A South Carolina Democrat is facing calls to withdraw from the governor’s race after a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5fKGke_W8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> surfaced showing him screaming obscenities at police officers during a narcotics episode.
Dashcam footage shows William McLeod swearing and yelling at officers for nearly 20 minutes in the back of the cop car, calling himself “god” and “superman,” and using the n-word twice.
The video circulated online after it was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/14/us-news/wild-video-shows-dems-pick-for-sc-gov-race-being-arrested-in-his-underwear-while-calling-himself-god-and-superman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>.
McLeod is currently the only Democratic runner for the 2026 South Carolina gubernatorial race. The prominent Charleston lawyer ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010 and has served two terms as the Charleston County Democratic Party Chairman.
His party has requested that he withdraw from the race.
“After reviewing the transcript of the dash cam footage from his recent arrest, it is clear that Mr. McLeod is navigating profound challenges and should focus on his mental and emotional well-being instead of a campaign for governor,” the chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, Christale Spain, said in a statement Wednesday.
“We offer him compassion and pray he finds the support he needs.”
But McLeod has shown no intent of backing down. His campaign team labeled the arrest “unlawful.” McLeod himself has touted the incident as a reason why he should be elected.
“When they learn what happened around my unlawful arrest, it will be a reason why I absolutely need to be our state’s governor,” he said.
He did not elaborate as to why.
McLeod was arrested on May 15 after he was found “yelling at the top of his lungs” while walking near the Battery in Charleston in only his underwear and shoes.
McLeod’s eyes were “extremely bloodshot and highly dilated … typical of an individual under the influence of a stimulant narcotic,” a preliminary incident <a href="https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/south-carolina-democratic-party-calls-for-mullins-mcleod-to-exit-governors-race-following-release-of-arrest-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> obtained by WCBD said.
When an officer asked for his name, McLeod replied, “It doesn’t matter, my friend, trust me. I’m one of the most just humans to ever walk this soil.”
“Superman works,” he added.
He also launched a tirade against one of his Republican opponents, Alan Wilson, the current Attorney General of South Carolina. “I will kick your teeth in … I’m going to kick every one of them in. If I do kick them in, you don’t know any dentist.”
He also seemingly threatened to kidnap Wilson’s German Shepherd: “When I’m governor, Snoop is coming with me,” he said.
It is unclear where the name Snoop came from. Wilson has a German Shepherd named <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AGAlanWilson/photos/a.512888925463554/2003104073108691/?type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lucy</a>.
McLeod refused to get out of the car when they arrived at the police station, saying he would sleep in the backseat. “No, I’m not doing it, no. I’m not getting out of this car. It’s time to go to bed.” He was forcibly removed and booked into jail around 1 a.m.
He currently faces misdemeanor charges for disorderly conduct.
He claimed that he had been exercising his “God-given, constitutional right to be in a public place” when he was arrested.
“The only thing I’d ask the voters is to please give me a little bit of grace and know that long before we go to Election Day, they’ll know exactly what happened,” he <a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/south-carolina-mullins-mcleod-governor-2026/article_2cd1ea51-360d-4153-9497-e3428c7c37f3.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Post and Courier</a>.
Wilson <a href="https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/south-carolina-democratic-party-calls-for-mullins-mcleod-to-exit-governors-race-following-release-of-arrest-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to McLeod’s threats in a statement on Wednesday, saying, “I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he means in a general election, not a street fight,” Wilson said.
He preferred to focus on his campaign rather than on McLeod’s remarks: “My plan for bold, conservative leadership is spreading, and my record of defending President Trump, parental rights, and the rule of law has put a target on my back. But we’re not slowing down, and I’m not done fighting for South Carolina families.”

