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Christian coffee shop owner helping homeless faces protests in far-left city

On July 15, 2025

Jamie Sanchez, owner of The Drip Café in Denver, wRead more

Jamie Sanchez has felt a calling to serve the homeless ever since he was a child. But he never imagined that following that calling would lead to him being labeled a bigot.

"It was really strange, actually, because we all of a sudden started getting like messages on Instagram about how we hate gay people and just like random comments like that," Sanchez told Fox News Digital. "And come to find out there was like an organized group ready to protest the opening of our café before we even open. We did some digging, and we found out it was strictly because we were Christian."

Sanchez is the owner of The Drip Café in Denver, located in the Art District on Santa Fe Drive. He also runs a homeless ministry called "Recycle God's Love," that he started in 2012 with his late wife, Carolyn, who died from cancer in 2018. What began as a small group offering Bible studies and meals to the homeless has grown into a widespread community initiative, involving churches, local businesses, and volunteers, providing hundreds of people with everything from haircuts to food to clothing and housing.

"Over the years, it has just grown into just an amazing community of believers and people who really have a heart to help people who are in need and to do it selflessly," Sanchez told Fox News Digital. 

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In 2022, Sanchez took the ministry a step further by launching "Project Revive," a faith-based initiative designed to support homeless individuals seeking to rebuild their lives. The program helps the homeless access housing, transportation, identification, addiction counseling, and jobs — grounded in Christian discipleship.

As part of this mission, Sanchez opened The Drip Café the next year. It's a regular coffee shop that also hires and mentors individuals who have completed the ministry’s program, and are sober and ready to reintegrate into the workforce.

"We've had a few people go through the project so far, and it's been very successful," he said.

However, even before The Drip Café opened its doors, Sanchez says they began receiving social media messages accusing the café of being anti-gay. On the opening day, protesters, organized by a local group called the Denver Communists, held signs and passed out flyers accusing the coffee shop of being run by a "right-wing church" that hated those in the LGBTQ community.

"I was in shock," Sanchez recalled. "Our whole purpose opening the café was to serve the homeless community and help people get off the street, change their lives. And here we got a group who just hates us because we're doing that, and we're Christian."

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The group objected to Recycle God's Love calling homosexuality a sin in its mission statement. 

They protested outside the café every weekend initially. Now, about 10–20 people protest outside their shop every first Friday of the month during the area's art walk event.

Despite attempts to engage with them peacefully, Sanchez says he’s been met mostly with silence or shouting. 

He said protesters followed two elderly women into the store one time and screamed at a blind Christian DJ on another occasion. 

"Here's this group trying to act inclusive, and they are harassing a Black blind guy in front of my café because he's Christian," he said.

SEATTLE COFFEE SHOP OWNER WHO HAD CITY EVENT CANCELED BY LGBTQ BACKLASH DEFENDS HIS FAITH

His property has been vandalized, windows broken and "Keep Santa Fe Gay" stickers have been left on windows and mirrors. Recently, a spray-painted image of a KKK member hanging was left on the café's front door.

The Christian shop owner maintains he harbors no hatred toward the protesters. He sees the backlash as part of a spiritual battle. After finding no help from local authorities, he and his team chose to hold live worship music in the café every first Friday to help "drown out" the commotion outside.

"I love them even though they don't believe me and I've never shown anything but love to them and that's why the only pictures they have of me is praying for them," he told Fox News Digital. "I understand that they feel like they are having an identity crisis, and they might feel hopeless and lost and the only way to rectify that feeling is through the Son of God who is Jesus Christ."

The Denver Communists told Fox News Digital they were not protesting the café strictly because it is Christian, but because of its religious beliefs on sexuality.

"There are plenty of Christian denominations that don’t share their bigoted view, such as the ELCA [Evangelical Lutheran Church in America] and we’ve been joined by pastors and many Christians in our protests. Since then Drip has doubled down on its homophobic position," a spokesperson for the group said. "Jamie and his bigoted coffee shop don’t have a monopoly on Christianity, but he sure is willing to try and profit off of it."

The communists say they view the protests as part of a "broader struggle" against forces like the Trump administration, which they say is attacking LGBTQ+ rights.

"We may not succeed in running the Drip out of town before the end of its lease, but that is ultimately irrelevant. The protests against the hate-café are serving as a training ground for new queer-rights activists, the message of queer liberation is being spread, and our ultimate victory, while delayed, is inevitable," the group wrote in a blog post shared with Fox News Digital.

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The group also claimed Sanchez was affiliated with neo-Nazis and said they'd been subjected to slurs and threats by staff, which Sanchez adamantly denied. He disavowed any hate shown to the protesters by others outside his café and claimed the communists had spread lies about him and his shop.

"The communists have told me I'm not welcome, told me to kill myself, and my response is, 'I love you, and you are welcome to come in peacefully.' We have offered them free coffee and food on cold days," he told Fox News Digital. "It's very silly of them to say I am part of a Nazi group, considering I am a brown-skinned Hispanic."

Rosie O'Donnell, Donald Trump's citizenship feud caps decades of taunts and jabs

On July 15, 2025

From name-calling to online spats, Rosie O’DonnellRead more

From name-calling to online spats, Rosie O’Donnell and President Donald Trump have gone head-to-head with each other for nearly two decades. Now, their long-standing feud has escalated after Trump threatened to revoke the comedian's U.S. citizenship months after she fled to Ireland. 

During an appearance on the Irish radio show, "Sunday with Miriam," O'Donnell opened up about the contentious back and forth with the president of the United States and explained why she's "very proud" to stand up against him after all these years. 

"He still uses me as a punching bag and a way to sort of rile his base," O'Donnell, 63, said. "And I'm very proud to be opposed to every single thing he says and does and represents. I think he's a racist, and he's misogynistic, and he's sexist, and he is a danger to women and children all over the world."

