A Long Island school district clerk allegedly tore up legitimate votes, coached a custodian to secretly haul away evidence, and watched as the part-time DJ she was helping waltzed out of her office the night before the election, carrying more than 100 absentee ballots — all to rig a school board race.
New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa<a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/us-news/new-york-state-orders-new-school-election-in-long-island/"> threw</a> out the results of the Hempstead Union Free School District&#8217;s May 19 trustee election on Thursday and ordered a new vote within 60 days, acting on a 51-page petition that laid out a sprawling ballot fraud scheme orchestrated by District Clerk April Keys.
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The beneficiary of the alleged scheme was Victor Prett, a three-term trustee who moonlights as a local DJ under the name DJ Vic-Lover. Prett won his seat by just 81 votes — a margin the district&#8217;s attorneys argue was manufactured through systematic fraud.
The numbers told the story on their own. Prett finished third among candidates in head-to-head machine voting, capturing just 27% of those ballots. Yet he somehow claimed 87% of absentee votes and 55% of early mail ballots — a statistical anomaly that triggered the internal investigation.
What investigators found was damning. The night before the election, surveillance footage captured Prett inside Keys&#8217; office for roughly 90 minutes. He left carrying what appeared to be a stack of up to 125 absentee ballots. When confronted, he said he had no memory of the envelopes and no idea where they had gone.
Days after the vote, Superintendent Gary Rush entered Keys&#8217; office and found an oversized cafeteria garbage can — out of place and suspicious. Inside was a tied bag stuffed with ballots. Keys&#8217; office was immediately placed on lockdown. When investigators returned four days later, the garbage can had vanished. A custodian, Owen Peters, had quietly carried it to an outdoor dumpster that morning — a move investigators say Keys orchestrated, allegedly instructing him to take a different staircase to avoid being spotted.
Peters eventually led investigators to the bag, which sat in standing water in the dumpster. Inside: ripped-up cast ballots, shredded mail-in applications with voters&#8217; names still legible, and unused tally sheets. Nine ballot applications appeared to have been written by the same hand, and all nine were stamped as received within a three-minute window on the day Prett was in Keys&#8217; office.
The Nassau County District Attorney has opened a criminal investigation. A temporary clerk has been appointed to oversee the new election.

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President Donald Trump took a shot at the far-Left wing of the Democratic Party on Thursday and sent a message to &#8220;communists&#8221; after radical candidates won multiple elections in New York earlier this week.
Trump suggested that he wasn&#8217;t surprised to see far-Left candidates, such as Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Brad Lander, win their primaries for the U.S. House. Valdez, Chevalier, and Lander are all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and Chevalier and Lander defeated Democratic incumbents.
&#8220;The Communists are finally making their move,&#8221; Trump wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116813173401388945">Truth Social</a>. &#8220;I’ve been waiting and preparing for this for a long time. It’s easy to be a Communist — All you have to do is say, &#8216;I’ll give you everything,&#8217; but that means you’re taking it away from others that have earned it. Over thousands of years, that Ideology has not worked once. The game is on. Enjoy watching!&#8221;
While the New York radicals who won their primaries identify as &#8220;democratic socialists,&#8221; they have been accused of pushing ideas that are indistinguishable from communist talking points. Chevalier was even asked recently to respond to people describing her as a communist, and she refused to address it.
&#8220;You know, I think that framing is one that I&#8217;ve been very proud to say that I don&#8217;t respond to, one in which I have been very intentional to say I won&#8217;t be reactive,&#8221; Chevalier told MS NOW anchor Ali Velshi. &#8220;We are presenting a vision of what we&#8217;re fighting for, and I think that for far too long, we have had politics that is reactive to what Republicans are doing. What we need is Democrats who are actually going to present a positive vision, one that sets the tone for what we should be talking about, which is the issue of affordability.&#8221;
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Velshi: &#8220;How do you respond to allegations that you&#8217;re a communist?&#8221;
Darializa Avila Chevalier: &#8220;For far too long, this reactive conversation of what we should be afraid of has prevented us from being able to have a politics Democrats can identify win.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/sAKGmQcYju">pic.twitter.com/sAKGmQcYju</a>
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2069995578100998577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Along with calling for the government to seize private property, Chevalier has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-newest-pick-is-their-most-radical-yet">called</a> to abolish police and borders, disparaged the American flag, and refused to condemn Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.
Valdez and Lander have also pushed leftist economic views, such as rent freezes, a policy being actively pursued by Mayor Mamdani in NYC. Valdez, meanwhile, has called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding universal healthcare, increasing taxes on higher earners, and strengthening labor unions.
Shortly after New York democratic socialists won on Tuesday night, Trump said, “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!”

