Yael Eckstein, president and global CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, brought thousands of women together at the Turning Point USA Women&#8217;s Leadership Summit in Texas with a speech that wove together personal loss, Biblical wisdom, and a challenge to embrace God&#8217;s calling — however fearful the moment.
Eckstein arrived straight off a plane from Israel, where she lives and works, and opened with characteristic self-deprecating humor. “Have you ever felt like your life is everything you&#8217;ve never dreamed of?” she asked the crowd. “I&#8217;m just a Jewish woman from Israel raising four children, trying to listen to what God is saying to me every single day and follow exactly where he leads.”
At the heart of her address — which followed Erika Kirk’s — was a single Hebrew word: hineni — &#8220;here I am.&#8221; She invited the audience to say it aloud, explaining that the word carries a meaning far deeper than its translation. “It doesn&#8217;t mean ‘God, I have it all figured out.’ And it doesn&#8217;t mean, ‘God, I&#8217;m fearless.’ &#8230; It simply means, ‘God, I&#8217;m available. God, I&#8217;m listening. God, here I am.’”
“I think that word matters now more than ever because if we&#8217;re honest, the world feels very heavy,” she continued. “We open up our phones and we see war and division, hatred, loneliness, anxiety. Can you guys relate to that? It can feel like darkness is winning, right? We just saw that. Who interrupted Erika&#8217;s speech? It was darkness.”
“But I have seen something else. I have seen that when people choose to open up their eyes to where God is moving and decide to bring light to the darkness, like what each one of you is doing, miracles happen,” she declared. “I have seen biblical prophecy come to fruition in our generation. I&#8217;ve seen Christians and Jews stand together in ways that generations before us could have only dreamed about and that Jesus would have been happy with.”
Eckstein spoke candidly about the moment her own capacity to say hineni was tested. Seven and a half years ago, her father, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein — who built the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews into the largest nonprofit organization in Israel — passed away suddenly, and she was asked to step into his role. She was young, grieving, and terrified. “I remember thinking, ‘Okay God, surely you have the wrong person,’” she recalled. But drawing on the biblical examples of Moses, Esther, Ruth, Mary, and David — none of whom felt ready — she found her footing. “God was never looking for perfection. He was looking for willingness.”
Standing before the audience, she described that pivotal moment: “In that darkest moment in my life, a mourning child with shaking hands and a terrified heart, I answered God the only way I knew how. I looked up to the heavens and I said, ‘Hineni — here I am. Use me, Lord, in whatever way you see fit.’” The result, she told the crowd, has been more than one million people reached annually through her organization&#8217;s humanitarian work — feeding the hungry, sheltering Holocaust survivors, and delivering aid to war zones in Israel, Ukraine, and Ethiopia.
Her message grew even more personal when she revealed that her 19-year-old daughter is currently serving in the Israeli army, stationed less than half a mile from the Gaza Strip and commanding 80 soldiers. “As a mother, I can tell you there are nights where I want to hold on to her so tightly and never let her go,” Eckstein said, her voice steady. “But then I remember this: light is not built through comfort alone. It&#8217;s built through courage.”
She closed by reframing the conference&#8217;s name — HER — adding a letter: HERE. “The greatest thing that each one of you can offer God is not perfection. It&#8217;s your presence, your openness, your willingness to answer when he calls.”
Her final charge to the crowd was simple and sweeping: “When God calls your name, don&#8217;t wait until you&#8217;re fully prepared. Answer him with faith, with courage, with an open heart. &#8230; Say it — say it every single morning when you wake up: Hineni. Lord, here I am.”
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‘God, Here I Am’: Leader Of Jewish-Christian Organization Inspires Women At TPUSA Event

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The Texas man who authorities say threatened to bomb an upcoming Turning Point USA event left behind an extensive online footprint filled with anti-MAGA rhetoric and months of fixation on Erika Kirk.
Jacob Wenske, a 26-year-old San Antonio-area resident, was arrested last week on felony terroristic threat charges after threatening Erika Kirk and TPUSA’s upcoming Women’s Leadership Summit in San Antonio, including an April post that read: “I know exactly where to bomb,” according to authorities. Investigators also believe he sent a January email directly to TPUSA that threatened Erika Kirk and “every single speaker” at TPUSA events.
Wenske was a politically active left-wing social media user whose online activity became increasingly saturated with anti-MAGA and anti-TPUSA content in the months before his arrest. He devoted growing attention to Erika Kirk ahead of the attack, according to an open-source intelligence report from the Network Contagion Research Institute, which analyzes online activity.
