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Democrats desperately are trying to protect their minority numbers in Congress with several redistricting plans in states.

Analysts have concluded they're unlikely to gain much, but in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom, an ardent opponent of President Donald Trump and the Make America Great Again agenda, has gone so far as to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a campaign to have voters authorize a new redistricting plan.

His intention is to take away a handful of seats that now are held by Republicans, even though that might not even make up what his party lost in a redistricting already finished in Texas.

California's redistricting by law is supposed to be done by a nonpartisan committee, but Newsom's plan would have voters authorize a bypass so Democrats could gerrymander even further, a process that party already has used for years.

But President Trump is pointing out a potential problem.

And he's promising more information to come.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James, famous for her lawfare agenda against President Donald Trump, has been revealed to be caught up in yet another federal investigation.

She's already under indictment for alleged mortgage fraud involving claims she bought a house and claimed it was her residence to get a better interest rate, then rented it out. Further, one of her mortgage application documents allegedly listed her father as her "spouse."

She had created a massive "fraud" claim against Trump and his companies, and with the help of a leftist judge, obtained a massive half billion dollar penalty against Trump, a penalty that was thrown out by an appeals court for being unconstitutional.

Now a report at the Daily Caller News Foundation explains a judge has unsealed details about her fight against a federal criminal probe for alleged "selective enforcement."

Those allegations involve her lawfare against Trump, his business operations, and even a separate case involving the National Rifle Association.

"James's effort to block subpoenas issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) touches 'on matters of national concern, with implications that stretch well beyond this action,'" Judge Lorna Schofield wrote in her order making the filings public.

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Mandy Patinkin, the Jewish actor most famous for saying, "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" in 1987's "The Princess Bride" film, is now endorsing Zohran Mamdani, the Islamic candidate for New York City mayor.

And not only does Patinkin think the Uganda-born Democratic Socialist he calls an "extraordinary human being" could do a good job running the Big Apple, he believes the Muslim could lead America and the entire world.

In a video posted Tuesday, Patinkin and his wife, actress Kathryn Grody, are seen arm in arm with Mamdani, as Patinkin says: "We are going to win this because we have this extraordinary human being who is going to lead our city, and eventually, if we're really thinking, our nation and the world to a better, safer and all-inclusive existence. And that's what I love about this guy."

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A student has been cuffed and badgered by cops because his school's artificial intelligence (or lack thereof) system told authorities that his bag of Doritos was, in fact, a gun.

In a video, cops actually explain to students at the Baltimore school that the AI blundered, with its report to authorities that the munchies were really a weapon.

The report cited a police officer's body cam, which shows the officers were forced to explain AI made the mistake and that's why they handcuffed an innocent person.

"Thanks for not running away. That would have been a real problem," the report said police explained after they "stormed" Kenwood High.

"Sixteen-year-old Taki Allen was surrounded by officers, ordered to his knees, and handcuffed. The 'gun' was an empty Doritos bag. A human reviewer had already marked the alert as no threat, but the message never reached the school in time. No weapon. No arrest. Now officials are demanding answers. How did a bag of chips nearly cost a teenager his life?"

A report at Not the Bee warned, "Get used to it, Baltimore students."

That was prompted by the school's "non-apology," which claimed, "We understand how upsetting this was for the individual that was searched as well as the other students who witnessed the incident. Our counselors will provide direct support to the students who were involved in this incident and are also available to speak with any student who may need support. Please know that ensuring the safety of our students and school community is one of our highest priorities. We work closely with Baltimore County police to ensure that we can promptly respond to any potential safety concerns, and it is essential that we all work together to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for all Kenwood High School students and staff."

The report noted the corporation whose blunder caused the problem, Omnialert, "refused to make any comments."

The student, Allen, told WBAL, "It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us. At first, I didn't know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, 'Get on the ground,' and I was like, 'What?'"

He said, "I was just holding a Doritos bag — it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun."

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a doctor accused of giving children dangerous chemicals as part of her "gender transition" treatments has surrendered her medical license.

That means May Lau, who was accused of giving children "harmful, irreversible" drugs, no longer can practice medicine in the state.

"Doctors who permanently hurt kids by giving them experimental drugs are nothing more than disturbed left-wing activists who have no business being in the medical field," Paxton said. "May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state."

He added, "My case against her for breaking the law will continue, and we will not relent in holding anyone who tries to 'transition' kids accountable."

A report at the Texas Tribune explained Paxton had sued Lau, who was acting as a "Dallas pediatrician."

The state's Senate Bill 14, from 2023, "prohibits physicians and health care providers from prescribing hormones to minors to transition their biological sex," the report said.

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As if professional sports in America weren't already facing enough headwinds, with "wokism" running amok and such.

Now the FBI has confirmed that onetime University of Colorado basketball player and now Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier are under arrest.

Also former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones, and dozens more.

