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A Democratic prosecutor has released an illegal immigrant teen involved in the fatal accident that killed a 24-year-old community volunteer on probation. The fifteen-year-old Colombian illegal immigrant will only serve two years of probation and 100 hours of community service after a plea deal offered by the woke prosecutor.

According to court documents, the illegal alien male teen, who has not been named due to privacy laws, was driving at 90 miles per hour in a residential area, twice the speed limit of 45 mph. 

He was racing his mother’s uninsured Jeep Cherokee when he T-boned Kaitlyn Weaver’s Volkswagen Jetta waiting at a stop sign, immediately killing her on the scene. 

However, progressive Arapahoe County District Attorney Amy Padden offered the illegal alien a plea deal in exchange for admission of guilt and a promise to attend school at American taxpayers’ cost, and not break any more laws. 

Padden was endorsed by the left’s heavyweights, including the former Democratic presidential primaries candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, the state’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, and Colorado U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet. She also shared photos with the failed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

According to his mother, the speeding teen was supposed to be sent back to Colombia, but has since applied for asylum. 

Meanwhile, Kaitlyn was a model citizen, a psychology graduate who volunteered at a suicide hotline and later worked at a drug rehabilitation center.

Kaitlyn Weaver was kiIIed by a 15yo illegal alien who plowed into her with a speeding car.

His punishment? A Democrat DA gave him probation and community service…

This illegal is now seeking ASYLUM in the US.

This is what Dems consider Justice.pic.twitter.com/ERg7nGzfhO https://t.co/MkVFXpXvsX

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 14, 2025

Appearing on Fox News, Kaitlyn’s father described her as an “amazing human” who “spent her life trying to help people” but was taken at the prime of her life.

Nonetheless, Arapahoe County Assistant District Attorney Ryan Brackley condemned the reckless, unlawful behavior and said he believes the “negotiated sentence acknowledges the seriousness of this preventable tragedy.”

However, the prosecutor’s office deflected and blamed “speed” for the death of the 24-year-old social worker.

“We acknowledge Kaitlyn Weaver’s death was the direct result of a crash caused by an unlicensed teenager driving at nearly twice the posted speed limit,” it said in a Facebook post. “This tragic loss is a powerful reminder that it is not just alcohol or drug-impaired driving that takes lives. Driving at dangerous speeds has deadly consequences too, and they are felt by our entire community.”

However, Kaitlyn’s dad blamed the outcome on the collision between immigration laws and the criminal justice system, suggesting that the suspect’s immigration status might have played a role in the lenient sentence.

Progressives have seemingly shied away from sending illegal immigrants to prisons where ICE might pick them up and immediately deport them. 

However, releasing them onto the streets poses a challenge for ICE, as they may require necessary warrants and reasonable grounds to detain them before checking their immigration status. Recently, a County Circuit judge allegedly helped an illegal immigrant escape ICE by ushering him through a non-public door.

“We had a collision where the immigration system and the criminal justice system collided, and now my daughter’s dead,” Kaitlyn’s dad said.

Nonetheless, other teens responsible for deadly road crashes have received harsher sentences, such as 18-year-old Jesse Lloyd, who received 7 years for a vehicle rollover that resulted in a fatality.

However, blue states are notorious for handling illegal immigrants responsible for deadly road accidents with kid gloves. Recently, California released an illegal alien DUI killer, Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, after serving just 3.5 years of his 10 sentence after killing two Americans. 

The habitual criminal with a lengthy rap sheet was driving at 100 miles per hour while under the influence of alcohol when he crashed into two 19-year-old American lovers.

Fortunately, the Trump administration intervened and slapped new charges on the illegal immigrant after his release, preventing him from returning to the streets where ICE might struggle to find him without the assistance of the sanctuary state, which usually refuses to cooperate.

House Republicans will introduce proposed legislation to make President Trump’s directive on transgender servicemembers permanent in line with his “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” executive order. 

