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Mar252025

Episode 1037 – The Military is Getting a Big Boost!

There is some good news from the Vatican concerning the pope.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement pairs up with an unlikely source to catch illegal aliens.

And our military will be getting a big boost!

Some Good News

According to Fox News:

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican Sunday morning for the first time since being hospitalized five weeks ago. 

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, using a wheelchair and wearing nasal tubes for oxygen, exited Rome’s Gemmlli Hospital and was escorted to the Vatican by a convoy of police vehicles. The convoy stopped at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where the Pope often visits, and delivered a bouquet of flowers to be placed in front of the Salus populi Romani icon. 

Before being discharged from the hospital, the 88-year-old pontiff made his first public appearance since Feb. 14 after surviving a severe case of pneumonia that doctors said twice threatened his life.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-condemns-israeli-attacks-appears-1st-time-since-weeks-long-hospitalization

At Least They’re Worth Something

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is nearing an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that would allow the use of tax data to support deportation efforts. This development is part of President Donald Trump’s push for extensive deportations. Here are key points about the proposed agreement:

Key Points of the Agreement

  • Purpose: The agreement aims to verify whether ICE has accurate addresses for individuals ordered to leave the U.S. by cross-checking against IRS databases12.
  • Process: ICE would submit names and addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants to the IRS for verification45.
  • Legal Framework: The IRS is bound by Section 6103 of the federal tax code, which requires confidentiality of taxpayer information except in specific circumstances, such as with court approval for non-tax criminal investigations23.
  • Privacy Concerns: Career officials within the IRS and privacy experts have expressed concerns about the potential breach of taxpayer confidentiality26.
  • Historical Context: The IRS has traditionally encouraged undocumented immigrants to file taxes using Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), assuring them that their information would not be used for deportation purposes16.

Implications and Reactions

  • Legal Challenges: Immigrant advocacy groups have filed lawsuits to prevent the IRS from sharing taxpayer information with ICE, arguing it violates federal law57.
  • Political Context: The agreement is part of broader efforts by the Trump administration to increase deportations, which has been met with resistance from Democratic lawmakers and immigrant rights groups46.

Overall, the proposed agreement represents a significant shift in how the IRS handles taxpayer data, potentially impacting undocumented immigrants who have been filing taxes with the assurance of confidentiality.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-may-help-ice-track-down-illegal-aliens-for-deportation?topStoryPosition=undefined

Huge News

Donald Trump made a huge announcement on Friday:

The United States is indeed developing a new fighter plane, known as the F-47, which is part of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. Here are some key details about this project:

Overview of the F-47

  • Manufacturer: Boeing has been awarded the contract to build the F-47, marking a significant advancement in U.S. Air Force tactical aviation123.
  • Designation: The F-47 is the first U.S. sixth-generation fighter jet, designed to replace the F-22 Raptor45.
  • Capabilities: It will feature state-of-the-art stealth technologies, advanced sensors, and the ability to operate alongside unmanned drones, known as Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)25.

Development and Testing

  • Prototype Development: Experimental versions of the NGAD have been flying for nearly five years, testing cutting-edge concepts and proving the readiness of the technology5.
  • Deployment Timeline: The Air Force aims to begin deploying the F-47 within the next decade2.

Strategic Importance

  • Purpose: The F-47 is intended to provide air superiority against near-peer competitors like China and Russia, addressing future high-end engagements in the Indo-Pacific theater24.
  • Cost and Funding: The initial development contract is valued at around $20 billion, with estimates suggesting each jet could cost over $300 million once mass production begins23.

Advanced Features

  • Stealth and Electronic Warfare: The F-47 will incorporate advanced stealth and electronic warfare capabilities, making it virtually unseeable and highly effective in contested environments56.
  • Drone Integration: It is designed to operate as a forward drone controller, coordinating with multiple drones to enhance combat capabilities14.

Dumbass of the Day

He Will Win

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has threatened to sue former U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) after Bowman referred to Musk as a “Nazi” and a “thief” during a CNN appearance. Bowman made these comments while criticizing Musk’s leadership and role in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiatives, pointing to mass layoffs and legal challenges as evidence of mismanagement124.

Musk responded on social media, stating, “I’ve had enough. Lawsuit inbound,” indicating his intent to pursue legal action, likely a defamation case124. In defamation cases involving public figures like Musk, it is necessary to prove that the false statements were made with “actual malice”27.

Bowman, who lost his primary election in 2024 and now leads the super PAC Built to Win, has been vocal about his criticisms of Musk and his political stance23. The potential lawsuit could have significant implications for public discourse and the legal standards surrounding defamation claims against public figures67. Conservative figures, including Senator Mike Lee, have supported Musk’s decision to take legal action47.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musk-threatens-sue-after-democrat-ex-rep-jamaal-bowman-calls-him-nazi-thief-during-tv-appearance

More B.S.

New York City is discontinuing its Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in public schools for the remainder of the 2024-2025 academic year due to a funding shortfall caused by federal cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs14. This program provided students with additional fresh fruit and vegetable snacks three times a week. While students will still receive fruits and vegetables during lunch, the extra snack will no longer be available starting March 31 across over 50 participating schools.

The decision follows a broader $1 billion reduction in USDA funding aimed at supporting schools and food banks in purchasing fresh, locally sourced produce. This cut affects programs like the Local Food for Schools initiative, which helped schools buy food directly from local farmers.

Parents and educators have expressed concern, as for many students, school may be their primary source of fresh fruits and vegetables14. There are indications that canned fruit or applesauce might replace the fresh snacks, but alternatives for fresh vegetable snacks remain uncertain14.

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has reaffirmed her commitment to providing free breakfast and lunch to students, emphasizing the importance of federal support for these programs3. Despite these efforts, the federal cuts pose challenges for maintaining healthy meal options in schools.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/us-news/nyc-cans-fresh-fruit-in-schools-amid-federal-cuts-a-shame/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

More Government Waste

According to the Post Millennial:

A city in Washington is selling nearly half of its electric bus fleet following reliability issues and difficulty getting replacement parts.

The Everett City Council voted earlier this week to sell nine of the electric buses, of which only four are in service right now, because of reliability issues, including critical sensors and components that have been failing since they went into service. The city is now looking to purchase retrofitted diesel buses so there are no gaps in service.

