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Georgia Mom Battles Alleged Child Snatcher with Gas Pump in Terrifying Video [WATCH]
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Georgia Mom Battles Alleged Child Snatcher with Gas Pump in Terrifying Video [WATCH]

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A Georgia mother turned a midnight stop for gas into a fight for her children when police say a shirtless man tried to yank them from the family vehicle at a Shell station in Marietta.

Newly released surveillance video obtained by FOX 5 Atlanta shows the frightening encounter unfold as the woman was pumping gas last week, a routine moment that suddenly became every parent’s worst nightmare.

Police later identified the suspect as 30 year old Jerahn Tucker, who was seen approaching the vehicle barefoot and without a shirt before the situation quickly spiraled.

Marietta Police Department Public Information Officer Charles McPhilamy said Tucker initially spoke with the mother, but that brief exchange did not stay calm for long.

“He appears to charge at the car,” McPhilamy said. “He’s trying to open the car doors. He’s trying to pull the child out of the back seat.”

According to a warrant cited by FOX 5 Atlanta, the mother told investigators Tucker claimed he had a gun before becoming aggressive.

That detail only adds to the terror of a mother standing between her children and a man police say was trying to get inside her vehicle.

The surveillance footage shows one of the children jumping out of the vehicle and running around it as Tucker chased after him.

At another point, Tucker opened the rear passenger door while another child was still inside.

That is when the mother grabbed the gas pump hose and used it as a barrier, keeping Tucker away from her children while the situation unfolded in real time.

It was fast thinking, raw instinct, and the kind of parental backbone that no criminal should ever underestimate.

“What is this individual capable of?” McPhilamy said.

“What are they doing? Why are they trying to get in my own car? What are they doing? Trying to pull children out of the car.”

Two bystanders then rushed in to help, dropping what they were carrying and moving toward the chaos instead of away from it.

Someone called 911, and the combined response from the mother and witnesses helped keep the suspect from getting what police say he was after.

The video shows Tucker eventually getting into his own vehicle and driving away from the gas station.

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Officers stopped him a short distance away and took him into custody.

“The actions of the mother and everyone on the scene, their ability to remain calm under pressure and push him away, get him away from the children, get a hold of us so that we can get to the area allowed us to hold this individual accountable,” McPhilamy told the station.

Tucker remains in the Cobb County Jail on charges that include kidnapping and simple assault.

Authorities have not released a possible motive for the alleged attack.

The case is a brutal reminder that danger does not always announce itself with warning signs and flashing lights.

Sometimes it walks up in the middle of the night at a gas station while a mother is doing something as ordinary as filling up the family car.

For parents, the footage is hard to watch because it captures the split second decisions that can separate safety from catastrophe.

This mother did not freeze, did not wait for someone else to solve the problem, and did not surrender her children to panic.

The bystanders who jumped in also deserve credit, especially in an age when too many people reach for a phone before reaching to help.

Their response helped buy precious time until officers could track down the suspect.

Police say the actions at the scene made it possible to hold Tucker accountable, and that is exactly what the public expects when a family is attacked in a place where ordinary people should be safe.

A gas station should not become a hunting ground for predators.

The investigation continues, and the motive remains unclear, but the video already tells a powerful story.

A mother saw a threat, grabbed what she had, and fought back with everything between her children and a nightmare.

Michigan Hospital Pays 410K After Firing Christian PA in Trans Policy Fight [WATCH]
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Michigan Hospital Pays 410K After Firing Christian PA in Trans Policy Fight [WATCH]

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A Michigan hospital has agreed to pay $410,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant who said she was fired after refusing to bend her Christian convictions to a workplace gender identity policy.

Kloosterman sued University of Michigan Health West after her August 2021 termination, saying the hospital punished her because she would not affirm ideas about transgender patients that violated her faith.

“All I wanted to do was provide the best care possible to my patients without being forced to violate my Christian beliefs,” Kloosterman said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.

Her case quickly became another flashpoint in the national battle over whether medical professionals can be forced to mouth political and ideological claims as a condition of keeping their jobs.

In the modern medical bureaucracy, apparently excellent patient care is not enough if someone refuses to genuflect before the latest gender orthodoxy.

First Liberty Institute, which represented Kloosterman, said she had a strong employment record and received positive performance reviews before she objected to mandatory gender identity training.

The group said she requested a religious accommodation because the training required her to affirm statements about gender identity that conflicted with her Christian beliefs.

According to First Liberty, the hospital fired Kloosterman just three weeks after she asked for that accommodation.

The legal group said UMHW made no serious effort to work with her, which is precisely the sort of thing federal religious liberty protections are supposed to prevent.

The lawsuit painted an ugly picture of what allegedly happened after Kloosterman raised her objections.

