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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is calling for the closing of another state prison in his proposed budget for the next fiscal year. It will be the fifth prison closed during his two terms as governor. He said "the notion that we can successfully suppress crime by incarcerating offenders is mistaken. The internal environments of our prisons don't strike me as effective. Every prison has gangs that intimidate and terrorize inmates such that the only way to survive is by joining a gang. It is inhumane to subject anyone to this type of life." The Governor says he is "confident...

Statistics for the first three months of the Trump Administration show a sharp decline in crime in several Colorado sanctuary cities. In Denver, homicides deceased by 58%. In Aurora they decreased by 36%. During this three month period, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 538 illegal aliens from these cities. Trump Administration "Border Czar" Tom Homan explained that "our focus on removing the worst of the foreign criminals preying on American citizens from these communities has significantly improved safety. This is a sharp contrast from the Biden Administration's soft-on-crime attitude that allowed millions of unvetted aliens to invade our...

Though a federal grand jury has indicted Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan for obstructing the apprehension and arrest of illegal immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel she says she is "confident I will beat the rap because the US Supreme Court has just ruled that judges have a universal right to block the enforcement of laws they don't like." "Trump thinks his election to the presidency is a mandate from the people to enforce the nation's immigration laws," Dugan said. "But I don't. Presidents come and go and are term limited. Judges are...

For many weeks now, self-identified democratic-socialists Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have been jetting around the country in private aircraft for their their "Fighting Oligarchy Tour." Federal Election Commission reports show that this campaign has spent more than $221,000 on private jet travel in the first quarter of 2025. Fox News' "Special Report" host Bret Baier asked "don't these private flights cost around $15,000 per hour? Isn't this the way that oligarchs travel?" "Yes it is," Sanders admitted. "Fortunately, not all oligarchs are bad people. Some of them are earning brownie points by funding the needs...

The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California says the United States has withdrawn tourist visas from her and her husband.Marina del Pilar Ávila, of the ruling Morena party, posted on social media on Sunday that she and her husband had been notified of the consular measure, without specifying the reason for the Trump administration’s decision.”I fully trust that the situation will be satisfactorily clarified for both of us,” Ávila said on X.The Baja California press office confirmed to CNN that Ávila’s visa had been withdrawn. A spokesperson for the US Embassy told The Associated Press that visa records...

This week, Newark Mayor and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka (D) entered the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center and asserted "this facility cannot be legally operated in Newark. Newark is a sanctuary city that welcomes immigrants. The planned living conditions at Delaney Hall do not fulfill the standards we require for these new Americans. ICE wants to lock them up in cages. We insist upon hotel accommodations." Acting US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba pointed out that "so-called 'sanctuary cities' contradict federal law. They may have been tolerated under the lawless...

Lauren Witzke @LaurenWitzkeDE Black female gate agents at Frontier Airlines go on an unprofessional ghetto power trip. Denying a man the ability to check in, likely because he's White. 3:14 PM · May 6, 2025

After completing his Capitol steps sit-in with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wrote an email to his caucus mates. That email has now been leaked. The tone of his email can best be described as "peevish" but perhaps well-considered. Though Jeffries' publicly avowed position is that "Trump must bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to America so he can be reunited with his family," his email advises fellow Democrats to "stop the El Salvador trips. Polls show that a majority of voters don't want this guy back in our country. They think he's a criminal. Frankly,...

Two commercial aircraft were ordered to abort landings at Reagan National Airport on Thursday after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter entered airspace near the runway while en route to the Pentagon. Delta Air Lines Flight 1671, arriving from Orlando, and Republic Airways Flight 5825, arriving from Boston, were both directed to perform go-arounds by air traffic control at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time. “A UH-60 Blackhawk was directed by Pentagon Air Traffic Control to conduct a ‘go-around,’ overflying the Pentagon helipad in accordance with approved flight procedures,” said US Army spokesperson Capt. Victoria Goldfedib in a statement. ”As a...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex) took to the airwaves to warn that "randomly kidnapping folks and sending them to other countries could be considered an act of war. Let's look at it from the perspective of these other countries. How you you feel if hardened criminals like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members were sent into your country? You'd be thinking 'what did we do to deserve this?' I wouldn't be surprised if the World Court issued an arrest warrant for Donald Trump for doing what he's doing." Acting Director of the US Immigration and Customs Tom Homan challenged what...

