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Lindsey Graham urges US, Israel to arm Iranian civilians in 'Second Amendment solution' to topple regime
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called for a "Second Amendment solution" to the Iranian resistance Monday, arguing the U.S. and Israel should arm civilians inside Iran as tensions linger in the Middle East and the Trump administration keeps regime change front of mind.
"I love the idea of a Second Amendment solution for the Iranian people," Graham told "Hannity."
"If I were President Trump and I were Israel, I would load the Iranian people up with weapons so they could go to the streets armed and turn the tide of battle inside Iran," he continued.
Graham’s remarks echo others who have pointed to internal resistance as a key factor in toppling the Islamic regime, including exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who argued the regime is vulnerable and urged the world not to give Tehran "another lifeline."
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"We don't need American boots on the ground," Graham said. "We've got millions of boots on the ground in Iran. They just don't have any weapons. Give them the weapons so they can rise up like we did to destroy this regime."
Taking such action, Graham said, would mirror America’s own path to independence, when armed colonists fought back against British rule.
"The first thing the king does is takes the guns away from his subjects," Graham said.
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"The first thing a religious theocracy does is make sure that nobody can have a gun to threaten the regime."
Host Sean Hannity noted that there have been previous attempts to funnel weapons to Iranian opposition groups, but said some efforts had been complicated by weapons allegedly being stolen before reaching their intended recipients.
Graham's response was to simply "do it again."
"I love the idea of empowering the Iranian people with weapons... to make the Revolutionary Guard's life hell," he added.
"It's one thing to be bombed by America, it's another thing to have your neighbors shoot back at you because they're tired of being slaughtered."
Graham also argued that pressuring Iran’s economy and controlling key waterways like the Strait of Hormuz could bring the conflict to a decisive end.
"If we can control the straits… it is checkmate," he said.
Fox News Digital's Arabella Bennett contributed to this report.
Kid Cudi boots MIA from tour after illegal immigrant comments spark backlash
Rapper Kid Cudi has kicked a singer off his tour after what he called "offensive remarks" from rapper M.I.A. about illegal immigrants and being a "Brown Republican voter."
In a Monday post on Instagram stories titled "Tour update," Kid Cudi wrote, "M.I.A is no longer on this tour. I told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn't want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood."
During a Saturday tour stop in Dallas at the Dos Equis Pavilion, M.I.A. said, "I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a Brown Republican voter."
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Variety reported that she also said, "I can’t do ‘Illegal,’ though some of you could be in the audience," and that her remarks were shared on social media as well as platforms like Reddit.
One user on Reddit posted, "Did anyone catch all that wildly racist s--- M.I.A said at the dos equis show? She did that weird bit about indians and being republican, and then damn near got booed off stage after she said ‘illegal (her song) like half the people here’ Her entire set left a bad taste in my mouth."
Kid Cudi said he was removing M.I.A. from the Rebel Ragers Tour, which started in Phoenix, Arizona, and is set to hit over 30 cities across the country, because of her remarks.
"After the last couple shows, I've been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants," he said. "This, to me, is very disappointing, and I won't have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase. Thank you for understanding."
M.I.A., whose real name is Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, has made political statements in the past.
In 2024, during the Portola Music Festival in San Francisco, she said, "Before there was Nicki [Minaj], there was M.I.A. Before there was Rihanna, there was M.I.A. Before there was Kamala Harris, there was M.I.A."
She added, ""We want freedom from everything, even from politics and religions."
Fox News Digital reached out to Kid Cudi and M.I.A. for comment.
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In August 2024, M.I.A. also appeared to endorse President Donald Trump on X after he was endorsed by former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"Trump is going to ride America through the most challenging 4 years coming pulling out weed, and RFK will inherit America when God is ready to replant and rebuild it righteously," she wrote.
