A 12-year-old Florida girl was arrested after she posted online a “detailed manifesto” about carrying out a mass shooting at a middle school due to bullying, authorities said.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said it got word overnight Monday about the manifesto “describing at length a plan to carry out a mass shooting at Southwestern Middle School due to bullying. Deputies acted quickly to investigate the threat and identify the student responsible.”

When detectives spoke with the suspect, she first denied any involvement but later admitted to making the plan and posting it online, the station said.

The school is in DeLand, which is about 45 minutes north of Orlando.

The student was “placed under arrest for making written threats to kill and misuse of a 2-way communications device,” the sheriff’s office added.

Blaze News is not naming or showing the face of the suspect due to her age.

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According to WOFL-TV, a friend gave the tipster the information about the manifesto, and the tipster wanted to report the information.

The station said the mass shooting plan was posted to a website — but while the plan had been taken down, the comments and username remained, the station said.

Investigators traced the IP address to DeLand and identified the suspect — a student at Southwestern Middle School, WOFL said.

Citing the arrest affidavit, the station noted that the mass shooting plan detailed when to arrive at school, where to meet up, what time to start the shooting — and even identified a teacher who “gave me an F- on my test” and named students.

WOFL said that when investigators spoke with the teacher in question, she looked at her grades to see which students had received an F, and investigators verified that the suspect was one of those students.

The station, citing the affidavit, said investigators also asked the student named in the plan if there were any students who made fun of him or didn’t like him — and he recalled the suspect, who was in his math class.

Investigators also spoke with the boy whom the suspect said would help her with her plan, WOFL said, and the boy later admitted his friend — the suspect — was the one who made the plan to shoot up the school.

When detectives spoke with the suspect, she first denied any involvement but later admitted to making the plan and posting it online, the station said.

Deputies arrested the suspect around 1:30 a.m. Monday, WOFL reported, adding that she soon was taken to the Volusia Family Resource Center.

Blaze News over the last several months has reported about Florida authorities accusing teens — and those even younger — of making similar threats and arresting them. What’s more, law enforcement agencies frequently have released the names and images of the young suspects, a decision that hasn’t made every observer happy.

Earlier this month, a pair of 15-year-olds were arrested after being accused of threatening to shoot up high schools, police said.In late October, an 11-year-old girl was arrested after writing a “kill list” at her desk at school, police said. Then just two weeks later, an 11-year-old boy from the same school district was arrested after allegedly creating a “kill list” at school, police said.Also in October, a Florida sheriff’s office came under fire for posting 9-year-old male’s mug shot on Facebook after his felony arrest for allegedly bringing a knife into his elementary school.Just a week prior, that same sheriff’s office said a 10-year-old was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, a third-degree felony, after bringing a pocketknife to school and threatening another student. The sheriff’s office posted the suspect’s name and mug shot.

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The six Democrats who participated in a video calling on military members to refuse illegal orders will likely no longer face the possibility of prosecution, according to sources who spoke to numerous news outlets.

President Donald Trump excoriated the Democrats and accused them of committing “sedition” over the video they posted in Nov. 2025.

‘It was sedition at the highest level, and sedition is a major crime.’

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a longtime Trump ally, decided against seeking the indictments, according to the sources, after a Washington, D.C., grand jury refused to indict the Democrats earlier this month. Whether federal prosecutors will attempt to indict in another district is unclear though unlikely.

“The traitors that told the military to disobey my orders should be in jail right now, not roaming the fake news networks trying to explain what they said was OK,” Trump wrote after Democrats released the video.

“It was sedition at the highest level, and sedition is a major crime. There can be no other interpretation of what they said!” he added.

CBS News reported that Pirro’s spokesperson declined to comment.

Sec. of War Pete Hegseth threatened one of the Democrats involved, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, with a court martial and suspension of his military retirement benefits. That effort was also blocked by a federal judge, who said such official consequences violated Kelly’s constitutional right to free speech.

“This will be immediately appealed. Sedition is sedition, ‘Captain,'” Hegseth wrote in response on social media.

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The Democrats have denied allegations that they were encouraging disobedience and argued that they were merely reiterating military rules allowing troops to deny orders they believe to be illegal.

“President Trump continues to weaponize our justice system against his perceived enemies,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) previously said about the investigation into the video.

“It’s the kind of thing you see in a foreign country, not in the United States we know and love,” she added. “No matter what President Trump and Pirro continue to do with this case, tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law.”

