Author and podcast host Larry Alex Taunton believes there’s a reason America is under religious siege, and it’s because most Americans don’t understand the theological and political foundations of Islam — which is why so many have now come out in support of Iran after President Trump’s strikes.

BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler is not among them.

“The Islamification of the United States of America is under way as we speak. And no, it doesn’t make me an Islamophobe or a xenophobe or a racist or a bigot to say so,” Wheeler says.

And Taunton couldn’t agree more.

“A major problem here, Liz, is that Americans really don’t, Westerners in general really don’t understand Islam,” Taunton says, explaining that he’s been investigating the no-go zones of Paris — and there are some already forming in America.

“Places like Minneapolis, Dearborn, they’re future no-go zones — already no-go zones. And they’re future Gazas, you know. They’re kind of places that become staging areas, you know, for terrorist attacks or the kind of places where terrorists flee to when they’re attacked,” he tells Wheeler.

“This is what happened in Paris after the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the Bataclan, where more than 100 were killed by Islamic terrorists,” he says.

And while there are politicians pushing to ban Sharia law, Taunton doesn’t believe that’s the answer.

“I can appreciate that, but you got to go after the root of the tree, and we have to ban Islam. And some would say, ‘Well, isn’t Islam protected?’ … My argument is no, it is not,” he explains.

Taunton points out that not only was their prophet Muhammad a murderer, but he was a pedophile.

“They’re supposed to read the Quran. They’re supposed to read the Hadith. They’re supposed to do the things that are commanded in it. And what we call radicals aren’t really radicals, Liz. They’re orthodox Muslims,” he tells Wheeler.

“And when you practice that religion according to those three things, which is what orthodox Islam is, it is by definition anti-constitutional. And that’s because it doesn’t believe in freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of petition, freedom of press. Doesn’t believe in any of those things,” he continues.

“So, that religion is by definition contrary to our own laws, not just the spirit of our laws, not just our culture, but it’s against our laws,” he adds.

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The Democratic primary race for Texas’ redrawn 18th district is headed for a runoff after the 78-year-old congressman failed to get over 50% of the vote.

Rep. Al Green will face Rep. Christian Menefee, who is only 37 years old, in the runoff election on May 26.

Green had accused Menefee of making a ‘deal with the devil’ to gain the support of the cryptocurrency industry.

Green was first elected in 2004 but chose to run in the 18th district after Republicans redrew his district to tilt more Republican.

With nearly all the votes counted, Menefee has only 46% of the vote, while Green garnered 44.2%.

The winner of the runoff will face Ronald Whitfield, who won with 55.1% of the Republican primary votes over the 44.9% garnered by Elizabeth Vences.

Menefee complained to his supporters Tuesday evening that Green had run a “negative campaign” against him.

“Congressman, you can talk all your trash about me,” Menefee said, addressing Green. “I’m going to keep being focused on integrity, on standing firm, on doing the right thing, and on serving my communities.”

Green had accused Menefee of making a “deal with the devil” to gain the support of the cryptocurrency industry and said it aligned Menefee with “Trump crypto cronies.”

He also responded to Menefee by saying that he was “talking truthful trash” when he accused Menefee of not showing up for work.

RELATED: Democrat releases statement on sexual assault allegations from 2008

Green recently made headlines when he interrupted the president’s State of the Union address and held up a banner reading, “Black people aren’t apes,” in reference to a controversial video posted to the president’s social media page. He was kicked out of the chamber.

The elderly Democrat also faced sexual harassment allegations, which he denied, and was censured by Congress when he interrupted a different Trump speech before a joint session of Congress.

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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Five Republicans voted with all of the Democrats on the committee to approve the subpoena motion made by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina.

‘If Epstein had as many cameras as has been reported, what has been released to the public is only a fraction of what exists. So who has them? Who is hiding them?’

Bondi has already been questioned by the House Judiciary Committee over the release, which was criticized for not being careful enough to protect alleged victims and others involved with Epstein.

“The attorney general has gone to speak, obviously, to other committees,” said Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California, who is on the Oversight Committee. “I think it’s important that she is in front of our committee. She can directly answer questions about the release of the files, about transparency, about ensuring that victims and survivors are protected.”

Garcia said the public still has “significant” questions about the Justice Department’s process for releasing material.

“We want to know where all the audio and video footage is from all of the pinhole cameras at every Epstein property,” Mace said. “What about the ‘Lolita Express’? Where is the footage? If Epstein had as many cameras as has been reported, what has been released to the public is only a fraction of what exists. So who has them? Who is hiding them? The victims of this horrific global network deserve justice, and the American people deserve the truth. We will not stop until we get both.”

Bondi was criticized after she appeared on Fox News in Feb. 2025 and claimed that the files were on her desk and getting reviewed in order to be imminently released. That first tranche of documents was mostly composed of information already released and disappointed many.

Democrats have since accused the Justice Dept. of covering up some information in the files to protect Trump and others, while leaving some of the victims’ names unredacted.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has also agreed to an interview with the panel after his interactions with Epstein were revealed in the last massive release.

RELATED: Bill Clinton accuses GOP of setting up ‘kangaroo court’ over Epstein testimony — and demands public hearing

Bill and Hillary Clinton were interviewed by the panel about their involvement with Epstein.

“There’s nothing that I saw when I was around him that made me realize he was trafficking women,” the former president said to the committee.

The other Republicans who voted in favor of the motion were Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas, and Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.

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Lawmakers heavily pressed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during a hearing on Wednesday regarding fraud taking place in his state.

The ‘Feeding Our Future’ scandal

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) questioned Walz about taxpayer payments to the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, an organization that has been at the center of a massive COVID-era fraud scandal involving Somali operators. The Minnesota Department of Education suspended those payments in March 2021 but “voluntarily” resumed making them weeks later, according to a 2022 press release from the Minnesota Judicial Branch.

‘He’s here illegally, he can’t read, and he got a license under your provisions!’

“Why didn’t you tell the truth about why you restarted the payments?” Jordan asked.

“The agency believed that the court had required them to make those payments,” Walz responded.

Jordan countered that the claim was false, stating that the judge never ordered the resumption of payments. “So the court’s lying?!” Jordan asked.

“I can’t tell you, Congressman!” Walz said.

“Could it be you were trying to hide behind the court, Governor?” Jordan asked.

After the interaction, Walz struggled to come up with a response.

The press release from the Minnesota courts stated that the judge “never ordered the Department of Education to resume payments to FOF in April 2021, or at any other time.”

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Non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses

Later on in the hearing, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) ripped into Walz on commercial driver’s licenses.

“According to the secretary of transportation, one-third of Minnesota’s non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses were issued illegally,” Perry said.

Perry then presented a clip of a person driving a semi-truck the wrong way on a divided Missouri highway in late February. The video shows that the truck was eventually stopped by a trooper.

Perry claimed that the suspect driving the vehicle was given a Minnesota license despite being unable to pass the driving test because of a law Walz signed that allows applicants to obtain a CDL regardless of immigration status.

RELATED: Founder of Minneapolis autism center admits to paying kickbacks to Somali families in $6 million scam

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Walz talked about the safety of Minnesota’s roads and claimed that he doesn’t “understand the connection” between driver’s licenses and immigration status.

“He’s here illegally, he can’t read, and he got a license under your provisions!” Perry said. “And he’s driving all across the country, imperiling everybody else! That’s the connection!” Perry concluded.

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Los Angeles officials joined protesters in a demonstration against new policies proposed by the Trump administration to ensure federal housing is used only by U.S. citizens.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced an effort to root out illegal immigrants who have been using federally funded housing directly or indirectly though their citizen family members.

‘Your neighbor in public housing is not your enemy. The family using Section 8 is not your enemy. Mixed-status families are not your enemy.’

On Tuesday, activists in Los Angeles spoke out against the policies at a press conference in front of L.A. City Hall.

“This administration is seeking a rule change that would put 1,700 local families with children on the street immediately,” said Pastor Bridie Roberts with Unite Here Local 11.

