'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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Graham Platner officially WITHDRAWS from pivotal Senate race



Graham Platner officially filed to leave the race for one of Maine's seats in the U.S. Senate on Friday after facing intense criticism for numerous scandals.

Democrats now have only 17 days under Maine law to find his replacement and take on the campaign to replace incumbent Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins.

'My name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine.'

On Wednesday, Platner had posted a video excoriating the leaders of his own party and accusing them of betraying him in order to derail his far-left political agenda.

He continued that message in the statement he issued Friday.

"I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," Platner wrote.

"People are desperate for change. For this broken system to be righted. For the American experiment to be furthered. Over the past eleven months, thousands and thousands of Mainers poured their hearts, time, and talent into a movement to deliver that vision. I will be forever grateful to them," he added.

"And in submitting this letter today, I seek to further the movement we have built together and the future we believe in," he said. "My name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine."

Platner had been accused of sexually assaulting a woman he dated about five years ago, which appeared to be the final straw for many Democrats who pulled their endorsements. He has vehemently denied the allegations.

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Half a dozen Democrats have already announced their willingness to replace Platner as the Democratic nominee for an election that could decide the partisan control of the Senate after the midterm elections.

"F**k ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts," Platner concluded.

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Democratic Socialists of America will seek to RADICALLY upend the federal government in reported platform update



The socialist movement that is making inroads into the Democratic Party will reportedly release far-left extremist goals that would completely remake the federal government.

The Democratic Socialists of America has been behind the success of extremists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), other members of "the Squad" in Congress, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

The once-fringe group has gained prominence in recent weeks after several DSA-endorsed candidates defeated centrist establishment Democrats.

The DSA is working on updating its platform to reportedly include the elimination of the U.S. Senate as well as the Department of Defense, according to a Fox News report.

Even further, the new platform would advocate for Congress to choose a new executive branch and judiciary that would be subordinate to Congress.

The new platform would also call for full amnesty for all illegal aliens in the U.S. The current DSA platform calls for all deportations to end, for zero restrictions on travel between countries, and full voting rights for noncitizens.

The once-fringe group has gained prominence in recent weeks after several DSA-endorsed candidates defeated establishment Democrats in elections in New York City and other locations.

Darializa Avila Chevalier is running for New York's 13th Congressional District after advocating for the abolition of borders, police, and prisons. She also posted, "F**k Kamala Harris" and expressed her deep disdain for the Democratic Party leadership. Chevalier has since said she has "grown considerably" since those posts on social media.

Claire Valdez won the primary for New York's 7th Congressional District and ran on demilitarizing the border, amnesty for illegal aliens, and ramping up the "Green New Deal" of global warming regulations.

Melat Kiros is running for Colorado's 1st Congressional District and has said she wants to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and also expressed anti-Israel sentiments.

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Despite recent victories by the DSA, some centrist Democrats have formed an alliance to push back and empower the faction of the party that is not socialist and defends the free market.

The DSA has since revoked its endorsement for Ocasio-Cortez because she has not been virulently anti-Israel enough for its tastes.

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Tyler Robinson refuses to testify after prosecutors bury him with evidence



The preliminary hearing regarding whether to try Tyler Robinson for his alleged assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk drew to close on Friday with state District Judge Tony Graf now in the possession of a wealth of damning evidence.

Over the course of the five-day hearing, the court heard or saw:

  • surveillance camera footage showing the suspected assassin skulking around campus on the day of the shooting, developing a stiff leg after an apparent costume change, climbing onto a rooftop, running to a "sniper pad" on the rooftop overlooking the site where Kirk was shot, and dropping down from the roof immediately after the shooting, then fleeing the scene with "some kind of object" in his hand;
  • that Robinson ate a Chick-fil-A on campus, where he was not a student, and allegedly interacted with TPUSA staff at the scene;
  • a video of Robinson's homosexual lover Lance Twiggs' deposition, where he claimed that the individual seen in the surveillance footage "definitely" looked like Robinson;
  • Twiggs' testimony that Robinson left their shared apartment unusually early on the day of the shooting, had "started crying a bit" when he came back the morning after, and had told Twiggs "he wishes he hadn't done it";
  • Twiggs' testimony that he lent Robinson a tool to engrave some ammunition, especially relevant because the suspected murder weapon contained ammunition with engravings that included "Hey fascist! Catch" and "If you read this, you are gay, LMAO";
  • text messages between the gay lovers in which Robinson allegedly referred to one of the engravings on the ammunition, allegedly writing, "If I see 'uwu notices bulge' on fox new [sic] I might have a stroke";
  • text messages between Robinson and Twiggs in which the suspected killer allegedly admitted to killing Kirk, told his boyfriend that he "had enough of [Kirk's] hatred," and discussed retrieving his rifle from a "drop point" and leaving behind "no evidence";
  • testimony from Utah Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina indicating that the two sets of male DNA discovered on the towel wrapped around the suspected murder weapon were a match to Twiggs and very likely to Robinson;
  • testimony from David Hull, a former Utah State Bureau of Investigation special agent who led the probe in the assassination, that a male was spotted by a Spanish Forks police officer in a car registered to Robinson near Campus Drive early on Sept. 11, the day after the assassination; and
  • testimony on Friday from Caitlin Oliver, a forensic biologist at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, that testing on swabs taken from several parts of the suspected murder weapon and the ammunition supports the conclusion that the DNA found was primarily contributed by Robinson.

