Brewery cancels 'family-friendly' drag show raising funds for illegal aliens over alleged threats



The owners of a brewery in North Carolina shut down a drag show intended to raise funds for illegal aliens after allegedly receiving death threats.

Teri Lippy said they contacted law enforcement but could not determine whether the threats were credible, so they decided to stop the event to protect their employees.

'They posted it everywhere, and people started harassing both us and the venue.'

The "Drag Brunch for a Cause" program had been scheduled for Sunday at Eleven Lakes Brewing in Cornelius until critics campaigned to stop the event.

The drag show was described as a family-friendly fundraiser for the Carolina Migrant Network, a nonprofit group that provides legal services to illegal aliens for free.

About 100 tickets had been sold for the event before it was posted to social media by the popular account "Libs of TikTok."

"Eleven Lakes Brewing, a business in North Carolina, is hosting an ‘all-ages’ drag queen show to raise money for illegal aliens," the account wrote on the X platform. "Yes, this is real. They want to groom your children while donating money to fund foreign criminal invaders. Would be a shame if they went viral!"

Melissa Easley, who works with the event's lead sponsor, implied that the threats were tied to the Libs of TikTok post.

"They started advertising it as a children’s drag event," Easley said about the campaign. "They posted it everywhere, and people started harassing both us and the venue."

Lippy claimed that critics had twisted the meaning of the event and said that parents could bring in children without paying for an extra ticket.

"Nice brewery. Looks like it would burn down easy," was one threat she says they received via email.

"All of a sudden, physical and death threats started coming to both the venue and us," Easley added.

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Easley remains defiant, however.

"They may have won this battle, but we’re not going away," she said. "We are regrouping, and this event will happen."

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Italian restaurant owner REFUSES to serve National Guard members — and doubles down after online backlash



The owner of an Italian restaurant refused to serve National Guard members because he said they were making his city less safe.

Miles Tamboli says he has gotten harassment and threats after telling four uniformed members of the Memphis Safe Task Force to leave his restaurant, Tamboli's Pasta & Pizza.

'None of that makes us safer. It makes us less safe, and it does the most damage to the people who were already struggling.'

The backlash against Tamboli's got a significant boost when the popular Libs of TikTok account posted about the owner's political statement and called on followers to make their voices heard.

"Tamboli's Pasta & Pizza REFUSED to serve four members of the Tennessee National Guard. This is the owner, Miles Tamboli. Would be a shame if everyone in the area knew they kicked out US servicemembers!" Libs of TikTok wrote Wednesday.

That post garnered more than 2.9 million views on its own.

WMC-TV reported that state and federal law allows a business to refuse service to people based on their occupations.

"On Saturday night we declined to serve four uniformed members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, and I stand behind that decision completely," Tamboli wrote in a statement to WMC. "I love this country and I love this city, and that is exactly why I made this call. I want Memphis to be safe."

He went on to claim that crime had fallen in the city before the task force had arrived.

"Families in this city are now afraid to drive to work, afraid to take their kids to school, afraid to be seen," he continued. "Our own schools reported that fear drove children to stop showing up to class. And this month a 20-year-old Memphian named Tyrin Johnson was shot and killed by National Guard troops during a foot chase, with no body camera footage and no answers for his family. None of that makes us safer. It makes us less safe, and it does the most damage to the people who were already struggling."

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He also claimed that "dozens" of other businesses pledged to oppose the National Guard operation.

One of those businesses, named Da Sammich Spot on Park Avenue, made national headlines when it refused to serve the troops in January.

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'F**k this fascist regime': Texas bakery hit with boycott after calling MAGA 'rabid' and 'immoral' in Fourth of July post



The owner of a Texas bakery said it was staying open for the Fourth of July out of fear and anger over the policies of the Trump administration, and many responded by calling for a boycott of the bakery.

Haley Popp used the Facebook account for the Hive Bakery in Flower Mound to issue a scathing attack on supporters of President Donald Trump after initially saying she didn't feel like celebrating the holiday.

This is hardly the first time Popp has used her politics to rile up Republicans and get free marketing for her business.

"We expressed not wanting to celebrate the 4th this year, as we're embarrassed, afraid, and disappointed in what this country has become," reads the post on the bakery shop account.

"MAGA is adversarial. It's a cult of unintelligent, rabid, immoral sycophants. Those conservatives who still have rational thought have left the MAGA movement. Those who remain and continue to support the most corrupt administration in our nations history, are here, wishing for our bakery to burn to the ground," she added.

"Enjoy a little taste of this Americana," she concluded. "We are open tomorrow from 10-6 as we refuse to observe this holiday. F**k this fascist regime and every single person perpetuating the downfall of our country. Still holding out hope for an AOC revolution."

That post went viral after the popular Libs of TikTok account posted it on social media.

She has since claimed that the anger and hatred led to a response from liberals, who bought her T-shirts and ordered woke baked goods to show their support for her and their opposition to Trump.

But this is hardly the first time Popp has used her politics to rile up Republicans and get free marketing for her business.

In 2022, Popp posted pro-abortion messages from the bakery's account and later posted screenshots of the angry responses she got. She said she had a line out the door and sold out of many items when liberals came out to support the bakery.

