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Phil Weiser is Colorado's attorney general, a far-left politician in a far-left state where the governor's office, the legislature and even the state Supreme Court all are controlled by Democrats.
The state's highest court is so far into being progressives the all-Democrats there even tried to remove President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot before being slapped down hard by the U.S. Supreme Court, just the latest in a long list of rulings against Colorado's anti-Republican and anti-Christian ideologies.
Now Weiser, who has used the public funds running his office repeatedly to attack Trump, is being called out for his "constitutionally perverse" agenda against Trump.
The commentary comes in a column by Robert G. Natelson at Complete Colorado. He's a former constitutional law professor and contributes at both the Independence Institute and the Mountain States Policy Center, and authored "The Original Constitution."
"Progressives," he concluded, "generally don't care a rodent's derriere about the Constitution's division of powers. (How many times did Weiser sue the overreaching Biden administration?) And most of Weiser's suits are constitutionally perverse: they are designed either to (1) undermine legitimate federal functions, such as immigration control, or (2) force the federal government to do things the Constitution actually does not assign to it (such as subsidizing solar power)."
He criticized that Weiser would "rather fight the duly elected president of the United States than protect Coloradans from crime," which is surging in the state.
His concern was Weiser's "troubling taxpayer-funded obsession" with Trump.
The latest scheme from Weiser is that he wants to make Colorado worse than California.
That issue is apportionment, which in Colorado is by an independent commission.
It was in 2018 voters approved a plan moving the job of drawing congressional districts from lawmakers to the commission.
"I voted against both. One reason is that I generally oppose moving political decisions away from the people's representatives and lodging them in administrative agencies. Doing so is undemocratic, and it doesn't take the politics out of the decisions. It just hides the politics from public view," Natelson wrote.
"Another reason is that lawmakers who gerrymander have to explain their conduct to the voters. An independent commission never has to do that."
He said he held doubts even then that "progressives" would keep their word if it ever became inconvenient, and Weiser's latest scheming confirms that worry.
"In Texas, reapportionment is still the prerogative of the legislature, and the legislature recently exercised that authority to create more Republican congressional districts. The legislature could defend this action as a response to the state's huge population growth and its increasingly Republican hue," he said. But in California, Democrats have abandoned their "independent" panel that already had gerrymandered districts to favor Democrats.
There, "Although Republicans garner nearly 40 percent of the vote in California, they hold only 17 percent of the state's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives," he noted.
That wasn't good enough for Democrats there, who are trying to cut that GOP representation in Congress now by half.
"Weiser has just shown that he's in the running for the Independence Institute's 'Californian of the Year Award.' He wants to pull the same stunt in Colorado."
The record on which Weiser is running already is skewed in a serious way. His "obsession" has prompted him to bring or join some 40 or more lawsuits against Trump, including:
That, of course, is only a few of the cases, "all paid for with our tax money," the commentary said.
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On the same day an Omani official invited Tehran and Washington to return to the negotiating table – Nov. 1 – Iran's foreign minister expressed readiness to resume discussions over the country's nuclear program.
However, such an act in past U.S.-Iran negotiations has often proven counterproductive, as it has always served to conceal the political and social realities inside Iran. The 2015 nuclear talks between Iran and the so-called P5+1 group (China, France, Russia, the UK, the U.S. and Germany), which likewise began under Omani mediation, ultimately left Tehran closer than ever to building a nuclear weapon.
President Donald Trump was justified in withdrawing from the nuclear deal (JCPOA) in 2018, since it not only failed to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions, but also released $150 billion in Iranian assets – funds that enabled the regime to accelerate its nuclear and missile programs, expand its regional proxy networks and deepen the economic misery of ordinary Iranians. By 2017, widespread poverty had already sparked a nationwide uprising.
Meanwhile, the Iranian regime continues to prevent Hezbollah from being disarmed and still provides financial and military support to Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi and Yemen's Houthis. It has also concealed more than 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity.
A regime sustained by repression and executions
Iran's clerical regime now stands on the edge of collapse. Rooted in medieval dogmas and propelled into the 21st Century by historical accident, it can survive only through repression at home and aggression abroad. This is why Tehran has tied its survival to its nuclear program.
To believe that Iran's rulers would voluntarily abandon their nuclear ambitions is nothing short of a delusion.
