Leftist Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is threatening to arrest federal immigration agents helping at airports during the partial government shutdown.
Krasner made the remarks during a Tuesday press conference at the Philadelphia International Airport, one of roughly a dozen airports where the Trump administration has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to offset Transportation Security Administration staffing shortages.
&#8220;You commit crimes within the jurisdiction that is the city and county of Philadelphia, I prosecute you. That is how it works,&#8221; Krasner said. &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t take a phone call from the president saying &#8216;Let him go.&#8217; No, the president cannot pardon you. I&#8217;ll say it again, the president cannot pardon you. And yes, I will put you in handcuffs, and I will put you in a courtroom, and if necessary I will put you in a jail cell.&#8221;
Krasner also warned against excessive force, citing recent controversies involving federal agents in Minnesota.
&#8220;If you decide to make the terrazzo floor of this airport anything like what you did in the streets of Minneapolis, which involved the criminal homicide of unarmed innocent people, we are not having that here,&#8221; Krasner said. &#8220;To any agent who might think about doing it an illegal way, I&#8217;ll be seeing you in court, and you&#8217;re not gonna like it.&#8221;
The comments come as ICE agents have been deployed to assist with airport operations during the ongoing DHS shutdown, which has strained TSA staff.
During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, TSA Acting Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill said the additional ICE personnel have provided relief at the airports experiencing long lines.
&#8220;The ICE agents that are there are doing non-specialized screening functions, it&#8217;s been incredibly helpful to alleviate the burden on our workforce and we&#8217;re getting positive feedback from passengers and our field leadership alike,&#8221; McNeill said.
With no end to the shutdown in sight, travelers are forced to wait hours in lines to reach a TSA screening point at some airports. More than 3,450 TSA officers, who account for roughly 11.76% of the workforce, called out on Sunday, <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel/precheck-clear-airport-wait-times/#:~:text=TSA%20staffing%20shortages%20hit%20major,an%20impasse%20over%20DHS%20funding." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NewsNation. Since the shutdown began in mid-February, more than 450 TSA officers have quit.
At Houston&#8217;s George Bush International Airport, where wait times hovered around four hours Tuesday, ICE officers distributed water, assisted travelers, and helped maintain order in long lines, The Daily Wire observed.
Some passengers took the time to thank the officers and shake their hands as they waited.

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WASHINGTON — Over a month into the Democrat-led Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the largest independent pilots union in the United States is calling for Congress to end the shutdown and pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers.
“Congress must act immediately to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and ensure TSA officers are paid,&#8221; Allied Pilots Association President First Officer Nick Silva said in a statement first obtained by The Daily Wire. &#8220;These dedicated professionals show up every day to protect the traveling public and maintain the safety of our National Airspace System.&#8221;
&#8220;Forcing them to work without pay is unsustainable and puts both efficiency and security at risk,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Supporting TSA is essential to keeping our aviation system safe, reliable, and moving.”
That statement comes after Airlines for America President and CEO Chris Sununu similarly called for an end to the shutdown on March 9, saying: &#8220;More than 2.7 million people cleared through TSA yesterday, but too many had to wait in extraordinarily long—and painfully slow—lines at checkpoints. It’s unacceptable to have wait times of 2 or 3 hours. And it’s unacceptable that TSA officers will have $0 in their paychecks this week.&#8221;
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“It’s day 24 of this shutdown, and it is past time for Congress to get to the table and reach an agreement that reopens DHS,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Congress, do your job!”
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Since the shutdown began, over thirty days ago, more than 300 TSA officers have quit their jobs, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-absences-double-shutdown-300-quit-airport-security-lines/">CBS News reports</a>. TSA officers have begun calling out at increasing rates, causing long security lines across the nation. Half the officers at Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, have called out, according to CBS.
<div id="attachment_1063359" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pilots-dont-mince-words-as-they-issue-stark-warning-on-homeland-safety/hobby-airport-tsa-line-2" rel="attachment wp-att-1063359"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1063359" class="wp-image-1063359 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/03/GettyImages-2265600703.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Airline passengers wait in long lines to get through the TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Sunday, March 8, 2026.  (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)</div>
TSA statistics covered by the publication show that the nationwide callout rate rose to an average of 6% during this DHS shutdown, though that rate climbed to 9% on February 23 and 8% on March 6. That compares to the 2% callout rate before the shutdown began.
