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Trump Unleashes Lawsuit Against Soros-Funded Center Over National Guard Crime Smear [WATCH]
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Trump Unleashes Lawsuit Against Soros-Funded Center Over National Guard Crime Smear [WATCH]

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President Donald Trump announced that legal action is being prepared against the Center for American Progress after the left wing organization claimed National Guard deployments had no impact on crime. The president revealed the move in a post on Truth Social.

Trump cited a report by Chandler Hall, the Associate Director of Public Safety for the Center for American Progress.

He said a lawsuit was “being drawn now” and added that he was “strongly considering adding some of the contributors to this Fake Organization.”

The president had previously shared the same criticism on Truth Social on August 10. His latest announcement makes clear that the dispute is moving beyond another Washington war of words.

Trump mocked the organization as the “foolish Center for American Lack of Progress” and blasted Hall for claiming the Guard had “NO impact on Crime.”

He added, “How crazy is that. Hall was met with furious dissent.”

The president also took aim at the wealthy institutions and corporations that have contributed to CAP. He described the organization and its financial supporters as a “gaggle of Lunatics,” while naming George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, Google, Apple, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Walmart, Toyota, T Mobile, and NBC Universal.

Trump further pointed to foreign support connected to the organization. Contributors have reportedly included the Embassy of Japan, the Korea Foundation, and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, among others.

“The Dumocrats love it, and are against anything ‘TRUMP,’” Trump wrote.

“These people, and others like them, are so bad for our Country. Their stated course is anything to hate or demean ‘TRUMP.’”

Hall’s report argues that the Trump administration is taking credit for a national decline in violent crime that began before the president returned to office.

It claims falling homicide and violent crime figures were already visible in American cities during 2023 and 2024.

CAP further accuses the administration of using those declines to defend policies the group considers unpopular, ineffective, and expensive.

Naturally, the liberal think tank portrays National Guard support for local law enforcement as an extreme intervention rather than a serious response to disorder.

The report states, “However, new Center for American Progress analysis finds no evidence that National Guard deployments have reduced violent crime.”

It also estimates that deployments continuing through the end of 2026 could cost taxpayers more than $1.7 billion.

CAP examined 11 cities where the National Guard was deployed or where deployment had been threatened.

According to its analysis, those cities experienced a 14 percent decline in their rolling violent crime rate and a 22 percent decline in their rolling murder rate from June 2024 through June 2025.

The organization argues those declines occurred before the Guard was first sent to Los Angeles.

From that premise, CAP claims Trump is exploiting an existing trend to promote his public safety agenda and claim credit for results already underway.

The National Guard has been sent to cities including Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans in response to crime, unrest, and riots.

Those deployments have become another dividing line between an administration emphasizing law and order and left wing officials who routinely object to federal action.

The administration can also point to notable results in the nation’s capital. Breitbart News reported in August 2025 that violent crime in Washington fell 22 percent during the week after Trump announced his crackdown.

That same period reportedly saw no murders in the city for seven consecutive days.

CAP may dismiss the timing as irrelevant, but residents who want safer streets are unlikely to sneer at fewer violent crimes and an entire week without a homicide.

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The threatened lawsuit now raises the stakes for CAP and possibly its contributors.

Trump is signaling that organizations making sweeping claims about his crime policies may soon have to defend their research somewhere less friendly than a television studio or a liberal policy conference.

James Talarico Mourns Collapse of Scheme Threatening Half a Million Texas Energy Jobs [WATCH]
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James Talarico Mourns Collapse of Scheme Threatening Half a Million Texas Energy Jobs [WATCH]

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Texas Democrat James Talarico appears determined to provide voters with a fresh reason to reject his United States Senate campaign every time he approaches a camera.

His latest trouble involves an energy proposal that critics say could threaten roughly half a million oil and gas jobs across the Lone Star State.

That is a staggering political liability in Texas, where the energy industry supports families, communities, local businesses, and state revenue.

Yet Talarico expressed regret that his proposal never received a hearing in the Texas Legislature, as though lawmakers had somehow missed a grand opportunity.

The Republican National Committee research operation highlighted Talarico’s exchange with CBS Texas political reporter Jack Fink.

Fink questioned him about House Bill 2206 and its promised transition toward a green economy, including the replacement of jobs lost during that process.

Fink asked, “I mean, in your bill, back in House Bill 2206, on the energy, you said there would be a transition to the green economy, and you would want to replace lost jobs. That doesn’t suggest that there wouldn’t be an impact on oil and gas.”

Talarico answered, “Well, this is why I was trying to work with Republicans, and Democrats alike, in the legislature, to make this bill a reality. But the bill wasn’t even given a hearing.”

He continued, “And as you know, when covering the legislature, bills, when they are first introduced, are a rough draft. And it’s meant to go through a process with stakeholders and with members of both political parties.”