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Trump Declares ‘Game On’ As America’s Communists Make Their Move

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The father of a neglected three-year-old who died from a lice infestation was sentenced by a New York judge on Monday.
Matthew Dylewski, 34, admitted neglecting his three-year-old daughter Joycelynn Ann Dylewski, who died February 19, 2025, due to horrible living conditions in the family’s Corinth apartment. A picture of their home <a href="https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/disturbing-photos-raise-questions-after-childs-death-in-corinth">showed</a> the floor piled with debris and garbage. 
“You failed as a parent,” said Saratoga County Judge James Davis. “Your entire job was to keep her safe.”
In March of 2026, both parents pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, and in May, Joycelynn’s death was ruled a homicide due to acute and chronic neglect, CBS 6 Albany <a href="https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/matthew-dylewski-to-be-sentenced-in-toddler-daughters-death-homicide-neglect-samantha-joycelynn">reported</a>.
On Monday, Joycelynn’s father was given 16 months to four years in prison. &#8220;I wish it was me that died to this day,” he said in court during his sentencing.
On June 8, Samantha Dylewski, Joycelynn’s 33-year-old mother, was also <a href="https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/mother-headed-to-prison-in-neglect-death-of-3-year-old-daughter-samantha-matthew-dylewski-corinth-lice-condemned-child-neglect">sentenced</a> to 16 to four years.  
Investigators discovered that the girl’s teeth were “rotten and black” and a cockroach fell out of her winter hat, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/us-news/ny-girl-3-dies-from-lice-infestation-severe-neglect-after-hoarding-parents-subjected-her-to-horrific-conditions/">according</a> to the New York Post. Bugs were also found on her face and scalp. 
The three-year-old was diagnosed with anemia due to a lice infestation, which caused damage to her heart and organs, and was also dosed with clonidine, a blood pressure medication, said Saratoga County Sheriff Jeffrey Brown. 
Last year, first responders arrived at the Dylewskis’ apartment in response to Joycelynn, who was having trouble breathing. She was pronounced dead at the hospital from a combination of those factors, <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/corinth-father-sentenced-death-neglected-daughter-22311517.php">according</a> to the Times Union.
Initially, both Matthew and his wife were charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child, for each of their five kids, according to CBS 6 Albany. The Dylewskis’ four surviving children were placed with relatives, and a protective order was issued so the parents are not allowed to contact them until 2038.
New York State Senator Jim Tedisco (R, C-Ballston Lake), Assemblyman Matt Simpson (R, C-Adirondack), and Saratoga County District Attorney Brett Eby advocated for “Joycelynn’s Law” on June 23. This new legislation’s purpose was to increase the maximum prison sentence for criminally negligent homicide of a child to 20 years to life, <a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/james-tedisco/tedisco-simpson-and-eby-call-new-joycelynns-law-20-years">according</a> to the New York State Senate.
“Joycelynn Dylewski deserved a happy childhood and to grow up and reach her full potential in a loving home,” Tedisco said. “The sentence these individuals got under the current law is not justice for Joycelynn.”

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Marxist political commentator Hasan Piker celebrated his favorite New York socialist candidates defeating moderate Democrats in the New York primary elections, held on Tuesday.
“It feels like were painting the town red tonight, ladies and gentlemen,” Piker <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2803627514">said</a> to his Twitch audience, celebrating wins from Darializa Chevalier, Claire Valdez, and Conrad Blackburn in “tonight’s unbelievable primary race.”
“I&#8217;m so happy to be able to share this incredible experience with all of you, here in the f*cking Commie Corridor — the tip of the spear of the American Socialist Movement — an absolute f*cking blowout,” Piker said.
Piker disowned and hurled expletives at some of the more moderate members of the Democratic Party, accusing them of selling out to big business and Israel.
Piker took aim at Brooklyn borough president Antonio Reynoso, calling him a “wonderful person&#8221; before pivoting to label him a “byproduct of the machine.” He then argued that Reynoso had come to his <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/03/pro-palestinian-pal-pac-endorses-claire-valdez-congress/412325/">anti-Israel position</a> — claiming that Israel was committing &#8220;genocide&#8221; in Gaza and calling for the United States to end all arms sales to the Jewish state — too late, and should be ousted from office because of it.
“And why do I say this?” Hasan added. “Becaasue Israel committed a genocide for two and a half years. And it took Reynoso to recognize that only after he was campaigning against the Commie Corridor. To me, a lot of people can smell the inauthenticity there.”
Piker also reserved harsh judgment for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), saying, “That b*tch right there — read it and f*cking weep, Hakeem!”
Piker also bragged about his own influence in the New York elections, saying that the phone bank he helped with for Chevalier had called some 90,000 people, allegedly swinging the election in the socialist candidate’s favor.
