Authorities have identified two of the three victims in a fatal crash in California last week involving an illegal alien truck driver.

‘If California had complied with the Secretary’s emergency rule, … he would have never been able to get behind his big rig.’

Clarence Nelson, a 76-year-old Pomona high school basketball coach, and his wife, Lisa Nelson, 69, were killed after a semitruck plowed into several vehicles on the I-10 freeway in Ontario on Tuesday, Fox News Digital reported. Four others were injured.

“This week, our community was deeply saddened by the tragic incident in the City of Ontario,” state Senator Susan Rubio (D) said. “It’s heartbreaking to learn that two of the lives lost were from my district — Pomona High School basketball coach Clarence Nelson and his wife, Lisa.”

“As a teacher, I know how a loss like this ripples through an entire school community,” she stated. “My heart goes out to their families, the Pomona Unified School District, and everyone mourning this tremendous loss.”

The driver of the truck, Jashanpreet Singh, is a 21-year-old Indian national in the United States illegally. He was suspected of speeding while being under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash.

The California Highway Patrol arrested Singh, and he is facing charges of driving under the influence of drugs and causing bodily injury and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Singh pleaded not guilty on Friday. His next court appearance is scheduled for November 4. Singh requires an interpreter for his upcoming hearing, ABC News reported, citing court filings.

RELATED: The shocking details behind another fatal illegal alien truck crash

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed an arrest detainer against Singh. According to ICE, he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2022 and was released into the country by the Biden administration.

The Department of Transportation accused California of violating federal law by issuing Singh a commercial driver’s license.

In September, DOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced the results of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audit that found “systemic non-compliance” among driver’s licensing agencies in several states, including California. Duffy ordered a pause of California’s issuance of non-domiciled CDLs, requiring the state to identify all unexpired licenses that fail to comply with regulations.

In mid-October, the DOT stated it was withholding roughly $40 million in federal funds from the state over its failure to comply with English language proficiency standards for commercial drivers.

“If California had complied with the Secretary’s emergency rule and prevented the upgrade of this individual’s driving privileges earlier this month, he would have never been able to get behind his big rig,” the DOT stated about the deadly crash involving Singh.

The department claimed that California initially issued Singh a non-domiciled CDL in June. However, it noted that because Singh was 20 years old at the time, his license included a “K restriction” that limited his driving to intrastate operations.

On October 15, when Singh turned 21, California removed the K restriction without applying the stricter standards DOT announced in its September final rule.

RELATED: Truckers push back on driver-shortage ‘myth’ that has led to flood of foreigners in long-haul industry

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“If California had complied with the Secretary’s emergency rule and prevented the upgrade of Singh’s driving privileges, Singh would have been required to return to the DMV (on or after October 15) to have the ‘K’ restriction removed and upgrade his CDL,” the DOT stated. “At that time, Singh would have been subject to the emergency rule and found ineligible to retain the non-domiciled CDL due to Singh’s status as an asylum seeker.”

The California DMV told Blaze News that the federal government approved Singh’s employment authorization, which it claimed was valid through August 2030. The DMV stated that it verified Singh’s documents using the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, also known as SAVE. It also acknowledged that on September 26, the DOT issued an interim final rule that changed eligibility requirements.

“MISINFORMATION ALERT: The state does not determine commercial driver’s license eligibility,” the California State Transportation Agency wrote in a post on social media. “The FEDERAL government approves and renews all FEDERAL employment authorization documents that allows individuals to work and obtain commercial driver’s licenses.”

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has rolled out a new citizenship test that is now being criticized as too difficult for immigrants to pass — with some saying the difficulty may deter those looking for legal citizenship.

Applicants will be asked 20 questions out of a pool of 128 questions and must get 12 correct to pass.

The Washington Post compiled a 10-question quiz based on the newly revamped test, and Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck decided to test it out.