ELLEN DEGENERES BACKS ROSIE O'DONNELL AFTER TRUMP THREATENED TO REVOKE HER U.S. CITIZENSHIP

Over the weekend, Trump claimed that O'Donnell is a "threat to humanity."

"Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship," Trump wrote in a post to his social media platform Truth Social. "She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!" 

TRUMP THREATENS TO STRIP ROSIE O'DONNELL'S U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS HE SAYS SHE'S A 'THREAT TO HUMANITY'

O'Donnell quickly responded to Trump's jab in several posts that she shared on her social media pages. 

"The president of the USA has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is - a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself," she wrote. "This is why i moved to Ireland - he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity."

The decades-long feud stems back to 2006 after O'Donnell criticized him on "The View" about his decision to be lenient toward a Miss USA winner who had been accused of drug use and other bad behavior. 

O'Donnell — who was a co-host on "The View" at the time — said Trump is "not a self-made man" but a "snake-oil salesman on ‘Little House On The Prairie.’"

Trump responded to the criticism by calling O'Donnell a "real loser" and "a woman out of control."

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In 2011, after O'Donnell announced her engagement to then-girlfriend Michelle Rounds, Trump took to social media to share his thoughts. 

"I feel sorry for Rosie ‘s new partner in love whose parents are devastated at the thought of their daughter being with @Rosie–a true loser."

The next year, Trump made a surprising remark after O'Donnell suffered a heart attack. 

"Rosie, get better fast. I’m starting to miss you!" he wrote on X (Twitter at the time).

In 2014, O'Donnell told People Magazine that the criticism she got from Trump was the worst bullying she had been through.

"Probably the Trump stuff was the most bullying I ever experienced in my life, including as a child," O’Donnell said. "It was national, and it was sanctioned societally. Whether I deserved it is up to your own interpretation."

Trump responded to her comments by tweeting, "Rosie—No offense, and good luck on the new show, but remember, you started it!"

In 2016, O’Donnell publicly endorsed presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and wrote on X, "HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT."

Shortly after Trump claimed victory over Clinton in November of that same year, O'Donnell wrote "god help us all. i am not scared - i am sad - for all of us - for humanity."

Last year, O'Donnell stayed engaged during the election, frequently posting videos on TikTok, including one when she warned people, "You can't forget what he's capable of. … This is not a sane person. This is a madman. You gotta get ready for what's coming. When democracy falls, fascism takes its place."

ROSIE O'DONNELL FLEES US AFTER TRUMP WIN, WON’T RETURN UNTIL IT'S ’SAFE FOR ALL CITIZENS TO HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS

In March, O'Donnell confirmed she had fled the U.S. for Ireland. 

"It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say," the 62-year-old said in a video on TikTok. "And the people have been so loving, so kind and so welcoming. And I’m very grateful." 

"Although I was someone who never thought I would move to another country, that’s what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child," she explained. 

"I miss my other kids," she added of her five grown children. "I miss my friends. I miss many things about life there at home. And I’m trying to find a home here in this beautiful country. And when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back."

The "A League of Their Own" star added that it’s "heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically and hard for me personally as well. The personal is political, as we all know."

She added that she was "sorry" to her fans who were worried about her and missed her. 

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"I just felt like we needed to take care of ourselves and make some hard decisions and follow through and now, as we’re getting settled, I was ready to post this and tell everybody what’s going on." 

"The Flintstones" star said she encourages everyone to "stand up, to use their voice, to protest, to demand that we follow the Constitution in our country and not a king, not a man and we don’t have cruelty as part of our governing style."

That same month, President Trump criticized O'Donnell and her decision to move to Ireland during his White House meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

When a reporter asked Irish Prime Minister Martin why he allowed the American comedian to move to the country, Trump was quick to respond. 

"Ireland is known for very happy, fun-loving people," a reporter noted to Martin at the White House. "Why in the world would you let Rosie O’Donnell move to Ireland? I think she is going to lower your happiness."

Before Martin could answer, Trump chimed in and replied, "That’s true. I like that question. Do you know you have Rosie O’Donnell? Do you know who she is? You’re better off not knowing."

The day before Saint Patrick’s Day, O’Donnell published a poem, "Him," on her Substack, commenting on her long feud with Trump.

The Trump White House responded to O'Donnell's poem via an exclusive comment to Fox News Digital with a simple "Good riddance!"

Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this post. 

MORNING GLORY: Just how bad were the Biden and Harris campaigns?

On July 15, 2025

New book '2024' reveals Democratic senatRead more

After the disastrous debate performance by President Joe Biden on June 27, 2024, President Donald Trump and his team were jubilant. Biden’s team was crushed. And Senate Democrats were in an absolute panic.

Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf are out with a new book on last year’s tumultuous presidential campaign. Like "Fight" by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes and "Original Sin" by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, "2024" has within it much that is familiar, as well as many blasts of new details.

The most stunning reveal of the book comes on pages 182-184, wherein the dynamics of a Democratic Senate Conference gathering at the offices of the Democratic Senatorial Committee are recounted.

BIDEN AIDES PUSHED FOR EARLY DEBATE TO SHOW OFF BIDEN’S ‘STRENGTH,’ EXPOSE TRUMP’S ‘WEAKNESS,’ BOOK SAYS

Every Democratic senator was present save for Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown, and the account is both full of hysteria and is pretty hysterical to read. (Senator Alex Padilla recited the Serenity Prayer, for example, and when Senator John Fetterman demands a show of hands of support for Biden and only Fetterman, Delaware’s Chris Coon’s and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois raise their hands.)

Stuck into the account of this gathering is the demand from "Jack Reed of Rhode Island [who] said two independent neurologists should evaluate Biden and release their findings."

Think about that. Reed is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services committee and a serious man. West Point. Harvard Law. Genuinely respected by his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. While many in his caucus are worried about politics, Reed is worried about whether President Biden has cognitive impairment.