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American alcohol exports to Canada have decreased by more than 60% due to the country’s boycott of American booze, the Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/us-alcohol-industry-canada-boycott-71dbd1e0?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAgMKxl1Z42FZE0H9vsKxyx6UHtLImhkvrEg4LDxFp6TPl0_kT_uF-qD53mhao4%3D&amp;gaa_ts=689e10c1&amp;gaa_sig=q2KnwkppwNBI9ovAt-qltsHtxxlAc7IiEfamB99ruYjh5YD_vMPlpPZiqX6IzhRnmYH9eWs57RGoFdtbc5Zn2Q%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Thursday.
Several Canadian provinces, which regulate the sale of liquor in Canada, initiated boycotts in response to President Donald Trump imposing a <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/timeline-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china/story?id=119506883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25% tariff</a> on Canadian goods in February. Liqueur stores stopped ordering new shipments and replaced American products on their shelves with Canadian ones.
The Distilled Spirits Council, an alcohol industry group, estimated exports of American distilled spirits to Canada in the first six months of 2025 were down about 62% from the same period the year before, while exports of American wine were down 67%.
The Wine Institute, a trade group representing California-based wineries, estimated that in six months this year, American wineries lost more than $173 million in export value. In 2024, Canada bought up 35% of American wine exports, making it the industry’s largest export destination.
Robert Cullins, CEO of Baltimore-based Sagamore Spirit, estimates that the company will lose out on $2 million of revenue this year. “We’re a small craft distillery, so a couple of million dollars is pretty significant.”
One California vineyard, Hope Family Wines, says their sales have fallen by 10% so far. “It’s definitely going to hurt us personally,” Gretchen Roddick, the executive vice president, stated.
Meanwhile, Ontario announced that sales of Canadian brands have jumped by 14%.
Alberta participated in the boycott for three months before replacing it with a 25% tariff, claiming they wanted to improve the tone of trade talks between the two countries, according to Dale Nally, the province’s minister of red tape reduction.
The booze boycott is one of the reasons Trump has called Canada “<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/trump-thinks-canadians-nasty-for-avoiding-us-travel-banning-booze-ambassador/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mean and nasty to deal with.</a>”
Canada failed to reach a trade agreement with the US before Trump’s August 1st deadline, meaning that any products not covered under the United States -Mexico-Canada Agreement — about <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-exports-tariff-free-trump-us-trade-1.7604415" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60%</a> of products — will be subject to 35% tariffs. This puts Canada on the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-117-year-high-in-volume-at-busiest-port-in-the-us-200619178.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">higher end</a> of the tariff scale.
There is currently no sign of ongoing negotiations between the two countries.
“We’ll speak when it makes sense,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters last week.
He warned the United States that Canadian investment in the country could decline without a deal: “Canada is the second-largest investor in the United States today in the world. We have 40 million people.”
“That puts in context the state of the relationship,” he said. “Without an agreement, there will be less by definition.”
Trump has not commented on the situation or hinted at future trade talks. Shortly before the August 1st deadline, he <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/canada-us-trade-talk-inside-drama-00480177" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that “We haven’t really had a lot of luck with Canada. I think Canada could be one where they’ll just pay tariffs. It’s not really a negotiation.”

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A radical professor is teaching a new seminar at Harvard University in which she touts two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams as a “political mastermind.”
The class, titled “Race, Gender, and the Law Through the Archive,” and taught by assistant history professor Myisha Eatmon, investigates “the role that Black women and non-binary people have played in shaping politics, grassroots organizing, the legal bar, and higher education during Jim (Jane) Crow and beyond.”
Abrams served for 11 years as a Georgia state representative before losing to Republican Brian Kemp in 2018 and 2022. Though she has never held federal office, the Ivy League course places her alongside leading black female figures of 21st century politics.
“From First Lady Michelle Obama to political mastermind Stacy Abrams to Vice President Kamala Harris, Black women have left their stamp on 21st-century politics and grassroots organizing,” the seminar description reads, misspelling Abram’s first name.
The class is taught by Harvard assistant history professor Dr. Myisha Eatmon. Eatmon’s work focuses on “the intersection of race, power, and law, with expertise in how African Americans have employed their &#8220;legal imaginations&#8221; to challenge &#8220;systemic oppression.”
“How did these people navigate gender and sexuality while pushing for civil rights? How did gender, sexuality, and intersectionality impact their political ideologies?” The course asks students.
It promotes a subjective understanding of the law in line with Critical Race Theory, and claims that “students will see the subjectivity of the Black women and non-binary people who helped push for social and legal reform.”
Eatmon’s narrative of systemic oppression and intersectionality mirrors some of Abrams’s own statements.
After losing her first gubernatorial election by a narrow margin, Abrams claimed the election was stolen from her. She <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/29/stacey-abramss-rhetorical-twist-being-an-election-denier/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walked back</a> on her statements when she ran again in 2022, saying that unlike Trump, she “never denied the election” and “never denied that I lost.”
She did say, however, that the election was “flawed.”
“I refuse to concede a system that permits citizens to be denied access,” she said. “That is very different than someone claiming fraudulent outcome.”
Adams filed and ultimately lost a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s election laws, funding the multimillion dollar legal battle through one of her voting rights nonprofits, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-stacy-abrams-nonprofit-could-be-in-trouble?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Another+Stacy+Abrams+Nonprofit+Could+Be+In+Trouble" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously reported</a>. In a separate lawsuit, another one of Adams’ nonprofits was penalized for providing millions of dollars to her campaign.
Abrams <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/stacey-abrams-president-2040-109869" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted</a> in 2020 that the United States would elect a black female president in the next 20 years, and suggested that it might be herself. She later tweeted that 2028 “would be the earliest I would be ready to stand for president.”
However, Democrats themselves don’t appear to view Abrams as a “mastermind,” with many <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5297972-democrats-stacey-abrams-2026-midterms-georgia-governor-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissing</a> the idea of an attempted third run for governor in 2026.
“There’s not a lot of energy…or a large appetite within the state of Georgia amongst Democrats for a third Abrams run,” said Georgia Democratic strategist Fred Hicks.