“Who wrote the Declaration of Independence,” the first question reads, with a multiple choice set of potential answers including “A) Benjamin Franklin, B) John Adams, C) Thomas Jefferson,” and “D) George Washington.”

“It’s multiple choice?” Glenn asks, shocked, before answering firmly, “Thomas Jefferson.”

The second question is “Name a power that is only for the federal government,” which Glenn again gets right. The answers provided were “A) Print paper money, B) Declare war, C) Make treaties, or D) All of the above.” The answer was D).

The third question is “What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens,” which Glenn also gets correct as the 14th Amendment.

The rest of the questions — “The American Revolution had many important events, name one”; “Why were ‘The Federalist Papers’ important?”; “James Madison is famous for many things, name one”; “When did all women get the right to vote?”; “Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?”; “Name one example of an American innovation”; and “What is Memorial Day?” — were fairly simple, though a couple of them had Glenn and BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere slightly stumped.

“When did all women get the right to vote” had two answers in the multiple choice that Stu admits he had to guess on, as their right to vote was voted on in 1919 but wasn’t passed until 1920.

“This is a trick question,” Glenn says. “Cause I think the vote happened in 1919 or at least it started … but I think it finalized in 1920.”

“I would’ve guessed 1920, but I will be honest with you, total guess,” Stu agrees, guessing right.

“This is the type of thing, like what does this have to do with citizenship?” he asks.

“Why are the dates the important thing? It’s the story. It’s what’s behind the story. The range of dates in a 12-year period to me makes no difference,” he adds.

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The maker of Tylenol is fighting back against proposed changes to its label.

Kenvue, the American company behind Tylenol, says changes proposed by a recent petition would be “improper.”

‘Fight like hell not to take it.’

After the Trump administration linked the use of Tylenol during pregnancy to autism, the Informed Consent Action Network urged the FDA to “change the labels” for Tylenol and provide “crucial warnings for pregnant women and their care providers.”

No evidence for risk?

Kenvue responded directly to the petition in its own document and said that changing the labeling to its over-the-counter acetaminophen products in such a manner would be “unsupported by the scientific evidence and legally and procedurally improper.”

Requesting that the consumer-facing warning addresses a risk between “acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders” would allegedly go against the “overwhelming weight of the evidence contradicts the existence of any such risk,” Kenvue claimed.

The manufacturer called acetaminophen one of the “most studied medicines in history,” with evidence regarding its use during pregnancy being “continuously evaluated by the FDA for more than a decade.”

It further claimed that available evidence does not support “a causal association between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD and ADHD.”

RELATED: Tylenol’s concerns about possible autism risk date back more than a decade, documents reportedly show

Billion-dollar brand

CNN reported that Tylenol generates about $1 billion annually for Kenvue and is considered to be its top-selling brand.

If the FDA agrees with ICAN’s demand, Tylenol labels would need to be updated from its current instructions that say, “If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.”

President Trump had previously said during a press conference in September that if used during pregnancy, Tylenol was linked to a “very increased risk of autism.”

“Fight like hell not to take it,” Trump added.

RELATED: ‘TrumpRx’ website to offer discounted drugs as part of landmark Big Pharma deal

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New autism drug

At the same time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had begun its process to approve a treatment for autism-related symptoms.

The FDA announced in late September that it had approved leucovorin calcium tablets for patients with “cerebral folate deficiency.”

The neurological condition affects folate transfer into the brain, the FDA said, adding that “individuals with cerebral folate deficiency have been observed to have developmental delays with autistic features.”

“We have witnessed a tragic four-fold increase in autism over two decades,” said FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. “Children are suffering and deserve access to potential treatments that have shown promise. We are using gold standard science and common sense to deliver for the American people.”

According to the Mayo Clinic, leucovorin has a few side effects, all of which are listed as rare. These include skin rash, hives or itching, and wheezing. “Convulsions (seizures)” are also listed.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris has teased another presidential run despite her historic 2024 loss and widespread unpopularity.

