Short term pain for long term gains says Republicans.
If you haven't notice, you see the costs of food, gas and life are increasing.
You are likely not able to take a vacation with the cost of gas, hotel expenses and insurance.
Oh, we also have a partial government shutdown. Those who work for the TSA and several other federal agencies are not getting paid for the work.
Travelers using our nation's airports are lashing out at TSA workers who are not getting paid for the 8 to 16 hours of work. Some are outright calling in sick or quitting.
People who are planning vacations are going to have frosty reception if they plan on traveling overseas to countries the U.S. damaged relationships with.
Who deserves the blame?
For Republicans, they will blame former president Joe Biden and Democrats for the economic turmoil.
In reality, President Donald J. Trump is totally responsible for all the chaos inflicted on the working class. The Americans are souring on the aggression in Iran. They are fed up with Israel leading us to World War III.
Even Republican voters who are not aligned with MAGA but with the America First movement have vowed to punish Trump come November.
But don't think the Democrats are off the hook. Many progressives are not tolerating this weak, ineffective and "wait and see approach" leadership. Progressives are not tolerating pro Israel Democrats and their generic responses to the chaos.
They are tired of performative acts by the lawmakers.
If you are only filling up gas and going to work and home, you're not alone.
If you are cutting back on doing things like keeping all the lights on at the house, stopping eating at fast food restaurants, not enjoying that gas station quick snack or even night at a bar, you are not alone.
White people who are raised in privilege are more likely to blow their finances without realizing the threat of uncertainty exists.
We are at a point where white leadership, billionaires, the well off and the war machine are no longer tolerated.
The war in Iran has really backfired with the president. Many see it as a distraction from him doing what he was elected to do.... lower the damn prices.
Another iconic figure passed away. Chuck Norris dies a week after he celebrates his birthday.
I can tell you that I met him when I won a trip to Florida to see the Republican presidential debate in 2007. Google, YouTube and CNN held a contest on videos that encouraged creators to submit ideas on what Republican candidate want to hear.
I went to St. Petersburg and it was the first and only time I took a flight. I landed in Tampa and got a luxury limousine to the luxury hotel near the Xcel Center.
I got to meet some creators who were Republican (even though I was a progressive Democratic voter). I was then supportive of Ron Paul. I was against the war in Iraq and was laser focused on the declining infrastructure in Ohio.
Had I known about Paul's white nationalist ties I would have never backed him.
Eventually I backed Barack Obama and he would win.
I met Republican candidates like Mike Huckabee, Matt Romney, John McCain and Ron Paul. I got an opportunity to even meet actor and media personality Chuck Norris.
Norris endorsed Huckabee for president before eventually backing John McCain who ended up the nominee. Norris is a lifelong member of the Republican Party. He was supportive of McCain, Romney and later President Donald J. Trump.
Norris was a nice man. We posed in a picture and I got an autograph for my former boss at my previous job. He also did a special shout out to her.
Norris who is a martial artist, pitchman, former stuntman, ordain minister, actor and media personality who was best known for sparring with Bruce Lee and his CBS action cop show, Walker, Texas Ranger has passed away at the age of 86.
Norris, q martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86.
Norris died Thursday, in what his family described as a “sudden passing.”
“While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace,” the family said in a statement posted to social media.
Before he would become a star in movies and on TV, Norris was wildly successful in competitive martial arts. He was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middleweight Karate champion. He also founded his own Korean-based American hard style of karate, known sometimes as Chun Kuk Do, and the United Fighting Arts Federation, which has awarded more than 3,300 Chuck Norris System black belts worldwide. Black Belt magazine ultimately credited Norris in its hall of fame with holding a 10th degree black belt, the highest possible honor.
Basically, he was capable of putting a serious hurt on people. He was one of few who had been trained to spot death points in martial arts.
I'm Chuck Norris, who like to know!
Born Carlos Ray Norris in Ryan, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1940, he grew up poor. At age 12, he moved with his family to Torrance, California, and joined the U.S. Air Force after high school, in 1958. It was during a deployment to Korea that he started training in martial arts, including judo and Tang Soo Do.
“I went out for gymnastics and football at North Torrance high,” he told The Associated Press in 1982. “I played some football, but I also spent a lot of time on the bench. I was never really athletic until I was in the service in Korea.”
After he was honorably discharged in 1962, he worked as a file clerk for Northrop Aircraft and applied to be a police officer, but was put on a waitlist. Meanwhile, he opened a martial arts studio, which expanded to a chain, with students including such stars as Bob Barker, Priscilla Presley, Donny and Marie Osmond, and Steve McQueen, whom he later credited with encouraging him to get into acting.
From one studio to another
Norris made his film debut as an uncredited bodyguard in the 1968 movie “The Wrecking Crew,” which included a fight with Dean Martin. He had also crossed paths with Bruce Lee in martial arts circles. Their friendship — sometimes, as sparring partners — led to an iconic faceoff in the 1972 movie “Return of the Dragon,” in which Lee fights and kills Norris’ character in Rome’s Colosseum.
He went on to act in more than 20 movies, such as “Missing in Action,” “The Delta Force” and “Sidekicks.”
“I wanted to project a certain image on the screen of a hero. I had seen a lot of anti-hero movies in which the lead was neither good nor bad. There was no one to root for,” Norris said in 1982.
In 1993, he took on his most famed role, as a crime-fighting lawman in TV’s “Walker, Texas Ranger.” The show ran for nine seasons, and in 2010, then-Gov. Rick Perry awarded him the title of honorary Texas Ranger. The Texas Senate later named him an honorary Texan.
