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‘Speaking of stupid Democrats’: AOC blasts billionaires and founding fathers in ridiculous podcast appearance
In a recent podcast appearance, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) made some shocking comments regarding billionaires and the founders of our country — and BlazeTV host Pat Gray is not surprised.
“Speaking of stupid Democrats, holy cow,” Gray says, playing a clip of AOC.
“There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned, right? You can’t earn a billion dollars. You just can’t earn that,” the congresswoman said on “It’s Open with Ilana Glazer.”
“You can get market power, you can break rules. You can do all sorts of things. You can abuse labor laws. You can pay people less than what they’re worth,” she continued.
“Since you didn’t earn that, you have to create a myth of earning it,” she added.
AOC went on to claim that “there are very few real archetypes” of “what America is all about.”
“I think about the civil rights and voting rights movement and how black Americans really created democracy in this country,” she said.
“White Americans have to be eliminated from every aspect of this society,” Gray comments, shocked.
“Anything good that happened in America didn’t come from white people. They’re all evil and bad, and they have oppressed and murdered their way to prominence,” he adds.
“You’re familiar with the father of our country, right?” executive producer Keith Malinak chimes in, showing a photo of George Washington that’s been updated by activists to have darker skin.
“George Washington, Black Lives Matter,” he adds, laughing.
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OnlyFans models are offended by Sydney Sweeney mocking their degeneracy on her TV show
Dressing up like a dog is apparently too degrading for some OnlyFans creators.
On the show “Euphoria,” Sydney Sweeney’s character has taken on the ridiculous task of doing pornography in order to pay for $50,000 worth of flowers for her wedding. The insane storyline has Sweeney posing as a dog and dressing as a baby — portrayals that have some involved with the subscription-based website up in arms.
‘You have to really grow and nurture a fan base.’
Leathers report
Several women who make money from the overwhelmingly pornographic fan site reacted to Sweeney’s scenes in a set of comments to Hollywood-centric outlet Variety. The women accused Sweeney’s character of being an over-the-top and rather unbecoming representation of a porn actress.
Scenes that showed Sweeney dressed as a baby or an animal have already disturbed regular audiences on their own, but the content was seen as “ridiculous and cartoonish” by these apparent industry professionals.
“There’s so much that they have her doing that is not even allowed on OnlyFans, and that alone is infuriating,” Sydney Leathers, an OnlyFans veteran, told Variety. “The age-play stuff, where she’s dressed as a baby in a diaper, for example. Credit card processors have very strict rules that you have to abide by, and the rules are getting stricter all the time.”
Former “Boy Meets World” star turned porn actress Maitland Ward said Sweeney was only perpetuating “stereotypes that sex workers have no moral compass and that they will do anything for money.”
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Lewd awakening
Calling it “beyond troubling,” Ward argued that any idea that sex work is connected to abuse is false.
“There’s always this untrue stigma that somehow sex work is synonymous with sex trafficking and abuse. And they just said, let’s make a joke of it. That is so funny. I’m not laughing.”
Ward reportedly makes at least $100,000 per month from OnlyFans and also reportedly does traditional pornography.
Same goes for Alix Lynx, another nude actress and OnlyFans creator, according to Variety. She stated that there were actually some good ideas hidden in the “Euphoria” script.
“When [Sweeney] goes to the influencer’s house to get video, coming from a marketing background myself, I thought, ‘OK, that’s f**kin’ smart. That’s a great formula.'”
However, Lynx said that it’s only a myth that being attractive and performing lewd acts are a ticket to the top.
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Naked ambition
“It’s portrayed that if you just dress up and do crazy s**t, you’ll instantly make money,” she explained. Another idea that “you just have to be hot and have big boobs and you’ll instantly cash out,” is also allegedly a myth, she claimed.
“It doesn’t work like that. You have to really grow and nurture a fan base.”
All the women Variety spoke with reportedly argued that it is too difficult to start an OnlyFans page and garner a grassroots following; women must first have a large online fan base. The task of building a subscriber base to pornographic content was described as a near-impossible feat.
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Are gas prices about to drop? What the UAE leaving OPEC means.
If you think this is just another oil headline, think again. This one hits your wallet directly, every time you start your car.
The United Arab Emirates, one of the most powerful players inside OPEC, is walking away from the cartel. That’s a huge change to the system that has controlled oil prices and, by extension, what Americans pay at the pump for more than half a century.
The UAE’s departure exposes long-standing tensions inside the group. Some countries have followed production limits; others have ignored them.
And for drivers already dealing with high gas prices, this matters more than anything coming out of Washington right now.
