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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has landed the coveted role as director of the National Institutes of Health, and those in the Make America Healthy Again movement couldn’t be happier, as getting to the root cause of our nation’s health problems is what Bhattacharya has been working toward his entire career.

“I want to fulfill the mandate that President Trump and Secretary Kennedy gave to me, which is to use the NIH to do the research so we can understand how to make America healthy,” he tells Jill Savage of “Blaze News Tonight.”

And one of the first steps Bhattacharya is taking is launching a major initiative where scientists across the country will be compelled to actually answer the question of why autism has risen so significantly in recent years.

“The problem with autism is that — first, the rise, when you look back, is just meteoric,” Bhattacharya tells Savage.

However, to question the cause of autism or to focus on its rise coincides with a disbelief in vaccines or being “anti-science.”

“Somehow, you’re automatically anti-vaccine if you just notice the fact that there are so many more autistic kids than there were when I was a kid. And you put that together, and what you have is millions of families that don’t have an answer to this question,” he explains.

In the coming months, Bhattacharya tells Savage that Americans can expect to see tons of resources thrown at this problem.

“In just a few months, we’ll have a dozen or more research teams, where we chose them competitively from lots of research teams across the country,” he says. “It’ll be a range of methods, so, you know, basic science lab work to epidemiology to you name it, and with no holds barred as to hypothesis.”

As Dr. Bhattacharya was one of the lone voices that was willing to speak out against the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that we’re in good hands.

“The rest of the industry was saying, ‘No, you’re wrong,’ and, ‘Don’t say the things that you’re saying,’” Savage comments.

“It was a shocking experience for me. I thought scientists had academic freedom, and I’ve learned differently. In fact, probably the biggest problem during COVID was that. Like normally, if you can’t have free speech, then you can’t have science, is what I learned. And I think that’s why we had such bad outcomes with COVID,” he tells Savage.

“We suppressed speech of scientists. The Biden administration suppressed speech of normal Americans who questioned the school closures, the lockdowns, and all the policies that didn’t actually protect anybody, that yet ended up harming so many people at scale,” he continues.

“That’s actually another one of my priorities. I want to restore free speech in science,” he adds.

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For once, Scott Jennings wasn’t the focal point of a heated debate on “CNN NewsNight” — and it’s a fair bet he had no problem with that, given what went down on Wednesday’s edition.

This time the combatants were far-left CNN political commentator Ana Navarro — whom we also know as a far-left co-host of “The View” — and conservative pundit Shermichael Singleton.

‘Because you’ve advocated for black people, great. Congratulations. Last time I checked, I’m black; you’re not.’

The topic was President Donald Trump’s deportation policies — but the debate soon morphed into a bitter, fiery racial argument between Navarro and Singleton, with both of them frequently hollering over each other.

Anchor Abby Phillip attempted in vain to rein things in, while Jennings and others around the table stayed out of it. But after continued fireworks, Phillip was forced to cut to a commercial as the battle of words between the two raged on.

You can view the dust-up here — and make sure to check out the words below that Navarro and Singleton fired at each other:

NAVARRO: You know who was here illegally before the deportation order? Marco Rubio’s grandfather.

SINGLETON: We’re not talking about Marco Rubio.

NAVARRO: Oh, now we’re not? Now, that’s not relevant?

SINGLETON: It’s not relevant. It’s not relevant to this conversation at all.

NAVARRO: No, I’m talking about Marco Rubio because Marco Rubio used to be an advocate for [Temporary Protected Status] for Venezuelans, and Marco Rubio used to be an advocate for Nicaraguans and Cubans.

SINGLETON: Well, I’m not Marco Rubio —

NAVARRO: No, I know you’re not.

SINGLETON: — and let me tell you my beliefs. If you come to this country illegally, you are going home. Simple as that. We do not have unlimited resources in this country to take care of other people.

NAVARRO: There’s a hell of a lot people other than the black people who were brought here as slaves who came to this country illegally.

SINGLETON: They are not the same as black people who were brought here against our will. [Illegal immigrants] decided to walk their butts across the border. There’s a big difference. There is a big difference! There’s a big difference, Ana!

NAVARRO: That’s exactly what I just said. I said there is a lot of people other than the black people! That’s exactly what I just said! That’s exactly what I just said, Shermichael! [You] look and act indignant!

SINGLETON: It’s not about acting indignant.

NAVARRO: Yes, it is!

SINGLETON: You’re acting as if you have the moral high ground here.

NAVARRO: You just heard me say that other than the black people who came as slaves there are a lot of people from many countries that came here illegally!

PHILLIP: I think you misheard what she said.

SINGLETON: Okay. Okay.

NAVARRO: No, he purposely misheard it!

SINGLETON: I purposely misheard it?

NAVARRO: Yes, you did!

SINGLETON: Now you’re in my brain? Is that where we’re going?

NAVARRO: You think [that] I who have advocated for black people my entire life would say something like that? Give me a damn break!

SINGLETON: Because you’ve advocated for black people, great. Congratulations. Last time I checked, I’m black; you’re not.

NAVARRO: That’s right! I’m Latino, and my people are being racially profiled!

SINGLETON: Do I have to remind you the history of my people? Do you want to go there? Do you really want to go on the moral high ground? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?

(H/T: Mediaite)

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Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is reportedly training for an NFL comeback while behind bars in prison.

A former first-round draft pick in 2020, Ruggs pled guilty to one count of driving under the influence resulting in death and one count of vehicular manslaughter in 2021. Ruggs’ accident led to the death of a 23-year-old-woman when he hit Tina Tintor with his Corvette, allegedly with alcohol in his system.

The plea deal, according to CBS Sports, resulted in 36 to 120 months for the first charge, a felony, and an additional six months for the second charge, a misdemeanor.

Ruggs will be eligible for parole in August 2026 and has reportedly been allotted time while in prison to work out for a potential return to the NFL.

Interestingly, the revelations have not come from Ruggs himself, but rather from Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs. The Pro Bowl rusher said he has stayed in touch with Ruggs since they were teammates in Alabama.

