Earlier this month a drunk driver hit two La Quinta High School students riding their bikes in Southern California near Palm Springs.

One boy survived and the other, identified as 14-year-old Liam Cantu, died of his injuries this week.

The drunk driver, identified as 47-year-old Jose Villegas Orbe, fled the scene after he crashed his vehicle into the two biking boys.

KESQ reported:

Liam Cantu, a 14-year-old La Quinta High School freshman, has died in the hospital after being struck by a drunk driver, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

Cantu was one of two teens riding their bikes on Highway 111 in La Quinta when a driver, later identified as 47-year-old Jose Villegas Orbe of Palm Springs, fled the scene.

Authorities said the other teen victim has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.

Villegasorbe is now facing charges including vehicular manslaughter, DUI, hit-and-run and probation violation.

It turns out that Villegas Orbe is not a Palm Springs man.

On Friday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin revealed that Jose Villegas Orbe is an illegal alien

“Jose Abelardo Villegas-Orbe, a Mexican national, is now charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI hit and run causing death after he allegedly killed 14-year-old La Quinta High School freshman student Liam Cantu while he was riding his bike on October 10th. Cantu died in the hospital this week. Police say Villegas-Orbe fled the scene,” Fox News reported.

In 2024, Villegas-Orbe got two DUIs in a span of just three months, but because DUI arrests are misdemeanors, he escaped immigration enforcement.

“Sources tell me that Villegas-Orbe was arrested for DUIs in August 2024 and November 2024, both in Riverside County, CA, but because the DUI arrests were misdemeanors, they did not meet Biden admin immigration enforcement priorities and ICE detainers weren’t filed at the time, meaning Biden’s ICE made no effort to arrest or take custody of him,” Bill Melugin reported.

BREAKING: Per multiple federal law enforcement sources, the suspect charged w/ killing a SoCal high school student in a DUI hit & run crash this month is a Mexican illegal alien with two prior DUI arrests in CA in 2024, but the Biden admin ICE never sought to arrest him because… pic.twitter.com/n8k5F4Nov0

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 31, 2025

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The government claims to fight “child poverty” by providing benefits to low-income families so their children don’t starve. These programs also cover the citizen children of illegal aliens. Eligibility is based on the parents’ income.

However, illegal aliens working off the books do not have Social Security numbers, do not file income tax declarations, and are not even supposed to be employed. Because their income cannot be verified, the government simply accepts whatever number they write down. And if it is below threshold, the government gives them benefits.

State and local SNAP offices have policies against sharing data with ICE for the purpose of arrest or deportation, allowing this fraud to continue unchecked. The USDA claims that over 99 percent of SNAP recipients are eligible and that fraud is around 1 percent, but those figures are based on nothing. When income can’t be verified, those statistics are meaningless. And clearly, if free money is available for reporting a lower income, people will report a lower income.

This situation is exactly why so many Americans voted for President Donald Trump.

The term “child poverty” is a bit of an artificial construct since no children work or have income. It is actually the parents who are in poverty, and the evaluation is based entirely on the parents’ income. Children do not earn money, so what is really being measured is poverty in household that have children.

Liberals created the term “child poverty” to evoke emotional responses and justify higher taxes for benefit programs. In the United States, “child poverty” is defined as children under 18 who live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level. In 2024, the poverty threshold for a family of two adults and two children was $31,812.

There are two main ways poverty is measured. The Official Poverty Measure (OPM) is based on three times the cost of a minimum food diet from 1963, adjusted for inflation. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) accounts for government assistance programs, necessary expenses, federal and state taxes and credits like the Child Tax Credit, and considers geographic variation in housing costs.

Currently, 16 percent of all children in the United States, about 11.4 million, are living in poverty. The numbers vary depending on which measure is used: the national child poverty rate was 15.1 percent from 2021 to 2023 under the OPM, while the SPM rate for the same period was 10.4 percent. The child poverty rate increased from 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022, largely due to the expiration of the expanded Child Tax Credit.

Keep in mind that the parents are writing down an income number that they have presumably underreported in order to qualify for benefits. Consequently, the children may not be living in poverty at all. The family now benefits from both illegal income and government assistance, while paying no taxes and no Social Security contributions or other deductions.

It appears that no one actually knows the true percentage of so-called “child poverty.” What is certain, however, is that the government continues to distribute benefits based on unverifiable information.

Most children classified as living in poverty receive multiple forms of government assistance. Nearly 62 percent of SNAP participants are in families with children. Among those children, 89 percent also receive Medicaid or CHIP, and nearly 20 percent receive WIC. Only about 10 percent of children receiving SNAP do not benefit from any other programs. The majority, about 60 percent, receive one additional benefit, while 30 percent receive benefits from two or more additional programs.

U.S. citizen children of illegal alien can receive federal benefits if they meet eligibility requirements, and their eligibility does not affect their parents or other family members. In other words, even if the parents are illegal and ineligible for aid, their citizen children can still qualify for SNAP, Medicaid, CHIP, or WIC. Children who are legal permanent residents or U.S. citizens may also receive SNAP benefits even if their parents do not meet immigrant eligibility guidelines.

