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In yet another low point for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), she marched into the drug-ridden chaos of MacArthur Park — press corps in tow — to join a protest last week against federal immigration enforcement. She demanded that agents leave the area immediately. The stunt accomplished nothing beyond generating a photo op and pushing the false narrative that Bass stood for her city’s “honor.”

In reality, her appearance exposed a familiar truth: Sanctuary city mayors like Bass offer no real solutions to the crises they helped create. Worse, they routinely display ignorance of how federalism actually works.

The 2024 election was a clear rebuke of sanctuary city policies and the broader anti-borders agenda that Bass represents.

The Supremacy Clause — Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution — makes clear that federal law overrides state and local laws when they conflict. Immigration policy, long upheld by the courts as a federal responsibility, lies squarely within Washington’s authority. In Arizona v. United States (2012), the Supreme Court reaffirmed that states and localities cannot pursue policies that obstruct federal immigration enforcement.

By declaring Los Angeles a sanctuary city and demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand down, Bass didn’t just express a policy preference. She tried to seize power that the Constitution explicitly grants to the federal government.

This isn’t a symbolic squabble. Immigration enforcement involves national security, public safety, and international diplomacy. Local governments lack both the authority and the expertise to handle these matters on their own.

Sanctuary cities in crisis

The leftist mayor’s public campaign against ICE is especially galling considering that the agency’s presence in Los Angeles stems directly from the city’s sanctuary policies. For years, Los Angeles has limited cooperation with federal immigration authorities, refusing to honor ICE detainers and withholding information when illegal aliens are released from custody.

Bass and her predecessors created the very conditions that now require federal intervention. Far from “overstepping” in L.A., ICE is responding to a city government that harbors people who violate federal immigration law, including those with serious criminal records.

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The consequences of sanctuary policies have been devastating. Los Angeles, once a beacon of prosperity and opportunity, is struggling with high crime rates, strained public services, and a ballooning budget deficit.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, violent crime in the city increased by 11.6% from 2020 to 2022, with homicides spiking to levels not seen in over a decade. The city’s homeless population, which includes a significant number of illegal aliens, has surged to more than 75,000, overwhelming shelters and defiling public spaces.

Sanctuary policies worsen the crisis by cutting off cooperation with federal immigration authorities, giving criminal elements more room to operate unchecked. The burden on public resources grows heavier by the day. Los Angeles expects a $400 million budget shortfall in 2025, yet city leaders continue pouring funds into programs for illegal aliens, including legal aid and housing. These decisions reflect an ideological agenda that leaves taxpaying citizens footing the bill for rising crime and collapsing public services.

Bass’ posture isn’t just another act of left-wing defiance. It’s a warning sign of a national policy failure. Cities like San Francisco, Chicago, and New York have followed the same sanctuary script, and the results are as predictable as they are destructive: higher crime, strained infrastructure, and a public rapidly losing faith in its leaders.

In New York City, for instance, the influx of immigrants has pushed the city to the brink, with Mayor Eric Adams admitting in 2023 that the crisis could “destroy” the city. New York is no outlier. It is what happens when a city abandons order for lawlessness.

Enough is enough

Americans have had enough. The 2024 presidential election was a clear rebuke of sanctuary city policies and the broader anti-borders agenda that Bass represents. The L.A. mayor’s defiance of ICE is not just a legal overreach; it is a rejection of the democratic will of the American people, who have made it clear that they want safe streets, secure borders, and accountable leaders.

Instead of confronting the crime, homelessness, and fiscal crises fueled by her city’s policies, Bass chose to cling to a failed ideology. Her call for ICE to leave is not a defense of compassion but a surrender to anarchy. Americans deserve leaders who respect the Constitution rather than cling to a discredited sanctuary city experiment.

After the Department of Government Efficiency found rampant waste, fraud, and corruption in the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Trump administration fired nearly all of its 10,000 employees as part of a broader effort to dismantle the agency and transfer its functions to the State Department.

“Let me just remind you, USAID was a CIA front,” says Glenn Beck. “This is the group of people that started color revolutions all over the world, which is how to topple a nation.”

Now, a recent story has suggested that some of these former employees may be planning to use their color revolution tactics to undermine President Trump’s power and plot regime change.

“Some of the democracy-building experts President Donald Trump fired this year from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department are now reapplying the skills and knowledge they built up over decades to undermine Trump’s power,” Glenn’s co-host Stu Burguiere reads from a NOTUS article.