“I still talk to Henry. Henry still calls me. I still help him out. … We’re still connected. I know his whole family. He’s from Alabama. He played with me at ‘Bama. His momma and them taught me how to bowl. … Keeping up with him and hearing him talk, it brings me spirits, because he’s always positive,” Jacobs explained.

Jacobs, 27, said that Ruggs has been training in prison and that he has been making calls in hopes of getting help to get in front of some teams upon his release.

“He’s positive about everything. He’s training. They let him train and things like that, so I’m like, ‘When you come out, man, I don’t know if you will get a chance.’ I’ve been talking to some people for him. They’ve been saying a couple of teams are willing to give him a chance. I’m like, ‘When you get that chance, man, you better not, ever, don’t look back, and prove to yourself and prove to everybody that one decision don’t define you and who you are as a man.'”

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs is advocating for Henry Ruggs’ NFL return. Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images

‘He’s a good kid. He’s never been in trouble. I’ve never seen him do nothing crazy.’

Jacobs attempted to paint Ruggs in a favorable light, as one would expect, describing the incarcerated player as the “breadwinner of the family” who has been changing his family’s life.

“I had some words with some [of his family], and I’m just like, ‘Man, y’all got to understand, like, he the breadwinner of the family. He the one changing all of y’all’s lives. Everybody.'”

“And then not only that, he’s a good kid. He’s never been in trouble. I’ve never seen him do nothing crazy,” Jacobs continued. “He was just one of them guys that have a very, very unfortunate situation and something happened, a decision that he made. That’s what hurt me the most. Man, he isn’t somebody you would look at and be like, ‘Bro, you deserved this to happen to you.'”

Ruggs played for the Raiders in 2020 and 2021, recording 921 receiving yards with four touchdowns in 20 games. The 26-year-old also had 11 kick return attempts while with the team.

When Ruggs signed his rookie contract in 2020, he was making an average salary of $4.17 million, with a $9.68 million signing bonus.
His entire $16 million contract was guaranteed upon signing.

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When COVID-19 washed up on American shores, everyone, including children, were believed by the top scientists in the country to be at grave risk. However, once the threat to children was found to be minimal, children instead became suspected of being “super spreaders.”

“Empirical evidence was being ignored, and instead, the officials were following theory. They made up all sorts of contrived reasons,” David Zweig, investigative journalist and author of “An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions,” tells Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable.”

Despite the fearmongering surrounding schools reopening and children’s status as “super spreaders,” the fact that cases went down in places like Europe after children went back to school didn’t phase the scientists.

“What that does suggest, of course, is that children were not super spreaders, schools were not driving the pandemic,” Zweig tells Stuckey. “The point is, the evidence was there that this wasn’t dangerous, this wasn’t increasing cases, and it was ignored, and it was dismissed with these contrived reasons.”

While the mainstream media and “the science” was focused on the potential harm faced by the immunocompromised, what they didn’t seem to care about was how social isolation, masks, and digital learning would affect children in the most formative years of their lives.

“There is something disordered in asking kids to sacrifice on behalf of adults,” Stuckey tells Zweig, adding, “There is something inherently unjust about that.”

“What they aren’t understanding, perhaps, is the incredible harm on so many children, millions of kids, and you have to think about what kind of society, as you said, what kind of society does this to children?” Zweig agrees.

“No one was saved by long-term school closures. No one was saved from masking 2-year-olds. No one was saved by barriers on desks and all this other nonsense. This was only harm. No trade-off. No benefit,” he continues.

“Even beyond the horrors of child abuse,” he says, which he notes became more prevalent during COVID, “there were plenty of kids who became anorexic and bulimic, screen time skyrocketed during the pandemic and never kind of went back down, anxiety, depression.”

“I talked with a lot of mental health professionals for children. Their practices were exploding during the pandemic, and it wasn’t because of people dying, let me be very clear about that. It was directly correlated with kids being kept out of school,” he explains.

Politicians like Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) claimed that their hard stance on COVID was only so strict because it was worth it to save even one life — but Zweig knows that couldn’t be further from the truth.

“You’re taking one or more lives to ostensibly try to save that one life. It was extraordinarily foolish,” Zweig says.

“Toxic empathy,” Stuckey chimes in. “It blinds you to reality and morality, and you ignore the victim on the other side of the moral equation.”

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A 17-year-old male from Minnesota is dominating girls’ softball after allegedly hiding his true gender from his team.

According to a recent report, the male athlete plays for Champlin Park High School in Champlin, Minnesota, and is a starting pitcher for the school’s girls’ fast-pitch team.

The 6-foot athlete recently started in the season opener against the state champion Rogers High School, where he pitched a shutout with 14 strikeouts. He also hit a double.

Charlie Rothenberger, who now goes by “Marissa,” reportedly started playing girls’ sports at an early age. According to research by Reduxx, court documents show that Rothenberger’s mother applied to the Hennepin County District Court to alter his birth certificate just after he turned 9 years old.

The mother’s petition was approved, and her son was issued a new birth certificate that changed his sex to “female” and changed his name from “Charlie Dean” to “Marissa.”

While most changes to birth certificates in Minnesota require labels indicating that information has been changed, if a person acquires a court order to replace the birth record, “the original record will be sealed,” the state notes on their website.

“The new birth certificate doesn’t indicate that the record has been changed,” the state website adds. It then becomes “confidential and only released according to Minnesota law.”

Rothenberger was shown in a highlight package in 2024 that displayed an obvious advantage and masculinity compared to his competitors.

An anonymous female softball player from Minnesota spoke to Reduxx and claimed that she played on the same team as Rothenberger in 2023.

‘Looking back now, it disgusts me and is just scary.’

The girl said she did not realize Rothenberger was male for a number of years and first thought of him as an “awkward” girl.

“I never thought he was a boy, but after finding out he was a boy and then looking back on a lot of things I wouldn’t have looked at before, [it] definitely shows he is a boy, and I felt dumb for missing the clues,” the girl recalled.

The athlete said it was not until July 2024 when she discovered Rothenberger was male, and by November, “lots of people from the softball community found out the truth and were openly talking about it.”