It said hospital officials called her into a meeting, disparaged her religious beliefs, called her “evil” and a “liar,” told her she could not bring her Christian beliefs into the workplace, and accused her of contributing to suicides among people with gender dysphoria.

That is not respectful dialogue.

That is the kind of ideological pressure campaign Americans have watched spread through schools, corporations, government offices, and now medical institutions.

The settlement requires UMHW to create a religious accommodation policy that complies with the law.

It also requires the hospital to inform and train employees, provide reasonable religious accommodations without retaliation, and pay damages and fees to Kloosterman and her attorneys.

“This new policy ensures that providers of faith and employees at UMHW will receive religious accommodations so that they can provide excellent care consistent with their medical judgment, because all patients are created in the image of God,” Kloosterman said in her statement to Fox News Digital.

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The case arrives amid a broader national clash over gender identity mandates and religious liberty.

The Department of Justice has also joined Catholic nuns in a lawsuit challenging a New York gender identity law that allegedly forces a Catholic nursing facility to assign rooms based on gender identity rather than biological sex.

For many Americans of faith, the issue is not whether patients receive care.

The issue is whether government-backed institutions and powerful employers can compel workers to affirm beliefs they do not hold.

“Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating against and punishing employees for their faith,” Kayla Toney, counsel at First Liberty, said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.

Toney also defended Kloosterman as a dedicated medical professional who treated patients with care.

“Valerie is an exceptional physician assistant who cares for each of her patients. Employers cannot drive out people like Valerie just because of their sincere religious beliefs.”

Fox News Digital said it reached out to University of Michigan Health West for comment.

The settlement does not erase what happened, but it does send a message that religious Americans are not required to surrender their conscience at the hospital door.

The left has spent years insisting that every institution must serve its cultural agenda, even when that means pushing out Christians who simply want to do their jobs.

In this case, that pressure came with a $410,000 price tag.

Trump’s FBI Just Hit Global Scammers Where It Hurts Most, Patel Says [WATCH]
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Trump’s FBI Just Hit Global Scammers Where It Hurts Most, Patel Says [WATCH]

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FBI Director Kash Patel outlined the bureau’s recent efforts to combat violent crime and international fraud, pointing to large-scale operations targeting criminal organizations that he said have stolen billions of dollars from Americans while trafficking thousands of victims.

Patel credited President Donald Trump’s administration with providing the resources and support needed to expand law enforcement operations both domestically and overseas.

“We’re attacking criminals everywhere,” Patel said.

He argued that recent crime statistics reflect the bureau’s enforcement efforts.

“When you have 1.1 million fewer violent incidences in one year, that’s because this FBI has arrested twice as many violent offenders around the world in that same time period.”

Patel attributed those results to leadership from the White House.

“It’s not an accident, Sean. It’s President Trump’s leadership in law enforcement and resourcing us and protecting our elderly and protecting our kids and making sure their life savings and college tuitions don’t get wiped out by these criminal syndicates from around the world.”

According to Patel, the FBI’s international partners have played a significant role in those efforts.

“Our partners around the world are in on it with us,” he said. “They’re fighting with us because they’re being deprived and defrauded as well.”

He noted that dozens of countries joined the bureau’s latest initiative.

“That’s why our partners in Southeast Asia showed up. Twenty-four nations showed up, 400 law enforcement officers showed up.”

Patel said the operation was coordinated through the FBI’s Operation Blackout initiative.

“This is the FBI leading through Operation Blackout the mission to annihilate global scam compounds.”

He added, “We’re going to do it, and we’re going to keep doing it, and we’re going to keep reaching out to Americans.”

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Patel later expanded on Operation Blackout, describing it as a coordinated international effort to dismantle large criminal organizations engaged in financial fraud.

“How we’re going to get after the scam compound frauds that are depriving Americans of billions and billions of dollars?”

He said the FBI worked alongside international partners throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

“So the FBI launched Operation Blackout, which we conducted with our partners across the world, including in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.”

According to Patel, the operation dismantled several major scam centers.

“We took down four of the largest scam compounds in the world, and we freed 1000s of traffic workers.”

He also highlighted the financial impact of the operation.

“Sean, we seized over 15 billion dollars worth of fraud that was being deprived and stolen from American citizens, and we annihilated these compounds.”

Patel said the long-term objective extends beyond individual arrests.

“The main goal is to disrupt, dismantle, and then fully annihilate them with our partners in Southeast Asia, like the Cambodians, the Thais, and the Indians.”

He described the involvement of Thailand’s national police force during one of the operations.

“And we had the Royal Thai police go in there and literally scuttle a compound.”

Patel said law enforcement also relied on private-sector technology partners to disrupt the criminal organizations’ communications infrastructure.

“We also use technology with our private sector to suffocate the lifeline of these compounds and shut off 8,000 internet terminals.”

He explained that many of the scam operations occupied large compounds rather than traditional office settings.

