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Democrats reveal hypocrisy as SCOTUS ends Haitian protections: ‘Why is Haiti America’s responsibility?’

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for many Haitian migrants has triggered serious outrage from the left — and BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales can’t help but notice the glaring issues in leftist logic.

“Now, seems like it would be kind of common sense. It’s in the name. It’s the T in TPS. Temporary. Temporary. There is an actual definition of the word ‘temporary.’ It means ‘not forever,’” Gonzales says, pointing out that they were supposed to have this status for months, but instead they have had it for nearly two decades.

“Democrats, Haitians, anyone who has the liberal brain rot — they’re losing their entitled little minds about it,” she adds.

Founder and CEO of the Immigrant Family Services Institute Dr. Geralde Gabeau yelled to crowd cheers, “This is the time for all of us to raise our voices and to say this country is also our country, is also the country of our immigrant because we are the one who built it.”

“I’m going to go ahead and I’m going to ask you for your receipts, ma’am,” Gonzales comments.

“’Haitians built this country’ is the argument that they made,” she adds.

However, celebrities have historically made their home sound like a place no one should want to leave, as Susan Sarandon, Conan O’Brien, and even Bill Maher all have donned shirts that read “Haiti is great already.”

“They were pretending like it was just this wonderful, beautiful country; it’s not a third-world s**t-hole,” Gonzales comments. “And now all of a sudden, they’re back to like, ‘No, no, you can’t send them back. No, don’t do that. It’s too big of a s**t-hole.’”

And CNN’s Jake Tapper is among those pleading.

“I heard Stephen Miller, who’s driving a lot of this, say that Haiti is safe for Haitians, and I just looked at the State Department’s website, and they have a level four ‘do not travel’ advisory for Haiti just from a few months ago,” Tapper said on CNN.

“Crimes include robbery, carjacking, sexual assault, and kidnappings for ransom. That doesn’t sound safe to me,” Tapper added.

“’Do not travel’ is not for Haitians. That’s ‘do not travel’ for the United States. That advisory is to American citizens traveling to Haiti, not Haitians going back home,” Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told Tapper.

“I understand that, but based on everything I’ve read, including the U.N. and Human Rights Watch, it doesn’t sound safe for Haitians. More than 8,100 killings documented last year. Those weren’t Americans. Haiti is among the top five countries with the highest rates of rape and sexual abuse, with more than 1,200 cases of sexual violence last year,” Tapper replied.

“So Haitians are making Haiti unsafe, and somehow we are expected to import them. These are criminals,” Gonzales comments.

“Why would it be our duty to import anyone from any unsafe country in the world?” she asks. “The obvious conclusion is you are only going to make our country less safe.”

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‘Citizen Vigilante’: A cinematic hand grenade lobbed at the cathedral of liberal pieties

There are films you watch, films you forget, and films that perfectly capture the moment. Uwe Boll’s “Citizen Vigilante” belongs firmly in the last category.

It’s provocative, violent, and unafraid to push the audience past their comfort zone. I watched it for free on Rumble and thoroughly enjoyed every chaotic minute — as did Elon Musk, who has been one of the film’s most vocal cheerleaders. It’s exactly the kind of cinematic hand grenade a hyper-sanitized culture desperately needs.

Watching a criminal actually face consequences on screen acts as a primal pressure valve, venting a lifetime of stored-up civic frustration.

Boll has spent his career making films that divide audiences. Never one to chase Hollywood approval or fashionable opinion, the German has built his reputation on confronting subjects most directors would rather avoid. His films are designed to provoke rather than comfort, confronting audiences with uncomfortable questions about crime, power, justice, and human nature. With Citizen Vigilante,” he has delivered what may be his most explosive film yet.

Banned in Germany

Unsurprisingly, the film has already been effectively banned in Boll’s homeland. Regulators refused to give it a rating, terrified by how squarely it hits the nail on the head regarding the taboo subject of immigrant crime.