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At the Munich Security Conference earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t mince words. He told European leaders that mass migration is not, was not, and will not become “some fringe concern of little consequence.” It was and remains a crisis that is transforming and destabilizing societies across the West.

Rubio also made the point that should be obvious but too often goes unsaid: Controlling who enters a country — and how many people enter it — is not xenophobia. It is not hatred. It is a basic act of national sovereignty. Failing to do it is not merely a policy mistake. It is an abdication of one of government’s first duties to its own people and an urgent threat to social order and civilizational stability.

We need to confront sanctuary employers, sanctuary farms, and sanctuary factories.

That is bold. It is also correct.

Yet special interests continue to pressure President Trump to abandon his promise to “carry out the largest deportation operation in American history” into a much smaller project focused only on “the worst of the worst.”

Violent criminal illegal aliens must be removed, and the administration was right to begin there. Public safety comes first.

But that was always the opener. It was never the endgame.

The American people did not vote for President Trump because he promised a narrow immigration enforcement strategy. They voted for the restoration of the rule of law. They voted for what the president himself promised: to deport the illegal aliens Joe Biden unlawfully allowed to enter the United States.

The mas -deportation coalition, of which I am a proud member, exists to help the president accomplish that goal.

Two hundred thousand or even 300,000 interior removals per year may sound significant. Put it beside an illegal population that could approach 20 million, however, and the number shrinks fast. At the current pace, the math does not get you to the largest deportation operation in American history over four years.

President Trump needs help keeping his promise, and he needs a strategy calibrated to the scale of the problem.

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When President Eisenhower enforced immigration law in the 1950s, he did not limit enforcement to select criminal categories. The message was clear: Unlawful presence would not be tolerated. That clarity changed behavior. People left because they knew they had broken the law and would face consequences if they stayed.

That is the kind of clarity we need now.

It means expanding worksite enforcement, not merely fighting over sanctuary cities. We need to confront sanctuary employers, sanctuary farms, and sanctuary factories.

It means taking on industries that rely on and exploit illegal labor at the expense of American workers and their families. It means making clear that unlawful presence in the United States carries consequences — not selectively imposed, but consistently and uniformly applied.

As someone who led ICE and CBP under President Trump in his first term, I can say this with confidence: The machinery and capability exist to achieve 1 million interior removals by the end of 2026.

The real question is political will.

Opponents of the president’s campaign promise are trying to box him into a narrower and narrower enforcement lane. Special interests, campaign consultants, and media talking heads want enforcement to stall — and then to end in amnesty.

If enforcement remains confined to this narrow lane and eventually grinds to a halt, amnesty will come next.

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The State of the Union is the president’s golden opportunity to make clear to supporters, detractors, and, above all, the American people that he intends to fulfill the promise he made on the campaign trail.

It is time to move to phase two: enforcement at scale, without fear or favor.

That may sound bold to some. I know firsthand that it can be done — and must be done.

The American people returned President Trump to the White House after he made that promise. They will reward him with a historic legacy if he keeps it.

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The Department of Homeland Security dispelled false claims from the legacy media about Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Frio County, Texas.

A NBC News report on Feb. 13 described the Dilley center as a “remote, prison-like facility” with “inhumane conditions,” according to human rights advocates. The article claimed that the center has unsanitary conditions and lengthy wait times for medical care. A recent ProPublica article and another from the New York Times echoed similar allegations.

‘The fact is being in detention is a choice.’

A DHS press release exclusively obtained by Blaze News debunked falsehoods about the Dilley facility.

The agency stated that the center has a full medical staff, including physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, psychologists, pharmacy staff, and medical support personnel.

The facility reportedly provides detainees a thorough medical screening within 12 hours of arrival. Children undergo pediatric assessments that include evaluations of growth, development, behavior, and nutrition. Additionally, specialized off-site services such as hospitalization, specialty consultations, and lab testing are available.

Families are provided with life-sustaining medication immediately, the DHS stated.

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“Medical services, including mental health and dental, are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and if necessary, medical providers refer residents to outside specialists or hospitals,” the agency’s press release read.

The staff accommodates special diets and allergies as needed.

“The Dilley facility is retrofitted for families. Children have access to teachers, classrooms, and curriculum booklets for math, reading, and spelling. They have access to age-appropriate books, toys, and outdoor activities. All of this is generously funded by the U.S. taxpayer,” the DHS stated. “Infant care packages include formula, baby food, bottles, diapers, wipes, and hygiene items; the facility also provides sippy cups and cribs. Adults with children are housed in facilities that provide for their safety, security, and medical needs.”

