soldier readiness when it comes to chemical threats and create a system that can detect airborne pathogens or poisons. According to Business Insider, that system, dubbed ARGUS, would be coupled with Voyager, an inhaled mist to help the body neutralize chemicals (such as nerve agents) before they reach the bloodstream.

Pilgrim is just a five-person team, however, and these products are still prototypes or in the research and development stages.

As for Kingsfoil, its only current known side effect is minor skin irritation.

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President Donald Trump praised the highly debated American Eagle clothing advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. At the same time, President Trump lampooned a car manufacturer for a “stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement,” which he said resulted in a “TOTAL DISASTER.”

The 27-year-old Hollywood actress – who already has 61 acting credits to her name – became the face of a new ad campaign by American Eagle. One of the commercials – which already boasts nearly five million views – shows Sweeney clad in jeans.

‘Go get ‘em Sydney!’

The tagline of the ad is: “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” which is a word play for the “great genes” of the attractive actress.

However, liberals and leftists are up in arms over the ad, even claiming that it is a dog whistle for eugenics and a glorification of whiteness and even describing the jeans commercial as Nazi propaganda.

As Blaze News recently reported, American Eagle dismissed the accusations that the ad had nefarious connotations.

“‘Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans’ is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story,” the clothing company said in a statement. “We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.”

RELATED: Empower this! Sydney Sweeney calls out backstabbing Hollywood mean girls

Left-leaning BuzzFeed News attempted to shame Sweeney by reporting that the actress is a registered Republican in Florida.

According to public voting records, a person – with the same birthdate as the model – named “Sydney B. Sweeney” registered as a Republican in June 2024 in Monroe County, Florida. Sweeney’s middle name is Bernice.

However, the revelation only brought praise from President Trump.

On Sunday, a reporter informed the president about the new report that Sweeney is a registered Republican.

Trump responded, “She’s a registered Republican? Oh, now I love her ad. Is that right?”

“You’d be surprised at how many people are Republicans,” Trump continued. “That’s one I wouldn’t have known, but I’m glad you told me that. If Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican, I think her ad is fantastic.”

RELATED: America’s cultural comeback: American Eagle swaps woke ads for Sydney Sweeney and Shelby GT350

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‘Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be.’

Trump followed up his support of Sweeney in a post on the Truth Social app.

“Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there,” the president began. “It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves.’ Go get ‘em Sydney!”

Trump used the post to contrast the American Eagle ad to Jaguar’s progressive rebrand, which the president torched as a woke disaster.

President Trump noted, “On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement, THAT IS A TOTAL DISASTER! The CEO just resigned in disgrace, and the company is in absolute turmoil. Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.”

Jaguar’s CEO Adrian Mardell is set to resign, Reuters reported last week.

As Blaze News covered extensively, the storied British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar suffered a significant collapse following a 2024 ad campaign that many deemed to be super progressive and woke.

Trump highlighted the “go woke, go broke” lesson that Bud Light encountered from the Dylan Mulvaney marketing debacle, which caused Bud Light to drop from the top-selling beer to the third, while parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev lost roughly $1.4 billion in sales since the transgender activist controversy.

Trump said Bud Light “went woke” and was “essentially destroyed” from boycotts by conservatives.

Trump concluded, “The tide has seriously turned — Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

As of 2:30 p.m. EST, American Eagle stock had spiked by more than 23% after Trump applauded the company’s jeans ad featuring the “White Lotus” and “Euphoria” star.

As Blaze News reported in August 2022, liberals attempted to cancel Sweeney because a handful of guests at her mother’s surprise 60th birthday were wearing “Make America Great Again”-inspired hats and a “blue lives matter” shirt.

RELATED: Hot girls and denim: American Eagle rediscovers a winning formula

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President Donald Trump declared war on gender ideology and the corresponding child sex-change regime upon retaking office. Despite the efforts of non-straight activists and overreaching federal judges, the campaign is off to a great start.

Pursuant to the president’s Jan. 28 executive order titled “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” the Department of Justice has launched criminal investigations into several hospitals that have provided children with destructive sex-change procedures, and the administration has threatened offending medical institutions’ federal funding.