“After tonight, my price went up,” Piker said after learning the news. “You have to be a Democratic Socialist if you want some of this f*cking shine.”
Piker stated that the socialist victories in New York are ushering in “a decade of socialism” that is “coming to a neighborhood near you.”
“When I said we were going to let a thousand Zohrans bloom, this is what I meant,” Piker said. “And that’s because the American people are tired of the same old business as usual politics — the corruption, the ineptitude, the feckless nature of the Democrats that don’t want to fight back against the growth of fascism in this country. This is Americans fighting back. It’s only the beginning.” 
Piker later said that “hopefully we [The Democratic Socialists of America] won’t stop until we can elect socialists in every state and in every district.”
Not all of Piker’s New York endorsements won. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), one of Congress’s most outspoken supporters of Israel, easily <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/outspoken-zionist-dem-defeats-hasan-piker-backed-primary-challenger?row=0&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;rowType=Web+Search+Overlay">defeated</a> a Left-wing primary challenger Michael Blake, drawing an angry response from the streamer.
Piker has become known for his radical, violent rhetoric, such as saying that “America <a href="https://x.com/EYakoby/status/2048814928874655931">deserved</a> 9/11,” and <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2048217117221065201">calling on</a> his followers to “let the streets soak in their f*cking red capitalist blood.” He routinely praises and makes excuses for designated terrorist organizations — like Hamas and Hezbollah — while criticizing the United States and its allies.
He has also faced backlash over a lavish lifestyle that is in clear conflict with his anti-capitalist screeds. For instance, Piker received pushback from his fans and critics for wearing a $1,000 <a href="https://dexerto.com/entertainment/hasan-responds-to-backlash-over-his-1000-coachella-outfit-1807194/">Gucci shirt</a> at the 2022 Coachella music festival. 
He has also recently has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-hasan-piker-admitted-to-colluding-with-cuban-regime-a-year-before-feds-investigated?row=0&amp;elementPosition=14&amp;rowType=Web+Search">subpoenaed</a> by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for his alleged collusion with the Cuban communist government.
Piker has also received some pushback for his radical positions. Piker was slated to speak at SXSW London when the British Home Office suddenly revoked his visa, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-dont-need-open-borders-for-bad-ideas-actually?row=0&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;rowType=Web+Search">stating</a> it would “not be conducive to the public good” for him to enter the country. Piker has also been barred from three Denver-area venues for his planned leftist rallies.

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Socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is likely to become Congress’ most radical member after she won the Democratic primary in New York&#8217;s 13th congressional district, which has not elected a Republican under its current redistricting lines.  
Chevalier has called to abolish police, disparaged the American flag, and refused to condemn Hamas&#8217; October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. She also does not support any form of deportation — including of illegal immigrants who are convicted of murder, rape, and battery.
“The reason I say that is because we have a criminal system. It is imperfect. But it exists,” she said. “We need to make sure it is one that isn’t also discriminatory on the basis of where people were born, right?” She went further to explain that deporting someone and having them serve time in jail is “double punishment.” 
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I asked DSA congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13) about several of her previously deleted tweets, including one that read that “all deportations are wrong.”
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The topic came up as Chevalier was grilled about her controversial X posts. The 32-year-old Democratic nominee has also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/politics/kfile-ny-13-darializa-avila-chevalier-deleted-tweets-defund-abolish-police-prisons-deportations">called</a> for abolishing the police and seizing private property. During the primary debate against incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Chevalier said she believes the best way to curb crime is through alleviating poverty via social safety net funding, affordable housing, after-school programs and addressing the opioid crisis rather than “militarized police.” Chevalier unseated Espaillat on Tuesday.
She also <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/mamdani-backed-foe-of-espaillat-apologizes-for-nasty-tweets-in-feisty-debate/">criticized</a> former Vice President Kamala Harris posting on X, “F*ck Kamala Harris.” For that she said, “I sincerely apologize. I would love to see a black woman president.” 
She told MS NOW’s Jen Psaki that the issue of affordability ultimately motivated her to run because she is “someone who has had to live with the question of whether I can afford to stay in the city I love.”
Chevalier has walked back another one of her posts that <a href="https://x.com/foxandfriends/status/2069818658910519452">read</a>, “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.” However, in an interview on Tuesday, she abruptly left in the middle of questions into her past statements, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/mamdani-backed-foe-of-espaillat-apologizes-for-nasty-tweets-in-feisty-debate/">saying</a> she felt regret for some of her past posts, but added that it was time to “fight for the things that are necessary for the community.” 
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Chevalier has spent the majority of her career in higher education. She served as an administrative assistant and research assistant at Columbia University. Before starting a seven-year PhD program at City University of New York, she served as a community organizer and activist. As an organizer, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani%E2%80%99s+Socialists+Upset+Incumbent+Dems+In+House+Primary+Sweep">questioned</a> Israel&#8217;s legitimacy and helped orchestrate pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University after the October 7 Hamas attacks. 