“I am introducing the Readiness Over Wokeness Act, which codifies @POTUS’s January 27, 2025, Executive Order prohibiting military service for transgender individuals and solidifies into law the DoD directive from @SecDef,” tweeted Alabama GOP U.S. Rep. Barry Moore.

To ensure this happens, I am introducing the Readiness Over Wokeness Act, which codifies @POTUS’s January 27, 2025, Executive Order prohibiting military service for transgender individuals and solidifies into law the DoD directive from @SecDef.

— Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) May 14, 2025

The Trump administration recently scored a crucial victory after the Supreme Court ruled in its favor, paving the way for the removal of servicemembers suffering from gender dysphoria. 

Shortly after, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a voluntary disclosure program for both active duty and reserve servicemembers pending separation.

Now, GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber are working on a draft proposal to permanently ban transgender individuals from joining the military.

Surprise! Media Claims Of 15,000 ‘Trans’ Troops In The Military Are Total Bunkhttps://t.co/Lzz5L5hdLa

— The Federalist (@FDRLST) May 13, 2025

Dubbed the Readiness Over Wokeness Act, the bill would not only enhance the military’s readiness and lethality but also save taxpayers’ money.

“A person may not serve as a member of the armed forces if the person has a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibits symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria; or has a history of gender affirming care, including cross-sex hormone therapy or sex reassignment or genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria or in pursuit of a sex transition,” the proposed legislation states.

It will also authorize the Secretary of Defense to administratively discharge current servicemembers who were barred from serving due to gender dysphoria.

Discharged servicemembers will also not be required to complete their service or reimburse the government for any benefits obtained after joining the military, despite being unable to perform their obligations.

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Rep. Moore explained how individuals with gender dysphoria exploited the military to receive sex change treatment and gender-affirming care, and leave before they could deploy.

“What we had with this trans movement was we had a bunch of people coming in, signing a six-year contract, and then starting the surgeries and starting the hormone replacements …, and then by the time they could really actually serve, they were ready to get out,” said Rep. Moore. “I think in many ways the taxpayers get a much bigger bang for their buck, No. 1. And No. 2, I think that if I’m looking at joining, these guys are really focused on fighting, and if I’m in the foxhole with these guys, these are people I’ve trained with, they’re capable.”

Before his confirmation as Secretary of Defense, Hegseth had described how the military alienated the core fighting demographics in favor of transgender individuals. “…and in trying to cater to that, they lost the boys in Tennessee and Kentucky and Oklahoma. The traditional dudes who did it because they wanted, they loved their country, or they wanted the adventure, or they wanted to try tough things….”

According to the California-based think tank Palm Center, approximately 14,707 servicemembers—of whom 8,980 are active duty and 5,727 are in the reserves—identify as transgender, including 1,850 who identify as men despite having joined as women.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says the mentality under Biden—where conservatives and citizens with dissenting views were treated like domestic terrorists—was an “abuse of power.”

Gabbard signaled that a 2021 memo empowering the FBI to probe Americans for “concerning non-criminal behavior” is no longer operative.

She said she has ended the domestic terrorism approach of the Biden administration, which was used to justify the targeting of conservative Catholics, gun enthusiasts, and parents who protested school board policies.

According to officials, domestic terrorism was recently removed as a top threat from the intelligence community’s national threat assessment, marking a first step in that transition.

Just The News reports:

Gabbard’s statement came after Just the News reported last week that a June 2021 domestic terrorism policy memo empowered federal agencies like the FBI and Homeland Security Department to open probes on Americans solely if an agent believed they had been involved in “concerning non-criminal behavior.”

The policy, which was shielded from Americans’ view because the document was mostly classified during the Biden years, substantially lowered the decades-long standard that agents opening a probe must have a predicate based on a reasonable factual basis that a crime has been committed.

The FBI and DHS were allowed by Biden to open a probe based on a mere concern and without the behavior having to be criminal in nature.

After Gabbard declassified the memo this spring, legal experts and members of Congress raised serious concerns about the change, warning it threatened Americans’ rights and civil liberties. Gabbard signaled in her statement to Just the News that she shared those concerns.