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Radical Harvard Professor Touts Stacey Abrams as ‘Political Mastermind’

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Cottontail rabbits with tentacles sprouting from their faces have been <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/13/science/frankenstein-bunnies-with-head-spikes-invade-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearing</a> in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to local residents.
One woman said she saw a rabbit with “black quills or black toothpicks sticking out all around his or her mouth.”
“I thought he would die off during the winter, but he didn’t,” she said. “He came back a second year, and it grew.”
The <a href="https://cpw.state.co.us/species/cottontail-rabbits#:~:text=Rabbit%20Papillomas,be%20treated%20by%20a%20veterinarian." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado Parks and Wildlife Service</a> says the “Frankenstein” rabbits are suffering from cottontail papilloma virus, also called the Shope papilloma virus, a skin virus that produces black, horn-like growths, mainly around the head.
Despite their terrifying appearance, the growths aren’t inherently harmful to the rabbits. However, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Service notes that excessive growth around the eyes and mouth can prevent them from seeing and eating, leading to starvation.
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“Most infected cottontails can survive the viral infection, after which the growths will go away.”
The virus is more likely to spread in the summer, when there is a proliferation of insects capable of transmitting it. It can also spread through direct contact.
The disease is specific to rabbits and does not seem to pose a threat to humans or other animals. Wildlife experts still advise people not to approach infected rabbits.
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However, it can still be contracted by domestic rabbits, which experience a more severe reaction. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Service advises pet owners to visit a veterinarian if this happens.
The Shope papilloma virus is thought to have <a href="https://www.si.edu/stories/worlds-scariest-rabbit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspired</a> the “jackalope,” a mythological creature that possesses the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of an antelope.
The Frankenstein rabbits are not the only strange creatures to make headlines recently. Radioactive “hot wasps” have been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/science/radioactive-wasps-nuclear-savannah-river.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discovered</a> near a South Carolina nuclear site. The Department of Energy says the four wasp nests do not pose a threat to humans.

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The last running hotel-turned-migrant shelter in New York City is set to close in April.
The Row Hotel, which was also the first to be <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/asylum-seekers-migrants-immigration-nyc-migrant/12323493/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">converted</a> into a migrant shelter in 2022, is located a block away from Times Square. Housing migrants in the luxury property’s 1,300 units costs the city $5.13 million a month.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that the city would not renew its contract with Rockpoint Group, which owns the establishment.
He called the closure a “major milestone in our administration’s recovery from this international humanitarian crisis,” in a statement to the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3496193/major-new-york-hotel-migrant-shelter-ends-city-contract-eric-adams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner</a>.
“Three years ago, thousands of migrants and asylum seekers began streaming into our city every week — and the Adams administration stepped up.”
“We opened hundreds of emergency migrant shelters to ensure no family slept on the street. Since then, we have successfully helped more than 200,000 migrants leave our shelter system and take the next step toward self-sufficiency,” Adams continued.
At its <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/nyc-to-shut-down-last-migrant-hotel-after-shelling-out-170-million-to-crime-ridden-shelter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">peak</a>, New York City was running 220 migrant shelters. In 2024, 80% of its 193 operating shelters were former hotels.
“We have skillfully and humanely managed a national humanitarian crisis — and have done what no other city could do,” he added.
The Row has become a hotspot for crime and chaos, with numerous recorded <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/nyc-to-shut-down-last-migrant-hotel-after-shelling-out-170-million-to-crime-ridden-shelter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incidents</a> of attacks against NYPD officers by residents who are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.
City residents are celebrating the closure and the end of mass sheltering.
“Hallelujah. I’m happy that it’s happening,” said a resident of The Camelot apartment complex across the street. “We pay a lot of money to live here, and it doesn’t seem fair.”
“There are people sitting here all day, littering, leaving food waste, water bottles,” the resident said. “A lot of them have children, and there are women sitting around here smoking weed all day, the children are just playing on the street, on the bike lanes.”
One security guard said he started wearing a wedding ring because he’s been propositioned twice by migrant prostitutes staying at the hotel.
The closures come as President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have reduced illegal border crossings by over <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3411740/border-crisis-illegal-immigration-pete-flores-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">99%</a>. CNN recently <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1952065321889902682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted</a> the United States will reach negative net migration in 2025, for the first time in 50 years.
The 3,400 current residents of the Row will be moved to the city’s traditional shelter system, according to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/nyregion/migrants-row-hotel-nyc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a>.
A spokesman for the mayor’s office noted that the city government has also “purchased more than 65,000 tickets to help migrants exit the shelter system and reach their preferred destinations.”
The mayor’s office also noted that of the migrants already in New York, 110,000 asylum applications have been processed so far, accounting for over 90% of those eligible.
That levels out to $3950 a unit, a few hundred dollars above the <a href="https://www.realtor.com/advice/rent/cheapest-new-york-city-roommate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">average</a> monthly rate for a single room in NYC.

