The Interior Department on Tuesday released surveillance footage showing two individuals “destroying and removing a piece of the lining and attempting destruction” of the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, the Department says.

Deranged liberals have been tearing out the new American flag blue sealant that lines the bottom of the pool with the intention of giving the water a blue reflection. Several arrests were made over the weekend.

The vandals also inscribed “86 47,” calling for Trump’s death, on the grass of the National Mall and on the bottom of the Reflecting Pool in recent days.

Employees were seen erecting a fence around the Reflecting Pool on Tuesday as Trump says repairs are set to begin imminently.

Video provided to Fox News shows a male and a female reaching deep into the Reflecting Pool last Friday in what is allegedly an act of vandalism.

“In the video, you are seeing two suspects observed destroying and removing a piece of the lining and attempting destruction of the lining,” the Department of the Interior said in a statement.

“This incident took place on June 19, 2026, and we are investigating. Destroying, injuring, defacing or removing cultural or archeological resources is a federal crime.”

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As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump went off on the Fake News media in the Oval Office on Monday when they attempted to deny that vandalism of the pool is occurring. “You’ll see it in court, you’ll see it in court, but all you have to do is call the Parks Department, call the Department of Interior, and I don’t know if their lawyers will allow you to speak to them because you know you write fake— you write fake news, but call the Interior Department,” Trump told reporters when asked for proof of the vandalism.

This comes after ABC’s Jonathan Karl attempted to troll Trump in a social media video on Friday, highlighting the “astounding developments surrounding this project which the President, himself, has taken such a great interest in.”

“You remember $14 million was spent to drain this whole thing and to paint the bottom American flag blue,” Karl said. “As you can see, it’s all green now. They know that. They’re trying to kill the algae, but as they’re doing that, something else has happened,” he added, reaching into the water to grab the rubber sealant and celebrate the vandalism. Karl didn’t mention that deranged leftists are actually trying to rip the rubber out.

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Trump previously responded, blasting Karl as a “lightweight” for “sticking his hand into the Pool, and trying to rip the rubber off of the surface.”

On Tuesday, Trump announced that lawsuits are being prepared against ABC. “We are preparing lawsuits against ABC for false reporting. I like their money, which will be given to the U.S. Treasury!” Trump said.

MORE:

Trump NUKES “ABC FAKE NEWS” – Says Lawsuits Being Prepared for False Reporting on Reflecting Pool: “I Like Their Money, Which Will Be Given to the U.S. Treasury!”

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It’s always the ones you least suspect.. right? pic.twitter.com/v72N9yQcP2

— Victor Nieves (@ItsVictorNieves) June 23, 2026

This is literally brought to you by the Democrat Party.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

The perfect Democrat.

New York State Police arrested a drag queen school board member on Thursday for child sex crimes.

46-year-old Travis Longo, who goes by the stage name “Anita Buffem,” was arrested and charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

According to police, Longo engaged in sexually explicit communications with a child under the age of 12.

Longo was elected vice president of the Board of Education for the Cazenovia Central School District in 2024 – and is STILL a member.

“Anita Buffem” was previously a guest speaker at the Pennsylvania Democrat Caucus in 2024.

Of course he was.

“The arrest was the result of a joint investigation conducted by members of the Troop D Bureau of Criminal Investigation (Oneida), the State Police Computer Crime Unit (Troop D), the New York State Police Special Investigations Unit, and the Madison County Child Advocacy Center,” New York State Police said in a press release.

“Investigators determined that Longo engaged in a pattern of sexually explicit communications with a child under the age of 12,” police said.

It really is the ones you least expect… right?

Stories like this literally would not be possible if not for the insanity of the Democrat Party.

Not the fringes, but the mainstream. Those controlling the levers of power in the party and making the decisions about where to go have sold their souls to the LGBT madness.

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Levi Strauss nepo baby and incumbent Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman got ousted on Tuesday night by a far-left Mamdani-backed candidate in New York’s House primary.

