Church Ordered to Pay More than $1M In COVID-19 Fines

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Church Ordered to Pay More than $1M In COVID-19 Fines

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A California court ordered a church in the state to pay over $1 million in COVID-19 fines after the church did not enforce a county’s tyrannical social distancing and masking mandates.

According to the Daily Wire, Superior Court Judge Evette Pennypacker ordered Calvary Chapel San Jose to pay $1.2 million in fines after it did not comply with the coronavirus tyranny that was put in place by Santa Clara County. The church stated that these requirements violated their religious freedom.

“It should appear clear to all — regardless of religious affiliation — that wearing a mask while worshiping one’s god and communing with other congregants is a simple, unobtrusive, giving way to protect others while still exercising your right to religious freedom,” Pennypacker wrote.

“Unfortunately, Defendants repeatedly refused to model, much less, enforce this gesture. Instead, they repeatedly flouted their refusal to comply with the Public Health Orders and urged others to do so ‘who cares what the cost,’ including death.”

Church attorney Mariah Gondeiro said that the church will appeal the ruling.

“We look forward to establishing more precedent on appeal that will have far greater implications for the future,” she stated.

On Jan. 10, 2021, Senior Pastor Mike McClure stated his opinion about the infringement on people’s right to worship during his service.

“I think about our government’s infringement on our liberties,” he said.

“We were played. This whole thing, it’s a lie. I mean, not that it’s not a disease. But they’re using it to take control and to stop you and me from worshiping God.”

The court documents also indicated that the county also violated civil liberties by monitoring the cell phone usage of congregants at the church. The Daily Wire reported that the county used “geofencing” to see how many people were at various church services.

“It is unconscionable how much time and money this county has spent surveilling and targeting this church when they should be focused on rebuilding the community,” Gondeiro stated.

According to court documents, the county also sent observers to or around the church about 44 times from August 2020 to January 2021, which cost taxpayers about $219 per hour.

“Throughout the pandemic, California state courts have flouted the 1st amendment right to freedom of worship, and ignored evidence-based medicine,” Jay Bhattacharya, a medical professor at Stanford, said.

“This punitive ruling is outrageous, which the church will certainly appeal. May a wiser judge be found.”

4 Killed in Rural Alabama Shooting

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4 Killed in Rural Alabama Shooting

(Headline USA) Four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting at a birthday party Saturday night in Dadeville, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.

The shooting happened at the birthday party around 10:30 p.m., Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. There was no initial confirmation about what led to the shooting. It was not immediately known if a suspect was in custody.

“There were four lives tragically lost in this incident and there’s been a multitude of injuries,” Burkett said during a news conference Sunday morning.

The shootings rocked the small city of 3,200. Dadeville Chief Jonathan L. Floyd paused to regain his composure before speaking at the news conference.

“What we’ve dealt with is something that no community should have to endure. I just ask for your patience. It’s going to be a long process, but I do earnestly solicit your prayers,” Floyd said.

Pastor Ben Hayes, who serves as the chaplain for the Dadeville Police Department and for the local high school football team, said most of the victims are teenagers because the shooting occurred at a birthday party for a 16-year-old. He said the shooting has rocked the small town where serious crime is rare.

“One of the young men that was killed was one of our star athletes and just a great guy. So I knew many of these students. Dadeville is a small town and this is going to affect everybody in this area,” Hayes said.

The Tallapoosa County school system said counseling will be available for students at the schools Monday, the school superintendent, Raymond C. Porter, said.

WRBL-TV reported that the shooting happened at a dance studio. The station showed images of crime scene tape around the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio and neighboring buildings and a heavy police presence.

“This morning, I grieve with the people of Dadeville and my fellow Alabamians. Violent crime has NO place in our state, and we are staying closely updated by law enforcement as details emerge,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement posted on social media.

Dadeville is in east Alabama, about 57 miles (92 kilometers) northeast of Montgomery, Alabama.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bill that Protects Kids from Fentanyl

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Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bill that Protects Kids from Fentanyl

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Arizona‘s Katie Hobbs vetoed SB 1027, which would’ve protected children from dying from fentanyl, and made changes to existing sentencing provisions for certain narcotic drug offenses.