What Tapper and Thompson established with great detail in their book —that hundreds and hundreds of Democrats at the party’s highest levels had deep concerns about Biden— Dawsey, Pager and Arnsdorf largely avoid confronting while detailing like no other book to date the incredible dysfunction of both the original Biden campaign and its successor Harris campaign.

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2024 is the stuff of nightmares for Democrats, nightmares that are not going away anytime soon. Can anyone in the party’s circle of consultants and donors actually run a campaign? The Beltway elites of the left are very long in the tooth and perhaps more angry with each other than they are with President Trump. The knives came out right after the Biden debate (Nancy Pelosi put her’s into Biden’s back; Chuck Schumer drove the dagger in from the front. Now lots of folks are carving up their rivals through interviews with book writers.)

While Democrats have fallen into depression and denial, President Trump is marching from victory to victory. That is in part because he’s done the job before and knows exactly what he wants and partly because he’s got Susie Wiles as his chief of staff. I don’t know Wiles, but the portrait Dawsey, Pager and Arnsdorf paint is compelling on the facts of Wiles’ competence and character (and that of Chris LaCivita, Wiles’ principal deputy on the campaign) as well as the bulk of Team Trump 2024.

Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor, and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show," heard weekdays from 3 pm to 6 pm ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives America home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcast, and this column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today.

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New study reveals threats to the Class of 2025. Fixing them should be Job No. 1 for America

On July 15, 2025

Despite 7 million open jobs, graduates struggle asRead more

This summer should be bringing the Class of 2025 a moment of well-deserved relaxation before they launch their careers. Instead, far too many college and high-school graduates are filled with anxiety. They’ve applied for dozens, perhaps hundreds, of jobs, but interviews and offers have become increasingly rare.  

The national unemployment rate for young adults aged 20 to 24 looking for work is 6.6% — the highest level in a decade, excluding the pandemic unemployment spike. Among those without college degrees the situation is even more dire: The unemployment rate for high-school graduates aged 18 to 19 is 14.5%. 

The precipitous reduction of entry-level hiring has been blamed on tariff-induced economic uncertainty and employers betting that artificial intelligence advances will reduce labor needs. Once there is greater clarity on both fronts, many expect hiring to increase. 

ILLINOIS' POPULATION IS AGING 'FASTER' THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, EDITORIAL WARNS

But what if this is more than a short-term blip?  

A major new study by research consultancy HarrisX, funded by our family foundation, reveals that school-to-work pathways for millions of young Americans — both those with and without college degrees — are far more deeply fractured than previously known, posing a significant threat to building the future workforce essential to growing the U.S. economy. 

More than four in 10 young people say both the education system and the employment resources to which they have access are broken and not providing them effective guidance. And they worry employment will become even more difficult as AI impacts the job market: Nearly half said they feel unprepared, or are unsure of their preparation, for jobs of the future. 

MIKE ROWE WARNS OF DECLINING WORK ETHIC PROBLEM AS YOUNGER GENERATION 'SNOWFLAKES' FACE FEWER CONSEQUENCES

The study reveals how a broad swath of Generation Z between 16 and 24 years old remains far from tapping its full potential because of systemic inertia that leaves too many young people stranded at the start of their careers. 

Many young people are not being adequately served by the institutions they encounter at every stage of their journey into adulthood, from high schools that do not expose students to a range of careers and non-college training pathways to achieve good jobs, to employers who are unwilling to invest in building hard and soft skills among new hires.  

This broken marketplace has significant consequences for the future of the U.S. economy, particularly efforts by the Trump administration to increase domestic industrial production, which will require a larger pipeline of skilled workers. 

Our nation has millions of open jobs — more than 7 million of them, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The problem for the Class of 2025, and many other jobseekers, is that the skills taught in our high schools and colleges aren’t aligned with what many businesses need, especially advanced manufacturers. 

NEARLY HALF OF GEN Z ADMITS TO LYING ON JOB APPLICATIONS, SURVEY FINDS

Many of those unfilled jobs — and more so in the future — require applicants to possess more than just a high-school or college degree. Yet too many young adults lack the guidance and resources to acquire the necessary skills and credentials. 

Too often, adults fault young people for not demonstrating more initiative and gumption in their journey into working life. But everyone who engages with young adults is responsible: 

Nearly 80% of parents rely on their own dated personal experiences and input from friends and family — as opposed to outside resources —  to guide their children. 

Eighty-five percent of educators and career navigators don’t collaborate with employers. 

More than three-in-four employers require at least a year of experience from those seeking entry-level jobs, yet most do not offer internships, apprenticeships or other programs designed to provide early-career experience. 

GEN Z BRANDED AS THE 'MOST GULLIBLE GENERATION' AFTER NEW ANALYSIS OF MEDIA HABITS

Having been connected to a Fortune 500 company for three decades, we know well the pressure to use every dollar to grow the bottom line. But our businesses and our overall economy won’t thrive over the long run if firms don’t invest in creating new opportunities for workers. 

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One of the innovations at Starbucks of which we are most proud has nothing to do with coffee. It was the decision to offer every Starbucks barista the opportunity to launch new careers by enrolling online at Arizona State University for free. To date, more than 16,000 of them have graduated with bachelor’s degrees — vaulting many into new roles inside and outside the company, with an average pay increase of $40,000 within 18 months. 

The alarming headline about recent graduates should bolt us out of our complacency. Too many of our systems were designed for a different era. The old model of earning a degree and staying with one employer for decades no longer fits today’s dynamic workforce.  

The challenge now is to build a better marketplace — one that is nimble, forward-looking, and grounded in the realities of a global, tech-driven economy. That marketplace requires embracing the power of AI to help repair what it is destroying: AI-powered agents and other tech tools that can help young people navigate options with more clarity. By surfacing internships, training programs, and regionally relevant opportunities, we can meet students with the right guidance at the right time. 

We need more relevant insights about emerging opportunities, the value of different pathways and credentials, and labor-market disruptions. We also must embrace a fundamental change in how we all learn, from a learn-then-work model to a world of lifelong learning, hands-on skills, and fluid pathways across industries. As ASU President Michael Crow puts it, the mission of education is not to "complete" a student; it is to launch a learner for life. 