“It’s not violence for violence’s sake, with no moral structure,” Norris told the AP in 1996, speaking about the show. “You try to portray the proper meaning of what it’s about — fighting injustice with justice, good vs. bad. … It’s entertaining for the whole family.”
Norris also made a surprise comedic appearance as a decisive judge in the final match of the 2004 movie “Dodgeball.” He only on occasion had taken acting roles in recent years, including 2012’s “The Expendables 2” and the 2024 sci-fi action movie “Agent Recon.” He’s due to appear in “Zombie Plane,” an upcoming film starring Vanilla Ice.
Chuck Norris: the man, the meme, the legend
It was around the time of “Dodgeball” that his toughman image became the stuff of legend, literally: “Chuck Norris Facts” went viral online with such wildly hyperbolic statements as, “Chuck Norris had a staring contest with the sun — and won,” and, “They wanted to put Chuck Norris on Mt. Rushmore, but the granite wasn’t tough enough for his beard.”
Norris ultimately embraced the absurdity of the meme craze, putting together “The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book,” which combined his favorites with supposedly true stories and the codes he aimed to live by. He would also write books on martial arts instruction, a memoir, political takes, Civil War-era historical fiction and more.
You knew the kick when he did it.
“To some who know little of my martial arts or film careers but perhaps grew up with ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ it seems that I have become a somewhat mythical superhero icon,” Norris wrote in the forward to the “Fact Book.” “I am flattered and humbled.”
That book raised money for a nonprofit he founded with President George H.W. Bush that promoted martial arts instruction for kids.
The intentionally outlandish statements featured in the 2008 Republican presidential primary, when Norris endorsed Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and shot an ad playing on the “Chuck Norris facts.”
“Chuck Norris doesn’t endorse. He tells America how it’s going to be,” Huckabee said in the campaign ad.
President Donald Trump’s supporters later promoted Trump Facts in the same vein, and political pundits tried it as well, describing the commander-in-chief’s decision to seize Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolas Maduro, as a “Chuck Norris Moment,” and its initial effect on oil prices a “Chuck Norris Premium.”
Norris was outspoken about his Christian beliefs and his support for gun rights, and backed political candidates for years — he even went skydiving with Bush for the former president’s 80th birthday. As for Trump, Norris endorsed him in the 2016 general election and wrote guest columns praising him without explicitly endorsing him the in the days before the 2020 and 2024 elections.
Norris is survived by five children: stunt performers Mike and Eric with his late ex-wife Dianne Holechek, twins Dakota and Danilee with his wife Gena Norris, and Dina, the result of an early 1960s “one-night stand” revealed in his autobiography.
Norris celebrated his birthday just over a week before his death, posting a sparring video on Instagram.
Ohio officially bans THC beverages and certain marijuana edibles. State has a declining population, low job growth, stagnant wages and poor infrastructure. Republicans care more about vices than fixing this fucking state.
Sharia Law isn't in Ohio.
But we might as well have it because white Christian nationalist Republicans and their token Blacks are running Ohio into the ground with laws that impose their fucked up perversion of Christianity. Instead of trying to mind their business, keeping religion out of state laws, worrying about fixing the roads and growing the state, they want to your personal lives. They want to get into your bedroom, your doctor's office, your smoking venue and your adult content.
Vice is more important to Republicans than bring jobs, fixing roads and making Ohioans have better paychecks.
Oh, Democrat Amy Acton is leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio governor race. Still speculative due to Ohio being a Republican stronghold now.
As he wraps up his second term as governor of Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine and state Republicans decided to defy the voters who approved the resolution to legalize all brands of canibus and marijuana consumption in the public.
Just like the Ohio resolution that codifies Roe vs. Wade, the Republicans in state legislation will just push for more draconian regulations to override the will of the people.
Even their stupid adult content verification law is having an effects on content creators from this state. People who struggling with this crappy economy are turning to adult content to generate revenue. Some of the content is through OnlyFans, PornHub, Fansly and XVideos to create videos to promote adult entertainment.
It is a parent's responsibility to choose what children see online. Why is Ohio meddling in the business of a parent or legal guardian?
Starting today, Ohio will ban THC infused beverages, lowering marijuana intakes and the rollback of grow. Instead of having 12 public marijuana plants, they reduced to five or six.
They also imposed arrestable offense to obtaining marijuana based products from states that legalized all products. Michigan, Illinois, New York and Missouri have no regulations on consumption unless operating in a vehicle.
Ohio now prohibits anyone from purchasing any THC drinks or edibles from states that allow it.
The governor's executive order and Republican passed legislation has placed bans on marijuana branded edibles. A push to draft a resolution to overturn this SB 56 law that DeWine signed failed to generate signatures.
Until then the law in place.
Opponents of Ohio Republican lawmakers’ attempt to ban intoxicating hemp products and change the state’s voter-passed recreational marijuana law failed to collect enough signatures to put a referendum on the ballot this year to block it.
Ohioans for Cannabis Choice would not say how many signatures they gathered. They needed to collect 248,092 signatures and also needed to gather 3% of an individual county’s gubernatorial turnout in 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties to get on the Nov. 3 ballot.
“Unfortunately, we were not able to overcome a truncated time period to give voters the chance to say no to government overreach,” Dennis Willard, spokesperson for Ohioans for Cannabis Choice said in a statement.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost initially rejected the referendum’s summary language in January, but approved it in early February after Ohioans for Cannabis Choice made changes to the language.
JD Vance (now Vice President), Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Gov. Mike DeWine, Jon Husted (now U.S. Senator) and Fran DeWine. This is during DeWine's 2022 reelection campaign.
