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Steve Hilton Drops a Brilliant Campaign Ad That Humiliates California’s Democrat Machine [WATCH]
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Steve Hilton Drops a Brilliant Campaign Ad That Humiliates California’s Democrat Machine [WATCH]

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Every now and then, a political campaign produces an ad that does more than fill airtime.

It lands like a punch, sticks in the mind, and reminds voters that politics can still have some energy left in the tank.

Most campaign ads are not built that way.

They are usually sterile, overmanaged, and so painfully cautious that they seem designed by a committee terrified of its own shadow.

California Republican Steve Hilton appears to have skipped that tired playbook.

His new gubernatorial campaign ad goes big, loud, strange, and remarkably effective, which is exactly what a Republican needs in a state run into the ground by the Democrat machine.

The ad leans heavily into AI generated visuals, but not in the usual awkward way that makes viewers wonder whether a laptop had a nervous breakdown.

This one is cinematic, sharp, funny, and packed with a message that normal Californians will understand immediately.

The spot opens with the Machine, a massive dystopian monster that looks like it crawled out of the wreckage of every failed Sacramento policy.

Hilton, or an AI version of him, goes to war with it before the ad shifts to very real scenes of homelessness, chaos, and sky high gas prices.

That contrast is the point.

The monster may be animated, but the misery it represents is very real for Californians paying the bills, dodging encampments, and watching the political class congratulate itself for ruining paradise.

The ad then takes aim at the familiar cast of California power brokers.

Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris sit with oversized swamp creatures labeled “Chamber of Commerce,” “Non Profits,” and “Government Unions” as the ruling class waits for the machine to pick its next puppet.

Newsom delivers one of the ad’s nastiest and funniest lines about the governor’s office, saying, “I’d do it forever, but it’s my turn to be president,” which prompts a shocked reaction from the Kamala character.

The joke works because it is barely satire at this point.

Then comes the machine’s selection, Xavier Becerra. Newsom responds, ” The Biden guy ? Who lost all those kids?” while Kamala objects, “It can’t be right. Run it again.”

The machine keeps producing the same answer, again and again.

Eventually, robot minions bring Becerra into the room, where Newsom tells him, “As long as you submit to the machine, you have to do nothing.”

Becerra grins and asks, “Nothing?”

Then he adds, “I can do that.”

It is brutal, simple, and exactly the kind of political mockery Republicans too often avoid because some consultant in loafers thinks voters prefer beige messaging.

From there, the ad turns into a full rebellion fantasy.

Hilton leads ordinary Californians against the Machine, while the Democrat figures look increasingly panicked as their usual system of insiders, unions, nonprofits, donors, and bureaucrats faces open defiance.

The final battle puts Hilton against the Machine in giant robot form, holding the California flag.

At one point, Kamala asks, “Can we get Swalwell back?” which is a savage little punchline in a state where Democrats have no shortage of political punchlines.

That is why the ad works.

It does not merely say California is broken, it shows the machine that broke it, then dares voters to imagine smashing it.

Republicans looking for a campaign model should pay attention.

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Voters are tired of soft focus ads about values while their cities decay, their utility bills climb, and their leaders flee upward to national ambitions after leaving wreckage behind.

Hilton still faces a steep climb, because California Democrats have built a political fortress with public money, loyal institutions, activist networks, and a media class that treats Republican momentum like an unexplained weather event.

Nobody should pretend this will be easy.

But the ad signals that Hilton understands the battlefield better than most.

He is not just running against a candidate, he is running against a ruling system that thinks voters should accept decline as the price of enlightened governance.

The Democrats will fight hard to keep the governor’s office in their hands, especially if Becerra is their chosen vehicle.

But Hilton is showing that Republicans can fight with creativity, humor, and a clear message that speaks to people who are sick of being managed by failures.

For a party that needs to compete in hostile territory, this is the kind of ad that cuts through the noise.

It is flashy, memorable, and refreshingly unsentimental about the people who turned California into a warning label for the rest of America.

Trump Torches Press at Correspondents Dinner Over Full Blown Trump Derangement Syndrome [WATCH]
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Trump Torches Press at Correspondents Dinner Over Full Blown Trump Derangement Syndrome [WATCH]

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President Donald Trump walked into the White House Correspondents Dinner on Friday night and did what the political press corps always fears most.

He made them the punchline in their own room.

The annual gathering of Washington media insiders, politicians, lobbyists, and camera hungry celebrities is usually treated like a sacred civic ritual by the same people who insist they are speaking truth to power.

