Democrat strategists have revealed their latest plan to retake the White House: Project 2029.
Project 2029 aims to create a list of policies for the next Democrat presidential nominee, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/democrats-project-2029.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S08.3w9n.qKQ9kNPgnL-o&amp;smid=url-share">reported</a>.
Andrei Cherny, a former Bill Clinton speechwriter and Arizona congressional candidate, is organizing the effort through Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, a liberal thought magazine Cherny co-founded in 2006.
The name is a play on the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Project 2025, despite leftists making it the center of their attacks against President Donald Trump in 2024. Trump repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-again-addresses-project-2025-says-dems-are-engaging-in-pure-disinformation">distanced</a> himself from the project, <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47">focusing</a> instead on Agenda 47.
But Cherny plans to use Project 2029 to &#8220;rally leading Democratic presidential candidates,&#8221; the Times said.
Cherny launched Project 2029 after the failed Kamala Harris campaign. He said Harris failed because she ran against Trump instead of for her own policies, the Times reported.
Cherny told the Times that Project 2029 will release over the next two years in quarterly installments and will eventually be made into a book, like Project 2025.
The advisory board for Project 2029 &#8220;includes Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser under former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.; Anne-Marie Slaughter, the former president of the New America Foundation; the economist Justin Wolfers; Felicia Wong, until recently the president of the progressive Roosevelt Institute; and Jim Kessler, a founder of the centrist group Third Way,&#8221; the Times said.
Cherny called the group &#8220;the Justice League&#8221; or &#8220;the Avengers of public policy,&#8221; the Times reported. The board will work through policy differences at public conferences.
The Times did not report the project&#8217;s planned policies, but a March 2025 Democracy article, <a href="https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/needed-a-peoples-project-2029/">titled</a> &#8220;Needed: A People&#8217;s Project 2029,&#8221; proposes increasing the minimum wage.
&#8220;Bold, popular solutions like a $25 minimum wage and ending the subminimum wage are just the beginning,&#8221; the article said.
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Project 2029 comes as Democrats are trying to course-correct after the 2024 election.
In November 2024, Democrat strategist Julian Epstein <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-strategist-the-left-has-a-wokeness-moral-condescension-problem">said</a> that the Democrats needed to recruit “better candidates and they need to move back to the center on economic and cultural policies.”
Epstein said the Democrats had become the &#8220;party of wokeness&#8221; and &#8220;moral condescension.&#8221;
&#8220;And what that has done is it has caused the Left to shut its ears and to stop listening to people,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And it’s made it a lot dumber.&#8221;
In April 2025, CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said approval ratings of Democratic leaders have fallen dramatically since last year. In 2024, Democrats in Congress had an 80% approval rating. By that same time in 2025, the number had fallen to 39%, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holy-toledo-the-bottom-has-dropped-out-for-democrat-leadership-cnn-pollster-says?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Holy+Toledo%E2%80%99%3A+The+Bottom+Has+Dropped+Out+For+Democrat+Leadership%2C+CNN+Pollster+Says">reported</a>.
&#8220;Democrats hate, hate, hate, hate what their congressional leaders in Washington are doing right now on the key issue of the day, the economy,&#8221; Enten said. &#8220;And their confidence has fallen through the floor.&#8221;

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An Egyptian man was deported on Thursday after kicking a Customs and Border Patrol dog that discovered prohibited food products.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, kicked the CBP beagle with enough force to lift the dog off the ground, a CBP press release said. The dog, Freddy, suffered contusions to his rib area.
Marie pled guilty to federal charges involving harming animals used in law enforcement.
&#8220;He was credited with time served, ordered to pay the veterinarian’s fee, and to immediately report to CBP for removal from the United States,&#8221; the press release <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/egyptian-traveler-eats-federal-charges-kicking-dulles-cbp-beagle">said</a>. &#8220;Marie departed the United States on a flight to Egypt at 12:30 p.m. today.&#8221;
Freddy was inspecting baggage at Washington Dulles International Airport when he discovered 100 pounds of undeclared food items in Marie&#8217;s luggage. Marie violently kicked Freddy after the CBP canine handler began questioning him, the press release said.
CBP immediately handcuffed Marie and turned him over to Homeland Security Investigations.
&#8220;Kick around and find out,&#8221; CBP said on social media.