“Disguised as an attempt to curb ‘domestic terrorism,’ Biden’s plan actually functioned as a partisan playbook on how the Biden Administration would weaponize government and intelligence against everyday Americans whose ‘offense’ was supporting President Trump, or daring to disagree with or oppose their policies,” the Trump administration’s top intelligence official said.

“To ensure transparency and accountability, I declassified and released the document, so Americans could see the truth about the Biden Administration’s weaponization and politicization of our government against Americans. This abuse of power that violates our God-given freedoms and civil liberties must end,” Gabbard added.

Officials confirmed the Trump administration has abandoned the tactics enumerated in the 2021 memo crafted by the Biden National Security Council.

“The last administration appeared more focused on investigating Americans for their opinions than addressing actual criminal activity,” the FBI said in a statement from a spokesman.

“Under new leadership, the Bureau is actively reviewing and revising its guidance to ensure our efforts are focused where they belong: on making America safe.”

The directives provided to the Justice Department and FBI under President Joe Biden by the National Security Council said the agencies should “drive…executive and legislative action” to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, rein in “ghost guns,” monitor active-duty service members for possible terrorism recruitment and “mitigate xenophobia and bias.”

The Biden policy also included a plan to counter “xenophobic disinformation” as a basis for investigation by creating the “Disinformation Governance Board” program under DHS that was discontinued in 2022, after being widely criticized as an ersatz “Ministry of Truth” established in the name of national security. Nina Jankowicz, selected to head the board, was widely mocked before the board was disbanded.

For decades, FBI agents have been required to meet stringent requirements for opening criminal and national security investigations, known as a “predicate.”

Before Biden’s term, the predicate for a full investigation required “an articulable factual basis” that “reasonably indicates” a crime or national security threat has or is about to occur, according to the Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations.

Lawmakers expressed disbelief that such a change impacting civil liberties was made by Gabbard with so little notice, praising President Donald Trump and Gabbard for declassifying and releasing the memo.

“It’s not surprising. But you’re right. It is shocking,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the chairman of the powerful Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, told Just the News.

Paraphrasing former President Barack Obama, Johnson said, “And again, elections have consequences, and in this case, it’s a very good consequence that now this is coming to light.

“I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard looking up exactly what happened and releasing this information. It’s important the American public understands what government does to it, how it tramples on our constitutional rights,” he added.

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Colorado Capitol female staffers have raised concerns of potential retaliation after complaining about sharing bathrooms and other private spaces with a transgender individual. They had expressed their security concerns in a letter to House Speaker Julie McCluskie (D-CO) obtained by Fox News.

The female aides stated that the presence of the biological male “created an environment that feels increasingly hostile and unsafe,” making their workday distressing.

“The layout of this restroom – where stall doors obscure who is present and anyone could enter after you – heightens this concern, as there’s no way to know who is sharing the space,” the letter stated.
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The affected women also told the outlet that the transgender individual was “stalking” and “threatening” them using body language.

However, concerns about potential intimidation and retaliation were raised during a protest against the radical gender ideology on the Capitol steps, attended by the mother of a girl transitioned into a boy without her consent, and Republican State Rep. Scott Bottoms.

Describing biological men’s presence in female bathrooms and other private spaces as sexual harassment, Rep. Bottoms denounced the radical gender ideology. 

“We have legislative aides who filed a complaint because men are in their bathrooms,” said State Rep. Bottoms. “I don’t care what the men call themselves, they are men biologically, and they’re in the bathrooms of women. This is sexual harassment, this is loss of freedom, loss of privacy…”

Rep. Bottoms explained that the aides were being intimidated using a confidentiality agreement that prevents them from speaking out or addressing the media. However, he noted that the confidentiality clause does not apply to the rest of the Democratic leadership, highlighting the party’s double standards. He also disclosed that lawyers were used to intimidate the aides to remain silent.

“They are being squished, being told to be quiet, sit down, shut up and know your place,” Rep. Bottoms said. “When did we go back to that? Women no longer have rights to this [privacy]?”