The NCRI researchers describe Wenske as having an unusually large and exposed digital footprint centered on Facebook — a platform they noted is increasingly uncommon for someone his age to use so heavily. A review of a 170-page archive of his public posts showed a near-constant stream of political content, particularly following the September 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk.
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Researchers said Wenske&#8217;s account posted multiple times daily following the TPUSA founder’s assassination, with content frequently focused on “Christian nationalism,” Trump supporters, ICE, and right-wing politics before activity slowed somewhat in December. Wenske repeatedly used and amplified the phrase “Christian nationalism” online — the same language later referenced in the alleged threats sent to TPUSA. According to official documents, Wenske called for the deaths of “Christian nationalists” in a bombing he claimed would occur at every TPUSA rally or event.
Researchers also found extensive engagement with online creators known for anti-conservative content, including Sammy Obeid, Harry Sisson, Cameron McCloud, April Ajoy, Isaiah Martin, Dean Withers, and The Butterfaces. Wenske frequently reposted their videos that mocked Charlie and Erika Kirk, often using hashtags such as #erikakirk, #charliekirk, and #jdvance.
Wenske repeatedly shared posts that mocked Erika Kirk, portrayed her as a grifter, circulated conspiracy-themed content about her public profile, and reposted videos speculating about a relationship with Vice President JD Vance.
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In November, Wenske shared two Halloween costume memes depicting Erika Kirk. One portrayed her as a “fake grieving widow grifter,” and another described her as a “right wing grifter” with “questionable motives,” “unwavering support of Israel,” and a “dead husband.” Wenske added the caption: “And standing on the coffin of your dead husband while having the VP snuggled up on your tits.”
He also shared a conspiracy-themed comedy clip about Erika Kirk with the caption: “If it’s not a conspiracy, why’s it conspiracy-shaped?” Another meme depicted Kirk and Vance as the star-crossed lovers from The Notebook, embracing in a dramatic rain-soaked kiss.
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For broader anti-Trump and anti-conservative content, the report documented posts comparing Trump supporters to Nazis and President Donald Trump to genocidal dictator Adolf Hitler. 
Researchers also documented anti-ICE posts. In one October post, Wenske shared an ABC News article claiming Mexican cartels were offering bounties for hits against ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, adding the caption: “Drug Cartels where do I sign up!!!!!” 
His archived Facebook feed shows he used the same caption again in another post about the alleged bounties that day.
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The investigation into Wenske began after a local newspaper shared a Facebook post promoting the TPUSA event, scheduled for June 5–7 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, according to <a href="https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2026/05/28/man-arrested-for-threats-to-kill-erika-kirk-ahead-of-turning-point-usa-event-in-san-antonio/">KSAT-TV</a>.
“I know exactly where to bomb,” Wenske replied.
Authorities say Wenske also wrote in the same thread, “I can’t wait to be the valet for her escort.”
According to the affidavit, Wenske previously worked as a valet for hotels and special events through a parking management company. Public Venmo transactions reviewed by researchers appeared to corroborate that employment history, showing multiple payments labeled “valet tip,” “valet,” and other similar descriptions.
Authorities say Wenske later escalated the threats in an email that read: “Death to Erika Kirk and every single speaker there!! America will live on without those scum on this earth. Every Christian nationalist shall perish in the bombing that will take place at every single Turning Point rally and event,” according to the arrest warrant.
Wenske was charged with a third-degree felony count of making a terroristic threat. His bond was set at $120,000.
The affidavit states that the threats resulted in a &#8220;substantial alteration of security operations” for the TPUSA event, including deploying additional uniformed police officers, bomb-sniffing dogs, increasing private security staffing, and other measures that caused “operational disruption and significant monetary expense to the victim venue.”

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A 26-year-old Texas man has been charged with making a terroristic threat after authorities say he threatened to kill Erika Kirk and bomb an upcoming Turning Point USA event where the widow is scheduled to speak. 
The probe began after a local newspaper shared a Facebook post promoting TPUSA’s Women’s Leadership Summit, scheduled for June 5–7 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk, according to <a href="https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2026/05/28/man-arrested-for-threats-to-kill-erika-kirk-ahead-of-turning-point-usa-event-in-san-antonio/">KSAT-TV</a>.
“I know exactly where to bomb,” the suspect, identified as Jacob Wenske, replied to the post, according to law enforcement.
Authorities say Wenske also wrote in the same thread, “I can’t wait to be the valet for her escort.”
In a January email, Wenske wrote: “Death to Erika Kirk and every single speaker there!! America will live on without those scum on this earth. Every Christian nationalist shall perish in the bombing that will take place at every single Turning Point rally and event,” according to the arrest warrant.