The story plays out like “Taken” on steroids. Armie Hammer stars as a relentless citizen vigilante — a protagonist for the right, an antagonist for the left — who decides that if the system won’t protect people from brutal gangs, he will. He hunts down violent criminals, tackles rapists, and cleans house with zero remorse. For the uninitiated, there is a delicious irony in Hammer playing a ruthless meat-grinder of a hero, considering his Hollywood career was spectacularly derailed during #MeToo by the preposterous, headline-grabbing accusation that he was a literal, real-life cannibal.

But the sensational headlines surrounding its star shouldn’t distract from what the film actually achieves. “Citizen Vigilante” taps into something many Americans and Europeans have been feeling for years: a growing belief that public safety has been abandoned while the institutions meant to preserve it are busy updating their LinkedIn profiles.

Modest expectation

The average viewers aren’t foaming-at-the-mouth psychopaths looking for bloodshed. They’re just exhausted taxpayers who enjoy seeing a little efficient, off-the-books urban renewal. They simply want the radical, avant-garde luxury of a competent government, functioning courts, and streets where a casual evening stroll doesn’t require Kevlar.

Today, that modest expectation feels like pure wishful thinking.

Across much of Europe and parts of America, headlines dominate with depressing regularity: violent crime, repeat offenders, and overwhelmed police departments. Social media ensures that every shocking incident reaches millions before breakfast. Whether official crime statistics rise or fall matters less than the overwhelming public perception that governments have completely lost the plot. That perception is powerful, and ignoring it won’t make it disappear.

When citizens watch career criminals coast through the justice system on a judicial subscription plan — while prosecutors decline charges and politicians offer nothing but thoughts, prayers, and early release — frustration ceases to be passive. Eventually, cynicism becomes the prevailing sentiment, and people begin to ask a rather important question: What happens when the people responsible for enforcing justice appear completely incapable of delivering it?

That question sits right at the heart of “Citizen Vigilante.”

RELATED: Banned ‘anti-migrant’ movie ‘Citizen Vigilante’ shoots to No. 1 after Elon Musk intervention

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Broken social contract

Hammer’s character, Sanders, is no comic-book superhero in spandex. He’s simply a man looking at a broken social contract, watching violent thugs thrive while victims suffer, and decides to roll up his sleeves and fix the sewage himself. You don’t have to endorse his butcher-shop methods to appreciate the exact brand of exhaustion driving them.

The enduring appeal of vigilante cinema, from Clint Eastwood classics to “Death Wish,” has never reflected a secret public desire for lawlessness. Rather, it exposes a deep craving for consequences, a desperate desire to see the cosmic ledger balanced when the authorities refuse to do it themselves. When official justice goes missing, fictional justice becomes deeply satisfying. Watching a criminal actually face consequences on screen acts as a primal pressure valve, venting a lifetime of stored-up civic frustration.

The film understands this dynamic remarkably well, but it also highlights a dark humor running beneath the entire premise. Governments spend fortunes producing nauseating public relations campaigns celebrating “community resilience” while struggling to deliver the rather unfashionable service of keeping parasitic scum off the streets.

Citizens are treated to endless speeches about values while wondering if they’ll get stabbed on the subway ride home. Somewhere along the way, basic competence checked into a witness protection program.

No wonder the film has captured the cultural imagination. Viewers want to see what a world with accountability, no matter how brutal, actually looks like. Many in their 20s and 30s have never known a society where real consequences actually exist. I am one of those people.

“Citizen Vigilante” operates best not as a love letter to anarchy, but as an autopsy of our institutions. After all, the rogue actor only becomes a romantic figure when legitimate authority is revealed to be purely ornamental.

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Sabo returns to Denver — this time with Jeffrey Epstein hanging on the wall

Has Sabo gone mainstream?

Not exactly. But considering that the last time he came to Colorado it was to stand before a judge, an invitation to hang his work in downtown Denver counts as a career boost.

“It is nothing short of a miracle that a person like myself can show art in such a liberal city where so many people can see them.”

On Friday, July 3, the public art provocateur will unveil his completed “American Tarot” series at the VFW Gallery in downtown Denver as part of the city’s First Friday Art Walk.