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CBP examined Marie&#8217;s luggage and found &#8220;55 pounds of beef meat, 44 pounds of rice, 15 pounds of eggplant, cucumbers, and bell peppers, two pounds of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs,&#8221; all prohibited in the U.S., the press release said.
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“Being caught deliberately smuggling well over one hundred pounds of undeclared and prohibited agriculture products does not give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle,” said Christine Waugh, CBP’s area port director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C. “We rely heavily on our K9 partners and Freddie was just doing his job. Any malicious attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and CBP will continue to work with our investigating and prosecuting partners to deal swift and severe justice to perpetrators.”
CBP thanked people for their concern about Freddy.
&#8220;He was treated by his veterinarian, and is expected to make a full recovery,&#8221; CBP said on social media.
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Thanks to everyone for their concern about Freddy who was injured while performing his duties at Dulles airport. He was treated by his veterinarian, and is expected to make a full recovery. Here he is enjoying his favorite comfort treat &#8211; a Pup Cup! <a href="https://t.co/g8phC2DDsT">pic.twitter.com/g8phC2DDsT</a>
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Pro-life organization Live Action is planning hundreds of demonstrations to support defunding abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
The demonstrations, called &#8220;Defund Day,&#8221; will take place at more than 200 Planned Parenthood locations across the country on June 28. The organization aims to unite pro-life Americans in &#8220;[demanding] Congress defund the abortion and trans-sex hormone giant Planned Parenthood and expose the organization’s ongoing abuse: abortion, child sterilization, and sexual indoctrination in schools,&#8221; a press release <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/live-action-demands-congress-defund-planned-parenthood-with-over-200-demonstrations-nationwide-on-defund-day/">said</a>.
Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, will lead the flagship demonstration at the Planned Parenthood facility in Anaheim, California.
&#8220;While Live Action has led many demonstrations outside Planned Parenthood’s killing centers, this is the first time we have mobilized a nationwide response on this scale,&#8221; Rose told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Because of the urgency of the vote and the stakes for innocent lives, we knew we had to activate every pro-life and pro-family American.&#8221;
Live Action has planned rallies all across the U.S., including the Planned Parenthood in Washington, D.C. The D.C. event will feature David Bereit, founder of 40 Days for Life.
&#8220;A Defund Day demonstration is occurring in every state with a Planned Parenthood location,&#8221; the press release said.
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&#8220;Leaders in the pro-life movement, Live Action ambassadors, volunteers, students, parents, and everyday citizens are stepping up to say enough,&#8221; Rose said. &#8220;And tomorrow, the nation will not be able to look away.&#8221;
The &#8220;Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; currently defunds the abortion provider. Pro-life activists want to make sure the provision stays in the Senate version of the bill.
Rose said this is the pro-life movement&#8217;s best opportunity to defund the abortion giant.
&#8220;If passed, it would allow for swift, decisive action to halt the flow of taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood,&#8221; Rose said. &#8220;Without this federal funding, Planned Parenthood’s deadly operations will be dramatically crippled. This is the closest we have ever been. And if we show up and speak out, we can finally pull the plug on the abortion industry’s federal cash flow.&#8221;
Rose said Planned Parenthood currently receives about $800 million a year in taxpayer funds. The money finances 400,000 abortions a year, in addition to pushing sex education in schools and promoting &#8220;so-called gender-affirming care, pushing irreversible hormones and surgeries that sterilize and mutilate.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not just about politics,&#8221; Rose said. &#8220;It is about stopping the greatest human rights abuse of our time. We will not stop until every child is protected and Planned Parenthood is defunded for good.&#8221;

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A Leftist California bookstore is banning J.K. Rowling&#8217;s &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; series but remains committed to sending &#8220;queer, affirmative&#8221; titles all over the country through an anti-book banning nonprofit.
