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AOC Goes Full Woke On ‘Trans Rights’ Because She’s A ‘Girl’s Girl’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said at a Maine town hall Thursday that she defends transgender rights because she is a “girl’s girl,” telling the crowd she does not support trans rights just to protect her own, but supports “the rights of trans women because I’m a girl’s girl.” She added that compromising one trans person’s rights compromises every citizen’s.

The event was a “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall at the State Theatre in Portland on Oct. 22, hosted by the group More Perfect University, where she appeared with Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson, the Bangor Daily News reported. Newsweek said students asked about healthcare, transgender rights and foreign policy; its account does not say what she answered on the last one.

Asked by a transgender-identifying college student why many Democrats are backing away from the issue, Ocasio-Cortez said “They’re wrong.” She said she was ashamed of people who “scare so easily after an election,” the Daily Wire reports. She then accused the Trump administration of using the issue to go after Title IX, the federal ban on sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funding.

She tied the sports fight to sexual assault, saying it attacks “all women’s ability to stand up against their abusers.” The remark was about campuses. The Daily Wire is the only outlet found so far that reports her answers on the issue, so the wording above is its transcription.

The Democrats she was rebuking are mostly in competitive races. Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur, in an ad covered by the Nationl News Desk on Oct. 8, says she “voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools”. North Carolina Rep. Don Davis’s ad says “states should decide what’s right for protecting women and girls.” New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, who co-chairs Equality PAC, called such ads “deeply offensive,” according to that report, which cites Axios.

In Iowa, state senator Sarah Trone Garriott released a spot saying she opposes “letting men in women’s locker rooms.” The Washington Examiner reported in August that she had voted as a state senator against bills restricting trans students in girls’ sports and locker rooms, and that Republican Rep. Zach Nunn’s campaign was running ads on the vote.

Maine is where Ocasio-Cortez’s pitch is being tested. The Senate race is a toss-up, and three October polls reported by Newsweek have Jackson ahead of Republican Sen. Susan Collins: Suffolk University 49% to 47%, InsiderAdvantage 49% to 47%, and a Washington Post/George Mason University poll 50% to 46%. Newsweek noted that polls underestimated Collins in 2020, when she won with more than 50% after trailing in surveys.

At the event, Ocasio-Cortez urged Maine women to back Jackson and faulted Collins for her vote to advance the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Collins spokesman Blake Kernen answered that Jackson spends time with “far-left progressive office holders,” the Bangor Daily News reported. The Daily Wire noted that Ocasio-Cortez is reportedly considering a 2028 presidential run.

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Democrat Scandal Unravels in Wisconsin – Involves Rotating Candidates and the Infamous Magic Flash Drives …Update: More Coming!

Wisconsin media is reporting on a MAJOR Democrat Party scandal just days before the November 3rd midterm elections.

This involves the Wisconsin race for governor.

Democrat primary candidate and Milwaukee County Executive, David Crowley announced on Wednesday, July 8th, that he was suspending his campaign.

That leaves current Wisconsin Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez in the primary race against unhinged communist

But Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the race two weeks later on July 17th. Her campaign discovered “serious mismanagement and inaccuracies” in its campaign finance reports, leading to the firing of campaign manager Kara Spencer.

That’s when David Crowley jumped back in the race less than 24 hours later after Rodriquez’s departure.

At this point the Democrat gubernatorial primary race pitted David Crowley against Francesa Hong, a wacky and unapologeticly socialist candidate.

The primary election was now less than a month away.

The squirrely socialist was squaring off against the Milwaukee county executive.

But the Democrat primary election scandal only just starting.

On election night, the dim-witted, holiday-hating communist who had emerged as one of new ‘stars’ of the Democratic Party lost her primary in a stunning upset to a largely unknown establishment opponent following a late drop and chaos in Wisconsin’s largest city.

That’s right.

As CNN reported, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated 37-year-old state assemblywoman Francesca Hong, who almost everyone assumed was going face Wisconsin GOP nominee Tom Tiffany in the general election.

The state results showed Crowley holding roughly a three-thousand-vote lead, less than half a percentage point of the vote.

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PolitiFact Rates 2 Democrat-Backed Attack Ads Against Rep. Ashley Hinson ‘Mostly False’

PolitiFact has rated two attack advertisements targeting Republican Iowa U.S. Senate nominee Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) as “Mostly False,” finding that WinSenate, an operation of the Democratic Senate Majority PAC, made misleading claims about her personal finances and voting record concerning the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

PolitiFact examined advertisements that accused Hinson of becoming $8 million richer during her five years in Congress and voting against releasing the Epstein files.