Only then can this generation achieve a real chance to rise and achieve a new American Dream. This is moment to build a future that delivers progress not just for the Class of 2025, but for every class after them.  

Sheri Kersch Schultz is co-founder and chair of the Schultz Family Foundation.

Scientists crack the code on new vaccine for deadly plague bacteria

On July 15, 2025

New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promisRead more

Israeli researchers have developed a new vaccine that is "100% effective" against a bacteria that is deadly to humans.

The announcement came from Tel Aviv University, which teamed up with the Israel Institute for Biological Research to create the mRNA-based vaccine, which is the first to protect against bacteria.

"In the study, we show that our mRNA vaccine provides 100% protection against pneumonic plague (a severe lung infection), which is considered the most dangerous form of the disease," study co-lead Professor Dan Peer, director of the Laboratory of Precision NanoMedicine at Tel Aviv University, told Fox News Digital.

​​ARIZONA RESIDENT DIES OF PNEUMONIC PLAGUE, THE FIRST DEADLY CASE IN AREA IN NEARLY 20 YEARS

"Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is considered a highly lethal infectious bacterium, against which no approved vaccine exists."

This bacterium is so lethal, even at small doses, that it has been classified as a "Tier 1 select agent" by the CDC and is considered a "potential bioterror weapon," according to Peer.

"Several natural local outbreaks have been recorded in the past few years, indicating that Y. pestis still poses a risk to the human population," he noted.

The researchers tested the novel mRNA vaccine in animals infected with the bacteria, a university press release stated. 

BUBONIC PLAGUE IN THE US: DO YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT CATCHING THE RODENT-BORNE DISEASE?

"Within a week, all unvaccinated animals died, while those vaccinated with our vaccine remained alive and well," the team reported, noting that a single dose provided full protection after two weeks. 

The findings were published in the journal Science Advances.

Before this study, mRNA vaccines were only shown to protect against viruses, such as COVID-19, but not bacteria, according to Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Edo Kon, who co-led the study.

"Until now, scientists believed that mRNA vaccines against bacteria were biologically unattainable," said Kon in the announcement. "In our study, we proved that it is, in fact, possible to develop mRNA vaccines that are 100% effective against deadly bacteria."

While vaccines for viruses trigger human cells to produce viral proteins, which then train the immune system to protect against them, that same method hasn’t been effective for bacteria.

Instead, the scientists used a different method to release bacterial proteins that successfully created a "significant immune response."

"To enhance the bacterial protein's stability and make sure that it does not disintegrate too quickly inside the body, we buttressed it with a section of human protein," they wrote. "By combining the two breakthrough strategies, we obtained a full immune response."

Dr. Jacob Glanville, CEO of Centivax, a San Francisco biotechnology company, reiterated the importance of the study.

"This is distinct from research in coronavirus, influenza and cancer, which have so far been driving mRNA vaccine applications," Glanville, who was not part of the research team, told Fox News Digital.

The study shows how mRNA technologies can be rapidly applied to "novel threat areas," he confirmed.

"Following blowback from the mandates and rare but admittedly problematic side effects related to initial COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA as a platform has faced additional scrutiny to make sure that the next generation of vaccines to emerge from it has learned the lessons from the initial vaccines, and improved upon them," Glanville told Fox News Digital.

"This research demonstrates yet another large application area for the technology."

The primary limitation of the study, according to Peer, is that the vaccine’s effectiveness was shown in mice.

"As with any pre-clinical study, it needs to be evaluated in a clinical study in order to assess its effectiveness in humans," he told Fox News Digital. 

In addition, the experimental mRNA vaccine is based on the "lipid nanoparticle (LNP) mRNA vaccine platform" that was recently approved for COVID-19 vaccines, Peer noted, which requires "cold chain logistics" (a supply chain that uses refrigeration).

"Nevertheless, extensive studies are performed in our lab, focusing on lipid formulation stability optimization that will enable room-temperature storage," the researcher added.

The goal is for this new technology to fast-track vaccines for bacterial diseases, according to the researchers. This could be particularly beneficial for pathogenic (disease-causing) and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

"Due to excessive use of antibiotics over the last few decades, many bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics, reducing the effectiveness of these important drugs," said Peer.

"Consequently, antibiotic-resistant bacteria already pose a real threat to human health worldwide. Developing a new type of vaccine may provide an answer to this global problem."

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As Peer pointed out, the quick development of the COVID-19 vaccine was based on years of mRNA research for similar viruses.

"If tomorrow we face some kind of bacterial pandemic, our study will provide a pathway for quickly developing safe and effective mRNA vaccines."

As this was a pre-clinical proof-of-concept study, Peer noted that several major milestones still need to be fulfilled before this vaccine could be considered for commercial rollout.

However, he believes that in an emergency situation, the vaccine could be scaled up and prepared in a "relatively short time."

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Peer concluded, "Beyond addressing the threat of plague outbreaks and potential bioterrorism, this study opens the door to developing mRNA vaccines against other antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering a powerful new strategy to combat rising antimicrobial resistance and improve global pandemic preparedness."

The study was supported by the European Research Council, the Israel Institute for Biological Research and the Shmunis Family Foundation.

2025 MLB All-Star Game to take place at Braves' home park after it was taken away over voting law controversy

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The MLB All-Star Game will take place Tuesday night at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia, with the American League looking to continue its dominance over the National League.

The American League has won 10 out of the last 11 games, not including the 2020 season in which the game was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The National League won the game in 2023, but the American League rectified their loss last season in Arlington, Texas.

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This year, the game heads to the home of the Atlanta Braves. It’s the first time the All-Star Game will be played in their stadium since they played at Turner Field in 2000.