Wenske was charged with a third-degree felony count of making a terroristic threat involving fear of serious bodily injury and public disruption.
Court records show Wenske’s bond was set at a combined $120,000, KSAT-TV reported.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, TPUSA spokesman Matt Shupe said the organization is treating the threats seriously.
“The safety of our attendees, speakers, and staff is always our top priority. All TPUSA events include enhanced, multi-layered security measures enforced by both private security and local police,” Shupe said. “We refuse to let threats silence us. We look forward to a successful and inspiring gathering June 5–7 in San Antonio for more than 2,500 women attending the Women’s Leadership Summit.”
Kirk has recently drawn attention to what she describes as a broader media and cultural climate fueling political violence, arguing it contributed to the circumstances surrounding the public assassination of her husband Charlie Kirk in September.
“Seems to me that nothing will ever be enough for the evil in this world. Our country has become unrecognizable,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/erika-kirk-blasts-media-radicalization-in-first-remarks-since-whcd-shooting">Kirk said</a> following the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “These people have perverted the truth to the point that they motivated the murder of my husband.”

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Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles spoke Tuesday night at the University of Idaho as part of Turning Point USA&#8217;s college tour.
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The Daily Wire hosts railed against rising political violence from the Left, including the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Trump last Saturday at the White House Correspondents&#8217; dinner.
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&#8220;The worst thing about left-wing radicals is, yeah, they&#8217;re violent, they&#8217;re evil, they&#8217;re soulless, and they&#8217;re such corny dorks too,&#8221; Walsh said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the one thing you take from this guy, the latest attempted assassin. You look at his manifesto, and it&#8217;s, yeah, it&#8217;s all the mainstream Democrat talking points, but it&#8217;s just so, so lame.&#8221;
Asked to weigh in on the news that former FBI Director James Comey had been indicted a second time for making threats against President Donald Trump, Knowles said the move was &#8220;a very good start.&#8221;
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&#8220;I want Hassan Piker arrested. I want all of the elected officials, the Democrats, the media figures who have called for violence against conservatives. I want them to be prosecuted. I want them to know that will not stand in America,&#8221; Knowles told the packed auditorium. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got a great start with this administration, and we need a lot more of it.&#8221;
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The event, hosted by the University of Idaho&#8217;s TPUSA Chapter, is one of five college campuses that Turning Point USA visited in April to honor the legacy of its founder, Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated at Utah Valley University last September.
Throughout the night, members of the audience stepped up to question Walsh and Knowles. One, a transgender-identifying activist, accused Walsh of misrepresenting a graph that shows what percentage of mass shooters are transgender.
&#8220;Well, first of all, I think, as someone who believes that women have penises, you&#8217;re not one to lecture people for lying,&#8221; Walsh said. &#8220;Now I think the real fundamental issue here is that transgenderism itself is a lie. It&#8217;s a falsehood.&#8221;
The debate then turned to gender ideology and children. Walsh laid out what behavior he believes constitutes child grooming.
&#8220;When I have used the word groomer to refer to leftists, I have done it in specific cases where they are having drag queens perform for children, or where children themselves are dressing up like drag queens and performing for adults, or where children are being chemically castrated and sexually mutilated,&#8221; Walsh said.
The activist pushed back.
&#8220;I mean, quite literally, I&#8217;ve watched drag shows at like, old folks homes and stuff like that,&#8221; the student said. 
&#8220;Now you&#8217;re grooming granny, too?&#8221; Walsh joked. &#8220;Why? Why have drag queens around kids at all? Why do that?&#8221;
The discussion moved to the looming November midterms. Walsh conceded some foreign policy divisions within the Republican Party, but encouraged students to use their voice to oppose any policy disagreements, regardless of who&#8217;s in the White House.
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“You should speak up, because we’re Americans, and that’s what we do. I’ve criticized the Trump administration where I think they deserve it, but this defeatism, this doomerism you get from some on the right, where they say, ‘Well, you know, we shouldn’t even have voted for Trump. What was the point?’ It’s like, well, okay, so we have President Kamala Harris. Do we need to explain why that would be worse than what we currently have?”
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He also hailed the Trump administration for what he described as &#8220;America First&#8221; victories.
&#8220;We did shut down the border, and for years and years and years, that was the banner that we marched under as conservatives shut down the border, shut down the border, shut down the border. And it&#8217;s like, we do it, and then we immediately move on. That doesn&#8217;t really matter. Let&#8217;s find something else to complain about, Walsh said.
&#8220;Because conservatives can never be happy,&#8221; Knowles interjected. &#8220;It&#8217;s like, one of the most charming things about us.&#8221;
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A federal grand jury has indicted the family involved in the assault on a Turning Point USA reporter at an anti-ICE protest earlier this month. 