Even after her brutal electoral loss in November, Harris said in a recent interview that her political career was “not done” and that serving in public office was “in [her] bones.”

‘They put you as an outsider, even behind Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson.’

“I am not done,” Harris said. “I have lived my entire career a life of service, and it’s in my bones, and there are many ways to serve.”

“I have not decided yet what I will do in the future beyond what I am doing right now.”

RELATED: Exclusive: Steve Scalise was shot by a radical leftist — now he reacts to Jay Jones’ murderous fantasies

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Although Harris teased the idea of being the first female president, the interviewer gave her a blunt reality check. The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg pushed back, pointing out that she’s simply not popular enough to be a politically viable candidate.

“But when you look at the bookies’ odds, they put you as an outsider, even behind Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson,” Kuenssberg said. “I mean, is that underestimating you?”

“I think there are all kinds of polls that will tell you a variety of things,” Harris said. “I’ve never listened to polls. If I listened to polls, I would have not run for my first office or my second office. And I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here in this interview.”

Losing to Trump in all seven swing states and in the popular vote indicated a resounding rejection from the American people. Even still, Harris seems to remain hopeful of the presidency, which critics attribute to simple self-delusion.

“Kamala came across as a whiny, delusional, angry and bitter woman who cannot accept that she was a terrible candidate who got the shellacking she deserved at the ballot box,” Piers Morgan said in a post on X. “No chance she ever gets another go at it.”

RELATED: Democrats feign outrage as Trump administration shutdown layoffs hit: ‘They seem to be enjoying it’

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Although Harris made clear that preliminary polls won’t deter her from weighing her options, the failed candidate may have some stiff competition.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California also hinted at a presidential bid in a recent interview with CBS, saying he would be lying if he didn’t acknowledge the possibility.

“Who the hell knows?” Newsom said. “I’m looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that moment. That’s the question for the American people.”

When pressed about whether he would consider running after the 2026 midterms, Newsom admitted that it was a real possibility.

“Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” Newsom replied.

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The Department of Homeland Security fired back at former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after she and other California Democrats laid out plans for the arrest of federal immigration agents for supposed violations of state laws.

Brooke Jenkins, the San Francisco district attorney, said her office already has plans to arrest federal agents should they use force in her city as they did during violent protests and riots in Los Angeles and Chicago. Jenkins explained the San Francisco Police Department is on board with the idea in cases of “clear, excessive use of force.”

‘If politicians and activists don’t like the law, they should try to change it instead of demonizing our brave men and women in uniform.’

DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin called the plans “gross” in a statement to Blaze News, adding, “America’s brave ICE and Border Patrol agents put their lives on the line every day to enforce U.S. law and arrest the worst of the worst — including gang members, rapists, and murderers.”

RELATED: House Democrats’ ICE ‘tracker’ will ‘put our lives in danger’: DHS agent

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“From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the vilification of ICE must stop. Nancy Pelosi’s rhetoric is putting a target on the backs of federal law enforcement officers who are already facing a 1,000% increase in assaults against them. Our law enforcement is ENFORCING federal law — if politicians and activists don’t like the law, they should try to change it instead of demonizing our brave men and women in uniform,” McLaughlin added.

The Department of Justice sent a letter to Pelosi and Jenkins warning them that their plans violate federal law and that there will be consequences should any state or local police arrest federal agents while lawfully carrying out their duties.

The heightened threat level DHS personnel are facing was realized in the San Francisco Bay last week after a driver apparently attempted to ram a U-Haul truck into a checkpoint at Coast Guard Island Alameda. Coast Guard security personnel shot at the suspect after he did not listen to verbal commands to stop.

“The truck driver was wounded in the stomach and is being held for mental health evaluation. A bystander was struck by a fragment, treated at a local hospital, and released,” DHS said about the shooting.

Anti-ICE attackers have increasingly used vehicles to allegedly ram federal agents’ vehicles or block their path on the road during operations. Attacks in that fashion have taken place in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles.