In the cards

The series includes four tarot-card-style pieces depicting some of the darkest and most divisive episodes in modern American history:

“The Towers” — September 11; “The Fool” — January 6; “Death” — COVID-19; and “The Hanged Man” — Jeffrey Epstein.

As Sabo tells Blaze Media, “Each card represents an event in our country’s past that greatly affected the American story, the country’s psyche, the soul of America.”

The newest addition, “The Hanged Man,” depicts the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suspended from the tarot card’s traditional gallows.

For Sabo, the Epstein story is about far more than one depraved man.

“I believe the story of Jeffrey Epstein goes deep into how so many — from the entertainment industry to science, politics, finance, power — became influenced or compromised.”

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Hidden influence

In Sabo’s view, the affair helped fuel a growing distrust of elite institutions and raised uncomfortable questions about how influence is exercised among the world’s most powerful people.

Through the decades, Sabo says, he assumed celebrities and artists simply leaned left politically. Now he wonders whether some cultural figures may have been manipulated into advocating these views in ways the public still doesn’t fully understand.

“And then we saw how the music industry was influenced by the Diddy sex parties,” he said. “How many in the music industry were also swayed to speak in a way that helped support the leftist narrative?”

The questions only became more urgent during COVID, he argues, when public trust in institutions suffered another profound blow.

RELATED: Sabo’s story: Guerrilla street artist opens up in career-spanning ‘Unsavory Agents’

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Back for more

The former Marine has spent more than two decades producing some of America’s most powerful political street art, skewering everyone from Hollywood celebrities to corporate media and progressive politicians.

That makes the location of Friday’s exhibition all the more remarkable.

Sabo’s relationship with Colorado’s liberal-leaning authorities has been strained, to put it mildly. In October 2024, he appeared in a Denver courtroom after being charged for posting anti-illegal immigration artwork around Aurora, the Denver-adjacent city that had become a national symbol of the migrant crisis amid reports of violent Venezuelan gangs taking over apartment complexes.

The signs — which criticized unchecked illegal immigration and highlighted the plight of legal immigrants and struggling working-class communities — earned Sabo a fine and community service. Representing himself in court, the artist argued that his work was protected political speech and noted the irony that, while authorities struggled to contain far more serious crimes, they managed to find the time to prosecute a man for hanging posters.

Sabo admits he’s still getting used to the life of a respectable artist: “In street art I hit and run; no one to have a conversation with. In a gallery I feel out of my element.” But he’s grateful for the opportunity.

“It is nothing short of a miracle that a person like myself can show art in such a liberal city where so many people can see them,” Sabo says now.

Sabo’s work is available for viewing or purchase on his website.

And if you’re not a Sabo fan yet, check out our coverage of his previous missions here.

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Radicals beware: Florida to hit top Islamist and leftist groups with new ‘terrorist’ label

Florida is taking action against nearly 100 organizations that will likely soon have a new “terrorist” designation under Florida law.

On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that some significant legislation, which provides a stronger framework for declaring groups terrorist organizations, took effect on the first day of the month.

‘We are not going to fund terrorism in our great state.’

During his announcement, DeSantis said that officials “are not going to waste any time” before beginning the “initial tranche” of domestic terrorist designations in Florida, suggesting more to come in the future as well.

“Based on the recommendations of Florida’s domestic security professionals and the authority, the newly established authority in law, my office and the [C]abinet are poised to officially designate the first slew of terrorist organizations under the new law,” DeSantis said in the announcement.

RELATED: Florida AG calls for impeachment after judge acquits mother who killed baby and blamed COVID

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Among those organizations designated, DeSantis named familiar Islamic groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, but also mentioned the addition of Antifa to the list. He also named a couple of groups affiliated with drug cartels, like Cartel de Sinaloa and Tren de Aragua.

Notably, DeSantis added that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran would also be added to the list among “more than 90 Foreign Terrorist Organizations.”