“These are villages; they’re not buildings and offices and a guy behind a desk.”

Because of their size and international reach, Patel said dismantling them requires cooperation among multiple governments.

“It requires a global effort, and that’s what we did.”

Patel also announced the completion of what he described as the first Scam Center Summit involving international partners.

“And just last week, we completed this first ever Scam Center summit with our partners in Southeast Asia.”

Beyond enforcement operations, Patel highlighted a separate FBI initiative designed to prevent Americans from becoming fraud victims before money is lost.

“And on top of that, we’re proactive with Operation Level Up.”

According to Patel, FBI personnel have directly contacted thousands of Americans believed to be targeted by scammers.

“We have literally had 10,000 Americans saved.”

He said those outreach efforts prevented significant financial losses.

“We saved their life savings and literally their lives because we proactively went to them and said, ‘We think you’re being scammed.'”

Patel added that those individuals responded to the warnings, allowing authorities to prevent additional losses.

“They responded, and we saved over half a billion dollars worth of life savings from being defrauded by Americans.”

Concluding his remarks, Patel again credited President Trump for emphasizing fraud prevention as a national priority.

“President Trump’s leading out of the fight on fraud all over the place.”

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Maine Dems Hit Rock Bottom: Troy Jackson’s Cousin is His Baby Mama [WATCH]
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Maine Dems Hit Rock Bottom: Troy Jackson’s Cousin is His Baby Mama [WATCH]

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Is Troy Jackson finished because of a strange family revelation? No, and nobody serious should pretend this is in the same universe as a criminal charge, a Nazi tattoo, or the sort of baggage that helped sink Graham Platner, as reported by Townhall.

But for Maine Democrats, who are already trying to pretend their Senate bench is not a rolling circus act, this is another awkward chapter. Jackson is now the Democratic contender expected to face Sen. Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, after Platner exited amid a rape allegation and a pile of other controversies.

Jackson may look safer than Platner on paper, which is not exactly a towering achievement. The bar Democrats cleared here appears to be somewhere near the basement floor.

The latest curiosity comes from reporting about Jackson and Lana Pelletier, the woman long described in different settings as his domestic partner or, at times, his wife. The two have adult children together, but the reporting says they are not legally married.

That alone would be a personal matter for most voters. The wrinkle, of course, is that Pelletier is reportedly Jackson’s second cousin, a detail that has sent political observers racing straight into Deliverance territory.

To be fair, American history is not exactly free of cousin marriages among political elites. John Adams married Abigail Smith, his third cousin, Thomas Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton, also his third cousin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt, a distant cousin.

So the cousin connection itself is more odd than automatically disqualifying. Still, when a modern Senate candidate builds a brand around being the authentic working class voice from the north woods, voters are allowed to notice when the family tree starts looking like it was assembled by committee.

In Allagash, the relationship has reportedly been known for years. Locals in small communities often understand family connections that outsiders only discover once campaign season turns over enough rocks.

Jackson’s campaign materials reportedly describe Pelletier as his “partner.” Older official biographies, according to the reporting, sometimes used the word “wife.”

That distinction could matter far more than the jokes. Maine does not recognize common law marriage, and Senate candidates are required to provide financial disclosures that typically include the finances of a spouse.

If Jackson and Pelletier are not legally married, the question becomes whether her assets, income, and liabilities must be disclosed at all. That could leave voters with a less complete picture than they would get from a candidate whose spouse is clearly covered by the rules.

For a Democrat selling a working-class image, that is not a small concern. Financial disclosure laws exist because voters deserve to know who may have influence, who may benefit, and whether a candidate’s public image matches his private finances.

As of the reporting, Jackson had not filed his disclosures or requested an extension. The unusual way he became the nominee has also left questions about when the secretary of the U.S. Senate will require full transparency.

Then there is the ballot eligibility issue, which may be more serious than the family chatter. Jackson previously ran for governor in the primary and lost, and Maine State Rep. James White has argued that he should not be able to pivot into a different race in the same election cycle.

White’s argument points to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1974 decision in Storer v. Brown, where the Court described primaries as “an integral part of the entire election process.” According to that view, Democrats cannot simply pretend the primary and general election are wholly separate worlds whenever it helps their replacement plan.

The argument also cites Maine law barring candidates from seeking more than one office “at any election.” Maine does not have an explicit sore loser statute like some states, but White argues that the existing provisions function that way when read together.

Whether that argument wins in court remains uncertain. What is clear is that Democrats have once again managed to produce a nominee with enough unresolved questions to keep lawyers, opposition researchers, and local gossips fully employed.

Jackson also brings a reputation for a temper from his time in state politics. Reports describe him being removed from the speaker’s office and later throwing a water bottle to the ground during a dispute over prescription drug pricing.

