Marco Rubio Demands Strong Action Against the Venezuelan Regime
August 27, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a strong call to action against what he described as a direct threat to national security and the stability of the Western Hemisphere: the growing influence of the Venezuelan regime backed by foreign powers, coupled with its failure to honor electoral commitments and its ties to terrorist organizations.
In official remarks, Rubio sharply criticized the permissiveness of previous administrations that allowed sanctions to be lifted and granted licenses to U.S. companies to operate in Venezuela, which, according to him, “ended up funding a dictatorship that has not fulfilled any
Faith, Death, Loss, and Hope: Dealing with a Soldier’s Grief and Pain
August 27, 2025
Praying with the soldiers near the front. Photo by Antonio Graceffo
From late July until last week, I was on my latest mission in Burma (stories available on the Gateway Pundit). During that time, I witnessed people in Demoso City, Karenni State, trying to live as normally as possible under the constant sounds of artillery, mortars, drones, and the occasional airstrike. Literally all day, every day, there were explosions. And this is how they have lived for four and a half years, since the 2021 military coup that ousted the democratically elected government.
Bunker in the rice paddies. Photo by Antonio Graceffo.
Now, however, the explosions are getting closer, falling within a kilometer of the population center, with occasional rounds striking villages. While I was there, we responded when the government bombed a school. Fortunately, it was after 4:30 p.m. and the children were not there.
That same day, a mortar round hit a village, wounding one man. Why? Why that village? Why that man? Why that random Wednesday afternoon? No one knows. The only certainty is that things are getting worse as government forces push to seize the rest of the city, the surrounding villages, and the farmland.
The resistance has only limited drone-scrambling technology, no aircraft, and no anti-aircraft weapons. So, both soldiers and the civilians they protect are free targets whenever the government decides to kill them, and those attacks are coming more frequently now.
Leaving Demoso, I accompanied resistance forces to the battle of Pasaung City. I spent time with the Free Burma Rangers (FBR) at their casualty collection point, where they fought desperately to save wounded soldiers. I also joined Catholic priests on their rounds, providing food and support to the internally displaced people (IDPs), and spiritual care to those whose lives have been shattered by war.
Most of the battle, I could do nothing but watch helplessly as Russian artillery and Chinese jets dropped ordnance and strafed the ground with autocannons, killing indiscriminately, while the resistance had no way to fight back.
Photo by Antonio Graceffo
The day after the battle, religious duties turned even more somber. I followed a priest as he presided over wakes and funerals for young men, mostly in their late teens and early twenties, who had been killed in the fighting. And because the entire country is a target for government airstrikes, even funerals placed mourners and grieving families at risk of being bombed.
After twenty years and numerous missions in this war, my understanding of conflict continues to evolve, as does my understanding of grief, death, and how we process them. Every soldier wrestles with the question of how one can kill and still be forgiven.
One Catholic soldier, call him Salvatore, has more or less stopped eating and drinks heavily, burdened by the weight of the people he has killed. He looks extremely emaciated and told me that he wakes in the middle of the night, reliving those battles.
Salvatore was about 17 when the coup happened, so this war has consumed nearly a quarter of his life. And unlike American soldiers who can be rotated out, there is no place for him to go. He remains with his unit at the front, locked in a state of perpetual war.
Even if he were to give in to his trauma and leave the army, he would only end up in an internally displaced persons camp, targeted by government airstrikes and unable to do anything to help himself or those around him.
The waste of human potential in the camps is horrific, hundreds of thousands of people with no job, no purpose, except to survive and to pray for the war to end.
Food distribution in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. Photo by Antonio Graceffo.
Soldier suicides are becoming more frequent, and a Catholic soldier took his own life while I was in country. I met with the priest and nuns the next morning, and they were visibly more affected by this death than by the many others killed in combat or government airstrikes.
Their deep compassion showed through, with the nuns blaming the war and the hopelessness of constant suffering and death, rather than condemning the young man. After years of watching comrades die, knowing their families are displaced, and feeling powerless to protect those they love, many soldiers reach a breaking point. One of the nuns said something to the effect of, “He is with God now and will no longer suffer,” a striking contrast to the idea of judgment.
