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Mamdani-endorsed candidate deleted extremist posts about seizing private property and abolishing police, prisons

Yet another left-wing extremist with ties to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has been unearthed through a CNN investigation. Mamdani endorsed Darializa Avila Chevalier in her campaign to replace Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a longtime Democrat, in New York’s 13th Congressional District. 'I have grown considerably since in the years since these tweets.' The report found that Chevalier deleted a social media account that advocated the abolition of police, prisons, and borders. She also advocated the seizure of private property and nationalizing major industries, policies popular in communist countries like Venezuela and Cuba. "We're gonna defund and abolish. You don't get to water down our movements," one deleted post reads. "It means ending policing full stop. Period. No more police at all ever," another reads, with several clapping emojis added. "In New York they don't say 'I love you,' they say 'NYPD suck my d**k' and I think that's beautiful," she posted. She also called the Democratic National Committee a "big fraudulent white nasty status quo bitch" and added in another tweet, "I have no nuance to add. F**k Kamala Harris." Chevalier is a 32-year-old doctoral student and investigator from the public defender's office in New York City. The contest between her and Espaillat is considered another proxy battle in the war between the establishment, centrist Democrats and the upstart, far-left, socialist extremists. The CNN report noted that the New York Post and Politico previously reported on extremist posts from Chevalier, but CNN's report unearthed new deleted tweets from a review of hundreds of messages. Chevalier released a statement to CNN that did not deny the authenticity of the posts. "My opponent wants to live in the past. He is re-litigating social media posts from half a decade ago and continuing to champion an outdated politics that fails to serve our people," Chevalier said. "I have grown considerably since in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future." Mamdani, meanwhile, reiterated his support for Chevalier. "In Congress, she'll take on corporate greed, bad landlords, and D.C.'s broken political system," he said. RELATED: Mayor Mamdani's wife apologizes for insulting Israel, using N-word and gay slur in past tweets "At a time when power is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, Darializa will fight in Congress for New York City's working families," Mamdani added. "She's the champion we need for a city New Yorkers can actually afford." The Democratic primary election between Chevalier and Espaillat will be held June 23. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Jason Whitlock: Is gay 'Pride Month' dead? And should 'black pride' be the next target?

As Pride Month begins, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock has noticed the usual Pride celebrations are much quieter — and Shemeka Michelle and Bryson Gray agree that America’s cultural landscape may be shifting.But while it’s less prominent, “Pride” is still alive and well.“I saw that it was trending ‘Pride Month’ over X. And I went and I saw so many sports organizations just saying happy Pride Month. And I’m thinking this is where men are supposed to be dominant, or straight men are supposed to be dominant. Yet, they’re giving all of this praise to gay sex. And it is very frustrating,” Michelle says.“But I did look to see Target hasn’t said anything as of yet. Walmart hasn’t said anything as of yet. So some of these big corporations that had these huge displays in 2023 ... they aren’t doing that now,” she continues.Bryson Gray also thinks we’ve made “progress.”“I can just tell you that from my own career, I think culturally it’s more acceptable to criticize and call out the LGBT. So progress, yes. Have we killed it? No, sir,” Gray says.While the obsession with Pride Month appears to be fading, Whitlock asks if Black History Month and black pride should be tackled next.“I think black history is just simply a part of American history wherever it fits. So I get the separation because of the history of this country. So I’m not going to say I’m against Black History Month, but I do think it should just be a part of American history,” Gray answers.“And I think racial idolatry is a problem and that does stem from pride obviously,” he adds.“Yeah, I hope that we can get rid of black pride,” Michelle chimes in. “I’m sick of seeing it. I was just saying I hate the term ‘black love.’ I don’t like ‘black girl magic,’ ‘black boy joy,’ ‘black excellence.’ I don’t want any of those things.”“I don’t want to have ‘black love.’ I just want to have love. I want to cultivate it and learn how to love like God told us what love is,” she adds.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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'We cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life': Trump makes big announcement about WHCD

The president said Tuesday that he has agreed to reschedule the White House Correspondents' Dinner in order to defy the wishes of the man who allegedly tried to assassinate him.The ritzy event on April 25 ended abruptly after Cole Allen allegedly rushed through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun, prompting the Secret Service to usher President Donald Trump away.'This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling.'Two months later, the president says the event has been rescheduled."In a sign of Strength and Fortitude, it was just announced that The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which violently ended rather abruptly on April 25th, will be rescheduled to July 24th," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account Tuesday. "This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling."He went on to say that White House Correspondents' Association President Weijia Jiang asked him to speak at the rescheduled dinner and he accepted."I don't know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out," he continued. "In any event, it will be a 'HOT' ticket!"The suspect was captured in the Washington Hilton lobby and charged with a slew of crimes, including the attempted assassination of a president and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty.Along with the surveillance video appearing to show Allen rushing into the event with a gun, investigators also discovered a manifesto where the suspect allegedly confessed to planning to kill the president.RELATED: DOJ releases new video of WHCD shooting to dispel 'friendly fire' rumor The new location of the dinner will be the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Avenue, a ballroom that the president renovated during his private career before entering office and sold in 2021.Allen faces life in prison if convicted of the charges.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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New York schools banned smartphones a year ago — and it seems to be a smart idea

Speaking from a classroom at Schuyler Middle School in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Monday detailed the results of a statewide end-of-year survey on the state's school smartphone ban.Now in place for a full academic year, the ban has yielded encouraging results for students, educators, and parents alike.The state law prohibits “unsanctioned use of smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices on school grounds in K-12 schools for the entire school day,” including lunch, recess, homeroom, study halls, and open periods.'Social interaction between students, especially in the hallways and at lunch, has increased significantly.'Individual schools are given discretion over how to enforce the policy. Methods of device storage range from students' lockers to large lockboxes to the increasingly popular Yondr pouches specifically designed for phones.The ban applies to public school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services.RELATED: Gavin Newsom signs bill to ban cell phone use in California public schools Two students hold the Yondr pouches that lock their smartphones and prevent them from being used.Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesHochul’s office received 585 responses to the survey from teachers and school administrators, representing a mix of all grade levels. Forty-seven percent of the responses came from New York City, while 53% came from the rest of the state.“Eighty percent reported that the students are behaving better in a more engaged way. They’re collaborating more. They’re talking to each other. … They’re acting like kids again, feeling that burden lifted from their shoulders. And they’re participating in class discussions. And teachers are feeling they can finally teach,” Hochul said.Specifically, 311 respondents reported more active participation in discussions, 282 reported improved peer collaboration, and 273 reported better focus on assignments.Bullying has also decreased as a result, with 60% of respondents reporting a decline in bullying and cyberbullying incidents.“Young people could just go through the day without being harassed,” Hochul stated.Ziad Attia, a senior at Blind Brook High School in Westchester County, shared with Blaze News his experience with the smartphone ban: “Social interaction between students, especially in the hallways and at lunch, has increased significantly.”Attia explained that while the students are meant to store their phones in their lockers, “as long as they’re out of sight, they’re fine with it.”However, Blind Brook junior Guy Golan took a more critical stance: “Students will find ways to use their phones regardless of who is telling them not to.”Golan went on to say that "administrators rather than teachers" are the ones doing most of the enforcing, adding that he has witnessed students using their phones secretly in the bathrooms or in corners.“Students are still able to use their phones when they feel it is necessary since faculty members cannot monitor them everywhere in the building,” Golan said, highlighting potential challenges in schools with more lenient storage policies.As of this spring, at least 38 states and the District of Columbia require school districts to ban or restrict students’ use of cell phones in schools, according to an Education Week tally.“I successfully fought for New York schools to go phone-free because our kids succeed when they’re learning and growing, not clicking and scrolling — and these survey results show our nation-leading policy is working,” proclaimed Hochul.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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‘The View’ Melts Down Over NFL Quarterback at Trump Rally