None of this means Jackson is doomed. It does mean Maine Democrats, after the Platner collapse, have landed on a candidate who still comes with plenty of explaining to do.

For now, Democrats have their man, complete with family questions, disclosure questions, eligibility questions, and a temper file. If this is what party leaders call cleaning up the ticket, Maine voters may want to keep their boots on.

President Trump Unveils Freedom Haul to Put Vets Behind the Wheel and Illegal Alien Drivers on Notice [WATCH]
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President Trump Unveils Freedom Haul to Put Vets Behind the Wheel and Illegal Alien Drivers on Notice [WATCH]

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President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a new initiative aimed at putting American veterans behind the wheel of big rigs while moving illegal alien truck drivers off the road, as reported by Breitbart.

The plan, called “Freedom Haul,” was unveiled outside the west facade of the West Wing and fits neatly into Trump’s broader push to restore order after years of open border chaos and bureaucratic nonsense.

Under the initiative, veterans who drove heavy trucks during military service will become automatically eligible for a commercial driver’s license within two years after leaving the service.

For veterans who did not drive trucks in uniform, Trump said the government will create an expedited system to train and license them quickly, rather than trapping them in the usual maze of paperwork.

“They’re going to be given a very quick pass. We’re going to teach them. They’re going to learn,” Trump said, adding that he expects many to be ready in a matter of weeks.

“They’ll be licensed in a matter of a few weeks, I think it is. They’re going to take about three or four weeks of training,” he noted.

Trump said 34 states have already joined the effort, a sign that plenty of leaders outside the left-wing bubble understand the obvious value of putting disciplined veterans into critical transportation jobs.

The president also pointed to data showing that veteran truck drivers account for 42 percent fewer accidents, a number that should matter to anyone who cares about highway safety more than political correctness.

Veterans already make up one in ten truck drivers in America, but the administration is now looking to expand that pipeline in a major way.

For conservatives who have watched Washington shower benefits on illegal aliens while veterans get shuffled to the back of the line, the message is not exactly subtle. Trump is making clear that Americans who served the country come first.

The president also took direct aim at the dangerous consequences of allowing illegal aliens to operate massive trucks on American roadways despite obvious concerns over licensing, language, training, and accountability.

“For many years, American highways and roadways have been terrorized by unqualified illegal aliens, dangerously driving big rigs… You have to have a knowledge, you have to have a talent for it, and these people don’t have that, ” he said.

Trump argued that radical left officials at the state level have handed out commercial driver’s licenses to people who never should have received them in the first place.

He also said many illegal alien drivers do not understand English, do not care to learn it, and cannot read American road signs. That is not a small technical problem when the vehicle involved can weigh tens of thousands of pounds.

“In many cases, they’ve engaged in reckless driving that has caused many, many preventable deaths,” Trump noted, citing a deadly crash last August in Florida involving an illegal alien making an unlawful turn on a highway.

The president also cited the recent death of a Pennsylvania state trooper who was killed by an illegal alien from Haiti driving a large truck.

“Just a few weeks ago, a Pennsylvania state trooper was killed by an illegal alien from Haiti driving a semi truck. He was let in by Joe Biden and the open border policy of the Biden administration,” he added.

According to the figures cited in the announcement, illegal alien truck drivers were tied to 20 deaths in 2025. For families who lost loved ones, that is not a statistic. It is a brutal reminder that failed border policy has real victims.

In May 2025, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed an order enforcing English proficiency requirements for truck drivers. Trump said Thursday that his administration has already removed 24,000 drivers from the roads because they cannot speak English.

“We’ve also forced states to cancel more than 28,000 commercial drivers’ licenses unlawfully issued to illegal aliens. They were given illegally,” he added.

The Freedom Haul initiative is more than a workforce program. It is a law and order statement aimed at cleaning up an industry that leftist officials treated like another playground for their immigration experiments.

The bigger message is simple. Veterans who know discipline, responsibility, and the consequences of failure are being welcomed into a vital American industry, while illegal alien drivers who should never have been licensed are finally getting the boot.

Judge Lets NY Parents Walk After Baby Dies of Starvation [WATCH]
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Judge Lets NY Parents Walk After Baby Dies of Starvation [WATCH]

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A New York court has managed to turn an already horrifying child death case into yet another public lesson in what happens when the justice system forgets the meaning of justice, as reported by The Post Millennial.

The case centers on Londyn Gonzalez, a 2-month-old baby whose brief life ended in suffering so severe that the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide by neglect.

According to the report, Londyn died from malnutrition and dehydration, the kind of words that should make every decent person stop cold.

A baby does not starve by accident in a home where adults are supposed to be feeding, protecting, and loving her.

Yet despite that grim finding, Londyn’s parents reportedly avoided jail time after a judge chose to set them free.

For many New Yorkers already exhausted by soft judges, endless excuses, and a legal culture obsessed with mercy for offenders, this case lands like a punch to the gut.

