Month: May 2025

Cory Bowman / Screenshot

Vice President J.D. Vance’s younger brother is on the ballot in the Cincinnati mayoral race.

Cory Bowman, who is a coffee shop owner and pastor, is running in Cincinnati’s mayoral primary against Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval and fellow Republican Brian Frank.

The two winners of this primary will face off in the general election on November 4th.

The 36-year-old, who is the offspring of Vance’s father, Donald Bowman, received an endorsement on Tuesday from his elder brother.

“Hey Cincinnati! My brother Cory Bowman is running for mayor and is on the ballot today for the primary,” J.D. Vance wrote on X.

“He’s a good guy with a heart for serving his community. Get out there and vote for him!”

Hey Cincinnati! My brother Cory Bowman is running for mayor and is on the ballot today for the primary. He’s a good guy with a heart for serving his community. Get out there and vote for him!

— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 6, 2025

In a recent profile for POLITICO, Bowman did not identify himself as a MAGA Republican.

“Whenever I have conversations with people in the city, we don’t start it as ‘You’re red, I’m blue’ type of thing,” he explained.

It’s more like, ‘This is my experience. I’m a coffee shop owner. I’m a pastor in the West End.’”

”I think a lot of times, you can’t really put a right or left stamp on the issues of the city. You got to put it on, ‘Practically, this is what we’re standing up for.’”

Even if Bowman wins his primary, it remains unlikely that he will ever hold the mayoral office.

During the 2021 mayoral race, Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval won by over 30 points, reasserting the city’s status as a left-wing stronghold.

Should Bowman prevail, he would not be the first brother of a vice president elected to political office.

During the last Trump administration, Mike Pence’s older brother, Greg, was elected to Congress as the representative for Indiana’s 6th district.

He announced his retirement from Congress in January last year. He has since been replaced by Jefferson Scott Shreve.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security./Image: Video screenshot.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is testifying today before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.

During questioning, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) peddled the claim that the Trump administration is “separating” families, but Secretary Noem shut the congresswoman down by reminding her it was the parents’ choice to take their children.

Rep. Escobar: I’d like to now focus on US citizens who were deported. In fact, three children so far, likely more children. One of those children with cancer who was deported without the medication necessary to address that child’s cancer. Again, a US citizen. The lawyers have said that the family was not given an opportunity to make plans for the kids, and so they were deported, essentially, again, US citizens.

I have a question about the forms that ICE is supposed to utilize when engaging with parents who have children, the parents who are being deported and the US citizen children. One of those forms is ICE Form 71-078 or the Caregiver Designation at Arrest Form. Were any of the individuals who were deported, who had US citizen children deported with them, were they given an opportunity to sign that form?

Secretary Noem: When the specific cases that you’re referencing with these children, it was the parents’ choice to take their children.

And did I follow through on the policy? Which is the policy of the Trump administration to keep families together.

 Rep. Escobar: Ma’am, reclaiming my time. I told you at the top of this, ma’am, reclaiming my time, I said that the questions are really simple, yes or no. Was that form used in any of those cases?

Secretary Noem: I will get back to you on that specific form. I don’t know the number, but I do know these mothers went on the record filling out paperwork.

Rep. Escobar: Okay, thank you.

Watch:

DHS Secretary @KristiNoem shuts down Congresswoman @RepEscobar’s false claims about family separations, reaffirming the Trump administration’s policy:

“The specific cases that you’re referencing with these children, it was the parents’ choice to take their children, which it is… pic.twitter.com/ISNacg7umn

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 6, 2025

Rep. Escobar did not use any of her time to ask about the 320,000+ children who went missing under the Biden-Harris. 

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Credit: Fox News screenshot

President Trump showed today that he is not quite ready to let the idea of Canada eventually becoming part of the United States go after burning leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney when he ruled the idea out.

AS TGP readers know, Carney arrived in the United States to meet with Trump in the Oval Office just over a week after being elected Prime Minister. The meeting came as tensions between Canada and the United States have heightened due to tariffs and harsh words from several Canadian leaders, like Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Trade, of course, was the number one issue discussed. Both Carney and Trump maintained their respective positions, signaling a long road ahead to an eventual agreement.

During their meeting, the topic of Canada’s future sovereignty also arose, and Trump stole the show as expected.

Carney first responded to a reporter’s question by issuing a Shermanesque statement ruling out joining America as the 51st state. One can call these famous last words.

“There are some places that are never for sale, we’re sitting in one right now,” Carney said. “Having met with the owners ( the people) of Canada over the course of the campaign last several months, it’s not for sale.” It won’t be for sale ever.”

“The opportunity is in the partnership and what we can build together,” he continued before listing some of the ways Canada has boosted its national security.