In the face of this crackdown, some of the worst institutional offenders listed in the medical advocacy group Do No Harm’s Stop the Harm Database have closed shop.

Stanford Medicine, for instance, paused its sex-change services for minor patients on June 2; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shuttered its infamous child sex-change center on July 22; and Kaiser Permanente recently announced it will stop providing sex-change surgeries for patients under 19 beginning Aug. 29.

Democrats continue to defend the crumbling sex-change regime despite the unscientific nature of “gender-affirming care,” the falsity of the narrative constructed in its defense, and Americans’ majoritive opposition to the barbaric practice.

Attorneys general from over a dozen states — California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin — plus the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order, accusing the administration of violating federal law and of encroaching on states’ rights in violation of the 10th Amendment.

RELATED: Sacrificing body parts and informed consent to the sex-change regime

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The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, claims that Section 8 of the executive order, specifically, is “unconstitutional and unlawful.”

In that section, Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to:

Review and enforce 18 U.S.C. § 116, which prohibits female genital mutilation on minors; “Prioritize investigations and take appropriate action to end deception of consumers, fraud, and violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by any entity that may be misleading the public about long-term side effects of chemical and surgical mutilation”; and”Prioritize investigations and take appropriate action to end child-abusive practices by so-called sanctuary States that facilitate stripping custody from parents who support the healthy development of their own children.”

The Democratic coalition, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, demanded in their complaint that the federal court declare that health care provider-approved sex-change mutilations on minors do not violate the Female Genital Mutilation statute; the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or the False Claims Act.

“The federal government is running a cruel and targeted harassment campaign against providers who offer lawful, lifesaving care to children,” James said in a statement. “This administration is ruthlessly targeting young people who already face immense barriers just to be seen and heard, and are putting countless lives at risk in the process.”

‘I’m glad that these leftists are making it crystal clear where exactly they stand so they can be held responsible to the fullest extent of the law.’

Non-straight activists recycled the disproven claim that sex-change procedures save lives in their support of the lawsuit and in opposition to the Trump administration’s protection of minors.

Carla Smith, the CEO of the New York City LGBT Community Center, for example, stated that “the Trump administration’s actions endanger the lives of young people who already face disproportionate rates of depression and suicide. We applaud Attorney General James and this coalition of attorneys general for standing up to these attacks and defending the right to gender-affirming care that is clearly recognized, supported, and protected by law.”

Chloe Cole, a detransitioner who has raised awareness across the country about the horrors and fallout of sex-change medical interventions, told Blaze News she had mixed feelings about the lawsuit.

RELATED: Another white flag! Child sex-change regime continues to collapse under weight of Trump enforcement

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“I’d hoped AG James and the other states would let this gender ideology fade into obscurity — the best outcome for kids. Instead, by suing the Trump administration to shield puberty blockers and surgeries, they’re doubling down and showing just how deeply indoctrinated they are,” Cole said. “No family is truly safe in a state where children are being mutilated.”

Cole — who received sterilizing puberty blockers and hormone therapy at Kaiser Permanente at the age of 13, then underwent a double mastectomy — added, “When all this is over, I’m glad that these leftists are making it crystal clear where exactly they stand so they can be held responsible to the fullest extent of the law.”

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman at Do No Harm, said in a statement to Blaze News, “With this lawsuit, the Democratic attorneys general are rejecting science and common sense. Ending these dangerous treatments for children is consistent with the evidence-based standards for treating children suffering from gender dysphoria.”

“Meanwhile, this lawsuit is premised upon the cult of identity politics that profits from these irreversible and experimental procedures,” Goldfarb continued. “Anyone who prioritizes an ideological and harmful agenda of gender activists over protecting children and providing them high-quality care should be ashamed.”

The Trump administration is ready to fight back and confident it will ultimately prove victorious over the child sex-change regime.

“On day one, President Trump took decisive action to stop the despicable mutilation and chemical castration of children — which everyday Americans resoundingly support,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Blaze News. “The president has the lawful authority to protect America’s vulnerable children through executive action, and the administration looks forward to ultimate victory on this issue.”