Talarico added, “But folks in the state capital didn’t want to have this conversation. And so, the bill died before it even got to committee.”

He concluded, “And that’s a real shame, because I think there are ways to both grow our oil and gas industry and limit these emissions at the same time.”

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That explanation is unlikely to reassure Texans whose livelihoods depend upon drilling, refining, transportation, equipment, and the countless businesses surrounding energy production.

Calling legislation a rough draft does not erase the unmistakable premise that jobs could disappear during the green transition Talarico envisioned.

Texas lawmakers apparently saw little reason to advance a measure carrying such enormous economic risks.

Rather than treating its failure as a tragedy, working Texans may view the outcome as the Legislature doing exactly what it was elected to do, protecting prosperity from another costly liberal experiment.

The controversy becomes even more damaging when paired with Talarico’s record on taxes.

He has also faced criticism for voting against a proposal to ban a state income tax, an idea that should be politically radioactive for anyone seeking statewide office in Texas.

Taken together, the energy bill and tax vote offer voters a revealing picture.

Talarico seems prepared to place jobs at risk while leaving the door open to a new tax burden, all in service of the same expansive government agenda Democrats routinely attempt to market as progress.

His campaign has already suffered from awkward efforts to connect with ordinary Texans, including a vegan controversy followed by an uncomfortable barbecue appearance.

Add his hostility toward Second Amendment priorities, and the pattern looks less like a Texas campaign than a seminar in misreading the electorate.

Public polling may suggest a competitive contest, but Talarico keeps handing Republicans material that could move voters toward Ken Paxton.

Every explanation creates another question about whether the Democrat understands the culture, economy, and priorities of the state he wants to represent.

Republicans do face serious Senate battles during the 2026 elections, and complacency would be foolish with control of Congress at stake.

This race, however, should not become one of the party’s major worries if voters receive a clear account of Talarico’s record.

Texas energy workers do not need lectures about managed decline from politicians chasing fashionable climate policies.

They need leaders who recognize that oil and gas jobs are not disposable statistics, and Talarico’s lament over his failed bill gives Republicans an unmistakable opening.

‘F**k Him Up’: BLM Founder and Cal State LA Professor Exposed Urging Mob Violence Against ICE Agent [WATCH]
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‘F**k Him Up’: BLM Founder and Cal State LA Professor Exposed Urging Mob Violence Against ICE Agent [WATCH]

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A California State University professor and Black Lives Matter founder is facing outrage after video appeared to show her identifying an ICE officer and urging activists to confront him.

The remarks, delivered before a political gathering in Oxnard, quickly ignited concern that an individual federal agent had been placed in danger.

The Sunday event was hosted by La Defensa del Pueblo, a far left coalition that brought together immigration activists, religious figures, labor groups, and allied organizers.

Its summit portrayed federal immigration enforcement and the Trump administration’s public safety agenda as “terror against the people.”

Speakers directed much of their anger at President Donald Trump’s September 2025 executive order, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.”

The order was designed to give federal officials more tools to investigate and disrupt organized political violence, an obvious sore spot for activists accustomed to friendly treatment from Democrats and the press.

The coalition also condemned Trump’s immigration policies and accused his administration of waging a “war on Black America.”

That overheated rhetoric was merely the warmup, however, as the event moved from familiar left wing grievance politics toward language critics viewed as a direct threat.

Stu Smith of the Manhattan Institute shared footage Monday that appeared to show Cal State Los Angeles professor Melina Abdullah naming the officer and telling attendees where she believed he was staying.

We are withholding those identifying and location details because repeating them would further expose the agent targeted in the remarks.

In the clip, Abdullah described the unnamed officer as “The killer ICE agent” and displayed what she said was his photograph.

She then told the crowd, “You see the devil right there, f**k him up!” before repeating the same profane command as she discussed his supposed location.

Her language did not stop at one angry outburst.

Abdullah later said, “When I say f**k him up, I mean in many ways! They don’t get to do their dirt in the dark!”

She added, “There should be nowhere where they go where they are comfortable!”

The message was hard to mistake, even with the attempt to broaden what “many ways” might mean after repeatedly telling a politically charged audience to target a named officer.

Abdullah also directed attendees toward revolutionary reading. “If you already read “Blood in My Eye”…If not, pick up that book and study guerrilla warfare.”

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That combination of personal identification, claimed lodging information, a displayed image, repeated profanity, and a recommendation to study guerrilla warfare raises serious questions.

Political speech is protected, but publicly steering an agitated crowd toward a specific law enforcement officer is not normal protest rhetoric, no matter how campus activists try to sanitize it.

The Heritage Foundation’s Mike Gonzalez noted that Abdullah is not merely another rally speaker.