In her first interview since her election, Chevalier proudly <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=darializa+avila+chevalier+student+debt&amp;sca_esv=d8ad4d1a78452d8c&amp;sxsrf=APpeQnsa9Vicu3eevjS0tvaheX4DT1Jb4Q%3A1782316075500&amp;ei=K_w7apb3Hajk5NoPk6jq-Ak&amp;biw=1093&amp;bih=775&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjWuLrknKCVAxUoMlkFHROUGp8Q4dUDCBI&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=darializa+avila+chevalier+student+debt&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJmRhcmlhbGl6YSBhdmlsYSBjaGV2YWxpZXIgc3R1ZGVudCBkZWJ0MgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKsCMgUQIRirAkjCDVCgAli-DHABeAGQAQGYAaMBoAHNCaoBBDEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgmgAv0GwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgQQABgDwgIQEAAYgAQYigUYQxixAxiDAZgDAIgGAZIHAzcuMqAH6DWyBwM3LjK4B_0GwgcFMC42LjPIBxaACAE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:074b82a7,vid:_a4KrN9FFp4,st:0">touted</a> that she has been “organizing my entire adult life around immigration injustice, mass incarceration, and around Palestine.” 
Chevalier was elected alongside two other socialist candidates who were also backed by New York City democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“It will take a new generation of leadership to ensure that the heartbeat of this party is once again the struggles of the working class,&#8221; Mamdani said when he <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mamdani+endorses+chevalier+psaki+&amp;sca_esv=d5a5f35ee25e06b2&amp;udm=7&amp;biw=755&amp;bih=775&amp;sxsrf=APpeQntgcl70TIpQz8YWdLaM8U5tjkGpYw%3A1782313746974&amp;ei=EvM7avWCO7Cl5NoP4M3XgAs&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj105COlKCVAxWwElkFHeDmFbAQ4dUDCBI&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=mamdani+endorses+chevalier+psaki+&amp;gs_lp=EhZnd3Mtd2l6LW1vZGVsZXNzLXZpZGVvIiFtYW1kYW5pIGVuZG9yc2VzIGNoZXZhbGllciBwc2FraSAyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigAUigT1CZBFjfQ3ADeACQAQCYAYsBoAGvBqoBAzcuMrgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCqACjAbCAgUQIRirApgDAIgGAZIHAzguMqAHwCOyBwM2LjK4B4UGwgcFMC45LjHIBxOACAE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-modeless-video#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:a2508b1f,vid:470EuZ2UIqM,st:0">endorsed</a> Chevalier last month.

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New York Democrats nominated a leftist activist for a state Senate seat who once said 9/11 was the manifestation of “white supremacy” and Western colonialism. 
Aber Kawas, a democratic socialist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won the nomination for New York’s 12th Senate District with 60% of the vote on Tuesday. Kawas, who has a degree in &#8220;Islamic Liberation Theology,&#8221; previously <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/">faced criticism</a> for her comments on 9/11 that appeared to downplay the terrorist attack and blame it on the policies of the United States. 
&#8220;Finding that the system of capitalism and racism, and white supremacy, etc, have all, and Islamophobia, have all been used, you know, to colonize lands, right, to take resources from other people, and so this is, like, a long trajectory. And we&#8217;re just seeing the manifestations of that continuation, right, with 9/11,” she <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URdAAEwyI_Q">said</a> in 2017 at an Asian American Writers’ Workshop. 
Kawas is expected to win in November to represent the heavily Democratic district located in Queens.
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Mamdani-endorsed Aber Kwas won the Democrat Primary tonight for a State Senate seat in New York.
Here she is saying that 9-11 was America&#8217;s fault because of our &#8220;system of capitalism, racism, white supremacy and islamophobia.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ouSUB44nz3">pic.twitter.com/ouSUB44nz3</a>
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She added during the workshop that she did not appreciate people &#8220;asking us to respond about, you know, an attack” because “historically, right, you know, a lot of us come from lands that were colonized, lands where wars are being waged, right, and a lot of times because of U.S. policy or the policies in Europe.”
“The idea that we have to apologize for, like, a terror attack that, like, a couple people did, and then there is no apologies or reparations for genocides and for slavery, etc., is something that I kind of find like reprehensible,” she said. 
Kawas describes herself as the “daughter of Palestinian refugees” and says that her father was deported by ICE. Her <a href="https://aberforsenate.com/platform/">platform</a> includes “free” healthcare for illegal immigrants, funding legal services for illegal immigrants, and ending any cooperation between New York law enforcement and ICE.
