As Mexico continues to burn in the wake of the capture and death of a major drug cartel leader, one Canadian politician is being ridiculed for her bizarre response.

Parts of Puerto Vallarta went up in blazes after authorities said Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes was killed during an operation by the Mexican army in Tapalpa, Jalisco.

‘I trust the cartel has taken the appropriate DEI training to respond appropriately.’

While many lawmakers have expressed concern for their constituents who were caught up in the Mexican conflagration, House of Commons member Heather McPherson was especially worried about “2SLGBTQIA+” people.

“Many Canadians, especially members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, are in Puerto Vallarta, where violence has quickly escalated. A shelter-in-place order is in effect,” McPherson wrote in a post Sunday on social media.

“Please stay vigilant and consult the Government of Canada travel advisories for Mexico,” she added.

The expanded woke acronym refers to two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual people.

Many online scolded McPherson for focusing on the gender identity agenda when Canadians were under potentially lethal threat in Mexico.

“Can you meet with and pressure the Mexican cartel terror groups to be 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusive?” journalist Andy Ngo responded.

“Why ‘especially members of the 2SLGBTQIA+’? Do you value their lives more than the rest of the alphanumeric digit lives out there because you hope they’ll vote for you?” journalist Dahlia Kurtz replied.

“Not progressive enough! Next time I want a land acknowledgement before hitting the trans button please,” documentarian Tim Thielmann said.

“I trust the cartel has taken the appropriate DEI training to respond appropriately,” activist Eva Chipiuk joked.

“How are those Canadians in PV different from non-alphabet Canadians in PV? Why are you like this?” another popular response reads.

“My mother is in Mexico right now, which I confirmed last night, is safe, not someone you’d care about because she’s not part of your alphabet gang. Do you see how dumb your post is?” another detractor said.

RELATED: Mexico hands over 26 high-ranking alleged drug cartel figures to US for prosecution

“WTH, you should delete this post, many Albertans are in Mexico and may be stranded regardless of sexual preference! This is not a time for politics it is a time for unity towards all stranded Albertans,” another user said.

Cervantes, the founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, controlled a vast criminal organization that specialized in smugging cocaine, methamphetamines, fentanyl, and illegal aliens into the U.S. His death leaves a power vacuum that is unlikely to be resolved without further bloodshed.

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Rob Reiner’s 32-year-old son Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of his parents in December, the Associated Press reported.

Nick Reiner’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, entered the plea on her client’s behalf as he stood “behind glass in an enclosed custody area of the packed Los Angeles courtroom,” the AP said.

‘We will be looking at all aggravating and mitigating circumstances.’

Nick Reiner has been held without bail since his arrest after his famed Hollywood director father and his mother, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead Dec. 14 at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, the AP said.

The outlet added that Reiner appeared in court with his head shaved and wearing brown jail clothes — but notably not the suicide prevention smock he donned in his first court appearance in December.

The judge told Reiner to return to court April 29 for the scheduling of a preliminary hearing where prosecutors will present evidence — and a judge will decide if there’s enough of it to proceed to trial, the AP said.

RELATED: Nick Reiner will be charged with murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner: Prosecutors

District Attorney Nathan Hochman said his office hasn’t decided if it will seek the death penalty for Reiner, the AP said.

Hochman added that the death penalty decision “goes through a very rigorous process. We will be looking at all aggravating and mitigating circumstances,” the outlet noted.

Notably, Reiner’s not guilty plea is common for criminal defendants at this stage of a case, the AP said.

Reiner’s high-powered former attorney, Alan Jackson, said last month he had to quit the case due to “circumstances beyond our control — but more importantly beyond Nick’s control.”

Jackson added at the time that he was “legally and ethically prohibited from explaining all the reasons why” he withdrew from the case but noted that he and his team “remain deeply, deeply committed to Nick Reiner and his best interests.”

Jackson also told reporters that “we’re not just convinced — we know — that the legal process will reveal the true facts of the circumstances surrounding this case, Nick’s case” and that “we’ve investigated this matter top to bottom, back to front. What we’ve learned — and you can take this to the bank — is that pursuant to the laws of this state, pursuant to the law in California, Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder. Print that! Print that!”

Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian said Monday that his office is still awaiting a full autopsy report in the case, but all other evidence has been turned over to the defense, the AP noted.

Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said in initial findings, the outlet also reported, adding that authorities said they were killed hours before the bodies were discovered.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama both made recent statements pertaining to necessary limitations around immigration.

At the Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 14, the former Secretary of State said, “There is a legitimate reason to have a debate about things like migration. It went too far. It’s been disruptive and destabilizing, and it needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don’t torture and kill people.”