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She told the Dallas Eater at the time that she had been very open about her support for "LGBTQ rights, Black Lives Matter, and women's rights" since opening the bakery.

Then in 2025, she made the news again for the same thing. A WFAA-TV report said she profited greatly from the reaction of Trump supporters.

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Viral video shows Texas cops shutting down street preachers outside Pride event — Trump's DOJ vows to step in



A viral interaction between Fort Worth police and a Christian street preacher has caught the attention of the civil rights division of the U.S. Attorney's office.

David Grisham and another member of his evangelical preaching team were confronted by a female police officer for their outreach to participants of a Pride event in Texas.

'The Fort Worth Police Department responded, not by protecting his constitutional rights, but by threatening him with arrest and ultimately issuing a citation.'

Many objected to the officer's actions on the basis that she appeared to be infringing on the evangelists' free speech rights and right to religious expression. Video of the interaction was posted by the popular Libs of TikTok account.

"If someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem," the unidentified officer said.

"If they are offended by your speech ... I will write you a ticket, and we'll go from there," she continued.

A second video shows other officers confronting Grisham.

Grisham was ultimately given a citation for "unreasonable noise," which is intended to apply to noise from construction or animals, but is not limited to those sources.

Attorney C.J. Grisham, who has no known familial relation to the plaintiff, told the Christian Post that the officer failed to follow the ordinance.

"This ordinance was not followed because no officer performed a decibel check," he said.

He also argued that the city's decibel limit was unlawfully set beneath that set by Texas.

"Mr. Grisham was exercising his right to express his views on matters of significant public concern," the attorney said. "The Fort Worth Police Department responded, not by protecting his constitutional rights, but by threatening him with arrest and ultimately issuing a citation."

On Wednesday, Fort Worth Police spokesman Officer Buddy Calzada released a statement saying the issue began when the group "was using a bullhorn to amplify their voice."

Calzada claimed police received complaints from business owners, told the group to stop using the bullhorn, and said the group refused to stop. He said the bullhorn was seized as evidence after the citation was issued.

"At no time did officers prevent any individuals from expressing their views," Calzada added in a statement to the Christian Post. "Officers told the individuals they could continue exercising their rights without using an amplification device. However, the individuals willingly ceased protesting after the bullhorn was seized as part of the enforcement action."

He went on to say the viral video did not accurately represent the entire interaction but also admitted the police officer made statements that "were not accurate."

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On Friday, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon responded on social media that the Justice Department would look into the incident.

"Troubling," she wrote. "Our [civil rights] team is on it."

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'I love communism': DoorDasher faces the consequences after 'nazi' DHS meal goes to the wrong location



A self-described lover of communism has had to face the music after allegedly crowing about canceling a DoorDash food order for the Department of Homeland Security and stealing the meal.

A social media user who indicated that she was a DoorDash driver apparently posted messages about how she took food ordered by a detention center in Buffalo, New York, and instead dropped it off at her local pantry.

'When our support team attempted to address their report and explain our policies, the individual was abusive toward the agent, which is a separate violation.'

The account posting under the name "nixxslingerland" had a profile photo of the user wearing a "Black Lives Matter" shirt.

"Just dropped off another cancelled nazi DoorDash to my free pantry and was handed this large bag of m&ms in return," she apparently wrote. "I love communism."

She apparently added in another post, "For new people who are unaware, there's unfortunately a detention center right in my town, and every single time I contact support and tell them they need to remove the location completely, I doubt they ever will, but it still feels good getting their orders cancelled and donating their food."

DoorDash responded after the popular Libs of TikTok account posted images of the alleged messages. The account shared the images on Wednesday afternoon, and they appear to be marked as a couple of days old.

"This Dasher's account has been deactivated," the official business account responded to Libs of TikTok within hours.

"Misusing the safety-unassign feature to intentionally cancel orders and redirect the food based on where it's going is theft and a violation of both our Community Guidelines and Platform Access Policy," it added. "When our support team attempted to address their report and explain our policies, the individual was abusive toward the agent, which is a separate violation."

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The user appears to have canceled the account or renamed it. Blaze News reached out for comment to other accounts believed to be associated with the same user but did not receive a response.

The DoorDash delivery company previously faced backlash from anti-Trump liberals after a marketing stunt included a delivery driver dropping off McDonald's food at the White House.

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Pro-reparations Illinois Democrat indicted in FRAUD SCAM along with her daughter and husband



A Democratic Illinois state representative was indicted for an alleged fraudulent scheme that included her county clerk husband and her daughter.

Rep. Carol Ammons allegedly collected fraudulent unemployment benefits from the pandemic era and also orchestrated kickback payments from state funds, according to an indictment from the U.S. Attorney's office.

'Leadership means holding your own members accountable, not waiting until political pressure becomes unavoidable.'

The indictment says that Ammons funneled state grant money to three separate nonprofits that employed her daughter Titianna Ammons. From 2017 until 2023, Ammons and her daughter allegedly "received financial benefits in excess of $100,000."