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New York City To Close Last Remaining Hotel Migrant Shelter As Illegal Immigration Plummets

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Daily Wire host Isabel Brown joined Fox and Friends First Wednesday morning to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376615015112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explain</a> why Gen Z is shunning remote work in favor of a traditional office setting.
“When you think about culturally the shift that started happening in about 2020, young people had our entire lives thrown into the metaverse against our will,” Brown said. “We started dating online, all of our friendships and relationships took place online, certainly all of our entertainment was digital, and work and school were as well.”
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Gen Z is ditching &#8220;work from home&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/theisabelb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@theisabelb</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@foxandfriends</a> why: &#8220;Young people had our entire lives thrust into the metaverse against our will&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/fuziJxVIhf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/fuziJxVIhf</a>
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“We constantly were thrust into a disconnected culture where loneliness and mental health problems started to thrive.” The World Health Organization found that anxiety and depression <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> by 25% in the first year of the pandemic, disproportionately affecting young people.
Isabel said that Gen Z is on a “quest to rebuild meaningful connection.”
“I think the easiest button and the easiest way to do that is starting a hybrid work schedule or in person work.”
“You’re starting to see this behavior not just in the workplace but we’re ditching our dating apps and bringing back in person speed dating events in big cities all over the country, you’re looking at people really wanting to build something with their hands, to touch one another, and to have that sense of real connection,” she said.
Brown’s suggestion that Gen Z is looking for connection is supported by a recent Gallup <a href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/692675/fully-remote-work-least-popular-gen-z.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a>, which found 27% of Gen Zers say they feel lonely doing remote work, while 21% of Millennials, 15% of Gen Xers, and 10% of Boomers say the same.
According to Gallup, only 23% of Gen Zers prefer working from home, compared to 35% of every other generation.
Brown says Gen Z is increasingly disillusioned with social media acting as a replacement for in person contact.
“I think we’ve faced this paradox culturally and it&#8217;s a question left for our generation to answer: how do we responsibly balance the role of technology in connecting us, while also preventing that isolation and loneliness that often is hiding behind the screen?”
“I think this is why you’re watching Gen Z for example lead the religious resurgence happening in America right now, its young people that are flooding church pews on Sunday morning and reviving church communities at Catholic churches across the country and having mass baptism events on our college campuses,” she added.
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Gen Z is ditching &#8220;work from home&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/theisabelb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@theisabelb</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@foxandfriends</a> why: &#8220;Young people had our entire lives thrust into the metaverse against our will&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/fuziJxVIhf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/fuziJxVIhf</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1953102883244625984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“That real sense of community with the people around you can never be replaced by an algorithm or a social media feed.”
Brown, a leading Gen Z conservative commentator, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-isabel-brown-the-daily-wires-newest-host" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last month that she was joining The Daily Wire. “The Isabel Brown Show” launches this fall on DailyWire+.

