Compromised News Network Loses 66% of Primetime Viewers

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not far away, CNN was the undisputed king of cable news. Now it's just another sad sack bleeding viewers like a stuck pig somewhere in the Middle East.

The primetime audience has cratered from roughly 1.3 million in 2016 to 553,000 now. "The decrease, from roughly 1.3 million in 2016 to 553,000 now, is fueling rumors of a possible network sale," The Daily Mail reported. 

Over the last decade, the once-mighty network has seen its primetime crowd shrink by nearly two-thirds. That's not a dip, that's a nosedive.

The numbers get even uglier when you zoom in on certain time frames. 

Sure, CNN had a nice little sugar rush during Donald Trump's 2016 ascent, but those gains eventually flipped into a full-blown catastrophe. In the golden 25-54 demo that advertisers drool over, things are downright apocalyptic. By early 2025, CNN was scraping by with a pathetic 118,000 primetime viewers in that group. That's about equivalent to an overloaded train in India.

The rot isn't confined to the evening hours either. Daytime viewing, once carried by reliable old hands like Wolf . . . Gasp . . . Blitzer, has plunged from 752,000 to 433,000. Compared to the same stretch in 2021, primetime is down 71 percent and daytime has tanked 73 percent.

All this glorious free-fall has unfolded amid a parade of executive musical chairs. 

Jeff Zucker bolted, Chris Licht's short reign was a dumpster fire, and now Mark Thompson is the guy trying to apply tourniquets. His big plan? Ditch the old-school TV roots and go all-in on digital, because apparently that's where the cool kids are these days.

The restructuring highlights include axing more than 200 staffers in early 2025 to fund the digital dreams, chasing mobile content that lets thumb-scrollers "flick" through stories like they're swiping on Tinder, launching a new streaming effort in late 2025 after the CNN+ fiasco proved what a genius idea that was the first time around, and somehow finding $70 million to throw at subscription food and fitness slop.

CNN lifers keep insisting this is just part of some grand industry migration to "alternative means" of getting news. Sure, tell that to the competition. 

In January 2025, The Daily Mail noted, "Fox News, however, has continued to fly high, capturing more than 70 percent of cable news’ audiences during primetime since (the 2024 election), as well as nearly 50 percent overall."

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The whole cable news landscape is shifting, except for the one network that's actually winning. Funny how that works.

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Alexandria Obviously-Comatose does a Kamala Harris over China

Leftist New York Rep. Alexandria Occasionally-Comatose, better known as AOC, the bartender-turned-Bernie-cosplayer who somehow keeps getting reelected, had a real deer-in-the-headlights moment when someone dared to ask her a straightforward foreign policy question at the Munich Security Conference.

The panel included Michigan Gov. [Frau] Gretchen Whitmer (who also looked like she'd rather be anywhere else) and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker. The topic was U.S. foreign policy, because apparently that's what passes for light chit-chat in Munich these days. 

When the moderator straight-up asked if the United States should "commit U.S. troops to defend Taiwan, if China were to move," our leftist AOC did what she does best: she umm-ed and ahh-ed her way into a word salad that could feed a vegan commune for weeks.

"I think that, uh, this is such a, you know, I think that this is a, umm, this is, of course, a uh, a very longstanding, umm, policy of the United States," she began, sounding like someone who'd just been asked to explain quantum physics after three espressos and zero sleep. "Uh, and I think that what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure we never get to that point, and we want to make sure we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise."

Translation: "Please don't make me say anything that might upset my base or require actual backbone." Classic dodge. She's hoping we can just vibe our way out of a Chinese invasion with some strong economic research and good intentions. Because nothing says "deterrence" like hoping really hard.

Earlier in the same panel, she tried to downplay the whole China thing by framing it as mere "competition" rather than, you know, the looming threat of actual conflict with a world power.

"I think China is, of course, an ascending global power, growing very quickly, acting in its own self interests,” she said, lying about thinking. "And oftentimes in Washington, there's this frame between conflict and competition. I think sometimes depending on what’s happening, that rhetoric can get a little conflict-driven, and I think that it's really a question of competition."

Sure, it's just friendly competition, like when your neighbor "competitively" parks his tank in your driveway and starts redecorating your house with the People's Liberation Army flag. No biggie.

Then, in a separate panel on "the rise of populism,"  AOC tried to explain Trump's foreign policy shift and how the globe reacted. What came out was this gem that left everyone scratching their heads sounded like a Kamala Harris giving a lecture on Boolean algebra:

"I think what we are seeking is a return to a rules-based order that eliminates the hypocrisies around when too often in the West, we look the other way for inconvenient populations to act out these paradoxes, whether it is kidnapping a foreign head of state, whether it is threatening our allies to colonize Greenland, whether it is looking the other way in a genocide. Hypocrisies are vulnerabilities, and they threaten democracies globally."

Huh? Kidnapping heads of state? Threatening to colonize Greenland? Looking the other way on genocide? She's clearly trying to dunk on Trump-era foreign policy, but it came out sounding like a Mad Libs entry written by someone who'd mainlined too much MSNOW [formerly MSNBC] and not enough reality. The audience probably needed a translator app just to figure out what she was mad about.

The mockery was swift and merciless, with plenty of folks drawing parallels to Kamala and her legendary word-vomit sessions on the campaign trail. Both AOC and Whitmer are being eyed as potential 2028 Dem presidential hopefuls, but if this Munich performance is any indication, neither one is ready for prime time when it comes to actual foreign policy questions. They looked like undergrads who crammed for the wrong exam.

