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Trump Defends Data Centers in Ohio as he Rallies to Boost Jon Husted in a Tight Senate Race

President Donald Trump on Saturday defended data centers that power artificial intelligence projects but have become a contentious campaign issue nationwide, as he took his midterm tour to Ohio to insist his party will keep its majorities in Congress despite steep political headwinds.

Trump took several minutes during his campaign rally in southwestern Ohio to promote his administration's action on data centers, saying he was seeking to ensure they “benefit local communities" and praising Republican Sen. Jon Husted

 

 for an ill-fated attempt to push forward legislation on the issue.

“Look, there’s so much money to be made for Ohio. You can’t just turn them off. They’ll go to China," Trump said, repeating his defense of data centers that he had made before. The crowd, which had reacted enthusiastically as the president talked about other policies, was far more muted during the data centers remark.

The massive warehouse campuses generating energy for AI projects have become a toxic political issue, drawing bipartisan opposition in races across the country, with voters concerned about their impact on electricity prices, farmland and water supplies. It's become especially acute in Ohio, where Husted has been repeatedly attacked for his role in attracting data centers to Ohio as lieutenant governor.

Trump is embarking on what he says will be a 32-day blitz ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, hitting the deep red states of Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama this week before pivoting to Ohio, a battleground state that’s home to one of the top-tier Senate races this cycle.

Husted — who was appointed to fill the Senate vacancy left by now-Vice President JD Vance — is running to win the seat outright. There is likely no path to a Senate majority for Democrats without flipping Ohio, where former three-term Sen. Sherrod Brown 

 

is trying to return to the Senate after losing to Republican Bernie Moreno two years ago.

Since last year, Democrats have listed Ohio, along with states such as North Carolina and Maine, as key races to win control of the Senate. And this past week, the head of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm said Ohio is among 10 battleground races that are “within striking distance.”

“The good news for us is that Jon Husted is a closer,” Sen. Tim Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told reporters. “We’re seeing the gap that was there between the two candidates, which was just a few points, now it is right at a dead-even race. So this is as tight as ticks, as we say in South Carolina.”

At his rallies, Trump has been trying to convince voters that the economy is better than they feel it is, even though polls show Americans are frustrated with the way he's handled it. The high cost of living, including gas prices elevated by Trump's war on Iran, is a top issue in the Dayton area, too. And just days before Trump's rally, nearly 1,400 people were laid off from a truck factory in nearby Springfield.

“Your state is booming. Every — I hate to say it — every state is booming," Trump insisted Saturday. "They’re all booming.”

Trump's rally comes as Republicans worry that Husted’s campaign has failed to adequately catch fire with voters in the Republican-dominated state. Brown and allied groups have hammered Husted for his data-centers role, and the NRSC has pinpointed it as a political vulnerability.

The GOP-controlled Senate tried to advance legislation this past week sponsored by Husted that would ask utility regulators to effectively charge large power users more, as consumers struggle with high energy costs. But it was blocked by nearly all Democrats.

“You got to remember, Sherrod Brown was for data centers, and Jon Husted is for data centers being responsible,” Scott told reporters this week. “If a community doesn’t want them, he doesn’t want them either.”

But Trump has become one of data centers’ most vocal proponents, shrugging aside voter concerns and arguing that the U.S. cannot cede advancements in AI to China.

“Senator Jon Husted gave billions in tax breaks to Big Tech to make sure they would build their data centers in Ohio,” Brown wrote on X on Friday, ahead of Trump’s visit. “Now, he’s making Ohioans foot the bill.”

Brown’s campaign also has hammered Husted for donations he’s received from retail magnate Les Wexner, who once employed the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Husted has donated remaining Wexner contributions to an anti-human trafficking charity.

There were several Epstein-themed signs outside the Vandalia school where the rally was being held, as more than a hundred protesters lined the road with a slew of anti-Trump and anti-Husted signs.

But inside the school's gymnasium, the boisterous crowd — decked out in red “Make America Great Again” hats and “Trump 47” jerseys — greeted each Republican candidate enthusiastically as they awaited the president's arrival.

From the stage, Husted said the state had been through “hard times,” noting his dad had worked at a factory that closed down. But he said Republicans in the state had turned it around.

“We now have the most jobs and the lowest unemployment rate we’ve ever had in the history of Ohio," he said.

Meanwhile, in the governor’s race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy faces Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, the state’s former COVID-era health director.