Trump treated it more like an overdue roast of the people who have spent years treating him like the villain in their favorite cable news drama.

After establishment reporters spent part of the evening congratulating one another for coverage aimed squarely at Trump, the president took the stage and immediately turned the spotlight back on them.

The mood shifted fast, because the guest of honor was not there to flatter the room.

“This place is the really largest group of Trump derangement syndrome people ever put together at one time, I suspect,” the president said at one point.

That line landed because it hit the obvious nerve.

For years, much of the corporate press has behaved less like a neutral watchdog and more like a therapy circle with press credentials.

Trump did not limit himself to the media, either.

He brought Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr into the act with a joke about the dinner menu that had the room laughing and wincing at the same time.

“I hope everyone finally got to enjoy their entire, very delicious beef tenderloin; It’s very special beef. And I want you all to know that Bobby Kennedy, who is right here, personally ran over the cow in his car and he cut it up, and he brought it here for you to eat tonight, so it’s very fresh,” Trump said.

Then he kept going, pulling Kennedy’s wife, Cheryl Hines, into the bit as well.

“And Bobby also suggested an appetizer featuring his favorite cut of male raccoon roadkill, but we drew the line at that, Cheryl,” Trump added, roping Kennedy’s wife, Cheryl Hines, into the joke.

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The president also took aim at CNN personalities Anderson Cooper and Kaitlan Collins, two figures who have become fixtures in the media ecosystem that feeds on Trump coverage while pretending to be above it.

Trump’s dig at Cooper was wrapped in a strange sort of backhanded nostalgia.

“I like Anderson actually because he’s covered me well for many years, then he went bad as soon as I went for politics… I did so many interviews with him, and he was great. But you know he’s got a little different persuasion than me, in many ways actually,” he said of Cooper.

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Collins got a sharper jab, with Trump comparing her to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in a crack tied to the Bud Light controversy. For a press corps that lectures America daily about sensitivity while dishing out sanctimony by the truckload, it was exactly the kind of joke designed to make the room squirm.

“I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn’t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney,” he said.

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The dinner once again showed the strange relationship between Trump and the media class.

They scold him, mock him, obsess over him, profit from him, and then act shocked when he returns fire in person.

Trump closed by teasing the crowd with a mock announcement about running again, putting on a Trump 2028 hat as he spoke.

The move was classic Trump theater, a perfectly timed reminder that no matter how many panels the pundits host, he still knows how to seize the room.

“I’m pleased to announce my intention to, and this is somewhat of a scoop, my intention to run for a fourth term as president of the United States,” he said while putting on a Trump 2028 hat.

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The establishment press wanted a night of applause, awards, and insider backslapping.

Instead, it got a president willing to say out loud what millions of grassroots conservatives have been saying for years.

The press can call it mean, small, or not funny if it wants.

But judging by how loudly Trump’s jokes keep echoing through Washington, the people who claim not to care are still listening very closely.

Shiloh Hendrix Attorney Explodes After Verdict and Vows Appeal in Fiery Courtroom Fallout [WATCH]
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Shiloh Hendrix Attorney Explodes After Verdict and Vows Appeal in Fiery Courtroom Fallout [WATCH]

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The Shiloh Hendrix case ended with a split verdict, a stiff misdemeanor sentence, and an attorney who clearly had no interest in pretending the proceeding was some noble exercise in justice.

A jury found Hendrix not guilty on the misdemeanor count tied to her interaction with an 8 year old Somali boy at Roy Sutherland Playground in Soldiers Field Memorial Park in April 2025.

The conviction came only on the second count involving the adult bystander who filmed her, confronted her, and has previously faced a sex crime charge involving a minor.

Judge Christa M. Daily sentenced Hendrix to a $1,000 fine, 200 hours of community service, supervised probation, and a stayed 90 day jail term.

The case began when Hendrix was at the park with her toddler son and saw the boy taking an applesauce pouch from her diaper bag.

She allegedly used a racial slur toward the child, which became the spark for the kind of viral outrage machine that now seems to double as an unofficial arm of the modern left.

Bystander Sharmake Omar began recording Hendrix and aggressively confronted her as she tried to leave while holding her child.

In the video that spread online, Omar repeatedly demanded that she say the slur again, and she did, handing the internet mob exactly what it wanted.

Hendrix was quickly doxed, and according to reports, her entire family was threatened after the clip went viral.