Market mover
For decades, OPEC has operated as a coordinated force, adjusting production to influence global oil prices. Less supply meant higher prices. More supply meant relief, but only when it suited the producers. It was never a true free market; it was controlled output designed to protect revenue.
Now one of the few countries that actually had the power to move markets is stepping away.
The UAE isn’t just another member. It is one of the rare producers with real spare capacity, the ability to quickly increase output and stabilize supply during disruptions. Alongside Saudi Arabia, it helped anchor OPEC’s influence. Take that away, and the cartel doesn’t just weaken; it loses control of the narrative.
So why should the average driver care?
Because this could be one of the first real signs that global oil pricing is shifting away from centralized control and back toward competition. And when competition increases, prices tend to come down.
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But don’t expect that relief overnight.
Here’s the reality drivers are dealing with right now. Gas prices in the U.S. are already elevated, sitting above $4 per gallon in many areas. That’s not just about oil supply; it’s about geopolitics. Tensions tied to Iran and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most critical oil shipping routes in the world, are driving volatility and keeping prices high.
That’s the immediate pressure on your fuel bill, not the UAE’s decision — at least not yet.
The UAE exit is a medium-term shift. It means the country is no longer bound by OPEC production quotas. It can pump more oil if it chooses, and it has made it clear it wants to expand output significantly. More oil supply should push prices lower, but only if that supply actually reaches the market.
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And that’s the catch drivers need to understand.
Volatile for a while
Oil prices don’t drop just because more production is possible. They drop when that oil is flowing freely, refined, and distributed. If geopolitical tensions continue to disrupt shipping lanes or production, the added supply won’t fully offset the pressure.
That’s why, in the short term, volatility is still the story.
So let’s answer the question every driver is asking: Will this lower gas prices? And when?
In the next one to two weeks, probably not. Prices will continue to react to global tensions more than anything else. But within two to six weeks, that’s when things could start to change. That’s typically how long it takes for shifts in crude oil prices to filter down to what you pay at the pump. If the UAE ramps up production and tensions ease even slightly, drivers could start seeing prices move down by late May into June.
We’re not talking about a sudden return to cheap gas, but a drop of 20 to 50 cents per gallon is realistic if conditions line up. For families commuting daily, running businesses, or planning summer travel, that kind of relief will help. And yes, this ties directly into the broader automotive landscape.
High fuel prices don’t just affect what you pay at the pump. They influence what people buy. When gas spikes, consumers start rethinking vehicle choices, holding off on larger SUVs, reconsidering trucks, or delaying purchases altogether. Automakers feel that shift immediately, especially as they try to balance EV investments with ongoing demand for gas-powered vehicles.
When prices ease, even slightly, it stabilizes that decision-making. It gives consumers more flexibility and helps normalize the market. That’s why this OPEC fracture isn’t just an energy story; it’s an automotive story.
RELATED: GM slams brakes on electric trucks as reality crashes the EV party
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Priming the pump
Looking farther out, the bigger implication is what happens to OPEC itself.
The UAE’s departure exposes long-standing tensions inside the group. Some countries have followed production limits; others have ignored them. That imbalance has been building for years, and now it’s starting to break apart. When a cartel loses discipline, it loses its ability to control prices.
That’s good for drivers, but it comes with a trade-off.
Less coordination means more volatility. Prices could swing more sharply in response to global events. That’s not ideal for consumers or automakers trying to plan ahead, but it does reduce the ability of a centralized group to keep prices artificially elevated.
There’s also a strategic shift happening behind the scenes. The UAE wants flexibility, not restrictions. The country is investing in expanding production capacity and positioning itself to produce more oil, not less, in the years ahead. That aligns more with a competitive market than a controlled one.
For the United States, that could quietly become a win. More global supply, less cartel control, and increased competition all point toward lower energy costs over time. But again, timing is everything, and right now, geopolitical instability is still the dominant force.
So here’s the bottom line for drivers. The UAE just weakened one of the most powerful forces controlling global oil prices. That opens the door to lower gas prices and more competition. But in the short term, the same geopolitical risks that pushed prices higher are still in play.
If tensions ease and supply increases, you could see relief at the pump within weeks. If not, expect more of the same volatility that’s been hitting your wallet every time you fill up. Either way, this isn’t just another oil story. It’s a shift that will play out on American roads, in dealership showrooms, and, most importantly, at the pump.
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Play stupid games: Tennessee GOP makes Democrats pay a heavy price for childish tantrums over redistricting
Tennessee state Republicans passed a new congressional map last week that, applying the logic of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Callais ruling, carves up a Democrat-held district that was the product of a racial gerrymander. They managed to do so despite obstruction and gross incivility from their Democrat colleagues.