Many Catholics believe that suicide is a mortal sin and that anyone who commits it automatically goes to hell, but this is not accurate. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992, sections 2280–2283) states: “We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance.”
I prayed that Salvatore would not die the same way. But it was good to be reminded that there is still hope.
Every family asks how a loving God could take their son. And with 80 percent of Karenni State’s population displaced, most of the country could easily be asking how this can happen and why it is happening to them.
At nearly 60 years of age, I still have no answers, except that we must remain true to our faith and trust that God has a plan, even if it is unknown to us.
After I returned from mission, I had an after-action debriefing with one of the chaplains from the Free Burma Rangers (FBR). The meeting was productive and therapeutic, tearful and prayerful. He is a Lutheran and a long-term veteran of the Burma war, so he understood what I was going through and particularly the concerns I had for Catholic soldiers in Burma.
People in Burma are very religious. They maintain their faith despite the war, and many keep a shrine in their home. Photo by Antonio Graceffo
Among the issues we discussed were soldier suicide and the immense regret many carry for what they believe is unreconciled sin, breaking the Fifth Commandment by killing the enemy. For Catholics and Lutherans, “Thou shalt not kill” is the Fifth Commandment; for most Protestants it is the Sixth. But the Catholic Church and all of the American Protestants I have spoken to, including FBR chaplains, agree that the commandment means “Thou shalt not murder,” not “Thou shalt not kill.”
According to the Catechism, the Fifth Commandment forbids the direct and intentional killing of the innocent (CCC 2261). Yet the Church recognizes that those who bear arms in defense of life and justice may not be morally guilty of murder. The Church also teaches that soldiers in a just war are not condemned for killing the enemy to save the innocent. CCC 2263–2265 states that legitimate defense can be not only a right but even a grave duty when responsible for protecting others.
My plate carrier, bulletproof vest. Catholic soldiers in the Burma war wear the rosary on their vests. Photo by Antonio Graceffo.
Soldiers who fight in a just war with the right intention are not guilty of sin for killing enemy combatants, since their goal is defense, not murder (CCC 2310).
Writing the series of stories I wrote for Gateway Pundit was at times painful, as it required me to relive the deaths. When I mentioned this to David Eubank, head of Free Burma Rangers (FBR) he said “We can live with sadness. We cannot live with regret.”
Mass wake for soldiers killed in the battle of Pasaung. Photo by Antonio Graceffo
And that statement touched on one of my take-aways from this mission, I realized that each man is fighting his own, private and spiritual war.
One night, a military commander got very drunk, and I saw tears running down his face as he told me about the number of young men he had lost. A priest I was riding in a car with teared up when we had to attend five funerals in just two days. Salvatore opened up about the trauma that was eating him alive.
Photo by Antonio Graceffo
On battle days, I watched combat medics running back and forth to the front, carrying the wounded and the dead, and it struck me that unlike soldiers who may see only a few deaths in a battle, the handful of medics see them all. The commander feels every loss, and the priest has to bury every one. Over the past four and a half years, soldiers have lost countless friends. Rangers were killed on my last mission to Karenni, and again during this mission.
The chaplains, very few in number, endured the deaths and the terror of combat firsthand, yet they also had to remain strong and counsel the soldiers, helping them with grief and with the weight of the things they had done.
Every one of them was suffering their own trauma, but as Eubank said, they kept going. They didn’t quit. The fear of regret outweighed the pain and sadness of continuing.
What united all of these men was that they knew their mission, and they held fast to their faith that the mission was just: “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).
And for the people of Burma, who live under constant attack yet still endure, Paul’s words ring true: “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4:8–9).
The author, Antonio Graceffo, reporting from Thailand after his mission to Burma.
“FIRE THE CEO!” — Steak ‘n Shake Goes SCORCHED EARTH on Cracker Barrel after Their Logo Faceplant
August 27, 2025
Cracker Barrel’s latest “modern rebrand” has gone down in flames, and Steak ’n Shake is leading the charge in calling out what millions of Americans are already saying: Fire the CEO.
Julie Felss Masino, the woke Cracker Barrel CEO, sparked a major backlash after changing the company’s beloved logo.
