How Propagandists At Politico Use Corruption To Hide Their Ignorance
When sloppiness, ignorance, or all of the above get exposed, Politico stealth-edits pieces or tries to rewrite history in a pathetic attempt to avoid admitting fault.When sloppiness, ignorance, or all of the above get exposed, Politico stealth-edits pieces or tries to rewrite history in a pathetic attempt to avoid admitting fault.NFL player apologizes over backlash for doing Trump dance: 'I did not mean to offend anyone'
A Detroit Lions player says he is sorry if he hurt anyone's feelings.
The Lions crushed the Washington Commanders 44-22 in Landover, Maryland, on Sunday, in a game that featured a flyover from President Trump in Air Force One.
'It had nothing to do with who the president was.'
The event included the president in the commentary booth, and Trump swore in members of the military over a chorus of boos from Commanders fans.
Fans were likely equally as perturbed when Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown celebrated a touchdown with Trump's signature dance, which was a massive trend among athletes in 2024.
Evidence of displeasure from fans was apparent on social media following the game. Detractors called Brown "a f**king disgrace" and a "hoe ass n***a," while claiming he is "supporting an orange racist, sexist, felon currently stopping people from receiving food."
On Wednesday, St. Brown took to his podcast to address the controversy. His brother, Equanimeous, brought up the "elephant in the room" less than six minutes into the episode.
"You had a touchdown celebration. Talk about it," Equanimeous prompted his brother.
Amon-Ra then immediately apologized.
"First of all, if I offended anyone, I do apologize. I did not mean to offend anyone. It was just we're having fun," he said on the "St. Brown Podcast."
The 26-year-old added, "If any president was at that game — if they had a dance, I would have done it. It had nothing to do with who the president was."
While it seemed that St. Brown was deliberately fence-sitting, he commented on the historic nature of Trump's appearance at the Commanders' venue.
"Even after the game, I found out — someone told me that was the first game that a president has been to in over 40 years. So first regular-season game, which is crazy," he said.
The receiver said the controversy was simply a case of him and his teammates "having fun doing the dance"; "nothing more, nothing less."
Backing his brother, Equanimeous equally described the "quick shimmy" as "nothing serious, nothing political."
Trump has become intertwined with the Commanders franchise during his second term, as the team hopes to move back to D.C. and a $2.7 billion stadium.
Trump, the NFL, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) praised the plans in May while announcing that the city would also host the 2027 NFL Draft.
The president subsequently threatened to suspend the whole deal if the Commanders refused to change their name back to the Washington Redskins. The team abandoned the moniker in 2020, going as the Washington Football Team until rebranding as the Washington Commanders in 2022.
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A case that should have been thrown out immediately for lack of evidence supporting blue states' claims is now being appealed to the Supreme Court.100+ unqualified immigrants were hired as corrections officers in Washington jails, whistleblower claims
An anonymous whistleblower claimed that a Washington corrections department illegally hired unqualified immigrants as corrections officers.
According to Fox News Digital, the individual wrote to the Criminal Justice Training Commission in August, stating that the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention violated a state statute that requires all peace officers and corrections officers to be United States citizens, lawful permanent residents, or recipients of deferred action for childhood arrivals.
"It has come to my attention, that, over the past several years, the King County DAJD has knowingly hired individuals as corrections officers who do not meet these legal requirements," the letter to the commission read.
The whistleblower claimed that in some instances, individuals with temporary work visas or expired work authorization were hired to guard detention centers.
"This practice not only undermines the integrity of Washington's criminal justice system but also presents significant legal and security concerns," the whistleblower remarked, urging the commission to investigate the claims promptly.
The number of unqualified hires could exceed 100, according to the whistleblower, SeattleRed's "The Jason Rantz Show" first reported.
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“The scale of this problem cannot be overstated. It is estimated that well over 100 corrections officers currently employed by DAJD may fall into this questionable status,” the whistleblower reportedly stated. “Some estimates place the number closer to 130 officers."
"If the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) revokes their certifications, these individuals would be unable to continue serving as corrections officers," the statement continued. "The loss of this many staff would place the County’s jail system on the brink of collapse, with the very real possibility of forcing the closure of a jail due to unsafe staffing levels.”
The WSCJTC “provides training and certification after agencies hire and verify that individuals meet all employment and eligibility requirements under state law,” the commission told Blaze News, noting that employers are responsible for determining employment eligibility.