The electric buses were made by a company called Proterra, which went bankrupt two years ago. Assets of the company were sold, making it harder to get spare parts. The buses cost over $9 million when the city bought them in 2017 and 2019, using mostly state and federal grants. Diesel buses would have cost approximately half that amount. Proterra was repeatedly praised by the Biden administration as the United States’ key to dominating the EV field on a global scale.

https://thepostmillennial.com/everett-wa-to-sell-off-nearly-half-of-its-electric-buses-after-problems-plague-fleet
https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2025/03/17/2429020/mattel-introduces-manananggal-doll


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Mar232025

Episode 1036 – Good Riddance!

Environmental activism takes a huge blow this week.

Donald Trump keeps his promise to dismantle the Department of Education and I have a story that supports that.

And Trump secures the release of a hostage from the Taliban.

Good Riddance

A North Dakota jury has ordered Greenpeace to pay $667 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, for defamation, trespassing, and conspiracy related to protests against the pipeline in 2016-2017. The ruling includes over $400 million in punitive damages and could severely impact Greenpeace’s operations in the U.S.125.

Energy Transfer accused Greenpeace of funding and organizing protests that disrupted construction and spread false information about the pipeline. Greenpeace denies significant involvement and plans to appeal, arguing the case threatens free speech and peaceful protest rights. Environmental groups have labeled the lawsuit a strategic attempt to silence dissent (SLAPP)247.

This decision has sparked concerns among activists about its potential chilling effect on climate advocacy and First Amendment rights369.

https://thepostmillennial.com/climate-activists-worry-greenpeace-could-shut-down-after-jury-orders-them-to-pay-667-million-over-damages-to-dakota-access-pipeline#google_vignette

Good Riddance

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 20, 2025, directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

This move aligns with a long-standing conservative goal to return education policy to the states.

Trump criticized the department for inefficiency and claimed it contributes little to improving educational outcomes.

However, fully abolishing the department requires Congressional approval, needing 60 votes in the Senate, which makes complete dissolution uncertain123.

The executive order aims to transfer key functions—such as student loans, Pell grants, and civil rights enforcement—to other departments while significantly reducing the agency’s workforce.

Critics, including labor and civil rights groups, warn this could harm public education by increasing class sizes and limiting access to essential services for low-income and disabled students256.

https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-to-sign-eo-to-officially-shutter-doe-return-education-to-the-states?utm_campaign=64466

This Would Normally Be Illegal Part 2

A controversy has emerged at Shepard Middle School in Deerfield, Illinois, after Nicole Georgas, a parent, filed a federal complaint alleging her 13-year-old daughter was forced to change clothes in front of a transgender student in the girls’ locker room. Georgas claims school staff pressured her daughter to comply under threat of disciplinary action, leaving her daughter traumatized. She has also argued that the school’s policies violate federal directives and compromise students’ privacy and safety134.

The school district denies the allegations, stating that students are not required to change in front of others and have private options available. They assert their policies align with state laws mandating access to facilities based on gender identity. Advocacy groups have criticized the backlash as harmful to transgender students, while Georgas continues to advocate for separate facilities for biological sexes235.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-mom-files-federal-complaint-over-schools-transgender-student-policies/3701097/?utm_source=perplexity
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-activists-hijack-a-school-board-meeting-to-verbally-attack-a-concerned-mother

We Just Keep Winning!

George Glezmann, an American airline mechanic abducted by the Taliban in December 2022 during a tourist visit to Afghanistan, was released on March 20, 2025. The Trump administration negotiated his release through diplomatic efforts led by Adam Boehler, the U.S. hostage envoy, with Qatar mediating the talks. Unlike previous cases, no prisoner exchange was involved; the Taliban released Glezmann as a goodwill gesture. Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Qatar for its pivotal role in the negotiations, which mark the third American hostage freed by the Taliban since January 2025. Glezmann is now returning to the U.S. to reunite with his wife, Aleksandra1234.


https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-secures-release-of-u-s-citizen-held-captive-by-the-taliban

Indian Givers

According to Politico:

The Trump administration will not entertain a French politician’s request to return the Statue of Liberty to France.

“Absolutely not. My advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a press briefing Monday, likely referencing an American-French allyship during World War II that snuffed out Nazi Germany. “They should be grateful.”

The statement comes a day after a French member of the European Parliament, Raphaël Glucksmann, said at a party convention that America under the Trump administration no longer embodied the spirit of the monument, which France gifted the U.S. in the 1880s to formalize diplomatic ties and enshrine the concept of American independence from Great Britain and the end of slavery.

“We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’” Glucksmann said.

The Department of Health and Human Services has purged thousands of scientists and public health leaders since the beginning of the second Trump administration. It has also slashed research grants across the country, and industry experts warn these moves could hollow out research institutes that rely on these funds for maintenance and daily operations.

If the United States doesn’t intend to restore these positions and funds, France, Glucksmann said, would gladly absorb the United States’ research sector.

It’s unclear how France would force the Trump administration’s hand. The country cannot take the statue back at its whim because it is the property of the U.S. government. Such a move could also strain diplomatic tensions that French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to soothe with President Donald Trump by brokering a peace deal to end a yearslong war between Russia and Ukraine.

The main reasons behind French politician Raphaël Glucksmann’s request for the United States to return the Statue of Liberty to France are:

  1. Perceived Alignment with Tyrants: Glucksmann criticized the U.S. for allegedly aligning itself with authoritarian regimes, which he believes contradicts the values of freedom and democracy that the statue represents.
  2. Dismissal of Researchers: He also highlighted the dismissal of researchers advocating for scientific freedom, suggesting that this action undermines the principles of liberty and intellectual freedom symbolized by the statue.
  3. Shift in U.S. Policies: Glucksmann’s comments reflect broader European concerns about changes in U.S. foreign and domestic policies under former President Donald Trump, which are seen as diverging from the original values that led France to gift the statue.
  4. Criticism of U.S. Position on Ukraine: Glucksmann has expressed strong opposition to Trump’s policies regarding the conflict in Ukraine, further emphasizing his belief that the U.S. no longer upholds the values the statue embodies.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/white-house-statue-of-liberty-france-00233883

I’ll Risk Adding to Climate Change

According to the New York Post:

After a hot and sweaty workout, surely the last thing you want to do is put that same activewear set back on for round two.

But, apparently it’s not that bad for you after all.

A French study is ruffling some feathers over here in Australia, after claiming that rewearing your activewear isn’t as bad for you as you might think – and might actually be the right choice for the sake of the longevity of your clothes, and lowering your water bill.

And of course, we have a lot to say.

According to Dr Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise at RMIT University, the French recommendation has some valid points.

“This recommendation stems from legitimate environmental concerns – each laundry cycle consumes significant water and energy,” she said.