The first advertisement, dated October 19, accused Hinson of substantially increasing her wealth since taking office.

“After just five years in Washington, she’s $8 million richer,” the advertisement’s narrator said. “Ashley Hinson got rich. Iowa got left behind.”

Although the advertisement’s onscreen text qualified the figure as “up to” $8 million, its narration omitted that distinction.

Turek has made similar accusations, suggesting Hinson’s wealth increased by as much as 15 times since taking office. One of his campaign advertisements repeated the claim that Hinson was up to $8 million richer.

PolitiFact found that WinSenate arrived at its figure by comparing the lowest estimated value of Hinson’s assets in 2020 with the highest estimated value in 2025, rather than using consistent measures.

According to the financial disclosures examined by PolitiFact, Hinson reported assets valued between $726,000 and $2.4 million in 2020, with debts ranging from $65,000 to $150,000. Her 2025 disclosure listed assets between $2.3 million and $8.8 million, with no debt.

WinSenate calculated an approximately $8.2 million increase by subtracting Hinson’s maximum reported debt from her minimum reported assets in 2020, then comparing the resulting $576,000 figure with her maximum reported assets in 2025.

“It’s not an apples-to-apples comparison to compare the low-end estimate from one year to the high-end estimate from another year,” Michael Beckel, research director for the campaign-finance advocacy organization Issue One, told PolitiFact.

PolitiFact found that comparing the averages of the reported financial ranges instead produced an estimated increase of approximately $4 million, roughly half the amount highlighted by WinSenate.

The organization also found that much of the increase was associated with Hinson’s husband, Matt Arenholz, who sold his local insurance agency to Highstreet Insurance Partners in 2021.

Arenholz’s ownership stake in the agency had been valued between $250,000 and $500,000 in Hinson’s 2020 disclosure. Following the sale, Arenholz received a stake in Highstreet’s parent company, which Hinson spokesman Billy Fuerst said came in the form of private stock options.

Hinson’s 2025 disclosure valued that investment between $1 million and $5 million.

“It has no connection whatsoever to Ashley’s service in Congress, and the sale was in process before Ashley was elected to Congress,” Fuerst told PolitiFact.

PolitiFact concluded that WinSenate’s comparison presented the largest possible increase in Hinson’s reported wealth while omitting the significance of her husband’s business transaction, rating the claim “Mostly False.”

A separate WinSenate advertisement, dated September 25, accused Hinson of voting against releasing files related to Epstein while accepting campaign contributions from individuals named in the documents.

“Her top donors appear in the Epstein files over 700 times,” the advertisement stated.

“In Congress, Hinson voted against releasing the files,” the narrator continued. “When given another chance, she skipped the votes. Instead, she was raising money from a billionaire who’s in the Epstein files over 20 times.”

Another WinSenate advertisement accused Hinson of accepting nearly $90,000 from individuals named in the Epstein files and voting to keep the documents secret.

PolitiFact found that Hinson supported procedural motions in 2025 that prevented legislation concerning the release of the Epstein files from advancing, but noted that the advertisements omitted her subsequent vote in favor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

On July 15, 2025, Hinson joined other Republicans in supporting a procedural motion that passed 211-210. Defeating the motion would have allowed further consideration of an amendment introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) requiring the attorney general to release the Epstein files within 30 days.

PolitiFact also identified two additional procedural votes in July and September 2025 in which Hinson supported motions that prevented legislation related to releasing the files from advancing. She also declined to sign a discharge petition led by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to force a House vote.

However, Hinson voted in favor of the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, introduced by Massie and Khanna, when the legislation reached the House floor in November 2025.

The legislation required the Department of Justice to release records related to its Epstein investigation and passed the House by a vote of 427-1 after President Donald Trump directed lawmakers to support the measure.

Fuerst pointed PolitiFact to Hinson’s affirmative vote and described the July vote cited by WinSenate as a “procedural motion to advance several bills, including a defense appropriations bill.”

The fact-check also examined WinSenate’s allegations concerning Hinson’s campaign contributors.

PolitiFact reported that Federal Election Commission records and news reports showed Hinson received donations from individuals whose names appeared in Epstein-related documents, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Stephen Schwarzman, and Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan.

PolitiFact emphasized that the individuals were not accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein’s crimes and that being mentioned in the documents did not establish wrongdoing or a close relationship with Epstein.

The organization also cited a Daily Beast report that Hinson and affiliated political action committees received nearly $90,000 over three campaigns from contributors named in the documents, although PolitiFact could not independently verify that total.