The piece goes on to quote a currently employed, anonymous federal official: “Take it from those of us who worked in authoritarian countries. We’ve become one. They were so quick to disband AID, the group that supposedly instigates color revolutions. But they’ve done a very foolish thing. You just released a bunch of well-trained individuals into your population. If you kept our offices going and had us play solitaire in the offices, it might have been safer to keep your regime.”

“What they’re saying here is that they are plotting regime change in our own country,” Glenn translates.

And this isn’t just a broad idea. These usurpers have intricate plans that are already in motion.

Former USAID employees “are holding workshops on a tactic called non-cooperation. They’re building a network of government workers willing to engage in even minor acts of rebellion in the office. They’re planting the seeds of what they hope could become a nationwide general strike,” Stu continues reading from the article. “Some in the informal network of the Trump opponents are sharing an old CIA pamphlet with allies who still work in the government. It’s called simple sabotage.”

“You have Democrats that have been so convinced that USAID is going to starve people to death because [Trump] cut it, and now the ‘aid’ workers are quote unquote planning revolution,” scoffs Glenn.

But he’s not surprised. The left has branded itself as the party of violent uprisings. Glenn revisits three recent news stories that prove this.

To hear them, watch the clip above.

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California police are investigating a gruesome discovery made by a homeless person near a dumpster on Saturday morning in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Officers responded to a call regarding a dead body at about 7 a.m. at an address on the 8200 block of Van Nuys Boulevard. They said the body appeared to be that of a 3-to-5-year-old boy, according to an LAPD spokesperson.

‘I don’t know the cause of death of this individual. … But no one deserves to be handled in this manner.’

Police did not indicate in what condition the body was found but said the death was suspicious.

“This is horrific, and it impacts every single one of us that comes to these scenes, everyone at home who hears about these scenes,” LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar said to KABC-TV.

“We’ve got mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, anyone — you don’t have to be one of those to know how horrific this is,” she added. “I don’t know the cause of death of this individual. Again, that will be up to the coroner to determine. But no one deserves to be handled in this manner.”

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Police said they are interviewing witnesses from the area and looking for footage captured by nearby surveillance cameras.

The county coroner will determine the cause of death for the family.

“To be left out and discovered by a stranger is absolutely horrible, and the detectives on this case are from our Abused Child Unit,” Aguilar continued. “This is all they deal with, and they are passionate about that, and I have no doubt that they will identify and hold the person responsible for this.”

Residents of the neighborhood set up a small memorial of candles and stuffed animals for the boy, in the hope that justice will be served.

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Anti-Israel migrant Mahmoud Khalil accused the Trump administration of illegally targeting him for deportation in a $20 million lawsuit.

Khalil is accused by the administration of leading a violent anti-Israel protest when he was a student at Columbia University and violating the terms of his immigration visa. The case has become a proxy battle between the opponents of the mass deportations ordered by President Donald Trump and his supporters.

‘Khalil’s claim that DHS officials branded him as an anti-Semite and terrorized him and his family is absurd. It was Khalil who terrorized Jewish students on campus.’

“Mr. Khalil is seeking $20 million, which he would use to help others similarly targeted by the Trump administration and Columbia University,” reads a press release from the Center for Constitutional Rights. “He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy.”

The CCR said the lawsuit was only the beginning.

“The claim is a precursor to a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, which he will bring under the Federal Tort Claims Act, a 1946 federal statute that allows individuals to sue the U.S. government for damages for civil law violations,” the statement reads.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for Homeland Security, responded with her own fiery statement.

“Mahmoud Khalil’s claim that DHS officials branded him as an anti-Semite and terrorized him and his family is absurd. It was Khalil who terrorized Jewish students on campus. He ‘branded’ himself as anti-Semite through his own hateful behavior and rhetoric,” McLaughlin said.

“It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America,” she added. “The Trump Administration acted well within its statutory and constitutional authority to detain Khalil, as it does with any alien who advocates for violence, glorifies and supports terrorists, harasses Jews, and damages property.”

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Khalil’s defenders have accused the government of viewpoint discrimination in violation of his free speech rights, but others point out that people on visas don’t have the same rights as citizens in the U.S.

In a statement with the lawsuit announcement, Khalil claimed that he missed the birth of his first child because he had been detained by the Trump administration.

“This is the first step towards accountability. Nothing can restore the 104 days stolen from me. The trauma, the separation from my wife, the birth of my first child that I was forced to miss,” he wrote. “But let’s be clear, the same government that targeted me for speaking out is using taxpayer dollars to fund Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

After winning his freedom in one court case, Khalil almost immediately returned to a protest against Israel.

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A former Israeli prime minister released a statement addressing suspicions that Jeffrey Epstein was a part of an Israeli “blackmail ring” to compromise powerful figures.