She claimed the public just loved the new Cracker Barrel logo and redesign of the restaurant. The new interior of Cracker Barrel looks cold and sterile – not like the original comfy and cozy vibe.
“Honestly, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,” Masino said on Good Morning America last week.
Steak ’n Shake, the restaurant chain owned by San Antonio–based Sardar Biglari, took to social media this week to lash out at Cracker Barrel’s newly woke logo.
In a fiery series of posts on X, Steak ’n Shake torched Cracker Barrel’s tone-deaf management for gutting the company’s historic identity in favor of soulless, corporate blandness.
“This is what happens when you have a board that does not respect their historical customers or their brand. At Steak ’n Shake, we have gone back to basics. Our tallow fries are waiting for you. Oh yeah, you can also now pay with Bitcoin!”
This is what happens when you have a board that does not respect their historical customers or their brand.
At Steak n Shake, we have gone back to basics. Our tallow fries are waiting for you. Oh yeah, you can also now pay with Bitcoin! https://t.co/F5cBwUBVns
The chain then torched Cracker Barrel for what it called an arrogant attempt to erase its own heritage:
“Sometimes, people want to change things just to put their own personality on things. At CB, their goal is to just delete the personality altogether. Hence, the elimination of the ‘old-timer’ from the signage. Heritage is what got Cracker Barrel this far, and now the CEO wants to just scrape it all away. At Steak ’n Shake, we take pride in our history, our families, and American values. All are welcome. We will never market ourselves away from our past in a cheap effort to gain the approval of trend seekers.”
Sometimes, people want to change things just to put their own personality on things. At CB, their goal is to just delete the personality altogether. Hence, the elimination of the “old-timer” from the signage. Heritage is what got Cracker Barrel this far, and now the CEO wants to… pic.twitter.com/Aoml8ZOfuT
Steak ’n Shake ripped into Cracker Barrel’s denial, blasting management for blaming the brand’s woes on “logos and decor” instead of declining service, smaller portions, higher prices, and lower-quality food.
“Cracker Barrel is in denial. Apparently, anyone who disagrees with them is in the minority. It is convenient for the company to blame the logo and the historical decor for its woes rather than address its underlying problems — service, portion size, product quality, and price. The CEO talks about the great “buzz” generated by changing the decor, but she cannot point to improving results. Until she is replaced, a great American brand will continue to decline. Save Cracker Barrel!”
Cracker Barrel is in denial. Apparently, anyone who disagrees with them is in the minority.
It is convenient for the company to blame the logo and the historical decor for its woes rather than address its underlying problems — service, portion size, product quality, and price.… https://t.co/Idv2j1edQT
Steak ‘n Shake also pointed out something remarkable: Americans on both sides of the political aisle agree—the new Cracker Barrel rebrand is a disaster.
“The CEO of CB has managed to do something seemingly impossible: She got Americans on both sides of the political spectrum to agree on something — the new rebrand sucks. When the Board does not know the brand, like the brand, or respect the brand, they hire the wrong CEO who focuses on all the wrong things. America does not need another bland, soulless, mediocre restaurant chain.
“Founded in 1969 amid radical social and technological change — Woodstock, the moon landing — Cracker Barrel was that one place designed to stand still, evoking Americana, authenticity, and wholesomeness. CB’s foolish moves demand the resignation of the CEO and the board leaders who hired her. Save Cracker Barrel!”
The CEO of CB has managed to do something seemingly impossible: She got Americans on both sides of the political spectrum to agree on something — the new rebrand sucks.
When the Board does not know the brand, like the brand, or respect the brand, they hire the wrong CEO who… https://t.co/QRO5uDDosd
Steak ’n Shake didn’t just stop at the logo, they exposed what they call a corporate boondoggle:
“Logo is a symptom of a bigger problem! The $700 million remodel is insane! It’s bland, soulless, and an unnecessary waste of money. Instead, use this money to keep prices down to support American families. And while you’re at it, go back to making fresh biscuits every day. Fire the CEO!”
Logo is a symptom of a bigger problem!
The $700 million remodel is insane! It’s bland, soulless, and an unnecessary waste of money. Instead, use this money to keep prices down to support American families. And while you’re at it, go back to making fresh biscuits every day.… https://t.co/HFGe5G7cqy
The brand even joked about new merchandise: “Hats for sale soon!” One design reads “Biglari Was Right About Cracker Barrel” and another simply states: “Fire Cracker Barrel CEO.”