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Republican Congressman Mike Flood stood firm during an unwelcome return home to Nebraska on Monday after voting for President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Seven hundred constituents showed up at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zleBod9OszY">town hall meeting</a> to boo and jeer at him for over an hour.
Though his district is largely <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Nebraska%27s_1st_Congressional_District">red</a>, the town hall took place in Lincoln, a left-leaning city. 
Rep. Flood was received favorably enough during his introductory remarks, but as soon as he mentioned healthcare and the Big Beautiful Bill, he was met with an onslaught of angry voices. 
“The only way we’re going to get through tonight,” he said, “is if I get a chance to tell you how I voted,” he said.
When he asked whether “people who are 28 years old that can work and refuse to work should get free healthcare?” the audience responded by cheering. 
“I don’t think that the majority of Nebraskans agree with you,” he responded. 
62% of Americans support work requirements for the able-bodied receiving Medicaid, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation <a href="https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-views-on-potential-changes-to-medicaid/">poll</a>.
One attendee called him a fascist. “Fascists don’t hold town halls with open question and answer sessions,” Flood replied.
The session ended with audience members screaming, “Vote him out.”
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Republican leaders have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/gop-town-hall.html">discouraged</a> members of their party from hosting town halls during the current August recess, anticipating waves of hostile Democrat protesters in the wake of the Trump administration’s DOGE cuts and the Big Beautiful Bill. 

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), the chairman of House Republicans’ campaign arm, suggested Republicans host tele-town halls or Facebook Live events, which would allow them to filter rage-bait questions and comments. 
Rep. Flood insisted on having an in-person gathering. Speaking to reporters after the event, he said he believed that showing up was part of the job. 
“This doesn’t get better unless we show up in the town square,” he said. “If you feel strongly about what you’re doing in Congress, then stand in the town square, tell them why you voted that way.”
However, he announced that this town hall would be his “third and final one for the year,” and suggested he might find an alternative format for his next event.

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WATCH: Republican Stands Firm On One Big Beautiful Bill Amid Chorus Of Lib Boos At Town Hall

Rep. Mike Flood Booed At Town Hall After Voting for Big Beautiful Bill

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-public-image-1.7597313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spotted</a> at a Katy Perry concert in Montreal on Wednesday,  fueling rumors that the pair are romantically involved.
Videos from the concert show Trudeau smiling and singing along enthusiastically to “<a href="https://x.com/katycatsgang/status/1950903899285602430" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Firework</a>,” “<a href="https://www.tmz.com/watch/justin-trudeau-at-katy-perry-concert-07-31-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roar</a>,” and “<a href="https://x.com/todaykatyp/status/1950757127254896849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1950757127254896849%7Ctwgr%5Ea67249bb16c1170a337597e248212d1d000a4d04%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fentertainment%2Fkaty-perry-justin-trudeau-public-image-1.7597313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dark Horse</a>.”
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Justin Trudeau singing “Dark Horse” at tonight’s “THE LIFETIMES TOUR” show.
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A few days earlier, the pair were seen dining together at Le Violon, one of the city’s high-end restaurants, after walking Perry’s dog in the park.
“My take was they had a really good time, they came in…they were so polite, so nice,” said Chef Danny Smiles, owner of Le Violon, in an <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/29/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-no-pda-at-dinner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with TMZ.
They ordered the chef’s tasting menu, which featured lobster, tuna, lamb gnocchi, and beef tartare.
Smiles said that when he walked up to the table, “it was a good vibe.” When asked to classify it as romantic or friendly, he equivocated: “I think it’s friendly but the restaurant’s a romantic setting. It’s hard to say.”
The 40-year-old pop singer announced she had broken up with Orlando Bloom after nine years together, earlier this month.
Trudeau, 53, and his ex-wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, divorced in 2023, while the former was serving his second term as Prime Minister of Canada.
Commenting on the dinner, public relations expert Natasha Koifman called the coupling a  “<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-public-image-1.7597313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strategic</a> move,” claiming the two wanted to be seen based on the fact that they chose to sit by the window when there were probably more private options available. &#8220;I think it elevates both of their brands, for very different reasons, to actually be seen together.&#8221;
Both Trudeau and Perry have experienced negative publicity in the last few years. Trudeau <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5249766/justin-trudeau-resignation-canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> from office in 2025 amidst dissatisfaction from voters and party members over cost of living, immigration, and a string of political scandals.
Perry took <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-origin-all-female-crew-including-katy-perry-launches-into-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heat</a> in April for her participation in the all-female Blue Origin space flight, which was widely criticized for being “out of touch” and a “publicity stunt.” Some were predicting that this event spelled “extinction” for her career.
Sharaun Kaur, a principal at public relations firm Navigator, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/katy-perry-justin-trudeau-public-image-1.7597313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> that Trudeau might be trying to lean into his “celebrity factor” after a withdrawal from politics, noting that he has always had a &#8220;celebrity vibe to him.”

