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‘NO Kings 2.0’ Protests Set for July 4th Because the First One Was a Bust

After the first “NO Kings” protests fell flat and failed to gain traction, organizers are doubling down with plans for a second demonstration.

The protests are scheduled for July 4th, as anti-ICE activists once again aim to disrupt America’s Independence Day celebrations and advance their agenda.

We think these paid for by CCP; other Communist groups funded by Soros; pro-illegal alien NGOs which are anti-American; anti-ICE; anti-Trump falderal’s will fail again.

Great how Marxists Democrats and their legacy sycophants keep picking these hills to die on.


No Kings 2.0 Protests Set for July 4 Because the First One Was a Bust

Sarah Arnold  | June 21, 2025 1:30 PM

After the first “No Kings” protests fell flat and failed to gain traction, organizers are doubling down with plans for a second demonstration. 

The protests are scheduled for July 4th, as anti-ICE activists once again aim to disrupt America’s Independence Day celebrations and advance their agenda. According to a Facebook post, the second No Kings protest promises to deliver “No Kings” and “reclaim” freedom for the nation. The first demonstrations occurred earlier this month during President Donald Trump’s 250th celebration of the U.S. Army. Still, the far-left organizers failed to seize control or remove the president from office, so now they’re making another attempt.

Despite protests planned across the country, many critics have dismissed them, expressing frustration with the far left’s repeated disruptive tactics.

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SANDOVAL: NYT Columnist Declares War On Camo For Completely Deranged Reason

The average New York Times (NYT) reader has concerns which a million monkeys with a million typewriters wouldn’t come up with given a million years.

“Is camouflage still acceptable to wear?” asks Hope from Scottsdale, Arizona, of NYT’s fashion columnist, Vanessa Friedman. “There is so much of it around in fashion, but given all the wars being waged around the world, I wonder if it will become taboo?”

Never underestimate the neuroticism – or navel-gazing ability – of a liberal. Allow me to rephrase Hope’s question: “Given all the wars being waged around the world, how can I make this about me?”

Friedman offers sage wisdom.

“The last time I received a similar query was in 2021, just after the Capitol insurrection, when a number of people in the mob were wearing camo gear and other costumes. At the time I suggested to the reader that camo was OK as long as it was clearly a fashion item and didn’t look like a uniform.”

Phew. Don’t throw out those camo pants just yet, reader.

“Today, however, I am changing my advice.”

Scratch that. Friedman, like a high priest of the legacy media’s ecumenical council, has declared a new fashion sin. She cites an email from a military veteran who feels that civilians wearing camo is “akin to stolen valor.” I feel fairly confident in saying that no reasonable person would mistake a 19-year-old girl in camouflage booty shorts for a grizzled Vietnam War vet.

Friedman’s justifications continue.

“And it is because, given the heated and chaotic situation on the streets of the United States, with ICE agents conducting raids, protests spreading and the military parade in Washington drawing thousands of soldiers to the Capitol in full battle dress — as well as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East — wearing camouflage as a fashion statement seems like an increasingly tone-deaf and potentially dangerous choice,” she wrote.

Perhaps Friedman should instead issue warnings to her readers about wearing sombreros or sporting comically large mustaches, lest they be mistaken for a Tom-and-Jerry-style illegal migrant. That’s the degree of hysteria she appears to be enjoying. Friedman warns that camo may be “perceived by someone else as a provocation.” Many readers agree.

“Since my teen years oh so long ago, I’ve never worn camouflage and recoil when I see it on others,” Nina commented. “It’s not a fashion statement; it’s a symbol of war and aggression, things that should never be glorified.”

Another claims she avoids the print because it “subconsciously signals to others that I condone violence, war, hyper-masculinity, the MIC, etc — all of which I find quite problematic.”

Still, not all readers are convinced by Friedman’s expert opinion.

“Wear what you want, people,” says one commenter.

“We’re really in the soup if this is the sort of thing people are thinking about,” writes another.

Poor Friedman. After problematizing cross necklaces and sheath dresses, she appears to have run out of targets. Expect all manner of items to appear on her chopping block: stripes, polka dots, maybe even plaid. At this rate, she’ll have to shell out for an entirely new wardrobe.

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Prism of America’s Education

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson

“Whatever is taught today in school will be in the Government tomorrow.” — Abraham Lincoln


Our founders said repeatedly, the most important topics for Americans to learn in schools are: Reading, Writing, Math, morality, thinking, Finance and Civics. What is NOT being taught in school today: Reading, Writing, Math, morality, thinking, Finance and Civics.

Today, whenever anyone asks the WHY question as a follow up, the answer is always the same: because that is not being taught in SCHOOLS.

When liberty is not learned, it is forgotten.

How can you fight for something you know nothing about?

Why are these subjects no longer taught in school? Because the global elite wants to rule. If you understood the constitution, you would know that the people were meant to have the power, not the elites. They must answer to you.

BY KEEPING YOU IGNORANT, THEY RULE

Nothing is more pitiful than the “No Kings” rallies. The military was created to keep America King-free. Because these people are ignorant, who do they hate? The military. Who do they support? The countries with Kings.

The true purpose of school is to create worker bees that are only capable of following directions, not capable of making decisions. By telling the people the purpose of school is to provide work is nothing but a cover-up for training worker bees to work in some mindless, soulless government-sanctioned corporation. The purpose of school is to provide knowledge, so individuals can make their own informed decisions. School to work, No Child Left Behind, Common Core Standards are all “training” which eliminates choice.

Ask yourself, why have the globalists designed the decline of America? Why are they supporting the illegals and not Americans? Illegals come in from countries where the things we view as necessities, they view as luxuries. Whoever provides those luxury items to them gets their allegiance forever, or, so they assume.

Then we have the sheeple who must vote as mommy or daddy did without accepting the fact that the parties have changed.

Ask yourself, with all of the money we spend on education, why is there so little to no change? No improvement? At all? In fact, overall ratings for U.S. education have declined. Could it be because we are addressing the wrong problem? The problem is the curriculum.

From elementary school to college, students are not taught HOW to think. They are taught WHAT to think.

They are not taught about America’s riches and opportunities. They are taught to do more for less or to do without. They are not taught about morality, family, God and country. Instead, they are told what to think and to think that only the government and schools have the answers.

  • School replaces family
  • Government replaces God
  • America is replaced by the UN

Is that the life and future you want for your child? No? Then get involved.

NOW is the TIME.

If you believe certain left wing commentators, you would think that protestors/rioters were trying to promote “due process” & “justice”. That is just a lie spread by the media and government schools. SkyNews Australia revealed that the globalists supported violence:

THEY WANT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.

The Globalists tell their followers that America stole land from Mexico and it must be returned. They say Israel must return its land without knowing to whom or the names of the river and sea they reference. It is amazing to me how little the protestors know about the cause they claim to protest. It is sad to witness their ignorance, but even worse, when you realize it is the globalists/communists that created this whole mess.