Booksmith is located in San Francisco&#8217;s renowned Haight-Ashbury neighborhood — the epicenter of the 1960s hippie counterculture and the Summer of Love. It stopped selling &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; books after Rowling announced the creation of the J.K. Rowling Women&#8217;s Fund. The fund <a href="https://jkrwf.org/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKdvNljbGNrAp26GGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMVhFYkVUMVlETmNnb3NRM2YBHpCylZCyqT-dSAcjqzcghgBSrl8tIO_sNX3dgcFvY5leoMkcTzlQEUHionpy_aem_HyMGvqrZM5nRn93ZKNrRMg">says</a> it &#8220;offers legal funding support to individuals and organizations fighting to retain women’s sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.&#8221;
Its website never mentions transgender-identifying individuals, but Booksmith <a href="https://www.booksmith.com/NotHP">claims</a> the fund is &#8220;dedicated to removing transgender rights.&#8221;
&#8220;With this announcement, we&#8217;ve decided to stop carrying her books. We don&#8217;t know exactly what her &#8216;women&#8217;s fund&#8217; will entail, but we know that we aren&#8217;t going to be a part of it,&#8221; a sign in the bookstore reads.
But ironically, Booksmith — a self-described &#8220;group of queer booksellers&#8221; — participates in the Books Not Bans program, which is dedicated to <a href="https://www.booksmith.com/BnB">mailing</a> &#8220;crates of queer, affirmative, necessary books all over the country,&#8221; it says, that are actively being banned.
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&#8220;These are going to people who desperately need them but who live in book deserts and communities where new book bans are rolling out daily,&#8221; the store&#8217;s announcement said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need to tell you things are serious out there: this is a lifeline for people whose lives and wellbeing are in danger. &#8221;
Books Not Bans, now a separate nonprofit, started at a different San Francisco <a href="https://www.fabulosabooks.com/#/">bookstore</a>, Fabulosa Books, that &#8220;[specializes] in LGBTQ+ books.&#8221;
Fabulosa Books also stopped selling Rowling&#8217;s work, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLV4dvcyXYY/?hl=en">saying</a> on social media that the author &#8220;is devoting her life to nastiness.&#8221;
Books Not Bans has sent more than &#8220;2200 books to community groups around America,&#8221; according to a social media <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJvD5hUzNhs/?igsh=aGduY25yYWM4NDl5">post</a>.
One popular shipment is &#8220;All Boys Aren&#8217;t Blue,&#8221; which has been at the center of fights to keep sexually explicit books away from children, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-the-fight-to-shield-kids-from-graphic-material-in-a-deep-red-state">reported</a>. The book includes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-time-to-unite-against-the-real-enemy">graphic descriptions</a> of anal rape and incest.
&#8220;[&#8216;All Boys Aren&#8217;t Blue&#8217;] was recently named the most banned book in America,&#8221; Books Not Bans said in a social media post. &#8220;We’ve sent &#8216;All Boys Aren’t Blue&#8217; to 20 different organizations all over America.&#8221;
Rowling has drawn criticism for her commitment to protecting women and women&#8217;s spaces, but the bestselling author has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-years-ago-j-k-rowling-took-a-stand-against-trans-activists-she-hasnt-backed-down">refused</a> to back down or apologize. In December, she celebrated the social media post that resulted in her becoming a global icon for women&#8217;s rights.
&#8220;Five years ago today and my only regret is that I didn&#8217;t speak out sooner,&#8221; Rowling <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1869544832370344245?s=43&amp;t=BDz6oekueqrSVJ50bM62xw">said</a> on social media. &#8220;To every girl and woman who&#8217;s paid a heavy price for fighting to retain their rights and boundaries, to every person striving to halt an appalling medical experiment on minors, I salute you. We will win.&#8221;

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) tried to trash First Lady Melania Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Einstein visa&#8221; — without realizing the New York Times disproved her argument seven years ago.
Melania received an EB-1 visa, or &#8220;Einstein visa,&#8221; in 2001, when she was a model. The visa is meant for immigrants &#8220;with extraordinary ability.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re supposed to have some sort of significant achievement, like being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer, being an Olympic medalist or having sustained other extraordinary abilities and success in sciences, art, education, business, or athletics,&#8221; Crockett said. &#8220;Last time I checked, the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt.&#8221;
&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t take an Einstein to see that the math ain&#8217;t mathing here,&#8221; Crockett added.
Crockett accused Republicans of hypocrisy, as the federal government is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-state-dept-measures-unveiled-how-foreign-students-will-be-screened-for-u-s-entry">reevaluating</a> visa programs.
&#8220;Since we&#8217;re talking about integrity, I&#8217;m confused as to why my Republican colleagues aren&#8217;t talking about the lack of integrity when it comes to the president&#8217;s family&#8217;s visas,&#8221; Crockett said.
But Crockett ignored a New York Times article debunking doubts about Melania justifying the visa.