“Looking back now, it disgusts me and is just scary,” she added.

The former teammate described Rothenberger’s athletic abilities as “completely unreal” and “much more” than what any of the other girls are capable of. She said she was bothered by being told that she just has to “learn to accept that men can take advantage of you even if they just want to identify as a female.”

She continued, “Many players and I work so hard to achieve something through this sport, and we find it unfair that our spot can be stolen from us.”

“This shouldn’t be allowed, and boys can stay in boys’ sports and leave us girls alone. I shouldn’t have to learn this lesson that girls don’t matter or that we need to just be silent while we lose out so a boy feels okay.”

Rothenberger has previously been named Player of the Month and has played for a traveling rep team. In his bio for that team, Rothenberger brags that he is “known to have an infectious personality full of passion, drive and humor.”

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On a recent episode of “Back to the People,” Nicole Shanahan interviewed Dr. Joseph Ladapo — a Nigerian-American physician and health policy researcher currently serving as the surgeon general of Florida.

One of the subjects they discussed was Dr. Ladapo’s role during the pandemic. Unlike the great majority of doctors who championed masks, social distancing, and lockdowns, Dr. Ladapo was courageous enough to report the truth: “The government was doing it wrong.”

“You rose to national fame because of your early findings on the lockdowns. You studied the science around mask efficacy and mask mandates and school closures, and like Jay Bhattacharya, you came to the conclusion that the federal government had it wrong,” says Shanahan. “I still remember hearing about how Florida was going to reopen before any other state did, and that was really under your guidance and leadership.”

“Honestly, Governor DeSantis deserves all the credit,” says Dr. Ladapo.

However, his courage to speak the truth traces all the way back to a childhood tragedy.

“I was a victim of sexual abuse,” he tells Nicole.

He adds that it “stunted my emotional development — my ability to emotionally connect with other people.”

It wasn’t until adulthood when he met and fell in love with his wife that he was able to finally deal with the abuse in his past.

“Because my wife is so intuitive, she found a guy, a Navy SEAL named Christopher Maher. … And he’s very talented healer, and I ended up going to work with him … and it was the most transformative experience I could ever imagine,” says Dr. Ladapo.

“When you get rid of 95% of the garbage we carry around to protect ourselves, guess what? You have more access to your love, you have more access to courage, you have more access to virtue.”

Nicole is shocked and encouraged by Dr. Ladapo’s vulnerability.

“You generally don’t hear that level of honesty from people, especially people in official government roles,” she says. “You’re the surgeon general. You are literally the mouthpiece for health in your state, and to hear you use that position of power to talk about healing trauma and what comes from it and through it is so powerful.”

Dr. Ladapo’s story about his journey to well-being isn’t an isolated event, though. It’s a signal that the tides in this country are turning, especially as they relate to health.

“Think about if every person in a position of power … did that kind of work on themselves,” says Nicole.

“The world would look totally different — definitely for people in positions of power, but even for everyone because we are all powerful. We are all reflections of God’s love and God’s light and God’s consciousness,” says Dr. Ladapo.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.

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President Donald Trump announced that he will be nominating Mike Waltz, who currently serves as his national security adviser, to instead be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as the interim national security adviser until the president appoints a new candidate to permanently fill the role. The announcement to reassign Waltz came just hours after multiple reports began to surface about his rumored firing from the administration for his role in the now infamous Signal chat leaks.

Given his responsibility in ‘SignalGate,’ we can expect to see senators apply significant pressure on the nominee during his confirmation hearing.

“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. “From his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and, as my National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s interests first. I know he will do the same in his new role.”

“In the interim, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will serve as National Security Advisor, while continuing his strong leadership at the State Department,” Trump added. “Together, we will continue to fight tirelessly to Make America, and the World, SAFE AGAIN.”

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York was originally set to serve as U.N. ambassador and even began to go through the Senate confirmation process. Her nomination was eventually rescinded after Speaker Mike Johnson brought up the House Republican’s historically narrow majority.

Another vacancy in the House GOP would shrink their majority even further, making it nearly impossible to pass meaningful legislation, especially during the ongoing reconciliation fight.

Notably, Waltz was nominated to a role requiring Senate confirmation. Given his responsibility in “SignalGate,” we can expect to see senators apply significant pressure on the nominee during his confirmation hearing.

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MIRAMAR, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis (R) touted the success of Operation Tidal Wave on Thursday, alongside federal and state law enforcement, highlighting that the joint effort resulted in the arrest of 1,120 illegal aliens within four days. With Operation Tidal Wave being the largest 287(g) operation in history, DeSantis and the other officials said this is only the start.

The 287(g) program certifies local law enforcement to bolster the number of officers who can arrest and detain illegal immigrants. Florida law now requires police departments and sheriff offices to have a certain percentage of their personnel to be certified in the program, making it a point to say there will be no sanctuary cities or counties.

‘Our first op was a warm-up. It was a test run.’

“This is the largest immigration enforcement operation that we’ve seen in quite some time, throughout the entire country. … That is a really significant impact, and we’re demonstrating why we’re going to lead on this issue,” DeSantis vowed, noting that some apprehended criminals were gang members or had been previously deported.

“It sends the message going forward: The United States is serious about enforcing its immigration laws. So whereas under the previous president, you could pay coyotes and come to the border knowing that you’d be home free once you got there, there’s a new sheriff in town,” he added.

DeSantis further floated the idea of using the Judge Advocate General’s Corps within the state’s National Guard to up the number of immigration judges and thereby increase the number of deportations.

Larry Keefe, the executive director for Florida’s Board of Immigration Enforcement, said Operation Tidal Wave is an example of how state officials want to use their resources to go in and do the work themselves. Keefe said the arrests are only a small part of the removal procedures, as there are logistical needs that would “make Amazon, Federal Express blush.”

“I knew [Operation Tidal Wave] would be a success. … Our first op was a warm-up. It was a test run, was just to kinda see how things work out after months of planning,” he added.

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When asked by Blaze Media if he has concerns about federal lawsuits and injunctions hindering Florida’s efforts to arrest and deport illegal aliens, DeSantis said, “Of course, I think we’ve already seen it.”