PolitiFact further noted that Turek himself received a contribution from venture capitalist John Doerr, whose name also appeared in Epstein-related documents. Doerr was not accused of wrongdoing, and the records did not reflect direct correspondence between him and Epstein.

While acknowledging Hinson’s opposition to earlier procedural efforts, PolitiFact determined that WinSenate’s characterization of her record was misleading because it omitted her eventual support for the legislation requiring the files’ release.

The organization rated the claim “Mostly False.”

The two PolitiFact ratings come after Turek himself incorrectly linked Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) to the Dignity Act, immigration legislation that would establish a pathway to legal status for certain illegal aliens. During an interview with NBC News anchor Tom Llamas, Turek said, “I agree with Representative Nunn and Miller Meeks and Feenstra in the Dignity Act that there should be a pathway available for you. If you’re willing to pass a background check.” When Llamas pressed him on whether illegal immigrants should be deported, Turek replied, “Not an immediate deportation.” However, neither Miller-Meeks nor Feenstra is a cosponsor of the legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL).

On October 23 that Turek attended a San Francisco fundraiser hosted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental organization that has advocated reducing red meat consumption, opposed a proposal for year-round E15 ethanol sales, and supported a $1.6 trillion Green New Deal proposal for public schools. Tickets for the fundraiser cost up to $10,000, and Turek received at least $19,500 from NRDC leadership. The organization has advocated eliminating a quarter pound of beef per week to reduce global warming and reducing red meat purchases by 30 percent. Iowa ranks second nationally in red meat production and leads the country in ethanol production, supporting approximately 42,000 jobs statewide. Turek also opposed permanent relief from the estate tax for more than 2 million family-owned farms, missed a vote on the Iowa Farm Bill, and voted to allow imitation-meat labeling for products in Iowa public schools.

During an October 8 Senate debate, Hinson criticized Turek for missing 58 percent of legislative votes this year and collecting more than $20,000 in taxpayer-funded per diem payments. “I think it’s really important to note that my opponent decided not to show up for work 58 percent of the time this year on policies that could have helped to support Iowans and Iowa farmers, including the Iowa Farm Bill, chose to not show up to vote for that bill,” Hinson said.

Turek, meanwhile, proposed requiring members of Congress to hold at least one annual in-person town hall, arguing that Hinson had not held one during her Senate campaign. “I did 47 town halls during my time in Congress, so you all at this table have covered many of them and understand clearly that I am a transparent and accessible representative,” Hinson responded.

Returning to Turek’s per diem payments, Hinson said, “So you took the per diem; you stole from taxpayers. You should refund that money.”

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OOPS! Troy Jackson Campaign Mailer Features Woman From a Town in Maine That DOESN’T EXIST

The Troy Jackson campaign is just not competent.

Yesterday, the Gateway Pundit reported that Jackson supporters held a ‘Women for Troy Jackson’ event and Jackson didn’t even show up.

Now, it has been revealed that a mailer for the campaign features a woman who is listed as being from a town in Maine that doesn’t even exist.

The woman in the mailer ad is presented as ‘Kate from Norwich’ but there is no Norwich, Maine. There is a Northport, a Northfield, and even a Norridgewock, but there is no Norwich.

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Leftist Anti-ICE Reporter Memo Torres FIRED After Allegations That He Let a Democrat State Senator Write His Articles During Secret Affair

L.A. TACO, the leftist outlet known for aggressive coverage of ICE raids in Southern California, has fired its high-profile journalist Memo Torres over allegations that Democratic state Sen. Sasha Renee Pérez was writing his articles during a secret affair.

Torres’ firing follows an internal investigation the publication said lasted nearly five months and found repeated violations of its policies and journalistic standards.

The 46-year-old landscaper-turned-ICE reporter became one of the outlet’s most visible faces in immigration reporting through his “Daily Memo” videos documenting enforcement actions across the region.

The outlet publicly stated that it fired him for “repeated violations of our policies and our basic journalistic standards,” while insisting the decision had nothing to do with scaling back ICE coverage.

The statement read, in part:

Firing him was the last thing we wanted. On his final day, Memo told us himself he was ready to go independent, and that it was a better fit for what he wanted to do. We thought we left on good terms, and offered to publicly support his next chapter and give him a generous severance. We offered our support because we never stopped believing in his mission.

Instead, he told his followers a different story: that he was blindsided, which immediately led to speculation that L.A. TACO pushed him out to pull back on ICE coverage.

The rumor that we’ve turned our back on ICE coverage is a lie. And a dangerous one.

Memo built his name as a truth-teller and a community leader. But right now, a false narrative is being spread, and it’s dividing the very community he claims to serve.

