'Overrated LIGHTWEIGHT': Trump roasts famous TDS-ridden TV host in Valentine's Day morning message



As Americans across the country prepared to celebrate Valentine’s Day, President Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday morning with a lengthy post—but it wasn't the kind of 'Valentine' many were expecting. Instead of a standard holiday greeting,

Trump unloaded a massive Saturday morning broadside against one of his most loyal and persistent detractors: TV host and comedian Bill Maher.

'Bill Maher is a highly overrated LIGHTWEIGHT, and Republicans should stop using him to show how the Left is coming over our way.'

"Sometimes in life you waste time! T.V. Host Bill Maher asked to have dinner with me through one of his friends, also a friend of mine, and I agreed," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "He came into the famed Oval Office much different than I thought he would be. He was extremely nervous, had ZERO confidence in himself and, to soothe his nerves, immediately, within seconds, asked for a 'Vodka Tonic.' He said to me, 'I’ve never felt like this before, I’m actually scared.' In one respect, it was somewhat endearing!"

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Trump was referring to Bill Maher's April 2025 dinner at the White House, which was supposedly coordinated by their mutual friend, Kid Rock.

Trump went on to remark that for some time after the dinner, Maher "seemed to be a nice guy."

He then pivoted to a long list of his accomplishments during the first year of his second term in office, including the "PERFECT Border, Lowest Crime in 125 years, the Mass Removal of Stone Cold Criminals...Venezuela...the Rebuilding of our Military, Eight War Stoppages, and on, and on, and on!"

Trump also criticized Bill Maher for taking too seriously a joke he made earlier in the week on Truth Social involving Cananda, China, and ice hockey.

Trump jokingly warned that a deal between Canada and China would be disastrous for the sport: "The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."

Maher supposedly said it was a "foolish" thing to say, according to Trump's post.

Trump continued: "Fortunately, his Television Ratings are so low that nobody will learn about his various Fake News statements about me. He is no different than Kimmel, Fallon, or Colbert but, I must admit, slightly more talented! Anyway, Bill Maher is a highly overrated LIGHTWEIGHT, and Republicans should stop using him to show how the Left is coming over our way — Our Base, the Greatest of All Time, laughs at your weakness when you do it!"

"I’d much rather spend my time MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN than wasting it on him. Bill continues to suffer from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS!), and there is nothing that will ever be done to cure him of this very serious disease. Thank you for your attention to this minor matter!" Trump concluded, slightly modifying his usual closing statement for the occasion.

While it is unclear what prompted trump's message or its timing, Bill Maher's Friday night monologue took aim at the Trump administration, particularly its handling of the Epstein files. Maher joked that Monday, President's Day, is "when we pay tribute to all our presidents, even those in the Epstein files."

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'Blessing from God': Furry, four-legged sleuth helps officers find missing toddler



Police officers searching high and low for a missing toddler in Louisville, Kentucky, last month received an unlikely assist from a four-legged hero.

While a drone and police helicopter searched overhead for signs of the 3-year-old boy, officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department's Seventh Division canvased the neighborhood, keenly aware that time was of the essence.

'Lassie found him!'

Officer Josh Thompson indicated that a fellow officer heard tell of a report from a woman "that called in about a kid. It wasn't the same description, but it was a young kid — hit her Ring doorbell camera, ran off."

After following up with the woman, Thompson learned that the boy had ventured to the home across the street.

The front porch of that residence was flanked by packages, and there were no obvious signs of anyone being inside. So Thompson inspected the rear of the house, taking note that "there's some spots where a kid may be."

When returning to the front of the home, hoping that this time someone might answer the door, Thompson realized that he was being tailed.

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"There's a dog, starts walking with me," Thompson recalled. "At first, you don't know about dogs. You don't know where the dog's from, so I'm kind of being a little leery of the dog. He's barking, chirping at me a little bit, and then continues to follow me back to the front porch."

The dog was relentless, yapping at Thompson in an apparent effort to get his attention.

Bodycam footage shows Thompson gesture to the dog and say, "Let's go find him! Come on! Let's go!" Immediately, the dog spins, then begins leading the officer back toward the rear of the house.

"It led me all the way back to the back yard. At that point, I'm thinking, 'Okay, this kid's in this back yard,'" recalled Thompson.

Noticing that the back door was ajar, officers briefly checked inside the house for the child but found nothing. When the officers came out empty-handed, they were greeted again by the dog, which hurried over to a parked car.

Moments later, Thompson heard his fellow officer, who had accompanied the dog through the back yard, announce victory: "I got him!"

"The kid was in the front passenger seat, terrified," said Thompson.