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The Trump administration is once again pressuring anti-Israel actors, this time by denying federal funds for disaster relief.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, updated its terms and conditions Friday such that any city found to be boycotting Israel will be denied disaster relief funds. If a city is found to have cut or limited its “commercial relations” with Israel, the city will be ineligible for a portion of the $1.9 billion in federal grants covered by the updated terms.

‘Even worse about this Trump policy … is it only applies to Israel.’

Although DHS categorized this provision as part of its anti-discrimination policy, critics have called the policy “insane,” pointing to the fact that it applies only to Israel and not other foreign countries.

“The Trump admin decision to withhold disaster relief funds is even more insane than I thought,” “Breaking Points” co-host Saagar Enjeti said in a post on X.

RELATED: One Republican’s rhetoric is even starting to spook pro-Israel groups

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“Even worse about this Trump policy — that bans disaster relief funds to any American state or city boycotting Israel — is it only applies to Israel,” Glenn Greenwald said in a post on X. “They can boycott France, or Peru, or UAE, or South Korea, or even other American states and get funds: Just can’t boycott Israel.”

Israel’s relationship with the United States has prompted some Republican lawmakers and even Trump allies to become increasingly skeptical. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia became the first GOP lawmaker to call the war in Gaza a “genocide,” and public sentiment is beginning to shift.

RELATED: Republican lawmaker bucks party, calls ongoing war in Gaza a ‘genocide’

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Support for Israel hit a record-breaking low of 46%, which is the lowest recorded sentiment in 25 years that Gallup has been surveying on the issue. The previous lowest point was 51% support for Israel, which was recorded in 2024 and in 2001.

Despite the slipping support and outrage from certain Republicans, a spokesman for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Reuters that the policy is meant to enforce antidiscrimination efforts.

“DHS will enforce all antidiscrimination laws and policies, including as it relates to the BDS movement, which is expressly grounded in anti-Semitism.”

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When you look up in the sky, you often see planes traversing the air. Sometimes, you’ll see cloudy, white, slowly disappearing contrails following them.

While the government and its defenders will claim these trails are harmless and that flights can easily be tracked and understood from flight tracking apps available to civilians, the director of “FrankenSkies,” Matt Landman, believes that couldn’t be further from the truth.

“After 9/11, so many things went black ops. I mean, Congress signs off these bills, and they don’t even know where half the money is going,” Landman says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“We’re dealing with trillionaires who have doomsday bunkers built. We’re dealing with a new world order that is so evil and out of our comprehension that they literally own that flight tracking app, and they mislead people with that,” he continues.

“Like, imagine if you’re in these evil think tanks and you’re in these evil boardroom discussions, and, like, one example I like to bring up is lead-based paint,” he says. “The gasoline, the petroleum, was leaded. They were fumigating the neighborhoods of America, and children were getting sick from leaded gasoline,” he explains.

Landman says the hypothetical boardroom where evil ideas are discussed is where they realized “the petroleum industry is going to be blamed for poisoning everyone.”

“So let’s quietly make it unleaded. We’ll tell everyone children were eating paint. Perfect. And they come out with these ideas decades in advance. So, the trillionaires are way ahead of us, and, I mean, it’s exciting to have these flight tracking apps, but I’ve learned through being an activist it’s not always as simple as that, and we have to use our own discernment,” he says.

Landman also explains that there are synonyms for chemtrails.

“Some will call it SRM — solar radiation management. Some call it SAI — stratospheric aerosol injections. All these terms are designed to confuse you. You know, ‘Oh, chemtrails is a dirty word, but geoengineering is our savior,’” he says.

“In the United Kingdom, their spraying program is an acronym, SATAN — Satan — and it stands for the Stratospheric Aerosol Transport and Nucleation Program,” he adds.

“That can’t not be on purpose,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray says. “That is insane.”

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Allegations of a massive fraud scheme at a California charter school led to the extraordinary resignation of the entire board of directors.

