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<title>Intifada! Communism! Cannibal Rage Mobs! It’s Just Another NYC Election Season</title>
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<dc:creator>Andrew Klavan</dc:creator>
<description>Some political observers are saying that New York Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a sleazy, two-faced, peddler of political snake-oil whose Communist agenda would only demonstrate yet one more wearisome time the capability of Marxism to reduce a city striving toward prosperity and peace to a rubble-strewn ruin of homelessness, crime and poverty in ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some political observers are saying that New York Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a sleazy, two-faced, peddler of political snake-oil whose Communist agenda would only demonstrate yet one more wearisome time the capability of Marxism to reduce a city striving toward prosperity and peace to a rubble-strewn ruin of homelessness, crime and poverty in order to create an urban hellscape that would express through the human misery of others, a leftist like Mamdani’s virulent hatred of God, America, the Jews, humanity and himself even while he continues to disguise that hatred behind a smile of chilling insincerity and the sort of vague, Obama-like bromides of deceptive political oration that anyone but an idiot or a Democrat would recognize instantaneously as the mesmeric lies of a man whose heart has been poisoned by a diabolical socialist ideology that transforms every natural human instinct toward goodness into a bubbling black tar of destructive evil.
Other political observers are saying other things. Like, “What’s on TV tonight?” or “I wonder if it’s too late to get a reservation for dinner.” Because watching Mamdani’s rise to front-runner in the New York mayoral race is so disturbing, they’d rather think about practically anything else.
Left-leaning New York politicians are uncertain whether or not they should endorse Mamdani and have been nervously tracking the opinions of a mob of naked, blood-drenched maniacs who at first seemed to be the extras who played the rage zombies in “28 Years Later” but instead turned out to be the Democrat base. As New York Senator and career corruptocrat Chuck Schumer said, “I am one hundred percent in favor of Zohran Mamdani if that shrieking mob of naked blood-drenched zombies supports him, but if they would prefer to rampage down Fifth Avenue killing and devouring anyone who gets in their way, then I’m in favor of that instead. In other words, a lifetime of ideological pandering has left me a hollow doppelganger of the man God created me to be and I’ll basically do anything for just one more term in power before delivering the husk of what was once a human being into the hands of the Satanic overlord who owns the flaming ashes of my former soul.”
<h3><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show">WATCH: The Andrew Klavan Show</a></h3>
On the other hand, shapely-but-evil New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Mamdani enthusiastically, telling her supporters, “Men have sleep-walked into self-destruction while gazing at a hot rack like mine through all of human history, I don’t see why this mayoral election should be any different.”
Some journalists have temporarily roused themselves from the sleep of reason that produces monsters to report on some of Mamdani’s little peccadillos, like the fact that he’s a Jew-hating, Islamist-appeasing, anti-American dirtbag who once gave the finger to a statue of Christopher Columbus, and wants to defund the police, seize the means of production, transform the state of Israel into a rerun of the holocaust and reduce New York to a socialist slave-city on the order of 1970s Detroit.
But Mamdani answered those accusations in a charming speech to a vast collection of matrix-like pods that contained residents of Park Slope Brooklyn, who were happily living in a dream that the world was like it is in the New York Times while their brains were being drained of electricity in order to power the Democrat machine. Mamdani said, “Sure, I’ve got some ideas that would make New York City look like it had been trampled by a Stalinist Godzilla, but, you know, Ronald Reagan used to say that a person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally, and in the same way, a person who agrees with me 80 percent of the time will soon be lying in the gutter in a pool of his own vomit wishing he’d paid closer attention to that other 20 percent.”
The Park Slope residents greeted this speech with thunderous applause and then went back to dodging bullets in slow motion because they were dreaming they were in a New York Times editorial that said yes, Mamdani’s crime-infested New York would be riddled with gunfire, but don’t worry, just take this blue pill, and you’ll be able to dodge the bullets in slow motion.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. Klavan is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613165536?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_3&storeType=ebooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Woman Underground.</a>” His most recent nonfiction release is “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Cain-Finding-Literature-Darkness/dp/0310368340/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=nMYjR&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=133-8344803-2786917&pd_rd_wg=7a8J3&pd_rd_r=5791ea0f-6d96-4732-9d6a-3a4e6b348bb5&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness.</a>” (May 2025, Zondervan/HarperCollins). Follow him on X: <a href="https://x.com/andrewklavan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@andrewklavan</a>
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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<title>Here Are The Countries Kilmar Abrego Garcia Could Be Deported To</title>
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<dc:creator>Spencer Lindquist</dc:creator>
<description>The Trump administration is considering multiple different countries that it could potentially deport suspected MS-13 human smuggler Kilmar Abrego Garcia to, naming both Mexico and the African nation of South Sudan as potential destinations for the illegal alien erroneously dubbed a “Maryland man.” Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States to stand trial ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Trump administration is considering multiple different countries that it could potentially deport suspected MS-13 human smuggler Kilmar Abrego Garcia to, naming both Mexico and the African nation of South Sudan as potential destinations for the illegal alien erroneously dubbed a “Maryland man.”
Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States to stand trial for a human smuggling charge after he was first deported back to his home country of El Salvador. But now the Salvadoran national is expected to be deported yet again if he is let free from jail as he awaits trial.
ICE officials <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/us-news/trump-admin-still-deciding-where-it-would-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-ice-official-tells-judge/">noted</a> that the federal agency would detain Abrego Garcia and deport him to a so-called “third country,” a country other than an alien’s nation of origin that agrees to receive deportees from the United States. Abrego Garcia has claimed that he is at risk of being tortured if he returns to El Salvador.
The third country arrangement was made possible by a Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-secures-victory-in-scotus-ruling-enabling-more-deportations?author=Spencer+Lindquist&category=News&elementPosition=4&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=Trump+Admin+Secures+Victory+In+SCOTUS+Ruling+Enabling+More+Deportations">victory</a> for the Trump administration late last month, which overturned a lower court ruling barring the administration from sending deportees to third countries. Now, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/23/supreme-court-immigrants-deport-torture-sudan/83885228007/">thousands</a> of illegal aliens are expected to be sent to third countries.
The case came after eight criminal illegal aliens, including Cuban and Vietnamese nationals, were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-deports-murderers-and-rapists-to-south-sudan-but-judge-might-order-their-return-to-u-s">deported</a> to South Sudan after their home nations refused to accept them.
Abrego Garcia is currently awaiting trial in Tennessee as he faces charges for a suspected human smuggling incident. The illegal alien was caught on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-suspected-maryland-man-of-getting-paid-to-traffic-illegals-body-cam-footage-shows">body camera footage</a> in 2022 during a traffic stop, in which Tennessee Highway Patrol officers found Abrego Garcia to be driving a modified van with nine men, none of whom spoke English or had driver’s licenses. One officer speculated that Abrego Garcia was “hauling these people for money.”
Abrego Garcia’s case has become a national flashpoint in the immigration debate, with Democrat politicians advocating for the illegal alien and incorrectly referring to him as a “Maryland man,” and Maryland politicians even calling him their constituent.
The illegal alien, who has also been accused of domestic violence, was a member of a far-left organization that advocated for illegal aliens and called for ICE to be abolished, while also receiving federal funding from the Biden administration, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-belonged-to-a-biden-backed-illegal-alien-advocacy-group?author=Spencer+Lindquist&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=%E2%80%98Maryland+Man%E2%80%99+Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+Belonged+To+A+Biden-Backed+Group+That+Called+For+Abolishing+ICE">revealed</a>.
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<title>Harvard Weighs New Conservative Center As Trump Targets School: Report</title>
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<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>Harvard University is reportedly considering a new center for conservative scholarship amid criticism from the Trump administration that the school has drifted too far to the Left. The Ivy League school has mulled starting a program for conservative scholarship for several years, but now the idea is gaining momentum, according to The Wall Street Journal. ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Harvard University is reportedly considering a new center for conservative scholarship amid criticism from the Trump administration that the school has drifted too far to the Left.
The Ivy League school has mulled starting a program for conservative scholarship for several years, but now the idea is gaining momentum, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-conservative-scholarship-center-trump-attacks-a187242a">according</a> to The Wall Street Journal.
The center could cost as much as $1 billion, and Harvard has already discussed the idea with potential donors, the Journal reported.
A Harvard spokesman said the school is ramping up work to set up such a center.
The program would “promote and support viewpoint diversity” and “will ensure exposure to the broadest ranges of perspectives on issues, and will not be partisan, but rather will model the use of evidence-based, rigorous logic and a willingness to engage with opposing views,” Harvard’s spokesman told the outlet.
If it takes shape, Harvard’s new center could potentially be modeled after Stanford’s Hoover Institution, which promotes personal liberty and limited government and is nonpartisan but widely viewed as conservative. Ronald Reagan was the Hoover Institution’s first honorary fellow.
However, the Trump administration would not necessarily view a new center purportedly for conservative thought as a significant step, the Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the administration’s perspective.
Harvard leaders’ discussions about the potential center come amid a heated battle with the Trump administration over diversity, equity and inclusion practices as well as antisemitism.
In 2023, pro-Palestinian protests erupted on Harvard’s campus, sparking widespread backlash.
Harvard’s president at the time, Claudine Gay, was called to testify in front of Congress about the school’s response to antisemitism on campus. Her testimony was criticized after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ny-post-says-harvards-lawyer-contacted-them-for-looking-into-plagiarism-claims">hedged</a> on saying whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the university’s codes of conduct.
The Trump administration has pulled billions in federal funds from the school, threatened Harvard’s tax-exempt status, and moved to block the school from enrolling foreign students.
Harvard is suing, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-sues-after-trump-admin-blocks-university-from-admitting-foreign-students">claiming</a> the administration is violating its First Amendment rights and trying to “control Harvard’s governance, curriculum, and the ‘ideology’ of its faculty and students.”
This week, the administration also threatened Harvard’s accreditation, accusing the school of violating federal discrimination law by failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment.
If Harvard were to lose its accreditation, it would also lose access to federal student aid, typically an existential event for universities that leads to their shuttering.
Harvard’s accreditation is handled by the New England Commission of Higher Education, which is not controlled by the government, but Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent the commission a firm letter about the issue.
“By allowing anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination to persist unchecked on its campus, Harvard University has failed in its obligation to students, educators, and American taxpayers,” McMahon wrote.
She added that the Education Department expects the commission to keep the administration “fully informed of its efforts to ensure that Harvard is in compliance with federal law and accreditor standards.”
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<title>The Performative Outrage Of The Left</title>
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<dc:creator>Ben Shapiro</dc:creator>
<description>We&#8217;ve reached the point now where the entire leftist program is performative outrage. Today&#8217;s example is the raid by ICE at a large marijuana farm in Southern California. According to the New York Times: “Federal agents raided a large cannabis farm in Southern California on Thursday, clashing with protesters and arresting multiple people.” That sounds ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[We’ve reached the point now where the entire leftist program is performative outrage.
Today’s example is the raid by ICE at a large marijuana farm in Southern California.
According to the New York Times: “Federal agents raided a large cannabis farm in Southern California on Thursday, clashing with protesters and arresting multiple people.”
That sounds like these are just normal people. “Yeah, sure, they’re illegal immigrants, but they’re picking the marijuana that America needs.”
But marijuana is damaging our country. If you don’t believe me, visit LA, visit Denver.
This pot farm was allegedly using illegal underage labor. It’s hard to think of a place more deserving of a federal law enforcement raid than a pot farm that is engaging in illegal underage labor.
The Left freaked out. Protesters showed up because they heard that ICE was showing up. At least one person showed up with a gun and fired at an ICE agent.
That person is no longer a “protester.” He’s now an attempted murderer.
But a video that went viral on social media was not the video of the so-called protester shooting a gun or the idiots who were attempting to stop an ICE vehicle using flagpoles.
It was children running from tear gas, which ICE used to disperse the crowds.
But when they say children were running away, they should point out that some of the children who were running away were presumably brought there as protesters, because if they were there as child labor, the parents should be in jail.
<h3><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-2236-democrats-defend-illegal-immigrant-child-labor-on-pot-farm?elementPosition=0&row=0&rowHeadline=The+Ben+Shapiro+Show&rowType=Horizontal+Show+Carousel">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show</a></h3>
It’s a violation of federal and state law to use your small children as child labor at a cannabis farm, we should point out.
But this caused Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, who desperately wants to run for President of the United States, to tweet, “Kids running from tear gas crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields. Trump calls me ‘Newscum’ — but he’s the real scum.”
Amazing performative outrage.
What are the children doing there in the first place? That should be the real question.
Why have leftists incentivized parents to bring small children to protest immigration raids at a cannabis farm employing underage labor? That’s question number one. Question number two: Is Newsom suggesting that kids are crying because mom is being taken away? The only person on tape I could see who was crying about this appeared to be a young man whose mom was taken away.
If you’re a legal immigrant, the administration is not going to arrest you. You have to violate the law in some way that calls for your deportation in order for them to pursue the arrest.
President Trump has mentioned the idea of providing some sort of temporary shield for illegal immigrant farmworkers and hospitality workers, or people working in hotels. He has insisted there will be no amnesty, but also suggested that some workers might be allowed to stay if their employers take responsibility for them.
The policy that the media claim Trump is pursuing is not the policy that he is pursuing.
But because the media are lying about the actual policy and because there are people on social media who are able to blow those lies up into full-fledged stories, you end up with violence against ICE agents, people showing up en masse to stop what are clearly legitimate law enforcement raids.
The performative outrage is the entire gambit for the Left.
It’s all performative outrage.
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trump Admin Cheers ‘Reports’ That Jerome Powell ‘Considering Resigning’</title>
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<dc:creator>Leif Le Mahieu</dc:creator>
<description>The Trump administration said Friday that it was encouraged by “reports” that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was considering resigning. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte released a statement saying that it would help the economy for Powell to retire. It is unclear what reports Pulte was referring to, but Trump has repeatedly slammed ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Trump administration said Friday that it was encouraged by “reports” that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was considering resigning. 
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte <a href="https://www.fhfa.gov/news/news-release/statement-from-chairman-of-the-board-of-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-william-j.-pulte-on-reports-that-jerome-powell-is-considering-resigning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a statement saying that it would help the economy for Powell to retire. It is unclear what reports Pulte was referring to, but Trump has repeatedly slammed Powell for his refusal to lower interest rates and called for him to leave his post.
“I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome Powell is considering resigning. I think this will be the right decision for America, and the economy will boom,” Pulte said. 
Earlier in the day, Trump again laid into Powell as he spoke to reporters before leaving for a trip to visit flood victims in Texas. 
“I think he’s doing a terrible job,” Trump said. “I think we should be 3 points lower, interest rates. He’s costing our country a lot of money.”
“We should be No. 1, and we’re not, and that’s because of Jerome Powell,” the president added. 
During his cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-demands-terrible-fed-chair-powell-resign-immediately-calls-rate-cuts">said</a> that Powell should “resign immediately” so someone could be appointed who would lower interest rates. 
“He’s always late. But he wasn’t late with Biden before the election, he was cutting them like crazy. It didn’t help too much, did it? But he was cutting them like crazy before the election with Kamala and Biden. He was trying to get them in, I guess. I don’t know, he was recommended by somebody who worked for me,” the president said.
Powell’s term as Fed chair ends in May 2026, but his current term at the Fed goes until January 2028.
In recent days, Powell has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/palace-of-versailles-fed-chair-lied-about-2-5b-hq-renovation-senators-say?author=Nathan+Gay&category=News&elementPosition=undefined&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=‘Palace+Of+Versailles’%3A+Fed+Chair+Lied+About+%242.5B+HQ+Renovation%2C+Senators+Say">faced pressure</a> from the Trump administration and the Senate for his handling of renovations to the Fed’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
“While continuing to run a deficit since FY23 (the first time in the Fed’s history), the Fed is way over budget on the renovation of its headquarters,” Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought <a href="https://x.com/russvought/status/1943362774416883908">said</a> on Thursday. “Now up to $2.5 billion, roughly $700 million over its initial cost. These renovations include terrace rooftop gardens, water features, VIP elevators, and premium marble. The cost per square foot is $1,923–double the cost for renovating an ordinary historic federal building. The Palace of Versailles would have cost $3 billion in today’s dollars!”
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<title>Muslim Imams From Europe Meet With Israeli President. The Next Day, One Is Suspended By His Mosque</title>
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<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>Over a dozen Muslim imams from Europe defied the anti-Israel sentiments of much of the Muslim world and met in Jerusalem with Israeli President Isaac Herzog this week. The imams came from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the U.K., The Jerusalem Post reported. “We are all children of Abraham, and I believe the historic ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over a dozen Muslim imams from Europe defied the anti-Israel sentiments of much of the Muslim world and met in Jerusalem with Israeli President Isaac Herzog this week.
The imams came from France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the U.K., The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860380">reported</a>. “We are all children of Abraham, and I believe the historic progress in our region is a progress of dialogue between Muslims and Jews, and Jews and Muslims,” Herzog said, The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/group-of-europe-based-imams-visits-israel-bearing-message-of-peace/">noted</a>. “What you’re doing on this visit, and in your courageous work, reflects the silent majority in the Middle East and around the world who yearn for this kind of shared life.”
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“You represent the world of brotherhood, humanity, and liberty”. The words of Imam Hassen Chalghoumi from France to me today. 
I was moved and inspired to meet him and a delegation led by <a href="https://twitter.com/elnet_global?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elnet_global</a> of Imams and Muslim community leaders from across Europe. They stand bravely… <a href="https://t.co/gpJja2tQne">pic.twitter.com/gpJja2tQne</a>
— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) <a href="https://twitter.com/Isaac_Herzog/status/1942178750319186206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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🇮🇱 It was a great pleasure to meet the President of Israel <a href="https://twitter.com/Isaac_Herzog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Isaac_Herzog</a> along with European Muslim religious leaders led by <a href="https://twitter.com/Imam1chalghoumi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Imam1chalghoumi</a> and organised by <a href="https://twitter.com/elnet_global?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elnet_global</a>. 
It was a peace journey from European Muslim Imams to Israel. We want peace between both nations and… <a href="https://t.co/oMiDsHhnLs">pic.twitter.com/oMiDsHhnLs</a>
— Noor Dahri – نور ڈاہری ‎ 🇬🇧 (@dahrinoor2) <a href="https://twitter.com/dahrinoor2/status/1942202717981585737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Herzog noted that on October 8, 2023, the day after the Hamas massacre of 1200 Israelis, he visited the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba — which was struck by an Iranian ballistic missile on June 19 — where Jewish and Arab staff worked beside one another to treat the wounded and the injured.
Imam Hassen Chalghoumi, the chairman of the Conference of Imams of France and the chair of People for Peace, led the group of imams; he stated that the group prayed for the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7. “He introduced each of the members of the delegation to Herzog and explained that they all love, respect, and admire Israel, believe in its right to defend itself, applaud its resilience, and are opposed to terrorism, violence, and the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas and Iran,” the Jerusalem Post noted.
Imam Youssef Masbeh, who came from the Bilal Mosque in the northern Dutch city of Alkmaar, chanted a song of praise for Herzog and suggested everyone sing HaTikvah (The Hope), Israel’s national anthem. Masbeh sang the same lyrics as the anthem but in Arabic and used a different melody.
“Here in Israel, we want peace,” Herzog told the group. “We want to see all our hostages back home, and we want to see an end to the suffering of the people in Gaza, too. We want to see better lives for everyone.” He said he hoped “peace will come with Syria, with Lebanon, inshallah even with Saudi Arabia, and that we will continue moving forward.”
“When they finished, they all rose and individually and collectively embraced Herzog,” the Jerusalem Post reported.
The day after the imams met with Herzog, Masbeh’s mosque in Alkmaar suspended him. “Following recent political statements by the imam, the board has decided to suspend him with immediate effect,” the mosque <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dutch-imam-suspended-after-meeting-isaac-herzog-delegation-israel">stated</a> on Instagram. “As of this moment, the institution has no relationship with him.”
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<title>CNN Blames Trump Admin For Texas FEMA Delays, Ignores Agency’s Horrible Track Record</title>
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<dc:creator>Catherine Maxwell</dc:creator>
<description>A recent CNN report blamed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for delaying the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the Texas flash floods. But the outlet ignored FEMA’s decades-long history of delays and mismanagement. In the article, anonymous FEMA officials said recent changes to the organization caused delays in its ability to send aid to ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent CNN report <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/fema-texas-flood-noem">blamed</a> Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for delaying the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the Texas flash floods. But the outlet ignored FEMA’s decades-long history of delays and mismanagement.
In the article, anonymous FEMA officials said recent changes to the organization caused delays in its ability to send aid to Texas. Most of the blame fell on Noem’s new rule requiring her personal sign-off on all grants and contracts of more than $100,000.
“We were operating under a clear set of guidance: lean forward, be prepared, anticipate what the state needs, and be ready to deliver it,” one FEMA official told CNN. “That is not as clear of an intent for us at the moment.”
Noem <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/noem-rips-cnn-report-claiming-delayed-dhs-response-texas-flood-absolutely-trash">told</a> “Fox & Friends” the CNN story was “absolutely trash,” noting that “Our Coast Guard, our Border Patrol BORTAC (Border Patrol Tactical Unit) teams were there immediately. Every single thing they asked for, we were there.”
But Democrats have used the story to criticize the Trump administration’s response to the Texas floods, which have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tours-texas-flood-zone-as-death-toll-reaches-121">killed</a> at least 121 people.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) <a href="https://x.com/RepMoskowitz/status/1943029363412267023">blamed</a> “dramatic cuts” to FEMA and the National Weather Service for a poor federal response to the flood.
But meteorologists say there is no evidence that federal cuts delayed warnings or response times, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/theres-no-evidence-to-suggest-doge-cuts-caused-texas-flood-devastation-meteorologists-say">reported</a>.
“There is little evidence that any of the recent cuts to NOAA/NWS negatively impacted services for this event, regardless of what may be being said on social media,” <a href="https://balancedweather.substack.com/p/balancedwx-special-tragic-flash-flooding">said</a> Alan Gerard, a former director of the Analysis and Understanding Branch in the National Severe Storms Laboratory at NOAA.
Moskowitz still <a href="https://x.com/RepMoskowitz/status/1943465531690094828/photo/1">called</a> for an investigation into Noem’s “‘cost-control’ policy.”
“As a result, this policy stripped FEMA of its ability to act in real time and delayed every major aspect of the response,” Moskowitz said in his letter.
During a congressional hearing on FEMA in November 2024, Moskowitz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fema-on-trial-congress-probes-fema-head-for-discriminating-against-trump-supporters">said</a> the DHS was “too big” and recommended the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut down the agency.