As the shutdown continues, officers are reporting that they are struggling to cover basic expenses, including rent and childcare, according to the Department of Homeland Security. One TSA officer faces eviction after missing his first full paycheck, and another, who is a cancer patient, is unable to keep up with insurance copays.
Some TSA officers are even sleeping in their cars at the airport, The Daily Wire has learned, in order to save on gas money and other costs while they continue to work without pay.
The surge in unscheduled absences is due in part to TSA officers taking second jobs to make ends meet, DHS shared. Many workers had not yet recovered from the last two shutdowns, since this is the third shutdown they have faced during the past 15 months.
According to the White House, over 100,000 DHS workers missed their full paychecks last week due to the shutdown, amounting to about $1 billion in unpaid wages each month. The White House says the shutdown has caused at least $2.5 billion in losses thus far.
At the same time, The Daily Wire reported on Monday, DHS staff who investigate terrorism are not being paid due to the ongoing, partial government shutdown – 80% of the Office of Intelligence &amp; Analysis is working without pay while they defend the United States on the home front, a Homeland Security spokesman told The Daily Wire.
That department is the primary office tracking terrorism and threats, and specializes in sharing intelligence and analysis to “identify and mitigate threats to the homeland.” A DHS spokesman told The Daily Wire that “Democrats are shamelessly playing politics with national security.&#8221;
“DHS shares timely and actionable intelligence from the intelligence community to state and local governments to ensure they are aware of any emerging threats to keep their communities safe,” the spokesman explained. “With major events such as America 250 and the World Cup coming up, along with the numerous threats our nation must be prepared for, DHS needs to be fully funded as soon as possible to ensure the safety and security of the homeland.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas, claimed Thursday that the &#8220;undocumented students&#8221; he previously taught were the &#8220;most patriotic.&#8221;
Talarico, who previously taught sixth-grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio, made the remarks during a live taping of The Bulwark podcast in Dallas with host Tim Miller, where he also criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a &#8220;secret police&#8221; force.
&#8220;I taught a lot of undocumented students, and those students tended to be my most patriotic students,&#8221; Talarico said.
&#8220;They understood something about this country that a lot of us who are native born forget. That this is supposed to be the land of opportunity, that this is supposed to be the place where dreams come true, and they believed that in their bones. And they believed in this country even when this country didn&#8217;t believe in them,&#8221; he added.
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James Talarico claims his illegal immigrant students were more patriotic than American-born ones:
“I taught a lot of undocumented students. Those students tended to be my most patriotic students.”
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Talarico has made similar comments glorifying illegal immigration in the past. In a resurfaced clip from a January Democratic primary debate, he said the U.S. southern border should function like a &#8220;front porch.&#8221;
“Our southern border should be like our front porch; there should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door,” Talarico said.
Talarico&#8217;s campaign website also states: “Most of us agree on what should happen. Our border should be like a front porch — it should have a welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.”
It adds: “We can both welcome the stranger — refugees, asylum seekers, and folks who want to contribute to our economy and pursue the American dream — and we can keep people out who mean to do us harm.”
In another past clip, Talarico said individuals who commit violent crimes &#8220;should be deported immediately,&#8221; while arguing that law enforcement resources should not be focused on &#8220;hard-working members of our community.”

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A staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) allegedly pretended to be a lawyer in order to enter an ICE detention center and hand cell phones to detainees, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday.
Benito Torres &#8220;repeatedly falsely claimed to be an attorney representing detainees — even signing federal paperwork attesting that he was legal counsel for specific individuals&#8221; at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, DHS claimed. Torres &#8220;misrepresented himself at least 11 times,&#8221; according to DHS, citing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records.
The detention facility&#8217;s administrator then &#8220;discovered that Torres was passing a phone to multiple detainees and spoke to him,&#8221; DHS said, adding that &#8220;at that time, Torres admitted he was not an attorney and was visiting as a private citizen.&#8221;
DHS shared an image of a visitor log that showed Torres identifying himself as a &#8220;lawyer&#8221; entering the facility to meet with a &#8220;client.&#8221; He last visited the facility on Jan. 30, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-reps-staffer-repeatedly-posed-lawyer-detainees-smuggled-phone-texas-facility-ice-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;After the fraudulent visit, officials reviewed past visitor logs and discovered Torres had repeatedly represented himself as a lawyer or said he was visiting for legal reasons,&#8221; DHS said.