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An American anti-Israel activist called for “death to America” and “death to Israel” earlier this month while speaking at a rally in Iran.
&#8220;Thank you for welcoming us to your beautiful country,” Calla Walsh <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/us-activist-calla-walsh-tehran-death-to-america-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a “martyr’s ceremony” in Tehran. “We do not deserve such kindness, and such strength,” Walsh began.
“We all have a duty, when we go back to the countries we come from, to share the truth we saw here, and to struggle against Zionism and imperialism. Glory to all the martyrs. Glory to the Axis of Resistance. May we see victory within our lifetime.”
She concluded by chanting in Farsi: “Death to America! Death to Israel!&#8221;
The ceremony, which took place on July 20, was intended to “honor the memory of martyrs from the realms of culture, art, and media who were killed tragically during the 12-day resistance against the Zionist regime.”
It was part of a multi-day “Condemning Terrorism Against Media” <a href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/07/17/751367/Global-exposure-of-Zionist-crimes--Intl--journalists-witness-Israel-s-terrorist-wounds-Tehran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event</a> organized by the World Service of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the state’s official broadcasting network. Walsh was one of 15 international “journalists” invited to attend.
Walsh called the trip “the greatest <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/its-the-greatest-honor-of-my-life-israel-hating-american-woman-gushes-over-visit-to-iran-calls-us-genocidal-after-npr-named-her-a-good-citizen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">honor</a> of my life” and praised Iran for their “indigenously produced drones and missiles.”
After the event, Walsh <a href="https://x.com/CallaWalsh/status/1948169475834159227" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on X that she was heading back to “the Great Satan,” the United States, where “zionists are campaigning for my passport to be canceled and me to be charged with treason and sedition upon my return, for traveling on a press visa on a perfectly legal trip to Iran.”
She later posted that she was detained and questioned for a few hours by a “Gestapo agent” but that it was “nothing that I didn’t expect.”
The 21-year-old Boston native and <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/25/news/disney-channel-actress-arrested-for-vandalizing-nh-israeli-company/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Disney Channel actress</a> has 58,000 followers on X, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Her father, Chris Walsh, is an English professor at Boston University and her mother, Mary Sullivan Walsh, works at Harvard Extension School.
Walsh has been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-making-of-an-american-radical-students-protesters-politics-ae04326d?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjk2Cqj0tJAyA3au1Y--rBGB2je7oKnTrrWb-gDOEJCeTXzD201OjXc_hY2O0Q%3D&amp;gaa_ts=688a4c2f&amp;gaa_sig=08yJsjCcP7hwVlE-kOIdCC8giENruQt_W5WGJk8ywOHSLxf9KwIejDk7ghVWMKBBy5AFfyK4OBKpqwE4NKnPjg%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">active</a> in politics since her teenage years. In 2019, she organized a climate protest at Boston City Hall. In 2020, she worked on Senator Ed Markey’s (D-MA) campaign, helping him appeal to younger voters by establishing an “online cult of personality.” In 2021, she wrote a <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/democratic-socialists-of-america-gen-z">piece</a> for Teen Vogue encouraging her fellow Gen Zers to join the Democratic Socialists of America because “there is no future for us under capitalism.”
She later left the DSA over its “support for zionist <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/21/jamaal-bowman-israel-trip-reelection-00163788" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamaal Bowman</a>”, a former congressman from New York.
“I phased out of that shit in high school. How embarrassing and shameful it is to be in a zionist organization with AOC and other genocidaires,” she <a href="https://x.com/CallaWalsh/status/1947277076857335958" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on July 21.
Now, she identifies as a communist and works as an organizer with Palestine Action USA, which describes itself as a “network dismantling zionism &amp; US imperialism” through “direct action.” The UK branch was recently designated by its government as a <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/palestine-action-protest-banned-proscribed-court-b2798925.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">terrorist organization</a>.
Walsh spent 60 days in jail for vandalizing the Elbit Systems facility in New York, and is currently facing charges for a similar attack in Massachusetts. Elbit Systems is an Israeli international defense company and a particular target of Palestine Action.
“If you still say the answer is to email Congress / do police-permitted parades / repeat the same lib tactics for years to no avail, you are woefully misunderstanding the nature of our enemy &amp; lying to the people about what resistance means in order to exempt yourselves from it,” Walsh <a href="https://x.com/CallaWalsh/status/1794977865705931101" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on the subject in May.
Walsh was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/us/teens-massachusetts-elections.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">featured</a> in a 2021 New York Times piece that hailed her as “an influential new force in Democratic politics.” NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/13/1006085956/how-to-be-a-citizen-being-involved-in-civic-life-at-a-young-age" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promoted</a> her as a “good citizen” and a model for youth.
Legacy media outlets have yet to respond to Walsh’s more recent antics.

