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....Andy Ngo: At around 6:05 p.m. PT, @KCBSRadio, a prominent Bay Area radio station, reported live the vehicle descriptions of three alleged undercover @ICEgovERO @ICEgov vehicles in east San Jose, an area with violent Latino migrant gang activity. The information put the law enforcement officers at serious risk while an operation was ongoing targeting violent, criminal foreign nationals....

California Republicans managed to flip a State Assembly seat with a nearly 14-point Democratic registration advantage. Republican Jeff Gonzalez narrowly beat out Joey Acuña Jr. to fill the seat of Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, who opted not to run for re-election in the nearly 60% Hispanic district. “I am honored that the voters have elected me to serve Assembly District 36 and believe in our mission of bipartisanship, lowering the cost of living, and turning the direction of our state around,” Gonzalez said in a victory statement. Because he is a Republican, Gonzalez is not eligible to join the state’s...

No, it wasn’t “the Economy, stupid.” Speaking as a Black man born into a Spanish-speaking family, let me tell you what last week’s election was really about. It was about millions of men — many with my Latino immigrant background, some with my skin color — who don’t want any woman, especially a woman of color, in the White House. Trump won 55 percent of Latino men nationally. He won 46 percent of all Latino voters, a 14 percent jump over his support against President Biden in 2020. That was the highest for any Republican presidential candidate in five decades....

An elderly white woman was charged with a hate crime in Washington state for allegedly assaulting two Donald Trump-supporting Hispanic women. The unnamed 82-year-old was arrested Monday on suspicion of committing a hate crime, though formal charges had not yet been filed, the Edmonds Police Department told KOMO News. Bodycam footage shows the octogenarian telling police, “I approached her, and I said, ‘I want to know why you’re voting for Trump.’ That’s the only thing. And I said, ‘Because you’re brown-skinned.'” Trump supporter Gina Powell said the elderly woman got in her face, questioning her race and beliefs, as she...

The Trump campaign has made an audacious play for the fast-growing Puerto Rican and Dominican population in eastern Pennsylvania. It’s paying off. Eddie Morán’s got a bit of swagger in his step as he walks around his large office in City Hall. The mayor just got out of a press conference, and his Caesar cut looks barber-fresh. It’s three weeks before the presidential election, and red leaves are scraping around the pavement outside; Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are neck-and-neck here in eastern Pennsylvania, but Morán, a Democrat, is not stressing — he won his own mayoral reelection by a...

Ahead of one of America's most polarizing presidential elections, a new poll reveals the Democrat-favored catchphrase that may be turning Latino voters toward Republicans. The term 'Latinx' is often used by liberals as a gender-neutral term to refer to people of Latin American descent or cultural identity. But new research suggests that not only do many Latinos dislike the word, the term itself may even be pushing them to vote for Donald Trump.

Former President Trump held a roundtable with Latino leaders in Miami on Tuesday, hours after a new poll showed him leading Vice President Harris in the key voting bloc by 11 points. The former president held the event at Trump National Doral Miami, where he was joined by Latino leaders like Florida GOP Reps. Maria Salazar and Carlos Gimenez, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Florida Sen. Rick Scott and Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo. During the event, Trump criticized Harris, who was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and did not have any campaign events. "She’s sleeping right now, she couldn’t go on...

Vice President Kamala Harris is promising Latino voters that she will open the borders to a vast number of economic migrants and will grant shares of their U.S. citizenship to millions of migrants who have sneaked into Americans’ society. Harris did not explain to swing-voting Americans with Latino ancestry why their concerns about the economy should be subordinated to her goal of welcoming millions of desperate, job-seeking migrants. However, those migration goals are sought by the Democrat party’s donor base of West Coast investors and Wall Street money managers — and are included in her 82-page economic plan. On October...

Democrat strategists and their allies in the mainstream media have been sounding alarm bells for several years now over the erosion of support among black and Hispanic/Latino voters. The slow but steady drop was brought about in part by the inroads Donald Trump has made with both communities. In particular, the Hispanic community has shifted how they've voted not just in presidential elections but in Congressional elections as well, which we saw for example in some 2020 and 2022 races in Texas, Florida, and New Mexico. Needless to say, this has brought about a great wailing and gnashing of teeth,...

… historically, Latinos have tended to favour the Democrats. ..But polls suggest Republicans have gained ground this election cycle, with many factors cited including the economy, immigration, and abortion rights. … Elon Musk, who has endorsed Trump, posted a faked image of Kamala Harris in a red uniform emblazoned with the communist hammer and sickle, captioned “Kamala vows to be a communist dictator on day one. Can you believe she wears that outfit!?” … Posts linking Harris to communism really took off online after the presidential debate, according a report by the DDIA prepared for the BBC. During the debate,...