Businessman Naftali Bennett served as prime minister in Israel from 2021 to 2022 and forcefully rejected a conspiracy theory pushed by some that Israel was behind the Epstein trafficking ring.

‘There’s a vicious wave of slander and lies against my country and my people, and we just won’t take it anymore.’

“As a former Israeli Prime Minister, with the Mossad having reported directly to me, I say to you with 100% certainty: The accusation that Jeffrey Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring is categorically and totally false,” he wrote on social media.

Bennett went on to say Epstein’s criminal conduct had nothing to do with the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, or with the state of Israel.

“This accusation is a lie being peddled by prominent online personalities such as Tucker Carlson pretending they know things they don’t. They just make things up, say it with confidence and these lies stick, because it’s Israel,” he continued.

“There’s a vicious wave of slander and lies against my country and my people, and we just won’t take it anymore,” Bennett concluded.

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Bennett was responding to comments made by Carlson in his speech at the Turning Point USA summit in Tampa, Florida. He claimed that Epstein was working for the Israeli government when he ran an underage sex trafficking ring.

“I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t think that. I don’t know any of them that hate Israel. But no one feels they can say that,” Carlson said.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump berated a reporter for asking him about the Epstein issue, which has divided many in the Trump camp and led to calls for resignation against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked about for years. … Are people still talking about this guy — this creep? That is unbelievable!” Trump said.

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While just a few days ago the Trump administration told Americans that the case was closed on the Epstein investigation, a newly released FOIA request by Judicial Watch shows that the DOJ and FBI are still investigating Jeffrey Epstein.

“Is this a play? Is the DOJ still investigating Jeffrey Epstein, and maybe this is why they’re making the decisions that they are?” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales speculates, noting that as far back as February 2025, Judicial Watch filed three separate FOIA requests for records depicting the identities of clients or associates of Epstein.

Judicial Watch sued the Justice Department and FBI in April 2025 after they failed to respond all three times. Their delayed response came on July 7, and they claimed that “the FBI’s search efforts are ongoing.”

Gonzales is skeptical.

“It’s like, okay, did you guys have a bunch of documents deleted that you’re still looking for? Because if that’s the case, can you just tell us?” she says, to which BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens responds with his own theory.

“The CIA is who’s being protected here. The whole Epstein operation from the get-go is a CIA op — from Robert Maxwell to Ghislaine Maxwell. Jeffrey was a target. Robert handled Jeffrey. Robert gets killed on his yacht, gets thrown overboard. This is a CIA op,” Booyens tells Gonzales.

“With the breadth of information, of national intelligence, of people involved that they will never, never release,” he continues.

Booyens, who has been fighting human trafficking through Jaco Booyens Ministries, is well aware that Epstein’s conviction as a human trafficker means “he sold people to people for sex.”

“So to tell me,” he continues, “as a 31-year veteran expert in this, that Epstein and Maxwell had no clients is dead on its face.”

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The attacks against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by radical leftists have become an epidemic. The Department of Homeland Security recently reported that violence against ICE officers and federal agents has skyrocketed nearly 700% since this time last year.

The rhetoric of Democrat officials is largely to blame, Pat Gray says. They are pouring fuel on the fire.

“The Democrats, these loudmouth insiders, are accessories to attempted murder at this point,” says Pat Gray, BlazeTV host of “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “They’re inciting all of this.”

And some of them are even going so far as to join in the action.

Pat plays helicopter footage from July 7 of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) confronting federal agents during a large-scale ICE operation at MacArthur Park and demanding that they leave immediately.

The camera zooms in to a tangle of people near a line of several ICE and other military vehicles. Bass, wearing a blue suit, can be seen surrounded by reporters and ICE agents. She speaks on a phone to someone she refers to as “the head of Customs.” The ICE agent nearest her suddenly says, “We’re departing.”

The operation ended with no arrests made — even though the targeted area was crime-infested.

When asked if she had a comment, Bass said, “My comment is they need to leave, and they need to leave right now. They need to leave because this is unacceptable.”

“Have we ever seen local officials like a mayor interfering with federal agents before?” asks Pat in disbelief.

“She needed to be the one that was hauled away there,” says co-host Keith Malinak.

And he isn’t being hyperbolic. The panel agrees that obstruction of justice such as that demonstrated by Mayor Karen Bass demands legal consequences.

To see the footage of Bass in action, watch the video above.

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The drama surrounding the New York City mayoral race continues after radical Democratic Socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani came from behind to win the Democratic primary last month.