Dads aren’t optional — and America’s kids are paying the brutal price
There is a lie that has been spreading throughout this country for the last several decades like poison: "You don’t need a father." This lie shows up in our music, our politics, our policies, and sometimes even in our churches. The lie pretends to be compassionate, inclusive, and modern by passing no judgment. But if you walk the streets that I walk, if you sit with the children that I sit with, you will see the wreckage that this lie leaves behind.
When we lose fathers, we lose the core family structure. When we lose fathers, we lose the protection that the family and the neighborhood need. When we lose fathers, we lose morals, direction and discipline. When we lose fathers, we leave gaping holes in children that they will struggle to fill. When we lose fathers, we lose a generation.
Most people think that when we talk about fatherlessness, we’re talking about Black America. Yes, our community carries a heavy burden here, and tragically so. In 2023, 49% of Black children lived with one parent and 47.5% lived without a father in the home. In the poorer demographics, the numbers are worse. But if we stop here, we ignore the bigger picture.
Today, nearly 1 in 4 children in this country lives without a father in the home. This figure astonishes me. How is this not a national crisis?
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Around 20% of White children live with one parent, and roughly a third of Hispanic children live in single-parent homes. The share of White youth in two-parent families has fallen from more than 82% in 1980 to about 76% today, and for Hispanic youth, from about 75% to 67%. The trend is going in the wrong direction for everybody.
The lie is undermining us all.
The impact of fatherlessness is real. The vast majority of the criminals in our prisons grew up without a father. Research using national surveys, such as analysis from the Institute for Family Studies, shows that kids in married two-parent homes are far less likely to be victims of violence or to witness violence in their neighborhoods. For every 1,000 children living with both married parents, about 36 encounter neighborhood violence; among children living with never-married mothers, that number jumps to 102. That’s almost three times the exposure to violence.
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In cities and neighborhoods where single parenthood is the norm, crime does not just inch up. It explodes. One recent national analysis from the Institute for Family Studies found that cities with high levels of single parenthood have 48% higher total crime rates, 118% higher violent crime rates and 255% higher homicide rates than cities where two-parent families are the norm. In Chicago, census tracts with lots of single-parent households see 226% higher violent crime and more than 400% higher homicide than tracts where most families are two-parent households.
You cannot look at numbers like that and say fathers don’t matter. This lie has a price, and that price is often lives.
One cure to all of this that I have consistently advocated for is marriage. I want to officiate at more marriages than funerals. Marriage is the answer to fatherlessness, and this truth couldn’t be plainer.
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Children born into married households are far less likely to be poor. In 2021, the federal government reported that 6.8% of children in married households lived in poverty. In female-headed households with no male spouse, that number was 37.1%.
Marriage still matters even when it comes to different levels of education. A single mother with a high school degree faces a poverty rate of nearly 39%, while a married couple with the same education level faces a poverty rate under 9%.
Perhaps the most damning statistic is that if we returned to 1980-level rates of married parenthood, child poverty would be about 17% lower and family median income about 10% higher. Stronger marriages don’t just help individuals; they lift entire communities.
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Meanwhile, we’re running around like chickens with our heads cut off, screaming about how White supremacy is the biggest driver of inequities in our nation. Getting married and staying married would do far more than most, if not all, policies to lower disparities.
But here’s the key thing for me that I know from personal experience: Marriage stabilizes men. It gives them a higher value than self-worship or the glamor of gang life.
I’ve seen marriage move men away from crime. When a man stands at that altar before God and commits to a wife and children, he’s swearing to a higher way of life that’s greater than any miserable gang can provide.
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Despite all of these facts and plain common sense, there are professors, activists and pundits who insist on the lie that fathers don’t matter. They say "love is love" and that as long as someone cares, the structure of the family does not matter. They warn us about masculinity as if it were the devil that needs to be slayed.
I’ve even heard some of them say that advocating for fatherhood is blaming single mothers instead of recognizing their sacrifices. I cannot tell you how many single mothers I know who would gladly welcome a good man into their lives.
The lie that fathers do not matter has been one of the most destructive forces in our society, and we must push back on it.