In the same weekend, the former president shared a similar sentiment on the “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen” podcast: “We’re a nation of laws. We have borders, and we’ve got to figure out an immigration policy that is orderly and that is fair and is enforced in a sensible way that is compatible with our values. … We’ve got to accommodate the reality that the majority of the American people think that there’s a difference between somebody who’s a U.S. citizen and somebody who’s not, and that they want an orderly immigration system.”

While some perceived these statements as backtracking on their former rhetoric, BlazeTV host John Doyle says these big Democrat players haven’t backtracked — or even softened — their immigration stance at all.

“What this rhetoric is, first of all, is a strategy,” he says.

All this talk of secure borders and orderly systems, he argues, isn’t contrition or concession but rather calculated damage control after Democrats suffered politically from their mass migration policies.

“When they’re making this kind of sentiment more publicly known, that is not because they’re actually thinking about renegotiating, going back to the drawing board, taking the whole thing back to formula, reworking their immigration policy. This is about securing gains. That’s all it is,” Doyle says.

“This is about taking your chips and cashing out and saying, ‘Hey, we’re not crazy. We’re not running on that platform anymore. We just want it to be humane.”’

He expresses concern that many Americans — specifically those who have been “propagandized into wanting to believe that the Democrats are the good guys” — will be duped by this false humility.

“The answer from Republicans has to just be calling them out on this and doubling down and saying, like, ‘OK, put your money where your mouth is, then. Why are you impeding ICE? Why are you flirting with secession rhetoric, civil war rhetoric?”’ he declares.

“There has been no meaningful opposition from the Democrat Party to mass immigration. They understand it is the best thing that could ever happen to them politically,” he adds, claiming that “anti-elite, anti-exceptionalism, egalitarianism, state-enforced equality” are ideologies they “have no intention of ever going back on.”

When “big players” like Hillary Clinton and Obama “get into a microphone and say, ‘No, no, no, no — that stuff is extreme; we’re not that guy anymore. … But it does have to be humane,”’ it’s a “weapon,” he says, to secure their past gains on immigration, calm anxious swing voters, pull moderates back into the Democrat fold, and set a trap for Republicans to ease up on enforcement.

It’s “the perfect recipe,” Doyle says.

To hear more of his commentary, watch the video above.

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Blaze Media fans, mark your calendars! Tomorrow night, President Trump will deliver the 2026 State of the Union address. The speech starts at 9 p.m. ET, but we’ve got an entire evening planned just for you.

With pre- and post-speech shows featuring some of our top talent, including Allie Beth Stuckey, Stu Burguiere, Steve Deace, and more of your favorite BlazeTV hosts, this is an event you don’t want to miss.

The SOTU goes way deeper than mere policy updates. Virtue, sovereignty, and constitutional limits — these are the pillars that must stand if we’re to survive as a nation.

While many will be reacting to the speech, Blaze Media will be asking the questions that matter most: Are we still one nation under God? Are we strengthening families? Preserving liberty? Living with moral responsibility?

We’re diving into the full gamut of issues: the housing crisis and its impact on family formation, immigration and national sovereignty, the limits and proper role of government, and other critical topics.

Don’t miss out! Join us for the pre-show at 7:30 p.m. ET as our hosts set the stage for what’s sure to be a historic speech, and stick around for our 10 p.m. ET post-show, where the hosts will dissect Trump’s address and field personal questions from BlazeTV subscribers.

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A man who was being honored at an award show caused controversy by yelling “n*****” while two black actors were on stage.

A movie about a man with Tourette’s syndrome won multiple awards over the weekend at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, Britain’s Oscars equivalent.

‘Tourette’s makes you say that?’

John Davidson, the inspiration for the film, was in the audience to see “I Swear” take home three trophies, but the event was not without controversy related to his affliction.

Jarring outburst

As actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting the award for best visual effects — the first award of the night — Davidson was heard yelling the N-word, causing an abrupt pause in the show until Lindo decided to carry on with the presentation.

According to the Mirror, Davidson was also heard shouting phrases like “shut the f**k up” and “boring” during the award show, and even said “f**k you” during the presentation for the best children’s and family film.

However, several Hollywood personalities took issue with Davidson’s racial slur, with one even saying it was not an accident.

RELATED: With Sundance gone, Utah bets on AI film festival as a force for ‘social change’

‘Infuriating’ reaction

After writer Jemele Hill asked if “Black people are just supposed to be ok with being disrespected and dehumanized so that other people don’t feel bad,” actor Wendell Pierce (“The Wire”) added that he felt the reason behind the cursing did not matter.

“It’s infuriating that the first reaction wasn’t complete and full throatted [sic] apologies to Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan,” he wrote on X. “The insult to them takes priority. It doesn’t matter the reasoning for the racist slur.”

