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Furious residents confront homeless housing leaders as popular beach community hits breaking point
A coastal Los Angeles neighborhood reached its breaking point this week as more than 100 residents confronted leaders of two supportive housing programs over what they described as rising crime and deteriorating public safety.
One resident told the packed meeting on Monday that Venice, California, neighbors are now "finding dead bodies" during routine cleanups, while others described drug activity, trespassing and fears of letting their children walk the neighborhood alone.
The heated community meeting centered on The Journey Program and Safe Place for Youth, two supportive housing facilities on Lincoln Boulevard that neighbors blame for a sharp decline in safety and quality of life since opening roughly 18 months ago in an effort to address homelessness in the area.
While residents questioned the programs' impact on the surrounding neighborhood, Venice Community Housing says on its website that "providing supportive services in conjunction with stable housing is the proven long-term solution to end homelessness."
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The organization also says it provides "trauma-informed resources and supports" to help tenants secure and maintain housing, improve health, enhance education and thrive in their communities.
"This feels like a lot of lip service and not a lot of action," one resident said as tempers flared.
Residents painted a grim picture of daily life surrounding the facilities.
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"We're finding dead bodies as we're doing our daily s--- and p--- cleanup every morning," one resident told the crowd.
Another parent said, "I don't feel safe sending my teenage kids out to walk the dogs on their own, and that's ridiculous."
Others described feeling trapped in their own neighborhood.
"We're getting traumatized. Our lived experience is getting destroyed," another resident said.
Neighbors accused the facilities of bringing more crime, drug activity, trespassing, illegal dumping and violence to the area, prompting residents and business owners to demand increased security, stronger oversight and accountability from the organizations operating the programs.
After the meeting, FOX 11 asked Venice Community Housing Co-Executive Director Allison Riley why she declined to answer questions on camera.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to be interviewed on camera today," Riley said.
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When pressed about residents demanding accountability over violence and drug activity spilling into surrounding streets, Riley responded, "We're trying to give that to the community, and we will keep working on that."
Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park said her office has heard complaints from neighbors for months and warned the organizations that future city funding could be jeopardized if conditions fail to improve.
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"We are going to continue to fix this and hold these people responsible for providing their own security, for ensuring that the neighborhood around these facilities remains safe," Park said.
"And you know what? Then we will start talking about walking back their future funding."
In a post on her official Facebook page after the meeting, Park thanked residents for organizing and attending the meeting and said communities are "right to expect accountability" when taxpayer dollars are invested in homeless housing solutions.
"I'm already taking steps legislatively, and you have our continued commitment to work with LAPD and VCH/SPY, to correct these issues," Park wrote.
Residents left the meeting unconvinced that enough is being done, saying they want to see meaningful changes instead of more promises.
"It can't just be an open door," one business owner said. "Actions need to start having consequences."
Fox News Digital reached out to Councilmember Traci Park, Venice Community Housing Co-Executive Director Allison Riley, the Journey Program, Safe Place for Youth and the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.
My mother fled Cuba and found the freedom too many Americans now forget
I've always believed that gratitude is the most underrated of all human traits, and ingratitude is among the ugliest. A person who cannot recognize what they've been given, who cannot feel the weight of unearned blessing, has a hole in their soul that no amount of achievement can fill. It’s true of people and nations.
America, I am sorry that some in this country do not love you. Sad that a record low number of young Americans say they are proud.
This breaks my heart, not because dissent is wrong, but because that failure belongs to the adults who came before. Every generation that failed to explain to the next what was purchased so that they might live freely. Every classroom that taught grievance instead of gratitude. Every voice that spent more time promoting protests and condemnations over preaching unity and collaboration.
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I’m sorry that so many are rejecting the free enterprise system that lifted more people out of poverty in history for the siren call of socialism.
America we know you aren’t perfect, but something seems to have gotten lost in our national conversation: Birthdays are celebrations, not condemnations. We don't gather around a cake to catalog mistakes and shortcomings. We gather to say you matter, you are loved, and we are glad you are here.
I am glad you are here, America. I am profoundly, irreversibly glad.
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Because the real American story is one of breathtaking courage and grit.
The Declaration of Independence was not merely a farewell or protest letter to a distant king. It became a promissory note for every subsequent generation to redeem. Thomas Jefferson wrote the most consequential document outside of Scripture in the history of humanity that turned into the mission statement for a new nation.