Both CNN and Moskowitz ignored FEMA’s long history of inefficient and inadequate disaster response, including most recently under former President Joe Biden
After Hurricane Milton devastated the South in September 2024, The Daily Wire exposed a FEMA supervisor who told workers to “avoid homes advertising Trump” as they canvassed Florida to identify residents who could qualify for federal aid.
The supervisor, Marn’i Washington, was fired after The Daily Wire broke the story.
In a later <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5SP0jIZPs0">interview</a> with Roland Martin, Washington <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fired-fema-employee-speaks-out-says-it-was-not-isolated-incident-colossal-event-of-avoidance">said</a> it was not an “isolated” incident.
“FEMA always preaches avoidance first and then de-escalation, so this is not isolated,” Washington said. “This is a colossal event of avoidance not just in the state of Florida, but you will find avoidance in the Carolinas.”
In March, FEMA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3-more-fema-employees-fired-after-probe-into-guidance-to-skip-trump-homes">fired</a> three more employees as part of an agency investigation into Washington’s guidance.
The scandal was part of a pattern of FEMA mismanagement throughout both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, which occurred during Biden’s administration.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-a-small-tennessee-town-survived-helene-after-the-emergency-response-floundered">visited</a> Roan Mountain, a town in eastern Tennessee, and was told it took almost two weeks after the hurricane for a FEMA worker to deliver forms residents could use to apply for aid.
Amid hurricane disaster cleanup efforts, Biden Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas came under fire for saying FEMA “[did] not have the funds to make it through the [hurricane] season.”
The criticism came as FEMA was in the spotlight for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-falsely-claims-fema-is-not-funding-migrant-resettlement-amid-hurricane-helene">spending</a> hundreds of millions of dollars to house illegal immigrants.
As a result of those problems with the agency, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rolls-out-fema-taskforce-to-fix-terribly-broken-emergency-system">signed</a> an executive order in January establishing a FEMA review council.
The council’s goal is to return power to state-level emergency managers.
In a Homeland Security Committee meeting, Noem said the council wants to empower states.
“We know that not every single state is prepared today to take over their emergency operations, that’s why the president has been clear that he wants to empower states, give them the opportunity to build out their response, to also sign [Memorandums of Understanding] with surrounding states, and other resources they can use to best serve their people,” Noem said. “He just doesn’t believe that FEMA has been successful in being there in a time of crisis for people.”
During her confirmation hearing in January, Noem <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/noem-promises-to-keep-politics-out-of-dhs-when-asked-about-fema-scandal">said</a> there would be no discrimination in disaster relief distribution.
“Under President Trump’s administration, disaster and emergency relief will not be handed out with political bias,” Noem said. “Every American will be responded to and treated equally.”
FEMA has also been criticized for spending money on illegal immigrants instead of disaster relief. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency said it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-says-fema-spent-60m-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-luxury-hotels-last-week">discovered</a> millions of FEMA dollars spent on housing illegal immigrants in “luxury” New York City hotels in February.
“That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!” Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1888891512303263815">said</a> on X. “A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.”
As of March 2025, many North Carolina residents were still waiting for aid from FEMA, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/months-after-hurricane-helene-many-grow-frustrated-as-they-still-wait-for-federal-aid">according</a> to PBS.
All of these issues within the agency have been discovered over the past year. But FEMA’s problems go back decades.
“Many times you’ve seen over the years where the federal government has not shown up when they were expected to, and then even after a crisis was over, had committed to being there to help people restructure and to rebuild, and never followed through on it,” Noem said.
The secretary said FEMA is still processing decades-old claims.
“We still have claims outstanding in FEMA from Hurricane Katrina,” Noem <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://house.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98549d605f077248c2019d3db&id=a17d47e3e0&e=8ce9f5c341__;!!Bg5easoyC-OII2vlEqY8mTBrtW-N4OJKAQ!InMlsFua06qV6TFA3R8OpewExhNAnHSAQWDeLSBWYtUjqWEaj0d_D34LYR74KuB15nL_GnpSuzFdf8mvfZicyFRcP4gTvCagbfapsNp_Ef8l9Xb7lVdJJJc$">said</a>. “Wildfire claims from out West that are 10 years old, where people said, ‘We have this claim, this loss. FEMA committed to pay it and still has not followed through on it.’”
A bipartisan House committee investigated the federal government’s preparedness for and response to Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged New Orleans in 2005. Its findings, published in a report <a href="https://www.congress.gov/109/crpt/hrpt377/CRPT-109hrpt377.pdf">titled</a> “A Failure of Initiative,” found that FEMA was neither trained nor prepared to deal with a crisis on the scale of Katrina.
The report cited disorganization, a lack of preparedness, and staffing shortages as reasons for FEMA’s poor response to the hurricane.
“For years emergency management professionals have been warning that FEMA’s preparedness has eroded,” the report said. “Many believe this erosion is a result of the separation of the preparedness function from FEMA, the drain of long-term professional staff along with their institutional knowledge and expertise, and the inadequate readiness of FEMA’s national emergency response teams.”
FEMA was also criticized over its handling of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, when delays in federal aid led a local emergency management director to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/hurricane-andrew-remembered-20-years-later/">demand</a>, “Where the h*** is the cavalry on this one?”
Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-overhaul-of-fema-floats-getting-rid-of-agency">supported</a> moving the responsibility for disaster relief to the states, with the federal government funding a percentage of the response.
“I think, frankly, FEMA is not good,” Trump said in January during a visit to Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina. “I think when you have a problem like this, I think you want to … use your state to fix it and not waste time.”
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.
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<title>BONDI OR BONGINO: Bongino Won’t Remain At FBI If Bondi Keeps Job, Source Says</title>
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<dc:creator>Mary Margaret Olohan and Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>Dan Bongino, the Deputy Director of the FBI, is threatening to leave the bureau if Attorney General Pam Bondi remains on the job, a source close to Bongino tells The Daily Wire. Bongino is reportedly furious with Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which has led many to believe ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dan Bongino, the Deputy Director of the FBI, is threatening to leave the bureau if Attorney General Pam Bondi remains on the job, a source close to Bongino tells The Daily Wire.
Bongino is reportedly furious with Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which has led many to believe he could walk away from the job that he took in February. The source close to Bongino said that he’s effectively issued an ultimatum, saying he won’t work alongside Bondi.
Bongino left a lucrative career in broadcasting to take the job in the Trump administration. He was not present at the FBI on Friday, after a reported spat with the attorney general earlier this week over the Epstein situation.
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BREAKING: Source close to Dan Bongino tells me it’s either him or Pam Bondi, and that he won’t stay at FBI if she stays at DOJ.
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1943758528772030565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The rift between Bongino and Bondi intensified on Wednesday, days after the Department of Justice announced there was no evidence to prove that child rapist Jeffrey Epstein had a client list, had blackmailed powerful people, or had been murdered. Bondi had promised to reveal major details in the case five months ago, when there were no massive revelations to bring forward.
The deputy FBI director, who raised questions about Epstein’s death before he was in the Trump administration, said in May that his review of the file and hours of video recording from Epstein’s jail proved that the child abuser committed suicide. FBI Director Kash Patel also said that the evidence the bureau has reviewed shows that Epstein was not murdered.
A source close to the Justice Department told The Daily Wire that Patel also wants Bondi gone, and that he would consider departing alongside Bongino. The source also said that Patel wants Bondi to unseal more documents.
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MORE: Source close to DOJ says Kash Patel also wants Pam Bondi gone, and that he’d consider leaving if Bongino leaves. Also that there are more frustrations with other documents Bondi hasn’t released. <a href="https://t.co/e1WYXHxdRN">https://t.co/e1WYXHxdRN</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1943771065307849030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Now, Bongino is considering sending in his resignation over the fallout with Bondi. While it remains unclear if Bongino will step down, his normally active official social media account has been <a href="https://x.com/FBIDDBongino">quiet</a> since Wednesday, when his frustration with Bondi reportedly boiled over.
One source close to Bongino predicted to Axios, “He ain’t coming back.” Trump administration officials, however, are saying that Bongino remains on the job.
Bondi was criticized after stating in February that she had Epstein’s client list on her desk and then walking that statement back earlier this week when the DOJ revealed that it did not find evidence that a client list exists. The DOJ and FBI were also criticized after releasing over 10 hours of video footage from the hallway attached to Epstein’s jail cell when people noticed that there was one minute of footage missing from the tape.
“In February, I did an interview on Fox, and it’s been getting a lot of attention because … I was asked a question about the ‘client list’ and my response was, ‘It’s sitting on my desk to be reviewed, meaning the file, along with the JFK, MLK files as well,” Bondi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rips-reporter-for-asking-about-epstein-case-as-americans-doubt-dojs-conclusions?author=Zach+Jewell&category=News&elementPosition=13&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=Trump+Rips+Reporter+For+Asking+About+Epstein+Case+As+Americans+Doubt+DOJ%E2%80%99s+Conclusions">said</a> during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “That’s what I meant by that.”
During that same Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump blasted a reporter for asking Bondi about the Epstein case.
“That is unbelievable. … I mean I can’t believe you’re asking a question on Epstein at a time like this when we’re having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas,” Trump said. “It just seems like a desecration.”
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<title>‘Not Anti-Gun At All’: Newsom’s Latest Attempt To Disguise His Rampant Leftism</title>
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<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>In his latest attempt to disguise his immeasurable leftism, California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom insisted that he was “not anti-gun at all” after being given a gun by former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan on the veteran’s podcast. California Democrat governor Gavin Newsom insisted that he was “not anti-gun at all.” Ryan handed Newsom a “California-compliant” ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his latest attempt to disguise his immeasurable leftism, California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom insisted that he was “not anti-gun at all” after being given a gun by former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan on the veteran’s podcast. California Democrat governor Gavin Newsom insisted that he was “not anti-gun at all.”
Ryan handed Newsom a “California-compliant” Sig Sauer P365 X-Macro pistol, prompting Newsom to respond, “The last thing people would expect is that I respect this gift.”
“I’m not anti-gun at all,” Newsom protested. “I’m for just some gun-safe, common sense. I’m challenged by large capacity magazine clips in urban centers, weapons of war, sometimes outgunning the police, but otherwise, man, people have the right to bear arms, and I got no ideological opposition to that at all.”
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Shawn Ryan gifts Gavin Newsom a California compliant SIG Sauer P365 X-Macro. <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a><a href="https://twitter.com/sigsauerinc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sigsauerinc</a> <a href="https://t.co/Cv5DJ1rsFt">pic.twitter.com/Cv5DJ1rsFt</a>
— Shawn Ryan Show (@ShawnRyanShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShawnRyanShow/status/1943705669980364872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Let’s take a look at Newsom’s record on guns.
In June 2021, Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/06/04/governor-newsom-statement-on-assault-weapons-court-decision/">bashed</a> a federal judge after the judge ruled that California’s assault weapons ban was “unconstitutional” and violated the Second Amendment.
“The fact that this judge compared the AR-15 – a weapon of war that’s used on the battlefield – to a Swiss Army Knife completely undermines the credibility of this decision and is a slap in the face to the families who’ve lost loved ones to this weapon,” Newsom claimed. “We’re not backing down from this fight, and we’ll continue pushing for common sense gun laws that will save lives.”
But the AR-15 is not a “weapon of war,” and it is not “used on the battlefield” by modern militaries. The AR-15 is the civilian version of the U.S. military’s M4 rifle. The M4 is able to fire in a fully automatic mode, while the AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle.
In December 2021, after the Supreme Court decided to leave a Texas anti-abortion law in place, Newsom responded by threatening gun sellers and manufacturers with fines of “at least $10,000,” posting on X, “SCOTUS is letting private citizens in Texas sue to stop abortion?! If that’s the precedent then we’ll let Californians sue those who put ghost guns and assault weapons on our streets. If TX can ban abortion and endanger lives, CA can ban deadly weapons of war and save lives.”
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SCOTUS is letting private citizens in Texas sue to stop abortion?!
If that's the precedent then we'll let Californians sue those who put ghost guns and assault weapons on our streets.
If TX can ban abortion and endanger lives, CA can ban deadly weapons of war and save lives. <a href="https://t.co/N5Iur9PEUZ">https://t.co/N5Iur9PEUZ</a>
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1469865185493983234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In July 2022, Newsom signed a law permitting lawsuits to be filed against gun makers. The law, <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1594">AB 1594</a>, created a “firearm industry standard of conduct,” including the requirement to “[e]stablish, implement, and enforce reasonable controls” and “[t]ake reasonable precautions to ensure that the firearm industry member does not sell, distribute, or provide a firearm-related product to a downstream distributor or retailer of firearm-related products who fails to establish, implement, and enforce reasonable controls.”
In June 2023, Newsom <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/08/newsom-gun-control-amendment-00100954">proposed</a> a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that would ban “assault weapons,” implement universal background checks for gun purchases, raise the federal minimum age for buying a firearm from 18 to 21, and impose a mandatory “reasonable” waiting period for all gun purchases.
In September 2023, Newsom signed into law a bill that “specifically bans people from carrying guns in 26 places, including public parks and playgrounds, public demonstrations and gatherings, amusement parks, churches, banks, zoos and ‘any other privately owned commercial establishment that is open to the public’ unless the owner puts up a sign saying guns are allowed,” the AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/california-guns-ammunition-tax-school-safety-0870a673a3d4e85c78466897cfd7ff6f">noted</a>.
He’s not anti-gun at all.
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<title>PBS Runs Ads Targeting Republicans, FCC Chairman Demands Answers</title>
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<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>A PBS affiliate appears to be running political ads targeting Senate Republicans, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr wants answers. PBS Kansas recently ran an ad urging viewers to &#8220;call your senators today&#8221; and &#8220;tell them to vote no&#8221; on the Trump administration&#8217;s rescissions bill, which targets funding for PBS and NPR. The ad ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A PBS affiliate appears to be running political ads targeting Senate Republicans, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr wants answers.
PBS Kansas recently ran an ad urging viewers to “call your senators today” and “tell them to vote no” on the Trump administration’s rescissions bill, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-rescissions-package-would-end-billions-in-woke-wasteful-spending-congressman-says">targets</a> funding for PBS and NPR.
The ad included photos of the state’s two Republican senators, Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran, along with their office phone numbers.
The PBS channel also asked viewers to “donate today!” to PBS Kansas.
The FCC chairman stated that the agency is investigating the situation, since PBS is barred from airing certain political ads.
“Federal law prohibits noncommercial stations — including PBS ones — from accepting money in exchange for airing political issue ads,” Carr wrote in a post on X. “I’ve asked the FCC’s enforcement team to determine whether or not that happened here.”
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Federal law prohibits noncommercial stations—including PBS ones—from accepting money in exchange for airing political issue ads.
I’ve asked the FCC’s enforcement team to determine whether or not that happened here.
I would encourage PBS & NPR to focus more on how they managed… <a href="https://t.co/hRhm3IGeED">pic.twitter.com/hRhm3IGeED</a>
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1943466263100997826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“I would encourage PBS & NPR to focus more on how they managed to lose America’s trust. That is their problem, not Congress’s work to ensure good stewardship of taxpayer dollars,” Carr said.
Brendan Jaspers, political director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which works to elect Senate Republicans, also slammed the ads.
“The Progressive Bias Syndicate (PBS) is running issue ads against Senate Republicans using taxpayer dollars — to request MORE taxpayer dollars,” Jaspers posted on X.
“It’s an egregious effort by PBS to prop up the failed Democrats who fund their propaganda. Pull the ads immediately,” Jaspers said.
The Trump administration’s recessions bill would codify the Department of Government Efficiency project’s proposed roughly $9 billion in spending cuts.
Besides PBS and NPR, the spending cuts package also targets funding for USAID, which has disbursed tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid, and the U.S. Institute of Peace, which is supposed to promote conflict resolution worldwide.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump warned that he would withhold his endorsement from any Republican who votes against the cuts.
He emphasized defunding PBS.
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement,” Trump said.
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<title>Trump Tours Texas Flood Zone As Death Toll Reaches 121</title>
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<dc:creator>Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>President Donald Trump, along with first lady Melania Trump, traveled to Central Texas on Friday, one week after sudden catastrophic flooding swept through multiple counties, killing at least 121 people and destroying homes and businesses. The president and first lady flew into San Antonio and then boarded Marine One, which took them 60 miles northwest ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, along with first lady Melania Trump, traveled to Central Texas on Friday, one week after sudden catastrophic flooding swept through multiple counties, killing at least 121 people and destroying homes and businesses.
The president and first lady flew into San Antonio and then <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1943722271979221181">boarded</a> Marine One, which took them 60 miles northwest to Kerrville, Texas, the small town that took the brunt of the flooding last week. Of the 120 people who have been reported dead throughout the state, 96 of them — including 36 children — were killed in Kerr County, where Kerrville is the county seat.
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More than 170 people are still missing in the region as search teams comb the devastated area. Responders are still searching for five young girls who were attending Camp Mystic and one counselor, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-floods-missing-people-death-toll-climbs/">reported</a>.
“As a nation, we mourn for every single life that was swept away in the flood, and we pray for the families that are left behind,” Trump said at a press conference with emergency responders in Kerville, alongside Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. “It’s amazing, the incredible spirit from those families. I don’t even know they do it.”
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The president said that before the press conference, he and the first lady “spent a lot of time with” the families of victims. Trump also praised the first responders who saved hundreds of lives in the flood.
Over the weekend, Trump <a href="https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250706/president-donald-j-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-texas">declared</a> a major disaster in Texas, allowing federal assistance to flow to the state.
“Nobody ever saw a thing like this coming,” Trump <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-plans-tour-texas-flood-damage-scope-disaster-123666823">told</a> NBC News on Thursday. “This is a once-in-every-200-year deal.”
Floodwaters rose over 30 feet in an hour in some areas along the Guadaloupe River, giving many people staying near the river over the July Fourth holiday weekend little to no chance to evacuate before the water overtook them. At Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ summer camp in Kerr County, the devastation was unfathomable, with 27 campers and counselors dying in the flooding.
In the aftermath of the flooding, the Trump administration has faced criticism for cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS), with some Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), questioning whether an understaffed NWS sent flood warnings too late for many people in the path of the disaster. The White House <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-pushes-back-nws-criticism-texas-flooding/story?id=123544699">shot back</a> at such criticism. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier this week, “Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie, and it serves no purpose during this time of national mourning.”
The National Weather Service Employees Organization, which represents NWS employees, also pushed back against allegations that Trump’s staffing cuts hindered the service’s ability to issue timely warnings.
“The WFOs [weather forecasting offices] had adequate staffing and resources as they issued timely forecasts and warnings leading up to the storm,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/national-weather-service-nws-staff-cuts-trump-budget-texas-floods-rcna217139">said</a> Tom Fahy, the president of the NWS Employee Organization.
In a statement to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-pushes-back-nws-criticism-texas-flooding/story?id=123544699">ABC News</a>, the National Weather Service added, “Flash Flood Warnings were issued on the night of July 3 and in the early morning of July 4, giving preliminary lead times of more than three hours before warning criteria were met.”
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<title>Trump Warns Republican Senators: Defund NPR And PBS Or Lose My Endorsement</title>
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<dc:creator>Leif Le Mahieu</dc:creator>
<description>President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not support any Republican who voted against defunding the parent company of NPR and PBS in an upcoming bill that would enshrine DOGE cuts into law. Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to back a $9.4 billion rescission package already passed by the House, which would include ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would not support any Republican who voted against defunding the parent company of NPR and PBS in an upcoming bill that would enshrine DOGE cuts into law. 
Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to back a $9.4 billion rescission package already passed by the House, which would include more than $1 billion in reductions for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit that was created by Congress and is funded by the federal government but is not a governmental agency. The House passed the White House’s proposed package 214-212 last month, and the Senate is expected to vote next week. 
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The legislation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-doge-cuts-targeting-foreign-aid-npr-and-pbs">would cut</a> $8.3 billion in foreign spending, including funding for “Net Zero Cities” in Mexico, Iraqi “Sesame Street,” and global LGBTQ+ initiatives, as well as $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In May, Trump signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media/">executive order</a> directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, saying the entities were deeply infected with leftwing bias.
“The [Corporation for Public Broadcasting]’s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality: the CPB may not ‘contribute to or otherwise support any political party,’” the order says. “The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS. Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”
NPR and several smaller publicly funded networks have challenged the order in court, <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953/gov.uscourts.dcd.280953.1.0_1.pdf">arguing</a> that it contradicts previous funding allocations made by Congress and violates the First Amendment. The courts have yet to issue a ruling on the suit, but parts of the argument could become moot if the Senate votes to pull the previously authorized spending.
Some Republicans, including Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have already voiced opposition to the proposed cuts. The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-threatens-gop-senators-over-vote-on-doge-cuts-f5a86c19?utm_source=chatgpt.com">reported</a> that Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota also indicated he was seeking an exemption for the funding of American Indian public radio stations.
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<title>‘Protesters Becoming Criminals’: Homan Rips ‘Emboldened’ Leftists Clashing With Feds At Pot Farm</title>
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<dc:creator>Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>President Donald Trump&#8217;s border czar, Tom Homan, blasted leftists who attacked federal immigration agents during a raid at a Southern California cannabis farm on Thursday, saying there are &#8220;protesters becoming criminals&#8221; and they are being &#8220;emboldened&#8221; by Democrats. Homan told Fox News on Friday morning that protesters have a constitutional right to make their voices ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, blasted leftists who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-leftists-attack-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids-at-california-pot-farms?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Zach+Jewell&category=News&elementPosition=0&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Violent+Leftists+Attack+Federal+Agents+During+Immigration+Raids+At+California+Pot+Farms">attacked</a> federal immigration agents during a raid at a Southern California cannabis farm on Thursday, saying there are “protesters becoming criminals” and they are being “emboldened” by Democrats.
Homan told Fox News on Friday morning that protesters have a constitutional right to make their voices heard, but added that they cannot cross the line of impeding federal immigration enforcement operations.
“That’s a felony,” Homan said. “They certainly can’t put hands on an agent. That’s a felony. So what happened in California is another example of protesters becoming criminals, and they’ve been emboldened by … members of Congress who compared ICE to Nazis and racists and terrorists.”
“I mean, the rhetoric is so high. And I said two months ago, it’s going to end up with a loss of life, and we had one the other day in Texas,” he added, reffering to the gunman who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">shot dead</a> by authorities after opening fire on a Border Patrol facility, wounding two police officers and a Border Patrol employee.
During Thursday’s immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California, leftists threw rocks at federal agents’ vehicles that were leaving the farm with detainees. One man was also caught on camera appearing to fire a handgun at federal agents during the operation.