The Braves were initially supposed to host the 2021 All-Star Game at Truist Park, but it was removed over an uproar about a voting law the state passed. The Election Integrity Act of 2021 placed new restrictions on voting by mail, added voter ID requirements and limited ballot drop boxes. Then-President Joe Biden criticized the law as "Jim Crow on steroids."

On Monday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp praised MLB for returning the game to Atlanta and creating economic opportunities for businesses in the city.

"We're excited about the game finally being here. It should have been here several years ago. They never should have pulled it to start with, but thankfully the game's coming back," Kemp said in an appearance on "Fox & Friends."

"It's good for the Braves organization. It's good for all the vendors and small business people in and around the ballpark and in the city of Atlanta up in Cobb County and really for our whole state."

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The law is presently still in place as the baseball world descends on the city.

As far as the game goes, reigning American League Cy Young pitcher Tarik Skubal, of the Detroit Tigers, is set to start against National League Rookie of the Year, Pittsburgh Pirates star Paul Skenes.

New York Yankees’ All-Star Max Fried handed Skubal the opportunity to start the game as he felt that Skubal had earned the honor.

Read below for the projected starters of the American and National League teams.

American League

National League

The American League will be managed by the Yankees’ Aaron Boone. The Dodgers’ Dave Roberts will manage the National League.

The MLB All-Star Game will be played on FOX at 8 p.m. ET. Full coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET.

Fox News' Taylor Penley contributed to this report.

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LIZ PEEK: Democrats' identity crisis shows no sign of getting better. It's actually getting worse

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The Democratic Party has no leader and no message. That’s not a right-wing talking point; that’s the findings of a poll commissioned by a Democrat SuperPAC. 

As reported by The Hill, a survey conducted between May and June by Unite the Country showed voters perceive the Democratic Party as "out of touch," "woke" and "weak." Worse, perceptions and confidence in the party have actually soured since last year’s election, when Democrats not only lost the presidency, but also the Senate and the House. Democrat support from White men, Hispanic men and working-class voters in general has collapsed to below 35%. 

The poll is especially worrisome for Democrats in that it surveyed voters across 21 swing counties in 10 battleground states – the regions which will determine the outcomes of future elections.

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What can Democrats do to turn their prospects around? For starters, according to the survey, find new leaders who will talk about issues that matter to people, and particularly economic issues. Also, get back to common sense, which the party has rejected.

Can anyone be surprised by these findings?  After all, Democrats with unerring aim find themselves on the wrong side of almost every issue. Biological boys competing in girls’ sports? Check. Open borders? Check. Opposing school choice? Check.

Most recently, Democrats rallied in support of Glass House marijuana farms in California which were raided by ICE, even though the facility employed hundreds of people in the country illegally, including at least 10 children. Among the 361 illegals caught were criminals reportedly convicted for rape, kidnapping, burglary, hit and run, and DUI. Also detained were more than a dozen children, including one who is 14 years old, raising concerns about child trafficking. 

 As ICE agents descended on the farm, they came under vicious assault from immigration activists and protesters.

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was laying the groundwork in South Carolina for a presidential run when the riots broke out at the pot facility, posted this on X: "Instead of supporting the businesses and workers that drive our economy and way of life, Stephen Miller’s tactics evoke chaos, fear and terror within our communities at every turn," speaking of the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and United States homeland security adviser. Californians were likely surprised to hear their "way of life" depended on illegal underage labor. 

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Washington state’s Democratic Rep. Pramilla Jayapal has accused ICE officers of acting "like a terrorist force" while Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE agents as the "modern-day Gestapo." Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson describes ICE agents as "secret police" and says they’re "terrorizing our communities." Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, New York Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman and many others have condemned ICE workers. The upshot of this reckless vitriol is that ICE agents have suffered a 700% increase in violent assaults even as they work to protect our communities. 

Democrats should note that in last year’s election, voters turned out to elect Donald Trump, who vowed not only to secure our border but also to deport people in this country illegally. Reflexively opposing Trump in this ambition is also to oppose the will of American citizens.  

Last month, a CBS News/YouGov poll showed a majority of the country supports President Trump’s deportation program, and a plurality thinks the effort is making the country safer. Other polls have indicated overwhelming support for deporting criminals. 

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It isn’t just President Trump’s immigration policies that Democrats oppose; it’s every move he makes. That brings them, for instance, to vote for a $4 trillion tax hike, which would have clobbered our economy. Even billionaire Democrat Mark Cuban is appalled by his party, noting on a recent podcast that Democrats’ only plan of action is to complain about the president. "That’s the underlying thought of everything the Democrats dot," Cuban said, "Trump sucks." As he said, "That’s not the way to win. It’s just not." 

While the current disarray in the Democratic Party is heartening for Republicans, it carries risks not only for the GOP but, more importantly, for the country. Searching for new leadership and new ideas could well encourage the rise of the likes of Zohran Mamdani the Democratic Socialist now leading the mayoral race in New York.

Mamdani has burst on the scene promising to deliver free bus rides, free childcare, cheaper food via government-run grocery stores and cheaper housing via rent caps. None of it is real, but for hard-up voters searching for candidates who offer new ideas, the pitch resonates. 

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Shamefully, leading Democratic Representatives like Jerry Nadler and Adriano Espaillat have endorsed this fraud who pretends to have working-class roots and to despise billionaires, even as his campaign is funded by the very rich and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Mamdani is a big champion of public schools but attended pricey private schools and an expensive liberal arts college. 

Worse, Mamdani, who is Muslim, is openly anti-Israel and widely viewed as antisemitic. How can a candidate who has called to "globalize the intifada" lead a city that is home to 1.3 million Jews – the largest Jewish population outside Israel? Is anyone paying attention?

Establishment Democrats are scared to death of Mamdani and his fanatical Democratic Socialist supporters, who have threatened to primary any who stand in their way. Millions of dollars are flowing from billionaire George Soros’ son Alex to promote this candidate who rails against the wealthy and to challenge his opponents. 

