Charlie Kirk Reportedly Chose His Successor to Lead Turning Point USA Weeks before His Assassination

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Charlie Kirk reportedly named his preferred successor at Turning Point USA just weeks before his assassination. The Daily Mail cited social media accounts and videos to report that the conservative activist was at a private donor retreat in Aspen, Colorado, in August 2025 when he answered a question about his plan, in case something happened to him. As expected, Kirk named his wife Erika as the one he trusts to carry his mission forward.

“What a great question,” Kirk reportedly responded before explaining his vision for TPUSA’s future leadership.“I appoint my wife to run Turning Point USA if something happens to me. Erika would do a great job,” he said during the gathering.

The remarks gained renewed attention months after Kirk was shot and killed on September 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University. Eight days later, TPUSA’s board unanimously voted to appoint Erika Kirk as the organization’s new CEO.

The Aspen retreat footage has never been publicly released, though Daily Mail reported it reviewed the full recording and spoke with multiple donors who were allegedly present during the event. Several attendees reportedly told the outlet they clearly remembered Kirk naming Erika as his preferred successor. . .

Candace Owens questions authenticity of recording

Despite those accounts, Owens has publicly questioned the legitimacy of the audio played during TPUSA’s AmericaFest convention introducing Erika as CEO. (Read more from “Charlie Kirk reportedly chose his successor to lead Turning Point USA weeks before his assassination” HERE)

Underwater Bomb Discovered at Base of Dam Holding Entire City’s Drinking Water Supply… Sparking Massive Federal Response

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An explosive was discovered underwater at the base of a dam in Alabama that supplies the City of Mobile and the surrounding region with drinking water.

The explosive was discovered on Wednesday by divers contracted by the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS), who were surveying the Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile County for routine maintenance and repairs.

The divers immediately reported the device, which MAWSS described as ‘a grenade-type IED (improvised explosive device).’

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office was notified, and a huge, multi-agency response involving federal partners ensued.

Those agencies included the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, FBI Bomb Squad, Mobile Police Department Explosive Ordnance Detail, ALEA Bomb Squad and the Daphne Search and Rescue Team.

The explosive was retrieved and safely detonated on land away from the dam. No one was harmed. (Read more from “Underwater Bomb Discovered at Base of Dam Holding Entire City’s Drinking Water Supply… Sparking Massive Federal Response” HERE)

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Dem Senator Asks Why ICE Can’t Simply ‘Pick Up’ Illegals From Jail

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Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin on Thursday asked why Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents cannot “pick up” illegal aliens from jail, failing to mention that Democratic elected officials put barriers in the way of agents.

Raskin asked this question during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing, though he did not mention that members of his own party have banned cooperation with ICE. The hearing featured Fairfax County Commonwealth’s attorney Steve Descano and Sheriff Stacey Kincaid who testified about sanctuary policies.

“But I’m curious, why can ICE not pick up, with its massive resources, why can they not pick up the prisoners while they are still being held, or right before they’re about to be released or at the point of discharge?” Raskin asked.

However, Democrats have repeatedly sought to prevent authorities from cooperating with ICE. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in January that he would rather detain illegal aliens in California jails than cooperate with ICE agents. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger banned her state’s cooperation with ICE when she entered office in January.

Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro invoked the 10th Amendment to challenge the legality of ICE operations and called for theme them to cease. He argued ICE’s actions were “outside the bounds” of the Constitution and represented illegal overreach by federal authorities. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called ICE the “modern-day gestapo” during a commencement speech in May 2025. (Read more from “Dem Senator Asks Why ICE Can’t Simply ‘Pick Up’ Illegals From Jail” HERE)

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Hollywood Producer Says ‘No Group Is Worse Than White Liberals’

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Producer and screenwriter Adam McKay attacked the Democrat Party and slammed “white liberals” on the May 13 episode of “Urgent Futures.”

McKay didn’t mince words about how he felt about American politics, appearing to suggest that the modern Democrat Party doesn’t go far enough for him on certain issues in the recent interview. He turned his ire against “white liberals,” arguing they suffer from “privilege.”

