'This s**t shouldn't happen': Trump-hating brewer weeps after apparently doxxing federal agent



Kirk Bangstad, the twice-failed Democratic candidate who owns the Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin, turned his fantasizing about President Donald Trump's death into a marketing strategy.

That strategy appears to have been short-sighted in light of federal law enforcement's recent interest in the blubbering brewer and his incendiary remarks.

How it started

Bangstad vowed in January to give fellow travelers "free beer, all day long, the day he dies," then made clear in remarks to reporters and subsequent posts that he was referring to Trump, whom he unsuccessfully attempted to block from the 2024 presidential ballot in Wisconsin.

'The FBI and Secret Service together followed up on information received.'

In the months since, the brewer has hyped his proposed Trump-death celebration, selling voodoo dolls bearing the faces of Trump administration officials and "I wish it was free beer day" T-shirts.

Bangstad — who derided Charlie Kirk immediately after the Turning Point USA founder's assassination, circulated a wanted poster for a federal agent, and called for "regime change" in the U.S. — appears to have crossed a line on April 25 where federal law enforcement is concerned.

Less than an hour after an attempt was made on the president's life at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Bangstad wrote, "Well, we almost got #freebeerday. Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a a [sic] positive news cycle. We'll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens."

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The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and Democratic candidates apparently keen to distance themselves from this particular fellow traveler rushed to condemn Bangstad's rhetoric as "dangerous and unacceptable." They were, however, far from the only people paying attention.

How it's going

On Thursday, Bangstad claimed that he had been contacted both by the U.S. Secret Service and the FBI, then shared a transcript of an alleged voicemail from a USSS agent on Facebook, including the agent's alleged name and phone number. Bangstad proceeded to tell his followers, "Call this number and ask this secret service agent to stand down and honor his oath to his country."

In a video the woke brewer uploaded hours later regarding an alleged in-person visit from law enforcement officials, Bangstad again instructed his followers, this time with tears streaming down his cheeks, to inundate the alleged USSS agent with calls.

Bangstad — who was ordered to pay a six-figure sum for defamation in 2023 — reassures his followers in the video that if he should disappear, "it's because these guys did it, not because I did it."

He also reiterates through tears that he had apparently doxxed an agent: "And then I copy-and-pasted the voicemail that I was left by the Secret Service, and I pasted that guy's phone number, and I said, 'Call this phone number, everybody, and remind this federal agent, remind this federal agent that he has an oath that he took to his country and that he shouldn't break his oath.'"

He adds, crying, that "this s**t shouldn't happen to anybody," that the "federal government shouldn't be coming after anybody," and that he wasn't detained on Thursday but likely only because he's white.

In closing, he tells his followers that "everyone has to fight their own way."

In a statement on Friday afternoon, Bangstad continued playing the victim and accused federal agents of trying to intimidate him. He added, "Under no circumstances was the post I made last Saturday, which had me trending nationally on X by Monday, threatening to Trump (notice I didn't say President Trump)."

As of Friday afternoon, the post with the alleged name and phone number of a USSS agent remains available on the Minocqua Brewing Company Facebook page.

An attorney for Bangstad did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

The U.S. Secret Service and the FBI said in a joint statement to Blaze News, "The U.S. Secret Service follows up on perceived threats against the President of the United States or any one of our protectees. The FBI and Secret Service together followed up on information received and conducted further investigative steps, which included a voluntary interview with the individual. This is an ongoing matter, and we do not have further comment."

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Whitlock: Victimhood culture is failing black people — and the NFL



BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock has noticed a pattern in the NFL, and it has to do with those who identify as victims and those who don’t.

“There were 12 teams in the NFL that had a white head coach and a white quarterback in combination. … Because these white guys don’t see themselves as victims and because they have a shared culture that rejects victimhood, that combination of white coach, white quarterback never seeing themselves as victims, it actually works,” Whitlock explains.

Whitlock also believes that this anti-victimhood coach-quarterback combination is consistent with worldviews based in Christianity.


“The number-one thing is, like, I’m not a victim. Jesus Christ died for my sins. How can I be a victim? There is only one victim. The man that stood up and died for the rest of us so that we could be victors. So there is no victimhood in Christianity,” Whitlock says.

“And what I’ve argued is that black people have adopted — latched on to, been brainwashed into — seeing themselves primarily as a victim. They will deny it … but all of their behavior is rigged towards victimhood and rigged towards if something goes wrong, it’s someone else’s fault,” he continues.

“Whereas the white man has been convinced — fairly [or] unfairly — if something goes wrong, let me go look in the mirror; it’s my fault, and let me correct myself. That is a superior mindset. That’s a mindset that is consistent with Christianity,” he adds.

But it doesn’t have to be this way for black people.

“Black people have the exact same option as white people. You can adopt whatever culture you want. You can adopt whatever mindset you want. Yes, there will be repercussions. But if you’re man enough to deal with the repercussions ... if you reject that victimhood mentality, there’s so much freedom and opportunity, and you will develop better as a leader and as a man.”

“You will be more self-sufficient. You will protect your salvation. There are so many wins to that,” he adds.

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Woke Cincinnati police chief DEFENDS Cincinnati Jazz Festival brawl



A terrifying video from out of Cincinnati shows a mob of black people stomping on the head of a white man on a street downtown, before a white woman is cold-cocked and knocked out. The haunting footage shows her lying face up on the ground, staring up at the sky, unmoving.

When questioned about the incident, instead of condemning the perpetrators, Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge condemned social media users for taking it out of context.

“Another topic I want to cover real quick, social media and journalism and the role it plays in this incident. And yes, guys, that’s you. That is you. Social media, the post that we’ve seen does not depict the entire incident. That is one version of what occurred,” the Cincinnati police chief said.