However, according to a report from LA Material, citing sources close to the outlet, management concerns went beyond routine process issues and included Torres bypassing editors, making factual errors, and maintaining a romantic relationship with an elected official while covering her work.

The official, Pérez, 34, is the youngest member of the California Senate and a former mayor of Alhambra who has been outspoken against ICE operations.

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DEMS GONE WILD: Democrat Candidate Gets Into NASTY Brawl With Her GOP Opponent’s Mom in Bathroom During Campaign Event

The latest entry in the ‘Democrats Gone Wild’ series has dropped, and it is among the most insane yet.

As The New York Post reported, Kisha Skipper, a Democrat who is trying to unseat GOP Westchester County Legislator James Nolan, got into a wild and nasty brawl with his mother during a campaign event at the Beczak Environmental Center Wednesday night in Yonkers, New York.

Yonkers police say the brawl started during a break at the event, when Skipper got into an argument with a former campaign staffer.

Nolan’s mom, Donna, then decided to try to separate the two women. Police say she “sustained an abrasion to her lip.”

Then, Donna Nolan and Skipper began fighting.

After the brawl concluded, Donna Nolan was transported to the hospital via ambulance.

Skipper also appeared to sustain a significant injury. As The Post notes, she shared a Facebook post showing her wearing a sling on her arm at the hospital’s emergency room entrance.

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Watch Elizabeth Warren SQUIRM When Questioned About Billionaires Funding the Democrats in the Midterms

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was recently grilled – on CNN of all places – about the fact that despite all of the Democrat Party’s complaints about billionaires, they are being funded for the midterms by quite a few of them.

The whole billionaire thing on the left is so tiresome. It all goes back to Bernie Sanders. He used to be the only one who talked about it but now they all do.

Of course, they all conveniently look the other way when a billionaire is ready to hand them a massive campaign donation.

It’s still hard to believe this conversation happened on CNN.

FOX News reports:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., got defensive in a new interview as she railed against billionaire donations in politics and was asked about Democrat Troy Jackson revealing multiple billionaire donors, as well as a large possible donation from Michael Bloomberg.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said during an interview with Warren that Bloomberg had given about $80 million to help Democrats win the midterms after noting that Elon Musk had contributed $276 million to Republicans.

Collins asked Warren, “You’re someone who has said billionaire donors should not be in politics. Given what you’ve said, do you want Michael Bloomberg’s help here?”

“Look, what I want is to get this kind of money out of politics,” Warren said. “Right now, the Republicans know that their only chance, as they see it, to be able to hang on to the House and the Senate and some of these governors’ mansions is to be able to just drown people in money, to be able to run all the ads on TV, to lie, to cheat, and that there won’t be any opportunity for Democrats to be able to respond.”

“We need to push back because, this campaign, this 2026 midterm, really is about the money or the people. Because the Democrats have got the people on their side. The Republicans have got the money, and they think if they can spend it, they can maintain control of this country, and I sure hope they’re wrong,” Warren said, arguing for a “very different” system.

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‘Those f**kers gotta go’: Leftists obsess over causing the deaths of … Republicans’ kids!

Democrats and other leftists have engaged in rhetoric endorsing violence for years now.

The result has been multiple assassination attempts on President Donald Trump, and an urging that people should be aiming pistols at Vice President JD Vance.

That ideology of death now has expanded to target other Republicans and even “their children.”

That’s according to the Cougar Chronicle, in Utah, which obtained a recording of a discussion among members of a group People of Provo Against ICE.

The report confirmed they are “fantasizing about murdering their opposition along with their children.”

The report explained that POPAI conversation participants also discussed allowing conservatives to be re-integrated, through “reeducation.”

“Venna Anne, a woman within POPAI leadership, was discussing her dreams in life. When someone told her ‘You just can’t get away from capitalism,’ she responded with ‘No, unless we kill everybody.’ Ashton Hirschi, also in POPAI leadership, told her that they only needed to kill ‘some’ people, initially settling on ‘500.’ Venna said that ‘You also have to kill their children and their [line of succession],'” the report documented.

And, “Ashton conceded the point and said ‘We need to get the politicians.’ When asked if ICE could integrate back into society, Ashton said ‘If you’re talking about politicians or billionaires? No. Those f**kers gotta go. Period and point blank.’ On ‘counter-revolutionaries or MAGA people,’ Ashton said that ‘There’s a possibility for reintegration [into society]. It would have to come through reeducation.'”