&#8220;Petitioners for the EB-1, which was created as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, face a two-part test,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/us/melania-trump-einstein-visa.html">Times</a> wrote in 2018. &#8220;The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services first must determine whether a candidate has presented evidence to satisfy three out of 10 <a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-first-preference-eb-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">criteria</a>, such as publishing material in professional publications or other major media, appearing in artistic exhibitions or commanding a high salary.&#8221;
Melania — who had featured in British GQ and Sports Illustrated, among other magazines — satisfied that requirement.
&#8220;Once those are met, the decision comes down to a vague and undefined &#8216;final merits determination&#8217; by the immigration agency,&#8221; the Times continued.
Although they admitted the approval process is inconsistent, the Times&#8217; sources agreed Melania deserved the visa.
&#8220;The notion that you somehow have to be a genius or Einstein is utter fiction,&#8221; Chris Wright, a lawyer based in Los Angeles, told the Times. &#8220;We have succeeded with models no more accomplished than Melania Trump.&#8221;
Even Albert Einstein might have been declined a visa. In one experiment, immigration lawyers examined some of Einstein&#8217;s early work — without knowing it was his — and concluded &#8220;it would be very challenging&#8221; for him to get an EB-1, the Times reported.
Still, the seven-year-old fact check did not stop Crockett from using Melania to criticize Republicans.
&#8220;Nevertheless, what Republicans are doing with this reconciliation process, the travel bans and revoking visas, jeopardizes our national security,&#8221; Crockett said.

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The Department of Justice is suing the state of Minnesota over a law providing in-state tuition for illegal aliens.
“No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-minnesota-laws-providing-state-tuition">said</a> in a press release.
The lawsuit targets the Minnesota Dream Act, which <a href="https://ohe.mn.gov/mn-dream-act">allows</a> &#8220;undocumented students&#8221; to apply for in-state tuition and state financial aid. The law was passed in 2013.
The DOJ said the law contradicts federal law prohibiting &#8220;postsecondary education benefits to aliens that are not offered to U.S. citizens.&#8221;
The Minnesota laws allow illegal aliens to apply for in-state and free tuition.
&#8220;These laws blatantly conflict with federal law and thus are unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution,&#8221; the department said.
The suit also names Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
&#8220;The Department of Justice just won on this exact issue in Texas, and we look forward to taking this fight to Minnesota in order to protect the rights of American citizens first,&#8221; Bondi said.
Texas ended its in-state tuition programs for illegal aliens hours after the DOJ filed a lawsuit, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-ends-benefit-program-for-illegal-immigrants-after-justice-department-suit">reported</a>.
&#8220;Ending this discriminatory and un-American provision is a major victory for Texas,&#8221; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said at the time.
A Texas judge granted a permanent injunction against the law.
&#8220;Other states should take note that we will continue filing affirmative litigation to remedy unconstitutional state laws that discriminate against American citizens,&#8221; Bondi <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-texas-reach-agreement-end-state-tuition-illegal-aliens?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery">said</a> at the time.
In March, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery">signed</a> an executive order directing Bondi to identify and take appropriate actions to stop the enforcement of State and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable, including State laws that provide in-State higher education tuition to aliens but not to out-of-State American citizens.&#8221;

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Bernie Sanders wants to solve AI with socialism — but he doesn&#8217;t know how humans will find meaning in his socialist paradise.
The 83-year-old senior senator from Vermont recently took time off of his &#8220;Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; tour to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYVzme2fybU">appear</a> on &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience.&#8221;
During the almost two-hour episode, Rogan asked Sanders how humans will find meaning if artificial intelligence takes jobs and the government provides for everyone&#8217;s needs.
&#8220;Andrew Yang was talking about this giant epidemic of automation in this country and the solution being universal basic income, but that&#8217;s not the solution for meaning,&#8221; Rogan said. &#8220;And how do we convince all of these people that they have to not just take this money from the government, but also take action to give themselves meaning in their lives?&#8221;
Sanders tried to reframe the question as &#8220;a revolution in human experience.&#8221;
&#8220;So throughout history, people have worked so hard just to stay alive, right?&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t need to do work, right, because we&#8217;re wealthy enough, how do you find meaning in your life?&#8221;
Sanders called it a &#8220;trillion-dollar question&#8221; and said dependence on AI is not the answer.
