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WASHINGTON D.C. - A Democrat congresswoman has revived an effort to provide reparations payments to black Americans for slavery, introducing legislation that would cost trillions of dollars.

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) reintroduced the Reparations Now resolution, which was first introduced by former Rep. Cori Bush in 2023.

Lee says that the funds are owed to black Americans. “Black folks are owed more than thoughts and prayers. We’re owed repair, we’re owed restitution, and we’re owed justice,” Lee said at a press conference as she announced the reintroduction of the bill. “We’re here to say that there’s no more waiting, no more watering down, no more putting justice on layaway.”

If enacted, the bill is estimated to cost a whopping $14 Trillion The gross domestic product of the entire United States in 2023, by comparison, was just over $27 trillion, while the federal government’s entire budget in that same year was $6.1 Trillion. Click here to read more.

 

LANSING, Mich - A taxpayer-funded sweepstakes that encourage students to fill out a Free Application for Student Aid is a waste of public money, according to a state House representative.

The 2025 Michigan budget allocates $980,000 for the ‘Ticket to Tuition Sweepstakes,’ Gov. Whitmer promoted April 16. The governor is holding out a chance to share in a purse of $1 million in prizes in her effort to get all students to seek public assistance by filling out the student aid form known commonly as FAFSA.

Whitmer’s tweet included three checked boxes with instructions. “Fill out your FAFSA, Tell a friend to do the same, Enter to win up to $1 million in prizes.”

A webpage for the contest reads in part: “Ten students will win $50,000 and 40 students will win $10,000 cash in a Michigan Education Savings Program account. That’s money that can be used for tuition at a community college, university or career training program, as well as room and board, living expenses and more!” Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - We’ve all been there: you go out with friends, have a great time then they leave you stuck with the bill. After four years of reckless, ruinous and arguably illegal Joe Biden administration policies, America will be stuck with a massive border bar tab for years to come.

President Donald Trump is busy keeping his promises to secure the border, remove aliens in accordance with the law, and hold noncitizen visitors and students accountable for the promises they made when getting visas to respect our country and its rules.

He’s been sued at every step by illegal aliens and their left-wing advocates. Lower-level federal judges—usually, but not always appointed by Democrat presidents and working in Democrat-dominated states—are ordering nationwide injunctions as a default, in cases filed on the flimsiest of legal pretexts.

According to former Attorney General Bill Barr, federal courts issued a total of 27 nationwide injunctions in the entire 20th century, but they’ve issued 79 against Trump alone this century. Click here to read more.

 

EASTLAND, Texas - A routine day turned tragic when a Texas man was attacked by a swarm of bees while mowing the lawn.

Stephen Daniel was mowing the lawn April 27 near an abandoned structure beside Friendship Park when he disturbed a large beehive, according to an Eastland Police report.

The bees swarmed, following Daniel into his vehicle.

As Daniel attempted to escape, he ended up in Chrishae Cooper’s family’s front yard. She saw him struggling to fight off the bees and called 911. Shortly after, police raced to the scene to attempt to help Daniel.

Despite his efforts to flee, Daniel was attacked by a large number of bees. He later died at the hospital from circulatory collapse due to the stings.

A beekeeper was called to remove the hive from the property.

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIF - Across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms is racing to popularize a new class of AI-powered digital companions that Mark Zuckerberg believes will be the future of social media.

Inside Meta, however, staffers across multiple departments have raised concerns that the company’s rush to popularize these bots may have crossed ethical lines, including by quietly endowing AI personas with the capacity for fantasy sex, according to people who worked on them. The staffers also warned that the company wasn’t protecting underage users from such sexually explicit discussions.

Unique among its top peers, Meta has allowed these synthetic personas to offer a full range of social interaction—including “romantic role-play”—as they banter over text, share selfies and even engage in live voice conversations with users.

To boost the popularity of these souped-up chatbots, Meta has cut deals for up to seven-figures with celebrities like actresses Kristen Bell and Judi Dench and wrestler-turned-actor John Cena for the rights to use their voices. The social-media giant assured them that it would prevent their voices from being used in sexually explicit discussions, according to people familiar with the matter. Click here to read more.

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DICKINSON COUNTY, Mich. (July 14, 2025) — Newly released surveillance video shows what appears to be the moment a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Dickinson County Republican Committee headquarters. The footage offers more detail on a weekend attack that led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Iron Mountain man.