“Frequent washing can also degrade fabrics more quickly, contributing to textile waste.”

For some people, washing your workout clothes less often can be a game-changer, especially if you’re used to low-intensity exercise, or are wearing clothes that are made of natural fibers.

“Natural fibers such as cotton multiply fewer odor-causing bacteria than synthetics. So if you wear these fabrics to exercise in, they may last a few wears before needing a wash,” she said.

“Low-intensity activities that generate minimal or low sweat (including gentle yoga or walking), may [also] allow for more rewears than high-intensity workouts, as bacterial proliferation correlates directly with moisture levels in fabrics.”

https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/health/study-suggests-rewearing-used-workout-clothes-has-benefits/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

Who’d Have Thunk It

According to the New York Post:

Two major studies suggest that active cannabis users face a staggering six times higher risk of heart attack compared to those who stay away from the drug, even among young and otherwise healthy adults.

“Asking about cannabis use should be part of clinicians’ workup to understand patients’ overall cardiovascular risk, similar to asking about smoking cigarettes,” said Dr. Ibrahim Kamel, the study’s lead author and clinical instructor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. 

Kamel and his team utilized data from TriNetX, a global health research network, to conduct the retrospective study.

The participants, all aged 50 and under, had no major heart issues at the outset, with healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels and no history of diabetes, tobacco use or coronary artery disease.

After an average follow-up of more than three years, they found that cannabis users had more than a sixfold increase in heart attack risk and double the chance of heart failure.

But the risks don’t stop there. Marijuana users were found to have a fourfold increased risk of ischemic stroke — a condition where a blood clot disrupts blood flow to the brain — and a threefold increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/health/young-pot-users-six-times-more-likely-to-have-heart-attack/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

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Mar232025

Episode 1035 – Welcome Back Home!

Russia and Vlad Putin may be seeing light at the end of the tunnel with the war of Ukraine.

The cease fire is over between Israel and Hamas and Hamas is getting the worse of it.

And Joe Biden was right. Domestic terrorism is the biggest threat to the United States. Unfortunately, it’s coming from his side.

News

Here is some news:

  • Elon Musk’s attempt to unilaterally dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the United States Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
    • U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to immediately give USAID employees access to their “email, payment, security notification, and all other electronic systems,” and ordered a pause on any efforts to shut down USAID.
    • USAID was created by Executive Order.
  •  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration, saying the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”
    • The order by U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan prevents — for now — the Environmental Protection Agency from ending the grant program, which totaled $20 billion. The judge also blocked Citibank, which holds the money on behalf of EPA, from transferring it to the government or anyone else.
  • A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members, dealing a major defeat to a controversial policy the president resurrected from his first term.
    • In a scathing ruling, US District Judge Ana Reyes said the administration cannot enforce the ban — which was set to take effect later this month.
    • Reyes, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, wrote that the ban “is soaked in animus and dripping with pretext. Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact.”
    • “Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed – some risking their lives – to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them,” she wrote.
  • The Trump administration released tens of thousands of pages of documents on Tuesday related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
  • Two NASA astronauts left stranded in space for nine months after a Boeing spacecraft malfunction finally made their journey home Tuesday in a SpaceX capsule, with President Trump saying that they had been “virtually abandoned” by the Biden administration.
    • The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, departed from the International Space Station at 1:05 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, and splashed down off Florida’s coast at around 6 p.m.
    • What was initially planned as an eight-day mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched on June 5 turned into a nine-month ordeal when the capsule experienced multiple helium leaks and thruster malfunctions.
    • In January, Trump said he asked SpaceX founder Elon Musk to “go get” the astronauts whom he characterized as having been “virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration.”

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-dismantling-usaid-unconstitutional-orders-musk-restore-access/story?id=119923733&cid=social_twitter_abcn
https://apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277?taid=67da1c2dba43ac00015156ee&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/politics/transgender-military-court-ruling?Date=20250318&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1742339895&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://www.dailywire.com/news/morning-brief-a-tale-of-two-ceasefires-jfk-files-released-and-market-volatility
https://www.dailywire.com/news/promise-made-promise-kept-astronauts-stranded-during-biden-admin-finally-head-back-to-earth

Russia Sees an Opening

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lengthy call on March 18, 2025, focused on negotiating a ceasefire to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The discussions lasted nearly three hours, with Trump seeking Moscow’s agreement on a U.S.-led ceasefire plan. Ukraine had already agreed to a 30-day ceasefire during prior negotiations with U.S. representatives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The talks reportedly included discussions about territorial concessions and the division of key assets, such as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been contested since the start of the war. While the White House expressed optimism about achieving peace, skepticism remains regarding Putin’s sincerity and the concessions Trump might offer.

Putin delayed the call by two hours and gave a hardline anti-Western speech beforehand, raising concerns in Kyiv and European capitals that Trump may cede too much ground to Russia. The outcome of the talks remains uncertain as Putin outlined additional conditions for the ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has outlined several key conditions for agreeing to a ceasefire in Ukraine:

  1. Military Restrictions on Ukraine: Putin demands that Ukraine halt mobilization, troop training, and the receipt of Western military aid during the ceasefire period, expressing concerns that Ukraine could use the pause to regroup and rearm its forces.
  2. Territorial Concessions: He insists on the withdrawal or surrender of Ukrainian troops from contested areas, particularly in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have made incursions.
  3. NATO and Security Guarantees: Putin reiterates earlier demands that Ukraine renounce aspirations to join NATO and significantly reduce its military capabilities to align with Russian security interests.
  4. Monitoring and Compliance: He questions how compliance with the ceasefire will be enforced, raising doubts about oversight mechanisms and whether violations will be effectively addressed.

These conditions reflect Russia’s broader strategic goals, making them difficult for Ukraine to accept without significant concessions from Moscow or international guarantees.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/morning-brief-trump-and-putin-talk-terms-deportations-continue-and-the-lab-leak-gets-more-proof?topStoryPosition=undefined

Finish Them Off

According to Fox News:

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip eliminated the head of the Hamas government and other key terrorist leaders in a wave of violence following the collapse of their ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces announced Tuesday.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (ISA), also known as Shin Bet, said in a joint statement that the airstrikes eliminated Essam al-Da’alis, head of the Hamas government and “the most senior figure of authority in the Gaza Strip.”

