Primary results
Primary elections were held in several states yesterday, including Minnesota, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. Headlining the results is the Democrat gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin, where DSA candidate State Representative Francesca Hong was surprisingly defeated by David Crowley, who was favored by the Democrat establishment. Pre-election polls showed Hong leading by 19 points. However, in Minnesota, DSA-backed candidate Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan easily won the Democrat Senate primary, giving the party’s radical leftists another win. Furthermore, Senator Amy Klobuchar easily won the gubernatorial primary; she will face off against Republican primary winner Lisa DeMuth, the current Minnesota House Speaker, who defeated MyPillow founder Mike Lindell. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, the Republican Senate primary will head to a runoff election between Representative Ralph Norman and Senator Darline Graham, who is filling in for her brother, the late Lindsey Graham.

Piker melts down after Hong’s loss
Mao Zedong cosplayer and outspoken communist internet personality Hasan Piker is not taking the loss of DSA candidate Francesca Hong well. “Wake up! Corporate media is f***ing lying to you,” opined the irate streamer. Piker also predicted that it will be easier in the future to get the Democratic Socialist message out, but harder at the same time because “the establishment will not underestimate us.” Late Tuesday night, he let the mask slip even further: “Outlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers.”

Democrat governor now supports voter ID
Failure is the best teacher. After major flaws in the state’s voting system were exposed, allowing 6,600 noncitizens to be registered to vote, Democrat New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is now open to enacting stronger voter ID legislation. Her spokesman said in a statement, “Governor Sherrill supports the current rules requiring ID for voter registration, and she is open to considering proposals to strengthen those to make sure we have the strongest, fairest elections in the nation.” However, Sherrill does still oppose President Trump’s SAVE Act, falsely calling it an attempt to “suppress voters.” This is certainly strange, as the governor’s alleged aims are very similar to those of the SAVE Act. This could mean two things: either Sherrill is instantly against anything Trump, or she is coming out in favor of this issue to save face after a statewide embarrassment.

Putin pardons former U.S. Marine
Former Marine Robert Gilman was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin on humanitarian grounds and has been released after being held in Russia since 2022. Gilman’s family called his condition “dire,” and he is being taken directly to an American hospital. Global Reach, an advocacy group representing Gilman’s family, reported previously that Gilman had been moved from the prison hospital to a psychiatric ward in a civilian hospital in a state described as a “dissociative stupor.” This was the catalyst that drove the U.S. government to negotiate his release. Gilman was arrested in 2022 for purportedly kicking a police officer when he was drunk. However, his father denied the allegations, citing that the policeman had no injuries and didn’t testify at the trial. There are at least 10 Americans still being held in Russia.

DHS gets court win for speedy deportation powers
The Department of Homeland Security received a win from a court decision Tuesday that allows it to press forward with a plan to speedily deport illegal immigrant parolees. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that plaintiffs lacked standing to sue DHS, as the desired relief would not change anything for the plaintiffs themselves. The decision erases a lower-court ruling that had placed a stay on DHS’s “expedited removal” plans. This is a win for law and order, as it allows the Trump administration to undo Biden-era abuse of the parole system. Parole for illegal border crossers used to be limited to those with an urgent medical need or to cases that allowed law enforcement to secure help with an investigation, but Biden-era policies produced parole for nearly 2.9 million immigrants, many of whom were flown into the country.

DC crime plummets
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s order to tackle high crime in Washington, DC. “Our nation’s capital is now safer than it’s been in decades,” said FBI Director Kash Patel of the program dubbed Safe and Beautiful. “One year later, the FBI has worked with partners to make over 6,000 arrests, nearly 2,000 drug seizures, and over 1,300 illegal firearm seizures. Homicides in DC are down an incredible 44% from last year,” Patel added. “The greatest country on earth should have a capital city reflecting it — where American taxpayers can live, visit, and petition their government without fear of violent crime. Thanks to President Trump and brave law enforcement, one year later we have made historic progress to that end, and the work will only continue.”

Trump threatens Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
Zohran Mamdani’s reign of terror has even the White House concerned. After the New York mayor introduced a tax on homes whose owners are not primary residents, President Trump has said that he is looking for ways to block it. The president called it “a dangerous political experiment” that would threaten the financial well-being of the city. While a local judge has blocked the tax, seeking a permanent end would be the far more desirable outcome. The tax, if implemented, would almost certainly put pressure on the entire real estate market to leave the city, likely leading to the government owning more and the money in the city’s economy decreasing greatly. The illegality of this tax needs to be upheld, or dangerous consequences will follow.

Bernie: Stop tech innovation immediately
Socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is demanding that the nation’s leading AI companies pause development. Sanders sent letters to the CEOs, arguing that recent incidents show that the technology has become dangerous and unwieldy. He warned that Congress would intervene if they refused. “If you do not take appropriate action now, my colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate will,” Sanders said. This follows several disclosed instances in which AI models broke their parameters and hacked into other companies’ computer systems. Researchers have also used AI to create new viruses. The two largest American AI companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, promised to slow development if AI capabilities failed safety thresholds. Sanders’s push counters the Trump administration’s goals to dominate the industry.

Mangione paparazzi threatens jury, witnesses
Due to the high publicity of the case regarding the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge has ruled that jurors will remain anonymous. Prosecutors argued that Luigi Mangione’s fans may intimidate witnesses and jurors during next month’s murder trial. Judge Gregory Carro stated in the order that this does not keep the public from the courtroom and does not keep the press from covering the trial, but that the protections are needed to prevent harassment and to “preserve the integrity of the jury process in a high-profile matter.” Carro is, however, allowing for an overflow room to accommodate more media personnel, which prosecutors contend could lead to illegal recordings of the trial (the judge did not address audio in the overflow room). Mangione’s lawyers have requested a televised trial, which New York law doesn’t usually allow. Carro has also not yet addressed that issue.

Court rules Biden admin botched gas stove reg change
The Biden administration proposed massive regulations on gas stoves, which would make home appliances more expensive and less useful. On Tuesday, a federal court ordered the Energy Department to rethink those regulations because the former president skirted the correct notice-and-comment process. Gas stoves have become a target for climate activists who demand that governments take urgent action to slash fossil fuels and carbon emissions. The American Public Health Association even declared gas stoves a “public health concern.” The emissions from stoves, however, are negligible compared to other common climate activist talking points. Trump-appointed Judge Andrew Oldham said the Energy Department has authority over cooktops, but it must stick to the usual process.

Headlines

• Inflation cooled in July but remained elevated as Fed weighs rate hikes (Fox Business)

• FBI had 14 informants on Biden corruption but ran secret op to dismiss evidence as disinformation (Just the News)

• Surrogate who refuses to abort baby despite biological parents’ wishes scores early legal victory (NY Post)

• Portland wokies accuse ICE of killing man outside facility (a Somali was just charged with the murder) (Not the Bee)

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