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, for instance, walked around the chamber blowing a bullhorn in the faces of lawmakers and subjecting them to potential noise-induced hearing loss. Jones — a Democrat who was caught on film throwing a traffic cone at a driver during a 2020 Black Lives Matter blockade — also set fire to a printout of the Confederate flag and repeatedly accused Republicans of racism.
‘Maybe next year we’ll explain the basics like “don’t start fires in the Capitol.”‘
Democrat state Sen. Charlane Oliver — the radical who threatened riots in 2024 over the passage of a bill she didn’t like — danced atop her desk in the chamber, yelling and holding up a banner that said, “No Jim Crow 2 Stop the Steal.”
Some of the Democrats yelled and chanted while Republicans calmly conducted the work at hand, while another got testy with police, barraging a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper with insults while interfering with an arrest.
Evidently, actions still have consequences in the Volunteer State.
Republican Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton notified Democratic House Minority Leader Karen Camper on Tuesday that members of the Democratic Caucus should expect to receive individual letters removing them from all standing committees and subcommittees in the statehouse, “except where membership is required pursuant to Rule 65 of the House Rules.”
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Sexton cited as cause Democrats’ actions “aimed at disrupting the democratic and legislative processes and creating disorder on the House Floor, including, but not limited to:
Interlocking arms in the well of the House; Blocking aisles on the House Floor; Instigating and encouraging disruptions of the legislative process in coordination with paid protestors and attendees in the gallery, including the distribution of earplugs to a member of your caucus;The use of prohibited props and noisemakers on the House Floor; Demonstrating a lack of respect toward fellow members seeking recognition to speak on legislation; andFlagrant disregard for the Permanent Rules of Order of the House.”
Rather than reflect on whether they went too far again or shouldn’t bemoan the loss of a racial gerrymander, state Democrats condemned the committee-removal consequence, painted themselves as victims, and descended farther into lunacy.
Minority Leader Camper said in a long-winded, reality-averse statement that the passage of the new map “felt like being stabbed in the back, then having the knife pushed in deeper and turned to finish the job.”
The minority leader then engaged in several paragraphs of what could only be described as partisan-hack numerology.
Camper, convinced there was a “symbolic scheme behind the handling of debate during this extraordinary session,” said:
there were supposed to be 47 minutes of debate on each side, which was somehow “a clear nod to the 47th President”;the duration of the “debate allotments” when it came to the “debate structure surrounding changes to election law,” when added up, would have “totaled 54 minutes — a nod to 1954, the year of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Decision“; andthe addition of 47 plus the time allotments also associated with the debate equals 74 — clearly a nod to 1974, the “year Harold Ford Sr. became the first Black member of Congress elected from Tennessee in the modern era.”
In conclusion to her embarrassing numbers game, Camper suggested that her protest last week was ultimately aimed at ensuring that these numbers wouldn’t add up — that there would instead be only 44 minutes of debate on the redistricting legislation in honor of the 44th president, Barack Obama.
“We are hurt. We are disappointed. But we are not intimidated,” wrote Camper. “And no committee assignment will stop us from fighting for democracy, voting rights, constitutional freedoms, and the people of Tennessee.”
State Rep. Justin Pearson — the Democrat who interfered with an arrest on Thursday and called a THP trooper “stupid motherf**ker” and “boy” — whined on X, “Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected official in the state legislature from any committee we served on. This move strips nearly 2 million Tennesseans from [sic] the representation they deserve in TN state leg.”
The Tennessee House GOP said of the Democrats’ responses, “Of course now they’re playing victim. Maybe next year we’ll explain the basics like ‘don’t start fires in the Capitol.'”
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Social media scams are up 700%. Here’s how to stay safe.
Online scams are nothing new, yet they still account for a rising degree of theft year over year. According to new numbers released by the Federal Trade Commission, social media users in particular were tricked out of a staggering $2.1 billion — eight times higher than in 2020 — and these losses could get even worse as criminals tap into AI to execute more sophisticated cyberattacks. Here are the biggest social media scams to look for and what you can do if it happens to you.
Biggest social media scams of 2025
The FTC’s report identified three main traps that tricked social media users out of billions of dollars:
Investment scams accounted for half of the total losses last year. These scams usually involve get-rich-quick schemes where “influencers” sell courses that show victims how to make money by investing in the stock market. In some cases, scammers create chat groups filled with other supposed investors who all proclaim the benefits of the program, when in reality, they’re part of the scam too. Ultimately, victims end up paying for these courses, or even provide funds to be invested on their behalf, with no real payoff on the other side.