With some coaching from the officers, the kid was able to unlock the door and was greeted with cheers.

"I don't think I've ever seen a happier kid in my life," said Thompson. "He jumped out of the car, bear-hugged my neck, and wouldn't let go."

In the footage, it's clear that the dog was similarly excited over the result, wagging its tail excitedly and darting its nose from officer to officer.

"Lassie found him!" says one of the officers.

Thompson suggested that in his two years patrolling the neighborhood, he had never seen the hero dog before or since.

"I don't know where the dog came from," he said. "But it was a blessing from God that day."

The LMPD stated, "Outstanding work by our officers, and a four-legged friend who reminded us that heroes come in all forms."

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Activist tries to rip down US flag at Stonewall National Monument as officials return Pride flag removed by Trump order



An LGBTQ activist tried to tear down the U.S. flag at the Stonewall National Monument during an event Thursday where officials returned a Pride flag removed by the Trump administration.

The Pride flag was removed on Tuesday from the monument in New York City that commemorated a riot against police by gay men in the '60s.

'The way the whole thing went down was pretty dramatic. ... Gays have a sense of flair and drama.'

The crowd chanted, "Take it down!" and "Burn the American flag!" according to a USA Today report. Others chanted, "We will not be erased!"

Local officials did not give speeches and left immediately after returning the Pride flag.

The report said activists were upset that the flag had been put on a flagpole that was lower than the U.S. flag, so they took both down and used zip-ties to raise the Pride flag above the U.S. flag.

"We are reclaiming our space. It's reclaiming our people; it's reclaiming our culture," one supporter said to WCBS-TV. "The flag has so much meaning behind it. The colors represent the diversity of our community. These are things you can't take away from the community, which is why it's so important for us to raise it again."

"The way the whole thing went down was pretty dramatic," said another attendee named Shep Wahnon. "Gays have a sense of flair and drama."

Chloe Elentari, a transgender woman, told USA Today that the Trump administration was scapegoating transgender people in order to divert attention away from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

President Donald Trump had ordered all flags aside from the U.S. flag to be removed from federal buildings unless they were specifically authorized.

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The Stonewall National Monument was established in 2016 by President Barack Obama to recognize the riot as a milestone in the LGBTQ movement.

Activists were similarly angered in Feb. 2025 when the Trump administration removed transgender and lesbian references in the sign of the monument.

"This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals," organizers said at the time, "especially transgender women of color — who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights."

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Viral video shows alleged arson attack on rumored ICE facility in Kansas City — mayor express his outrage against ICE



A viral video purporting to show an arson attack on a facility rumored to be bought for federal detentions led to an outraged statement from the Kansas City mayor against ICE.

The video shows a woman trying to light a facility on fire Thursday after the building was rumored to have been sold to the Department of Homeland Security for a future detention center in Kansas City.

'I am outraged by federal efforts to place 10,000 human beings in cages inside distribution warehouses in Kansas City.'

The woman has not been caught, and the motivation for the attack is unclear.

Ironically, the firm that owns the building said it was not going through with the sale to the federal government on Thursday.

"As negotiations concluded, we learned the purchasing party was the U.S. Government," the company said. "Over the course of the building sale process, we determined that the terms no longer met our fiduciary requirements for a timely closing. Therefore, we chose not to move forward."

As a KMBC-TV reporter was trying to report about the decision, his camera crew recorded the woman trying to light the building on fire.

When the mayor was asked about the attack, he expressed outrage at ICE and offered a half-hearted statement against the woman.

"I am outraged by federal efforts to place 10,000 human beings in cages inside distribution warehouses in Kansas City or anywhere in our country," Mayor Quinton Lucas wrote in a statement on social media. "I'll trust the courts, our local prosecutors, and law enforcement in Kansas City to handle the offender."

Some critics of the mayor pointed out that he had promoted the outrage against the facility in a statement on the same day as the attack.

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"I am aware of a recent release from a Kansas City firm regarding a distribution facility in South Kansas City that has been rumored as a target for a mass ICE detention encampment of up to 10,000 persons," he said in a post Thursday.

"While Kansas City welcomes any news suggesting the halting of a planned conversion of a warehouse for goods and products into a human encampment," he added, "I will continue with our legislative, legal efforts, and community engagement to ensure no warehouse or similar facility in Kansas City or nearby is converted to a mass encampment warehouse of persons that is offensive to the dignity and human rights of those who would be detained within it."

KMBC has since posted the entire raw footage of the woman trying to burn down the building.

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Noem urges swift passage of SAVE Act to prevent illegal aliens from disenfranchising American voters



Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in Arizona on Friday to urge the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

Noem addressed reporters after attending a roundtable discussion with local officials, including Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright, and state Rep. John Gillette (R).