This is a test for today’s Democrats. If they follow Mamdani down his Socialist (President Trump and others say Communist) path and allow the 33-year-old snake-oil salesman to become the face of the next generation, they will further shrink their popularity. Most Americans, outside the coastal elites responsible for so much misfortune for Democrats, disagree with Mamdani’s leftist policies and will increasingly disengage from a party that celebrates him.

If not, we are all in trouble.

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Jeffrey Epstein pal Prince Andrew free to travel again, but remains ‘an embarrassment’ to royal family: expert

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Prince Andrew can now reportedly end his self-imposed travel ban following his controversial ties to Jeffrey Epstein. And while the disgraced Duke of York can travel freely without fear of repercussions, royal experts insist to Fox News Digital that "Air Miles Andy" is no longer.

"Prince Andrew remains an embarrassment to the royal family," royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital. "No one has forgotten his infamous ‘Newsnight’ interview or the photograph with Epstein… He continues to be seen as an entitled imbecile."

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"He can only be seen with the royal family inside a church without attracting fiercely negative comment," Fitzwilliams said. "[But] unless he accepts that he has been found guilty in the court of public opinion and… [shows] some repentance or, at the very least, something positive which helps others, at his best, his future is well behind him."

Fox News Digital obtained a two-page internal Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI memo that says that Epstein, a late American financier and convicted pedophile, died by suicide, and there is no list of clients who were involved in exploitation.

"This systemic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’" a portion of the memo read. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties." 

The memo also stated that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 in the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York City.

A source claimed to The Sun that the son of Queen Elizabeth II has been abroad only "once" since his controversial connection to Epstein came to light.

"He has always been very nervous about going abroad and felt he’d always be looking over his shoulder as he could be subject to civil action or, at worst, being arrested," the source claimed to the outlet.

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"Hopefully with this out of the way it means he can at least leave the country," the insider continued. "What’s he supposed to do with the rest of his life? He hasn’t been convicted of any crime and can’t sit around doing nothing at Royal Lodge forever."

A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace previously told Fox News Digital they don’t speak for the duke, as he's no longer a working royal.

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Royal experts told Fox News Digital that Andrew originally earned the nickname "Air Miles Andy" for his frequent travels across the globe. However, British royals expert Hilary Fordwich pointed out to Fox News Digital that it’s likely Andrew will continue to keep his head down to avoid further humiliation and scrutiny.

"While Andrew might be feeling a sense of relief and cautious optimism, being now technically able to travel, both his personal and public prospects remain constrained by the enduring negative fallout, as well as his frightfully tarnished reputation from the Epstein scandal," she explained.

"The media will [still] be relentless and most certainly not positive. They will also be more likely to be hostile, as well as embarrassing to the royal family, if he does travel to the U.S. He is not likely to ever regain public favor either nor return to any prominence."

"He lost all his royal patronages and military roles," Fordwich continued. "There is no indication whatsoever that King Charles III, or any senior royal, ever intends to rehabilitate his public image nor to restore his former status in any way."

"Senior royals are far more concerned with protecting the institution’s reputation. Anything Andrew does is seen as… a liability. Prince William remains adamant regarding severely restricting any options for participation at all. So, he might travel, but not in any formal capacity."

Fitzwilliams also questioned "what is the point of him?" referring to any contributions Andrew can make as a royal.

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"He isn't doing anything useful, although a job could be found helping to run the royal estates," he said. "He may well cling on to the thirty-room Royal Lodge if he can afford the upkeep… He has a 75-year lease [that] he took out in 2003."

"It’s noted that he did not offer to help with the FBI investigation, although he had originally offered to do so," said Fitzwilliams. "It should also be stressed that he has not been found guilty of anything and has always maintained his innocence."

King Charles’ younger brother stepped back as a senior royal in 2019 following his nuclear televised interview with BBC’s "Newsnight" about his ties to Epstein. At the time, the royal said he regretted his relationship with the 66-year-old.

In January 2022, the queen, who died in September of that year, stripped her second son of his military titles and patronages. At the time, the father of two attempted to have a sexual abuse lawsuit made by Virginia Giuffre dismissed. Andrew settled with Giuffre for an undisclosed sum, agreeing to make a "substantial donation" to her survivors’ organization.

A statement filed in court said that the prince acknowledged Epstein was a sex trafficker and Giuffre "an established victim of abuse."

Giuffre said Epstein trafficked her and that she had sex with Andrew three times: in London during her 2001 trip, at Epstein’s New York mansion when she was 17, and in the Virgin Islands when she was 18. 

She took her life in April of this year at her farm in Western Australia, her publicist confirmed. She was 41.

It is believed that Andrew first met Epstein in 1999. Andrew claimed he cut ties with Epstein shortly after the pair were photographed taking a stroll through Central Park.

Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial on U.S. federal sex trafficking charges involving dozens of teenage girls and young women, some as young as 14. The charges came 14 years after police in Palm Beach, Florida, first began investigating allegations that he sexually abused underage girls who were hired to give him massages.

Epstein's partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2021 on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. The British socialite, 63, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.  

Kinsey Schofield, host of the To Di for Daily podcast, previously told Fox News Digital that Andrew’s reputation is forever tarnished. At this point, she argued, he should never be seen or heard from again as there’s nothing he can do to redeem himself publicly.

"Andrew needs to avoid being seen or heard for the rest of King Charles’ reign," said Schofield. "If you want to attend church with your family, fine — stay 100 feet behind them when photographers are around. Otherwise, he should continue… horse riding privately on the property that King Charles asked him to surrender. Whether he’s innocent of the initial accusations is irrelevant. He’s guilty by association with Jeffrey Epstein."

Menendez brothers bank on new trial as backup if parole bid fails

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The infamous killer Menendez brothers, who brutally slayed their parents with a shotgun inside their Beverly Hills home more than 35 years ago, have an entirely new path to freedom after a judge's order last week. 