The California Department of Education is demanding that $180 million given to Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools in Sacramento be paid back after the findings of an audit.

The audit said that the school’s graduation rate was 2.8% in one year and that the rate was so low it ‘dropped the overall statewide graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year by more than half of a percentage point.’

The school’s leadership is accused of nepotism, lying about the number of students served, giving illegal gifts, and using public money for luxury travel.

Dozens of whistleblowers went to KXTV-TV with their accounts of the alleged fraud, which led to a documentary titled “The Wild West of Education,” released in 2024. That led to an audit by the state, which produced a damning 171-page report in June.

The board voted two weeks ago to remove board member Sonja Cameron after she was accused of hiring her daughter to a position with a six-figure salary despite her daughter’s lack of college degree and minimum qualifications. Cameron did not even recuse herself when the board voted to hire her daughter for the position.

KXTV reported that the motion to remove Cameron passed but that she voted against it.

“Well, obviously this is not what I was hoping for this meeting,” Cameron said.

Each of the members then resigned, one after the other.

“This moment is about accountability at every level,” read a statement from the school’s executive director, Jonathan Raymond. “I asked for these resignations because I believe Highlands’ future depends on a clean break from past governance failures. Our community deserves a school governed with integrity, guided by transparency, and built to serve those who’ve historically been left behind. These changes allow us to reset and rebuild from a stronger foundation.”

Despite the resignations, three of the members stayed on to make sure the school is legally operational.

RELATED: City of St. Louis hires man who embezzled $500k from high school scholarship program at St. Louis University

“Those were taxpayer dollars that were wrongfully received by Highlands’ operators,” said state Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D) to KXTV. “So it’s only right they have to pay that money back.”

The audit said that the school’s graduation rate was 2.8% in one year and that the rate was so low it “dropped the overall statewide graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year by more than half of a percentage point.”

Muratsuchi and other state lawmakers are looking to pass bills that would increase oversight over education funds to prevent more fraud.

Among the thousands of students the school served were many refugees from Afghanistan who were connected through the school to resources related to child care, laundry, and domestic violence.

Raymond released a statement indicating that the school would fight having to pay back the $180 million because the repayment would force it to shut down.

“We’re still reviewing the letter and Highlands’ legal options, including appeal. While we acknowledge gaps in attendance reporting and have instituted sweeping reforms, it’s simply false to suggest no instruction took place for two years — thousands of students showed up, learned, and graduated,” said Raymond.

“Let’s be clear: Any suggestion that Highlands could give back $180 million is political theater and would force the school to close,” he added. “Lawmakers, regulators, and CDE cannot let that happen — not to tens of thousands of immigrants, refugees, and second-chance students who count on Highlands as a lifeline.”

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You know it’s gotten dire over at ESPN when Michelle Obama compares the analysts to Bravo’s “The Real Housewives” franchise while chatting with two gay men.

On the July 30 episode of her podcast, “IMO,” the former first lady was candid with fellow podcasters Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang about her thoughts regarding ESPN.

“If I listen to ESPN for an hour, it’s like watching ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ you know? I mean, you know, it’s the same drama, and they’re yelling at each other, and they don’t get along, you know? I mean, Stephen A. Smith, he’s just like every other talk show host,” she said, calling ESPN’s dynamics “sociological drama.”

Jason Whitlock finds the comment hilarious and accurate. It perfectly captures what he’s been saying about ESPN all along: It’s a “feminized clown show.”

“Hats off to Stephen A. Smith and Bob Iger and Ryan Clark and Gilbert Arenas and Shannon Sharpe. You have feminized ESPN to the point that a supermodel first lady, one of the most beautiful women to ever walk in the White House, is talking with her gay friends … about how you remind them of a bunch of housewives in Atlanta,” he jeers.

“[Michelle Obama] is right. It’s a soap opera at ESPN.”

But it’s not just the antics of the hosts on air that make them comparable to Bravo’s bickering, shallow housewives; it’s also the scandals many of them are entangled in.