'There’s only one reason that anyone would oppose this bill, and that’s because they would want to cheat.'

The secretary emphasized that President Donald Trump has made election integrity one of the administration’s top priorities of its Make America Great Again agenda.

Noem stated that the nation’s election system “needs a lot of work,” adding that America currently has a “golden opportunity” to demonstrate that it is “serious about securing our elections and that we care about making sure that we preserve our sacred republic.”

She noted that the House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act earlier this week, contending that its passage would implement “common-sense, straightforward” measures, including requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and states’ removal of noncitizens from voter rolls.

“These measures are extremely popular with American citizens,” Noem continued. “American people have common sense, and they want to see reforms like this put into their elections.”

Noem highlighted a recent poll that found 84% of Americans support requiring a photo ID to vote and 83% support requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

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“It’s common sense that our elections should belong to the American people, that they should be the ones who get to vote, whose votes are counted, that they get one vote, not more, not less,” Noem said. “It’s common sense to make sure that foreign nationals don’t vote in our elections, don’t elect our leaders and have a say in how our country runs.”

“It’s a fact that noncitizens have been voting in our elections. They’ve been registered, and they have voted from state to state,” she added.

The secretary provided examples of noncitizens who had voted in prior elections, including an illegal alien registered to vote in Maryland and another illegal alien registered in Kansas.

“As it stands, current guidelines for the National Voter Registration Act effectively stop states from going forward and checking citizenship during registration. The SAVE America Act would fix this,” she declared.

Noem addressed left-wing criticism that the SAVE Act would prevent American citizens from voting, including claims that newly married women would be disenfranchised when they have a name change and that the measure would make it impossible for U.S. service members to vote when deployed overseas.

She called these claims “just absurd” and “completely false.”

“Each of the arguments that have been laid out to criticize this bill are baseless speculation from the radical left because they want illegal aliens to vote in our elections,” Noem stated.

“There’s only one reason that anyone would oppose this bill, and that’s because they would want to cheat."

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Reporters pressed Noem for specifics about Arizona’s election system, including whether “emphasizing election security threats without evidence” would “undermine public confidence” or further “misinformation.”

“We have a SAVE program that is available to the state of Arizona,” Noem replied, explaining that the state’s election officials could use the program to ensure that those on its voter rolls are verified.

Noem expressed concern that there are likely “many” individuals on Arizona’s voter rolls who should not be casting a ballot, including individuals who may be living in another state.

“I understand that you have mobile homes and boats on lakes that individuals may have as their voter registration address, but not necessarily that is where they live,” she said. “They live in another state, such as California or on the East Coast.”

Noem stated that Arizona has a history of being “an absolute disaster on elections.”

“Your leaders have failed you dramatically by not having systems that work, by disenfranchising the Americans who wanted to vote, that had to stand in lines for hours because machines failed or software failed. There’s no state that could use more improvement than Arizona,” Noem stated.

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'Quite literally insane': DHS responds to new scheme from LA activists to warn illegal aliens about ICE



The Department of Homeland Security is not impressed with the latest effort by Los Angeles activists to warn illegal aliens about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Anti-ICE activists regularly employ whistles to help illegal aliens evade federal officers, but Amanda Alcalde is planning to install ICE warning sirens in the Highland Park neighborhood.

'Seems like a public nuisance!'

Alcalde said the sirens would be installed on private property and at businesses since the plan is not sanctioned by the city.

In an email statement to Blaze News, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin ridiculed the siren plan.

"This is quite literally insane. The residents of Highland Park want to buy an air raid siren — the same device that was used in London when German planes flew over — to alert the community about ICE. Seems like a public nuisance!" McLaughlin replied.

She went on to document "some of the criminals the residents of Highland Park are trying to protect and help evade arrest."

Among those were Carlos Danilo Barrera, a criminal illegal alien and member of the Florencia 13 gang who is from El Salvador and was convicted of second-degree murder in Los Angeles, DHS said.

Some others listed by DHS include:

  • Diego Cardona, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala and 18th Street gang member convicted for voluntary manslaughter in Los Angeles;
  • Sergio Salvador Salazar Sorto, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador convicted for false imprisonment and battery in Los Angeles; and
  • Ehsan Jalal, a 52-year-old citizen of Afghanistan convicted for robbery in Los Angeles.

Alcalde went on to say in a statement to KTLA-TV that the ICE operations had reduced the "ethnic" representation she saw on the streets of Los Angeles.