Losing strategic depth and facing its real enemy
The loss of strategic depth in Syria, the collapse of the so-called "axis of resistance" and severe setbacks in its nuclear program have brought the regime face-to-face with its true adversary: the Iranian people.
For years, the regime has tried to delay this confrontation by exporting crises abroad and fueling regional conflicts.
The leadership in Tehran knows another uprising is inevitable – only its timing remains uncertain. The next revolt will be driven by a generation of people who perceive a vast gap between the regime's official rhetoric and their lived reality. This disconnect has stripped the establishment of legitimacy and deepened public distrust.
'Crimes against humanity': Mass executions as a tool of suppression
At least 285 prisoners, including four women and one juvenile offender under the age of 18 at the time of their alleged crimes, were hanged in October 2025 alone. Such a high number of executions in a single month is unprecedented in recent decades and represents a new record of crime and brutality in the contemporary world. The number of executions this month is approximately 1.7 times that of 2024 (171 executions) and three times that of 2023 (92 executions).
Through this wave of executions, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei aims to prevent any uprising. The sharp increase in executions no longer signals power, but desperation – evidence that state violence has lost its deterrent effect and now exposes the regime's crumbling foundations.
A pattern of mass killing to preserve power
For nearly half a century, Iran's religious rulers have relied on mass killings to overcome major crises and ensure their survival. After years of declaring war with the battle cry "fight to the last house," when finally forced to accept a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, ordered the execution of 30,000 political prisoners. Today, after a string of military and political failures, the regime once again appears ready to resort to mass bloodshed as its last means of survival.
'The war of wolves': Factional power struggles before an imminent uprising
As another nationwide uprising – and possibly the regime's downfall – looms, the issue of succession for the frail and aging Supreme Leader has fueled fierce infighting among Iran's ruling factions. Ordinary Iranians refer to this internal conflict as "the war of wolves."
Indeed, the regime has effectively split into two main blocs:
The first bloc, linked to former president Hassan Rouhani, ex-foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and others once close to Khamenei, who now see collapse as inevitable, advocates renewed negotiations with the United States to prolong the system's lifespan. Certain economic factions within the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) back this group.
The second bloc, loyal to Khamenei and the regime's hard core, rejects any compromise with Washington or retreat from the nuclear and missile programs, viewing such moves as the regime's premature death.
Power fractures: Harbingers of transition
In political science, a split within an authoritarian regime is among the clearest indicators – and catalysts – of a transition toward democracy. Simply put, such fractures signify the beginning of the end of the authoritarian order and the weakening of the machinery of repression.
However, engaging in deals, negotiations and appeasement with the global godfather of execution and terror is, many believe, tantamount to fueling the machinery of crime and slaughter of the religious fascists currently ruling Iran.
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One more elected official has been caught in a self-promoting video unleashing, perhaps spewing is a better word, a vile and uncontrolled rant condemning Christians.
Mayor Don Gookin, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, called Christians "mindless, cult-member morons," accused them of white nationalism and said they can "f— themselves and go to hell."
Which, according to one commenter, simply proved the accuracy of the Bible, which in the New Testament explains Christ said, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."
Gookin's spewing:
Other commenters said:
"This is what a possession looks like in case anyone needs to know."
"Canceled my stay in Coeur d'Alene. Won't go and spend money where I'm not welcome."
"So full of hate…"
"That there is demon talk."
It appears Gookin has unleashed earlier anti-Christian diatribes.
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Protesting is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
But so are church services and meetings.
And when those exercising their right to protest violate the rights of those holding services, there's a problem.
And now it's in court in California, where lawyers for First Liberty Institute and Jones Day filed a federal lawsuit because "hostile agitators affiliated with Code Pink disrupted and interfered with multiple worship services."
Destroyed were services being held by the Mission Church and the Christian & Jewish Alliance, an interfaith organization in the San Diego area.
They repeatedly have been subjected to "ongoing persecution" for trying to bring worship congregations together.
"When I pulled up to a worship event on September 7, a masked person holding a vulgar sign jumped onto the hood of our car, screaming and banging on the windshield. It was frightening," explained Ruth Mastron, a devout Jewish resident who joined the lawsuit. "We just want to be able to gather safely, pray, and worship together without fearing for our lives."