Whitlock points to Shannon Sharpe’s latest controversy as an example. He had just settled a $50 million lawsuit with 20-year-old OnlyFans model Gabriella Zuniga, who accused him of sexual assault and recording intimate moments without consent, when he was hit with yet another lawsuit — this time a $20 million defamation lawsuit by another woman.

Or take former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, a guest analyst on ESPN’s “First Take,” who was recently arrested and charged with three federal counts for allegedly running high-stakes illegal poker games out of his California mansion. Following the charges, Arenas live-streamed a video of himself laughing about the experience.

Whitlock plays the clip of his incoherent, expletive-ridden recount, during which he laughs maniacally in front of a social media filter of flames.

“I don’t blame [Michelle Obama]. She’s actually accurate here. This is a bunch of feminized men who allow Bob Iger to put puppet strings on them and behave and talk in a buffoonish ghetto fashion,” he sighs.

To see the footage of Michelle’s recent comments and Arenas’ bizarre rant and hear more of Whitlock’s analysis and commentary, watch the episode above.

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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten laid out how President Donald Trump has been one of the most influential presidents so far this century as net migration to the United States drops to historic levels.

Enten showed data during a segment on CNN noting that the United States is on track to have negative net migration for the first time in 50 years. Not only has Trump’s deportation efforts ramped up since January, but the administration says recent labor data shows there have been over 1 million self-deportations so far.

‘We may be dealing with, get this, negative net migration to the United States in 2025.’

“It’s going to be down at least 60%. We may be dealing with, get this, negative net migration to the United States in 2025. … We’re talking down from 2.8 million in 2024,” Enten said in a video posted to X on Sunday.

2024 marked the final full year of the Biden-Harris border crisis.

Enten explained that Trump is also an influential president because tariff rates are at an all-time high, currently sitting at 18% compared to 2% during the same time last year.

The negative net migration could be further boosted by the massive spending increase for the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Secretary Kristi Noem told Blaze Media during her recent tour of South America that her department has made job offers to 1,000 applicants to join ICE, with some of those offers being sent to former officers who left ICE during the Biden-Harris administration out of frustration.

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The goal is to hire 10,000 new ICE agents to bolster the manpower needed to carry out Trump’s promise of mass deportations. To meet that recruiting goal, the White House and DHS have gone all in on promoting the new benefits the One Big Beautiful Bill Act had for ICE agents once it was signed into law.

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It is not just illegal immigration in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. Recently, both Trump and Vice President JD Vance have taken aim at U.S. companies undercutting American citizens by replacing them with H-1B visa holders from places like India.

“That displacement and that math worries me a bit,” Vance said. “And what the president has said, he said very clearly: We want the very best and the brightest to make America their home. We want them to build great companies and so forth. But I don’t want companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then to go and say, ‘We can’t find workers here in America.’ That’s a bulls**t story.”

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A Trump supporter was escorted out of a professional soccer game in St. Louis over his “Make America Great Again” baseball cap.

A video with over one million views on X showed a man, who identified himself as Michael Weitzel, filming his interaction with stadium security and police at Energizer Park, home of St. Louis City SC, a Major League Soccer team.

‘Are these rules equally enforced on everybody?’

Weitzel is seen telling a security guard that he is recording for his own safety when he is approached by a police officer who places a hand on his shoulder.

“I’m being asked to leave by police because of a Donald Trump [hat],” Weitzel says into the camera.

“I’m a Donald Trumper,” the officer replied, seemingly stating his political views align with the fan’s.

The officer then claimed the venue considers itself “nonpolitical” and, therefore, does not want any political messaging present at its games.

At that point, Weitzel panned the camera to a section across the stadium where gay pride flags were being flown.

“So those flags over there,” Weitzel began, before being interrupted by the officer who told him the flags had been “preapproved.”

Weitzel pressed on, “So my question to you guys is: Are these rules equally enforced on everybody?”

“Yes,” the officer and a security guard told him, adding that in order to enforce the rules, they had to apply to him and his “MAGA” hat, as well.

Although he seemed to accept his fate and agreed to leave, Weitzel soon had a change of heart.