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"I've seen a lot of fear in people's eyes. I don't see a lot of our ethnic minorities out in the day-to-day. It's big change. It feels dystopian in a way," she said.

The Trump administration has been recently ramping up detentions and arrests against activists who interfere with federal enforcement operations, according to a Reuters report.

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Beloved skating coach shot to death at Starbucks drive-thru by thug with long criminal past, say prosecutors



A 58-year-old man with a long rap sheet has been accused of robbing a beloved skating coach at a St. Louis Starbucks before shooting the defenseless woman to death, according to court documents.

Twenty-eight-year-old Gabrielle "Sam" Linehan was in the drive-thru in the Tower Grove East neighborhood when, prosecutors allege, Keith Lamon Brown killed the beloved coach and mentor.

'This loss is both sudden and heartbreaking for our athletes, staff, and broader community.'

Brown was also wanted for allegedly holding a cashier at gunpoint at a Dollar General and robbing another woman at gunpoint at a Jack-in-the-Box in the days prior to the incident.

Surveillance video reportedly shows Brown wearing a high-visibility vest and helmet as he walked up to Linehan's vehicle. He fled on foot after allegedly shooting Linehan.

Days later when Brown was arrested, investigators said they found Linehan's license in his possession as well as other items stolen from the woman at the Jack-in-the-Box.

The Metro Edge Figure Skating Club confirmed that Linehan had been their coach. A friend of Linehan said she had stopped at the Starbucks on her way to watch the Olympics at a friend's house.

"This loss is both sudden and heartbreaking for our athletes, staff, and broader community. We are focused on supporting Coach Sam’s family and providing care and resources for our skaters during this difficult time," the club said in a statement to KTVI-TV.

Brown was charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and three counts of armed criminal action. A judge denied bond for the suspect.

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Court records indicated that Brown has a criminal history as far back as 1986 that includes burglary, robbery, and armed criminal action.

"Coach Sam will be deeply missed and forever remembered," said the skate club, which also asked for privacy on behalf of her family and friends.

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'What the f**k?' HGTV cancels 'Rehab Addict' over host Nicole Curtis' slur on leaked tape



New episodes of HGTV's hit home restoration show "Rehab Addict" were scheduled to air this week after host Nicole Curtis' brief hiatus. On the same day of the show's scheduled return, however, years-old leaked footage was published by RadarOnline showing Curtis mindlessly uttering a slur during a renovation.

Warner Bros. Discovery-owned HGTV promptly removed every episode of the show. Future episodes have been canceled.

'I make no excuse for this.'

"HGTV was recently made aware of an offensive racial comment made during the filming of 'Rehab Addict,'" the network said in a statement to Variety. "Not only is language like this hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, partners, and employees — it does not align with the values of HGTV. Accordingly, we have removed the series from all HGTV platforms."

The show-killing viral video appears to show Curtis growing increasingly frustrated during a restoration job and muttering, "Oh fart n*****."

Realizing immediately what she had just said on camera, Curtis turns to her crew with a look of panic, stating, "What the f**k is that that I just said?"

Curtis appears to ask someone off-screen to "kill that," in reference to the video evidence — which clearly didn't take place.

It's clear that someone behind the scenes had it out for the historic-house-saving mother.

RadarOnline's source, who indicated the footage was years-old, said, "You [Nicole] deserve everything you get. Treat us with dignity and respect, and quit making money off of our backs. ... You are a trash human."

The host of the now-erased nine-season series said in a lengthy Instagram post on Thursday, "I am sorry. I am filled with remorse and regret, just as much as I was one second after that word was said 4 years ago in 2022."

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"I show this, I say this and I realize you are getting a limited view as what has been circulating is a clip of MY footage that was stolen then manipulated, edited and sold to [a] tabloid to coincide with my return to television only to create this chaos of hate, anger, disappointment," Curtis continued. "I make no excuse for this. I am not [a] victim. Nothing I say or do will take that moment 4 years ago away. I know it was wrong. This will never happen again."

The ex-host proceeded to suggest that she has been "submerged in the African American community" her entire life and that she has chosen "to live and work in the inner cities of many major cities," where she apparently hears that word used routinely.

While there were plenty of people apparently happy to see Curtis' life ruined over a poor choice of words several years ago, she also had many defenders — and at least one job offer — in the wake of her cancellation.

Curtis is hardly the first reality television star canceled over racially charged language.

For instance, the late Hulk Hogan was fired from World Wrestling Entertainment in 2015 over his liberal use of the word "n*****" on tapes recorded nearly a decade earlier. American chef and prolific cookbook author Paula Deen was systematically canceled and stigmatized in the wake of allegations of racial discrimination and the repeated use of a certain slur.

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