In one particularly cringe-worthy exchange, Whitmer got asked about solving the Ukraine-Russia war and immediately tried to punt it to Ambassador Whitaker like a hot potato.

"No, please, I'd love to hear your answer," Whitaker said, not letting her off the hook.

"The two that I am on the panel with are much more steeped in foreign policy than a governor is," Whitmer replied, basically admitting she was out of her depth. "I do think that Ukraine's independence, keeping their land mass and having the support of all the allies, I think is the goal from my vantage point. Go ahead, ambassador, do a better job."

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Oof. That's not just passing the buck; that's yeeting it into the next county. These are the people the Democrats are trotting out as future leaders? Heaven help us if the bar gets any lower, we'll be tripping over it.

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Free Buses, Real Costs: Mamdani’s Socialist Fantasy Collides with New York Reality

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has turned "fast and free buses" into the centerpiece of his administration, selling it as an affordability lifeline and a long-overdue upgrade for a bus system that's been ignored for decades. Nice pitch, but this grand plan is about to slam into the brick wall of New York City politics.

Supporters insist fare-free buses would cut down on conflict, boost safety, and deliver instant relief to the riders who rely on them most. Skeptics, including on-air pundits and transit groups, warn it's a recipe for a massive funding black hole at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority unless the city locks in a rock-solid revenue source and a workable operational blueprint.New York City bus riders already endure some of the slowest service in the country, despite hauling millions of passengers daily.

As of early 2026, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has pushed back on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's proposal for citywide free buses, arguing that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) cannot afford the estimated annual loss in fare revenue. "We’re the biggest ridership, and yet we're subject to the slowest buses. It's a fundamental unfairness. It's an embarrassment," Danny Pearlstein, policy and communications director at the Riders Alliance, told Fox News Digital during a bus ride through the Bronx.

That grim track record is exactly why Mamdani's idea has political legs. Pearlstein noted that bus riders, often students, seniors, and caregivers, are squeezed for both time and cash, just like drivers or subway users. Yet buses have been shoved to the back burner on city streets for years.

"That is why this administration's call for fast and free buses resonates," he added. Pearlstein's take, along with others, anchors Fox News Digital's "The Rise of Socialism" series, which spotlights how socialist ideas are creeping into debates and policies in big American cities. Advocates lead with safety and less drama. Multiple sources pointed out that fare disputes routinely spark tension between riders and operators.

"When you eliminate fare payments on the buses, the friction between passengers and the drivers goes away," said Brian Fritsch, associate director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC). "It does create a safer atmosphere for drivers. That has been a sore spot for a number of years."

Brian Fritsch told Fox News Digital that his organization needs to see a more "concrete plan" and determine funding streams for free busing before they take a position on the proposal. Transit analyst Charles Komanoff, who crunched the numbers on Mamdani's free bus idea, backed that up, pointing to past assaults on drivers over fare issues.

"Every year, there’s maybe a dozen cases in which a bus driver is assaulted," Komanoff said. "Presumably that would shrink or maybe disappear entirely if there was no expectation to pay the fare in the first place."

Advocates also lean on data from the city’s recent fare-free bus pilot, rolled out in late 2023 under a state budget mandate. The MTA picked one local route per borough, ditched fares for nearly a year, and brought them back in September 2024.

MTA's review showed ridership jumped on all five routes, about 30 percent on weekdays and closer to 40 percent on weekends. But most of the gains came from current riders making extra trips, not hordes of new users flooding in. The nine-month experiment cost around $12 million in lost fares and extras.

The pilot lays bare the free-transit debate in stark terms: ditching fares can spike usage, but it punches a real hole in the budget and doesn’t magically unleash massive new demand. Expand it citywide, and the cash has to come from taxpayers, Albany, or slashed services elsewhere.New York City is losing close to $1 billion in fare evasion a year. This is roughly the same cost as Mamdani's free and fast bus proposal. However, skeptics say the government must find long-term revenue streams to make fare-free buses successful. Pearlstein argued the pilot still proved free buses are safer and more popular, even if they’re no cure-all.

On affordability, supporters say it would deliver real help to low-income New Yorkers using buses for short, must-do trips.

"Most of the cost of bus operations is already paid for by public subsidies, not by fares," Pearlstein said. "We're collecting several hundred million dollars at the fare box, compared to several billion already invested. What we're replacing is an order of magnitude smaller than what we already raise from other sources."

Komanoff noted most extra trips from free fares wouldn't swap out car rides but would let people take journeys they currently skip.

"We want people to have the basic right to the city," he said.

Supporters add that no fares could shave boarding times and allow all-door loading, modestly speeding things up.

Komanoff's modeling pegged fare-free gains at roughly 7 to 12 percent faster buses. Not revolutionary, but a solid win for daily riders.

"That would be a material improvement in the lives of the two million New Yorkers a day who ride the buses," he said.

Even backers admit speed and reliability trump price every time.

Transit economist Charles Komanoff said he believes Mamdani's bus proposal will essentially generate "free money" via time saved per passenger. "Let’s be clear," Komanoff said. "Making the buses work better, having them be speedier, more reliable, more consistent, is probably more important than making them free. But I think we can do both."

The real killer? Money.

"If there were to be a free bus program, there would need to be some additional revenue coming into the MTA," Fritsch said. "They obviously couldn't just make cuts to make up that loss." Bus fares back MTA's long-term bonds, so scrapping them means reworking financing structures, not just plugging an annual gap.

PCAC has flagged over 20 possible revenue ideas for fare-free buses, but Fritsch stressed the real hurdle is political willpower and city-MTA coordination.