L.A. City Council member Ysabel Jurado inadvertently indicated that there may be far more illegal immigrants using federal housing.

“Nearly one in five public housing households in our city is mixed status,” said Jurado.

According to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, as of 2023, there were more than 6,200 units of public housing in Los Angeles. If one in five of those include families with illegal aliens, then that comes to over 1,200 units and perhaps 3,400 families or more.

Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez, who admitted that he had lived in a “mixed status” household, said as many as 6,800 people were at risk of being “ripped” out of their homes.

Some of the members of “mixed families” showed up at the protest and spoke out against the policy change.

“It’s not just my family. It’s thousands of families who are at risk,” said Josefina Estrada in Spanish to KABC-TV.

L.A. City Council member Tim McOsker claimed the policy would decrease public safety, “put families out on the street,” and increase poverty.

“Immigrants are not your enemy. Your neighbor in public housing is not your enemy. The family using Section 8 is not your enemy. Mixed-status families are not your enemy,” said council member Eunisses Hernandez.

RELATED: ‘Quite literally insane’: DHS responds to LA activists scheme to warn illegal aliens about ICE

Hernandez also introduced a council resolution to oppose the HUD policy.

“No HUD, we are not going to allow you to break up families,” she added. “Here in L.A., thousands of people could face eviction.”

The illegal alien advocates asked for people to flood the HUD website with comments opposing the policy, but those who support the policy can also comment at this link.

Council member Jurado was mocked in February when she was photographed apparently napping during a council closed session. She said she may have dozed off while reading.

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President Trump carried out one of the most consequential military operations in recent history, killing 40 of Iran’s leaders along with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — but the media and liberals would rather stand with Iran.

“It’s very clear what side the Democrats and the mainstream media stand on. And it’s not America’s side, and it’s not on the side of freedom either,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says.

“I unequivocally oppose this war of choice and everyone should. And the bottom line, when it comes down to it, is that if we want to stop Donald Trump with this random decision that he has arrived at, then Congress must act, and Congress must act immediately,” former Vice President Kamala Harris told Fox following the president’s actions.

“The American people do not want our sons and daughters to go into this unauthorized war of choice, and I unequivocally oppose it,” she added.

“It is so disingenuous from the woman who was the vice president in an administration that was perfectly fine continuing the Russia-Ukraine war. I mean, we funded it. We gave them weapons. We did everything we could to continue that war under her administration,” Gonzales says.

“In fact, remember, there were moments where there could have been a negotiation, and she and Joe Biden or whoever the hell was pulling his puppet strings said, ‘Don’t do it. Don’t negotiate. We will keep funding this forever.’ So I don’t want to hear it from her,” she continues.

But it’s not just Harris that Gonzales takes issue with.

“I don’t want to hear it from the Democrats. I mean, Barack Obama was the king of dropping bombs without getting authorization. So I’m just not going to be lectured to by the likes of Kamala Harris,” Gonzales says, pointing out that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) also publicly sided with Iran.

“You cannot ‘free’ people by killing them and destroying their country,” Tlaib wrote in a post on X.

“A terrorist who is in our country actually serving in Congress sided with the Ayatollah?” Gonzales says, adding, “I’m so shocked.”

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Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow presented U.S. senators with a disturbing map, revealing 338,000 U.S. IP addresses allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material.

Tebow testified on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which held a hearing about confronting child trafficking.

‘This is a fight of good vs. evil, and we are losing.’

Tebow, the chairman and founder of the Tim Tebow Foundation, explained to lawmakers that he attended a meeting in Lyons, France, in 2023 alongside experts in victim identification, and they determined that there were more than 57,000 abused and unidentified children who appeared in multiple images.

Just two years later, that number has grown to over 89,000, Tebow stated, citing INTERPOL’s database.

Tebow’s map was blanketed with a sea of red pins, each marking the location of an alleged offender. Also indicated on the map were blue pins, showing the locations of open law enforcement investigations; however, those markings were few and far between.