According to the Gateway Pundit, the bill would’ve established “knowingly manufacturing carfentanil, fentanyl or fentanyl memetic substances under any circumstance that causes physical injury to a minor who is under 15 years of age as a class 2 felony offense punishable as a dangerous crime against children.”

Among the changes to existing sentencing provisions are harsher sentences for those convicted of distributing heroin, carfentanil, fentanyl, or a fentanyl-memetic substance. There are also harsher consequences for those people whose drugs they distributed caused physical injury to a minor.

Both Democrats and Republicans supported and passed the bill through the Senate and House.

The Gateway Pundit reported that “Cartel Katie” vetoed the bill because she claims it undermines the state’s “Good Samaritan Law,” which protects individuals who intervene to save someone experiencing an opioid overdose.

State Senator Anthony Kern, the bill’s sponsor, issued a press release on Tuesday, in which he heavily criticized Hobbs for her decision.

“We have been fighting the opioid epidemic not just in Arizona, but nationwide for decades. The least we can do is try to protect our children and future generations from exposure to a deadly drug often laced into opioids,” he wrote.

“This bill had the support of many Democrats, yet Governor Hobbs continues to show her priorities are out of line. In her veto letter, she claims she didn’t sign the bill out of fear it would undermine the Good Samaritan Law which protects individuals who intervene to save someone experiencing an opioid overdose.”

“Not only is it a misleading stretch to reach this conclusion, Hobbs is more concerned with protecting fentanyl manufacturers and providers than implementing real measures that protect our children and communities from these dangerous drugs,” he added.

“We as legislators have done our job. We created a bill with bipartisan support to tackle a very real and serious issue. Why is Hobbs not doing hers, and instead continuing to play political games?”

However, Rep. Analise Ortiz, D-Ariz., who voted no on this bill, thanked Hobbs for vetoing the bill.

“Thank you, Gov. Hobbs for vetoing SB 1027, a bill that would’ve caused far more harm than good,” she wrote on Twitter.

“The evidence shows us that broad criminalization of addiction is not effective. We must get serious about addressing the fentanyl crisis by investing in drug treatment and prevention.”

More NYC Corruption: Police Chief Guilty of Cutting Friend Loose in Gun Case

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More NYC Corruption: Police Chief Guilty of Cutting Friend Loose in Gun Case

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New York City police chief Jeffrey Maddrey abused his power by cutting a friend and former colleague loose after he was arrested for threatening three Brooklyn teenagers with a gun, an independent review found, highlighting a problem with corruption and abuse of power in New York City. 

The New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) backed the non-criminal charge against Maddrey, who had been accused of using his influence to nullify the arrest of retired New York City cop Krysthoff Forrester in November 2021, the New York Post reported on Saturday. 

“After carefully reviewing the evidence, the full board deliberated this case and substantiated misconduct against Chief Maddrey,” said CCRB Interim Chair Arva Rice. 

Forrester allegedly chased three Brooklyn teens aged 12, 13, and 14 with a gun after the teens accidentally threw a basketball into a security camera placed outside a building owned by Forrester and his family. 

The New York City Police Department arrested Forrester but was released after a short 45-minute arrest. Maddrey allegedly had shown up to the prescient where Forrester was held and ordered police officers to void the arrest. 

“Maddrey not only leveraged his power to spring a former colleague who had terrorized children with a gun, but he allowed those same children to be vilified and discredited in the media and by his allies in the aftermath of his misconduct,” MK Kaishian, an attorney for the three teens, said in a statement. 

Maddrey is unlikely to face any jail time for the abuse of authority. The New York Post reported that the penalty for abuse of authority regularly carries a maximum punishment of 10 vacation days. 

In 2017, Maddrey was docked 45 vacation days from his benefit packet after he failed to file a report of an incident involving then-assistant chief Tabatha Foster who had pulled a gun on him. Foster held an extra-marital relationship with Maddrey and sued the police chief in 2019 for $100 million, the NY Daily News reported.

In June 2020, Maddrey took a kneel with leftist BLM activists to demand justice for George Floyd, whose killing by Minneapolis police caused a national onslaught of looting and violent protest across urban cities.

The news of the abuse of power comes weeks after a national outcry over alleged rampant corruption in New York City, which started with the indictment and subsequent arraignment of former President Donald Trump by Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who said in his 2021 candidacy for DA that “convicting” Trump would be the “number one issue.” 