RELATED: Florida woman allegedly attacks 72-year-old Trump supporter wearing MAGA hat, batters cop

According to the Post Millennial, Weitzel later tried to comply with the request to remove his hat and stay at the game, but security told him they were “already past that” before requiring him to leave.

Additionally, OutKick reported that Weitzel is actually a season-ticket holder, which could further complicate matters for the organization and its rules.

St. Louis City, staff, and the police officer were seemingly following MLS policy, though. The league states in its Fan Code of Conduct that “displaying signs, symbols or images” for the purposes of advocating for or against any “candidate, political party, legislative issue, or government action” is prohibited.

RELATED: Sydney Sweeney’s provocative ad for jeans leads to complete liberal meltdown: ‘That’s Nazi propaganda!’

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Reporter Gregg Keller, who originally shared Weitzel’s video, claimed that the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is investigating the video. The Justice Department told Blaze News it had no comment on the matter.

Blaze News has also contacted St. Louis City SC regarding the pride flags, whether or not the fan has been banned from future games, and if the organization is open to flying pro-Donald Trump or “MAGA” flags at any of its games.

This story will be updated with any applicable responses.

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President Donald Trump began in April to radically transform how trade is conducted internationally, announcing tariffs on friendly and adversarial nations alike in an effort to settle scores and to exact concessions favorable to the United States, such as those made by Japan and the European Union last month.

“Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it is not going to happen anymore. It’s not going to happen,” Trump said at the “Liberation Day” ceremony where he announced a sweeping list of tariffs. “This will be, indeed, the golden age of America. It’s coming back. And we’re going to come back very strongly.”

This tariff-driven upheaval has rankled establishmentarians at home and abroad — some of whom have launched legal challenges, issued condemnations, and threatened retaliation. Of course, the media has also worked feverishly to paint the tariffs as reckless and as more grease down the slope to economic ruin.

‘Revenue and reciprocity are the twin benefits of the Trump tariffs.’

Nearly four months after the New York Times characterized Trump’s approach as a “burn-it-down-first, figure-out-the-consequences-later recklessness,” the paper admitted on Sunday that the tariffs are already netting a great deal of money for the government.

The Times’ Washington, D.C., tax policy reporter Andrew Duehren confirmed on Sunday that Trump’s recent assertion that “Tariffs are bringing Billions of Dollars into the USA!” was correct.

RELATED: Main Street’s silent plea: Exempt us from the next tariffs

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“Even before the latest tariffs kick in, revenue from taxes collected on imported goods has grown dramatically so far this year,” Duehren wrote. “Customs duties, along with some excise taxes, generated $152 billion through July, roughly double the $78 billion netted over the same time period last fiscal year, according to Treasury data.”

Citing data from the U.S. Treasury Department, the Times indicated that tariffs brought in over $29 billion in the month of July alone.

Analysts reportedly estimated that the tariffs could be worth well over $2 trillion in additional revenue if left untouched over the next 10 years.

“Tariffs are not going to be a huge source of revenue, couple trillion over a decade, but not trivial at all,” Christopher Whalen, chairman of Whalen Global Advisors, told Blaze News in a statement. “But the tariffs are appropriate and are a way to get the world to give at least equal treatment to American goods. Revenue and reciprocity are the twin benefits of the Trump tariffs.”

‘I do not think this is a true source of revenue, only a substitution and reordering of taxes.’

While the tariffs are bringing in boatloads of cash, some critics have noted that Americans are the ones ultimately paying the price — something that might be more tolerable if Trump’s idea to scrap American income tax and lean instead on tariffs as the main source of federal revenue were implemented.

Economic expert and Blaze Media contributor Carol Roth said in a statement to Blaze News, “When you think of the word ‘revenue’ when it comes to the federal government, you should think taxes because that’s the primary source of government revenue. When it comes to revenue from tariffs, it is no different.”

“The majority of the tariff burden is coming not from foreign exporters, but rather from U.S. consumers and U.S. businesses,” Roth said, alluding to a Goldman Sachs analysis that estimated foreign exporters were only absorbing 20% of the higher costs from tariffs.