Fathers matter. Fathers are not disposable.
To be a father is one of the highest callings a man can have on this earth. To be a father means you are responsible for the lives you bring into this world. You created life, and it is your duty to mold that life into a mind capable of character, courage and real freedom.
The shame is that we have allowed ideological forces to weaken this sacred bond and call it progress.
The first step back is simple: Tell the truth. Fathers matter, and our children cannot flourish without them.
Kash Patel says Russiagate-linked FBI ‘burn bag’ room was missing from bureau blueprints
FBI Director Kash Patel said he found the agency's "burn bag" room full of sensitive documents tied to the "Russiagate" investigation, but nobody was able to get inside at first — in fact, the room wasn't on the building map at all.
Patel appeared on Tuesday's episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" and referenced a previous discussion on the podcast in which former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino talked about the same room.
More than one "burn bag," which is "a large paper bag that you use to destroy and literally shred and burn classified information," was found inside this secret room "locked away in FBI headquarters," Patel said.
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"They weren't burned, but the room was also off the map. It wasn't on our blueprint, and nobody had access to it."
When Bongino previously joined the show, he said he found a bag containing the "mother lode" of documents regarding "Crossfire Hurricane," the FBI's probe into potential collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia.
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He surmised that the document was intentionally spared from destruction, suggesting that someone intended for it to be discovered, and that the files revealed what the agency really knew during the investigation.
"I'm reading this document, and I'm like, ‘I can't believe this happened in the United States.’ It wasn't just that it happened in the United States, it was that so many people knew about it," he said. "All you had to do was read it. This thing was bulls--- from the start."
In July, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard alleged that the Obama administration promoted a narrative about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election that she said officials knew was wrong.
Then, in August, the Department of Justice opened a grand jury investigation into Gabbard’s claims. Earlier this year, the DOJ subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey over his role in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian election interference.
Fox News Digital's Madison Colombo contributed to this report.
Climate seminars for judges face funding trail probe amid fears of outside influence on courts
FIRST ON FOX: A government watchdog group is pursuing a new possible paper trail to find out who is funding climate presentations for judges, filing public records requests for financial information that could reveal how outside advocacy groups influenced the presentations.
Government Accountability & Oversight (GAO), a nonprofit, made recent Freedom of Information Act requests, reviewed by Fox News Digital, for emails and financial records held by the Treasury Department that GAO says could show whether funds connected to the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) moved through the Federal Judicial Center Foundation.
The effort comes as Republican lawmakers and legal critics scrutinize whether the seminars exposed judges to one-sided climate presentations from figures they say are connected to the broader plaintiffs-side climate litigation network, raising concerns about whether the programs created an appearance of partiality for judges who could later hear related lawsuits.
The FOIA requests were significant, GAO legal counsel Chris Horner told Fox News Digital, because they opened up a new path for his group and congressional investigators to pursue as they probe what role the Federal Judicial Center, which is a research arm of the taxpayer-funded judicial branch, had in hosting the seminars.
While it is not necessarily subject to FOIA requests, Horner said that records belonging to the Federal Judicial Center Foundation, created by Congress as a 501c1, are public. That means the foundation, which is authorized to take donor money to support events, should have a public paper trail, Horner said.
Fox News Digital reviewed ELI's tax records, including 990 forms beginning in 2019, which showed multimillion-dollar lump sums designated, in part, for educating judges. Horner said his group was looking to understand the "mechanics" behind that funding.
"Judges are getting from the courtroom to the resort. How does that happen?" Horner asked, questioning if the Federal Judicial Center, a public, impartial entity, was improperly using ELI's money to facilitate judges' attendance at the controversial seminars.
The seminars at issue were climate-related judicial education programs involving the Federal Judicial Center and ELI's Climate Judiciary Project, which ELI launched in 2018 to provide judges with instruction on climate science, climate impacts and climate-related litigation.