It was previously <a href="https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/1990759743640777030">reported</a> that she wrote in a now-deleted Tumblr account that a man <a href="https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo042710b.htm">convicted</a> of providing material support to al Qaeda named Fahad Hashmi was one of her “imprisoned heroes.” 
&#8220;Therefore each day they are locked up is a day that our hearts cannot be at ease. We cannot rest until each and everyone is free,&#8221; she wrote, according to posts saved by Drew Pavlou. &#8220;Their lives are a sources of inspiration to us for they are living martyrs, teaching us lessons in patience, sacrifice, and integrity. We must strive to keep them in our remembrance and work for their sake, continuing on with the freedom we have, that has unjustly been taken awat [sic] from them.&#8221;
Mamdani-backed democratic socialists swept their primary elections on Tuesday, defeating candidates backed by the Democrat Party establishment.

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Democrats Chose Candidate Who Links 9/11 To ‘White Supremacy’

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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), one of Congress&#8217;s most outspoken supporters of Israel, easily defeated a Left-wing primary challenger Tuesday night, surviving an effort by leftist activists to unseat him and drawing an angry response from anti-Israel communist commentator Hasan Piker.
Torres cruised to victory in New York&#8217;s 15th congressional district, defeating former state Assemblyman Michael Blake by a wide margin. With nearly all votes counted, Torres captured roughly 72% of the vote compared to Blake&#8217;s 22%.
The result represents a significant victory for one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s most prominent pro-Israel voices at a time when leftist activists have increasingly targeted lawmakers who support the Jewish state. Among those reacting furiously to the outcome was Left-wing streamer Piker, who has frequently clashed with Torres over Israel, antisemitism, and foreign policy.
&#8220;Ritchie Torres I know you won tonight … I was coming for you but you got lucky this time … I&#8217;ll see you in two, motherf*ck*r … Ritchie! I&#8217;m coming for you, Richie,&#8221; Piker said after the results became clear. &#8220;Sit on that f*ckin seat for the next two years … I hope you remember that.&#8221;
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Hasan Piker calls out Ritchie Torres after nine of his endorsed candidates win in New York primaries
&#8220;Ritchie Torres I know you won tonight. I&#8217;ll see you in two years, motherfucker. I&#8217;m coming for you, Richie.
Sit on that fuckin seat for the next two years. I hope you remember… <a href="https://t.co/rjRcMzcgtA">pic.twitter.com/rjRcMzcgtA</a>
— Popstonox (@Popstonox) <a href="https://x.com/Popstonox/status/2069618565280366915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
Piker continued by warning Torres that he would continue scrutinizing the congressman&#8217;s pro-Israel positions. &#8220;Every day, every time there&#8217;s a decision that you can make where you are pro-Israel, I hope you remember. … You better act right, Ritchie.&#8221;
The remarks highlight a years-long feud between the congressman and one of the internet&#8217;s most influential leftist commentators.
Torres has repeatedly accused Piker of spreading antisemitic rhetoric and promoting anti-American extremism. In 2024, Torres sent a <a href="https://ritchietorres.house.gov/congressman-ritchie-torres-writes-to-executives-at-twitch-and-amazon-hasan-piker-is-dangerous">letter</a> to Twitch and Amazon executives condemning Piker, whom he described as a major source of antisemitic content online.
The congressman&#8217;s letter cited a series of controversial statements from Piker, including comments minimizing the significance of sexual violence committed during Hamas&#8217;s October 7 attack on Israel, remarks sympathetic to Hezbollah, and his infamous claim that &#8220;America deserved 9/11.&#8221;
Torres also accused Piker of platforming extremists and helping fuel the rise of antisemitism on social media.
Despite becoming a frequent target of attacks from his left flank, Torres has continued to carve out a unique position within the Democratic Party. The Bronx congressman formally broke with the Congressional Progressive Caucus in 2024 and has become one of the most forceful Democratic critics of anti-Israel activism.
Blake attempted to capitalize on growing dissatisfaction with Israel among Democratic voters and had previously aligned himself politically with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during last year&#8217;s mayoral race.
However, Mamdani notably stayed out of the congressional contest, depriving Blake of the endorsement many on the Left of Torres hoped would help unite the anti-Torres vote.
Torres also enjoyed a massive fundraising advantage throughout the campaign. Federal filings showed the congressman raising nearly $6.7 million compared to roughly $412,000 for Blake.
The decisive victory suggests that while socialist and leftist candidates scored several victories elsewhere in New York on Tuesday, efforts to oust Torres failed to gain meaningful traction among Democratic voters in the Bronx.
Instead, voters handed Torres another overwhelming primary victory and rejected one of the highest-profile attempts by the Democratic Party&#8217;s activists to punish a lawmaker for his support of Israel.