A wealthy biotech entrepreneur and 2024 presidential candidate, Ramaswamy’s star appeal among conservatives led to quick backing by Ohio Republicans and hopes of an easy victory in the Republican-dominated state. However, despite a massive fundraising lead and more than $12 million spent in campaign advertising, he is now locked in a close fight with Acton with weeks to go until Election Day.

“I’m so grateful to this state and to this country for giving a kid like me opportunities that would not have been available to my family in any other country on planet earth,” Ramaswamy said at the rally ahead of Trump’s arrival, as he underscored the American dream for his Indian immigrant family.

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Iranian Delegation Finds Out Rubio Doesn't Play If They Don't Do What U.S. Says

A limited number of members of the Iranian regime were in the U.S. to attend the United Nations General Assembly. 

But when it ended on September 28, a small delegation remained, supposedly to engage in more negotiations. But then, as we reported, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that they had "overstayed their welcome" and ordered them out of the country. The entire delegation was told they had to leave on Monday. 

But then, reportedly, two diplomats remained in New York.

So the U.S. told Iran’s mission to the U.N. that the U.S. was aware the diplomats had not left and dropped the hammer on them, saying they had to get out immediately. 

 

An official indicated to Fox News Digital that the Iranians were read the riot act.

“Secretary Rubio means business. Two more members of the Iranian delegation were found still in New York long after the UN General Assembly had passed. They have now been kicked out of the country,” a U.S. official told Fox News Digital.

One diplomat left Friday night and the other Saturday morning, according to the outlet.

They apparently thought they could get around the demand. Then they found out Rubio doesn't play, and they were obviously being closely watched, as they should be while they were on U.S. soil. 

Rubio eviscerated them while they were here, letting them know they had no standing to lecture us on anything. 

President Donald Trump also nailed the regime on Friday night during a campaign rally in Alabama, where he delivered a priceless smackdown to the regime after one of their leaders mouthed off. 

"They lost one set of leaders. Then they lost another set of leaders. Then they lost half of a third set, and they had a little runoff for who wants to be president and there were no participants. Everyone said, 'I don't, I don't want to be,'" Trump told an audience in Mobile, Ala. 

"And it's part of our problem. I don't know who the hell to deal with. There's nobody to deal with. Nobody wants to be president, I'd say 'Who do I speak to in Iran?' They're not nobody around. Knock, knock. Nobody home," Trump added.

So the regime can either get its act together or it can face collapse. 

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In New Texas PAC Ad, Angela Paxton Does the Work Local, National Republicans Refuse to Do

 

Texas Republican state Senator Angela Paxton (D08), the ex-wife of U.S. Senate Republican nominee for Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, is exhibiting her quality and her consistency, where the local and national Republican Party have been exhibiting far too much inconsistency. 

Looking at you, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). 

 

In an ad paid for by Texas PAC, Angela Paxton launches off her September 18 Texas Federation of Republican Women, "The Elephant in the Room"  speech, where, as RedState reported, Paxton encouraged the attendees to "vote the ticket." 

Now State Sen. Paxton has extended her message to all Texas voters with this short, sweet, and on point communication, which may well be the saving grace for the Texas Senate race. 

She said:

I'm Texas Senator Angela Paxton. People have asked my thoughts about this election, and it turns out, I have some.

Let's talk about the elephant in the room. In a general election, it's not as much about the individual players on the team, it's about getting the whole team across the finish line. Either we hold every Republican seat, or we hand the future of Texas to the other team. That's why I'm voting for the Republican ticket on November 3. Let's hold the line together.

 

State Sen. Paxton understands how to play the long game. She also understands that temper tantrums and so-called principled stances will drastically erode Republican dominance in the state and the nation. Erosion that the nation may not recover from.

Looking at you, Karl Rove.

 

So, this ad is well-timed and perfectly executed to help mitigate that damage, and empower the base to vote for a united Republican ticket.

State Sen. Paxton has more integrity and moral weight than the purported Texas Republican leaders and half the Republicans in Congress. She is doing the heavy-lifting that they should be doing to energize the Republican ticket across the board and get Ken Paxton over the finish line. 

If the national Republican Party is smart, they'd be wise to use her in the remaining days of this election cycle and to activate the base as we head towards 2028.

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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Somali Gang Shooting Injures 2 at MN High School Game, Has Major Implications for Midterms

Things seem to keep spiraling out of control in Minnesota.

Here's the latest from a city near Minneapolis, on what should have been a fun fall Friday night for students and their families. Instead, there was a shooting outside the Eden Prairie High School's football stadium during the game. The shooting did not involve students, though two people were injured in the gunfire.