"The mayor has initiatives, the MTA is a state agency," he said. "They need to meet somewhere in the middle."

Komanoff pushed for city taxpayers, not suburban commuters or the MTA, to foot the roughly $800 million annual tab.

"That's not chump change," he said. "But it’s not a game changer for the city’s finances either." Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, spins the funding debate through his ideological filter: make essentials free and accessible by jacking up taxes on corporations and the rich. His platform hammers redistribution and bigger government in daily life, casting fare-free buses as a public right, not a paid service.

Critics call that view naive about real-world operations.

Charlton D'Souza, founding president of Passengers United and a southeast Queens native, fears free buses could set dangerous expectations for a system already short on drivers, plagued by old equipment, and delivering spotty service.

"We don't have enough bus drivers. Trips are not getting filled," D'Souza said. "If you make the buses free, people are going to expect a service."

He flagged accountability and budget risks, citing past cuts in tough times.

"I lived through the 2008 budget cuts," D'Souza continued. "They cut bus routes; they cut subway lines. When elected officials talk, they don't always understand the operational dynamics."

Skeptics question who really wins from universal free fares. It could subsidize folks who don’t need help while starving targeted aid.

"If somebody's making $100,000 or $200,000 and they're getting a free ride, how is that equitable?" D'Souza said, pushing instead to expand the city’s Fair Fares program.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is widely described as a democratic socialist. His campaign materials frame an affordability agenda funded by "taxing corporations & the 1%" and includes other major redistributive goals. 

Critics see free buses as a symptom of a larger slide toward democratic socialism, turning user-fee services into taxpayer-funded entitlements, severing usage from payment, and ballooning government’s grip on daily economics.

Supporters frame it as justice against inequality. Skeptics see a governing philosophy obsessed with redistribution over market sense, risking endless public bailouts.

Still, even wary voices admit Mamdani has moved the needle.

"I liked his positivity, his can-do attitude," Komanoff said, recalling first encountering Mamdani years ago at a rally in favor of congestion pricing. "He didn’t seem stuck in the usual parameters of politics."

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Whether that energy becomes actual policy hinges on nailing down stable cash, fixing operational messes, and getting Albany on board.

For now, Mamdani's free bus dream sits at the crossroads of bold promises and cold math: popular with riders, tempting to advocates, but buried under fiscal and logistical landmines. As Fritsch summed it up: "There's no shortage of ideas. The question is where exactly the money comes from and who actually has the political courage to make it happen."

Arc de Triomphe terror: police officers targeted in mass stabbing

A mass knife attack targeting police officers unfolded near the iconic Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday evening, right during the solemn rekindling ceremony of the Flame of the Unknown Soldier. The Islamist suspect, identified as Brahim Bahrir (or Brahim Bahri in some reports), a known radical with a violent history, tried to stab a gendarme with a knife and scissors. Another officer quickly opened fire, hitting the attacker multiple times. He was rushed to the hospital but later died from his injuries and is currently on his way to Jannah where his 72 virgins await him.

This wasn't the scumcrumpet's first rodeo against law enforcement. Back in 2012, he carried out a stabbing attack on police in Belgium, seriously injuring one officer, and got slapped with a 17-year prison sentence tied to terrorism charges. Yet somehow, he was released early just a couple of months ago and allowed back on the streets in order to make liberals feel good about themselves. 

France has turned the country over to Islamic supremacists, and what do they get? More terror.

The attacker targeted an officer securing the ceremony for relighting the eternal flame honoring unknown soldiers at the Napoleon-era landmark, according to a Paris police official. Another officer shot the attacker, who was hospitalized, the official said.

No bystanders or police officers were injured in the incident, the official told The Associated Press.

The French counterterrorism prosecutor's office has taken over the investigation and sent personnel to the scene. A heavy police presence locked down the area around the monument Friday evening, closing it to the public while the traffic circle stayed open for vehicles. The nearby metro station was also shut down at police request, per the RATP transport operator.

The incident has reignited fierce debate over how France handles repeat violent offenders, especially radicalized ones fresh out of prison, and the glaring security gaps at these major national ceremonies. Investigators are digging into the motive and any deeper extremist ties, but the pattern here is painfully familiar: a known threat gets released, strikes again at a symbolic site, and the public is left wondering why basic common sense wasn't applied sooner.

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Three Islamic Jew-haters jailed in UK: they had plans for a massacre

Three Muslim men have been jailed in Britain for their roles in an Islamic State-inspired plot to massacre hundreds of Jews in Greater Manchester.

Walid Saadaoui, his brother Bilel Saadaoui, and Amar Hussein were convicted following an investigation by Greater Manchester Police. The scheme, had it succeeded, would have constituted "one of the deadliest terrorist attacks to ever take place on UK soil," in the words of Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts.

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein were found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism at Preston Crown Court. Saadaoui, the principal architect of the plan, received a life sentence with a minimum term of 37 years. Hussein was sentenced to life with a minimum of 26 years. Bilel Saadaoui was convicted of failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism and jailed for six years.

According to police, Saadaoui masterminded the operation and recruited Hussein. When Saadaoui was arrested, officers discovered two assault rifles, a semi-automatic pistol, and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition in a vehicle.

The plot took shape in late 2023, when Saadaoui began communicating online with someone he took to be a fellow extremist. "It soon became clear that Saadaoui was keen to conduct a significant terrorist attack targeting Jewish people," Greater Manchester Police stated. He sought assistance in importing automatic firearms and went so far as to carry out reconnaissance in Upper Broughton, Salford, and to visit the port through which he believed the weapons would arrive.