We keep going back to it because it keeps being right.
Because the real American story is one of opportunity.
America, you have given more second chances to more people of more faiths, colors, and creeds than any country in the history of the world. That is the most extraordinary experiment in human self-governance ever attempted on this earth and it is still running. Still imperfect. Still striving. Still magnificent.
During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games when over a hundred countries march into the stadium during the Parade of Nations, only one nation sends a delegation that looks like the entire world. Only one. America.
America, you have given the world a people intensely competitive and intensely generous No nation on this planet gives as much money to charitable causes as the United States of America. When disaster strikes anywhere on earth, the first question is never whether Americans will show up. It is only how soon.
America produced a good, decent, and noble people and a country that has done that deserves to celebrate its birthday.
I know this because of my mother, Miriam Miyares. In 1965, she fled communist Cuba homeless and penniless, with nothing but the clothes on her back and no idea where her next meal would come from. She came to you, America as so many have come to you, not because the journey was easy, but because you were worth the risk.
Almost fifty years to the day after Miriam Miyares escaped a country with a government with no consent from the governed, she walked into a voting booth in Virginia and she cast a ballot for her son, her American son, to represent her in the oldest democracy in the Western Hemisphere, the Virginia General Assembly.
That is the American Miracle.
Today, while the same communist regime in Cuba clings to power as its citizens slide further into a humanitarian crisis, the Miyares Family not only sees the American Miracle, but lives it.
On this birthday, America, I want you to know that my family knows the costs and know the stakes. We know what the world looks like without America because the Miyares Family lived it.
On this Independence Day, it would behoove us all to remember the words of another Virginian, Thomas Jefferson: "If a nation expects to be ignorant & free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was & never will be."
Happy Birthday, America.
We love you. We are grateful. And we are proud. Let’s all do our part educating the next generation about the American Miracle so it lives on for another 250 years and beyond.
Social media erupts over socialist's 9/11 comments after House primary win: 'Radical lunatic'
In the wake of her primary victory on Tuesday evening in Colorado’s first congressional district, conservatives and social media users expressed alarm at Melat Kiros’s comments about the 9/11 terror attacks.
"This is light-years worse than AOC beating 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley," Steve Guest, a GOP strategist, said in a post to X, referring to the rise of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
"This is the Democrat party," Guest added.
Kiros has suggested the U.S. invited the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. Those views, compounded with other statements that have seemed to rationalize acts of violence, have sparked backlash as she looks poised to capture a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and further cement the momentum of the far-left flank of the Democratic Party.
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When asked if the 9/11 attacks had been avoidable, Kiros said she believed the U.S. had made them "inevitable" through its foreign policy.
"Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East. That forced people to believe that another act of violence was the only response," Kiros said in an interview.
"SICK!" the Republican National Committee (RNC) wrote online, highlighting the comments.
Benny Johnson, a conservative media personality, pointed to Kiros’ win as evidence that the Democratic Party had conceded to candidates with extreme positions.
"She is a socialist who was born in Ethiopia. Melat also thinks America deserved 9/11. It isn’t just happening in New York; Democrats are losing their entire party," Johnson said in a post, alluding to the victory of other socialist candidates with similar views.
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., also echoed Johnson’s thinking.
"One radical lunatic after the next is coming to Washington. Why would we ever want to empower someone who believes 9/11 is America’s fault?"
On her website, Kiros shares platform items that are commonly held by many radical progressives: Medicare-for-all, ending "all wars," abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and universal childcare.
"As someone who’s working as a barista to pay for school and health care, I know what it’s like to work so hard to get ahead while Washington is so far behind," Kiros said in a campaign video.
But it’s her views on Israel and U.S. foreign relations that have set her apart from many other candidates, including DeGette.
Kiros, a Ph.D. student and lawyer, was fired from a New York firm in 2023 after publishing an open letter, arguing that anti-Israel student protesters calling for the elimination of Israel were not antisemitic and appearing to defend Hamas.
She has also described the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks against the Jewish state as the "inevitable consequence of apartheid" and declined to characterize the deadly firebombing of protesters in Boulder last year who were urging the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza as antisemitic.
"I don't know what was in the heart of the perpetrator," Kiros told Colorado's 9News in a recent television interview. "All I know is that he went and attacked innocent people because of what they might have believed."