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President Donald Trump today suggested that he wasn’t opposed to jailing Hillary Clinton for her role in the 2016 <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/27/us-news/cia-director-teases-more-files-tying-russiagate-to-hillary-clinton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russiagate conspiracy</a>.
The president’s comments came during an appearance on New York Post reporter Miranda Divine’s “Pod Force One” <a href="https://youtu.be/uDij8JJIS-A?si=ZSfbgfl0aYIONGA3">podcast</a>. The president was responding to the <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4086-pr-15-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declassified</a> information on Russiagate that was released earlier this month by his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.
“We had Hillary Clinton down to whatever we wanted to do with her,” Trump said, noting that he “felt it was inappropriate” to prosecute her.
“She&#8217;s the wife of a president. She was a Secretary of State. We could’ve done a very big number.”
“And I said, we don’t want to be doing that…the concept of putting her in jail, indicting her, all the things that you have to do.”
He said that at the time, he wanted to focus on the country. “I said, no, no &#8230; we just won. We have to get back to — we want to heal.”
Trump said that he feels differently now.
“I was the one that killed it. And then they do the same thing to me. I just want to be fair.”
“Ultimately, it’s up to Pam,” he added, referencing Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Trump has consistently called the allegations that he colluded with Russia to prop up his campaign in the 2016 presidential elections a hoax and an act of “treason” that “put the country in danger.”
Gabbard stated in a <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4086-pr-15-25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> accompanying the documents that she has referred all lawmakers involved to the DOJ for possible criminal prosecution.
“No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,” she said.
“Their goal was to subvert the will of the American people and enact what was essentially a years-long coup with the objective of trying to usurp the President from fulfilling the mandate bestowed upon him by the American people.”
CIA director <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/cia-ratcliffe-hillary-clinton-russiagate-obama-b2797356.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Ratcliffe</a> said that Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former CIA director John Brennan, and former FBI director James Comey have all been referred to the Justice Department for investigation and could face prosecution, though Obama is likely protected under <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-scotus-immunity-ruling-likely-helps-obama-light-gabbard-dni-findings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presidential immunity</a>.
Bondi has appointed a <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/us-news/pam-bondi-launches-strike-force-after-declassified-intel-reveals-obama-admins-flawed-2016-trump-russia-probe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strike force</a> to investigate the documents.
“The Department of Justice is proud to work with my friend Director Gabbard and we are grateful for her partnership in delivering accountability for the American people,” she said.
“We will investigate these troubling disclosures fully and leave no stone unturned to deliver justice.”

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The Department of Justice on Tuesday <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/james-boasberg-justice-department-complaint-00480938?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=00000155-9c90-dad1-ad7d-fed474bb0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a misconduct complaint against James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, for “improper” comments he made about President Donald Trump at a meeting of federal judges in March.
Boasberg claimed at the biannual closed-door meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States that he was concerned the Trump administration “would disregard rulings of federal courts, leading to a constitutional crisis.”
The <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26033573-dojboasbergcomp072825/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a>, authored by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle, alleges that Boasberg strayed from traditional topics to “attempt to improperly influence” the other justices, many of whom are presiding over active litigation involving President Trump.
“These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary, and we will not stand for that,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1949974166205034753" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote on X</a>.
Boasberg has come under fire for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocking-deportations-of-venezuelan-gang-threatens-trump-admin-with-consequences?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Judge+Blocking+Deportations+Of+Venezuelan+Gang+Threatens+Trump+Admin+With+%E2%80%98Consequences%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempts to block</a> the Trump administration’s deportation policies, filing a temporary restraining order blocking the administration’s efforts to deport hundreds of illegal aliens and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/nx-s1-5329777/tren-de-aragua-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-venezuelan-gang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tren de Aragua</a> members to El Salvador, citing an abuse of due process.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama appointee</a>, who threatened the Trump administration with “consequences” if it continued its deportations, later had his order vacated by the Supreme Court. Last month, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling against the constitutionality of <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/27/nx-s1-5448821/universal-injunction-supreme-court-executive-order-birthright" target="_blank" rel="noopener">universal injunctions</a>, which lower courts were using to unilaterally block executive orders from being enforced.
The Justice Department’s complaint alleges that, following the conference, Boasberg “began acting on his preconceived belief that the Trump administration would not follow court orders.”
The complaint alleges that “Boasberg rushed the government through complex litigation, sometimes giving the Trump Administration less than 48 hours to respond and threatening criminal-contempt proceedings and the appointment of an outside prosecutor against senior Trump Administration officials for failing to comply with an order that had already been vacated.”
The Judicial Conference serves as the policymaking body for the federal court system and is headed by Chief Justice John Roberts. Its 27 members include each of the chief justices of the 13 federal circuits and a district judge from each circuit.
It is strictly reserved for discussing policy issues related to the federal courts, such as &#8220;budget, security, and facilities.”
“Although his comments would be inappropriate even if they had some basis, they were even worse because Judge Boasberg had no basis,” the complaint reads. It claims that the Trump administration has “always complied with court orders,” noting that Boasberg failed to provide examples of noncompliance alongside his remarks.
University of California, Berkeley law professor John Yoo criticized Boasberg in a recent interview for using an “inappropriate setting” to “try to get the Chief Justice of the United States to give his opinion on whether there is a constitutional crisis between the courts and the presidency.”
He said that Bosenberg was “trying to entrap the Chief Justice of the United States and get him on the record and join him to almost approve what he’s doing to spark this fight with President Trump.”
The complaint requests an investigation into Bosenberg’s conduct. If Bosenberg is found to have engaged in “willful misconduct,” the Justice Department is asking for a public reprimand and consideration of impeachment by the Judicial Conference.

