In deep-blue Santa Rosa, California, woke high school students staged a mass walkout that helped sideline a football team, all because the team captain dared to post “Free the Cornell 7” on Instagram.

More than 200 students at Piner Junior Senior High School walked out of class on Friday, October 9, and marched roughly 2.5 miles to the Santa Rosa City Schools district offices. Many wore white shirts marked with red and teal handprints.

They demanded “accountability” for a football team captain who, on October 2, posted the phrase on his Instagram.

Cheerleaders reportedly first spotted the post while traveling to a game in Napa and helped organize the protest, according to the Press Democrat.

The captain, whose name has been withheld because he is a minor, later pushed back in an Instagram story.

He wrote “Y’all don’t scare me,” mocked the “cancel him” and “he supports rape” reactions, and told critics to “Grow up.” He also shared information highlighting the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of the accused.

The next day, the Piner Prospectors forfeited their Saturday game against Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo.

Coach Adam Rosenstein and athletic director Ryan Riddle cited a shortage of healthy players, specifically only five healthy linemen despite having 33 players listed on the varsity roster, according to the SFGATE report.

The forfeit, finalized Friday evening, dropped Piner to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play. Officials said the season has been challenging with roster numbers, but the timing, one day after the walkout, has drawn scrutiny.

Students argued that a football captain should not be publicly expressing support for individuals facing such serious allegations.

One senior student, identified only as Aiyanna, told The Press Democrat:

“He doesn’t deserve to be representing us.”

She added that fellow students did not support the captain’s message.

An anonymous parent of a cheerleader told the Press Democrat that the captain was barred from a team dinner on Thursday because it would make the cheerleaders “uncomfortable,” but details of further discipline were unclear at the time.

Piner Principal Andrea Correia subsequently issued a statement condemning sexual assault, harassment, and abuse.

School district officials also confirmed that they were investigating the social media post and reviewing potential disciplinary action under district policies.

By Monday, Santa Rosa City Schools public information officer Patrick Gannon confirmed the school and district had reprimanded the minor under a “zero-tolerance” policy for “making light of sexual assault.” Specifics of the punishment were not released, KRON4 reported.

“Action was taken by the school and the district, and we’re continuing to have conversation. We don’t tolerate making light of sexual assault. That’s why we have a zero-tolerance policy,” said Gannon.

“We understand the frustration. I think that nationally there is a theme where there’s a lack of accountability. We want students to know that we stand with them.”

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President Trump’s new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia will deliver her first press briefing this morning.

Since Karoline Leavitt left the position in late August, the White House has delivered press briefings with various administration officials.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump announced that Katie Zacharia, a lawyer, conservative media personality, and former DHS spokeswoman, would take over the role.

“I am confident that Katie will deliver strong results for our Country as the next White House Press Secretary, as she has the respect of, and will work fantastically with, the Media, the American People, and my Administration,” Trump said on Truth Social.

BREAKING UPDATE: Trump Confirms Appointment of New Press Secretary to Replace Karoline Leavitt

Zacharia also released a statement last week, thanking President Trump for the opportunity:

Thank you to President Trump for the distinguished privilege of serving as White House Press Secretary.

Serving President Trump and the American people at this critical 250-year mark is the honor of a lifetime. President Trump has shown America that we can be great again, and he works to effectuate that greatness every single day. His confidence is a true privilege, and his leadership is a blessing to this country.

The work ahead is to continue delivering strong results for our Country and communicating to the American people the major wins that this Administration is making every single day. I look forward to working with the White House press corps, and with reporters across the country, to get that record out. Following the fabulous Karoline Leavitt is a high standard, and one worth meeting.

God bless President Trump, and God bless America.

Thank you to President Trump for the distinguished privilege of serving as White House Press Secretary.

Serving President Trump and the American people at this critical 250-year mark is the honor of a lifetime. President Trump has shown America that we can be great again, and he works to effectuate that greatness every single day. His confidence is a true privilege, and his leadership is a blessing to this country.

The work ahead is to continue delivering strong results for our Country and communicating to the American people the major wins that this Administration is making every single day. I look forward to working with the White House press corps, and with reporters across the country, to get that record out. Following the fabulous Karoline Leavitt is a high standard, and one worth meeting.

God bless President Trump, and God bless America.

— Katie Zacharia (@KatieZacharia) October 9, 2026

Zacharia started in the role on Monday. Trump announced over the weekend that she would hold her first “introductory News Conference” this morning.

The briefing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 am ET.