Like other onlookers, Clay Travis, the conservative founder of OutKick, a sports and pop culture website, said he feared that Kiros’ victory would only lead to more far-left momentum elsewhere.
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"That’s four incumbents losing primaries to socialists in a week. Every state now has a Mamdani [and] the Democrat Party is on a rapid descent to Communism," Travis wrote.
Kiros will face Republican challenger Christy Peterson, a local accountant, in the state’s general election on Nov. 3.
A's prospect undergoes spinal surgery after horrifying collision leaves him without feeling in legs
Ryan Lasko, the No. 18 prospect for the Athletics, is in stable condition today after undergoing spinal decompression and stabilization surgery resulting from a C6-C7 vertebra fracture.
Lasko suffered the injury during a horrific collision in a game earlier this week. While playing center field for Double-AA Midland on Tuesday, Lasko and right fielder Devin Taylor collided while going for a ball in the gap.
Lasko, 24, was down for 10 minutes before leaving the field on a cart and going to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, where he underwent surgery.
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The outfielder currently does not have feeling in his legs. Dr. Jonathan Poggi, who performed the surgery, said the hope is that Lasko will regain feeling, although it could take a significant amount of time.
Goodness. What a collision. At first glance, it doesn't look that bad. But then you slow it down and watch it back, and it's awful.
Lasko's neck goes straight into Taylor's chest/shoulder area, and he immediately goes down. No movement whatsoever. Nothing. Horrifying.
Fans in attendance commented that Lasko did eventually give the thumbs up on the way out, for what it's worth.
But, clearly, it's going to be a while before he ever sees a ballfield again.
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A's manager Mark Kotsay spoke about the collision before Wednesday's game, saying there was "hope" that Lasko regains feeling in his legs.
"It's obviously going to take time," he added. "But, the positive in the statement from the doctor is that there was not a definitive statement saying that he was not going to regain feeling in his lower half. Send prayers to him, his family, to the teammate and the team. It's a trying time for them. It's an emotional time for them."
Lasko was a second-round pick by the A’s in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Rutgers University. He spent some time with the A’s this spring in big league camp earlier this year.
After 1,000 days of war: Many Israeli children carry trauma into summer break
TEL AVIV: As Israel marks 1,000 days since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre, children — many still coping with the psychological effects of the war — are beginning their summer vacation, with some navigating the uncertainties of traveling abroad amid rising antisemitism and others grappling at home with the anxieties of living in a society shaped by nearly three years of war on multiple fronts.
Lilach, 47, of Kibbutz Eilon, jut over a mile and a half from Israel's border with Lebanon in the Western Galilee, told Fox News Digital she hopes her children — Yuval, Amit, and Yoni — will finally be able to enjoy a normal summer.
During the war, there was always concern about leaving home. The kids were barely in school and spent most of their time indoors in front of screens," she said.
"I hope they can now spend time with their friends and enjoy activities together. Tomorrow, Yoni is going to an amusement park. I just want them to have fun, be with their friends and enjoy being kids again," she added.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Lilach said, her children have had only one uninterrupted year of school.
"It was hard. They would start school, attend for a month or two, then classes would stop because of the war with Iran or fighting with Lebanon, and then resume. It was difficult to get back into a routine each time. It felt like starting a new school year over and over again," she said.
Despite the repeated disruptions, Lilach said her daughter Amit graduated from high school thanks to her determination and private tutoring. Yoni, however, who has attention deficit disorder, struggled with spending weeks at home during the fighting and will move to a smaller classroom next year to receive additional support.
Evacuated with her family a day after the Oct. 7 attacks, Anat, 50, of Kibbutz Yiftah in the Upper Galilee, less than two miles from Israel’s border with Lebanon, told Fox News Digital that her children changed schools three times before the family returned home in February 2025. During Israel’s recent war with Iran, they were again out of school for about six weeks.
"Every day, having my 10-year-old log on to Zoom for online classes was a challenge. It was very difficult to maintain a routine and continuity in her learning," Anat said.
With the family hoping to travel abroad this summer, Anat said she has tried to shelter her children from the tidal wave of antisemitism that has emerged globally over the past three years of war.
"We don’t talk at home about people around the world who hate us. We love everyone, and we don’t talk about hate, period. For them, traveling is something wonderful that they can’t wait for," she said. "Despite how difficult it has been, our children are strong. They have grown up quickly because of everything they’ve been through and know how to cope. We don’t feel sorry for ourselves—we’re fighters."