The Federal Judicial Center previously told Fox News Digital it held a series of small, one-day seminars with ELI for fewer than 100 judges in 2019 and early 2020, before the programs became the subject of scrutiny from Republican lawmakers, conservative legal critics and energy industry advocates. The Federal Judicial Center said last year it stopped working with ELI in 2020. Fox News Digital reached out to ELI and the Federal Judicial Center for comment on the current status of the seminars.
Nick Collins, an ELI spokesperson, said in a statement that ELI's climate project began because courts were seeking out education on the topic. He denied that the project had ties to current climate litigation that judges might be presiding over.
"[The Climate Judiciary Project] partners with leading educational institutions to provide those courses which are no different than other judicial education programs providing training on legal and scientific topics that judges voluntarily choose to attend," Collins said. "CJP does not participate in litigation, coordinate with parties related to any litigation, or advise judges on how they should rule on any issue or in any case."
GAO argued in its FOIA requests that the Federal Judicial Center Foundation is a government agency and that the statute that established the foundation authorized it to maintain a fund with the Treasury, where all the foundation's donations could be held. GAO said the public should have access to those account statements showing deposits and disbursements.
The FOIA requests targeted records spanning multiple years, including the potential Treasury-held data dating back to 2015, as well as records from 2019 to 2021 tied to the climate seminars specifically.
The requests did not establish that any funds were improperly used, but GAO said the records could clarify how outside money was handled by a public institution.
Horner called it a "big gap in the stone wall," referencing what he viewed as an opening to learn more about what has long been a murky understanding of financial ties between the Federal Judicial Center and private entities helping to bring the climate lawsuits.
Horner noted ELI's well-documented connections to plaintiffs who have brought numerous lawsuits against major oil companies like Shell, BP and ExxonMobil in the name of addressing climate change.
"The judiciary has been caught in bed with the plaintiffs, and the judiciary apparently wants to hide the evidence rather than be transparent about it, which certainly does not inspire confidence," Horner said.
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ELI is connected to litigators involved in the uptick in recent years in the lawsuits against oil companies, including through its former board member Ann Carlson. ELI's Climate Judiciary Project maintains that it is a "neutral, objective" resource for judges, but its curriculum has been fossil fuel-averse. The Climate Judiciary Project educates the very judges who could end up presiding over cases against the oil companies.
ELI "intends to accomplish via the courts what it cannot get enacted into law: a radical environmental agenda," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, alleged in a 2024 letter.
GAO lawyers argued in their FOIA requests that the foundation's financial information was of great public interest because judges were effectively being lobbied on how to handle climate cases through these seminars, and the foundation could have had a role in funding them.
"These seminars were arranged by parties affiliated with the plaintiffs’ legal team yet presented as the objective background which judges should know about climate science," the GAO lawyers wrote in the FOIA requests. "The Federal Judicial Center Foundation is authorized to accept gifts to underwrite such seminars."
Critics like Cruz and GAO have long contended that the seminars were not neutral and instead part of a broader climate litigation ecosystem. Judges attending seminars on any given topic would normally be a nonissue, but the concerns have zeroed in on who may be influencing the judges and whether they are part of the same network advancing the climate lawsuits.
Like GAO, Congress has been probing the financials as part of its oversight of the judicial branch. In January, the House Judiciary Committee said ELI, and its Climate Judiciary Project, appeared to target judges in jurisdictions where climate cases would be heard. The letter noted that ELI has said its Climate Judiciary Project began in 2018 "in coordination with" the Federal Judicial Center.
GAO's FOIA letters signal that the Federal Judicial Center Foundation could be a missing link in understanding who paid for the seminars and how the Federal Judicial Center was involved with the privately funded programs, which lawmakers say could be at odds with policies that the U.S. courts are required to follow.
Fox News Digital reached out to Carlson, as well as the Federal Judicial Center, the Federal Judicial Center Foundation and the Treasury Department for comment on the FOIA requests.