House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is expected to hold a field hearing in New York City with the victims of Bragg’s leftist policies on April 17.

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, a Trump critic, slammed the Manhattan DA for his “abuse of power” in the charges against Trump. 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called New York City “disgusting” and slammed Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, for inciting violence against her when she rallied outside the New York Supreme Court where Trump was being arraigned on April 5. “There is so much crime in the city I can’t comprehend how people live there. It was repulsive, it smells bad and I think it’s a very terrible place,” Greene said in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

Similarly, Trump accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of plotting a witch hunt against him and his companies. “’The good thing about the A.G. Peekaboo James ‘persecution’ is that I will finally be able to show what a great, profitable, and valuable company I built,’ Trump blasted on Truth Social on April 13. 

3 Migrants Arrested for Voter Fraud, Identify Theft

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3 Migrants Arrested for Voter Fraud, Identify Theft

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Three non-U.S. citizens were arrested on charges of identity theft and voter fraud, Alabama Secretary State Wes Allen, a Republican, announced Thursday, April 13.

Alabama law enforcement arrested Teresa Martin Pascual, Maria Juan Pascual and Luis Balderman on March 15 after they allegedly used stolen identities to register online to vote.  The perpetrators were not U.S. citizens and thus ineligible to vote, a statement from the Alabama Secretary of State alleged.

 “I am incredibly appreciative of the efforts of the law enforcement agencies who worked together to indict and apprehend these three individuals,” Secretary Allen said. “My office will always assist law enforcement in every way possible to seek convictions of individuals who attempt to illegally vote in our elections. We will not tolerate a single illegal voter attempting to participate in our elections.”

“I think the message here is don’t steal someone else’s identity and then register to vote and then vote in our elections,” he continued. “The essence of identity theft is of course stealing someone’s identity and lying about who they really are. And that’s, I believe exactly what happened in this case.”

Franklin County Board of Registrars Betty Vincent warned that this type of voter fraud is happening across the state. “People do this all the time, and I’m sure that it may be happening in other places,” she said. “We do talk to other registrars in the state and we haven’t had anybody mention this to us.”

Alabama residents are required to be U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. The nationalities of the three individuals and whether they voted in state or federal elections remain unknown.

The arrest was coordinated with the U.S. Department of State, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office, the Franklyn County Sheriff’s Office and the Russell Police Department.

Franklin County District Attorney Jeff Barksdale touted a 13-count grand jury indictment against Pascual, which carry a potential sentence of 20 years, NBC-affiliate 48 WAFF reported on April 12.

Allen cited the state’s election security laws to prevent future voter fraud from happening. “No curbside voting, making sure that everybody has a photo identification,” he said. “Photo ID at the polls and through our absentee election process is strong and we’re going to make sure we maintain photo identification.”

Election integrity advocates took to Twitter to applaud the news of the arrest.

“Not happening here,” Twitter user Debra Norwood said. “As a former Registrar if each individual county in every state would clean up their voter’s lists during the year we wouldn’t have issues.”

Twitter user @PGMTHE1ST shared the news with her 3,000 followers on Twitter.

Democrat Andrew Cuomo Slams ‘Far-Left’ for Soft on Crime Policies, Harming Minorities

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Democrat Andrew Cuomo Slams ‘Far-Left’ for Soft on Crime Policies, Harming Minorities

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, took to YouTube to blast leftist Democrats for being soft on crime and harming American citizens.

“Democrats: When you ignore crime, you hurt the people you represent,” Cuomo said on Twitter, linking to a YouTube video.

“The far left doesn’t want to talk about crime — they don’t want to hear the word crime spoken. ‘There is no crime problem, it’s all Republican propaganda,’” the former governor said, mocking leftist’s talking points. “Do you know who are the victims of crime? Over 80 percent black, brown and poor. So tell me who does the Democratic Party really represent? If not the black, brown and poor.”

“When you refuse to address the issue of crime, the people who are paying the price are the black brown and poor,” he continued. “They’re paying the price for your far-left politics.”

The video titled “Ignoring Crime: The opposite of progress” appeared to be a snippet of a new episode of Cuomo’s podcast, “As A Matter Of Fact… With Andrew Cuomo.”