Watch live below:

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This week, a Judge in Nevada may put an end to Election Theft and Save America

Guest Post By Martel Maxim

The overwhelming lack of physical and electronic auditing controls regarding our elections nationwide is staggering:  Voter Roll manipulation, shoddy physical ballot chain of custody procedures, the lack of transparency during early voting and post-election day counting, the unaccountable mail-in ballots/use of dropboxes, etc., along with sham “signature verification” and the findings of https://tinapeters.us/ all add up to disaster.  Tina’s findings showed us how election records are deleted well in advance of the requirements of 52 USC 20701, illegal wireless devices permeate the election infrastructure, and how illegal secondary reportable databases are created to transmit manipulated results.  Discussion of all these things is all on Tina’s website.

As if these findings weren’t enough, the billion-pound gorilla in the room had not been identified and articulated until recently, when a Pastor in Nevada realized the obvious and took it upon himself to file a Pro Se case on behalf of all Americans.  His case points out how the law is not being followed at all when it comes to the following situation:

“Once a paper ballot is scanned, there’s no way for a voter to verify how their vote was counted” as required in Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 293.2696.  This Statute demands that a voter must be able to verify how their vote was cast and counted, as stated in item 2 of this NRS.  Here’s the quote:  “Allows each voter to verify privately and independently the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted”. 

To be clear, a ballot is NOT cast or counted until after it’s scanned into the election computer system, and at that point, that electronic version of the paper ballot is the only thing that is counted; the paper ballot scanned in is NOT.  The electronic Ballot Marking Device (BMD) that the voter uses to make their selections on, and the resultant paper Ballot that prints out of those selections, the voter then hand-carries over to the scanner, is in a “pre-cast and pre-tabulated” state.

After the paper ballot is scanned it’s then electronically cast and next tabulated.  Then that paper ballot is NEVER utilized or referenced again during the entire electronic tabulation process (note, this tabulation only occurs within the hidden realm of computer algorithms and data processing).

This is the crux of the Pastor’s Pro Se Case, because it’s here that the voter loses all chain of custody and traceability due to the impossibility of any voter to see what’s going on within the computer’s software and algorithms.

This intentional severing of observation and traceability completely destroys the ability of all voters to verify how their ballot was cast and counted per the law as specified above in NRS293.2696.  Unfortunately, this violation of the law is implemented nationwide in all our voting systems.

To make matters worse, Dominion, now Liberty Vote holds patents on Ballot Image Altering Software.  The resultant lack of verifiability introduced by this capability is an integral part of the problem and contributes to the direct violation of this NRS.  This then forces every voter into the situation of “Trust the invisible algorithms and data processing”.  With all the violations noted in the paragraphs above, it would be insanity to trust anything that can’t be seen and verified as required by NRS 293.2696.

Unfortunately, our Elections have been reduced to a ceremonial, unaccountable, International Deep State Black Operation with zero meaningful oversight or audit procedures in place to force them into calculating honest results that represent the choices of “We the People.”  In other words, our entire Election Ecosystem has been captured by Foreign Globalist Deep State interests with an agenda to destroy America from within.  President Trump articulated these threats during his July 16th, 2026 Speech to our Nation.

Every election operation in America and in approximately 75 other countries is controlled by this Foreign Globalist Deep State Cabal; from physical to cyber, and all these operations are interrelated.  The purpose of their control is pivotal to the theft of our elections by these Foreign entities, and places the Deep State Globalist Foreign interests in charge of our Nation and our Military.  The intentional Foreign invader woke cancer that permeated our Military during the Biden Autopen years caused grave damage to the security of America, which we continue to dig ourselves out of.

Our elections are in a 10/10 crisis mode, and all warning lights are flashing red.

While the Cyber battlefield is invisible to the human eye once the voter hands off their physical paper Ballot to be scanned, cast, and tabulated electronically, the physical aspects, such as ballot mules and ballot harvesting, aren’t invisible.  Remember, however, that all physical activity is driven by the illegal and nefarious calculations that remain hidden solely within the extremely sophisticated world of the software engineers, and their nefarious, corrupt Proprietary Software is all it takes to conquer the most powerful nation on earth without firing a shot.

ALL these intentional grave issues are anchored in the keystone of Election Manipulation and theft, and are the Fifth Column.

The end goal of this Silent Foreign Invasion, facilitated by compromised and controlled Americans has always simply been to destroy America via the weapon of stolen elections.  Left unchecked in November 2026, this weapon of mass destruction will detonate via the Midterms.  This is why this Pro Se case in Nevada is critical to the future of our country.  If the rights of the voter are nullified from their first step forward by denying them the right to know how their ballot was cast and counted, then nothing downstream of that regarding vote tabulation and certification can be considered valid. 

