What really happens at these so-called peaceful No Kings rallies? BlazeTV host Alex Stein went inside a Dallas, Texas, protest to find out — and the footage was anything but peaceful.

In a clip of Stein walking through the protest, he’s swarmed by screaming leftists, calmly talking to the camera, before one protester steals his hat in an attempt to shut him down.

“Someone who was truly anti-fascist would want as much speech as possible, wouldn’t they? Wouldn’t they? I mean, after all, fascism always involves suppression of dissent and censorship of unwanted speech. Those are, like, two key components of fascism. Tyranny always shuts dissenting speech down,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says, disturbed by Stein’s experience.

“Isn’t that so crazy how the same people who are screaming about tyranny and fascism and how they’re so oppressed are the same people who literally cannot even handle, they cannot handle anyone verbally, peacefully disagreeing with their point without assaulting them,” she continues.

In another video posted to X, a man wearing a Make America Great Again hat attending the rally was asked by a protester to “come closer.”

As he stepped near the woman, she said, “I will pepper-spray you,” and then sprayed him in the face.

“That’s okay, that’s okay,” the man said after realizing he was pepper-sprayed. “Because God bless Israel, God bless Israel.”

“They’re very, very angry. They’re very, very violent. They’re very mentally unstable,” Gonzales says, adding, “and we cannot allow these people leading the direction of our state.”

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions against the Russian Federation and called for an “immediate ceasefire” in its war against Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has been raging for more than three years, but negotiations between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to have come to an impasse on Wednesday.

‘Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine.’

Bessent posted a statement on social media about the sanctions.

“Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire. Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine,” he wrote.

“Treasury is prepared to take further action if necessary to support President Trump’s effort to end yet another war,” he added. “We encourage our allies to join us in and adhere to these sanctions.”

Earlier in the day, Bessent told the Fox Business channel that the sanctions were a response to Putin’s dishonesty in the negotiations.

“President Putin has not come to the table in an honest and forthright manner, as we’d hoped,” Bessent said to host Larry Kudlow.

“There were talks in Alaska. President Trump walked away when he realized that things were not moving forward. There have been behind-the-scenes talk, but I believe that the president is disappointed at where we are in these talks,” he added.

“We are going to be announcing a substantial increase in Russia sanctions,” Bessent concluded. “I’m not gonna give you the exact sanctions, but I can tell you that this will be one of the largest sanctions that we have done against the Russian Federation.”

Also on Wednesday, the president denied a report in the Wall Street Journal claiming that the U.S. had agreed to lift a restriction on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia.

“The Wall Street Journal story on the U.S.A.’s approval of Ukraine being allowed to use long range missiles deep into Russia is FAKE NEWS!” he wrote on social media. “The U.S. has nothing to do with those missiles, wherever they may come from, or what Ukraine does with them!”

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Fox News that Russia’s economy was suffering and building pressure on Putin to come to the negotiation table on a peace deal.

First lady Melania Trump has been using her platform to secure concessions from Putin on returning Ukrainian children who were taken from the war front. Ukrainians have accused Russia of kidnapping children and trying to indoctrinate them to support Russia.

Some military experts believe Russia has lost between 165,000 and 235,000 service members since the invasion began in Feb. 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last reported casualties of 43,000 Ukrainian military deaths, but that may be an underestimate, according to a BBC report.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, while under the leadership of the Biden administration, was accused of skipping homes that displayed campaign signs supporting President Donald Trump in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

A whistleblower report surfaced in late 2024 that FEMA relief workers had been ordered not to provide aid to people displaying Trump signs on their property, eventually prompting several firings at the agency.

‘They deliberately avoided houses displaying support for President Trump and the Second Amendment, illegally collected and stored information about survivors’ political beliefs, and failed to report their malicious behavior.’

Then-FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told Congress that it was an isolated incident, blaming the misstep on a since-terminated employee.

However, a Department of Homeland Security report released Tuesday revealed that the “abuses were widespread, systematic, and occurred during multiple disasters dating back to Hurricane Ida in 2021.”

Further, the probe claimed that the workers also violated the Privacy Act of 1974 by collecting information about the political beliefs of disaster survivors.

The DHS report listed some examples of observed political signs and flags that FEMA relief workers documented.

RELATED: FEMA fires 3 more supervisors tied to home-skipping scandal impacting Trump supporters

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“Trump sign, no contact per leadership,” a FEMA worker wrote in 2024 about a Florida home, according to the report.

“A lot of explicit political flags, posters, etc. ‘F**k Joe Biden’ ‘MAGA 2024’ ‘Joe Biden Sucks’ ‘TRUMP 2024,'” another worker allegedly noted in 2021 about a Pennsylvania residence. “We do not recommend anyone visiting this location.”

“Homeowner had sign stated … this is Trump country,” a third reportedly wrote about a Louisiana property in 2021.

RELATED: FEMA investigating stunning report that hurricane relief workers were ordered to skip houses with pro-Trump signs

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“The federal government was withholding aid against Americans in crisis based on their political beliefs — this should horrify every American, regardless of political persuasion,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem stated.