Cuomo launched the podcast in October 2022, a year after resigning in disgrace over multiple allegations of sexual harassment. “It’s just about expressing my opinion to the public and speaking publicly,” Cuomo told The Associated Press at the time of the podcast’s. “And to the extent they don’t like what I have to say, then don’t listen.”

In recent months conservative politicians have raised concerns overing growing crime in Democrat-led cities. For instance, House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced a field hearing featuring the victims of Alvin Bragg’s policies, the leftist Soros-backed Manhattan DA who indicted former President Donald Trump over hush payments.

Cuomo himself accused Letitia James, the leftist New York Attorney General, of plotting a political scheme that led to his ousting. Former President Donald Trump blasted James for pushing a criminal investigation against him and his organization. Both James and Bragg made prosecuting Trump a key issue of their political campaigns.

Similarly, Kimberly Gardner, a Soros-backed prosecutor in Missouri, is facing removal proceedings by the state Attorney General over allegations of misconduct and failure to enforce the law. A local judge sanctioned her office for releasing a suspect in a double homicide and withholding evidence of the crime.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a radical leftist prosecutor, was removed from office by voters who grew tired of rampant violent crime. Boudin terrorized San Francisco with a reign of so-called criminal justice reforms that led the city to a pit of crime, rampant sales of drugs, home invasions and other violent crimes.

Victims Remembered on 10th Anniversary of Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

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Victims Remembered on 10th Anniversary of Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

(Headline USA) With a bagpiper playing “The Bells of Dunblane” and a few runners looking on, families of those killed in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack marked the 10th anniversary of the tragedy early Saturday by slowly walking together to the memorial sites near the finish line and laying wreaths.

Thousands, including many marathon runners in their blue and yellow windbreakers and several former Boston Red Sox players, came out to a second ceremony Saturday afternoon near the finish line. Church bells were rung and the Boston City Singers and Boston Pops performed “Amazing Grace” and “America the Beautiful.”

The 127th running of the Boston Marathon takes place Monday.

“The day never leaves me,” said Jennifer Black, 71, a realtor from Loveland, Ohio, who was watching the morning procession and recounted how her race in 2013 was cut short due to the bombing and talked about those who died in the attack. She is back in Boston to run this year.

“So much loss, so much pain all because of hate,” she continued, tears streaming down her face. “We have to stand up for people. We have to look out for each other, and we have to pray for these families every day.”

Standing next to Black, Karen Russell, of Boston, said she felt it was important to witness the procession, especially on the 10th anniversary.

“The families are still suffering even though we’ve gone on,” Russel said. “There are a lot of people that got hurt that day and that pain will never go away. … I feel it’s important to be here to let them know we still care.”

Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when two pressure-cooker bombs went off at the marathon finish line. Among the dead were Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old Boston University graduate student from China; Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager from Medford, Massachusetts; and 8-year-old Martin Richard, who had gone to watch the marathon with his family.

During a tense, four-day manhunt that paralyzed the city, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier was shot dead in his car. Boston Police Officer Dennis Simmonds also died a year after he was wounded in a confrontation with the bombers.

Police captured a bloodied and wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston suburb of Watertown, where he was hiding in a boat parked in a backyard, hours after his brother died. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, had been in a gunfight with police and was run over by his brother as he fled.

“I think we’re all still living with those tragic days 10 years ago,” Bill Evans, the former Boston Police Commissioner, said recently.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death and much of the attention, in recent years, has been around his bid to avoid being executed.

A federal appeals court is considering Tsarnaev’s latest bid to avoid execution. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston heard arguments in January in the 29-year-old’s case, but has yet to issue a ruling.

The appeals court initially threw out Tsarnaev’s death sentence in 2020, saying the trial judge did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases. But the U.S. Supreme Court revived it last year.

The 1st Circuit is now weighing whether other issues that weren’t considered by the Supreme Court require the death sentence to be tossed a second time. Among other things, Tsarnaev says the trial judge wrongly denied his challenge of two jurors who defense attorneys say lied during jury selection questioning.

Former President Trump sounded off on the appeals of Tsarnaev, calling for the death penalty. “Death penalty!” the former president tweeted on August 2, 2020. “He killed and badly wounded many. Justice!”