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Escobar responded to the accusations against her one of her caseworkers, who she described as &#8220;a dedicated public servant, Army veteran, and experienced member of my team.&#8221;
&#8220;I have every reason to believe these allegations are unfounded,&#8221; she wrote in an X post Thursday.
&#8220;It is worth noting that ICE has refused to respond to multiple letters I’ve sent about Camp East Montana regarding deaths, including a homicide; outbreaks of diseases including COVID-19, measles, and tuberculosis; waste, fraud, and abuse; a lack of legal representation or medical care; and so much more.This administration has a history of engaging in intimidation tactics against Members of Congress as well as continuously attempting to obstruct our ability to provide oversight,&#8221; Escobar wrote.
The Democratic lawmaker said she stands &#8220;proudly by the members of my team who have demonstrated nothing but dedication and integrity to serving our nation and our community.&#8221;
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to Escobar Thursday asking her what she knew about her staffer&#8217;s alleged lies, according to Fox News.
&#8220;The available evidence demonstrates your staffer, a senior caseworker named Benito Torres, misrepresented himself as counsel for detainees in ICE custody, violated clear detention standards and security protocols prohibiting the use of cellphones inside ICE facilities, improperly met with multiple detainees, and falsely claimed to ICE personnel such use had been approved by the agency,&#8221; Lyons wrote.
&#8220;As a result of bringing a cell phone into the Camp East Montana facility, contrary to facility visitation policy, Mr. Torres’ misrepresentation that he is a licensed attorney to gain access to detainees, his improper meetings with groups of detainees, and his assertions to ICE personnel about the origins of his visit, Mr. Torres is herby [sic] prohibited from accessing any ICE facility,&#8221; he added.
Escobar has repeatedly called for the ICE facility&#8217;s closure following several detainee deaths and disease outbreaks.
&#8220;Camp East Montana &#8211; the $1.24 billion migrant detention facility in El Paso &#8211; has been disastrous and inhumane. DHS’s plan to warehouse human beings here is even worse,&#8221; Escobar wrote on X Monday.
&#8220;I’m proud of our local coordinated effort to prevent it. We won’t stop until this horrific idea is rejected,&#8221; she wrote.

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A Lutheran minister looking for a promotion to Congress once claimed that challenges to the traditional definitions of men and women are “very threatening” to white men and downplayed concerns about the dangers of transgender ideology for women. 
Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat candidate for Iowa&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, claimed that Evangelical Christians oppose “GLBTQ” ideology not because of theology, but racial angst, according to an October 2023 speech uncovered by The Daily Wire. Trone Garriott, a former state senator and minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, hopes to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Zach Nunn.
During her <a href="https://www.iaumc.org/newsdetail/sen-rev-sarah-throne-garrett-encourages-laity-to-confront-christian-nationalism-18119210">speech</a> on &#8220;Christian Nationalism&#8221; at Ames First United Methodist Church, Trone Garriott argued that Evangelical Christians needed “threats” to react against to maintain their identity. 
“A new threat that we see today is the GLBTQ movement,” she said. “It&#8217;s a challenging of that status quo, of the way that things have been, of who&#8217;s a man and who&#8217;s woman and how relationships are. It&#8217;s very threatening to the idea of the white male, powerful figure, because it muddies the waters and makes things ambiguous and confusing.”
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“We see all kinds of responses happening in legislation and in community conflicts … a lot more emphasis on, you know, really funding and supporting the separation, the private schools, the parents&#8217; rights,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And within that, the parents&#8217; rights piece is used to enact book bans, sports bans about who can play and who can compete,” she said. 
Trone Garriott then suggested that laws to keep males out of female sports or protect kids from sexually explicit books were motivated by a misguided belief that “white men” are “responsible” for protecting women. 
“It&#8217;s really couched in the language of there&#8217;s a threat against women and white men are responsible to protect women from threats. So a lot of the legislation is about we&#8217;re going to protect these feminine, fragile, weak women and girls from a threat to their bodies, their persons, their identity in this way.”
During her time in the State Senate, Trone Garriott <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/SJNL/20220302_SJNL.pdf#page=4">voted against</a> a bill to keep boys out of girls’ sports and <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/SJNL/20230307_SJNL.pdf#page=26">opposed</a> a bill shielding children from transgender procedures. 
Republican spokesman Zach Kraft told The Daily Wire that Trone Garriott’s positions were out of step with Iowans. 