&#8220;All I would say at this moment is the answer is not to fall in love with your AI creature out there,&#8221; Sanders said.
Rogan wasn&#8217;t satisfied.
&#8220;Yeah, don’t do that,&#8221; Rogan said. &#8220;But also, how do you find meaning? How do you — if all you&#8217;re doing is just getting a check, and you can just stay at home and stare at the TV, and the money keeps coming, and then you eat processed food all day, and it&#8217;s all subsidized, what is life?&#8221;
Sanders said the immediate solution is to take care of workers who lost jobs to AI.
&#8220;I think you tell those workers, you&#8217;re going to have health care as a human right, you&#8217;re going to have education as a human right, you&#8217;re going to have a decent income as a human right, and we&#8217;re going to lower — substantially lower — the work week,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;What happens later, when even more work is eliminated, and what the purpose of human life becomes, that is a very profound question.&#8221;
&#8220;What do you think happens?&#8221; Rogan asked.
&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to imagine,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Then the answer will be that we are going to have to find different meaning in life. We have to find it in ourselves in ways that you don’t know and I don’t know, because we&#8217;re not there yet.&#8221;
Sanders said he doesn&#8217;t know how far out the problem is.
&#8220;But I think human beings are capable of replacing work with other emotionally satisfying things,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Yeah, I think we can do it.&#8221;
Rogan said the problem would be providing meaning for millions of people.
&#8220;What do you do to all those people to give them some sort of a sense of meaning?&#8221; Rogan asked. &#8220;You&#8217;re essentially redefining life for them.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have the answer to that question,&#8221; Sanders admitted again. &#8220;That’s the problem. I don&#8217;t think anybody does.&#8221;
Despite not having an answer, the senator still managed to bring the issue back to taxing the rich.
&#8220;The people who own that technology and the corporations who utilize that [AI] technology are becoming phenomenally richer,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;And that is the issue. Which gets back to things like tax reform, like making sure that in America, we do not have the massive levels of income and wealth inequality that we currently have.&#8221;

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New York City’s mayoral race appears to be between Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani has dominated headlines thanks to his communist <a href="https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform">promises</a> to freeze rent prices and create city-run grocery stores. Recent polls <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-mayoral-hopeful-would-go-all-in-on-transing-the-kids-to-the-tune-of-65-million">show</a> him beating Cuomo in the city’s ranked-choice Democrat primary.
But the Democratic socialist isn’t the only crazy leftist in the race. Here are five of the most insane policy proposals from New York City’s mayoral candidates.
Crime-Fighting Therapists
Michael Blake, a former assemblyman who served in the Obama administration, <a href="https://blakefornyc.com/vision/publicsafetyplan/">says</a> he would hire “up to 1,000 mental health professionals” to work alongside — or instead of — law enforcement.
“These professionals will be embedded in 911 dispatch systems and trained to de-escalate emergencies without law enforcement presence,” Blake’s website <a href="https://blakefornyc.com/vision/healthandmentalhealth/">says</a>.
The professionals would include “peer specialists, social workers, and licensed clinicians.”
The goal, Blake says, is to “[ensure] that whenever possible, mental health experts — not law enforcement — take the lead in responding to crises.”
Pave Golf Courses for Affordable Housing
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander plans to solve the city’s housing crisis by <a href="https://x.com/bradlander/status/1936545628252967240">paving</a> over four municipal golf courses to build affordable housing.
“The total land area of the combined golf courses is 2,500 acres, roughly three times the size of Central Park,” Lander’s website <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67a2f550954e9c463f4a2ef6/t/681ba98b9b089d1f4ffba0fc/1746643340249/State+of+Emergency+-+Addressing+NYC%E2%80%99s+Housing+Crisis.docx.pdf">says</a>.
Lander says four golf courses would provide 50,000 of the 500,000 homes he’s promised in his campaign.
As part of his “affirming housing” policy, Lander plans to <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67a2f550954e9c463f4a2ef6/t/683eda613f94585b6810c3bb/1748949601775/Standing+Up+for+LGBTQ%2B+New+Yorkers.docx.pdf">build</a> “LGBTQ+ senior housing.”
Abortion “Hospitality Industry”
When Lander isn’t promising to pave golf courses, he’s turning New York City into a one-stop shop for abortion.