Celebrity endorsements in an election year are hardly a new phenomenon. But former President Donald Trump’s appearance alongside Puerto Rican reggaeton star Anuel AA forms part of a larger emerging pattern in his campaign’s outreach to voters of color — and signals the campaign might see an opportunity in battleground Pennsylvania.... First greeting the former president on the tarmac, Anuel, born Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago, later endorsed Trump during his rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Friday, telling Puerto Ricans to “stay united” and to “vote for Trump.”...While the immediate crowd might not be familiar with the star, Anuel’s magnitude as a...

...The convoys are known as “Trump Trains”, and though they have appeared in other states they have taken off in the Rio Grande valley. They symbolize the political drama that is unfolding in this overwhelmingly Hispanic community that has for generations been umbilically tied to the Democratic party: the seemingly unassailable rise of Trump.... An opinion poll from April conducted by the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation (TxHPF) found that Trump was leading his then presumptive rival Biden in South Texas by 44% to 36%. That was an astounding statistic given the region’s previously lock-tight Democratic record... Religion is another critical...

Treeper Question:ICTHEMATRIX – […] “Related to the topic of discerning alignment via a question, I would like to sincerely ask you your thoughts on a very real possibility:What are we to make of President Trump’s possible choice of Marco Rubio as his VP?In many columns and pages, you have chronicled the multiple failure points of Senator Rubio…his service within the corrupted Intelligence committee, and his non-MAGA compromises. I fear this could become another massive moment of fatally poor judgement.”The direct issue of the vice presidential pick of Donald Trump is a fun topic often discussed, because it can easily engage...

Former President Donald Trump has vowed to take extreme actions to secure the U.S.-Mexico border if he wins November’s presidential election. And that promise is supported by a key voting bloc — Latinos. The most recent Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll shows that the percentage of Latinos who support erecting a border wall and deporting all undocumented immigrants has increased by at least 10 points since 2021. According to the research, even among those who might have connections to immigration, Trump’s calls for increased border security and possibly his anti-immigrant rhetoric are having an impact. The results also illuminate Republicans’ recent gains...

Almost half of Latino adults support the mass deportation of illegal immigrants — more than both blacks and Democrats, a new Harris Poll survey conducted exclusively for Axios reveals. According to the national survey of 6,251 U.S. adults, conducted March through April, a 51% majority say they support mass deportations of “undocumented” (aka, illegal) immigrants. But a closer look yields some surprising results. Nearly half (45%) of Latinos say they support mass deportation of illegal aliens, more than the 40% support of black respondents. Among whites, 56% say they’re in favor. What’s more, 42% of Democrats support a sweeping purge...

Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll that reported former President Trump leads President Biden among Latino voters. Of the poll’s Hispanic respondents, 46 percent they would vote for Trump if the election were held today, and 40 percent said they would vote for Biden. “You may be thinking, how is this possible? ‘Build the wall’ Donald Trump? ‘Mass deportations’ Donald Trump? ‘Guy who thinks Daddy Yankee is a baseball player’ Donald Trump?” asked Leguizamo, after pummeling the...

Latino voters rejected the accusation that former President Donald Trump is a "threat to democracy" in a recent interview with CBS News, telling network reporter Weijia Jiang they’re "not buying" the line that "democracy is on the ballot in 2024." Three Hispanic Arizona residents spoke to Jiang for a segment that aired on "CBS Evening News" on Wednesday, telling her they don't believe the Trump "threat" a bit and think the media and Democratic Party are "using it to death." The notable moment came when Jiang said to the three voters, "President Biden has called Trump a threat to democracy...

A Maryland congressional candidate latched onto Friday’s expulsion of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to boost his own campaign, calling on the country to “send a real gay, Latino, Jew to Congress.” State Delegate Joe Vogel (D) announced a run for Maryland’s 6th District in May, currently held by Rep. David Trone (D), who is pursing a Senate campaign. “Unlike George Santos, we’re going to Congress to solve problems not create drama,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter. “And we don’t use our campaign funds on Botox — we’re instead using the money you chip in to build an organizing program...

Opinion Vivek Ramaswamy’s political narrative revolves around his aspiration for the American Presidency. Advocating anti-woke sentiments, he challenges the prevailing elitist culture, distinguishing himself as an entrepreneurial outsider. His stance on issues like immigration, Ukraine, and the Israel-Palestine conflict showcases a pragmatic approach, emphasising the need for strategic balance and national interest. If all the scenarios align favorably for him, it can be supposed, in the context of the US elections, that individuals like Vivek Ramaswamy should be elected as the most powerful person on Earth-namely, to the American Presidency. He is young, energetic, and an Ivy League product, with...

Peru’s newly elected president identifies as a Marxist and is against gay marriage. Nicaragua’s once revolutionary president is against abortion. Leftist leaders across Latin America, like Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico, are scrapping progressive values to maintain electoral coalitions Back in the 1960s and '70s when leftists ruled countries in Latin America, their movements focused on the plight of the poor and their economic conditions. In the 2000s, Latin America’s "pink tide" of leftist leaders, like Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, embraced progressive social movements. But as the evangelical church began to grow in Latin America, a region...