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Recent reports from “60 Minutes” have pulled back the digital curtain on a sobering truth. China is no longer just stealing data; it is mapping America’s weaknesses— its grids, its ground, its very geography. Retired General Tim Haugh, former head of both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, revealed that Chinese hackers have infiltrated American computer networks to an astonishing degree. They have targeted everything from utilities and pipelines to phone systems and local water plants. Even Littleton, Massachusetts, a town of barely 10,000, was hacked. The FBI found Beijing’s fingerprints deep inside its water and electric control systems.

It’s often said that wars are fought for territory. What’s new is that the territory no longer needs to be conquered; it can be connected.

If “they’re willing to go after that small provider that doesn’t have a national security connection,” Haugh said, “that means every target is on the list.” He’s right. In the cyber age, you don’t need to drop bombs to cripple a nation. You only need to flip the right digital switch.

Beijing could trigger chaos — blackouts, water contamination, grid failures — forcing Washington to fight panic while fighting a war.

The threat has moved beyond networks and into the soil itself. Chinese state-linked companies have quietly bought hundreds of thousands of acres of American farmland, often near military bases, data centers, and missile silos. It’s not agriculture but access.

Former national security official David Feith, who has served in both Trump administrations, warned that China’s land purchases could become launchpads for espionage or even sabotage. With today’s technology, a few shipping containers, drones, or concealed transmitters on “farmland” could paralyze a base or poison a water supply. “It’s an entirely new way of war,” Feith told “60 Minutes.”

Consider the precedent. In Ukraine, drones smuggled across borders struck Russian bombers. What’s near can strike what’s vital. The same principle applies here, where the developing pattern is unmistakable. From hacking Littleton’s utilities to purchasing property beside Air Force bases in North Dakota and Wyoming, Beijing’s strategy is not a flurry but a campaign measured in decades.

China doesn’t improvise; it incubates. Twenty-five-year plans are routine. Its slow, subterranean siege against American security marries patience with precision. Even crypto mines have become camouflage. So-called “data centers” owned by Chinese-backed firms are colossal power drains, often located near military facilities. Feith warns that they can be used to spy on communications or overload local grids.

Why does China do this? Not for trade or treasure, but for leverage in crisis. General Haugh calls it pre-positioning: If conflict erupts in the Indo-Pacific, Beijing could trigger chaos at home — blackouts, water contamination, grid failures — forcing Washington to fight panic while fighting a war.

There’s a dark brilliance to it. Attack the ordinary to paralyze the exceptional.

The battlefield is now your back yard. Across the United States, cyber leadership posts sit vacant and agencies remain demoralized. General Haugh himself was dismissed after Laura Loomer accused him of disloyalty for having served under Biden. It was political theater when what was needed was practical strength. You can loathe Biden and still love the republic; the two are not mutually exclusive. But partisanship has become a kind of paralysis, blinding so many to the broader threat.

RELATED: Chinese SIM farms are radicalizing Americans and destabilizing society, intel experts say

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So what should the Trump administration do?

First, secure the land before it secures you. Close the loopholes that let adversaries buy acreage near sensitive sites. Twenty-nine states already restrict foreign land ownership; make it 50. Ownership of soil is sovereignty. Selling it to a strategic foe is suicide by acreage.

Second, treat cyber defense like civil defense. Rebuild the firewall of faith in government competence. Incentivize companies to modernize their systems and share intelligence. For too long, agencies have hoarded information like monks guarding manuscripts. They should be arming every county, every company, every citizen with the tools to repel an attack.

Third, punish corporate complicity. Any American firm fronting for Chinese capital should face criminal penalties. Beijing doesn’t buy farmland to grow corn. It buys it to grow control.

Fourth, revive deterrence through dominance. China respects strength and exploits hesitation. The administration must make it clear that interference with its utilities or infrastructure will meet a proportional — or greater—response. The Great Firewall cuts both ways.