DARK MONEY

On today’s show you will learn how Dark Money has taken over our elections. You will also learn that most of the dark money comes from We the People through our tax dollars giving grants to NGOs. You will learn the corruption in Florida politics. If you want to go deeper, I suggest you sign up on Data Republican where you will discover how money flows through government grants, charities and NGOs. Then call your legislators and tell them to stop the money train to destruction.

GET MAD!

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How does this work. Lets use Bill Kristol as an example: Bill Kristol, gets money from the deep state. He is listed as the President of Defending Democracy (EIN 831567380) which is an indirect beneficiary of USAID through Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

From Data Republican:

FYI Bill Kristol is the President of DEFENDING DEMOCRACY TOGETHER INSTITUTE. He gets money from taxpayer grants.

FUNDING IS FUNGIBLE!!! That means USAID DOLLARS DO NOT LITERALLY FLOW INTO THESE NGOS!!!

INSTEAD, THE MONEY MOVES THROUGH MULTIPLE LAYERS!

VARIOUS ENTITIES HANDLE IT, SHUFFLE IT AROUND, AND REDISTRIBUTE IT!

So instead of obsessing over individual grants and NGOs, OPEN YOUR EYES to the BROADER PATTERN of FUNDING DISTRIBUTION and INFLUENCE!

And YES—layers of UNACCOUNTABILITY exist!

WHO’S TRULY DEPENDENT ON USAID?!

The ones who DON’T want it to be shut down!

THIS IS COMMON SENSE!!! THIS IS NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOL!

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Communism: Independent Thinkers Need Not Apply

ACAT Speaker Lilia Slavova on the Luxury of Thinking for Yourself After Growing Up in a System Where Telling a Joke Could Land You in Prison

by Michael V. Clinton
June 2025

Lilia Slavova is an actress, director, playwright, and producer with extensive international experience. She is the founder and owner of Stars Studio, where she has been teaching acting for over 30 years. She was born in Sofia but grew up among the beautiful hills of Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

At ACAT, we are delighted to interview her as a long-time and valued member of our Speakers Bureau.  We had the privilege of conversing with her at length regarding her experience in communist Bulgaria and with the U.S. public education system. It is a pleasure to share her responses and the wisdom she imparted during our discussion.

ACAT: You mentioned that you originally believed in the communist system. What led you to eventually be disillusioned with communism?

Lilia: [I felt disillusioned] when I took the entrance exams for the Bulgarian National Institute for Theater Arts. I passed all the exams, and I had first place on the list of applicants. I had finished high school with a gold medal and the highest score.

When I went to register for the National Theater Institute, I had been removed from the list because my father had been unjustly imprisoned by the communist regime. I had been placed on the waiting list. The truth is, I had been certain that I would be admitted, but all of my professors told me, “Lilia, next year you’re going to be in. This year they needed to accept the children of so-and-so (meaning the communist nomenklatura and others with important personal connections).”  I felt this as the first significant slap on the face by the system, proving that what we were hearing and fearing was true.

We had to work for eight months before we could apply to other universities. I thought of becoming a journalist, perhaps a sports journalist, as I was deeply involved in sports. However, my father advised me not to go into journalism, as I could not speak against the Prime Minister and the party leadership. He said I could be imprisoned for speaking the truth. He showed me the photos of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Members, and I thought they were all so repulsive. So, when my father asked me if I could write a puff piece about any of them as a journalist, I started crossing out their photos one by one and could not picture myself writing about them. Moreover, I truly wanted to be an actress. The arts were a way to escape the politicization of society.

My sister, who had been a musician since early childhood, belonged to a prestigious children’s symphony orchestra, which travelled all over the world. Every time she came back from abroad, she would lock herself in her room and refuse to go out for some time. As a teenager, she had already been to Italy twenty times. She was allowed to travel to the West, since the communist government wanted to boast about these children’s talent. All of a sudden, after she shared her experiences abroad, I realized that there was a whole world out there from which I was being kept.

She was the first one to have emigrated, and I was allowed to visit her a few times as a “first-blood relative” (meaning the closest blood relative). Then I could see the other world beyond the Iron Curtain. I had been an honest believer in the system. As an actress, I would recite these very emotional poems about the U.S.S.R. and the revolution. However, I knew people who were telling jokes against the system, such as one of my father’s best friends, who went to prison for telling a joke. I also noticed that privileged party people were riding in different cars, wearing different clothes, and going to the West for vacations. I thought, “What’s wrong with the rest of us? Why can’t we live like that?”

ACAT: You mentioned that the communist education system was “teaching by phrasing.”  Could you elaborate on what that means?

Lilia: You’ve probably heard that Bulgaria has excellent education. We had incredible teachers.  They would teach us values and discipline. But of course, I am speaking of central Sofia.  Education in smaller towns and villages was worse. For example, high-school students had to return and remain at home before the curfew, at 7:30 p.m.! Boys needed to have very short hair, and girls needed to have their hair braided. They all had to wear uniforms in those small towns.  While we in the city did not need to wear uniforms, they could not go outside wearing civilian clothes. Could you imagine not being able to go out in civilian clothes?

ACAT: What would happen if somebody did?

Lilia: Oh, they would get punished: you know, suspended, given low behavioral grades, etc.  There  was such a thing as a grade for behavior. If you had a grade lower than expected, you could not enter the university.

There was a slogan in Eastern Europe, not only in Bulgaria: “Study hard so you won’t have to work hard.”
Pupils in the countryside even had to wear berets or some school badge. If someone didn’t have the beret or the school badge, even if it hadn’t been his fault, he would face a strict punishment.  To avoid that, a friend would sneak into the basement of the school and hand his beret to anyone
who needed it. It was quite humiliating but funny at the same time. The teachers would wait at the door and check if one’s collar was clean. If one did not have a clean collar, one would be sent home and subsequently punished. They would also check if the boys were properly shaven, and the girls could not have long or painted nails.

They established their system and governed it through fear.

Teaching by phrasing means that communist education recycled the same politically charged phrases that the students were supposed to repeat without expressing their truthful opinion. For example, they had to praise children like Pavlik Morozov, a boy who informed on his family members and got them killed.

For comparison, I had taught in Virginia at the Fairfax, Alexandria, and Arlington County public school systems. The public school system was horrible. I talked to principals and the Secretary of Education. They used various phrases that were repeated as certain ideological clichés. Some party leaders nowadays use such rhetoric. These are political phrases. They make the students study Maya Angelou’s poetry, and they are supposed to write, for example, “Maya Angelou is the most wonderful, open-minded, and talented author.” This is a U.S. example of using key phrases to cement a political point. Had someone written, for instance, “I don’t like her poetry very much,” they would not accept that. You had to write somebody else’s opinion, but there are exceptions both here and during my childhood.  [Editor’s Note – many have observed that political correctness is the beginning of communist indoctrination.]