The original report described the judge as an activist judge, and frankly, it is hard to imagine a softer description for a decision this outrageous.

When a child is dead, when the medical examiner calls it homicide by neglect, and when the punishment does not involve a jail cell, ordinary citizens are right to ask who the system is actually serving.

This is not some complicated policy dispute on Capitol Hill or another staged cable news shouting match.

This is about a helpless infant who depended entirely on adults and was allegedly failed in the most basic way imaginable.

Londyn could not call police, flag down a neighbor, or plead her case before a judge.

She could only cry, weaken, and wait for care that never came.

That is why cases like this enrage working families who still believe laws are supposed to mean something.

Parents who neglect a baby to the point of death should not become beneficiaries of courtroom compassion while the child is buried and forgotten by the institutions that claim to protect the vulnerable.

The activist judging trend is not just a talking point from conservatives anymore.

It is playing out in courtrooms where criminals and abusers keep getting second chances, while victims and families are left with speeches, paperwork, and a grave.

The left loves to lecture America about compassion, usually while expanding bureaucracy and scolding everyone who disagrees with them.

But real compassion begins with defending the innocent, and there is no one more innocent than a 2-month-old baby.

The ruling in Londyn’s case sends a chilling message.

If the death of a starving infant is not enough to bring serious jail time, then the public has every reason to question the priorities of the bench.

The outrage is not about vengeance.

It is about moral order, basic accountability, and the idea that some failures are so severe that society must answer with more than a disappointed look from a judge.

One line from the original coverage captured the raw anger many readers feel:

“They got away with murder in this life, but God will judge them in the next… and their child will witness the justice.”

That sentiment is blunt, but it reflects the moral exhaustion of people watching courts treat grave wrongdoing like a paperwork problem.

Americans have seen too many cases where officials reserve their harshest energy for political opponents, parents at school board meetings, and citizens who refuse to bow to fashionable ideology.

Meanwhile, when a truly defenseless victim is gone forever, the system suddenly discovers restraint.

Londyn Gonzalez deserved more than a short life marked by hunger and dehydration.

She deserved parents who protected her, a system that noticed danger before it was too late, and a court that treated her death with the gravity it demanded.

Instead, her name now joins the heartbreaking list of children failed first by caregivers and then by institutions.

That list keeps growing, while judges and officials offer explanations that never seem to satisfy anyone outside the courthouse bubble.

This case should haunt New York leaders, though expecting that crowd to feel shame may be asking a lot.

Still, the public should not stop saying Londyn’s name or demanding answers from a justice system that appears far too comfortable letting the innocent pay the highest price.

Air Force’s F-47 Program Roars Into Test Aircraft Production on Schedule for 2028 Flight
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Air Force’s F-47 Program Roars Into Test Aircraft Production on Schedule for 2028 Flight

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The U.S. Air Force’s next leap in air dominance is moving from briefing slides into metal, software and test aircraft, with the F 47 program now inside its engineering and manufacturing development phase and still tracking toward a 2028 first flight.

Gen. Dale White, director of Critical Major Weapon Systems, said Wednesday that the program entered the new phase with “unprecedented maturity,” a notable statement in a Pentagon culture where big programs often arrive with more promises than proof.

White made the remarks during a keynote address at Life Cycle Industry Days in Dayton, Ohio, an event hosted by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.

His message was straightforward: the F-47 is not drifting, slipping or waiting for another blue ribbon review.

The engineering and manufacturing development phase is where the Air Force matures, integrates and tests the aircraft’s core systems.

It also produces a limited number of test aircraft for evaluation and includes priced options for low rate initial production.

White did not say how many test aircraft are being built, but the phase marks a major step for the Boeing program. For a sixth generation fighter meant to replace the F-22 Raptor, that is not a minor milestone.

The first Boeing F-47 is currently on pace to fly in 2028. The Air Force plans to buy at least 185 of the aircraft, matching the size of the F-22 fleet it is intended to replace.

“The F-47 will fly in this administration,” White said, giving President Donald Trump’s White House a clear marker on one of the most important combat aviation programs in the world.

Boeing Wins NGAD Contract to Build Air Force’s Next-Generation Fighter Jet, the F-47

That matters because the F-47 is not just another shiny aircraft for procurement charts.

It is the manned centerpiece of the Next Generation Air Dominance effort, a family of systems built to keep American pilots ahead of China, Russia and any other regime that thinks air superiority is up for grabs.

Trump announced in March 2025 that the Air Force would proceed with development of the sixth generation Boeing F-47 under the NGAD program. As usual, the president did not bury the lead in Beltway jargon.

“In terms of all of the attributes of a fighter jet, there’s never been anything even close to it, from speed to maneuverability, to what it can have, to payload,” Trump said at the time, insisting that the aircraft would be built and flying during his administration.