The incident revolved around Savanah Hernandez, a TPUSA reporter who was allegedly attacked by the Ostroushko family while filming the protest in Minneapolis outside of a local ICE field office, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-to-investigate-family-accused-of-attacking-conservative-reporter-during-anti-ice-protests">reported</a>. Federal sources told Fox News the individuals were indicted Tuesday, and their names were officially released Wednesday afternoon.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, <a href="https://x.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/2049578866176393378">announced</a> the federal charges on X, stating, &#8220;Today, Christopher, Deyanna, and Paige Ostrouchko were indicted by a grand jury for allegedly assaulting journalist and Turning Point USA contributor Savannah Hernandez, while she was lawfully reporting on anti-ICE protests outside a federal building in St. Paul.&#8221;
&#8220;Hernandez was allegedly surrounded, physically assaulted, and shoved to the ground — simply because she was identified by the defendants as a conservative journalist. That is NOT &#8216;peaceful protest,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;These deplorable actions as charged in the indictment will not be tolerated in America, and this Department of Justice will always punish unhinged acts of political violence.&#8221;
FBI Director Kash Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2049587089331618006">echoed</a> Blanche&#8217;s warning: &#8220;Let this be a message to others who may try something similar &#8211; this FBI will find you.&#8221;
Three individuals were arrested at the time, including Chris Ostroushko, his daughter Paige, and Paige’s boyfriend, Lorenzo Garcia, 20, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office told The Daily Caller. The indictments, however, included the mother, Deyanna, but not Garcia.
Hernandez caught several of the attacks on <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043088956351189051">video</a>, where she could clearly be seen being harassed and shoved by the protesters. In one of the videos, Chris could be seen pushing Hernandez to the ground.
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I&#8217;m waking up with a headache and stiff neck this morning due to how violently anti-ICE activist, Chris Ostroushko, shoved me down yesterday.
A second angle shows that he had to be held back by 5 men as he continued to charge at me.
I didn&#8217;t speak a word to him all day yet he… <a href="https://t.co/LjDx1GMLnF">pic.twitter.com/LjDx1GMLnF</a>
— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) <a href="https://twitter.com/Savsays/status/2043336993514373245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Another <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043893070517633258">video</a> shows the Ostroushko family discussing the attack beforehand, in which Chris can be heard telling his daughter to &#8220;Blow the whistle right in her f*cking ear.”
“I’m scared to report, Laura,” Hernandez <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043851758749819063">told</a> Fox News’ Laura Ingraham at the time. “This is my job. It’s what I’ve been doing for the last six years.”
“I can&#8217;t even interview people properly on the street because I get brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man for simply going and reporting on anti-ICE activities,” she added.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon <a href="https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2044018262812303729">confirmed</a> days after the incident that the Department of Justice and the FBI would investigate. Just two weeks later, the indictments followed.
Hernandez praised the indictments in an X <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2049519249782116468">post:</a> &#8220;Cannot express how grateful I am at how swiftly the DOJ and FBI handled this. They’ve been doing an incredible job for the American people lately and I could not be more appreciative.&#8221;
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Editor&#8217;s Note: This story was updated with the names of those indicted after more information was revealed Wednesday afternoon.

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Federal investigations are underway after TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez was attacked by a family while filming an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis over the weekend.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon <a href="https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2044018262812303729">confirmed</a> the Department of Justice and FBI investigations on Tuesday after the Ostroushko family clashed with Hernandez at the protest outside the Whipple Federal Building, a local ICE field office, and a detention facility. The Hennepin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has reportedly <a href="https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/tpusa-contributor-attacked-during-anti-ice-protest-federal-probe-underway-savannah-hernandez-andy-ngo-civil-rights">arrested</a> several people, three of them in connection with the alleged assault. 
The three individuals arrested include Chris Ostroushko, his daughter Paige, and Paige&#8217;s boyfriend, Lorenzo Garcia, 20, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office <a href="https://www.aol.com/articles/man-accused-attacking-conservative-journalist-211341530.html?guccounter=1">told</a> the Daily Caller.
Chris and Garcia were arrested for obstruction with force, while Paige was arrested for disorderly conduct. Chris&#8217;s wife, Deyanna, was also identified on video confronting Hernandez but was not among those charged.
Hernandez caught several of the attacks on <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043088956351189051">video</a>, where she could clearly be seen being harassed and shoved by the protesters. Paige, a sophomore at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, was shown blowing a whistle in Hernandez&#8217;s face before physically attacking Hernandez.
One video shows Chris pushing Hernandez to the ground.