Nufar Bar Lipshatz, a developmental psychologist in the Northern District of Clalit Health Services, Israel’s largest healthcare provider, said many children continue to show signs of trauma.
According to data she cited from Israel’s National Insurance Institute, 25,274 children had been officially recognized as victims of hostile acts between Oct. 7, 2023 and the end of 2025. She also referenced a joint study by the Goshen organization and the Israeli Pediatric Association showing that 84% of Israeli children exhibited signs of emotional distress by late 2023 following the cross-border terror assault from Gaza and Hezbollah’s entry into the war from Lebanon the following day.
"We see many symptoms that are connected but manifest differently in each child, whether it’s a child who can’t speak, wets their pants, or develops [nervous] tics," Bar Lipshatz said. "Trauma is real, and children can’t always express it with words, so they act it out. They reenact running to shelters, their father being deployed, war, aggression and kidnappings during play."
She recalled treating a girl who became unable to ride her bicycle because she constantly looked over her shoulder, checking whether someone was behind her.
While summer vacation may offer temporary relief, Bar Lipshatz warned that long breaks from routine can reinforce anxiety.
"We know from research that children need stability and routine because it helps them feel safe. During school breaks, children may feel safer because they are avoiding situations that trigger stress, but over time they are also avoiding facing their fears," she said. "We need to give parents and children the tools to cope with stress because it will not disappear simply by staying at home."
Bar Lipshatz, who also works with autistic children, said travel itself can be challenging because unfamiliar sounds and crowded environments may trigger traumatic memories.
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"When you go on vacation, you go to places with lots of people and noise. What we think could be fun can actually become a trigger," she said, recalling a trip to Romania where bear-warning sirens in a national park sounded identical to Israel's missile alerts.
She noted that one of her young patients told her she feared traveling abroad because, despite the war, Israel felt more predictable than an unfamiliar country.
In a bid to maintain a sense of routine and help students catch up on lost time, the Israeli Ministry of Education told Fox News Digital that it will continue operating throughout the summer through programs serving approximately 1.12 million students, supported by an investment of about $270 million.
For the first time, middle school students will participate in summer programs focused on artificial intelligence, STEM subjects, mathematics, science, and English. The ministry said the highest participation rates are in northern and southern communities affected by the war.
It also said it will continue providing emotional support through its Psychological Counseling Service, expand psychological services for students in need, and keep its "Voice for All" support hotline operating throughout the summer.
"The education system will continue to support Israeli students during the summer vacation to ensure educational, emotional and social continuity for every student who needs it," the ministry said.
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Children affected by the war are also attending summer camps such as those led by OneFamily, an organization that supports victims of terrorism and war and their families.
More than 400 children — each of whom has lost an immediate family member to terrorism or war, most since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks — will take part in OneFamily's annual summer camp from July 8 to July 13 in the Golan Heights, where they will spend time with other children who share similar experiences of grief and loss.
A central focus of the camp is helping children build resilience while learning to cope with their grief. This year, the organization's founding director, Chantal Belzberg, received the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
Activities include swimming, competitions, sports, but also therapeutic group dialogue circles. On the last night, some campers share stories about their lost loved ones and their own journey to healing, followed by a big concert.
"Children who have lost a parent, both parents or siblings to terrorism or acts of war don't always want to go to therapy. But when you bring them together with other children who have experienced the same loss, it gives them strength and creates a therapeutic environment," Belzberg told Fox News Digital.
"They come to have fun, and through the activities they meet other children who have gone through the same thing. That's when they begin to talk. Traditional support services are not always places where children want to go," she continued.
"We bring them together so they meet children who truly understand them. They realize they are not alone and can build a community where they don't feel isolated. One of the greatest challenges after trauma is isolation," she added.
Vatican excommunicates breakaway Catholic bishops who defied Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV's first major showdown with a breakaway Catholic movement ended Thursday with the Vatican declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicating bishops who defied the pontiff by ordaining new bishops without his approval.
The Vatican acted one day after the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) consecrated four new bishops at its seminary in Écône, Switzerland, despite a personal appeal from Leo urging the group to abandon what the Catholic Church called a "schismatic act."
In a decree released Thursday, the Holy See excommunicated the four newly consecrated bishops as well as the two bishops who took part in the ceremony, declaring the ordinations a schism, or an intentional break from the Catholic Church.