&#8220;Sarah Trone Garriott is a preacher of the woke gospel,” he said. “It is sickening to see her twist Christianity as a justification to force sex changes on young children. That may have been popular with her friends at Harvard, but Iowa voters will reject this radical lunatic.&#8221; 
Trone Garriott spent much of her speech attacking “white Christian men” and “white evangelical leaders,” an aggressive strategy in a state where white evangelicals compose a major voting bloc. She even attacked famed evangelist Billy Graham for having an “attractive, strong, macho guy persona.” 
She also challenged traditional Evangelical Christian understandings of Jesus Christ and the Bible. Her denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is much more liberal than its counterpart, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. 
 “There&#8217;s a lot of different ways to think about what Christ did on the cross,” she said during the speech. “There&#8217;s not just one way. It makes us wonder, well, who is this Christ?”
Trone Garriott said the Evangelical understanding of the Gospel was tainted by the “white patriarchy.” 
“What we see more and more is that the good news that a specific variety of Christianity is professing in the world is white patriarchy,” she said. “So white masculine power, violence, dominance, over and against.”
She also downplayed biblical writings of the Apostle Paul, calling  him a “great guy and all” but “a product of his time.”

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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten is not impressed with the Democratic bench going into the 2028 presidential election cycle — and he&#8217;s not holding back his overall assessment of the likely candidates: &#8220;a total clown car.&#8221;
Enten joined CNN anchor John Berman on Tuesday to discuss the likely candidates just as a new memoir from Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) — considered a heavy favorite to jump in the race — hit shelves, and his take was that Newsom was &#8220;flailing.&#8221;
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&#8220;This is just a downright clown car at this point on the Democratic side.&#8221;
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Enten&#8217;s concern, as he broke down the numbers for Berman, was that there was no clear leader in the Democratic Party — and no one seemed poise for the kind of surge that would be necessary to push them to the front of the pack going into the 2028 primaries.
&#8220;Yeah, they’re all running and this is just a downright clown car at this point on the Democratic side,&#8221; Enten said, noting that the early polls showed Newsom (at 19%) just barely in the lead over former Vice President Kamala Harris (at 18%) and that his advantage was slim enough to be within the margin of error.
&#8220;Quite a weak number for [Harris], given that, of course, she was the nominee last time around,&#8221; Enten noted.
He went on to say that other likely contenders — such as former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who polled at 13% and 12%, respectively — were not doing any better.
&#8220;This is just a total clown car. It is a total mess. There is no clear frontrunner at this particular point on the Democratic side. Who the heck knows who the nominee is going to be in two years?&#8221; Enten added. &#8220;It was been a long time, this is very unusual for the Democratic side to not have a clear frontrunner at this point. You have to go all the way back, all the way back from when I wasn’t even in elementary school yet, not even in pre-K yet, to 1992, that was the last cycle in which there was no clear frontrunner at this point. Very unusual.&#8221;
The analyst then singled out Newsom, saying that in particular, he appeared to be losing ground — and popularity — even as he moves to market his memoir.
&#8220;It seems to me that Gavin Newsom is flailing a little bit, at least compared to where he was prior,” he said, explaining that betting markets were cooling off as far as Newsom was concerned. &#8220;Three months ago, according to the prediction market, look at that, it was a 37% chance, now it’s just at 28%. Down he goes. He’s definitely flailing a little bit.&#8221;

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons suggested that Democratic New York Rep. Dan Goldman take a trip to the Holocaust Museum for likening federal immigration agents to Nazis.
The two sparred during a House Homeland Security hearing Tuesday with top Trump administration immigration officials. It comes after the fatal shootings of two anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis.
One of the shootings involved ICE agents, including one who was seen on video appearing to be hit by a car before he fired shots, killing the driver, Renee Good. Weeks later, a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, who was seen on video days before, kicking in the taillight of federal agents&#8217; car and spitting on one of the officers.
Goldman compared ICE agents to Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, sparking Lyons to condemn the premise of his question in tying it back to his agency.
The Democratic congressman demanded more time to question Lyons, saying he spoke &#8220;unnecessarily.&#8221;
That&#8217;s when Lyons intervened and told him to go to the nearby Holocaust Museum.