For Piker and other anti-Israel activists who have spent years attacking Torres online, Tuesday night&#8217;s results amounted to a clear setback. For Torres, they served as another demonstration that his brand of unapologetic support for Israel remains politically viable even as much of his party continues moving Left on the issue.

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Establishment Democrats fear an “earthquake” after far-Left socialist candidates swept the New York congressional primaries.
A trio of candidates, including two avowed democratic socialists, backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, defeated establishment-backed Democrats on Tuesday, igniting fears that the results could damage the party’s national image. 
&#8220;People who do not support the [Democratic Socialists of America] wring their hands at cocktail parties, while the DSA is organizing,&#8221; Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/24/mamdani-lander-valdez-chevalier-espaillat-goldman">told</a> Axios.   <iframe style="aspect-ratio: 9/16; max-width: 220px; display: flex; justify-content: center; width: 100%; margin: 20px auto 5px; border: 0;" src="https://player.mux.com/T14HN0201QYUYI02CcBBjSmvi01zIj1NOm201?metadata-video-content-type=embed_video&amp;metadata-video-id=ae5c26cb-da6b-4b21-8bd1-2b9ee97dfae0&amp;metadata-video-stream-type=on-demand&amp;metadata-video-title=2026-6-24%20Fetterman%20scorches%20anti-American%20socialists%20&amp;poster=https%3A%2F%2Fdailywireplus-v2.imgix.net%2Fimages%2Fembedded-videos%2Ff20646d2-0136-4a89-bc8f-ca1de872dc36.png&amp;autoplay=false&amp;accent-color=%23DB3D3B&amp;primary-color=%23ffffff&amp;secondary-color=%23000000" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
&#8220;Economic insecurity, climate change, and immigrant injustice are all real problems, and alternative solutions must be offered,” he added. “It&#8217;s time for a great deal of hard work to out organize the extremists on the right and the left!&#8221;
Far-Left Democratic socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier both declared victory in their respective primary races. Avila Chevalier is a self-described “prison abolitionist” and opposes deporting any illegal immigrants. The Mamdani-backed Brad Lander also defeated incumbent New York Rep. Dan Goldman. 
Rep. Greg Meeks (D-NY) described the outcome as a “tough night.” 
Another unidentified House Democrat told the outlet that the results were a &#8220;huge defeat” and could cause an “earthquake,” adding that “calling it a headache is an understatement.” 
&#8220;Appeasement doesn&#8217;t work. You have to be tough,” the House Democrat added. “Nancy Pelosi brought a machine gun to a knife fight. You can&#8217;t win with these guys by playing patty cake.&#8221;
Senior Democrats told Axios they were worried about the results. 
&#8220;Holy sh*t,&#8221; a senior House Democrat said. &#8220;Buckle up.&#8221;
Jaime Harrison, the former chair of the Democratic Party from 2021 to 2025, posted on X after the results were in that people who “hate” the Democratic Party should not run in its races. 
“I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination,” he <a href="https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/2069570034868047996">said</a>. “Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign. Focus on building the party you actually support.” 
Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dirt-bag-left-trump-and-fetterman-respond-to-socialist-election-sweep?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98Dirt+Bag+Left%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+And+Fetterman+Respond+To+Socialist+Election+Sweep">decried</a> the results.
“It’s just been the dancing days of the dirtbag Left with some of these candidates [being] outrageous,” Fetterman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399220644112">said</a> in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “You have candidates [who want to] abolish ICE, abolish the police, abolish the border.”

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President Donald Trump and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) blasted &#8220;Dumocrat Communists&#8221; and the “dirt bag Left” after the success of democratic socialist candidates in New York’s U.S. House primaries on Tuesday. 
As all three socialist congressional candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their congressional primaries, Fetterman said war was being declared on “regular Democrats&#8221; and that his party was becoming increasingly out of step with the American people. 
“It&#8217;s just been the dancing days of the dirt bag Left with some of these candidates are outrageous,” Fetterman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399220644112">said</a> in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “You have candidates they [want to] abolish ICE, abolish the police, abolish the border.”
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Far-Left Democrat socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier both declared victory in their respective primary races. Avila Chevalier is a self-described “prison abolitionist” and opposes deporting any illegal immigrants. 
“A lot of these candidates that very likely are going to win tonight, just declaring a war on just regular Democrats,” Fetterman said.
“They&#8217;re all socialists, of course, and now there&#8217;s a communist and now a Marxist,” he said. “We have P-Hustle in Maine. You know, that&#8217;s another one. He&#8217;s a self-avowed communist, too. Well, that&#8217;s not even looked down on, and it&#8217;s a significant part of the Democratic Party right now.”