Don’t click on social media ads. Ever.
Shopping scams came in second place, accounting for 40% of the reported losses on social media. These scams typically feature an ad to a product that’s too good to be true — either the price is lower than usually advertised, or the link clicks away to an unknown third-party site instead of a trusted retailer. From here, scammers convince users to provide their payment information, stealing the money while leaving shoppers with a cheaper product than they thought they were getting, or in many cases, no product at all.
Romance scams, also known as catfishing, involve users who create fake online accounts so that they can target other users and foster a false relationship. Once the victim falls head over heels to the point that they would do anything for their supposed lover, the catfisher will request money for some kind of unexpected crisis, typically involving a broken-down car, a shattered phone, or a family member suddenly passing away. The victim sends the cash, the catfisher pockets the money, and they’re never heard from again — or worse, they try to get more money later.
How to protect yourself from social media scams
Luckily, there are several ways to avoid these scams as you surf your favorite social media sites.
First, limit who can see your posts and friends on social media. Most platforms let you set your profile as “private” or limit public access by making adjustments to the settings page. Some social media apps also bar strangers from sending you private messages. Once your account is locked down, both scammers and AI agents will have a harder time finding you to execute targeted scams.
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Second, be careful who you trust online. It’s OK to form friendships with people you meet on social platforms, but refrain from sharing personal information or buying products, services, or courses from anyone you don’t know in person. Many online scammers make their careers out of falsely befriending or romancing unsuspecting users just to squeeze them for cash. As a general rule of thumb, don’t trust anyone on social media unless you can verify they are the person they claim to be and that they are worthy of that trust.
Third, don’t click on social media ads. Ever. Especially avoid ads that showcase expensive products sold for a staggeringly large discount. Instead, go to the manufacturer’s webpage or find the same product in a trusted online store. If the manufacturer is actually hosting a deal, you should see the same discounted price on an official page, and if the price doesn’t match, chances are even greater that the unknown store with the great deal is trying to deceive you. To be safe, always buy from a trusted online retailer or the manufacturer itself.
Fourth, never provide personal information to anyone online, even if it seems harmless — that includes your mother’s maiden name, first pet, hometown, first car, etc. All of these are typically answers to the security questions that protect many of your online accounts that a criminal would love to hack.
Finally, if you do run into a scam online, stop what you’re doing and report it to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. This way, you can help them track down fraudsters and protect other users from losing hundreds or thousands of dollars to social media thieves.
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Why I sponsored my city’s data center moratorium
Across the country, cities and counties are implementing temporary moratoriums on new data center construction. My city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is no exception. Petitions are now circulating asking the city to adopt a one-year moratorium as constituents question the long-term impacts of rapid expansion.
While these concerns have been present for some time, the proposed annexation of 1,260 acres of ranch land west of the city has intensified skepticism about whether large-scale data center development actually benefits our community.
What happens when existing data centers need more power than their private substations can supply?
Cheyenne currently has 12 fully operating data centers. When these facilities arrived, Black Hills Energy implemented a tariff requiring large data users — those with electricity loads above 13 megawatts — to build their own substations and pay for their own power. This system was designed to shield residents and small businesses from rate increases. In the short term, it made sense.
The long-term question, however, is what happens when existing data centers need more power than their private substations can supply? If they must tap into the main power grid, the system in place that protects ratepayers could be strained. Before we approve a dramatic expansion of this industry, we need to study potential impacts to the power grids.
Water usage is another important question. According to the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities and Cheyenne LEADS, all local data centers currently use around 1.2% of Cheyenne’s total water supply.
This low figure is possible because most new facilities use closed-loop cooling systems. However, projections suggest Cheyenne could someday host 40 to 70 data centers. Even with efficient systems, scaling up at that magnitude requires answers about flushing cycles, chemical additives, long-term cumulative water draw, and environmental impacts.
These questions are reasonable and very important for a community in a semi-arid region.
Security considerations must also be part of the discussion. Loudoun County, Virginia, hosts more than 200 data centers, but its proximity to Washington, D.C., and major federal facilities provides a level of deterrence that Cheyenne does not share.
Wyoming is one of the most rural states, so a dense cluster of data centers could present an attractive target for hostile actors. Our region’s missile sites were intentionally hidden and widely dispersed. Data centers built closely together inside a city make a very large target.
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We must also consider the impact on agriculture — one of the cornerstones of Cheyenne and Laramie County’s economy. A data center requires the usage of at least 225 acres or more of land, according to the World Resources Institute.
Rising land values driven by industrial demand could potentially price out ranchers and farmers, accelerating the loss of agricultural land. In 2025, according to the Wyoming Farm Bureau, agriculture contributed $163 million to Laramie County’s economy, the second highest in Wyoming.