The plan was to submit the collected signatures to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Thursday for him to verify the signatures. This was the deadline to submit signatures since Ohio Senate Bill 56 takes effect Friday and it will ban intoxicating hemp products — including THC-infused beverages.
DeWine signed the bill into law in December after he had been urging the lawmakers to do something about intoxicating hemp products for the past nearly two years.
On the federal level, Congress voted in November to ban products that contain 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container when they voted to reopen the government. Previously, the 2018 Farm Bill said hemp can be grown legally if it contains less than 0.3% THC.
There is a one-year implementation delay for the federal hemp ban, but states can create their own regulatory framework before then.
Ohio’s new law will change Ohio’s marijuana law by reducing the THC levels in adult-use marijuana extracts from a maximum of 90% down to a maximum of 70%, cap THC levels in adult-use flower to 35%, and prohibit smoking in most public places.
It will prohibit possessing marijuana in anything outside of its original packaging and criminalizes bringing legal marijuana from another state back to Ohio. The legislation also requires drivers to store marijuana in the trunk of their car while driving.
“Marijuana will be re-criminalized in Ohio, businesses will close, workers will lose their jobs, and consumers will be denied their right to products they should be able to purchase,” Willard said in a statement.
Ohioans voted to legalize marijuana in 2023, recreational sales started in August 2024, and sales totaled more than $836 million in 2025.
“Voters overwhelmingly supported legalizing cannabis in 2023,” Willard said in a statement. “It only makes sense that Gov. DeWine and state lawmakers should go back and ask those voters if they want to ban hemp and re-criminalize marijuana. We know, and our elected leaders know, the answer would be a resounding no.”
Ohio Cannabis Coalition and the Ohio Cannabis Coalition and Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol — the group behind Issue 2 on the 2023 ballot — opposed the attempted referendum.
Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, Republican from Lima said he was not surprised the referendum failed to get enough signatures.
“This would have had two sectors of the same community essentially, as we say, the hemp guys and the marijuana guys fighting against each other,” he told reporters Wednesday. “I don’t think it was viable from a financial standpoint for them to referendum that bill.”
Referendums are rare and the last one that passed in Ohio was when voters overturned an anti-collective bargaining law in 2011.
Progressives and labor union groups are shocked. The far right is seething with joy.
Cities that bare his name on schools, roads, bridges and scholarships will now have to retool it.
He will be recognized for labor rights. His legacy will be forever tarnished.
Now if they can cancel César Chavez, then we can cancel John Wayne and Christopher Columbus. Well, we got to wait for a Democratic president and a Congress that has no John Fetterman in sight.
Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez, the widely admired Latino icon who brought to light the struggles of farmhands while leading the United Farm Workers union.
The stunning allegations against Chavez, who died more than three decades ago, drew immediate calls to alter memorials honoring the man who in the 1960s helped secure better wages and working conditions for farmworkers and has been long revered by many Democratic leaders in the U.S.
In a statement released Wednesday, Huerta said she stayed silent for 60 years out of concern that her words would hurt the farmworker movement.
Huerta described two sexual encounters with Chavez, one where she was “manipulated and pressured” and another where she was “forced against my will.”
Her dying wish is let the world know the shady side of the César Chavez story.
“I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was life’s work. The formation of a union was the only vehicle to accomplish and secure those rights and I wasn’t going to let César or anyone else get in the way,” she said.
Huerta, who is a labor rights legend in her own right, joined Chavez in 1962 to co-found the National Farm Workers Association, which became the United Farm Workers of America.
For many, they were akin to Martin Luther King. Jr. and Rosa Parks because of their work advocating for racial equality and civil rights.
The New York Times first reported Wednesday that it found Chavez groomed and sexually abused young girls who worked in the movement. Huerta, too, revealed to the newspaper that she was a victim of the abuse in her 30s.
Huerta later said both sexual encounters with Chavez led to pregnancies, which she kept secret, and that she arranged for the children to be raised by other families. “No one knew the full truth about how they were conceived until just a few weeks ago,” she said in her statement.
Huerta said she did not know that Chavez hurt other women and condemned his actions but emphasized that the farmworker movement is bigger than one person.
“César’s actions do not diminish the permanent improvements achieved for farmworkers with the help of thousands of people,” Huerta said in her statement. “We must continue to engage and support our community, which needs advocacy and activism now more than ever.”
Chavez’s family said in a statement that they are devastated by the news and “wish peace and healing to the survivors and commend their courage to come forward.”
“We carry our own memories of the person we knew. Someone whose life included work and contributions that matter deeply to many people,” the statement said.
Leaders reconsider celebrations honoring Chavez
Streets, schools and parks across the Southwest bear Chavez’s name. California became the first state to commemorate his birthday, and in 2014, then-President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31 as national César Chavez Day.
President Joe Biden had a bronze bust of Chavez installed in the Oval Office when he moved into the White House. Neither Biden nor Obama have yet commented on the allegations.
But otherwise, reactions Wednesday were swift from many in both parties.
Days before the allegations were revealed publicly, several César Chavez celebrations in San Francisco, Texas and in his home state of Arizona were canceled at the request of the César Chavez Foundation. Organizers of canceled events did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will not observe the César Chavez Day holiday and that he will urge the state Legislature to remove it altogether.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was still processing the news. The Democratic governor wouldn’t commit to making any changes to the state holiday, saying the farmworker movement was much more than Chavez. “It’s about labor. It’s about social justice, economic justice, racial justice.”
A spokesperson for Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said she has declined to recognize March 31 as César Chavez Day as she has in the two prior years. César Chavez Day isn’t a state holiday in Arizona.