IDF claims to have taken out Hamas commander who participated in Oct 7
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it eliminated Hamas Commander Anas Muhammad Ibrahim Hamed, who infiltrated Israel and participated in the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival Massacre.
Hamed was killed during a targeted Monday strike in Gaza, the IDF announced Tuesday.
"The IDF struck yesterday in the center of the Gaza Strip and eliminated Ans Muhammad Ibrahim Hamed, Nukhba commander in the Hamas terror organization, who raided the territory of the State of Israel and the Nova festival during the murderous massacre on October 7," the IDF wrote in a Tuesday morning post on X.
The IDF called Hamed an "immediate threat to IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip," and said he was "eliminated in a precise airstrike."
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The IDF said it has forces "deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat."
Nukhba, which is Arabic for elite, is the special forces for the Al-Qassam Brigades, which is Hamas' military wing.
Both units were instrumental in the Oct. 7 massacre. The Al-Qassam Brigades planned and executed the attack, according to the IDF and the Counter Extremism Project. Of the 6,000 terrorists who invaded Israel during the attack, more than 3,800 were Nukhba fighters, the IDF stated in an August 2024 assessment.
The Oct. 7 attack resulted in the deaths of more than 1,300 Israelis and prompted a sprawling Israeli military campaign in Gaza. During this campaign, the IDF eliminated two commanders of the al-Qassam Brigades and numerous other members of the group's military leadership.
A July 2024 targeted strike killed then-al-Qassam Brigades Commander Mohammed Deif. In May 2025, another airstrike killed his replacement, Mohammad Sinwar.
The latest Israeli strike in Gaza comes just under seven months after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump in October. The IDF accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire in February by using ambulances to transport terrorists and weapons around the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has also accused Israel of violating the ceasefire with daily airstrikes.
Fox News' Trey Yingst asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week if Hamas' refusal to put down its weapons would prompt the Trump administration to support Israel resuming combat operations in Gaza.
"Let’s hope we can avoid that. That’s not the outcome we want," Rubio told Yingst. "The outcome we want is for Hamas to be demilitarized, and a Palestinian security force backed by an international security force is able to secure Gaza.
Fox News Digital reached out to the IDF and the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News' Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
Republicans slip $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump ballroom security in ICE, Border Patrol package
Senate Republicans tucked an eye-popping figure into funding for security measures tied to President Donald Trump's ballroom, a project the administration once touted as being completely privately funded.
The GOP released legislation for its immigration enforcement-focused reconciliation package late Monday night, setting the total spending at $72 billion. But it also included $1 billion in taxpayer funding for the ballroom addition to the White House.
Republicans had largely kept an arm’s length distance from the project, which Trump first announced last year. The construction drew criticism over the demolition of the East Wing and the flow of outside funding, which the administration has touted as a win for taxpayers.
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But since the third apparent assassination attempt against Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton last month, Republicans have jumped on the ballroom bandwagon.
The funding is tucked into the Senate Judiciary Committee’s portion of the reconciliation package, which tees up nearly $31 billion for ICE, $3.5 billion for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), $2.5 billion for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and just shy of $1.5 billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, pitched his portion of the bill by bucking Democrats’ desire for "open borders" and their push to defund the police.
"Republicans won’t allow our country to be dragged backwards by Democrats’ radical, anti-law enforcement agenda," Grassley said in a statement.
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The ballroom funding would be doled out to the Secret Service and is explicitly meant for "security adjustments and upgrades," including "above-ground and below-ground security features," according to the legislation.
Notably, the measure sets guardrails on the funding so that none of the taxpayer money would be used for "non-security elements of the East Wing Modernization Project."
Adding funding for the ballroom could be a slight to some Republicans who wanted to use the latest reconciliation opportunity to go big on affordability issues, aid for farmers or spending cuts, among several other wish list items.
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Senate Democrats are already going after the GOP for including the project.
