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An instructor at Washington State University who was captured on security video beating up a student who was wearing a MAGA hat is learning the cost of his political violence: His job.

The professor, Patrick Mahoney, "has been fired from his post," according to the Daily Mail.

The video showed Mahoney, "along with student Gerald Hoff, ripped Jay Sani's hat from him while outside of a bar near the Pullman campus on February 28."

The video confirms Sani, who is Indian-American, was pushed to the ground by the two men and punched repeatedly. He was left with scrapes and bruises and reported the assault to police.

The university later confirmed that Mahoney was "relieved of all teaching responsibilities."

"Washington State University is aware of an off-campus incident that occurred last February involving a WSU staff member and a graduate student. After an investigation conducted by the City of Pullman's police department, and in accordance with WSU policies, the staff member's employment has been terminated. The second individual involved was a graduate student serving as a teaching assistant. He was not a Washington State University professor. This person has been relieved of all teaching responsibilities."

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President Donald Trump has openly promoted his plan to fire thousands, even tens of thousands of federal workers, to cut waste, fraud, and corruption from the government.

He's already accomplished a lot of that, shutting down some entire bureaucracies with plans for more.

But now he's going full throttle, with an announcement that the administration is moving ahead with a new rule, previously known as "Schedule F," that will make it a lot easier to remove federal employees it believes "are undercutting President Trump's agenda."

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DEI agendas still found in law schools, colleges of education, engineering, nursing, more

A report from an education industry watchdog confirms that hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation are defying President Donald Trump's executive orders to end promotions for the discrimination found in "diversity, equity, and inclusion" ideologies on their campuses.

Many are simply relabeling the offices, excising the DEI moniker and installing "Advocacy," "Belonging," "Community," "Inclusive," "Resilience" and the like, the report said.

It's from Defending Education, an arm of Parents Defending Education, and confirmed 243 universities still are running their DEI agenda through on-campus offices.

The organization reported it reviewed schools in 46 states plus the District of Columbia, assessing the work of 259 institutions.

Colleges and universities with active DEI projects totaled 243 and total active DEI offices/programming (including colleges or departments) totaled 388.

They are found in business schools, law schools, colleges of education, engineering, dentistry, medicine, nursing, health and more.

"This investigation is intended to track the current state of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices and programming (names will vary) at colleges and universities. It is meant to identify which institutions currently have DEI offices, have shut them down, or appear to have renamed or rebranded their DEI offices and programming," the report said.

"To date, Defending Education has tracked 243 universities which still have institution-wide DEI offices and/or programming in operation, 166 schools or colleges (such as Colleges of Education, Engineering, or Medicine, etc.), with an overall total of 388 currently active DEI offices and programming."

Further, it reported, "Additionally, 28 institutions and schools/colleges appear to have renamed or rebranded their DEI offices, 16 universities have removed webpages and/or shut down DEI initiatives, and in a few cases, have moved the DEI webpage behind an institutional login. These cases are noted with an archived page of that institution's former DEI page."

There are some, like the University of Alaska Anchorage, where officials "seem to have completely shut down DEI operations," and the University of Michigan, which "has allegedly shut down its overarching 'Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.'"

But at Michigan Law, or the LSA Department of Psychology, the ideology, which largely is based on discrimination based on race, sex and such, "still have active DEI pages."

A report on the dispute, from the Washington Stand, explained the report is not exhaustive.

And Family Research Council Senior Fellow for Education Studies Meg Kilgannon said, "It would be naive to think that reforming educational institutions could be accomplished by the stroke of a pen."

She continued, "DEI is rooted in a belief system that is enforced, but more than that, it is accepted and believed. The hearts and minds of people running colleges and universities must change if we want true reform. It will take generations to transform higher education."

Trump condemned the agenda in his order, describing how the agenda violates "the text and spirit of our longstanding federal civil-rights laws."

Further, he said, they undermine traditional American values.

His order included instructions for schools to purge DEI offices and programs and instead, enforce federal civil rights laws.

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'The trend to the GOP appears real and partly due to its focus on working-class voters while Democrats embrace elites'

Democrats lost, catastrophically, during the 2024 election. They lost the White House by landslides in both the popular and Electoral College vote. They lost the Senate, they failed to capture the House.

And that was the result after polling showed the Republican party with a single-point advantage among voters.

Now that advantage is up to five points.
That's from polling by NatpolitanNews, which explained, "In March, 46% of voters considered themselves Republicans or leaned Republican, while 41% considered themselves Democrats or leaned Democrat.

"These totals, derived from interviews with 9,300 Registered Voters during the month of March, have remained steady for the first quarter of 2025," it said.

Further, "Fifty-one percent (51%) of men said they were Republicans or leaned Republican while 38% said the opposite (down 4 points from February). Among women, the numbers were little changed with 46% Democrat/lean Democrat and 41% Republican/lean Republican. While the Republicans gained ground since October, those gains have leveled off as the Trump administration approaches its first 100 days in office."

The Washington Examiner explained it was only two years ago that Gallup confirmed "more Americans identified as Republicans than Democrats for the first time in over three decades."

Now that trend has grown "as the GOP has won over more support from Hispanic and black voters," the report said.

The report said Gallup's results of 10,000 found 45% identified as Republicans and 44% as Democrats.