“We need to reclaim Colorado, … women, … their rights, … their privacy, … their integrity, and the respect that we used to have for women in this state. We don’t have it anymore.”

During the speech, Rep. Bottoms also slammed the proposed Colorado House Bill HB25-1312, which radical Democrats say intends to protect children and their parents from transgender-related discrimination.

Under the proposed legislation, “deadnaming and misgendering” transgender individuals would be classified as discrimination under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, putting parents, teachers, and schools at risk of lawsuits.

It also allows children to choose names other than those officially recognized and fill them in on official forms. It also forces schools to have gender gender-neutral dress codes and allows the state to overlook custody orders from other states if they allow one parent to withhold gender-affirming care.

According to Rep. Bottoms, ordinary Democrats do not support the transgender bill, which is being pushed by radical leftists and Marxist groups, but they are afraid of taking a stand.

Meanwhile, Douglas County Commissioners have passed a resolution against the proposed legislation, essentially becoming a sanctuary for potential victims of the proposed legislation.

“For us, here, remaining silent is no longer an option,” said Commissioner Kevin Van Winkle. “When government intrudes into the home and the family, where government has no business, it’s our duty as Commissioners to at least voice our opposition.”

Race-baiting leftist cleric Al Sharpton has opposed Trump’s offer to welcome racially persecuted White South African farmers into the United States. South Africa recently signed the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024, allowing the seizure and redistribution of White-owned land, in some cases, without compensation.

The Witkruis Monument or the White Cross Memorial consists of just under 3,000 white crosses commemorating the victims of farm murders in South Africa.

In 2023, 45 white farmers were murdered in South Africa, making the murder rate a staggering 150 per 100k, with only 30,000… pic.twitter.com/mH3OpCXSxY

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 3, 2025

White South Africans are also frequently subjected to various racially targeted violent attacks solely due to their race. In 2022, a South African Equality Court ruled that “Kill the Boer – Kill the Farmer” was not hate speech, highlighting the systemic racism subjected to White South Africans.

Afrikaners queuing at US Embassy Pretoria.

Thank you, Donald for removing rotten apples from our beautiful country. pic.twitter.com/71SeEagH7e

— 🍉 Jenna_🇿🇦 🇵🇸 🇷🇺 (@Jenna_original2) February 15, 2025

“What’s happening in South Africa fits the textbook definition of why the refugee program was created. This is persecution based on a protected characteristic — in this case, race. This is race-based persecution,” said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

.@StephenM: "What's happening in South Africa fits the textbook definition of why the refugee program was created… this is race-based persecution. The refugee program is not intended as a solution for global poverty — and historically, it has been used that way." pic.twitter.com/fZmgTYFEPS

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 9, 2025

However, Sharpton opposed the program that aims to help real victims of racial persecution by demanding due process, while still defending people who entered the country illegally without it.

“President Trump is saying to white Afrikaners of South Africa, ‘I’ll give you refugee status.’ So we’re bringing in white Afrikaners, who we don’t if they’re criminals, we don’t know whether the went through the legal process in South Africa, — but people right here in New York, we’re gonna assume they are all criminals, we’re gonna bring them out, and if the mayor wants to say ‘Wait a minute, let’s have due process,’  [Trump] is going to say ‘Lock him up.’”

"Reverend" Al Sharpton is upset that Trump is letting in 54 White Afrikanners while deporting people here already.

His racism is shining through. The White people in South Africa are facing a gen*cide.

They applied for asylum and Trump granted it. It's that simple! pic.twitter.com/MhzC6HqlND

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 9, 2025

The Trump administration is not “assuming” that the illegal immigrants to be deported have criminal backgrounds. Most are from prisons where they are serving sentences for various crimes including rape, murder, and burglary, in addition to being in the country illegally. Every illegal the left has used to try to appear sympathetic on this issue, such as the infamous “Maryland Dad,” has turned out to be a gang member or criminal.

Most Democratic mayors have denied ICE access to prisons to detain these convicted criminals and remove them from the country. For instance, the left criticized Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams for allowing ICE into the Rikers Island jail complex, proving that they did not consider having a criminal background as a disqualifying factor for staying in the United States.

Additionally, White South African farmers cannot leave their home country if they have pending arrests or criminal cases, especially in the heightened atmosphere of racial profiling. Similarly, they can apply for asylum while still in South Africa and be vetted without breaking a single law.

“The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria has been conducting interviews and processing pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order on Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa,” the State Department said. “The Department of State is prioritizing consideration for U.S. refugee resettlement of Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination.” 

Update on U.S. Refugee Admissions for Afrikaners
Under E.O. 14204, the U.S. is considering refugee resettlement for disfavored ethnic minority Afrikaners facing unjust racial discrimination in South Africa.

For more information visit: https://t.co/acVD0F3AEq

Inquiries:…

— US Embassy SA (@USEmbassySA) March 11, 2025

During his first term, Trump had a similar program dubbed “Remain in Mexico” or formally Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) that allowed immigrants to apply for asylum without crossing the southern border. However, the Biden administration, which Sharpton strongly supported, reversed the program and allowed everybody into the country without due process.

“It is as blatantly of a double standard that one can get,” Sharpton inadvertently and accurately described himself and the left.

“What is the real policy gonna be? … Are we gonna have due process, or are we just gonna let everybody go, and can the president just give other people, blanket, ‘You’re refugees’? So what’s the difference, Mr. President, between a refugee and a guy who may be a criminal and may not be a criminal?”

Similarly, White South Africans will enter the country through official ports of entry and produce official documents for vetting. Trump also offered to “fast-track” their path to legal citizenship, not a blanket and indefinite illegal stay.

The pursuit of perfect reproduction of the real world has driven the fields of photography and cinematography since the inception of photography itself. When modern people look back on very early photographs from the 19th century, they usually remark on how “blurry” and impressionistic they are, more like a painting than what we know as a photograph. 

The earliest photographic processes like the daguerreotype were fussy and labor-intensive; if you wanted a good image you needed a lot of skill and patience. Light-sensitive emulsions in those days were very “slow,” meaning they needed to have a lot of light thrown on them to form an image. Early photographic portrait studios had devices to hold the sitter’s head still for the long exposures, seconds to minutes, necessary to get a likeness that wasn’t blurry. 

Monochrome photography came first, of course, but from the start enthusiasts were looking for a way to reproduce natural color photographs. This took a long time. Some of the early processes like autochrome used dyed granules of potato starch mixed into the light-sensitive emulsion along with silver halide. In this way, full-color photographs could be achieved, even if they weren’t as detailed as what we’re used to today. 

In 2025, we’ve come full circle while at the same time we’ve jumped right out of the frame. Phones with built-in cameras are ubiquitous, and even though many of the videos we see with them are as grainy as old chemical photographs, we still see the videos as being “realistic.” But when there’s that much room to maneuver, it’s easy to see how AI could upset the apple cart even further. 

Take the latest “thing” going around on social media. There’s a video depicting world leaders—French President Emmaneul Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Brit Prime Minister Keir Starmer—meeting around a table. Users are claiming they can see the men trying to hide a bag of cocaine and associated implements when they realize they’re being filmed. 

This account shows the original video:

🚨DEVELOPING: Macron, Starmer, and Merz caught on video on their return from Kiev. A bag of white powder on the table. Macron quickly pockets it, Merz hides the spoon. No explanation given. Zelensky, known cocaine enthusiast, had just hosted them. Connect the dots. pic.twitter.com/aROGuf06Nm

— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) May 11, 2025

Sure, it does look like Macron and Merz are scurrying to hide something beneath their hands, but would we read those actions into this video if we weren’t first prompted with the idea that it was drug-hiding behavior? And if that is what’s shown, can we know that it happened in the real world, or might it be an AI edit of reality? 

X/Twitter users had fun using AI to add obviously false elements, like sticking in an image of comedian Dave Chappelle performing as one his most famous sketch characters, a cocaine addict. Look sharp-Hunter Biden is in there too!