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Families have access to religious services, visits from clergy, a law library, attorney visitation, and mail services.

“Being in detention is a choice,” the DHS noted, adding that all foreign nationals illegally in the U.S. are encouraged to self-deport immediately.

“The media and sanctuary politicians have repeated false claims about the ICE Dilley facility, including that children are denied medical care and don’t have educational resources,” DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis stated. “The truth is this facility provided proper medical care for all detainees, including access to a pediatrician. Children have access to teachers’ classrooms, books, and toys. The fact is being in detention is a choice. We encourage all parents to take control of their departure by using the CBP Home app and receiving a free flight home and $2,600.”

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In a case that has stretched over several years, a federal judge has seemingly put a nail in the coffin of a major report, the release of which President Donald Trump has consistently opposed.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who has served the Southern District of Florida since 2020, permanently barred the Department of Justice from releasing former special counsel Jack Smith’s final report regarding Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, Politico reported.

‘Special Counsel Smith and his team went ahead for months, undeterred, preparing Volume II using discovery collected in connection with this proceeding and expending government funds in the process.’

Trump’s motion to bar the release of the special counsel’s report — which Cannon previously determined Smith and his office had unlawfully prepared during the Biden administration — was granted in full on Monday.

“The Court has reviewed the Motions and the full record pertinent to the Motions, including the United States’ position that ‘Volume II should not be released outside of the Department of Justice’ due to the unlawful appointment of Special Counsel Smith and Attorney General Bondi’s deliberative-process determination. Fully advised in the premises, Trump’s Unopposed Motion is GRANTED,” the Trump appointee wrote in the ruling.

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Cannon’s ruling on the “complex” case, which she said “generated close to 800 docket entries since the filing of the initial indictment in June 2023,” will ostensibly put to rest the impending release of Volume II of Smith’s report.

Following the order, the current Department of Justice and its successors are “enjoined from (a) releasing, sharing, or transmitting Volume II of the Final Report or any drafts of Volume II outside the Department of Justice, or (b) otherwise releasing, distributing, conveying, or sharing with anyone outside the Department of Justice any information or conclusions in Volume II or in drafts thereof.”

However, a second motion filed by two co-defendants alongside Trump was rejected in part. This separate motion requested that Volume II be destroyed, but this request was denied.

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Among the many guests at President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address of his second term will be the widow of Charlie Kirk, according to the Daily Wire.

Erika Kirk took the reins of her husband’s company, Turning Point USA, after his assassination in Utah and has become a leading voice in the pro-Trump movement.

‘She has risen to the occasion with grace, dignity, and a lot of hard work.’

“President Trump has been a source of strength for Erika, constantly checking in with her over the last five months, and Erika is incredibly honored to be invited by the president to attend tonight’s State of the Union,” said TPUSA spokesman Matt Shupe to the Daily Wire.

“Erika has been thrust into an enormously important role by fate and tragedy and because Charlie chose her should the horrible moment ever come, and she has risen to the occasion with grace, dignity, and a lot of hard work.”

Kirk surprised many at her husband’s memorial in September by publicly forgiving the man accused of the killing.

“That young man, that young man,” she said. “On the Cross, Our Savior said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ That man, that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do.”

She added, “The answer to hate is not hate. The answer, we know, from the gospel is love and always love.”

BlazeTV will provide full coverage of the State of the Union address beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET Tuesday with analysis and commentary from hosts Allie Beth Stuckey, Stu Burguiere, Steve Deace, and others.

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Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, is facing numerous charges, including murder, after his family reportedly persuaded him to turn himself in to law enforcement. Many suspect that his relationship with a trans-identifying man was part of the alleged motivation for the political violence.

Mrs. Kirk’s elevation to lead TPUSA has also led to some unhinged conspiracy theories accusing her of participating in an operation to kill her husband.

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One might look at a map of the Pacific and see not nations or cultures, but single points of failure. A current focus of the United States is Taiwan, a humid, densely populated island that holds the world’s advanced chip capacity in a terrified embrace. The new conversation, the one taking place in strategy memos and industrial planning committees, seeks a failover, a backup system, cooler and less contested. The location is Hokkaido.

