Crews began removing the final three Confederate-linked statues from the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol on Friday after Democrats buried a provision in the budget that set up the removal.
The statues depict Confederate General Thomas &#8220;Stonewall&#8221; Jackson, Confederate General and two-time Virginia Governor William &#8220;Extra Billy&#8221; Smith, and Confederate Army surgeon Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire. Capitol Square has <a href="http://www.vacapitol.org/statues.htm">displayed</a> Jackson&#8217;s statue since 1875, McGuire&#8217;s since 1904, and Smith&#8217;s since 1906.
Former state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) introduced legislation earlier this year directing the state to remove the statues. It passed the Senate but died in a House committee before lawmakers resurrected the plan during state budget negotiations, WTVR Richmond <a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richmond/removing-confederate-statues-capitol-square-aug-28-2026#google_vignette">reported</a>.
Virginia gifted the Confederate statues to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, according to the Department of General Services.
&#8220;Stonewall&#8221; Jackson is one of the Confederacy&#8217;s most iconic generals. His actions at the First Battle of Bull Run helped lead the Confederates to a major victory early in the Civil War. A separate monument to Jackson that had stood on Richmond&#8217;s Monument Avenue since 1919 was removed in July 2020 during the protests and riots that followed George Floyd&#8217;s death.
Smith took over as a commander of Confederate troops after their commander died, despite acknowledging that he had little knowledge of battlefield tactics.
McGuire served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army who worked to save numerous lives. After the war, he served as the president of the American Medical Association, as <a href="https://x.com/BlueBoxDave/status/2093375266240213425">pointed out</a> by Fox News Digital columnist and West Virginia resident David Marcus.
&#8220;I guess Woke 1.0 is still with us, after all,&#8221; Marcus <a href="https://x.com/BlueBoxDave/status/2093373688548651133">said</a> of the statue removal, referencing a comment made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) when she was pressed about radical leftist priorities like defunding the police. “I have a local city councilman that has this saying, ‘Woke 1 was crazy,&#8217;” AOC said.
Marcus added, &#8220;It’s interesting that the people who tore down statues, renamed schools, and banned mascots, are furious that the inviolable name of Lake Ontario could ever be altered.&#8221;
The Left has aggressively pushed for the removal of statues depicting Confederate figures — and sometimes even Founding Fathers — since 2015. The movement to remove depictions of American history gained steam in 2017 after the deadly Charlottesville rally and in the summer of 2020 following the death of George Floyd and the ensuing riots. Public <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-poll/a-majority-of-americans-want-to-preserve-confederate-monuments-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1B12EG/">polls</a> during that time showed that a plurality of Americans <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/confederate-statues-removal-polls_n_599de056e4b05710aa59841c">favored</a> keeping the statues in place despite the Left&#8217;s campaign to tear down historic monuments.
Despite the public opposition to taking down the monuments, around 90 Confederate statues were <a href="https://cwmemory.com/recent-confederate-monument-removals/">removed</a> in 2020 alone. Ten monuments were torn down by rioters that year. From 2020 to 2024, a total of 123 Confederate monuments have been taken down across the country, including 38 in Virginia.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) poured more cold water on James Talarico&#8217;s Senate campaign Thursday, saying black voters are not excited about the Democratic nominee as he seeks to defeat Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“What are you hearing from black voters that you spoke to in Texas? Is there excitement in terms of turnout?” CNN anchor Laura Coates asked Crockett.
“I don’t think that there is excitement,” <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2093327144340410619?s=20">Crockett replied.</a>
Crockett said black voters “are practical&#8221; and may support Talarico without being enthusiastic about his candidacy, but she acknowledged that excitement could prove crucial on Election Day. 
&#8220;You want them to feel that, because that gives you an idea again, if it&#8217;s raining on that day, if the lines are long, you want that excitement,” she said.
The Dallas-area congresswoman agreed with Coates that Democrats would need strong enthusiasm to overcome what they called “suppressive tactics.”
“We saw that happening obviously in the primary, and so yeah, we need that excitement to kind of get over some of the things that are going to be coming our way,” Crockett said.
Crockett’s provocative comments are the latest in a string of remarks <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jasmine-crockett-pours-cold-water-on-james-talaricos-senate-hype?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=63&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Jasmine+Crockett+Pours+Cold+Water+On+James+Talarico%E2%80%99s+Senate+Hype">casting doubt </a>on her former primary rival’s bid to turn Texas blue.
Crockett argued that Democrats cannot depend on a compelling Senate candidate alone to lift the rest of the ticket, pointing to former Rep. Beto O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s unsuccessful statewide campaigns.
“We&#8217;ve tried this where we&#8217;ve got one amazing candidate that&#8217;s running at the top of the ticket. Beto is a very good example of this, raising all the money, doing all the things, running around the entire state. But it&#8217;s not enough,” she <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2093322707462988098?s=20">said</a> in the CNN interview.
With 67 days to go until the election, the traditionally safe red seat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ken-paxton-gets-some-much-needed-good-news-in-race-against-talarico">looks increasingly competitive</a>. Several recent polls show Talarico narrowly leading Paxton, raising concerns that a bruising Republican primary may have left the GOP nominee vulnerable in November, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-race-in-solid-red-state-remains-too-close-for-gop-comfort?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Senate+Race+In+Solid+Red+State+Remains+Too+Close+For+GOP+Comfort">The Daily Wire reported.</a>
Even as some Republicans sound the alarm over the race, Crockett said she isn’t sold on the Talarico hype. 