A previous audio obtained by the Cougar Chronicle, the publication explained, showed “SDS UVU leader Collin Grannis’s intentions of making it ‘as uncomfortable as possible for people to get in’ to TPUSA’s Charlie Kirk memorial event, was posted to X.”

POPAI’s messaging also allegedly has included “Shoot Trump” stickers.

“On October 15, an article identifying David Chappell, Democratic candidate for Utah House District 62, as a member of POPAI was published,” the report said. “As of the time of writing, Chappell has refused to disavow POPAI… ‘

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Johnson budget spends and taxes more

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2027 budget proposal includes a new package tax, a new tax on large employers and several tax increases.

Johnson introduced his $17.6 billion spending plan on Wednesday, up from $16.7 billion this year.

The mayor said his budget ensures that every Chicagoan receives their fair share of the city’s investments, services and opportunities.

“Funded by responsible spending cuts that protect essential services and by asking the wealthy and the largest corporations in this city to pay their fair share,” Johnson said.

The budget includes a 15-cent tax on non-medical and non-food containers and packages, plus a $25 per employee monthly tax on large businesses outside of socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.

The mayor’s office said the Equitable Employer Tax would bring in an estimated $113.8 million. The tax would fall on companies with 125 full-time employees or more. Johnson’s budget says that it impact 3% of the city’s registered businesses.

Last month, a group of 29 Chicago aldermen advised the mayor they would work on a budget that includes no head tax or tax on employers.

“If we can show the public that we’re being good fiscal stewards and looking at what the right size of government should be, creating technology efficiencies and then looking at revenue last, I think that’s a better narrative versus what this mayor is proposing,” Alderman Gilbert Villegas told The Center Square.

Aldermen rejected Johnson’s head tax proposal last year and passed an alternative budget, which the mayor allowed to take effect without his signature or veto.

Johnson’s new budget raises the Personal Property Lease Transaction tax from 15% to 20% and the sports wagering tax from 10.25% to 20%.

The PPLT tax hike is projected to raise an additional $234 million and the betting tax hike is expected to bring in an extra $37 million.

Illinois Hotel & Lodging CEO Michael Jacobson said Johnson’s proposed head tax, PPLT increase and liquor tax increase would add to rising cost burdens for hotels and businesses.

“City leaders must reject these proposals and pursue a budget that supports local businesses,” Jacobson said in a statement.

The spending plan calls for using $42.9 million in tax increment financing surplus and $37.7 million in catalyst fund revenue.

The mayor touted a $30.9 million subsidy to Chicago Public Libraries and prioritized funding for community violence intervention.

“We are making a historic $40.6 million investment in CVI, activating 390 street outreach workers and 800 peacekeepers,” Johnson said.

The mayor also called for the permanent establishment of the Department of Community Wellness and Safety.

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DISGUSTING! Minnesota Democrat Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan and Gov. Tim Walz Funneled Millions in Taxpayer Dollars to ‘Booty Bumping’ Kits That Help Junkies Shove Heroin, Meth, and Ketamine Up Their Buttholes

While hardworking Minnesotans struggle with soaring costs, crime, and the aftermath of massive welfare fraud scandals under Democrat rule, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s administration, working hand-in-hand with Gov. Tim Walz, steered millions of your tax dollars to a “harm reduction” nonprofit that hands out free kits complete with lube and step-by-step instructions for drug users to “safely” ingest hard drugs through the rectum.

According to a bombshell report from the Washington Free Beacon, the Walz-Flanagan team highlighted grants to Minneapolis-based Southside Harm Reduction Services as part of a $100 million state program announced for “Minnesotans facing homelessness.”

Flanagan, now the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate against Republican Michele Tafoya, touted the money with the usual progressive platitudes: “These grants will ensure that everyone can access the supports they need to find and secure safe, stable housing.”

What the fine print and the nonprofit’s own materials reveal is far more grotesque. Southside supplies free lube and other items specifically for “booty bumping” (also called “boofing”), allowing users to ingest heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, and other drugs “through the rectum (anus, butthole).”

The group’s pamphlets instruct users: “Try to poop before. This is so your drugs are absorbed better. Stand, squat, or lay on your side in a comfortable position. It never hurts to have a boofing buddy!”

According to the Washington Free Beacon, state spending records show Minnesota has awarded $7.9 million in grants and contracts to Southside Harm Reduction Services since 2023.

That includes a $432,000 award in 2024 for “low-barrier access” to harm reduction supplies and a $2.5 million contract dated October 1, 2025, for 24/7 outdoor vending machines stocked with Narcan, “safer use” supplies, and hygiene items. The Free Beacon first flagged similar funding during Walz’s failed vice-presidential run.

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