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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, an Oklahoma State University student is going public after a school official reprimanded him for his support of the slain civil-rights leader, saying some people could be "triggered" simply because he wore a Turning Point USA hat with the number 47 on it.
Student Joshua Wilson is exposing the actions of Melisa Echols, OSU's coordinator of student-government programs, who told him: "As a person who doesn't look like you and has not had the same lived experience as you, I have family who don't look like you who are triggered – and I will be very candid with you – who are triggered by those hats and by that side."
While Wilson told Echols he understood her concerns, he didn't believe wearing a Turning Point hat was partisan, and he rejected the claim it was somehow harmful to other students.
Echols at one point was angered that Wilson defended his stance.
"'But' cannot be the end of every statement. That's not a learned lesson," Echols said. "It cannot just be, 'yes, but' – cannot be every response that you give me. Otherwise, this year is going to be difficult for you."
Wilson viewed Echols' comment as "a veiled threat."
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs reported: "Wilson pointed out to Echols that he is Cherokee and noted he routinely interacts with people from different backgrounds and viewpoints."
"I don't like to pull that card," Wilson said. "But if you're going to pull that card on me, I might as well."
LibsofTikTok reports action has now been taken against Echols: "According to TPUSA, the staff member who reprimanded a student for honoring Charlie has been placed on administrative leave. Bye Bye."
Wilson has since given an interview to LibsofTikTok, stating: "When Charlie came to our campus last April, he brought a spirit of dialogue and liberty like I have never seen."
"The day that Charlie was murdered, students began to worry what might happen or what might result from these conversations now. Students were already participating in tearing down conservative club fliers, defacing club sidewalk signs or shouting at conservative clubs while they invited conversation. So what would happen now? That was their worry."
He is encouraging others to stand up for their rights in order to "spark the flames of positive change on your campus and community that will never be put out."
Kirk is being posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday by President Trump, the 47th president.
An Oklahoma State University spokesperson told Fox News Digital: "The OSU Student Government Association has a nonpartisan tradition. However, the organization has no official policies to restrict partisan expression, and the organization has not enacted or enforced such a policy. The student in question spoke freely during last month's SGA meeting and expressed his views without interruption or restriction."
"The university is committed to protecting, promoting and facilitating free expression for all students, regardless of their views, and clarification regarding SGA policies has been provided to appropriate university staff. OSU embraces its role as a marketplace of ideas, and we believe a robust public discourse is essential to the process of addressing society's most pressing challenges, which is our charge as a land-grant institution."
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It is the next step in the war against InfoWars, the Alex Jones organization that was sued over his comments about the Sandy Hook school shooting and the families involved. And it's gone to the Supreme Court.
Jones, who was declared liable for more than a billion dollars in damages in default judgments from two different judges, is challenging those rulings.
Jones has submitted an appeal to the high court that centers on a judgment in Connecticut.
He charges the default judgment was improper because it presented an incomplete picture of his statements about Sandy Hook, it made too much of "trivial" discovery issues, and it undermined Supreme Court precedent on the First Amendment rights of media defendants, like him, according to a blog that focuses on the high court and its issues.
"Viewed in full context, Jones expressly affirmed that deaths occurred, while using the phrases 'staged' or 'hoax' to characterize media and governmental scripting. It is therefore contextually impossible to construe his remarks as denying deaths, as the Complaint did by selective editing. Precisely to guard against such distortions, this Court has required independent judicial review of the entire record in First Amendment cases," said the petition.
He is seeking emergency relief because he charges that allowing the collection of the full $1.4 billion judgment while his appeal is being reviewed would inflict "irreparable injury."
He warned that Sandy Hook families would take control of his InfoWars and turn it over to another company, the Onion.
"Without a stay now, when this case is reviewed and later reversed, InfoWars will have been acquired by its ideological nemesis and destroyed — which Jones believes is the Plaintiffs' intention. Hence, Jones will clearly experience irreparable injury if a stay is not granted," his application said.
The report explained Jones is a longtime talk-show host who had built a platform for comment and discussion.
He repeatedly has addressed "conspiratorial claims about major world events, such as that the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 was staged or that the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 were an inside job," the report said.
In this case, after the 2012 shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead, Jones repeatedly criticized coverage and suggested parts of the events were staged to push for new gun limits.
Family members of victims sued, both in Connecticut and Texas.
Both judges ruled against Jones by default.
