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President Trump Scores Another Naming Victory as Google Maps Unveils Lake America [WATCH]
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President Trump Scores Another Naming Victory as Google Maps Unveils Lake America [WATCH]

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Google Maps has begun displaying Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States following an executive order issued by President Donald Trump directing the federal government to adopt the new name, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

The change began rolling out over the weekend, making Google the first major online mapping provider to implement the geographic rebranding following Trump’s order.

Trump signed the executive order Thursday, directing federal agencies to recognize “Lake America” as the official U.S. name for Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the five Great Lakes.

The move comes amid continuing trade tensions between the United States and Canada.

Google said its mapping service is following the U.S. Geographic Names Information System when determining how locations are displayed to users.

“People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Lake America,’ those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario,’ and those outside of the U.S. and Canada will see both names,” the company said.

The change follows Trump’s 2025 decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. That designation was later adopted for U.S. users by major mapping services after federal geographic databases were updated.

The Lake Ontario dispute has become another point of disagreement between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as trade negotiations between the two countries have deteriorated.

Negotiations collapsed earlier this month after Carney chose to walk away from the talks. The breakdown was followed by Trump imposing U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Canada is expected to impose retaliatory tariffs beginning Sept. 8.

Carney criticized Trump’s executive order and referenced broader changes in American policy.

“We know that America is changing,” Carney said. “Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.”

“Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford also joined the opposition to the name change. On Saturday, Ford unveiled a large sign along the lake declaring, “Lake Ontario Now and Always.”

Ford has also recently threatened to cut off electricity supplied to the United States amid the continuing dispute.

The naming fight has unfolded alongside the broader economic disagreements between Washington and Ottawa, with tariffs and trade negotiations remaining unresolved.

Trump, meanwhile, addressed the new name in his own way by posting an AI-generated video showing ducks with his signature hairstyle standing guard near a body of water beneath a “Lake America” sign.

The change represents the latest example of federal geographic naming decisions being reflected on major digital mapping platforms.

While Canada continues to reject the new U.S. designation, Google Maps has moved forward with displaying “Lake America” to users in the United States.

The disagreement appears unlikely to disappear anytime soon, as the two countries remain divided over both the lake’s name and the wider trade dispute surrounding tariffs and negotiations.

For now, at least, Google Maps users in the United States will see a different name on their screens than their neighbors across the border.

Batman Coaster Horror Leaves Parkgoer with Both Legs Fractured After Terrifying Incident [WATCH]
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Batman Coaster Horror Leaves Parkgoer with Both Legs Fractured After Terrifying Incident [WATCH]

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A 49-year-old visitor was airlifted to a nearby hospital after suffering fractures to both legs during an incident Saturday on a Batman-themed roller coaster at Parque Warner Madrid in Spain, according to local reports.

The incident occurred on the Batman Gotham City Escape ride at the theme park, which confirmed the incident in a post on X.

Emergency crews responded after the rider was injured, and the attraction was stopped as park officials activated emergency procedures.

Europa Press, citing emergency officials, reported that the man suffered an open fracture to his left leg and a closed fracture to his right leg. First responders treated him at the scene before he was transported by air to a nearby hospital.

Parque Warner said the ride was stopped immediately following the incident.

“The affected person was attended to immediately by emergency medical services,” Parque Warner said.

The Batman: Gotham City Escape opened at Parque Warner in 2023. According to the park, it was Spain’s first multi-launch roller coaster.

The attraction uses three launches to propel riders upward at high speeds and includes four inversions, during which riders are briefly suspended upside down.

The incident prompted concern among other visitors at the park. Juan José Molina, another parkgoer, described an atmosphere of panic following the incident.

“There were people crying and having anxiety attacks,” he said.

Parque Warner said the Batman Gotham City Escape will remain closed while management examines what happened. The review is being conducted in coordination with authorities.

The attraction is among the major rides at Parque Warner Madrid, a theme park located in the Madrid area and known for rides and attractions based on Warner Bros. characters and properties.

The incident took place Saturday, Aug. 29, according to the timing of the reports, with Fox News publishing its account early Monday, Aug. 31, at 3:34 a.m. ET.

The circumstances surrounding the visitor’s injuries were not further detailed in the available reports.

Park officials have not announced when the Batman Gotham City Escape will reopen. The ride will remain out of operation while the review continues.