“WSCJTC is conducting an open investigation into King County’s hiring practices for individuals who do not meet state eligibility requirements. WSCJTC will initiate a decertification case against any individual who is not qualified for certification under state law,” the commission continued. “WSCJTC immediately expelled four King County corrections academy recruits after King County confirmed they did not meet eligibility requirements.”
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'Imminent hazard': Trump administration shuts licensing loophole after illegal alien trucker allegedly causes fatal crash
Sean Duffy's Department of Transportation is taking decisive action to protect American roadways following an increase in tragic accidents involving non-English-speaking truck drivers.
Safety and national security issues within the trucking industry gained national attention in August after an illegal alien who obtained his commercial driver's license in California allegedly caused a fatal wreck in Florida.
'This is not a proposal. This is a final rule, and it is effective immediately.'
Duffy held a press conference on Friday morning to announce "emergency action" aimed at ensuring safer roadways.
The DOT revealed the results of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audit, which found "systemic non-compliance" among state driver licensing agencies in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington.
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.@SecDuffy announced an emergency action to drastically limit eligibility for non-domiciled drivers licenses.
This action is in response to horrific fatal crashes caused by non-domiciled CDL holders like the one we saw in Florida when a noncitizen made an illegal u-turn and… pic.twitter.com/AMQFnDYQex
— Rebeka Zeljko (@rebekazeljko) September 26, 2025
"This is not a proposal. This is a final rule, and it is effective immediately," Duffy said during the presser. "... Here's the bottom line: Non-citizens will not be eligible for a CDL unless they meet a much stricter set of rules. Second, all states must immediately pause the issuance of non-domiciled CDLs until they can comply with our new rules."
"My message is very simple," Duffy added. "Get into compliance now, or we'll pull funding and we'll force you into compliance."
The DOT described California as "the most egregious," citing that over 25% of the non-domiciled CDLs reviewed were improperly issued.
"The audit has uncovered both a catastrophic pattern of states issuing licenses illegally to foreign drivers, as well as the fact that even if the current regulatory framework is followed, it can fail. The confluence of these two factors have created an imminent hazard on America's roadways that must be fixed," read a DOT press release obtained by Blaze News.
The DOT attributed the issuance of a "large number" of non-domiciled CDLs to ineligible drivers to poor quality assurance, inadequate training, and programming errors. The department identified cases where licenses remained valid beyond the drivers' lawful presence in the United States.
The department presented four examples of California-issued CDLs with expiration dates extending beyond the work authorization periods of the respective foreign nationals. For instance, one set of images displayed a CDL with an expiration date of June 2030, issued to a foreign national whose work authorization expired in April 2022. Another photo showed a CDL with a June 2030 expiration date, issued to a foreign national whose work authorization ended in May 2021. In both cases, the licenses were issued several years after the individuals' work authorizations had lapsed.
As a result of the FMCSA's findings, the DOT declared a pause on California's issuance of non-domiciled CDLs, requiring the state to identify all unexpired licenses that fail to comply with regulations.
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The DOT issued an interim final rule to tighten eligibility requirements for non-domiciled commercial learner's permits and CDLs. Foreign nationals seeking these credentials must "meet a much stricter set of rules, including an employment-based visa and undergoing a mandatory federal immigration status check using the SAVE system."
Duffy warned in August that the department would pull federal funding from states that fail to comply with English language proficiency requirements for drivers. He noted at that time that California receives $30 million from the DOT.
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DC grand juries prove unwilling to indict radicals accused of threatening to kill Trump
Nathalie Rose Jones of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in Washington, D.C., last month for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump and transmitting threats across state lines.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., indicated that "justice will be served"; however, an Obama judge and a grand jury comprising Washington residents evidently had other plans.
'The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed.'
U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, whom Attorney General Pam Bondi slapped in July with a misconduct complaint "for making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration," overruled a magistrate judge last week and ordered Jones' release.
Boasberg told Jones, who recently participated in an anti-Trump protest outside the White House, to drive to New York City and meet with her psychiatrist.
Jones' attorneys revealed in a Monday court filing that a D.C. grand jury declined to indict her.