The decision comes after decades of efforts by successive popes to reconcile with the traditionalist movement, which rejects many of the reforms adopted during the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, including allowing Mass to be celebrated in local languages instead of Latin.
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Only the pope has the authority to approve the consecration of Catholic bishops, a practice meant to preserve the Church's unity and its line of succession from the apostles.
The sanctions also reverse concessions the Vatican had granted the SSPX in recent years as it tried to bring the group back into full communion with Rome. According to the decree, the group can no longer validly administer the sacraments of confession and marriage, and the Vatican urged Catholics attending SSPX Masses to separate themselves from the movement.
The action comes just days after Leo made a rare personal appeal to the group's leader, the Rev. Davide Pagliarani, urging him to cancel the consecrations.
"I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!" the pope wrote in a letter to Pagliarani on Monday, warning the planned ordinations would deepen the decades-old division between Rome and the SSPX.
The dispute is the first major test of Leo's pontificate. Since becoming pope, the American-born pontiff has emphasized healing divisions within the Catholic Church, including reaching out to conservatives and traditionalists who felt alienated during Pope Francis' papacy.
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During Wednesday's consecration ceremony, Pagliarani insisted the ordinations were carried out not in opposition to the pope but in service to the Church.
"We are accused of not respecting the pope," Pagliarani said. "But it is precisely because we love the pope as the vicar of Christ, as the head of the church, that we don’t want to see the pope humiliated anymore, on the side of false shepherds representing false religions."
Founded in 1970 by French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the Society of St. Pius X has long opposed what it considers theological errors introduced by the Second Vatican Council. Lefebvre was excommunicated in 1988 after consecrating four bishops without the approval of Pope John Paul II in a nearly identical confrontation.
Those excommunications were lifted in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI in an effort to restore dialogue, though the SSPX never returned to full communion with Rome and has remained outside the Church's formal structure.
Despite that status, the society has continued to grow, reporting hundreds of priests, seminarians and religious members serving followers in dozens of countries, making it one of the largest traditionalist Catholic movements operating outside the Vatican's authority.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Dead fitness trainer’s taxi ride becomes key piece of puzzle in mysterious disappearance, death: docs
A newly obtained incident report traces a South Carolina fitness trainer's final movements before she disappeared.
Elena Katherine Moore, 39, was found dead almost a week after she disappeared on June 11 after she went to a Planet Fitness gym in Lexington, South Carolina. The Lexington County Coroner's Office said on June 22 that investigators found no signs of bruising, lacerations, gunshot wounds, stab wounds, blunt force trauma, strangulation or other external injuries during a forensic autopsy.
While the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division continues to investigate what led to Moore's death, an incident report obtained by Fox News Digital has shed light on Moore's final movements before disappearing.
Moore's husband, Brannon Slice, went to the Lexington Police Department on June 12 to report his wife missing. He told officers she had been released from an undisclosed facility on June 11, before 2 p.m., according to the incident report. The facility's name was redacted in the incident report, but Sondra Campbell, one of Moore's close friends, told Fox News Digital that Moore had been released from a mental health facility at the time.
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According to the incident report, someone arranged a taxi for Moore after her release, and she asked the driver to stop at a local CVS in Lexington. That stop was the last time the cab driver saw her. When Moore did not return outside, the driver went into the store but was unable to locate her.
Slice told the officer he want to the Planet Fitness where she frequently visited, where an employee told him that Moore singed in at 6:38 p.m. on the 11th. After that, Moore wasn't seen again and was found dead on June 19.
No one, including her husband, has been accused of any wrongdoing or charged with a crime. Lexington Police Department Inspector Missy Silcox told Newsweek late Tuesday that Slice "is not a person of interest at the current moment."
Sondra Campbell, who was close friends with Moore, previously told Fox News Digital that Moore tried to leave the relationship in the past.
Campbell said that something felt "very different" the last time she saw her on May 31.
"She was scared for her life. She actually said those words to me," Campbell said. "Elena is one of my best friends. I've known her over probably 10 years now. We're really close like tell each other everything. She's been that person for me for a long time."
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According to LPD Chief Terrence Green, authorities found the body after getting a tip that led investigators to a new search location.
Moore was last seen walking through the Publix parking lot at 100 Old Cherokee Road in Lexington on the night of June 11.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Slice for comment.