Next week, the Phoenix City Council is set to vote on whether to rename the March 31 holiday, as well as buildings and city streets that bear Chavez’s name. The mayor and two city council members want the holiday to be renamed Farmworkers Day.
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller ordered a review of how Chavez is recognized across the city. And U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, a New Mexico Democrat, said: “His name should be removed from landmarks, institutions and honors.”
Born in Yuma, Arizona, Chavez grew up in a Mexican American family that traveled around California picking lettuce, grapes, cotton and other seasonal crops. He died in California in 1993 at age 66.
Chavez is known nationally for his early organizing in the fields, a hunger strike, a grape boycott and eventual victory in getting growers to negotiate with farmworkers for better wages and working conditions.
The César Chavez Foundation pledged unequivocal support for the labor leader’s victims on Wednesday and said that -- with the Chavez family’s support -- the organization will figure out its identity going forward.
“We are committed to restorative justice and healing for those who have been harmed, and to ensure our organization reflects the dignity and safety every person deserves,” the foundation said in a statement.
Latino civil rights leaders weigh allegations
Latino leaders and community groups are now weighing the impact of Chavez’s actions on the labor rights movement while emphasizing that the farmworker movement was led by thousands who came together to fight for justice.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, a civil rights organization, released a statement condemning any form of sexual violence, stating that “no individual, regardless of statue or legacy is above accountability.” Similarly, leaders from the nonprofit Voto Latino said in a statement that no matter his legacy or historical framing Chavez’s actions are inexcusable. But, they said, the news does not erase the work done by others.
“The women who organized, marched, and sacrificed alongside farmworkers carried this movement on their backs,” Voto Latino said.
U.S. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, issued a statement saying she was heartbroken and deeply disturbed by the stories of women who say they were abused.
The United Farm Workers union quickly distanced itself from annual celebrations of its founder, calling the allegations troubling.
In a statement Tuesday, the union said allegations of “abuse of young women or minors” were concerning enough to urge people around the country to participate in immigration justice events or acts of service instead of the typical events in March to commemorate Chavez’s legacy.
Because I won a case, cause I won... cuz I got high!
You thought you were gonna win a case, but I know my rights, my rights....
The unfortunate rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court.
If a law enforcement agency raids a property under a warrant or a sense of danger, they are likely not required to pay for the damages they inflict upon your home.
They often push it on the insurance companies and the city or county if you're lucky.
This is why qualified immunity is needed to be eliminated. Police officers must be held accountable for actions when they conduct police business.
So in order to recoup losses, you make a music video mocking the situation. Now the deputies feelings are hurt and they decide to sue. Well, it did not work.
Mr. Joseph Foreman, you can smoke easy now knowing that you will be the scurage of Adams County, Ohio. The rapper and media personality known as Afroman was found not liable for damages against several Adams County Deputies.
The Adams County Sheriff’s Department raided Afroman's home in 2022. The acted on a no knock warrant signed off by a judge. The deputies broke down his door claiming they were alerted to a tip of drugs and kidnapping.
When they entered his home, security cameras were rolling as they rummaged through the home. The deputies were also accused of stealing $400 from him.
Instead of getting reimbursement from the Sheriff’s Office, he was told to file it with the insurance companies. So since they refused to pay, he decided to vent his anger on the mic.
Afroman is a rapper, comedian and media personality.
He lives in Cherry Fork which is 35 miles from Cincinnati.
The lawsuit was filed by several Adams County sheriff's deputies after a raid on the rapper's house and a song he wrote afterward called "Lemon Pound Cake. The song's video used surveillance footage from the raid.
The jury ruled in favor of Afroman and against the deputies on Wednesday.
Deputy Lisa Phillips tearfully tells the court, Afroman's mocking of her ruined her reputation. Afroman retorted that as a public servant, you disgraced yourself by your actions at my home.
Foreman said he created the song and video to recover losses after deputies broke his front gate and caused other damage while searching the property. Foreman was not charged with any crimes following the raid.
The deputies sued, saying the video and related publicity subjected them to ridicule, mental distress and danger, including anonymous death threats. They also accuse Afroman of making false statements.
The jury began deliberating shortly before noon. The trial began Monday and wrapped up Wednesday morning.
During his closing argument, attorney Robert Kiplinger asked the jury for specific amounts of money for each of the seven plaintiffs based on how much pain and suffering they went through.
The highest amount is requested for Lisa Phillips at $1.5 million. Brian Newland and Randy Walters are each seeking $1 million. Lastly, Kiplinger asked jurors to award $400,000 to be divided among Shawn Grooms, Shawn Cooley, Justin Cooley and Mike Estep.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is chosen to be the replacement for Homeland Security secretary. He will be likely confirmed with 53 members and Sen. John Fetterman (I-PA) backing his confirmation.
If the vote break reaches 50, Vice President JD Vance will vote if any Republicans get wobbly on confirming Mullin.
Mullin is a white man who is part Cherokee. He is one of four members in the Congress.
A member of the Cherokee Nation, Mullin is the first Native American U.S. senator since Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired in 2005. He is also the second Cherokee citizen elected to the Senate since 1925. From 2013 to 2023, Mullin served as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district.
Well it seems like Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Rand Paul (R-KY) could hinder Mullin's nomination. Mind you, they are considered colleagues not friends.
Mullin has to make a case to fellow senators Wednesday that he would be a steady hand for a department roiled by controversy under Kristi Noem, but signaled he would follow President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration priorities and pushed back on concerns over his temperament for the Cabinet post.