“P-Hustle” was the username that Maine Democrat nominee Graham Platner used for years to post anti-Christian, vulgar, and sexual comments on social media. 
In addition to the victories of Valdez and Avila Chevalier, former New York comptroller Brad Lander defeated incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman. 
President Donald Trump also reacted to the results from New York, writing on Truth Social early Wednesday morning, &#8220;America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!&#8221;
In another post Wednesday morning, Trump called out &#8220;Dumocrat Communists.&#8221;
&#8220;Even though he tried unsuccessfully to prosecute me, and despite the fact that he is a major Slimeball, I feel sorry for FORMER Congressman Dan Goldman. He is wandering aimlessly, together with the former husband of the great Kellyanne Conway, through a large field of Dumocrat Communists, trying so hard to find his way &#8211; A very sad finish for a man who has no clue, and never did!!!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116804998509920399">wrote</a>.
Fetterman added that his party has been taken over by the “full pro-Hamas wing.” He added that hate for Israel has become “the center of a lot of these primaries across the country, and definitely, definitely, what we&#8217;re witnessing in New York City.”
“Now that&#8217;s going to become the lesson that the Democratic Party is going to continue to be anti-Israel, and I&#8217;ll be the one that&#8217;s going to continue to lean in and be proud to stand with Israel,” Fetterman said. 
The results could prove to be troublesome for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) who endorsed the opponents of both Lander and Avila Chevalier. 
Reacting to the results, GOP spokesman Mike Marinella said that Americans should be “terrified.” 
“Tonight wasn’t just a bad night for so-called ‘Leader’ Hakeem Jeffries,” he said. “It was the night the Democrat establishment officially surrendered to Zohran Mamdani and the socialist wing of their party. Every House Democrat, in safe and competitive districts alike, will now answer to the radicals calling the shots. And Americans should be terrified by where the Democrat Party is headed.”

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A man who routinely boasted about being the first open drag queen to be elected to a school board in the United States was arrested last week for disturbing sex crimes involving children as young as 18 months.
Travis J. Longo, 46, who is the vice president of the Cazenovia Central School District’s board of education in New York state, was initially <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2026/06/cazenovia-school-board-member-now-faces-federal-child-pornography-charges-after-troopers-seize-phone.html">charged</a> over a “pattern” of sending explicit communications to a child under 12 years old. Once authorities seized and searched Longo&#8217;s phone, child pornography was discovered.
Tyler Toomey, a spokesperson for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of New York, said some of the videos on Longo&#8217;s device depicted the sexual abuse of infants.
Longo, who was elected to the school board in 2024, has been charged federally with receiving and possessing child pornography and also faces four counts of endangering the welfare of a child in state court.
&#8220;Who&#8217;d have thought that electing a drag queen to the school board could go wrong?&#8221; New York radio host and journalist Bob Lonsberry commented online. &#8220;Cazenovia NY school board Vice President Travis Barr-Longo was arrested last week on state charges of having sexually explicit communications with a child under 12, and on federal charges of possessing pornography &#8216;depicting the sexual abuse of infants.'&#8221;
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Longo routinely posted as his drag queen persona on his Instagram page. In one video, the school board member boasts about his leadership in the community and explicitly says that he&#8217;s not a predator.
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Drag queen NY school board vice president, who said during an interview that the last thing he is is a predator, has been arrested for possessing CSAM involving infants.
Travis Longo served as Vice President of the Cazenovia School Board &amp; founded Cazenovia Pride.
Longo is… <a href="https://t.co/hkqyYSsXYK">pic.twitter.com/hkqyYSsXYK</a>
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2069243714531398128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
Cazenovia School District Superintendent Kevin Linck <a href="https://nebraska.tv/news/nation-world/police-charge-suspect-for-sexually-explicit-communication-with-children">said</a> in a statement that Longo is currently barred from any school grounds or district-sponsored events, but indicated that he&#8217;s still on the school board.
&#8220;The District became aware of the arrest of our Board of Education vice-president Travis (Barr) Longo when the news was publicly disseminated at approximately 10:00 this morning,&#8221; Linck said. &#8220;Mr. Barr is not an employee of the District, he was elected by the Cazenovia voters to a 3-year term in May of 2024. The role of a school board member is not a student facing role. Please be assured that we take all such matters with the utmost seriousness.&#8221;
&#8220;The District has retained and is working closely with legal counsel to review the matter thoroughly and determine the appropriate immediate steps. In the interim, the individual in question will not be permitted on any school grounds or at any district-sponsored events,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The safety, well-being, and peace of mind of our students, staff, and community remain our absolute highest priorities. Because this involves an ongoing administrative and legal matter, we are strictly limited in the specific details we can share publicly. However, please know that we are taking all necessary actions to ensure a safe, secure, and focused learning environment. We will update you as more information becomes available.&#8221;

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An illegal immigrant the federal government was supposed to deport nearly three decades ago allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl in New York as she was walking home, The Daily Wire has learned.