She is a university professor, was among the original founders of Black Lives Matter, and previously served as a leader of BLM Grassroots, giving her words far more reach than those of a random protester.

Abdullah has also reportedly been friendly with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

 

That connection adds another political layer to a controversy involving a prominent activist, a public university employee, and an immigration officer carrying out federal duties amid a furious national debate.

The episode offers another ugly snapshot of the double standard surrounding political extremism.

If a conservative professor identified a federal employee, announced where that person could be found, flashed a photograph, and repeatedly urged a crowd to attack, cable news panels and university administrators would demand consequences before the video finished playing.

Cal State Los Angeles now faces an obvious question about whether this conduct meets its standards for faculty members.

Taxpayers should not be expected to shrug while a professor uses her platform to inflame a crowd against an officer whose job has already become more dangerous because of reckless political demonization.

Federal authorities may also have to determine whether the comments crossed any legal line, a judgment that depends on context, intent, and the likelihood of imminent action.

At minimum, the footage deserves a serious review rather than the usual institutional silence reserved for radicals with fashionable causes.

ICE officers enforce laws passed by Congress, regardless of how loudly activist groups object.

Naming an agent, pointing supporters toward his supposed lodging, and chanting violent instructions is not courageous resistance, it is a dangerous escalation that responsible leaders should condemn without hesitation.

Democrats’ Hidden Midterm Agenda is So Toxic They Dare Not Show Voters: Jesse Watters [WATCH]
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Democrats’ Hidden Midterm Agenda is So Toxic They Dare Not Show Voters: Jesse Watters [WATCH]

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With roughly two months remaining before the midterm elections, Democrats are still struggling to secure the commanding advantage that political conventional wisdom says should be theirs.

History, President Donald Trump’s approval numbers, and voter frustration over gas prices were supposed to produce a comfortable path back to a congressional majority.

Instead, the latest Harvard Harris survey cited in the report placed Republicans two points ahead among likely voters on the generic congressional ballot.

That is hardly the picture of an unstoppable Democrat wave, no matter how eagerly the usual media chorus tries to hum that tune.

The explanation is hiding in plain sight.

Democrats are asking voters to hand them power while refusing to provide a specific, public agenda, relying instead on another round of outrage about Trump and hazy promises about affordability after their last turn in power helped make daily life more expensive.

This is not an accidental communications failure.

It resembles the strategy Democrats used in 2020, when candidates projected moderation during the campaign, then empowered a far more radical governing program once the ballots were counted and the press returned to its regularly scheduled applause.

Jesse Watters drove directly at that weakness during a sharp exchange with Harold Ford Jr. on The Five.

“Your party is nuts, all right,” Watters told Ford, before explaining why Democrats would rather keep their platform locked in a political basement.

“They don’t even put anything out because it’s so unpopular. What are they going to say? ‘We’re going to abolish ICE’? No one wants to do that, Harold.”

The point was blunt, but bluntness is useful when a party wants a blank check without showing the invoice.

Ford attempted to separate the Democratic Socialists of America from the Democratic National Committee on abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Watters answered, “No. The DNC voted to get rid of ICE last week. I think you were on vacation,” exposing just how awkward the party’s immigration position has become.

Watters then raised the comparison Democrats would prefer voters forget, Newt Gingrich’s 1994 Contract with America.

Republicans offered a written and specific governing program, campaigned on it openly, and then captured a historic House majority because citizens knew what they were being asked to support.

“Remember Newt’s Contract [with] America?” Watters asked.

“Put it out. I mean, I dare you guys to put it out.”

That dare cuts because Democrats know a clear list of their priorities would likely repel many of the persuadable voters they need.

The most ambitious items on the left’s wish list are not exactly crowd pleasers outside activist circles.

Government domination of the massive health insurance industry and a revival of Green New Deal politics remain expensive ideological projects, not kitchen table solutions for families trying to cover groceries and fuel.

“You guys want to nationalize the $2 trillion health insurance industry. You can’t do it because it’s stupid, Harold. You guys want to do the Green New Deal again? It didn’t work, you can’t do it,” Watters said.

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Democrats could not enact those plans even while controlling Congress and the White House.

That leaves House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries trapped between competing factions.

The activist left wants impeachment votes, shutdown fights, and endless investigations tied to Trump, while Democrats dreaming about the presidency understand that a broader general election electorate has little appetite for another helping of institutional chaos.

Jeffries appears unable to force either camp into line, so the party’s practical message has been reduced to “orange man bad.”

Resistance may excite the faithful, but it is not a governing platform, and it does not tell working Americans how Democrat control would improve their lives.

If Democrats believed their ideas were popular, they would publish them, defend them, and invite voters to judge the results, just as Republicans did in 1994.

Their refusal to do so is itself revealing, because politicians rarely hide proposals they expect the public to celebrate.

The stakes in 2026 extend beyond another routine congressional contest.

Control of the House and Senate will determine whether Trump’s America First program moves forward or is buried beneath investigations, obstruction, and the familiar Washington spectacle of Democrats treating resistance as a substitute for governing.

Republicans cannot afford complacency, but Democrats cannot escape the basic question either.

What, precisely, would they do with power, and why are they so unwilling to say it before Election Day?

Trump Team Walks Into Moscow and Kyiv, Globalists Panic: Empire’s Ukraine Gravy Train in Trouble [WATCH]
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Trump Team Walks Into Moscow and Kyiv, Globalists Panic: Empire’s Ukraine Gravy Train in Trouble [WATCH]

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Susan Kokinda of Promethean Action argued that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is moving against the financial and geopolitical structures she says have sustained conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, pointing to renewed diplomacy with Russia and changing U.S. signals concerning the Falkland Islands dispute.

Kokinda began with the Kremlin’s decision to release footage from a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American representatives.

“You don’t see this very often: the Kremlin posting full video footage of a high-level meeting between Russian President Putin and American representatives,” Kokinda said.

During the meeting, Putin asked the delegation to deliver a message to Trump.

“But before we begin, I’d like you to please convey my best wishes and the words of sincere gratitude to the President of the United States,” Putin said.

“I know that he might be entering a difficult streak, but anyway, he will not stop trying to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.”

The meeting took place Saturday during a visit to Moscow by presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The pair traveled to Kyiv the following day and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as U.S. negotiators during Trump’s second term.

Reuters reported that Witkoff and Kushner spent three hours meeting Putin before traveling to Kyiv as part of an effort to revive stalled peace negotiations.

“All of a sudden, U.S. diplomacy on Ukraine is live again,” Kokinda said.

“What changed?”

Kokinda highlighted Putin’s description of his relationship with the American negotiators.

“So, and definitely, when it comes to such brokerage, well, what matters is trust and comfort with those who serve as brokers,” Putin said.

“And actually, well, you have been enjoying our full trust and it’s been quite convenient for us to work with you.”

“A very high level of trust,” Kokinda said.

“Putin does trust the American delegation to be an honest broker, unlike the Europeans who’ve made pretty clear they won’t stop until Russia is humiliated or crushed.”

Kokinda placed the meetings alongside CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s earlier trip to Moscow and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s invitation to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to attend the G20 summit.

She also noted that Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, participated in the Moscow meeting.

According to Kokinda, Dmitriev’s presence was significant because the discussions extended beyond the war to possible economic cooperation between Russia and the United States.

She cited an analysis arguing that ending the conflict and sanctions on Russia could bring Russian oil, gas and natural resources more fully into the global economy, altering the economic leverage held by Iran, European governments, Britain and Canada.

Kokinda then focused on Bessent’s actions against financial networks associated with Iran and what she described as financial mechanisms supporting Ukraine.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been clear about his intentions, cutting off from the dollar system those that continue to support not just Iran, but also Ukraine by proxy, because one was the source of the flow for the other,” Kokinda said while recounting the analysis.

“First, you cut off the oil flow, which cuts collateral chains, and then any continued flow is choked off at the banks.”

She pointed to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, the British Virgin Islands, Saint Barth and the Cayman Islands while arguing that the administration’s financial actions reach beyond Iran and Russia.

“That’s not just a war financing map,” Kokinda said.

“That’s the offshore architecture of the empire itself.”

Kokinda contrasted that interpretation with criticism of Trump’s handling of Iran and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

“Or you can see what we see: an administration that has been moving against the imperial system step by step, ensuring American energy independence, eliminating Hormuz as a choke point, and drying up speculative and illicit money flows,” Kokinda said.

“And suddenly, out of nowhere, the peace talks are back.”

She then connected her argument to developments surrounding Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas.

Argentine President Javier Milei announced measures targeting companies involved in offshore oil development and proposed legislation concerning the islands while pledging additional support for a naval base in Tierra del Fuego.

Reuters reported that Milei’s actions followed signals from Trump that Washington could reconsider its position on the dispute.

Kokinda played a clip in which Trump was asked whether the United States was reviewing its position.

“Are you reviewing the US position on the Falkland Islands? I always review every position. That’s just one of many,” Trump said.

Kokinda said Trump was subsequently asked whether the United States continued to support British sovereignty over the islands.

“That’s a big trip. It’s a long way, so your country’s not doing well,” Trump said.

“Don’t forget, you get a big percentage of your of your oil from the Strait of Hormuz, and you weren’t there to help me. Your country was not there to help me.”

“For decades, the automatic American tilt has been toward London, and the president just reduced it to one of many possibilities,” Kokinda said.

Kokinda placed the current dispute in the context of the 1982 Falklands War, when competing factions within the Reagan administration disagreed about whether the United States should support Britain or approach the dispute through the Monroe Doctrine.