The decision to keep the attraction closed during the investigation means visitors will not be able to use the coaster until park management and authorities determine that it is appropriate to resume operations.

The incident comes more than three years after the attraction opened. Its combination of multiple high-speed launches and inversions makes it one of the park’s more prominent roller coasters.

For now, officials are focused on determining what happened and ensuring the ride is safe before allowing it to operate again.

The injured visitor was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment after emergency responders arrived at the park. No additional information about his condition was provided in the reports cited.

Parque Warner has not indicated how long its review will take. Further information is expected as authorities and park management continue examining the incident.

Trump’s Team is Disarming the Lords of Money, Smashing The Fed’s Crystal Ball [WATCH]
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Trump’s Team is Disarming the Lords of Money, Smashing The Fed’s Crystal Ball [WATCH]

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Susan Kokinda argued that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and President Donald Trump are pursuing policies that could shift the American economy away from financial speculation and toward domestic growth, energy development and space exploration.

“Yesterday at the Jackson Hole annual summit, new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh opened up that policy conference with this indictment:” Kokinda said before playing remarks from Warsh.

“If the Fed gets inflation wrong and judges the economy wrong, who gets the worst of it? Not the financial high flyers. Hardworking Americans are the ones left to deal with inflation that’s too high, or jobs that suddenly appear less secure,” Warsh said.

Kokinda said Warsh’s comments captured a fundamental problem with an economic system she believes has favored financial interests over working Americans.

“In those two sentences, Warsh captured what has gone wrong with our economy: the high flyers benefit, and working people pay the price,” Kokinda said.

Warsh later directly addressed the Federal Reserve’s responsibility for inflation.

“Now there is one signal nobody can miss: the responsibility for 65 months of sustained elevated inflation sits squarely with the central bank, and that’s where it belongs,” Warsh said.

Kokinda connected the 65-month period to the beginning of former President Joe Biden’s administration and then turned to the Federal Reserve’s use of forward guidance, through which officials signal the likely direction of monetary policy.

Warsh argued against allowing financial markets to become dependent on signals from the central bank.

“But we should not indulge a regime in which market participants are looking primarily to the Fed for their next trade; the economic literature has long described the distorting effects, what it called the Hall of Mirrors problem,” Warsh said.

“Market participants are unlikely to bear the biggest costs of the Hall of Mirrors problem. The most serious harm is likely to befall those without any financial assets.”

Kokinda interpreted the remarks as a move to reduce the Federal Reserve’s influence over financial speculation and redirect attention toward the underlying economy.

“So again, Warsh pointed to how the Fed’s forward guidance helps the market participants and hurts the lower 50% who don’t have financial assets,” Kokinda said.

She then turned to Bessent’s Operation Economic Outcast, announced Aug. 24 and aimed at networks used by Iran to move oil, evade sanctions and conduct financial transactions.

Kokinda highlighted an exchange between Bessent and a reporter concerning why sanctions were not being imposed immediately.

“So, why not impose the sanctions today?” the reporter asked.

“Well, we we are giving everyone the opportunity the to remedy bad behavior. Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?” Bessent responded.

Kokinda argued that Bessent’s answer revealed the extent to which questionable financial activity is intertwined with the international system.

“Think about that. Bessent is warning that if he were to pull the plug on the bad actors immediately, it would blow up the global financial system,” Kokinda said.

She also pointed to entities in Hong Kong targeted by Treasury and discussed the territory’s financial architecture before connecting Operation Economic Outcast with the administration’s broader policies involving oil markets.

Kokinda cited Trump’s announcement of what he described as a historic oil agreement involving Venezuela.

According to Kokinda, the arrangement gives private businesses majority U.S. control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves without cost to American taxpayers.

Kokinda contrasted those financial and energy policies with Trump’s appearance at Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four Artemis II astronauts.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman welcomed Trump and outlined the administration’s ambitions in space.

“Mr. President, welcome to Johnson Space Center. I am grateful to serve under a president with the vision and determination to ensure American leadership across the great frontier of space,” Isaacman said.

“We will pursue the secrets of the universe, unlock the economic potential in space, ensure our national security in the ultimate high ground, and inspire the next generation to carry the fire of exploration even further.”

Trump characterized the direction of the American space program as a departure from what he called a previous period of decline.