“It is incredible to watch people this far down the road still say you gotta stand behind the Democrat Party. The same party that wouldn’t convict Trump of a crime after he told a crowd, ‘Go to the Capitol,’” he claimed.

“The same party where the previous presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, literally funded Trump’s campaign.”

He went on to break down what led him to unleash on liberals.

“No one is worse than white liberals. I mean, they are the worst!” he said. “I’ve tried to talk to them about climate — they are so smug and captured.”

(Read more from “Hollywood Producer Says ‘No Group Is Worse Than White Liberals’” HERE)

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Poll: 3 in 10 Believe at Least One of the Assassination Attempts on Trump Was Staged

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Three in ten Americans believe at least one of the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump was “staged,” a recent NewsGuard/YouGov survey revealed.

The survey examined Americans’ sentiments on the attempts to take President Trump’s life. It asked 1,000 Americans if they believed any of the three attempts of Trump’s life – including the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting in 2024, the incident at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course that same year, and more recently, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner just weeks ago – was legitimate.

For the Butler shooting – which saw the bullet narrowly miss Trump’s skull – a plurality, 47, percent, said they believe it was a real attempt. However, 29 percent said they wee “unsure,” and 24 percent believe it was completely staged.

Similarly, a plurality, 48 percent, believe the attempt on Trump’s life at the Trump International Golf Club in September 2024 was a real attempt to take his life, followed by 36 percent who are “unsure,” and 16 percent who believe it was staged. That thwarted attempt resulted in the arrest of Ryan Routh, who was convicted for the attempted assassination.

More recently, 45 percent believe that the WHCD attempted shooting was legitimate, followed by 32 percent who are not sure and nearly a quarter, 24 percent, who believe it was staged. (Read more from “Poll: 3 in 10 Believe at Least One of the Assassination Attempts on Trump Was Staged” HERE)

US Senators Vote to Withhold Own Pay in Government Shutdowns

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US senators agreed unanimously Thursday to suspend their own pay during government shutdowns, in an effort to force Congress to share the financial pain after a series of funding standoffs that upended the federal government.

The measure reflects growing political sensitivity around shutdowns after federal agencies were at least partially shuttered for much of the past eight months, disrupting services, delaying benefits and intensifying frustration with Washington dysfunction.

Sponsored by Republican John Kennedy of Louisiana, it directs the upper chamber to withhold senators’ salaries whenever funding lapses for at least one federal agency or department. Lawmakers would receive the withheld pay only after the shutdown ends.

The resolution applies only to senators and does not require approval from the House of Representatives or President Donald Trump. Because of constitutional restrictions on changing congressional pay, it will not take effect until after the November midterm elections.

The vote came after an extraordinary stretch of funding crises since President Donald Trump returned to office. (Read more from “US Senators Vote to Withhold Own Pay in Government Shutdowns” HERE)

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Xi Raises Prospect of a Future US-China War in Meeting with Trump: ‘Thucydides Trap’

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By New York Post. Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened Wednesday’s high-stakes meeting with President Trump by ominously raising the prospect of a future war between the US and China.

Xi made reference to a geopolitical concept known as the Thucydides trap, which posits that there is a high probability of a violent clash when a rising power challenges the ruling hegemon.

“The whole world is watching our meeting,” Xi said inside Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, with Trump seated across the table.

“Currently, transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent,” he continued, according to one translation of his remarks. “The world has come to a new crossroads.

“Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydides trap and create a new paradigm of major country relations? Can we meet global challenges together and provide more stability for the world? Can we, in the interest of the well-being of our two peoples and the future of humanity, build a brighter future together for our bilateral relations?” (Read more from “Xi Raises Prospect of a Future US-China War in Meeting with Trump: ‘Thucydides Trap’” HERE)

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Melania Mysteriously Snubs Trump’s Big Trip

By Daily Beast. Donald Trump left Washington for a three-day state visit to China flanked by cabinet secretaries, sixteen corporate CEOs, his son Eric and daughter-in-law Lara—but not his wife.