President Joe Biden pledged to end the federal death penalty but has not said how he seeks to implement a new policy, Headline USA reported in March 2021.

The bombing not only unified Boston — “Boston Strong” became the city’s rallying cry — but inspired many in the running community and prompted scores of those impacted by the terror attack to run the marathon. At the memorial sites Saturday several flower pots with the words “Boston Strong” held what have become known as Marathon daffodils.

“It really galvanized and showed our sport’s and our city’s resiliency, our desire together to continue even better and to enhance the Boston Marathon,” Boston Athletic Association President and CEO Jack Fleming said. “The bombing in 2013 resulted in a new appreciation or a different appreciation for what Boston, what the Boston Marathon, has always stood for, which is that expression of freedom that you receive and get while running.”

“This time of year evokes a strong emotion for so many of us across the City and the people touched by the tragedy ten years ago. But the most prevailing one is that Boston is indeed strong, and that our communities show up for each other in times of need,” Jacob Robinson, the executive director of West Roxbury Main Streets, one of the groups hosting the shoe drive, said in a statement.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Attorneys Fleeing Soros-Backed St. Louis Prosecutor Due to ‘Toxic Work Environment’

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Attorneys Fleeing Soros-Backed St. Louis Prosecutor Due to ‘Toxic Work Environment’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One attorney abruptly resigned from her job at the office of an embattled Soros-backed prosecutor, citing a “completely untenable” load of cases and a “toxic work environment.” 

Natalia Ogurkiewic, 27, announced her immediate resignation weeks prior her scheduled departure, delivering yet another blow to St. Louis’s Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner, a Democrat and former Missouri lawmaker. The St. Louis-based attorney joined Gardner’s office in 2020 where she prosecuted murders and other violent felonies. She was scheduled to leave the prosecutor’s office at the end of April but announced her immediate resignation last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Saturday. 

 “As a St. Louis City resident, I have lost trust in Kim Gardner from the inside,” Ogurkiewic decried in her resignation letter. “I do not believe that her leadership can stop the metaphorical or physical ballistics from continuing to fly through our city.” 

Gardner, who assumed office in 2017, gained the financial support of George Soros, a leftist billionaire mega-donor for both her 2016 and 2020 campaigns, Fox News reported.

Ogurkiewicz called out the Soros-backed prosecutor for disrupting the office’s relationship with local law enforcement, directly exonerating Gardner’s deputy from any wrongdoing. “In my view, the ongoing political and ideological conflict between the police department has obliterated the necessary teamwork and relationship for an agreed upon system to exist,” she said. “I do not attribute this to Christopher Hinckley, who has been a dedicated leader, teacher, and mentor.” 

“I will not work for a leader who makes public statements outright calling her attorneys ‘negligent’ and implying their incompetence,” Ogurkiewicz continued. “I feel like leading with integrity looks like standing by and supporting staff through all difficulties, not herding them like sheep to a media frenzy slaughter.” 

A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office declined to comment on the matter, citing internal policy. 

Gardner’s controversies directly contradict Soros’s claims that his bankrolled prosecutors are “popular” and “effective” in an infamous Wall Street Journal op-ed headlined “Why I Support Reform Prosecutors.”  

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Circuit Attorney’s office had a more than 100 percent turnover rate for attorneys. This high turnover led to the shedding of “hundreds of years of experience,” resulting in serious criminal cases getting represented by attorneys who had little experience. 

A local judge sanctioned Gardner for releasing the suspect of a double-homicide case on bond and allegedly hiding evidence from the judge. 

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, began legal proceedings to remove the Soros-backed prosecutor from office, citing the her negligence in prosecuting and enforcing the city’s laws.

“Instead of protecting victims, Circuit Attorney Gardner is creating them,” Bailey said in a statement. “My office will do everything in its power to restore order, and eliminate the chaos in St. Louis caused by Kim Gardner’s neglect of her office.”

Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, a Republican, said Gardner should resign, calling her “incompetent and grossly unfit to hold her office.” Similarly, Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher also urged Gardner to step down.

A hearing is scheduled for next week as part of the state AG’s removal effort. 