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I&#8217;m waking up with a headache and stiff neck this morning due to how violently anti-ICE activist, Chris Ostroushko, shoved me down yesterday.
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I didn&#8217;t speak a word to him all day yet he… <a href="https://t.co/LjDx1GMLnF">pic.twitter.com/LjDx1GMLnF</a>
— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) <a href="https://twitter.com/Savsays/status/2043336993514373245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In another <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043893070517633258">video</a>, the Ostroushko family is seen discussing the attack beforehand, in which Chris can be heard telling his daughter to &#8220;Blow the whistle right in her f*cking ear.”
Chris Ostroushko was previously known to law enforcement, as Crime Watch Minneapolis <a href="https://x.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/2043725239159279977">reported</a> that he was convicted of defrauding the state after he illegally received unemployment benefits of nearly $ 7,000 in the early 2000s.
In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Monday, Hernandez <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043851758749819063">said</a> she believes the incident escalated because the protesters found out who she works for. &#8220;Since Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination, this is now the third time that people have come up to me &#8230; figured out I work for TPUSA, and have made a point to confront me, to threaten me, to harass me, and now brutally assault me, to prove a point.&#8221;
“I’m scared to report, Laura,” Hernandez admitted. “This is my job. It’s what I’ve been doing for the last six years.”
“I can&#8217;t even interview people properly on the street because I get brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man for simply going and reporting on anti-ICE activities,” she added.
&#8220;For far too long, the violent left has been allowed to get away with repeated attacks on journalists,&#8221; Hernandez <a href="https://x.com/Savsays/status/2043392312676397294">posted</a> to X. &#8220;I’m looking forward to justice being served after what happened yesterday.&#8221;
Border czar Tom Homan <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2043837999624970532">echoed</a> Hernandez on the show with Ingraham, &#8220;We cannot give up on this. We have to keep prosecuting these people &#8230; We cannot accept this as a norm in the United States of America.&#8221;

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Kid Rock has addressed speculation that he was lip syncing during his performance of “Bawitdaba” at TPUSA’s All-American Halftime Show, which was aired at the same time as the Super Bowl Halftime show on Sunday.
The country rock star said the problem was that he was “out of sync” with his DJ. Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, discussed what happened during an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6389008403112">appearance</a> on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on Monday night.
“My DJ, who actually raps that song with me, was not lit up,” Ritchie explained to Ingraham. He said it would have been easier for the TPUSA team to sync up the vocals if they were using a pre-recorded version of the song, and the fact that it was slightly off timing-wise is proof that he was really singing.
“&#8230;I’m jumping around the stage like a rabid monkey, rapping my song, and I’m taking breaths, and my DJ is filling in the other parts of it,” he went on. “I even told them when I saw the rough cut, I was like, you guys got to work on that sync. It’s off. So it was just a syncing issue that they had, and I know they tried to get it right. It was very difficult.”
Ritchie also tweeted out a more direct response to those who were speculating that he had lip-synced, calling the claims &#8220;fake news.&#8221;
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My halftime performance was pre recorded but performed live. No lipsycing like the haters and fake news are trying to report. When they synced the cameras to my performance on Bawitdaba, it did not line up as I explain in this video. <a href="https://t.co/k1x1RfI9RY">pic.twitter.com/k1x1RfI9RY</a>
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The TPUSA All-American Halftime Show outperformed all expectations. Millions of people tuned into the YouTube livestream, Charlie Kirk’s YouTube channel, and other partner sites streaming it, including DailyWire+.
It was pitched as an alternative for viewers who weren’t interested in watching Super Bowl Halftime headliner Bad Bunny, who only sings in Spanish and has expressed controversial views about President Trump and ICE enforcing immigration laws.
Ritchie also said he wasn’t overly impressed with Bad Bunny’s halftime performance.
“Like most people, I didn’t understand any of it,” the singer said. “I saw there’s a lot of dancers and a lot of big to-do stuff. And, you know, he said he wanted to have a dance party; it looked like he had one.”
“Not my cup of tea, but I don’t fault that kid for doing the Super Bowl, getting in front of a global audience,” Ritchie added. “I fault the NFL for putting him in that position and Turning Point for having to come out and have an alternative for people to watch. You know, it’s just — poor kid.”
President Trump also had a negative reaction to Bad Bunny’s performance on Sunday.
“The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” Trump wrote. “It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of America, and doesn’t represent our standards of Success, Creativity, or Excellence,” the president posted on social media.
“Nobody understands a word this guy is saying, and the dancing is disgusting, especially for young children that are watching from throughout the U.S.A., and all over the World. This ‘Show’ is just a ‘slap in the face’ to our Country, which is setting new standards and records every single day — including the Best Stock Market and 401(k)s in History!”