The IDF and ISA also determined with “high probability” that Israeli strikes eliminated Mahmoud Marzouk Ahmed Abu-Watfa, the Minister of Internal Affairs in charge of Hamas’ Internal Security Forces; Bahajat Hassan Mohammed Abu-Sultan, who served as Head of Hamas’ Internal Security Forces; and Ahmed Amar Abdullah Alhata, who served as Hamas’ Minister of Justice. 

At least 404 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in the airstrikes so far, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry. The death toll has not been independently verified.

President Donald Trump’s administration backed Israel’s move to end the ceasefire in a statement on Monday.

Reasons for the Ceasefire Collapse

  • Hostage Release Dispute: Israel demanded the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, while Hamas insisted on transitioning to discussions for a permanent resolution, including a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza12.
  • U.S. Involvement: The U.S. supported Israel’s stance, with President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff urging Hamas to adopt a more pragmatic approach.
  • Military Escalation: Israel resumed airstrikes, citing Hamas’ refusal to release hostages and alleged preparations for further attacks.

Current Situation

  • Violence Escalation: On March 18, 2025, Israel launched extensive airstrikes across Gaza, resulting in over 400 fatalities and significant destruction24.
  • Hamas Response: Hamas accused Israel of breaching the ceasefire and called for international accountability34.
  • Future Negotiations: The future of negotiations remains uncertain, with both sides accusing each other of violating the agreement12.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/ceasefire-over-israel-strikes-gaza-after-hamas-refused-release-hostages-officials-say

More Domestic Terrorism

Do you remember this?

According to the Post Millennial:

Authorities in Las Vegas are investigating a case of suspected arson after multiple vehicles were set on fire at a Tesla service center early Tuesday morning.

Police said that officers received reports around 2:45 am of someone igniting vehicles at the Tesla collision center near Jones Boulevard and Badura Avenue, reports Fox 5 Vegas. Both Las Vegas Metro police and Clark County fire crews responded to the scene, shutting down the surrounding area as investigations began.

At this time, police have not specified what types of vehicles were targeted. However, the incident comes amid a string of Tesla-related attacks across the country, many of which have been linked to protests against Elon Musk’s political involvement and his ties to the Trump administration. Video obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal appeared to show Tesla cars engulfed in flames.

Authorities have not confirmed if the Las Vegas fire was politically motivated or connected to these nationwide incidents.

There have been several instances of violence and vandalism committed against Tesla facilities and vehicles across the United States. Here are some of the notable incidents:

  1. Las Vegas Attack:
    • On March 18, 2025, a targeted attack occurred at a Tesla Collision Center in Las Vegas. Multiple Tesla vehicles were set on fire using Molotov cocktails, and at least three gunshots were fired into the vehicles. The word “RESIST” was spray-painted on the center’s doors. The FBI is assisting in the investigation.
  2. Kansas City Incident:
    • On the same day as the Las Vegas attack, two Tesla Cybertrucks were set on fire at a Tesla store in Kansas City. Arson is suspected, but not confirmed. The Kansas City Police Department’s Bomb and Arson unit is investigating.
  3. San Diego Vandalism:
    • In San Diego, multiple Tesla vehicles were found with swastikas spray-painted on them, along with offensive language on the dealership’s windows. No arrests have been made in this incident.
  4. Tigard, Oregon:
    • On March 13, 2025, over a dozen shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon, causing damage to vehicles and windows. This was the second such incident at that location within a week.
  5. Seattle Incident:
    • On March 9, 2025, four Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged in a fire at a dealership in Seattle. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
  6. North Charleston, South Carolina:
    • A man accidentally set his clothing on fire while attempting to vandalize Tesla charging stations. He was wearing a shirt with a politically charged message.
  7. Little, Massachusetts:
    • Tesla charging stations were significantly damaged in fires believed to be intentionally set on March 3, 2025.
  8. Owings Mills, Maryland:
    • Graffiti resembling a swastika was discovered at a Tesla dealership, with the message “No Musk”.
  9. Colorado Arrest:
    • A woman, Lucy Grace Nelson, was arrested for vandalizing a Tesla dealership in northern Colorado by spray-painting “Nazi” and starting small fires using Molotov cocktails.

These incidents are part of a broader trend of protests and violence against Tesla, largely in response to Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiatives

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-multiple-vehicles-set-on-fire-at-las-vegas-tesla-service-center
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/18/surge-in-tesla-protests-5-teslas-damaged-in-targeted-attack-in-las-vegas/

Dumbass of the Day

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Mar232025

Episode 1034 – You Can’t Make This Up!

The governor of New York is losing control.

Another terrorist supporter is refused entry into the country.

And more destruction in the name of climate change. You can’t make this crap up.

This Is the Way

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese kidney transplant specialist and assistant professor at Brown University, was denied entry into the U.S. and deported to Lebanon after attending the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a recent trip. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials found photos and videos related to Hezbollah on her phone, including deleted content, and claimed she expressed support for the group, which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization.

Dr. Alawieh held a valid H-1B visa and had worked in the U.S. since 2018. She was detained at Boston Logan Airport upon her return and deported before a federal court hearing could take place, despite a judge’s order to delay her removal for 48 hours. The Department of Homeland Security justified the deportation by stating that supporting or glorifying terrorists is grounds for visa denial. Her attorneys argue that due process was violated, and advocacy groups have criticized the decision as unjust.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/brown-university-rasha-alawieh-denied-entry-us-hezbollah

The Middle Finger

Several New York counties, including Chemung, Oneida, and Rensselaer, are defying Governor Kathy Hochul’s executive order prohibiting the rehiring of approximately 2,000 correctional officers fired for striking over prison conditions. The counties argue the order unlawfully infringes on local hiring authority and worsens staffing shortages in jails.

  • Chemung County has filed a lawsuit, claiming the order is unconstitutional and disrupts their ability to hire experienced personnel.
  • Oneida County passed a resolution to potentially sue, asserting that the order oversteps state authority and violates home rule powers.
  • Rensselaer County‘s executive outright rejected the order, vowing to hire fired officers despite potential legal challenges.

Critics, including lawmakers and sheriffs, have condemned the directive as an abuse of power. They argue it unjustly blacklists officers while exacerbating understaffing in New York prisons, where National Guard members have been deployed as temporary replacements.


https://www.dailywire.com/news/ny-counties-defying-dem-governor-after-she-fired-corrections-officers

You Can’t Make This Shit Up

Brazil is facing widespread criticism for clearing tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest to construct a new four-lane highway for the COP30 climate summit, set to take place in Belém in November 2025. The highway, intended to accommodate over 50,000 attendees, including world leaders, has sparked outrage among conservationists and locals who argue it contradicts the summit’s environmental goals.