“And this has been in the works for a long period of time,” he continued. “America’s enemies will never see it coming.”

That last line is exactly the point. The F-47 is designed for a battlefield where stealth, range, sensors, electronic warfare and rapid adaptation will decide who survives and who becomes debris.

NGAD is described as a family of systems, pairing the F-47 with Collaborative Combat Aircraft that can expand reach, complicate enemy targeting and help overwhelm hostile air defenses.

In plain English, it is about making sure America’s pilots are not sent into tomorrow’s fights with yesterday’s tools.

The F-47’s modular design is meant to absorb emerging technology without forcing the Air Force into a slow, expensive rebuild every time the threat changes.

It is also expected to integrate long range strike capabilities for contested environments where enemies have invested heavily in missiles, sensors and layered defenses.

Air Force’s F-47 Fighter Program Avoids F-35 Pitfalls by Embracing Tech Ownership and Flexibility

That is the kind of modernization Washington talks about endlessly but too often manages to smother in process.

Here, at least, the Air Force is signaling that industry partners and government program leaders are moving with unusual alignment, what White described as “extreme teaming.”

The money is already following the mission. The F-47 program received $3.45 billion in fiscal year 2026 funding, with more than $5 billion included in the fiscal 2027 budget request.

For the War Department, the stakes are obvious. If the United States wants to deter war, it must field weapons that convince adversaries they cannot win one, and the F-47 is being built for exactly that message.

The 2028 flight target gives the program a public clock, and White’s comments make clear the Air Force believes it can meet it.

After years of talk about next generation airpower, the F-47 is now producing test aircraft and moving toward the runway.

America’s enemies may not like the sound of that. Too bad for them.

Mamdani DSA Allies Pledge to Defend China as Socialist Fever Spreads [WATCH]
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Mamdani DSA Allies Pledge to Defend China as Socialist Fever Spreads [WATCH]

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A cluster of Democratic Socialists of America activists has publicly lined up behind Communist China, pledging to “support” and “defend” the regime as Beijing appears to be finding a warm audience inside the political orbit of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, as reported by The New York Post.

The pledge comes through Friends of Socialist China, a London-based organization that says 952 people have signed on to “support the People’s Republic of China and to promote understanding of Chinese socialism.”

According to reporting by The Post, eleven people who identify as DSA members or members of the DSA International Committee are among the signatories. They pledged to “resolve to support, defend and build understanding of Chinese socialism.”

That is not exactly a subtle position. It is one thing for the socialist crowd to complain about rent, billionaires, and the usual villains in their political cartoon version of America.

It is another thing entirely to openly cheerlead a communist state known for censorship, repression, surveillance, and crushing dissent. But for some on the far left, that apparently counts as inspiration.

The pledge declares that “the global advance to socialism is indispensable if humanity is to survive and to flourish.” It also claims capitalism is “totally incapable of solving the problems of poverty and inequality” and is “ inextricably linked with war, empire, racism, misogyny, alienation, and environmental destruction.”

That is quite a list, and conveniently it leaves out the familiar track record of communist experiments. History has a way of getting very inconvenient when the revolutionaries start selling the brochure.

The document then asks, “Why China?” before answering its own question with the kind of ideological language that sounds like it was printed fresh from a party office.

“We support all states building or aspiring to socialism, and we favour the highest level of unity and friendship between them. We foreground China in particular because its size and level of development give it an objectively critical role in the global transition to socialism.”

The pledge also praises China as “the most prominent force pushing for the establishment of a multipolar system of international relations and a new international economic order.” It further calls China “a global leader in the struggle to avoid climate breakdown.”

Then comes the big line. “As such, the continued survival of Chinese socialism is a crucial matter not only for the Chinese people but for all humanity.”

For Americans watching the modern left drift from bad economic ideas into open admiration for authoritarian systems, none of this should feel shocking anymore. Still, the casual comfort with China among some socialist activists deserves serious attention.

The Post previously reported that the DSA launched a monthly seminar last year about “modern China and lessons for US socialists.” That series reportedly came as interest in the Chinese Communist Party was rising within the organization.

During the first seminar, participants reportedly floated the claim that China has a “strong democracy.” There was, apparently, no real focus on China’s tight restrictions on speech, political opposition, or the basic liberties Americans are still old-fashioned enough to value.

A few weeks before that seminar series began, a DSA delegation of five people traveled to Beijing to mark China’s 80th anniversary of victory against Japan. New York City DSA member Dee Knight wrote that the scene included Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“Beijing buzzed with excitement,” Knight wrote. That sentence tells voters plenty about the mindset at work here.

Newsweek also obtained DSA meeting minutes dating back to 2021 showing members discussing repeated trips to China to meet with Chinese Communist Party officials. The conversations were reportedly framed under the banner of anti-imperialism, a favorite slogan for excusing almost anything as long as America is cast as the villain.