Melania Trump’s office confirmed her absence in an email to the South China Morning Post hours before takeoff, without even attempting to offer an explanation: “First Lady Melania Trump is not travelling this time,” her spokesperson said.

Her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why she was sitting out the trip.

The move comes amid speculation about the first lady increasingly breaking with her husband as she seems to be trying to charter her own course. Trump and his White House aides were reportedly blindsided last month when she called a surprise press conference to read a statement declaring she had no ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The move appeared only to revive the scandal that Trump himself had been eager to put to rest.

Melania’s absence, bizarrely, does not appear to have kept the man who produced her critically panned Melania documentary last year from tagging along. (Read more from “Melania Mysteriously Snubs Trump’s Big Trip” HERE)

Senior White House Official Placed On Leave After Trashing Trump In Sting Operation

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The White House placed a top administration official on leave after an undercover sting operation revealed his deep disdain for President Donald Trump.

Benjamin Ellisten, a senior budget analyst and funding manager for the White House, told James O’Keefe’s undercover journalist that Trump is a “madman” who is “f*cking it up for everybody.” Ellisten, who has worked at the White House since 2024, according to O’Keefe’s reporting, has since been placed on administrative leave, a White House official told the Daily Caller.

“He has no direct access to the President or Senior Staff, and does not work on the White House campus,” the official told the Caller. “Such views expressed by the individual are not reflective of patriots who admirably serve in the Administration.”

Ellisten was caught telling O’Keefe’s reporter that Trump is a “mess,” saying they “gotta get rid of him.”

“He’s a madman,” Ellisten told the undercover journalist. “Literally. He’s invincible. Nothing can stop him, and that’s dangerous.” (Read more from “Senior White House Official Placed On Leave After Trashing Trump In Sting Operation” HERE)

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Juror in Alex Murdaugh Double Murder Trial Speaks out on Court’s ‘Crazy’ Decision to Toss Convictions

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A juror who helped convict Alex Murdaugh in the killings of his wife and son was left stunned by the South Carolina Supreme Court’s “crazy” decision Wednesday to overturn the verdict.

Juror Ami Williams insisted she was never swayed into convicting the disgraced legal scion in the grisly 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, after the state’s top court unanimously found that a court clerk improperly influenced his dramatic six-week trial.

Judges ruled that Colleton County court clerk Becky Hill tainted the 2023 trial by meddling with the jury.

“I never felt that the clerk of court was pushing an agenda or trying to push me to come to a certain verdict,” Williams told NBC News Wednesday. “Never felt that way about her at all.”

The shocked juror blasted the court’s decision to toss the murder convictions as “crazy” while hailing Hill – who oversaw the jury – for being “so gracious” and “super helpful.” (Read more from “Juror in Alex Murdaugh Double Murder Trial Speaks out on Court’s ‘Crazy’ Decision to Toss Convictions” HERE)

‘Porn is Warping our Lives,’ admit Gen Z Men, who Reveal Their Addictions got ‘Totally out of Control’

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Men now in their 20s are the first to grow up with easy access to pornography from childhood, and they say it changed how they see women and how they form and maintain relationships, a Post investigation has found.

Six heterosexual men in the age group each admitted they had habitually used pornography to a point where it became part of their daily routine.

“Starting in like middle school, it was like, I’d come home and watch porn after school and take a nap, and it became daily pretty quickly,” one man told The Post. “By the time I was 18, it was like two or three times a day.”

The 26-year-old from DC was only in sixth grade when he first encountered porn — and it transformed the way he saw the world around him. . .

He is a member of Gen Z, the first generation to have smartphones as tweens. With unfettered access to the internet in their pocket, many boys inevitably found their way to pornography. Today, the typical child first comes across porn at age 12, according to one survey.

“In the ’70s and the ’60s, people had to go to the dingy movie theaters, the red light districts. They had to actively seek good stuff out,” a 28-year-old from Florida said. “Now it’s in your pocket.” (Read more from “‘Porn is Warping our Lives,’ admit Gen Z Men, who Reveal Their Addictions got ‘Totally out of Control’” HERE)