RELATED: Tariffs vs. free trade: Which is BETTER for the American auto industry?

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Goldman Sachs economists reportedly indicated that eventually, 70% of the direct cost of tariffs would be kicked to consumers through higher prices.

“This means tariffs are mostly revenue that is moving from one pocket to the other, so to speak, as businesses and consumers that pay tariffs then have less money to contribute otherwise to the economy, impacting other tax or government ‘revenue’ collection,” Roth continued. “Unless we fundamentally reorder how taxes are paid (as well as spending) to something that is focused on a consumption tax (which I personally do not think is a good idea given how our economy functions today), I do not think this is a true source of revenue, only a substitution and reordering of taxes.”

‘I think this is addictive.’

“We all know that making the [Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017] tax cuts permanent through the [One Big Beautiful Bill Act] was important to the economy, so why would anyone think that adding in the equivalent of more taxes through tariffs is a good idea?” Roth added. “Also, given that cost of living remains a top issue for Americans, adding costs — even if it is only in certain areas of the economy — is in conflict with the administration’s agenda.”

Regardless of where the money is coming from, there are concerns that the U.S. government might become overly reliant on tariffs as a revenue stream.

“I think this is addictive,” Joao Gomes, a finance and economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, told the Times. “I think a source of revenue is very hard to turn away from when the debt and deficit are what they are.”

The national deficit is presently $1.33 trillion, and the national debt is $36.91 trillion.

Despite Democratic complaints over the tariffs, Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at the Yale Budget Lab, suggested that there may be hesitance among both Republicans and Democrats to roll back the tariffs if that would mean a greater federal debt load.

“Congress may not be excited about taking such a politically risky vote when they didn’t have to vote on tariffs in the first place,” Tedeschi told the Times.

Rather than scrap the tariffs, Democrats are apparently thinking about ways in which they can blow the money.

Democratic strategist Tyson Brody noted, “The way that Democrats are starting to think about it is not that ‘these will be impossible to withdraw.’ It’s: ‘Oh look, there’s now going to be a large pot of money to use and reprogram.'”

Some Republicans also have a mind to redistribute the funds.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation last week that would send tariff rebate checks to Americans. The amount of the rebate would be at least $600 per adult and dependent child, or more if tariff revenue exceeds current projections for 2025.

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In the last decade, company after company has tried to outdo one another by signaling their allegiance to the “woke” agenda. Now, however, the tide has begun to turn against the worldwide woke blitz, and Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle commercial is the perfect example of a new era of advertising.

On Monday morning, Trump showcased the shocking dichotomy by comparing American Eagle with Jaguar, which put out a disturbing advertisement last November. “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there,” Trump said in the post. “It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are ‘flying off the shelves.’ Go get ’em Sydney!”

‘The tide has seriously turned — Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be.’

Not all companies took the lessons of the Bud Light advertising disaster to heart. “On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE advertisement, THAT IS A TOTAL DISASTER!” Trump wrote. “The CEO just resigned in disgrace, and the company is in absolute turmoil. Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.”

The ad features several people in brightly colored, over-the-top clothing and the caption “Copy nothing.” Robby Starbuck, an online conservative political activist, commented on the post: “This just made me want to sell my Jaguar and I don’t even own a Jaguar.”

RELATED: Sydney Sweeney’s provocative ad for jeans leads to complete liberal meltdown: ‘That’s Nazi propaganda!’

Jaguar CEO Adrian Mardell speaks at a podium at Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing plant in the UK while Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on. Photographer: Adam Vaughan/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Adrian Mardell, the CEO of Jaguar since 2022, announced his resignation last Thursday, according to a report from Reuters. Mardell, a 35-year veteran at Jaguar Land Rover, spearheaded a major revamp of the company under his leadership, yet the company is tarnished by the woke blunder from last November. His resignation will reportedly be effective on December 31, 2025.

The spokesperson added that Mardell’s successor would be announced “in due course.”

“The tide has seriously turned — Being WOKE is for losers, being Republican is what you want to be,” Trump said at the end of his post.

Jaguar Land Rover did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

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