&#8220;Sir, the Holocaust Museum is down at 14th and Independence, if you wanna go see Nazis, that&#8217;s what it is, not the men and women of ICE that are out there doing it everyday,&#8221; Lyons said, adding: &#8220;So to say that the men and women of ICE are gestapos is wrong.&#8221;
Lyons said that terms like &#8220;gestapo&#8221; and &#8220;secret police&#8221; are contributing to a surge in attacks on ICE.
&#8220;The problem is you have it backwards, sir. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are unAmerican and outright fascist,&#8221; Goldman said. &#8220;So I have a simple suggestion: if you don&#8217;t want to be called a fascist regime or secret police, then stop acting like one.&#8221;
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Rep. Goldman tells Acting ICE Director Lyons that Democrats calling ICE the &#8220;Gestapo&#8221; and &#8220;secret police&#8221; is justified because it is what they are seeing.
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ICE currently faces a more than 1,000% increase in assaults and a roughly 8,000% surge in death threats, Lyons said.
Most recently, federal immigration agents have faced violent attacks from anti-ICE agitators in the streets of Minneapolis. Overnight, local authorities arrested 54 protestors, according to Lyons.

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Congressman Maxwell Frost says he was the victim of a racially motivated attack at a Hollywood party late Friday night, when a party crasher punched him in the face after saying President Donald Trump would &#8220;deport&#8221; him.
The Florida Democrat claimed he was assaulted at the Park City High West Saloon during the Creative Artists Agency&#8217;s (CAA) Sundance Film Festival party.
&#8220;Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off,&#8221; Frost wrote in an <a href="https://x.com/repmaxwellfrost/status/2015210347758825698">X post</a>. &#8220;The individual was arrested and I am okay. Thank you to the venue security and Park City PD for assistance on this incident.&#8221;
According to that report, the suspect had crashed the CAA party and &#8220;shocked&#8221; partygoers in the venue&#8217;s restroom by ranting about how proud he was of being white. The Park City Police Department issued a statement identifying the suspect as Christian Young and stating that Young had been detained after he &#8220;unlawfully entered a private party.&#8221;
&#8220;Once inside the saloon, Young assaulted Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost and a female who was attending the private event,&#8221; the police statement continued, noting that Young had been apprehended with an administrative pass to the film festival that had someone else&#8217;s name on it, and that he had attempted to gain access to the party and had jumped a barrier fence when he was turned away. He jumped back over the fence when he was spotted, but reportedly jumped it a second time and managed to gain access without being seen.
When he was apprehended, Young <a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/crime/man-arrested-for-allegedly-punching-florida-congressman-at-sundance-film-festival-event">reportedly</a> told police that he had no recollection of what had happened and could not recall his own name — despite answering to that name when police addressed him. The 28-year-old was charged with two counts of assault and one count of aggravated burglary.
Critics were not entirely convinced by the story, however, recalling actor Jussie Smollett&#8217;s false claims about a racially motivated attack in January 2019. Dozens of replies contained references to Smollett and claims that Frost was making up his story.
Witnesses, according to Salt Lake City&#8217;s Fox affiliate, corroborated Frost&#8217;s story and recalled Young saying, &#8220;we are going to deport you and your kind.&#8221; Witnesses also say Young approached a woman with Frost and told her &#8220;you are the kind we are going to deport.&#8221;

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From tax hikes and lax election laws to leaf blower bans and Second Amendment infringements, Virginia Democrats have wasted no time implementing their radical agenda upon returning to power.
With newly inaugurated Governor Abigail Spanberger at the helm, Virginia Democrats also control both chambers of the state legislature, meaning many items off their leftist wish lists could actually become law.
At the top of the agenda — and dominating the headlines — seems to be implementing some kind of wealth tax. Lawmakers have already introduced several competing bills that would create new tax brackets with steeper rates for high earners. One bill would nearly double the state income tax rate for Virginians who make over a million dollars a year.
As one prominent Virginia politics X account <a href="https://x.com/NoVA_Campaigns/status/2013073149265347033">noted</a>, these tax hikes could devastate family farms, small businesses, and sole proprietor companies, whose business profits can be taxed as part of their personal income tax returns.
Virginians can also expect to take a hit through a proposed investment income tax, which would levy a 3.8% tax on all income from investments, trusts, and estates beginning in tax year 2027.
Residents of the state will also likely face additional &#8220;sales and use&#8221; taxes, including one proposal to apply state sales tax rates to everything from gym memberships to home repairs and more.