The Oklahoma Republican faced questions from members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about his vision for a department tasked with carrying out the Republican administration’s push for mass deportations. Democrats have halted routine funds for the Department of Homeland Security in a weekslong standoff as they demand restraints on immigration officers after the death of at least three American citizens at the hands of federal agents.
Throughout his confirmation hearing, Mullin struck a soft tone on some of the administration’s most contentious policies, and he retracted his description of a Minneapolis man killed by federal officers as “deranged.” But his combative style, seen in a heated exchange with the committee chair, and loyalty to the president meant questions remained over how he might revamp a troubled department that is central to Trump’s deportation agenda.
“I can have different opinions with everybody in this room, but as secretary of homeland I’ll be protecting everybody,” Mullin said. “My goal in six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day.”
Mullin became emotional at some moments during the hearing and fought back at others, as he spoke of his family’s relationship with Trump and his own commitment to the president’s agenda.
The hearing was Mullin’s first opportunity since being nominated to present his plans in public for the government’s third-largest department. Noem was fired this month following mounting criticism of her leadership.
Mullin sheds light on his immigration views
Trump’s immigration agenda and Mullin’s plan to implement it are key issues for Democrats. Trump’s policy of mass deportations is at a crossroads, and Mullin will be under pressure to achieve Trump’s goals when the public mood has soured over aggressive immigration enforcement operations.
On whether DHS should meet a 3,000-a-day quota for the number of immigration arrests it makes, Mullin said none had been set for him.
He retracted comments he made about Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man shot by federal immigration officers and whom Mullin had called “deranged.”
“I shouldn’t have said that and as secretary, I wouldn’t,” he said.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is not giving Markwayne Mullin an easy road.
Mullin said officers would only use a warrant signed by a judge to forcibly enter homes to make arrests, except in limited circumstances. Federal officers have used administrative warrants to do so, raising concerns that constitutional protections are being skirted.
In his opening remarks and in answers to senators’ questions, Mullin called for the routine DHS funding to be restored.
“We have to get DHS funded,” Mullin told senators. “We have to realize that we’re putting our homeland and the peace of mind at risk for the American people.”
Committee chair says Mullin ‘applauds violence’
The first part of the hearing was marked by a fiery opening statement by Republican committee chair Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
Paul challenged Mullin’s fitness for the role, pointing to comments Mullin made after a funding fight, when he called Paul a “freaking snake” and said he understood why a neighbor had tackled Paul in a lawn care dispute. That incident happened several years ago, and Paul suffered multiple broken ribs and later underwent surgeries he linked to the attack.
“I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force?” Paul said.
Mullin refused to back down to Paul, in a display that Trump is likely to expect and appreciate.
“For you to say I’m a liar, sir, that’s not accurate,” Mullin said.
Paul later said he would not vote for Mullin’s confirmation.
Separately, Michigan Sen. Gary Peters scrutinized past remarks he attributed to Mullin that suggested he’d been “involved in special security forces or combat operations overseas.”
Mullin said he was involved in an official trip but he couldn’t discuss details.
“It’s classified, sir,” Mullin replied, saying he had never revealed details about “the dates, location and mission.”
Peters said the FBI, which conducts background checks on executive nominees, said it has no record of his trip.
Ultimately, Mullin agreed to discuss the matter after the hearing in a private, classified setting.
Mullin, the Trump ally
Mullin is a former mixed martial arts fighter who ran a plumbing business in Oklahoma before running for Congress. If confirmed, he is expected to be a faithful ally for Trump’s agenda.
“Whether it be protecting the homeland from bad actors, stopping dangerous drugs from flowing into American communities, or removing the worst-of-the-worst criminal illegal aliens, Senator Mullin will work tirelessly to implement the President’s agenda,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in an emailed statement.
Peters said Democrats were asking for “straightforward” changes at DHS in line with rules and that police departments follow.
Peters underlined the challenges that Homeland Security is facing, from threats from Iran to criminal hackers, and said the department needed someone with a “steady hand.” But Peters said he had reservations about whether Mullin was ready for the job.
As the latest partial government shutdown drags on, there have been long security lines at a growing number of U.S airports as security screeners go into another month without pay. Republicans have charged that Democrats are risking the nation’s security by blocking funding to the department.
DHS endured turmoil under Noem
Under Noem, intense enforcement operations were launched in places including Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis, where immigrants were rounded up in arrest sweeps and protesters clashed with federal officers.
Activists and politicians accused DHS officers of smashing car windows, roughing up bystanders who tried to record their activities and detaining immigrants in squalid conditions. The shooting deaths contributed to the growing criticism of Trump’s immigration agenda.
DHS has said that its officers are responding with force only when necessary and it has blamed activists and politicians, who they say are dialing up the rhetoric against federal officers.
Mullin also faced questions about the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, which is in the middle of tumultuous changes after Trump said he wanted to overhaul the agency, if not eliminate it.
Mullin said he would look to “restructure” FEMA and not abolish it.
Under Noem’s leadership, all contracts above $100,000 had to wait for her approval. That led to long delays for states desperate for reimbursements for money they had spent on things such as storm debris removal.
Asked about that policy, Mullin said he would revoke it.
If he is confirmed, the Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt will pick a replacement. It look unlikely that Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) will be the successor. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) will now take the opportunity if he does get picked.
Here's a past reminder of how volatile Mullin is. He got into a heated confrontation with the Teamster president Sean O'Brien, the only labor union ally of the president.
MS NOW moves Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi in major shake up.
Midway Wrap Up in May.
MS NOW does the shake up in the quarter.
Ali Velshi will now be the permanent host of The 11th Hour on weeknights. Stephanie Ruhle who hosted the program since Brian Williams was forced out now will return to business and finance with a show at 9am.