“Yet, as the world can see today under the Trump administration, we have brought back America’s space program and came out of the dark age, and it’s now into the golden age,” Trump said.

Kokinda said Trump also announced the creation of a United States Space Academy designed to prepare future astronauts, scientists, engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, civil servants and military personnel for an expanded American presence in space.

“This is all of society being drawn into the golden age of exploration,” Kokinda said. “This is the institutional rejection of the empire’s dark age.”

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt also addressed the gathering, connecting space exploration with scientific discovery and freedom.

“We are sampling creation. God is on our side, folks. In this infinitely complex movement of freedom into the solar system, and I’m absolutely convinced he wants us to go farther,” Schmitt said.

Schmitt then connected that exploration with challenges on Earth.

“Now he’s also on our side as well as the infinitely equally complex challenge we have in the preservation of freedom here on this planet,” Schmitt said.

Kokinda concluded that the administration’s moves involving the Federal Reserve, sanctions, energy and space represented different parts of a larger effort to challenge the economic and cultural system she opposes.

“That’s the fight, the preservation of freedom here on this planet,” Kokinda said. “Whether it is freeing ourselves from a financial system that serves the empire or a cultural system of limitations and littleness, that is indeed the infinitely complex challenge before us. And this administration is indeed on the right side, and it does have the right stuff.”

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Report Claims Fauci Ordered Aide to Erase Gain of Function Emails Forever
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Report Claims Fauci Ordered Aide to Erase Gain of Function Emails Forever

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Newly obtained documents reportedly show Dr. Anthony Fauci instructed an aide to permanently erase an email about controversial gain of function research.

The 2012 correspondence adds another troubling chapter to the federal record keeping questions surrounding the former government health official.

The emails were obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation and date to a fierce scientific debate years before the COVID 19 pandemic.

At issue were experiments designed to make a dangerous strain of bird flu transmissible through the air.

Dutch virologist Ron Fouchier conducted the experiments with funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, then led by Fauci. Fouchier described the resulting pathogen as “probably one of the most dangerous viruses you can make.”

That description was hardly reassuring to Americans concerned about scientists manufacturing more dangerous viruses in laboratories.

The research ignited a debate over whether its possible scientific benefits could ever justify the catastrophic consequences of an accidental escape.

New York Times science writer Phil Boffey raised alarms about what he called an “engineered doomsday” that could kill “hundreds of millions of people.”

He also noted that the National Institutes of Health had its own reputation on the line because taxpayers financed the experiments.

Fauci was not amused by the criticism.

In a March 4, 2012, email to then NIH Director Francis Collins, Fauci wrote, “Phil Boffey is really off base here,” before adding, “He is acting like a mischievous guy.”

The next morning, Fauci complained about Boffey to a subordinate.

“Clearly, people are getting to Phil Boffey and he is swallowing it,” Fauci wrote, suggesting the journalist had been influenced by critics of the risky research.

Fauci then reportedly instructed the subordinate to delete the email and remove it from the deleted messages folder.

That is not exactly the sort of direction likely to restore confidence in government transparency, especially when the correspondence concerned federally financed research with enormous public safety implications.

The disclosure raises fresh questions about Fauci’s handling of official communications and whether government records were properly preserved.

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Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican and persistent Fauci critic, has previously pointed to two other instances in which Fauci allegedly sought to erase government communications.

Fauci testified before Congress in 2024 that he had not destroyed official records.

The newly disclosed instruction now gives lawmakers and investigators another reason to examine the paper trail rather than simply accept polished testimony from Washington officials.

Separate documents have also revealed cooperation between NIAID and the Central Intelligence Agency on sensitive virus research and biological threat projects during Fauci’s tenure.

The records described an arrangement involving the CIA Biological Technology Center and NIAID work on “forensic microbiology.”

Under that arrangement, the CIA could reportedly assist in obtaining biological agents.

The agency also controlled whether certain research data could be released by NIAID, creating another layer of secrecy around projects involving dangerous pathogens and national security interests.

Fauci eventually succeeded in pushing for Fouchier’s controversial bird flu research to be published in full.

Years later, Fouchier participated in private discussions with Fauci and other scientists about the origins of COVID 19.

Fouchier also contributed arguments associated with the influential “Proximal Origin” paper, which argued that a laboratory origin was unlikely.

That connection is certain to draw additional scrutiny from those who believe federal officials and favored scientists worked aggressively to steer public discussion away from the laboratory theory.