At least two proposed tax bills seem designed to infringe upon Virginians&#8217; Second Amendment rights: one would levy an 11% tax on all firearms and ammunition, and another would implement a flat $500 tax on all firearm suppressors. Other bills would ban &#8220;assault weapons&#8221; and certain magazines, while one would ban the discharge of firearms — even on private property — unless the property in question measures at least five acres.
But taxes are just the tip of the iceberg. The Virginia legislature is also considering a number of bills that would make it difficult to root out voter fraud or increase transparency and election integrity.
One such bill would remove the deadline for receipt of all absentee ballots, and extend the deadline for curing ballots from noon on the third day after the election to one full week after Election Day. Another includes a provision that would allow absentee ballots to be &#8220;received, marked, and cast electronically through the internet.&#8221;
Other proposals would bar election officials from double-checking &#8220;machine-readable&#8221; ballots with a hand count and make it far more difficult for voters to challenge the legality of another voter&#8217;s registration.
In addition to the tax- and election-related bills, Democrats have bills teed up to make the state softer on crime and illegal immigrants while throwing the book at legal residents who only want to exercise their First Amendment rights or do a little bit of yard work.
One bill would <a href="https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086561.PDF">eliminate mandatory minimum sentences</a> for certain offenses, including but not limited to illegal sales of cigarettes and alcohol, &#8220;certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter,&#8221; and violations of certain provisions of protective orders.
Two bills would help protect illegal immigrants in Virginia — one by barring officials from arresting illegal aliens in courthouses and another by fining employers who pay illegal aliens less than the established minimum wage. The latter bill does not fine businesses for employing illegal aliens.
The First Amendment is not safe either, as SB 137 would make it a crime to approach within eight feet of another person who is standing within 40 feet of an abortion clinic — even if both parties are still standing on public property.
A number of other bills have been proposed to promote a more &#8220;woke&#8221; Virginia, with one stripping tax-exempt status from any organization with ties to &#8220;Confederate&#8221; heritage. Another bill would officially change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Day, while yet another would ban gas-powered leaf blowers.
It&#8217;s unclear which of these bills will pass and whether or not Spanberger — who ran as a moderate — will sign them. But if these early days of Democratic rule are any indication, Richmond is about to get a whole lot bluer.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hit back at Democratic House Homeland Security committee ranking member Bennie Thompson, who referred to the recent terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., as an &#8220;unfortunate accident&#8221; during a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill.
Noem was testifying before the committee to discuss &#8220;worldwide threats&#8221; to the nation. Thompson questioned Noem after he said she &#8220;referenced the unfortunate accident that occurred with the National Guardsmen &#8230;&#8221;
But Noem quickly interrupted: &#8220;You think that was an unfortunate accident? It was a terrorist attack.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, wait, wait, look, I&#8217;ll get it straight, then you can respond,&#8221; Thompson responded.
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&#8220;He shot our National Guardsman in the head,&#8221; Noem responded.
Thompson later clarified that &#8220;it was an unfortunate situation.&#8221;
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🚨 Rep. Bennie Thompson refers to the terrorist attack against two National Guardsmen in DC as an &#8220;unfortunate accident.&#8221;
Sec. Noem: &#8220;Unfortunate accident? It was a terroist attack. They shot our Guardsmen in the head.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/34YtPrVteF">pic.twitter.com/34YtPrVteF</a>
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Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, who entered the U.S. in 2021 as part of President Joe Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome,” allegedly shot two National Guardsmen last month as they were patrolling the streets as part of the Trump administration&#8217;s crime crackdown.
One of the soldiers, Specialist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-horrible-president-trump-announces-death-of-national-guard-soldier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Beckstrom</a>, 20, of the West Virginia National Guard, tragically passed away a day after the attack. Her colleague, West Virginia National Guardsman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-hero-national-guardsmen-fighting-for-their-lives-after-dc-attack?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Meet+The+Hero+National+Guardsmen+Fighting+For+Their+Lives+After+DC+Attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Wolfe</a>, 24, is still recovering from his injuries.
During the attack, Lakanwal yelled “Allahu akbar!&#8221; according to court documents.
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Squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) will not primary challenge Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the 2026 election. She is instead opting to run for re-election to her current seat.
“Hearing from so many people from throughout our Commonwealth encouraging me to run for the United States Senate was deeply humbling and a testament to the strength of our movement,” Pressley <a href="https://x.com/AyannaPressley/status/1995949427249610967">posted to X</a> in a statement on Tuesday.