Trump then complimented Canada for stepping up its military security before returning to Carney’s vow that Canada would never become part of America.

He quickly roasted Carney right to his face.

“Never say never!” he exclaimed.

LOL!

WATCH:

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: “Canada is not for sale, it won’t be for sale ever..”

President Trump: “Never say never”

pic.twitter.com/qipIWeJcuM

— ALX (@alx) May 6, 2025

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During a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump teased a major announcement that will be made in the coming days ahead of his trip to the Middle East. 

“it’ll be one of the most important announcements that have been made in many years about a certain subject, very important subject,” he said before turning to introduce Carney.

Carney responded, “I’m on the edge of my seat” before thanking the President for his hospitality and outlining his priorities as Canada’s new leader.

It is unclear what announcement the President will make this week.

His comments were prefaced by an announcement that the US “will stop the bombing” against the Houthis in Yemen after the Houthis told the US that “they don’t want to fight anymore,” said Trump.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cheered the “important development” that the US has completed the goal of stopping their threat against global shipping.

WATCH:

Trump: We’ll have maybe, before we’re going to, as you know, the Middle East and Saudi Arabian, we’re going to UAE and Qatar, and that’ll be, I guess Monday night; some of you are coming with us. I think before then, we’re gonna have a very, very big announcement to make, like, as big as it gets, and I will tell you on what, but it’s gonna— and it’s very positive.

I’d tell you if it was negative or positive, I can’t keep that out. It is really, really positive, and that announcement will be made either Thursday or Friday or Monday before we leave. But it’ll be one of the most important announcements that have been made in many years about a certain subject, very important subject. So you’ll all be here.

This is a developing story. 

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Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez/Image: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez, 26, an illegal from Honduras, had charges, including home invasion and child abduction, dropped in the blue city of Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced he is now in their custody.

According to Fox News, “Fairfax County police arrested Baquedano-Rodriguez on Nov. 9, 2021, and charged him with three counts of indecent liberties, including exposing genitals to a child and indecent exposure.”

After local authorities dropped a series of his charges, ICE stepped in and arrested Baquedano-Rodriguez, who is now in custody pending removal.

Per Fox News:

“Though the court saw fit to drop his most recent charges, Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez has been convicted of numerous crimes in Virginia and represents a calamitous hazard to our Virginia residents,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., Field Office Director Russell Hott.

*****

“Every one of his convictions represents another one of our neighbors that Baquedano-Rodriguez has victimized. ICE Washington D.C. will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing criminal alien offenders from our Washington, D.C. and Virginia communities,” Hott said.

ICE provided a disturbing timeline of Baquedano-Rodriguez’s lengthy arrest record.

According to ICE, Baquedano-Rodriguez illegally entered the U.S. near Yuma, Arizona, in August 2018 and was arrested.  He was released in 2019 by a DOJ immigration judge on an immigration bond.

In November of 2021, Fairfax County Police in Virginia charged him with three counts of indecent liberties, exposing his genitals to a child, and indecent exposure.

In November of 2022, a Fairfax County General District Court convicted him of entering a property with intent to damage and petit larceny (less than $1,000) and entering property with intent to damage. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and imposed restitution.

In October of 2022, a Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court convicted him of disorderly conduct and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison for each conviction.

In March of 2023, a Fairfax County General District Court convicted Baquedano-Rodriguez of entering property with intent to damage and sentenced him to 12 months in prison.

In June of 2024, a DOJ immigration judge in Annandale, VA, ordered Baquedano-Rodriguez removed from the United States to Honduras.

Om May 2 of 2025, a Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court dismissed Baquedano-Rodriguez’ charges for abduction of a person with intent to defile and burglary: entering a house to murder, rape, etc.

That same day, ICE Washington ,D.C. arrested Baquedano-Rodriguez.

BREAKING NEWS

FAIRFAX, Va. — Honduran alien Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez arrested by ICE after Virginia court drops charges for home invasion and abducting a 4-year-old child. He remains in ICE custody pending removal.
Timeline

Aug. 25, 2
018: Illegally entered the U.S. near… pic.twitter.com/SpuHseTja2

— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) May 5, 2025

ICE announced his arrest and impending removal.

“MAKING AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: @ICEgov arrested Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez, an illegal alien, after a Fairfax County court dropped charges for abduction of a person with intent to defile and burglary.”

“This child sexual predator will remain in ICE custody pending his removal.”

MAKING AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: @ICEgov arrested Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez, an illegal alien, after a Fairfax County court dropped charges for abduction of a person with intent to defile and burglary.