Athletes and celebrities have long appeared alongside political candidates — especially if they’re on the left — so it was a welcome change when New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart introduced President Donald Trump at a recent rally.“President Trump was at a rally, and he had, which is pretty common for presidents to do, had a celebrity slash athlete introduce him,” BlazeTV host Ron Simmons explains on “Relatable.”“What an honor, what a privilege it is to be here. And without further ado, I’m grateful, I’m honored, I’m pleasured to introduce the 45th and 47th president of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump,” Dart announced.“Athletes and celebrities do this all the time. They do it all the time,” Simmons comments.However, the women of “The View” do not see it the same way.“For somebody to back a guy like Trump, whose history in discrimination and racism goes back to housing discrimination in the '70s; DEI attacks and posting pictures of the Obamas as apes when he’s on a team that’s 55% to 60%, the NFL, is that many people, that much percentage of black people,” Joy Behar commented.“That is just the definition of stupidity and racist in my opinion,” she added.“I don’t think Joy Behar has any joy. She might want to change her first name,” Simmons jokes, asking, “Do they believe every person of color hates Trump? Do they believe that? Is that what they really believe?”Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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‘They’re not homeless; they’re drug addicts’: Spencer Pratt has Democrats ‘scared’ as no-nonsense message gains support

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has something that professional politicians can’t manufacture: authenticity.And BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler explains this powerful trait has left his opponents terrified.“If we had a video camera on the faces of the Democrat political strategists and on Spencer Pratt’s opponents, you can bet your bottom dollar that they are just shell-shocked by this. They don’t know how to deal with this. They are so scared,” Wheeler says.The reason why the Democrats are “scared,” she explains, is because while Pratt is all about no-nonsense policy, they have no policy to run on at all.“They can't run on Karen Bass’ record. They can’t run on Nithya Raman’s ideology. So what they do instead as their sort of final move — this is one week before the election; people are already casting early votes — is they try to use famous people to invoke groupthink among voters,” she continues.And unlike past elections, this strategy isn’t working — as Pratt’s “X factor,” which Wheeler explains as “political savvy that can’t be taught” — is winning over voters left and right.“It allows him or it enables him to speak in a way to voters that is not only relatable, but completely without the fear of offending the politically correct police,” she says, before playing a clip of Pratt demonstrating this “political savvy.”“What are your plans for the over 40,000 homeless in Los Angeles?” a reporter asked Pratt.“Well, they’re not homeless. They’re drug addicts. Most of these people are addicted to fentanyl and meth. This isn’t Spencer making it up,” Pratt responded.“No matter what anybody tells you, we have housing and shelter for everyone that’s living on the street. They are choosing to be on the street because they want to do drugs. They don’t want rules. They don’t want to listen. They want to have animals to abuse. This idea that they are forced on the street right now is a lie that our city is perpetuating,” he continued.“We’ve paid $24 billion to house these 40,000 people. There’s spots for all of these people. They are choosing, because they’re an addict, and you can do fentanyl and sewer meth on the sidewalk with no repercussions,” he added.When the reporter pressed him on how he plans to address the “homeless” issue, Pratt explained that he plans to use federal land to build facilities for them in just 90 days — but only for the true Los Angeles homeless who want to change their lives for the better.“These 40,000 people, 60% of them, City Watch just announced this week, are not from Los Angeles. They’re not from California. These people have been bussed in by scam rehabs, scam NGOs, scam homeless nonprofits. These people, when I unplug them and say, ‘You're not taking our tax money any more,’” they’re all going to go to Seattle, where the mayor will welcome them,” Pratt said.“So the people that want to keep doing drugs and live on the sidewalk — a lot of these people are going to leave. The other ones, there’s a lot of criminals, there’s people that are getting naked in front of kids. They’re going to jail,” he continued.“Not everyone goes in the same box. So we have the money, we have the resources, and we have the facility,” he added.“The reason that this is so effective,” Wheeler says, “the reason that the political savvy, the X factor that Spencer Pratt possesses, is so effective is because voters recognize authenticity when they see it.”“Spencer Pratt is giving it to them straight,” she adds.Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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'Should be nowhere near Congress': Even 'The View' thinks Graham Platner is a TERRIBLE candidate

The hits keep coming for Graham Platner, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in the race for one of Maine's U.S. Senate seats.On Monday the women of "The View" trashed Platner's campaign and said he has no business being anywhere near Congress after grappling with so many scandals.'You’ve shown me who you are, and I heard you. This man should be nowhere near Congress.'The most recent revelation that Platner, who is married, sent sexually explicit messages to at least half a dozen women in recent years is just the latest sting for his campaign."On the heels of apologizing for a tattoo associated with Nazis, the offensive posts about a wounded U.S. soldier. Now his wife, Amy Gertner, is responding to reports that she gave his campaign a heads-up about her husband sending sexually explicit texts to several different women," said Whoopi Goldberg."Horrible. There is no doubt that this guy, Platner, is flawed, flawed, flawed in many ways," added Ana Navarro. "It is disturbing, and it is horrible. And why can't we do better? Why can't we have better candidates?""This guy just seems like a guy of not very good character," said former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin. "Don't die on the hill of a guy who's going to be a headache for you for years to come."Sara Haines took special offense to Platner previously saying a U.S. soldier should have died on the battlefield."If you are capable of saying that at any time in your life, you’ve shown me who you are, and I heard you. This man should be nowhere near Congress. We’ve already got a wealth of people we need out. We’re not sending one like this in.""So he's a cheater," added Sunny Hostin. "He's an anti-Semite — because the fact that he had that tattoo for 20 years and didn't know what it was is a lie. So he's a liar, a racist, an anti-Semite; he's a homophobe. So he's all the things. And character does matter."Hostin also did not accept Platner's excuse that his racist comments were caused by post-traumatic stress disorder from his experiences in combat as a Marine."I know a lot of soldiers that have PTSD that aren't racist," she said.However, despite all of the problems they cited with Platner, Hostin went on to say they needed the victory in Maine to take control of the Senate away from Republicans. The Republican Party in Maine posted clips of the most critical comments in a video that was widely circulated on social media. RELATED: Trans-identifying 15-year-old plotted to kill classmate in order to resurrect Newtown shooter In response to the sexting scandal, Platner's wife put out a video calling the story "gossip" and trying to downplay it. Many described her video as uncomfortable to watch.Platner is presumed to be the Democratic nominee to run against incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who has been criticized by many in her own party for being moderate and centrist. Platner's main Democratic rival, Gov. Janet Mills, suspended her campaign in late April.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Trump names new director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard

President Donald Trump has announced who will replace Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. Gabbard announced her resignation as DNI last month after serving in the office for a year and a half. She cited her husband's "extremely rare form of bone cancer" diagnosis as the main reason. 'Bill is a great guy who recognizes that the bureaucracy of the intel community must respond to the elected leadership.' Now, Trump has appointed William Pulte to take her place as acting director. Pulte was the head of Pulte Homes, the third-largest homebuilder in the U.S., with billions in revenue, before he was picked by Trump to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. "I am appointing the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Chairman of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, William J. Pulte, to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Tuesday. "William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, a substantial increase from where it was just 12 months ago," Trump added. Pulte used the resources of the FHFA to find evidence of alleged mortgage fraud committed by some of Trump's most vehement political enemies, including Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James and former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). Some Democrats cited those investigations as evidence that Pulte will do the same as DNI. "I will be a hard NO on FISA Section 702 reauthorization," wrote Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California in a statement on social media. "Whether or not the totally unqualified and corrupt Bill Pulte gets confirmed, trump’s nomination of Pulte has already shown trump would have no problem with weaponizing intelligence against Americans he doesn’t like." RELATED: Pulte calls for investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell — and for his removal Vice President JD Vance praised the decision. "Bill is a great guy who recognizes that the bureaucracy of the intel community must respond to the elected leadership (rather than the other way around). He'll do great!" he wrote on social media. For the time being, Pulte will serve as acting director. He will need Senate confirmation to become the official director. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Exclusive: CBP stops 300+ hatching eggs at the border — possibly preventing bird flu outbreak

Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists have discovered hundreds of hatching eggs that could be carrying infectious diseases packed in layers of foam, according to a press release obtained exclusively by Blaze News.The 337 eggs, incorrectly manifested as “winter jackets,” were shipped from Germany and headed to Alaska. CBP revealed that the items, seized on May 27, lacked proper documentation.‘These interceptions highlight the vigilance and dedication our CBP agriculture specialists demonstrate daily.’“Hatching eggs include all avian species, including poultry, game birds, racing pigeons, and other birds,” the CBP reported.“These live eggs are shipped to the United States for hatching or reproductive purposes. Upon arrival, the eggs would be incubated, hatched, and raised,” the CBP continued. “For agricultural purposes, hatching eggs fall under regulations for live animals and are highly regulated because they can carry Newcastle disease and avian influenza.”The eggs were seized and turned over to the local U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The CBP noted that the USDA does not allow the importation of hatching eggs from countries that have highly pathogenic avian influenza.RELATED: Exclusive: Elderly American allegedly tries to traffic $455K worth of cocaine and ketamine across US border Ian Waldie/Getty ImagesThe department warned that such unauthorized shipments risk spreading diseases that could impact the U.S. food supply. Since the start of an avian influenza outbreak in Feb. 2022, nearly 207 million birds in the U.S. have been affected, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Outbreaks have occurred in over 2,000 flocks in all 50 states and one territory.RELATED: PAYBACK: No $10K fine for owners of slain ostriches Image source: Customs and Border Protection“Our nation’s food supply is constantly at risk from diseases not known to occur in the United States,” stated Eric Zizelman, the port director for the Port of Cincinnati. “These interceptions highlight the vigilance and dedication our CBP agriculture specialists demonstrate daily. Our specialists mitigate the threat of non-native pests, diseases, and contaminants entering the United States. They ensure the United States is safe from harmful diseases that could affect our food supply.”CBP encouraged international travelers to declare all items acquired abroad and advised those who wish to bring plant and animal materials or other agricultural items to first consult the CBP Information Center section on the agency’s website. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Hackers easily fool Instagram's new AI identity verification, humiliating Meta once again

There’s plenty of talk about how AI chatbots will take everyone’s jobs by the end of the decade, but so far, few companies have gone all in on the supposed wave of the future. One such company that did take the plunge, however, is Meta. After recently laying off 8,000 employees in favor of an AI workforce, Zuckerberg is already reaping the repercussions of little-to-no human oversight as AI just caused one of the most devastating Instagram account breaches in its history.The Instagram bungle of the decadeOver the weekend, news broke that Instagram accounts were being hacked en masse with no clear reason why. Many of the targeted accounts included rare handles of high value, well-established accounts with more than a decade of ownership, and high-profile accounts belonging to elite users. Some of the most notable victims included the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force John Bentivegna. Stranger still, account owners claimed that their passwords were changed without their knowledge or consent.Platforms and apps will eventually require Real IDs for both age and identity verification.At least in the case of Obama’s account, the hackers posted propaganda depicting former Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani holding hands with former Iraqi Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, both eliminated at the hands of the U.S. military in 2020. The images included Arabic messages claiming that the White House is under Shiite control.The exploit wasn’t due to a Meta system breach or password leak posted to the internet. As internet sleuths started to pore through the information, they discovered that Meta’s AI-powered identity verification system was easily duped into transferring ownership to thieves.How hackers secretly stole Instagram accounts overnightAn X account that goes by Dark Web Informer published a video to their feed detailing exactly how hackers gained access to these high-profile Instagram accounts. The process was so simple that practically anyone could pull it off.The hacker enabled a VPN on his device and set it to the location of the account owner to trick Instagram into believing that he currently resided in the area.The hacker went to the “forgot password” section of Instagram and typed in the target account handle.On the next page, instead of choosing to send a recovery email that would alert the owner of the hacker, they selected “Get Support,” which opened a chatbox with the Meta AI support assistant. Note that this is an AI-powered chatbot, not a real person.From here, the hacker could tell the chatbot that the recovery email addresses on file were no longer valid and that any security codes should be sent to a new inbox, which pointed directly to an email address owned by the hacker.Meta AI support assistant sent an email to the new inbox with no additional verification, prompting the hacker to paste that code into the Meta AI chat to prove he was the person submitting the request.The Meta AI support assistant accepted the verification code and allowed the hacker to proceed with changing the password on the account.The hacker confirmed the new passcode, taking ownership of the handle and essentially locking the original owner out of the account entirely.Other reports claim that the Meta AI support assistant may also prompt users to submit a selfie or video of themselves to verify their identity before proceeding with the password change. However, these safety measures were also easily thwarted by creating an AI-generated photo or video of the owner’s face that was good enough to trick the Meta AI support assistant into permitting access.RELATED: Companies are tracking you based on the ads you see. Here's how to stop them. BestForBest/Getty Images As you can see, this exploit could be used on any account, anywhere, anytime, and the Meta AI support assistant gave up the ghost every time. The exploit has since been patched.Zuckerberg made a mistake, but users lose in the endIf there were ever a way to prove that AI chatbots weren’t ready to replace humans in the workplace — especially in high-profile positions like account security — this is it. Meta has abused its workforce over the last several months, tracking their keystrokes to train AI and even sending 10% of its staff to the unemployment line, all to usher in the AI revolution where bots do all the work and humans are left to muddle through the mediocrity of degrading technology, fewer employment opportunities, and AI overload.Unfortunately, these types of security breaches are just another reason that platforms and apps will eventually require Real IDs for both age and identity verification, and we’ll have no choice but to play along or lose access to the apps and services we use every day.In the end, the only way for executives like Zuckerberg to learn that it’s better to keep real people on the payroll in lieu of AI is for the consequences to hit fast and hard. Unfortunately, this time, users were hit the hardest, but at least Zuckerberg’s decision to turn account security over to AI is a mistake he gets to own and atone for in whatever litigation is sure to come his way for his careless decisions.