Pastor JC Cooper of Mission Church said his congregation simply wants to "be able to worship and support our local Jewish community without fear or intimidation."
Lawyer Jeremy Dys explained, "No church or synagogue should experience such vulgar harassment for simply conducting its religious activities. Blocking entrances and exits while intimidating worshipers with incessant shouting, vulgarities, and sirens violates the law."
Defendants are identified as "Daniel Brunner, Aimee Magda Werth, Kristina Turner-Brown, Patrick Hartley, Sasha Spite Miller, Jacob Pagaduan, Esmat 'Essie' Baradar, Jonathan Provance, Maya Karalius, and Does 1 40."
The events came about because Mission, of Carlsbad, believes Christians should support Jewish neighbors and the nation of Israel.
But protesters linked to the radicalized Code Pink organization "infiltrated the sanctuary, yelling epithets until they were escorted out. More protestors lined up inches outside the door, calling church members 'Nazis' and yelling 'Mission Church, you can't hide! We charge you with genocide!'"
The violent agitators came back on Easter Sunday to deliver even worse, the legal team charged.
At a third event, they "blocked entrances and blared ear-splitting sirens for three hours."
That, the new legal action charges, violates the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which protects places of worship and individual worshipers from aggressive hostiles.
The lawsuit states, "Federal and California law do not tolerate Defendants' conduct, which violated the civil rights of The Mission Church, the Christian & Jewish Alliance, and their members and guests. Defendants' actions reflect a pattern of targeting the Church and the Alliance because of their religious beliefs, seeking to interfere with and prevent their religious gatherings."
The action seeks a court judgment that the protesters are violating the law, that they trespassed, and a permanent order preventing them from futures attacks on worshippers. Also, the case seeks "appropriate relief" and "compensatory damages."
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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.
"The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All 'Mail-In' Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are 'Shut Out,' is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!" Trump said.
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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.
"Unsealing this action is not only permissible but compelled," the judge wrote. "One simple fact drives this conclusion: the information at issue is not secret."
Just weeks ago, it was revealed acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York John A. Sarcone III subpoenaed documents concerning James's civil fraud case against Trump and his company, along with her case against the National Rifle Association.
James has claimed that an investigation of her lawfare agenda actually is "retaliation" against her.
Her lawyers have told the court that she is being targeted by Trump administration over her lawfare agenda against him.
She already faces two charges for alleged bank fraud and false statements in a case in Virginia.
WND previously reported she had claimed she is not guilty of mortgage fraud but in a commentary Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett said she incriminated herself and the charges appear to be justified.
"She'll also claim, of course, 'Oh, it's a big misunderstanding, paperwork snafu, somebody else is to blame.' But under her own stated standard in the Trump case, she declared that is never an excuse. So she's hoisted on her own petard, as Shakespeare would say in Hamlet," Jarrett said.
Jarrett said that the case against James rests squarely on the paperwork she personally executed.
"It's a pretty serious case against her, Sean. You cannot claim an occupied residence, get a lower mortgage rate, and then rent it out. You're cheating the lender by lying, and James actually incriminated herself. Both her mortgage and her insurance documents said she occupied it, but on an IRS records form she admitted it was purely a rental with zero personal occupancy," Jarrett said.
"Predictably, today she just whined that the law is being weaponized against her. Spare me the moral outrage. It was phony. She was the one who campaigned on the promise to get Trump, then conjured up that ludicrous case only to get slapped down by the appellate court in an epic embarrassment," Jarrett said. "I think he or she's going to do exactly what James Comey is doing, claim selective, vindictive prosecution, try to get the case dismissed, avoid trial entirely. But, you know, under the law the burden shifts to her to prove by clear evidence that the case has an unjustifiable motive."
It was the Federal Housing Finance Agency that referred James to the Justice Department for the alleged crimes.
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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."
"You can't do anything better than get out that vote, get your friends to vote, knock on doors, make some phone calls and don't waste a second," the actor continued.
"Drive people to the polls. Get everyone to vote. It matters that they're engaged and that they're changing our city, our country, our world."
Patinkin's fellow actor Randy Quaid, co-star of the holiday classic "Christmas Vacation," saw the video, and called Mamdani and Patinkin: "PINKO COMMIES."