Reports indicate that Saadaoui aimed to acquire four AK-47 assault rifles, two handguns, and 900 rounds of ammunition.

The person he approached for help was, in fact, an undercover agent whose involvement proved "crucial" in thwarting the attack. Through these exchanges, police learned that Bilel Saadaoui was aware of his brother's intentions yet said nothing. Assistant Chief Constable Potts observed that this silence "makes him as guilty as the others."

Saadaoui was apprehended on May 8, 2024, in a large-scale operation involving more than 200 officers. He was arrested in a hotel car park while attempting to collect the firearms intended for the massacre.

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Authorities first noticed Saadaoui when he began disseminating Islamic views across more than ten anonymous social media accounts. The case is a stark reminder of the persistent threat posed by those radicalized in the name of Islamic State, who fixate on Jewish communities as their chosen targets. In this instance, prompt and skillful intervention by counter-terrorism officers averted what might otherwise have been a catastrophe on British streets.

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Carrie Prejean Boller booted from WH Religious Liberty Commission due to anti-Semitic flare-up

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chair of President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission, announced on Wednesday that conservative activist Carrie Prejean Boller had been removed from the body.

The decision followed the commission's inaugural public hearing on anti-Semitism in America, which rapidly descended into acrimony. During the proceedings, Prejean Boller downplayed accusations of anti-Semitism directed at certain public figures, defended the execrable Candace Owens, who has repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and interrogated Jewish witnesses on whether her own views rendered her antisemitic. She declared, “Catholics do not embrace Zionism, just so you know. So are all Catholics anti-Semites?” and questioned witnesses about her belief that Jews killed Jesus.

Patrick condemned the episode in unequivocal terms. "No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue," he wrote on X. "This is clearly, without question, what happened Monday in our hearing on anti-Semitism in America. This was my decision."

Commission Chair Dan Patrick said the former Miss USA pageant contestant had "hijacked" the commission's first hearing on anti-Semitism.

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Prejean Boller first rose to prominence in 2009 when she lost her Miss California title amid the release of a sex tape and her public statement that marriage should be between a man and a woman. She reentered the political arena in 2020 as a member of Trump's campaign advisory board, building a following by opposing mask mandates and transgender participation in women's sports. She converted to Catholicism last year.

The White House, which appointed Prejean Boller to the commission last year, offered no immediate comment on her removal and has remained silent on the affair throughout the week. 

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Sweden schools going old school: electronic gadgets out of classrooms

Sweden is seriously dialing back the screen time in classrooms, especially for the little kids, though let's be clear: it's not some total nationwide gadget blackout.

The Swedes started pivoting away from the all-digital everything around 2022–2023 once the data started screaming about tanking reading scores, kids who couldn't focus for five minutes, and shaky basic skills all tied to too much time staring at glowing rectangles.

They're going old-school hard now: pushing physical textbooks, actual handwriting practice, pen-and-paper everything, and real printed books, particularly in the early grades (preschool through primary).

The government's pumping money into textbooks and libraries again, they've scrapped any mandate for digital tools in preschools (zero screens under age 2, and heavily limited after that), and they've basically called the previous full-throttle digital experiment what it was: a failed one.

Then there's the big one: a nationwide mobile phone ban rolling out in compulsory schools (that's primary and middle, up through grade 9, ages roughly 7–16) starting autumn 2026. Kids hand over their phones at the door (or lock 'em up), get 'em back when the bell rings at the end of the day. Phones are already prohibited in classrooms in about 80% of schools, but this makes it mandatory everywhere—including during breaks, to kill distractions, boost concentration, and improve overall security.

It's not a blanket ban on every laptop or tablet in every school or for every age group. The vibe is more "screens only when they actually make sense and add real value"—not the default setting anymore. A lot of coverage calls it "pulling the plug" on the over-digitalization fad, but really it's a smart recalibration: analog methods get priority for the core stuff kids need to master.

This whole move has people around the world taking notes as a possible blueprint for fixing screen-addled classrooms. 

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Trump administration flexes their legal muscle and fire an attorney the same day he was appointed

The Trump administration just reminded everyone who's really in charge when it comes to picking top federal prosecutors, and it isn't a panel of judges.

In a move that's got the lefty outrage machine firing on all cylinders, the White House wasted zero time firing Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York. The poor guy was sworn in on Wednesday, courtesy of a board of judges from the U.S. District Court there, only to get the boot the very same day. Talk about a short-lived gig.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche didn't mince words about it on X, laying it out plain and simple for the judicial overreach crowd: "Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys,
@POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella."

Boom. Message received.

The court tried to play it straight in their Thursday statement, explaining they stepped in under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d) to fill a vacancy temporarily until a proper appointment happens. They even cited the Constitution's Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, which lets Congress vest appointment power for folks like U.S. attorneys "in the Courts of Law." Nice try, but the executive branch wasn't having it.

By day's end, Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel Morgan DeWitt Snow had already emailed Kinsella the bad news: You're out, no explanation needed. The court statement added a polite thank-you note, praising Kinsella for stepping up with his decades of experience as a former prosecutor and for his "distinguished work" serving the Northern District. They thanked him for being willing to return to public service to plug the hole left after the previous acting U.S. attorney, John Sarcone III, got ruled out of line.

That whole mess started back in January when U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield declared Sarcone was illegally hanging on past the 120-day limit for unconfirmed acting U.S. attorneys. Sarcone then stepped down to first assistant while appealing, per reports.

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But here's the bottom line, folks: The Constitution is crystal clear on this one. Article II gives the president, not some panel of judges, the authority to appoint these positions, with Senate advice and consent when required. The Trump team isn't about to let activist judges rewrite the rules.

