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Schumer Moves to FEDERALIZE the Pride Flag After Rainbow Banner Removed from Stonewall Monument — Plans Bill to Make It a Congressionally Authorized U.S. Flag

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly preparing to introduce radical legislation that would effectively federalize the Pride Flag.

The uproar began when a large Pride flag was taken down from the federal monument in Greenwich Village that honors the 1969 Stonewall riots, the event widely recognized as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ civil-rights movement.

Federal officials said the removal of the rainbow banner was to enforce longstanding rules limiting flags on National Park Service flagpoles to those officially authorized, namely the U.S. flag and certain others.

Outrage among Democrats was immediate. New York officials and activists re-raised the Pride flag days later in defiance of federal policy. The episode has now been seized upon by Schumer and allies in Congress as justification for a sweeping legislative grab.

Schumer, joined by Rep. Dan Goldman in the House, says he will introduce a bill to make the Pride flag a congressionally authorized national symbol that cannot be removed from federal monuments or properties.

Under the draft language reported in local outlets, the legislation would designate the rainbow banner as protected under federal flag law, giving it the same status as other flags sanctioned by Congress.

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Israeli soldier confesses to murder, sexual assault in Gaza during live stream

A video shared on social media platforms has ignited widespread anger online after an Israeli soldier openly confessed to committing atrocities, including murder and rape, in the Gaza Strip during two years of genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged coastal territory.

In a live TikTok broadcast featuring American YouTuber Jeff Davidson, the soldier said, “We don’t just kill, we also rape,” alluding to acts committed by Israeli forces against women and children in Gaza.

In the live stream conversation, held during the Gaza onslaught but only made public recently, Davidson first inquired about the soldier’s identity and military connection. The individual claimed to be part of the Israeli military and broadcasting from inside Gaza.

When confronted by Davidson with the reality that the Israeli army caused the devastation in Gaza, the soldier acknowledged it without hesitation or any sign of regret.

The soldier directed the camera outward and detailed widespread devastation in the area, as the American interviewer requested him to display his surroundings.

“You wanna see Gaza? Don’t be surprised, there’s no house here. Flat, all flat,” the soldier said.

Davidson responded, “You guys flattened it?” The soldier replied: “Oh yeah.”

The discussion heated up when the soldier tried to rationalize attacking children by presenting a picture of a child with a gun, asserting he discovered it in a destroyed house.

Davidson rejected his assertion, emphasizing that children protecting themselves from an invading military can never warrant killing or attacking them. He also held the Israeli regime accountable for the dire situation in Gaza.

In a surprising turn, the soldier continued, stating, “We have killed women and children,” and coldly added: “And by the way, don’t worry…we rape them too.”

Human rights organizations have highlighted the video as strong proof of grave war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli military against Gaza civilians, asserting that backing from successive US administrations and Western allies fosters a perceived culture of impunity for such offenses.

Gaza’s Health Ministry announced on Sunday that 726 bodies have been retrieved since the ceasefire agreement with Israel came into effect on October 10 last year.

The ceasefire concluded Israel’s two-year genocide that started on October 7, 2023.

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The Justice Department’s shameful record in the Epstein scandal

More than 30 years have passed since the first public allegation that Jeffrey Epstein assaulted and trafficked children and young women for sex. A civil complaint said he repeatedly abused a 13-year-old girl beginning in 1994.

Five presidential administrations later, Epstein’s victims include more than 1,000 women, many of them children when he and his accused companions abused them. Yet, largely due to repeated failures by the Justice Department, most perpetrators remain unidentified and unpunished. The nation’s highest law enforcement agency has prolonged the victims’ abuse by denying them justice. 

The department’s failures continue today. It can no longer be trusted to deliver justice “without fear or favor.” Congress must intervene more decisively. A brief history will explain why. 

In 1996, Maria Farmer told the FBI that Epstein had assaulted her and her minor sister. The bureau took no visible action.