Thankfully, in the ninth grade, in Bulgaria, I had a teacher who encouraged independent thinking as much as possible. She said, “No, I want you to write exactly what you think.” However, we were still careful and did not do that entirely. She did not allow us to repeat clichés that were expected of us, but encouraged us to use our own words. She was truly remarkable and had the title of “National Teacher,” which was a rare honor. She could get away with not following the permanent clichés. For example, she had us sing a beautiful, apolitical song about Bulgaria, and we had to express our thoughts and feelings about it. There were incredibly educated people in Bulgaria because they were educated before communism. They went to the Sorbonne in France. They went to Switzerland to study, and my mother studied in the French lycée in Sofia. She was a lawyer, and my father was an electrical engineer. They were both superbly educated before communism.

Most other people were afraid to use their own words. We were afraid, all of us, and had to live in fear. My intuition often protected me.

ACAT: In Communist Bulgaria, as has been here in the public school system, there was a lack of parents’ involvement in the education of their children. Were there any ways that the parents could make an imprint on their children, despite the continuous indoctrination? How would this happen?

Lilia: We had a little bit more control because those PTA (Parent Teacher Association) meetings were very much mandatory for the parents. Our teachers also had to, from the first to the fourth grade, go to each student’s home to see how the students live and understand their level of poverty, malnutrition, and other factors. I remember that we lived right in the center of Sofia, in the attic, in extremely poor conditions. My teachers were in shock. They were not expecting that because my father was an engineer. The roof was leaking, and often it would rain on my bed, and we would use dishes to collect the water.

The teachers were trying to understand the family backgrounds of the students, and that helped to a certain degree. Some parents came from family backgrounds similar to mine and rebelled against the system.

When I taught in the United States public school system, some parents were not involved and were not aware of what their children were learning. Sometimes they didn’t speak English. In private schools, however, parents are naturally involved and want to make sure their money goes to good use. Today, we have many private schools also in Bulgaria, and they work rather well.

When I was talking about how good education was during my childhood, I created perhaps a bit of a misconception. It wasn’t that education per se was that good, but we did have some excellent teachers who were educated before the communists took power, and the discipline that was imposed on us, largely out of fear, created a positive result. What discipline teaches you is that you ought to behave even if you do not want to. You had no choice but to listen. There were no phones; you could not talk back to the teacher; even if you didn’t want to study, you were still there and passively learning.

In America, children simply walk out of the classroom if they do not want to be there. We however, had a genuine fear that we could be kicked out if we misbehaved.

There were special schools where children would go if they did not behave, and unfortunately, now I recognize those behavior problems could just have been medical issues, for example, hyperactivity. Such children would be placed in these schools, which were “correctional facilities” for those who did not follow the rules. They would beat them up there. They would physically punish them. It was horrible. There were movies made about these “correctional facilities.” Fearing to end up there, many children stayed in school and somehow learned more than they wanted.

When I taught in Virginia, a lot of my students in my acting class came from Thomas Jefferson, which was one of the top high schools in the nation. The involvement of the parents there was incredible. They had a very good theater department. The boys I taught became engineers. I had three girls who became producers. It was an incredible school, and an important factor was the involvement of the parents.

The same was true for my high school. Do you remember the teacher that I told you about earlier? Thanks to her, half of the class entered colleges with performing arts as musicians, writers, actors, and dramatists. There’s a Bulgarian proverb: “One bird does not make a spring.”  But in this case, it did.

ACAT: If you could give any words of advice to young people in the West, what would you say?

Lilia: The world is a very confusing place right now. Because of all the mass media, fake news, and misinformation, I think the best thing for young people to do is to inform themselves properly. Make sure the information you receive is correct. Do not immediately believe what you hear.

Another piece of advice I can give young people has to do with the fact that we had real friends. We had a childhood. We socialized. It’s incredibly important because right now, people are glued to their devices and their computers. It alienates you from the real world. It affects the brains of young people. Socialize. Get into interest groups. Don’t get your information from fake news. If you wish to be involved in politics, consider a variety of sources.

Another thing lacking here is discipline and respect.

I’m going to brag a little bit about my teaching. Almost 20 years ago, at Drew Model Elementary  School, the students were failing their SOLs (Standard of Learning exams) for more than two  years in a row, and the school was about to close down. The principal was very close to the theater in Shirlington, and she asked for our help. She told us that they were not passing the Social Studies test. They were turning to us because they thought we would have some idea about how to help them. After all, we are actors and are skilled in memorization.

So, she asked if I could develop some sort of program based on my theatre experience in learning and sustaining information.  I was not especially skilled in American history. Nevertheless, I said that I would do it. I created the program, and after a year, the school’s test scores increased by 700 percent. Our Congressman, James P. Moran, went to Congress and asked, “How were these Russians able to teach so well?” I was a bit annoyed to be called Russian, but appreciated the compliment. And so, the Department of Education gave us a grant of $500,000 directly for this  program. When we matched this with two financial programs afterwards, we received $1.5 million to spend for five years.

When they asked us what the solution to this crisis was, I told them that it was discipline— simply discipline and nothing else. I helped them focus and retain information through games and reading exercises. Initially, these children couldn’t focus for five minutes. I couldn’t believe they couldn’t do the simplest theater exercises for five minutes! The main culprit for this was all these distractions, external and technological. I helped them focus and learn. By 2015, we had spent twenty years using different grant money simply because of the successful theater exercises that improved the school discipline and scores. One of the reasons we had success back in my day was because there was discipline, even though it was out of fear.

Thankfully, for private and Catholic schools, discipline is a very high priority. Back in Bulgaria, they would smack our hands and pull our ears. Some boys had one ear bigger than the other due to frequent punishments.

Another one of the disadvantages of today’s life is that people are so lonely. It’s especially sad and strange that young people are lonely. The elderly are lonely for different reasons, but the loneliness of young people is abnormal. People have called me a social butterfly because I’m always happy and smiling. I’ll tell you another thing that surprised me when I came here: nobody talks to anybody! I thought, “What am I going to do here?” I talked to one of my friends, and we decided to start a social committee. We planned projects and decided on many things to do every month. People love each other; people help each other. It’s created a blossoming effect.

I’m wishing you good luck with this! I hope I was helpful.

ACAT: You were very helpful! Thank you!

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PODCAST: FBI Reports China Mass Produced Fake U.S. Driver’s Licenses in 2020 for the Purpose of Voting Fraud

FBI Director Kash Patel announced the declassification of documents alleging Chinese involvement in producing fraudulent driver’s licenses intended for fake mail-in ballots supporting President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Patel made the announcement on X and immediately turned the documents over to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley for review.

The FBI intelligence report, originally from the Albany, New York field office and dated September 25, 2020, detailed concerns that Beijing mass-produced fake American driver’s licenses to influence the 2020 election through phony mail-in ballots. The report was subsequently recalled with instructions to destroy all copies and remove it from computer systems, reportedly to re-interview the source.

According to the allegations, the Chinese Communist Party planned to create voter identities for Chinese residents in the United States, enabling them to vote via fraudulent mail-in ballots supporting former President Biden. The FBI learned of this effort in August 2020, but intelligence reports were recalled for unspecified reasons. The plot allegedly involved manufacturing fake driver’s licenses and shipping them to the United States specifically to facilitate election fraud.