Liberals will attack this article, claiming it seeks to rob children of food or punish the poorest families. They’ll argue that these parents earn so little that Republicans shouldn’t be worried. But let’s do the math and see why this situation is deeply concerning.

In California in 2023, the median hourly wage for illegal immigrant was $18. If both parents are working off the books at $18 per hour, their actual household income would be around $74,880 per year.

Here’s the calculation:
$18 per hour × 40 hours per week = $720 per week per person.
$720 × 52 weeks = $37,440 per year per person.
For two parents, that totals $74,880 annually.

Now, if those same parents report an income of $20,000 to qualify for benefits, they could receive government assistance as follows: roughly $9,000 to $11,000 per year in SNAP (food benefits), about $6,600 in Medicaid coverage for two children, and an additional $1,000 to $2,000 through WIC if the children are under five. That totals approximately $16,000 to $20,000 per year in benefits, not including housing, TANF cash assistance, free school lunches, or energy subsidies.

This means a family earning nearly $75,000 in unreported income could still receive an additional $16,000 to $20,000 in government aid, all while paying no taxes, no Social Security, and no payroll deductions. But hold your outrage. It gets worse. These families are working illegally, meaning they are not paying income tax, Social Security, or any other deductions, nor are they filing tax returns.

A family earning $75,000 legally would take home about $64,000 after taxes. Meanwhile, an illegal immigrant family earning the same $75,000 but reporting only $20,000 in income could receive an additional $16,000 to $20,000 in benefits. This gives them a total of roughly $91,000 to $95,000 in combined income and benefits.

In other words, the undocumented family ends up with about $27,000 to $31,000 more in total resources, around 46 percent more, than a legal family earning the same amount.

Let’s close out this article by counting the crimes. Illegal aliens shouldn’t be in the country and they shouldn’t be allowed to work. Everyone who works should be paying taxes. No one should be falsifying their income to receive government benefits, and no government benefits should be going to illegals. State agencies should be required to turn the data over not only to ICE but also to the IRS.

$720 × 52 weeks = $37,440 per year per person.
For two parents, that totals $74,880 annually.

Now, if those same parents report an income of $20,000 to qualify for benefits, they could receive government assistance as follows: roughly $9,000 to $11,000 per year in SNAP (food benefits), about $6,600 in Medicaid coverage for two children, and an additional $1,000 to $2,000 through WIC if the children are under five. That totals approximately $16,000 to $20,000 per year in benefits, not including housing, TANF cash assistance, free school lunches, or energy subsidies.

This means a family earning nearly $75,000 in unreported income could still receive an additional $16,000 to $20,000 in government aid, all while paying no taxes, no Social Security, and no payroll deductions. But hold your outrage. It gets worse. These families are working illegally, meaning they are not paying income tax, Social Security, or any other deductions, nor are they filing tax returns.

A family earning $75,000 legally would take home about $64,000 after taxes. Meanwhile, an illegal immigrant family earning the same $75,000 but reporting only $20,000 in income could receive an additional $16,000 to $20,000 in benefits. This gives them a total of roughly $91,000 to $95,000 in combined income and benefits.

In other words, the undocumented family ends up with about $27,000 to $31,000 more in total resources, around 46 percent more, than a legal family earning the same amount.

Let’s close out this article by counting the crimes. Illegal aliens shouldn’t be in the country and they shouldn’t be allowed to work. Everyone who works should be paying taxes. No one should be falsifying their income to receive government benefits, and no government benefits should be going to illegals. State agencies should be required to turn the data over not only to ICE but also to the IRS.

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For any conservative tempted towards a sense of triumphalism over the slow death of DEI programs, I submit the University of Missouri School of Medicine as an object lesson in why vigilance is imperative.

According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon on Thursday, the school is now demanding to be taken off a list of schools that maintain DEI offices despite the fact that its old DEI office has been, effectively, merely renamed and given a fresh coat of camouflage paint.

The letter, to medical watchdog organization Do No Harm — which maintains a list of medical institutions that ascribe to radical ideology in care or hiring and admissions practices — also requested that the organization take a look at the school’s “C” grade in the Medical School Excellence Index.

That index looks at not only the standards of the institution but whether admissions and grading policies are influenced by leftist ideology. In the Oct. 9 letter, the school maintains that the “C” grade was in response to the DEI office being rebranded while the university claimed that it had been dissolved.

“This information is not correct because the University of Missouri-Columbia dissolved its Inclusion, Diversity and Equity division in 2024 and, consistent with that campus-wide action, the School of Medicine does not have a DEI office,” the letter from the school read.

“The School’s listing on your organization’s website appears to be based on language on the School’s webpage for Community, Professional Proficiency and Student Success (CaPS),” the letter continued.

“CaPS is not a DEI office and does not operate programs that use race eligibility or preferences.”