In 2008, Epstein faced a possible life sentence for 32 counts alleging that at least 40 underage girls were brought to his Palm Beach mansion for sex. Prosecutors said many victims were willing to testify but never had the opportunity. The case did not go to trial because U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta secretly crafted a deal allowing Epstein to plead guilty to two lesser charges.

Epstein served only 13 months in a Florida jail. He was given unusual privileges, including work  release for 12 hours a day, six days a week. Investigators said he regularly violated the rules of the work-release program without punishment. In addition, the deal included a controversial non-prosecution agreement that gave Epstein and his co-conspirators immunity from further state or federal prosecution for those crimes. 

In 2017, Trump appointed Acosta as secretary of Labor. He resigned in 2019 over the plea bargain controversy. In 2020, the Justice Department reviewed the plea bargain and concluded that Acosta used poor judgment but did nothing improper.

In 2019, Epstein was arrested and jailed on new sex trafficking charges. While awaiting trial, he was found dead in his cell. Despite protocol violations and missing security footage at the jail, the Justice Department ruled that Epstein had committed suicide.  

The latest controversy involves 6 million Justice Department documents related to the Epstein case. Although evidence and Epstein’s victims allege his involvement in an international sex trafficking operation, the FBI and Justice Department issued a memo last July saying that they planned no further charges and no further information on their investigations of Epstein. 

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Massachusetts auditor heads to court after finding $12M in fraud

he Massachusetts state auditor is headed to court as part of her effort to audit the state legislature.

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio, earlier this year, notified the state legislature that she would begin the audit, after 72% of state voters approved a law permitting her to do so.

However, state lawmakers declined to produce documents necessary for the audit, Fox News reported. She is now challenging the state at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

In 2025, her office identified roughly $12 million in public fraud related to state programs. The court battle comes in the wake of national fraud revelations in Minnesota linked to the state’s Somali expat community.

That development has turned the public’s attention to state government’s and their attitudes toward enforcing restrictions on eligible recipients of public aid.

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UK royals not ‘above the law’ – chief prosecutor 

Members of Britain’s royal family are not above the law, the country’s top prosecutor said on Sunday, as police investigate former Prince Andrew over allegations he leaked information to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  

Thames Valley Police said last week it was in discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations of misconduct in public office against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles III.   

“Nobody is above the law,” Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson told the Sunday Times. The prosecutor added he had “total confidence” that police would act independently and dismissed suggestions that the monarchy would receive special treatment.

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Colorado Democrats Introduce Bill to Fully Decriminalize Prostitution — Could Make State First in Nation to Legalize Sex Work

Colorado Democrats have officially introduced a bill to fully decriminalize prostitution.

If passed, Senate Bill 26-097 would make Colorado the first state in the entire country to completely remove criminal penalties for buying and selling sex between consenting adults.

If enacted, the legislation would repeal the state criminal offenses of:

  • Prostitution
  • Soliciting for prostitution
  • Patronizing a prostitute
  • Keeping a place of prostitution
  • Pandering related to arranging prostitution

According to the official legislative summary, the bill would statewide decriminalize “commercial sexual activity among consenting adults” and explicitly prevent local governments from passing their own ordinances banning prostitution.

That means cities and counties would be legally barred from criminalizing prostitution even if local officials or voters object.

Lead sponsors of the legislation include:

  • State Sen. Nick Hinrichsen (D-Pueblo)
  • State Sen. Lisa Cutter (D-Jefferson County)
  • Rep. Lorena Garcia (D-Adams County)
  • Rep. Rebekah Stewart (D-Lakewood)

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Trump’s Board of Peace rallies ‘thousands’ of troops for Gaza deployment

US President Donald Trump has said members of his newly formed Board of Peace have pledged “thousands of personnel” and billions of dollars to a potential international stabilization force that will be tasked with administering Gaza.

In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said countries taking part in the initiative will formalize their commitments at a meeting on February 19 in Washington, describing the deployment as part of efforts to maintain “security and peace” in the Palestinian enclave.