"Republicans are on a different planet than American families," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on X. "Republicans looked at families drowning in bills and decided what they really needed was more raids and a Trump ballroom."
Meanwhile, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., also released its portion of the reconciliation package, which tees up nearly $33 billion in funding.
Paul’s measure included over $19 billion for CBP, $7.5 billion for ICE, nearly $3.5 billion for border security and $2.5 billion for DHS.
"Senate Democrats refuse to vote for a single dollar to secure our borders or enforce our immigration laws, even against the most violent illegal aliens," Paul said in a statement. "To make sure those vital functions are funded, my committee will vote later this month to provide the funding needed."
Florida shooting spree kills 4-month-old baby, toddler, their mother and grandmother across two scenes
A Florida community is reeling after a deadly shooting spree left three generations of a family, including a 4-month-old baby and a 4-year-old child, dead across two crime scenes, authorities said Monday.
Officers first responded early Sunday to a disturbance on a residential street in Plant City, where they found four shooting victims, the Plant City Police Department said. The 4-month-old and 4-year-old children were pronounced dead at the scene. Their 28-year-old mother was rushed to a hospital but later died. A third child was found unharmed.
Investigators soon linked the violence to a second location less than a mile away, where the children’s 55-year-old grandmother was found dead from a gunshot wound. Police said she was the mother of the 28-year-old woman.
Authorities believe individuals traveled on foot between the two scenes during the early morning hours, prompting a citywide search for clues.
Detectives are now urging residents and businesses to review surveillance footage from 5:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday, especially any video showing a woman walking with three young children near North Burton Street or West Tever Street.
Neighbors say there were warning signs in the days leading up to the killings.
"They had some type of disagreement on Friday to where the police were called by the wife. Then in that time, her mother came," John Czarniak, who lives near one of the scenes, told FOX13 Tampa. He added that he saw suspicious behavior the night before the shooting, including a man strapping on a bulletproof vest and loading a large duffel bag into a car.
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Residents in the area described the aftermath as devastating.
"We’re devastated. Watching everything that unfolded is horrible," neighbor Jody Kott told the station. "From what I saw, they will need every prayer they can get."
Police have not released the identities of the victims or named a suspect. A motive has yet to be confirmed.
The investigation remains ongoing. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Plant City Police Department at 813-763-3316 or submit tips anonymously.
Wisconsin brewing owner who promised free beer in the event of Trump’s death launches bid for governor
Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad, who offered free beer in the event of President Donald Trump's death, announced his bid for Wisconsin governor on Sunday.
"I’m running for Governor because I believe Wisconsin needs a battle-hardened fighter to join the rest of America to save our Democracy from Trump’s regime, and that person doesn’t exist in the crowded field of Democrats currently running in Wisconsin’s Gubernatorial primary," Bangstad wrote in a Substack post on Sunday.
Bangstad's announcement came a little over a week after his brewery advertised free beer in the event of Trump's death. The Facebook comments came after news of shots being fired at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, where Trump and several of his Cabinet members attended.
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"Well, we almost got #freebeerday. Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle," the post said. "We’ll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens."
The post led to Bangstad and his company being investigated by the FBI and Secret Service and disavowed by members of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, according to Bangstad.
"The messaging mistake [State Rep. Francesca] Hong made, as well as [gubernatorial candidate Mandela] Barnes and the rest of the Corporate Democrats, spilled progressive blood into the water that created a feeding frenzy against me, my fiancé, and my company. Trump’s propaganda machine and the corporate media that continuously fails America with its cancerous 'bothside-ism,' came after me with full force; and that led to me being interrogated and intimidated by the FBI and the Secret Service," Bangstad wrote.
He continued, "After those two agents left my taproom on Thursday night, I told my lawyer Fred that I was going to run for Governor. Since I couldn’t trust the Democratic Party to have my back nor the current slate of gubernatorial candidates—and because I have a social media reach that dwarfs them all—I might as well stand up for myself and the rest of the working class, who I’ve been standing up for with my loud voice for the last 6 years."