“I don’t know,” she <a href="http://nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-michigan-el-sayed-2026-election-congress-iran-live-updates-rcna590889/rcrd118342?canonicalCard=true">told</a> NBC when asked whether she thinks Talarico can win. “I watch money.”
“When I look at the money, if Republicans start spending money in Texas, then I’ll be convinced,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I look at: where does the NRSC stand? Where does DSCC stand? Right now, neither one are investing, which tells me that their internals are saying the same thing.” 
Crockett <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/us-news/rep-jasmine-crockett-endorses-opponent-james-talarico-but-wont-make-plans-to-campaign-for-fellow-dem/">endorsed</a> Talarico after losing the March primary but has repeatedly declined to commit to campaigning alongside him, saying she intends to concentrate on down-ballot candidates.
Concerns about Talarico&#8217;s support among black voters extend beyond Crockett. Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones, a Democrat, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-activists-threaten-to-nuke-james-talaricos-senate-run">warned</a> that his campaign has failed to engage sufficiently with black elected officials and political organizations. 
“Do I think that Talarico’s refusal thus far to engage black electeds and the black infrastructure has put him at a disadvantage? Absolutely,&#8221; Jones said <a href="https://x.com/BreitbartNews/status/2074908934507233660?s=20">earlier this summer.</a> 
“Talarico needs to pay for us to get our voters out,” Jones said. “If he continues to do what he has been doing, I believe Talarico is going to lose.” 
Talarico, who has sparked backlash for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-book-is-gay-read-the-sexually-explicit-volumes-james-talaricos-church-gives-kids">fringe views on Christianity</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-james-talarico-says-he-loves-trans-children-in-unearthed-clip">affection for transgender children</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-audio-thats-blowing-a-hole-in-talaricos-christian-persona">disdain for the American flag,</a> will need overwhelming support from minority voters and sky-high black turnout to win in one of America’s most culturally conservative states. 
During the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/elections/results-texas-primary.html">contentious March primary,</a> Crockett outperformed Talarico in most urban areas, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and much of East Texas.
“Talarico and everybody statewide in the Democratic Party has a black problem, whether they acknowledge it or not,” Jones added. “And inspiration is not going to get us to the polls.”

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Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy on Thursday dismissed mass illegal immigration as a “fake problem” and suggested Americans would be safer living in communities with high levels of immigration, despite his own history of living in communities with relatively low levels of immigration. 
In an interview with<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z12sAz_jipQ&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com"> The CT Mirror</a>, Murphy dismissed the Trump administration’s framing of illegal immigration and downplayed the exact concerns that helped propel the president to a second term in the White House. 
“The problem, according to the Trump administration, is a country that has been invaded, a country that is at risk physically because of the presence of people from other countries. That is a fake problem. That is not a real problem,” Murphy <a href="https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2093087423601254757?s=20">said</a>. 
The leftist Democrat then argued that communities with large immigrant populations are safer than those with more native-born Americans.
“Nobody likes to hear this, but immigrants, first-generation immigrants, and undocumented immigrants both commit crimes at rates lower than natural-born Americans, than people that are born here in this country,” he said. “So, if you want to live in a safe community, you are actually better off living in a community with people that just got to the United States of America.” 
Murphy moved to Hartford in 2020 after facing criticism for going more than a year without owning a residence in Connecticut,<a href="https://www.courant.com/2020/08/16/after-more-than-a-year-with-no-permanent-address-in-connecticut-sen-chris-murphy-and-his-family-have-bought-a-house-in-hartford/?utm_source=chatgpt.com"> according to The Hartford Courant</a>.
Murphy and his wife, Cathy Holahan, purchased a 3,392-square-foot, three-bedroom home in Hartford after selling their previous home in predominantly white Cheshire, Connecticut, the outlet reported. 
Hartford, a majority-minority city, is far more racially diverse than Cheshire, where about <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cheshirevillagecdpconnecticut/RHI725225">80% of residents</a> are white. During the period when Murphy did not own a home in Connecticut, the Democratic senator and his family reportedly split their time between Washington, D.C., and Murphy’s parents’ summer home in Old Lyme.
The historic coastal town in southeastern Connecticut is even less racially diverse, with white residents making up about <a href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/oldlymetownloweerconnecticutvalleyplanningregionconnecticut/PST045225">88% of the population.</a>
The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration">extensively covered</a> violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants and how mass migration—including legal immigration—has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-has-my-town-become-springfield-residents-say-its-falling-apart-amid-haitian-influx">reshaped communities </a>across America. 
On Aug. 20, the first deportation flight to Haiti since the Trump administration terminated protections for Haitian illegal immigrants left with gang members, child sex predators, and other violent criminals, The Daily Wire reported. 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that 162 illegal immigrants from Haiti were deported on the latest flight and shared the photos and rap sheets of 15 of the deportees. It came after the Supreme Court opened the door for President Donald Trump to end the longstanding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for roughly 350,000 Haitians in June.