This is just the latest reminder that when it comes to executive power, President Trump is playing hardball — and winning. The courts can appoint interim folks all they want under the statute, but the boss in the Oval Office gets the final say. You are fired, indeed.

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GA wants to prevent a "Renee Good" scenario and it will make Lib heads explode

Renee Good wasn’t some innocent bystander: she was a progressive left-wing activist who got shot in the face when she used her car to ram into an ICE agent on January 7. The city was embroiled in mayhem, with the liberal media and local Democrats fanning the flames of what arguably were calls for domestic terrorism. Good and others are known for following ICE vehicles around as they enforce immigration laws, disrupting their operations.

In Georgia, they’re trying to prevent that, prevent a ‘Renee Good’ situation, and liberals are likely going to go nuts over it (via Atlanta Journal-Constitution): Renee Good died last month in Minneapolis after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer shot her during an encounter while she was in her vehicle. Now, Republicans in Georgia are working to make it a felony to use a vehicle to obstruct police operations.

Supporters say the legislation, House Bill 1076, is rooted in a pattern of problems across the nation. But critics see it as a rash reaction that could hinder people’s right to protest.

People can already be charged with a felony in Georgia if they use a vehicle as a weapon that harms or kills someone. But the bill by state Rep. Ginny Ehrhart would go further by making any obstruction a felony, including by stationary vehicles.

Ehrhart says confrontations between police and drivers are dangerous to begin with, and her goal is to make the penalties so high that it prevents them from happening in the first place.

Look, the left loves to turn these incidents into martyr sagas faster than you can say "mostly peaceful protest." Renee Good wasn't just out for a leisurely drive that fateful January day in Minneapolis. She allegedly decided to weaponize her vehicle against a federal agent doing his job, and now the usual suspects are clutching pearls over accountability. Georgia Republicans, bless their pragmatic hearts, are looking at this mess and saying, "Not on our watch." House Bill 1076 is straightforward common sense: if you're going to block cops with your car, moving or parked like a stubborn mule, you're looking at felony charges. Up to five years and a hefty fine ought to get the message across without anyone needing to fire a shot.

The critics are already whining about how this might chill the sacred right to protest. Please. There's a big difference between holding a sign and turning your SUV into a battering ram. If the mere threat of real consequences stops one more would-be vehicular vigilante from escalating things to a deadly confrontation, then mission accomplished. Ehrhart gets it. These situations are inherently dangerous, and the best way to keep everyone safe is to crank the deterrence dial way up before someone ends up dead or in cuffs.

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The libs will scream "fascism" and "authoritarianism" because that's their default setting these days. But sane people understand that law enforcement shouldn't have to play dodgeball with cars just because some activist feels like channeling their inner Mad Max. Georgia is drawing a line in the sand here, and good for them. If that sends the outrage brigade into full meltdown mode, well, that's just the sound of progress.

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Male ex-student with gender dysphoria was alleged suspect in Canada school mass shooting

At least nine people were killed in connection to a mass shooting Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, officials said Wednesday. Police identified the suspect, reportedly also found dead, as an 18-year-old man with gender dysphoria who allegedly killed two of his family members at home before opening fire at the school. 

Sadly, Fox News Digital reported this story but was too cowardly to use the correct pronoun 'his' and replaced it with 'their' [family members].

The Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed to Fox News Digital that officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the school at 1:20 p.m. local time Tuesday. While searching the school, officers found six victims dead from gunshot wounds and the alleged shooter, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury colloquially known as suicide. 

Authorities said Van Rootselaar had attended the school before dropping out roughly four years ago. Van Rootselaar, a dude, saw himself as a female but his penis at birth gave him away. In any case, he began dressing up as a woman and took female hormones six years ago. This writer does not know whether or not he had his penis cut off and replaced with a fake labia, but whatever the case, he is still a male with XY chromosomes and other biological conditions. 

And when you think about it, taking a gun to your parents and then indiscriminately shooting up the school you dropped out of, is quite un-lady-like.

Van Rootselaar reportedly had a history of mental health–related contact with police and may have had access to weapons stored at home. Brilliant on his parents part.

Police said officials visited the guy's residence multiple times in recent years for mental health calls, during which weapons were briefly seized under the Criminal Code but later returned following a petition by the lawful owner, likely his mother who is now dead, likely from the very same gun.

Police tape surrounds the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and other buildings in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting there.

Two firearms, a long gun and a modified handgun, were recovered inside the school by the police, RCMP said. Neither weapon was registered to Van Rootselaar, who previously had a firearms license, but expired in 2024.

The six victims found at the school were identified as a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, aged 12 and 13.

During the investigation, police identified a secondary location believed to be connected to the incident. Two additional victims were found dead inside a residence and were identified as the suspect's 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old step-brother.

Officials added that two victims were airlifted to a hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. One of the wounded, a woman previously believed to have died, is now alive, lowering the death toll from the initially reported 10 to nine.

Approximately 25 others with non-life-threatening injuries were taken for assessment at the local medical center, police said.

"This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response," Superintendent Ken Floyd, North District Commander, said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and all those impacted by this tragic incident. This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional day for our community, and we are grateful for the cooperation shown as officers continue their work to advance the investigation."

Well that should be a great comfort to the families and loved ones, knowing about those thoughts.

All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated from the school, police said. Police do not believe there are any additional suspects or ongoing threat to the public. Floyd confirmed the shooter was the same individual described in a police alert issued earlier in the day as a "female in a dress with brown hair."