Rahm Emanuel warns new generation of Dem socialists don't like America
Former Chicago Mayor and possible 2028 contender Rahm Emanuel blasted the recent wave of Democratic socialists who have risen in his party.
Democratic socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier was one of three candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who won shocking primary victories in late June. Her history of controversial far-left rhetoric and policies has caused a wave of outrage among more traditional Democratic figures, such as strategist James Carville, who have responded by calling for a formal party schism.
"She has attacked interracial relationships and the American flag. Lady, I ain't in the same party as you. I'm sorry," Carville said in a recent viral statement on his podcast. "I’m just not, and I actually do think it's time for Democrats to talk ‘the S-word.’ ‘Schism.’ I really do."
CNN host Wolf Blitzer played a clip from this podcast as he spoke to Emanuel, asking if he agrees with Carville’s take.
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Emanuel responded by saying he believes in flipping red areas to blue areas, not flipping blue areas to a deeper blue.
"There are candidates out there, specifically like in New York City, who don't like America," he said. "I happen to think being an American means you win the lottery ticket of life."
He went on to argue that as flawed as America may be, the Democratic socialists fail to appreciate it for its inherent good.
"There are challenges in America that it's not living up to its potential, as outlined here on the 250-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, where America falls short, but you always struggle for that better," he said. "There are people in the Democratic Socialist Party who literally do not like America, think it is a bad country."
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"They don't have any identity," he continued. "And that is not the Democratic Party that I'm a part of, it is not the Democratic Party that struggles to make sure that other people get a chance to be in the winner's circle."
Emanuel warned Democrats that if they want to win victories at the federal level, they need to win over Republicans and centrists.
"Winning something on the Upper West Side doesn’t help you flip the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," he said. "And that is the only way to not only advance progressive agendas, win and unlock the electoral map that has kept Democrats out of the White House, but it also allows you to hold this administration accountable."
"Unless we start flipping red to blue, you’re going to just hear it get red in the face, and that’s all the only other red you’re going to see," he cautioned. "So I’m not impressed with flipping blue districts."
Taylor Swift's rumored July 3 wedding sparks holiday weekend etiquette debate for guests
To loyal fans, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding — rumored to be taking place on July 3 as part of the long holiday weekend — is not a surprise. The popular occasion has long been part of Swift lore, thanks to headline-making July 4 parties at her Rhode Island estate.
But with the ceremony and reception reportedly so close to July 4, the timing has fueled an etiquette debate: Should marrying couples ask their guests to give up a prime summer holiday weekend just for them?
"Holiday weekends often mean higher travel costs, crowded airports and giving up time with family. But every couple has the right to choose a date that's meaningful to them," California-based etiquette expert Lisa Mirza Grotts told Fox News Digital.
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"Celebrity weddings are naturally different," she added. "Many guests will gladly rearrange their schedules for an event of this significance."
Even so, holiday weekends can be tricky. "Many people travel or spend time with family," said Florida-based etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore. "If you choose one of those weekends, give your guests plenty of notice with a ‘save the date’ so they can plan ahead."
It is likely their closest friends have been aware of the wedding date for quite some time, many believe — enabling these friends to make travel plans in advance.
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Actor Bradley Cooper, Gigi Hadid's longtime boyfriend, owns a historic 5-story town house in the West Village of Lower Manhattan, where they can stay.
But Selena Gomez and others spend most of their time on the West Coast.
The NYPD is preparing to lock down a city block outside Madison Square Garden, the apparent location, according to a source with knowledge of the event, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
The source detailed an event spanning multiple days of setup, with 1,000 guests expected to attend.
Even so, this year's Independence Day marks America's 250th anniversary. For some guests, this consequential occasion may hold even more meaning.
"Even if it's for one of the biggest pop stars in the world, good etiquette gives guests permission to decline graciously, without guilt or explanation," Grotts of California said.
Texas-based etiquette expert Diane Gottsman agreed on that point.
"Summer weddings have their own challenges, with family vacations being planned," she said.
"Some people may not mind, and others will choose to skip the occasion."
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It seems unlikely, however, that many invitees have declined.
Swift’s ties to Independence Day are well documented.
Fourth of July parties at her Rhode Island home have featured red, white and blue outfits, plus barbecue and baked treats, according to reports.
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Over the years, guests have included Hadid, the Haim sisters, Blake Lively, Emma Stone and many others, as E! News has reported.