The Morning Joe crew will reduce its four hour back to its normal three hours.
Chris Hayes will host All In five days a week. Occasional guest hosting is likely.
Rachel Maddow will continue hosting her Monday show. Jen Psaki will continue hosting the rest of the week (Tuesday to Friday).
Jacob Soboroff will be the weekend host that replaces Velshi. He will host 10am to 1pm.
Chris Jensing will leave her show and become MS NOW's chief political reporter and breaking news reporter.
Ana Cabrera is leaving MS NOW and it leaves a spot for someone to fill.
Alicia Menendez will leave The Weeknight and become the permanent host for the spot Jensing is leaving. She will host 12pm to 2pm before Katy Tur.
Luke Russert will be taking her place in the 7 p.m. hour alongside Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele.
MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler announced the changes on a network-wide editorial call early Wednesday — which will impact the entire lineup from early-morning to late night, as well as the weekends.
Weekdays
5:00am Way Too Early with Ali Vitali
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Evanston mayor Daniel Bliss wins Illinois congressional primary.
Withhold your vote.
They don't get it.
They are doing it with James Talarico and soon Daniel Bliss.
Democrats need to learn that if you want to continue the status quo, you will withhold your vote.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and allied groups heavily targeted Illinois Democratic primaries, spending millions to support candidates supportive of Israel.
AIPAC is a threat to the United States.
Kat Abughazaleh loses to Daniel Bliss in a closely watched primary in Illinois. I am angry that AIPAC and pro Israel Democrats are winning. They actually are going to depress turnout for the general election. Laura Fine, a candidate backed by AIPAC was defeated as well.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) retires and thus a crowd field.
Kat, an unapologetic progressives won over a base but she had Bushera Amiwala as a competitor too. Amiwala, a progressive carried at least 5% of the vote and AIPAC's last minute tactics made a big difference.
Bliss who supports Israel but wants restrictions had won by 5,000 votes. The progressives blame the rival who they also backed.
The Evanston mayor will have to win the general, which is likely but if progressive Democrats withhold their vote, then he will have a low turnout.
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton will be the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).
Stratton, backed by Gov. JB Pritzker is a Black woman. She beats two House members who both had AIPAC backing at some point. Reps. Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Raja Krishnamoorthi will be forced to retire since they lost to Stratton.
Progressive agitator Kat Abughazaleh defeated by Bliss in tight race.
Stratton is wishy washy on Israel as well. While she hasn't taken money from AIPAC, she has stated that that apartheid genocidal ethnostate has a right to defend itself and advocates for the farce "two state solution."
She vows to oppose Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as the leader at the start of the next session.
Melissa Bean, an AIPAC backed candidate beats Junaid Ahmed. Bean, a 64 year old career politician who lost to then Republican now Democrat Joe Walsh won the seat that Krishnamoorthi held. It was a fucked up situation to have this fossil win.
Donna Miller, a Cook County commissioner won against Robert Peters and Jesse Jackson, Jr. In this race, Miller had the backing of shadow AIPAC groups and the establishment. Peters had the backing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), IfNotNow, TrackAIPAC, J Street and CAIR.
Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions.
Republicans continue to offer extremely unpopular ideas. They will find out the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies.
Former president Joe Biden, former vice president Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party failed at understanding what is more important to the country. President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance and the Republican Party have already failed at understanding as well.
Both parties support of Israel had made some Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters vote against them. Israel has cost Biden a second term and Harris a historical victory.
Juliana Stratton wins the primary to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.
If you care about the future and want to voice your frustration with your federal officials, let 2026 be the call to action.
The call center to the White House and Congress should still be the same.
The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police.
Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. You want no more qualified immunity for police officers who use deadly force when it's not justified. Let them know that deporting law abiding immigrants seeking refuge is inhumane. You want the U.S. to improve the immigration process. You want the U.S. lawmakers stop dehumanizing human beings. You want the U.S. to prove to the world its a beacon of freedom. You want our American military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stop harassing people (regardless of nationality) out of our cities. You want the U.S. military out of the Middle East and every fucking international conflict in the world. Let them know that you are no longer tolerating Israel as a legitimate country. You want the complete dissolution and elimination of the apartheid genocidal ethnostate of Israel. You demand an end to the platitudes and the talk of a two state solution. You want a single state of Palestine. You want legislation to focus on lowering the cost of rent, lowering the cost of food, lowering the cost of hospital visits, improving healthcare and building relationships with other nations. Let them know that you tired of being lectured about oppresive regimes overseas when the very people running our state and federal government are doing the same in real time. Let them know that you will not tolerate a government shutdown which affects federal services for Americans in need or in support of services. Let them know that pulling out of the UN Human Rights Organization, World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accords will put the U.S. in danger when catastrophic event happen. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel and Ukraine. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism because you support the freedom of Palestinians. You are tired of the propaganda being forced on your media platforms.
We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire, a weapons embargo, sanctions and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more domestic or foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists and special interest groups.
Blockhead Joe Kent resigns from Trump’s sinking ship.
A white nationalist politician turned intelligence analysis has officially resigned as the Director of National Counterterrorism.
Joe Kent announced he is resigning telling President Donald J. Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that the U.S. is not focused. He said that he in good conscience cannot work under the administration's narrative.
Kent, who became the Republican nominee after he defeated lawmaker Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state. He would lose to Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) in two contentious races.
Kent courted prominent white nationalists and posed recently for a photograph with a media personality who has previously described Adolf Hitler as a “complicated historical figure” who “many people misunderstand.”