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was devastated by the horrific shootings."My prayers and deepest condolences are with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence. I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Our ability to come together in crisis is the best of our country — our empathy, our unity, and our compassion for each other," he wrote on X.

Prayers from politicians have been known to work wonders to assuage the pain families and loved ones feel about losing one of their own to a violent, sick person.

The RCMP initially confirmed an active shooter incident Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, with at least one suspect found dead.

Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.

In a message posted to its website, the Peace River South School District said it was "aware of a lockdown and secure and hold at Tumbler Ridge Secondary and Tumbler Ridge Elementary schools."

"We are asking people to have patience as we work with the RCMP," school officials wrote. Larry Neufeld, who represents Peace River South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, released a statement on social media noting he was heading to the scene.

"I am aware of the active shooter situation currently unfolding in Tumbler Ridge, and my thoughts are with residents as this situation continues to develop," Neufeld wrote. "I have been in direct contact with the Solicitor General to receive updates and to ensure all necessary provincial resources are being made. Public safety is the absolute priority. I urge everyone in the area to follow RCMP instructions, remain sheltered, and rely only on official updates," he continued. "I am leaving Victoria immediately to return to my riding to be on the ground and available to support the community in any way needed. I will continue to stay closely engaged as this situation evolves."

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Ohio may give parents back their rights over 'gender identity' affirmation

Ohio might finally grow a spine and protect parents who aren't keen on playing along with their kid's latest fantasy about being the opposite sex. The Buckeye State could actually stand up for moms and dads who prefer biology over the current trendy delusion. 

As the piece notes: "No parent should lose custody, face state intervention, or be deemed unfit simply for affirming a child's sex."

Ohio Rep. Josh Williams, one of the bill's co-sponsors, put it plainly to conservative outlet, The Daily Wire: "No parent should lose custody, face state intervention, or be deemed unfit simply for affirming a child’s sex. The Affirming Families First Act restores common sense to our child-welfare and family-law systems by making clear that affirming biological sex is not abuse, neglect, or contrary to a child’s best interest, it is a protected parental right."

The proposed Affirming Families First Act would slam the brakes on the nonsense where the state swoops in and yanks kids away because Mom and Dad won't jump on the "affirm" bandwagon. Parents could keep using their gender-confused child's original name and pronouns without some social worker or judge deciding that's grounds for losing custody. Courts couldn't ding them for it in parental responsibility decisions, and state agencies would be barred from wasting taxpayer dollars on training sessions that declare "affirming biological sex" to be some form of child abuse.

Fellow co-sponsor Rep. Gary Click didn't mince words either: "It's unconscionable to think that local government entities would flag a parent as being a danger to their son for declining to buy him a dress or call ‘him,' 'her.' We will not tolerate such government overreach in the state of Ohio."

This isn't some isolated outbreak of sanity. Other states are already telling the gender zealots to pound sand. Indiana's Gov. Mike Braun signed something similar back in May 2025. North Carolina's Josh Stein (yeah, even he) pushed through a law banning child welfare probes into parents who stick to biological reality despite the usual Democrat wailing. Texas tweaked its criminal code to make sure this stuff doesn't count as abuse. Georgia and New Hampshire have bills in the works too.

Ohio's been a real hotspot for the crazy, though. 

Cuyahoga County's child services crew got cozy with a federally funded push to ram gender ideology into every corner of family life. They cooked up this AFFIRM.ME program that had workers collecting "SOGIE" data (that's Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression for those not fluent in acronym-speak) on kids, even ones still living at home. They kept secret spreadsheets tracking whether parents were "rejecting" or "accepting" the child's chosen fantasy.

Back in April 2022, they mandated "conversations about SOGIE" with teens 13-21 to sniff out if the kid was "unsafe" because of parental "rejection" of their LGBTQ identity. The policy straight-up declared: "Youth in their own homes or in substitute care deserve to reside with affirming caregivers and other household members. We can help ensure this by safely identifying LGBTQ2S+ youth and understanding their individual needs."

They even bragged that AFFIRM.ME was a "blueprint" for the nation. The Biden crew loved it, calling them "trailblazers" while crafting foster care rules that basically held funding hostage to force affirmation nationwide. Texas AG Ken Paxton sued and won; the rule got binned in June 2025. Good riddance.

We've seen the horror stories elsewhere: parents in California, Indiana, Virginia, and Maryland losing their kids just for saying "no, you're still my daughter/son." Erin Lee in Colorado got CPS sicced on her for affirming her 12-year-old daughter's actual sex after the school did the grooming number.

As Laura Hanford from the DeVos Center told the outlet: "Tragically, kids have been harmed, trafficked and even died in state care after being removed from their families on these false claims of abuse. Thousands more have been denied access to loving foster families who affirm reality. There is no scientific evidence or marker for 'gender identity,' yet parents from coast to coast have lost their children for refusing to adopt this belief system."

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Parental rights advocate Erin Friday nails the bigger picture: "All roads lead to sex-rejecting interventions when child welfare programs get involved with a child who is distressed about their sex. The entire network of child welfare programs is being used to force parents to either subject their child to sex-rejecting intervention or lose all contact with their child."

Ohio stepping up is a welcome dose of reality in a world gone mad. If this spreads, and it should, maybe we'll finally see the end of the state kidnapping kids because their parents won't cosign on puberty blockers and fantasy pronouns. 

Common sense is making a comeback, one state at a time.

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Migrant child saved from sex offender by feds: Trump cleans up Biden's mess

It is a crime to smuggle illegal aliens into this country, and particularly horrendous to expose a child to untold dangers.