On Friday, a zoomed-in version of the footage allegedly showing Robinson crawling out to a "sniper's perch" was also shown in the courtroom.

The footage was not, however, broadcast for public consumption in part because a media cameraman had violated a court order on Thursday, accidentally showing an exhibit that was not allowed to be published — a handwritten note allegedly from Robinson to Twiggs in which the author wrote,

If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text. I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it. I don't know if I will/have succeeded, but I had hoped to make it home to you.

While the evidence was already public, having previously appeared in the search warrant released in March, the defense made a fuss such that the violation dominated the discussion for the early portion of Friday's hearing.

Robinson chose not to testify during the pretrial hearing and has not entered a plea.

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L-R: Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images; Bethany Baker-Pool/Getty Images

Robinson faces charges of aggravated murder, a capital first-degree felony; felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury; committing a violent offense in the presence of a child; two counts of obstruction of justice — a second-degree felony; and two counts of witness tampering for allegedly telling his boyfriend to delete his text messages and to stay quiet if questioned by police.

The hearing will resume on Sept. 1, when both the prosecution and the defense will be afforded one last opportunity to make their final arguments to Graf about whether Robinson should stand trial.

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Marco Rubio takes action to END the threat from Tim Walz's illegal alien pedophile pardon



State Sec. Marco Rubio said that the horrific pedophile pardoned by Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will no longer threaten U.S. citizens after he took action.

Tou Lue Vang of Laos admitted to committing horrible and disgusting sexual abuse of a 10-year-old in 2005 and accepted a sentence of 30 years probation to avoid prison time, as previously reported by Blaze News.

'Americans must never be forced by their elected leaders to live alongside foreign sex criminals who have no right to begin with to reside in our country.'

Vang was allowed to finish probation early, and then a commission that included Walz voted to pardon him in June. That would have possibly allowed Vang to stay in the country, until Rubio stepped in.

"Just days before this foreign sex offender was scheduled to be deported, Tim Walz the governor issued him a pardon, setting him free to once again endanger the children of America," said Rubio in a video on social media.

He then said he revoked Vang's legal status.

"As a result, federal agents took him into custody, and as of today, he has been removed from the United States," Rubio added. "Because of our actions, this foreign criminal will never pose a threat to any American ever again."

Far-left Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is also on the board of pardons, attempted to justify the pedophile pardon in a statement to KSTP-TV.

"The Minnesota Board of Pardons made a unanimous decision to grant Tou Vang this pardon after an exhaustive process, which included a statement of support for the pardon from the victim, a recommendation to grant the pardon from the Clemency Review Commission, and a large number of community support letters," he wrote.

He went on to accuse the Department of Homeland Security of "lying through their teeth" about the pardon shielding Vang from deportation.

The victim in the case did release a statement supporting the pardon.

"What happened to me was wrong, but I have had many years to think about this. I have made my peace with it. I forgive him," she wrote. "I want his family to stay together here. His children need their father. He and his wife have built a life. I believe that he has learned and grown since the abuse and that the family has suffered enough."

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A New York Times report said that the plea deal was offered because the victim had been pressured against testifying by her family members, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

"Americans must never be forced by their elected leaders to live alongside foreign sex criminals who have no right to begin with to reside in our country," Rubio concluded. "This administration will always stand with the American people and defend them from violent criminals."

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Watch live: Day 5 of the Charlie Kirk assassination Tyler Robinson pretrial hearing



Friday is the final day of the preliminary hearing to determine whether there is enough probable cause to bind Tyler Robinson over for trial in the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Thursday, day four, was an absolute bombshell for the prosecution, as Lance Twiggs, Robinson's trans-identifying gay lover, admitted that the individual seen on surveillance footage did "look like Tyler Robinson."

Twiggs also told the court that the day after Kirk's murder, Robinson returned to their apartment, cried, "and said he wishes he hadn't done it."

Tune in for Day 5 below:

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