After the judgment, the companies filed bankruptcy petitions and that process has not yet yielded a final result.
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President Trump Saturday vowed to get members of the military paid Oct. 15 despite the ongoing government shutdown that has prevented nearly all federal employees from being paid.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said he directed Secretary of War Pet Hegseth to find the funds to make good on payday Wednesday, saying, "we have identified funds to do this."
Insisted Trump, " I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown."
The federal government has been partially shuttered since Oct. 1 due to a lack of a law funding its various agencies.
Here is Trump's post:
Chuck Schumer recently said, "Every day gets better" during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of "Leader" Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.
I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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For years already, Democrats and other leftists have described conservatives as "Nazis" and President Donald Trump as a "Hitler."
It's not because they are doing the things of the evil empire during World War II; it's because they have a political ideology and agenda that disagrees with Democrats and leftists.
But the constant and incessant characterizations have produced their results: An explosion of threats against the president, federal officers and their supporters that in all likelihood should not be ignored.
For example, the Department of Homeland Security posted online an audio of a threat delivered by telephone to the spouse of a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
"I don't know how you let your husband work for ICE, and you sleep at night. F–k you, f–k your family. I hope your kids get deported by accident. How do you sleep? F–k you. Did you hear what happened to the Nazis after World War II? Because it's what's going to happen to your family," said the woman making the threat.
Homeland Security explained, "Antifa terrorists are threatening the FAMILIES of our law enforcement. We will hunt these sickos down and put them behind bars. In Texas, the spouse of an ICE officer received a voicemail filled with violent threats. If you don't believe that radical anarchists want ICE law enforcement dead, listen to this."
Social media commenters joined the conversation, with, "The party of love, peace, and tolerance," and "I was reliably told that this never happens."
Recently, a sniper attacked an ICE facility in Texas, and authorities said the attacker was aiming at officers, but instead killed two detainees.
Another jumped straight to a conclusion: "These people are demons."
Yet another, "Democrats must cut out their anti-ice rhetoric."
The New York Post said, "The Department of Homeland Security has condemned the 'dangerous' doxxing of immigration agents and their families as the agency pleads to dial down the pervasive and escalating rhetoric emanating from lefty politicians and media outlets."
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said, "The men and women of ICE and CBP are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop."
Physical assaults already have exploded by 1,000% on federal agents, authorities have noted.
The report said three women were indicted last month, accused of stalking an ICE agent to his home.
"When they arrived at the agent's home, they continued streaming while shouting to bystanders that their 'neighbor is ICE,' 'la migra lives here' and 'ICE lives on your street and you should know.' They publicly disclosed the agent's home address and encouraged viewers to 'come on down,'" the report said.
Another case involved the arrest of f 68-year-old man in San Diego after he posted the home address of a federal lawyer online and urged people to "swat" her.
That's a "dangerous harassment tactic," the report said, where fake emergency calls are made to provoke an armed response by police.
There even are bounties being offered:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemned the activities and warned about the surge in threats.
She charged that those delivering violent rhetoric actually are "making plans to ambush them and to kill them."
It was in the Dallas shooting that authorities reported the gunman apparently used a software program to track ICE agents.
Threats even have been documented against Washington officials, including Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.
And others have been targeted, too.
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Letitia James, the New York attorney general who campaigned on a platform to "get" President Donald Trump, then worked with a leftist judge to decide on a $500 million "fraud" penalty that turned out to be unconstitutional, now has been indicted herself.
The charge comes from a federal grand jury in Virginia and names her on a count of bank fraud.
She already had been under investigation by the Department of Justice over allegations she lied on federal forms to get better interest rates on mortgages.
James won a civil case last year against President Donald Trump and his Trump Organization over her claims of faulty business dealings, but the $500 million penalty created by Arthur Engoron, the New York judge in the case, and James was found to be unconstitutional and thrown out.
Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte had alleged that James may have committed mortgage fraud by making false or misleading statements on property records, "like a loan application that said her property in Virginia is her primary residence, a building record stating her multifamily Brooklyn property incorrectly has five residences instead of four, and a mortgage application that falsely stated James was her father's spouse," Fox News reported.
It was U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, appointed by Trump after her predecessor, who returned the indictment.
WND has reported that the mortgage fraud allegations aren't the only problem for James.
It's minor, but it's still a problem that was cited. It's that the height of a fence at a five-unit apartment structure she owns in Brooklyn.