Brian Wice is a Houston-based post-conviction attorney who says that the brothers scored a new victory that is completely separate from their current bid for parole

"If habeas relief is granted, this is not a resentencing," Wice told Fox News Digital. "This is an entirely new trial."

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"My understanding is that the relief that they have sought is an entirely new trial, because they claim that with this newly discovered, newly available evidence that there's a reasonable probability, and that's the test — not a certainty — a reasonable probability the outcome would have been different," he said.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted and sentenced to life without parole in a bloody shotgun massacre that left their parents, Jose and Mary "Kitty" Menendez dead. Jose was shot six times, and Kitty 10.  

They have spent more than 35 years in jail for the slayings in a case that captivated the world.

In March 2023, the brothers filed a habeas petition claiming that evidence was forbidden from being presented at their trial. That evidence, they say, would have led a jury to find them not guilty. 

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About eight months before the double-homicide, Erik allegedly wrote a letter to his cousin, Andy Cano, claiming that Jose had sexually abused him and Lyle. 

Further, an affidavit from Roy Rossello, a member of a boy band called Menudo, claimed Jose, who was a record executive, raped him when he was a 14-year-old boy in 1983 or 1984. Rossello made the claim almost 40 years after the alleged rape. 

If that information had been available to a jury, the brothers claim, they would not have been convicted. They also contend that the letter and the affidavit constitute new evidence that must be considered. 

In an informal response to that petition, filed by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman's office in February of this year, prosecutors denied that the letter and the affidavit constituted new evidence. They said that the Cano letter was "untimely." They also said the Rossello affidavit was "inadmissible, immaterial, and lacks credibility." 

Still, on July 8, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan, said that the letter and the affidavit constituted a prima facie showing that the brothers are entitled to habeas relief, and ordered Hochman's office to respond to the claim and explain why the brothers should not be granted the relief. 

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Wice stressed that it's not an easy path forward for the brothers, and that a new trial is the light at the end of a long tunnel. 

"Essentially, this is your last ditch, all hands on deck, let's see what we can do to create a miracle, kind of context," he said.

If the trial judge were to grant the habeas petition in favor of the brothers, vacating their conviction, that decision would then be reviewed by the California Court of Appeals, and after that, the California Supreme Court, Wice said. Either of those entities could say the trial judge erred in his or her decision, and refuse the brothers' opportunity for a new trial. 

"They're in a position to win, and like I said, in the context of habeas, it's survive and advance," Wice said, using a basketball analogy. "They survive and advance to another round. Are they going to cut down? Who knows?"

Meanwhile, the brothers will appear before a parole board and plead their case for freedom in August. They were resentenced from life without parole to fifty years with the possibility of parole in May. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman's office for comment. 

Mysterious 1,600-year-old settlement emerges from soil with rare Roman military finds

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Archaeologists recently uncovered a mysterious Roman-era settlement site in Germany, complete with building remains and hundreds of artifacts dating back nearly two millennia.

The Schafbreite site, located within the western German town of Delbrück, has been settled since the first century A.D. The site was recently excavated by the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe (LWL). 

In a June 13 statement, the LWL announced the results of its excavation, revealing a trove of discoveries that mostly date back to the fourth and fifth centuries A.D.

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Officials identified hundreds of ancient features at the site, including numerous holes in the ground that were likely from ancient wooden posts.

After months of careful digging, archaeologists also found two "clearly identifiable" buildings, along with two pit houses, two wells and a cremation grave — along with several hundred artifacts.

"Seven hundred and fifty individual finds were recovered from the ancient cultural layer preserved under a thick ash soil, 600 of which were metal," said the LWL's statement, translated from German to English.

Archaeologists also explained that the site "must have been settled at different times, making it a multi-period settlement site."

"The finds from various periods also show that the inhabitants had access to Roman material culture," the press release said. 

The statement added, "The new excavations have expanded the picture of this site, as a burial has now been confirmed: The isolated cremation grave contained remains from the pyre, such as charcoal, cremated remains and parts of burned grave goods."

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In the burial section, archaeologists found that one decedent was buried with a spearhead, two garment clasps and a broken bone comb, in addition to "a fire steel, and an animal head buckle with fittings."

"Experts date this buckle to the 4th or 5th century based on its shape. It further confirms the settlers' contact with the Roman cultural sphere, as it belonged to the Roman military belt," officials said in a statement.

Historians were unable to identify the mysterious burial. The LWL speculated that the deceased person may have been a Germanic mercenary in the Roman military.

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"[It's] a special find, as it is the first burial in East Westphalia where parts of a Roman military belt have been detected, previously only known from surface finds in other regions," officials said.

Other discoveries at the site included a cattle trough, a construction pit with ceramics and a three-foot-wide well that was made from tree trunks.

"The organic preservation was so good that we recovered not only wood but also a leather fragment and even an insect wing," excavation manager Sven Knippschild noted. 

He added, "Completely extraordinary and unique for the Migration Period in Westphalia was the discovery of a beam piece with various tool marks on the last day of excavation."

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"[It] was certainly once part of a house and was later recycled for the well construction."

Sven Spiong, a lead archaeologist at LWL, said the site offers a glimpse into what life was like during the Migration Period. 

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The era, also known as the Barbarian Invasions, was a time of significant upheaval and change in Europe, lasting from roughly 300 to 600 A.D.

"Sites like these help us better understand how the people of the region lived and worked during the arrival of the Romans and in the following centuries, what interregional contacts and connections they had, and how the settlement structure changed during the Migration Period," Spiong said. 

Even though the excavation has wrapped up, the recent discoveries are just the beginning of researchers' study of the archaeological site.

Experts plan to analyze the wood and charcoal found at the site to help date the site more precisely.

Archaeologists will also look at some soil from the well to learn more about what the area around Bentfeld was like over 1,600 years ago.

"This [study] may reveal changes in vegetation, landscape, and settlement between the time around the birth of Christ and around 400 A.D.," LWL archaeologist Julia Hallenkamp-Lumpe noted. 