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass, who also serves as the state’s chief domestic security officer, explained that the new law gives more tools to prevent taxpayer dollars from reaching those organizations that have been designated as terrorist groups, Florida’s Voice reported.

“We are not going to fund terrorism in our great state,” Glass told Florida’s Voice. “We’re just not going to do it.”

Glass added that the new framework will allow greater transparency for the public to see where taxpayer dollars are being distributed: “It’s actually even a public service campaign to ensure that you know where you’re receiving dollars or you’re giving dollars.”

These actions, however, have been under legal threat for months, dating back to before the legislation was signed. DeSantis acknowledged to Florida’s Voice that “we’ll definitely get sued,” though he believes the outcome “will be beneficial.”

The new law, which went into effect on Wednesday, builds upon an executive order from DeSantis on December 8, which laid the groundwork for legislation to be drafted and signed by the governor in early April.

The December executive order singled out CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood. As a result, CAIR sued the administration over the executive order, arguing that its rights had been violated.

On March 4, United States District Judge Mark Walker granted the motion for a preliminary injunction, freezing the use of the executive order. The DeSantis administration appealed the injunction two days later in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The law, signed almost exactly a month later, will likely be used as a new legal support in the ongoing legal fight over the executive order.

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16-year-old suspect in Philadelphia murder of Penn State senior arrested by US Marshals over 1,700 miles away

One of the two teen suspects named in connection with the murder of a Penn State University senior in South Philadelphia less than a month ago was arrested by U.S. Marshals over 1,700 miles away from the crime scene — in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore announced Wednesday night that 16-year-old Azzubair Outen-Fleming was arrested, WPVI-TV reported.

‘Surrender now.’

Police are still searching for a second suspect, 16-year-old Kaiseem Smith, the station said.

Authorities said the suspects stole 22-year-old Billy Schmidt’s cell phone in the 1900 block of Durfor Street on June 6, WPVI reported, adding that as Schmidt chased after the suspects, one of them turned and shot Schmidt in the chest.

Schmidt was pronounced dead a short time later, the station said, adding that family members said Schmidt had been returning home from a nearby bar where he was watching an NBA Finals game with friends.

Both Outen-Fleming and Smith are facing murder charges, WPVI said.

Officials describe Smith as standing 4′ 10” and weighing roughly 110 pounds, WPVI reported, adding that Smith is a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, but is known to frequent the 27th and Reed area of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said investigators believe Smith was the gunman, the station said.

Image source: U.S. Marshals Service Philadelphia

“Surrender now,” Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said, according to WPVI. “If you choose to remain fugitives, the Marshals Service will relentlessly pursue every lead, every associate, and every tip until you are located and taken into custody.”

WPVI noted that U.S. Marshals have arrested Outen-Fleming’s stepfather — 35-year-old Dante Abdul Malik — who faces charges, including hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence in connection with the case.

Schmidt had been studying digital journalism and media and was planning to graduate in December, WTXF-TV reported.

“I hope they find them. I want [them] in jail. That’s what I want. They don’t deserve to get to walk away from what they did,” Matthew Segal of South Philadelphia told WPVI in a previous story.

Police released video of the wanted suspects earlier this month, WPVI said.

The Philadelphia Police Department was offering a $20,000 reward for an arrest and conviction in the case, the station said, adding that the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday it was offering up to $10,000 in reward money: $5,000 for Smith’s arrest of Smith, and another $5,000 for Outen-Fleming’s arrest.

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Mamdani torched for demanding New Yorkers swelter rather than crank up the AC: ‘Retarded post’

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language puts “room temperature” somewhere between 68°F and 72°F. Under socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, New Yorkers are expected to adjust to a warmer norm.

New York is facing a heatwave with temperatures expected to hover around 100°F on Thursday and Friday. This heat wave, which the National Weather System indicates will impact multiple states and could bring temperatures as high as 115 degrees, threatens the stability of the power grid — which in New York was deprived of 1,040 megawatts of additional nuclear generating capacity in April 2021 when the Indian Point nuclear plant was shut down.

‘Just say no.’