“Member States have pledged more than $5 BILLION DOLLARS toward the Gaza Humanitarian and Reconstruction efforts, and have committed thousands of personnel to the International Stabilization Force and Local Police,” he wrote, adding that Hamas must uphold its commitment to full and immediate “demilitarization.”

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HUH? AOC Gives Word Salad About Inequality, Suggests Marco Rubio is Racist for Saying Cowboys Came From Spain – “I Believe The Mexicans and Descendants of African slaves Would Like to Have a Word”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made a fool out of herself once again while speaking on income inequality during an event on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Sunday. 

While speaking at a TU Berlin event with German Bundestag member Isabel Cademartori, AOC was asked about her comments regarding wealth redistribution and taxing the rich, which she had made on Saturday, and she randomly pointed to remarks by Marco Rubio about Cowboy culture coming from Spain.

While speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Rubio highlighted the spiritual and cultural connections between America and Europe. Rubio noted that America began with Christopher Columbus,  the legend that defined the imagination of our pioneer nation,” bringing Christianity to the new world. He further described how English settlers brought their language and political and legal systems, how the Scots-Irish brought the American pioneer spirit, and how German farmers and craftsmen sparked an agricultural boom in the early days of America.

“Our expansion into the interior followed the footsteps of French fur traders and explorers whose names, by the way, still adorn the street signs and towns’ names all across the Mississippi Valley. Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos – the entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West – these were born in Spain. And our largest and most iconic city was named New Amsterdam before it was named New York,” Rubio said.

This was AOC’s “favorite part” from the Cuban Secretary of State’s speech, which was rightfully, as she put it, “a pure appeal to Western culture.”

“He said that American cowboys came from Spain,” she reminded the audience. “I believe the Mexicans and descendants of African slave— enslaved peoples would like to have a word on that.”

However, it is well documented that Spanish conquistadors and missionaries heavily colonized Mexico and the Southwest region of the United States in the 16th century. Spanish vaqueros were the inspiration of the cowboy culture in the Southwest, not Mexicans or slaves.

She then went on a confusing tirade about the changing culture, aka race and demographics, as millions of unvetted aliens are shipped into the once-predominantly White United States and Europe, and demanded an end to “the hypocrisy towards the global south.”

“That is a challenge that is difficult for much of the typical crowd at Munich to hear,” she said before pivoting to the arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and claiming that the US kidnapped him and engaged in “acts of war” against Venezuela, solely because “the nation is below the equator.”

Her hilarious comments follow her complete faceplant when asked a simple question about foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

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French police raid Arab World Institute in Paris as Epstein fallout widens

French police searched the Arab World Institute in Paris on Monday as part of a probe into its former head, ex-culture minister Jack Lang, and his links to late convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors said.

France’s National Financial Prosecutor (PNF) said in a statement that the Arab World Institute was among several locations being raided.

Prosecutors this month opened a preliminary investigation of Lang and his daughter Caroline on suspicion of tax fraud following the release of documents on Epstein in the U.S.

Lang, who was culture minister under late Socialist president Francois Mitterrand, resigned this month from the Arab World Institute, which he had led since 2013.

He has said he was unaware of Epstein’s crimes despite corresponding with him between 2012 and 2019, 11 years after the financier was convicted of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. Epstein died in prison by suicide in 2019.

The Institute, which is overseen by France’s foreign ministry, said it could not immediately comment on the police action.

Both Jack and Caroline Lang have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and receiving financial benefits from Epstein. Their lawyer Laurent Merlet told French broadcaster BFMTV this month that “there was no movement of funds”.

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School-Led Anti-ICE Protests Grow Increasingly Violent, Putting Children in Danger

Students across America are increasingly being injured, arrested, and seen engaging in violence as teachers and school administrators continue to encourage children to walk out of class to mount marches off school grounds to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Mexican flag-toting kids in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, for instance, erupted in violence against a lone man who had a pro-Trump flag.

A similar assault occurred in Enumclaw, Washington, during a student protest there.

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