Actor and singer Jamie Foxx took his statements one step further and claimed Davidson meant what he said.

“Nah he meant that s**t,” Foxx wrote in response to the video on Instagram, the Guardian reported.

Foxx made additional comments, including, “Out of all the words, you could’ve said Tourette’s makes you say that?” Foxx added, followed by, “Unacceptable.”

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Royal ruckus

Davidson has been a well-known activist for his syndrome in the U.K. for decades since he appeared in a BBC documentary in 1989 called “John’s Not Mad.”

He has previously admitted that he yelled, “F**k the Queen,” when he met the late monarch.

According to advocacy group Tourette Association of America, the phenomenon is known as coprolalia and affects a small percentage of those with Tourette’s.

The inability to control “obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks” comes from the “overwhelming urge” to twitch, shout, or swear.

“The particular manifestation of such language may have to do with the individual’s stronger emotional content in certain parts of the brain” but is “not indicative of their personal convictions (such as in the context of racial slurs).”

The BBC apologized for the remarks heard on air, with a spokesperson saying, “Some viewers may have heard strong and offensive language during the BAFTA Film Awards 2026. This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette’s syndrome, and was not intentional. We apologise for any offence caused by the language heard.”

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The race for the governor’s office in California has seen a shake-up, according to a new poll that has a Democratic candidate taking over the number two spot.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) is now leading the Democratic pack, while on the Republican side, Fox News contributor Steve Hilton has been able to pull ahead of Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco.

‘The Republican electorate in California is split. … Democratic voters have not yet clearly coalesced around one candidate.’

However, 21% of the California electorate continues to be undecided and could completely upend the contest after more voters pick a candidate.

California has an open primary system that has the two top candidates, regardless of party affiliation, proceed to go head-to-head in the general election.

Hilton garnered support from 17% of the respondents to the Emerson College/Inside California Politics survey, while Swalwell came in at 14%, which is tied with the 14% supporting Bianco.

Bianco has been hammered by Hilton for being photographed kneeling with protesters during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and for skipping a gubernatorial debate.

Former Rep. Katie Porter (D) came in third place in the poll with 10% support, but that is a drop from the 11% she garnered in Dec. 2025. Porter’s campaign has been stymied by reports that she harassed her staff and also from damaging accusations from her ex-husband.

Billionaire leftist Tom Steyer saw a surge from his ad spending in California, but he still came in fourth place despite more than doubling his support from 4% two months ago to 9% in the current poll.

“The Republican electorate in California is split between Steve Hilton (38%) and Chad Bianco (37%), while Hilton also picks up a plurality of independent voter support at 22%,” said Emerson College Polling executive director Spencer Kimball.

“Democratic voters have not yet clearly coalesced around one candidate: 23% of Democrats support Eric Swalwell, 14% support Porter, 12% Steyer and 22% are undecided,” he added.

RELATED: California Democrats crushed by backlash against tax proposal to replace revenue lost by electric car mandate

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom got some bad news in the new poll as well.

His approval rating has dropped from 47% to 44%, while his disapproval rating has spiked from 39% to 45%, for a net approval rating crashing down 9 percentage points.

Californians were decidedly negative toward President Donald Trump according to the poll — 62% disapproved of the president, while 32% approved.

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President Donald Trump has been falsely accused of racism since before his first term in the White House, but one CBS reporter suggested that no one has ever falsely accused the president of being racist — and press secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly called him out.

“Yesterday in his statement about Jesse Jackson, the president said, ‘Despite the fact that I’m falsely and consistently called a racist by the scoundrels and lunatics on the radical left, Democrats all, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way,’” CBS correspondent Ed O’Keefe recited from Trump’s Truth Social post — which was a tribute to the late Jesse Jackson — at a White House press briefing.

“Where or when does the president believe he’s been falsely called racist?” O’Keefe asked.

“You’re kidding, right?” Leavitt asked, stunned. “I will pull you a plethora of examples. I’m going to get my team in that room to start going through the internet of radical Democrats throughout the years, Ed, who have accused this president falsely of being a racist.”

“And I’m sure there’s many people in this room and on network television across the country who have accused him of the same. In fact, I know that because I’ve seen it with my own eyes,” she added.

“I realize what Ed O’Keefe is trying to do here,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments. “He’s trying to say, ‘Well, he’s never been falsely accused. We were always dead on the money with that.’ And to that point, Ed O’Keefe himself called President Trump a racist.”

O’Keefe once posted on X that President Trump received “backlash and support over his racist tweets.”

While O’Keefe and many others in the Democratic Party believe Trump to be a racist, Jesse Jackson did not, and Gonzales plays a decades-old video of Jackson thanking Trump for being “inclusive” and creating a “comfort zone.”