The video appears to show a suspect attempting to light a rag sticking out of a glass bottle before throwing it at the building on Stephenson Avenue. Police say the rag failed to ignite, but the bottle shattered upon impact. A second unlit bottle was later found in the parking lot with liquid inside and a rag sticking out of it.

According to a press release from the Iron Mountain Police Department, the incident happened around 3:55 p.m. on Saturday. No injuries were reported, and damage to the building, which houses several businesses including the county GOP office, was minimal.

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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard Accuses Obama Officials of ‘Treasonous Conspiracy’ in 2016 Election Probe
Declassified report alleges top intelligence leaders suppressed findings to damage Trump; Gabbard urges criminal investigation.

WASHINGTON (July 18, 2025) – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday accused former President Barack Obama and top Obama‑era national security officials of orchestrating a “treasonous conspiracy” to discredit President Trump in the aftermath of the 2016 election.

In a newly declassified report, Gabbard alleges that key intelligence figures—including then‑DNI James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey—suppressed evidence showing that “foreign adversaries did not use cyberattacks on election infrastructure to alter the U.S. presidential election outcome.”

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Gabbard asserted that the Obama White House convened multiple senior national security officials on Dec. 9, 2016, and directed a shift in intelligence narratives. This led to the inclusion of the Steele dossier in the Jan. 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, contradicting earlier findings that Russia posed no credible threat to vote infrastructure. ‑long coup,” Gabbard said, announcing she had forwarded more than 100 pages of emails, memos and related intelligence to the Department of Justice and called for criminal investigations.

 

Critics refute the allegations

Several Democrats dismissed Gabbard’s charges as unfounded and politically motivated.

Rep. Jim Himes, D‑Conn., described the accusations as “baseless” and noted that a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Russia had interfered in the 2016 election and represented a serious counterintelligence threat—though it did not establish intentional collusion.

Legal and political implications

While the Department of Justice has declined to comment, the release adds to broader Trump‑era investigations into intelligence officials. Attorney General directives earlier this year targeted former CIA Director Brennan and former FBI Director Comey over their roles in crafting the original Russia assessment.

The revelations surface amid ongoing scrutiny of Gabbard’s own nomination as DNI. Critics have pointed to her lack of traditional intelligence background and past critiques of U.S. policy—including ties to the faith‑based Science of Identity Foundation—as possible concerns about her judgment.

Background

  • Declassified materials include a Sept. 12, 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment and a Dec. 7, 2016 Clapper memo asserting that Russia had not tampered with vote counts—assessments Gabbard claims were later downplayed.

  • Following the December 2016 White House meeting, a new Jan. 2017 assessment was issued, one that acknowledged Kremlin preference for Trump—a shift Gabbard says was orchestrated to undermine him.

What’s next

Gabbard has urged the Justice Department to initiate criminal probes. Meanwhile, lawmakers and intelligence officials may weigh whether her actions bind U.S. intelligence posture to partisan strategy or represent legitimate oversight of the national security apparatus.


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Suspected Member of Venezuelan Terror Group Arrested in Traverse City
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (July 17, 2025) — Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a suspected member of a foreign terrorist organization in northern Michigan on Independence Day.

 

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ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) apprehended Kleiber Siso Balza, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national in the United States illegally, in Traverse City on July 4. Authorities say Siso is a suspected member of Tren De Aragua, a transnational criminal group recently designated as a foreign terrorist organization.

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Siso has an active warrant out of Virginia for possession of burglary tools and faces a pending larceny charge in Florida. He was arrested alongside three other men who are also in the country illegally, according to ICE.

“Our teams are working daily to remove criminal aliens and immigration violators from our communities across Michigan and Ohio,” said Kevin Raycraft, acting field office director for ICE ERO Detroit. “I’m extraordinarily grateful to our officers for their service, especially when they sacrifice time with their own families to keep our communities safe.”

Tren De Aragua is known for its involvement in sex trafficking, debt bondage, drug trafficking, and murder, according to ICE officials.

“We’re thankful to have the assistance of our TSA, Federal Air Marshals and IRS partners in executing this important mission,” said Jared Murphey, acting special agent in charge of HSI Detroit.

The public is encouraged to report suspicious activity by calling the ICE Tip Line at 866-DHS-2-ICE or submitting a tip online.

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