Immigration authorities detained several suspected illegal immigrants and also found 10 children, including eight who were not accompanied by an adult, at the marijuana farm, according to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott. The farm is “now under investigation for child labor violations,” Scott <a href="https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/1943511972441391376">said</a>.
“The work men and women of ICE are doing is incredible,” Homan added. “We’re looking for over 300,000 missing children. We’ve already found 10,000. Have you heard that anywhere? No, the media is simply not covering it. This should be a nonpartisan issue. Arresting public safety threats and national security threats, everyone should be on the same page on that. Rescuing children should be a nonpartisan issue.”
In August 2024, a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General <a href="https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-08/OIG-24-46-Aug24.pdf">report</a> found that 291,000 unaccompanied children who unlawfully crossed the border in recent years did not receive court notices, meaning those children had not yet appeared before an immigration judge. The report added that “ICE cannot always monitor the location and status of [unaccompanied minors] once they were released from DHS and HHS custody.”
Homan then ripped Democrats for criticizing ICE operations.
“They hate President Trump more than they love their community,” Homan said. “They hate President Trump more than they want safe communities.”
Democrats have been blasted by the Trump White House for their rhetoric on ICE agents, with some Democrats comparing them to the Gestapo, the secret police of Nazi Germany.
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<title>The Global Rise Of Sharia Law And Mamdani’s ‘Intifada’ Silence</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-global-rise-of-sharia-law-and-mamdanis-intifada-silence</link>
<dc:creator>Brad Brandon</dc:creator>
<description>New York City is not only poised to have its first Muslim mayor but also its first mayor who blatantly refuses to condemn the widely used motto “Globalize the Intifada.” When asked three times on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Ugandan-born, democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, Zohran Mamdani, refused to condemn the appalling call for ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York City is not only poised to have its first Muslim mayor but also its first mayor who blatantly refuses to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggV2SeiGrVw">condemn</a> the widely used motto “Globalize the Intifada.”
When asked three times on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Ugandan-born, democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, Zohran Mamdani, refused to condemn the appalling call for violence. This should, at the very least, be unsettling for New Yorkers and Americans alike.
Not only is the call for intifada a petition for violence, but it is also a call for the installation of Islamic rule. One of the tenets of the Intifada is the complete installation of Sharia Law. For those who care about human rights, few things should cause more concern than the implementation of Sharia Law. To put it mildly, Sharia Law’s track record on human rights is far from stellar. Nearly all of the 35 countries that have adopted Sharia Law are on the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-countries-human-rights-watchlist-us-2043007">Human Rights Watch list</a> at “closed” or “repressed” levels – the two most at-risk categories. Also, countries with Sharia law make up nearly half the countries designated as <a href="https://www.uscirf.gov/countries/2025-recommendations">“Countries of Particular Concern”</a> on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s list.
What’s even more alarming is the exponential growth of Sharia Law around the globe. In 1980, Saudi Arabia was the only country that officially applied Sharia Law. By 2000, that number had risen to 16. Currently, more than 35 of the 195 countries in the world have incorporated Sharia Law in their legal systems.
Sharia Law enforces Islamic principles in civil and criminal matters, guided by the subjective interpretations of the mostly male Islamic scholars (called Fiqhs), formalized through consensus (called Ijmas). It governs issues like apostasy, blasphemy, alcohol consumption, stealing, adultery, homosexuality, and forced marriages. Punishments, known as Hadud, vary but are severe in strict Quran-adhering regions and range from death for apostasy, blasphemy, or homosexuality; caning (often 40 lashes) for alcohol or drug use; hand amputation for theft; and stoning, flogging, or genital mutilation for other offenses.
These are the realities of Sharia Law when fully applied.
As the founder of <a href="https://www.acrossnigeria.org/">a mission</a> working in the remote and dangerous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-silent-slaughter-inside-nigerias-christian-persecution-crisis?author=Brad+Brandon&category=News&elementPosition=undefined&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=The+Silent+Slaughter%3A+Inside+Nigeria%E2%80%99s+Christian+Persecution+Crisis">northern region of Nigeria</a>, I have seen the horrific impacts Sharia Law has on people. I have spent nearly a third of my adult life in areas that impose strict interpretations of the Quran and regularly enforce the cruel punishments of Sharia Law.
Years ago, I saw a young man flogged 40 times in a village for using drugs, his guilt vaguely established. Sharia’s standards of proof are low compared to modern legal systems. Later, I met an older man with both hands amputated for stealing – once in his youth, then again while struggling with hunger, in a country where people barely earn enough money to feed themselves. Others I know face life in brutal prisons for apostasy or blasphemy. Sharia’s punishments – flogging, amputation, imprisonment – deliver severe consequences that should make anyone concerned about basic human rights shudder.
Sharia Law has little to no regard for human rights and almost never shows mercy to those who trespass its pretenses, including women and children.
Sharia Law’s emergence in states with rising Muslim populations, like my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6QC_qEyl0Q">home state of Minnesota</a>, worries me. In the U.S., Sharia currently operates through local councils that mediate disputes and personal matters within Muslim communities, always under state and federal laws.
Yet, challenges arise. In 2009, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Joseph Charles relied on a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/advocates-of-anti-shariah-measures-alarmed-by-judges-ruling">family’s Imam</a> in a spousal abuse case, denying the woman a protective order. Though an appellate court overturned the ruling, this case reveals Sharia’s potential to influence U.S. legal systems, extending beyond community guidelines and testing national authority.
In Europe, there is no greater example of Sharia Law’s infiltration than in the United Kingdom. The U.K. is now being called the <a href="https://www.gbnews.com/news/britain-sharia-law-courts-western-capital">“western capital” of Sharia Law</a>, with more than 85 “councils” operating across the country. These Islamic councils have become a blatant assault on human rights, particularly against women and children. Under Sharia Law, a woman’s testimony is worth half of a man’s. This discrimination has far-reaching effects in matters of spousal abuse, divorce, child custody, and financial matters just to name a few. According to these Sharia councils, a woman’s right to divorce is heavily restricted, whereas a man’s right to divorce is unilateral. These kinds of discrimination are illegal in the government and workplaces in the U.K. But when it comes to Sharia Law they are promoted.
The most alarming aspect of this is that under the <a href="https://lawandreligionuk.com/2012/10/24/sharia-law-the-arbitration-act-1996-and-the-arbitration-and-mediation-services-equality-bill/">U.K.’s Arbitration Act</a>, the rulings of these Sharia councils are precedent rulings and are being used in the British courts. This is happening across Europe. In so much that the Council of Europe has <a href="https://eclj.org/religious-freedom/pace/le-conseil-de-leurope-sinquite-grandement-de-lapplication-de-la-charia-en-europe?lng=en">issued a report </a>stating they are “greatly concerned” by the application of Sharia Law in Europe, specifically listing the U.K., Greece, Germany, and Chechnya. This imposition of Sharia Law has even created enough concern in the U.S. that <a href="https://www.mapsofworld.com/answers/united-states/states-outlawed-sharia-law/">16 states have passed legislation banning Sharia Law,</a> and more than two dozen have anti-Sharia bills introduced.
It’s not hyperbole or hysterics to be concerned about the imposition of Sharia Law and its inhumane practices in the United States. All one has to do is look at the scores of Western countries that have opened the door to it. In every case, human rights are being trampled and disregarded. It’s not at all unreasonable for every American to be concerned when the Democratic nominee of the nation’s largest city is a man who will not condemn the idea of a global intifada and its assault on human rights through the spread of Sharia Law.
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<a href="https://www.acrossnigeria.org/ourfounder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brad Brandon</a> is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.acrossnigeria.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Across Nigeria</a>. Since 2018, he has been actively serving in predominantly high-risk, highly persecuted areas like Northern Nigeria and other parts of West Africa.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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<title>DNC Chair: Dems Win By Welcoming Leftists Who Refuse To Condemn ‘Globalize The Intifada’</title>
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<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, celebrated the fact that people in his party embrace “Globalize the Intifada,” contending that you “win through addition” and the party should “celebrate” the difference of opinion. “Globalize the Intifada” is a “phrase used by pro-Palestinian activists that calls for aggressive resistance against Israel and those ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ken Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, celebrated the fact that people in his party embrace “Globalize the Intifada,” contending that you “win through addition” and the party should “celebrate” the difference of opinion.
“Globalize the Intifada” <a href="https://www.ajc.org/news/what-does-globalize-the-intifada-mean-and-how-can-it-lead-to-targeting-jews-with-violence">is</a> a “phrase used by pro-Palestinian activists that calls for aggressive resistance against Israel and those who support Israel. The most prominent expressions of intifada have been through violence so this phrase is often understood by those saying and hearing it as encouraging violence against Israelis, Jews, and institutions supporting Israel,” according to the American Jewish Committee.
During the most recent terrorist intifada, over a thousand Israelis were killed, predominantly civilians. During an interview on PBS Newshour, host Amna Nawaz asked the Democratic chairman about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani refusing to condemn the incendiary phrase: “What about concerns from some of your Jewish colleagues in particular about him not outright condemning the phrase ‘Globalize the Intifada’ in a recent interview? Some of your Jewish colleagues have said that that could be very disturbing, potentially dangerous. Do you agree with that?”
Martin said he’s happy to have that point of view in the Democratic coalition.
“There’s no candidate in this party I agree 100% of the time with, to be honest with you,” Martin answered. “There’s things that I don’t agree with Mamdani that he said. But at the end of the day, I always believe, as a Democratic Party chair in Minnesota for the last 14 years and now the chair of the DNC, that you win through addition. You win by bringing people into your coalition.”
“We have conservative Democrats. We have centrist Democrats. We have labor progressives like me, and we have this new brand of Democrat, which is the leftist,” he stated. “And we win by bringing people into that coalition. And at the end of the day, for me, that’s the type of party we’re going to lead. We are a big-tent party. Yes, it leads to dissent and debate and there’s differences of opinions on a whole host of issues, but we should celebrate that as a party and recognize at the end of the day, we’re better because of it.”
Yet prior to that statement in which Martin spoke of including all perspectives, he made it clear that political positions were secondary to the need to regain power, declaring, “We can’t just be in a perpetual state of resisting Donald Trump. Of course, we have to resist Donald Trump. There’s no doubt about it for all the reasons we just talked about, but we also have to give people a sense of what we’re for, what the Democratic Party is fighting for, and what we would do if they put us back in power. And that’s really critical.”
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The First Palestinian Intifada lasted from 1987-1990, and the Second Intifada from 2000-05.
According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Institute_for_Counter-Terrorism">International Institute for Counter-Terrorism</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_Second_Intifada">during</a> the Second Intifada, 887 of the 1,137 Israelis murdered in attacks from September 2000 – 2005 were civilians.
Just between May 2001 and May 2002, prior to the bombing at Hebrew University, there were these massacres: five Israelis murdered by a suicide bomber at the HaSharon Mall in May 2001; 21 Israelis murdered by a suicide bomber at the Dolphinarium Discotheque in June 2001; 15 Israelis murdered by a suicide bomber at Sbarro’s Pizza in August 2001, including six children and a 31-year-old woman who was the only child of her parents and was five months pregnant; 11 Israelis murdered in a bus bombing on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem on December 1, 2001; 15 more Israelis murdered the very next day in a Haifa suicide bombing; 11 more Israelis murdered in a bus attack 10 days later in Immanuel; six Israelis murdered in an attack at a bat-mitzvah in January 2002; 11 more Jews killed in an attack on a yeshiva in March 2002, including a five-month-old child; 11 Jews murdered in a bombing at Café Moment in March 2002; 30 Israelis killed as they celebrated Passover in Netanya on March 27, 2002; 16 Israelis murdered in a suicide bombing four days later at the Matza restaurant, and 16 Israelis murdered in Rishon LeZion in May 2002.
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<title>Trump Justice Department Sues California Over Egg Prices</title>
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<dc:creator>Sam Korkus</dc:creator>
<description>The Trump Justice Department sued the State of California on Wednesday for a regulation it says raises the price of eggs, poultry, and pork. The suit, which also names California Governor Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta, is largely focused on Proposition 12, a 2018 law that raised the minimum legal requirements of raising ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Trump Justice Department sued the State of California on Wednesday for a regulation it says raises the price of eggs, poultry, and pork.
The suit, which also names California Governor Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta, is largely focused on Proposition 12, a 2018 <a href="https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/pdfs/regulations/LAO-Prop12.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> that raised the minimum legal requirements of raising chickens, pigs, and calves among vendors who wish to sell their goods in one of the largest states.
“Through a combination of voter initiatives, legislative enactments, and regulations, California has effectively prevented farmers across the country from using a number of agricultural production methods which were in widespread use — and which helped keep eggs affordable,” the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407446/dl?inline=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> reads.
The lawsuit reflects President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/delivering-emergency-price-relief-for-american-families-and-defeating-the-cost-of-living-crisis/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directive</a> to address the “cost-of-living crisis,” which he laid out in an executive order during his first day in office. It comes after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/plentiful-and-inexpensive-trump-celebrates-as-egg-prices-plummet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the now-low cost of eggs, which fell from $8.17 for a dozen on average in March — the height of the national bird flu outbreak — to $2.54 at the start of July.
The Trump administration hopes to keep with the downward trend of the price of common foodstuffs with this lawsuit, which argues that California’s stringent production requirements are an attempt to supersede the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970, which sets a federal standard for all egg products.
“Americans across the country have suffered the consequences of liberal policies causing massive inflation for everyday items like eggs,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we will use the full extent of federal law to ensure that American families are free from oppressive regulatory burdens and restore American prosperity.”
According to a new <a href="https://foodpricefix.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Center for the Environment and Welfare, these regulations are not actually popular with Californians, but were passed with support from anti-meat activists.
The group has launched a campaign called “Food Price Fix,” which calls attention to groups like Mercy for Animals, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Humane World for Animals, which spent about $13 million lobbying for Prop. 12. These organizations’ <a href="https://activistfacts.com/organizations/center-for-biological-diversity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missions</a> include making everyone vegan and bringing “industrial civilization to its knees.”
Prop 12, the report found, raises the price of pork by 20% and the price of eggs up to $10 in some cases since it went into effect in 2022.
“These overreaching laws are a classic example of bad California mandates,” Center for the Environment and Welfare Executive Director Jack Hubbard told The Daily Wire. “Right now, people who have never stepped foot in California are paying the price for Prop 12. American families and farmers shouldn’t be forced to foot the bill for the Golden State’s mistakes.”
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<title>Leftists Insist Raids On California Weed Farms Will Disrupt Food Supply Chain</title>
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<dc:creator>Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>Leftist activists and politicians claim that the Trump administration&#8217;s Thursday raids targeting cannabis farms in Southern California are proof that the president&#8217;s immigration enforcement operation is &#8220;self-sabotage,&#8221; ripping workers away from critical American food supply chains. Federal agents conducted raids at two cannabis farms in Ventura County, where they were met by violent leftists — ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Leftist activists and politicians claim that the Trump administration’s Thursday raids targeting cannabis farms in Southern California are proof that the president’s immigration enforcement operation is “self-sabotage,” ripping workers away from critical American food supply chains.
Federal agents conducted raids at two cannabis farms in Ventura County, where they were met by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-leftists-attack-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids-at-california-pot-farms?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Zach+Jewell&category=News&elementPosition=0&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Violent+Leftists+Attack+Federal+Agents+During+Immigration+Raids+At+California+Pot+Farms">violent leftists</a> — some of whom attacked the agents by pelting their vehicles with rocks — and one man appeared to fire a handgun at authorities. After the attacks, some on the Left vilified the feds for detaining suspected illegal immigrants working on the marijuana farms, arguing that the workers are “the backbone of our food chain.”
“ICE just swarmed Ventura County fields, hauling away the very farm workers who keep America’s produce aisles stocked,” wrote leftist political commentator Brian Allen. “We’re arresting assets; treating the backbone of our food chain like a threat. That’s not ‘border security.’ That’s self-sabotage in uniform.”
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🚨BREAKING: ICE just swarmed Ventura County fields, hauling away the very farm workers who keep America’s produce aisles stocked. 
We’re arresting assets; treating the backbone of our food chain like a threat. That’s not “border security.” That’s self-sabotage in uniform. <a href="https://t.co/GgZvnXbVsd">pic.twitter.com/GgZvnXbVsd</a>
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) <a href="https://twitter.com/allenanalysis/status/1943436496926847452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents parts of Los Angeles, reposted Allen on X, claiming that federal agents are targeting migrants picking strawberries.
“How many MS-13 gang members are waking up at 3 a.m. to pick strawberries? O’yeah, zero!” Gomez <a href="https://x.com/RepJimmyGomez/status/1943523801578508320">said</a>. “Trump said he’d go after ‘bad hombres,’ but he’s targeting the immigrant farm workers who feed America. Either he lied — or he can’t tell the difference.”
Leftist social media influencer Harry Sisson, who gained a large following after making videos in support of former President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign, <a href="https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/1943444361649492019">accused</a> the Trump administration of “arresting farmers.”
“My god… Trump’s goons are throwing tear gas at people and arresting farmers in California during an immigration raid. Trump has turned this country into a military state,” Sisson said. “This is what happens when a wannabe dictator gets elected.”
The White House ripped leftists for claiming that the Trump administration was threatening the food supply by going after suspected illegal immigrants working at cannabis farms.
“Marijuana is not the ‘backbone of our food chain,'” <a href="https://x.com/ATJackson47/status/1943488036324409469">wrote</a> White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson.
“It’s a marijuana facility. What will we do without illegals to pick our weed? Moron,” the official “Rapid Response” account for the White House <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1943493659271307398">said</a> in response to Allen’s post.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted President Donald Trump following the Thursday raids.
“Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields,” Newsom wrote. “Trump calls me ‘Newscum’ — but he’s the real scum.”
According to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, agents at one of the Ventura County cannabis farm raids found 10 children at the marijuana facility, eight of whom were not accompanied by an adult. The farm is “now under investigation for child labor violations,” Scott said.
Multiple protesters who were “impeding” federal agents were arrested, according to Bill Essayli, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. A news helicopter <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKRvYmtWOE&t=159s">video</a> showed the moments when leftists slung rocks at federal vehicles, smashing the windows, as the agents attempted to leave the farm with detainees. Another video captured the moment a man appeared to open fire on federal agents. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the suspected gunman.
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FBI has issued a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction of an Unknown Subject who appeared to fire a pistol at Federal Law Enforcement Officers near Camarillo. The shooting occurred on 7/10/25 at approximately 2:26pm on Laguna Rd between Wood Rd and Las Posas Rd.… <a href="https://t.co/XG94sTQEVR">pic.twitter.com/XG94sTQEVR</a>
— U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1943522825194868753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<title>What America Can Learn From Bulgaria About Securing Borders</title>
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<dc:creator>George Harizanov</dc:creator>
<description>In January 2025, the White House finally did what should have been done years ago: it designated Mexico’s brutal drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. This gives American authorities broader tools to freeze assets, gather intelligence, and dismantle these violent syndicates. And it’s an important step in the right direction. But, from where I sit ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In January 2025, the White House finally did what should have been done years ago: it designated Mexico’s brutal drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
This gives American authorities broader tools to freeze assets, gather intelligence, and dismantle these violent syndicates. And it’s an important step in the right direction. But, from where I sit in Bulgaria, I cannot help but ask: why did it take so long?
Here in Bulgaria, we know something about borders. We share one with Turkey, a gateway for migrants heading toward Europe. And yet, despite intense pressure, Bulgaria has not suffered the migrant chaos seen in parts of Western Europe or the United States.
Why? Because we made the decision — like our neighbors in Hungary, under Prime Minister Viktor Orban — to treat national borders as sacred. Not suggestions. Not political bargaining chips. But sovereign, immovable lines of defense.
The fentanyl crisis in the United States is a tragedy of epic proportions. China supplies the chemicals, but it is the Mexican cartels that manufacture and traffic the poison. Hundreds of thousands of American lives have been lost to synthetic drugs. And things would not have been this bad without the collapse of the southern border under the Biden administration.
Bulgaria and Hungary chose a different path. We do not allow open borders. We do not allow foreign-funded NGOs to dictate our immigration policy. We do not apologize for protecting our own people.
The results speak for themselves: we have little to no illegal immigration. No fentanyl crisis. No foreign cartel operations are taking root on our soil.
That is not by accident. It is by design.
Today’s cartels are not just drug dealers. They are militarized, globally networked terrorist syndicates. Their power is expanding because America’s border is collapsing. When the United States fails to defend itself, it sends a dangerous signal not just to cartels but to bad actors around the world.
When the Sinaloa Cartel launched a siege in the Mexican city of Culiacán after the arrest of El Chapo’s son, it looked less like a criminal response and more like a military operation. Can this happen in the United States? From our perspective in Eastern Europe, the answer is yes — if nothing changes.
The cartels already operate in all 50 states. They traffic in drugs, weapons, and human lives. And they do so while millions of illegal immigrants cross the southern border. In contrast, here in Bulgaria, illegal border crossings are rare and heavily punished.
We know that a sovereign nation cannot exist without a secure border. We’ve lived through communist tyranny, open-border chaos in the Balkans, and waves of migration from the Middle East. These are not abstract policy issues for us. They are matters of national survival.
If the United States wants to stop the fentanyl epidemic, secure the border. If you want to dismantle cartel networks, secure the border. If you want to preserve your way of life, secure the border.
President Donald Trump put America on that path during his first term. The Remain in Mexico policy, border wall construction, and strict enforcement were making a difference. But President Joe Biden reversed that progress. And now, the chaos is global.
This is not just an American problem anymore. The drugs, the human trafficking, the terrorism — it’s spreading all across the Western world. Europe is already starting to see signs of fentanyl’s arrival. And make no mistake, if the cartels succeed in producing their own precursors and cutting out China, the crisis will escalate faster and deadlier than ever before.
The United States should look east and learn some lessons from allies like Bulgaria and Hungary. We have proven that strong borders and strong policies work. We are not perfect, but we are secure.
If politicians in Washington truly want to protect the American people, they must stop listening to the globalist elite and start listening to those of us who have fought for our sovereignty and won. We believe President Trump is taking the necessary actions to secure the border.
Otherwise, the next cartel siege will not happen in Mexico. It will happen in Texas. Or Arizona. Or Ohio.
And when it does, Americans will remember who allowed the gates to stay wide open.
George Harizanov is the CEO of the Institute for Right-Wing Policies in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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<title>‘Yikes’: Larry David Teams Up With The Obamas For New American History Comedy Series</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/yikes-larry-david-teams-up-with-the-obamas-for-new-american-history-comedy-series</link>
<dc:creator>Amanda Harding</dc:creator>
<description>The internet does not have high hopes for Larry David’s newly announced project, a sketch comedy show about American history produced by the Obamas. Variety reported that David will co-write the new HBO program with Jeff Schaffer, with whom he worked on the long-running comedy show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” David will star in and co-write the ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The internet does not have high hopes for Larry David’s newly announced project, a sketch comedy show about American history produced by the Obamas.
Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/larry-david-american-history-sketch-comedy-series-hbo-1236451946/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that David will co-write the new HBO program with Jeff Schaffer, with whom he worked on the long-running comedy show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” David will star in and co-write the six-part series, the outlet noted.
Barack and Michelle Obama are set to executive produce the project through their Higher Ground Productions company.
The show’s description says, “President and Mrs. Obama wanted to honor America’s 250th anniversary and celebrate the unique history of our nation on this special occasion…But then Larry David called.”
Former President Obama commented on the pairing, saying, “I’ve sat across the table from some of the world’s most difficult leaders and wrestled with some of our most intractable problems. Nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David.”
Social media mainly had negative reactions to the news of David and the Obamas teaming up.
“It sounds like it’s gonna be one big lecture. I hope I’m wrong,” one account <a href="https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1943381813772325127">predicted</a>.
“Played out. Preaching to the choir. We don’t need more lectures from Hollywood,” another <a href="https://x.com/AwardsDaily/status/1943367269498917054">wrote</a>.
“This is going to be so awful,” a third commenter on X <a href="https://x.com/imjaredz/status/1943396360692097354">predicted</a>.
“Get ready for the most unfunny experience of your life,” another <a href="https://x.com/EliseMcCue/status/1943494127145955393">replied</a>.
“Trash propaganda I’m sure,” said another, while someone else just wrote, “Yikes.” 
David has been vocal about political issues and recently had a meltdown over Bill Maher having dinner with President Donald Trump. He was so incensed that the comedian penned an op-ed for The New York Times, repeating the tired trope that Trump was literally Hitler. 
CNN Republican Scott Jennings blasted David for publishing the op-ed, saying it was just another example of Democrats attacking anyone who tried to open the lines of communication between people with differing opinions.
“This is the modern Left,” Jennings <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-republican-torches-larry-davids-dinner-with-hitler-column-attacking-bill-maher">said</a>. “It’s an attempt always to intimidate people into not ever doing it again. It’s to silence yourselves, or we’ll do it for you. That’s the purpose of this op-ed, so that the next comedian, or the next person on the American left chooses not to speak to Donald Trump.”
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<title>Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She Uses Supreme Court Opinions To Express Her Feelings</title>
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<dc:creator>Isabel Garcia</dc:creator>
<description>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said during her book tour last weekend that she views Supreme Court opinions as a way to voice her personal convictions. &#8220;I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people in my opinions how I feel about the issues, and that&#8217;s what I try to do,&#8221; Jackson said. ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said during her book tour last weekend that she views Supreme Court opinions as a way to voice her personal convictions.
“I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people in my opinions how I feel about the issues, and that’s what I try to do,” Jackson said.
She made the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-jackson-i-get-tell-people-how-i-feel-court-opinions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a> during a discussion of her new memoir, “Lovely One,” in front of 4,000 attendees at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans.
Jackson’s conception of her role appears to differ from that of most Supreme Court justices.
The justice “apparently has a fundamental disagreement with the rest of the court about what the role of a Supreme Court justice is,” Scott Jennings, former director of political affairs for George W. Bush, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-gets-put-her-place-justices-scott-jennings-2097017" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a CNN interview on Wednesday.
“People from the ideological right and the ideological left on the court have had to put her in her place a couple of times here in this term. I would guess internally it’s causing issues at the Supreme Court,” he added.
This tension has become evident in recent rulings. In June, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-limits-nationwide-injunctions-in-birthright-citizenship-fight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">universal injunctions</a>, which federal courts were using to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Justice Jackson filed her own dissent.
“I write separately to emphasize a key conceptual point: The Court’s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law,” she stated.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett slammed Jackson in the majority opinion, saying that “She offers a vision of the judicial role that would make even the most ardent defender of judicial supremacy blush.”
“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” Barrett concluded. “We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.”
Jackson was notably the only dissenter in a ruling on Tuesday enabling the Trump administration to continue mass government layoffs per a February executive order. Though the court order took up less than two pages, her dissent ran 15 pages long.
The Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/even-ketanji-brown-jacksons-liberal-scotus-colleagues-tire-of-her-weak-arguments?author=Tim+Pearce&category=undefined&elementPosition=1&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Even+Ketanji+Brown+Jackson%E2%80%99s+Liberal+SCOTUS+Colleagues+Tire+Of+Her+Weak+Arguments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Daily Wire</a> this week that “Jackson is really at the far end of the spectrum,” and that her colleagues — including the other liberal justices — “are getting tired of her.”
Reminiscing about her childhood during another book promotion at the Kennedy Center, Jackson said her mother “wanted me to get out there and use my voice,” and that she’d enrolled Jackson in public speaking classes starting in elementary school.
Despite being the youngest and newest justice, having been nominated by President Joe Biden in 2022, Jackson speaks <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/05/supreme-court-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-dissent-liberal/84461418007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more</a> than any of her colleagues. Since October, she has spoken 50% more words than the next most vocal justice, Sonia Sotomayor, according to a report by Empirical SCOTUS.
She was also in the majority the least often this term, and wrote more — including opinions, dissents, and concurrences — than any of the other justices except for Clarence Thomas.
“There are some times when, even after the principal dissent is written, I have a slightly different perspective or a different take on something or this is an issue of particular importance to me,” she <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/ketanji-brown-jackson-democracy.html#:~:text=Often%2C%20justices%20who%20share%20a,my%20voice%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20added." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“I will say, ‘Forgive me, Justice Sotomayor, but I need to write on this case,’ and it’s because I feel like I might have something to offer and something to add, and I’m not afraid to use my voice.”
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<title>Morning Brief: Anti-ICE Violence, Meme Madness, And What’s Next In The AI Arms Race</title>
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<dc:creator>Morning Wire</dc:creator>
<description>Federal agents are under attack as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement operations, a Trump supporter targeted by the Biden administration scores a major win for free speech, and the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence is heating up. It’s Friday, July 11, and this is the news you need to know to start ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Federal agents are under attack as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement operations, a Trump supporter targeted by the Biden administration scores a major win for free speech, and the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence is heating up.
It’s Friday, July 11, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2>Anti-ICE Violence</h2>
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Topline: ICE agents are under attack across the United States as they carry out President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda. The rise in violence has sparked calls to tone down the rhetoric as political battles rage over immigration.
In Southern California on Thursday, feds conducted immigration raids at two Glass House Farms, a state-licensed marijuana facility that is allegedly employing illegal immigrants, including children. After getting word of the immigration operations at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, approximately 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, around 500 protesters arrived to confront federal authorities. The standoff quickly turned violent as federal agents attempted to disperse the crowd with smoke canisters, and news helicopter video captured the moment when one man appeared to fire a handgun at authorities.
This week, at an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, a group of people clad in black, military-style clothes used fireworks to lure out ICE officers while a gunman waited in the woods. One ICE agent was shot in the neck. He’s thankfully expected to recover. Ten people linked to the attack have been <a href="https://x.com/RochelleAz/status/1942950921719394470">charged</a> with attempted murder.
In Oregon, three more people are facing charges after they allegedly assaulted officers at an ICE facility in Portland. The officers were kicked, punched, and attacked with an “incendiary device.” In McAllen, Texas, two police officers and a Border Patrol agent were hospitalized after a gunman fired dozens of rounds into a Border Patrol facility. And also this week in San Francisco, anti-ICE protesters attacked ICE agents in an apparent attempt to stop their black van from leaving the area.
“The attack on ICE officers, you’ve covered it many times, is up nearly 700 percent now,” Border Czar Tom Homan <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=535014">told</a> Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer. “The rhetoric against the men and women of ICE is skyrocketing, especially by members of Congress. We have senators, we have congresspeople that compare ICE to the Nazis, compare ICE to racists, and it just continues. So the public thinks, well, if a member of Congress can attack ICE, why can’t we?”
“Donald Trump’s modern day is scooping folks up off the streets,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz <a href="https://x.com/AlphaNewsMN/status/1923906506472243685">said</a>. “They’re in unmarked vans wearing masks being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons, no chance to mount a defense, not even a chance to kiss a loved one goodbye, just grabbed up by masked agents, shoved into those vans, and disappeared.”
Some say this radical rhetoric is actually part of a larger strategy by the Democrats to provoke ICE and cut down support for Trump’s most popular issue. 
“What they’re betting, and if you believe that, the idea of trying to provoke an overreaction on the part of ICE is part of the strategy,” RealClearPolitics Chief Content Officer Andrew Walworth <a href="https://youtu.be/bZghs7pNFf4?t=383">said</a>.
The attacks may be having an effect — Trump’s overall approval on immigration appears to be <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval_immigration-8659.html">falling</a>.
 
<h2>Doug Mackey</h2>
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Topline: A Trump supporter who was targeted by the Biden DOJ over memes he posted online had his case tossed by an appeals court, scoring a major victory for free speech. 
Douglass Mackey had a popular pro-Trump account on Twitter, now called X, during the 2016 election. He went by the alias Ricky Vaughn, inspired by Charlie Sheen’s character in Major League. Just days after Joe Biden took office in 2021, Mackey was arrested and he was prosecuted by the Justice Department over memes he posted four years prior. One of the memes in question mocked Hillary Clinton supporters and said they could text their vote and avoid the polls. Similar jokes were made online about Trump supporters.
The DOJ claimed this was a mass conspiracy, voter suppression, and election interference. Mackey was facing 10 years in prison. He was eventually convicted in NYC and sentenced to seven months behind bars. He was able to avoid serving jail time as he appealed the case, and on Wednesday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed Mackey’s conviction and directed a lower court to enter a judgment of acquittal.
“I didn’t expect that it would be such a resounding victory,” Mackey told The Daily Wire. “It’s extremely rare for a case, number one, to be overturned on appeal. Number two, it’s extremely rare for the Circuit court, the appeals court, to actually overrule the jury and say, no, the verdict was wrong, you have to enter a judgment of acquittal. [It] just goes to show how weak and non-existent the government’s case against me was.”
Though Mackey was ultimately acquitted, this legal saga was more than four years of his life, which really took a toll on his family and friends. Mackey told The Daily Wire his wife was pregnant during the trial and she actually had an emergency C-section while Mackey was in New York being sentenced. On the financial side, Mackey said his legal fees totaled north of a million dollars. Moving forward, Mackey plans to file a civil lawsuit against the DOJ.
“As the Circuit Court ruled, this case was brought without sufficient evidence,” Mackey said. “So based on that, we have to assume that they brought this case for political reasons, because why else would you bring this case? So I think it’s egregious. I think that it’s weaponization and politicized justice and I think it’s misconduct.”
 
<h2>AI Arms Race </h2>
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Topline: The race to develop advanced artificial intelligence is heating up, and some tech giants are sparing no expense. Earlier this week, Meta paid $200 million to poach one of Apple’s leading AI developers for its new “Superintelligence Lab.” Meanwhile, deep fakes are becoming a major security issue.
Investment in artificial intelligence has been growing exponentially in the last decade. According to an <a href="https://edgedelta.com/company/blog/ai-investment-statistics">analysis</a> by Stanford University, nearly a trillion dollars was poured into developing tools like ChatGPT between 2013 and 2022. Many of these AI tools have been wildly successful and have been incorporated into all parts of our daily lives: individualized search and chat tools, big data analysis that quickly sequence genomes and help doctors diagnose diseases, large language models that can quickly and accurately translate text and audio into different languages – the list goes on. In 2025, global investment in AI is expected to reach $200 billion per year.
Despite overseas efforts to catch up, U.S. companies currently lead the field. There are some prominent newcomers such as OpenAI and Anthropic, but all of the Big Tech names that most people would recognize, like Amazon, Nvidia, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple have invested heavily in artificial intelligence. 
Apple’s AI offerings have generally underperformed relative to its competitors — there are rumors that they might outsource the integration of LLM features into Siri to other firms. However, Apple has a lot of experience building smartphones and personal computers, and much of their research has been focused on making smaller AI models that could be built into their hardware instead of relying on a connection to external servers. 
Those efforts appear to have caught Mark Zuckerberg’s attention, and he is reportedly now trying to poach their top talent with very lucrative contracts. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Ruoming Pang, the head developer of Apple’s AI models, was leaving the company to join Meta for a cool <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/meta-reportedly-recruits-apples-head-of-ai-models/">$200 million</a>. According to industry scuttlebutt, he may be just the first of many to jump ship from Apple – Sam Altman of OpenAI says his employees have received similar offers.
“[Meta] started making these giant offers to people on our team,” Altman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZUG0pr5hBo">said</a>. “100 million dollar signing bonuses… so far none of my top employees have decided to take them up on it.”
Meanwhile: In May, “unknown actors” got ahold of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ contact list and posed as her to contact senators, congressmen, and prominent businessmen. That same month, the FBI issued a PSA warning that “if you receive a message claiming to be from a senior US official, do not assume it is authentic.”
A similar scheme was attempted in June; a cable from the State Department revealed that at least five people received text and voice messages imitating Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Rubio impersonator created a Signal account using an official-sounding email address as his display name and reached out to at least five people, including members of Congress and foreign dignitaries. An investigation is ongoing in both cases. However, because of how ubiquitous AI voice cloning has become, it could be hard to pin down a suspect.
“Deep fake audio is extremely simple to produce,” Leah Siskind, an AI Research Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracy, told The Daily Wire. “Typically it only requires about 30 seconds of recorded audio and you can use tools that are online, that are free, that are extremely user friendly. You don’t need much technical knowledge to learn how to produce these audio fakes, and what they’ll do is they’ll use AI to train to train on, they’ll look for patterns in your accent, your tone, your pitch, your breathing patterns, all within that 30 second audio clip, and from that they’ll be able to produce a very realistic mimic of your voice.”
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<title>Violent Leftists Attack Federal Agents During Immigration Raids At California Pot Farms</title>
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<dc:creator>Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>Federal agents with a search warrant for suspected immigration and labor violations at cannabis farms in Ventura County, California, were met by hundreds of protesters on Thursday, including one man who appeared to fire a gun at them. The feds conducted immigration raids at two Glass House Farms, a state-licensed marijuana facility that is allegedly ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Federal agents with a search warrant for suspected immigration and labor violations at cannabis farms in Ventura County, California, were met by hundreds of protesters on Thursday, including one man who appeared to fire a gun at them.
The feds conducted immigration raids at two Glass House Farms, a state-licensed marijuana facility that is allegedly employing illegal immigrants, including children, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/immigration-operation-california-cannabis-farms-leads-clash-federal-agents-protesters">Fox News</a>. After getting word of the immigration operations at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, approximately 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, around 500 protesters arrived to confront federal authorities, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-10/federal-immigration-sweep-ventura-county-farms">reported</a>. The other farm is located in Carpinteria, about 35 miles up the coast, where a smaller group of protesters gathered.
The standoff quickly turned violent as federal agents attempted to disperse the crowd with smoke canisters, and news helicopter video captured the moment when one man appeared to fire a handgun at authorities.
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As agents were leaving the farm with detainees, a group of protesters pelted their vehicles with rocks, smashing windows. Following the confrontation, four people were taken to the hospital, and three people were treated at the scene, FOX Los Angeles <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/camarillo-ventura-county-farm-ice-raid">reported</a>. It’s unclear if any federal authorities were among the injured.
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“Federal agents are executing a search warrant at this marijuana farm,” said Bill Essayli, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California. “Agents have already arrested multiple individuals for impeding this operation and will continue to make arrests. Don’t interfere. You will be arrested and charged with a federal offense.”
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Federal agents are executing a search warrant at this marijuana farm. Agents have already arrested multiple individuals for impeding this operation and will continue to make arrests. Don’t interfere. You will be arrested and charged with a federal offense. <a href="https://t.co/KMwZ5WToOc">https://t.co/KMwZ5WToOc</a>
— U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1943476954189172893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
In a later post on social media, Essayli said that the “FBI has issued a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction of an Unknown Subject who appeared to fire a pistol at Federal Law Enforcement Officers near Camarillo.”
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FBI has issued a $50,000 award for information leading to the conviction of an Unknown Subject who appeared to fire a pistol at Federal Law Enforcement Officers near Camarillo. The shooting occurred on 7/10/25 at approximately 2:26pm on Laguna Rd between Wood Rd and Las Posas Rd.… <a href="https://t.co/XG94sTQEVR">pic.twitter.com/XG94sTQEVR</a>
— U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1943522825194868753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Video of the immigration raid posted by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared to show workers and protesters running away as federal agents fired tear gas into the crowd.
“Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was just taken from the fields,” Newsom wrote. “Trump calls me ‘Newscum’ — but he’s the real scum.”
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott responded to Newsom’s post on X, writing, “Here’s some breaking news: 10 juveniles were found at this marijuana facility – all illegal aliens, 8 of them unaccompanied. It’s now under investigation for child labor violations. This is Newsom’s California.”
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Here’s some breaking news: 10 juveniles were found at this marijuana facility – all illegal aliens, 8 of them unaccompanied. It’s now under investigation for child labor violations.
This is Newsom’s California. <a href="https://t.co/Z1XoRMtBSN">https://t.co/Z1XoRMtBSN</a>
— CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott (@CBPCommissioner) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBPCommissioner/status/1943511972441391376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Other California Democrats also condemned the raid at the cannabis farm. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA), who represents the district where one of the raided farms is located, called the operation “disproportionate” and “overkill,” warning that the federal government’s “tactics” would lead to more violence.
“These tactics are creating an incendiary, hostile environment the way they are being deployed, which could lead to, regrettably, violence in the future,” he <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-10/federal-immigration-sweep-ventura-county-farms">said</a>.
Thursday’s attack on immigration agents comes as federal authorities face mounting threats. Earlier this week, a gunman in tactical gear <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">opened fire</a> on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, wounding two police officers and a Border Patrol employee before he was killed. Ten people were also <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/10-suspects-charged-july-4-attack-texas-ice-detention-facility">arrested</a> this week after they attacked an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, shooting and wounding a law enforcement officer.
The Trump administration has blasted Democrats for using “dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric” aimed at ICE agents. Some Democrats have compared ICE’s operations to the Gestapo.
“ICE agents put their lives on the line every day to get the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens off our streets and out of our communities,” <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1942974206880207099">said</a> White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “They are making America safer, and Democrats are shamelessly attacking them for it.”
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<title>Socialism In A Designer Suit: NYC Is In For A Hard Lesson If Mamdani Is Elected</title>
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<dc:creator>Simon Hankinson</dc:creator>
<description>So far, Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year old who won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, is still just a candidate. But in heavily Democratic New York, the Republican, radio host Curtis Sliwa, has little chance of winning. A recent poll puts Mamdani at 36.4% compared to Sliwa’s 16.3%. That means the only man ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[So far, Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year old who won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, is still just a candidate. But in heavily Democratic New York, the Republican, radio host Curtis Sliwa, has little chance of winning. A recent <a href="https://www.racetothewh.com/nycmayorpolling">poll</a> puts Mamdani at 36.4% compared to Sliwa’s 16.3%.
That means the only man standing between Mamdani and the mayor’s office is Eric Adams, a Democrat who last year was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-charged-bribery-and-campaign-finance-offenses">charged</a> with bribery and campaign finance violations. He has also angered his own party by failing to oppose immigration enforcement as much as other “sanctuary city” mayors like Chicago’s Brandon Johnson or Los Angeles’s Karen Bass.
New Yorkers have heard some of Mamdani’s proposals: rent control, free buses, higher taxes on higher earners, city-owned grocery stores, freeing criminal suspects without bail, legalizing prostitution, and replacing some police with social workers.
If one is unfamiliar with history, these promises might sound good. As the Babylon Bee put it, “<a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-discover-innovative-strategy-of-promising-free-stuff-to-stupid-people">Democrats Discover Innovative Strategy of Promising Free Stuff to Stupid People</a>.” This is funny, but unfair. There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. New Yorkers aren’t stupid. And plenty of smart people are ignorant – meaning they just don’t know certain things.
Like how New York was back in the 1980s. Those of us who remember the city when Times Square was a den of squalor will know that Sliwa also founded the Guardian Angels, the red-beret sporting extended neighborhood watch that rode the subway to fight crime.
But that was 40 years ago. Most New Yorkers today have no direct experience with that era. At least half of them weren’t educated in New York; they came from abroad or from other states. Nationally, only 13% of U.S. eighth graders are <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1160">proficient</a> in American history. I doubt they know much more about world history, or how “<a href="https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/we-must-educate-future-generations-the-myths-and-realities-socialism">true socialism</a>” worked when tried.
Those who were raised in New York mostly went through a public school system where, a <a href="https://medium.com/@newyorkteacher/update-guess-all-bs-on-nys-january-regents-exam-3dd8f2a0a713">researcher found</a>, students could pass a math exam by just guessing answer “C” every time.
Some New Yorkers may not know what Mamdani means by “socialism,” “Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS),” and “owning the means of production,” which he talked about in this short clip <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1939516740909621286">posted</a> to X by @EndWokeness. Let me briefly explain.
“Socialism” is how communists describe themselves. Look at the now-defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the current communist countries, the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Lao People’s Republic – none of them mentions “communism” in its name or its official description of itself.
The only thing that makes the American version “Democratic,” as in the “Democratic Socialists of America” organization that Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Summer Lee belong to, is that they seek to come to power through elections, rather than violent revolution.
The “BDS” Mamdani wants is about Israel. The <a href="https://bdsmovement.net/what-bds">BDS movement</a> is a “Palestinian-led movement” that seeks to force Israel to accept a Palestinian state on dictated terms by pressuring governments and private companies to boycott (meaning not buy) Israeli goods and services; divest (meaning pull out all investments in Israel and Israeli companies); and sanction (meaning bans on business, finance, travel, etc.).
When he says he wants to “raise class consciousness,” Mamdani is talking about Karl Marx’s vision for how capitalist societies turn communist. Once the worker masses realize they are being exploited, Marxist theory goes, they will overthrow capitalism, take over the government, and “establish a more equitable society.” (Yes, that’s the same “equity” as in DEI, the ideology that captured Western <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7524478/">governments</a>, <a href="https://www.ie.edu/insights/articles/education-for-a-more-equitable-society/">education</a>, <a href="https://www.unitedwaygcr.org/news/together-we-can-build-more-just-and-equitable-society">NGOs</a>, and <a href="https://www.unilever.com/news/news-search/2021/how-we-will-help-build-a-more-equitable-and-inclusive-society/">companies</a>).