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Knife-wielding ex-con gets tables turned on him lethally — courtesy of victim he robbed, fought, bit, and stabbed: Report

A knife-wielding ex-con got a deadly taste of his own medicine late last week courtesy of the victim he robbed, fought, bit, and stabbed in Brooklyn, the New York Daily News reported.Dan Costume, 34 — who was released from prison in 2024 — entered a stranger's apartment in Flatbush through an unlocked door late Friday night, law enforcement sources and the victim told the paper.'He was acting in self-defense.'The 45-year-old tenant spoke to the Daily News in Spanish, telling the paper that he had just come home from playing soccer. But the tenant's wife had departed their apartment on Avenue D near East 31st Street to run an errand — and left the door unlocked, the Daily News said.When the tenant emerged from the bathroom, he caught Costume stealing two cell phones, a laptop, and other belongings, the tenant told the paper.“He was in shock that there was a random person in his house,” a relative of the tenant told the Daily News in English as she listened to the tenant's account in Spanish.The tenant wrapped his arms around the intruder from behind to try to get him to drop the stolen goods, the relative told the paper.“They started battling between each other,” the relative added to the Daily News.Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek, then pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant told the paper.Then the victim reportedly turned the tables on the robber.Sources told the Daily News that the tenant was able to disarm Costume and use the robber's own knife to stab Costume in his thigh and lower back.The tenant then shoved Costume out of the apartment and into the hallway, the paper said, adding that the burglar fled down a stairwell and out of the building, dripping blood as he dropped the stolen property.Costume collapsed outside the building, the Daily News said, and medics rushed him to Kings County Hospital where he died.The tenant was treated at the same hospital and released, the paper added.RELATED: Axe-wielding thug allegedly threatens Florida car-wash employees — then 1 victim violently turns the tables on him Kyle Mazza/Anadolu/Getty ImagesA bruise and teeth marks were still visible on the tenant’s cheek days later, the Daily News reported, adding that the victim needed medical staples to close two gashes in his neck and on the back of his head.“He was acting in self-defense,” the tenant's relative told the paper. “Everything happened so fast.”The Daily News, citing sources, said prosecutors decided not to charge the tenant after reviewing the case because he acted in self-defense.Costume’s father and sister told the paper they haven’t seen much of him since he left home at age 18, noting that he was in and out of the criminal justice system.Costume's family members added to the Daily News that police had come looking for him several times before they knocked on their door Saturday to notify them of his death.Costume was conditionally released from prison on parole in October 2024 after serving a one-and-a-half to three-year sentence for a Brooklyn attempted burglary conviction, the paper said, citing public records.The tenant who killed Costume viewed surveillance video showing Costume getting into the apartment building through a back door near where garbage is kept, the Daily News reported.The tenant also is in "a lot of pain," a relative told the paper, as he recovers from the wounds he suffered during the fight with Costume.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Just 1 MLB team opts out of Pride Night as league shifts toward LGBT 'package'

Gay pride is still the norm for Major League Baseball, but the way teams are going about it is slowly changing.Throughout June, pro baseball teams will once again put their marketing budgets toward recognizing lesser-held sexual orientations, with 97% of teams participating in the festivities.'46% of MLB fans claim "Pride Nights make them ‘less likely’ to attend MLB games."'At the same time, though, these promotions have become increasingly unpopular among sports fans. Several recent studies have pointed to a near-even split between supporters and detractors; for example, Forbes noted a study that found "48-55% rated the Pride promotions negatively or neutral."Civic Science's own research found that 46% of MLB fans claim "Pride Nights make them ‘less likely’ to attend MLB games."Furthermore, a Morning Consult study stated that "almost half of U.S. adults (47%) said they support leagues hosting Pride Nights."To that end, the only MLB team that has refrained from hosting Pride Night is the Texas Rangers, which have never hosted such an event. They do sell Pride-themed merchandise online, however.Blaze News reached out to other MLB teams to find out whether they have changed their approach to Pride Nights for 2026 given the growing division it has sown among fans.RELATED: Here are all the NFL teams that haven't virtue-signaled for Pride Month Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Teams that responded mostly followed a new Pride Night trend being adopted by many MLB franchises: Instead of having a grand celebration and handing out gay-themed merchandise to all ticket-holders, fans have the option to purchase a special Pride package that includes tickets and memorabilia.The St. Louis Cardinals organization is focused on making sure all fans "feel welcome at the ballpark, are respectful towards others, and can freely share in the commonality of our love for the Cardinals and the game of baseball," a Cardinals spokesperson told Blaze News.The Cards are offering a Pride-themed team cap for fans who buy a "theme ticket."The Cincinnati Reds commented that they have partnered with "Cincinnati Pride" and honored a recipient with a Pride Community Advocate Award. As part of their special ticket package, the Reds have included a cross-body bag that features the transgender flag on the strap.A representative of the Detroit Tigers asked Blaze News for further context about the Pride-related questions but did not provide a response to any of the queries. Among many other promotions like "Juneteenth" jerseys, the Tigers are offering a Pride package that includes a rainbow-strapped belt bag.RELATED: 5 pro athletes who boldly take a knee — for Jesus Christ Phebe Grosser/MLB Photos/Getty Images The New York Yankees told Blaze News that they would continue to work with organizations to celebrate the Legacy of Pride, which has included donations to the Yankees-Stonewall Scholarship Initiative. "Stonewall" refers to a riot at a gay bar in New York City that was raided by police in 1969.The Yankees organization noted that they have partnered with groups like Jewish Queer Youth, an organization that allegedly "empowers Jewish queer teens."The Yankees will also offer limited-edition Yankees Pride caps that are sold with specific tickets.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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‘It was a trick’: Sara Gonzales torches E. Jean Carroll’s 'revenge' admission as DOJ launches criminal probe