Florida man convicted of killing 2 people outside a bar set to be put to death

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A Florida man who was convicted in the 1993 shooting deaths of a man and woman outside a bar as part of an attempted revenge killing is set to be executed on Tuesday.

Michael Bernard Bell, 54, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near the city of Starke, unless he is granted a last-day reprieve.

Bell was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to death in the killings of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith.

In December 1993, Bell spotted what he suspected was the car of the man who had killed his brother earlier that year, according to court records. Bell appeared to be unaware that the man had sold the car to West.

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Bell called two friends and armed himself with an AK-47 before locating the car parked outside a liquor lounge and waiting for the vehicle owner to come outside. When West, Smith and another woman eventually exited the club, Bell approached the car and fired his gun, according to officials.

West died at the scene and Smith succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital. The other woman was not injured. 

Witnesses reported that Bell also fired at a crowd of onlookers before fleeing the scene.

Bell was arrested the following year.

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He was also later convicted of three additional murders that happened prior to the shooting at the bar. He fatally shot a woman and her toddler in 1989, and he killed his mother's boyfriend about four months before shooting West and Smith, officials said.

Attorneys for Bell have filed appeals with the Florida Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

In their state filing, the attorneys argued that Bell's execution should be blocked because of newly discovered evidence concerning witness testimony. But justices unanimously rejected the argument last week, citing what they described as overwhelming evidence of Bell’s guilt.

Bell's attorneys filed a similar petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, although the nation's highest court has not yet issued a ruling as his execution time nears.

Bell would be the eighth person executed in Florida this year, and a ninth is scheduled for later this month. The state put six people to death in 2023, but only one execution happened last year.

Across the U.S., 25 men have been executed so far this year, matching last year's total.

Florida has executed more people this year than any other state, while Texas and South Carolina are tied for second place with four each. The states that follow are Alabama with three executions and Oklahoma with two, while Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee each have put one person to death.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Trump delivers on campaign promises while liberal media cries he's 'destroying democracy'

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Donald Trump stands accused of trying to repeal the 20th century.

That’s how the New York Times puts it, and there is ample reporting to back that up.

But I would add this bit of perspective.

When Joe Biden came into office, he was widely portrayed as making important, progressive, reforms. He was depicted as undoing the damage of Trump’s first term. He was one of the good guys.

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(Biden was also derided as too old for the job and mentally declining, and shielded from the press, and botching the border, but his heart was seen as being in the right place.)

When Trump won a second term, he was immediately viewed as a human wrecking ball.

He’s been absolutely aggressive, taking on elite law firms, Ivy League universities and the media, winning big settlements from two of the three broadcast networks, ABC and CBS. He’s sealed the border, backed stronger tactics by ICE agents, and slapped even longtime allies with sky-high tariffs–all of which he had promised during the campaign. 

But most in the media have portrayed this as moving backwards, undoing important reforms and damaging the country. They have slid back into the familiar role of the Resistance. 

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The framing is that Trump is destroying democracy, ruining the economy, yadda yadda yadda. He is one of the bad guys. Never mind that he won the popular vote. 

Trump is undoing what Biden did, as Biden did after Trump’s first term, and that is a catastrophe. 

The president also successfully bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, and despite the debate over how much of a setback that was, most Democrats and media people refused to credit him, or did so grudgingly. 

(At the same time, Trump and his Justice Department also bungled the Jeffrey Epstein case, refusing–after a big buildup–to release anything, on grounds that there was no client list and that the convicted pedophile did commit suicide in prison.)

On Sunday’s Mediabuzz, Sarah Bedford, investigations editor of the right-leaning Washington Examiner, called it "a huge PR disaster for the Trump administration. There’s no way for them to spin their way out of this."

I’ve been trying to figure out why this is striking such a deep chord among MAGA loyalists, rather than being a two-day story, and this is my take.

The no-need-to-release-anything about this "creep," as Trump calls him, is a proxy for a broader sentiment that the rich and powerful always get away with things. They protect each other. They’re never held accountable for actions that would sink the rest of us.

I’ve been trying to figure out why this is striking such a deep chord among MAGA loyalists, rather than being a two-day story, and this is my take.

The no-need-to-release-anything about this "creep," as Trump calls him, is a proxy for a broader sentiment that the rich and powerful always get away with things. They protect each other. They’re never held accountable for actions that would sink the rest of us.

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From the New York Times: "On matters big and small, Mr. Trump has hit the rewind button. At the broadest level, he has endeavored to reverse the globalization and internationalism that have defined U.S. leadership around the globe since World War II, under presidents of both parties. But even at a more prosaic level, it has become evident that Mr. Trump, 79, the oldest president ever inaugurated, simply prefers things the way he remembers them from his youth, or even before that."

In the well-reported piece, Peter Baker says Trump wants has called into question fluoride in water, flu vaccine and car safety standards. 

"He has made clear that he wants to return to an era when ‘Cats’ was the big hit on Broadway, not ‘Hamilton;’ when military facilities were named after Confederate generals, not gay rights leaders; when coal was king and there were no windmills; when straws were plastic,  not paper; when toilets flushed more powerfully; when there weren’t so many immigrants; when police officers weren’t discouraged from being rough on suspects; when diversity was not a goal in hiring or college admissions or much of anything else–all to save America from "radical left lunatics."

You may or may not agree with this analysis, but there’s little question that Donald Trump wants to hit the time machine and return the country to a time when he was growing up, or even decades before that.

That, after all, is why we have elections.

Footnote: President Trump posted this, seemingly out of the blue:

"Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

I don’t think he has the power to do this to a natural-born American citizen. And I don’t think he will. But even if he did, wouldn’t it have to be tied to some kind of national security threat? Rosie, with whom he’s been feuding for years? 

She has hit back, probably thankful for the publicity:

"The president of the usa has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is – a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself – this is why i moved to ireland – he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity."

Zero evidence that he has dementia, of course. But why go there?

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