Sen. Grassley has requested additional documentation from the FBI, including records related to the report’s recall and re-interview process. He also questioned why former FBI Director Christopher Wray ordered the report’s destruction. The Iowa Republican had previously raised concerns about fake driver’s licenses in the 2020 election and pressed for further FBI investigation.

Customs and Border Protection data supports concerns about fraudulent documents, reporting 1,513 seizures containing fake documents in the first half of 2020, including nearly 20,000 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Most shipments originated from Hong Kong and China, with many licenses designed for college-age students.

Some fake Michigan licenses were particularly sophisticated, featuring working barcodes.

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Supreme Court Greenlights Tennessee’s Ban On Sex-Change Procedures For Kids

The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning child sex change procedures on Wednesday.

In a 6-3 ruling, the court held that Tennessee’s law does not violate the Equal Protection clause.

“This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical treatments in an evolving field,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “The voices in these debates raise sincere concerns; the implications for all are profound. The Equal Protection Clause does not resolve these disagreements.”

“Having concluded it does not, we leave questions regarding its policy to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process,” Roberts continued.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.

“[The majority] also authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them,” Sotomayor wrote.

Sotomayor wrote that those searching for evidence of transgender discrimination “need look no further than the present,” referencing several policies implemented by the Trump administration.

“The Federal Government, for example, has started expelling transgender servicemembers from the military and threatening to withdraw funding from schools and nonprofits that espouse support for transgender individuals,” she wrote.

Tennessee passed its law, which restricts minors from receiving medical treatments intended to help them live as an identity “inconsistent” with their sex, in 2023. The Biden administration challenged the law as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) changed its position on the case in February but urged the Supreme Court to move forward with issuing a ruling.

Trump signed an executive order in January cutting federal funding for child sex changes, where he called the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) “junk science” and banned federal agencies from citing its guidance. The Biden administration relied on WPATH standards in its briefs filed before the court.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Katelynn Richardson

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PODCAST: Missiles, Assinations, Riots, Parades, Nukes, NO Kings but a Duly Elected President!

“Will Not Settle For a Bad Nuclear Deal With Iran…UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.” — President Donald J. Trump

President trump has made it clear that U.S. policy is a nuclear Iran is not acceptable. Now is not the time to negotiate any deal with this brutal regime, and all sanctions must be fully enforced — no sanctions relief. The committee will work to ensure Iran’s full compliance with IAEA investigation into undeclared nuclear sites. Combat Threat of Iran Drones and Missiles. Iranian drones are fueling conflicts around the world, including attacks on U.S. servicemembers in the Middle East, Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, and the conflict in Ethiopia.

Protect Americans.. The Trump administration will take significant action to deter Iranian a plots against Americans and Iran-backed proxy attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East. Iran must immediately release American citizens being held hostages, and the administration must prioritize freeing these hostages as soon as possible.

‘No Kings’ protest fliers found in car of man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers…

Fliers associated with Saturday’s nationwide protests of President Trump were found in the car of a man accused of killing Minnesota’s former House speaker and her husband and wounding two others. The Minnesota State Patrol warned residents to avoid “planned demonstrations” across the state Saturday, “out of an abundance of caution” as they hunt down the shooter. Police warned residents in the area not to open their doors for a cop impersonator as they hunt for the man they said is armed and dangerous. Rep. Melissa Hortman, the former speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were killed, Gov. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, were shot multiple times in a separate attack by the same suspect and are undergoing surgery.

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Democrat Assassin Vance Boelter Arrested Alive for Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman and Her Husband’s Murders

Suspected Minnesota lawmaker assassin Vance Boelter captured

Suspect wore police-like uniform during planned attack that left two dead and two seriously wounded

By Audrey Conklin , Bill Melugin , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Matt Finn Fox News

Vance Boelter, the suspect accused of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers, killing one and her husband, was captured on Sunday, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News.

Boelter, 57, was captured in Sibley County after a two-day manhunt. He allegedly killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, early Saturday morning at their Brooklyn Park home in Minneapolis. He also allegedly shot State Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, in their nearby Champlin home in a related attack.

The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News that Boelter “verbally” identified himself to authorities searching for him in the area on Sunday evening.

“The face of evil. After relentless and determined police work, the killer is now in custody,” the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. “Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer.”

Speaking at a press conference alongside other law enforcement officers after Boelter’s arrest, Brooklyn Park Police Department Chief Mark Bruley said there were more than 20 different SWAT teams involved in the search. He described it as “the largest manhunt in the state’s history.”

The manhunt included officers from multiple agencies on foot as well as the use of a helicopter.

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VIDEO: Why the News Promotes Ignorance and Mental Illness

The following is a transcript of this video.

“News is to the mind what sugar is to the body: appetising, easily digestible and extremely damaging.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

Most people think that consuming the news makes one an informed citizen who is equipped to form intelligent opinions on social and political issues. In this video, drawing from the Swiss author Rolf Dobelli’s book Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life, we argue that the opposite is true: news consumption fosters ignorance, intolerance, passivity, and chronic stress.

“News organisations want you to believe they’re giving you a competitive advantage. Plenty of people fall for this. In fact, consuming the news is far from a competitive advantage; it actively disadvantages you…There’s no question that the dross we’re spoon-fed every day is not only completely worthless but actively damaging.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

To understand one of the problems with news consumption, we can turn to a well-known set of experiments conducted by psychologists Martin Seligman and Steven Maier in the 1960s. In these studies, rats were subjected to electric shocks. One group could stop the shocks by turning a wheel; the other group had no means of escape. The first group of rats did not display any adverse effects to the shocks, but the rats that were powerless to stop the shocks developed what Seligman and Maier called learned helplessness — which is a condition marked by passivity, reduced motivation, and anhedonia – the inability to feel pleasure.

In many ways, the news functions like these electric shocks. We are continually bombarded with distressing reports that provoke stress, anxiety, fear, and a sense of hopelessness. Yet instead of turning off the news or taking meaningful action on the issues that concern us, we continue – day after day, year after year – to expose ourselves to this steady stream of negativity. In doing so, we place ourselves in a similar position to the helpless rats and we gradually develop a learned helplessness that insidiously seeps into our personal life. Or as Dobelli writes:

“…learned helplessness doesn’t just make us passive about what’s on the news…Learned helplessness spills over into every area of our lives. Once the news has made us passive, we tend to behave passively towards our family and our jobs as well – precisely where we do have room for manoeuvre. British media researcher Jodie Jackson takes a similar view: ‘When we tune into the news, we are constantly confronted with unresolved problems and the narrative does not inspire much hope that they will ever be solved.’ It’s no surprise, then, that we feel depressed when we consume the news, which confronts us with problems that are mostly impossible to solve.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

Another major problem with news consumption is that it promotes ignorance. Thomas Jefferson recognized this in 1807 when he wrote that:

“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them.”