It's the same address that triggered a federal mortgage fraud investigation into her, as she obtained an interest rate on a mortgage for the property that was based on it having four units, when it actually has five, according to building records.
The Washington Examiner said James could face $500 in fines because the fence at the brownstone is five feet, five inches tall, beyond the 48-inch limit.
The New York Department of Buildings served James with a violation notice recently that deemed her front fence exceeded height limitations.
It was James who, after campaigning to "get" Trump, came up with a claim that his business operations committed fraud. She worked with Engoron on the case, which alleged that there was fraud even though the business entities that supposedly were victimized said their loans were repaid on time and in full, and they would like to do more business with Trump.
Despite the lack of evidence, the judge created a penalty for Trump and his businesses of almost half a billion dollars, a decision that subsequently was tossed by an appeals court ruling that said it violated the U.S. Constitution.
Further, WND reported that constitutional expert Jonathan Turley revealed that James may not be done losing to Trump.
A New York appeals court ruled that the civil penalty issued by Engoron in February 2024 violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against excessive fines. Turley told "Faulkner Focus" guest host Aishah Hasnie that while the ruling was a "tremendous victory" for Trump, more wins could be coming for the president.
"This is obviously a tremendous victory for President Trump, but it's long overdue. During this litigation, many of us described this entire effort as a grotesque use of this New York law. No one lost money in this case. The banks actually wanted more business from President Trump," Turley said. "No one had ever seen an effort like this. It was an effort by Letitia James to have a trophy win against Trump and what this opinion has done is reduce what was a mounted marlin to something of a guppy. It has removed the fine and left in place the injunctive relief that President Trump can now appeal. So, it is possible that even that could go to the wayside."
"The good news is really for the New York court system. This regains some of the credibility that was lost during this process," Turley continued. "Many of us stood there in disbelief that James was allowed to do this. She succeeded in securing or she was fortunate enough to secure a very favorable judge, Judge Engoron, and I want to note, by the way, that both the judge and James tried to effectively price Trump out of even appealing the case. They insisted that he would have to pony up half a billion dollars just to question what they did in the case and it was an outrageous effort to effectively price out an appeal. It didn't work. Now we can see that the appellate court said this should never have happened in terms of the fine."
James sued Trump in September 2022, alleging he overstated the value of real estate holdings to obtain loans after vowing to investigate Trump during her initial campaign for attorney general in 2018, during which she labeled him an "illegitimate president." Turley said the appeals court ruling would also calm businesses in the state.
"There are still legitimate questions here with regard to the injunctive relief," Turley told Hasnie. "The court obviously fractured on these issues. The good news for New Yorkers is that the court of appeals really sent a message to the business community, the legal community, that they are not going to allow raw lawfare."
Late Thursday, James posted a video saying the indictment is "nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system."
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Congress opens its sessions with prayer. Many school boards, town and county councils and state legislatures did for many years.
So it shouldn't surprise that an executive in a White House administration that has recognized America's Judeo-Christian foundation and heritage should open a meeting with prayer.
Just as Kristi Noem, chief of President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security, did.
It was at a meeting with ICE officials in Portland, Oregon.
She said, "Lord, I just ask that you would continue to put a hedge of Protection around these officers, keep them safe, Lord, but that also that you would continue to bless each and every one of them and their families…"
Raw Story reported, "Noem asked God to give her agency 'wisdom and discernment to make the best decisions not just for the people that are here enforcing the law but also for the citizens of this country.'"
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Homeschooling and homeschoolers have been under attack across America in a number of ways over recent years.
Despite those barrages, the industry is growing hugely.
But there have been special exams demanded, invasive interviews, physical exams, odd requirements for homeschool teachers and much more at times. In one case state officials rejected a college diploma submitted by a homeschool teacher because it was written in Latin.
Now one Maine town is going to an extreme – an attempt to bar those connected with homeschooling from serving on a local public board, the school board.
According to the Institute for Justice, "Town officials in Dexter, Maine are considering a proposal that bars homeschool co-op leaders and private-school employees from serving on the local school board."
While supporters for the barrier claim it would prevent conflicts of interest, the IJ reported it actually is "retaliatory."
The IJ noted that last summer, Dexter voters recalled school board member Alisha Ames, leader of the town's only homeschool co-op, Power Source Ministries.