"The Honorable James E. Boasberg reversed the detention order on August 25, 2025, and released Ms. Jones to home detention," wrote the attorneys. "One of the factors the court considered in determining the conditions of release was the nature of the case and the weight of the evidence. A grand jury has now found no probable cause to indict Ms. Jones on the charged offenses."
"Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak," continued the attorneys. "The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely."
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The Department of Justice noted that among the 49-year-old woman's many alleged threats against the president was a statement on social media indicating a willingness to "sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea."
Prosecutors claimed that Jones — who a friend indicated in a character reference had spent some time in the Army Reserve — also said she "would take the president's life and would kill him at 'the compound' if she had to, that she had a 'bladed object,' which she said was the weapon she would use to 'carry out her mission of killing' the president, and that she wanted to 'avenge all the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic,' which she attributed to President Trump’s administration and its position on vaccinations."
In recent years, others have been indicted and ultimately convicted for far less graphic threats against Democrat presidents.
'The system here is broken on many levels.'
On Thursday, 20-year-old Troy Kelly of New York was convicted for threatening former President Joe Biden. Kelly said in response to a Biden post on social media that he was "gonna put a bullet in your head if I ever catch you."
Cody McCormick of Kansas was sentenced last year to nearly two years in prison for writing, "I will get a Greyhound bus ticket and go and shoot him," in reference to Biden.
Brandon Correa was sentenced in 2015 to 18 months in prison for posting a social media message directed to former President Barack Obama that said, "Im [sic] coming to watch you die."
Pirro said in a statement to Fox News, "A Washington, D.C., grand jury refused to indict someone who threatened to kill the president of the United States. Her intent was clear, traveling through five states to do so."
"She even confirmed the same to the U.S. Secret Service. This is the essence of a politicized jury. The system here is broken on many levels," continued Pirro. "Instead of the outrage that should be engendered by a specific threat to kill the president, the grand jury in D.C. refuses to even let the judicial process begin. Justice should not depend on politics."
'I'm going to f**k your ass up.'
Blaze News has reached out to Pirro's office for additional comment as well as to the White House and the U.S. Secret Service. When pressed for comment, the USSS referred Blaze News to Pirro's office.
D.C. residents have repeatedly signaled an unwillingness to hold accountable those who allegedly threaten Trump or attack the federal agents keeping their city safe.
DOJ prosecutors recently told a magistrate judge that a grand jury also refused to indict Edward Alexander Dana, who is similarly accused of threatening President Trump, reported the Associated Press.
D.C. police responding to a report of destruction at a restaurant in the northwest of the city arrested Dana on Aug. 17. According to the U.S. Secret Service's affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, Dana allegedly told an officer wearing a body camera that he was affiliated with the Russian mafia and said, "I'm going to find out who you are, where you live, who you're married to, if any. ... I'm going to make sure that many people, not just me, come after you. ... I'm going to f**k your ass up."
The affidavit indicated that Dana then proceeded to threaten Trump's life, allegedly stating, "I'm not going to tolerate fascism. You see, I was adopted [inaudible] to protect the Constitution by any means necessary. And that means killing you, Officer, killing the president, killing anyone who stands in the way of our Constitution."
D.C. grand juries also recently refused to indict:
- Alvin Summers, an individual accused of fleeing from a U.S. Park Police officer who asked to see his identification, then assaulting the officer during a subsequent arrest attempt;
- Sidney Lori Reid, a D.C. resident charged in July with an alleged assault on an FBI agent who was assisting with the transfer of an alleged international gang member at the D.C. Central Detention Facility; and
- Sean Dunn, the former DOJ employee who was caught on video allegedly throwing a submarine sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer on Aug. 10.
Duffy threatens funding freeze for 3 states flouting English requirements for truck drivers
The Department of Transportation is taking action to further clamp down on non-English-speakers with commercial driver's licenses, following President Donald Trump's executive action.
The Obama administration's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a memorandum in 2016 that removed a requirement to place drivers out of service due to a lack of English proficiency.
'States don't get to pick and choose which federal safety rules to follow.'
Trump reversed that action in April, calling for the enforcement of the law to protect American roads following an increase in fatal accidents involving semi-trucks.
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Tuesday that the agency would pull federal funding for states that fail to comply with English language proficiency requirements.
He accused California, Washington, and New Mexico of failing to place drivers out of service for ELP violations. Duffy warned the three states that they have 30 days to comply or the DOT will withhold all funding from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.