“On the latest deportation flight back to Haiti, we deported dangerous criminals including pedophiles, gang members, drug traffickers, and violent assailants,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-the-illegal-immigrants-deported-on-first-flight-to-haiti-after-trump-ended-tps">said</a> in a statement. “TPS was never designed to be permanent, yet previous administrations have used it as a de facto amnesty program for decades. Under the strong leadership of President Donald J. Trump, we are putting America first again.”

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Another slate of Democratic candidates running in the midterm elections has rejected former Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; endorsement, underscoring the toxic brand her failed presidential campaign has left behind in key battleground states.
Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek on Wednesday flatly rejected the idea of Harris campaigning for him.
A <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2026/iowa-us-senate-candidate-josh-turek-d-ia-speaks-to-reporters-in-cedar-rapids/684486">reporter pressed</a> the Senate hopeful at a Cedar Rapids event about whether he would welcome the former vice president — and one of the Democratic Party’s top leaders — onto the campaign trail.
“No,” the state representative firmly said. 
Turek, a state representative and two-time Paralympic gold medalist, is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hegseths-iowa-trip-raises-early-questions-about-2028">challenging</a> Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), the Republican nominee for the open Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Joni Ernst. Polls show a competitive race in a state Trump won by double digits in 2024. 
Another Iowa Democrat, gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand, also rejected the idea of embracing Harris on the stump and even shot down the idea of her running for president again in 2028.
“No thanks. Let’s move on,” Sand told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/08/26/iowa-governor-rob-sand-state-fair-01049432">Politico</a>. “We need some new leadership.” He also brushed off the idea of seeking former President Biden’s support. “No. Can he even do that right now?” Sand asked.
Sand, Iowa’s current state auditor and the most recent Democrat elected to statewide office, is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/razor-thin-governor-primary-snaps-trump-endorsement-streak">running against</a> Iowa farmer and businessman Zach Lahn, who narrowly defeated Trump-endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra to win the Republican nomination for governor in June.
The strategy of sidelining national Democrats is not limited to Iowa, as the Democratic Party’s brand remains deeply unpopular with voters nationwide.
Former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-AK) Senate campaign <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senate-hopeful-runs-from-kamala-harris-support">made clear earlier this month</a> that it wants nothing to do with Harris’s message of support.
Harris’s Fight for the People PAC sent an email urging supporters to “stand behind Mary,” The New York Times reported. The PAC called the Alaska contest a “must-win race” for Democrats seeking to retake the Senate, declaring, “If there’s anyone who can flip Alaska and secure the Senate majority for Democrats — it’s Mary.”
The message directed donors to a page asking them to split their contributions between Peltola’s campaign and Harris’s political committee. Peltola’s team quickly pushed back, saying the campaign had not authorized the email and had no knowledge of it before it was sent.
“Mary isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 — her focus is and always will be Alaska,” the statement read, citing support she has received from several Alaska labor groups.
Peltola, a former congresswoman, is running against incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK). In a state Trump won by 13 points, early polling shows a tight race with Peltola holding a two-point advantage, according to <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2026/alaska/peltola-vs-sullivan">RealClearPolitics.</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dan-sullivan-endorses-dan-sullivan-against-dan-sullivan-in-key-senate-race?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Dan+Sullivan+Endorses+Dan+Sullivan+Against+Dan+Sullivan+In+Key+Senate+Race">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported how the presence of two Dan Sullivans is confusing voters and complicating a race that could determine control of the Senate.
Republicans moved fast to connect the two. Nick Puglia, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/razor-thin-governor-primary-snaps-trump-endorsement-streak">said</a> Peltola had worked “hand in hand with Kamala Harris to put Alaska last, so it’s no surprise that Harris is backing Peltola.”

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Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, who has made fighting corruption a central part of his campaign, attended a Dallas-area fundraiser earlier this month at the home of a convicted fraudster who has donated thousands of dollars to his campaign.
The <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DbaqqcvxBsv/">August 6 fundraiser</a> in DeSoto, Texas, was hosted at the home of Thomas Merrill Gaubert, 86, a Dallas-area real estate developer and former savings-and-loan owner who served three years in federal prison for bankruptcy fraud and money laundering.
<a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=thomas+gaubert&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026">Federal Election Commission</a> records show Gaubert donated $3,500 to Talarico&#8217;s campaign in September 2025 and another $3,500 in March 2026.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/janderson.lester/posts/pfbid02zfpwkdb6ZU1AiUaoUsKdWxZBWy2TSQbwSihjrxbS3cvJVB2gekS3Mb6zmpMBbEqKl">Photos</a> from the event show Talarico speaking poolside at Gaubert&#8217;s home, with the convicted fraudster seated nearby. In another image, Talarico poses for a photograph as Gaubert, wearing a pink collared shirt and khaki shorts, stands in the background. The Daily Wire independently reviewed the address and photos of the property and confirmed that the images were taken at the home.
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In 1993, Gaubert was convicted in federal court on 10 counts, including bankruptcy fraud and money laundering. At the time, he was also awaiting trial in a separate case in which he later pleaded guilty to bank fraud. Gaubert served three years in federal prison, <a href="https://laist.com/news/npr-news/texas-banks-draw-on-lessons-from-the-s-l-crisis">according to NPR</a>. Gaubert cost taxpayers roughly $500 million by looting his Independent American Savings Association, prosecutors said.