Last month, a lone little girl popped out of the brush along the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas, and basically turned herself in to the Border Patrol. 

She told the agents she was on her way to Chugaik, Alaska, to live with her sponsor, a guy named Douglas Price. 

Turns out Price is a 44-year-old registered sex offender, per the Department of Justice. He allegedly coughed up $5,000 from his business to pay smugglers to haul the child and her mother across the border. People like him need to be neutered. 

The girl got separated from Mom before the crossing and was wandering alone until our guys scooped her up. Dodged a nightmare bullet, thanks to the Trump administration finally getting serious about vetting sponsors for unaccompanied alien children. You know, basic adult supervision stuff the last crew apparently thought was optional.

"This man allegedly paid smugglers to bring an illegal alien child and mother to this country, and in doing so, the child ended up alone during the dangerous journey," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

"Under POTUS, vetting of sponsors for unaccompanied alien children is as strong as ever, and federal partners found this 'sponsor' to be unfit. It is a crime to smuggle illegal aliens into this country, and particularly horrendous to expose a child to untold dangers. Working with our federal partners, we will continue to uphold the law and in doing so, keep children from potential harm, Blanche added.

The Trump team has been quietly fixing what the Biden folks turned into a revolving door of horror stories, beefing up sponsor checks while hunting down the roughly 320,000 kids that last administration somehow "lost track of." Lost track. Sure. Handed off to gang members, sex traffickers, and labor exploiters in some cases, but hey, intentions were pure or whatever.

Back then, HHS geniuses would make a "simple phone call" and glance at an email photo before shipping a kid off to whoever claimed them. Groundbreaking child welfare right there.

Now sponsors and household adults get real background checks. Proof of income required. If you're claiming to be a relative, bring the DNA test. Homeland Security meets you in person, HHS does home visits. Novel concepts like "not winging it."

So far, they've tracked down 145,000 of those missing kids, White House border czar Tom Homan said recently. Not bad for a group that actually cares.

Price got slapped with charges for conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States and encouraging aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the country. If convicted, he could do up to a decade in the gray-bar hotel and kiss a $250,000 fine goodbye. 

The girl and her mom left Honduras with a smuggler in tow. Mom told her that Price would sponsor her and help with "obtaining her U.S. citizenship," court documents say.

The kid told Homeland Security investigators that Price sent money to Mom to cover the smugglers.

He funneled roughly $5,000 from his outfit, Black Bear Construction, straight to a phone number the smugglers gave them. Real subtle and not very smart.

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He even sent selfies to the mother and kept asking about the daughter's "status." Somewhere along the trail, Mom and daughter got split up.

Mom crossed less than a week after the girl made it alone. She told agents she'd known Price for about four years from working together in hotel remodeling. She also did housekeeping for him and babysat his kids.

And promised to pay him back "by working for him."

Yeah, nothing sketchy about any of that. Glad someone's finally treating this like the felony pipeline it is instead of a feel-good open-door policy.

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Trump doesn't hold back about Olympic skier who badmouthed the USA

Freestyle skier Hunter Hess [no relation to Rudolf Hess 1894-1987) the high-ranking Nazi who served as Hitler's deputy führer from 1933 until 1941] just had his big moment on the world stage and decided to take a shot at America, the very country he's supposed to be representing. He whined that it was "a little hard" to be the face of the nation because of President Trump's efforts to clean up the massive illegal alien mess handed to him by Sleepy Joe Biden.

Trump, never one to hold back, hit back hard on social media Sunday: "U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he's on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Rudolf Hess

Hess spilled his mixed feelings in a press conference in Milan on Friday, sounding like he was auditioning for the woke Olympics: During a news conference in Milan on Friday, Hess, a freestyle skier, said it was "a little hard" to represent the U.S. and he felt mixed emotions."There's obviously a lot going on that I'm not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren't," he said. "Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S."

Then his teammate Chris Lillis jumped in with the usual virtue-signaling nonsense about ICE and "respecting everybody's rights," saying he felt heartbroken and hoping people see "that's the America that we're trying to represent."

Hey Hunter, how's life in North Korea these days? Or Iran? Crickets. But sure, go ahead and bash the freest, greatest country on Earth while wearing the stars and stripes.

Trump's cracking down on the open-border disaster Biden left behind has the Left melting down—here and overseas—because nothing scares them more than actual borders and stopping millions from pouring in illegally.

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We don't need our athletes out there undermining America on the global stage. Trump's spot-on: this guy's comments make it real tough to cheer for him. To hell with that attitude. Root for winners who love this country, not crybabies who trash it.

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US Blasts Iranian Drone Out of the Sky, Blocks Attempted IRGC Takeover of Oil Tanker

Tensions with the mullahs in Iran keep ramping up as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group sits in the region. Protests have been rocking the country over the garbage economy and their iron-fisted rule, and the regime's brutal crackdown has left bodies in the streets. Trump has made it clear he's ready to use military force, just like he did back in June with Operation Midnight Hammer hitting their nuclear sites hard.

On Tuesday the regime cranked things up another notch by trying to board a U.S. oil tanker, while American forces took out a drone with "unclear intent".

"USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast when an Iranian Shahed-139 drone unnecessarily maneuvered toward the ship," a spokesman said.

In the gunboat nonsense, Iran's Revolutionary Guard tried to board the tanker and failed miserably.

British maritime security firm Vanguard Tech said Tuesday that a U.S.-flagged tanker was approached by Iranian gunboats, which threatened to board the vessel, in the Strait of Hormuz, before continuing on its way under military escort. The incident comes amid a tense standoff between the U.S. and Iran, and just days ahead of expected negotiations.