After President Trump himself chimed in, demanding that Cracker Barrel return to its old logo, Steak ‘n Shake piled on:
“Great idea, Mr. President! We really appreciate your sage advice! The woke CB management has even less competence than your predecessor. The CEO needs to hear ‘You’re Fired’ from her board.”
Great idea, Mr. President!
We really appreciate your sage advice!
The woke CB management has even less competence than your predecessor. The CEO needs to hear “You’re Fired” from her board.
Following Trump’s post, Cracker Barrel caved to public pressure and will switch its logo back to the beloved “Old Timer.”
“We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel. We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our “Old Timer” will remain.”
BREAKING: HUGE HIRING SCAM EXPOSED!… Job Search Sites Caught Hiding High-Paying Jobs from Skilled American Workers in Order to Hire Foreigners! – But They Got Caught!
August 27, 2025
Internet sleuths have uncovered a likely illegal scheme where U.S. companies and job search sites are systematically hiding lucrative job openings from qualified, skilled American workers, all to funnel those jobs directly to foreign workers through H-1B and green card Permanent Labor Certification “PERM” loopholes.
The scheme is as dirty as it gets: corporations bury ads in obscure corners of the internet or tiny Sunday print listings, while deliberately keeping those same jobs off their main career sites where real Americans are actually looking.
Why? So they can claim to have “advertised” positions to U.S. citizens while quietly handing them to foreign applicants.
This was discovered by a grassroots group, and that’s why the group of investigators has launched Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans, a new job board exposing these hidden skilled jobs and PERM jobs, and putting them back in the hands of American workers.
So what is a “Permanent Labor Certification (PERM)” worker?
A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. In most instances, before the U.S. employer can submit an immigration petition to the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the employer must obtain a certified labor certification application from the DOL’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The DOL must certify to the USCIS that there are not sufficient U.S. workers able, willing, qualified, and available to accept the job opportunity in the area of intended employment and that employment of the foreign worker will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers.
According to their X account, “The mission of Jobs.Now is to get Americans access to quality jobs in their own country. We think American workers are the greatest workers in the world, and we exist to make sure they get the chance to be considered for every job first!” the group wrote.
The mission of https://t.co/Hlbar0EjdS is to get Americans access to quality jobs in their own country.
We’re not here to waste HR’s time.
We think American workers are the greatest workers in the world, and we exist to make sure they get the chance to be considered for every… https://t.co/yu4l5VY1FX
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 20, 2025
They added this:
“We were tired of seeing companies hire H-1Bs for ordinary jobs that Americans could do…
When we learned from @amandalouise416 that employers were systematically discriminating against Americans by hiding jobs for PERM applicants (in violation of the law), we decided to create our own job board to make it EASY & ACCESSIBLE for Americans to apply for hidden PERM jobs!
We built custom software that allows us to rapidly process hundreds of PERM job postings from across the country, and upload them into a modern job board format!
And now we are proud we have helped our users apply for over 35 thousand jobs at over 1000 companies!
We will always be dedicated to providing access to American jobs for American workers!
Thank you to so many of you coming to follow us this week! We are so happy to have the chance to help thousands more of you with your job searches
Repeating now – why did we create Jobs Now?
We were tired of seeing companies hire H1Bs for ordinary jobs that Americans could do!…
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 13, 2025
The group has exposed companies like Samsara and Pinterest for allegedly maintaining separate, segregated job boards that bypass their main career pages.
“Samsara is the latest multi-billion dollar public tech company asking applicants to email resumes to their immigration team! when will this end? 270k for a sr. bizops manager here, fully remote,” the group wrote.
Samsara is the latest multi-billion dollar public tech company asking applicants to email resumes to their immigration team!
when will this end?
270k for a sr. bizops manager here, fully remote pic.twitter.com/z3XIdnuFre
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 16, 2025
“Update on this Samsara role: Samsara recruiting has now reached out to us asking where we found the role, as they aren’t aware it exists,” the group added.
“We told them just what we always tell you guys: We found it in the newspaper! This seems to be more evidence of illegal dual-track recruiting!”