Gaubert contended his innocence and blamed regulators for driving his S&amp;L into the ground. &#8220;They can put you in jail, they can destroy you if you let them. But if you&#8217;ve got good work ethic and you&#8217;re smart people and you&#8217;re willing to work hard, the world doesn&#8217;t end,&#8221; Gaubert told the outlet in 2008.
In a 1996 profile, <a href="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1996/december/sleaze-magnet/">D Magazine</a> described the Talarico supporter as a high-profile Democratic fundraiser who had raised millions for former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX) and other elected officials before his real estate empire collapsed.
Gaubert’s bankruptcy fraud conviction followed an earlier federal criminal case in 1988 involving a $32 million loan tied to a condominium project, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/31/business/land-dealer-is-acquitted.html">The New York Times</a> reported. He was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/31/business/land-dealer-is-acquitted.html">acquitted</a> of all five counts in that case.
The exclusive fundraiser, helped by the Dallas County Democratic Party, was also co-hosted by <a href="https://www.zachariahlaw.com/about">Jacob Zachariah</a>, a criminal defense attorney whose law firm represents people accused of crimes against children. 
Talarico&#8217;s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the candidate was aware of Gaubert&#8217;s criminal history when he attended the fundraiser or whether the campaign intends to return Gaubert&#8217;s donations.
On the campaign trail, however, Talarico has frequently branded Ken Paxton “<a href="https://x.com/jamestalarico/status/2059442627393597577?s=20">the most corrupt politician in America</a>” — despite previously arguing that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was even more corrupt.
“I was part of the bipartisan majority in the Texas House that voted to impeach our corrupt attorney general, so I know his crimes better than most people do. But I would say that John Cornyn is even more corrupt than Ken Paxton,” Talarico <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPgL8TpPTKE">said</a> in a recent interview. “John Cornyn was the deciding vote on that big ugly bill last year.” 
“It&#8217;s a bill that is going to kick millions of Texans off their health care. It&#8217;s going to take food out of the mouths of hungry Texas children, all to give yet another tax break to John Cornyn&#8217;s billionaire mega donors,” he added. “Ken Paxton was impeached for using his public office to enrich his donors in a very literal illegal way, but John Cornyn, at a massive scale, is using his public office to enrich his donors, so to me, it&#8217;s two sides of the same corrupt coin.”
The Texas Senate acquitted Ken Paxton of all 16 impeachment articles in 2023 after the state House accused him of corruption and abuse of office, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-senate-votes-to-acquit-attorney-general-ken-paxton-of-all-charges">The Daily Wire</a> reported. 
Impeachment managers alleged Paxton accepted bribes from Austin real estate developer and campaign donor Nate Paul, including an agreement to hire Paxton’s alleged mistress and renovations to his home, in exchange for helping Paul as he faced an FBI investigation. Paxton’s defense attorney Tony Buzbee called the impeachment proceedings a “political witch hunt.”
With 68 days to go until Election Day, <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/senate/race/488686?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Cook Political Report</a> rates the race — which could determine control of the Senate — as a toss-up.

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Entertainer and philanthropist Dolly Parton is being remembered and mourned by Americans across the political spectrum today, from President Donald Trump to the radical Democratic Socialists of America, underscoring just how universally beloved she was.
Parton died Tuesday at age 80 following a short battle with cancer. The “Jolene” singer notably steered clear of partisan politics throughout her decades-long career, instead building a legacy defined by philanthropy, generosity, and joy that transcended the country’s deep political divisions.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday paid his respects to Parton online and ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the talent.
&#8220;Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away,&#8221; he wrote on Truth Social. &#8220;This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will. In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you.&#8221;
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On the very far-Left, the Democratic Socialists of America also honored Parton. &#8220;Democratic Socialists of America extends our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Dolly Parton, a hero of the working-class and an inspiration to us all,&#8221; a post on Instagram said.
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&#8220;We probably won’t ever see anything like this for the rest of our lives,&#8221; former CNN reporter Nathan McDermott <a href="https://x.com/natemcdermott/status/2092357856494223510">said</a> of the love for Parton that wasn&#8217;t confined by politics.
Folks from across the political spectrum offered words of praise for Parton when news of her passing broke. Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/2092330469685600664">posted</a>, &#8220;Perhaps the only thing that unites Americans: we all think Dolly Parton was awesome. RIP.&#8221;
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, <a href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/2092338062470557988">called</a> Parton &#8220;a true American icon.&#8221;
&#8220;All at once she was kind, modest, and funny,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;With her music, her philanthropy, and her style, Dolly was one of one. Doug and I send our prayers to her family, friends, and all those who have been touched by her magic. We will always love you, Dolly.&#8221;
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2092453526186209305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">highlighted</a> how universally beloved Parton was.
&#8220;Many people have pointed out that Dolly Parton was probably the last universally beloved figure in American life. I think that&#8217;s true,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Who else is there? Alex Trebek (technically Canadian, but we claim him) was another one but he&#8217;s been dead for like six years now.&#8221;
Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt sounded off on Parton&#8217;s legacy, which he emphasized transcended politics.