“The power grid is working overtime to keep us cool,” Mamdani told New Yorkers on Wednesday. “Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you’re not using, and unplug what you can.”

The leftist mayor noted further that the city has adopted the “78 degrees rule” in its buildings and will dim or turn off lights during peak electricity demand as well as power down “non-essential equipment.”

“A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved,” said Mamdani. “Let’s ease demand — and get through the heat — together.”

Critics blasted Mamdani’s 78-degree rule as yet another foretaste of the socialistic nightmare he and his ilk have in store for America.

RELATED: Democrat who wants to ‘seize the means of production’ won’t deny she’s a commie

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“This is what socialism looks like, folks,” said Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. “The right answer isn’t restrictions or mandates. It’s drilling, fracking, coal, & nuclear. That’s how we’ll roll in Ohio.”

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) tweeted, “SoCIAlisM WoRKS thO,” adding three woozy-face emojis.

“Turns out socialism actually isn’t free,” wrote Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R).

“This is a retarded post, Malaise. Defeatist. Bad form. Delete,” wrote Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet. “Enjoy capitalism while you have it.”

The Libertarian Party Mises Caucus quipped, “‘The warmth of collectivism,’ folks.”

Vickie Paladino, a Republican member of the New York City Council, had a different message than Mamdani’s for her fellow New Yorkers.

“Actually, live your life normally, use your AC in whatever manner keeps you comfortable, and if the grid collapses make them explain why we don’t have power generation capacity sufficient to our needs as a city, and make them fix it by building more capacity,” wrote Paladino.

“Do not acquiesce or normalize any of this,” continued the Republican. “Nothing socialists say can be taken in good faith. They want to take away AC permanently (as they have in Europe) and they will do it first by getting you used to the idea that your AC must be turned down for ‘the greater good,’ then by making it more expensive to purchase and operate through higher energy costs (also already happening), and finally by regulating it out of existence. Just say no.”

Residents looking to beat the heat who are presently without air conditioning can consult New York’s “Cool It!” map for directions to the various spray showers, outdoor pools, leafy areas, and drinking fountains available throughout the city.

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Trump’s USA World Cup watch party a raucous hit on National Mall

America’s young men and women packed the National Mall in the nation’s capital and created scenes that likely haven’t been witnessed in decades.

The United States faced Bosnia-Herzegovina at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Wednesday, with fans across the country taking in the monumental game.

‘It’s so crazy over here!’

Team USA has now matched their performance for their last three World Cups by winning 2-0 and advancing to the round of 16, but by being one of the host nations, fans are noticing a huge change in support from young Americans.

There exists no better example than the FIFA World Cup 2026 Fan Zone, an experience put on by the Trump administration’s Freedom 250 initiative at the National Mall, right in the heart of Washington, D.C.

Thousands packed the mall to watch the game in what seemed like a college football stadium atmosphere, with fans losing their minds when Team USA scored their first goal in the 45th minute to go up 1-0.

DC News Now’s reporter Tyger Munn was in the eye of the storm when the goal happened, and attendees went ballistic.

“You can’t even see me right now it’s so crazy over here!” he yelled into the microphone.

After leading a chant with the crowd, the reporter passionately described the feeling:

“Just look at all this energy, the patriotism, it’s beautiful to see here at National Mall, guys.”

RELATED: Democrats hoping to blame Trump for World Cup failures forced to change strategy after great success

When Team USA scored their second goal in the 82nd minute, video captured what seemed like an even more massive crowd erupting late into the evening.

As beer cans flew, beach balls bounced, and fans were on each other’s shoulders, the scenes were wild as the youngsters packed the area for an organized, rambunctious, and clean but safe event.

Team USA has made it to the round of 16, where the team made it in the 2010, 2014, and the 2022 World Cups.

The team’s best performance in the modern era came in the 2002 World Cup in Japan/South Korea, when Team USA finished eighth and made it to the quarterfinals.

Technically, the team’s best performance came in 1930 in Uruguay, however, with a third-place finish.

Team USA did not qualify between 1954 and 1986 and also did not qualify in 2018.