Paul A. Szypula sounded a warning on X, saying: "Actor Mandy Patinkin takes off the mask and reveals that what the far-left really wants is Zohran Mamdani as president.
"Forget about the fact that it's completely unconstitutional since Mamdani is a naturalized citizen. You have to be a natural-born citizen.
"But what Patinkin says is telling, he wants the U.S. and the world to become Muslim. It was never about acceptance, equality, or peace. It was always about jihadists conquering all.
"This is one of many reasons why Mamdani cannot be allowed to win. Whatever legal it takes to stop him needs to happen. Deportation seems plausible."
In a New York Times interview, Patinkin passionately condemned Israel's leadership, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "endangering" Jews worldwide with the war against Islamic terrorists in Gaza.
"I ask Jews all over the world to consider what this man, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his right-wing government is doing to the Jewish people all over the world," Patinkin said.
"They are endangering not only the state of Israel which I care deeply about and want to exist, but they are endangering the Jewish population all over the world. He is the most dangerous thing not just since Oct. 7."
The Jerusalem Post reports: "Patinkin and his wife, Kathryn Grody, used a New York Times Magazine interview in July to condemn Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and to urge Jews worldwide to reflect on whether the situation is 'acceptable and sustainable.'
"Grody said compassion for Gazans is 'very Jewish' and rejected claims that criticizing Israeli policy is antisemitic. Patinkin recalled disliking Benjamin Netanyahu's 'vibe' when he first encountered him in the 1980s and argued that Netanyahu's right-wing government endangers both Israel and Jews globally, asking Jews to consider the moral cost of the war.
"The remarks fit Patinkin's long record of left-leaning activism on Israel, including a 2020 New Israel Fund video opposing West Bank annexation, a 2021 thread calling for Palestinian 'liberation,' and declining to join a 1998 tribute for Israel's 50th anniversary. The comments drew sharp backlash from pro-Israel influencers online, while many on the New York Times' TikTok praised Patinkin."
Early voting is already taking place in New York City, with Election Day next Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Mamdani has been leading in the polls against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is running as an independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels.
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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.
Lau was accused of prescribing testosterone to at least 21 patients between the ages of 14 and 17 to transition their biological gender or affirm their gender identity, the report said.
At that time, Paxton pointed out, "Texas passed a law to protect children from these dangerous unscientific medical interventions that have irreversible and damaging effects."
Paxton also accused Lau of "falsifying medical records, prescriptions, and billing records" by inserting a puberty blocker device into a 15-year-old and billing the patient's insurance for an endocrine disorder instead of the patient's gender dysphoria, 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.
A report from Fox news explained, "The investigation was tied to a probe into members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families."
FBI chief Kash Patel said, in a statement, "Day in and day out, this FBI is following the money — and today is the result of that outstanding work. This operation involved an expansive effort across 11 states arresting 31 subjects, including multiple NBA players and coaches, who allegedly took advantage of their own positions of power to rig gambling systems for their own benefit — eventually funneling money to La Cosa Nostra, enriching some of the most notorious criminal networks in the world.
"That ends today — and the FBI's efforts to make sure gambling operations of all kinds stay within the law are only beginning. Thank you to the outstanding men and women of the FBI who pursued this case and followed the facts accordingly."
Billups was at his team's game against Minnesota Wednesday, but Rozier didn't play in Maim's game against Orlando.
Billups played 17 years in the league and was five times picked as an all-star.
The report explained Rozier's arrest was tied to NBA gambling while Billups was arrested and was linked to poker.
The investigation, Operation Zhen Diagram, "hunted down a nationwide gambling ring allegedly involving members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families who allegedly defrauded unwitting victims of millions," the report said.
It was a "confidential source" that actually recorded some 3,000 phone calls and meetings with alleged conspirators.
"The source introduced undercover agents to the targets and participated in a rigged poker game.
Officials said the poker games involved cheating devices such as rigged shuffling devices," Fox explained.
The investigation also overlapped with another that looked into fixed NCAA basketball games, a plan that reportedly included current and former NBA players.
The report said Billups specifically was suspected "of having ties to the poker games and ties to La Cosa Nostra."
A law firm released a statement on behalf of Rozier, complaining of the arrest and "perp walk."
"It is unfortunate that instead of allowing him to self surrender they opted for a photo op," the statement said.