The deforestation impacts biodiversity and carbon absorption, with concerns raised about wildlife displacement and loss of livelihoods for local communities. Residents like Claudio Verequete have already seen their income from harvesting açaí berries destroyed without compensation. While Brazilian officials promote the highway’s “sustainable” features, such as wildlife crossings and solar lighting, critics remain skeptical.

This development highlights the tension between infrastructure needs for global events and environmental preservation, undermining the summit’s purpose of addressing climate change.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

An Act of War!

A suspected “extermination site” has been discovered at an abandoned ranch near Teuchitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, believed to have been used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Volunteers searching for missing relatives uncovered cremation ovens, human remains, bone fragments, and over 700 personal items, including clothing and toys. The site appears to have served as both a training base and a location for forced recruitment and killings.

Authorities had previously raided the ranch in September 2024 but failed to uncover the extent of the atrocities. The discovery has sparked outrage and demands for accountability amid fears of a cover-up, with advocates questioning potential collusion between cartels and local authorities. The federal government has now taken over the investigation.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/extermination-site-discovered-mexico-cremation-ovens-human-remains

I Agree With the Jury

A California man, Michael Garcia, has been awarded $50 million in a lawsuit against Starbucks. The incident occurred in 2020 when a scalding hot tea spilled onto his lap at a drive-thru, causing severe third-degree burns to his genital area. Garcia’s lawyers argued that the barista failed to secure the drink properly in the takeout tray, leading to the accident. Despite Starbucks expressing sympathy, the company disagrees with the verdict and plans to appeal, considering the damages excessive. Garcia has undergone multiple surgeries and suffers from permanent disfigurement and PTSD.

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/starbucks-ordered-pay-50m-customer-burned-hot-drink

Dumbass of the Day

Some things:

  • We can’t be deported for being a citizen. I wish some citizens can be deported.
  • THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS HAD ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION!!!
  • I’m missing something. Who lost their right to free speech? I don’t see any cancel culture coming from the right.

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Mar172025

Episode 1033- They Just Won’t Stay in Their Lane!

The United States shows strength against Middle East terrorists.

A federal district judge is won’t stay in his lane again.

And Donald Trump has a new tax policy. I have to say, I think he’s wrong on this one.

This Is Strength

United States launches large scale attack on houthies

The United States has launched a large-scale military operation against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels following their attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea. The strikes, authorized by President Donald Trump on Saturday, have killed at least 31 people and injured over 100, including women and children, according to Yemeni reports.

Key details of the operation include:

  • Targets: U.S. forces struck radar installations, air defense systems, drone launch sites, and Houthi-controlled areas across Yemen, including Saada, Ibb, Sanaa, and Taiz.
  • Motivation: The Houthis had escalated maritime attacks in solidarity with Hamas amid tensions in Gaza. Trump warned Iran to cease supporting the group, threatening severe consequences if U.S. interests were endangered.
  • Scale: This marks the largest U.S. military engagement in the Middle East under Trump’s administration, with operations expected to continue for weeks.

The Houthis condemned the strikes as “war crimes” and vowed retaliation, while Iran denied direct control over the group’s actions but warned of decisive responses to threats against its interests.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-launches-strikes-against-yemens-houthis-warns-iran-2025-03-15
https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-launches-large-scale-attack-on-iran-backed-houthi-terrorists

Start Ignoring These Morons

Federal judge orders deportations flights halted

A federal judge, James Boasberg, has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to expedite deportations of Venezuelan nationals. The administration invoked this rarely-used 18th-century wartime law to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, bypassing due process. Boasberg issued a 14-day restraining order and mandated the return of planes already airborne with deportees, citing concerns about constitutional violations and misuse of the law, which historically applies only in wartime scenarios.

Despite the order, reports indicate that hundreds of migrants were already transferred to El Salvador and Honduras, raising questions about compliance. The administration’s actions have sparked legal and constitutional debates, with critics arguing that the law was improperly applied to target gang members rather than enemy nations. A hearing is scheduled for Friday to address further arguments in the case.

The judge said: “I do not believe I can wait any longer and am required to act. A brief delay in their removal does not cause the government any harm.”

Pam Bondi said: “Tonight, a DC trial judge supported Tren de Aragua terrorists over the safety of Americans. TdA is represented by the ACLU. This order disregards well-established authority regarding President Trump’s power, and it puts the public and law enforcement at risk.”

The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway also called out Boasberg’s ruling directly, saying, “Would not have predicted it was Judge James Boasberg who would be throwing the country into a crisis like this. We need Article III courts to retain their legitimacy and Boasberg’s reckless order threatens that. Wiser minds must take action, and quickly.”

“I’m sorry, but this absolutely lawless order to TURN AROUND PLANES OF TERRORISTS is so insane that I’m having trouble comprehending what Boasberg is possibly thinking. Trump can not possibly agree to this.’

https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-appointed-judge-planes-deporting-tren-de-aragua-terrorists-return-to-u-s

I Don’t Agree With This

Former President Donald Trump is proposing to eliminate federal income taxes for individuals earning less than $150,000 annually, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. This plan could potentially save taxpayers up to $24,000 per year and includes additional measures like abolishing taxes on tips, overtime pay, and Social Security income.

The proposal aims to offset revenue losses through tariffs and reforms targeting foreign entities. However, experts warn of potential economic risks, including a ballooning federal deficit and challenges in balancing the budget. Approximately 93% of Americans earn less than $150,000, making this plan impactful but controversial.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wants-to-eliminate-fed-income-tax-for-93-of-americans-commerce-sec-says

Dumbass of the Day

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Mar172025

Episode 1032 – California Finally Did Something Right

Trump keeps winning but I am still a tad nervous.

Rosie O’ Donnell makes a big move … literally.

And a government shutdown looms.

Big Wins, But…

Trump had some big wins this week:

  • Inflation has cooled to 2.8%.
  • Eggs have gone down.
  • Gas has gone down.
  • The Department of Education is cutting 50% of their staff. They just need to figure our what 50% of 4100 employees is.

Good Riddance

According to the Daily Wire:

Rosie O’Donnell finally confirmed rumors that she moved out of the United States following President Donald Trump’s victory as she called out legacy media for not doing their job.

In a nearly ten-minute long video posted on Tuesday on TikTok, the 62-year-old TV personality/comedian and vocal supporter of the Democratic Party said on January 15, before Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, she and her 12-year-old daughter Dakota — who now goes by Clay — moved to Ireland.

“It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say. The people are so loving and so kind, so welcoming and I’m very grateful,” O’Donnell said, noting that she decided to move because it “would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/rosie-odonnell-confirms-rumors-she-left-u-s-following-trump-victory

OK, That’s Pretty Cool

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899540705321549904

Trump Wants the Chance

According to the Daily Wire:

On Tuesday, the GOP-led House narrowly passed another stopgap bill to prevent a partial government shutdown by the end of this week, marking a victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

The 99-page continuing resolution, which provides funds to various federal agencies and programs through September 30, prevailed in a 217-213 vote. All but one Republican and a single Democrat — Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) — supported the measure. The rest of the Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) opposed the bill.

“For years, House Democrats have railed against government shutdowns, but they suddenly changed their tune when President Trump returned to office,” Johnson said on X. “Their falsehoods and misinformation campaigns are a desperate attempt to distract from their own failures. Despite these tactics, President Trump and Congressional Republicans will stop at nothing to deliver on the mandate given by the American people.”

Now the continuing resolution heads to the Republican-controlled Senate, where Democrats could filibuster the measure. Blocking it as such could lead to a partial shutdown in which non-essential federal employees will be furloughed beginning on March 15.

It was not clear heading into the afternoon whether the continuing resolution would have enough votes to prevail in the House, in which the Republicans have a slim 218-214 majority. There were a handful of GOP holdouts, but they came around in the final hours before the vote. As part of the effort to rally support for the measure, Vice President JD Vance paid a visit to Capitol Hill to deliver a closing pitch to House Republicans and Trump worked the phones.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-funding-patch-win-trump-speaker-johnson?topStoryPosition=undefined

Brought Back to Reality

According to the Daily Wire:

Ukraine agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire today following negotiations with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia today. Russia has not yet agreed to the deal.

Rubio, who announced the deal upon the conclusion of negotiations, said the ceasefire is a first step to larger negotiations to create an enduring peace.

“Today we made an offer that the Ukrainians accepted, which is to enter into a ceasefire and into immediate negotiations to end this conflict in a way that is enduring and sustainable and accounts for their interests, their stability, and their ability to prosper as a nation,” Rubio said.

In a joint statement by the United States and Ukraine, leaders called the negotiations “steps toward restoring durable peace for Ukraine.”

Ukraine agreed to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire which could be extended by mutual agreement, pending Russian approval and implementation.

Rubio said the ball is now in Russia’s court.

“We hope that they will say yes to peace,” Rubio said. “The ball is now in their court.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-rubio

Another Win!

According to the Daily Wire:

Canada backed down from its threat to impose a 25% surcharge on electricity coming into the Unites States after President Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on Canada’s steel and aluminum products.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that he had agreed to suspend the electricity import surcharge after speaking with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, which the two called a “productive conversation” in a joint statement.

Ford and Lutnick said they plan to meet on Thursday to discuss renewing the trade deal between the United States, Canada, and Mexico that Trump signed during his first term ahead of April 2, when the United States plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on almost every country.

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump ripped Canada in a post on Truth Social, saying new 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum would take effect Wednesday morning.

Ontario supplies electricity to Minnesota, New York, and Michigan. Trump said he would declare a national emergency for the areas Ontario is targeting with the electricity surcharge.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/canada-backs-down-on-electricity-surcharge-after-trump-tariff-threats

Good Move

According to the Daily Wire:

Education Department staff have been told not to come into work on Wednesday as speculation swirls about whether President Donald Trump will shutter the department.

All offices will be temporarily closed for “security reasons” starting Tuesday evening, and staff are instructed to take their laptops with them and leave their office buildings at 6 p.m., according to a memo sent to all Education Department employees.

Also, “reduction in force” notices for Education Department staff are expected to go out at 6 p.m., and nearly half the department is expected to be eliminated, according to Semafor.

The office buildings are scheduled to reopen on Thursday, but the move is reportedly an unusual one for the department.

The memo to staff comes as the Trump administration mulls shutting down the Education Department. Last week, the draft of a potential executive order closing the department circulated.

The draft would direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Education Department” to the “maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”

The department has already placed dozens of its around 4,500 staffers on leave. It also recently terminated over $600 million in grants for training teachers in “divisive ideologies” including social justice activism, anti-racism, and recruiting teachers based on race.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/education-dept-staff-expected-to-be-slashed-by-half-as-trump-mulls-closing-it

Dumbass of the Day

Great News

According to the New York Post:

The Menendez brothers won’t be going free anytime soon if LA’s hard-bitten new district attorney gets his way.

Prosecutor Nathan Hochman refused to support the resentencing of Lyle and Eric Menendez — because the infamous brothers have “lied to everyone for the last 30 years.”

Hochman on Monday asked a court to to withdraw his predecessor’s motion to resentence the killer kin and make them eligible for parole after they executed their parents with shotguns in 1989.

“The Menendez brothers have never come clean and admitted that they lied about their self-defense,” Hochman said at a press conference.

“We are requesting that the prior district attorney’s motion for resentencing be withdrawn.” 

He also blasted their attempts to get out of prison — suggesting that they need to “come clean” about what really happened in their family’s Beverley Hills mansion before he could consider supporting their resentencing.

A resentencing hearing on March 20 will go ahead as planned but now without his predecessor George Gascón’s recommendation to lighten their current sentences of life in prison without parole and resentence them to 50 years to life.

With the more than 30 years they’ve already spent behind bars, Gascon’s resentencing request would’ve made them immediately eligible for parole.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, 57 and 54, have long claimed that they pumped their parents Jose and Kitty full of birdshot on an August night 35 years ago because they were fearful their abusive father might kill them.

Their case recently became a cause celebre among the true crime set in recent months after a Netflix documentary and new evidence that they were sexually abused by their father.

They’ve since gone as high as Gov. Gavin Newsom to seek clemency for the murders and appeared to be looking at freedom thanks to former ex-DA Gascón’s push to review their sentences.

But Hochman — who booted soft-on-crime Gascón from office in the November election – was unimpressed by their pleas.

“The basis for that request is that the prior motion did not examine or consider whether the Menendez brothers have exhibited full insight and taken complete responsibility for their crimes by continuing for the past over 30 years to lie about their claims of self-defense,” Hochman said.

He offered a blistering assessment of the case against the brothers during the conference Monday, highlighting at least 16 times the brothers had lied about the murders.

Those lies began with the 911 call they first placed shortly after killing their parents, Hochman explained, and carried on through their two trials and into their incarceration.