Governor Newsom is causing another refinery to go down. Valero refinery is considering shutting down. It threatens to throw the inhabitants of the small city of Benicia into unemployment and poverty. Valero is planning to shut down next April instead of selling. No one wants to buy it. The Benicia Mayor said the plant brings in millions of dollars. No one wants to buy the plant because it would require a significant amount of money to keep it going. The state of California doesn’t want refiners in its state. They’ve pushed them out, and this is the result. Newsom doesn’t...

A Russian satellite believed to be part of Moscow’s nuclear anti-satellite weapon program appears to be malfunctioning, with erratic movements suggesting it may no longer be operational. The development could be a major blow to Russia’s military space ambitions, US analysts said. Cosmos 2553 was launched just weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Over the past year, it has shown signs of uncontrolled tumbling, according to radar data from LeoLabs and optical tracking shared by Slingshot Aerospace with Reuters. The satellite is believed to serve as both a radar tool for intelligence gathering and a platform for radiation testing....

In the State of Washington, both the House and Senate have passed HB1131. This bill will give illegal aliens convicted of crimes in the state to get expedited access to pardons and commutations. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) who pointed out that "our small Clemency and Pardons Board can only handle 30 cases per year. So, the number of prisoners who could get a pardon or commutation is very limited. Inasmuch as prisoners who are in this country illegally are continuously at risk of deportation they are in dire need of release so they can more...

This week, US District Judge William Orrick issued an injunction barring the Trump Administration from withholding federal aid from sanctuary cities, saying "over the years cities all across the country have become used to receiving huge portions of their funding from the federal government. Using this dependency to attain their cooperation with the enforcement of federal immigration laws is extortion, pure and simple. I cannot allow it to go forward." Tony LoPresti, counsel for Santa Clara County, hailed the Judge's action, calling it "a life-saving affirmation of the cities' rights to continue business-as-usual without undue interference from the federal government."...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned "if they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now." Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma) warned that "if President Donald Trump's administration can deport Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, they can 'disappear' you. This is the time for the American people to start fighting back for our country." Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mi) said "I did three town halls in a 24 hour period. One was in a very conservative part of my district that voted for Trump,...

This week, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) flew to El Salvador on a quest to secure the return of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia to the US, saying "this Maryland family man is one of my constituents who was wrongfully abducted from his home and flown to his country of birth by the Trump Administration. This man escaped from El Salvador as a teenager in fear for his life and was granted refugee status by a US court. Sending him back there is a cruel and callous disregard for his life." White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt disputed the Senator's characterization of the...

45 years ago, Danno booked ’em for the last time, when Hawaii Five-O aired its final episode. The show — which starred Jack Lord as tough-as-nails Detective Captain Steve McGarrett, who headed up a special police task force that rooted out organized crime and espionage in the Hawaiian islands — debuted in 1968, making it the last scripted 1960s drama still on the airwaves when it took its final bow. The show made Lord a superstar and familiarized many viewers with Hawaii, which had only become a U.S. state in 1959, and its impact is still being felt today, in...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that effective May 7, 2025, all adult U.S. citizens must present a REAL ID-compliant form of identification or a valid passport to board domestic flights and access federal facilities. This enforcement marks the culmination of the REAL ID Act, originally passed in 2005 following the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations to enhance the integrity and security of state-issued identification documents. ​ On December 17, 2018, President Trump signed the REAL ID Act Modification for Freely Associated States Act, Public Law 115-323. “If you plan on traveling, we need your help to prevent delays...

Taxpayer-funded NGOs are still helping illegal aliens cross over the US border. Footage captured by Real Muckraker showed the Red Cross and MedGlobal giving illegal aliens advice and equipment for crossing the dangerous Darien Gap jungle into Panama en route to the US. Rather than helping keep migrants safe, the Red Cross is encouraging them to cross the dangerous Darien Gap jungle to push their open borders agenda. “A Red Cross psychologist gave our undercover journalist advice, such as to bring 5 days of food for the jungle, and showed our reporter common entry points into the Darién Gap,” the...

DEVELOPING STORY: Hundreds of pro-Hamas terrorists waving Palestinian flags invaded and then shut down Grand Central Terminal in New York City Monday night. Thousands of commuters were stranded by the shut down. This sort of attack is absolutely unacceptable, but this is what happens when Democrat lawmakers coddle the domestic terrorists. Here’s what needs to happen: the NYPD should lock down every entrance and exit into the train terminal. They should round up and arrest every terrorist. And they should be deported back to their home countries. When you fly the flag of a terrorist organization on American soil you...