She cited Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger on the British side of that debate, while pointing to U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, National Security Advisor William Clark and Republican Sen. Jesse Helms as figures who took a different approach.

The United States ultimately supported Britain during the 1982 conflict.

Kokinda argued that Trump’s recent remarks represent a reopening of a question that had long appeared settled in Washington.

“But now, for the first time in decades, an American president is reopening the question Reagan closed in Britain’s favor,” Kokinda said.

“And this time, London may not like the answer.”

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GOP Looks to Defy History, Descends on Dallas for First Ever Midterm Convention [WATCH]
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GOP Looks to Defy History, Descends on Dallas for First Ever Midterm Convention [WATCH]

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Republicans are gathering in Texas this week for an unprecedented midterm convention as the party attempts to rally its voters ahead of the November elections and defend its majorities in Congress, as reported by Fox News.

The Republican gathering, scheduled for Sept. 9 and 10 at the American Airlines Center, is the first national GOP convention specifically organized for a midterm election.

President Donald Trump announced the event earlier this year as an opportunity to highlight the administration’s record and energize Republican voters.

 

Trump is scheduled to headline the convention, with Vice President JD Vance also delivering a major address.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to participate, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune is also expected to attend and help with fundraising efforts for Senate candidates.

Republican leaders are using the convention to draw a sharp distinction between their party and Democrats, particularly over economic policy and the direction of the Democratic Party.

“This is not a midterm like any other, because we actually have a competition against communism now, and that’s a very serious thing. It’s going to animate voters coast to coast,” Johnson said in an interview with Fox News Digital last month.

Johnson has also described the election as a contest between the policies Republicans say they have advanced and what they characterize as an increasingly left-wing Democratic agenda.

“What we’re going to highlight at that convention is the fact that this is not your father’s Democrat Party,” Johnson said.

“It’s a contrast election, and people are making a contrast between common-sense solutions and candidates, and really crazy, which is represented by the other side.”

The GOP enters the midterm campaign with control of both chambers of Congress but faces several traditional disadvantages associated with the party holding the White House. Economic concerns are also expected to play a major role, particularly inflation and the cost of everyday necessities.

According to the Fox News national poll cited in the report, three out of four voters said inflation had caused them financial hardship, while 54% expected the economy to worsen.

Republicans are seeking to counter those concerns by emphasizing legislation signed by Trump that included tax reductions involving tips, overtime and Social Security.

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters said the convention provides the party with an opportunity to explain its record directly to voters.

“This midterm convention gives us a chance, an opportunity to showcase all the great things this president has done, and this administration, to the American people in a direct way,” Gruters said.

Gruters also acknowledged the importance of turning out voters who may be less likely to participate when Trump himself is not on the ballot.

“We have a chance to defy history and win the midterms.”

He has separately described Trump as particularly effective at motivating those voters.

“We have a ton of money to spend,” Gruters told Fox Business.

“We have the cash, and we’re going to deploy it in a way to make sure that we hold the majority.”

Democrats, meanwhile, are seeking to capitalize on Republican vulnerabilities. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin predicted that Democrats would regain power, while DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer criticized the Dallas gathering and tied Republicans closely to Trump.

“While everyday Americans struggle to pay their bills, fill up their tanks, or put food on the table, Republicans are hosting a multi-million dollar celebration to satisfy an aging and erratic Trump and tie vulnerable Republican candidates closer to his failed agenda,” Witmer said.

Witmer added that “Americans don’t want a ‘Trumpapalooza’ — they want lower costs and affordable healthcare.”

The convention is also designed to raise money for Republican campaigns. Organizers are seeking major contributions from donors, including an invitation offering a private roundtable and a photograph with Trump for more than $88,000.

Other scheduled or expected speakers include Attorney General Todd Blanche, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner, former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Donald Trump Jr.

The convention comes with Republicans facing a difficult political environment, but party officials say they intend to use the gathering to motivate their base, promote their legislative record and raise additional campaign money.

The 2026 midterms will determine control of Congress, making turnout among both parties a central focus as candidates move into the final stretch of the campaign.

The Dallas convention gives Republicans an opportunity to put their national leadership, campaign organization, and message on display just weeks before voters head to the polls.

James Talarico Rejected Jesus as the Only Way, Claimed Allah Leads to Same Truth in Resurfaced Video [WATCH]
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James Talarico Rejected Jesus as the Only Way, Claimed Allah Leads to Same Truth in Resurfaced Video [WATCH]

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Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico is drawing renewed scrutiny after a resurfaced video showed him rejecting the Christian teaching that Jesus Christ is the only path to salvation.

Instead, Talarico presented Christianity, Islam, and other religions as equally valid routes toward one shared divine truth.