Finally, restore competence at the top. Reinstating seasoned experts like Haugh or empowering a new cyber czar with wartime authority would signal that the era of political purges in defense agencies is over. A nation that cannot trust its guardians will soon be guarded by its enemies.

Still, the challenge isn’t only technical. It is one of will and vigilance. Americans have grown used to comfort, assuming safety is permanent. But as these reports show, peace without preparation is just permission to be plundered.

And yet there’s a faint humor in our hubris. We let Chinese-backed crypto farms bloom beside missile bases and then wonder why the lights flicker. We ban plastic straws to “save” the planet, but sell farmland to the very regime paving it over.

Faith teaches that temptation often comes disguised as opportunity. The same is true in geopolitics. The common assumption is that China invades. Wrong. It integrates. And by the time we notice, it’s already inside the gate, serving sweet-and-sour sovereignty with a side of spyware.

America must wake up. The next Pearl Harbor won’t come by sea or sky. It will come through dead screens, dry taps, darkened cities, and finally dead bodies.

The tools to prevent that silence exist. The question is whether we have the discipline to use them. Because the greatest danger isn’t what China can take. It’s what America might give away, one password, one acre, one act of indifference at a time.

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Imagine dawn breaking over Nevada’s badlands. A herd of wild horses charges across the sagebrush, manes whipping in the wind — living emblems of American freedom, the soul of the West. Then the silence breaks. Helicopter blades thunder overhead, driving the animals into traps. Foals stumble. Mares collapse. Families scatter in terror.

This isn’t a scene from frontier history. It’s happening now — a government-funded assault on one of the most enduring symbols of the American spirit. The Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse roundups have become routine cruelty disguised as “management.” And with the agency preparing its most aggressive operations yet, the time to act is now.

No more federal helicopters terrorizing symbols of liberty while criminals flood our markets with cheap ‘beef.’

Congress once recognized the value of these animals. The 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act promised protection and stewardship, not slaughter and imprisonment. But decades of mismanagement have turned that promise into a taxpayer-funded nightmare.

The Bureau’s Wild Horse and Burro Program devours $142 million a year to chase, capture, and confine herds that should roam free. The agency calls it conservation. It looks more like erasure — the slow extermination of the very wildness that once defined the West.

From Nevada into your ground beef

More than 64,000 wild horses and burros now languish in government holding pens — taxpayer-funded cages that solve nothing. The Bureau of Land Management calls it “management,” but it’s warehousing life. Meanwhile, the agency ignores real issues like overgrazing, water misallocation, and habitat loss.

In Nevada, the carnage is especially stark. Last fiscal year, federal contractors ripped 2,196 horses from the Triple B Complex. Twenty-seven died on-site, collapsing under the stress of helicopter chases. The rest face grim odds in confinement, where mortality rates hover around 12%. Videos from inside these facilities show workers kicking panicked horses — proof that “humane management” has devolved into cruelty.

The story doesn’t end in captivity. Many of these captured horses end up in the slaughter pipeline. Sold at auction for as little as $5 to $25 a head, they cross borders into Mexico and Canada, where their meat re-enters U.S. markets illegally — blended into ground beef at a time of soaring prices.

This scandal isn’t just about animal welfare; it’s about corruption and public health. The same pipeline that traffics horse meat often intersects with drug and human smuggling networks, all subsidized by American taxpayers.

Actress and horse rescuer Dawn Olivieri, known for her roles in “Yellowstone” and “Homestead,” has called out the hypocrisy: With beef prices at record highs, why is the government allowing wild horse meat to undercut the market — and endanger consumers?

Call for accountability

The federal response has been a blueprint for more misery. The fiscal year 2026 presidential budget proposal guts the program by over 25%, slashing funding from $142 million to $100 million, all while dangling lethal options like euthanasia for healthy herds.