“I don’t think I’m going to be able to recover after all of those racist remarks. Hear that racist rhetoric? Oh my gosh. Helping the NAACP, helping Jesse Jackson. Boy, if President Trump is a racist, he’s doing it very wrong,” Gonzales says.

“He is the worst racist in history. … He was rapped about in rap songs before he ran for president as a Republican. He has a very long history of black people in America actually loving him, singing about him, talking about him,” she continues.

“They thought he was the coolest until there was an R in front of his name, and then everyone had to hate him, and then we all had to pretend like he’s definitely a racist,” she adds.

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A growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales (R) to resign after damning text messages he apparently exchanged with a now-deceased staffer have come to light.

Gonzales first came under scrutiny in September after one of his district staffers, Regina Santos-Aviles, set herself on fire outside her Uvalde home, passing away from her injuries the following day. The Daily Mail later published an expose alleging an affair between Gonzales and Santos-Aviles, which he repeatedly brushed off as “personal smears.”

‘I am so sick of people not calling this crap out.’

The scandal recently resurfaced after news broke that back in April, several months before her death, Santos-Aviles apparently messaged a co-worker claiming to have had an “affair” with their “boss.”

Despite Gonzales’ attempts to shut down the story, another flurry of explicit texts that appear to be from the congressman to Santos-Aviles have only exacerbated the scandal.

RELATED: ‘Desperate rage’: Republican accuses lawyer of ‘blackmail’ amid affair rumors linked to staffer’s suicide

The newly released text messages appear to show Gonzales pressuring Santos-Aviles to “send [him] a sexy pic” and asking her to name her “favorite position.” Santos-Aviles seemed to push back on his advances, saying she didn’t “like taking pictures” of herself and that his line of questioning was “going too far boss.”

Attorney Robert Barrera — who is representing Santos-Aviles’ widower, Adrian Aviles — told Blaze News that these messages “appear valid.” Blaze News also reached out to Aviles to confirm the validity of the messages.

Gonzales’ office did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

RELATED: Texas Republican’s staffer fatally set herself on fire last year — text now seems to confirm their alleged affair

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As the scandal reaches a fever pitch, more and more Republicans are pressuring the Texas congressman to resign and bow out of his primary race against Brendon Herrera, a gun YouTuber who nearly unseated Gonzales in 2024.

“The entire Texas delegation, as well as every single other Member of Congress, should be condemning a sitting Member of Congress asking for explicit photos of their staff,” Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said in a post on X. “As a woman, this is really disgusting to see. Not to mention, it brings dishonor on the House of Representatives.”

“I am so sick of people not calling this crap out,” Luna added. “Again, like I’ve said before, this is not the only case of this crap up here. [Tony Gonzales], shame on you.”

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) offered a succinct response to the apparent messages: “RESIGN!”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) fell short of calling for Gonzales’ resignation but rather said he would need to address the allegations. Notably President Donald Trump endorsed Gonzales in December following the initial scandal and has not yet rescinded his endorsement.

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Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is still on the defensive after a humiliating performance at the Munich Security Conference.

The far-left firebrand was thoroughly ridiculed over a rambling non-response she made to an important question about current events and U.S. foreign policy.

‘I could give — whatever about that, to be honest.’

She offered a bizarre justification in a video on her Instagram account and tried to blame President Donald Trump in response to the criticism.

“If you think that I don’t understand foreign policy because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I pause to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exist on Earth,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “I’m afraid the issue’s not my understanding, but rather the problem is perhaps you’ve gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks and doesn’t care about the implications of his words before he speaks on matters like these.”

Both the president and Vice President JD Vance have mocked Ocasio-Cortez over the gaffe.

“After the president said that I was so smart,” Vance said Thursday, “and that I didn’t want to repeat our congresswoman who froze for 20 seconds over in Munich — now I’m tempted, sir, just to freeze for 20 seconds and just stare at the cameras. And maybe they’ll say nice things about me like they do about Congresswoman Cortez!”

Ocasio-Cortez was asked at the global conference to explain what the U.S. should do if China invaded Taiwan, a contentious possibility that many believe could become reality soon.

“Um, you know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is a, um, this is of course a very long-standing policy of the United States,” she stammered while pausing numerous times. “And I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point.”

RELATED: JD Vance mocks Ocasio-Cortez on her humiliating response to foreign policy query — and she lashes out at him

Many outlets noted that Ocasio-Cortez is widely considered to be trying to expand her name recognition in order to run for even higher office, including the presidency. She denied the suspicion after her embarrassing gaffe.

“Everyone’s got this story wrong, that this is about me running for president,” she said to the New York Times.

“I could give — whatever about that, to be honest,” she added.

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