Mamdani said the “end goal” of socialism is “seizing the means of production,” by which he means the government taking over factories, companies, mines, energy producers, farms, restaurants, service providers, your aunt’s Etsy page – anything or anyone that creates value, from a Barbie doll to an F-150 truck. The core idea of socialism is that all of it should be taken from private ownership and given to the government to run.
The government will then decide what each of us needs to live on – “<a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/ch01.htm">from each, according to his abilities; to each, according to his needs</a>.” If this sounds familiar, it’s because it has been tried before – first in the USSR, then in China, Cuba, North Korea, and in various countries in between in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. And with a 100% failure rate.
Every time, once the coveted “means of production” got into the hands of government functionaries — who inevitably grew corrupt — they ceased to produce efficiently and were run into the ground. Under socialism, instead of markets efficiently allocating capital to industry to produce what people need and want, bureaucrats do it through central planning, resulting in starvation, poverty, and misery.
China might be seen as a slight exception to the rule, but that’s only because it ditched much of communism’s economic orthodoxy and let favored people make money, while keeping the corrupt, nepotistic structure of the Communist Party and its social control machinery.
Mamdani reminds us “we need to remember what the stakes are.” He’s right. He’s smart, charming, and media savvy, which makes it all the more important that New Yorkers closely scrutinize his past and current comments and policy positions.
If Mamdani makes it to Gracie Mansion and keeps his promises, he will bring socialism to New York City, good and hard. It will work just as well as it ever did. And some of Manhattan’s wealthy residents will react just like Havana’s did in 1959 – they’ll go to Miami.
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Simon Hankinson is a Senior Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, and author of the forthcoming book “The Woke Ten Commandments (You Must Not Obey)” from Academica Press.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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<title>Trump Threatens 35% Tariff On Canada Over Fentanyl Trafficking</title>
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<dc:creator>Tim Pearce</dc:creator>
<description>President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a steeper 35% tariff on products from Canada beginning August 1 unless steps are taken to curb the flow of fentanyl over its shared border with the United States. Trump warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a letter on Thursday that the United States would hike the ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a steeper 35% tariff on products from Canada beginning August 1 unless steps are taken to curb the flow of fentanyl over its shared border with the United States.
Trump warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114831716625825473">letter</a> on Thursday that the United States would hike the rate up from 25% – and possibly more. Still, Canada could avoid some or all of the added tariff, he suggested.
“If Canada works with me to stop the flow of Fentanyl, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter. These Tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your country,” the president wrote.
A White House official <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-threatens-35-tariff-on-some-canadian-goods-d1306890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Wall Street Journal that goods in compliance with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement would at least for now be exempt from the 35% tariff rate — as they had been with the 25% penalty Trump implemented earlier this year.
Canadian goods that are “transshipped,” or products sent to the United States via another country first to evade the tariff on Canada, would still be subject to the heightened rate.
Trump, who noted the larger penalty would be “separate from all Sectoral Tariffs,” railed against Canada’s trade policies. He said they “cause unsustainable trade deficits against the United States” and placed a focus on dairy farmers.
“Canada charges extraordinary Tariffs to our Dairy Farmers — up to 400% — and that is even assuming our Dairy Farmers even have access to sell their products to the people of Canada. The Trade Deficit is a major threat to our Economy, and, indeed, our National Security!” the president wrote.
Trump also mentioned in his letter how Canada previously “retaliated” with its own tariffs rather than “working with” the United States.
The escalation in the tariff fight with the United States’ neighbor to the north comes as the president has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-inflation-hasbro-ukraine-patriot-missiles-nato-russia-rcna218125">prepared</a> an increased blanket tariff for a slate of countries that have either not been notified of increased tariffs yet or have already agreed to a framework of a trade deal with the United States.
“We’re just going to say all of the remaining countries are going to pay, whether it’s 20% or 15%. We’ll work that out now,” Trump told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-inflation-hasbro-ukraine-patriot-missiles-nato-russia-rcna218125">NBC News</a> on Thursday.
“I’d like to do it today,” Trump said of his plan to send letters laying out new tariff schedules. “I’m talking European Union, which is, as you know, many countries, and Canada. We’ll be putting them out over the next couple of hours.”
In recent days, Trump has posted a number of letters warning of new tariff rates. 
On Wednesday, Trump posted one of his steepest threats, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-hits-brazil-50-percent-tariff-citing-ex-president-jair-bolsonaro-rcna217859">warning</a> Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that Brazilian products could face a 50% jump in tariffs over the government’s treatment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing charges related to the 2022 election.
“This is nothing more, or less, than an attack on a Political Opponent — Something I know much about!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114812490799920916">post</a> defending Bolsonaro.
“The Great People of Brazil will not stand for what they are doing to their former President. I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair Bolsonaro, his family, and thousands of his supporters, very closely. The only Trial that should be happening is a Trial by the Voters of Brazil — It’s called an Election. LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE!” he wrote.
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<title>Even Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Liberal SCOTUS Colleagues Tire Of Her Weak Arguments</title>
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<dc:creator>Tim Pearce</dc:creator>
<description>Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s latest opinion pitted her against her fellow liberals on the bench and revealed her to be far less prepared for her weighty role than her peers, according to a legal expert. Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s latest opinion pitted her against her fellow liberals on the bench and revealed her to be far less prepared for her weighty role than her peers, according to a legal expert.
Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, said Jackson’s dissent in a Wednesday court opinion showed her as unserious and unfit for the role of Supreme Court justice.
“What it tells me is that Brown Jackson is really at the far end of the spectrum and that the other justices are getting tired of her,” von Spakovsky told The Daily Wire.
Jackson was the lone dissenter in a court opinion that cleared the way for the Trump administration to begin crafting plans to downsize the federal workforce. The junior justice wrote that the majority opinion is “not only truly unfortunate but also hubristic and senseless.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, another liberal on the high court, wrote a concurrence siding with the majority
“I agree with Justice Jackson that the President cannot restructure federal agencies in a manner inconsistent with congressional mandates,” wrote Sotomayor. “Here, however, the relevant Executive Order directs agencies to plan reorganizations and reductions in force ‘consistent with applicable law’ … and the resulting joint memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management reiterates as much.”
The court opinion and the split on the bench suggests that Jackson is ill-equipped to handle the intellectual rigors of the Supreme Court, according to von Spakovsky.
“This case was eight-to-one. Even justices Sotomayor and [Elena] Kagan joined with the majority because they didn’t want a dissent in this particular case,” von Spakovsky told The Daily Wire. “Only the lone dissenter, Brown Jackson, was once again, you know, engaging in an emotional tirade about the idea that — horror, shock — federal employees might actually lose their jobs.”
Jackson has been singled out in other cases as well. In a court decision last month over “birthright citizenship,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-amy-coney-barrett-lays-the-legal-smackdown-on-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson">suggested</a> that Jackson’s dissenting argument was vacuous, or at least not motivated by any serious legal theory.
“The principal dissent focuses on conventional legal terrain, like the Judiciary Act of 1789 and our cases on equity,” wrote Barrett. “JUSTICE JACKSON, however, chooses a startling line of attack that is tethered neither to these sources nor, frankly, to any doctrine whatsoever. Waving away attention to the limits on judicial power as a ‘mind-numbingly technical query … she offers a vision of the judicial role that would make even the most ardent defender of judicial supremacy blush.”
“I disagree often with what Justice Kagan and Sotomayor put in their decisions, but they at least try to have a legal basis for what they’re saying,” von Spakovsky said.
Jackson claims Trump’s plans to downsize the federal government is “needless” and “there’s no need for getting rid of federal employees,” von Spakovsky added. “That’s a policy decision. That’s got nothing to do with the law. That’s got nothing to do with the constitutional authority of the president to run the executive branch.”
“I think it’s just another sign that, frankly, she was a big mistake getting put on the court, and that she just doesn’t have the legal acumen to be on the court,” von Spakovsky said. “Sotomayor, Kagan, they do, even though I think they’re often wrong, but I don’t think [Jackson] does.”
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<title>Hegseth Unleashes U.S. Military ‘Drone Dominance’</title>
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<dc:creator>Tim Pearce</dc:creator>
<description>The Pentagon is cutting bureaucratic hurdles to unleash “American drone dominance” and outcompete hostile powers such as China and Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a slate of reforms to jolt U.S. production of drones and equip U.S. service members with the skills to use them effectively. The Department of Defense posted a video on ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Pentagon is cutting bureaucratic hurdles to unleash “American drone dominance” and outcompete hostile powers such as China and Russia.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a slate of reforms to jolt U.S. production of drones and equip U.S. service members with the skills to use them effectively. The Department of Defense posted a video on social media Thursday of Hegseth signing orders delivered by drone.
“While our adversaries have produced millions of cheap drones before us, we were mired in bureaucratic red tape. Not anymore,” Hegseth said. 
After noting that President Donald Trump signed an executive <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/president-trump-signs-executive-orders-on-drones-flying-cars-and-supersonics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> in June to energize the drone industry in the United States, Hegseth said, “Today, I’m rescinding restrictive policies that stifle production. And this will unleash American manufacturing and the ingenuity of our war fighters.”
The Pentagon’s newest drone strategy has three main pillars, according to Hegseth. First, the Department of Defense will prioritize buying American-made drones to help expand drone-making on the domestic front.
Second, Hegseth said the military would leverage the United States’ “world-leading engineers and AI experts” to arm combat units with drones. And third, the secretary plans to stamp out a risk-averse mindset that he suggested has held back senior military staff from innovating with drones.
“We’re going to train as we expect to fight,” Hegseth said. “Senior officers must overcome bureaucratic risk aversion in budgeting, weaponing, weaponeering, and training.”
“This is the future. We’re in the fight. We’re in the fight to win it. And we’re never going to back down,” he concluded.
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Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance <a href="https://twitter.com/DOGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DOGE</a> <a href="https://t.co/ueqQPc7rKI">pic.twitter.com/ueqQPc7rKI</a>
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Hegseth’s orders will allow for the first time commanders with the ranks of colonel or captain to obtain and test drones that meet national security standards, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-tears-up-red-tape-orders-pentagon-begin-drone-surge-trumps-command">Fox News</a>, which first obtained the memos signed on Thursday. The orders also cut through a series of approval processes so that the drones may be tested immediately.
The orders reclassified drones from being durable military assets to consumables, taking them out of bureaucratic tracking systems and allowing faster acquisition. The orders also directed military officials to coordinate with the Federal Aviation Administration on expanding range restrictions where needed and setting up sites for military training in drone use.
Drones have recently played major roles in the Ukraine-Russia war and in the Middle East. 
Ukraine and Russia used drones to attack and hamper each other’s forces. Israel employed drones as part of its “Operation Rising Lion” to damage Iran’s military command structure and nuclear program.
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<title>Dem Leftist Congressman Admits He’s Targeted By Mamdani Allies Because He Supports Israel</title>
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<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) who is unfailingly left on political issues but is also a fervent supporter of the State of Israel, admitted this week that the reason allies of hard-Left New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani want to primary him is because of his support for Israel. The conversation stemmed from CNN’s Abby Phillip ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) who is unfailingly left on political issues but is also a fervent supporter of the State of Israel, admitted this week that the reason allies of hard-Left New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani want to primary him is because of his support for Israel.
The conversation stemmed from CNN’s Abby Phillip noting that Mamdani’s allies have a list of congressional representatives they want to challenge in primaries and Torres is on the list.
Torres is not the only Democrat to be pilloried by members of his party for supporting Israel; Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-fetterman-defends-israel-dems-suddenly-question-his-mental-health">targeted for the same reason</a>.
“I want to ask you this,” CNN’s Ana Navarro said. “How the hell does the first openly gay Afro-Puerto Rican congressperson from the Bronx, end up being establishment? What — what does establishment mean these days in the Democratic Party?”
“For me, the lesson learned from Mamdani’s victory is that there is no Democratic establishment,” Torres replied, alluding to Mamdani’s recent win in the Democratic Party’s primary for New York City mayor.
“What do you mean by that? What do you mean by that?” Phillip interjected.
“Are you being honest when you say you don’t know why they’re targeting you?” CNN conservative political commentator Scott Jennings asked bluntly. “ You know why they’re targeting you.
“Oh, no, I’m not — I know why they’re targeting —” Torres managed.
“But you know why they’re targeting you,” Jennings persisted.
“But I don’t — I don’t care that they’re targeting me,” Torres protested.
“So, why don’t you say it?” Jennings challenged. “You know why they’re targeting you.”
“I think they’re targeting me because I’m pro-Israel,” Torres admitted.
“That’s 100 percent correct,” Jennings agreed.
“That’s the issue,” Torres finished, adding, “I am specifically targeted because of my position on Israel.”
“And by the way he’s been courageous on this issue and he’s had a backbone and he stood up to the wacko radicals in his party on this, and he deserves all the credit in the world for it,” Jennings declared. “But that’s why he’s on the list, because these people have a burning hatred for Israel. It’s one of their main pieces of their platform and that’s why they put them on the list and it’s terrible.”
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Often, my main function is to get to the heart of the matter 👇
In NYC, Mamdani’s radical, socialist, anti-Semitic supporters are trying to primary <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRitchie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRitchie</a> for one reason only: because of his courageous stance on Israel. Let’s not pretend there’s any other reason. <a href="https://t.co/M66fhAbkrf">pic.twitter.com/M66fhAbkrf</a>
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Three months after the Hamas massacre of roughly 1,200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023, Torres gave <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ritchie-torres-gives-impassioned-speech-denouncing-those-cheering-celebrating-october-7-massacre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impassioned</a> response to those who had cheered and celebrated the attack.
“Like all of you, I was profoundly shaken, not only by October 7, but by its aftermath. I found it utterly horrifying to see fellow Americans openly cheering and celebrating the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” he stated at the annual Martin Luther King sermon at Central Synagogue in Manhattan.
“And for me, the aftermath of October 7 revealed the barbarity of the American heart that reminded me of an earlier and darker time in our nation’s history; a time when the public mobs of Jim Crow would openly celebrate the lynching of African-Americans or the lynching of a Jewish-American like Leo Frank,” he continued.
“And so words cannot express the overwhelming outrage that I felt at the barbaric reaction to the barbarism of October 7. You know, people often ask me, ‘Why do you care so deeply? Why do you speak out so frequently and forcefully against antisemitism?’ And I simply reply, ‘You are asking the wrong question. The question is not why have I chosen to be outspoken; the question is why have others chosen to be silent amid the deadliest day for the Jews since the Holocaust.’”
“Dr. King once said that history will record that the greatest tragedy is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but it’s the appalling silence of the good people,” Torres recalled. “Elie Wiesel once said that the opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. And what we’ve seen in the aftermath of October 7 is appalling silence and indifference and cowardice from so-called leaders in our society; from institutions that we once respected and admired. And if we as a society cannot bring ourselves to condemn the murder of innocents with moral clarity, then we must ask: What are we becoming as a society? What does that reveal about the depth of anti-Semitism in the American soul?”
“October 7 has been an awakening for the Jewish community, but it must be a reckoning for all of America,” he declared. “We must confront the deepening rot of anti-Semitism; on social media platforms, on college campuses, and elsewhere in America. We must ask ourselves: What kind of society do we wish to be? Do we wish to be a society that affirms that every life, every Jewish life, every black life, every life, has inherent dignity and value and worth? That each of us is a child of God, that each of us is an equal creation in the image of God?”
“Or do we wish to be a society that affirms that violence and terror, no matter how barbaric, can be justified and even glorified, under the guise of ‘resistance,’” he asked pointedly.
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I had the honor of delivering the annual MLK sermon at Central Synagogue.
My speech touches on a range of topics and themes: October 7th, Jim Crow, Leo Frank, MLK, Elie Wiesel, silence, indifference, moral clarity, nonviolence, Israel, Am Yisrael Chai, Hatikvah, and hope. <a href="https://t.co/stxqxzgyLi">pic.twitter.com/stxqxzgyLi</a>
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1747065334467584292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-fetterman-defends-israel-dems-suddenly-question-his-mental-health">As Fetterman Defends Israel, Dems Suddenly Question His Mental Health</a>
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<title>Columbia University Anti-Israel Agitator Demands $20 Million From Trump Admin</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-anti-israel-agitator-demands-20-million-from-trump-admin</link>
<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Columbia University anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil filed a $20 million claim against President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration on Thursday, claiming that he was &#8220;falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and smeared as an antisemite&#8221; when the U.S. State Department moved to deport him. Khalil told The Associated Press that he could not forgive the Trump administration for the ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Columbia University anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil filed a $20 million claim against President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday, claiming that he was “falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and smeared as an antisemite” when the U.S. State Department moved to deport him.
Khalil told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-ice-release-trump-columbia-protests-570f7af32010c16b1a00dd7e78f4c687">The Associated Press</a> that he could not forgive the Trump administration for the fact that he’d been detained hundreds of miles away while his wife gave birth to their son. “I cannot describe the pain of that night,” he said. The AP noted Khalil’s “anguish” but made no mention of the Jewish students who felt unsafe while he and his cohorts fomented a culture of antisemitism on Columbia’s campus and across the United States.
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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil just filed a $20M damages claim against the Trump admin, alleging it terrorized his family and smeared him as an antisemite for political gain. He spoke with us about the filing, and the moments of bliss and anguish since his release <a href="https://t.co/3lh1Krdua1">https://t.co/3lh1Krdua1</a> <a href="https://t.co/640Hbm4eCo">pic.twitter.com/640Hbm4eCo</a>
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) <a href="https://twitter.com/jangelooff/status/1943367171599446494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Khalil’s deportation order is still in limbo as it moves through the American court system, but the claim filed on Thursday — according to The AP — “is a precursor to a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act” and “names the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the State Department” as codefendants.
The anti-Israel activist told The AP that the reason for his claim was to bring more attention to his cause, saying, “They are abusing their power because they think they are untouchable. Unless they feel there is some sort of accountability, it will continue to go unchecked.”
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He also claimed that if the government were to pay out any amount of money, he would share the settlement with others he said were also being “targeted” by the Trump administration. He also said that he would settle for an “official apology” from the administration along with changes to policy to make sure that what happened to him could not happen to anyone else.
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Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that Khalil’s claim was “absurd,” and that he had participated in and led the “hateful behavior and rhetoric” that left so many Jewish students feeling unsafe.
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<title>Following SCOTUS Win, State Department Informs Employees That Mass Layoffs Will Begin Soon</title>
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<dc:creator>Mary Margaret Olohan</dc:creator>
<description>WASHINGTON— The State Department will inform employees on Thursday evening that it will soon begin mass layoffs, a document obtained by The Daily Wire shows. Over 1500 employees will receive &#8220;Reduction in Force&#8221; (RIF) notices, a State Department official shared with The Daily Wire on Thursday. The move comes after the Supreme Court lifted a ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON— The State Department will inform employees on Thursday evening that it will soon begin mass layoffs, a document obtained by The Daily Wire shows.
Over 1500 employees will receive “Reduction in Force” (RIF) notices, a State Department official shared with The Daily Wire on Thursday.
The move comes after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1174_h3ci.pdf">lifted a lower court order</a> on Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from laying off federal workers at almost two dozen agencies, clearing the way for the president to move forward with his plans for reorganizing and downsizing federal agencies.
The State Department email, sent Thursday evening from Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Michael Rigas to State Department staff, says that once employees have received their RIF notices, State will enter its final stage of reorganization and focus its attention on delivering “results-driven diplomacy.”
<div id="attachment_945573" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/?attachment_id=945573" rel="attachment wp-att-945573"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945573" class="wp-image-945573 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2223713664.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio deplanes upon arrival at Subang Air Base, outside of Kuala Lumpur, on July 10, 2025. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</div>
“Secretary Rubio, at the direction of President Trump, has undertaken a historic reorganization of the State Department, which was thoughtfully and deliberately executed by department leadership,” a senior State Department official told The Daily Wire. “The America First State Department will better serve the American people.”
More communications and guidance will be distributed in the coming weeks, Rigas told the State Department employees.
“On behalf of Department leadership, we extend our gratitude for your hard work and commitment to executing this reorganization and for your ongoing dedication to advancing U.S. national interests across the world,” he concluded.
The move is part of Secretary Marco Rubio’s effort to conduct the largest reorganization of the State Department in decades, focusing resources on policy priorities and eliminating “redundant functions,” as Rigas noted. Rubio had reviewed and approved plans to target reduction in the department’s domestic workforce in May.
Rubio said at the time that State’s domestic operations had grown exponentially, “resulting in more bureaucracy, higher costs, and fewer results for the American people.” He elaborated on the plan submitted to Congress, saying it was the result of thoughtful and deliberative work by senior State Department leadership.
“Since my first day as Secretary, I have said that this Department must move at the speed of relevancy and, in April, announced a broad reorganization of the Department to better achieve that goal,” he noted. “Today, we took the next step in that process by notifying Congress of how we plan to do that.”
“The reorganization plan will result in a more agile Department, better equipped to promote America’s interests and keep Americans safe across the world,” he promised.
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<title>New York Landlords Freak Out Over Mamdani, Threaten To Leave, And Throw Money At Eric Adams</title>
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<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>New York City landlords and real estate developers are panicking about the prospect of Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor, frantically throwing money at his opponents and threatening to leave the city altogether. Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of the Big Apple last month in a bombshell upset that threw the election into chaos. The ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York City landlords and real estate developers are panicking about the prospect of Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor, frantically throwing money at his opponents and threatening to leave the city altogether.
Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of the Big Apple last month in a bombshell upset that threw the election into chaos.
The self-described democratic socialist is <a href="https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform">campaigning</a> on freezing rents for two million New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments.
He has also said he has “many critiques of capitalism” and quoted Martin Luther King Jr., saying, “there must be a better distribution of wealth” in the country.
This is not music to the ears of the city’s real estate moguls, who are scrambling to make sure Mamdani does not get the chance to take the reins of the city.
One New York real estate mogul, Marc Holliday, chief executive of the real estate investment trust SL Green, hosted a cocktail fundraising event on the rooftop of one of his Manhattan office towers on Wednesday to raise money for incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent.
Tickets to the fundraiser were $2,000 a pop.
“There’s going to be a lot of these fundraisers,” Noble Black, a New York City luxury real-estate broker, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/nyc-real-estate-mayor-eric-adams-zohran-mamdani-21cf617f?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAif3L_ZKsxu0MvQj8kQ49XJjqXkEazSu1RZpTQmTfFfZ1t5-3crxyQXcbwSJg%3D%3D&gaa_ts=6870240f&gaa_sig=PW0xw_4vUH8iwIkCdq5AkTPxzepqsyPDMIBVRRv9ctkzdrzKrS4E2ekbUifRg8zRYL3FVuqdpLxSXeLLkscYxA%3D%3D">told</a> the Wall Street Journal.