The Minnesota Star Tribune reported:

Eden Prairie’s football game against Minnetonka was evacuated on Friday amid the reported shooting and a major police response.

The Eden Prairie Police Department said officers responded at about 8:40 p.m. after a report of shots fired.

Police said two people were shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Both were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center for treatment and authorities say neither is a student of Eden Prairie or Minnetonka high schools.

 

It went on:

In a Facebook post, the Eden Prairie Police Department said the shooting is believed to have been targeted, and that no arrests have been made. The department said the investigation is ongoing and that additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

But the shooting had wider effects, with Saturday night's homecoming dance getting canceled, the Eden Prairie principal announced:

Eden Prairie High School principal Dr. Jaysen Anderson posted a message on Facebook Saturday about the decision:

“Due to last night’s tragic and unfortunate event, we will not be holding our Homecoming Dance this evening. While we believe we would have the planning, resources and support to make tonight’s event safe and enjoyable, holding a dance less than 24 hours after a trauma in our community feels out of place."

“Too many students, staff and families were directly impacted, and we need to be prepared to adequately support all students and staff when they return to the building on Monday," he continued. "I will share more about what that looks like tomorrow (Sunday) by 9 p.m.”

The Star Tribune report added that Democrat Gov. Tim Walz commented on the shooting event:

Gov. Tim Walz took to social media late Friday, writing, “No homecoming, in any community, should be disrupted by gun violence. Minnesotans are keeping students and families in our thoughts tonight.”

How could something like this happen? Alpha News reporter Liz Collin reported that her police sources confirmed that, instead of the generic leftist culprit, "gun violence," it was actually Somali gang violence.

CrimeWatchMpls wrote in its update above, which Collin reshared, on Friday night about the active scene:

UPDATE from Eden Prairie on the double SHOOTING at the game:

At approximately 8:40 p.m. this evening, Eden Prairie Police responded to the Eden Prairie High School homecoming football game following a report of shots fired.

Two individuals were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The stadium was evacuated, and a large police presence remains on scene. Community members are asked to avoid the area.

This is an active investigation. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

This frightening incident in a safe suburban community in the Midwest like Eden Prairie directly ties in to November's midterm elections.

The second-in-command in Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan,

 

 is asking the voters of the Land of 10,000 Lakes to give her a promotion to the United States Senate, incredibly.

Republican nominee for the seat, Michele Tafoya,

 

 is hanging tough in a dead heat, according to recent polling, as RedState has shared. And the conservative rising star is on the move with just weeks to go to the election.

Which makes Flanagan's release of a truly clueless campaign ad this week so damaging for Democrats, as my colleague Nick Arama wrote earlier.

She is weighed down by the fraud scandal in her state that has gone on while she's the Lt. Governor, a scandal that she acts as if she had been clueless about. 

[...]

The fact that she spent money on this [ad] and let it go out just screams clueless.

There are no "cuts" to SNAP or other social safety net programs like Medicaid meant for actual Americans in need. The Trump administration, with no thanks to Flanagan and her boss and vice presidential loser, Tim Walz, is cutting out the waste, fraud, and abuse - much of it by illegals from Somalia and their benefactors on the Left. The One Big Beautiful Bill is doing what it is supposed to.

But the Dems know that, and still want to trick voters with this fear-mongering. Meanwhile, people can't even go to a Friday night high school football game, since the people running MN do not care about law and order - only attacking gun rights for politics.

These kids have the right to attend their homecoming celebrations without fear of being hurt - or worse.

God help us all, if a Flanagan win in MN helps in any way the Dems regain control of the Senate in November. Then all Americans lose.

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The MAHA Summit Invites Health Insurers to the Discussion, and the Faithful Aren't Happy About It

Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and MI Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed photo below

 

  are not the only ones attempting to hijack the MAHA movement. Health insurance providers UnitedHealth Group, Elevance Health, and AHIP ponied up as sponsors for Tuesday's MAHA Summit, in order to have a seat at the table.

At a gathering featuring Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vice President JD Vance and top administration health officials, the agenda included topics such as artificial intelligence, bolstering access to health data, psychedelic drugs, peptide therapies, food supply innovation and longevity science.

It also featured heavy hitters from the hospital and insurance industries, both of which have been criticized for their role in making health care more expensive.

— Heath Veuleman (@HeathVeuleman) September 28, 2026

Some of the original movement adherents and MAHA faithful are none too pleased. Dr. Robert Malone, who was part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel, took to Substack to decry, "The Capture of MAHA." Malone said he was "genuinely taken aback by a who's who of corporate interests on the summit agenda."

We all thought MAHA was founded to challenge entrenched interests. It has somehow convened a panel on medical affordability dominated by the insurance industry itself, while the physicians and patients who live under that system have been completely excluded from the discussion.

Malone further stated, "MAHA was supposed to expose the revolving door between money, industry and government, not build its own."

Read the list of speakers and weep- MAHA-gov and MAHA-inc have completely divorced themselves from the health freedom movement.
This is sickening. https://t.co/OCMh60vD6l

— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) September 28, 2026

Apart from the significant amount of side eyes, the "Affordability First" panel discussion provided a window into their motivations in wanting to be in MAHA's proximity. Alec Aramanda, Principal Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), moderated the discussion which covered the topic of affordability and how the use of AI and the providers' partnership with CMS against fraud, waste, and abuse, will help to drive down costs for the consumer. 

At least, that is the hope. Representing the insurance industry was Dr. Catherine Gaffigan, President of Health Solutions for Elevance Health, AHIP President and CEO Mike Tuffin, and Dr. Wyatt Decker, Chief Physician, Value-Based Care and Innovation for UnitedHealth Group 

Aramanda opened with the roughly five trillion the United States spends on healthcare, taking up 18 percent of the gross domestic product. Aramanda also discussed how healthcare expenses are costly in more ways than one, and affect individuals, family, and the nation in terms of time, energy, and resources. Resources and time that could be poured into other endeavors. 

Aramanda put a fine point on all this by drawing a bright line between ballooning healthcare costs, and what he called the creation of "Frankenstein policies," like single-payer and Medicare for All to address the problem. 

Aramanda warned:

The stakes are very high if we do not get this right. The crux of this all is this idea of public trust: And I know, going back to the pandemic and the response, a lot of our healthcare institutions not just eroded the trust, but it revealed a significant gap in their credibility over the last few years.

Aramanda dived into the question of how the providers planned to address affordability. AHIP's Mike Tuffin reassured the audience that, "I want to be very clear: Health plans share the frustration about the performance of the healthcare system. Healthcare cost too much, the system is fragmented, and it's complex and challenging to navigate."

Tuffin was merely echoing what most Americans know intimately. It's a system that not only drives sickness, but often fuels it.

Tuffin did hone in on how AHIP planned to address the issue of prior authorization. Despite customers surveyed ranking this among their chief complaints, Tuffin claimed, 

Prior authorization is very selectively used. But we understand the experience around prior authorization can be frustrating for people. They're in the physician's office, they're there at the point of vulnerability, and they may get a delayed answer. Or they may get tied up in paperwork.

We are working to fix that. Because it's really important that we maintain this safeguard. There's so much work being done in the administration on fraud, waste, and abuse. And all the experts agree that roughly 25 percent of care delivered in the U.S. is wasteful at best and harmful at worst. 

So, we need to maintain safeguards to make sure people are getting evidence-based care, but we need to modernize that experience. And so we've come together as an industry to make commitments to improve that experience.

But Tuffin did not go into specifics on how this commitment looked, simply more blue sky language that the industry is committed to improving the prior authorization process.

Our vision, our vision is that patients and their doctors get the answer that they need at the point of care, in a seamless way that's invisible to the patient as often as possible. That's the vision that we're working toward in the industry, and it's going to take a lot of partnership for that vision to be fulfilled.

Because as hard as it is to believe in 2026, half the prior authorization comes in manually. Usually via fax machine. So we say, outlaw the fax machine in healthcare. Abolish the paper. Make all of us participate in a real-time digital system.

Elevance's Dr. Catherine Gaffigan did no better in articulating her company's plans on tackling affordability. 

When I think about just... our responsibility. You know, health plans have a distinct responsibility to be a part of the solution here when it comes to cost and affordability. And, you know, to Mike's point, it's not just about affordability but also experience. And just simplifying that experience. So, we're really working hard to take advantage of this opportunity that we have, whether it's just improved technology,  etcetera, to just reduce the friction. Right? Because we do have, I feel, a foundational responsibility to ensure that patients get the right care safely, at the right place and at the right time. And that does sometimes require prior authorization, but it's gotta be a way better experience, so that's what we're working on. How do we reduce that friction, get to a real-time answer as often as possible and just make it simpler for folks.

The doctor seems to have attended the same Word Salad school as our former Vice President Kamala Harris. In terms of actual clarity of thought, Dr. Wyatt Decker of UnitedHealth Group rivaled them both. He said:

This is... super key points have been made. I would say, while we're working to address these friction points, which we are, and Mike touched on many of them as did Catherine. I think also, reinengineering the healthcare experience to get upstream of chronic diseases. We're a nation of chronic diseases, it accounts for about 90 percent of our five-plus trillion dollars is spent on chronic diseases. Why?

Well, I'm an emergency physician. And our nation's overcrowded emergency departments, they're full of people that  weren't diagnosed or couldn't get access to care when it was not a crisis. So, guess what? now they're in a crisis. Their heart failure has tipped over and now they can't breathe. It's extremely expensive, but it's also a terrible experience. Right?

So, let's get upstream, let's diagnose that early heart failure before it's a crisis, get on appropriate meds, you've actually created better experience with a lower cost and you haven't negotiated or fought with providers.

So, that's kind of, that's our fundamental vision at UnitedHealthcare Group, is let's get upstream of this nation of chronic diseases, and make an impact before it's a crisis.

Aramanda moved the conversation into technology. Specifically, how would the providers use AI to create more affordability for their patients.

Elevance's Dr. Gaffigan led the charge on this one, and actually gave insight into how the work Congress has done to reduce regulation has been helpful. 

I'd really like to thank Congress, because some of the work we're going to do around transparency and reimbursement policy to our providers is based on the work Congress recently did where they asked hospital facilities, from now on, to actually indicate the actual location of the care that was provided. One of the issues that we see, and this is an esoteric billing issue, but it drives costs with no improvement in quality, is this concept of providers, a physician in an office, providing a service to a member, but when it's billed, it's billed as if it was provided at the hospital setting. And so, we really want to address that. That has an impact not just on us, but more importantly, on our members. Our members end up getting two cost shares: one for the physician, and one for a facility that they were never in.

And so, the policies that we announced this morning are really based on that kind of concept. We just, in the end, want to pay for the appropriate care in the appropriate setting, and not waste dollars that should be used otherwise to drive prevention, etcetera.

Dr. Decker illuminated UnitedHealth Group's focus on leveraging technology to reduce costs for the patient.

And just for all of you, contemplate this for a moment: There is no correlation in U.S. healthcare between the price of the service you're paying for and the quality that is delivered. There is no correlation, and that's in the peer-reviewed literature. So, that's kind of profound. So, it means that paying more doesn't get you a better experience necessarily, and it doesn't get you a better outcome, necessarily. So, how should we refocus this system, right? 

And one of the things we're doing which is along this line that Catherine shared, is we're saying, hey, we'll use data and analytics to help our members navigate their healthcare journey. And we'll give them the tools to say, you know what? There's an ambulatory surgical center that can do my surgical procedure, and it's high quality, and if I choose to go there, my out-of-pocket, like, my impact, might be less. And if I'm really adamant that I want to go to a more complex, higher-cost environment, I can do it, but it might cost me a little bit more.

And what we see is that people save up to 45 percent in their total cost of care. And they actually get better experiences. And, It's early yet, but we believe they're going to get better outcomes. So, we can actually do this, like, we can actually make the healthcare experience better. 

AHIP's Tuffin emphasized the provider's stewardship role in protecting customer data and using AI technology to lower cost, while preserving the human connection with the actual patient care. 

We've made a commitment, we're using AI to automate the administration of healthcare benefits. Make it go faster, make it go cheaper. As part of that, we've also said, when it comes to prior authorization, AI can only be used to say, "Yes." If there's an adverse determination or more information is needed, we've committed that a human will be involved.

So, we take this responsibility with data very seriously, and then, you know, on your point about local communities: all healthcare is ultimately delivered by a physician, a nurse, a pharmacist, at the local level. I think it's really important that our industry understand that and support that, and be a part of solutions that acknowledge we live in one of the largest and certainly most diverse countries on earth. And, the solution that works in rural Idaho is unlikely to be the solution that works in Manhattan. And plans need to be responsive to that, and respect that, and build partnerships with providers that acknowledge that and support them.

Dr. Gaffigan informed that Elevance's use of AI is to identify trends and look for signals that could indicate fraudulent use. Gaffigan said, "Our number one priority needs to be rooting out that fraud, waste and abuse."

As a closing discussion, Aramanda asked the providers what investments they were making in ensuring patient affordability, and how did they think it would pay off?

Dr. Decker felt that investing in realigning their role from sick care to actual healthcare is critical.

I think partnering with people and getting upstream is critical. We can actually bend the cost curve of U.S. healthcare and get people with better outcomes and healthier lives by getting upstream.

We spent about seven percent of the U.S. health dollars on prevention and primary care. We need to actually invest more over there so we can spend less downstream. Let's use those AI tools to empower our healthcare providers to identify that early kidney disease, that subtle heart failure. So, let's diagnose it and treat.

Tuffin agreed.

One hundred percent. Most Americans today have access to basic preventative services with no cost-sharing. We do everything we can to encourage our members to utilize those benefits, because that will make them healthier and it ultimately impacts the cost of care.

We are absolute partners in reorienting this system away from responding to illness toward preventing it in the first place.

Dr. Gaffigan felt that encouraging member engagement was Elevance's aim. "We want to be able to help our members engage in health and healthcare differently. That's much more preventative."

It was fairly clear that the providers insistence on being part of the conversation was geared more toward self-interest than any actual desire to see Americans become healthier. None of them discussed any active steps that would assist patients to take control of their own health, rather than be dependent upon a healthcare provider.

With or without MAHA, their bottom line will always be profit over patients. 

Credit:  https://redstate.com

 

Man Who Tried to Run Over Maine Reporter Has Been Identified and Arrested

Maine Wire reporter Joe Sokol captured the moment he was nearly run down by a crazed motorist this week. Sokol was doing a segment across the street from a methadone clinic that’s received $25 million in taxpayer dollars. A driver pulled up, recognized him, and berated him for violating people’s privacy. 

Sokol was not violating anyone’s privacy, as he was not on the clinic’s property and was recording on a public street. Sokol said the driver might be intoxicated as he pulled away, but the suspect then made a U-turn and tried to run down the journalist. It’s all on film.

 

Meet Ryan Hayward, who faces “reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon” and other charges. 

Sokol got his tags as he sped off. It was only a matter of time. 

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Democrats Are Coming After You and It Won’t End Well

When someone shows you who they are, believe them. When someone tells you they’re coming after you, believe them and prepare accordingly. Democrats have been showing us who they are for decades – monsters willing to do absolutely anything to obtain power and abuse the ever-loving hell out of it once they do have it, so they never let it go again. They’re telling everyone their plan, how they will bury their talons so deep into power if they get it again that the options for prying it loose are limited and as awful as they are.

What will these people do to get back in power? Anything, literally.

Democrats have always been infested with violent radicals, but they’ve been able to win elections without surrendering to them. As their policies have failed in cities and states across the country, that ability to win has faded as people noticed. Then Obamacare failed, as designed but much sooner than planned, and fewer and fewer people were willing to trust the people who designed the failed system to “fix” it again.

Democrats could no longer attract enough voters to win elections in places they hadn’t drawn the lines or absolutely dominated, so they had to embrace the fringe.

Honestly, I thought former President Joe Biden might have stood up to these lunatics when he got into the race in 2020. Everyone else in their field was on the “America is fundamentally racist and awful” and “Israel is the root of all evil” train; I figured there was a lane on the left for someone to stand up and tell those crackpots off. If anyone could pull it off, I figured it would be the cranky old man. But Biden was even more spineless than I’d imagined – rather than stand up to the left and for the country, he joined them and tried to out-crazy them all.

That’s when I knew there was nothing redeeming left in the Democrat Party, that not a single candidate in a large field even bothered to stand up for the greatness of the United States, even the old guy with the resume long enough to do it without any personal electoral consequences. None of them dared try a different path; it was all obedience to the anti-American left, period.

Since then, it’s only gotten worse, and they’ve only gotten less popular. In fact, polls indicate that the only thing less popular than Republicans is Democrats. If they manage to win either or both chambers of Congress next month, it won’t be because they’ve won people to their side; it will be a result of anger taken out on Republicans over the discontent of the moment.

Democrats won’t admit that, and they won’t let that give them a second’s pause over what they’ll try to do with any power they might get. The Nazis didn’t win anywhere close to a majority in 1932 (only 37 percent), but that didn’t hinder their goosestepping over the rights of everyone else, and Democrats will be no different.

Some of their politicians are laying out the pathway Democrats will try to take – the Democrats Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-8)/ Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) sleaze – say they will spend their time and our money investigating everything to financially punish anyone who served in the Trump administration. Others – the intellectual “hub” of the left – are less polished or interested in appearing less fascist.

Podcast host and Botox disaster, Jennifer Welch, wants to “restructure” the Supreme Court. She demonstrates a puppy’s understanding of the concept of a co-equal branch of government and wants to impeach all the conservative Justices because they exist in a way that displeases her.