“Based on this information, we respectfully request that your organization remove the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine from its list of medical schools with DEI offices and re-consider its assigned grade in the Medical School Excellence Index.”

It is true that, in July of 2024, the University of Missouri disbanded its DEI office; according to Inside Higher Ed, the university president said “reorganization would allow Missouri to avoid budget cuts from anti-DEI state legislators and steward its own transition to what he saw as an inevitable outcome in a deep-red state.”

“We want to ensure we have a positive dialogue with [lawmakers] that support our university,” said University of Missouri president Mun Choi. “We believe this offers a sustainable path forward.”

“It’s important that we do not become an institution that excludes in the name of inclusion.”

And so, we have CaPS … which is run by the University of Missouri School of Medicine’s former dean for diversity and inclusion, Laura Henderson Kelley. As late as February of 2025, CaPS’ website said that it operated under the “Inclusive Excellence Framework” … which was developed by the University of Missouri’s DEI office. And, a quick look an archived version of the website for the DEI program reveals that CaPS runs many of the same programs.

Which is why Ian Kingsbury, Do No Harm’s director of research, told the Free Beacon that this was effectively just the DEI office, disguised so that the university could get funding in a red state with a Republican administration.

“Some medical schools look to be fully compliant with Trump’s [executive order] on DEI,” Kingsbury said.

“Others continued on as if nothing happened and still feature offices labeled ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.’ But some have tried to split the difference, rebranding the office but maintaining the same functions and even the same personnel. We believe UM Columbia is one such example of this phenomenon.”

This is how wokeness works — as can be evinced by looking at the term wokeness itself. Remember when James Carville — the Democratic strategist who occasionally commutes to reality, even if he doesn’t really live there — blamed “woke” ideology for Terry McAuliffe’s loss in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election?

The average response was like this one from Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, which was, in TL;DR form: “Oh, we don’t even use that word anymore, stop accusing us of doing something we don’t do.”

How can news outlets even attribute words to me I didn’t say?

I said there are limits to trying to mobilize a campaign with a 100% moderate strategy without mobilizing the base. Said nothing abt “wokeness” which is a term almost exclusively used by older people these days btw https://t.co/p08uDafZHX

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 5, 2021

Similarly, now that DEI has become poison both reputationally and to the bottom line for institutions dependent on either consumers or government money, nobody has DEI departments anymore … except for the DEI departments that they’ve rebranded and performed subtle language, if not mission, shifts upon.

The issue here isn’t just that one major university did this. If it were, this would be one of those Captain Renault “I’m shocked — shocked!”-type of stories. Rather, the issue is that one more major university did this.

In January, just days after Trump’s inauguration, people began noticing that the University of Colorado had rebranded its DEI office as the “Office of Collaboration.”

This is a new one:

The University of Colorado has renamed its DEI office the “Office of Collaboration.” pic.twitter.com/YUVFdCpIaC

— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) January 24, 2025

And, at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, the assistant vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion, and assessment got a “promotion” to the “associate vice president for campus climate, engagement, and success” back in April — without any noticeable substantive change in her mission, from all appearances.

You can name a DEI office whatever you want; call it the “Department of Awesome Monster Truck Rallies and Heckin’ Good Doggos.”

It’s still a DEI office and, under President Donald Trump’s executive order, still not permissible. No amount of vague attempts at intimidating groups or individuals who notice (including this unintentionally hilarious and revealing letter from Mizzou) should change any of those things.

The problem is, if we think the fight is won, this laughable workaround could — sadly — work. There are many miles to go before DEI sleeps, no matter what it’s called, and trod them we must.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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They have two options: Either they return to Christ or they succumb to Islam

At a historical moment where traditional values and the Christian heritage of the West are increasingly questioned, conservative leaders and analysts emphasize the importance of returning to Christian principles as a foundation for Western civilization. They argue that weakening the transmission of these values creates cultural and spiritual vacuums, affecting social cohesion, public morality, and family stability.

The discussion focuses on how modern societies have relativized objective morality, giving rise to individualism and fragmenting institutions that once supported community life. Advocates of Christian values argue that

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A reporter on Friday asked President Trump if the US will resume underground nuclear detonation tests which ended back in 1992.

President Trump on Wednesday announced the United States will begin testing its nuclear weapons on an equal basis with Russia and China.

The President made the announcement from South Korea shortly before his meeting with Xi Jinping and after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced two new nuclear weapons systems tests.

“Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted,” the AP reported.

“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office,” Trump said.

“Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years,” Trump said.

“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP” Trump said on Wednesday evening on Truth Social,” Trump added.

President Trump answered questions from reporters on Friday en route to Palm Beach, Florida.

One reporter asked President Trump to clarify his statement on the testing our nuclear weapons.

“Are you talking about literally resuming underground nuclear detonation tests?” a reporter asked President Trump.

President Trump declined to answer.

“You’ll find out very soon. But we’re going to do some testing. Yeah. Other countries do it. If they’re going to do it, we’re going to do it,” Trump said.

WATCH:

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