&#8220;She easily could&#8217;ve been a billionaire, but she just kept giving away her money,&#8221; Pratt <a href="https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2092590780363706398">wrote</a>. &#8220;She gave over $600M to charity, without any fanfare. When Gatlinburg got decimated by wildfires, she didn&#8217;t give to an NPO&#8230;she paid $1,000 a month directly to families who lost their homes, totaling over $12M in direct cash aid to the victims. She also paid 100% of the tuition &amp; books for the kids of any of her 11K employees.&#8221;
&#8220;Dolly was the ultimate icon of American greatness: be great so you can do great,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;She simultaneously built a formidable business empire, and fostered a universally-beloved reputation that spans every clique in America. I&#8217;ve literally never heard a single disparaging word about Dolly from anyone.&#8221;
&#8220;I know everyone will try to &#8216;claim&#8217; her for their pet political issue, or whatever&#8230;but she transcended politics and petty partisanship her entire life, and we should honor that now that God has called her home,&#8221; Pratt added. &#8220;She was just a genuine blessing to our country, and perhaps the best example of what an American should aspire to be. Faithful. Great. Prolific. Kind. Generous. Humble.&#8221;
Parton was intentional about staying out of politics, instead focusing on bringing people together and helping as many people as she could.
“I don&#8217;t like to get involved in politics, because first of all, I have as many Republican fans as I do Democrats,” Parton told USA Today back in 2020. “I don&#8217;t want to offend anybody, I have a right to myself.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-dolly-parton-conquered-america?author=Lauren+Bair&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=How+Dolly+Parton+Conquered+America">How Dolly Parton Conquered America</a>

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed urged a group of young boys to &#8220;have conversations with all your neighbors&#8221; about the upcoming elections in a video he released Tuesday on social media.
&#8220;All our kids are all our kids,&#8221; El-Sayed wrote in the video&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/AbdulElSayed/status/2092280307596558448">caption</a>.
The Democratic candidate joined the boys, many of whom wore &#8220;Youth for Abdul&#8221; shirts, on a soccer field and explained how decisions made in Washington would affect their futures.
&#8220;My whole job is to go to Washington, D.C., to try and make laws that are better for you,&#8221; he told the boys. &#8220;That&#8217;s the whole point. So you have better schools, so that you can breathe cleaner air, you can drink cleaner water, so we don&#8217;t go send our money to kill other people instead of keeping it here, to protect you and give you healthcare, to make sure your parents have good jobs, that they have protections from a union.&#8221;
&#8220;The world that we&#8217;re building right now is the world you&#8217;re going to live in a lot longer,&#8221; he continued, adding, &#8220;When you are going out having conversations with all your neighbors and talking about elections and voting, what you&#8217;re asking them to do is build a future that&#8217;s better for you guys.&#8221;
El-Sayed told the children that he wanted them to &#8220;fight for their future&#8221; and promised he would do the same if elected to the Senate in November.
Some social media users objected to El-Sayed&#8217;s &#8220;all our kids&#8221; caption, interpreting it as suggesting that children belong collectively to the broader community, and <a href="https://x.com/CatB99261688/status/2092298658897097204">ripped</a> the Democrat for the lack of diversity in the video.
El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
The caption El-Sayed used for the post is similar to a quote from civil rights activist James Baldwin, who <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/notes-house-bondage/">wrote</a> in The Nation in 1980, “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” Baldwin espoused many socialist ideals and <a href="https://lvdsa.org/2020/07/08/socialist-spotlight-james-baldwin/">argued</a> for socialism to be implemented in the United States.
El-Sayed has attempted to distance himself from socialism throughout his Senate campaign, telling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-a-socialist-michigans-mamdani-has-the-lefts-new-playbook-but-doesnt-want-the-new-label">The Daily Wire</a> in February, &#8220;I&#8217;m a scientist. I’m not a socialist.”
Yet many of El-Sayed&#8217;s <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-in-your-pocket/#h-taxing-billionaire-wealth">positions</a> are indistinguishable from socialist ideals, and he has campaigned with democratic socialists, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He has also joined forces with Marxist streamer Hasan Piker, whom he refuses to disavow even after Piker made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hasan-piker-delivers-ominous-warning-to-pro-israel-jews">threatening comments</a> warning pro-Israel Jews to stop supporting the country before somebody “takes action” against them.

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El-Sayed Enlists Children To Spread Political Message: ‘All Our Kids Are All Our Kids’

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Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido performed alongside a registered sex offender and longtime bandmate at a 2018 “Family Fiesta” Cinco de Mayo festival promoted as a family event featuring activities for young children, The Daily Wire has learned.
Pulido, a Latin Grammy-winning Tejano musician running for Congress, has faced scrutiny over his decades-long professional relationship with accordionist Frankie Caballero, 63, who was convicted of <a href="https://sor.dps.texas.gov/Search/Rapsheet?Sid=03104979">indecent sexual contact</a> with an 8-year-old girl and sentenced to four years in prison.
Caballero was sentenced in 2014 for the <a href="https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/?tab=1&amp;code=PE&amp;chapter=PE.21&amp;artSec=21.11">second-degree felony</a>, but that did not stop Pulido from continuing to share the stage with the registered sex offender following his release. Pulido&#8217;s campaign said he was unaware of Caballero&#8217;s sex-offender status.