Thomas Jefferson, Memoirs, Correspondence, Private Letters

One of the reasons the news leaves us less informed is because it radically oversimplifies what it reports on. The world is a complex system, and social, political, and environmental issues are not linear phenomena with one or two clear causes. They are chaotic, non-linear processes shaped by hundreds, if not thousands, of interwoven factors – far beyond the capacity of the human mind to fully comprehend. Yet instead of acknowledging this complexity with intellectual humility and grappling with it through in-depth reporting, the news reduces events to simplistic narratives, sound bites, and catchphrases – which it presents as the truth. In doing so, the news distorts the reality of what it claims to explain. Or as Dobelli writes:

“Any journalist who writes ‘The market fell because of X’ or ‘The company went bankrupt because of Y’ is either an idiot or trying to pull the wool over their readers’ eyes. True, X and Y may well have had a causal impact, but this is far from proven – and other influences may well have been much more significant…News has to be extremely short even as it tells a story. This can only be done through a brutal process of simplification…Since the news is so telescoped, it’s necessarily a bullshit explanation…In this way consumers are given the illusion that the world is simpler and more explicable than it actually is, and the quality of their decision-making suffers.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

To make matters worse, these simplified explanations of social and political events are far from unbiased. Rather, they are filtered through the news outlet’s political agenda and shaped by the interests of government agencies and corporate advertisers. The media entrepreneur Clay Johnson admitted that: “For every reporter in the United States, there are more than four public relations specialists working hard to get them to write what their bosses want them to say.” (Clay Johnson, The Information Diet)  The 20th century American writer Upton Sinclair asked: “When you read your daily paper, are you reading facts or propaganda?” (Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check) Or as Dobelli echoes:

“These days it’s much harder to distinguish between truthful, unbiased news items and those with an ulterior motive. There’s a vast industry of lobbying and leverage at work behind the scenes.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

By concealing its political biases, ulterior motives, and manipulative intentions behind reductive narratives and simplistic explanations that make the world seem far more comprehensible than it is, the news cultivates an intellectual hubris in its consumers. Today, many people hold strong opinions on virtually every issue amplified by the media, and with each new trending news topic, public discourse and social media are flooded with self-assured commentary. In effect, the news is cultivating a population of true believers; that is, individuals who are so convinced they know the truth that they are intolerant and even hateful toward those who hold opposing views. Hence, news consumption deepens societal polarization, erodes the possibility of civic discourse, and turns neighbors who might otherwise be friends into ideological enemies.

In an age when, thanks in large part to the news, the average citizen is highly opinionated, profoundly ignorant, and increasingly intolerant, the following wisdom of Marcus Aurelius is sorely needed:

‘You are at liberty not to form opinions about all and sundry, thereby sparing your soul unrest.”

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Or as Dobelli echoes: 

“…it’s a serious mistake to think we need to form an opinion about everything. Ninety per cent of our opinions are superfluous. Yet the news is constantly urging us to form opinions. This robs us of concentration and inner peace…if you unleash a whirlwind of news on the population, it polarises the public…News and comments about the news bring out the worst in humanity…You only have to read the comments underneath any online article. The hatred you find there is alarming…”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

Consuming the news also erodes our ability to think deeply and sustain focus. In the past, the amount of news one could consume was limited by the distribution of newspapers or the production of an evening news broadcast. Today, twenty-four-hour news channels, websites, and social media feeds bombard us with a never-ending stream of news headlines that keep our minds in a state of perpetual distraction. According to the Pew Research Center, the average person consumes about 60 news items a day, or 20,000 a year. And as researchers at the University of Tokyo have observed, the greater number of news items one consumes the fewer neurons they have in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain critical for attention, impulse control, and moral reasoning. And as Dobelli writes:

“If you watch a news junkie, you’ll see this in action: their concentration span shrinks and they have trouble controlling their emotions…I always notice that the most passionate consumers of the news – even if they were once also passionate bookworms – no longer have the ability to read longer articles or books. After four or five pages they get tired, their attention dissipates, and they get restless. It’s not because they’re getting older or busier. Rather, the physical structure of their brain has changed.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

The news also feeds the undercurrents of stress and anxiety that plague modern life. Producers of the news exploit our negativity bias, or our predisposition to react more strongly to negative information than positive, with reports of wars, heinous crimes, riots, political gossip and turmoil, economic instability, potential pandemics and climate catastrophes. Graham Davey, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Sussex University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, has demonstrated through his research that the more one consumes news the more stress and anxiety one suffers in daily life. And given that stress inhibits the functioning of our immune system and is implicated in a wide range of disease, we can safely say the news is making us sick. Or as Dobelli writes:

“…consuming the news reduces your quality of life. You will be more stressed, more on edge, more susceptible to disease, and you’ll die earlier. That’s an especially sad piece of news – but one that does, at least, deserve your attention.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

Because the news is so damaging to individual and societal well-being, Dobelli advocates for radical abstinence – cutting the news out of our lives entirely. For those skeptical about giving it up for good, Dobelli suggests we experiment with abstaining from the news for 30 days. During this period, the psychological and emotional benefits of news abstention become apparent and as Dobelli notes, very few who try this experiment will choose to go back. Or as he writes:

“During the initial stage of abstinence…you’ll have to literally force yourself not to consume any news…So – what should you do if you relapse? The same thing an alcoholic would: simply start again, reinstituting a zero-tolerance policy…For ten years I’ve consistently practised what I preach. The impact on my quality of life and decision-making has been remarkable. Try it. You’ve got nothing to lose. You have so much to gain.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

Abstaining from the news does not mean we have to stick our head in the sand and remain ignorant about important social, political, and world events. For we have access to a wide range of informational sources that can help us stay informed without falling prey to the pitfalls of news consumption. Long-form content, such as books, well-researched articles, podcasts, documentaries, textbooks, online courses, and academic journals, offer the depth and nuance needed to do greater justice to the complexity of world events, in a way that the news – with its short-form, oversimplified, biased reporting – cannot.

“Read books and long articles that do justice to the complexity of the world…After a few months, you’ll be rewarded with a clearer understanding of the world…Long-form pieces are the opposite of the news…Much of their content is valuable, providing new insights and background information. But be careful: these formats are far from a guarantee of relevance.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

With a clearer understanding of the world, we are better equipped to act as a genuine force for good in society. Dobelli notes that when he raises the idea of abstaining from the news, many respond with the following concern: If we stop following the news, who will hold the powerful accountable and drive social change? Yet given that the news manipulates public opinion — frequently to the advantage of those in power — and fosters learned helplessness rather than action, it should come as no surprise that “the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Revolutions of 1848, [and] the fall of the Soviet Union… did not need current affairs programmes, news websites or feeds.” (Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News) The most influential figures of these movements informed themselves – and inspired others – through books, pamphlets, public gatherings, speeches, debates, and meaningful conversation. For example, during the American Revolution Thomas Paine’s 47-page pamphlet Common Sense was profoundly influential in sparking revolutionary sentiment in America.

“How did people stay informed? They thought, and they debated…Is political discourse even possible without the news? This question suggests that one can only form a well-founded opinion via the news media. Yet that isn’t true.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

While abstaining from the news can reduce our ignorance and make us more aware of social issues, it also gives us the opportunity to redirect our attention toward what truly matters and what we can influence — our mental and physical health, our relationships, and our work. Two thousand years ago, the Stoic philosopher Epictetus opened his Enchiridion with the timeless insight: “Some things are in our control and others are not.” He went on to teach that peace of mind and a flourishing life depend on investing our time and energy on what lies within our power. And as Dobelli continues:

“Nintey-nine point nine per cent of all world events are outside your control…Devote your energies to things you can influence. There are more than enough of those – but an earthquake on the other side of the planet isn’t one of them.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

According to the Pew Research Center, the average American spends between 58 and 96 minutes a day consuming news. Over the course of a year, this amounts to nearly an entire month of news consumption. But given the many harms we have explored, news consumption is more than just an enormous waste of time – it is a kind of mental poison. In choosing to abstain from the news, we cleanse and detoxify our mind and improve our psychological health.

“Just see these superfluous ones! Sick are they always; they vomit their bile and call it a newspaper.”

Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Or as Dobelli concludes:

“The news is mental pollution. Keep your brain clean. It’s your most important organ…Still worried about missing ‘something important’? In my experience, when something truly important happens, you hear about it even if you’re living in a protected news-cocoon…Big news will inevitably leak out and find you…And if somehow you don’t hear about the bus attack, it doesn’t matter. On the contrary, you should be pleased. Worse things may be happening on other planets, and we are comfortable remaining in the dark.”

Rolf Dobelli, Stop Reading the News

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USAID Official and Three Corporate Executives Plead Guilty $550 Million in Fraud, Bribery Using DEI

USAID official and three company executives plead guilty in fraud and bribery scheme involving at least 14 contracts worth over $550 million

USAID Official Roderick Watson took bribes, was showered with lavish gifts— including cash, laptops, thousands of dollars in tickets to a suite at an NBA game, a country club wedding, down payments on two residential mortgages, cell phones, and jobs for relatives.

In exchange for the bribe payments, Watson influenced the award of contracts by manipulating the procurement process at USAID.

Watson faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Imagine how much more fraud there is…

USAID Official, Three Contractors Plead Guilty To Half-Billion Dollar Bribery Scheme

By  Luke Rosiak

Three government contractors and a USAID official have pleaded guilty to a scheme involving paying bribes in order to steer more than half a billion dollars in foreign aid contracts, the Department of Justice said Friday.

Roderick Watson, a USAID contracting officer, admitted to steering money to multiple companies in exchange for more than $1 million in bribes.

“Watson exploited his position at USAID to line his pockets with bribes in exchange for more than $550 million in contracts,” Guy Ficco of IRS Criminal Investigation said in a statement. “While he helped three company owners and presidents bypass the fair bidding process, he was showered with cash and lavish gifts.”

The scheme was possible because of the federal government’s racial “set-aside” laws known as 8(a) contracting, which allow contracting officers to give contracts to companies owned by minorities, women, or veterans without the usual competitive process.

Walter Barnes III, the founder of a Baltimore-area company predicated on taking advantage of those laws, admitted to paying bribes, including a country-club wedding, cash, and a trip to Martha’s Vineyard.

Barnes’s company is called Vistant, previously known as PM Consulting Group. It was awarded contracts on the pretense that it was “disadvantaged” because Barnes is black, even as it took in tens of millions of dollars. Barnes used a public defender in his court case, drawing a rebuke from the judge that he presumably had ample resources to pay for his own lawyer.

Also pleading guilty was Darryl Britt, the founder of 8(a) contracting firm Apprio Inc., which is received $271 million in federal contracts since 2004. Both companies also admitted criminal liability.

Beginning in 2013, Britt — a member of Carnegie Mellon University’s Business Board of Advisers — bribed Watson to award contracts to Apprio. When an 8(a) firm becomes too large, it “graduates” from its “disadvantaged” status. But minority contracting laws are notoriously exploited, with minority-owned firms existing simply to win contracts, then subcontracting out the work to other firms. That is often done openly, and above board, with “joint ventures.”

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Liberals Force Young Children To Participate In Violent, Vulgar Anti-Trump Protests

Left-wing protesters on Saturday forced young children to take part in shouting obscenities directed at President Donald Trump during nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations, footage taken by the Daily Caller shows.

The “No Kings” protests took place in several cities across the United States, with some of them turning violent, including one in Portland, Oregon, where rioters stormed a facility used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Reporters with the Daily Caller in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, California, observed children taking part in those demonstrations against Trump.

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In one video taken by a Daily Caller reporter in Washington, D.C., a young child can be seen using a microphone and saying “Fuck Trump” before his mother could snatch the microphone away. Many in the crowd laughed at the child’s comment.

A second video taken by a Daily Caller reporter in Los Angeles, where officials imposed a curfew after days of anti-ICE riots, showed a young girl beating apart a pinata in the form of Trump with a stick to the cheers of a crowd.

Some Democrats previously issued demands that ICE cease its operations in the Los Angeles area, claiming it was affecting the economy.

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Video posted to social media on June 7 showed an individual, who the FBI later identified as Elpido Reyna in a post on X, throwing rocks at the windshields of vehicles containing federal law enforcement personnel with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Reyna’s arrest.

Two attempts on Trump’s life took place during the 2024 presidential campaign, one during a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the other in September 2024 while Trump was playing a round of golf in Florida. Ryan Wesley Routh, who was charged with the September 2024 attempted assassination, declared his intent to end Trump’s death in a letter, according to legal filings.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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A Few Very Recent Examples of Soviet Level Western Media Propaganda and Active Measures

1. While RFK Jr struggles to get rid of the astonishing grip big pharma has on the entire set of regulatory bodies of the American medical system, Canada is insulting itself with narratives and dialectics on the issue.

Ottawa Citizen: Experts fear upheaval in the U.S. could fuel vaccine distrust in Canada

Health and immunization experts are reassuring Canadians that vaccine guidance is independent and based on scientific rigor in Canada after all 17 members of the committee that provides vaccine guidance in the United States were abruptly purged this week.

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U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. dismissed all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), long considered the gold standard of vaccine guidance. Kennedy said the move would restore trust in the medical establishment and vaccines.

In other words, although the US is trying to parse the actual beneficial medications and immunization products from a growing list of untested and often dangerous bunch of injections causing a mass health crisis in the US, Canadians should rest content that they should never feel a need to question the state, the medications, or the orders to take it.

Meanwhile, in Illinois:

Even if the mRNA shots were safe and effective, and even if these first thing after birth, taking a baby away for 10 hours and injecting it with whatever it is but claiming it’;s vitamin K, is, let’s say that calling it ultra-vires by the state is putting it too kindly. There is no excuse for a free nation to ever behave this way. At MOST the state should act as an advisory body suggesting to parents what their neonate might need. But this goes way past even the coercion we saw during Covid. This is taking the baby from the parents for something as trivial as a vitamin shot!

2. I believe this is what we use to define the word, “Dilemma”.

3. These are really very typical examples of contemporary Canadian media. This isn’t even rage bait or a call to action. This is the state of Canadian media as it is. And a large percentage of people believe it. Likely due to the boiling frog method by which it was done, or because people like to belong, or because people tend to elevate the state in their minds in much the same way they do entertainers who are well known. But for whatever reason, this is how a lot of people think. Enough that it makes trying to tell the truth about Iran or the Israeli-Iranian conflict as the evidence has presented itself for 30 years, very difficult.