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has delivered a warning to Democrats who boasted they are creating an "ICE tracker" to publicize the locations of federal agents, exposing them to the threat of being assaulted, injured, even killed.

"@RepRobertGarcia and @SenBlumenthal are trying to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs," she explained on social media. "TheJusticeDept has ZERO tolerance for violence against law enforcement – we will prosecute any person who physically assaults our agents."

Her comments followed Garcia and others in a press conference where the boast was made that the "Oversight Committee will be launching on their website a master ICE tracker where we can … essentially [track] every single instance that we can verify that the community will send, be able to send us information on."

One of President Donald Trump's efforts from the White House has been to secure the national borders and deport illegal alien criminals. Already his programs have removed hundreds of thousands of illegals from the nation.

The effort follows years of neglect by Joe Biden and his administration, during which millions of illegals were granted freedom to enter the U.S., illegally.

"The Biden Administration abused America's immigration system and turned parole into a de facto amnesty program, thereby allowing millions of unvetted illegal aliens into the U.S., no questions asked, to the detriment of all Americans," said DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

Garcia claimed that a report from a leftist organization said 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested in the campaign.

He said, "Why? Because they look like me, because they are of Latino origin, or because they are suspected to not be a U.S. citizen, or because they are suspected of crimes that they have not committed," he said.

The actual threat to federal agents has been explicit:

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Cincinnati Police Chief Terri Theetge, who was sued for anti-white bias and blamed social media in the wake of a black mob's horrific beating of whites in the city in July, has now been placed on administrative leave "pending an internal investigation on the effectiveness of her leadership."

City Manager Sheryl Long told WLWT-TV: "The City continues to face serious public safety challenges that underscore the need for stability at the command level. Therefore, I've named Assistant Chief Adam Hennie as Interim Police Chief."

"Our focus remains on maintaining stability within the department and ensuring the highest standards of service to our residents. I have full confidence in Interim Chief Hennie and the department's command staff to continue their dedicated work at this time."

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President Donald Trump has worked hard during his second term to bring about a ceasefire between the terrorists of Hamas in Gaza and Israel.

The war was launched on Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas when members invaded Israel and slaughtered some 1,200 people, kidnapping hundreds more. And the ceasefire, endorsed by both Israel and Hamas, took effect just days ago.

But immediately, and even as hostages were being returned to Israel, the terrorists lashed out at their political foes inside Gaza, "publicly executing Palestinian civilians" and claiming that they were "criminals and collaborators with Israel."

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A Florida judge has been asked to dismiss a complaint by the manager of a condo association that seeks to prevent a church from holding services in the property it owns.

"Because the gravamen of plaintiff's complaint is the enforcement of a discriminatory restriction on defendant's land use for religious worship services in violation of Florida law that declared all such restrictions and covenants to be unlawful, plaintiff cannot state a cause of action. The complaint should be dismissed," explained the motion to dismiss from Liberty Counsel.

The fight involves Coastal Family Church in Flager Beach and Flagler Square-JAX, a condo association that sued to close down the church.

The church purchased part of a strip mall that is organized as a condo association, and a manager for that organization claims he can stop a church from holding services.

Liberty Counsel said it filed a motion in Seventh Judicial Circuit Court on behalf of one of the pastors of the church to dismiss a meritless lawsuit.

In July 2025, Pastor Roderick Palmer purchased a unit in the Flagler Square strip mall to use as a church home. But when services launched, the condominium association that supervises the structure with four units sued Palmer for holding "public assemblies."

The claim was that those services violate the "condominium declaration."

The complaint cited an issue with parking, which Liberty Counsel said would leave some 160 spaces available during services.

The association wants an outright court ban on "assemblies."

Liberty Counsel said that wasn't allowed under state law.

"The Florida legislature has rendered null and void all such discriminatory land use restrictions and covenants … Further, plaintiff's requested prohibition on religious services substantially burdens defendant's religious exercise in violation of the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act."

The legal team said the city commission approved the church meetings at the strip mall location, and other residents raised "no objections."

Other occupants include "Junque in the Trunk," a Dollar Tree and a police lodge, which, in fact, advertises that it holds public gatherings periodically, and is available for "rent for meetings, parties, and commercial classes."

The team said, "The entire premise of plaintiff's complaint centers on and arises from a discriminatory restriction that has become wholly inoperative, unenforceable, null, and void."

Liberty Counsel said, "Whether the association's proposed restriction is phrased as a ban on public assemblies or an outright prohibition on religious services, it violates Florida's nullification on discriminatory covenants, as well as the church's constitutional rights to religious exercise and so the case must be dismissed."

"Florida law is clear that Pastor Roderick Palmer and Coastal Family Church have the right to hold church services on church property and that restrictive covenants cannot ban religious assembly. Flagler Square – JAX, Inc. cannot target Pastor Palmer or his church while ignoring other tenants' non-religious gatherings. This meritless lawsuit must be dismissed," explained Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver.