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His strange departure from a very important and very expensive Senate race is a lot like his relationship status: It’s complicated.'Come on': Democrat DC councilman makes BIZARRE comment after beating bribery charge in mistrial
A Washington, D.C., councilman is celebrating a mistrial over allegations that he was involved in a $156,000 bribery scheme.
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday that her office will retry Trayon White after a jury said they could not reach a verdict despite deliberating for four days.
'We want to accept the jury's decision today, regroup, get back to work, because there's a lot of work to do in the city to ensure equity and inclusion in the $20 billion budget.'
White was charged with bribery after prosecutors said they had recordings of his conversations with an informant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his receiving cash on four separate occasions.
"We have video showing piles of cash being given to a D.C. councilmember as part of a $156,000 bribe. Rest assured that we will retry this case and every corruption case to verdict," said Pirro in a statement after the mistrial.
White would not answer when a reporter asked him to explain why he received the money.
"If the $35,000 wasn't a bribe, what was the money for?" asked the WRC-TV reporter.
"Let’s stick to the topic, man. Come on. You’re smarter than that. I can’t speak to that," White responded.
"That is the topic," the reporter pressed.
"We want to accept the jury's decision today, regroup, get back to work, because there's a lot of work to do in the city to ensure equity and inclusion in the $20 billion budget," he replied.
"The prosecutor didn't submit sufficient enough evidence to convict me of a crime," White added. "There was no crime in the first place. And so I'll leave it at that."
White won re-election despite the looming bribery charge in 2024, but the rest of the D.C. council voted in February 2025 to expel him. That prompted a special election to fill his seat, which he also ran in and won decisively in July.
He could face up to 15 years in prison if tried again and convicted.
White was previously criticized for claiming that the Jews control the weather in a bizarre post on Facebook from 2018.
"Y’all better pay attention to this climate control, man, this climate manipulation," he wrote. "And D.C. keep talking about, 'We a resilient city.' And that’s a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities, man. Be careful."
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The Rothschilds are a wealthy Jewish family often used by conspiracy theorists as a stand-in for all Jews.
He later apologized and said that he did not realize his comments could be considered anti-Semitic. The Jews United for Justice organization said they spoke with White and explained the history behind the use of the Rothschilds conspiracy theory.
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Democrats don't just want to take your firearms. They want your kids' BB guns too.
Democratic lawmakers and officials around the country are so desperate to disarm law-abiding Americans, they are now going after some toy guns.
With the backing of the March for Our Lives Foundation and the eponymous gun-grabber activist group of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Democratic Rep. Kevin Mullin (Calif.) introduced legislation last week targeting certain air guns.
'They are literally coming for your Red Ryder.'
Federal law currently defines the term "firearm" as "(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device."
Whereas a firearm utilizes burning gunpowder to launch projectiles, air guns — as the name suggests — use compressed gas to send projectiles down the barrel.
Although air guns are categorically not firearms, Mullin's bill would classify them as such if they launch .177 pellets, .22 caliber pellets, and .25 caliber pellets at an initial velocity of at least 800 feet, 500 feet, and 450 feet per second, respectively. Any air gun firing a metallic pellet above .25 caliber would also be designated as a firearm.
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If enacted, this bill would require that air gun purchasers undergo a background check.
The legislation would also require that the attorney general "publish ... guidance to assist manufacturers of lethal air guns in becoming federal firearms licensees, including assistance with the application process and on compliance with requirements for licensees, including serialization and record keeping requirements" within a year of enactment.
Mullin said that he introduced his so-called "Garrett's Law" after Garrett Edwards — a constituent who, though barred from possessing a firearm, committed suicide using an air gun.
Ann Edwards said in a statement that her deceased son experienced "late onset psychosis" and was "able to access a lethal airgun through Amazon."
'The attempted Australia-ification of the US continues.'
Since one mentally compromised constituent abused his freedom, Mullin evidently wants to restrict that freedom for all Americans.
"If a weapon is powerful enough to kill, it should be subject to the same commonsense safety standards as any other gun," stated Mullin. "It makes no sense that someone prohibited by law from purchasing a firearm can still walk into a store or go online and legally obtain an airgun capable of killing. This bill closes that gap and, hopefully, helps prevent another family from facing this kind of unimaginable loss."
"Lethal weapons should be treated like lethal weapons," said March for Our Lives Foundation co-founder Jaclyn Corin.
Daisy, the over-century-old American company behind the famous Red Ryder lever-action BB gun, noted on X that Mullin's bill would impact toy air guns like the Daisy 880.
"Their goal is to eventually include all airguns," said the company. "If passed it will treat airguns guns producing 'high velocity' as firearms."
"It bears watching very closely," added the company.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) blasted Mullin's legislative initiative, stating, "The gun control lobby targeting BB and pellet guns is fundamentally unserious."
"Putting dangerous criminals behind bars and keeping them there is the #1 way to reduce violent crime, but leftists have convinced themselves that law-abiding gun owners are villains," added Lee.
"If you want to know how far gun-grabbers will go, they are now trying to reclassify BB guns as 'firearms,'" tweeted Young Americans for Liberty. "They are literally coming for your Red Ryder."
The National Association for Gun Rights suggested that this kind of legislation was a long time in coming.
"The attempted Australia-ification of the US continues," said the association. "Giffords and David Hogg's former gun control group are backing a bill to regulate air guns the same as firearms. This isn't a shock. We've said for years they'll never stop at firearms."
"They constantly point to places like the UK, Germany, and Australia as the model we should follow. Places that regulate knives with a point and make you register airsoft guns with the government," added the association.
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Democrat accused of wishing 'botched abortion' on woman, roughing up staffer, using 'fa**ot' as campaign spirals
Former tribal court judge Mary Peltola was voted out of Congress in 2024. Now, in an attempt to revive her political career, she is trying to unseat incumbent Sen. Daniel Sullivan (R) to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate.
Although Peltola has long enjoyed an edge over Sullivan in the polls, her campaign now appears to be spiraling.
'Mary Peltola’s closest aides describe a routine history of physical violence, explosive anger, and utter disdain for Alaskans.'
Weeks after senior campaign staffer Anton McParland abruptly left Peltola's team, the New York Times shed an unflattering light on some of the skeletons in the Democrat candidate's closet.
According to allegations from multiple former aides and text messages viewed by the Times, Peltola was allegedly a fan of using the words "faggot" and "retarded" in communications with her staff. In a text message earlier this year, she allegedly said of a commercial fisheries executive who posted a selfie with her, "F**k that retard."
While the Democrat's campaign denied that she used the word "faggot," it acknowledged that Peltola used the word "retarded" and said that she regretted doing so.
Given that both terms have re-entered the popular vernacular — even on the left — Peltola's alleged word choice is the least scandalous revelation in the report.
Former aides have characterized Peltola as something of an ill-tempered tyrant, accusing the Democrat candidate — who had the second-highest staff turnover rate in the U.S. House during her final year in office — of "angry and profane outbursts"; a tendency to jump up and down and stomp her feet when dissatisfied; allegedly shoving an aide; and supposedly cultivating a workplace so toxic that some staffers found themselves losing weight or in therapy.
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Far more damning than the accounts of Peltola having her staffers feed her daughter's pet chameleon is the 2024 text message viewed by the Times in which the Democrat apparently said of a woman on the board of a Planned Parenthood chapter, "I hope she dies of a botched abortion."
Although Peltola is a pro-abortion Democrat, the 53-year-old was reportedly critical of Planned Parenthood in her final year in Congress in light of strategy differences regarding a defense bill that included pro-life policies.
The Peltola campaign has gone into damage control after the New York Times' report, painting her as a victim and insinuating that her allegedly abusive behavior was the result of grief.
Alaskans for Mary campaign spokesperson Harry Child said in a statement, "Mary suddenly and tragically lost both her mother and her husband in the span of a few months in 2023. At the time of their passing, Mary was parenting kids through their own grief, serving full-time in the U.S. House of Representatives thousands of miles from home, and running a competitive re-election campaign — all while shouldering the enormous burden of grief."
"Like any person who has gone through multiple personal tragedies in the span of a few months, Mary sometimes struggled to deal with her grief," continued Child. "But she treats her staff with respect and care, and she maintains close positive relationships with her staff spanning her nearly 30 years in public service. Exaggerating and outright lying about moments from the hardest period of her life, and falsely presenting them as a pattern of behavior, is wrong."
Peltola's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.
Alex Latcham, the executive director of the GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, said in a statement obtained by Blaze News, "Mary Peltola’s closest aides describe a routine history of physical violence, explosive anger, and utter disdain for Alaskans, which makes her entirely unfit for the U.S. Senate."
"Peltola’s deeply offensive and disturbing comments do not represent the Alaska way, and she must publicly apologize to her staff and the people of Alaska."
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Gavin Newsom says he’d step aside for Kamala Harris — Sara Gonzales calls it 'hilarious'
Gavin Newsom (D) has been openly discussing the possibility of a 2028 presidential run, but the California governor says there is one person who would take him out of the race: Kamala Harris.
During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, the pair discussed the election while fly-fishing in Montana, and Newsom said he “wouldn’t run if [Harris] ran.”
“If she runs, you will not?” Tapper asked.
“Of course not. Why would I? I wouldn’t do that to her. I wouldn’t do that to you, I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time,” Newsom said, adding, “Who needs that?”
“What do you mean?” Tapper pressed further, confused. “That doesn’t even make sense to me.”
“I just, I wouldn’t. No, I wouldn’t. First of all, electorally, it’s a gift from God for everybody else. They'd enjoy the hell out of it. Mutual assured destruction. It services no greater good,” Newsom responded.
“I mean, you do whatever you want, I don’t care. But like, counterargument, would be, like, she had her shot. And you’ve never run, and she’s run twice,” Tapper answered.
“That would be the approach to the campaign. Certainly, that would be the case you’d make. Pretty good one actually,” Newsom added.
BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales finds the exchange “hilarious for so many different reasons.”
“They’re just out in the middle of Montana fly-fishing as those two I’m sure do all the time. I’m sure they’re very avid fly-fishers. And the fact that Jake Tapper is like, ‘Well, but what?’ And then he says, ‘I mean, I don’t care,’” Gonzales says.
“Obviously Jake Tapper doesn’t at all care about the state of the Democrat Party or the candidates that they run or have any vested interest in making sure the Democrats pick a good candidate,” she continues.
“Sure, Jake,” she adds.
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Ex-Republican changes his name to 'No-Trump' and runs as a Democrat — but it doesn't pay off
A former businessman looking to unseat an incumbent senator made a desperate move to win the Democratic Senate primary in Delaware — to disappointing results.
On Tuesday, E. No-Trump Hansen finished a distant fourth in the primary. Sen. Chris Coons, who has held the seat since 2010, won in a landslide, carrying 78% of the expected vote, according to NBC News.
'The name E. (Eric) No-Trump Hansen isn't a gimmick — it's his complete commitment to positive change.'
Hansen earned about 3,400 votes, or just 3.9% of the expected total. Jeff Appelhans and Mary Louve finished second and third, respectively.
Just after 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Coons, who turned 63 last week, claimed victory on social media: "Thank you to every volunteer and grassroots donor who supported this campaign, and to every Democrat who raised their hand to run for office in Delaware. This moment requires all of us, and I’m proud to be in this fight with you."
With a powerful incumbent like Coons seeking re-election, Hansen was always a long shot in the race, but he changed his name from Eric Hansen to E. No-Trump Hansen to prove his "commitment" to the cause.
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"The name E. (Eric) No-Trump Hansen isn't a gimmick — it's his complete commitment to positive change," his campaign website reads.
When he made the name-change is unclear, but Fox News noted that he used it on his official statement of candidacy, dated July 20, 2026.
"Trump has said he’ll go after his critics by any means available," Hansen explained to WHYY last month. "He will go after me, but I’m willing to bear that risk anyway — because the alternative is letting things get worse for Delawareans."
His name is not the only major change Hansen has made lately.
In 2024, he ran for Senate in Delaware as a Republican, suffering a crushing defeat by Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester, 56% to 39%. State records show he ran under the name "Eric Hansen."
Hansen did not respond to request for comment from Blaze News.
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Democrat used to model fetish gay sex attire
The private life of a Democrat running for Congress has made national news after old photos reveal he used to model leather sexual attire and other "bondage gear," according to a report from the New York Post.
The Post confirmed that Chris Gallant, a 37-year-old Democrat who is running to represent Long Island in Congress, modeled for Mr. S Leather, a sexual fetish company based in San Francisco. According to the Post, Gallant donned "collars, leather straps, neoprene, bondage gear, and more" in the product photos.
'As Chris began considering a future in public service, he asked that the photographs no longer be used.'
While the photos have since been removed from the Mr. S Leather website, they were posted there between 2011 and 2020 and can still be accessed via internet archives, the Post reported.
Attorney Sara Azari, who represents Gallant, confirmed the authenticity of the photos in a statement to the Post: "The photographs are authentic and were taken during a private, consensual photo session involving Chris and his then-partner, with whom he was in a committed four-year relationship."
She added: "As Chris began considering a future in public service, he asked that the photographs no longer be used and that they be removed from the company’s website. Mr. S honored his request."
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According to the Post, some of those photos apparently "depicted him in hardcore pornographic poses, including fully naked and having sex with another man" and even made their way to "hardcore" gay porn sites.
Azari indicated that Gallant "never intended to authorize unrestricted publication" of the photos by third parties.
Gallant has served in the Army National Guard for the past 20 years, his campaign website says, indicating the photos were taken and posted during his time with the Guard.
LGBTQ+ outlet Pink News is celebrating the news of Gallant's apparently pornographic past. "Congressional candidate modelled BDSM gear before turning to politics — and honestly, good for him," read the Pink News headline.
Gallant already has his work cut out for him running in the 1st Congressional District of New York against incumbent Republican Rep. Nick LaLota. LaLota has held the seat since 2022, and the Cook Political Report considers the district "solid R."
The Gallant and LaLota campaigns did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.
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AOC and Mamdani seen laughing and smiling as 9/11 families weep at Ground Zero
Democrat socialists Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Mayor Zohran Mamdani were seen laughing and smiling together at Ground Zero in New York City on Friday as 9/11 victims’ families wept nearby.
The incident occurred as family members read the names of the 2,977 Americans killed on September 11, 2001, by Islamic terrorists. Some families had asked earlier in the week that Mamdani stay away from the memorial due to his Islamist associations.
‘America deserved 9/11.’
Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani did not respond to requests for comment.
The clip circulating online juxtaposes 9/11 families visibly grieving with Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez laughing and smiling nearby.
Mamdani attended the ceremony despite a petition, which gathered over 110,00 signatures by Friday, requesting that he not intrude on the event.
“I’m proud to be the mayor of this city. I love this city. I love this country,” Mamdani told reporters Monday. “And what I want this week to be a focus on is on the families whose loved ones were stolen from them 25 years ago in the horrific act of terror of September 11.”
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In 2025, Mamdani appeared alongside Imam Siraj Wahhaj, identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He also appointed as chief counsel Ramzi Kassem, who previously represented Ahmed al-Darbi, a convicted al-Qaeda operative whose brother-in-law hijacked the plane that struck the Pentagon.
The first-term mayor has previously framed Muslims as the primary victims of 9/11, telling crowds in 2025 that his "aunt" was forced to stop riding the New York City subway in the aftermath of 9/11 "because she didn’t feel safe in her hijab." It turns out, the woman was not his aunt and did not live in NYC.
Mamdani also claimed a former teacher warned him on Sept. 11 that he might face bullying because of his Muslim background. The former teacher does not recall that conversation, according to the New York Times.
Both Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez have ties to left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, who in 2019 said, “America deserved 9/11.” Piker was raised in Turkey and lived there until he came to the United States for college.
Piker attacked families who signed the petition asking that Mamdani not attend the 9/11 memorial, saying they had a “demented racist viewpoint.”
AOC has appeared on Piker’s streams and hugged him at Mamdani’s victory party. Asked in August 2026 whether Piker should have a role in the progressive movement, she said Democrats “have a responsibility to build a winning coalition.”
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