Part of the difficulty is accepting the controlled opposition in places of tremendous influence. Like Tucker Carlson. And it pains me to say it as he was the only big-microphone during Covid who had people like Dr. Peter McCullough on and many other counter-narrative scientists concerning the vaxx and Covid narratives overall. But his opposition to any hostility towards Iran, who has been overtly fomenting genocidal and existential threats daily to Israel and equipping at least 2 major regional proxy armies, and having taken over at least 3 countries in the Middle East as puppet states. And then Tucker’s odd closeness with Alexander Dugin who may be the most capable of engineering divisiveness among the counter-revolutionaries in North America today, Tucker is worth close scrutiny at this point.

From 2021. What looks a lot like an active measure.

Tucker Carlson UFO Active Measure

Tucker, as did 60 Minutes and most legacy media also brought on ranking USAF officials to talk about aliens harassing US bases and non-US bases. This was indeed an active measure, and a narrative attack for a global scale problem which of course, requires a global solution. So while Tucker was seemingly opposing the effort to make the world submit to a global health crisis, crashing all individual and national sovereignty, he added several logs to the fire of a unified response to a non-existent alien invasion. Although that narrative did come in handy when the US was testing killer drones for Ukraine to use against Russia more recently. The US media was quite content to let the alien explanation fill in the void for the military drones buzzing around NJ high rises. An obvious dress-rehearsal for this:

Drones similar to ones over NJ hit Russian apartment buildings

4. actually you kinda have to admire the brazen nature of this propaganda. This is right up there with Chemical Ali, for those who remember the first Gulf War and the Iraqi propagandist who claimed the American army was no where near Baghdad and they were winning the war as US tanks drove up right behind him. Mind you, the Trans movement and a great deal of the entirety of the Western belief system is really pretty much operating on the same degree of, oh what the hell, The Orwell Scale.

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Authorities Identify Suspect In Assassination Of Minnesota Lawmaker

Authorities reportedly have identified Vance Boelter as the top suspect in the killings of Democratic Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as wounding Democratic Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, on Saturday, according to The Associated Press.

Law enforcement believes that Vance Luther Boelter allegedly killed Hortman and her husband early Saturday morning before going on to shoot and seriously injure Democratic State Sen. John Hoffman of Minnesota and his wife, according to the AP.

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reportedly tapped Boelter in 2019 to serve on the Governor’s Workforce Development Board after having previously served on the Governor’s Workforce Development Council under former Democratic Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, according to the New York Post.

Police said they encountered the shooter, who they reportedly believe to be Boelter, at Hortman’s home and exchanged fire before the individual managed to slip away. The individual who engaged law enforcement at the scene posed as a policeman in order to carry out the attacks on Hortman and Hoffman.

Police found “No Kings” signs in the suspect’s vehicle, and advised residents not to attend planned anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in a Facebook post. Walz stated that Hortman’s murder was a “politically-motivated assassination” during a Saturday news conference, and authorities said they have recovered a manifesto as well as a list of other targets.

Multiple law enforcement entities have been searching for the gunmen throughout the day Saturday.

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EXCLUSIVE: Anti-ICE Org Backing National Protests Led By Member Of CCP-Tied Group

The leader of a Chinese American political action committee involved in organizing upcoming protests against federal immigration enforcement under the “No Kings” banner is also a director of a taxpayer-funded group with extensive ties to Beijing’s intelligence network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

Asian Americans For Progressive America (AAPA) is a California-based political action committee promoting an upcoming national protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) targeted enforcement operations, according to announcements and flyers. AAPA’s president, Elaine Peng, also serves as an executive for United Chinese Americans (UCA), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that has received U.S. government grants worth roughly $370,000 for a mental health program it runs called WAVES, for which Peng is the “director of training.”

UCA claims to be focused on “enriching and empowering Chinese American communities through civic engagement” and has often invoked racial discrimination as the reason it holds protests against U.S. national security initiatives and immigration enforcement. However, translated Chinese government and state media reports reveal a significant number of the nonprofit’s leaders have also served as members of the Chinese governmentChinese Communist Party (CCP), and/or Beijing’s intelligence arms, raising concerns among analysts about foreign influence.

Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering the CCP, told the DCNF he believes UCA is “associated with the CCP’s sprawling worldwide network of CCP loyalists.”

UCA president Haipei Shue denied his organization has Chinese government ties, telling the DCNF “UCA’s work has always been fully compliant with U.S. laws and policies, and our efforts are aligned with the national interest of the United States.”

“I am proud of [UCA], an organization made up of Chinese Americans who love this country and contribute to it in countless ways — through scientific achievement, military service, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and more,” said Shue, who has worked for the Chinese government and state-run media outlets, according to UCA’s website and state media reports.

AAPA and Peng did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

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‘NO KINGS’

AAPA is sponsoring and organizing planned protests in Oakland, California, on June 14 against the Trump administration, as Los Angeles and other cities across the nation struggle to grapple with riots opposing ICE deportation raids, according to a mobilize.us announcement.

“[W]e rise up to say NO KINGS!!” the announcement reads.

A website for the “No Kings” protests states: “They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.”

Peng is also promoting the upcoming Oakland protest on social media.

ICE’s “targeted enforcement operations,” which began in Los Angeles on June 6, have apprehended illegal aliens previously convicted of homicide, drug trafficking and lewd acts with a minor. Several of the arrested have been apprehended while looting or assaulting law enforcement officers. In one case, the Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of Emiliano Garduno-Galvez — an illegal alien from Mexico — for attempted murder after he threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during the Los Angeles riots.

‘CCP Loyalists’

The DCNF identified more than 10 individuals listed as UCA personnel who have been members of the CCP, Chinese government and/or Chinese intelligence front groups, according to Chinese government and state media reports.

UCA’s founding honorary advisory board included two individuals who are CCP members, as well as officials within fronts for both the intelligence arm of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and China’s premier civilian intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), Chinese government reports reveal.

One of those former advisors, Wang Jisi, has belonged to four MSS front groups, the DCNF previously discovered, and is also listed as a director by the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS), which is controlled by the “Intelligence Bureau within the PLA’s Joint Staff Department,” according to ex-CIA officer Peter Mattis.

UCA’s president, Shue, told the DCNF that Wang has “no affiliation” with UCA, but refused to discuss an archived UCA website link listing Wang as an honorary advisory board member. Wang could not be reached for comment.

Six UCA personnel have also held positions with arms of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a Chinese influence and intelligence service, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). The USSC is a legislative branch commission created by the United States Congress in October 2000 to monitor, investigate and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the relationships between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

One UCA board member, who also heads the nonprofit’s Utah chapter, serves as the deputy director of the Salt Lake City Overseas Chinese Service Center (OCSC), according to the Utah Chinese Civic Center, which hosts that OCSC. The UFWD runs 60 OCSC branches worldwide, all of which have met with China’s Ministry of Public Security to learn how to operate unsanctioned, overseas courts, the DCNF previously reported.