While many surely view Swift and Kelce's wedding as a can't-miss event, the larger question is this: Should non-celebrities ever consider a July 4 wedding?
"I think a lot of people [in the U.S.] have traditions and routines surrounding this holiday. I also think it’s a day many people want to be outside, near water, drink[ing] beer and [enjoying] BBQ with friends and family," one Reddit user wrote.
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Another person wrote on the platform, "It will be fine with some people, and may still reduce your attendance rate."
A third said, "I went to one wedding on the 4th of July years ago ... It was horrible because I could've spent an entire weekend on a boat at my friend's beach house."
Yet another said, "Personally, I wouldn’t go to a [July] 4th wedding. The night before, yes. Day of or day after, no."
Still, etiquette expert Grotts said that, all things considered, guests should not get too hung up on the date.
"The most memorable weddings aren't defined by the schedule," she said. "They're defined by how guests are made to feel."
Michael Ruiz and Janelle Ash of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.
Country star Chris Janson says respecting the flag is the number one lesson he wants his kids to learn
Chris Janson hopes to instill in his children pride in their country.
"I want my kids to respect the flag and honor our country and be proud of where you come from and be honest and be respectful," the country star told Fox News Digital ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
The multi-platinum singer recently collaborated with five-time Grammy winner Steven Curtis Chapman for a new rendition of "America the Beautiful."
The song made its live debut last month with the children’s choir featured on the track at the Grand Ole Opry.
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"Truth --- even in song --- the truth always wins," Janson continued. "So if you're just telling the truth you don't have to go back and lie about anything. You don't need to cover up for anything. You don't have to think about it twice. You just tell the truth the first time, whether it's good, bad, or indifferent, the truth is the truth. So those are the things I would like to instill in my kids."
The 40-year-old continued: "I love this country. I've said it so many times, like, we have freedom here like no other place. It's really amazing. So number one is you respect your flag."
Janson remembered a pivotal moment from his childhood when his fourth-grade teacher explained the importance of having deference to the flag.
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"It was my turn to go take the flag down," he explained. "I brought the flag down off the pole and I wrapped it around my shoulders like a superhero. I didn't think a thing of it. He was a veteran and he came out there and he scolded me hard and I did not understand what in the world I was in trouble for."
He said his teacher explained to him that he was letting the tips of the flag touch the ground.
"‘Don't you ever let that touch the ground again," he said his teacher told him, "and I was like blown away. I didn't understand this until I was an adult. Until I really understood what freedom meant."
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Traveling around the world, he said, can remind Americans how lucky we are to live here.
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"Coming from a pretty low class kid here from a trailer park, it's a --- I remind my kids all the time," he said. "Yeah, we got it pretty good, but don't forget it's a big deal to get to go out to dinner. You get to do that. It's a big deal. To walk to the fridge and have whatever you want at the snap of a finger, it's, a big. It's a blessing."
He added, "And it's something not to be taken for granted. But we are in a free country and we do have the honor and the privilege provided by our great servicemen and women to have a luxury of freedom, to have luxury to live the American dream and man, that's really important."
Chapman said that traveling around the world has made him realize how lucky he is to be an American.
"Music has taken this country boy, two country boys that constantly look and go, ‘How in the world did we get here except the grace of God?" Chapman told Fox News Digital, calling himself a "boy from Paducah, Kentucky."
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Chapman remembered singing Christian songs once at a Hard Rock café in Beijing, China, and worrying that at worst the government might force him to stop, but realizing that the real danger is for the Chinese fans who want to listen to his music.
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"You encounter that in places and suddenly your eyes are open to just what an amazing gift it is that we have" in the United States, he said.
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Chapman also mentioned his grandfather, a World War II veteran who earned a Purple Heart, who got a mention in their version of "American the Beautiful."
"I grew up just loving and respecting him and probably in many ways because of his service and his love for our country, a deep love for America and for the freedom that we have," he said. "And it is an incredible gift. And with any gift that we have, it's something to be stewarded. It's something never to lose the gratitude for, even with the brokenness and even with, you know, the things that we don't have easy answers for."
He continued, "Gosh, to just be grateful, gratitude just makes such a difference in my own heart, personally," adding, he recognizes "what a gift we have, the gift of freedom" to be able to sing songs about his faith "in a country where, you know, anyone can do that and sing about the things that are important or speak about the thing that they believe and are important."
"And it's a great, great, beautiful thing, and I'm very grateful for it," he said.