And another angle…. pic.twitter.com/72i2E6Rfvq

— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) May 12, 2025

This one purports to show Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy sniffing his nose suspiciously, but who can say if it’s even real. 

🤔 pic.twitter.com/KaTZOCfvBO

— Mojomydog (@Mojomydog1) May 11, 2025

If you polled the bulk of people responding to the post, they’d say it’s all a misunderstanding. Lots of users pointed out that what others were claiming was a spoon for measuring cocaine was really just a swizzle stick for a cocktail next to a tissue. 

A phd that cannot think of looking at high resolution images

A tissue and a bamboo cocktail stick you absolute moron pic.twitter.com/8oLocWg6Ux

— Gauvain Lantenac (@GLantenac3) May 11, 2025

Is this a spoon?

Source:https://t.co/BLiKaIZsMk pic.twitter.com/jLMWMqtsyq

— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) May 12, 2025

Tell me, are you all going crazy now? Mad cow disease?
That's a handkerchief. pic.twitter.com/S6pkl3XfJU

— Tim.e to act (@Dozer3000) May 11, 2025

President Trump drove a stake through the heart of another racist Biden policy that gave minorities $2.75 billion solely based on their race. Under a new Trump directive, the Biden-era Digital Equity Act will cease to exist.

The bill establishes “grant programs for promoting digital equity, supporting digital inclusion activities, and building capacity for state-led efforts to increase adoption of broadband by their residents.”

“The bill also establishes the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program for supporting efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion, and stimulate adoption of broadband.”

It dished out $2.75 billion to support various groups, including incarcerated individuals, disabled people, and non-English speakers, who are mostly illegal aliens. It also specifically targeted individuals in a “racial or ethnic minority group.”

“I have spoken with my wonderful Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and we agree that the Biden/Harris so-called ‘Digital Equity Act’ is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“No more woke handouts based on race! The Digital Equity Program is a RACIST and ILLEGAL $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR giveaway. I am ending this IMMEDIATELY, and saving Taxpayers BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!”

🚨 JUST IN: Trump TERMINATES Biden's "Digital Equity Act," saving billions.

"No more woke handouts based on race! The Digital Equity Program is a RACIST and ILLEGAL $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR giveaway." pic.twitter.com/n7cRx7h420

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 8, 2025

The program was part of the 2021 Biden administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, H.R. 3684, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and included social spending and “clean energy” investments.

While the program committed over $42 billion to connecting everyone to “reliable, affordable high-speed internet,” not a single person had benefited from it by 2024.

“In 2021, the Biden Administration got $42.45 billion from Congress to deploy high-speed Internet to millions of Americans,” Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, posted on Twitter. “Years later, it has not connected even 1 person with those funds. In fact, it now says that no construction projects will even start until 2025 at earliest.”

In 2021, the Biden Administration got $42.45 billion from Congress to deploy high-speed Internet to millions of Americans.

Years later, it has not connected even 1 person with those funds. In fact, it now says that no construction projects will even start until 2025 at earliest.

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) June 14, 2024

It remains unclear how much of the $42 billion has been committed toward the racist program. However, Trump’s timely action to stop the project before construction begins could save American taxpayers a significant amount.

Meanwhile, critics, including the enraged left, took to social media to throw a tantrum after President Trump abruptly stopped their race-based slush fund.

Bangladeshi-born Virginia state Senator Saddam Azlan Salim said his state was already planning to use the funds under Governor Youngkin’s Digital Opportunity Plan. 

Virginia already has a plan for funds under the Digital Equity Act: Governor Youngkin's Digital Opportunity Plan, to bring broadband to rural areas and even smart tech to rural farms. Too bad Trump thinks its racist and unconstitutional.@JenniferBoysko https://t.co/L80SDf3Cff pic.twitter.com/QgxPDr7S0U

— Senator Saddam Azlan Salim (@SalimVASenate) May 9, 2025

Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey also described Trump’s action as illegal and promised to fight back against it, likely because Democrats could easily get a restraining order from an activist judge.

“This illegal action will hurt our economy, our schools, our seniors, and our democracy. We will fight back against it,” posted Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey.