This child sexual predator will remain in ICE custody pending his removal. pic.twitter.com/qBaMouyrnN

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) May 5, 2025

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Alberta province may choose to part ways with woke, ‘net-zero’ Canada.

Canada may have escaped for now the (for them) humiliating fate of becoming the 51st US state, but things are in motion that suggest nothing will ever be the same in the ‘Great White North.’

The conservative premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta said yesterday (5) that a referendum on separation from Canada will be held next year if a citizen-led petition reaches the required number of signatures.

Associated Press reported:

“Speaking on a livestream address, Danielle Smith said she personally does not support the province leaving Canada and expressed hope of a ‘path forward’ for a strong and sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.

‘Should Ottawa, for whatever reason, continue to attack our province as they have done over the last decade, ultimately that will be for Albertans to decide’, she said. “I will accept their judgement’.”

Labour PM Mark Carney.

This development follows the victory of Mark Carney, ushering in the fourth consecutive Labour government.

New PM Carney will meet US President Donald J. Trump today (6) to work out trade issues and the threat of annexation.

“Smith accused previous federal Liberal governments of introducing different legislations that hamstring Alberta’s ability to produce and export oil, which she said has cost the province billions of dollars. She also said she doesn’t want the federal government meddling in provincial issues.”

Trump lives rent-free in the mind of many Canadians.

“’We don’t ask for special treatment or handouts’, she said. ‘We just want to be free to develop and export that incredible wealth of resources we have. Freedom to choose how we provide health care, education and other needed social services to our people, even if it’s done differently than what Ottawa has in mind’.”

Smith is to appoint a negotiation team to change unacceptable federal policies. She will work with Carney but wants ‘tangible proof of real change’.

Read more:

Canada’s Supreme Court Deals Blow to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, Rules That a Federal Climate Alarmist Law Is Unconstitutional

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John Cornyn

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday said he will support President Trump’s nominee for US Attorney, Ed Martin after rumors circulated that he may oppose the nomination.

Ed Martin is currently the Acting US Attorney for DC and Trump recently announced he nominated him for a permanent position as one of the country’s top cops.

If Ed Martin is not confirmed by May 20, a federal court in DC (Judge Boasberg) will appoint an interim US Attorney until he is confirmed. There is currently no vote scheduled to confirm Ed Martin.

Earlier Tuesday RINO Senator Thom Tillis told reporters that he opposes the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney.

Tillis made a shocking admission to reporters. He actually said he would support Ed Martin for any district except where January 6 happened.

In other words, Tillis admitted Ed Martin is qualified to be a US Attorney, but he’s potentially derailing Martin’s nomination for political reasons.

“I have no tolerance for anybody who entered the building on January the 6th, and that’s probably where most of the friction was,” Tillis said.

The North Carolina Senator said people who merely entered the US Capitol on January 6 (after police opened the doors and let them in) should serve up to 3 years behind bars.

Tillis admitted Ed Martin was doing a great job with his investigation into Biden US Attorney Matthew Graves’ unlawful use of the 1512(c)(2) obstruction charge to lock up January 6 defendants.

However, he will be opposing Ed Martin’s nomination for political reasons.

“If Mr. Martin were being put forth as a US Attorney for any district except the district where January 6 happened, the protest happened, I’d probably support him, but not in this district,” Tillis said in a shocking admission to CNN’s Manu Raju.

WATCH:

BREAKING GOP Senator Thom Tillis says he OPPOSES the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney.

“At this point I’ve indicated to the White House I wouldn’t support his nomination.” pic.twitter.com/PqJOiJc4PO

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 6, 2025

Cornyn said he intends to vote for Ed Martin.

“When he comes up for a vote, I intend to support him,” Cornyn told reporters this morning. “I tend to defer to the president on his choices.”

Texas Sen. Cornyn has joined President Trump in supporting Ed Martin’s confirmation to become the US attorney for DC.

“When he comes up for a vote, I intend to support him,” Cornyn told reporters this morning. “I tend to defer to the president on his choices.” @DailyCaller

— Andi Shae Napier (@AndiNapier) May 6, 2025

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Guest post from The State News Foundation – republished with permission.

Kilmar Abrego García, an MS-13 gang member recently returned to El Salvador.
Photo courtesy of En Vivo – Screenshot from video.

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Credit: CNN screenshot

A panel of CNN leftists dropped the mask completely and revealed exactly what they thought of America’s military following a simple inquiry from Scott Jennings.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump wants to hold a military parade to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. The parade is scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025, which happens to be Trump’s birthday.