Nevada’s herds are ground zero. The Bureau of Land Management’s latest bombshell is a plan to yank nearly 5,000 wild horses from the Callaghan Complex using those same inhumane helicopter drives, ignoring fresh data and science on fertility controls or habitat restoration.

This isn’t land management. It’s a war on wildlife, propping up special interests while ranchers and communities bear the brunt of unbalanced ecosystems and federal overreach.

Demand action now

Fixing this problem requires more than outrage — it demands bold, commonsense conservatism. Cut the waste, restore the range, and honor the law’s original intent.

Start by releasing healthy captives into the designated herd areas envisioned by Congress in 1971. Doing so would ease the $142 million burden now falling on taxpayers and return the animals to the land they’re meant to roam.

Replace helicopter roundups with proven, humane population control. PZP vaccines work. They prevent overbreeding without cruelty and cost a fraction of constant captures.

Then empower local communities. Offer tax credits to ranchers who adopt sustainable grazing practices. Build revenue through eco-tourism — guided mustang trails, for instance — and expand adoption programs that put horses to work without the whip.

Finally, shut down the slaughter pipeline for good. Enforce the Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act to ban horse meat exports nationwide and close the kill-buyer loopholes that make butchery profitable.

RELATED: ASPCA, Humane Society live large on your donations, warns watchdog

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This battle echoes larger fights against government bloat. Just as we decry asset forfeiture abuses that seize property without due process, we must end the Bureau of Land Management’s unchecked grabs of Nevada’s heritage. Fiscal hawks know the math: $142 million squandered yearly could fund tax relief for veterans or bolster border security.

No more federal helicopters terrorizing living symbols of liberty while criminals flood our markets with cheap “beef.”

The establishment thrives on apathy, but Nevadans, from ranchers to rescuers, aren’t buying it. Nevada’s wild horses aren’t Washington’s playthings — they’re our legacy. Let’s reclaim the range before the dust settles for good.

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations is up in arms over the imminent deportation of Sami Hamdi, a radical Islamic agitator from the United Kingdom who allegedly suggested the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks on Israel were worth celebrating.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed in a statement to Blaze News that as the result of work undertaken by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “this individual’s visa was revoked and he is in ICE custody pending removal.”

As of Monday morning, the online Immigration and Customs Enforcement database does not presently have a Sami Hamdi from the U.K. listed as being in custody.

‘How many of you felt the euphoria, Allahu akbar?’

“Under President Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country,” continued McLaughlin. “It’s commonsense.”

The State Department said in a statement, “We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who support terrorism and actively undermine the safety of Americans.”

Hamdi’s detention came just days after the RAIR Foundation USA published a damning report concerning the British national’s history of radical remarks and associations, stating, “Every appearance Hamdi makes in America is not merely a speech — it operates effectively as a deployment node in an organized influence and mobilization program serving a foreign militant Islamic cause on U.S. soil. His talks are not educational but tactical.”

During an October 2023 panel discussion at a British mosque, Hamdi suggested that rather than pitying the Palestinians, Muslims should “celebrate the victory,” apparently referencing the Hamas terror attacks that claimed the lives of over 1,200 people in Israel including 46 Americans.

“Allah has shown the world that no normalization can erase the Palestinian cause,” said Hamdi. “When everybody thought it was finished, it’s roaring. How many of you feel it in your hearts when you got the news that it happened? How many of you felt the euphoria, Allahu akbar? How many of you felt it? Why did you feel it? Because the despair vanished.”

RELATED: Nigerian Christians are being murdered by Islamic radicals. This congressman has had enough.

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Hamdi also suggested that the reports of rapes by Hamas terrorists were lies.

Although Hamdi has suggested that his remarks were misrepresented and has denied that he celebrated the events of Oct. 7, he has since characterized the Hamas terror attacks as a “natural consequence of the oppression that was being put on the Palestinians.”

Blaze News has reached out to Hamdi for comment.