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<a href="https://www.kchispanicnews.com/pdfs/KCHNV21/KCHNV21N32.pdf">A preview</a> of the May 2018 &#8220;Family Fiesta&#8221; in Kansas City, Missouri advertised free admission for children 12 and younger. The two-day celebration included a petting zoo, pony rides, inflatables, rides, and toys for children.
The flyer featured Pulido and identified Caballero in a biographical section about the singer&#8217;s band. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Up747ZqZX0&amp;t=53s">Video from the Latin performance</a> reviewed by The Daily Wire shows Pulido introducing the registered sex offender to the crowd as a young child sits onstage near the band, within several feet of Caballero.
Pulido also introduced Caballero to the crowd and described him as his first accordion player.
“And when I first came out with &#8216;Desvelado,&#8217; and I first started my band, my first accordion player was this man right here, Frankie Caballero, who was actually the accordion player for Grupo Mazz. I just brought him,” Pulido said. 
In response to the revelations, a campaign spokesperson claimed Caballero was a &#8220;needs-based contractor&#8221; who Pulido hired during his music career.
&#8220;As said before, Bobby Pulido never knew about Caballero’s sex offense charges and found out like everyone else – from the New York Post,&#8221; the campaign said. The spokesperson then accused Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) of hypocrisy, pointing to allegations involving her former stepdaughter and the Epstein files.
The family festival took place roughly three weeks before Pulido and Caballero performed at a fundraiser benefiting a middle school in Texas, where the musician was introduced to students and a young girl was brought onto the stage to meet him, according to a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/22/bobby-pulido-congress-texas?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=ncl_amplify&amp;utm_campaign=260623-bobby_pulido_knowingly_brought_convicted_sex_offender_to_a_school&amp;utm_content=ncl-r48J5N3nwM&amp;utm_term=&amp;_nlid=r48J5N3nwM&amp;_nhids=ncRmGi6MwU3XLls">June Axios report.</a>
Pulido&#8217;s campaign previously said he did not know about Caballero&#8217;s criminal history at the time of the school fundraiser despite <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/12/us-news/texas-dem-bragged-about-getting-career-criminal-bandmate-out-of-jail-who-went-on-to-sexually-assault-8-year-old/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=ncl_amplify&amp;utm_campaign=260615-bobby_pulido_bragged_about_freeing_child_sex_offender_buddy&amp;utm_content=ncl-kDcaNyXv6W&amp;utm_term=&amp;_nlid=kDcaNyXv6W&amp;_nhids=ncGwKiXxxs6w8ls">previously bragging</a> about his efforts to get Caballero out of jail on a separate occasion. 
Pulido is running to unseat incumbent De La Cruz in Texas’ 15th Congressional District, which lies along the southern border. President Donald Trump carried the district by approximately 18 points in 2024, while <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/house/race/485291" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Cook Political Report</a> currently rates the race &#8220;Lean Republican.&#8221;
Pulido also previously performed alongside a Mexican cartel operative, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-grammy-winning-dem-candidate-in-hot-seat-for-sharing-spotlight-with-cartel-operative">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
The Democrat hopeful appeared at his concerts on numerous <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DswT2i2kq/">occasions</a> before the U.S. government formally <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-release/sm0144">sanctioned</a> Mexican singer Julión Álvarez for acting “as a front” person for a drug trafficker and his cartel, while holding “assets on their behalf.” Pulido performed on stage with Álvarez in October 2018 and shared the video on his Facebook page, where he called the sanctioned singer “mi amigo.”
In a statement, Pulido’s campaign manager Abel Prado claimed that “Álvarez was cleared,” adding that “Bobby and Álvarez are not friends, and this is just another case of Republicans not understanding our culture — ‘amigo’ is a common expression.”
“Republicans think all these attacks on Bobby are going to do something … but the fact of the matter is he is a beloved figure, and they’re going to find that out in November when he flips this seat.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Dem Performed With Convicted Child Sex Offender At ‘Family Fiesta’

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Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman might want to trade in his black hoodie for an elephant badge if he wants to keep his seat in the Senate: New polling suggests that he could find friendlier terrain on the Republican side of the aisle than among the Democrats who elected him.
According to a shocking poll from <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/">The New York Times</a>, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Siena College, Fetterman has become a complete outcast in his own party. The survey reveals Fetterman is underwater at a brutal -41 approval rating with Democrats, while boasting a staggering +52 favorability rating with Republicans.
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The jaw-dropping numbers come as Fetterman continues a high-profile, scorched-earth streak against his own party’s hard-Left wing, positioning himself as a moderate willing to lock arms with Republicans on key national security, energy, and foreign policy battles.
Fetterman’s rift with the Left was on full display when he <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/08/23/us-news/fetterman-sides-with-trump-on-ai-national-security-push-with-chinese-warning/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">slammed</a> &#8220;AI doomsdaying&#8221; last week, aligning himself with President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance on artificial intelligence and data centers to counter China. Fetterman publicly rejected &#8220;political pandering and hyperbole over data centers,&#8221; taking aim at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who wants a stop on AI development, which Fetterman blasted as a &#8220;China First&#8221; policy.