The brothers have been behind bars almost continuously since they were arrested in 1990. 

Their first trial ended in a mistrial over a deadlocked jury in 1994, but two years later they were found guilty of first-degree murder.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/10/us-news/la-da-asks-court-to-withdraw-request-to-resentence-menendez-brothers/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost

https://nypost.com/2025/03/09/science/biblical-experts-reveal-scientific-basis-for-moses-parting-the-red-sea/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Mar112025

Episode 1031 – We Need to Have This Discussion

Washington DC has decided to give up on the BLM narrative and have finally decided to clean up all of the state-sponsored grafitti.

With BLM going by the wayside, we need to take a look at the George Floyd death and have an honest conversation.

And violence is about to hit New York City after ICE arrests a pro-terrorist activist.

They Finally Got It

According to the Daily Wire:

Road crews got to work on Monday destroying a massive street mural with painted lettering that read, “Black Lives Matter,” leading directly to the White House in Washington, D.C.

In videos and pictures that surfaced on X, construction workers with large construction equipment such as skip loaders started jack-hammering the 35-foot bright yellow letters of Black Lives Matter Plaza, which were initially constructed along 16th Street NW, just down the street from the White House, following the death of George Floyd in 2020.

Fox News’s Katie Pavlich wrote on X, “Black Lives Matter Plaza is being dismantled in Washington D.C.” Her post included videos of a machine tearing into the brick road and breaking up the bright yellow mural with the words “Black Lives Matter” painted on the strip of road that went for blocks. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-black-lives-matter-plaza-in-d-c-being-completely-demolished
https://get.dailywire.com/pardon-derek/
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Goodbye, Bitch!

According to the AP:

 Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian activist Saturday who played a prominent role in Columbia University’s protests against Israel, a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s pledge to detain and deport student activists.

Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia until this past December, was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told The Associated Press.

Greer said she spoke by phone with one of the ICE agents during the arrest, who said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed by the attorney that Khalil was in the United States as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that instead, according to the lawyer.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899202764300820580

https://twitter.com/i/status/1898953421048193345

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899321455545868684

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8

This Is Terrorism

According to the Post Millennial:

X, formerly known as Twitter, has experienced intermittent outages on Monday after a “massive cyberattack,” owner Elon Musk said, with users not being able to access various features of the popular social media platform owned by Elon Musk.

According to Downdetector, which gathers data from users who report outages on various services, users first started reporting issues at around 6 am Eastern, peaking with around 21,000 reports. Issues appeared to be resolved until another spike occurred around 10 am, with over 40,000 users reporting issues. The latest spike in reported issues began around 11 am, with over 35,000 users reporting issues. The latest outage appeared to resolve around 1:30, but was short-lived as reports of issues once again surged and waned.

Musk wrote on Monday afternoon, “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X. We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing…”

According to Newsweek, the hacker group known as “Dark Storm” took credit for the DDoS attack on the popular social media platform. Cyber threat research team Check Point Research (CPR) told the outlet that the pro-Palestinian hacker group has resurfaced after a period of time with no activity. The hacker group largely targets countries like the US, Ukraine, the UAE, and Israel.

Among the successful targets of Dark Storm in the last month was the Los Angeles International Airport, the UAE’s Ministry of Defense, and Israel’s Haifa Port.

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-elon-musk-says-x-is-target-of-massive-cyberattack-amid-ongoing-outages?utm_campaign=64466

Yeah, This Isn’t Going to Go Well

https://twitter.com/i/status/1898945511899410629

https://www.facebook.com/100071244636128/videos/674916731760943

https://www.theblaze.com/news/does-your-god-have-a-big-fat-dk-transgender-punk-rocker-opens-bernie-sanders-rally-with-grotesque-anti-christian-song?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dlvr.it_x_theblaze&tpcc=social_x-post

No, She Hit Her

The X post refers to an incident at the VSHL Class 3 State Indoor Championships in Virginia, where high school runner Alaila Everett struck Kaelen Tucker with a baton during a 4x200m relay race at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex, causing Tucker to suffer a concussion and possible skull fracture.

Tucker and her family are seeking an apology from Everett, who claims the action was unintentional, while Everett’s mother defends her, insisting she would never intentionally harm anyone.

The incident led to I.C. Norcom High School, Everett’s team, being disqualified for “contact interference,” and the event has sparked discussions about accountability and emotional control in sports.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899086662023426438

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-14482315/Alaila-Everett-Baton-track-star-silence-footage-hitting-opponent-race.html

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Mar092025

Episode 1029 – Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

Donald Trump gives an awesome speech and gets a Democratic Rep censured.

The United States receives a bunch of horrible people that are going to face American justice.

And the media is caught in another lie.

News

Here is some news:

  • Trump hit it out of the park with his not-really-a-state-of-the-union address. Democrats looked terrible.
  • The terrorist accused of plotting the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 U.S. military members and 160 civilians amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan landed on American soil Wednesday. 
    • ISIS-K member Mohammad Sharifullah was extradited Tuesday night to “face American justice,” FBI Director Kash Patel said. 
    • He is charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization resulting in death and was expected to make his first federal court appearance in Virginia Wednesday.
  • Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States as the Trump administration turns up the pressure on drug trafficking organizations.
    • The unprecedented show of security cooperation comes as top Mexican officials are in Washington trying to head off the Trump administration’s threat of imposing 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports starting Tuesday.
    • Among them were members of five of the six Mexican organized crime groups designated earlier this month by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration as “foreign terrorist organizations.”
    • Caro Quintero had walked free in 2013 after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. The brutal murder marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.
    • Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, had since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora until he was arrested by Mexican forces in 2022.
  • Federal authorities captured the illegal aliens behind a smuggling ring that was responsible for the trafficking of 20,000 people into the United States, with one of the arrested illegal aliens allegedly threatening to decapitate a federal law enforcement agent and his family.
    • The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that four different Guatemalan illegal aliens had been captured in connection to the massive smuggling ring and could now face the death penalty for their role in a trafficking operation that resulted in the death of migrants, Acting United States Attorney Joseph T. McNally told The Daily Wire.
  • President Donald Trump issued what he said would be his final warning to Hamas on Wednesday, saying “there will be hell to pay” unless they immediately release all remaining hostages.
    • Trump posted on X: “I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say… RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!” –President Donald J. Trump
    • According to Axios, the Trump administration has been speaking directly with the terrorist group Hamas, which committed the brutal October 7 massacre of over 1200 people in Israel.
    • U.S. presidential envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, was reportedly involved in the talks, which took place in Doha. “The talks have focused in part on the release of U.S. hostages, which is within Boehler’s remit as hostage envoy. But they have also included discussions of a broader deal to release all remaining hostages and reach a long-term truce, the sources say,” Axios reported.
    • On Sunday, the 42-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas expired. Hamas is still holding 59 hostages; according to Israel Defense Forces, 35 are dead. Five of the hostages are American, including Eden Alexander, who is believed to still be alive.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/alleged-abbey-gate-plotter-extradited-us-face-justice-our-13-fbi-director-kash-patel-says?intcmp=tw_fnc
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-drug-lord-rafael-caro-quintero-extradition-ad769ef1f2addd8530f4b8b96d00bb4c
https://www.dailywire.com/news/smugglers-busted-by-feds-brought-20000-illegals-into-u-s-threatened-to-decapitate-agent
https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-your-last-warning-trump-sends-message-to-hamas?topStoryPosition=undefined
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-meeting-with-hamas-over-hostages-report
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-home-run-state-of-the-union?topStoryPosition=undefined