The remarks offer voters another revealing look at the theology promoted by the Democrat, who regularly discusses faith while advancing views that sharply conflict with traditional Christian doctrine.

His message sounds less like biblical Christianity and more like religious relativism wrapped in campaign language.

In the video, Talarico described the major religions of the world as comparable paths toward the same mysterious destination.

That position directly clashes with the Christian belief that salvation comes through Jesus Christ, not through a collection of interchangeable spiritual traditions.

“I find that they’re all kind of equal pathways to truth. You know, that’s how I think, you know, I always think of all of the world’s faith traditions as like a circle with,” Talarico said.

“That divine mystery of the universe in the middle. And we all have different names for that mystery.”

Talarico then listed several religious concepts as different labels for what he considers the same underlying reality.

In his telling, the distinctions between Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, indigenous spirituality, and other belief systems appear secondary to a supposedly universal spiritual truth.

“Whether it’s God or Yahweh or Allah or Nirvana, the Great Spirit, whatever you call it, this is all, you know, different pathways to the same kind of fundamental truth of reality,” Talarico continued.

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Those comments are notable because Talarico has cultivated a public image that leans heavily on religious language.

Yet when pressed through his own statements, his theology repeatedly places historic Christian claims alongside competing religions as though they are merely different names on the same spiritual menu.

For Christians, the issue is not simply that Talarico acknowledged the existence of other faith traditions.

His remarks went considerably further by calling those traditions equal pathways to truth, effectively denying the unique role of Christ proclaimed in Christian scripture.

This was not an isolated venture into theological improvisation. Talarico has previously used government proceedings to promote a similarly broad religious framework, suggesting that his latest resurfaced remarks fit an established pattern rather than an accidental turn of phrase.

During a Texas House invocation in 2021, Talarico referenced the Torah, Quran, Gita, Dharma, and the First Epistle of John.

He closed that invocation by declaring, “In all your many names, we pray.”

That prayer treated distinct religions and their vastly different teachings as expressions of one shared divine identity.

It was a politically fashionable approach, especially among progressives who prefer a faith stripped of exclusive truth claims, moral boundaries, and inconvenient biblical teachings.

Talarico has also generated controversy with previous remarks about Christianity itself.

He reportedly called Christianity the “most violent” religion and claimed it had inflicted “more damage” on Islam than any other faith, comments that hardly sound like a respectful defense of the tradition he often invokes.

The Democrat has likewise argued that God is “beyond gender” and claimed that the Bible is “silent on abortion.”

Those assertions place him comfortably within the modern progressive habit of reshaping theology until it conveniently approves the political priorities of the left.

Talarico is free to embrace religious pluralism, but Texas voters are equally free to examine what he actually believes when he speaks about Christianity.

A candidate cannot repeatedly invoke Christian language for public credibility, then brush aside one of the faith’s central claims without expecting serious questions.

His resurfaced comments make the contrast plain.

Traditional Christianity proclaims Christ as the way to salvation, while Talarico says Allah, Nirvana, the Great Spirit, and other concepts can lead people toward the same truth.

That distinction matters in a Senate race where character, convictions, and honesty with voters are fair game.

Texans now have another opportunity to decide whether Talarico is representing Christian belief or simply borrowing its vocabulary while promoting a thoroughly progressive substitute.

US Forces Crush Pacific Cartel Fuel Hub Tied to Ecuadorian Narco Terrorists [WATCH]
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US Forces Crush Pacific Cartel Fuel Hub Tied to Ecuadorian Narco Terrorists [WATCH]

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United States forces sank a floating refueling vessel tied to an Ecuadorian organized crime syndicate on Monday, striking another piece of the maritime infrastructure that supports drug trafficking across the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The operation was conducted by Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, which intercepted the vessel during what United States Southern Command described as drug trafficking activity at sea.

The platform allegedly provided fuel and logistical support for criminal boats operating far from shore.

Southern Command said the vessel was connected to Los Choneros, a powerful Ecuadorian criminal organization deeply involved in narcotics trafficking and violent intimidation.

The group has built its influence by controlling routes through Ecuador and terrorizing anyone standing in its way.

The people aboard the refueling vessel were removed before American forces sent the platform to the bottom.

Officials said those individuals will be transferred to Ecuadorian authorities, leaving local prosecutors and security officials to handle the next steps.

The careful removal of everyone aboard demonstrated the precise nature of the mission.

Once the vessel was cleared, United States forces destroyed it, ensuring the cartel could not tow it away, repair it, or return it to service.

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Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere was activated by Southern Command in August as part of a broader effort to confront regional threats.

Its mission includes strengthening security partnerships, responding to crises, and dismantling criminal networks operating throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Southern Command said the task force continues carrying out professional operations aimed at breaking the logistical systems that keep narcotics moving.

Cartels may receive more sympathetic treatment from fashionable activists and international bureaucrats, but fuel vessels are harder to spin once they are sitting on the ocean floor.

The Trump administration has made targeting suspected drug vessels headed toward the United States a major security priority.

American forces have conducted dozens of strikes against boats linked to narcotics trafficking under the administration’s increasingly aggressive campaign.

Those operations represent a clear shift from treating cartel activity as merely a distant law enforcement problem.

Criminal groups operating across international waters rely on fuel, supply points, crews, communications, and staging platforms, making each logistical link a legitimate target for disruption.

Los Choneros received an additional blow last week when the State Department designated the syndicate as a foreign terrorist organization.

That classification reflects the group’s use of organized violence against public officials, security personnel, judges, prosecutors, journalists, and their families inside Ecuador.

State Department deputy spokesperson Thomas Pigott described the cartel’s objective in blunt terms.

“Their ultimate goal is to control drug trafficking routes through Ecuador by terrorizing and inflicting brutal violence on the Ecuadorian people,” Pigott said.

The terrorist designation gives Washington another tool for confronting a group whose operations stretch beyond conventional street crime.

Los Choneros has sought power through fear, using bloodshed and threats to weaken institutions while protecting the routes that generate its criminal profits.

American and Ecuadorian authorities also cooperated in July to extradite Los Choneros leader Fito Macias to the United States.

Macias became the first Ecuadorian citizen extradited from Ecuador to face justice in an American court, marking a significant development in bilateral security cooperation.

The latest maritime operation shows that Washington is targeting more than cartel leaders and drug cargoes.

By destroying refueling platforms and other support assets, United States forces can make trafficking routes costlier, riskier, and less reliable for criminal organizations.

For cartels accustomed to exploiting weak enforcement and endless diplomatic hesitation, the message from the Pacific was refreshingly direct.

The crew was removed, Ecuador was brought into the process, and the criminal infrastructure was denied another day of service.

The campaign also highlights the connection between border security, regional stability, and military readiness.

Drug syndicates do not respect national boundaries, and allowing them to control maritime corridors only strengthens violent organizations that profit from American addiction and institutional weakness.

Southern Command’s action offers a practical model for confronting these networks without pretending another press conference will frighten hardened traffickers.

Find the infrastructure, protect innocent life, coordinate with trusted partners, and remove the cartel’s tools from the board.

With Los Choneros now designated as a terrorist organization and its leader facing American justice, pressure on the syndicate is mounting.

Monday’s sinking added one more costly setback for criminals who have long treated the Pacific as their private narcotics highway.

Mikie Sherrill Faces Sanctuary Reckoning After Fugitive Illegal Alien Injures Democrat Mayor’s Wife [WATCH]
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Mikie Sherrill Faces Sanctuary Reckoning After Fugitive Illegal Alien Injures Democrat Mayor’s Wife [WATCH]

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A Sept. 2 crash in North Brunswick, New Jersey, involving a driver fleeing federal immigration agents has renewed a political dispute over the state’s restrictions on cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as reported by Red State.

The crash occurred on U.S. Route 130 after federal agents stopped a driver during a targeted immigration operation.

According to ICE, agents gave the driver repeated verbal warnings and attempted to remove him from the vehicle after concerns about officer safety. The driver then fled at a high rate of speed.

The driver entered Route 130 and went through a red light before colliding with another vehicle in North Brunswick.

The other vehicle was a Tesla driven by Dr. Penelope Cohen, the wife of East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen. News 12 reported that Cohen suffered a leg injury.

The driver left the vehicle after the collision and attempted to flee on foot. Federal agents subsequently arrested him, according to local reporting.

The man’s identity had not been publicly released in the reports reviewed.

ICE provided Fox News Digital with its account of the encounter.

“After repeated verbal warnings and due to officer safety concerns, ICE officers relied on their training and attempted to safely remove the illegal alien [from their car]. The illegal alien then proceeded to flee at a high rate of speed and collided with other vehicles,” an ICE spokesperson said.

The incident quickly became part of the broader political dispute over New Jersey’s immigration policies. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., whose district includes the area, addressed the crash on social media.

“Today, it appears an ICE-involved car chase resulted in an accident involving the wife of the Mayor of East Brunswick. ICE’s lawlessness is putting innocent people in harm’s way. #AbolishICE”

Watson Coleman also referenced an earlier incident involving an ICE vehicle and a prayer vigil outside Delaney Hall.

The crash has drawn criticism from Republicans who argue that New Jersey’s restrictions on cooperation between state and local authorities and federal immigration officials can complicate immigration enforcement.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, signed legislation in March codifying elements of the state’s existing “Trust Directive,” which limits the circumstances under which local law enforcement agencies cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The policy has been a continuing point of contention between state Democrats and Republicans.