MS NOW’s Simone Sanders Townsend wants Republicans to be afraid of what Democrats will do with whatever power they get because, as she puts it, “I'm of the belief that some people probably need to go to jail. And that should not be a radical concept. That's not retribution, that's doing what the hell needs to be done,” like a good little Nazi.

Rachel Maddow agrees, saying Trump administration “people who are committing those things now should know that they are not in a permanent position of power, and when other people take power, which is going to happen in a few weeks, they are going to have to preserve their documents and answer for what they did and pay for their crimes...”

“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime,” comrade.

If they’re saying these things in public, what do you think they’re planning for you in private? They are, after all, of the political philosophy that is responsible for the deaths of more than 100 million human beings for reasons ranging from incompetence to malice, from starvation to “reeducation” camps. If you don’t think it can happen here, you didn’t notice how it has happened everywhere it has.

Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed people to do incredible evil and brutality. That’s the story of the 20th century; they intend to make it the story of the 21st, if we don’t beat them.

Vote like your life depends on it, because it probably does.

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Hegseth continues Send Me Tour with 3K Air Force and Space Force cadets in Colorado Springs

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visited Colorado Springs to deliver remarks to 3,500 Air Force and Space Force cadets as part of his “Send Me Tour” to boost morale ahead of the Air Force vs. Navy football game.

Hegseth made his second stop on the “Send Me Tour” at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Saturday, starting the day by joining about 400 students for an early-morning physical training routine.

.@SECWAR "I had a chance to do PT with about FOUR HUNDRED of you this morning over in the practice facility.

There's no better way in this country—on this planet—to start a day than PT with the best Americans on the planet… IT WAS INCREDIBLE." pic.twitter.com/4bqY6waDns

— DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) October 3, 2026

Hegseth could be seen receiving a T-shirt from the academy during their morning exercise.

 

The secretary explained during his remarks that the name of the tour is derived from the Bible verse Isaiah 6:8, in which a prophet exemplifies admirable initiative and complete submission to God.

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” the verse reads (NIV).

 

During training, Hegseth praised the Air Force students for their initiative and willingness to serve in making the decision to join the academy.

“You already made your decision that 99% of Americans will never make — that’s why you are the real 1%,” he told the students. “Part of this tour is to spotlight the incredible decision that men and women like you made.”

.@SECWAR "We're doing this SEND ME TOUR in some parts for you, but YOU ALREADY SAID SEND ME.

YOU ALREADY MADE YOUR DECISION THAT 99% OF AMERICANS WILL NEVER MAKE—THAT'S WHY YOU ARE THE REAL 1%.

Part of this tour is to SPOTLIGHT the incredible decision that men and women like… pic.twitter.com/d7b8z3azjc

 — DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) October 3, 2026

In his following remarks, he continued, “We want to showcase you … the best of our country, who made the decision when you were young to serve something greater than yourself.”

Noting America’s 250^th anniversary this year, Hegseth reflected on American military history, adding, “We’ve had young Americans that said ‘send me to fight the redcoats,’ ‘send me to fight the Communists,’ ‘send me to fight the Nazis,’ ‘send me to fight the Islamists.’ And whatever threats of the future, it’s going to require Americans like you to raise your right hand and say, ‘send me, I will take the fight to the enemy.’”

.@SECWAR "We're here today as part of a tour that we’re undertaking called the SEND ME TOUR, and it is meant to showcase places like this…

We bring the press with us because WE WANT TO SHOWCASE YOU—THE REAL 1%, THE BEST OF OUR COUNTRY, who made the decision when you were young… pic.twitter.com/DqiW1JyqSw

 — DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) October 3, 2026

He explained that the tour was intended to increase morale in the military and noted his affinity for rituals and traditions that give the 99% a “tiny sense of the depth of the sacrifice that is required to keep us free.”

“I’ve always been a big believer in civic ritual in parades and the flyovers will continue until morale improves. That’s why I believe in flyovers. Because I want young people to … look up and say, ‘maybe I could do that,’” he stated.

Hegseth dedicated a portion of his 20-minute speech to recapping the 6 initiatives the Department of War is employing under his leadership to shape the future of the United States’ armed forces, which he announced in his State of the Force address this week: the Autonomous Warfare Command (AutoWarCom), Project Meridian, FORTRESS America, The Next Great American Base project, America’s Corps of Cadets and the Office of Religious Affairs.

The war secretary concluded by discussing what he considers the department’s “Golden Rule”: “Do unto [one’s military] formations that which [one] would have done unto [one’s] son or daughter’s formations.” This references the Bible verse Matthew 7:12, in which Jesus states, “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.” (NIV)

“So that, when the bullets are flying … on your left and right — you have the most capable human beings to have your back inside your formations. That’s what you deserve; that’s what your parents expect of you; that’s what I expect for my kids; and that’s what we should expect across the entire War Department,” Hegseth said. “So, thank you for what you’re doing. You have raised your hand to say, ‘Send me.'”

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Trump asks Arkansas to call Sen. Tom Cotton to demand that he allow permanent daylight saving time

President Donald Trump made a new push for permanent daylight saving time after the federal Sunshine Protection Act stalled in the Senate despite passing in the House of Representatives months ago.

On Saturday, the president pointed to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a longtime opponent of the bill, calling on the people of his home state of Arkansas to ask him to stop blocking the measure.

“Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It’s called, ‘The Sunshine Protection Act’ or, ‘We Don’t Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act,’” Trump explained in a Truth Social post.

“It should pass overwhelmingly, in a Bipartisan fashion. So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE!” Trump continued. “It will be appreciated by all. Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning!”

 

Trump said that permanently observing the time the country normally sees in the spring and summer months would give golfers, tennis players, hunters and farmers “more Daylight to play or work.”

Trump, an avid golfer and owner of 11 golf courses in the U.S., noted the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Tour in particular as a good reason to pass the bill, even including a letter from PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp proclaiming the tour’s strong support for the legislation.

“Permanent daylight saving time (DST) would expand access to golf at a time when the game is more popular than ever. Most golfers do not play full-time and fit the game into the margins of a busy life: reps on the range after work, taking their kids to the course after school, or trying to fit in nine holes before dark. That window is already tight, but when the clocks fall back, it closes entirely,” Rolapp lamented in his letter.

 

He continued, noting that his position is supported by hard data, “The National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) estimates that permanent DST would generate 23 million additional rounds per year and $1 billion annually in new direct revenue for the golf industry – an average of $250,000 per facility. The NGCOA has also found that afternoon and evening tee times generate roughly 40 percent more revenue than morning play. For the more than one million Americans employed across the golf economy, permanent DST is a direct economic lift.”

“At the PGA Tour, usable afternoon daylight in the fall and winter would give our broadcast partners flexibility to extend live coverage of finishing holes, avoid awkward lighting situations in late rounds, and deliver a better overall product for the millions of fans who tune in each week,” he added, emphasizing the benefits to both recreational and professional golfers.

Trump contended that 100% of Americans don’t want to change their clocks routinely and “almost everybody wants permanent DST.

 

“They want to, as they say, ‘LOCK THE CLOCK!’” Trump stated.

The president then included a phone number for Cotton’s constituents to reach him to “let him know” that he should “HAVE THE SENATE VOTE, NOW!”

Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a friend of mine, is holding up a very important Bill. It’s called, “The Sunshine Protection Act” or, “We Don’t Want to Change Our Clocks Twice a Year Act.” For some reason, Tom is stopping the Bill and, in the Senate, it’s very easy to do, it… pic.twitter.com/0TosljhmBB

 — Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) October 3, 2026

“If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn’t have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often forgetting to do so,” Trump added in another post on Saturday.

If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn’t have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often forgetting to do so.… pic.twitter.com/ZvsfEidhn9

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) October 3, 2026

In a third post, Trump doubled down, remarking, “I don’t know about anyone else, but a table full of very distinguished people just told me that they HATE, immediately after a mandatory time change, going home at night – and it’s DARK. It’s depressing!”

He quoted one person saying, “I just hate going home in darkness.”

“It’s also, in Crime Ridden Blue States, a lot more dangerous to be walking home in the dark!” he concluded.

I don’t know about anyone else, but a table full of very distinguished people just told me that they HATE, immediately after a mandatory time change, going home at night – and it’s DARK. It’s depressing! One of the gentleman stated that, “I just hate going home in darkness.” It’s… pic.twitter.com/4jN148uqzN

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) October 3, 2026

The bill in question, which passed in the House with a 308–117 bipartisan vote, would still allow states to opt out of permanent DST. For example, Arizona, which currently observes year-round standard time, has signaled it would likely opt out of DST if the bill becomes law.

Last year, Cotton objected to a similar permanent DST bill. One of the most vocal critics of the idea, he said in a 2025 Senate floor speech, that he would “always oppose” efforts to adopt year-round DST. While he cannot single-handedly kill the measure, he could block the Senate from expediting its passage through a unanimous-consent procedure.

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