“For years, FEMA employees under the Biden administration intentionally delayed much-needed aid to Americans suffering from natural disasters on purely political grounds,” Noem continued. “They deliberately avoided houses displaying support for President Trump and the Second Amendment, illegally collected and stored information about survivors’ political beliefs, and failed to report their malicious behavior. We will not let this stand.”

The DHS referred the case to the Department of Justice for potential prosecution.

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Left-wing Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas said she is “strongly” looking to run for U.S. Senate after completing only one term in the lower house of Congress.

The controversial politician made the comments while appearing on “The Lurie Daniel Favors Show” on SiriusXM. She said that efforts to run her out of office made her believe that “karma” might help her win an even higher seat to stymie her opponents.

‘The question will be whether or not we believe that we’ve got enough juice to expand the electorate.’

“Every other day, there’s a poll that comes out that makes it clear that I can win the primary for the U.S. Senate race in Texas,” Crockett said.

“And I am looking. Because if you want to take my seat of 766,000 away, I feel like there has to be some karma in that to where I take your seat that is for 30 million away,” she added. “So we are, you know, the primary is the primary. That’s cool, but you got to win the general. So we are doing some testing here shortly to see if I can expand the electorate.”

Republicans in Texas are pushing to redistrict the state in an effort to convert more seats in the U.S. House from Democratic control to the Republican side.

“And I think the key to winning Texas isn’t about looking at the current electorate. It’s about expanding the electorate. So the question will be whether or not we believe that we’ve got enough juice to expand the electorate and looking at those cross tabs and looking at which demographics are more inclined to come out who normally do not vote,” she continued.

“If we can expand the electorate, then I will strongly be considering hopping into the Senate race,” Crockett concluded.

RELATED: ‘This is a terrible nightmare!’ Jasmine Crockett responds to Trump: ‘Somebody slap me and wake me the f**k up!’

Crockett has become a popular figure on the left for her vitriolic attacks on President Donald Trump, which have also made her a target for her opponents on the right.

“What is happening? Like, this is not America! This is a terrible nightmare! Somebody slap me and wake me the f**k up, ‘cuz I’m ready to get on with it!” she said of the president in March.

The 44-year-old is in her second term after easily defeating a libertarian candidate in 2024.

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Not months ago, Snoop Dogg took aim at the LGBTQ+ messaging littering children’s television and movies — but in an embarrassing show of defeat, he’s now doing a complete 180.

The rapper has now partnered with LGBTQ+ nonprofit GLAAD to create a new song for his animated children’s show “Doggyland” titled “Love Is Love.”

The song features animated dog families, which include same-sex couples and single and elder dogs as parents, with lyrics like, “Our parents are different, no two are the same, but the one thing that’s for certain is the love won’t change.”

“‘Love Is Love’ is a record that my kids’ program ‘Doggyland’ presented me, where it’s the song where it’s teaching love is love. It’s teaching parenthood, it’s teaching the situations that kids and the world is going through right now in a beautiful way through song, dance, melody, and just trying to get more understanding, clarity on how we live and the way we live,” the rapper told Jeremy Beloate — who makes a cameo in the new song — in an interview.

“And I felt like this music is a beautiful, you know, bridge to bringing understanding. This is a program that we’ve been doing for years where we involve kids, and these are things that kids have questions about. So now hopefully we can help answer these questions and, you know, help them to live a happy life and understand that love is love,” he continued.

“When we spoke about this a month ago, we said that he would not stand 10 toes down,” BlazeTV contributor Shemeka Michelle tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.”

“Snoop is just showing that he goes wherever the check is. He has no morals. He has no values, and he’s not a gangster. He’s a fake gangster because gangsters stand on their business and they stand 10 toes down. Snoop doesn’t do that. Never has and never will,” she adds.

“These gangsters can bully women and talk crazy with women, but when it comes to the LGBTQ, it’s a Deion Sanders like backpedal, and the next thing you know, you’re coming out with a song ‘Love Is Love,’” Whitlock agrees.

“It’s one of the most demonic songs that’s ever been written,” he adds.

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The commissioner of the National Football League addressed the public outrage over the decision to have Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny perform during the halftime show at the Super Bowl.

Many football fans were furious when the NFL made the announcement, especially after some anti-Trump comments of his resurfaced on social media.

‘He understands the platform that he’s on, and I think it’s going to be exciting and a united moment.’

Commissioner Goodell defended the decision while speaking to reporters on Wednesday after the annual Fall League Meeting.

“It’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”

The 31-year-old rapper was born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and has refused to perform on the mainland of the U.S. out of fear of the mass deportation policies of President Donald Trump. He has instead performed his shows in Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S.

Many were further antagonized when Ocasio responded to the outrage by joking that anyone who wanted to understand his performance would have to learn Spanish.

“We’re confident it’s going to be a great show,” Goodell continued. “He understands the platform that he’s on, and I think it’s going to be exciting and a united moment.”

He also pointed to Bad Bunny’s popularity as the rationale for the decision.

“He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world,” Goodell said. “That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value.”

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President Donald Trump weighed in on the decision and said he had never even heard of the rapper.

“I don’t know who he is,” Trump said. “I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s, like, crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter that they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

Goodell also faced criticism in February when he said the NFL would continue supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies despite so many companies abandoning them after Trump’s election victory.

The Super Bowl will be held on February 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

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