Supporters rallied behind her, raising more than $850,000 on GiveSendGo as the case became another flashpoint over whether offensive words can be turned into a criminal prosecution.

Prosecutors charged Hendrix with disorderly conduct involving both the boy and the adult man who confronted her.

After four days of testimony and nearly nine hours of deliberations, the jury cleared her on the count involving the child but convicted her for her words and conduct toward the man holding the camera.

Her attorney, Karalus, did not sugarcoat his reaction after the verdict.

“I think it’s sad, I think it’s pathetic, I think it’s sick,” Karalus told reporters when asked what he thought of the outcome.

Karalus ripped the process, pointing to what he described as the absurdity of keeping a jury until 10 p.m. over a misdemeanor case while the cameraman at the center of the conviction never testified.

“It was like I was fighting the prosecutor and the judge,” he said. “It was like I was taking on two parties at the same time.”

That is the kind of statement that should make every free speech minded American sit up straight, especially when the case turns on words rather than actual violence.

Karalus also accused the boy’s father, a key witness, of lying under oath “over and over and over and over again.”

He criticized the way the court handled evidence related to a large GoFundMe campaign tied to the child’s family.

According to Karalus, the judge would not let him show the father’s GoFundMe page, which he said falsely listed the child as five years old and remained active.

Karalus unloaded on the courtroom process, saying, “this is a circus, this is monkey court, this is nuts!”

He also claimed the judge repeatedly interrupted him, yelled at him in front of the jury, blocked him from making records, and spoke over him during the trial.

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For conservatives who have watched one speech case after another get filtered through elite outrage standards, the pattern feels painfully familiar.

Say something the regime dislikes, get dragged before the public, have your family threatened, then watch the system pretend the real problem is your language.

Karalus made clear that Hendrix intends to appeal the conviction.

He maintained throughout the case that her words, however harsh some may consider them, came during a tense confrontation after property was taken from her child’s diaper bag.

His argument was simple enough for anyone not addicted to woke legal theory.

The government should not be in the business of prosecuting offensive speech unless it crosses the narrow legal line into true fighting words, threats, or actual disorder that breaches the peace.

Instead, this case has become a glaring example of how quickly speech can be criminalized when social pressure, viral video, and courtroom discretion all point in the same direction.

Hendrix walked out acquitted on the child related count, but convicted over the interaction with the adult who chose to record, confront, and escalate.

That verdict may satisfy the outrage crowd, but Karalus has made it obvious that the legal fight is not finished.

The appeal now looms, and so does the larger question that refuses to go away.

If ugly words spoken in a chaotic park confrontation can bring this level of punishment, plenty of Americans will wonder whose speech gets targeted next.

Madison Protest Erupts After Activist Hijacks Police Briefing Following Fatal Knife to a Gun Fight Encounter [WATCH]
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Madison Protest Erupts After Activist Hijacks Police Briefing Following Fatal Knife to a Gun Fight Encounter [WATCH]

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A police briefing in Madison, Wisconsin, turned into a disorderly scene after a protester took control of the microphone during an update about the fatal police shooting of Corey Durell Ruiz.

The disruption unfolded as city officials attempted to explain what investigators say happened during a violent confrontation that left one man dead and two officers injured.

Madison Police Chief John Patterson had begun addressing reporters and members of the public when demonstrators interrupted the event.

In an effort to calm tensions, Patterson said “I’ll step aside” and allowed one protester to speak before eventually resuming the briefing after the crowd quieted.

The protester immediately rejected the chief’s remarks, declaring, “We don’t want any of that talk.”

What followed was a lengthy speech condemning police, capitalism, imperialism and Zionism while accusing Patterson of participating in a system that allegedly oppressed the speaker’s family across generations.

Another demonstrator intensified the spectacle by displaying a sign reading, “Corrupt cops deserve to die too!!!”

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The display came during a briefing intended to provide information about an active state investigation into the shooting.

According to Madison police, officers had responded Wednesday to reports of someone stealing bicycles and checking vehicle doors.

Investigators identified the suspect as thirty eight year old Corey Durell Ruiz, a homeless man with an extensive criminal record.

Police said Ruiz fled on a bicycle and rode through residential backyards while officers pursued him.

Authorities stated that officers eventually caught up with him after he either fell or was pulled from the bicycle, leading to a physical struggle in the middle of an intersection.

During that confrontation, police said Ruiz pulled out a fixed blade knife and injured one officer.