The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll over her testimony in Trump’s sexual abuse lawsuit — and her past incriminating podcast appearances may be coming back to haunt her. “I know my own pleasures, and that doesn’t involve buying things. Where my pleasure comes is making him so pissed off he can’t think. We need to prick his little balloon constantly. And one of the ways to do that is to give his money to women’s reproductive rights,” Carroll said in an interview on MeidasTouch. “Can you imagine how angry?” she asked happily. “It’s just so delicious thinking about how pissed off he’ll be.” “Heaven, heaven. It’s the revenge that we all love,” she added. “Hell yeah to killing babies at the womb,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says, mocking Carroll and her interviewer on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.” “She’s just saying, ‘I just wanted to be a thorn in his side. I just want to piss him off.’ That’s all this is about,” she adds. In another interview on “The Bulwark” podcast, Carroll revealed to the host that she needed to be “f**kable” to win her case against the president. “I had a talk show, a TV talk show in 1996. I went through that, some of the shows, took screenshots of my hair cut in a bob, and then I found the hairdresser and the makeup person who made me look like that in 1996. She came every day to trial, did my hair and makeup exactly like it was in 1996. I wore the exact same clothes I wore in 1996,” she explained. “And it was enough. It was enough,” she continued, adding, “It was a trick.” “A lot of thought went into, as she says, making sure that she looked f**kable, because I guess judges only rule in your favor if you are,” Gonzales says. “This is the woman we’re supposed to believe?” she adds. Want more from Sara Gonzales? To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred takes on news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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My new hack for a long, healthy life? Getting married

Admittedly, planning a wedding is a strange time to start reading cancer research. The seating chart had 17 unresolved feuds in it; the oncology journals felt like lighter reading.Until they didn't.Public health researchers call this 'social monitoring.' In practice, it means someone loving you enough to be annoying about your symptoms.A recent American study, drawing on more than 4 million cancer cases, found that adults who never married face considerably higher cancer rates than those who did. Never-married women saw rates dramatically elevated. Never-married men weren't far behind.The gap widens after age 55, which is when a lifetime of accumulated habits, poor decisions, and missed appointments begins sending invoices.Settling for less?Marriage rates in America have fallen steadily for decades. What was once expected is now optional — and sometimes viewed with suspicion. The language around "settling down" carries a faint odor of defeat, as though building a life with someone else were a concession rather than a choice.The cultural conversation, meanwhile, circles endlessly around diet, exercise, and whatever superfood is currently being flown in from a distant rainforest. Billions flow into wellness industries. Podcasts dedicate entire seasons to optimizing sleep. And yet the data keeps returning to something far less marketable: whether you have someone in the next room who gives a damn.The researchers are careful to avoid claiming that a wedding ring makes tumors vanish. But the pattern holds and appears across most major cancer types. Cancers linked to smoking, alcohol, and infections showed the biggest gaps between married and never-married adults. That concentration is telling. It points at behavior, environment, and the kind of low-level interference that only someone who genuinely cares about you will bother to sustain.Buddy systemA man living alone can ignore a cough for months. A wife will drag him to a doctor. A woman juggling everything on her own might postpone a checkup indefinitely. A husband will plead, push, insist, and escalate if necessary. Public health researchers call this "social monitoring." In practice, it means someone loving you enough to be annoying about your symptoms.Then there's the physiological cost of chronic loneliness. Without someone else setting the rhythm, sleep suffers, meals become erratic, and the basic architecture of self-maintenance gradually gives way. A person alone sets his own standards, and standards, without a witness, tend to decline. Freedom looks like a luxury until it tips into neglect.The research on loneliness as a health risk has been mounting for years. Chronic isolation produces measurable changes in stress hormones, inflammatory markers, and immune function. The body registers abandonment, and it responds accordingly.Previous generations were hardly models of healthy living. They smoked heavily, drank liberally, and regarded dietary advice as a personal affront. The average mid-century American male was not tracking his resting heart rate. Yet many of them were embedded in something we have spent decades dismantling: long marriages, tight families, a reliable social unit that caught problems early and addressed them without being asked. The neighbor who checked in. The sibling who showed up uninvited. The spouse who had the kettle on before the door had closed behind you.Noticing matters enormously.RELATED: Aging is inevitable — catastrophic decline is not The author with his mother and grandmother. Photo courtesy of John Mac GhlionnThe cure of communityCancer rates in younger Americans have been climbing. The old assumption — that serious disease waits its turn at the end of a long life — has expired. It is arriving earlier, frequently without warning, and the reflexive response has been to scrutinize diet, sleep, and screen time. All valid. All insufficient on their own.There are complications worth acknowledging. Marriage has its limits as a medical intervention. As Tina Turner and Johnny Depp demonstrated at considerable personal cost, not all marriages are protective. Some are so destructive that they make solitude look like sensible doctor's orders.Nevertheless, the directional evidence holds.Knee-deep in wedding planning, I keep returning to what this whole undertaking actually represents. Families reactivate. Old friendships resurface. Obligations form. The ceremony is a public declaration that someone will be watching, intervening, and on occasion refusing to let you get away with things.The vows carry legal and emotional weight. They're also a mutual surveillance agreement, entered into willingly, which turns out to be rather good for your health.We've built an entire cultural vocabulary around independence. Self-optimization. Personal growth. The solo journey. These are not entirely worthless ideas, but they have crowded out an older and more durable understanding. Humans aren’t built for sustained isolation. The people around us, intrusive and imperfect as they are, perform functions that no app, no routine, and no amount of cold-plunge evangelism can replicate.A culture that treats relationships as provisional and commitment as one lifestyle choice among many is making a collective wager. The evidence suggests the odds aren't favorable. In ways we're only beginning to quantify, permanence appears to be protective.