Aureliano Antonio Melendez Reyes, who hails from El Salvador, allegedly approached the teen in Huntington, New York, on June 6 and asked for her phone number, which she refused to hand over, Long Island&#8217;s News12 <a href="https://longisland.news12.com/2026/06/16/man-indicted-for-raping-minor-in-huntington-alley-as-she-walked-home/5DxbRIB2IlfrNSd2gEHR8U" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The 59-year-old then allegedly forced her into an alley before sexually assaulting her.
The teenage girl was able to break free from Reyes and managed to scale a tall fence while partially clothed before calling 911, according to the local news outlet. The accused rapist continued to pursue the teenager while she was on the phone with authorities.
Police arrived at the scene, where they arrested the alleged predator.
The illegal immigrant snuck across the border without detection at an unknown time, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. He received a deportation order in 1998.
“This monster is charged with rape, sexual abuse, and endangering the welfare of a child after he raped a 16-year-old girl who was walking home,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. “This sexual predator NEVER should have been in our country and able to prey on this innocent girl.&#8221;
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer against Reyes, asking local authorities to hand over the suspect following his prosecution, DHS said.
Reyes faces up to 25 years behind bars if convicted on the rape charges, according to News12.
It is unlikely that local authorities will honor ICE&#8217;s detainer due to sanctuary laws. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed new anti-ICE legislation to prevent local law enforcement agencies from entering agreements with federal immigration authorities.
The legislation also seeks to ban ICE agents from wearing masks and entering churches, schools, and other sensitive locations.
Between January 20, 2025, and December 1, 2025, local authorities in New York released 6,947 criminal illegal immigrants onto the streets, according to DHS. Their crimes account for 29 homicides, 2,509 assaults, 199 burglaries, 305 robberies, 392 dangerous drug offenses, 300 weapons offenses, and 207 sexual predatory offenses.
Bis called out &#8220;Hochul and her fellow sanctuary politicians in New York,&#8221; asking them to honor ICE&#8217;s detainer against Reyes by committing to &#8220;not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail and to turn him over to ICE.&#8221;
&#8220;New York sanctuary politicians must not release criminals from jail into New York communities,&#8221; she said.

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The chief medical examiner of New York City confirmed on Tuesday that the senior vice president of skincare company Estée Lauder died after suffering a pulmonary embolism that was caused by a cosmetic injection. 
Kendal Ascher, 56, died suddenly in his husband William Howe’s arms back in February while in their $2.8 million New York City apartment. Ascher reportedly felt lightheaded while taking a shower before collapsing and going limp. Examiners ruled Ascher’s death “accidental.” 
It was revealed on Tuesday that his cosmetic fillers triggered a <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pulmonary-embolism/symptoms-causes/syc-20354647">pulmonary embolism</a>, which occurs when a blood clot stops blood flow to an artery in the lungs. In Ascher’s case, it was the filler that stopped his blood flow.
“There was no pulse, he was immediately unresponsive, he died in my arms,” Howe <a href="https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15614765/kendal-ascher-estee-lauder-died.html">told</a> The Daily Mail. “It all happened within eight seconds.”
Howe was not aware of Ascher getting any cosmetic fillers immediately before his death, but he said that five months before the tragedy, the two of them got Botox together, which is not considered a filler.
Cosmetic filler is a gel-like substance that is injected beneath the skin to restore lost facial volume or help the patient appear more youthful, according to the <a href="https://www.americanboardcosmeticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/non-surgical/injectable-fillers/">American Board of Cosmetic Surgery</a>. Facial fillers are received by more than five million men and women every year.
<a href="https://www.kennethmarkmd.com/meet-the-doctor">Dr. Kenneth Mark</a>, who did not work with Ascher but specializes in Botox and fillers, believed Ascher’s filler was accidentally injected into a blood vessel. 
He told the New York Post that deaths are “extremely rare” after receiving facial filler and “much more classically associated with larger volume injection of fat in the buttocks.” 
Cosmetic fillers are generally safe, but it is important to be treated by a board-certified plastic surgeon with FDA-approved products. 
“Kendal was one of a kind, full of passion and life,” said <a href="https://www.elcompanies.com/en/who-we-are/leadership/executive-leadership/jane-hertzmark-hudis">Jane Hertzmark Hudis</a>, Estée Lauder’s executive vice president and chief brand officer. “He brought the best to everyone he touched — his colleagues, his retail partners and, especially, his field team. When Kendal walked into a room, he lit it up. He was full of energy, kind and funny, and he had a heart of gold.”

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