RELATED: ‘Just follow the money’: NFL doctor reveals why so many players are getting injured

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Team USA goals were scored by Folarin Balogun from Brooklyn, New York, and Malik Tillman, who was born in Germany but has played for both American and German national squads since 2016; his father is American, and his mother is German.

The United States will play Belgium on Monday at 8 p.m. ET at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Belgians have struggled to live up to past expectations this tournament, barely scraping by Senegal on Wednesday with a 3-2 win in extra time.

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‘Nobody’s ever seen anything like it’: Trump touts new Air Force One after maiden voyage

President Donald Trump made his maiden voyage on the new Air Force One just days before the slew of Fourth of July weekend festivities celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday.

The new Air Force One is a Boeing 747-8 luxury plane that was gifted to the United States by the Qatari government last year.

‘Only a FOOL would not accept this gift on behalf of our country.’

The new Air Force One is named the VC-25B Bridge aircraft by the U.S. Air Force. The new aircraft is the bridge to the “aging” VC-25A fleet until the upcoming and long-term Boeing VC-25B enters service. The first VC-25A aircraft went into service in 1990 during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.

“The delivery of the Bridge aircraft fulfills an imperative to relieve pressure on the aging VC-25A fleet as heavy maintenance cycles extend, safeguarding the continuity of presidential airlift operations until the long-term Boeing VC-25B enters service,” the U.S. Air Force said last month.

The Air Force noted that the new aircraft will “provide critical, secure continuity for the commander in chief.”

“The aircraft is safe, secure, and equipped with the most advanced technologies necessary to meet the requirements of the presidential mission,” the Air Force stated. “Those requirements were carefully crafted to prioritize mission over aesthetics, leaving much of the previous head of state interior layout minimally changed.”

“No risk was taken in security, safety, or mission communications, but the collective team made trades on some of the less commonly used mission sets that Boeing must deliver to support the next 40 years,” the Air Force said.

According to ABC News, “The Air Force has said that it did little to change the cabin layout of the plane and that it spent less than $400 million on security upgrades.”

Citing industry executives, the New York Times reported in May 2025 that the Qatari-gifted luxury jet had an estimated worth of approximately $200 million.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink proclaimed:

The safety and security of the commander in chief is our highest priority. From the beginning, we meticulously evaluated every requirement to accelerate delivery while maintaining the high standards expected of the presidential mission. This effort proves that the U.S. Air Force can move fast without sacrificing quality, security, or reliability.

On Wednesday, Trump took the new Air Force One to see the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota.

“To be honest with you, I’m excited about the first flight. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it,” Trump told reporters before boarding the new airplane, according to USA Today.

The Associated Press reported that Trump said of revealing the new Air Force One plane, “You can do two things: You can low-key it, or you can show it.”

RELATED: America turns 250 with a broken heart

In May, the U.S. Air Force said that the VC-25B Bridge aircraft had “officially completed modification and flight testing.”

Air & Space Forces Magazine reported that some critics have “expressed concern over the last year that accepting a plane used by Qatar could present a security risk, such as by allowing listening devices or other bugs to be planted on the aircraft.”

The U.S. Air Force addressed the concerns by stating that “elite specialists from multiple government agencies developed advanced protocols to detect and, if necessary, neutralize potential technical hazards on previously owned aircraft.”

“Their rigorous approach on the Bridge aircraft has literally ‘written the book,’ and set the benchmark for integrating used airframes into the secure military inventory,” the U.S. Air Force said.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach declared, “We are proud to deliver the VC-25B Bridge aircraft to the president.”

“Many thought it could not be done, but the United States Air Force was able to execute and provide a secure, reliable airborne command post on an accelerated timeline,” Wilsbach added.

The official website for the White House says: “Capable of refueling midair, Air Force One has unlimited range and can carry the president wherever he needs to travel. The onboard electronics are hardened to protect against an electromagnetic pulse, and Air Force One is equipped with advanced secure communications equipment, allowing the aircraft to function as a mobile command center in the event of an attack on the United States.”