Critics have seized on this to claim Trump is using the military as an excuse to hold a birthday party for himself. However, the date also marks the anniversary of the Continental Congress’s creation of the U.S. Army in 1775. This act laid the foundation for American independence and led to the appointment of George Washington as commander-in-chief. It’s also Flag Day, a patriotic holiday that many Americans have overlooked in recent decades.

This topic arose during a CNN panel discussion Monday night involving Jennings and a parade of left-wing hacks. The left was represented by guests Jason Carter, the late President Jimmy Carter’s grandson, New York Times Columnist Charles Blow, and former ESPN anchor Jemele Hill.

While all three, along with liberal anchor Abby Phillip, were triggered by Trump’s plan, Blow was by far the most embarrassing.

“The things that animate him…The things he really gets excited about is about branding, it is about imagery, it’s about this nationalism,” Blow fumed. “The fact that they’re gonna have this military parade, we don’t need a military parade, we don’t need to spend millions or maybe hundreds of millions of dollars to do that.”

“But we wanna do it because he has to feed his inner image monster,” he added.

After Phillip started to weigh in, Jennings interjected with a basic question, which caused the panel to erupt in chaos.

“Are you guys against the military parade?” he asked.

The leftists on the panel erupted in shock at Jennings for understandably believing that they had a problem with the military (which is par for the course with liberals). Blow then went into an even worse, unhinged rant.

WATCH:

@ScottJenningsKY lights up CNN panelists who are frothing mad about a military parade:

“It’s a parade to show off our military, to show pride in the veterans that have defended this country — and you all are MAD about it.”

It’s amazing to watch leftists — who oppose EVERY… pic.twitter.com/0Sk3v9OEFf

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) May 6, 2025

“You cannot be cutting tens of thousands of federal workers at the same time we’re gonna be wasting money on the military parade,” Blow whined.

“Why is it wasteful?” Jennings asked.

“What do we need to show off our military for?” Blow snapped. “Strongmen want to do it because they want to make their citizens cower.”

“They want to say we are strong. I am here. I have all these weapons. Aren’t you proud of me?” he continued. “We don’t need to do that. We know that our military is, you know, multiples the size of anybody else’s military on the planet.”

“We don’t need them to bring the missiles down Pennsylvania Avenue in order for us to know that.”

Jennings then interjected to remind Blow of what had happened over the last four years.

“It’s not about the size,” Jennings explained. “In the last four years, morale in the military was down; recruitment was down. There is a concerted effort going on right now at the Pentagon, and it’s already successful, to enhance recruitment and to enhance pride in the idea of joining the military.”

“I think you all are discounting the idea that a national parade for our military to show off our military, to show pride in the veterans that have defended this country, and you all are mad about it?” he added.

“Veterans?! He (Trump) was trying to rename Veterans Day!” Blow exclaimed.

Carter then started whimpering and uttered a major whopper about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“I’m SO proud of our military, but I don’t think we should be wasting money,” he complained. “The worst thing for morale that I have seen Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary.”

“That’s the worst thing you have seen?” a stunned Jennings asked.

This is the kind of garbage that Jennings has to deal with every night on CNN. He may actually find the Senate more peaceful should he run and win.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett/ (D-TX) Video screenshot.

On Sunday, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)  gave a commencement address at Tougaloo College, a historically black college in Jackson, Mississippi, that was anything but uplifting.

During her remarks, Crockett appeared to hint at the promotion of using violence, telling the grads they need to know “how to use a chair” against people who say they don’t belong.

“There are going to be people that tell you that you don’t belong, and I am here to tell you over and over and over that you absolutely belong,” Crockett told the graduates.

“There are people that are gonna tell you that there is not a table in which there is a seat for you, but I am here to remind you of Montgomery and those folding chairs. Let me tell you that we know how to use a chair, whether we’re pulling it up or we’re doing something else with it. Let me be the first one to tell you that I know that y’all are ready to put your boots on the ground.”

According to The Daily Caller, Crockett appears to reference an incident where a folding chair was used as a weapon during a brawl.

Crockett appeared to reference a 2023 brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, where some white private boaters brawled with a number of black men, including a dock worker, with at least one of the black men using a folding chair as a weapon during the incident.

Watch:

Representative Jasmine Crockett urged college graduates to “use a chair” against haters. I’m relieved chairs are scarce in Congress’s halls.
pic.twitter.com/boXHFZ30Ga

— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 5, 2025

You can watch the full speech below:

Crockett’s hints of violence are in sharp contract to President Trump’s uplifting commencement address at the University of Alabama last week.

During his remarks, he told graduates, “If you think that you are too young to do something great, you are wrong. Now is the time to work harder than you have ever worked before, push yourself… find your limits, and then smash through them.”

President Trump also shared the profound ten lessons he has learned about life.

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