Secretary of War Hegseth’s letter below describes the exact circumstance that is pivotal to the core violation of NRS 293.2696

Our Country continues to be under attack by an International Cabal of Foreign powers, and denying the ability of a voter to know how their vote was counted is the fundamental violation by which all election fraud endures.

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The Trump administration is cleaning house… literally!

Nearly 500 criminal fugitives living in taxpayer-subsidized housing have been arrested in a sweeping nationwide law enforcement operation targeting dangerous offenders who were allegedly using government-assisted housing as a refuge from justice.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under Secretary Scott Turner, announced that 491 fugitives were arrested during “Operation Clean House,” a coordinated federal crackdown involving the HUD Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Marshals Service, and state and local law enforcement agencies.

The multi-month operation unfolded throughout 2026 across 12 cities, including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and New Orleans.

According to HUD’s official October 8 announcement, authorities targeted fugitives residing in federally assisted housing, including individuals wanted on outstanding felony warrants for some of the most serious crimes imaginable.

The offenses associated with those arrested included:

• Rape and second-degree murder
• Sex offenses against children
• Drug trafficking
• Illegal weapons offenses
• Aggravated assault
• Fraud
• Possession or manufacture of an incendiary device

Authorities also seized 10 firearms during the operation.

Think about that. Federal housing assistance is supposed to provide struggling American families, seniors, and vulnerable residents with a safe place to live.

Instead, federal investigators discovered hundreds of fugitives residing in these subsidized communities.

And now, the Trump administration is making clear that taxpayer-funded housing will not serve as a hiding place for wanted criminals.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner delivered a blistering warning following the arrests.

“We will not allow criminal predators and fraudsters to use HUD housing as a haven or live freely on the taxpayer’s dime.”

Turner continued:

“Operation Clean House removed dangerous drug traffickers, rapists, and sex offenders and delivered real accountability. President Trump promised to restore once-great American cities, and we are fulfilling that promise by making our communities safer.”

Acting HUD Inspector General Brian D. Harrison also celebrated the results, declaring that federal authorities have zero tolerance for criminals threatening residents of government-assisted housing.

Harrison said his office would continue targeting fugitives, fraudsters, and vulnerabilities within federal housing programs.

“HUD-assisted housing will not be treated as a haven for fugitives,” Harrison warned in the agency’s October 5 announcement.

More Than 70 Fugitives Arrested in Cleveland Alone

The nationwide operation produced significant results in individual cities.

According to the HUD Inspector General’s September 30 announcement, federal authorities arrested more than 70 fugitives during a two-week operation in the Cleveland, Ohio, area.

The crackdown, conducted September 14 through September 25, involved the U.S. Marshals-led Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force and HUD investigators.

In Memphis, another coordinated operation resulted in 24 people being taken into custody, including 17 HUD OIG arrests and seven arrests assisted by the Memphis Safe Task Force.

Federal officials reported that most of those apprehended in Memphis were current HUD program participants taken into custody inside federally assisted housing units.

Separately, a Philadelphia-area enforcement sweep dubbed “Operation Moving Day” resulted in 41 arrests involving fugitives residing in federally subsidized properties.

Those arrests involved warrants for serious offenses, including armed robbery, shootings, aggravated assault, arson, and crimes against children.

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A Democrat candidate for Fayette County Council in Connersville, Indiana, is facing widespread online mockery after a candidate forum appearance that observers have described as a “drunken, vodka-riddled tirade.”

Jamie West (also listed as Jaime West), the Democrat nominee for Fayette County Council District 4 in Connersville, introduced herself as a mother of three grown children, owner of Queen Bees Cleaning LLC, and a gig worker who delivers groceries and packages.

She told the audience that if voters trust her with their groceries, they should trust her with their vote.

From there the interview quickly veered into an emotional, hard-to-follow monologue about state legislation, fire services, data centers, and her dislike of Republicans.

The full forum, hosted by LocalTV3 and the News-Examiner, is available on YouTube. West’s segment begins roughly 33 minutes in.

A clipped version highlighting her appearance was shared by Bradley Brewer on X and quickly spread, with a caption calling the performance a “drunken, vodka-riddled tirade” and the “craziest, most unhinged interview” he had seen in some time.

WATCH:

Drunken, vodka-riddled tirade: Democrat Candidate Jamie West (Fayette County Council, District 4) of Connersville, IN gives the craziest, most unhinged interview I’ve seen in a long time.