DeSantis also expressed frustration that the judiciary seems to have flip-flopped on the issue. DeSantis noted that a federal judge previously told Texas not to enforce immigration laws, claiming it was the job of the federal government, like during the Biden-Harris border crisis.

“Now we’re in the situation where the federal government is enforcing the law, and the courts are saying, ‘No, you really can’t do that. People need to have some O.J. Simpson-type trial.’ It’s nuts!”

Blaze Media also asked DeSantis to respond to accusations from immigration advocates and lawyers who claim Operation Tidal Wave encourages racial profiling of Latinos.

“There’s no racial profiling. If you’re here illegally, then you’re [in] violation of the law. There’s not only one people of one shade. … If you’re illegal, you’re illegal, and we’re going to hold you accountable,” DeSantis replied.

The countries of origin of those arrested in Operation Tidal Wave include:

437 from Guatemala,280 from Mexico,153 from Honduras,48 from Venezuela,24 from El Salvador, and178 from other countries.

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House Republicans overwhelmingly voted to repeal one of former President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandates, while Democrats continue to dig their heels in.

The resolution repealed California’s electric vehicle mandate requiring the state to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The resolution ultimately passed the House in a 246-164 vote, with 35 Democrats joining 211 Republicans to repeal the EV mandate.

In total, 164 Democrats voted to maintain the mandate.

‘Democrat[s’] EV mandates are a slap in the face to rural America.’

“The American people should have the freedom to choose their own cars and not be regulated by woke climate activists from the failed state of California,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) told Blaze News. “By repealing the Biden administration’s radical EV mandates, House Republicans are continuing our efforts to roll back regulations that rob consumer choice from everyday Americans.”

The mandate was ultimately struck down using the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to reverse regulations with a simple majority and presidential approval, avoiding the Senate filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.

The House also passed a similar resolution Wednesday night that overturned another California regulation mandating the sale of zero-emissions trucks in the state. The resolution similarly passed along party lines in a 216-195 vote, with 213 Republicans and just three Democrats voting to repeal the mandate.

Overall, one Republican and 194 Democrats voted to keep the regulation.

“The House of Representatives just passed the Resolution I sponsored to reverse California’s EV mandate for trucks,” Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said in a post on X. “In a major win for sanity, it passed with bipartisan support.”

“Democrat[s’] EV mandates are a slap in the face to rural America — pushed by urban elites who’ve never set foot on a farm,” Republican Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois said in a post on X. “Let Americans drive what works. Keep woke climate activists away from our trucks!”

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Musician Neil Young debuted a new song in which he attacks Elon Musk, claims that Tesla buyers are fascists, and praises China.

Young recently performed at the Light Up the Blues benefit concert at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles alongside Stephen Stills, Billy Idol, Cat Power, Rufus Wainwright, and Linda Perry. The annual charity concert raises funds for Autism Speaks.

‘If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla.’

Young ranted about Musk, Tesla vehicles, and China in his latest song.

“If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla / It’s electric, it doesn’t matter / If you’re a Democrat, taste your freedom / Get whatever you want, taste your freedom,” Young is heard singing in video clips posted online.

The singer-songwriter behind classic songs such as “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “Heart of Gold” urged American carmakers to challenge Tesla, which dominates the electric vehicle market. Young also praised China for being “way ahead” of the United States in making “clean cars.”

“Come on, Ford, come on, GM / Come on, Chrysler, let’s roll again,” Young sang. “Build something special, that people need / Build us a safe way for us to live / Build us something that won’t kill our kids / Build us something that runs real clean / Come on, America, let’s get in the race / China’s way ahead, they’re making clean cars.”

The politically charged song is titled “Let’s Roll Again,” according to the Daily Beast.

Liberals have been unhinged ever since Musk publicly supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election, and when the Tesla CEO was appointed as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Tesla vehicles have been vandalized across the country, and Tesla dealerships have been violently attacked by militant leftists furious at Musk for his role in the DOGE cutting wasteful and fraudulent federal government spending.

This isn’t the first time that Young weaponized his music to make a political message.

In 2020, Young sued Trump for using “Rockin’ in the Free World” during his first re-election campaign. However, Young dropped the lawsuit.

As Blaze News reported in January 2022, Young demanded that Joe Rogan be terminated or censored by Spotify for “spreading fake information about vaccines.” The ultimatum completely backfired, and Spotify retained Rogan and removed Young’s music instead.

Last month, Young — who has Canadian and U.S. citizenship — claimed that he could be barred from returning to the United States by the Trump administration.

“When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket,” Young said, according to Variety. “That is happening all the time now. Countries have new advice for those returning to America. You can read about it at the Canada Desk. If I come back from Europe and am barred, can’t play my USA tour, all of the folks who bought tickets will not be able to come to a concert by me.”

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Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk excoriated the Wall Street Journal over an article that made allegedly false claims that Tesla was looking to replace him as CEO.

The Journal claimed that the electric vehicle company had been searching for a new CEO and that the board told Musk he needed to spend more time at the company to reassure investors as well as the public.

‘We stand by our reporting. Tesla was given the opportunity to provide a statement before publication.’

On Wednesday, Musk vehemently denied the claims about his company.

“It is an EXTREMELY BAD BREACH OF ETHICS that the @WSJ would publish a DELIBERATELY FALSE ARTICLE and fail to include an unequivocal denial beforehand by the Tesla board of directors!” wrote Musk on the X platform, which he also owns.

He included a statement from Robyn Denholm, the chair of the board of directors at Tesla Motors, denying the report.

“Earlier today, there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company,” read the statement.

“This is absolutely false (and this was communicated to the media before the report was published),” she added. “The CEO of Tesla is Elon Musk and the Board is highly confident in his ability to continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead.”

The Journal denied the claims of misreporting through a statement made by a spokesperson to CNN.

“We stand by our reporting. Tesla was given the opportunity to provide a statement before publication, which they did not do,” said the spokesperson.