Congress passed the Digital Equity Act to help ensure that all Americans could participate equally in the online world. This illegal action will hurt our economy, our schools, our seniors, and our democracy. We will fight back against it. pic.twitter.com/8dy7GGbwFG

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) May 9, 2025

Ironically, leftists were not in a hurry to connect these “underserved communities” until Trump decided to hit the brakes on the program. While they argue that ending the program would widen the digital divide across the country, a more realistic approach could address the same problems without racial discrimination.

The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James following a referral from a former federal housing official under the Trump administration, Fox News has confirmed.

A source familiar with the matter said a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has issued subpoenas related to allegations that James misrepresented a property in Virginia as her primary residence in order to obtain more favorable loan terms.

The probe is reportedly also examining a separate claim that James inaccurately listed the number of livable units in a Brooklyn property, allegedly to secure another favorable loan.

The criminal referral was made by William Pulte, then-Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who requested that the Justice Department investigate both incidents.

According to Pulte, James claimed a single-family residence in Virginia was her primary home despite serving in public office in New York.

In the second case, she allegedly overstated the number of livable units in a multifamily property located in Brooklyn.

James’ attorney, Abbe Lowell, responded to the investigation in a statement Thursday, characterizing the claims as politically motivated and previously addressed.

“These baseless and long-discredited allegations, put to rest by my April 24 letter to the Department of Justice, are suddenly back in the news just days after President Trump publicly attacked Attorney General James,” Lowell said.

Lowell further stated, “This appears to be the political retribution President Trump threatened to exact that AG Bondi assured the Senate would not occur on her watch. If prosecutors are genuinely interested in the truth, we are prepared to meet false claims with facts.”

Following the referral, Lowell sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ, accusing President Trump of leveraging the Justice Department for political retaliation.

In the letter, Lowell cited past statements by the president targeting James and referenced public calls for accountability.

James has been a prominent legal adversary of President Trump, participating in multiple lawsuits against his administration during his first term in office.

Most notably, she led the civil case against Trump and the Trump Organization, alleging they falsified business records to receive favorable loan terms.

A judge ultimately ordered Trump to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties, although the ruling is currently under appeal.

In his letter, Lowell argued that Trump’s prior claims about a politicized Justice Department are contradicted by the current investigation.

“The stunning hypocrisy of President Trump’s complaint that the Justice Department had been ‘politicized’ and ‘weaponized’ against him is laid bare as he and others in his administration are now asking you to undertake the very same practice,” he wrote.

Lowell also addressed the specific allegations in detail.

Regarding the Virginia property, he acknowledged that James signed a power-of-attorney document suggesting the home was to be used as a primary residence, but claimed this was an error.

He added that other lender documents made clear the home was not intended to be James’ primary residence.

As for the Brooklyn property, James is accused of inflating the number of livable units to receive lower loan rates.

Lowell argued that Pulte ignored more recent documentation that listed the residence as a four-unit multifamily dwelling, instead focusing on a certificate of occupancy dated from 2001.

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There’s something about Pete Buttigieg. You remember him. He’s the former Secretary of Transportation who waited weeks to show up in a small Ohio town poisoned by a toxic train derailment in 2023. And when he did show up, locals and the Internet made fun of his choice to wear upscale leather dress shoes rather than boots suited to walking around a clean-up site. 

Wounded, Buttigieg said Republicans were just hypocrites anyway who don’t know the names of discount clothing stores that real Americans shop at. “You think Tucker Carlson knows the difference between a T.J. Maxx and a Kohl’s,” he sniped during media interviews about the backlash at the time. 

But does Pete really know anything about T.J. Maxx clothing? After all, Vogue lovingly profiled him in 2019 when he was still just the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Check out how the fashion magazine described him:

“In person, Buttigieg’s style is amiable and controlled. He speaks, like a newscaster, in lucid paragraphs, with a solid baritone and boxed-in decorum. He seems to live in white shirts and pressed slacks—it’s his dress even now, around the house—and wears his hair in the same tame coif as Mike Pence, who was elected Indiana’s governor the year he was sworn in as mayor.”