To qualify for the November election, Bangstad is seeking 2000 signatures by June 1.
Reached for comment, Bangstad responded by harshly criticizing Fox News Digital, also saying, "I’d tell you that the world is almost as excited about me running for governor as they are about #freebeerday."
Bangstad previously ran for Congress in 2015 and for the Wisconsin state assembly in 2020. Since then, he has also formed the Minocqua Brewing Company SuperPAC, which "aims to remove Republican federal and state elected officials who perpetuated the election lies that caused the Insurrection of January 6, 2021, and whose downplaying of the seriousness of COVID-19 caused so many unnecessary deaths in our country," according to the company website.
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The Minocqua Brewing Company is largely known for selling specialty-branded beers based on political trends and figures such as "Resistance Pilsner" and "Tammy Shandy," after Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
This article has been updated to include Bangstad's comment.
Little luxuries mom won't buy for herself — starting at $17
Moms do a lot for everyone else and rarely ask for much. This Mother's Day, treat her to something she'll love but won't buy for herself. From lab-grown diamond necklaces to Beckham Hotel Collection pillows and shower steamers, these picks show you're listening.
Original price: $99
Swarovski intertwines a heart, infinity sign and a delicate crystal in a necklace she'll wear regularly — all for less than $75. The thin chain won’t weigh her down, and it adjusts for a secure fit.
A simple heart-shaped pendant from Brilliant Earth shows how much you care and pairs well with everything your mom wears. The lab-grown design keeps the price down without sacrificing shine, while the silver chain gives it a polished look.
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Original price: $79.99
If your mom hasn't switched out her pillows in a while, upgrade her to Beckham Hotel Collection pillows — an No. 1 best-seller on Amazon — now nearly $40 off. The 250-thread-count cover won’t constantly shift and offers softness other options lack.
Original price: $179
An Aura digital picture frame lets them enjoy endless family photos. Share a link with loved ones so they can send favorites directly to the frame. With no storage limit, mom gets a constant stream of sentimental photos to browse.
Original price: $45.99
Does she constantly mention the need for more purse space? This travel tote has plenty of pockets to accommodate laptops, phones, makeup and more. It's large enough to double as an overnight bag but lightweight enough for daily use, making it a versatile option for her busy lifestyle.
Original price: $33.98
A candle warmer releases scents safely using a light bulb and an eight-hour timer. Designed like a mini lamp, it blends seamlessly with her decor and serves as a functional piece she'll use every day.
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Original price: $29.99
Eucalyptus and mint shower steamers don't just smell amazing — they help her unwind after a long day, a gift she'll appreciate. The bag includes 15 steamers made with natural oils.
Original price: $20.99
Lavender pillow spray is one of those simple indulgences people love but rarely buy themselves — making it a thoughtful gift for the woman who raised you. This calming blend from Dr. Teal's combines lavender and chamomile to soothe the senses, while the melatonin promotes restful sleep.
Original price: $78
Upgrade her sleep setup with a pair of bamboo pillowcases. They’re deeply soft and naturally temperature-regulating — helpful for those who deal with night sweats.
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Original price: $138
A Cozy Earth waffle robe brings the spa to her. The waffle material — made from a cotton and bamboo blend — absorbs water quickly while retaining its softness. Two large pockets hold her phone or her next summer read, with room to spare.
Original price: $69.99
If your mom deals with frequent headaches, this heated massager works to combat them. It gently massages the eyes, and even pairs with Bluetooth, so she doesn't have to stop listening to e-books or podcasts while using it.
Original price: $149.95
This heated mug ensures she always has hot coffee or tea on hand. Set the temperature via the app for up to 80 minutes of warmth, or use the default setting and the mug only turns on when it senses liquid.
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Original price: $25
Gift mom a self-care basket filled with Burt’s Bees products, from hand creams to lip balms. The basket also includes coconut oil-based foot cream and soothing cuticle creams — all for just $21.
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