Fetterman has also ripped into Sanders over his support for controversial figures. In July, he referred to Sanders’ support for former Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, snapping, “I would really call Bernie Sanders to apologize for pushing this kind of predator — more than anyone he helped [to] elect — and now apologize to the victims, especially the woman that she claimed that he raped her, so I don&#8217;t know why you want to keep pushing these kinds of people. Maybe he should consider [sitting] a few out and stop pushing these kinds of communists, and now people like P. Hustle. Now he has been credibly accused of rape — and that&#8217;s fairly recent, too, that was only less than five years ago.&#8221;
Fetterman’s willingness to cross party lines isn&#8217;t new. He previously made waves by <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1980710809916567915">backing</a> Republicans in carving out the filibuster to end a government shutdown. Fetterman also noted that Left-leaning networks like MS NOW stopped booking him once he began speaking out against his party&#8217;s consensus, while conservative outlets welcomed his no-nonsense style.
The biggest breaking point, however, remains foreign policy. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399969120112">Appearing</a> on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Hannity,&#8221; Fetterman declared there was one thing that could push him straight out of the Democratic Party: if anti-Israel hostility officially becomes part of the party platform. Fetterman warned that &#8220;rank antisemitism&#8221; is being allowed to flourish on the far-Left and on college campuses. He remains the only Senate Democrat to vote against every Iran war-powers resolution this year.
In July, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was asked, “Senator Fetterman has indicated that if Democrats officially become anti-Israeli, he would leave the party. Have you had any conversations with him about maybe joining the GOP conference, and would you welcome him if he were to follow that path?”
Thune replied, &#8220;Yes, we would welcome him. I haven&#8217;t talked to him recently. I have had conversations with him in the past, as have many of my colleagues, about the challenges he faces in his caucus. There are many of us who I think would welcome the opportunity to have him join the Republican conference but you know ultimately that&#8217;s a decision that&#8217;s left up that&#8217;s up to him.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, this is a party that&#8217;s moving further and further, more radically, and to the more extreme Left on a lot of issues,&#8221; Thune added. &#8220;And I think people like John Fetterman, who have views that probably reflect a more moderate or at least historically moderate Democrat position, are really kind of people without a home. So if he ever comes to the conclusion that he&#8217;s ready to move, we would certainly welcome it.&#8221;

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Could Fetterman Jump Ship? GOP Welcomes Senator As His Favorability Plummets Among Dems

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared Sharia Law to Canon Law when he was pressed by Fox News host Jesse Watters on Monday night on a past eyebrow-raising statement about America&#8217;s opposition to Sharia.
During an interview on &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime,&#8221; El-Sayed, a Muslim, was confronted with a statement he made in 2022 when he argued that white supremacist forces are behind the effort to prevent Sharia Law from being implemented in America.
&#8220;So getting rid of Sharia Law is white supremacy? Can you explain that one?&#8221; Watters asked.
El-Sayed replied with his own question, &#8220;Do you know what Canon Law is, Jesse? I assume you&#8217;re a Christian, right? So Canon Law is the name for Christian law. I don&#8217;t begrudge you and your right to practice your faith as you choose. I don&#8217;t know why the idea that I could practice my faith that I choose is a problem.&#8221;
&#8220;Nobody is trying to push Sharia Law on anyone else. Just like I hope nobody is trying to push Canon Law on anybody else because we live in an America where you should have the freedom of religion,&#8221; El-Sayed added.
El-Sayed&#8217;s comparison doesn&#8217;t quite match up. Canon Law is the Christian system of rules and practices set up for leaders and members within a specific church. Sharia Law, meanwhile, encompasses rituals practiced within the Muslim faith while also setting up rules for legal systems and public practices.
Extremist Muslim nations, including Iran and Afghanistan, are completely under Sharia Law for their governmental systems. The implementation of Sharia Law in these Middle East countries has led to numerous human rights violations and extreme punishments for so-called lawbreakers, which typically target and oppress women, Christians, and people who identify as LGBT.
In many Muslim-majority nations around the world, Sharia Law is incorporated into public life and used as the basis in civil law — such as for marriage and divorce — while the government adheres to more Western principles.
During his interview with Watters, El-Sayed slammed efforts to ban Sharia Law from being implemented in U.S. legal systems, calling out one bill proposed by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). El-Sayed said that such efforts are &#8220;deliberately targeting the Muslim community because they&#8217;re different,&#8221; adding, &#8220;As if somehow Muslims are out here trying to push Sharia Law.&#8221;
&#8220;I would never want someone to push their faith on me, and I would never push my faith on somebody else,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When people preemptively go out there and start preemptively passing laws to ban something that&#8217;s not happening, what you&#8217;re trying to do is target a very small community because they&#8217;re different.&#8221;
Watters shot back, saying, &#8220;Sharia Law in Michigan is kind of scary. People don&#8217;t go for that. You know, it&#8217;s like men and women [aren&#8217;t equal], it&#8217;s like physical punishments. People don&#8217;t like that in Michigan. I&#8217;m just saying I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a good position.&#8221;
&#8220;Nobody is pushing it,&#8221; El-Sayed said. &#8220;You know what the issue is in Michigan. The issue that people are worried about is not that someone is going to come and put Sharia Law on them. The issue in Michigan is people are worried about how they&#8217;re going to afford their gas. The issue in Michigan is how am I going to see a doctor when I get sick? How am I going to keep my job?&#8221;
In a 2009 interview with The New York Times, El-Sayed said that he had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abdul-el-sayed-dedicated-his-life-to-sharia-law">dedicated</a> his life to Sharia Law. In the interview, he was asked about buying his first home, and he said that he had chosen a Sharia-compliant mortgage that avoided interest, which Islamic law prohibits.