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Country rock star Kid Rock pointed viewers toward Jesus and the Gospel during his set on Sunday as the headliner at the TPUSA All-American Halftime Show. 
The &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; singer delivered on all fronts as the alternative to the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show that featured Bad Bunny, who performed his entire set in Spanish. The All-American Halftime Show drew millions of viewers eager for something different. 
Rock opened his set with his viral hit “Bawitdaba” from 1999. But later, the recording artist changed tracks entirely. As his set came to an end, Kid Rock came back out on stage and was reintroduced by his real name, Robert Ritchie. 
He said a new verse to Cody Johnson’s song “‘Til You Can’t” came to him one Sunday morning when &#8220;something or someone spoke to me.&#8221;
Ritchie said he believed there was “a verse that still needed to be written for this song.”
&#8220;There&#8217;s a book that&#8217;s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off,&#8221; he sang. &#8220;There&#8217;s a man that died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You can give your life to Jesus and he&#8217;ll give you a second chance. &#8216;Til you can&#8217;t.&#8221;
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His performance ended with a tribute to TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last year. 
“If you’re gonna love somebody, hold ’em as long and as strong and as close as you can. Until you can’t,” Rock sang as an image of Kirk showed up on the screen with the caption, “In Remembrance of Charlie Kirk.” There were photos of Kirk and his widow, Erika, followed by the Bible verse Isaiah 6:8: &#8220;Here am I, send me.&#8221;
Brantley Gilbert and other country artists, Gabby Barrett, and Lee Brice also performed at the TPUSA All-American Halftime Show, which outperformed all expectations. Millions of people tuned into the YouTube livestream, Charlie Kirk’s YouTube channel, and other partner sites streaming it, including DailyWire+. 
“We’re approaching this show like David and Goliath,” Kid Rock said in a statement before the show, The Daily Wire previously reported. “Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible, or is it? He said he’s having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America.”
Social media lit up with fans celebrating the Super Bowl halftime show alternative, and later with viewers proud of how many people turned up and tuned in. 
“All in English, all talented, beautifully done,” one social media response <a href="https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2020680122739609810">said</a>.
“It was truly awesome. Felt so good. And so proud,” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/GNFranzia/status/2020681341726036350">agreed</a>. 
“I was proud of my country. Felt blessed for my family. This is what it should be!” a third person agreed, echoing what so many others were saying.
As of Monday, the All-American Halftime Show had close to 20 million views on the official TPUSA YouTube channel.

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The TPUSA All-American Halftime Show outperformed all expectations, with an incredible 6.1 million people <a href="https://x.com/andrewkolvet/status/2020677703213728037?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">tuning in</a> to watch on the YouTube livestream, another 1 million watching on Charlie Kirk’s YouTube, and “monster” numbers on other partner sites streaming it including Rumble and DailyWire+.
Social media lit up with fans celebrating the Super Bowl halftime show alternative, and later with viewers proud of how many people turned up and tuned in.
“All in English, all talented, beautifully done,” one social media response <a href="https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2020680122739609810">said</a>.
“It was truly awesome. Felt so good. And so proud,” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/GNFranzia/status/2020681341726036350">agreed</a>.
“I was proud of my country. Felt blessed for my family. This is what it should be!” a third person agreed, echoing what so many others were saying.
Secretary of War Pete Hegeth posted on X, saying the War Department was “proud to support” the show. “GOD BLESS THIS GREAT COUNTRY,” he <a href="https://x.com/secwar/status/2020680005681062203?s=46&amp;t=5nB3R1hthzMlYMrXjZyN8Q">wrote</a> in the caption.
The lineup for “The All-American Halftime Show” was announced last week. Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett took the stage in a show meant to celebrate faith, family, and freedom.
“We’re approaching this show like David and Goliath,” Kid Rock said in a statement, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/turning-point-usa-unveils-star-studded-all-american-halftime-show-to-rival-super-bowls-bad-bunny">reported</a>. “Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible, or is it? He said he’s having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America.”
This show aired at the same time as Super Bowl LX’s official halftime show featuring Latin music star Bad Bunny. The singer’s selection has sparked significant backlash from many conservatives, including President Donald Trump.
Bad Bunny has been critical of the Trump administration’s illegal immigrant crackdown and refused to tour in the United States last year because he said he didn’t want ICE raiding his concerts. Many football fans were also frustrated that the entire show would be in Spanish.
The success of TPUSA’s alternative, pro-America halftime entertainment proves that the battle of David versus Goliath continues, with the possibility of the underdog winning in the end.