Tesla has been targeted by protests and demonstrations from leftists who want to damage his companies over his involvement in the Department of Government Efficiency for the Trump administration. Some of these protests have veered into violence that includes vandalism, gunshots, and arson.

Musk has recently said that he would decrease his attention to the DOGE and attend to his companies, which have lost a massive amount of stock market value.

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A Florida male who’s accused of locking a woman in a container after beating and sexually abusing her has been charged with murdering the victim’s mother-in-law, WMBB-TV reported.

David Earl Gipson, 40, faced a judge Thursday morning in connection with six felony charges, the station said:

Murder (no bond)
Aggravated battery on person 65 years of age or older (no bond)Sexual assault with weapon or force (no bond)Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon ($250,000 bond)Abuse of a dead human body ($250,000 bond)
Kidnapping/false imprisonment of an adult ($250,000 bond)

‘He got down in a mud hole and tried to cover himself in mud. He was just trying to throw the scent off. But it didn’t work, and we got him.’

Investigators with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office told WMBB that Gipson planned a savage physical attack that took place Monday in Vernon, which is about a half hour north of Panama City Beach in the Florida panhandle.

Investigators told the station that Gipson entered the home of 74-year-old Lettie Cooper Collins and her daughter-in-law demanding repayment for a debt he claimed their family members owed him.

“[Gipson] stated, ‘Your husband and brother-in-law are thieves and owe me money, and I’m here to take it,'” Sheriff Kevin Crews recounted, according to WMBB. “He beat Ms. Collins to a pulp.”

Around 5:20 p.m. a passerby discovered the injured daughter-in-law walking along Douglas Ferry Road, the station said. She had escaped after allegedly being abused and placed in a container in Gipson’s yard, with her legs bound and plywood weighing down the box, WMBB said.

Indeed, the sheriff’s office early Tuesday asked for the public’s help in finding Gipson, noting that he bound and gagged the victim, sexually battered her, threatened her with a handgun, and beat her with a blunt object.

Gibson then took the victim to his residence, continued to abuse her in his home, and then put her in a container in his yard, officials said.

The victim was able to escape and then made her way to Douglas Ferry Road where the passing motorist spotted her, officials said.

The victim was taken to the hospital and was in stable condition, officials said.

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A multi-agency search ensued involving the Holmes, Bay, and Jackson County Sheriff’s Offices, U.S. Marshals Service, Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The manhunt ended Tuesday afternoon when Gipson was found hiding in a muddy ditch in an attempt to evade scent-tracking dogs.

“He got down in a mud hole and tried to cover himself in mud,” Crews told the station. “He was just trying to throw the scent off. But it didn’t work, and we got him.”

Gipson was described as a habitual offender with 33 previous felony charges, WJHG-TV reported, adding that his most recent release was in March.

You can view a video report here about where things stand in the case.

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According to the left, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon is responsible for a “bloodbath” in the Department of Justice. The ACLU has claimed her record consists of restricting voting rights, transgender rights, and abortion access.

Worse yet, the NAACP calls her a “grave threat to democracy.”

Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Podcast” couldn’t like her more, saying, “She’s the woman who will wrestle back that one piece of the DOJ from the clutches of wokeness and that has the deep state quaking in its boots.”

And considering her stance on the issues the federal government uplifted and protected under Biden, the deep state certainly should be “quaking in its boots.”

“We don’t want people in the federal government who feel like it’s their pet project to go persecute police departments based on statistical evidence, or persecute people praying outside abortion facilities instead of doing violence. That’s not the job here. The job here is to enforce the federal civil rights laws, not woke ideology,” Dhillon tells Glenn.

Dhillon’s been on the job for a little over two weeks, and she’s already put multiple pieces of her plan into play.

“The president signed an executive order targeting anti-Christian bias in federal agencies, and that tallies with some of our civil rights agenda, which is to protect the rights of people of faith throughout the United States, whether they’re in federal agencies or not,” Dhillon tells Glenn.

“We’re aso going after the notorious anti-Semitic violence and discrimination happening throughout the United States, but specifically on American college campuses. The most elite campuses in the United States are the places where the most egregious violations are occurring,” she continues.

Under the Biden administration, elderly and young Americans were also arrested and persecuted for the “crime” of praying outside abortion facilities under the FACE Act, which Dhillon is also taking a hammer to.

“One of the first things that was done under the new administration was to dismiss multiple cases in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,” she explains. “We are not going to be pursuing these FACE Act cases other than an extraordinary circumstance involving death, serious bodily harm, or extreme property damage. And none of the recent cases have any of those fact patterns.”

However, pro-life facilities that involve prenatal care have been violently attacked in the last few years.

“We will aggressively go after them,” Dhillon says. “There were more than 200 incidents in the last few years of those kinds of facilities where people were counseled about their choices, about adoption, about keeping the baby.”

“Those facilities have been violently attacked by activists with no action by law enforcement, federal or state. We will be going after those cases because every woman has a right to go into those facilities and get fair, open, and even, in some cases, religious-inflected advice about their choices with respect to the baby that they are growing in their body,” she adds.

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A female sheriff in Virginia who brags about her work supporting women apparently released an illegal alien accused of strangling a woman back onto the streets despite an immigration detainer against him.

By all accounts, Wilmer Ramos-Giron, a 34-year-old Guatemalan national, is a dangerous individual. Not only has he repeatedly re-entered the U.S. illegally despite previous deportations, but he actually has a history of federal and local weapons violations.

In April 2012, Ramos-Giron was deported following an arrest in Chantilly, Virginia, for brandishing a firearm, according to a press release from ICE. He then stole back into the U.S. at some point and was arrested by ICE in April 2019 outside the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on a federal warrant for alien in possession of a firearm.

Ramos-Giron was convicted and sentenced to nine months in federal prison. His sentence expired in January 2020, at which time ICE once again sent him back to Guatemala.

‘The victim feared for her safety and that of her children when she heard Ramos-Giron was back on the street so soon.’

Ramos-Giron must have broken into the U.S. illegally yet again, because on January 27 of this year, he was arrested by the Fairfax County police after he allegedly brutally attacked a woman. He was initially charged with felony abduction by force, assault on a family member, and felony strangulation causing injury.