“It would be an honor to serve the whole Commonwealth-but with our daughter in her last year at home before college and a district that has been in the crosshairs of this White House, I am certain that the Massachusetts 7th is where I belong in this moment,” she continued.
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The only major primary challenger to Markey next year for the seat is now Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA).
The move comes as the Democratic Party is at a political crossroads in terms of both the age and ideology of candidates it runs. The congresswoman is 51 years old, and Markey is 79. Moulton is even younger at 47, and he’s been an advocate for having different Democratic leadership in the Senate besides Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
&#8220;Tonight is another example of why we need new leadership. If [Schumer] were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No’ tonight and hold the line on healthcare. Maybe now [Markey] will finally join me in pledging not to vote for Schumer?&#8221; Moulton posted to X on November 9 when a handful of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to take steps toward reopening the federal government.
As for Pressley, she is one of the original four members of the far-left “Squad,” which started with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Pressley, who all took office in 2019.
The debate has manifested most notably when President Joe Biden was swapped out for Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 presidential nominee. However, it is also showing up in other places, including the Maine Senate primary between 41-year-old veteran Graham Platner and 77-year-old Gov. Janet Mills.
“Congresswoman Pressley is a powerful fighter for working families and a national leader for her work in Congress,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) posted in response to Pressley’s announcement.
“No one fights harder than [Ayanna Pressley], and she will continue to be a strong, effective voice for Massachusetts,” she added. If Warren opts for re-election, it would not be until 2030, which is the year she turns 81.
Markey’s seat is rated as “Solid Democrat” by the Cook Political Report.

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A super PAC backing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ran a late attack ad portraying Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani standing in front of the Twin Towers as they crashed to the ground on 9/11.
The For Our City ad opens with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who had brought Mamdani on as a guest, saying &#8220;Americans deserve 9/11&#8221; while the World Trade Center burst into flames, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/-andrew-cuomo-super-pac-depicts-zohran-mamdani-front-twin-towers-attac-rcna241651" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC News. Piker has also referred to Jews as “inbred,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/23/andrew-cuomo-suggests-mamdani-would-cheer-future-terror-attack-00620620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a>.
&#8220;That&#8217;s Zohran&#8217;s buddy, Hasan Piker, saying we deserve 9/11. It&#8217;s a disgrace to every life lost,&#8221; the narrator says in the ad.
&#8220;Zohran went on Piker&#8217;s show, and now Piker was just spotted at Zohran&#8217;s event. Mamdani is wrong for New York,&#8221; they add.
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Zohran Mamdani is wrong for New York City. <a href="https://t.co/kbsK6NU9yK">pic.twitter.com/kbsK6NU9yK</a>
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Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, received backlash for appearing on Piker&#8217;s stream in April.
He later condemned Piker&#8217;s problematic comments, calling them &#8220;objectionable and reprehensible.”
&#8220;I also think that part of the reason why Democrats are in the situation that we are in, of being a permanent minority in this country, is we are looking only to speak to journalists and streamers and Americans with whom we agree [on] every single thing that they say,&#8221; he said.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave For Our City $3.5 million last month and is one of the super PAC&#8217;s biggest donors, according to NBC News.
Mamdani recently faced criticism for focusing a speech about 9/11 on Islamophobia.
“I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of New York City,” Mamdani proclaimed at the time. “I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after September 11 because she did not feel safe in her hijab.”
Cuomo later suggested that Mamdani would celebrate 9/11 if the attacks happened today.
“Can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?” Cuomo asked during an appearance on WABC.
“Yeah, I could,” host Sid Rosenberg replied. “He’d be cheering.”
“That’s another problem,” Cuomo said.
Mamdani later railed against Cuomo, calling his comments &#8220;disgusting.&#8221;
&#8220;This is Andrew Cuomo’s final moments in public life, and he’s choosing to spend them making racist attacks on the person who would be the first Muslim to lead this city,&#8221; Mamdani said during an interview with PIX 11.
“There are more than 1 million Muslims who live in New York City, and to have our faith be smeared and slandered by someone who at one point was considered a leader in the Democratic Party showcases the fact that bigotry and racism is not exclusively a Republican problem. It is also a problem within our own party,” Mamdani said. “It is time that we turned the page on Andrew Cuomo and on those that would tolerate this rhetoric from him.”

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