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Turning Point USA vowed to put on a show to rival the Super Bowl halftime show headlined by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unlike-bad-bunny-the-super-bowl-is-going-all-in-to-celebrate-america">Bad Bunny</a>, and they delivered in red, white, and blue.
The lineup for &#8220;The All-American Halftime Show&#8221; was announced Monday. Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett will take the stage in a show TPUSA says will celebrate faith, family, and freedom.
&#8220;We&#8217;re approaching this show like David and Goliath,&#8221; Kid Rock said in a statement, per <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turning-point-usa-launches-rival-halftime-show-star-studded-lineup-nfl-faces-super-bowl-backlash">Fox News</a>. &#8220;Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible, or is it? He said he’s having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America.&#8221;
Kid Rock said on The Charlie Kirk Show on Monday that half of the United States is &#8220;underserved&#8221; entertainment-wise.
This show will air during Super Bowl LX&#8217;s official halftime show featuring Latin music star Bad Bunny, who won &#8220;Album of the Year&#8221; at the Grammys on Sunday. The singer&#8217;s selection has sparked significant backlash from many conservatives, including President Donald Trump. Bad Bunny has been critical of the Trump administration&#8217;s illegal immigrant crackdown and refused to tour in the United States last year because he said he didn&#8217;t want ICE raiding his concerts.
At the Grammys this past Sunday, Bad Bunny again criticized ICE.
&#8220;Before I say thanks to God, I&#8217;m going to say, &#8216;ICE out,'&#8221; Bad Bunny said.
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Last fall, Trump took a jab at Bad Bunny, saying he didn&#8217;t know who the singer was after the NFL announced he would be performing at the Super Bowl LX halftime show.
&#8220;I don’t know who he is,&#8221; Trump told Newsmax. &#8220;I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.&#8221;
Trump definitely knows who Kid Rock is. The &#8220;Bawitdaba&#8221; singer is a close pal and golfing buddy of the president. Kid Rock also performed at the last Republican National Convention.
&#8220;The All-American Halftime Show&#8221; will allow viewers to be up close and personal with the performance, Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet told Fox News Digital.
&#8220;&#8216;The All-American Halftime Show&#8217; is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom,&#8221; Kolvet said. &#8220;We can’t wait to watch the incredible show they’re about to put on. We know millions around the country will be watching too.&#8221;
Barrett, who placed third on Season 16 of American Idol, recently sang at the White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
The star-studded show is expected to start around 8 p.m. ET on February 8. The Daily Wire will air the show on its platform. TPUSA will also stream the concert on its YouTube channel and X account.
Super Bowl LX is being held in Santa Clara, California, at Levi&#8217;s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers.
The battle between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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When Turning Point USA polled attendees at its annual convention last month, the most popular member of Donald Trump&#8217;s cabinet was Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He was viewed favorably by a shocking 96.8%, with more than 80% saying they strongly approved of him. 
The message, at least to anyone paying attention, is clear: Making America Healthy Again is a top priority for conservatives. One person paying attention is TPUSA&#8217;s Alex Clark, who has made MAHA the primary focus of her podcast <a href="https://www.realalexclark.com/">Culture Apothecary</a>.
Clark has been banging the drum for Republicans to not lose sight of MAHA voters and their priorities. She warns that MAHA is paying attention to whether the promises made will be kept. And they&#8217;re deciding now whether their new home on the right is temporary. 
Her latest warning: MAHA is paying attention to who sides with big pesticide manufacturers. I&#8217;m thrilled to have her in the Daily Wire, laying out not only why the pesticide issue is so important to MAHA, but why how it&#8217;s handled can shift the political spectrum.  —Brent Scher
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The Supreme Court is set to decide on Friday whether to take up a case that could determine whether pesticide manufacturers can use federal regulators as a shield against accountability if their products make Americans sick. 
At stake is whether families harmed by chemicals like Roundup will retain the right to seek justice in state courts, or whether corporate giants will be granted immunity for failing to warn the public.
The case, <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-1068.html">Monsanto v. Durnell,</a> centers on a deceptively technical legal question with enormous real-world consequences: can federal pesticide law override state-level failure-to-warn claims once the Environmental Protection Agency has approved a product label?
For decades, state courts have served as the primary avenue for Americans harmed by dangerous chemicals, particularly when evidence shows manufacturers knew, or should have known, about serious health risks and failed to warn consumers. Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018 and now sells Roundup, is asking the Supreme Court to shut that door entirely.
If the Supreme Court agrees, pesticide manufacturers would be able to point to EPA label approval as a legal shield, even if people develop cancer, infertility, or other serious illnesses after using their products. The result would be a sweeping expansion of corporate immunity — and a devastating loss of recourse for ordinary families.