To be fair, not everyone inside the DSA appears thrilled about the romance with Beijing. The minutes reportedly show internal disagreement over how close the organization should get to the authoritarian communist power.

“This isn’t what I signed up for, and I imagine it’s not what a majority of members signed up for,” one outraged member of the DSA’s International Committee said during a meeting.

“There’s no way you can be a part of the organization and promote the things they’re doing.”

That dissent is notable because it suggests even some socialists understand the political and moral disaster of embracing Beijing. The problem is that the louder ideological faction seems determined to treat China not as a cautionary tale, but as a model.

The DSA did not respond to The Post’s request for comment. Silence is an interesting strategy when members of your movement are publicly pledging to defend Chinese socialism.

For voters in New York and across the country, this is not some fringe academic debate tucked away in a campus lounge. These are activists tied to a movement with growing influence in urban Democratic politics, including the political ecosystem around Mamdani.

The American left keeps insisting its socialism is friendly, democratic, and perfectly harmless. Then its activists keep admiring regimes that jail dissidents, police speech, and crush individual freedom.

At some point, voters are allowed to believe what they see. When radicals tell you their global socialist dreams run through Communist China, maybe take them seriously the first time.

Navy Unleashes .6 Billion Submarine Push for Columbia and Virginia Class Boats
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Navy Unleashes $76.6 Billion Submarine Push for Columbia and Virginia Class Boats

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The Navy is moving another massive piece onto the national security chessboard, announcing $76.6 billion in contracts for the next wave of Columbia class ballistic missile submarines and Virginia class attack submarines.

For once, Washington is putting serious money behind something that actually matters: American deterrence, undersea dominance, and the nuclear triad that keeps hostile regimes from getting too adventurous.

The War Department is awarding $29.5 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat for five Columbia class submarines.

Another $42.1 billion will go toward nine Virginia class submarines built by General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding.

An additional $5 billion is being set aside for nuclear shipbuilding programs and shipyard infrastructure at both builders. That part matters because even the most advanced submarine designs do not mean much if the industrial base cannot build them on time.

“This historic investment underscores the department’s continued commitment to undersea superiority and the recapitalization of our nuclear triad,” said Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher, director of submarine programs.

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SANTA RITA, Guam (Dec. 20, 2020) The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) moors to the pier at Naval Base Guam. Key West returned to its homeport after completing a regularly scheduled maintenance period. Key West is one of multiple submarines forward-deployed to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 out of Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger)

“By securing the continuous production of both the Columbia and Virginia classes, we ensure we will continue to deliver the world’s most lethal, survivable and resilient combat platform.”

That is not Pentagon poetry. That is the basic reality of great power competition, where China is building ships at a staggering pace, Russia is still leaning on nuclear intimidation, and America cannot afford to let its submarine fleet age into irrelevance.

The Navy says it currently has seven Columbia class submarines under contract. It also has 26 active Virginia class submarines, with 23 more already lined up for future construction.

The Columbia class has become one of the Navy’s top priorities over the past several years because it is intended to replace the aging Ohio class ballistic missile submarines.

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The ballistic-missile submarine USS Nebraska passes by Seattle during sea trials after completing an extended major maintenance period, to include an engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Navy photo by Seaman Joseph W. Weiser

Those Ohio boats have carried a huge share of America’s strategic deterrent mission for decades, quietly lurking beneath the waves with enough firepower to make any enemy think twice.

The Ohio class is not exactly going gently into retirement. One Ohio class submarine participated in military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities during Operation Midnight Hammer on June 22, 2025, a reminder that undersea power is not some museum piece from the Cold War.

The Columbia class is expected to bring greater stealth, survivability, and missile capability than the boats it replaces.

It is also expected to carry the Trident II D5 Strategic Weapons System and eventually support hypersonic missiles, giving America a sharper edge in the places where deterrence is measured in seconds.

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Construction on the Columbia class began in 2020, but the program has not been free of headaches. The lead submarine was originally expected in 2027, but delivery has moved to 2028 after problems tied to steam turbines and the vessel’s bow and stern, according to USNI News.

That delay is exactly why long term production contracts and industrial base investment matter.

The country cannot snap its fingers and produce nuclear submarines, despite what some committee room dreamers in Washington might assume between cable news hits.

Government watchdogs warned early that the program could face schedule trouble.

A January 2023 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office raised concerns because General Dynamics Electric Boat had not conducted a “schedule risk analysis.”

The Virginia class, meanwhile, is already a proven workhorse. Its lead ship launched in 2003, and the class was designed to replace the Los Angeles class submarines that helped define American undersea operations for a generation.