Authorities reported that officers first attempted to subdue him with a Taser, but those efforts failed before the wounded veteran officer fired his weapon.

A second officer also suffered injuries during the incident.

Officials have not yet confirmed whether that injury resulted from the knife or another aspect of the struggle.

Police said officers immediately attempted lifesaving measures before Ruiz was transported to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Four officers were involved in or witnessed the shooting, and those directly involved have been placed on administrative leave while the investigation continues.

Court records indicate Ruiz had accumulated a lengthy criminal history spanning nearly three decades.

The record included cases involving failure to pay child support, vehicle theft, bail jumping, threats against authorities, resisting an officer, theft, attempted invasion of privacy and cocaine possession.

Despite those details, city leaders emphasized accountability during the public briefing.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway said the incident would receive a rigorous investigation and argued that fatal encounters with law enforcement should not occur.

“It does not matter who you are or what your past is, you should not lose your life as a result of an encounter with law enforcement,” Rhodes Conway said, according to The Associated Press.

Madison Common Council President Sabrina Madison voiced even stronger criticism by questioning why officers involved in fatal shootings are not immediately detained.

“My first thought is, when the officer’s walking away, why isn’t he walking away in cuffs,” Madison said, according to the AP.

“I’m angry, there’s no way around it.”

Governor Tony Evers also called for transparency and accountability as investigators review the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

The investigation is expected to examine the officers’ actions, the reported knife attack and the events leading to the deadly encounter.

The chaotic interruption highlighted the sharp divisions surrounding police use of force, even as authorities maintain that an officer had been wounded during the struggle.

For many watching, the briefing became less about official facts and more about the growing tension between activists and law enforcement in a city once again thrust into a heated national debate.

Trump’s Masterstroke? These Moves Could Make Iran and the Global Elites Irrelevant [WATCH]
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Trump’s Masterstroke? These Moves Could Make Iran and the Global Elites Irrelevant [WATCH]

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Glenn Beck argued that the long-term geopolitical significance of the conflict involving Iran extends beyond military operations and nuclear concerns, saying a series of major pipeline and infrastructure projects could permanently reduce Tehran’s ability to influence global energy markets.

Beck began by discussing Iran’s military capabilities before shifting to a historical comparison.

“We don’t know about their nukes,” he said. “They’re now a defense supplier building really dangerous weapons in drones. We’re in the middle of a European war.”

He then introduced a historical example involving Denmark and control of the Baltic Sea.

“The map, which takes me to Denmark, 1429 to 1857,” Beck said. “I can’t believe we’re talking about Denmark.”

According to Beck, Denmark collected tolls from ships entering the Baltic Sea for more than four centuries because it controlled both sides of a strategic waterway.

“Every ship that entered the Baltic Sea paid a toll to the king of Denmark,” Beck said. “Not a tax on Danish goods, a tax on other people’s trade collected because Denmark happened to own both sides of that narrow piece of water into the Baltic.”

He explained that the fees, known as the Sound Dues, became a major source of revenue for Denmark.

“The sound dues is what they were called,” Beck said. “They ran from 1429, and at their height, they were a third of the Danish crown’s entire income.”

Beck noted that European nations continued paying the toll because the alternative was conflict.

“Europe grumbled, but they paid because the alternative was war, and the toll was cheaper than war.”

According to Beck, the United States eventually challenged that system.

“Who refused to pay it? Us, the United States,” he said. “We said, you know what? We’ve had enough of this. We’re not going to recognize your levy, and we’re not going to pay it.”

Beck said that dispute ultimately resulted in the Copenhagen Convention.

“So everybody went to the negotiating table,” he said. “That was the Copenhagen Convention, and it was a one-time buyout, and the permanent principle that a straight is not a possession.”

He said that principle later influenced the construction of the Kiel Canal.

“The Kiel Canal came later,” Beck said. “They build this canal because they knew somebody’s going to look at that strait at some point in the future and go, ‘You got to pay us a toll, and it’ll choke everything down.'”

According to Beck, the canal made that strategic choke point optional.

“So they made a canal, making the choke point optional,” he said. “That’s the key to this.”

Turning to current events, Beck argued that concerns over Iran’s nuclear program are only part of a larger strategic picture.

“I think it is misdirection,” he said. “I think it’s serious. I think it’s real. The nuke part of it. I think it’s real. I think the drones are a real part of this.”

He said he believes the larger issue involves energy infrastructure now under development in the Gulf region.