The Japan External Trade Organization does not suggest that this Northern Japanese island would entirely replace the sweltering, sleepless efficiency of Hsinchu Science Park. The ecosystem in Taiwan is too sticky, too deeply rooted in decades of institutional memory to be simply lifted and dropped elsewhere. Instead, Hokkaido would be a geopolitical insurance policy, a second, colder, resource-abundant location where a new chip cluster could be built, far from the Taiwan Strait, in a place where the water is plentiful and the missiles are more friendly.

Technology can transform a place from a frontier of agrarian settlement to a node in a global machine.

The analogy between the two islands is tempting, but it highlights difficulty as well as opportunity. Taiwan’s dominance was not an accident of geography; its capacity was built over decades, a deliberate accretion of state-backed R&D institutes and land policy that treated universities and public infrastructure as tools of industrialization. For Hokkaido to become the “new Taiwan,” this density, the sheer weight of human skill and accumulated knowledge, would need to be duplicated. The timeline to do so might be longer than desired.

The centerpiece of this ambition is a company called Rapidus and a site in the Chitose area known as IIM-1. The timeline is aggressive: a pilot line begun in 2025, mass production by 2027. The goal is the 2nm-class chip, utilizing gate-all-around structures, a technology at the threshold of modern capability. Rapidus has already installed an EUV lithography tool, a machine that uses 13.5 nanometer wavelength light to print patterns so fine they exist at the edge of visibility.

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An EUV scanner is not just a machine. It is a geopolitical asset, intertwined with export controls, national anxieties, and the supply chains that have become a source of concern. The machine sits in Hokkaido, but the sociotechnical world required to run it has yet to be assembled. Advanced manufacturing depends on highly situated know-how, the yield learning and micro-decisions of production that do not travel well. One recalls the friction of bringing the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to Arizona, where the transplant of a workplace culture proved harder than the pouring of concrete.

However, Hokkaido does offer something Arizona cannot: water. A region holds a portfolio of critical features: water security, renewable energy, risk distribution. Taiwan has been plagued by droughts that force chipmakers to truck in water, a reminder that the most advanced technologies still rely on the Earth. Hokkaido, by contrast, touts its snowmelt and its wind. Rapidus explicitly lists abundant water and the attractiveness for living as key reasons for its location.

The strategy bleeds into something like lifestyle marketing. The “Hokkaido Valley” is being sold not only as an excellent location for factories, but as a cure for the density of metropolitan life. The location attempts to solve two problems at once: the fragility of the global chip supply and the demographic collapse of rural Japan. The country’s development plans have long been concerned with population decline and the survival of communities. The semiconductor strategy offers a new answer: import the engineers, promise them nature, and call it compute sovereignty.

The project is not without risks. Tacit yield knowledge cannot be moved like a warehouse. An attempt to compress Taiwan’s 40 years of industrial layering into a single decade in Chitose is a gamble. Yet there is already motion toward the new location. By early 2026, reports surfaced of TSMC planning 3nm production in Japan, alongside Rapidus’ 2nm targets. The vision is of a multisite future, a diversification of risk across a map that feels increasingly unsafe.

The redesign of Hokkaido as an interface between global networks and local survival is instructive. The government of Japan is now planning for a future in which semiconductor-related total sales are a metric of national health. Technology can transform a place from a frontier of agrarian settlement to a node in a global machine, where the water and the wind and the cold are no longer just weather, but assets in a calculation of security. The chips, if they come, will be small. The rearrangement of the world required to make them is very large.

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California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom did his best to relate to an Atlanta, Georgia, audience at a recent book tour stop — but he may have insulted the audience instead.

“I’m not trying to impress you,” Newsom told Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at the event. “I’m just trying to impress upon you: I’m like you. I’m no better than you. You know, I’m a 960 SAT guy.”

“And you know, and I’m not trying to offend anyone, you know, trying to act all there if you got 940. Literally a 960 SAT guy,” Newsom said.

“You’ve never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in,” he added.

“Dig that hole!” says Keith Malinak, executive producer of “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“So he just called all these blacks stupid,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments, shocked.

“‘I’m just stupid like you are,’” Gray mocks. “‘I’m assuming that every one of you got a 960 on your SAT or less.’”

“‘And you can’t read. Just like me,’” BlazeTV contributor Jeff Fisher chimes in.

“Will this stick?” asks Keith. “We may not know for a while if it sticks or not. We may have to wait until the Democrat primary to see if maybe a black candidate comes out and drops this reminder on everybody.”

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