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A new show imagines how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would transpire — and what consequences it would have.
“Zero Day Attack” —  a 10-part series that draws its <a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/zero_day_attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">name</a> from a cyber attack that takes advantage of an unknown system vulnerability — premieres in Taiwan this week. The show, which is funded in part by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture, highlights <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/with-future-at-risk-taiwan-prepares-citizens-to-resist-potential-chinese-invasion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing concerns</a> that the country is not prepared for a war with China.
Some hope it will serve as a wake-up call to the Taiwanese public.
“Presenting such a situation (of conflict) can lead to more discussion about what we should do if it really turns into reality one day,” said Blair Yeh, a 35-year-old engineer, after watching the first episode at the Taipei premier last week.
The show’s 17-minute <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAnZdVG041Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preview</a>, which was released last year, depicts a multi-staged hybrid attack by China. It begins when the disappearance of a Chinese plane over Taiwanese waters prompts the People’s Liberation Army to blockade the island.
Stock markets crash, and foreign governments start to evacuate their citizens. Small-scale civil war breaks out as citizens disagree on whether to fight or accede to annexation by China. China pressures jails into releasing criminals and recruits them to serve as a “fifth column.” Utter chaos follows before Chinese troops finally land on the island, formally beginning a war.
Taiwanese producers were long unwilling to tackle the subject, fearing retaliation and boycotts from China. And apprehensions remain: more than half of the show’s crew opted to remain anonymous, and some, including a director, pulled out at the last minute.
Producer Cheng Hsin-mei told the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/nightmares-of-a-chinese-invasion-inspire-taboo-breaking-entertainment-in-taiwan-d67764d9?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal</a> that she conceived “Zero Day” years ago, but felt the social climate wasn’t right at the time. She says the war in Ukraine pushed her to bring the show to air.
“On the surface, Taiwanese people may not seem to feel the threat, but in reality, that fear exists,” she said of a shift in the public psyche.
The premiere comes as China sends increased signals that it is preparing to attack the island, which it considers its own territory. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href="https://theweek.com/news/world-news/asia-pacific/954343/what-would-happen-china-attempt-invade-taiwan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the 2025 Shangri-la Dialogue Defense Summit that a Chinese invasion of the island “could be imminent.”
Per the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the United States is committed to providing arms for Taiwan to defend itself against possible attacks from China. However, it does not require the United States to use force on Taiwan’s behalf.
Nevertheless, the United States and 19 allied countries are conducting joint <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/papering-over-strains-us-allies-prep-taiwan-war-2025-07-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">military exercises</a> in the Pacific to build military readiness and to serve as a deterrent for Chinese aggression, in what are “the largest and most sophisticated military drills held in the Pacific since the end of World War Two.”
Speaking at the summit, Hegseth <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071xm4x7g7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirmed</a> that “We do not seek to dominate or strangle China, to encircle or provoke. We do not seek regime change… but we must ensure that China cannot dominate us or our allies and partners.”
“We will not be pushed out of this critical region,” he added.
“Zero Day Attack” will begin streaming for American audiences on Amazon Prime on August 15, the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II.

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