“I think the choke point and the canal that is being built right now in the Gulf… that I think is what this is all about.”

Beck pointed to several projects that he said would reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz over the next several years.

“There is an east-west line, a million and a half barrels a day in service by early 2027,” he said. “Saudi Arabia weighing 2 million barrel expansion to the Red Sea, Iraq back at the table on a Mediterranean corridor through Turkey.”

He also cited projections from Goldman Sachs.

“Goldman Sachs counts seven different projects now,” Beck said, “and puts Gulf pipeline capacity over 14 million barrels a day by 2028.”

According to Beck, those projects would allow much of the region’s oil exports to bypass areas vulnerable to Iranian interference.

“More than 60 percent of what those seven states exported before the war now moving in places Iran cannot touch with a speedboat or a mine.”

Beck argued that the strategy is designed to maintain oil exports while reducing Iran’s leverage over international trade.

“This is not being held hostage by crazy people trying to take them out,” he said. “But keep the oil running while we build an end to the choke point.”

He concluded by arguing that the long-term objective extends beyond military targets.

“The prize is the permanent expiration of Iran’s veto over the world economy,” Beck said. “That’s the only asset that ever made a broke, isolated, demographically hollowing theocracy into a power anyone had to consult.”

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Senator Sheehy Drops Massive Truth Bombs on the Situation with Iran [WATCH]
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Senator Sheehy Drops Massive Truth Bombs on the Situation with Iran [WATCH]

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Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana delivered an emotional speech on the Senate floor, arguing that the Iranian regime has spent nearly five decades carrying out terrorism against Americans and others while successive U.S. administrations failed to hold it accountable.

Drawing on his military service, Sheehy said the threat posed by Iran extends beyond politics and has affected service members, their families, and civilians around the world.

Sheehy began by recalling a recent ceremony honoring fallen American troops.

“Yesterday, we saw the President of States and many others at Dover Air Force Base presiding over a ceremony that is very sacred to those of us who served,” he said, describing “a dignified return of remains from the war zone.”

Reflecting on his own military experience, Sheehy said he had participated in many of those ceremonies.

“I participated in many of those ceremonies myself, to include carrying friends of mine off the plane,” he said. Holding up a memorial bracelet, Sheehy added, “One of those is on this bracelet. He was cut in half by an Iranian EFP.”

Sheehy argued that Iran’s leadership does not distinguish between Americans based on politics, religion, or geography.

“This regime that we are fighting does not care about our partisan politics,” he said. “They don’t care who you voted for, who you pray to, or where you live.”

According to Sheehy, the regime has made its intentions clear through decades of violence.

“They want to kill all of us, and they don’t just say it; they actually do it, and they’ve been doing it for 47 years.”

Addressing criticism of U.S. military involvement, Sheehy said, “This is a war of choice. The Democrats are correct.” He immediately added that it “was begun by a radical, lunatic band of terrorists that took over a beautiful nation, 47 years ago.”

He said the regime seized power “with brutality, force, and savagery” and chose violence over improving the country.

“They didn’t free their people. They didn’t unleash the largest oil reserves in the world to build schools and bridges,” Sheehy said. “They took it over to murder their own people and to spread their disgusting ideology across the world.”

Sheehy argued that Iran’s actions over the years demonstrate its intentions.

“You don’t have to believe what they say,” he said. “You can simply watch what they’ve done.”

He cited attacks against civilians, families, and military personnel while describing what he called acts of extreme brutality committed by Iran-backed terrorists. He also said those responsible are celebrated rather than punished.

“They’ve done it to friends of mine,” Sheehy said. “They’ve done it to families who’ve been in this chamber.”

Sheehy criticized American elected officials whom he believes have minimized the threat.

“The fact that we sit here and listen to elected officials of this country defend these lunatics who want us all dead,” he said, adding, “they want all of us dead.”

He pointed to attacks including the 1983 Marine barracks bombing, the USS Cole bombing, and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.

“These are not humanitarian freedom organizations; they are death-dealing cults,” Sheehy said. “They want all of us to die brutal deaths.”

Recalling additional cases involving Americans, Sheehy referenced CIA officer William Buckley and U.S. personnel captured by Iranian-backed forces, arguing their families have never received justice.

“These families have never gotten restitution,” he said. “Not a single president has ever stood up to them.”

Sheehy contrasted that record with President Donald Trump’s approach.

“There’s never been a single president who has stood up to Iran and hit back for 47 years?” he said.