WATCH (full video below in comments): https://t.co/fSLMDGwaC9

— Bradley Brewer (@realBradBrewer) October 13, 2026

In her opening statement West said she had not written one and would speak “from my heart.” She claimed Indiana’s Senate Enrolled Act 1 (SEA 1), a 2025 property-tax reform measure, “doubled so many people’s property taxes,” benefited only 1–2% of Hoosiers, and especially hurt rural communities, schools, and emergency services.

She said she had been going to the State House “for years” at her own expense to fight the bill, adding that parking and driving are expensive and facing elected leaders “is scary alone.”

She told the audience she had spoken that day with Connersville Fire Chief Scott Jones, who was worried the county could lose a firehouse by 2029 if funding is not addressed.

“Are you okay with that? I’m not,” she said, at one point mentioning she might need a Kleenex.

West was adamantly opposed to data centers in the county, citing the local aquifer and concerns that the facilities would consume water, cool equipment, and return polluted water to rivers and lakes. She said hunters and fishermen “should all not be happy with this at all.”

When asked what conditions would make her support a data-center project, she listed extensive demands: the developer must pay the full salaries and equipment for all firefighters (including unpaid volunteers), provide scholarships for every Connersville High School graduate, fund new sewer and water infrastructure, use solar power, and pay every resident at least $10,000 a year.

“They have the money. They’re the richest companies in the world,” she said.

On an unpopular decision she might make if elected, West first said she would not raise taxes, then added that she would “fire all Republicans.” She said she does not talk to them or like being around them, accused “MAGA” of being racist and unintelligent, claimed ICE is “stealing people’s jobs,” and referenced personal threats, including an allegation involving a sheriff’s nephew. When given a final opportunity to address voters, she responded: “We have guns too.”

WATCH:

Full Clip: https://t.co/iILIV6sZ0z

— Bradley Brewer (@realBradBrewer) October 13, 2026

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It looks like the ‘blue wave’ was all a media-created lie – just like it always is.

Walter Curt, the Ohio State Director for Restoration for America and host of “The Political Theater” posted a tweet on Monday that shows Democrat enthusiasm in Ohio is waning.

According to Curt, the first four days of early voting show Democrat enthusiasm is eroding.

The big blue counties are 49,000 to 65,000 ballots behind where they were at the same point in 2022.

Also, mail requests in the big blue counties are down about 24% this year compared to 2022. This equates to about 104,000 fewer voters!

Curt added:  “To merely catch 2022 by the end of next week, the blue counties would need to nearly double their in-person pace, from about 13,500 a day to 25,000 a day, every day, Oct 12 to 16, while the share of those voters who are Democrats keeps shrinking. You don’t flip a red state with a shrinking advantage on shrinking volume. You need a growing advantage on growing volume.”

Here is one chart he provided. Democrats are hurting.

The fake news media, globalists, and RINO Trump-haters hoped to convince Americans to reject Donald Trump and Republicans and take their chances with the America-hating lunatics who want to bring down the system.

It didn’t work.

Here is Walter Curt’s tweet on X.

First four days of Ohio early voting. Here is the data.

I see no Democratic enthusiasm. I see erosion.

Day 1, the Democratic base stormed early in-person voting: D+18 statewide, D+49 across the eight big blue counties. By day 4 it was D+11 statewide and D+41 in those same counties. A six-to-eight point slide in four days, inside the strongholds, with no sign of a floor.

The number of registered Democrats voting in person fell 17% from day 1 to day 4 statewide, and 12% in the blue counties, while total in-person volume held steady in those counties and slipped only 4% statewide.

Who filled the gap?

Unaffiliated voters, up 38% in the blue counties. Republicans didn’t surge. Democrats faded.

But the margin isn’t the real problem. The volume is.

Those eight blue counties are 49,000 to 65,000 ballots behind where they were at the same point in 2022.

They are still 20,000 ballots short of what they had in mail requests alone on the day early voting opened in 2022, before a single in-person vote was cast that year.

Mail requests in those counties are down 24%, about 104,000 fewer. The entire four-day in-person surge, 54,000 votes, fills only half of that hole.

And 2022 was a year Democrats lost everything statewide. They are behind the pace of a losing year.

To merely catch 2022 by the end of next week, the blue counties would need to nearly double their in-person pace, from about 13,500 a day to 25,000 a day, every day, Oct 12 to 16, while the share of those voters who are Democrats keeps shrinking.

You don’t flip a red state with a shrinking advantage on shrinking volume. You need a growing advantage on growing volume.

Right now Ohio Democrats have neither. If turnout is soft on both sides, Republicans win Ohio anyway. That is what Ohio does.

But sure, “blue wave.” The world is ending.

— Walter Curt (@wcdispatch) October 12, 2026

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