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The NBA is finally going with a pro-America stance: 'We're proud'

Basketball fans are used to league-wide activism, but now the NBA has seemingly made a decision that will bring some normalcy to its fanfare.By this point, viewers are no doubt used to the league promoting race-based activism, and most will probably remember the vaccine debacle that brought individual rights and bodily autonomy to the forefront.'The NBA family has long believed in the unifying power of basketball.'Now, in a league where players are quite literally rewarded for their activism, a partnership with sports trading-card company Topps and other America-focused groups is taking a front-row seat at the NBA Finals.For the series between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs, the players will wear patches that read "USA 250" on their jerseys to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States, the NBA reported.According to Topps, players' patches will be removed after every game, and "select game-worn patches" will be featured inside "ultra-rare" trading cards.The initiative is part of the NBA's year-long celebration of the United States, which was announced in January, alongside partnerships with several groups, some of which are less controversial than others.RELATED: ‘Adam Silver, I got questions’: Jason Whitlock accuses NBA of rigging Spurs-Thunder Game 5BREAKING: Every player in the 2026 NBA Finals will wear a USA 250 patch on their jersey. The patches will be removed after each game, with select game-worn patches later featured inside ultra-rare trading cards 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xLwC4YAhe6— Topps (@Topps) June 1, 2026"The 250th birthday of the United States offers the NBA family a wonderful opportunity for reflection and civic engagement, and we're proud to help bring communities together through hands-on service," said the NBA's senior vice president of social impact and inclusion, Barbara Bush."The NBA family has long believed in the unifying power of basketball and the importance of taking collective action to strengthen our communities," Bush added.To that end, the NBA has been working with the organizations Military250, Stand Together, and America250.Military250 is described as a national initiative dedicated to honoring the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as focusing on veterans and military families. Stand Together is an organization that is more political in nature, pledging to work through the country's toughest issues while offering discussion on topics like immigration, freedom of speech, and criminal justice.RELATED: NFL players defend NY Giants QB Jaxson Dart after he introduces Trump: 'Fake Trump hate' Elizabeth Ruiz/Getty Images America250 is more direct. Its website says it is focused on inspiring fellow Americans to reflect on the country's past, strengthen their "love of country," and to renew their "commitment to the ideals of democracy."In addition to the America-themed NBA trading cards, Topps announced it will have "Freedom 250" cards for the upcoming UFC event at the White House.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Teens describe shattered lives as 'party mom' gets max punishment: 'It's her turn to serve a very long sentence in jail'

A California woman — dubbed the "party mom" by local authorities — has been sentenced to decades in prison after throwing alcohol-fueled parties for young teens and orchestrating sexual misconduct between the minors.The Santa Clara District Attorney announced Thursday that 52-year-old Shannon O’Connor, also known as Shannon Bruga, was sentenced to 35 years and 10 months in prison — the maximum punishment. 'The trauma shattered parts of me, and every day I wake up, I'm rebuilding what you broke.'O’Connor has been in jail since her arrest in 2021, and she will receive credit for time served. She also was ordered to register as a sex offender.As Blaze News reported in March, O'Connor was convicted of 48 charges — including two felony charges of sexual penetration.The Mercury News previously reported, "The sexual penetration convictions were the most serious, as prosecutors argued that O'Connor sexually assaulted the two girls by enabling them to become so intoxicated they could not legally consent."The district attorney said O'Connor hosted "drunken parties for young teenagers where she bought alcohol and egged on sex acts — some with teens too drunk to consent."The district attorney's office said O'Connor hosted "drunken and destructive parties" for teens for two years. Authorities said O'Connor would message teenagers and encourage them to leave their homes in the middle of the night and come to her house to drink alcohol. The DA said O'Connor supplied vodka, Fireball whiskey, and condoms to teens who attended parties at her home."At one party, O’Connor handed an underaged teenager a condom and pushed him into a room with an intoxicated minor," the district attorney stated."During a New Year’s Eve party with about five 14-year-olds, the defendant watched and laughed as a drunk teen sexually battered a young girl in bed," the statement read. The DA noted, "In another case, the defendant brought one drunk teen into a bedroom, where an intoxicated 14-year-old girl was lying in the bed."According to the district attorney, after the victim was sexually assaulted, she told O'Connor: "Why did you leave me in there with him? Like, you knew, like, what he was going to do to me."During the trial, one of the female victims told the courtroom she became suicidal from the trauma she experienced at a house party, the DA said.The district attorney noted that O'Connor instructed the victims to not tell anyone about the parties because she could go to jail. Police said O'Connor allowed a minor to drive her SUV in the parking lot of Los Gatos High School with two other teens holding on to the back. However, one of the teens fell off the vehicle and was knocked unconscious, according to authorities.O'Connor was arrested in October 2021 in Idaho. When detectives went to O'Connor's house to arrest her, there were "10 underage boys and two girls at her home — most of whom spent the night there," according to the Ada County Sheriff's Office.RELATED: 'The Epstein of Indian Country': 'Dances with Wolves' actor learns fate for sexually assaulting women, girls for years KABC-TV reported that a victim during the hearing said, "I wish I could say that every memory with you has been healed with time, but I still find myself crying myself to sleep over the way that you took complete advantage of me."Another victim said, "Shannon O'Connor held me prisoner for almost six years. It's her turn to serve a very long sentence in jail."Yet another victim added, "The trauma shattered parts of me, and every day I wake up, I'm rebuilding what you broke."The mother of one of the victims during the hearing said, "When people call you a monster, pedophile, rapist, they had it right. You preyed upon my daughter by supplying her alcohol, enticing a sexual situation, and pushing her when she was not in a place to consent."The Los Gatan reported that one victim said, "I was 11 years old when I met you. That was when you started texting me every day, slowly earning my trust only to use it against me."KRON-TV reported that O'Connor apologized to the victims and their families during the sentencing hearing. "I am responsible for the harmful situation that I put your daughters and sons through," O'Connor told the courtroom. "But as I look at you all today, I hope you can find some comfort knowing that I have been punished — and will continue to be for years to come," O'Connor continued. She added, "I'm sorry for all of you and what I put you through. I am ashamed, and I face every day knowing that I was the cause of so many people’s anguish."O'Connor concluded, "I want you all to know that I live every day wishing I could take everything back."However, Deputy District Attorney Joanne Lee described O’Connor’s remarks as "deeply offensive" and showed "zero accountability."Before handing down the sentence, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth C. Peterson said she did not find O’Connor "genuinely remorseful."Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement:Many people call this defendant the "Los Gatos Party Mom." This isn’t some fun parent giving sips of wine spritzers to kids. She facilitated dangerous and drunken sex acts with these children. She risked their lives and damaged their psyches. She is not a party mom. Shannon O’Connor is a convicted felon. Shannon O’Connor is a registered sex offender.O'Connor's lawyer, Stephen Prekoski, said they will appeal, according to KRON."She never had a meaningful opportunity to settle this case," Prekoski stated. "I'm not persuaded by those that believe that she was not remorseful. I'm not persuaded by those that believe that she didn’t take accountability for her actions."Kate Gude, the mother of another one of the victims, said after the sentencing, "This shows that when you come together, you put these bad people away, and the kids have a shot. You got to speak up and speak out. It’s the only way to keep everybody safe, happy, and whole."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Trump boxes Netanyahu's ears over Lebanon offensive, calls him 'f–ing crazy': Report

President Donald Trump's tolerance for allied actions that undermine America's negotiations with Iran may have reached its limit.Negotiators representing the U.S. and Iran appeared poised last week to advance the cause of peace between their respective nations, extend the fragile ceasefire that first went into effect in April, and open the Strait of Hormuz again to trade.'Everybody hates you now.'On Monday, Trump stated that "Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us."Within hours of the president expressing optimism about resolving the unpopular conflict that is now in its 13th week — the peace talks began to quickly unravel.Iranian state media and government officials indicated that Tehran was backing out of the talks largely over Israel's offensive in Lebanon and the escalations in Beirut that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced earlier in the day.RELATED: Congress may be quietly seeking to integrate US and Israeli militaries — but critics have taken notice Evan Vucci/Pool/Getty ImagesAlthough he initially appeared apathetic — telling NBC News, for instance, "I think it's fine if they're done talking" — Trump attempted to resurrect the peace talks, calling Netanyahu to impress upon him the need to change course in Lebanon.According to the president, Netanyahu agreed that "there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back."Two U.S. officials and a third source briefed on the call revealed to Axios that Trump used some choice words and effectively "steamrolled" the Israeli prime minister.One official, summarizing Trump's remarks to Netanyahu, claimed that the president effectively said, "You're f–ing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."Netanyahu, who faces an outstanding warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, was indicted in 2019 in three Israeli criminal cases for alleged bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Last year, Trump called for Israel to pardon Netanyahu and/or drop his corruption case. Netanyahu's corruption trial is ongoing.'Let’s see how long that lasts.'The source briefed on the call told Axios that Trump was "pissed" and yelled at Netanyahu, "What the f–k are you doing?"One of the U.S. officials claimed that Trump was aware of Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and the Jewish state's need to defend itself but was still convinced that Netanyahu's recent escalations were disproportionate.Another U.S. official told Axios that Trump was also concerned over how many civilians Israel has killed in Lebanon. Well over 3,300 people have been killed and around 10,000 have been injured in the Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2, according to the Lebanese health ministry.The White House did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.Shortly after the call, Netanyahu confirmed he had spoken to Trump and "told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our cities and citizens — Israel will attack terror targets in Beirut. This stance of ours remains unchanged. In parallel, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon."Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir publicly told Netanyahu after the call that "this is the time to tell our friend, President Trump — 'no.' Now is the time to do what is required and necessary to strike Hezbollah, to unleash the hands of our fighters, and to restore security to the north."After stating that "talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump thanked Netanyahu for reversing course on his planned Beirut attacks in a Monday evening post on Truth Social and noted that both Israel and Hezbollah have tentatively agreed to stop shooting at one another."Let’s see how long that lasts — Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY!" added Trump,Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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'White lives matter': UK erupts over footage of English teen's demise in handcuffs after stabbing by Sikh thug

Liberals in the United Kingdom have worked feverishly in recent years to paint white Britons uniquely as history's villains, undermine their unique claims to the isles, and erase them from British history.What's more, police and some in the justice system have shown that they are willing to hold whites — white men in particular — to a different standard than virtually every other group.The British public has now been confronted with incontrovertible evidence of this campaign's influence and impact in the case of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old Englishman who died at the feet of maligning and disbelieving police.'Henry told officers that he could not breathe nine times.'Walking home from a night out with his soccer team on Dec. 3, Nowak encountered a 23-year-old Sikh named Vickrum Digwa, who, on account of a religious exemption to the general ban on carrying knives in Britain, was armed.In an unprovoked attack, Digwa stabbed the University of Southampton finance student repeatedly with an eight-inch blade — a blade that Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, later hid in an effort to aid her killer kin.Digwa and his family members also proceeded to falsely tell police not only that Nowak was the real aggressor — a supposed racist who had attacked Digwa and knocked off his turban — but that Nowak hadn't been stabbed and was just exaggerating about his injuries.Even as Nowak lay dying, officers from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary reflexively entertained the Digwa family's lies and handcuffed the white teen. Nowak's handcuffs were removed only after the "severity of his condition was becoming clear," police claimed.After much public clamor, the damning police body camera footage of Nowak's arrest was finally released on Monday, showing the nightmarish scene, including:Digwa and his kin standing over the dying Englishman, then lying about what happened;police dismissing Nowak's claims about being stabbed;Nowak begging repeatedly for help while being handcuffed;anda female officer suggesting they should confirm he was not stabbed, then aborting the effort after seeing one of Digwa's slash marks on the victim's face.RELATED: 'No such thing as a defensive weapon': Judge warns Scottish axe girl she shouldn't have carried blades William Mousley, the Southampton judge who oversaw the murder trial, noted in his sentencing remarks on Monday that after stabbing his "defenseless" victim, Digwa — accompanied by his brother, Gurpreet — abused the teen and made "films of Henry suffering" and trying to escape before the arrival of police."You lied to him that you had been attacked, picking up on his question about whether it had been accompanied by racism by falsely claiming that Henry had called you a 'Paki,'" said Mousley. "I am sure that Henry had said nothing racist."Mousley sentenced Digwa to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years and 190 days before any consideration can be given to possible parole.According to the BBC, the attorney general's office is reconsidering the prison sentence after being deluged by requests to review it under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.Digwa's mother, Kiran Kaur, is set to be sentenced for attempting to help her son cover up his crime. Digwa's father, Moga Singh, and his brother, Gurpreet Digwa, have reportedly been slapped with multiple weapons charges and are expected to appear in court on Tuesday.After Digwa's sentencing, Mark Nowak, Henry's father, publicly addressed his dead son's egregious treatment by the Southampton police as evidenced in the video footage."When police arrived, Henry was lying on the floor, barely able to sit up and plainly in severe medical distress," said the bereaved father. "With his final words, he told officers that he could not breathe. He told them he had been stabbed. In fact, Henry told officers that he could not breathe nine times. He told them he had been stabbed four times.""The response from one officer was 'I don't think you have, mate,'" continued Mark Nowak. "The police have said they were misled by the murderer and that the scene when they arrived was complex. Unfortunately, it seems to us the truth is much simpler."Mark Nowak emphasized that police chose not to believe his son or the member of the public who called and reported someone claiming to have been stabbed. Instead, they dragged his bloody son across the gravel, wrenched his hands behind his back, handcuffed him, formally arrested him for assault, and read him his rights."Henry did not die with dignity. He did not die with the care he deserved. He lost consciousness before anyone believed him," said Mark Nowak.'Look back in anger.'While assigning to Digwa all blame for his son's death, Mark Nowak noted that his son should not have died in police custody and that "the way he was treated was inhumane and degrading."The father noted further that, unlike his son, the Sikh murderer was curiously "afforded decency. He was believed. He was not handcuffed when arrested. He was not handcuffed when transported to the police station. As far as we understand, he was never handcuffed at all.""The contrast is unbearable," said Mark Nowak. Others around the U.K. and around the globe have reacted similarly to the police video.Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform UK Party, said, "This is the most shocking footage of discrimination that you will ever see. A white boy being handcuffed by police officers more concerned by an accusation of racism than an act of murder. This must be a turning point. White lives matter too."Whereas Prime Minister Keir Starmer offered a weak response coupled with a condemnation of "knife crime," British Member of Parliament Rupert Lowe, formerly of the Reform UK Party and now the leader of Restore Britain, offered a forceful series of condemnations and demanded "prosecutions for what happened to Henry Nowak."'Now this is the moment for real f**king change.'"Young white British men are bleeding to death in the street as a direct result of our racist establishment. I will never forget, and I will never forgive," Lowe said on Tuesday.Lowe vowed to "look back in anger" and suggested that were his party in power, Digwa would be put to death, "the police officers on the scene who allowed Henry to die [would] face criminal charges for gross negligence manslaughter," and "Digwa's foreign family [would] be deported.""Sara Sharif. The Nottingham killer. The Manchester bomber. The grooming gangs. Now Henry Nowak," wrote Conservative Party MP Claire Coutinho, the shadow minister for equalities. "We have to unpick the mentality across our public services that says accusations of racism are more important than protecting the public from harm.""If we stay the hand of those who are meant to protect the public, if we tie them up in knots with unconscious bias training and Islamophobia definitions, then we are making their jobs even more impossible and we can see from case after case that we are failing to protect the public from serious harm," added Coutinho.Conservative Party leader Kemi Badnoch similarly criticized the "training that the police have been given" and the "race action plans" implemented in the wake of the Black Lives Matter mania earlier this decade."Now this is the moment for real f**king change, not George Floyd, a dead crackhead in America," said activist Tommy Robinson.The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.Robert France, the temporary deputy chief constable, apologized on Thursday for the police's grievous mistreatment of Nowak, stating, "I am sorry that in the moments before he lost consciousness, [Nowak] had been handcuffed and arrested."Like Blaze News? 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No More Free Ride for Federal Grant Hogs

Washington has an old joke: Nothing is more permanent than a temporary government program.Look past the quip and a pattern emerges. Programs created to address specific problems rarely disappear when those problems recede. They develop constituencies, build bureaucracies, and acquire defenders. Programs meant to die are kept alive through zombie funding long after their original purpose has faded.Federal grants are not entitlements. Recipients should earn and re-earn them through demonstrated performance.Milton Friedman spent decades explaining why. In “Free to Choose,” he distilled the point into a simple insight: When you spend your own money on yourself, you care about cost and value. When you spend someone else’s money on someone else — which is precisely what federal grantmaking entails — neither cost nor value receives the same scrutiny it would if the money were your own.That is the system the Trump administration is now trying to change through a sweeping overhaul of federal grant regulations developed by the Office of Management and Budget. The core idea is simple enough that it should not require federal rulemaking to defend: Public money should produce public results. If it does not, the money should not continue automatically.Washington has often operated on the opposite assumption. Grants get awarded. Organizations build staffs around them. Those staffs lobby to preserve them. Programs that fail rarely disappear cleanly; they are restructured, rebranded, and refunded. The constituency for any particular line of spending is loud and organized. The constituency for cutting it is diffuse and quiet. That is not a bug. It is a feature that benefits insiders and leaves taxpayers with the bill.The proposed reforms rest on a simple principle: Federal funding should be earned continuously, not granted automatically. Stronger reporting requirements would force grantees to demonstrate results rather than document activity. Expanded use of the Treasury Department’s Do Not Pay system would help prevent improper payments before funds go out — a meaningful safeguard given that the OMB reported roughly $236 billion in improper payments government-wide in the 2023 fiscal year. Enhanced transparency rules would make it easier for taxpayers to see where federal dollars go and what they produce.The goal is to shift federal grantmaking from routine renewal to ongoing performance review.The proposal also takes on something Washington rarely discusses honestly: grantee capture. When a nonprofit receives most of its revenue from federal grants, it no longer operates as a purely independent civic institution. It functions as a publicly funded contractor with a development office. Taxpayers deserve to know when groups presenting themselves as independent advocates also depend heavily on federal money.RELATED: ‘Pigs at the trough’: Spencer Pratt and Bill Maher come together to blast California ‘socialists’ Man_Half-tube/iStock/Getty ImagesOne provision deserves special support: ensuring that faith-based organizations can compete for grants on equal terms with secular ones. Charitable-choice provisions dating to the 1996 welfare reform law, executive-branch guidance under President Bush, and Executive Order 14332 signed by President Trump in 2025 already prohibit religious discrimination in many grant competitions.But law on paper and law in practice often diverge. The federal government should judge applicants on their ability to deliver results — not on whether they pray before staff meetings.Critics will argue that these reforms could be used to disadvantage political opponents. Some of that criticism will land. Implementation will matter enormously, and the effort’s credibility will depend on whether agencies apply performance metrics consistently and transparently across programs.But the underlying principle should command broad support: Federal grants are not entitlements. Recipients should earn and re-earn them through demonstrated performance. Any serious steward of public resources should embrace that standard.Friedman understood that bad incentive structures produce bad outcomes regardless of the intentions of the people operating within them. The federal grant system has tolerated weak incentives for too long. Large flows of public money require constant oversight. Without it, mistakes, waste, and fraud become predictable.After decades of promises to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, the Trump administration’s reforms represent something Washington too rarely attempts: real change.Every dollar the federal government spends was earned by someone outside Washington. Taxpayers deserve to know it was used well.

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Japan is close to finding cure for rare disorder that devastates children

A rare defect that can be devastating to children is getting a first-of-its-kind medicine from Japanese researchers.A new treatment is now five years in the making, and after being used for medical applications, it's likely the product will be available for use by the general population as well.'We feel that people's expectations ... are high.'Since 2021, Japanese researchers have been hoping to find a solution for anodontia, the medical term for the complete absence of teeth, according to the Cleveland Clinic.The initial study for this project states that anodontia and congenital tooth agenesis are common tooth anomalies affecting 1% of the worldwide population, resulting in a high rate of missing teeth.The solution, according to lead researcher Katsu Takahashi, is to counteract a protein called USAG-1, which inhibits the growth of teeth."We want to do something to help those who are suffering from tooth loss or absence," he told the Mainichi in 2024. "While there has been no treatment to date providing a permanent cure, we feel that people's expectations for tooth growth are high."The goal of the project is to give young children who have no teeth the joy of a real smile.RELATED: Japan’s beautiful love affair with America EyesWideOpen/Getty Images The research was moved into human trials in October 2024 and lasted until October 2025. The controlled trial involved 30 males between 30 and 65 who were missing one or more molars, and the medicine was administered through one single intravenous dose.The study has since been marked as completed, but little public information has been released. However, the Economic Times reported that as of April, preliminary analyses showed positive results with no significant side effects.The next phase of the research is reportedly to test the medicine on children between 2 and 7 who suffer from congenital anodontia.RELATED: That customer service rep with the American accent might still be an Indian guy — here's how - YouTube The teams at Kitano Hospital and Kyoto University Hospital believe that it may be soon possible to grow teeth not only in people with the aforementioned conditions, but also for common conditions like tooth loss from cavities or injuries.According to Popular Mechanics, if the latest trials are successful, the researchers believe the medicine will become available to the public for all forms of tooth loss around 2030.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!