The Stena Imperative was approached by three pairs of small armed boats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 16 nautical miles north of Oman's coast, the company said.

The gunboats hailed the tanker by radio, ordering the captain, "to stop the engines and prepare to be boarded," but the ship increased speed and maintained course, the firm added, stressing that it never entered Iranian territorial waters.

"The vessel is now being escorted by a U.S. warship," Vanguard Tech said.

CENTCOM put out the statement:

"Two IRGC boats and an Iranian Mohajer drone approached M/V Stena Imperative at high speeds and threatened to board and seize the tanker," the CENTCOM spokesman said. "Guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) was operating in the area and immediately responded to the scene to escort M/V Stena Imperative with defensive air support from the U.S. Air Force. The situation de-escalated as a result, and the U.S.-flagged tanker is proceeding safely."White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt jumped in on the drone shoot-down Tuesday afternoon.

As for POTUS, he remains committed to always pursuing diplomacy first, but in order for diplomacy to work, of course, it takes two to cha-cha.

With the Lincoln battle group now on station, the U.S. is locked and loaded to slap back hard at Iran's harassment games. The big question is whether we'll drop something Maduro-style on them.

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Buxom daughter of senior Islamic Republic of Iran leader fired from Emory Medical School

Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani and her teeth

Ali Larijani sits at the heart of Iran's top leadership. He enforces the brutal crackdown on protesters that has now claimed at least 36,500 lives and left 330,000 wounded. He rails against the Great Satan, America, and even more fiercely against the Little Satan, Israel. Just two weeks ago he claimed the only people on the streets in Iranian cities were Mossad agents. He also blamed Trump for the protests, because Trump and the Jews obviously run the world and all that happens in it.

An Iranian defector has called Larijani the mastermind behind the massacre of protesters. See more in "Ali Larijani Masterminded the Massacre says Former Official," IranWire, January 18, 2026:

According to a former Islamic Republic official, speaking to IranWire through a traveler, Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has been at the center of the January 2026 crackdown. The source says Larijani is positioning himself for the post-Khamenei era, using his close ties with IRGC commanders and intelligence agencies, along with his family's connections to senior clerics, to build support across different factions and prepare to lead the system after Khamenei's death.

Larijani hails from a powerful clerical dynasty. His father, Mirza Hashem Amoli, was a prominent Shia Grand Ayatollah and a key figure at the Qom Seminary before the Revolution. His eldest brother, Mohammad Javad Larijani, served as a senior diplomat and Deputy Foreign Minister. His younger brother, Sadeq Larijani, is a seminary professor in Qom and a former Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic. Sadeq is often named as a potential successor to Khamenei.

Ali Larijani was naturally delighted when his daughter, the plump and pampered offspring of the regime's sinister elite, landed a teaching position at a U.S. medical school. Iranian exiles have long complained that the children of their oppressors study in the West, with tuition and living costs covered by funds their fathers stole from Iran's treasury. Then these same children secure jobs in the West as post-grads. They are the golden youth of Iran's nomenklatura. Now the daughter of this same Ali Larijani, one of Iran's worst non-clerical killers, has lost her teaching job at Emory Medical School. More details on her justified dismissal appear in "Daughter of top Iranian official who led regime crackdown fired from US medical school," Times of Israel, January 25, 2026:

The daughter of a top Iranian official has been dismissed from employment at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, following US sanctions on her father in the wake of the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown on protesters, according to the university’s newspaper Saturday.

Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is the daughter of Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and has served as assistant professor at Emory's medical school, teaching hematology and medical oncology at the prestigious southern US university.

"A physician who is the daughter of a senior Iranian government official is no longer an employee of Emory," said the university's Winship Cancer Institute, following requests for comment from media.

"Because this is a personnel matter, we are unable to provide additional information," an Emory spokesperson added.

Ardeshir-Larijani's dismissal from Emory came some two weeks after sanctions were placed on her father by the US Treasury Department, in response to his alleged role masterminding the regime’s crackdown on protests that rocked the country this month.

In announcement of the sanctions earlier this month, the treasury said that Ali Larijani "is responsible for coordinating the response to the protests on behalf of the Supreme Leader of Iran and has publicly called for Iranian security forces to use force to repress peaceful protesters."…

The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency on Saturday put the death toll at 5,137, with the number expected to increase. More than 27,700 people have been arrested, it said. Those earlier figures on deaths and wounded have been overtaken by the latest estimates, accepted by Iran International, TIME journalists, and American analysts with sources among medical personnel in Iran. They conclude that at least 36,500 protesters have been killed, and 330,000 wounded, by the IRGC, the Basij, and the police.

Was it wrong to fire Larijani’s daughter? Is she just an innocent who should not pay for her father's crimes? No. She, her father, and the rest of the Iranian elite who torture and murder their opponents while ensuring their own families enjoy Western freedoms for study and even teaching are not innocent. We need to drive home to that elite that their children are no longer welcome in the West. Their fathers cannot keep slaughtering tens of thousands in Iran and expect their kids to face zero consequences.

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Larijani’s daughter has lived as one of the most privileged children of the Iranian elite. Her father, once in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and head of regime security, now serves as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and a key architect of the latest murderous crackdown. In the past month of bloodshed she could have spoken out against the regime. 

She could have joined exile demonstrations here in America. She could have signed a protest letter. She did none of those things.

She has been fired from Emory. Now it is time to send Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani back to her country, where her murderous father and his ilk will welcome her. She has overstayed her welcome here long enough.

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