Pressure surrounding Fauci’s former agency has continued to build.

Several weeks ago, his former senior adviser David Morens pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by concealing information about COVID 19 origins and attempting to evade Freedom of Information Act requests.

The latest records deepen concerns about a culture of secrecy inside powerful federal health institutions.

When officials discussing dangerous research allegedly reach for the delete button, taxpayers are entitled to ask what else vanished before congressional investigators, journalists, or the public could see it.

Scott Bessent Torches Elizabeth Warren, Offers Her a Foreign Exchange for Dummies Tutorial [WATCH]
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Scott Bessent Torches Elizabeth Warren, Offers Her a Foreign Exchange for Dummies Tutorial [WATCH]

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent fired back at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in a sharply worded letter responding to her criticism of the Trump administration’s intervention to support the Japanese yen, accusing the senator of misunderstanding basic foreign-exchange markets, as reported by the New York Post.

Bessent’s Thursday letter came after Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, sent an Aug. 13 letter demanding details about the Treasury Department’s use of the Exchange Stabilization Fund, or ESF, as the United States joined Japan in buying yen after the currency fell to a roughly 40-year low against the dollar.

The Massachusetts senator raised concerns that American taxpayers could ultimately face losses if Japan failed to repay the Treasury.

Bessent rejected that premise, arguing that no loan had been made and that Japan owed the United States nothing.

“The lefty Massachusetts senator’s recent attack ‘unfortunately reveals that you know even less about foreign exchange markets than you do about banking,’” Bessent wrote.

“Terrifyingly, the opening paragraph is wrong about where the money came [from], what the transaction was, and whether there was even a borrower.”

Bessent said Treasury had exchanged existing Exchange Stabilization Fund foreign-currency assets for yen rather than extending credit to Japan.

“Treasury exchanged existing Exchange Stabilization Fund foreign-currency assets for yen,” he wrote.

“No new congressional appropriation was involved, and no credit was extended to Japan. Japan owes Treasury nothing.”

“There is therefore no risk that Japan will fail to repay a debt that does not exist.”

The Treasury secretary also took aim at media coverage of Warren’s claims, writing, “What is equally shocking, but not surprising: not a single member of your media mob has a rudimentary-enough level of financial market literacy to spot your remedial error.”

The intervention marked the first coordinated effort by the United States and Japan to strengthen the yen since 1998.

Treasury, acting through the New York Federal Reserve, sold euros and bought yen, although the exact size of the U.S. purchase has not been publicly disclosed.

A Reuters photograph taken July 31 showed a notepad in front of Bessent containing the words: “To Do Buy Japanese Yen (JPY) $5-10 bil.”

The note appeared to show a possible purchase in that range but did not establish the amount ultimately purchased.

Warren also questioned Treasury’s legal authority to use the ESF.

Bessent responded by pointing to Section 5302, which he said authorizes the Treasury secretary, with presidential approval, to deal in foreign exchange in support of orderly exchange arrangements.

“Your legal question is answered by the statute cited in your own footnote,” Bessent wrote.

“Treasury’s legal analysis begins with reading the statute. I recommend you try the same.”

Bessent defended the intervention as being in the United States’ economic interest, citing Japan’s position as a major holder of U.S. Treasuries, a significant trading partner and a treaty ally.

“Disorderly yen markets can trigger forced unwinds, which could destabilize global markets and ultimately raise borrowing costs for American families and businesses,” he wrote.

Then came Bessent’s most pointed suggestion for Warren and her staff.

“For a fuller explanation, I recommend any entry-level course in international finance for you and your staff, or I can give you a tutorial on Foreign Exchange for Dummies.”

Japan spent a record $96.5 billion intervening in foreign-exchange markets between July 30 and Aug. 26, according to government data released Friday.

Treasury has not disclosed the amount of its own yen purchase. The yen initially rose after the intervention before giving back much of those gains later in August.

Warren also cited Treasury’s previous use of the ESF to provide $20 billion in support to Argentina, calling that action politically driven.

Bessent defended the operation as an effort to address “acute, short-term illiquidity” and prevent a broader regional crisis.

“The best-managed crisis is the one that never happens,” he wrote.

“You, by contrast, appear to view preventable crises not as failures to avert but as welcome opportunities to expand government control — with ordinary Americans paying the price.”