What concerns me most is how such a ruling would affect American children. 
A growing body of research has raised serious concerns about the role of glyphosate and other widely used pesticides in <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26544531/">endocrine disruption</a>, impaired <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8165010/">reproductive development</a>, and even <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34207279/">infertility</a>. Children are uniquely vulnerable to chemical exposure, especially substances that interfere with hormones during critical developmental windows. Yet many of these products are sold without clear warnings and marketed as safe for routine use in backyards, playgrounds, and schools.
The corporations pushing the Court to expand federal preemption are effectively arguing that once a federal agency signs off on a label, no further accountability should exist. Even if new evidence emerges, even if harm becomes widespread, and even if children pay the price. Preserving corporate profits takes precedence over whether future generations can grow up healthy and fertile.
The legal question before the Court is narrow, but the implications are not. 
Under current law, victims can pursue state-level failure-to-warn claims by showing that a manufacturer knew, or should have known, that its product posed serious risks but failed to disclose them. Bayer wants the Supreme Court to rule that EPA approval of a pesticide label automatically wipes out those claims.
In the case of glyphosate-based Roundup, the EPA <a href="https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/glyphosate">approved</a> the product without a cancer warning. But internal documents revealed through litigation paint a far more troubling picture of how that label came to be.
Monsanto engaged in a sustained campaign to suppress unfavorable science and shape the regulatory narrative. The company is accused of <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715?via%3Dihub=&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">ghost-writing</a> supposedly independent research, <a href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2019/06/Johnson-cross-appeal-and-opening-brief.pdf">burying inconvenient studies</a>, and using backchannels to <a href="https://usrtk.org/monsanto/attacks-on-scientists-journalists/">discredit scientists</a> who raised safety concerns. Documents also show Monsanto never tested the full Roundup formulation for carcinogenicity. In one <a href="https://www.wisnerbaum.com/wp-content/uploads/27-Internal-Monsanto-Email-You-Cannot-Say-That-Roundup-is-not-a-Carcinogen.pdf">internal email</a>, a Monsanto toxicologist admitted: “[Y]ou can’t say Roundup is not a carcinogen… we have not done the necessary testing on the formulation to make that statement.”
That is precisely the accountability mechanism Bayer now wants the Supreme Court to eliminate.
Imagine walking into a store and buying a bottle of Roundup. There is no warning on the label that it has been linked to cancer. No warning that it can be absorbed through the skin. No caution about spraying it where children play barefoot or crawl in the grass. Parents are expected to trust that if something were truly dangerous, someone would have warned them.
If Bayer wins this case, the message to manufacturers will be unmistakable: keep labels as weak as federal regulators allow, and if people get sick, it’s not your problem.
This is not a hypothetical concern. Bayer has already paid nearly $11 billion to settle cancer claims related to Roundup. Thousands of additional lawsuits remain pending. The company’s stock price has plummeted, and its own internal strategy documents describe a <a href="https://www.bayer.com/en/managing-the-roundup-litigation">multi-pronged effort</a> to “mitigate the risks of litigation.” One prong of that strategy is persuading the Supreme Court to declare that EPA approval preempts state law entirely.
A ruling in Bayer’s favor would not stop with Roundup. It would apply to more than <a href="https://ordspub.epa.gov/ords/pesticides/f?p=338:3::::::">57,000 pesticide products</a> currently on the market, many of them highly toxic. It would grant sweeping immunity to chemical manufacturers, including foreign-owned corporations like ChemChina, which sells pesticides in the United States that are banned in its home country for risks to human health.
This would amount to an unprecedented transfer of power away from families, juries, and state courts and toward multinational corporations whose primary obligation is to their shareholders, not to American children.
Congress has flirted with similar liability shields in recent spending bills and in the upcoming Farm Bill. As a lifelong conservative, my message to congressional Republicans is simple: the Make America Healthy Again coalition is paying attention.
In the 2024 election, millions of mothers voted Republican for the first time because they believed lawmakers would finally take children’s health seriously. They believed the party would stand up to corporate interests that profit while families bear the consequences.
That trust is not unconditional.
Before 2024, Republicans struggled to win suburban women. The MAHA coalition changed that, which was an unexpected political gift. But it is a fragile one. Shield Big Chemical from accountability, and that coalition will walk.
If the Supreme Court or Congress decides that corporate interests outweigh informed consent, the message to American families will be clear: your health is negotiable. Your children’s future is collateral damage.
That is a message no party, and no court, should be willing to send.
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Alex Clark is a Turning Point USA contributor and the host of Culture Apothecary, a health and wellness podcast aimed at Gen Z and millennial conservative women. 
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