Rep. Goldman got trounced by former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander in the race for New York’s 10th Congressional District.

Brad Lander was backed by Communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul endorsed Goldman but it wasn’t enough to carry him this time around.

DDHQ Race Update (est. 39% in): New York US House 10 Democratic Primary

Brad Lander (D): 19,702 (62.2%)
Daniel Goldman (D): 11,996 (37.8%)

Follow more results here:https://t.co/h5Rrtq9DAz pic.twitter.com/feRiBzlSzI

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) June 24, 2026

Dan Goldman was first elected to Congress in 2022.

Goldman previously served as lead majority counsel in the first impeachment against President Trump in 2019.

He also served as lead counsel to the impeachment managers in President Trump’s impeachment trial.

BREAKING… please check back for updates.

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Rosie O’Donnell and former CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta put their Trump Derangement Syndrome on full display this week, teaming up to push what has been referred to as “election denialism” and a “threat to democracy.”

During an interview on Acosta’s show, Rosie declared that Trump stole the election from Kamala Harris. Though Acosta was skeptical about the theory, he endorsed the idea that the midterms will be stolen or outright canceled by Trump.

Video from Media Research Center:

“So most people are very, very, very shocked, scared, and absolutely astonished that he is the President of the United States, and I think I am too. I mean, part of the reason that I left is I never in a million years thought we would put a convicted felon who tried to start an insurrection back in office,” O’Donnell said. Very ironic considering Trump saying the election was stolen is what these people considered insurrection.

“How did that happen? I don’t think it happened. I think Kamala won. I do,” she continued, as Acosta called her idea “interesting.”

O’Donnell went on with her crazed theory, suggesting that Elon Musk was the golden ticket and that, perhaps, the tech billionaire had something to do with rigging the votes.

“And I think that we’re going to find all this out. It’s going to come out, and it’s, I’m not the first person to say this, there are all these researchers who are saying it. I read it online again today. And you know, the Elon Musk, of it all,” she said, asking Acosta, “What did he do for Donald that was able to give him back all that he gave him back? What did he do, you think, for the Donald in that election?”

But Acosta wasn’t willing to admit that it’s possible to cheat in elections. After all, that would make him a hypocrite after denying that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.

“It’s hard to believe, I mean, especially now, that he, that he, that he won. I mean, it’s, it is hard to believe that. I mean, I, I tend to, you know, maybe it’s because I’m old-fashioned, you know, and patriotic, and grew up in this country, you know, watching, you know, Tom Hanks and Saving Private Ryan, I would never think that something like that can happen. So I tend to trust it,” he stammered. “But I do worry he’s going to try to steal the next one.”

Rosie took the conspiracy theory even further, claiming that Trump isn’t going to steal the election, but cancel it, calling him a “Fascist.”

“Well, I don’t think he’s going to try to steal it. I think he’s going to come up with some big tragedy. We’re going to have an event here in the United States in some capacity, maybe another assassination attempt, and he’s going to declare that the elections are off,” she said. “That’s what I think is going to happen because that’s in the Fascist playbook.”

Acosta was audibly agreeing with her, saying “yes” as she spewed her insane theories.

“And what they’re doing by having that Blanche idiot say that they’re going to send out ICE on election day, saying it blatantly in the broad daylight. Yes, that’s what we’re doing. We’re sending out ICE out in force on election day,” Rosie continued. “And as if it was not the biggest story in America that they just threatened every person of color at the voting booth.”

Acosta agreed with her completely, saying, “It’s so true.”

O’Donnell and Trump have had a longstanding feud. Trump famously called Rosie O’Donnell a “fat pig” and a “disgusting animal” during a 2016 debate.