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The State Department has eliminated $214 million in foreign funding initiatives, reports the Washington Free Beacon, canceling 139 grants that promoted things like "newsroom sustainability" in Moldova, "media diversity" in the United Kingdom, and "environmental resilience" in Armenia.

DOGE carried out the "supplemental review of remaining foreign assistance grant programs" after the State Department completed its initial foreign funding review in late February, an internal State Department memo obtained by the Free Beacon shows. This round of cuts comes after an initial DOGE review saw the State Department identify $60 billion worth of foreign grants for elimination.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X to highlight the action, saying, "We are cleaning up the mess left by the previous administration":

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It appears that Joe Biden not only gave terrorists literally unlimited access to the United States when they entered illegally, but he gave them Social Security cards.

Through this, they've successfully collected from American taxpayers Medicaid benefits, unemployment compensation, student loans, and even tax refunds.

According to President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, "Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening. So far, CBP identified a subset of 6.3k individuals paroled into the United States since 2023 on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center watchlist or with criminal records.

"These paroles have since been terminated with immediate effect. Despite having no other legal status, paroled aliens are able to file for work authorization and receive social security numbers. Among these 6.3k paroled aliens with criminal or terrorist records (all have a social security number): – 905 collecting Medicaid (including 4 on the terrorist watch list). $276k was paid out – 41 collecting Unemployment Insurance, receiving $42k in benefits – 22 received federal student loans totaling $280k – 409 received {net} tax refunds (2024 only) for $751k – Several (final number TBD) received SNAP (food stamp) benefits."

Under the Biden administration, it was routine for Border Patrol to admit aliens into the United States with no legal status and minimal screening. So far, CBP identified a subset of 6.3k individuals paroled into the United States since 2023 on the FBI's Terrorist Screening… https://t.co/nSLwwaUmtb

— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 10, 2025

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PALM BEACH, Florida – President Donald Trump on Sunday took to social media to affirm "nobody is getting off the hook" when it comes to trade imbalances with the United States, as he blamed the national news media for inaccurate reporting.

"NOBODY is getting 'off the hook' for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!" Trump exclaimed on Truth Social. "There was no Tariff 'exception' announced on Friday."

"These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff 'bucket.' The Fake News knows this but refuses to report it.

"We are taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations.

"What has been exposed is that we need to make products in the United States and that we will not be held hostage by other Countries, especially hostile trading Nations like China, which will do everything within its power to disrespect the American People. We also cannot let them continue to abuse us on Trade like they have for decades, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!

"The Golden Age of America, which includes the upcoming Tax and Regulation Cuts, a substantial amount of which was just approved by the House and Senate, will mean more and better paying jobs, making products in our Nation, and treating other Countries, in particular China, the same way they have treated us.

"The bottom line is that our Country will be bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. We will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller appeared on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo to set the record straight about the status of electronic items, including computers, smartphones, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, wireless routers, USB flash drives, memory chips, and memory cards.

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The iconic image of President Trump raising his fist, blood streaming down his face, just moments after an assassination attempt last summer is causing some stir online.

The president has replaced a portrait of former President Obama in the White House Entrance Hall with an artist's rendering of the Butler, Pennsylvania, photo.

The White House posted a brief video on X revealing the new artwork:

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A Space Force commander who dispatched an email to her command, undermining President Donald Trump, has been relieved of her duties.

A report at Military.com explained that Col. Susannah (Susan) Meyers told members of her command at a Greenland Base about her personal political preferences following a recent visit by Vice President JD Vance and his family.

Trump, of course, has suggested over and over that Greenland become part of the United States, prompting some fretting on the part of officials there, and in Denmark, which is its parent country.

After Vance's visit, Meyers told her supporting officers that she "spent the weekend thinking about Friday's visit — the actions taken, the words spoken, and how it must have affected each of you."

She continued, "I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base."

She was subsequently relieved of her command.

Meyers was the chief of the 821st Space Base Group.

"I commit that, for as long as I am lucky enough to lead this base, all of our flags will fly proudly — together," her messaging said.

Military.com explained, "President Donald Trump and Vance have repeatedly spoken about their desire for the U.S. to take control of Greenland, which is a territory of fellow NATO member Denmark. Both Trump and Vance have also said they support the Greenland people's right to self-determination, though polling has suggested a vast majority of residents there do not want to become part of the U.S."

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There's a new path for those who want to be ignored by the White House press office to reach their goal: Tell press secretary Karoline Leavitt what pronouns you demand she uses.

That's according to a report from Fox News, which explained the Trump White House press office won' respond to emailed questions "from reporters who display their pronouns in their email signatures."

Those questioners, in fact, deny "biological reality" and cannot be trusted to write "honest stories," the report said.

It was Michael Grynbaum, of the leftist New York Times, who complained the press office three times has rejected emails from reporters who promote their gender-identifying labels.

President Donald Trump has, in an executive order, declared that the U.S. government recognizes two genders, male and female. And he's also said there's no room in the U.S. military for individuals who suffer from the affliction of gender dysphoria because of the unreliability they would exhibit in deployments, and the extraordinary expenses for treatment they would want.

The report explained, "Grynbaum also reached out to Leavitt for comment, inquiring whether this type of response was a press office policy. The press secretary replied via email, 'Any reporter who chooses to put their preferred pronouns in their bio clearly does not care about biological reality or truth and therefore cannot be trusted to write an honest story.'"