He also criticized leaders from both political parties for, in his view, failing to support American troops during overseas conflicts.

“When you’re fighting for your country, you don’t care what party’s in office,” Sheehy said. “You’re fighting to defend your country.”

He said service members are discouraged when they see elected officials criticizing military efforts.

“You turn on the news and see your elected officials stabbing you in the back,” he said, “telling you that you’re failing.”

Sheehy argued that recent Iranian actions do not reflect strength.

“An occasional missile strike and boats in the straits-that’s not military strength,” he said. “Those are the flailings of a failing empire.”

He closed by urging lawmakers to think about the troops currently serving overseas rather than political considerations.

“I encourage our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, whatever is politically convenient, whatever plays well on Twitter or Facebook, think about the people who are deployed right now,” Sheehy said.

Concluding his remarks, Sheehy argued that Iran initiated the conflict decades ago and said the United States must ensure future generations do not face the same threat.

“We did not start a war with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard; they started it with us 47 years ago,” he said. “It’s time to fix this problem and make sure another generations of Americans does not have to fight this murderous, savage adversary.”

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California Sheriff Slams Revolving Door After Convicted Killer Walks Free Repeatedly [WATCH]
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California Sheriff Slams Revolving Door After Convicted Killer Walks Free Repeatedly [WATCH]

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Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper is calling for changes to California law after describing what he said is a pattern of repeated arrests, releases, and missed court appearances involving a convicted killer who continues to face firearm-related arrests.

Cooper pointed to the case of Jerry Grover, who was convicted of murder and attempted murder at age 15. According to the sheriff, Grover was sent to juvenile hall rather than the California Youth Authority before eventually being released.

“Four years ago, Jerry Grover, then 15, was convicted for murder and attempted murder, sent to juvenile hall, not the California Youth Authority, but juvenile hall,” Cooper said.

After Grover’s release, Cooper said detectives with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office repeatedly encountered him while he was allegedly carrying firearms.

“He gets out. My gang detectives contact him three times. Each time he had a firearm in his possession.”

Cooper said one of those encounters ended in a pursuit after Grover allegedly fled from law enforcement.

“One time he fled and crashed into an innocent individual’s vehicle.”

Despite the repeated arrests, Cooper said Grover was released after each case.

“Every time he either bailed out or was O.R.’d by the court.”

According to Cooper, Grover also failed to appear for multiple scheduled court proceedings.

“He failed to appear. He never showed up.”

Cooper said detectives eventually arrested Grover a fourth time after those missed court appearances.

“My detectives go and arrest him for a fourth time for those three failures to appear.”

He said Grover again attempted to flee from deputies despite already being on probation.

“He flees. The irony is, he’s on probation for murder.”

Cooper said deputies recovered multiple firearms during that arrest but that Grover was released once again.

“We arrest him with three firearms. He gets out. There’s no accountability.”

The sheriff argued that repeat offenders recognize the lack of consequences under the current system.

“These individuals know that. These kids know that.”

Cooper said Grover had already received what he viewed as a second chance following his original conviction.

“You know, you killed someone. You’re given a second chance, and you blow it. Yet you’re still out.”

He described the situation as an ongoing cycle that continues without meaningful consequences.

“It’s just repetitive. It goes on and on and on, and that is a classic example of stupidity. You keep doing the same thing.”

Cooper said the public and law enforcement officers have grown increasingly frustrated with the situation.

“The public’s fed up. I know I’m fed up. My detectives are fed up.”

He argued that lawmakers must make changes to address what he believes are shortcomings in the current legal system.

“But we have to change the laws.”

Cooper said he hopes people understand the level of concern expressed by law enforcement.

“I said the frustration. I hope you hear my voice. It’s not working. It has not worked.”

Looking ahead, Cooper warned that he fears the current pattern could lead to more violence.

“My fear is he takes someone else’s life, or engages in a gunfight with our deputies. That’s bound to happen. I’m not willing to risk it.”

Cooper noted that Grover is now 19 years old and questioned how many opportunities should be given to repeat offenders.

“The hard part is, and like I said, I just, just my emotion with this is just, how can this happen? He’s 19 years old. He was given a second chance. He doesn’t care, and you have individuals like that that don’t care. That should be locked up.”

He concluded by asking how many more chances the justice system should provide.

“He’s 19 now. How many more chances do we give Gary Grover, who’s willing to roll the dice that he doesn’t kill somebody else? I know I’m not.”

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Scott Besent Completely Cooks Kamala and Buttigieg in Under a Minute [WATCH]
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Scott Besent Completely Cooks Kamala and Buttigieg in Under a Minute [WATCH]

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg during an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, arguing that both should be evaluated based on their performance in office rather than identity.

The discussion began when Bartiromo referenced reports about Harris’ vice presidential selection process during the 2024 campaign.

“She wouldn’t take on Pete Buttigieg because he was gay, because she said it was a risk to have a running mate who was a gay man,” Bartiromo said before asking Bessent, “Your reaction?”

Bessent responded by outlining what he described as three conclusions he drew from the situation.

“Three things, Maria,” he said. “First, it shows her emphasis on identity politics, and the American people have moved on.”

Bessent also argued that the reported reasoning reflected Harris’ view of the electorate.

“Two, it shows how low regard she holds the American people,” he said. “That you know she was just a terrible candidate.”

He then shifted his focus to Buttigieg’s tenure leading the Department of Transportation, saying his record, rather than his personal identity, should have been the deciding factor.

“And three, you wouldn’t pick Pete Buttigieg because he might have been the worst transportation secretary in history,” Bessent said.

Drawing a comparison to his own role at the Treasury Department, Bessent praised Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy while criticizing the condition of the department he inherited.

“Like if I thought I was left a mess at Treasury, I can tell you your friend, my friend Sean Duffy, our great transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg left him a mess.”

Bessent pointed to several areas that he said reflected problems within the nation’s transportation system.

“The the FAA is a disaster,” he said. “The Amtrak, you know, anything to do with transportation was woefully neglected over the past four years.”

He argued that public officials should be judged by their job performance rather than personal characteristics.

“So you know, she judges him on his identity, his sexuality,” Bessent said. “Let’s look and see whether he did a good job.”

Bessent said he believes evaluating public officials on merit provides a clearer measure of their performance.

“Let’s let’s look on merit,” he said. “and I can tell you, on merit he was a failure, and on merit she’s a failure.”

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The exchange centered on Harris’ reported vice presidential deliberations and Bessent’s assessment of Buttigieg’s record as Transportation Secretary.

Throughout the interview, Bessent argued that identity should not outweigh performance when evaluating candidates or government officials, maintaining that both Harris and Buttigieg should be judged on what they accomplished while serving in public office.

The ‘Party of Democracy’ Keeps Installing Candidates While They Erase Their Own Voters [WATCH]
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The ‘Party of Democracy’ Keeps Installing Candidates While They Erase Their Own Voters [WATCH]

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Political commentator Scott Jennings argued that recent actions by Democratic officials in Illinois, Maine, and during the 2024 election cycle contradict the party’s repeated claims of defending democracy. According to Jennings, Democratic leaders have increasingly relied on political maneuvering instead of allowing voters to choose their nominees.

Jennings opened by taking aim at what he described as one of the biggest contradictions in American politics. “There’s something happening here in Chicago that perfectly illustrates what I think is one of the greatest frauds in American politics right now,” he said, adding, “the fraud is this: the Democratic Party loves to call itself the party of democracy.”

He noted that Democrats frequently argue that “democracy is on the ballot” and regularly portray President Donald Trump as “a threat to democracy.” Jennings said those claims have become a central part of the party’s political message.

However, Jennings argued that the party has increasingly worked to place candidates on ballots “that weren’t actually voted into nominations by Democratic voters.” He pointed to what he described as similar situations involving Kamala Harris, developments in Maine involving Graham Platner and Troy Jackson, and an unfolding controversy in Illinois’ 4th Congressional District.

Jennings focused much of his criticism on the retirement of Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. He said Garcia “waited until the final hours of the filing period to announce that he was going to retire,” allowing his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, to file just before the deadline.

Describing the move as a “quick switch in and out,” Jennings said, “They didn’t tip off anybody else. Nobody else had time to mount a campaign because of this old switcheroo move.”

According to Jennings, the result was that Patty Garcia became “the only Democrat on the primary ballot,” not because Democratic voters selected her, “but because the incumbent and the Chicago political machine effectively chose his replacement, whether the voters liked it or not.”

Jennings added that the controversy extended beyond Republican criticism, saying, “It was such an outrageous move that even the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted to rebuke Garcia.”

He said two Democrats, Chicago Alderman Byron Lopez and political activist Mayra Macius, responded by launching independent campaigns to give voters another option in November. Jennings emphasized that neither candidate represents conservative politics.