Just a few weeks ago, Mamdani overcame long odds to win the primary, trouncing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a legacy Democrat with almost universal name recognition, by 12 points. Cuomo conceded defeat on election night, admitting, “Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night.”

Spokesman Rich Azzopardi believes that Cuomo still has the best odds of defeating Mamdani.

It appears that Cuomo is down but not out. On Monday, Cuomo announced that he will remain in the race as an independent. He claimed to be “in it to win it” and slammed Mamdani for offering “slick slogans but no real solutions.”

Cuomo is not the only high-profile Democrat running as an independent. Current Mayor Eric Adams, elected in 2021 as a Democrat, is trying to keep his job as an independent.

Former federal prosecutor Jim Walden is likewise running as an independent.

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With Curtis Sliwa running as a Republican, the field is crowded — a dynamic that strongly favors Mamdani. According to a Data for Progress poll conducted from July 1 to July 6, Mamdani holds a commanding lead among likely NYC voters, with 40% planning to pull the lever for him. Cuomo finished a distant second with just 24%. Adams and Sliwa were neck and neck for third at 15% and 14%, respectively, while Walden managed just 1%.

Spokesman Rich Azzopardi believes that Cuomo still has the best odds of defeating Mamdani, according to the New York Post.

Cuomo also reportedly has a plan to unify support against Mamdani down the stretch.

According to NewsNation, Cuomo is expected to pledge to drop out of the race in mid-September if he is not in the lead. He is also expected to call on Adams, Sliwa, and Walden to promise to do the same if they remain behind.

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Adams seemed to dismiss Cuomo’s reported plan to defeat Mamdani. “This kind of political double-dealing is exactly why so many New Yorkers have lost trust in [Cuomo],” Adams’ campaign said in a press release, the Post reported.

“The people spoke loudly — he lost,” the statement continued, referring to Cuomo’s primary defeat. “Yet he continues to put himself over the number-one goal — beating Mamdani and securing our city’s future.”

Adams’ campaign also described Mamdani as an “inexperienced opponent” who nevertheless poses a “serious threat.”

During the Bolivian Day Parade in Queens on Sunday, Adams also noted that, unlike Cuomo, he “didn’t lose” to Mamdani — or anyone else — in the Democratic primary, the Post reported. Of course, Adams couldn’t have lost because he didn’t participate in the primary, though whether he mentioned that fact to the media on Sunday is unclear.

When asked whether he would consider dropping out to help Cuomo, Adams, who until recently faced federal indictment, replied with bewilderment, “Are you kidding me?”

‘Putting New York’s best interests over our personal ambitions is critical at this moment.’

Sliwa also said he has no plans to drop out. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m in it until Nov. 4,” he said Sunday.

“I’m the only candidate with a major party nomination, a 50-year record of serving New Yorkers, and a real path to victory,” Sliwa later told NewsNation. “While they play musical chairs on a sinking ship, I’m out campaigning in NYC, listening, leading, and fighting to win it for the people. Let the voters decide this November.”

Walden, however, seems the most amenable to Cuomo’s reported idea. In fact, he indicated that he was the one who first suggested it. “I am glad Andrew has agreed to adopt my pledge,” Walden said in a statement to NewsNation. “I hope Eric and Curtis sign on as well. Putting New York’s best interests over our personal ambitions is critical at this moment.”

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President Donald Trump is becoming increasingly fed up with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and he’s not afraid to show it.

On Monday, Trump threatened President Vladimir Putin of Russia with 100% tariffs if he continues to engage and drag out the conflict. Trump, who campaigned on peace through strength, said the drastic tariffs would go into effect within 50 days if Putin fails to finalize a peace deal with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.

‘We’re very, very unhappy with them.’

“We want to see it end,” Trump said in the Oval Office Monday. “And I’m disappointed in President Putin because I thought we would’ve had a deal two months ago.”

“We’re very, very unhappy with them, and we’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days,” Trump said. “Tariffs at about 100%.”

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Trump’s announcement comes as Russia ramps up its offensive attacks on Ukraine. In response to this aggression, Trump said the United States will continue to fortify Ukrainian defense by supplying them with American weapons and munitions.

Notably, the Department of Defense initially announced it would be pausing aid to Ukraine. This policy was in line with the administration’s more hostile attitude toward Ukraine in the earlier stages of the administration, most notably marked by the infamous Oval Office spat between Trump and Zelenskyy.

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Trump told reporters Sunday that the U.S. would be sending Ukraine “various pieces of very sophisticated military” equipment and that Europe would pay for it.

“That’s the way we want it.”

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