“Everyone is talking about how much wealth is aligning against Mamdani,” Black said.
Another fundraiser for Adams was held by a real estate couple in the Hamptons over the weekend that included several New York City billionaires and real estate investors.
Several real estate power brokers are also planning additional events, according to the Journal, including one that will feature social media influencers to attract younger voters.
Meanwhile, landlords say Mamdani’s policies would be a catastrophe for them.
The rent freezing plan is “a recipe for disaster,” Kenny Burgos, head of the New York Apartment Association, one of the city’s largest trade groups, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-faces-landlord-exodus-zohran-mamdani-housing-plans-2095903">told</a> Newsweek.
Burgos noted that rents are not being hiked in rent-stabilized apartments, thereby burdening tenants in a manner similar to the “free market.”
He told the outlet that while larger landlords might be making a profit, smaller owners, such as rent-stabilized landlords, are struggling.
“This is almost a tale of two cities. And this is why the policy that Mamdani is pushing forth is so dangerous,” Burgos said. “We’re in the middle of a crisis that he will inherit, that he will accelerate, and that will destroy the housing market in New York City.”
Many wealthy landlords would likely get out of New York City if Mamdani wins, according to real estate experts.
“Landlords are facing mounting pressure — with high taxes and operating costs, it’s becoming unsustainable to hold properties without the ability to adjust rents. Many are now evaluating out-of-state investments as a safer, more profitable alternative,” Jay Batra, a real estate entrepreneur and the principal of Batra Real Estate, a full-service real estate brokerage in New York City and Miami, told Newsweek.
Besides rent freezes, Mamdani has proposed other expensive policies, including government-run grocery stores, free buses, free city universities, free childcare, increasing New York City’s minimum wage to $30 an hour, and investing $65 million in transgender drugs and surgeries.
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<title>Gen Z Men Are Turning Away From Porn</title>
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<dc:creator>Jayden Jelso</dc:creator>
<description>A majority of young men support restricting access to pornography, according to a new survey by the Survey Center on American Life. The survey, which includes a number of different topics concerning the opinions of everyday Americans and their satisfaction with the current state of the country, details the declining support of pornography among Gen ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A majority of young men support restricting access to pornography, according to a new <a href="https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/a-cultural-crossroads-americas-uncertain-future-amidst-enduring-discontent-and-rising-disconnection/?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGbkvewKzlBksy5UkP8DK3ZgRteqCvUlLg6RRzvNoAw09KIInAbzFQuPQL0HeCMPUibHA3Fz92YAMuG_OzHJyBMDqSemLVT1DGE3tV34ZM32Jrf1cE">survey</a> by the Survey Center on American Life.
The survey, which includes a number of different topics concerning the opinions of everyday Americans and their satisfaction with the current state of the country, details the declining support of pornography among Gen Z men.
According to the survey, 64% of men under the age of 25 support making online pornography more difficult to access.
“In 2013, young men were divided—about half (51 percent) favored making it more difficult to access pornography online, while just about as many (40 percent) opposed this policy,” the survey found. “Today, six in 10 young men say they believe we should make accessing pornography online more difficult.”
This comes just weeks after the Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring consumers to provide age verification to gain access to commercial porn sites. The Texas measure was enacted in 2023 for the purpose of protecting children from pornographic content, requiring every user to provide proof of age in order to access the sites. The 6-3 vote marks the first time the court has required this of adults for the purpose of protecting minors. A total of 19 states currently have active age verification laws for porn websites and several other states have similar bills pending.
The shift among Gen Z men demonstrates a staggering turn in generational opinion, as The Daily Wire’s newest talent, Isabel Brown, wrote in a Thursday X post.
“WOW. Culture is changing.”
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WOW. Culture is changing. <a href="https://t.co/7B9yeO00G5">https://t.co/7B9yeO00G5</a>
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“That’s good news!” said one commenter beneath Brown’s post. “Maybe in a generation or so, we can make pornography illegal again?”
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That's good news! Maybe in a generation or so, we can make pornography illegal again?
— C.F. Dalton (His Lordship/His Majesty) (@cfdalton1) <a href="https://twitter.com/cfdalton1/status/1943350080125219026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Gen Z men agree in large part with men over the age of 65, 73% of whom support a pornography restriction, while under half of men between the ages of 25 and 54 remain in favor.
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<title>Controversy Erupts Over Weather Modification Following Texas Flooding</title>
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<dc:creator>Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>Just days before central Texas was hit with major flooding when Tropical Storm Barry dumped 15 inches of rain over parts of Kerr County, Rainmaker Technology Corporation flew a small plane over Runge, Texas, to release silver iodide into two clouds in hopes of producing some rain for the area that was facing a drought, ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just days before central Texas was hit with major flooding when Tropical Storm Barry dumped 15 inches of rain over parts of Kerr County, Rainmaker Technology Corporation flew a small plane over Runge, Texas, to release silver iodide into two clouds in hopes of producing some rain for the area that was facing a drought, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/10/texas-floods-cloud-seeding/">reported</a>.
Runge is 100 miles southeast of Kerr County, where at least 96 people, including 36 children, perished in the once-in-a-century flooding over the July Fourth weekend. But did Rainmaker’s weather manipulation project play any part in the deadly flood? That’s the question some Americans — and several lawmakers — are asking amid the controversy over the Texas flooding.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin addressed concerns over weather modification and geoengineering in a video posted to X on Thursday, announcing that the Trump administration is releasing everything it knows on the topics.
“EPA shares the significant reservations many Americans have when it comes to geoengineering activities,” <a href="https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-new-online-resources-giving-americans-total-transparency-issues">said</a> Zeldin.
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The Trump EPA is committed to total transparency. I tasked my team <a href="https://twitter.com/EPA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EPA</a> to compile everything we know about contrails and geoengineering to release to you now publicly. I want you to know EVERYTHING I know about these topics, and without ANY exception! <a href="https://t.co/izKBz0lFvr">https://t.co/izKBz0lFvr</a> <a href="https://t.co/FkOCgBm3K9">pic.twitter.com/FkOCgBm3K9</a>
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) <a href="https://twitter.com/epaleezeldin/status/1943322077152313855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href="https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1941482077729255695">introduced</a> legislation over the weekend “that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity.”
“We must end the dangerous and deadly practice of weather modification and geoengineering,” Greene said.
Rainmaker CEO Augustus Doricko <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375463972112">appeared</a> on Fox News host Will Cain’s show on Wednesday to respond to the criticism of his company’s operations in Texas and explain that Rainmaker did not add precipitation to the region of Texas slammed by flooding.
“The question is whether or not Rainmaker cloud seeding on July 2 contributed to storms that occurred on July 4,” Cain said. “Did it enhance, did it intensify what we saw some 36 to 48 hours later?”
“Unequivocally, our cloud-seeding operations on July 2 did not impact the flooding that occurred later,” Doricko replied. “And that said, my heart and prayers are still with all the people of Texas, and all of the families that have been affected. It was a tragedy.”
Doricko said that his company complies with licensing requirements put forward by Texas, requiring them to suspend operations in areas where the National Weather Service issues flash flood or severe storm warnings.
“Our meteorologists actually proactively suspended operations a day before the National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings, so we were ahead of the curve there,” Doricko added. “And even so, the precipitation that we induced, the very best operations can induce tens of millions of gallons of precipitation over hundreds of square miles. That is de minimis relative to the remnants of the tropical storm that came in and dumped trillions of gallons of precipitation.”
Some atmospheric scientists agree with Doricko, arguing that Rainmaker’s cloud-seeding operation could not have affected the flooding in Texas two days later.
“The amount of energy involved in making storms like that is astronomical compared to anything you can do with cloud seeding,” Bob Rauber, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign atmospheric science emeritus professor, told the Post. “We’re talking about a very small increase on a natural process at best.”
<h3>How does cloud seeding work?</h3>
Researchers in the United States first began experimenting with cloud seeding in the 1940s. The rain-inducing weather manipulation tactic works by sending an airplane or drones into clouds armed with small amounts of silver iodide, a chemical compound that helps form ice crystals in clouds that eventually lead to the clouds producing snow and rain. Cloud seeding can also be done through ground generators that release silver iodide into the atmosphere.
The United States military used cloud seeding during the Vietnam War, hoping to prolong the monsoon season, which would slow down the enemy’s supply lines by saturating roads and washing out river crossings.
<h3>Is cloud seeding effective?</h3>
A <a href="https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107328#:~:text=Cloud%20seeding%20may%20increase%20water,from%200%20to%2020%20percent.">report</a> published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in 2024 said that cloud seeding “may increase water availability and result in economic, environmental, and human health benefits,” but it admits that “it is difficult to evaluate the effects of cloud seeding due to limitations of effectiveness research.”
Long-term <a href="https://www.dri.edu/cloud-seeding-program/what-is-cloud-seeding/">projects</a> over the Nevada mountains have shown that cloud seeding can increase snowpack by 10% or more each year, and a 10-year cloud-seeding project in the Sierra Madre Range in Wyoming showed a 15% increase in snowpack. The benefits of cloud seeding include supplementing the water supply and fighting off droughts and wildfires, especially in the Western United States.
“My intention is to serve God,” Doricko told Cain when asked if his cloud-seeding technology is getting too close to trying to play God.
“I think that in Genesis 1:26-28 and then throughout the Psalms and the rest of the Bible, God tells us to take dominion over and steward creation for our sake, creation itself, and then to honor him. And so if there are droughts and we have the tools to mitigate the damage done by them…then we should deploy those for the sake of tending to and stewarding the world.”
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Cain: Are you playing god? Are you messing with things you should not be messing with when it comes to the weather? <a href="https://t.co/13fpcX6RcI">pic.twitter.com/13fpcX6RcI</a>
— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1943051093736608076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<h3>Are there risks to cloud seeding?</h3>
Some scientists have expressed <a href="https://thebulletin.org/2022/08/dodging-silver-bullets-how-cloud-seeding-could-go-wrong/">concern</a> that cloud seeding, if implemented at a large scale, could be used by governments for nefarious purposes. Along with cloud seeding being used to induce rain, it can also divert rainfall from certain areas, as was done by the Chinese government to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/aug/08/olympics20081">clear skies</a> for major events during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
In 2009, an unusually massive blizzard slammed China in the country’s dry northern region, and the government-run media pointed to China’s weather modification as likely playing a part in the storm, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125814710015847539">reported</a>. China’s Weather Modification Office, however, denied involvement in the blizzard.
The silver iodide used in cloud seeding has also been the subject of debate, since silver iodide is a toxic chemical. Proponents of cloud seeding argue that the amount of silver iodide used for the practice is so small that it has no measurable effect on humans or the environment, but some studies have pointed to potential risks for aquatic life from silver iodide in an area that gets repeated exposure.
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<title>‘Inappropriate And Outrageous:’ Dem Senator Slams Colleagues For Calling To Abolish ICE</title>
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<dc:creator>Spencer Lindquist</dc:creator>
<description>Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed his colleagues for calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defending ICE agents and saying he “fully supports” the members of law enforcement. Fetterman blasted those, including his Democratic colleagues, who have called to abolish the federal law enforcement agency, which is responsible for arresting and deporting illegal aliens. “ICE ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) slammed his colleagues for calling to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defending ICE agents and saying he “fully supports” the members of law enforcement.
Fetterman blasted those, including his Democratic colleagues, who have called to abolish the federal law enforcement agency, which is responsible for arresting and deporting illegal aliens.
“ICE agents are just doing their job, and I fully support that,” the Pennsylvania Senator said in a video. “People in my party might want to abolish it or treat them as criminals or anything, that’s just inappropriate and outrageous,” he went on to say. “ICE performs an important job for our nation.”
Fetterman doubled down on his comments in a statement on social media Thursday. “ICE performs an important job for our country,” the Democrat from Pennsylvania wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, as he doubled down on his message. “Any calls to abolish ICE are [100%] inappropriate and outrageous.”
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ICE performs an important job for our country.
Any calls to abolish ICE are 💯 inappropriate and outrageous.
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1943369815600644432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
But shortly after his comments defending ICE, Fetterman <a href="https://x.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1943389088448471531">voiced his support</a> for mass amnesty for illegal aliens, a longtime goal of Democrat politicians.
“Absolutely support amnesty for the hardworking, otherwise law-abiding migrant workers,” Fetterman said online. “Round up and deport the criminals. We must acknowledge the critical contribution migrants make to our nation’s economy.”
The statements come just after an anonymous House Democrat indicated that opponents of mass deportations must be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-demand-blood-storming-of-white-house-to-resist-trump">willing to get shot</a> while protesting ICE. “There needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” the Democrat said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-fundraises-trying-abolish-ice-amid-trumps-crackdown-illegal-immigration">called</a> for ICE to be abolished in a fundraising email, in which she dubbed ICE a “rogue agency.”
Fetterman’s break with Democrat colleagues who advocate for the abolition of ICE comes as the federal agency has been hit with a wave of attacks.
A gunman was killed after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">opening fire</a> on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, in what authorities say appeared to be “a purposeful ambush/attack against federal agents.” Two officers were injured in the attack.
Other radicals have set out to obstruct ICE agents as they arrest illegal aliens, or foster violent unrest at protests against the agents. Four individuals were arrested in Los Angeles upon suspicion that they laid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-activists-in-l-a-arrested-for-targeting-immigration-enforcement-vehicles-with-tire-spikes?author=Spencer+Lindquist&category=News&elementPosition=2&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=Far-Left+Activists+In+L.A.+Arrested+For+Targeting+Immigration+Enforcement+Vehicles+With+Tire+Spikes">homemade road spikes</a> in the way of law enforcement vehicles.
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<title>The Smoking Gun In The Biden Cover-Up </title>
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<dc:creator>Ben Shapiro</dc:creator>
<description>It&#8217;s time to talk about the biggest conspiracy and cover-up in modern American history. No, I&#8217;m not talking about Jeffrey Epstein. I am talking about the cover-up that was right in front of us that actually does go all the way to the top. That cover-up, of course, involves the fact that the president of ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s time to talk about the biggest conspiracy and cover-up in modern American history.
No, I’m not talking about Jeffrey Epstein.
I am talking about the cover-up that was right in front of us that actually does go all the way to the top.
That cover-up, of course, involves the fact that the president of the United States was mentally deficient for several years and that someone else — we don’t know who — was actually running the country. 
The smoking gun to that effect was presented on Wednesday in front of Congress. Doctor Kevin O’Connor, who was former President Joe Biden’s White House physician, constantly invoked his rights under the Fifth Amendment and physician-patient privilege before the <a href="https://x.com/gopoversight/status/1943063181490032905?s=46">House Oversight Committee</a>.
That is insane.
O’Connor was asked about what he knew and when he knew it about Joe Biden’s health condition, and he pled the Fifth. He was asked if he was ever told to lie about the president’s health, whether Biden as president was unfit to execute his duties as president, and he consistently invoked physician-patient privilege and the Fifth Amendment.
Exasperated, one GOP rep asked, “Doctor O’Connor, is it your intention to decline to answer all questions put to you today by the Committee on the basis of the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination?”
O’Connor again stated, “On the advice of counsel, I must respectfully decline to answer based upon the physician-patient privilege and in reliance on my right and the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.”
Okay, this is insane.
<h3><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-2235-the-smoking-gun-in-the-biden-cover-up?elementPosition=0&row=0&rowHeadline=The+Ben+Shapiro+Show&rowType=Horizontal+Show+Carousel">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show</a></h3>
He was claiming, based on two different things, that he would not testify. One, of course, is physician-patient privilege, the idea that you are supposed to keep secret health information that you and your doctor exchange. The doctor is not supposed to talk publicly about that.
But physician-patient privilege should probably not extend to public statements that you make about the health of the president of the United States because you’re violating patient privilege by even saying that much. If you make a statement that the president is healthy and the president has the following conditions, that’s a violation of physician-patient privilege.
In any other context, if your doctor went to a bar today and started talking about your specific health issues, even if he said you’re totally healthy and fine, that would be a violation of physician-patient privilege.
But that’s exactly what Kevin O’Connor did. He put out public statements about the health of the president of the United States. Thus, asking him about that should not be an issue.
As far as the Fifth Amendment, which protects against self-incrimination, he was saying that if he spoke, he could find himself in danger of a perjury trap or in danger of committing a crime, which is absolutely astonishing.
Remember, the original question here was, “Were you instructed to lie about the president’s health at any point?”
That is not a question about the president’s health. That’s a question about the lies surrounding the president’s health. So if he says yes, he might have committed a crime when he told the American people something false or told Congress something false.
We have an explicit amendment to the Constitution that is designed to oust people who are mentally incompetent from this office, which means all members of the Biden cabinet were complicit in the cover-up of his health condition. All Biden cabinet members were complicit in the reality that the president of the United States was not actually the president of the United States. That’s a scandal. That’s a cover-up, and requires a much deeper investigation.
It was all out in public view. There was tremendous evidence for it. Yet in 2024, O’Connor said Biden’s mental cognition was “excellent.”
Congress can easily solve this problem. All they have to do is grant him immunity, because then the Fifth Amendment concern goes away. If they say, “Anything you testify on today cannot be used as the basis for your future prosecution,” he can no longer claim the Fifth Amendment because the Fifth Amendment only applies in arenas where you could theoretically be prosecuted for the things that you are saying.
There are also other ways around this. According to the Congressional Research Service, “Under federal statute, when a witness asserts the privilege, the full House or the committee conducting the investigation may seek a court order that 1) directs the witness to testify and 2) grant the witness immunity against the use of his or her testimony.”
So that is presumably the next step.
We already know there was a cover-up. The only question is, who told O’Connor to cover up the health condition?
Was it Jill? Was it Joe who did that? Also, why was everybody else in the White House complicit in this cover-up? And who the hell was the president of the United States for multiple years?
The American people were lied to. Anybody who was involved in the Joe Biden cabinet that refused to make a move to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust him as president of the United States for mental incompetence needs to be effectively barred from politics forever.
Anyone who’s a cabinet secretary who rose to that level — the Pete Buttigiegs of the world, for example — needs to be held accountable for not having tried to invoke the 25th amendment, because the American people were robbed of having a president of the United States that they actually elected.
The fact that O’Connor is taking the Fifth Amendment is demonstrative of the lengths to which people surrounding the president will go to maintain their hold on proximity to power.
They shouldn’t get away with it.
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<title>Here We Go Again: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Using Legal Loophole</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-we-go-again-federal-judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-using-legal-loophole</link>
<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>Just weeks after the Supreme Court curbed the power of federal judges to block the Trump administration&#8217;s agenda, one federal judge has done it again. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire issued a nationwide injunction against Trump’s day one executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, the practice of granting automatic ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just weeks after the Supreme Court curbed the power of federal judges to block the Trump administration’s agenda, one federal judge has done it again.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire issued a nationwide injunction against Trump’s day one executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, the practice of granting automatic citizenship rights for babies born on United States soil, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status.
Last month, the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-limits-nationwide-injunctions-in-birthright-citizenship-fight?author=Mairead+Elordi&category=News&elementPosition=undefined&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=Supreme+Court+Sides+With+Trump%2C+Limits+Nationwide+Injunctions+In+Birthright+Citizenship+Fight">ruled</a> that lower courts do not have the unilateral authority to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order. However, the high court admitted it was leaving open a loophole — class-action lawsuits.
In his concurring opinion, Justice Samuel Alito <a href="https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/07/10/here-we-go-federal-judge-creates-nationwide-class-to-block-trumps-birthright-citizenship-eo-n3804659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> about just this scenario, that the court was leaving open the possibility of judges creating “nationwide classes” to issue nationwide injunctions.
That is exactly what happened on Thursday.
Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee, certified a nationwide class action lawsuit that “will be comprised only of those deprived of citizenship” and issued a preliminary injunction that indefinitely blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order.
Under the new injunction, Trump’s order cannot be enforced against any baby born after February 20.
“I’m the judge who wasn’t comfortable with issuing a nationwide injunction. Class action is different,” Laplante said at Thursday’s hearing. “The Supreme Court suggested class action is a better option.”
Immigration attorneys had requested that the judge approve the “nationwide class” for the suit.
The judge added that U.S. citizenship is the “greatest privilege that exists in the world” and that deprivation of citizenship is “irreparable harm.”
The conservative Supreme Court justices had previously expressed hope that federal judges would stop issuing so many nationwide injunctions after their ruling.
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion, “For good reason, the Court today puts an end to the ‘increasingly common’ practice of federal courts issuing universal injunctions.”
Trump had also hoped the high court’s ruling would allow his agenda to move forward.
“Big one, wasn’t it? This was a big decision,” Trump said the day of the Supreme Court’s ruling, calling it an “amazing decision, one that we’re very happy about.”
The president said a “whole list” of his policies could now move forward thanks to the decision, including ending sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, and stopping federal taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the ruling, which the judge paused for seven days to allow the administration to do so.
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:49:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>John Brennan Weaponized Intel Against Trump. Now He’s Mad The Worm Has Turned.</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan is accusing President Donald Trump and his administration of &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; the intelligence community in their efforts to investigate his actions in 2016 — which, according to a recently published CIA review, amounted to him weaponizing the intelligence community against Trump. CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred both Brennan and ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan is accusing President Donald Trump and his administration of “weaponizing” the intelligence community in their efforts to investigate his actions in 2016 — which, according to a recently published <a href="https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf">CIA review</a>, amounted to him weaponizing the intelligence community against Trump.
CIA Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-doj-puts-brennan-and-comey-under-investigation-for-russiagate-report">John Ratcliffe</a> referred both Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey to the FBI for investigation and potential prosecution pursuant to their actions during the Trump-Russia investigation — and Brennan specifically was cited in the review as showing “a preference for narrative consistency over analytical soundness.”
The review also indicated that Brennan accepted evidence that backed his predetermined conclusions — such as the widely discredited Steele Dossier — even when others in the intelligence community warned against it, and was “more swayed by the Dossier’s general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns.”
But now that Brennan is in the hot seat, he’s arguing that investigating the “multiple procedural anomalies” — over which he presided, alongside Comey — is what actually amounts to the weaponization of intelligence.
Brennan, speaking to MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, claimed that he was a victim of “the authoritarian playbook” and that the Trump administration was taking actions that were reflective of the early days of Nazi Germany.
WATCH:
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🚨John Brennan says the investigation into him and James Comey for their role in the Russian Collusion Hoax is “the authoritarian playbook.”
He compares it to Nazi Germany.
“If a president of the United States is willing to weaponize intelligence and justice…we really are in… <a href="https://t.co/cl1sekq79x">pic.twitter.com/cl1sekq79x</a>
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“If a President of the United States is willing to weaponize intelligence and justice and, you know, law enforcement investigators, and the people who head up these departments and agencies are willing to bow to it, we really are in deep, deep trouble,” he claimed.
Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume weighed in on the investigation as well, saying first that it was worth looking into and then reminding audiences that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had financed the Steele Dossier upon which Brennan and Comey had built their case.
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🚨 WATCH: Fox’s <a href="https://twitter.com/brithume?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brithume</a> on the investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey: “It’s worthy of investigation.”
“It all comes down once again after all these years to the Steele Dossier which was a dogs breakfast of scurrilous… <a href="https://t.co/p1KSiUsxIZ">pic.twitter.com/p1KSiUsxIZ</a>
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVNewsNow/status/1943075038745317684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>‘Monty Python’ Alum Said Trump Resurrected Comedy, People Are ‘Less Frightened To Laugh’</title>
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<dc:creator>Amanda Harding</dc:creator>
<description>Longtime filmmaker Terry Gilliam said the reelection of President Donald Trump has changed the landscape of comedy. The “Monty Python” alum reflected on the change during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that was published earlier this week. Gilliam, 84, said comedy had been hesitant and safe for a long time, but now with the ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Longtime filmmaker Terry Gilliam said the reelection of President Donald Trump has changed the landscape of comedy.
The “Monty Python” alum reflected on the change during an <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/terry-gilliam-interview-trump-brazil-mary-poppins-umbria-1236307758/">interview</a> with The Hollywood Reporter that was published earlier this week. Gilliam, 84, said comedy had been hesitant and safe for a long time, but now with the Trump administration, that’s starting to shift.
“I think Trump has changed things considerably. He’s turned the world upside down,” the director said. “I don’t know if people are going to be laughing more, but they’re probably less frightened to laugh.”
He added, “There have been woke activists with a very narrow, self-righteous point of view. That’s frightened so many people, and so many people have been very timid about telling jokes, making fun of things, because if you tell a joke, these people say you’re punching down at somebody. No, you’re finding humor in humanity!”
“So, irony, satire were basically dead,” Gilliam said. “And humor, to me, is probably one of the most essential things in life. You’ve got six senses, and the seventh sense is humor, and if you don’t have that, life is going to be miserable.”
The filmmaker also observed how Trump’s return hasn’t been great for his upcoming comedy, “The Carnival at the End of Days.” The project is a satire about Satan trying to stop God from wiping out humanity and leans heavily on mocking woke leftism, which Gilliam said is very different in the current world.
“[Trump has] f***ed up the latest film I was working on. Because it was a satire about the last several years when things were going as they were. He’s turned it upside down. So he’s killed my movie,” Gilliam said.
“That was how I approached it. I think Trump has destroyed satire. I mean, how can you be satirical about what’s going on in the way he’s doing the world?” he added.
He next joked about adding a “preamble” in the movie to call out the “Trump lost years from 2020 to 2024.”
Gilliam said something similar in an <a href="https://deadline.com/2025/07/terry-gilliam-interview-brazil-next-project-1236450896/">interview</a> with Deadline, also published this week. 
“…The script, in some ways, is out of date because it was a satire of the world two years ago, and Donald Trump has come along, and he is the carnival. He’s turned the world upside down — everything,” he told the outlet. 
“We may have to rework some of the story because parts of it was very specific about the wonderful world of woke before The Donald took over again. That very narrow way of thinking of life. We’ll see where it goes. At the moment, I may be out of a job for another 10 years,” the filmmaker said.
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<title>Defense Department Press Secretary Torches The Atlantic For Selectively Editing Statement</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Defense Department Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson torched The Atlantic over a hit piece claiming that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is making policy changes that will effectively &#8220;sideline&#8221; women in the military. Staff writer Missy Ryan shared the article along with the following tease line, on X: &#8220;NEW: Will Pete Hegseth&#8217;s &#8216;War on Woke&#8217; sideline women ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Defense Department Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson torched The Atlantic over a hit piece claiming that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is making policy changes that will effectively “sideline” women in the military.
Staff writer Missy Ryan shared the article along with the following tease line, on X: “NEW: Will Pete Hegseth’s ‘War on Woke’ sideline women in the military? A team appointed by Hegseth to look at fitness/combat standards will review and possibly redo the ‘women in combat’ study that led to the integration of ground combat roles 10 yrs ago.”
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NEW: Will Pete Hegseth’s ‘War on Woke’ sideline women in the military? A team appointed by Hegseth to look at fitness/combat standards will review and possibly redo the ‘women in combat’ study that led to the integration of ground combat roles 10 yrs ago. <a href="https://t.co/HlQo4B1Bzi">https://t.co/HlQo4B1Bzi</a>
— Missy Ryan (@missy_ryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/missy_ryan/status/1943298384762425494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The article suggested that Hegseth was so driven to remove “woke” culture from the military that he was willing to undo years of “progress” that had ultimately led to women serving in combat roles.
Wilson responded first by mocking the outlet for apparently updating the article with a new headline, and suggested that its first effort had not been “woke” enough.
“.@TheAtlantic headline wasn’t woke enough so they changed it,” she posted, sharing screenshots of the original and the update, in side-by-side format.
The original headline read, “Will Pete Hegseth’s ‘War On Woke’ Sideline Women?” — and the updated version read, “The Backdoor Way That Pete Hegseth Could Keep Women Out Of Combat.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAtlantic</a> headline wasn’t woke enough so they changed it. <a href="https://t.co/2gKhbWctoy">https://t.co/2gKhbWctoy</a> <a href="https://t.co/jL6xMhYD6j">pic.twitter.com/jL6xMhYD6j</a>
— Kingsley Wilson (@PressSecDOD) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSecDOD/status/1943336054389436886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In a follow-up post, Wilson noted that she had given the outlet a comment for the story — but that it had been selectively edited prior to publication.
“.@TheAtlantic also didn’t want to run my whole statement because it would have discredited their story,” she said, sharing the full statement: ‘Military standards across the board have largely been ignored by leadership of the past. Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, the U.S. military is getting back to basics and restoring the warrior ethos. Our standards for combat arms positions will be elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn’t care if you’re a man or a woman. We will not compromise our standards to satisfy quotas or an ideological agenda—this is common sense.'”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAtlantic</a> also didn’t want to run my whole statement because it would have discredited their story:
“Military standards across the board have largely been ignored by leadership of the past. Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, the U.S. military is getting back to… <a href="https://t.co/6I2rK5CGqo">https://t.co/6I2rK5CGqo</a>
— Kingsley Wilson (@PressSecDOD) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSecDOD/status/1943336313417015519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The only part of Wilson’s statement that was used was her description of to goal standards for combat positions: “elite, uniform, and sex neutral, because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn’t care if you’re a man or a woman.”
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<title>Dean Cain Warns Leftist Themes In New Superman Movie Could Tank Box Office</title>
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<dc:creator>Amanda Harding</dc:creator>
<description>Actor Dean Cain, who played the role of Superman in the 1990s TV series “Lois &amp; Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” is weighing in on how woke the new movie, set to hit theaters on Friday, might be. “How woke is Hollywood going to make this character? How much is Disney going to change ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Actor Dean Cain, who played the role of Superman in the 1990s TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” is weighing in on how woke the new movie, set to hit theaters on Friday, might be.
“How woke is Hollywood going to make this character? How much is Disney going to change their Snow White? Why are they going to change these characters [to] exist for the times?” the 58-year-old actor wondered while speaking with <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/09/superman-dean-cain-immigrant-controversy/">TMZ</a>.
“We know Superman is an immigrant – he’s a freaking alien … The ‘American Way’ is immigrant-friendly, tremendously immigrant-friendly. But there are rules,” Cain continued. 
“You can’t come in saying: ‘I want to get rid of all the rules in America, because I want it to be more like Somalia.’ Well, that doesn’t work, because you had to leave Somalia to come here … There have to be limits, because we can’t have everybody in the United States. We can’t have everybody, society will fail. So there have to be limits.”
Cain further noted the difference between legal and illegal immigration. “It’s being portrayed as a real negative thing that we want people to follow our immigration laws,” the actor observed. “Which is insane to me … Here’s an agency, ICE … they’re supposed to enforce those laws. Why are they being villainized for enforcing the laws that our lawmakers, our elected representatives created?”
“I think it’s gonna hurt the numbers on the movie,” the former Superman actor added, saying he had been excited to see the film before director James Gunn acknowledged that the film was meant to be “political.”
“I mean, ‘Superman’ is the story of America,” Gunn said in an interview with The Times of London published on Friday. “An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.”
“… it’s about human kindness and obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them,” Gunn continued.
“Yes, it’s about politics,” he added. “But on another level it’s about morality. Do you never kill no matter what — which is what Superman believes — or do you have some balance, as Lois [Lane] believes? It’s really about their relationship and the way different opinions on basic moral beliefs can tear two people apart.”
Gunn further responded to the backlash at the movie’s premiere on Monday, issuing a blanket statement on how the film was simply about “kindness.”
“I think this movie’s for everybody. I don’t have anything to say to anybody. Like, I’m not here to judge people,” he said on the red carpet. “I think this is a movie about kindness and I think that’s something everyone can relate to.” 
Gunn’s brother, Sean, who plays billionaire Maxwell Lord in the film, also chimed in. 
“It is exactly what the movie is about. We support our people, you know? We love our immigrants. Yes, Superman is an immigrant, and yes, the people that we support in this country are immigrants and if you don’t like that, you’re not American. People who say no to immigrants are against the American Way.”
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<title>The Washington Post’s Latest Anti-Trump Commentator Is A Literal Clown</title>
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<dc:creator>Isabel Garcia</dc:creator>
<description>On Thursday, the Washington Post published an op-ed titled “Donald Trump is not a clown. I should know.” In the piece, Tim Cunningham — a professional clown and board president of Clowns Without Borders — castigates Trump critics who refer to the president as a “clown” or his administration as a “clown show.” He cites ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Washington Post published an op-ed titled “Donald Trump is not a clown. I should know.” In the piece, Tim Cunningham — a professional clown and board president of Clowns Without Borders — castigates Trump critics who refer to the president as a “clown” or his administration as a “clown show.”
He cites several examples, including the “<a href="https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/kick-out-the-clowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kick Out the Clowns</a>” organized last June by critics of Trump’s parade celebrating the army’s 250th, who saw it as “tacky” and “inspired by dictators.”
“Clown demands years, if not a lifetime, of study,” Cunningham wrote, inexplicably using his title as some kind of proper noun. Cunningham even considers clowning sacred, noting that “several ancient Indigenous cultures revere a sacred clown figure.”
“For example, the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Sioux) people celebrate the heyoka, an honorable community member who uses humor to shed light on societal problems.”
“Real clowns,” he claims, unite people in “laughter, levity, and creativity.”
Nothing on the president’s record “qualifies Trump for such a title,” Cunningham writes, noting that “all Clown shares the common values of healing, empathy and reflection.”
In February, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wapo-opinion-editor-quits-after-jeff-bezos-announces-significant-shift-in-opinion-section" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> an overhaul of the paper’s opinion section. The Amazon CEO wrote that going forward, the Post was “going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” This “significant shift,” as Bezos called it, led editorial page editor David Shipley to quit.
It’s unclear how Cunningham’s op-ed relates to the “pillars” Bezos claimed to build the Post’s editorial section around. The paper — which infamously changed its motto to “Democracy Dies In Darkness” in response to President Donald Trump’s first election — has recently offered employees <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/media/washington-post-announces-another-buyout-program-targeting-veteran-staffers-other-departments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">buyouts</a> as it downsizes and restructures its newsroom.
Cunningham — who works for a “humanitarian clowning” nonprofit called Clowns Without Borders — did not limit his criticisms to Trump critics.
“Every election season, the word ‘clown’ resurfaces to compare tumultuous Washington politics to a circus,” he wrote. “Political commentators and social media users are not the only ones who wrongfully sling this jibe. ‘Clown’ is used by almost everyone to belittle those seen as foolish or incompetent.”
Ultimately, though, his piece is yet another criticism of Trump. He ends by urging readers to “find a better metaphor to despise and depose fascism.”
As an alternative, Cunningham suggests the word “buffoon,” which Merriam-Webster <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffoon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defines</a> as “clown.”
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<title>EXCLUSIVE: ICE Nabs Two MS-13 ‘Ringleaders’ In Midwest Raids</title>
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<dc:creator>Mary Margaret Olohan</dc:creator>
<description>WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has arrested two MS-13 gang leaders wanted in El Salvador for violent crimes that include murder, drug trafficking, and gang conspiracy. One of these gang leaders, The Daily Wire can exclusively report, is Rene Escobar-Ochoa, arrested on July 9 during a coordinated enforcement operation in Omaha, Nebraska. Though ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has arrested two MS-13 gang leaders wanted in El Salvador for violent crimes that include murder, drug trafficking, and gang conspiracy.
One of these gang leaders, The Daily Wire can exclusively report, is Rene Escobar-Ochoa, arrested on July 9 during a coordinated enforcement operation in Omaha, Nebraska. Though U.S. Border Patrol encountered him as far back as 2023, he was allowed to remain in the country under President Joe Biden’s administration, DHS shared.
Escobar-Ochoa faces an “INTERPOL Red Notice” from El Salvador for conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, DHS said.
<div id="attachment_945407" style="width: 319px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-ice-nabs-two-ms-13-ringleaders-in-midwest-raids/image001-3" rel="attachment wp-att-945407"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945407" class="wp-image-945407 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image001.png" alt="Rene Escobar-Ochoa, photo courtesy of DHS. " width="309" height="284" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image001.png 309w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image001-300x276.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /></a>Rene Escobar-Ochoa, photo courtesy of DHS.</div>
The second gang member, who is a Salvadoran national, is not named by <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-one-el-salvadors-top-100-most-wanted-hiding-nebraska">ICE</a> but is on El Salvador’s 100 Most Wanted Fugitives list, according to DHS. Fox News first reported his arrest on Thursday afternoon.
He is wanted for five counts of murder, and U.S. authorities had previously convicted him for illegally crossing the border. He was arrested in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
<div id="attachment_945409" style="width: 318px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-ice-nabs-two-ms-13-ringleaders-in-midwest-raids/image002-4" rel="attachment wp-att-945409"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-945409" class="wp-image-945409 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image002.png" alt="A Salvadoran national on El Salvador's 100 Most Wanted list. " width="308" height="315" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image002.png 308w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/image002-293x300.png 293w" sizes="(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px" /></a>A Salvadoran national on El Salvador’s 100 Most Wanted list. Photo courtesy of DHS.</div>
“The Biden Administration allowed two ringleaders of MS-13, one of the most violent gangs in the world, straight into our country,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on Thursday. “One of these depraved aliens is on El Salvador’s 100 Most Wanted Fugitives list and is wanted for five counts of murder. The other has an INTERPOL notice for drug trafficking.”
“These are the kinds of scum-bags sanctuary politicians are protecting and letting walk free on America’s streets,” McLaughlin added.
Both arrests were led by HSI Omaha with support from federal and international law enforcement partners, and ICE is holding both gang members in custody as ICE coordinates with El Salvadoran authorities to send them back to their home country to “face justice.”
DHS emphasizes that the MS-13 gang members’ ability to get into the United States only highlights the danger that open border policies present to American citizens, as well as President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to stem the border crisis.
In the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, ICE <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/100-days-record-breaking-immigration-enforcement-us-interior">arrested</a> 66,463 illegal aliens and removed 65,682 aliens, “including criminals who threaten public safety and national security.” Three in four of the arrests were criminal illegal aliens, the agency said.
Criminal records of the aliens arrested include 9,639 assaults, 6,398 DWIs or DUIs, and 1,479 weapon offenses.
“We removed over 65,000 illegal aliens to countries across the world,” ICE acting Director Todd M. Lyons said in June when ICE released the numbers from the first 100 days. “We’re just 100 days into this administration and thanks to President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is using every tool at its disposal to enforce our country’s immigration laws and protect our communities.”
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<title>After Testifying Before Congress On Antisemitism, Cal Poly Hosted ‘All Day For Palestine’</title>
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<dc:creator>Adira Fogelman</dc:creator>
<description>Anti-Israel activism has turned into criminal acts on college campuses all across America– including mine. Since the massacre of Israeli citizens by Hamas on October 7, 2023, my campus has been the victim of at least three incidents of antisemitic vandalism, with only the most recent garnering any strong public condemnation from the University. In ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Anti-Israel activism has turned into criminal acts on college campuses all across America– including mine. Since the massacre of Israeli citizens by Hamas on October 7, 2023, my campus has been the victim of at least three incidents of antisemitic vandalism, with only the most recent garnering any strong public condemnation from the University.
In a follow-up letter sent to President Armstrong less than two months after his testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce in a hearing titled Beyond the Ivy Leagues: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses, the committee specifically highlighted a recent June 4 vandalism incident during which “pro-Palestinian activists vandalized a Cal Poly building with slogans including ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Cal Poly Divest.'”
I was present on May 7 in the Rayburn House Office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. when President Armstrong gave that testimony. The hearing was meant to spotlight antisemitism on campuses like mine. During his remarks, President Armstrong asserted that Cal Poly is committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination and religious intolerance.
However, this claim is contradicted by the university’s own actions — including its sponsorship of a Cal Poly Students for Justice in Palestine (CPSJP) event titled “All Day for Palestine” on May 31. Just four days before the group of anti-Israel activists carried out the vandalism attack on a Cal Poly building, two university-run departments — the Multicultural Center (MCC) and Student Diversity and Belonging — co-sponsored the event.
The caption promoting the event on the MCC’s Instagram account read: “Don’t miss out on this opportunity to commune with like-minded people and honor the culture of Palestinian resilience… and as always, Free Palestine!!!” This was not a neutral gathering, and the university did not just permit it – it funded and endorsed it, allowing for antisemitic messaging to be amplified with institutional support.
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The event, hosted at the heart of campus in the University Union, spanned six hours and featured students wearing keffiyehs hoisting Palestinian flags and distributing antisemitic materials. Fliers featured slogans such as “From the river to the sea,” a phrase calling for the elimination of Israel, while another pamphlet promoted the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement, which framed Israeli universities, companies, and cultural institutions as targets for protest and isolation.
These messages are not just hateful in theory — they appear to have inspired the June 4 vandalism, which echoed their rhetoric. Given this context, it is no surprise that a group felt emboldened to carry out the criminal act just days later.
To make matters worse, only hours after the vandalism incident, CPSJP posted a Venmo link titled “SLO Bail Fund” on their Instagram story, soliciting donations for the individuals arrested for committing the act. The post claimed the activists had been arrested for “protesting for a free Palestine” — effectively justifying and even celebrating their actions.
As a Jewish student leader of multiple clubs, I am familiar with the extensive process of requesting and hosting on-campus events, let alone gaining co-sponsorship from a university division. It requires multiple faculty members and administrators signing off and many other logistical hurdles. It is clear that the “All Day for Palestine” event was not an oversight, but a coordinated, institutionally-endorsed initiative which platformed materials and rhetoric that alienated and endangered Jewish students.
This danger is not theoretical. The call for a “Free Palestine” is precisely the same language which has been most recently used in two terror attacks against Jews in Washington D.C. and in Boulder, Colorado. The fact that it has also inspired criminal conduct on our campus demands education and leadership about the harm of misinformation and the vilification of Zionism, or the belief in the Jewish right to self determination in their ancestral homeland, which most Jews around the world agree is central to their Jewish identity.
Cal Poly Students for Justice in Palestine has made its goals unmistakably clear. In an Instagram post celebrating the “All Day for Palestine” event, the group advertised an upcoming meeting to “further define the role of the student intifada for a free Palestine.” The term intifada is historically associated with violence targeting Jews, and its promotion on a college campus by a university-sanctioned group should raise alarms.
It is time for Cal Poly to make a choice: Will the university continue to bolster antisemitic activity under the guise of social justice — such as sponsoring events like “All Day for Palestine” — or will it take meaningful action to protect its Jewish students before the climate worsens? Will it be proactive or reactive? Unfortunately, if a direct call from Congress failed to inspire decisive actions against all forms of antisemitism, it is difficult to imagine what will.
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Adira Fogelman is a third-year student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo studying Business Administration and Law. She is also the Vice President of SLO Hillel and the Vice President of Mustangs United for Israel.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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<title>Texas Doctor Who Said ‘MAGA’ Flood Victims Got ‘What They Voted For’ Apologizes After Getting Canned</title>
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<dc:creator>Catherine Maxwell</dc:creator>
<description>A Texas pediatrician apologized after being fired for a Facebook comment saying Texas flood victims who supported President Donald Trump got &#8220;what they voted for.&#8221; Christina B. Propst, who had been employed by Blue Fish Pediatrics, said in a statement to KPRC that her &#8220;regrettable comment was in no way a response to the tragic ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Texas pediatrician apologized after being fired for a Facebook comment saying Texas flood victims who supported President Donald Trump got “what they voted for.”
Christina B. Propst, who had been employed by Blue Fish Pediatrics, <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/07/07/houston-pediatrician-fired-after-controversial-post-about-kerr-county-flood-victims/">said</a> in a statement to KPRC that her “regrettable comment was in no way a response to the tragic loss of human life.”
“Unfortunately, my online comment is now being shared with the false impression that I made it after the devastating loss of life was known,” Propst said. “I did not.”
Propst said she deleted the comment after she learned of the fatalities, which include dozens of children.
Although it’s unclear when Propst posted her comment, the earliest news on July 4 reported fatalities, including children attending a girls’ Christian camp.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flooding-in-texas-causes-multiple-fatalities-as-guadalupe-river-surges-to-record-levels">reported</a> early that morning that “multiple people [were] reportedly dead.”
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/thunderstorms-texas-deaths-camp-mystic-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1">published</a> a July 4 story detailing the known fatalities, reporting that multiple children were dead or missing.
In the now-deleted comment, Propst said she hoped non-MAGA voters remained safe during the flooding.
“May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters, and pets be safe and dry,” she said under the Facebook user name, Chris Tina. “Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts.”
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Blue Fish Pediatrics issued a statement Sunday saying Propst was “no longer employed,” The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-pediatrician-fired-after-saying-maga-flood-victims-got-what-they-voted-for">reported</a>.
“We do not support or condone any statement that politicizes tragedy, diminishes human dignity, or fails to clearly uphold compassion for every child and family, regardless of background or beliefs,” the statement said.
Multiple Democrats have repeated the claim that funding cuts and staff shortages at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) contributed to the death toll.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took shots at the Trump administration on X.
“Accurate weather forecasting helps avoid fatal disasters,” Murphy said in a <a href="https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1941571878105297216">post</a>. “There are consequences to Trump’s brainless attacks on public workers, like meteorologists.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) echoed Murphy’s claims in a letter, <a href="https://x.com/RossOKeefe2/status/1942180517396336816/photo/1">calling</a> for an investigation into whether staff shortages hindered response times.