Hamdi, the managing director of a group that purportedly “advises on political environments across the globe,” spoke on Saturday at the Sacramento Valley chapter of CAIR’s annual banquet and was scheduled to speak to CAIR Florida on Sunday.

Federal immigration officials detained Hamdi Sunday morning at San Francisco International Airport, cutting short his speaking tour.

CAIR, whose co-founder said in a speech that the Hamas terror attacks on unarmed women and children made him “happy,” condemned Hamdi’s detention and called for his release.

The organization — which the Justice Department named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorism financing case — stated that “abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in the United States because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech.”

“Our attorneys and partners are working to address this injustice. We call on ICE to immediately account for and release Mr. Hamdi, whose only ‘crime’ is criticizing a foreign government that committed genocide,” continued the Washington, D.C.-based group. “Our nation must stop abducting critics of the Israeli government at the behest of unhinged Israel First bigots. This is an Israel First policy, not an America First policy, and it must end.”

The Muslim Council of Britain has signaled common cause with CAIR and called for the U.K. government to “take urgent diplomatic action” to ensure “Hamdi’s rights are protected.”

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Since taking office in December 2023, Argentina’s self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” President Javier Milei has successfully taken a “chainsaw” to his leftist predecessors’ ruinous policies and rescued his nation from an economic death spiral.

Despite delivering significant results, the fate of the Argentine president’s libertarian agenda and his nation’s continued support from the U.S. were conditional on the success of Milei’s Freedom Advances party in Sunday’s midterm elections.

Fortunately for Milei and his anti-left alliance with the United States, the Freedom Advances party prevailed over its leftist rivals in almost every district in the country, securing nearly 41% of the national vote — far and above the result reportedly expected by the Milei government.

Milei’s party picked up 64 seats in the lower house of the Argentine National Congress and 12 seats in the Senate. The ruling party exceeded the threshold necessary to sustain Milei’s presidential vetoes.

President Donald Trump congratulated Milei “on his Landslide Victory” early Monday morning, noting, “Our confidence in him was justified by the People of Argentina.”

“He’s making us all look good. Congratulations Javier!” added Trump.

RELATED: Trump’s Caribbean ‘drug wars’ are forging a new Monroe Doctrine

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“The [Argentine] president is fighting 100 years of bad economic history and policy,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at an Oct. 14 Cabinet meeting where Milei was present. “There’s a midterm election coming up. We think he’s going to do quite well and then continue his reform agenda.”

Bessent indicated that whereas the Obama administration “wasted” an opportunity to support Latin American governments when they moved center-right politically, the Trump administration is forming economic bridges with like-minded nations that “want to do the right thing.”

‘The entire country confirmed its will to irreversibly change the destiny of our homeland.’

In the case of Argentina, whose stability Bessent indicated was “in the strategic interest of the United States,” American support recently came in the form of a $20 billion currency swap — a lifeline bypassing the International Monetary Fund that is aimed at economically stabilizing the country — and the possibility of $20 billion more in private credit.

Trump underscored the importance of the election and noted that if Milei and his party didn’t win, the U.S. would “not be generous with Argentina.”

“Our approvals are somewhat subject to who wins the election because if a socialist or — in the case of New York City — a communist wins, you feel a lot differently about making an investment,” said Trump, suggesting further that the U.S. wouldn’t waste money supporting a government kneecapped by or captive to a leftist philosophy.

Milei noted in his victory speech that when the new lawmakers take their congressional seats in December, Argentina “will have the most reformist Congress in Argentina,” and his party will work to make Argentina “the most free country in the world,” reported the Buenos Aires Herald.

“Today, the entire country confirmed its will to irreversibly change the destiny of our homeland,” added Milei.

Florida Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R) stated on Sunday, “Milei is the moral reference for the hemisphere, the exact opposite of Maduro. He’s proving that freedom, capitalism, and democracy still work. President Trump recognizes that, and together we can help Latin America prosper with those same values.”

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