Lander’s website <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/67a2f550954e9c463f4a2ef6/t/6839d87967a0f1345173e3d5/1748621433533/Protecting+Reproductive+Rights.docx.pdf">promises</a> “safe, effective abortion care if the federal government limits or withdraws the ‘abortion pill.’”
Lander’s vision extends beyond the city to “build a pipeline of abortion providers for NYC and beyond” and “provide targeted, essential support for people traveling from states where abortions are banned who seek care [in New York City].”
Anti-Hate Crime Curriculum for Kindergarteners
State Senator Zellnor Myrie wants to make sure five-year-olds are anti-racists.
“As Mayor, Myrie will expand the city’s existing tolerance curriculum (which is currently only available to older students) to students aged K-5, so that all NYCDOE students, grades K-12, have access to anti-discriminatory and anti-hate curriculum,” Myrie’s website <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/661d72f5fdcd48687fb80031/t/679956e93279b30474a6e55d/1738102520471/RNYC+Public+Safety+%26+Public+Square.pdf">says</a>.
The NYC Public Schools website <a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/vision-and-mission/together-for-justice">offers</a> resources on discussing racism in the classroom — including from the <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-and-strategies/race-talk-engaging-young-people-conversations-about-race-and-racism">Anti-Defamation League</a>, an organization that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adl-urged-counterterrorism-agency-to-target-daily-wires-matt-walsh-other-alleged-amplifiers-of-lgbtq-hate">encouraged</a> a counterterrorism agency to open an investigation into Daily Wire host Matt Walsh.
Myrie’s policy doesn’t elaborate on the “existing tolerance curriculum,” but it probably doesn’t include Walsh’s hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/am-i-racist">documentary</a> “Am I Racist?”
$65 Million to Trans the Kids
In addition to copying the communist playbook, Mamdani wants to spend millions on “gender-affirming” trans procedures for adults and children, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-mayoral-hopeful-would-go-all-in-on-transing-the-kids-to-the-tune-of-65-million">reported</a>.
Mamdani’s plan directly opposes President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict transgender procedures for minors.
Mamdani’s administration would also “investigate and hold public hearings on hospitals that deny trans youth their rightful healthcare and hold them accountable to the law” and turn New York City into a “sanctuary city” for the LGBTQ community.

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Hours after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-rep-torched-over-reckless-call-for-mass-amnesty">calling</a> for mass amnesty for illegal aliens, a House Democrat <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqvDWm0W4kQ">accused</a> federal agents of &#8220;human trafficking.&#8221;
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) went on &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8221; on Thursday and claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are &#8220;terrorizing&#8221; and &#8220;kidnapping&#8221; illegal aliens.
&#8220;We have ICE federal agents pulling up, terrorizing our communities, hopping out of unmarked vans, stealing, and yes, kidnapping people, not giving them their day in court, and yes, human trafficking them to other nations, other countries around the entire world,&#8221; Frost said. &#8220;I like to be very clear about what&#8217;s going on right now so people understand that what is going on is, I believe, outside the bounds of the law.&#8221;
Frost alleged that ICE was taking away the right to due process.
&#8220;Due process is something that applies to every person in this country, regardless of your status,&#8221; Frost said. &#8220;This is from the party that likes to talk about American exceptionalism, but they want to rip away the few things that make our country actually exceptional.&#8221;
Earlier on Thursday, Frost held a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9kPpgCwXdM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> to <a href="https://frost.house.gov/media/press-releases/maxwell-frost-introduces-legislation-to-expose-human-rights-abuses-in-immigration-detention-system_sudem-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduce</a> a bill that seeks the public disclosure of data from facilities operated by or affiliated with ICE, The Daily Wire reported.
&#8220;We are a community filled [with] people,&#8221; Frost said. &#8220;And yes, people are going to have different statuses, and to my Republican colleagues who say, ‘I don’t want any undocumented people in this country,’ I actually agree with you. So, let’s document every single one of them with a speedy path to citizenship.&#8221;
Republicans quickly slammed Frost for his remarks.