The washed-up comedian self-deported last year to live in “exile” in Ireland. And now, she’s making a comeback in the US.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, O’Donnell will be part of a rotating cast of guest replacements as Jimmy Kimmel steps away from his ABC late-night show for two months. “I asked one of our commander-in-chief’s all-time favorites, Rosie O’Donnell, to be here to keep the hits coming,” Kimmel announced last week.

Jimmy Kimmel Announces Extended Break From His Late Night Show — His Replacement Is Exactly Who You’d Expect (VIDEO)

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President Donald Trump hilariously roasted men competing in women’s sports during a speech Tuesday at the Mack Trucks manufacturing facility in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, specifically calling out transgender weightlifters and declaring the practice insane.

The president also mimicked a struggling transgender weightlifter, in a moment that quickly went viral.

“Are we crazy? Men should not be able to participate in women’s sports,” Trump said.

The president added that claims this is only an “eighty-twenty issue” are wrong, insisting instead it is a “ninety-nine to one” issue in favor of protecting women’s categories.

The president then launched into a mocking imitation of transgender weightlifters struggling with lifts, drawing big laughs from the crowd as he acted it out.

WATCH:

NEW: President Trump mocks transgender weightlifters while calling out the men in women’s sports insanity during his speech in Pennsylvania.

“Are we crazy? Men should not be able to participate in women’s sports.”

“[The] fake news, they say, “That’s an eighty-twenty issue.”… pic.twitter.com/MDsdaIu9hH

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 23, 2026

Trump strongly opposes biological males in women’s sports. His latest remarks focused on weightlifting as a particularly obvious example of the unfairness created when men pretending to be women enter female competitions.

One of the most prominent cases of a male weightlifter competing against women was that of “Laurel” Hubbard, born Gavin Hubbard, a biological male in New Zealand.

Hubbard competed in men’s weightlifting events earlier in life before transitioning and identifying as a woman.

In 2021, Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics, entering the women’s super-heavyweight category in Tokyo.

Meet Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics after being selected by New Zealand. Hubbard, a weightlifter, will compete in the women’s 87-kg category. @PriyankaSh25 brings you more details pic.twitter.com/fUuG5pUVXp

— WION (@WIONews) June 21, 2021

Hubbard did not earn a medal, but the participation itself sparked international controversy over retained male advantages in strength, muscle mass, and skeletal structure developed during male puberty.

In late 2025, biological male Jammie Booker, competing as a transgender woman, won the World’s Strongest Woman title at the Official Strongman Games, prompting immediate backlash from female competitors and observers who argued it undermined the integrity of the women’s division.

Strongman has stripped ‘trans woman’ Jammie Booker of her World’s Strongest Woman title.

Booker’s Instagram bio notes that she is a personal trainer and professional strongwoman. She has never spoken publicly about whether she is a cisgender or transgender woman. pic.twitter.com/Teqb6l6l90

— PinkNews (@PinkNews) November 28, 2025

Booker was eventually stripped of the title.

Scientific research consistently documents why biological males hold significant and often irreversible advantages in strength-based sports like weightlifting and powerlifting.

A major 2021 review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine concluded that transgender women retain meaningful advantages in muscle strength, lean body mass, and other performance metrics even after testosterone suppression.

The paper, titled “Transgender Women in the Female Category of Sport,” emphasized that male puberty brings lasting benefits in areas critical to weightlifting, such as greater muscle cross-sectional area, higher bone density, and larger skeletal frames.

Even after years of hormone therapy, biological males typically maintain higher grip strength, greater overall muscle mass, and superior performance in explosive and maximal strength movements compared to biological females.

A Gallup poll released in 2025 found that 69% of Americans believe transgender athletes should compete only on teams matching their birth sex.

Support for birth-sex categories was even higher among Republicans at 90%.

An earlier New York Times/Ipsos poll showed roughly 79% of Americans overall oppose biological males competing in women’s sports, including majorities of Democrats and independents.

These numbers have remained remarkably stable or grown stronger in recent years as more people have seen real-world examples in weightlifting, swimming, track, and other sports.

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