Left-wing dark-money megadonors, including George Soros, contribute $20M to groups funding protests against Trump’s DC crime crackdown
WASHINGTON D.C. - Several lefty, dark money organizations, including George Soros’, contributed more than $20 million to groups funding protests against President Trump’s crime crackdown in Washington, DC.
Free DC, a “fiscally sponsored special project” of progressive nonprofits Community Change and Community Change Action, brought 150 demonstrators near the White House Monday to protest Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops in the district and federalize the city’s police department.
“Do not obey in advance” and “Take up space” are among Free DC’s “guiding principles,” and the group urges supporters to “go outside at 8:00 PM and bang pots and pans, sing, chant, or make noise for five minutes” every night “of this occupation.”
Free DC has scheduled multiple events since Monday’s anti-Trump protest, including a “Cop Watch Training,” suggesting further protests are planned amid Trump’s effort to make DC the “safest, cleanest and most beautiful cities anywhere in the world” by ramping up law enforcement efforts and removing homeless encampments from public places. Click here to read more.
Over 100 crumbling bridges at high risk of CLOSURE after Gretchen Whitmer prioritized corporate welfare, pet projects
Seven years after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised to “fix the damn roads,” more than 100 bridges across Michigan are crumbling with a high risk of closure in the next decade.
Michigan Department of Transportation bridge engineer Rebecca Curtis told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Local Transportation on Wednesday that 280 state-owned bridges are in poor condition, with more than 100 poised to close by 2035.
Seven years after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised to “fix the damn roads,” more than 100 bridges across Michigan are crumbling with a high risk of closure in the next decade.
Michigan Department of Transportation bridge engineer Rebecca Curtis told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Local Transportation on Wednesday that 280 state-owned bridges are in poor condition, with more than 100 poised to close by 2035.
“Even though we are doing all the right things, the funding is not there to help us move the needle enough,” Curtis said. “There are a little over 100 trunkline bridges that are at risk of closure.”
A MDOT bridge closure risk analysis showed that when viewed on a 20-year time frame, “it shoots up to about 1,200 bridges at risk of closure,” she said. Click here to read more.
Trump’s Efforts Could Sharply Reduce DC Crime
When 10 juveniles brutally attacked former Department of Government Efficiency whiz kid Edward Coristine—nicknamed “Big Balls”—in an attempted carjacking that left him bloodied, Washington, D.C.’s ciolent crime rate exploded into a political flashpoint.
President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the Washington police and bring in FBI agents and the National Guard to fight crime has upset liberals who attack it as “unnecessary” and the media who fact-check Trump’s statements on crime as false.
“I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before,” Trump vowed on Truth Social. “The criminals—you don’t have to move out. We’re going to put you in jail where you belong.”
On Monday morning, Trump unveiled his plans, announcing a historic escalation of law enforcement in Washington by deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets and placing the city’s police department under federal control. Click here to read more.
Supreme Court allows Miss. social media law requiring age verification for children
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children, an issue of growing national concern.
The justices rejected an emergency appeal from a tech industry group, NetChoice, that is challenging laws passed in Mississippi and other states that require social media users to verify their ages. The court had been asked to keep the law on hold while a lawsuit plays out.
There were no noted dissents from the brief, unsigned order. But Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote to say that NetChoice could eventually succeed in showing that the law is indeed unconstitutional.
Kavanaugh said he nevertheless agreed with the court’s decision because the tech group had not shown it would suffer legal harm if the measure went into effect as the lawsuit unfolded. Click here to read more.
Church Wins Case Against Gay Married Musician in Traverse City
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – On Wednesday, August 13, Thirteenth Circuit Judge Charles Hamlyn dismissed Fred “Mr. Fred” Szczepanski’s discrimination lawsuit against St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Traverse City and the Diocese of Gaylord. He cited the church and diocese’s legal exemption from employment discrimination laws as religious organizations.
Szczepanski was terminated as the music director of the church in October of 2024 after serving St. Francis Church for 35 years. Many parishioners believe that it was done because he married his longtime partner in 2020 as we reported on last year. The lawsuit was filed in January of 2025. Click here to read more.