&#8220;You can’t make this stuff up!&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1935462345624666330">said</a> on social media. &#8220;At a Democrat rally today, Rep. Maxwell Frost proposed BLANKET AMNESTY for EVERY SINGLE ONE of the MILLIONS of ILLEGAL aliens Joe Biden let into the country. Republicans will never let this dangerous idea happen. We must defend common sense and the rule of law.&#8221;
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller <a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/1935445811707408496" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a>: &#8220;If the Democrats were to obtain full political control of Washington they would swiftly complete the project of relocating the destitute and developing nations of the world in your communities and then giving them the full rights and privileges of US citizenship.&#8221;
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Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have increased 500%, according to <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/exclusive-ice-agents-face-500-increase-in-assaults-while-trying-to-arrest-illegal-aliens/">Breitbart News</a>.
&#8220;Just this week, an ICE officer was dragged 50 yards by a car while arresting an illegal alien sex offender,&#8221; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the outlet. &#8220;Every day the men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens.&#8221;
ICE successfully arrested the illegal alien, and the officer is expected to make a full recovery, the department <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1935735846973452427">said</a>.
The data comes after Antifa rioters attacked an ICE building in Portland, Oregon, last night, forcing agents to use rubber bullets and flash bangs to disperse the mob, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-rioters-violently-target-federal-law-enforcement-at-portland-ice-building?author=Catherine+Maxwell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Masked+Rioters+%E2%80%98Violently%E2%80%99+Target+Federal+Law+Enforcement+At+Portland+ICE+Building">reported</a>.
Anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, California, led President Donald Trump to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-guard-rolls-into-los-angeles-after-days-of-anti-ice-riots?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=National+Guard+Rolls+Into+Los+Angeles+After+Days+Of+Anti-ICE+Riots">deploy</a> the National Guard and the Marines, a move criticized by Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
Riots have also spread to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-protesters-surround-seattle-ice-office-with-agents-and-detained-illegals-inside?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=33&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Masked+Protesters+Surround+Seattle+ICE+Office+With+Agents+And+Detained+Illegals+Inside">Seattle</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-ice-riots-break-out-in-san-francisco-as-more-troops-deploy-to-l-a">San Francisco</a>.
McLaughlin also criticized Democrat politicians for contributing to violence against agents.
&#8220;Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,&#8221; McLaughlin told Breitbart. &#8220;From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is despicable. This violence against ICE must end.&#8221;
Nashville Mayor Freddie O&#8217;Connell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashvilles-democrat-mayor-doxxes-ice-agents">doxxed</a> federal agents working with local law enforcement in May. O&#8217;Connell said the names were released by mistake, but the DHS disagreed.
&#8220;They claimed it was a mistake,&#8221; McLaughlin said at the time. &#8220;There’s zero chance it was a mistake and there will be repercussions.&#8221;
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-dems-rage-over-nashville-ice-raids-that-targeted-rapists-and-gang-members?author=Spencer+Lindquist+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Dems+Rage+Over+Nashville+ICE+Raids+That+Targeted+Rapists+And+Gang+Members">exclusive report</a> by The Daily Wire revealed that, out of 196 illegal aliens arrested in Nashville during a weeklong raid, 95 had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. Another 31 had reentered the U.S. after being previously deported.
O&#8217;Connell had said he was &#8220;frustrated&#8221; by the raid.
&#8220;The Nashville Mayor is protecting illegal aliens and gang members over his constituents,&#8221; DHS said.

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Federal agents used flash bangs, rubber bullets, and tear gas to disperse masked rioters attacking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday night.
The rioters had ignored multiple orders to disperse before Border Patrol Tactical Unit agents forcibly cleared them out, according to video from Turning Point USA&#8217;s Frontlines.
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The Department for Homeland Security <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1935710938574750147">said</a> five people were arrested for charges including assault on federal law enforcement.
&#8220;We won’t sit idly by and watch these cowards,&#8221; the department said on social media. &#8220;Secretary Noem’s message to the rioters is clear: you will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law.&#8221;
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Hundreds of rioters marched to the building before sunset carrying signs with phrases such as &#8220;No borders&#8221; and &#8220;Nobody is illegal on stolen land,&#8221; video <a href="https://x.com/FrontlinesTPUSA/status/1935532831465431176">shows</a>. They brought helmets and respirators to the planned protest.
The situation escalated after dark, when rioters launched fireworks, shined lasers in the eyes of federal agents, and tried to block the building entrance with a dumpster.
Agents on the roof fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd while agents on the ground moved in to break up and arrest the rioters.
The violence on Wednesday night was the latest in a series of anti-ICE riots that have raged in Portland for a week and a half. The riots began with the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protest on June 14, which escalated into an attack on the ICE building, the Daily Caller <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/15/rioters-storm-oregon-ice-building-injure-officers/">reported</a>.