Undermining that sector would have long-term consequences far beyond the next development cycle.
This discussion is not about rejecting data centers altogether. They play a role in national security and economic diversification. Most of the data centers currently operating or under construction in Cheyenne’s business parks have been net positives.
The real question is how many facilities Cheyenne can responsibly support without compromising our infrastructure, safety, agricultural industry, or quality of life.
For these reasons, I have sponsored a 12-month moratorium on new data center construction. This pause gives our city the time to analyze future power needs, water demand, land use, and security implications before committing to a future we cannot reverse.
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Muslim-only water park event controversy EXPLODES as organizer’s husband targets Sara Gonzales: ‘It starts with her’
When BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales stumbled upon a flyer for a Muslim water park event in Grand Prairie, Texas, she was disturbed to find that it was “Muslims only” and immediately reported on it.
The city promptly shut it down.
After Gonzales interviewed the organizer of the event, who was shocked to find that Gonzales was critical of her Muslim-only event at a publicly funded park, the organizer’s husband sent Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Gonzales a message.
“Now he is trying to fight all of this with some videos of his own,” Gonzales says, “very interesting videos, very poorly done.”
“The governor of Texas is attacking my family, and I’m sick of it. Two days ago, Greg Abbott forced the city of Grand Prairie to cancel our Eid event at Epic Waters. For the past two years, my wife and I rented out the entire park so Muslim families could celebrate Eid in a modest environment,” the man said.
“Then Islamaphobes got ahold of a private flyer and twisted it into something it was never meant to be. We never banned other religions and even changed the wording to ‘modest dress only’ to make that crystal clear,” he continued.
“But Greg Abbott, he don’t care about facts. He fueled the flames of hatred, empowered these hate-filled politicians, and turned my family into a political target. Now we’re receiving death threats and harassments because of it,” he said. “But hear me clearly. I’m not going to back down.”
He also warned that he would be taking “hate-filled politicians down.”
“It was the city who decided … they weren’t going to actually agree with your religious discrimination that you quite literally did,” Gonzales says.
However, he didn’t just go after Abbott. He also went after Gonzales herself.
“My life is in danger. And I think I just figured out why,” he said.
“I found the woman who claims to be the person who wrote the story — the super Islamophobe herself,” he said, sharing a photo of Gonzales.
“My wife’s information gets spread online on purpose by her to her hateful followers. People start targeting my family. Death threats start coming in. So I DM her directly. The DM she showed in her video, but it’s not the whole DM. Sara, you left out a really important part,” he continued.
He went on to ask viewers to “comment DM” on his video if they want to see the “full DM.”
“Somebody asked me, ‘How you going to take down Governor Abbott?’ It starts with these bigoted, hateful, racist, Islamophobe podcasters who the government is employing to sow seeds of division between Americans and spew hate. We take them down first,” he continued.
“It starts with her,” he added.
“If the government’s paying me for this,” Gonzales laughs, “the check got lost in the mail.”
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Gay couple arrested on child sex abuse allegations — and they have 5 young sons
A North Carolina gay couple was arrested after police got a tip about possible child sex abuse material possession, according to the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said numerous tips from the Internet Crimes Against Children database in March led them to believe the two men were in possession of child sexual abuse material.
The arrest warrants indicate there are at least two victims from September.
Police performed a search warrant at the Linda Baucom Lane home of the couple identified as 39-year-old Joshua Lee Gilliam and 39-year-old Ronald Wayne Lynch Jr. and seized numerous digital devices.
Both Gilliam and Lynch were charged with first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor based on what was found on those devices.
Lynch faces an additional charge of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, while Gilliam faces additional charges of first-degree statutory sexual offense and indecent liberties with a minor.
The arrest warrants indicate there are at least two victims from September.
The couple first appeared at the Harnett County District Court on Thursday. Gilliam was given no bond, while Lynch was given a $360,000 secured bond.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation was ongoing and the two may face additional charges.
Online sleuths immediately found social media accounts that appeared to belong to Gilliam. An Instagram profile said the gay couple had custody of five children, all young boys, although a report from the North Carolina Beat said they have four sons together.
It is not known whether their boys are also victims.
One post on the account from March 7, 2021, reads, “Anyone wanna trade pictures with us message us.”
WTVD-TV reported that Gilliam worked as a a phlebotomist at Cape Fear Primary Care in Erwin.
“The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office continues to work closely with the NCSBI and partner agencies to investigate crimes involving the exploitation of children and to ensure the safety and protection of victims and citizens of Harnett County.”
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