But experts say the reductions did not directly affect response times.
“There is little evidence that any of the recent cuts to NOAA/NWS negatively impacted services for this event, regardless of what may be being said on social media,” <a href="https://balancedweather.substack.com/p/balancedwx-special-tragic-flash-flooding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Alan Gerard, a former director of the Analysis and Understanding Branch in the National Severe Storms Laboratory at NOAA.
Jason Runyen, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-hill-country-weather-warnings-238d4325bb58f0b410015f74684738b6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the local weather service had additional staff on hand to prepare for potential flooding.
“There were extra people in here that night, and that’s typical in every weather service office — you staff up for an event and bring people in on overtime and hold people over,” Runyen said.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-confirms-plans-to-visit-flood-stricken-texas-as-170-people-still-missing">said</a> he plans to travel to Texas on Friday to meet with flood victims. The flash floods have killed at least 110 people, and more than 170 people are still missing.
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<title>Massachusetts Bill Would Expose ICE Agents Amid Rise In Violent Threats</title>
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<dc:creator>Sam Korkus</dc:creator>
<description>As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents face increasing threats of violence, a Massachusetts lawmaker wants to make them more easily identifiable. Massachusetts State Representative James Hawkins on Monday introduced a bill that would require ICE agents to remove face coverings while performing their public duties — making him the latest Democrat pushing to expose immigration officials. ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents face increasing threats of violence, a Massachusetts lawmaker wants to make them more easily identifiable.
Massachusetts State Representative James Hawkins on Monday introduced a <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD4886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> that would require ICE agents to remove face coverings while performing their public duties — making him the latest Democrat pushing to expose immigration officials. On Tuesday, Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill that would prohibit federal agents from concealing their identities with masks while also requiring them to “display their name or badge number and the agency they represent.”
In New York City, lawmakers — including Comptroller Brad Lander, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-nyc-mayoral-candidate-arrested-by-ice-at-immigration-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by ICE for interfering with a deportation — <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2025/07/09/unmasking-ice-agents-state-bill-ny-brad-lander-tony-simone-00445241" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a similar bill, with Lander saying ICE agents wear masks “for the purpose of striking fear into asylum seekers and immigrants in the hope that they will be terrorized by masked gangs who seek to grab and abduct them.”
But according to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, ICE agents are simply masking up to protect themselves.
“Some of you here say, ‘Why are they wearing masks?'” Homan <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1928093476228317221" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a May press conference. “They’re trying to protect themselves and their families! … They’re being doxxed! … Assaults are up, and it won’t be tolerated!”
There has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">500% increase</a> in assaults on ICE agents in recent months, according to the Department of Homeland Security. As The Daily Wire reported, an app called ICEBlock allows users to alert one another to the presence of ICE agents, something the White House says puts agents in imminent danger. Just yesterday, Border Patrol agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-activists-in-l-a-arrested-for-targeting-immigration-enforcement-vehicles-with-tire-spikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> four people in Los Angeles who are suspected of planting tire spikes in front of vehicles used by federal immigration enforcement agents.
President Donald Trump also underscored why border patrol and ICE agents may need to wear masks.
“They’re great patriots,” Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-seethes-dems-floating-bill-requiring-unmasking-ice-cbp-agents-must-hate-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “If you expose them because of, you know, statements like have been made by Democrats and others on the left, usually mostly, I think, probably exclusively, you put them in great danger, tremendous danger.”
Still, Democrats insist that ICE agents need to be unmasked. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-agents-wear-masks-after-threats-to-their-families-but-top-dem-promises-to-id-all-of-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> that “every single” ICE agent would “be identified,” “no matter what it takes.”
The Daily Wire reached out to Hawkins’s office but did not receive an immediate response.
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<title>France, Britain Unveil Nuclear Weapons Cooperation To Counter Threat To Europe</title>
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<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
<description>NORTHWOOD (Reuters) — France and Britain on Thursday agreed to reinforce cooperation over their respective nuclear arsenals as the two European powerhouses seek to respond to growing threats to the continent and uncertainty over their U.S. ally. The announcement came after French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a three-day state visit to Britain, where the two ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[NORTHWOOD (Reuters) — France and Britain on Thursday agreed to reinforce cooperation over their respective nuclear arsenals as the two European powerhouses seek to respond to growing threats to the continent and uncertainty over their U.S. ally.
The announcement came after French President Emmanuel Macron concluded a three-day state visit to Britain, where the two allies sought to turn the page on years of turbulence following Britain’s decision to withdraw from the European Union.
“This morning, we signed the Northward declaration, confirming for the first time that we are coordinating our independent nuclear deterrence,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a news conference alongside Macron.
“From today, our adversaries will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations. There is no greater demonstration of the importance of this relationship.”
U.S. President Donald Trump’s questioning of burden-sharing in NATO and his overtures to Russia have led to existential questions in Europe about the trans-Atlantic relationship and Washington’s commitment to helping defend its European allies.
Europe’s primary nuclear deterrence comes from the United States and is a decades-old symbol of trans-Atlantic solidarity.
Macron said the two countries had created an oversight committee to coordinate their cooperation, a task he said was vital.
“The decision is that we don’t exclude the coordination of our respective deterrents. It’s a message that our partners and adversaries must hear,” Macron said.
The closer cooperation had nothing to do with their efforts to create a coalition of the willing to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, he added.
While both sides will keep their own decision-making processes and strategic ambiguity, the move does suggest further protection for the continent at a time when the United States’ commitment to Europe is under scrutiny.
Macron has previously said he will launch a strategic dialogue on extending the protection offered by France’s nuclear arsenal to its European partners.
The U.S. has nuclear arms in Europe and tens of thousands of troops deployed in bases across the continent with military capabilities that Europe cannot match.
France spends about 5.6 billion euros ($6.04 billion) annually on maintaining its stockpile of 290 submarine- and air-launched nuclear weapons, the world’s fourth largest.
Britain describes its nuclear programme as “operationally independent,” but sources missile technology from the U.S. and depends on the U.S. for acquisition and maintenance support.
“On the nuclear agreement that we’ve reached today … it is truly historic,” Starmer said.
(Additional reporting by Sam Tabahriti; Writing by John Irish; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
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<title>Facebook Community Note Bangs Hillary Clinton For Spreading Fake News Abortion Post</title>
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<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>Facebook Community Notes slapped Hillary Clinton with a correction on a post she made last month on the anniversary of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade. &#8220;Three years ago today, Trump&#8217;s far-right Supreme Court majority ended Americans&#8217; federal right to abortion under Roe v. Wade,&#8221; Clinton posted on Facebook. &#8220;Since then, over 100 ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Facebook Community Notes slapped Hillary Clinton with a correction on a post she made last month on the anniversary of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade.
“Three years ago today, Trump’s far-right Supreme Court majority ended Americans’ federal right to abortion under Roe v. Wade,” Clinton posted on Facebook.
“Since then, over 100 women have been denied emergency abortion care. One of them, Amber Nicole Thurman, was only 28 and left behind a son,” the former Secretary of State continued. “Today, share her story — which you can find at ProPublica — and keep fighting for reproductive freedom for all.”
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Facebook’s new community note system, which replaced its heavily criticized fact-check system, did not let Clinton get away with that claim. Facebook users added a community note explaining that Thurman’s death, which went viral on social media shortly before the presidential election in November, was not due to Georgia’s abortion ban.
“Amber Thurman, 28, died from infection after taking abortion pills in NC. She went to a Georgia hospital when she became seriously ill,” Facebook’s community note read.
“Doctors delayed a needed D and C for nearly 20 hours despite Georgia law allowing emergency care,” the note said. “Her death was ruled preventable. Her family is suing for wrongful death and medical malpractice.”
Thurman had been pregnant with twins. She took the abortion pill, but her body failed to expel all fetal tissue, which caused sepsis, a deadly infection. The babies were already dead by the time she ended up at the hospital, and she was not seeking an abortion there. 
However, for some reason, doctors took 20 hours to do the life-saving dilation and curettage procedure to clear out her uterus.
Georgia’s abortion law defines “abortion” as an act that “will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of an unborn child.” Removing the tissue of babies that had already died is not illegal.
Even ProPublica, the left-leaning outlet that published the original story, admitted in paragraph 57 that it is “not clear from the records available why doctors waited to provide a D&C to Thurman.”
The Facebook community note on Clinton’s post also noted that attorney Ben Crump, who represented Thurman’s family, blamed doctors for her “preventable” death, not the Georgia abortion law.
“Even under Georgia law, the doctors had a duty to act to save Amber,” Crump <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/news/2024/10/01/lawsuit-amber-thurman-death-emergency-abortion">said</a>. “She had taken the abortion pills and there were tissues left. There was no viable fetus or anything that would have prevented them from saving her life while she suffered.”
In the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, Democrats and liberal activists hammered the stories of women who had supposedly died because of red state abortion bans. They warned that President Donald Trump wanted a national abortion ban even though he had specifically said he would not sign one.
However, those alarming stories <a href="https://x.com/MorningWire/status/1858250428774846723" target="_blank" rel="noopener">turned out</a> to be full of misinformation, and in the most viral cases, hospital malpractice, not GOP-led abortion bans, were the more likely cause of the women’s deaths.
Facebook announced in March that it would follow X’s lead and implement a community notes fact-checking feature. The social media giant said the goal was for the new system to be “less biased” than the previous third-party fact check system that critics said censored conservatives.
However, Facebook’s community notes does not appear to be as active in correcting misinformation on Facebook as X’s community notes is on X. The community note on Clinton’s post is one of the first high-profile corrections since the system was rolled out.
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<title>Rubio Meets With Russia, Pursues New Approach After Deadly Attacks On Ukraine</title>
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<dc:creator>Zach Jewell</dc:creator>
<description>Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia on Thursday, seeking to push Russia toward peace with Ukraine through “a new and different approach.” Following the talks, Rubio did not specify what exactly was said, but told reporters, “I think it’s a new and a different approach. I wouldn’t ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia on Thursday, seeking to push Russia toward peace with Ukraine through “a new and different approach.”
Following the talks, Rubio did not specify what exactly was said, but told reporters, “I think it’s a new and a different approach. I wouldn’t characterize it as something that guarantees peace, but it’s a concept that I’ll take back to the president,” the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-russia-ukraine-rubio-lavrov-tariffs-trump-asean-ca7569c363260b1a63bae12153fa7dd3">reported</a>. The meeting between the United States and Russia took place at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, where 10 nations, including Russia, China, and the United States, gather for their annual meeting.
Despite the Trump administration’s continued efforts to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine, Russia has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clear-escalation-of-terror-russia-hits-kyiv-with-another-major-missile-and-drone-attack?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Zach+Jewell&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=%E2%80%98Clear+Escalation+Of+Terror%E2%80%99%3A+Russia+Hits+Kyiv+With+Another+Major+Missile+And+Drone+Attack">launched</a> two massive missile and drone <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-launches-largest-drone-and-missile-attack-yet-against-ukraine?author=Jayden+Jelso&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=0&rowType=Vertical+List&title=Russia+Launches+Largest+Drone+And+Missile+Attack+Yet+Against+Ukraine">attacks</a> on Ukraine this week after President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s escalation has frustrated President Trump, who said earlier this week, “We get a lot of bulls*** thrown at us by Putin.”
Rubio acknowledged Trump’s displeasure with Russia, telling reporters after the 50-minute meeting, “We need to see a roadmap moving forward about how this conflict can conclude. And then we shared some ideas about what that might look like. We’re going to continue to stay involved where we see opportunities to make a difference.”
Russia’s Foreign Ministry called the discussion with Rubio a “substantive and frank exchange of views.”
“Both countries reaffirmed their mutual commitment to finding peaceful solutions to conflicts, restoring Russian-American economic and humanitarian cooperation, and unimpeded contact between the societies of the two countries, something which could be facilitated by resuming direct air traffic,” Russia added. “The importance of further work to normalize bilateral diplomatic relations was also emphasized.”
Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv included 18 missiles and 400 drones, some of which targeted residential areas. Two people were killed in the attack, a 68-year-old woman and a 22-year-old police officer. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s attack “a clear escalation of terror by Russia.”
“This demands that we speed things up. Sanctions must be imposed faster, and pressure on Russia must be strong enough that they truly feel the consequences of their terror,” Zelensky added. “There’s a need for quicker action from our partners in investing in weapons production and advancing technology.”
The Trump administration said earlier this week that it would send more defensive weapons to Ukraine amid Russia’s increased aggression. Trump is also reportedly considering hitting Russia with sanctions.
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<title>Trump’s Dept Of Education Shuts Door On Free Tuition For Illegals</title>
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<description>The Department of Education is ending a Clinton-era rule allowing illegal aliens access to federally funded tuition programs. According to The Daily Caller, the Trump administration argues that the policy, which funds career, technical, and adult education programs, violates the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). The Education Department notified postsecondary education programs ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Department of Education is ending a Clinton-era rule allowing illegal aliens access to federally funded tuition programs.
<a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/10/exclusive-trumps-ed-dept-ends-free-tuition-for-illegals/">According</a> to The Daily Caller, the Trump administration argues that the policy, which funds career, technical, and adult education programs, violates the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). The Education Department notified postsecondary education programs that the rule would no longer apply and declared that providers have “obligations to verify the eligibility of participants.”
This was one of <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/taxpayer-funded-benefits-are-for-american-citizens-not-illegals/">several</a> such moves the White House announced today. The Department of Health and Human Services “is restricting illegal aliens from 13 additional public programs, including Head Start,” while the Labor Department “is barring illegal aliens from accessing federal workforce development resources and grants.”
According to a White House fact sheet, the cuts save “roughly $40 billion in benefits for American citizens, overturns decades of bureaucratic defiance and builds on President Trump’s executive order directing an END to the subsidization of open borders.”
“Past presidents sat by and allowed illegal aliens to steal public benefits at the expense of hardworking American taxpayers — that ends now,” White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers told The Daily Wire. “Under President Trump, it’s America first always.”
PRWORA previously exclusively allocated the use of federal funds to American citizens, permanent residents, and a small category of “qualified aliens” (e.g., refugees, asylees). However, the Clinton administration exempted postsecondary programs from the rule. The Trump Education Department stated that the exemption “mischaracterized the law by creating artificial distinctions between federal benefit programs based upon the method of assistance.”
In line with PRWORA, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-taxpayer-subsidization-of-postsecondary-education-illegal-aliens">said</a> if the federal government is going to fund postsecondary education programs, it “should benefit American citizens, not illegal aliens.”
“Under President Trump’s leadership, hardworking American taxpayers will no longer foot the bill for illegal aliens to participate in our career, technical, or adult education programs or activities,” she said. “The Department will ensure that taxpayer funds are reserved for citizens and individuals who have entered our country through legal means who meet federal eligibility criteria.”
The Trump administration has been cracking down on states that provide benefits to illegals in education.
On June 30, it announced the revocation of nearly $7 billion in federal grants, part of which went toward teaching English as a second language. The administration argued that the money was being used to push a “radical left wing agenda.”
Despite threats from the administration, some schools continue to provide benefits for illegals and protect them from deportation.
The Education Department’s new interpretation of the Clinton-era rule will take effect on August 9, 2025.
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<title>‘Watch The IRS Come After Me’: Joy Behar Says She’ll Skip Federal Taxes If Trump Keeps Making Cuts</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Joy Behar said on Thursday that she had a mind to just stop paying federal income taxes altogether if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to make cuts with regard to what those taxes will ultimately fund. Behar joined her cohosts on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; for a discussion about the recently passed &#8220;Big Beautiful ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Joy Behar said on Thursday that she had a mind to just stop paying federal income taxes altogether if President Donald Trump and his administration continue to make cuts with regard to what those taxes will ultimately fund.
Behar joined her cohosts on ABC’s “The View” for a discussion about the recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill” — and the cuts that came with it — and argued that she should only have to continue paying state taxes “if they want the states to take care of everything.”
“I’d like to know, why am I paying federal taxes if they’re not going to do anything, by the way? Is there anybody that can tell me that?” Behar asked. “If they want the states to take care of everything, I’ll pay state taxes, and not federal taxes. Watch the IRS come after me now.”
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Whoopi Goldberg seems to suggest that Secretary Marco Rubio has been replaced by someone else, a “new Marco”: 
“People are imitating. You don’t know who Marco is anymore. You don’t know if that’s Marco you talking to or, you know, some kind of new Marco.” <a href="https://t.co/6axwN1N29A">pic.twitter.com/6axwN1N29A</a>
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Cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin jumped in to talk about the role played by the National Security Council — and its acting head, Secretary of State Marco Rubio — when it came to parceling out aid, and cohost Whoopi Goldberg immediately made reference to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-impostor-uses-ai-to-deceive-high-ranking-officials">recent story</a> about an individual using AI to impersonate Rubio to contact various foreign and domestic officials.
“People are imitating Marco,” she pointed out. “You don’t know who Marco is anymore. You don’t know if that’s Marco you’re talking to or, you know, some kind of new Marco.”
Goldberg recently raised eyebrows when both she and cohost Sunny Hostin claimed that black Americans in 2025 were facing more discrimination and worse circumstances than people living under the thumb of Iran’s Islamist regime.
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<title>A Major Church Just Advocated For Abortion At A Shareholder Meeting</title>
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<dc:creator>Isaac Willour</dc:creator>
<description>Part of my job as a corporate engagement strategist is to read what’s on corporate ballots at American public companies. Reading these agendas reveals a stunning amount of blatantly anti-business proposals from corporate activist groups, from pushing Lockheed Martin to divest from Israel to pressuring Starbucks to make oat milk free to fight racism (yes, ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Part of my job as a corporate engagement strategist is to read what’s on corporate ballots at American public companies. Reading these agendas reveals a stunning amount of blatantly anti-business proposals from corporate activist groups, from pushing Lockheed Martin to divest from Israel to pressuring Starbucks to make oat milk free to fight racism (yes, that’s real). But the other day, I came across perhaps one of the worst examples of corporate activism that’s not only anti-business, but arguably directly at odds with values of the organization pushing the proposal. The proposal? Supporting employee access to abortion. The proponent? The largest Presbyterian denomination in America.
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (PCUSA) is one of the biggest Presbyterian denominations in America, with more than a million members in its ranks despite <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/pcusa-may-drop-below-1-million-member-mark-by-end-of-2025-report.html">losing</a> almost 50,000 members in 2024 alone. Earlier this year, the denomination shuttered its missionary program after almost two centuries, citing declining giving and church membership. But, while the international mission field may be a lost cause for PCUSA, financial struggles haven’t stopped them from pursuing other goals like making sure American employees can kill their unborn children. The PCUSA recently sponsored a <a href="https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001646972/7d526ba6-e36b-41a6-bd6a-9c4833529da6.pdf">shareholder proposal</a> for supermarket chain Albertsons, urging the company to report on the effects of state-level restrictions on abortion in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade. Even though the proposal came from an organization representing thousands of Christians, it’s a masterclass in pro-abortion virtue signaling. “[Employees] who cannot access abortion when needed are three times more likely to leave the workforce, and four times as likely to slip into poverty.” Conveniently, the stats on unborn children go unmentioned.
PCUSA’s demands are clear: “support abortion, or you’re not acting in the best interests of your shareholders or employees. By the way, we’re a church.” PCUSA’s slide into backwards orthodoxy, rejecting virtually every tenet of the historic Christian faith, is <a href="https://www.hrc.org/resources/stances-of-faiths-on-lgbt-issues-presbyterian-church-usa">well-documented</a>. But from a business perspective, there is an important question to ask: Is supporting abortion access a fiduciary responsibility of publicly traded companies? In my view, no. And there are at least two reasons.
First, opining on divisive issues from abortion to ‘gender-affirming care’ is rapidly becoming the reddest of flags to both American consumers and businesses seeking to maintain their bottom line. All one needs to do is look at Target, Bud Light, & Disney to see how politicized business becomes bad business. 
Second (and it’s a wonder we don’t talk about this more), companies that support abortion are literally supporting the killing of future customers. As my firm Bowyer Research wrote in a <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1996368/000109690625001103/bowy_px14a6g.htm">recent SEC filing</a>, urging shareholders to vote against the PCUSA’s proposal, “For a company like Albertsons, whose long-term success depends on serving growing families and communities, policies that suppress birth rates may ultimately shrink its future customer base.”
That takes us to another common pro-abortion talking point in corporate America: that businesses operating in pro-life states are going to see <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-people-are-not-fleeing-states-with-strong-pro-life-laws/">worker shortages</a>. That’s by no means a definitive statement. Albertsons is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Through a pro-abortion lens, companies in red states should be deeply concerned about the exodus of workers leaving for pro-abortion states. The reality? Idaho’s one of the <a href="https://boisedev.com/news/2025/01/27/idaho-2-million/">fastest-growing states</a> in America, with many of those new residents coming from pro-abortion states such as California, Oregon, and Washington. It’s almost as if population growth is more complicated than merely looking at a state’s abortion stance — if anything, pro-life Idaho seems to be winning the population growth war. It’s another reason that it simply makes no sense for a company like Albertsons to support abortion to appease corporate activists — especially when those activists come from the church.
This isn’t Christian corporate engagement, no matter what the Denethor-esque stewards of the PCUSA may tell you. But it is instructive as to how Christian organizations drift Left. While the PCUSA may be an infamously liberal denomination, that doesn’t mean that abortion advocacy is what many of its tithing church members, many of whom are conservative, and pensioned clergy want. You may be the most conservative PCUSA <a href="https://x.com/IsaacWillour/status/1940207329770897890">churchgoer</a> alive but they can still use your tithes to lobby for abortion.
This should be a wakeup call for all Christians on just how bad things are getting in mainline denominations. If you’re part of a church or Christian ministry, it’s time to get answers about who’s stewarding your finances and <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/13/the-results-of-christian-mutual-proxy-voting-analysis-leave-significant-room-for-improvement/">what they’re doing</a> — how are “you” voting on these sorts of proposals? Christian organizations have fallen asleep at the wheel when it comes to their finances reflecting their faith.
What can be done to remedy this particular situation? A good place to start is making sure that your church is never in the arena advocating for the killing of unborn children. And right now, the PCUSA’s doing just that.
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Isaac Willour is an award-winning journalist focusing on race, culture, and American conservatism, as well as a corporate relations analyst at Bowyer Research. His work has been featured at outlets including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Opinion, C-SPAN, and The Daily Wire. He is a member of the Young Voices contributor program and can be found on X <a href="https://twitter.com/IsaacWillour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@IsaacWillour</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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