Despite the alarming accusations against him, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano struck a plea deal with Ramos-Giron that dropped all felony charges against him. In exchange, Ramos-Giron pled guilty to misdemeanor brandishing a machete/blade, KFOX reported, citing court documents.

He spent just two months behind bars and was released again. Descano previously told KFOX that he agreed to the deal because the victim did not want Ramos-Giron to have a felony conviction, but KFOX claimed that the victim denied Descano’s assertion in two separate interviews with the outlet, insisting instead that she wanted Ramos-Giron locked up for years.

Of note, alien in possession of a firearm is a felony offense, so Ramos-Giron already has a felony conviction.

“The victim feared for her safety and that of her children when she heard Ramos-Giron was back on the street so soon,” KFOX said. “The victim has two young children.”

Descano’s office did not respond to a question from KFOX regarding whether he misrepresented the victim’s wishes during court proceedings.

In any case, ICE had already issued yet another immigration detainer against Ramos-Giron with the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office on the same day he was arrested back in January. But the office of Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid apparently ignored this detainer, just as it has more than 1,100 times in the past two years, KFOX said.

Though Fairfax County did release Ramos-Giron back onto the streets, he wasn’t there for long. On April 24, officers with ICE Washington and the Virginia State Police apprehended him in Chantilly and placed him back in ICE custody.

“Wilmer Ramos-Giron represents a significant threat to our Virginia residents,” said Russell Hott, director of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office in Washington, D.C. “He has displayed a blatant disregard for our immigration laws, and, more importantly, for the safety and well-being of our community. He is a violent and recidivist threat to public safety that ICE Washington, D.C., cannot tolerate.”

‘Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid is the first woman to lead the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in its 281-year history.’

For her part, Sheriff Kincaid seems to take pride in obstructing the efforts of immigration officials. She has even shrugged her shoulders at detainers, writing in a letter last July that they are merely “an informal request” that she is under no obligation to honor without a judicial warrant.

“ICE knows that should they wish to take one of these offenders into custody, all that is required on their part is a judicial warrant authorizing arrest,” her letter explained. “ICE is notified every time an undocumented immigrant is taken into our custody. Yet time and again, they make no effort to secure a warrant that would give judicial authority to detain.”

In the case of Ramos-Giron, this policy apparently led to a woman in Virginia fearing for the lives of her children because of an allegedly violent repeat offender in the U.S. illegally. Nevertheless, Sheriff Kincaid’s bio on the office website touts the accolades she has received for serving women in her community.

“Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid is the first woman to lead the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in its 281-year history,” the bio opens.

In 2014, she won the Influential Women of Virginia award from Lawyers Weekly. Three years later, she received the Woman of Vision award from the Junior League of Northern Virginia for, among other reasons, “developing the potential of women.”

According to her bio, Kincaid is also committed to building “a diverse pool” of leaders from the community. Several high-profile Virginia Democrats, including former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, former U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, and current U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, have also endorsed her campaigns.

Kincaid and a spokesperson for Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Mike Waltz won his re-election bid in November to represent Florida’s 6th congressional district. The decorated Green Beret decided, however, to give up his seat and corresponding job security to serve as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. He might come to regret that decision sooner rather than later.

Three sources informed journalist Mark Halperin that Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, are expected to step down as early as Thursday afternoon. Multiple sources subsequently confirmed the departures to CBS News and other legacy media outfits. Sources alternatively told Politico that Trump is planning to kick Waltz to the curb, but that the decision is not final.

There has been significant uncertainty about Waltz’s future in the administration since March, when he included an anti-Trump polemicist in a private high-level group chat on Signal where senior administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, discussed attacks on Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.

While Waltz insinuated in an interview that Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of the Atlantic, may have infiltrated the group chat by unseemly means or with an insider’s help, he ultimately took “full responsibility” for the blunder.

Trump, apparently unwilling to let Democrats and liberal personalities claim a scalp, signaled his continued support for Waltz, telling reporters that “it was very unfair the way they attacked Michael” and that “nobody gives a damn” about the Atlantic.

Despite Trump’s supportive messaging on the issue, unnamed White House officials told Politico in the immediate aftermath of the Atlantic’s report on the contents of the private Signal chat that there is presently internal debate over whether to kick Waltz to the curb, claiming the general consensus is that “Mike Waltz is a f**king idiot.”

‘Trump certainly wasn’t pleased with this.’

One official who spoke to Politico on the condition of anonymity said some administration staffers are “saying he’s never going to survive or shouldn’t survive.”

“It was reckless not to check who was on the thread. It was reckless to be having that conversation on Signal. You can’t have recklessness as the national security adviser,” said the unnamed official.

A senior White House official told Axios in late March that “Trump certainly wasn’t pleased with this,” but added “all this talk you see about Waltz not lasting is just way premature. There’s a Washington feeding frenzy. And we all know that you don’t give the mob what it wants.”

One source familiar with the situation told CBS News that Trump thinks enough time has passed since the Signal incident that Waltz and Wong’s ousters can be spun as part of a reorganization.

After the removal of Gen. Timothy Haugh as the head of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Trump underscored that where he’s concerned, terminations are inevitable and routine: “Always we’re letting go of people, people that we don’t like or people that we don’t think can do the job, or people that may have loyalties to somebody else. You’ll always have that.”

When asked for comment, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Politico, “We are not going to respond to reporting from anonymous sources.”

CNN noted that while Waltz boarded Marine One with the president on Tuesday, he subsequently remained behind while his colleagues boarded Air Force One 10 minutes later — a move some aides figured as possibly significant.

One administration official told CNN that while there have been discussions to find Waltz a “soft landing spot,” that recently ceased to be a priority, noting, “President Trump lost confidence in him a while ago.”

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As part of President Trump’s first 100 days commemoration, Steve Deace, Todd Erzen, and Aaron McIntire — hosts of the “Steve Deace Show” — had the immense privilege of visiting the White House.

“The Trump administration came out like a force of nature from day one — basically launched an all-out amphibious land, sea, air assault against the spirit of the age on every issue conceivable,” says Steve, standing in front of the White House.