According to Samsara: “Hi, I noticed you posted about certain job listings at Samsara in this post (https://x.com/jobsnowpr/status/1956835910529490975?s=46&t=87vt2R-COOBQHOPSwQIGFA). We don’t recognize those listings. They’re not available on our jobs page, for example. Where did you find these listings? Please let me know so we can address them.
Update on this Samsara role
Samsara recruiting has now reached out to us asking where we found the role, as they aren’t aware it exists
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 19, 2025
In another post, the group wrote, “Despite their recruiting team’s confusion, Samsara is back this week with another big dump of jobs requesting you to email your resume to their immigration team Designer here for up to 192k.”
Despite their recruiting team’s confusion, Samsara is back this week with another big dump of jobs requesting you to email your resume to their immigration team
Designer here for up to 192k pic.twitter.com/iSFAzt2r0z
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 22, 2025
In another case study, a Pinterest Sr. Tech Program Manager position paying $247,000 per year was allegedly only listed on an obscure third-party site—completely absent from Pinterest’s own careers page.
See the X thread below:
We are BACK with another interesting segregated job board case study!
Starting with this Sr Tech Program Manager role at Pinterest – 247k per year
But whats that? The application directs to greenhouse. Does a company the size of Pinterest not have its own career page… pic.twitter.com/OTYjN7mAYY
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 22, 2025
But then we went and checked if Pinterest has its own career page.
Thats funny – it does! https://t.co/MZoxGZwJSm
But when we searched the same REF number, there are no results – this job isn’t listed! pic.twitter.com/YkyoJdBXfJ
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 22, 2025
For all of the wonderful conspiracy theorists who claim we make these jobs up for some unimaginable reason, here’s the original post we found pic.twitter.com/8xHe5PPSnK
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 22, 2025
For all of the wonderful conspiracy theorists who claim we make these jobs up for some unimaginable reason, here’s the original post we found pic.twitter.com/8xHe5PPSnK
— Jobs.Now: Exposing hidden jobs for Americans! (@JobsNowPR) August 22, 2025
Blue-chip firms like OpenAI and Instacart have reportedly also run PERM ads in the San Francisco Chronicle, directing résumés to “global mobility” or immigration departments, NOT to regular HR or recruiting.
As Newsweek reported, employers are supposed to list jobs in state workforce sites, company bulletin boards, and major Sunday newspapers. Instead, companies are weaponizing the system, setting up a paper trail that keeps Americans locked out while keeping government regulators off their backs.
In recent months, blue-chip tech companies like OpenAI and Instacart have posted listings in the San Francisco Chronicle, with applicants urged to send resumes to immigration or “global mobility” departments.
Under the Department of Labor’s rules, roles have to be listed publicly, including in at least two major Sunday newspapers, in this case the Sunday edition of the Chronicle. Employers also have to list the roles on a state workforce agency site, internally at the company itself and two other advertising methods of their choice.
“Americans are not aware that major companies are routinely discriminating against them for the simple fact of being Americans in their own country,” the team behind Jobs.Now, a website seeking out H-1B roles to share them with Americans, told Newsweek on condition their identities were kept anonymous.
[…]
In San Francisco Chronicle ads reviewed by Newsweek, OpenAI said it was hiring a software engineer, with applicants urged to send resumes to someone working in the “global mobility team”.
Instacart offered multiple positions, with a similar department taking applications, while Udemy, an online learning platform, wanted a director of marketing analytics and data science, with resumes to be sent to “immigration@udemy.com”.
Cannon Fodder: How Democrats Sacrificed Black Prosecutors in their Lawfare Campaign Against Donald Trump
August 27, 2025
(left to right) Rep. Benny Thoompson , NY County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, NY AG Letitia James, Fulton County DA Fani Willis, and radical Judge Tanya Chutkan
By Joel Gilbert
“Cannon fodder” is a term used to describe combatants thought to be expendable. Those who send “cannon fodder” into battle have little regard for their well-being. A high casualty rate they see as the price to pay for accomplishing some strategic goal, in the case in question, the removal of Donald Trump from the battlefield.