An Associated Press review of internet postings, court records and campaign finance disclosures depict a candidate with a more complicated biography than the compelling personal story that turned the 42-year-old Kent into a favorite of conservative media.
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this… pic.twitter.com/prtu86DpEr
Kent, a far right politician and former CIA paramilitary officer, quit as head of the National Counterterrorism Center, alleging the United States went to war "due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby" and that Trump had been duped by a "misinformation campaign."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back, writing that Kent's resignation letter was riddled with "false claims" and that Trump "had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first."
Kent is the first U.S. official to resign over the war, now in its 18th day.
Trump called Kent a "nice guy" but said if he didn't feel that Iran was a threat to the United States and the rest of the world with its nuclear-weapons program that he didn't want him in his administration.
“I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security,” Trump said. “When I read his statement, I realized that it’s a good thing that he’s out because he said Iran was not a threat. Every country recognized Iran was a threat. The question was whether they wanted to do something about it.”
Trump appointed Kent to his counterterrorism position in February 2025, praising him as “a Soldier, Green Beret, and CIA Officer, Joe has hunted down terrorists and criminals his entire adult life. … Joe will help us keep America safe by eradicating all terrorism, from the jihadists around the World, to the cartels in our backyard.”
The beautiful Kiki Shepard passed away from a massive heart attack.
The longtime co host of Showtime at the Apollo has passed away.
You remember Kiki Shepard for being the lovely Black woman who often judges the performers who appear on the Apollo stage during its talent show.
She co hosted with Rick Aviles, Sinbad, Steve Harvey and Mark Curry.
Shepard (born Chiquita Renee Shepard) was an American television host, best known as the co-host of Showtime at the Apollo from 1987 to 2002.
Shepard was honored at the International Women's Day Gospel Brunch on March 8, 2026, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Shepard died on March 16, from a massive heart attack in Los Angeles, at the age of 74.
Shepard died on March 16, her representative confirmed to TMZ and Variety. USA TODAY has reached out to Shepard's representative.
From 1987 to 2002, Shepard co-hosted "Showtime at the Apollo," a long-running variety show filmed at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Known as the "Apollo Queen of Fashion," Shepard was celebrated for her onstage style alongside main hosts like Steve Harvey, Sinbad, and Mark Curry. She also had career stints as an actress and dancer.
Shepard and her two sisters grew up as baton twirlers, majorettes, and dancers. Her parents were former competitive dancers before becoming teachers in Tyler, according to a 1994 article in The Tyler Courier-Times.
She went on to graduate from Howard University in Washington, D.C., with a bachelor's degree in business administration, according to her nonprofit organization, The KIS Foundation.
While in college, Shepard was a member of the D.C. Repertory Dance Company and joined the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, according to the Chula-Vista Star News, Tyler Courier-Times and The KIS Foundation.
Shepard began her career in theatre productions in Washington, D.C. and New York and danced at the 1977 Academy Awards, according to the Chula-Vista Star News. She also danced on Broadway for ten years alongside stars like Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, she said in a 2023 appearance on "Sherri."
During her time on "Showtime at the Apollo," Shepard made her foray into television, appearing on shows like "Baywatch," "Sirens" and "Thunder in Paradise," according to The Tyler Courier-Times. She later hosted the weekly talent show "Live in Hollywood."
This fossil cannot focus on issues in his district. He wants to gas people up over conspiracy theories and religious bigotry. Oh by the way, he wants your children to fight for Israel.
It usually starts with the most dangerous individuals running our government.
White men are the most dangerous people on the planet. The Republican Party and any far right politicial party in the United States and Western world have brought nothing but chaos to the rest of the world. They are so entitled to their beliefs that being white, Christian, Jewish, straight, privileged and provocaturs of chaos is "God's law."
Most of the world is not buying this shit any longer.
President Donald J. Trump has finally made the world realize that the United States is in need of a serious wake up call. White men cannot lead our nation much longer.
Any person born between 1941 to 1979 is incapable changing their views of the world.
They grew up in generation where they are programmed to hate, fear and not understand that on this planet, we all have a place.
I am so tired of the U.S. being involved in these neverending distractions.
We have a looming economic collapse happening and it's all because of Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Republicans, Democrats and the junk food media.
They want to give you their take on how the world runs. Unfortunately, they are too polarized to focus on solving the most simplest domestic problems.
Fixing the potholes in America's roads.
Lowering grocery prices.
Making insurance and healthcare affordable.
Taking on the private equity companies that are destroying long established companies.
We are closing in on $4 gallon of fuel in the Midwest. In the Northeast we got prices at $4.25 a gallon. In the South we are closing in on $3.55 a gallon of fuel. In the Northwest we are riding towards $5 a gallon. In the Mountain states we got $4.35 a gallon. In California we are riding over $6 a gallon for fuel.
Enter Keith Self, the U.S. Representative of Texas' 3rd District. He represents the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. His district is located in McKinney, Commerce, Plano, Greenville, Melissa and Famersville.
He is one of the many ineffective lawmakers who get elected by the voters just because he is a Republican. Instead of holding him accountable for his job, they just vote because he has a fucking label to the electoral ballot.
Self is 72 years old. He grew up in segregated Philadelphia before moving to Texas.
He was raised around his kind where he generated this notion the people of color, those in the LGBTQ community any religion that is not Christian is considered an enemy.
He uses his First Amendment to call for deporting, murdering and punishing those he deem an enemy to his white privilege.
The Caucus of Idiots.
Back in the day, he used to be a judge for Collin County, Texas. He was well respected at the bench. He served in the Army Rangers and Special Core. He never seen a dead body or engaged with a person where he had to kill. He has never experienced the traumas of war or watching people die in sight.