Bessent concluded with another criticism of Warren’s approach to congressional oversight.

“The American people deserve oversight grounded in facts rather than slogans,” he wrote.

“Although I am not holding my breath, I hope your next letter will demonstrate that you have learned the difference between a currency purchase and a swap or a loan.”

A spokeswoman for the Senate Banking Committee said Warren’s questions remain unanswered and accused Bessent of focusing on the wrong priorities.

He “should focus less on his petty grievances with Senator Warren and more on reducing the cost of living for the American families struggling in President Trump’s economy,” Senate Banking Committee spokeswoman Saloni Sharma said in a statement.

Trump Honors Artemis II Crew, Announces Plans for New U.S. Space Academy [WATCH]
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Trump Honors Artemis II Crew, Announces Plans for New U.S. Space Academy [WATCH]

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President Donald Trump awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to all four members of NASA’s Artemis II crew during a ceremony Friday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, while also signing an executive order aimed at establishing a new United States Space Academy.

As Houston Public Media reported, the four astronauts honored were NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

The Congressional Space Medal of Honor is among the highest distinctions given to NASA astronauts.

Trump described the astronauts as leaders for a new generation of space exploration and said their work would help inspire future astronauts and pioneers.

“We have to honor the heroes who are inspiring the next generation of astronauts and pioneers and the people behind me,” Trump said during the ceremony, standing before NASA’s astronaut corps at Johnson Space Center.

The awards recognize the Artemis II crew following their historic mission around the Moon and back in April. Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen became the first humans to travel into lunar territory since the 1970s.

Trump had previously welcomed the crew to the White House following their mission. He also spoke with the astronauts by phone while they were carrying out their mission, when they were tens of thousands of miles away.

Wiseman recalled that conversation during Friday’s ceremony.

“The one thing that really sticks out to us [from that call] is you said how proud you are and how proud our nation is for the job that we’ve just accomplished,” Wiseman said.

“And for us, that is what we set out to do. We wanted to inspire this nation to learn.”

The ceremony also marked the signing of an executive order creating the “United States Space Academy.”

Under the order, a Presidential Commission on the U.S. Space Academy will have 120 days to produce a report outlining guidelines for establishing the academy.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will serve as chair of the commission.

Other members will include NASA and space officials, along with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Michael Kratsios, assistant to the president for science and technology.

Trump said the academy is intended to serve multiple parts of the nation’s space sector, including the U.S. Space Force, NASA and the civilian spaceflight industry.

“It will serve both the United States Space Force as well as NASA and the civilian spaceflight industry,” Trump said.

“And it will attract, train, graduate the very best that our nation and our nation really has to offer.”

The commission will have several issues to resolve before the academy can begin operating. Among them are the location of the institution, its governing structure, curriculum, applicant requirements and service obligations for graduates.

The commission will also determine the circumstances under which graduates would fulfill any required service and establish when the academy should begin operations.

Trump said a decision on the location could come soon, although he did not identify a specific site during Friday’s ceremony.

He said he was “going to be choosing a location very shortly. I know where some people want it that are in this room.”

Trump compared the proposed institution to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He also emphasized that he wants the academy’s physical design to be notable.

Trump said the architecture will be “beautiful” and described the institution as something intended to operate at the highest level.

“It’s going to be at the top, it’s going to be as good as it can get,” he said.

“You know, doing a bad building doesn’t cost a lot less than doing a great building, I’ve always said. Doing great architecture, doing something really great that’s also practical, doesn’t cost much more than doing some of the bad stuff that you see all over the place. We’re going to make this so good and so exciting.”

Isaacman also outlined the administration’s broader ambitions for America’s space program in a statement released by NASA.

“President Trump’s vision for a new academy is a transformational step to educate the engineers, scientists, technicians, operators and even the astronauts who will be necessary for the inspiring future we are pursuing in space,” Isaacman said.

“In the years ahead, we will return NASA astronauts to the lunar surface, build the moon base, get underway on nuclear power, ignite the orbital economy and launch more missions of science and discovery. I have no doubt that so much of the future talent that will graduate and contribute to these exciting endeavors will be educated at the United States Space Academy.”

The proposed academy would therefore have a broader purpose than astronaut training alone, with the commission tasked with developing a framework for educating personnel needed throughout the country’s expanding space operations.

