Good morning! Let's kick off the weekend with good news: Sales of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers have increased by 179% in 2025 compared to last year.

This surge in interest in our founding documents has led Random House to announce plans to publish special hardcover editions of each. 🇺🇸 

• 🏈 Cam Ward was picked #1 in the NFL Draft

• 🏡 New home sales jumped 7.4% in March

• 👎️ Just 23% of young voters approve of Congressional Dems

• 📉 Trump approval avg: 46.1% approve, 51.6% disapprove

^{Sources: NBC, Breitbart, Harvard, RCP}

Democrat judge arrested for harboring gang banger

Democrat Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy, were arrested yesterday after federal agents discovered they had housed a member of Venezuela’s violent Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang at their New Mexico home.

The details: The Canos are accused of tampering with evidence after allowing illegal alien Cristhian Ortega-Lopez to live in their guesthouse.

• Authorities found gang-related clothing, tattoos, voicemails, and photos of decapitated bodies, as well as Ortega-Lopez posing with firearms.

Family affair: Weapons traced to the judge’s daughter were used in Ortega-Lopez’s gang-linked photoshoots shared online. The former judge was also seen in photos and videos handling guns with the illegal alien.

Back up: Ortega-Lopez entered the US. illegally, was detained, and released into the interior of the country on Joe Biden's watch in December 2023.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes: Judge Cano resigned in March. And on Tuesday, the New Mexico Supreme Court barred him from ever holding judicial office again.

Zoom out: Since January, the Trump administration has arrested over 150,000 illegal aliens, including more than 600 TdA gang members.

What happens next? Ortega-Lopez faces up to 15 years in prison for firearm possession as an illegal alien. It is not clear if the judge or his wife will be charged with harboring a terrorist, since TdA is a designated terrorist organization.

[Source: The Post Millennial, Fox News]

Fight for healthcare price transparency

Trump targets corrupt Dem fundraising platform

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing his Justice Department to investigate Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue over allegations that it enables foreign and fraudulent donations.

The details: Trump's order taps Attorney General Pam Bondi to “investigate and take appropriate action concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw’ or ‘dummy’ contributions and to make foreign contributions to U.S. political candidates and committees, all of which break the law.”

Shady business: A congressional investigation found that in a single 30-day period right before the 2024 presidential election, ActBlue detected hundreds of donations originating from foreign IP addresses using domestic prepaid cards, raising concerns about illegal foreign contributions.

• Until recently, ActBlue did not require CVV security numbers for credit card donations, posing a major security risk.

The law: Federal law prohibits foreign nationals or governments from making any contributions or donations in U.S. elections.

What the left is saying: ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones says: “Nothing will deter or interrupt ActBlue’s mission and work to enable millions of Americans to participate in our democracy."

Zoom out: In 2024, the left raised $3.82 billion through ActBlue.

What happens next? Bondi will report findings within 180 days.

[Source: Politico, The National Pulse]

🚙 A Clinton-appointed judge blocked part of an Executive Order issued by President Trump requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Read more.

🍎 Apple plans to shift all its U.S. iPhone assembly from India and pivot away from China. Read more.

🚼️ The U.S. fertility rate hovered near record lows in 2024, with just over 3.6 million babies born — a less than 1% increase from 2023, which was the lowest on record. Read more.

✅ DOGE’s 100 staffers will continue their work cutting government spending if Elon Musk steps back. Read more.

🏈 Former football star turned commentator Shannon Sharpe is stepping aside from ESPN in the wake of rape accusations. Read more.

🎞️ Movie-maker Paramount has agreed to terminate its DEI initiatives and racial quotas after a script supervisor sued, alleging racial discrimination. Read more.

🔥 A man has been arrested and charged with arson for causing the massive 'wild' fire that engulfed parts of Southern New Jersey earlier this week. Read more.

⛑️ Hats emblazoned with “Trump 2028” have gone on sale at the official Trump store, teasing a possible third-term run. Read more.

🛒 The USDA under Trump is taking steps to ensure illegal aliens do not receive federal SNAP benefits. Read more.

🎥 OMG, Has this Dem governor ever thrown a football? Watch.

🎥 Trump to reporter: "As usual, you have your reporting wrong." Watch.

🎥 Accused child predators get OWNED by police. Watch.

🎥 Leftist vandalizes Trump Tower's lobby plaque. Watch.

🎥 "Justice is definitely coming" from the Trump DOJ. Watch.

🎥 Bill Maher reacts to Larry David comparing Trump to Hitler. Watch.

🎥 Russian woman sneaks onto plane at JFK Airport. Watch.

🎥 CNN's numbers guy breaks down Democrat voters’ revolt against their leaders. Watch.

🎥 China expert explains why the tariff wars are coming at a bad time for Xi. Watch.

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