“Now, let me just be clear about this district,” he said. “It’s a Democrat district. These people I’m talking about are not conservatives.” He noted that “Lopez is a socialist alderman,” while Macius “once ran the Latino Victory Project, very liberal organization.”

Jennings said Illinois election law required Patty Garcia to collect only 697 valid signatures to appear on the Democratic ballot, while Lopez and Macius each needed 10,816 signatures to qualify as independents. Both candidates submitted the maximum 17,304 signatures, he said.

According to Jennings, operatives tied to the Garcia political organization challenged those petitions. “After 1000s of names were invalidated,” he said, Macius “was ruled a little over 1000 short,” while Lopez “was about 1200 short.”

Jennings noted that “the Illinois State Board of Elections unanimously threw them both off the ballot.”

While making clear he was not endorsing either independent candidate, Jennings argued that voters should have been allowed to make the final decision.

“I’m not here to endorse either candidacy,” he said. “You don’t have to support a candidate to believe that voters should be allowed to choose the candidates and the winners.”

Jennings argued that “Democracy does not mean protecting only the choices you like; it means trusting the people,” adding that Democratic leaders “no longer trust the people. Specifically, they no longer trust their people.”

He concluded by arguing that Democratic leaders have repeatedly worked around voters, citing President Joe Biden, Graham Platner, the Illinois congressional race, and efforts involving President Donald Trump’s place on the 2024 presidential ballot.

“The party of democracy likes to go around the voters,” Jennings said. “What they’re doing is the opposite of democracy.”

He ended by questioning which political party currently places more faith in voters.

“Who trusts the people?” Jennings asked. “It’s not the Democrats these days, no matter how they label themselves.”

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Big Tech’s Banking Grab Could Hit Your Wallet Next: Grant Stinchfield [WATCH]
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Grant Stinchfield criticized what he described as government intervention in a dispute between financial institutions and major technology companies, arguing that private businesses should negotiate the cost of accessing banking data without federal involvement.

Stinchfield centered his remarks on Section 1033, saying the issue has received little public attention despite its potential impact on consumers.

“Big tech is at it again. Multi-billion-dollar companies looking for another free ride while everyone else picks up the tab. This fight is over something called Section 1033. Most people have never heard of it, but you need to know what it is.”

He said companies including PayPal, Venmo, cryptocurrency platforms, and budgeting applications want access to customers’ banking information with consumer permission.

“Here’s the deal: companies like PayPal, Venmo, crypto platforms, and budgeting apps want access to your banking data. That’s fine if you authorize it. Well, then they should get it.”

According to Stinchfield, his objection is not to authorized data sharing but to who pays for the systems that make that access possible.

“The problem is this: they don’t want to pay for the access to the data, and this is where you will all get hosed. Banks have to build and maintain the secure systems that make all of this work. They pay for cybersecurity. They pay for the infrastructure. They pay every time these tech companies constantly ping their systems for data, and it isn’t cheap.”

Stinchfield argued that the federal government should not require banks to provide that access without compensation.

“Now the government, our government, is inserting itself into a battle that should be between the banks and big tech. Instead, anti-free market government overlords want to tell the banks they must provide that data for free. Now that’s bogus because big tech already makes billions of dollars each year. These companies can afford to pay their share.”

He also argued that any additional costs imposed on banks would ultimately be passed on to consumers through banking fees and reduced services.

“And consider this: if banks are forced to absorb these costs, who do you think is really going to foot the bill? You will. Those costs won’t disappear. They’ll show up as higher fees, fewer free services, and more costs passed directly to consumers. And you can’t blame the banks for doing that. They’re in the business to make money, after all.”

Stinchfield also linked the issue to his criticism of major technology companies over past content moderation decisions affecting conservatives.

“So let me make one more point about the big tech freeloaders. These are the same companies that spent years censoring conservative voices, suspending accounts, debanking them because they don’t agree with your right to free speech. Now we’re supposed to force the traditional banking system to subsidize these same companies. Give me a break.”

He concluded by arguing that disputes over banking data access should be resolved through negotiations between private companies rather than government mandates.

“This isn’t about protecting consumers. It’s about Washington forcing one private company to subsidize another private company, if big tech profits from your banking data, they ought to help pay for the system that gives them access to it. In the end, let the free market settle it instead of government picking winners and losers. Big tech’s big government protection needs to end. No more free rides. Not for big tech. Not for anyone.”

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