It’s About Time

According to the New York Post:

An 11-year-old Texas girl who killed herself after being bullied about her family’s immigration status told friends she was inappropriately touched by a family member, according to shocking findings by her Texas school district.

Jocelyn Rojo Carranza was found unresponsive in her family’s Gainesville home on Feb. 3 and died in the hospital after five days of intensive care.

The little girl’s mother, Marbella Carranza, claimed her daughter was bullied by students at Gainesville Intermediate School. She said they mocked her because of the family’s immigration status and threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Gainesville Independent School District launched an investigation and confirmed that a student on Carranza’s bus made comments about ICE and deportation to a group of Hispanic students and that the girl was in earshot, according to the findings.

Carranza reported the incident to her principal on Jan. 30 after the topic of ICE came up again in class, the district said. The district found that it was not the only time such an incident occurred and said the student was disciplined.

After Carranza’s hospitalization the following week, students came forward to school officials and said that the girl and one of her brothers were the victims of bullying, which spurred the investigation.

Kids also told administrators about Carranza’s disturbing claims of abuse, which she asked them to keep a secret.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/28/us-news/girl-11-who-killed-herself-after-being-bullied-over-immigration-status-said-she-was-sexually-abused-by-family-member-investigation/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Dumbass of the Day

You Must Be Kidding

https://twitter.com/i/status/1896556639442133022

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Mar052025

Episode 1028 – Maybe She’s Just Stupid and Not a Psychopath?

Volodymyr Zelensky folds like a cheap suit after Trump makes a huge move.

Senate Democrats hate women.

And Trump is to give a huge speech tonight.

News

Here is some news:

  • The Trump administration is pausing aid to Ukraine after a tense clash between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week.
    • “The president has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution,” the White House said Monday evening. 
    • “This is not permanent termination of aid, it’s a pause,” one White House official told Fox News. “The orders are going out right now.”
  • The Senate was set to vote on S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, on Monday — but Democrats may put it on pause.
    • The bill strengthens Republican efforts to keep biological males from participating in women’s and girls’ athletics based on “gender identity,” declaring that gender would be “recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”
  • At the USA Track and Field (USATF) Open Masters Championships in New York on Saturday, transgender runner Sadie Schreiner took first place in the women’s 400-meter dash after two female runners who were set to compete against the 21-year-old trans-identified male refused to take part in the competition.
    • In the 400-meter finals, 17-year-old Anna Vidolova and 16-year-old Amaris Hiatt were marked as DNS, or did not start, and had no recorded times. Schriener, who competed as an “unattached” athlete, or an athlete with no team, finished with a time of 56.74 seconds, a personal best.
    • The world record is 48 seconds. The fastest all time high school time is 51 seconds.
  • Trump’s 25% tariffs on each country were initially set to go into effect in early February, but the president pushed the date back after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send more troops to their borders and help stop the flow of migrants and illegal drugs into the United States.
  • The Japanese auto giant had initially planned to manufacture the next-generation Civic in Guanajuato, Mexico, starting in November 2027, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Now, Honda plans to manufacture the new Civic in Indiana, starting in May 2028 — churning out around 210,000 vehicles each year, a source told the outlet.
  • President Donald Trump, six weeks into his second tour of duty in the White House, vows to “TELL IT LIKE IT IS!” when he heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver a primetime address to Congress and the nation.
    • The president will tout his domestic and international accomplishments, spotlight what the Trump administration has done for the economy, make a renewed push for Congress to pass additional border security funding and detail his plans for peace around the globe, according to details from the White House that were shared first with Fox News.
    • Most of the speech will focus on the “Renewal of the American Dream.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/trans-male-runs-race-alone-in-new-york-track-meet-after-women-runners-refuse-to-compete-against-him?utm_campaign=64466#google_vignette
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-no-room-for-canada-mexico-to-make-a-deal-tariffs-go-into-effect-tomorrow
https://nypost.com/2025/03/03/business/honda-moves-civic-production-plans-to-indiana-from-mexico-to-avoid-tariffs-report/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-make-full-throated-case-during-primetime-speech-former-presidential-speechwriters

Dumbass of the Day

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Mar042025

Episode 1027 – The Historic Kerfuffle!

What a historic fight on live television. It’s great we see this stuff sometimes. We get to see how Trump uses the power of the United States to get what we need.

Just Wow!

Clip1, some things:

  • The point Trump is making that fighting and hate are not going to solve the war.
  • Diplomacy is what is important. That is what JD Vance is saying.
  • Zelenskyy doesn’t want this

Clip 2 some things:

  • Everything the Zelenskyy said is true. Putin is an asshole and a murderer.
  • You cannot trust Putin. Got it.
  • None of that happened under Trump’s watch.
  • The last question is condescending and this is where the shit his the fan.

Some things with clip 3:

  • Zelenskyy wants to litigate this in from of the media because he knows the media is on his side.
  • The problem is no one is watching media and the people aren’t on his side.
  • It is true that Ukraine is forcing men to fight.
  • There have been enough Americans in Ukraine to know what is going on.
  • Zelenskyy points out we have an ocean between us. This was a gaff. The question is why do we have to take care of Ukraine? He just pointed out we don’t need to worry about Russia? The war is not relevant to us.

Some things from clip 4

  • Respect. This started with not wearing a suit.
  • Zelenskyy tries to make himself a victim.
  • Trump pounds him with facts.

Oops

The Media Response

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