What is that “something” about Mayor Pete? It’s somewhere in the neighborhood of “inauthentic,” or “ersatz,” or “counterfeit.” You can’t escape the impression that you’re watching someone perform being normal. There’s a robotic quality to his manner, his look, and the way he carries himself. It’s like the plot of some 1950s b-grade sci-fi movie where humanoid aliens land on earth and try to blend in by saying awkward things like, “I am a normal Earth man, I assure you.”

And then there’s Chasten, his husband. The two of them look like the gay version of a Mormon-wear catalog, and they seem to be aware of it, and even revel in it. The impression from pictures of them together is that they’re trying to show a version of the buttoned-up 1950s but with gay marriage and adopted twins. 

President Donald Trump has picked up on that je-ne-sais-quoi about Pete, and remarked on it during a White House event. Trump contrasted the members of the Republican Party with the Democrats, and gave some examples (including ratchet House Rep. Jasmine Crockett) of the “talent” on the blue side of the aisle. 

In his trademark drily humorous tone, Trump noted that Buttigieg rides around on a bicycle built for two along with hubby Chasten, which Trump called “a nice, loving relationship.” But you can hear the silent giggle. 

Trump: "Democrats have Buttigeg, who rides on his bike with his husband, and Crockett. You could have them." pic.twitter.com/61VOgecLi3

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 8, 2025

Here’s what X posters had to say. 

Trump called him gay without calling him gay 😂😂

— Courtside Kev (@Courtside_Kev) May 8, 2025

Boy, did he paint a picture with that line! 😂

— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) May 8, 2025

Just throwing shots out for the fun of it!

— C for Curiosity (@CforCuriosity) May 8, 2025

It’s the humor that Democrats hate. Trump is genuinely funny, and they can’t stand it. 

What President has ever roasted better than Trump? 😂

— Andyskilo (@imustdecrease12) May 8, 2025

I love how he's not afraid to poke fun at them. Guess that's a refreshing change from all the seriousness we're used to!..weird

— The Little Guy That Beats the Market (@fulldeg) May 8, 2025

Trump administration officials are preparing to release the unredacted recording of Hur’s interview with Joe Biden, in which he explained how documents containing classified national secrets were piled up in his home garage.

The interview, based on transcripts released the following March, indicated that Biden had no idea how the productions got there and appeared confused.

Hur even declined to bring charges against Biden, concluding that a jury would be sympathetic to a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

The description of Biden as a frail and forgetful 81-year-old became one of the devastating blows that ended his reelection campaign.

Democrats have since blocked the release of the tapes, but they may finally see the light of day.

The interview also destroyed the media narrative that Biden had the mental stamina to serve another four years in the world’s most demanding job.

While the details of the pending release are still in flux, the Biden camp is preparing for a major confrontation.

The decision of whether to release the tapes also operates under a deadline set by a Freedom of Information Act request filed by conservative legal groups, set for May 20.

The Justice Department has been ordered by a judge to declare whether it still stands by that decision.

At the time, Biden’s administration argued that the policy would chill witnesses participating in other high-profile federal investigations.

Republicans have long sought access to the tapes, which they say further elucidate the mental decline Biden suffered from and which members of his administration covered up.

“The Hur audio will confirm what is one of the biggest cover ups in American history,” Mike Davis, an occasional advisor to President Donald Trump, told the outlet.

While House Republicans don’t appear to be part of the group pushing for the tapes’ release, Democrats at the time fought against the release of the tapes and accused the GOP of seeking to spin the audio into attack ads the following year.

As we reported in 2023, the transcript for Special Counsel Bob Hur’s interview with Biden showed the president made “car noises” before wandering off-topic about a man losing his penis and testicles.

“And the worst part was, they said I couldn’t drive it outside the driveway. It’s a long driveway. So I’d get to the bottom of the driveway, tack it up to about four grand (indiscernible) (makes car sound) (indiscernible) (laughter),” it quoted Biden.

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