One of those nonprofits was a prison reform group called Hood Vote Neighborhood Transformation, which received $605,000 in funds. The daughter was also allegedly paid nearly $16,000 from the "Friends of Carol Ammons" campaign fund, which was "out of proportion" with the services she provided.

Rep. Ammons is accused of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about those payments to her daughter in May 2024.

Prosecutors say her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, allegedly instructed a potential witness in the federal investigation to "muddy the waters" in order to obstruct the FBI's "ability to trace the illegal cash payments to Carol Ammons."

Titianna Ammons was indicted previously and is not indicted in the newest filing.

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Democrat, said Wednesday that Ammons would be temporarily removed from House committees and meetings and prevented from accessing other resources. However, he stopped short of calling for her resignation.

"The allegations in this indictment are extremely serious," reads a statement from Welch. "Every person under our system of justice is entitled to the presumption of innocence and due process."

House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, a Republican, vehemently condemned Ammons and called for her resignation.

"Leadership means holding your own members accountable, not waiting until political pressure becomes unavoidable," she said.

Ammons was previously accused of stealing a Coach purse at a secondhand store, but the special prosecutor in that case declined to press charges.

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Ammons is running for re-election, but she is unopposed in the race. She is an 11-year veteran of the Illinois House.

On her campaign website, Ammons touts her successful effort to end cash bail in Illinois, as well as to ban the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers.

She also supports reparations, as is documented by the popular Libs of TikTok X account.

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Catholic Schools Employee Who Fantasized About Trump Assassination Fired

'I think it should be an infliction'

Woke nurse who allegedly vowed to deny treatment to MAGA patients is no longer licensed in Florida



A nurse in Florida who allegedly said he would refuse to administer anesthesia to conservative patients is no longer registered in the state.

Erik Martindale appeared to post on his Facebook account, “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education. I own all of my businesses and I can refuse anyone!”

'Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty.'

Libs of TikTok shared a screenshot of the comments in a post on X, calling for him to be immediately fired and stripped of his license.

After facing backlash online, Martindale claimed that his Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram accounts had been “hacked.” Libs of TikTok disputed his claim, sharing another screenshot of a post Martindale apparently made on his Threads account.

“I will not perform anesthesia on any surgeries for registered Republicans,” the Threads post read.

“Erik is now claiming his FB and IG were hacked. There’s a slight problem. It was on threads too. Was your threads also hacked Erik?? Lmao,” Libs of TikTok wrote. “Nobody is buying this Erik. We have all the receipts!”

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Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

As of Friday morning, all of Martindale’s social media accounts appeared to be deactivated.

On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced, “Effective today, Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in Florida.”

“Healthcare is not contingent on political beliefs, and we have zero tolerance for partisans who put politics above their ethical duty to treat patients with the respect and dignity they deserve,” Uthmeier added.

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James Uthmeier. Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

The Florida Department of Health website shows that Martindale’s license was voluntarily relinquished. The department notes that such action “does not constitute discipline.”

The Department of Health did not respond to a request for comment regarding whether Martindale’s license was surrendered or revoked. Blaze News was unable to contact Martindale for a statement.

Last week, Uthmeier announced that Florida had revoked Lexie Lawler’s ability to practice nursing in the state after she posted a video on social media wishing a life-altering birth injury on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

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The Left Keeps Denying Left-Wingers Celebrated Charlie Kirk Assassination Online Despite Examples Everywhere You Look

Celebrations of the assassination or comments that mocked or justified Kirk’s assassination took place in various social media venues online

‘Trump next please’: Democrats on Bluesky call for MORE political violence



If you used the Bluesky app in the past couple of days, it would be hard not to notice just how bloodthirsty the Democratic Party has become — especially in the wake of the assassination of the right’s beloved Charlie Kirk.

One trend on the social media app has taken BlazeTV hosts Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson by surprise.

“There are a ton of crazies over there,” Savage says on “Blaze News: The Mandate.” “I am not on there, but they are basically saying, ‘Who’s next for all of this?’”

Leftists have been posting who they hope falls victim to the same fate as Charlie Kirk.


The most repeated names on this list include President Trump, J.K. Rowling, Joe Rogan, Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro, Libs of TikTok, and Elon Musk.

“Charlie Kirk is dead (and has been for a few hours), Trump next please,” one user wrote on the left’s version of X.

“Unfortunately, this is what we will have to continue to deal with,” Savage says.

Blaze Media D.C. correspondent Christopher Bedford is also completely disturbed.

“The threats are real. The copycats are going to happen,” Bedford says.

“This really is a point where we can decide that we’re going to get better, or we can decide that we’re going to get much worse, much more quickly. And it’s going to take a serious turn by society, a serious rejection by the American left, by the universities — not just these businesses and these sports teams, but by the university system — of this kind of crap in order for this to actually have any kind of impact,” he explains.

“There needs to be significantly more accountability than there is right now. And funds need to be taken,” he continues. “And all these nonprofits that for the last five years have spent time funneling money towards bail funds for rioters, towards printing T-shirts that have guns on them with the trans flag that says ‘defend it’ ... these people who fund groups that are professional agitators — well, those funds need to be ceased, and those boards of directors need to be investigated. These are crimes.”

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