Friday’s ceremony combined recognition of the Artemis II crew with the administration’s plans for the next generation of American space professionals, putting NASA’s Houston center at the center of Trump’s space agenda.

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Kamala Harris Jumps Into Midterms and Gets Torched for Recycling Trump’s Rallying Cry [WATCH]
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Kamala Harris Jumps Into Midterms and Gets Torched for Recycling Trump’s Rallying Cry [WATCH]

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris charged into the 2026 midterm battle Thursday with a warning that Republicans are trying to cheat, but her chosen slogan quickly became the bigger story.

Harris borrowed President Donald Trump’s familiar phrase, “too big to rig,” and conservative critics wasted no time calling out the imitation.

The recorded message, posted on X, urged Democrats to flood the polls with roughly two months remaining before the elections.

Harris declared, “We are two months away from the midterms. Get out and vote. Let’s get everyone out to vote. They are cheating.”

She then doubled down on the accusation while lifting language that Trump repeatedly used during his successful 2024 campaign.

“They are trying to cheat, and we have got to turn out in big numbers and be too big to rig. I’ll see you out there,” Harris added.

The phrase was closely associated with Trump as he pressed voters to deliver a victory large enough to overcome any potential election interference.

Hearing it repackaged by Harris, complete with an accusation aimed at Republicans, immediately struck conservatives as more than a little familiar.

Andrew Kolvet, a spokesman for Turning Point USA, delivered a blunt assessment of the former vice president’s sudden slogan swap.

“Kamala Harris has never had an original thought in her life,” wrote TPUSA Spokesman Andrew Kolvet.

The popular End Wokeness account focused on the heavily edited presentation and Harris’ unusual delivery. “47 seconds. 15 jump cuts. She must be high as a kite,” wrote popular account End Wokeness.

Conservative commentator Shawn Farash also accused Harris of borrowing directly from the president she unsuccessfully challenged in 2024.

“Nice to know she’s still stealing Trump’s ideas,” said conservative commentator Shawn Farash.

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Turning Point show host Jobob Taeleifi kept his reaction short and cutting. “Sounds familiar,” said Turning Point show host Jobob Taeleifi.

Harris connected her turnout pitch to the ongoing legal fight over Trump’s order addressing mail voting procedures.

She pointed to a Supreme Court ruling Monday that permitted portions of the administration’s policy to move forward while litigation continues.

The Supreme Court did not decide whether the contested restrictions are lawful.

Instead, the ruling allowed parts of the order to advance temporarily, leaving states and other challengers free to continue pressing their claims in lower courts.

By Thursday, another federal judge had temporarily blocked the United States Postal Service from enforcing the new mail ballot requirements.

That decision set the stage for yet another courtroom fight as federal agencies, state officials, and political groups prepare for November.

Legal expert Gene Hamilton explained that the ruling gives the administration room to proceed with certain elements of the order while the dispute remains active.

States could return to court as agencies attempt to implement the policy before voters cast their midterm ballots.

Harris argued that Trump’s approach could make mail voting more difficult for some Americans.

She also complained that Trump votes by mail from Mar-a-Lago while supporting tighter rules, portraying that contrast as evidence that his agenda is designed to restrict access.

Republicans have framed tighter mail ballot standards as basic election security, not cheating.

After years of Democrats dismissing conservative concerns about election procedures, Harris now appears eager to sound the alarm while borrowing one of Trump’s most recognizable lines.

The irony was impossible to miss, and social media users made sure it did not slip quietly past the public.

Socialist L.A. Mayoral Candidate Gets Completely Cooked Over Her ‘Big Accomplishment’ [WATCH]
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Socialist L.A. Mayoral Candidate Gets Completely Cooked Over Her ‘Big Accomplishment’ [WATCH]

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Los Angeles City Hall has apparently lowered the bar for municipal achievement to street level.

Councilwoman Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, drew widespread online ridicule after celebrating newly painted yellow crosswalk markings as a significant neighborhood infrastructure victory.

The project was originally raised by the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council late last year.

Months later, Raman posted photos of the completed work on X and praised her field team for continuing to seek solutions and make local streets safer.

The photos showed several bright yellow stripes painted across a visibly cracked roadway.

Rather than impressing residents and political observers, the presentation prompted questions about why such a basic city service took months to complete and deserved a glossy promotional rollout.