Donald Trump Jr. Defends Bud Light Amid Trans Backlash: ‘They Actually Support’ Conservatives

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Donald Trump Jr. Defends Bud Light Amid Trans Backlash: ‘They Actually Support’ Conservatives

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Donald Trump Jr. took to Rumble in defense of Bud Light, and its parent company Anheuser-Busch, after both companies faced an onslaught of criticism and a $6 billion loss in value over its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, an embattled transgender TikTok influencer.

“We looked into the political giving and lobbying history of Anheuser-Busch. And guess what? They actually support Republicans,” Trump Jr. said during the live stream of his show “Triggered” on Rumble.

The former first son referred to a source first reported by the Daily Wire claiming senior leadership at both companies were left in the dark about the launch of the transgender partnership. “No one at the senior level” approved the advertisement campaign, the Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra reported on April 12.

“This could be just the act of one rouge, woke, lunatic in a marketing department filled with leftist staffers,” he continued. “The Daily Wire is now reporting that no one in senior level at Anheuser-Busch was aware of the partnership with Dylan Mulvaney.”

Trump Jr. also cited Anheuser-Busch’s donations to Republican politicians in an attempt to call off the conservative-led boycott of Bud Light.

“Last cycle their employees and their PAC gave about 60 percent to Republicans and 40 percent to Democrats,” the former first son said. “That’s literally almost unheard of in corporate America, where it’s really easy to go woke, where they do so constantly, where there’s a consequence to actually being a conservative. So 60/40 to the conservative side is kind of a big deal.”

Trump Jr.’s comments appear to contradict previous pro-LGBT campaigns led by Bud Light and a statement from a Bud Light marketing executive who admitted that the transgender partnership was a deliberate affront to the brand’s loyal consumers. “If we do not attract young drinkers to come and drink this brand, there will be no future for Bud Light,” the executive said in an interview.

Headline USA also reported that Bud Light previously released “limited-edition pronoun-inspired” canned beers to honor LGBT pride month in 2022.

Bud Light’s partnership with the transgender influencer prompted widespread condemnation from its conservative consumers and voices that left the company with a $6.6 billion loss in value, prompting Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth to issue an apology.

“I am responsible for ensuring every consumer feels proud of the beer we brew. We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another,” he said. “As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage.

Withworth’s statement did little to appease conservative critics who accuse both Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch of propping up transgender ideology to U.S. consumers, Headline USA previously reported.

“[Anheuser Busch’s response] is just as clumsy and stupid as the marketing stunt that got them into this mess in the first place,” said What is a woman? director and Daily Wire podcast’s Matt Walsh said.

“Way too late […] #BoycottBudLight,” MIGS director Greg J. Marchand MD similarly said, calling on consumers to stop buying the pro-transgender beer.

DeSantis Breaks Fundraising Record

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DeSantis Breaks Fundraising Record

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Ron DeSantis, Florida’s conservative governor, shattered fundraising records with a speech he gave at a dinner in New Hampshire on Friday.

DeSantis pulled in over a quarter of a million dollars at the dinner.

The chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, Chris Ager, said the speech shattered records,  according to the New Hampshire Journal

“[It was the] largest fundraiser in the history of the NHGOP, raising more than a quarter of a million dollars,” he said. “Ticket sales were halted earlier this week after we exceeded planned capacity.”

The party’s goal, according to Ager, was to sell 500 $150 tickets, but that goal was met very quickly.

DeSantis also sold out the 100 $500 tickets, according to Ager.

“From the beginning, we had planned for 500,” Ager told the Washington Examiner. “We squeezed into two more tables.”

“It’s been at least 10 years since we’ve had a dinner event that big.”

The speech itself received several standing ovations and an emotional outburst from leftists, according to the New York Post.

“Jews against DeSantis! Jews against DeSantis!” two women yelled.

DeSantis appeared to be amused at the unhinged disturbance.

“You got to have a little spice in the speech right?” he said. “Why would you want to pay for the ticket to get in just to do that?”

“I don’t know, but different strokes for different folks.”

DeSantis is in New Hampshire as part of his cross-country tour promoting his book
The Courage to be Free.

The speech was his first time in New Hampshire, which is the first-in-the-nation voting state.

DeSantis’s fundraising success in New Hampshire is important as his potential rival in the 2024 Republican Primary, President Trump, is currently fundraising very well.

Trump has also hired veteran Republican staffers in New Hampshire, potentially setting up for an important showdown in the state.

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