The question needs to be asked, why did Democrat strategists push Black officials into the forefront of their lawfare campaign against Donald Trump? With the exception of Special Counsel Jack Smith, nearly every high-profile prosecution was spearheaded by Black attorneys, judges, and committee chairs like Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, Tanya Chutkan, and Bennie Thompson. They became the public face of the campaign to “get Trump,” even as they bore the personal and professional risks of failure.
Make no mistake, Democrats intentionally used Black prosecutors because of their race. On the most basic level, Black prosecutors would have a stronger pull over Black jurors and White liberal jurors as well.
More critically, if these cases were criticized, party leaders could circle back with their common anti-Trump narrative and claim that the pushback was due to racism. The media would relish this narrative. As the election approached, this tactic would strengthen the bond between the Black community and the Democrats even if the cases against Trump should fail.
From a strategic perspective, Democrat party leaders believed the Trump prosecutions offered multiple advantages. Each indictment created headlines, keeping Trump’s alleged misconduct front and center while burying his policy arguments. They thought the prosecutions reinforced their portrayal of Trump as lawless, a framing that reenforced Joe Biden’s messaging about Trump being unfit for office and “a threat to democracy.”
That said, each prosecution was something of a trial ballon, floating novel legal theories on insurance fraud, campaign finance violations, racketeering, and federal obstruction. Democrats had to know how flimsy were their cases, and how vulnerable the prosecutors. They just did not seem to care.
Enter James, Bragg, Willis, Chutkan, and Thompson. These Black figures were thrust into the spotlight not merely as lawyers or investigators, but as political symbols. Democratic leaders surely understood the likely outcome, that these individuals would be intensely scrutinized, harassed, and possibly discredited if the prosecutions faltered. But from the perspective of the party’s political calculus, these Black figures were acceptable casualties.
New York A.G. Letitia James brought a high-profile civil fraud suit alleging decades-long asset overvaluation by Trump and his company. In August 2025, an appellate court overturned the $500M fine, calling it excessive under the Eighth Amendment. Following my reporting in The Gateway Pundit on James’s decades of mortgage fraud activities, she has come under investigation by Special Prosecutor Ed Martin and could face jail time if convicted. Martin has asked James’s attorney Abbe Lowell for her resignation.
As Fulton County D.A., Fani Willis led the Georgia racketeering and election interference case charging Trump and his allies under a RICO statue. In December 2024, the Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified her and her office stemming from her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Additionally, she faced orders to pay thousands in attorneys’ fees over Open Records Act violations.
Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg made history as the first prosecutor to indict a former president, filing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. But critics slammed the case as legally ridiculous and politically motivated. His office endured internal resignations, and while the conviction stands for now, the case is on appeal. Bragg’s reputation has been battered regardless of the outcome.
Federal investigations by the January 6th Committee were chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson. The committee played a pivotal role in shaping the Democrats January 6 anti-Trump narrative and laying groundwork for federal indictments. However, Thompson’s committee destroyed its own records on the way out the door, which smelled badly. Bennie Thompson was pardoned by Joe Biden’s autopen, but Thompson could eventually be charged for destroying evidence.
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan presided over one of the most consequential federal cases against Trump, this one tied to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Known for her tough sentencing of January 6 defendants, she was placed her under immense political and personal pressure, including threats and accusations of partisanship.
The Democrat strategists, however, made one major miscalculation. Believing their own propaganda, they overlooked the role that their own racial politics and DEI have played in elevating certain people of color to power. Yes, party leaders thought these cases might fail, but they did not anticipate that the prosecutors would embarrass them as Fani Willis, Letitia James, and Alvin Bragg most certainly did. Today, most are disgraced, disqualified, or under investigation. Their legacies are permanently stained.
The cynical Democrat legal strategy may have poisoned the well for Black prosecutors nationwide, reinforcing stereotypes of bias and unfairness that will outlast the failed cases for years to come.
The Democrats’ lawfare crusade was never about justice, it was about power. James, Bragg, Willis, Chutkan, and Thompson were pawns. They were used, discarded, and sacrificed in a partisan war they could never win. And when history looks back, it won’t remember them as champions; it will remember them as disposable proxies, casualties of a Democratic Party that cared more about destroying Trump than about justice and their own Black leaders.
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