One issue the administration began tackling just moments after President Trump was sworn into office is immigration. To get more information on the state of the border and what’s next in the fight to restore the nation’s sovereignty, Steve interviewed Customs and Border Protection Senior Adviser Ronald Vitiello.

Steve’s most pressing question was, “Where’s Congress?” While the Trump administration has made excellent moves to secure the border, if codification doesn’t happen, the next Democrat president could usher in another era of open border policies and undo all the work Trump has accomplished.

Vitiello shared Steve’s frustration at Congress’ slow pace in codifying border security measures and contrasted it with the rapid executive actions taken by President Trump. He argued that not only does Congress need to fill resource gaps in the budget, which is based on Biden’s framework, so that they can continue to support Trump’s border priorities, but it also needs to reinforce executive orders, such as ending catch-and-release and limiting district judges’ rulings, to ensure these policies endure beyond the current administration.

Despite delays, he’s hopeful codification is on the horizon.

Another burning question Steve had was, “What’s the endgame?”

Vitiello explained that the overarching goal for the border issue is to maintain and enhance current physical border security and interior immigration enforcement, scaling up efforts with more resources and policies for greater impact. He emphasized sustaining measures like the border wall, which is durable and resists policy reversals by future administrations.”

If the Trump administration can accomplish this, and he’s confident it will, it will be “a win for not just this presidency but for the American people for generations,” he said.

In Steve’s next interview, he met with Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to find out how President Trump is working to make homes affordable again.

“The housing market has taken a major tumble between COVID and the last four years, so how do we rebound that given it’s one of the key sectors of our economy?” Steve asked.

“There’s probably only one person and that’s President Trump who could fix this problem,” said Pulte, noting that what Trump is doing with inflation is “nothing short of miraculous.”

However, as chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Pulte knows he has his work cut out for him, as historically, the companies have been rife with corruption.

“We’re turning [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac] around, Steve. … Basically nobody was working for the most part in these offices. We ordered people back to work,” he said, adding that the agencies are now being “run like businesses” and are utilizing the Department of Government Efficiency to root out waste and abuse.

“The unnecessary redundant bureaucracy is going away, and we’re also focused on mortgage fraud — getting rid of fraud in the system,” said Pulte. “We’re tightening the whole ship and making sure that we don’t ever have a 2008 again.”

Pulte has already signed “over 50 orders” that impact federal housing in Trump’s first 100 days and expects the next 100 days will see the elimination of even more corrupt bureaucracy.

In Steve’s final interview, he met with White House Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr to discuss the multifaceted, flood-the-zone strategy of the communications team and what they’re working on next.

“What you’re doing right now and you being here has been really important to us because we’ve opened up the door to all sorts of alternative media outlets that maybe don’t have a day-to-day touch point with the White House,” Dorr told Steve. “For far too long, the American people had to come begging and pleading for scraps of information about what was going on.”

He emphasized the importance of alternative media outlets, like Blaze Media, given mainstream outlets come to press meetings with an agenda and a strong bias, preventing citizens from getting the straight facts.

“We’re trying to restore that customer service ethos to everything that we do,” said Dorr.

“What’s the biggest difference here on day 100 compared to day one when you guys came in?” Steve asked.

“The gloves are completely and totally off,” said Dorr. “The social media content we put out — it’s a little spicy in all the right ways.”

And it’s paying off.

“On YouTube and some of these other platforms, we’ve already in 100 days 4-Xed our audiences from the Biden administration,” said Dorr. “We’re going to continue to play offense on everything across the board.”

To hear Steve’s full interviews, as well as watch his surprise bonus interview with Dean Cain, watch the episode above.

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The Treasury Department announced sanctions Thursday against three Mexican nationals and two entities based in Mexico over ties to a criminal cartel network.

The sanctions are being imposed in response to the alleged fentanyl trafficking and fuel theft linked to Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, according to a press release. The CJNG network generates hundreds of millions of dollars annually and has been designated a foreign terrorist organization and a specially designated global terrorist.

‘Their reign of terror will come to an end because of the strength and power that President Trump has brought back to the Oval Office.’

“President Trump promised the American public that he would ensure that their safety was at the forefront of every action that he took when he secured the border,” Paul Anthony Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said in a statement.

“Taking on the cartels and their illicit financial networks will have a devastating and crippling edict on their ability to operate in the United States,” Perez added.

This is officially the eighth action the Treasury Department has taken against cartels under President Donald Trump’s leadership.

“When President Trump took the oath of office, the criminal cartels were put on notice that their days were numbered,” Perez said. “These actions today will ensure that the cartels no longer have the ability to provide unlimited funds to further their criminal enterprises and, at the same time, it will allow the United States Government to disrupt their daily activities on both sides of the border.”

“Their reign of terror will come to an end because of the strength and power that President Trump has brought back to the Oval Office.”

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During Thursday morning’s press briefing, top White House official Stephen Miller told Blaze News senior politics editor Christopher Bedford that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was “in the process” of developing his plan to address the ongoing trade war with China.

At this point, the United States has imposed a 145% tariff on Chinese imports, and China has reciprocated with a 125% tariff on American imports. As market uncertainty lingers, Miller reassured reporters that the administration is working toward a trade deal with China that is advantageous to Americans.

‘The secretary of the treasury is in the process of developing a plan that will answer the questions that you’re talking about, but the president’s goals have been very clear on these points.’

“China is a unique situation, obviously,” Miller told Bedford. “The president has talked at length about what happened to us economically since China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization, and the trillions and trillions of dollars of trade deficits that we racked up with China over the period of that time and what that’s meant for our national security, what that’s meant for economic security, what that’s meant for our supply chains.”

“Obviously right now, the secretary of the treasury is in the process of developing a plan that will answer the questions that you’re talking about, but the president’s goals have been very clear on these points,” Miller added.

Although tariffs have been a source of criticism from political and media adversaries, Miller maintains that the trade war will be settled in a way that ultimately benefits the United States.