After the initial attack, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson <a href="https://www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-wilson/news/2025/6/15/mayor-wilson-addresses-no-kings-protest-and-ongoing-ice-facility">reaffirmed</a> the city&#8217;s sanctuary status but said the city would not interfere with &#8220;lawful federal enforcement operations.&#8221;
&#8220;We affirm the right to free speech and expression while emphasizing that violence, destruction, and obstruction carry consequences,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;Our officers will not be used as agents of ICE, but will intervene when criminal acts occur.&#8221;
Anti-ICE protests have struck multiple cities across the U.S. In Los Angeles, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-guard-rolls-into-los-angeles-after-days-of-anti-ice-riots?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=National+Guard+Rolls+Into+Los+Angeles+After+Days+Of+Anti-ICE+Riots">deployed</a> the National Guard and the Marines to protect federal agents and buildings. Riots also broke out in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-ice-riots-break-out-in-san-francisco-as-more-troops-deploy-to-l-a">San Francisco</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-protesters-surround-seattle-ice-office-with-agents-and-detained-illegals-inside?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=33&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Masked+Protesters+Surround+Seattle+ICE+Office+With+Agents+And+Detained+Illegals+Inside">Seattle</a>, The Daily Wire reported.

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The Federal Reserve voted to leave the benchmark interest rate between 4.25% and 4.5%, despite the economy&#8217;s &#8220;solid position.&#8221;
&#8220;For the time being, we are well-positioned to wait to learn more about the likely course of the economy before considering any adjustments to our policy stance,&#8221; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-WAOqotRl8">said</a> in a press conference following the decision.
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.4% in May, up from 2.3% in April — its lowest point in four years, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-hits-lowest-point-in-over-4-years-as-april-report-better-than-expected?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Inflation+Hits+Lowest+Point+In+Over+4+Years+As+April+Report+Better+Than+Expected">reported</a>.
&#8220;Inflation remains somewhat elevated,&#8221; the Federal Reserve <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20250618a.htm">said</a> today in a press release. &#8220;Uncertainty about the economic outlook has diminished but remains elevated.&#8221;
Earlier today, President Donald Trump <a href="https://x.com/theMRC/status/1935336312086675879">said</a> the Federal Reserve &#8220;probably won&#8217;t cut.&#8221;
&#8220;We have a stupid person, frankly, at the Fed,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I guess he&#8217;s a political guy, I don&#8217;t know. He&#8217;s a political guy who&#8217;s not a smart person.&#8221;
Powell said the Federal Open Market Committee&#8217;s stance is &#8220;not complicated.&#8221;
&#8220;What everyone on the FOMC wants is a good, solid American economy with strong labor market and price stability, that&#8217;s what we want,&#8221; Powell said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what matters to us. That&#8217;s pretty much all that matters to us.&#8221;
Powell said the country could still see negative economic effects from tariffs.
&#8220;Expectations of that [tariff] level, and thus of the related economic effects, reached a peak in April and have since declined,&#8221; Powell said in a press conference following the decision. &#8220;Even so, increases in tariffs this year are likely to push up prices and weigh on economic activity.&#8221;
The CPI has shown little impacts from Trump&#8217;s tariffs over the past three months, The Daily Wire previously reported. The index for food increased slightly compared to April, but the indexes for energy and gas decreased by 1% and 2.6%, respectively.
Powell said the Federal Reserve still expects to see impacts from tariffs this summer.
&#8220;It takes some time for tariffs to work their way through the chain of distribution to the end consumer,&#8221; Powell said. &#8220;We&#8217;re beginning to see some effects, and we do expect to see more of them over the coming months.&#8221;
But he said the ultimate effects of tariffs are &#8220;highly uncertain.&#8221;
Trump also said he would not reappoint Powell.
&#8220;I would have never reappointed him, Biden reappointed him,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;He&#8217;s done a very poor job. So we have no inflation, we have only success, and I&#8217;d like to see interest rates get down.&#8221;
Despite maintaining interest rates, Powell said the economy shows no sign of weakening.
&#8220;The U.S. economy has defied all kinds of forecasts for it to weaken, really, over the last three years,&#8221; Powell said. &#8220;Eventually it will, but we don&#8217;t see signs of that now.&#8221;

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