UCA has also promoted UFWD initiatives, nonprofit announcements show, including one food-drive program run by a UFWD agency called the All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to ACFROC.

Counting Shue, six UCA executives and advisors have also worked for the Chinese government, the DCNF determined after a review of publicly-available documents.

UCA board member Stephanie Sun previously held Chinese “government roles,” local news outlet City & State Pennsylvania reported, including working for the China Cultural Center in Seoul, which is run by China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to the Chinese government.

Shue told the DCNF it was “simply incorrect” Sun had worked for China’s diplomatic system, but refused to answer questions about her ties after being sent links to multiple posts, such as one University of Pennsylvania announcement, stating she “worked for government diplomatic agencies in both China and South Korea.”

However, Sun’s profile was subsequently scrubbed from UCA’s website sometime between May 25 and May 27 after the DCNF sent Shue a link to Sun’s UCA profile stating she “worked for both governments and 3 Fortune 100 international corporations in 3 countries, China, South Korea, and the U.S.” Shue did not respond to questions about why the profile was deleted and Sun did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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‘Talking Points’

UCA and its subsidiaries, UCA Action and UCA Political Action Committee (UCA PAC), have repeatedly protested U.S. national security initiatives, claiming such policies will foment racial discrimination, according to announcements from the nonprofits.

In one instance, UCA published an open letter in December 2020 demanding the removal of a “paranoid and xenophobic” section within the Senate’s “Fairness For High-Skilled Immigrants Act” that would have blocked “any alien affiliated with the military forces of [China] or the [CCP]” from “ever becoming permanent residents or citizens.”

In another instance, UCA filed an amicus brief on July 13, 2020 supporting a lawsuit brought by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology against an ICE directive that would have stripped visas from foreign students enrolled in fully-online programs. The directive was rescinded the following day, court records show.

More recently, UCA sent a June 1 newsletter condemning the U.S. State Department’s May 2025 decision to revoke visas for Chinese students with “connections to the [CCP] or studying in critical fields.”

“Haipei Shue, President of UCA, expresses deep concern over rising discrimination against Chinese students and communities in the U.S., including visa revocations,” the letter states. “Warning of a resurgence of Cold War-style bias, UCA urges Chinese Americans to unite, engage civically, and defend their rights and the American dream.”

UCA has also organized several other demonstrations against U.S. national security programs, including a January 2022 protest opposing a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative to counter Chinese espionage, which the nonprofit alleged was aligned with “racist and xenophobic tropes.” That DOJ program, known as the “China Initiative,” was terminated in February 2022.

The nonprofit has also held protests against state bills in Florida and Texas prohibiting citizens from “countries of concern,” like China, from purchasing land, for the sake of securing critical infrastructure and U.S. military sites, according to UCA announcements.

AAPA was among 71 organizations, including UCA, which sent a joint letter to the Texas legislature opposing two such bills: HB 17 and its companion SB 1. UCA likewise organized multi-city protests in March 2025 against the bills, which they characterized as “discriminatory,” UCA announcements reveal.

The nonprofit’s members also testified at hearings against the legislation that month and the next, a review of witness lists found.

Chuck DeVore, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel now serving as the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s chief national initiatives officer, testified in support of the legislation in March and told the DCNF that during the hearing opponents submitted “remarkably consistent talking points that focused on racism.”

“I quickly found on my phone a statement from the Chinese Embassy in 2023 that appeared in the Washington Post in opposition to Texas’ 2023 version of the measure,” DeVore said. “The claims in this statement were echoed by those testifying that day. It was pretty apparent to me what was going on.”

A Chinese Embassy spokesperson had claimed that prohibiting Chinese nationals from purchasing land in the U.S. “may also fuel Asian hatred in the U.S. and racial discrimination, thus running counter to American values,” in the Aug. 21, 2023 Washington Post article cited by DeVore.

Beijing tasks its operatives with opposing policies deemed hostile to its objectives, Dr. Lawrence Sellin, a national security and United Front expert, told the DCNF.

“It is an indisputable fact that China, through its proxies, has been trying to acquire property near U.S. military bases and critical infrastructure,” Sellin said. “It was thus necessary for UCA to frame [opposition to] those state laws as ‘Asian discrimination.’”

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Philip Lenczycki

Daily Caller News Foundation senior investigative reporter, political journalist, and China watcher. Twitter: @LenczyckiPhilip.

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Trump Reveals What Would Cause Him To Invoke Insurrection Act To Put Down LA Riots

President Donald Trump said that he would invoke the Insurrection Act in response to the Los Angeles riots if “there’s an insurrection.”

As riots broke out across the streets in L.A. in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the area, Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to deploy to the city. Hundreds of Marines were then deployed to downtown L.A. to help control the riots, raising the question of whether Trump would consider using the Insurrection Act, which allows the deployment of U.S. troops to ease domestic unrest.

“Will you invoke the Insurrection Act to deal with the situation in California?” RealClear Politics White House correspondent Phil Wegmann asked Tuesday.

“If there is an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it, we’ll see. Can I tell you, last night was terrible. The night before that was terrible as you have seen on your networks,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“People were with heavy hammers pounding the concrete, pounding the curbs and handing these big chunks of concrete to people and they were taking that concrete going up to bridges and dropping it into the roof of a car. They were throwing it at our police. They were throwing it at our soldiers that are there, and we got it stopped and we have them in custody right now. Look, if we didn’t get involved, right now Los Angeles would be burning just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. Los Angeles right now would be on fire. We have it in great shape. We’re not playing around.”

“How will you determine whether or not there is an insurrection?” Wegmann followed up.

“Well you take a look at what is happening. I could tell you there were certain areas of Los Angeles last night you could have called it an insurrection. It was terrible these are paid insurrectionists,” Trump began.

“These are paid trouble makers. They get money. When you take a look at what they do, when they show up … everyone is like, ‘what is he doing?’ The one guy is pounding the curb, breaking the curb and handing big pieces of granite, in some cases it’s granite, and concrete to other people and running out with it and watch the other people and they try to throw it into the face of the soldiers, throw it into the face of the police and they hurt people badly,” he continued.

The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president the authority to use the National Guard and military in order to combat “unlawful obstruction or rebellion” within U.S. borders. It was first signed into law by Former President Thomas Jefferson after it was believed that then-Vice President Aaron Burr was plotting to acquire the Louisiana Territory and other land in the Southwest. Former President George H.W. Bush was the last to use the act in 1992 to quell Los Angeles riots. Before him, Eisenhower used the act in 1957 to enforce school desegregation in the south.

The unrest began over the weekend after ICE agents arrested 100 illegal immigrants, including drug traffickers and gang members, in raids across the city. The protests eventually turned into violent riots where some anti-Trump protesters burned cars and threw Molotov cocktails, rocks and fireworks. Some property was defaced with slogans like “KILL ICE.”

There were nearly 1,000 rioters that descended on the city as they caused damage to federal buildings and assaulted ICE agents, slashed tires and destroyed government property Friday night, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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