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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) surfaces to receive a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, in the Philippine Sea, May 9, 2023. Vertical Replenishments enable naval vessels to quickly receive critical resources without disrupting maritime security operations while underway. III MEF is postured to enable naval expeditionary operations within the first island chain as part of a Stand-in-Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emily Weiss)

Virginia class submarines are built for a wide range of missions, from intelligence collection to strike warfare to supporting special operations forces.

Their reconfigurable torpedo rooms allow commandos to operate during long deployments, which is exactly the kind of quiet flexibility America needs in contested waters.

The Navy’s fiscal 2027 budget request totals $378 billion and includes funding for one Columbia class submarine and two Virginia class submarines. That request shows the service is trying to keep both the strategic deterrent and the attack submarine force moving at the same time.

The big question now is whether the shipyards can deliver at the speed the threat environment demands. Contracts are important, but steel in the water is what counts when Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran are watching.

This investment is a serious bet on American sea power, and it comes at a time when weakness is expensive and deterrence is priceless.

If the Navy and the War Department can keep the program on track, these submarines will help ensure that America’s enemies keep looking over their shoulders beneath the surface.

Furious Tillis Melts Down as Trump Moves to Save Todd Blanche Nomination [WATCH]
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Furious Tillis Melts Down as Trump Moves to Save Todd Blanche Nomination [WATCH]

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Senator Thom Tillis did not exactly respond with statesmanlike calm after President Trump moved to keep Todd Blanche on track for Attorney General. Instead, the North Carolina Republican lashed out as Trump made clear he was not about to let Senate games bury a nominee he strongly supports, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

Trump announced Thursday that he was prepared to work around Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina after they helped stall Blanche’s confirmation path. The move came after the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a key vote that had been expected to advance Blanche’s nomination.

The committee had been scheduled to vote Thursday morning, but Chairman Chuck Grassley postponed the markup after Cornyn and Tillis demanded additional assurances from the Department of Justice. Their concern centered on language connected to restrictions involving the Trump IRS settlement.

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That was enough to halt momentum, at least for the moment, and hand the anti-Trump press another Beltway process story to chew on. But Trump, who has seen this movie before, quickly signaled that he had no intention of letting two unreliable Republicans dictate the future of his Justice Department team.

The president floated the possibility of temporarily withdrawing Blanche’s nomination until Cornyn and Tillis are out of office. Blanche, Trump noted, would remain in place as acting Attorney General regardless, which rather neatly punctures the drama from the Senate obstruction crowd.

“Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it!”

“He has the potential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time.”

“However, John Cornyn, of Texas, and Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, both of whom I refused to Endorse, and whose political careers have been ended by my action, are refusing to vote for this Great Nominee, who will remain, in any event, as Acting.”

“Remember, both Cornyn and Tillis voted for Merrick Garland, and others, too numerous to mention.”

“I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

That last point is the one that will sting the most for many conservatives. Cornyn and Tillis had no problem supporting Merrick Garland, the man who presided over one of the most politicized Justice Departments in modern memory, yet now they suddenly discover their inner gatekeepers when Trump wants Blanche confirmed.

Tillis later complained to CNN’s Manu Raju, giving the establishment press exactly the sort of quote it loves when Republicans fight Republicans. “The president’s getting bad advice. He should listen to Blanche and others who think if it’s dead, it should be rendered completely dead,” Tillis said.

That answer sounded less like a serious constitutional argument and more like a senator irritated that Trump found a way around the blockade. For voters who sent Republicans to Washington to stop the weaponized government machine, the spectacle is painfully familiar.

Tillis also went after a Trump adviser whom he claimed wanted to revive the so-called weaponization fund issue. That is rich coming from a senator whose own posture here appears tailor-made to please the same political class that spent years pretending the Biden Justice Department was perfectly normal.

Cornyn and Tillis reportedly met with Blanche on Thursday and were said to be “very near a resolution,” according to PunchBowl News. If so, that may be because Trump’s pressure campaign reminded everyone involved that grassroots conservatives are not interested in another Senate slow walk.

Blanche has been one of Trump’s most visible legal allies, and his nomination matters far beyond Washington résumé polishing. For the America First base, the Justice Department needs people who understand what was done to Trump, his supporters, and ordinary Americans caught in the crossfire of political prosecutions.

Trump’s workaround was classic Trump, direct, disruptive, and impossible for the usual Senate managers to ignore. He put Cornyn and Tillis on notice, reminded the base of their Garland votes, and made it clear Blanche would not simply be sacrificed to committee theater.

For Tillis, the angry response only confirmed why so many conservatives distrust him. When Trump pushes back against obstruction, the senator runs to the cameras and scolds the president about bad advice, which is exactly the kind of Beltway performance voters are tired of funding.

The Blanche confirmation battle is now about more than one nominee. It is about whether Senate Republicans will help Trump staff his administration with fighters or keep playing procedural games while the left laughs from the cheap seats.


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