Assemblyman Paul Kanitra, R-10, said lawmakers had warned that the policy could produce problems.

“An illegal immigrant fled a targeted ICE operation in New Jersey, sped onto a major highway, ran a red light and slammed into a Tesla carrying the wife of East Brunswick’s Democratic mayor.”

Kanitra added:

“The crash on US-130 is the latest in a string of dangerous incidents critics tie directly to New Jersey’s sanctuary “Trust Directive” — codified into law this year by Gov. Sherrill. State lawmakers say they warned Democrats this exact kind of chaos would happen.”

“We all fought against it. We told them that this would create chaos, and it seems like Democrats are unable to take accountability for their own actions,” State Assemblyman Paul Kanitra told Fox News Digital.

State Sen. Mike Testa, R-Vineland, also criticized New Jersey’s approach to cooperation with ICE.

He said Cape May and Monmouth counties had sought the ability to establish 287(g) agreements with federal immigration authorities but had been unsuccessful under the state’s policies.

The incident has therefore become part of a larger debate over how federal immigration enforcement should operate in New Jersey and how much assistance local authorities should provide.

For now, the immediate facts of the case remain centered on the Sept. 2 traffic stop, the driver’s flight, the red-light violation, and the subsequent collision that injured Cohen.

AirTags Lead Police to Democrat Donor’s Home After Conservative Campaign Signs Vanish [WATCH]
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AirTags Lead Police to Democrat Donor’s Home After Conservative Campaign Signs Vanish [WATCH]

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A campaign-sign dispute in Columbus, Georgia, took an unusual turn after an independent candidate placed Apple AirTags inside replacement signs and used the tracking devices to locate four missing signs, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

Stephen Acorn, an independent write-in candidate challenging longtime Democratic incumbent Debbie Buckner for Georgia House District 137, said several of his campaign signs had repeatedly disappeared near Matthews Elementary School and County Line Road.

After the signs continued to go missing, Acorn decided to put tracking devices inside new signs to determine where they were going.

“I feel like I outsmarted the perpetrator,” Acorn told NowGeorgia.com, which first reported the incident.

The plan produced results within roughly 24 hours. Acorn received an alert indicating that two of the tracked signs were moving.

The location information eventually directed him and police to the residence of Richard Spencer Garrard and his wife, Rev. Dr. Cindy Cox Garrard.

Richard Garrard is a retired Columbus State University educator. According to the university’s faculty catalog, he previously served as a lecturer in middle-grades education.

Columbus State’s archives also contain an oral-history interview concerning his years as both a student and faculty member at the university.

Police went to the Garrards’ home after the tracking information identified the location of the campaign signs. According to Acorn’s account, Richard Garrard answered the door when officers arrived.

Acorn said the responding officer told Garrard that police knew the missing signs were at the residence and that they needed to be returned. Otherwise, Acorn could pursue charges.

Four of Acorn’s campaign signs were subsequently recovered from the garbage at the home and returned to him.

The incident later received renewed attention after Libs of TikTok shared footage from the encounter on X on Sept. 7. The footage included police body-camera video from the response at the residence.

Cindy Garrard subsequently said she was responsible for removing the signs but disputed the characterization that she had taken signs from private property.

In a statement provided to NowGeorgia.com, Garrard said she believed the signs had been placed illegally along a public right-of-way.

“I thought the signs were illegally placed on public right-of-way and removed them. The signs have been returned.”

Garrard also maintained that her husband was not responsible for removing the signs. After Acorn posted a photograph of the couple on Facebook and referred to them as “sign snatchers,” Garrard responded directly.

“They” is me, not my husband. I never removed a sign from private property.”

The political nature of the dispute became another point of discussion when Acorn shared election records indicating that Cindy Cox Garrard had made a financial contribution to Buckner’s campaign.

Acorn had given the couple several hours to apologize and said he would keep their identities private. After receiving no response, he posted their photograph publicly.

Acorn has not indicated that he has decided to pursue criminal charges. When asked about that possibility, he gave a religious explanation for his decision-making.

“God shows us grace every single day, and he commands us to do the same. It’s something I’m going to pray about.”

Acorn did, however, submit an open-records request seeking a copy of the responding officer’s body-camera footage.

The incident also raises questions about the legal status of campaign signs in Georgia.

Reporting on the incident states that taking campaign signs without permission can constitute theft and that the offense can carry a penalty of up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

For Acorn, the disappearance of campaign signs that had initially appeared to be an unresolved nuisance ultimately produced a specific location after he concealed tracking devices inside replacement signs.

Police recovered the signs from the Columbus residence, while the couple involved offered an explanation that differed from Acorn’s characterization of what happened.

The matter now remains a local campaign controversy involving competing accounts over why the signs were removed, whether they were improperly placed, and whether any criminal charges will ultimately be pursued.


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