He is willing to send your sons and daughters to war. A war for fucking Israel.
He was raised to look down on others.
Self is critical of Islam, posting on X “Islam is tearing the fabric of American values like faith, family, and freedom.” In September 2025, Self shared a post from Laura Loomer, a conservative activist and self-described "proud Islamophobe", accusing Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, and sharia, or Islamic law.
Reps. Keith Self (R-TX)and Randy Fine (R-FL) have introduced a bill which would ban sharia from the United States.
In November 2025, Self delivered an anti-Islam speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. Self condemned sharia as "a culture of violence and domination, totally anathema to the concept of individual freedom." Self further said “While Western civilization has evolved, Islam has not. Islam is stuck in the 8th century, and if they succeed at imposing their beliefs on us, we will be dragged back into the Dark Age.”
In December 2025, Self and Chip Roy announced the "Sharia Free America Caucus". The caucus supports legislation banning "adherents of sharia" from the United States and designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
Self has said that sharia has "taken over" France and the United Kingdom, and that anti-sharia legislation would protect the United States from this alleged threat.
What is taking over our country is incompetence,
White America, you got to look at who you elect to represent your country.
Self was elected on noise. He thinks that his constituents will just ignore how ineffective he is as a lawmaker. Maybe so, but I am not going to let it slide.
We must push an agenda to force Congress to stop focusing on distractions and bring attention to domestic issues only. If being America First means focusing on issues in the United States, culture wars and banning things aren't a part of it.
The United States had the framers specifically state that religion shall not be the rule of law. Yet, Republicans want to impose religion into their policies and the laws.
Oh, I talked about Self last year when he dead named Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) in a heated exchange. McBride, a transgender woman who is a lawmaker from Delaware is another person the far right obsesses with.
The Sharia Free Caucus... a waste of time. For all the members who are part of this, I hope a Muslim Republican runs against you. I hope a Republican primary challenger defeats you.
Matter of fact, I hope Democrats will win the election. Nevermind, I want the status quo to be over in America.
Capitalism is failing. White men cannot lead our country any longer. We are all fed up where the only thing left is armed resistance or vocal protest.
I am not rooting for armed resistance. We value life. However, these lawmakers are gassing up folks to commit unspeakable crimes against one another.
Self is putting the foot on the gas and some extremist will take his/her frustration out on someone in due time.
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles announces she has "early stage" of breast cancer.
President Donald J. Trump announced on Monday, March 16.
The president shared the news in a post on the social platform Truth Social, where he said Wiles, the first female White House chief of staff, had "early-stage breast cancer" but would continue to serve in her role during treatment.
"(She) has decided to take on this challenge, IMMEDIATELY, as opposed to waiting. She has a fantastic medical team, and her prognosis is excellent," Trump's post said. "During the treatment period, she will be spending virtually full time at the White House."
Wiles, who sat next to Trump during a Kennedy Center board meeting on March 16, later confirmed Trump's comments, saying in a post on X that she was diagnosed last week. She mentioned that "nearly one in eight women in the United States" will face a similar breast cancer diagnosis, according to current data from the American Cancer Society.
"Every day, these women continue to raise their families, go to work, and serve their communities with strength and determination. I now join their ranks," Wiles said. "I am grateful to have an outstanding team of doctors who detected the cancer early and are guiding my care, and I am encouraged by a very good prognosis.
"I am also deeply thankful for the support and encouragement of President Trump as I undergo treatment and continue serving in my role as White House Chief of Staff," Wiles added.
Wiles is one of Trump's key confidants
Wiles is one of Trump’s closest aides, having worked on his campaigns since 2015. Previously, she worked as a scheduler for President Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign under his chief of staff, James Baker, and under Vice President Dan Quayle during George H.W. Bush's administration. She has led several other campaigns, including Ron DeSantis's bid for the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election.
Wiles, whom Trump called "one of my closest and most important advisors" in his social media post, has made headlines since being appointed in the early days of his second administration.
She was part of the February 2025 prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States, in which Russian entrepreneur Alexander Vinnik and American schoolteacher Marc Fogel were traded. She was also installed on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in March 2025 after Trump removed the sitting members and replaced them with loyalists.
A Vanity Fair spread that made a splash thanks to its unflinching photography thrust her back into the spotlight in December 2025, when she told journalist Chris Whipple that Trump "has an alcoholic’s personality," Vice President JD Vance had been "a conspiracy theorist for a decade," and that Attorney General Pam Bondi "completely whiffed" the initial release of the Epstein files.
Wiles later called the article "a disingenuously framed hit piece."
"President Trump has no greater or more loyal advisor than Susie," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the time. "The entire Administration is grateful for her steady leadership and united fully behind her."
Wiles said she will continue her role while getting treatment.
The White House has a lot of personal issues going on.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is pregnant.
Second Lady of the United States, Usha Vance is pregnant.
President Donald J. Trump has visible bruises on his hands and a rash on his neck.
Things to do and so much shit to say. Well, his job approval is a 32%. The war in Iran is highly unfavorable. Over 60% of Americans disapprove of the war.
Gas prices are averaging at $3.57⁹ a gallon. Diesel has averaged $4.79⁹ a gallon.
Walmart has finally increased its prices. A gallon of milk is $2.79, bread $1.59 and eggs are $2.59.
Yeah, America is in the golden age.
See Wiles will get treatment from the federal government at a low expense. You and I will either skip a doctor or find out cancer in a terminal stage because we cannot afford a bill for treatment.
The daughter of Pat Summerall, Wiles is an American political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since January 2025