California receives $30 million, Washington receives $10 million, and New Mexico receives $7 million through that program, Duffy stated during a Tuesday press conference.
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The California Highway Patrol told Overdrive in July that it does not plan to place drivers out of service for ELP violations despite the Trump administration's new guidance.
The CHP "has not implemented any enforcement changes in response to recent federal guidance requiring commercial drivers to speak English, as it is not part of California law," a spokesperson told the outlet.
"States don't get to pick and choose which federal safety rules to follow," Duffy stated. "As we saw with the horrific Florida crash that killed three, when states fail to enforce the law, they put the driving public in danger. Under President Trump's leadership, we are taking aggressive action to close these safety gaps, hold states accountable, and make sure every commercial driver on the road is qualified to operate a 40-ton vehicle."
A spokesperson for California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) appeared to blame the Trump administration for the recent fatal crash in Florida involving Harjinder Singh, an Indian national who received his commercial driver's license in California. Earlier this month, Singh's truck crushed a minivan, killing all three passengers, after he allegedly performed an illegal U-turn.
"This is rich. The Trump administration approved the federal work permit for the man who killed 3 people — and now they're scrambling to shift blame after getting caught," Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a Newsom spokesperson, told NBC News. "Sean's nonsense announcement is as big a joke as the Trump administration itself. SAD!"
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin denied those claims.
"False. Harjinder Singh is in the United States illegally and his work authorization was rejected under the Trump Administration on September 14, 2020. It was later approved under the Biden Administration June 9, 2021," McLaughlin wrote in a post on X. "The state of California issues Commercial Drivers Licenses. There is no national CDL."
"Thank you for confirming that the federal government issued him a work permit and you FAILED to revoke it!" Newsom's office responded.
The Washington and New Mexico governors' offices did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.
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Biden judge releases teens accused of savagely attacking Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine
Edward Coristine, the young engineer known as "Big Balls" who previously worked for the Department of Government Efficiency, was beaten to a pulp during an attempted carjacking on Aug. 3 in the national capital.
According to the incident report, a group of around 10 juveniles approached the 19-year-old and his girlfriend, making clear their intention to steal Coristine's vehicle.
Coristine pushed his girlfriend to safety, then squared off with the thugs, who piled on and left him bloodied on the roadside. Police apprehended two suspects at the scene — a 15-year-old male and a 15-year-old female of Hyattsville, Maryland — and charged both with unarmed carjacking.
Whereas President Donald Trump figured the incident was bad enough to finally bring an end to the lawlessness in Washington, D.C., federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department and deploying the National Guard, a Biden-nominated judge alternatively decided on Thursday it wasn't worth keeping two of the suspected attackers in custody.
'School and home, that's it.'
Kendra Briggs, an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, informed the female suspect that she would move to a youth shelter house and informed the male suspect that he would get to hang out at his mother's home, reported the Washington Post, which was granted access to the Thursday hearing on the condition that it not reveal the identities of the suspects.
Up until this week, the suspects were being held at D.C.'s Youth Services Center, an 88-bed secure facility that keeps detainees under continuous supervision. Although the suspects will enjoy relative freedom, they will still be subjected to electronic monitoring and a 24-hour curfew.
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The Biden judge decided to let the male suspect stay with his mother because the shelter house was supposedly too far from his school.
"I don't want to put hardship on your family," Briggs said to the apparent thug.
"School and home, that's it," said Briggs, whose nomination was opposed by Republican Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.). "The fact that this court is stepping you down from Youth Services Center is a serious step."
'The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14.'
The attorney for the male suspect boasted that to his knowledge, his client had not yet misbehaved at the Youth Services Center.
Prosecutors suggested that the female suspect, who faces trial next week for a separate case in Maryland, is a danger to the community and a flight risk.
Despite the prosecutors' concerns and acknowledging that the female suspect had "major truancy issues," the Biden appointee still decided to reduce her level of detention.
Briggs told the suspects that they are not allowed to possess weapons and are to stay out of other people's vehicles unless they have permission from the owner.
The judge's order flies in the face of Trump's expectation.
Following Coristine's attack, Trump noted, "Local 'youths' and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released."
"They are not afraid of Law Enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them, but it’s going to happen now!" the president continued. "The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14."
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