Richard Grenell, the Presidential Envoy for Special Missions during President Donald Trump’s second term, quickly mocked the low standard being celebrated.

“Dear Lord, Nithya. Your standards are so incredibly low,” Grenell wrote.

Grenell also pointed directly to the condition of the roadway beneath the fresh paint.

“They didn’t even fix the street, they painted over cracks. And it took them a year…..”

Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality television personality Spencer Pratt joined the pile on.

He ridiculed the project as little more than seven yellow stripes painted over damaged pavement after roughly nine months of bureaucratic waiting.

Pratt also questioned why Raman would highlight the project as a major accomplishment.

His reaction captured the central problem for City Hall, which is that residents expect functioning streets, basic maintenance, and competent management without a victory parade for every paint bucket.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro delivered his own verdict on the supposed infrastructure breakthrough.

“This is beyond parody,” he wrote before sarcastically describing the painted lines as a massive public works achievement.

Shapiro added, “Eight months to paint some yellow lines. Huge infrastructure victory! Make her mayor!”

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The remark turned Raman’s announcement into another example of progressive government congratulating itself for completing the bare minimum.

Manhattan Institute senior fellow Chris Rufo pushed the mockery even further.

“They’re calling it the most ambitious infrastructure project since the Golden Gate Bridge,” he wrote, comparing the neighborhood crosswalk rollout to one of America’s most famous engineering achievements.

Raman’s announcement was labeled “Improving Our Neighborhood Street Infrastructure” and featured photos showing the street before and after the work.

The grand language stood in sharp contrast to the modest visible result, especially since the underlying pavement remained cracked.

The post also left several basic questions unanswered.

Raman did not disclose the cost of the project, identify the city department responsible for the work, explain when physical construction began, or describe any safety improvements beyond the new painted markings.

Fox News Digital contacted Raman’s office and Pratt for comment but did not receive a response before publication.

That silence did little to slow the online reaction, as critics continued sharing the images and questioning the city’s priorities.

Los Angeles residents regularly confront damaged roads, homelessness, crime concerns, housing costs, and strained public services.

Against that backdrop, City Hall presenting several painted stripes as a notable governing success was bound to invite ridicule from taxpayers already wondering where their money goes.

The episode offered a revealing glimpse into the expectations surrounding progressive municipal government.

When routine maintenance requires months of pressure and officials still expect applause, voters may reasonably conclude that the real infrastructure problem is not the crosswalk, but the bureaucracy.

Democrat Rep Learns She Is Not Above the Law After ICE Facility Chaos [WATCH]
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Democrat Rep Learns She Is Not Above the Law After ICE Facility Chaos [WATCH]

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A federal appeals court has ruled that Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, is not immune from prosecution over a May 2025 confrontation outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, as reported by Townhall.

The decision leaves in place three federal charges against McIver stemming from an incident at Delaney Hall, a facility that houses people detained by ICE.

Prosecutors have accused the congresswoman of physically clashing with federal law enforcement officers during a visit to the facility with other lawmakers.

The three-judge appeals panel rejected McIver’s argument that prosecuting her would improperly interfere with her legislative responsibilities. The ruling means the criminal case against her can continue.

McIver was indicted on three counts connected to the May 2025 incident. According to prosecutors, the confrontation occurred as lawmakers and federal officers interacted outside Delaney Hall in Newark.

The facility has also been the site of demonstrations and confrontations involving immigration activists and others opposed to ICE detention policies.

McIver has maintained that her actions were connected to congressional oversight.

Following the appeals court’s decision, however, the panel declined to accept her claim that her position as a member of Congress shielded her from criminal prosecution.

In a statement, McIver said the court “got it wrong” and that she is “exploring every possible option.”

She also defended the role of elected officials in overseeing the executive branch.

“To protect the people, their elected representatives must be authorized to conduct oversight of the executive branch without fear of retaliation,” she said.

The appeals court’s decision does not determine whether McIver is guilty of the charges. Instead, it addresses her effort to have the prosecution dismissed based on claims of immunity and interference with her congressional duties.

Federal prosecutors will now be permitted to continue pursuing the case unless a higher court intervenes or another legal challenge changes the outcome.

If convicted on all three counts, McIver could face a maximum combined sentence of up to 17 years in prison.

Any sentence, however, would ultimately be determined by a federal judge and could depend on federal sentencing guidelines, the circumstances of the case, and other factors.