"The recall came after a campaign by the Facebook group 'Stop the Power Trip,' which accused her of putting the co-op ahead of public schools," the IJ noted. "Even if the recall of Ames was warranted, the proposed ordinance goes much further. Instead of addressing one individual, it would bar homeschool co-op leaders and private-school employees from serving on the school board, shutting out many other residents from their right to serve their community."
The backlash already has begun. State Rep. Heidi Sampson, of the Maine Education Initiative, warned town officials in a letter they are refusing to abide by First Amendment precedents, and that "exposes the town to significant liability."
The plan should be dropped and officials should recognize "the right of all Dexter citizens to serve their local public schools," the letter said.
"The ordinance is overly broad, sweeping in not just paid employees but also volunteers, former leaders, and even homeschooling parents who work together," the IJ said. "It defines a co-op as any 'organized group of parents or guardians who collaborate to provide educational instruction or services to children who are being educated at home.'"
Sampson said the apparent assumption by scheme planners that those individuals cannot have the best interests of public schools at heart is "baseless and narrow-minded."
"The government cannot strip someone of the right to run for office just because it disagrees with how they exercise … fundamental freedoms," the IJ said.
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Federal agents Saturday were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars in Broadview, Illinois, near Chicago, where crowds have been gathered for days protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions. So reports DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
"Pritzker's Chicago Police Department is leaving the shooting scene and refuses to assist us in securing the area. There is a growing crowd and we are deploying special operations to control the scene," McLauglin wrote in an X post.
Reportedly, the agents were unable to move their vehicles and had to exit, Fox News reported. One of the drivers accused of ramming into the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, according to McLaughlin. She said officers "were forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen."
The post indicated that the armed woman "drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds."
McLauglin noted the woman, who was a U.S. citizen, was named in a CBP intelligence bulletin. She reportedly doxxed agents and posted online, "Hey to all my gang let's f–- those motherf––– up, don't let them take anyone."
According to DHS, no law enforcement officers were seriously injured during the incident.
According to Fox, the agents were reportedly performing a routine patrol in Broadview when the alleged assault occurred.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said on Friday that she and her team were blocked from accessing the Village of Broadview Municipal Building to use the restrooms. The secretary and her team were apparently stopping for a "quick bathroom break."
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Nicholas Sortor, an independent, on-the-street reporter who has become famous for his documentation of anti-government actions across America, has announced that the Department of Justice has assured him of an investigation into his arrest by Portland police late Thursday.
The Washington Examiner said the conservative influencer was arrested late Thursday, then released several hours later, early Friday.
He was accused by local police of "second-degree disorderly conduct" while he was documenting violent protests near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Oregon's largest city.
Other reports from the scene at the time said Sortor was defending himself from a woman who attacked him.
"Sortor, a 27-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was arrested alongside two Oregon residents, according to a press release from the city's police department. All three people were booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on the same misdemeanor charge," the Examiner reported.
But later Sortor confirmed the review of his "wrongful arrest" will be conducted by Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.
He said Attorney General Pam Bondi called him personally with the news.
"The Trump DOJ WILL NOT allow Portland Police to continue to do the bidding of Antifa," he wrote on X, telling Portland police to "f*** around and find out."
The report said he explained he was recording footage of federal agents macing protesters when he was surrounded and assaulted, forced to defend himself.
"Nick says he swung back and missed, then disengaged and walked over to a group of Portland PD. He says he was then shocked to be arrested by them, and he sat in the back of a police cruiser while officers figured out what to charge him with," a witness reportd.
Protests in Portland were triggered by the deployment of National Guard troops to crack down on rampant crime there.
The Gateway Pundit commented, "The woman who attacked him was not arrested."
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A longtime liberal lawyer who has support Democrats for, well, decades, now is pledging his support for Republicans during the 2026 midterm elections.
It was Alan Dershowitz, whose fame in legal circles is unparalleled.
Defendants to whom he contributed advice at different times include O.J. Simpson, Jeffrey Epstein, Julian Assange, Harvey Weinstein, and even Donald Trump.
His new announcement has just made social media.
"I'm going to be supporting the Republicans in the midterm elections," he said.
He continued, "I'm hoping the Republicans maintain control … both of the House and the Senate. The last thing I want is Chuck Schumer to be head of the Senate or Liz Warren to be chairperson of a committee or AOC to be chairperson of a committee."
He explained, "The Democrats not only have lost my votes, but they have made me an enemy."
He blamed the party for having essentially "moved away from American values, Israeli values and values of decency."