“[President Trump] is not going to allow China to continue to steal our intellectual property, to continue to illegally dump and subsidize their goods in our markets, to manipulate their currency, to rack up an unsustainable trade deficit,” Miller said.

“We need to have a trade relationship with China that does not do harm to our nation’s economic and national security, and that has to be the guidepost of any objective,” Miller added. “At the same time, tariffs will bring significant revenue into this country that will allow us to pursue our dramatic plan of tax cuts and reforms.”

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Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom (Calif.) ratified legislation in September 2022 scrapping the requirement that police, highway patrol, and corrections officers in California have to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2023.

Felipe Gomes, one of the foreign nationals who took full advantage of Newsom’s law, was arrested last week on suspicion of rape, reported the Palo Alto Daily Post.

Redwood City Police arrested Gomes at the Belmont Police Department headquarters on April 22, according to RCPD Sgt. Victor Figueroa. Gomes was reportedly charged under penal code 261 (a) (1), which concerns knowingly having sexual intercourse with an individual incapable of giving consent because of a mental disorder or developmental or physical disability.

The Brazilian national was booked into the San Mateo County Office Main Jail then later released on a $100,000 bail bond.

Belmont Police Lt. Pete Lotti indicated that Gomes was terminated the following day.

The foreign national took his oath of office on Dec. 10 during a Belmont City Council ceremony. When introducing his new recruits, Belmont Police Chief Ken Stenquist noted, “He was in the Brazilian Air Force and part of their air force police. He was a full-time police soldier and left that position when he moved to the United States. He enjoys practicing jiu jitsu and attending church when he’s not working.”

According to KGO-TV, prior to hiring Gomes, Chief Stenquist received warnings from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and the East Palo Alto Police Department that they had both rejected the Brazilian national on account of his 2017 domestic violence arrest.

‘You don’t want someone who in a family setting, you know, violence is a place they can escalate to.’

The charging affidavit reviewed by KGO alleged that one year into his marriage, Gomes — who is not an American citizen but apparently has a U.S. work permit — brutally beat his wife, striking her repeatedly in the face and stomach. Gomes had allegedly done so after seeing text messages on his wife’s phone from her ex-boyfriend.

An officer reported at the time seeing a “large bruise that covered most of (his wife’s) left cheek and scratches to her right cheek.”

The state attorney reportedly factored in Gomes’ claims that his wife hit and scratched him first, charged both husband and wife with battery/domestic violence, and ultimately dropped the charges.

Chief Stenquist told KGO’s Dan Noyes, “Past law enforcement contact that does not result in charges are not disqualifying in of itself under policies or applicable law.”

Former San Francisco Police Department commander and head of recruitment Rich Corriea noted that in such circumstances, the charges are often dropped, and that the incident should still be disqualifying.

“You don’t want someone who in a family setting, you know, violence is a place they can escalate to,” Corriea told KGO. “You want just the opposite. You want natural de-escalators.”

In addition to casting doubt about whether Stenquist made the right call to hire Gomes, Corriea suggested that the recruitment of foreign nationals is a risky business as American-style justice and civil rights may be alien to them.

“You better make sure that you … are hiring people that get the many nuances of the role of a police officer,” said Corriea. “There’s no one else, as far as I know, in our entire society that carries a gun and has the authority to shoot you under certain circumstances.”

The Brazilian national will reportedly return to the San Mateo County Superior Court for an arraignment on May 21.

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A 19-year-old Kansas City man was
arrested in Massachusetts last month in connection with the March 17 firebombing of the Missouri Tesla Center.

Owen McIntire, a University of Massachusetts physics student who returned home for spring break, allegedly tossed a pair of Molotov cocktails into the Kansas City dealership, damaging a pair of charging stations and two Cybertrucks, each valued at over $105,000. McIntire was
slapped with federal criminal charges: one count of unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and one count of malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce.

Despite protest from attorneys for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Missouri, a
progressive Boston-based judge granted McIntire’s petition for release from federal custody on April 24, partly to ensure that he could continue his sex change.

‘This care, along with mental health support, is integral to his wellbeing.’

Government attorneys argued for keeping McIntire locked up ahead of his trial, citing a statutory presumption of detention for terrorism-related offenses and the public risk he might pose,
reported KMBC-TV.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica Hedges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appears, however, to have been alternately persuaded by the claims of McIntire’s lawyers — that he is a mentally fragile pillar of the community who desperately needs to be home to continue his so-called “gender-affirming medical care.”

Court records reviewed by KMBC claim the alleged firebomber has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, gender dysphoria, depression, and ADHD — a supposed disorder experts
have indicated may not have any basis in biology.

“He also receives gender-affirming medical care, which began in March of this year and is likely to be interrupted or terminated entirely if he remains in pretrial detention,” states a court filing from Hedges. “This care, along with mental health support, is integral to his wellbeing. By moving back home with his parents, he will have access to the care providers who are familiar with him and his specific needs.”

‘You will spend decades behind bars.’

Hedges reportedly agreed to release McIntire on the conditions that he stay at his parents’ home with electronic monitoring and remain within Wyandotte and Johnson counties.

According to a law enforcement affidavit filed in the case, a Kansas City Missouri Police Department officer saw billowing smoke coming from a Cybertruck parked outside the Tesla dealership around 11:16 p.m. on March 17. The officer found an unbroken Molotov cocktail near the burning vehicle.

As the officer was unable to extinguish the flames, the blaze spread to a second Cybertruck. The Kansas City Fire Department ultimately subdued the inferno.

On the basis of surveillance footage, witness testimony, and DNA evidence, police identified McIntire as their prime suspect.

Investigators linked a vehicle observed parking nearby the Tesla dealership before the incident then departing afterward to McIntire, then confirmed on the basis of his cellular phone’s historical GPS location, flight records, social media posts, and other information that he was indeed in the Kansas City area at the time.

“Let me be extremely clear to anyone who still wants to firebomb a Tesla property: you will not evade us,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said following McIntire’s arrest earlier this month. “You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted. You will spend decades behind bars. It is not worth it.”

McIntire is scheduled to appear in federal court on Thursday.

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