She went on to claim that social media posts have “distorted the content of what actually happened.”


One reporter then asked “what exactly was distorted” by those posting about the incident on social media.

“So I think by the irresponsibility with social media, it just shows one side of the equation quite frequently without context, without factual context, and then people run with that and then it grows legs and it becomes something bigger that we have to try to manage was part of the investigation,” she responded.

“The woman had no answer,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock comments. “She was asked a follow-up question to clarify her comments, and she had no answer. She just repeated herself and tried to distract.”

“We’ve seen the shove that sparked this, and we’ve seen the overreaction to the shove by people that were uninvolved other than they’re black KKK members, and one of the KKK members got shoved, and so the rest of the KKK members used it as justification,” he continues.

“‘Hey, we get to wild out and beat up and stomp and curb stomp a white man and a white woman,’” he adds, mocking those involved. “This is the black KKK and everybody knows it.”

Whitlock blames the brainwashing of the black community by the mainstream media and the education system.

“We’re developing young black KKK members with this victimhood mentality, with what’s being taught in schools all the way from Harvard all the way down to grade school. It’s being taught. ‘You’re a victim, white people have mistreated you, white people owe you a debt, white people are the most evil thing on the planet,’” he says.

“You’re being programmed to be a KKK member, to blame everything on white people,” he continues, adding, “It’s no different than the white people from 100 years ago that were brainwashed and programmed into believing all of their problems were the result of black people.”

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Opportunities: given or created? Jason Whitlock, Warren Sapp, and Marshall Faulk debate black victimhood in the NFL



Victimhood has in recent years become rather seductive as it often leads to sympathy and increased opportunities, especially considering the DEI initiatives in place in institutions, big and small, across the country.

But are these initiatives actually helpful? Do they do what they’re allegedly supposed to do and give a boost to people who actually need it? Or do they just perpetuate the victim mentality? Do they create a culture of mediocrity and handouts?

This concept within the framework of football was the subject of Jason Whitlock, Warren Sapp, and Marshall Faulk’s conversation.

The trio specifically talked about former black players remaining in the NFL in high-up, or “front office,” positions after their player careers come to an end.

“Once you’re done, you’re done,” says Faulk. “Other than calling games and working in television, you're not seeing a lot of former players highlighted.”

Whitlock thinks this lack of opportunity for former black NFL players is a direct result of having the wrong mentality.

“What’s your mentality when you’re done?” he asks. “If it’s not, ‘What can I bring to the league or to my former team,’ your mentality is wrong.”

Faulk disagrees, pointing to racial barriers as the primary reason such opportunities are rare.

“I’m not disagreeing with you, but the opportunity has to be there,” he says. “If the opportunity was there, they wouldn’t be putting all these diversity / inclusion” measures into place, such as the Rooney Rule, which is an NFL policy requiring league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football positions.

“If the opportunity was just opportunity, and it was equal, then we wouldn't need none of these things in place,” he continues.

But Whitlock, sticking to his guns, assures it’s because “former black athletes” have the “wrong mentality.”

He points to Warren Sapp’s career, recalling how he “wanted to go out and create his own opportunities” on the field during his playing career, and clearly, it served him well, as it landed him in the Hall of Fame.

“That dog mentality that made you a great football player has to take over in real life,” says Whitlock, “and it's about creating opportunities for yourself.”

“I came from nothing,” he explains, and “I created opportunities my whole life.”

For example, one of the first opportunities he created was taking the only newspaper job he could get, which paid a slim $5 an hour.

“I created [the opportunity],” he tells Sapp and Faulk.

“No, no, no, they gave you $5 to do the job,” says Faulk. “You took the opportunity [because] the space was open.”

“Remember, there was Warren Sapp before Warren Sapp, [but] we just didn't know,” he explains, because “he couldn't go to Miami back when they wouldn't draft him in the NFL.”

“And you know who created those opportunities?” Whitlock counters. “Sam Bam Cunningham. They went down and ran over Alabama, and everybody started saying, ‘I need to get me some black players.”’

“No, the opportunity was created once they realized, ‘Oh sh**, they can play at this level,”’ retorts Faulk.

But for Whitlock, black people have been creating opportunities for themselves since they were brought over to this country.

“No one gave us freedom from slavery,” he says. “We went out and took that, but black, white people, believers —whatever. People died for that; it wasn't given, it was created ... America's about what you're willing to go take and create.”

Whichever side of the conversation you fall on, their debate is fascinating, full of interesting points on both sides, and well worth watching. Check it out for yourself below.


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Candace Owens ANNIHILATES the left's anti-American race narrative — and it's beautiful



On "The Rubin Report” Wednesday, BlazeTV host Dave Rubin talks to the Daily Wire's Candace Owens about her political journey, how the Democratic Party creates a victim mentality in black voters, the results of Democratic policies on black literacy rates, and how utopian ideas like "the war on poverty" fail those they intend to help.

Candace explained how black Americans can choose a "victor mentality" over embracing victimhood and destroyed the leftist narrative of systemic racism in America.

"Forget the victim mentality. Develop a victor mentality," Candace said. "Look back at your ancestors. Look back at your grandparents. Look back at what they did, what they lived through, the seeds that they planted, so that you can afford to be in the circumstance that you are in today. If you are a black American, and you are breathing in the United States today, you are the luckiest among the luckiest of black people that have ever lived anywhere on the face of the planet. That is an incredible statement. In all of human history, the luckiest black people that have ever lived on the face of the human planet are the ones that are living and breathing in America today."

She added, "Find me a black American that will tell you they want to move back to Africa ... I, Candace Owens, am pledging that I will book the flight for you, if renounce your U.S. citizenship, for you to go live back in Africa."

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