In May, CBS News reported that Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Air Force accepted the Boeing 747-8 “in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.”

President Trump told reporters in May, “If we can get a 747 as a contribution to our Defense Department to use during a couple of years while they’re building the other ones, I think that was a very nice gesture.”

Trump added, “Now I could be a stupid person and say, ‘Oh no, we don’t want a free plane.'”

The stopgap jumbo jet will be donated to Trump’s future presidential library just before he leaves office.

Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform in May 2025: “The Boeing 747 is being given to the United States Air Force/Department of Defense, NOT TO ME! It is a gift from a Nation, Qatar, that we have successfully defended for many years.”

Trump said, “Only a FOOL would not accept this gift on behalf of our country.”

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Hillary Clinton’s shocking admission about Trump’s plan: ‘First moment of honesty in her entire life’

In a moment few saw coming, Hillary Clinton offered shocking praise for President Trump’s proposed framework for Gaza — calling it a viable path toward regional stability and reconstruction.

“I’m going to say something positive about Trump,” Clinton began.

“Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza is actually a pathway to security for Israel, reconstruction for Gaza, and the possibility of self-determination, however defined, for the Palestinians. There are a lot of people who, you know, reject it because Trump did it. But it’s the only game in town. There’s nothing else,” she explained.

“I really believe if we took this 20-point plan, which starts with, you know, the disarmament of Hamas, a huge important step yet to be accomplished, but took all of the 20 points so that it wasn’t just disarm Hamas, and you know, maybe do some reconstruction, and you know, build some resorts on the coast,” she continued.

“But if you really took the whole approach that is embodied in the 20-point plan, and I know there are people who are working to try to move forward on that, there is a glimmer of a possible path forward,” she added.

“That might be the first moment of honesty in her entire life,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“The fact that she even read all 20 points, much less is able to compliment them,” executive producer Keith Malinak says.

“That’s a big moment for Hillary Clinton,” he adds.

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‘You are killing ownership’: PlayStation goes digital-only as disc-loving gamers rage

Sony PlayStation dropped devastating news to gamers to start July, and the blowback has been nothing short of monumental.

Gaming companies are already seeing the level of disdain typically reserved for politicians and journalists due to subscription costs, micro-transactions, and the ever-increasing price of games.

‘This is what happens when you buy digital.’

Now, Sony has given gamers another reason to rage; it is following the, “You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy,” World Economic Forum position from 2016.

That phrase has become a meme for a reason, but PlayStation dove headfirst into the theme on Wednesday morning and announced it is ending the production of its physical game discs and will completely cease by January 2028.

“As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued,” senior director Sid Shuman wrote.

Shuman, who used “he/him” pronouns on the post, said the move was a “natural direction for Sony” in order to adapt to “consumer trends.”

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Shuman claimed “digital media significantly outpaces physical discs” and therefore the company will be able to “align more closely” with how most of its community prefers to play games.

Withering criticism of the Sony announcement was immediate.

“You will own nothing,” said popular tech page Pirat Nation.

“You are killing ownership. … You are killing publishers,” replied popular hardware page Does It Play.

“Guys, this is a really bad decision. Wtf,” Spawn Poiint commented, a popular gaming YouTuber with over one million subscribers.

One reader responded by showing the awful truth of what it means to be digital only:

“This is what happens when you buy digital,” the user wrote, along with a photo of a PlayStation Store alert that said “licensing arrangements” meant the user would no longer be able to watch the content he already had in his library.

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The reality of truly not owning the product one has paid for clearly does not sit will with many people. Publishers have wanted this reality of cheaper production for some time, while it has also been a reality that access to certain games or videos has a shelf life, and that depends on licensing agreements.

Issues have popped up over the years that have prevented game owners from playing their own property, and more predominantly, those who have purchased digital media have got the short end of the stick when hoping to watch some of their favorite shows, only to find they had been deleted due to expired publishing agreements.

Also on Wednesday, PlayStation announced it would no longer support its online store for PlayStation 3, which was released in 2006, and the PS Vita, which launched in 2011.

Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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