“There’s a red dot map right over there over my right shoulder,” he told lawmakers. “That’s just a six-month screenshot of the U.S., and every red dot that is on there is someone that is downloading, sharing, or distributing child rape images, almost all under the age of 12.”

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He described the map as showing over 338,000 red pins, adding that an estimated 55% to 85% of those are also alleged “hands-on offenders.”

While pointing to the map, Tebow stated, “If you could also look, there’s blue dots on there. You can’t really see them, but the blue ones are the ones that are under investigation.”

Tebow’s written testimony noted that the map was based on Justice Department and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program data.

“We have to do a whole lot more, and we have to do it faster because every day we wait, they’re suffering. They’re crying. And I believe right now many of them are praying that we would respond,” Tebow told lawmakers. “The question is, will we actually accept the responsibility of caring for these boys and girls and truly protecting them, or are we just going to continue to talk about it?”

During the hearing, Tebow noted that it is nearly impossible to estimate how many children are being abused and have yet to be identified.

“That’s just one database,” he said. “So, one of the things that we would ask and plead this committee to work on is an international treaty of getting all of the different databases to work together to deconflict so we actually get a ground truth on what the number is.”

He stated that Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, Canada, Australia, and INTERPOL each maintain separate databases.

RELATED: After years infiltrating child exploitation rings, expert reveals an even DARKER American underworld

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Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) shared data from INTERPOL, which estimated that of the images of unidentified and exploited children, 60% were victims under 12, and 4.3% were infants.

Tebow advocated the passage of the bipartisan Renewed Hope Act of 2026, highlighting that it would allow the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 200 more victim identification specialists and child exploitation investigators. He pointed out that currently, there are only 10 such specialists.

“Law enforcement needs more resources, more support … a bigger rescue team,” Tebow wrote in a post on social media. “This is a fight of good vs. evil, and we are losing.”

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Former Republican strategist Bill Kristol tried to mock the rationale for the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and was ridiculed by critics pointing out his past contradictory statements.

Kristol weighed in on a statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio explaining to a reporter that the “intent” of the strike was separate from the “timing” of the attack.

‘Have some self awareness and sit down.’

“Incoherent walk back by Rubio, after he said yesterday the threat was imminent so no time to go to Congress,” responded Kristol. “But to the degree Rubio is now saying, no, the president all along intended a major assault on Iran, there’s no excuse for not having gone to Congress for authorization.”

But only two months prior, Kristol was calling for the administration to help “overthrow” the regime in Iran.

“The Trump administrations should be helping the brave people of Iran overthrow a cruel and terror-sponsoring dictatorship, rather than threatening our democracy ally Denmark,” he posted. “But that would require having an administration that supports American interests and principles.”

And in June 2025, Kristol referred to Iran as “our enemy” when criticizing the president’s statement, saying he was not “happy” with Israel.

“I assume all pro-Israel Trump idolators, supporters, and rationalizers will rush to denounce this horrifying moral equivalence an American president has drawn between our friend Israel and our enemy Iran,” he wrote.

Many demolished Kristol for the seeming contradiction.

“You just keep digging further and further making you the butt of so many jokes. We’re enjoying it though!! So keep it up!!” responded one account.

“Bill, you are rightfully getting crushed on X today. Have some self awareness and sit down,” said one account.

“If you told me 30 years ago that Bill Kristol would be coming to the Iranian Mullahs’ defense I’d have told you that you were crazy,” read another response.

RELATED: US ‘suicide drones’ deployed against Iran are based on Iranian tech from drones in Ukraine

“Why don’t you just sit this out Bill,” said another.

“You seem to have zero principles. You’re just a never Trumper grifter these days.”

Kristol addressed some of the criticism in a post at the Bulwark, where he noted his past support for regime change in Iran. He argued that the manner in which the administration proceeded without congressional authority is the issue and accused the government of having no transition plan after the strikes are completed.

The political commentator is known for defending the U.S. invasion of Iraq but has declared himself a Democrat after being a vehement opponent of President Donald Trump.

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