“Ultimately, the question is, when I die and I stand before God and go through everything I did in my life, I don’t want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way. Not because of fear but because of obligation,&#8221; he said.

Michigan Democratic Senate Primary Winner Abdul El-Sayed Holds News Conference Day After Primary Win

WATCH: El-Sayed Makes Bizarre Comparison When Pressed On Sharia Law

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Leftist streamer Hasan Piker is drawing renewed and growing backlash after comparing Israel to “Jewish ISIS” and threatening pro-Israel Jews to stop supporting the country before somebody “takes action” against them. 
The <a href="https://x.com/DSA_Watch/status/2091355246706540667?s=20">incendiary comments</a> came during a recent stream and coincide with his ongoing efforts to campaign for socialist candidates across the country and help tear down the Democratic establishment.
“People don&#8217;t f*ck with Israel any longer, and if Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they are singularly invested in Israel, eventually someone&#8217;s going to come around and take action, not against the state of Israel, mind you, but against American Jews,” Piker said. “We&#8217;re teaching people the wrong lesson. I don&#8217;t know how people don&#8217;t recognize how dangerous this predicament is. How dangerous this is for Jews.” 
Piker invoked antisemitic tropes to expand on his assertion that Zionism itself is endangering the livelihoods of ordinary Jewish Americans, pointing to public opinion polls showing <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/09/americans-views-of-israelis-have-grown-increasingly-negative-but-views-of-palestinians-have-held-fairly-steady/">declining favorability</a> toward the Israeli government.
“You&#8217;re running around basically tying your entire identity to a country that inevitably will be seen as basically Jewish ISIS, and you&#8217;re saying, as Jews, this is all we care about. You&#8217;re making antisemitism worse,” he said without evidence. 
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers said Piker’s comments came after Michigan Democratic congressional candidate Jeremy Moss, who is Jewish, said he is unsure whether he can support Abdul El-Sayed over his foreign policy views. 
“More calls for violence coming out of the El-Sayed campaign,” Rogers <a href="https://x.com/MikeRogersForMI/status/2091637803595763806?s=20">argued</a> on X. “Absolutely DISGUSTING. If Abdul El-Sayed had any courage at all, he would call this out and disavow Hasan Piker once and for all. We’re waiting, Abdul…” 
On Monday, El-Sayed <a href="https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2091938613776806390?s=20">addressed</a> Piker’s controversial comments without naming the streamer directly.
“My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my own daughters. Antisemitism is a scourge, and we need to address it in all its forms. And I stand against any rhetoric that puts the community at risk,” he said. 
Then, he pivoted to his campaign’s economic message, arguing that voters don’t care that much about his ties to Piker. 
“While politicians and pundits try to make this race about a Twitch streamer, we’re going to be talking about gas, groceries, good schools, and healthcare. Because that’s what Michiganders keep asking about. It’s why I’m fighting to get money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.”
Other Democrats also pounced on Piker, including Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ). “The only one inciting violence against American Jews is Piker and his rhetoric,” he <a href="https://x.com/RepJoshG/status/2091615433581338900?s=20">said</a>. “For the future of our party, Democrats have to call out his hate and condemn these dangerous views. Anyone campaigning with him is part of the problem.” 
Piker, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/establishment-democrats-make-their-last-stand-in-michigan">believes</a> America deserved the September 11 terrorist attacks, has emerged as one of the socialist movement’s most influential cheerleaders, using his enormous online following to rally support for DSA-aligned candidates. He campaigned with El-Sayed down the home stretch of the primary after making it his mission to oust as many establishment Democrats as possible. 
“Of course, of course, it was a dumb statement, and of course, I think Hasan himself would say that was a dumb statement. He disavowed it. So yes, America didn’t deserve 9/11,” El-Sayed has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/el-sayed-shrugs-off-hasan-pikers-9-11-comments">said</a>, before qualifying his remarks to suggest that continued focus on Piker amounts to “cancel culture.”
“But, you know, to sit here and play gotcha politics with dumb things somebody said out of context that they disavowed themselves and say, ‘Oh, well, what does that mean about what you think?’ I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do, rather than this idea that we’re so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020, but we seem to want to bring back,” he added.
Over the weekend, a jeering crowd shouted Piker down and <a href="https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2091712850884526083?s=20">booed him</a> after he attempted to walk back those 9/11 comments, knowing the backlash could prove damaging to El-Sayed’s campaign.
At the same venue, Piker <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/2091264841805656406?s=20">mockingly sang</a> “We are Charlie Kirk” to a crowd of cheering and laughing leftists, while a newly unearthed video shows him saying he wanted to “kill” the late Turning Point USA founder.

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