The ruling represents a significant legal setback for the New Jersey Democrat, whose defense has centered in part on the argument that lawmakers must be able to conduct oversight without facing prosecution for actions connected to those duties.

For now, the appeals court has drawn a clear line: holding elected office does not automatically place a member of Congress beyond the reach of federal criminal law.

Hakeem Jeffries Humiliated as Maryland Gerrymander Scheme Crashes in Court [WATCH]
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Hakeem Jeffries Humiliated as Maryland Gerrymander Scheme Crashes in Court [WATCH]

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has suffered another embarrassing setback in his campaign to capture congressional seats through aggressive Democratic redistricting.

This time, a Maryland judge blocked a proposed constitutional amendment that could have threatened the state’s lone Republican congressional district, as reported by Red State.

Jeffries, who represents New York’s Eighth District, personally traveled to Maryland to encourage Democrat lawmakers to pursue the plan.

His lobbying effort now looks like another wasted trip in a growing series of legal defeats for his party.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Thompson ruled Wednesday that the amendment cannot appear on the November ballot.

He found that lawmakers missed a statutory deadline, presented voters with misleading ballot language, and violated Maryland’s single subject rule.

Those are not minor clerical mistakes that can be waved away by political consultants.

They are three separate failures involving laws and constitutional safeguards that Maryland lawmakers are expected to understand before trying to rewrite congressional boundaries.

Thompson stayed his ruling because Maryland Democrats are appealing the decision to the Maryland Supreme Court.

The timetable is tight because the Maryland Board of Elections has said ballot printing is scheduled to begin on September 3.

The central finding was especially damaging for Democrats who routinely lecture the country about institutions and democratic norms.

Thompson ruled that Maryland Democrats “did not follow the very laws” they enacted.

That conclusion cuts straight through the political spin.

Democrat lawmakers wanted the power to reshape congressional districts, but apparently could not be bothered to obey the legal requirements governing how such a proposal reaches voters.

State Senator Steve Hershey, the Republican minority leader, praised the decision as a victory for voters and constitutional government.

He said, “Today’s ruling is an important victory for the rule of law and for every Maryland voter who expects government to follow the Constitution and the election laws it enacts.”

The Maryland defeat adds to Jeffries’ increasingly awkward record as he seeks enough Democrat seats to claim the Speaker’s gavel.

He has spent much of the past year pressing Democrat controlled legislatures to redraw maps that would push Republicans out of competitive congressional districts.

Maryland was a particularly tempting target because Republicans currently hold only one congressional seat in the state.

Eliminating or weakening that district could have handed Democrats another advantage in the battle for control of the House.

Yet the plan ran into the same obstacle Democrats have encountered elsewhere, namely state constitutions.

Apparently, constitutional limits remain more than decorative suggestions, even when Democrat leaders decide their national political ambitions deserve special treatment.

Virginia delivered an earlier warning when its Supreme Court rejected a Democrat redistricting amendment.

State Democrats had attempted to force through a referendum involving the wildly shaped map commonly described as the “lobster map,” but judges found that the process violated the Virginia Constitution.

Colorado brought another legal defeat in June. Judges there blocked Democrat redistricting proposals after determining that the measures, as written, also violated the state constitution.

That makes Maryland the third state this year where courts have disrupted Democrat efforts to manipulate congressional boundaries.

Virginia, Colorado, and Maryland now form an uncomfortable pattern for Jeffries and his allies, who keep discovering that election laws apply even when partisan power is at stake.

Maryland Democrats have already appealed and are attempting to frame the dispute as a matter of voter participation.

Ammar Moussa, a spokesman for Governor Wes Moore, said, “We believe Maryland voters deserve the opportunity to make their voices heard, and we will continue fighting to ensure they can.”

The problem with that argument is simple.

Voters cannot be asked to approve a measure through a process that ignores deadlines, uses misleading language, and violates constitutional rules designed to protect the integrity of the ballot.

The Maryland Supreme Court may act quickly because election officials face an approaching printing deadline.

Until then, Jeffries must wait to see whether another court rescues a redistricting campaign that has repeatedly crashed into the law.

The stakes extend far beyond one Maryland district.

The 2026 midterm elections will determine whether Republicans can maintain control of Congress and continue advancing President Donald Trump’s America First agenda, while Democrats search for every possible route back to power.


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