BREAKING: Trump Kennedy Center board just voted to put Trump’s name on the building again

President Trump just got another victory from his Kennedy Center board, as they just voted 30-3 to put his name on the building again, after a judge in May tried to put the kibosh on it.

Here’s the reporting via NBC News:

The Trump-appointed Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to partially close the iconic arts center for up to two years during renovations and to re-add President Donald Trump’s name to the building’s facade, according to one person who attended the virtual board meeting and a second person familiar with the meeting.

The decision would close the Kennedy Center’s main building while keeping a smaller addition, known as the Reach, open for some events in response to a May court order requiring the board to keep the center as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

After an almost two-hour Zoom meeting, the board voted 20 to 3 to change the name of the building to “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” and the physical location to “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick proposed the name change.

Trump, who appointed himself chairman of the board last year, joined the call for several minutes, according to the source who attended the meeting.

The 3 people voting against it were the ex-officio members from Congress, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May order, which temporarily blocked the Kennedy Center’s closure, also asked that the board provide a financial plan to justify the decision to close the center. Keeping the smaller venue open would allow ticket sales for some events, including performances by the National Symphony Orchestra, which is the chief tenant of the Kennedy Center.

Vhttps://therightscoop.com/breaking-trump-kennedy-center-board-just-voted-to-put-trumps-name-on-the-building-again/

Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal case in UnitedHealthcare killing, AP source says

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The person, who was not authorized to talk publicly about the case and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that Mangione could change his mind. If he follows through, it would be a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics.

Mangione’s lawyers, and spokespeople for the Justice Department and Manhattan federal prosecutors, declined to comment.

Mangione is accused of traveling to New York City to ambush Thompson, 50, then shooting him outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024, as the executive walked to UnitedHealth Group’s annual investor conference.

Mangione is due in court on Friday for a hastily scheduled hearing in the federal case, which involves two counts of stalking. It wasn’t clear what charge or charges Mangione is expected to plead guilty to. The hearing, in Manhattan federal court, comes as his lawyers have been talking with federal prosecutors about a possible resolution to one of two criminal cases against Mangione in Thompson’s death. Previous talks in June broke down.

Mangione, 28, has been charged in both federal and state court in New York and still faces the possibility of a trial in his unresolved state case. Mangione’s state murder trial is set to begin Sept. 8. Both sets of charges carried the possibility of a life sentence.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty and has spoken out publicly against the prospect of two trials, telling a judge in February: “It’s the same trial twice. One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition.”

Under New York law, a state prosecution could be barred if the federal case is resolved first, but it isn’t automatic.

The state’s double jeopardy protections kick in if a jury has been sworn in a prior prosecution, such as a federal case, or if that prosecution ends in a guilty plea. Mangione’s cases involve different charges arising from the same course of conduct.

Once Mangione pleads guilty, his lawyers could then ask the judge in the state case to throw out those charges on double jeopardy grounds. State prosecutors argue their case is distinct and double jeopardy shouldn’t apply.

Mangione’s federal charges allege that he traveled across state lines by bus to stalk and kill Thompson and that he used means such as a cellphone, the internet, interstate highways and staying at a hostel that serves out-of-state customers while planning and carrying out the attack. The state charges pertain to the killing itself, as well as firearms offenses.

In a letter last month, state prosecutors objected to the possibility of a guilty plea in the federal case wiping out the state case.

“Obviously, any guilty pleas in these matters must account for the seriousness of defendant’s offenses, the loss of an innocent life, the impact of those crimes on the victim’s family, and the other state interests that are implicated, including the sanctity of life principle that underpins the state homicide charges,” Seidemann wrote.

Mangione’s decision to plead guilty comes after a series of setbacks for his defense.

In January, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett took the death penalty off the table but ruled that prosecutors could use items collected from Mangione’s backpack during his arrest as evidence against him.

They included a 3D-printed pistol that investigators said matched the one used to kill Thompson and a notebook in which authorities say Mangione described his intent to kill an insurance executive.

In June, Mangione’s lawyers said they would pursue a psychiatric defense in the state case but reversed course a day later. The defense, involving claims that he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the killing, isn’t allowed in federal court.

Surveillance video of the killing showed a masked gunman shooting Thompson from behind. Police say “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase used to describe how insurers avoid paying claims.

Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family, was arrested five days later at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of Manhattan.

He has become a cause célèbre for people upset with the health insurance industry.

An online fundraiser for his legal defense fund raised more than $1.5 million, and several dozen supporters have shown up to his court appearances, some wearing green clothing — the color worn by the Mario Bros. video game character Luigi — and “FREE LUIGI” T-shirts.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/luigi-mangione-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-federal-case-in-unitedhealthcare-killing-ap-source-says/

INSANE VIDEO: Cam Higby and James O’Keefe Go Undercover as Fake Muslims in Minneapolis, Are Allowed to Vote in Other People’s Names and Vouch for Eight Foreigners — Including ‘Hamas Militants from Gaza’ (UPDATED)

An undercover operation by James O’Keefe’s “Citizen Justice League” has reportedly uncovered an avenue for voter fraud being allowed at Minneapolis polling places, where poll workers appeared happy to register individuals introduced as “Hamas militants” from Gaza and allow a man disguised as a Muslim woman to vote under other people’s names.

Independent journalist Cam Higby posted video of himself fully veiled in a niqab approaching poll workers after praying on a city street.

“Yesterday I went to Minneapolis polls disguised as a Muslim woman,” Higby wrote in a post with a teaser video for the investigation. “Poll workers were going to let me vote in other people’s names, and then vouch for 8 other unregistered foreigners.”

WATCH:

In a post with the full video on Thursday afternoon, O’Keefe wrote:

Election worker says, “You’re the ID,” referring to the registered voter serving as identification for the people they are vouching for.

Election worker confirms O’Keefe’s question about unregistered voters being vouched for: “I can vouch for them. They are not registered… That’s okay. That’s fine. Yeah!”

Election worker explains that a registered voter in the same precinct can vouch for up to eight people: “If you’re all in the same precinct and you are already registered, you can vouch for them as ID. Eight people.”

FULL VIDEO:

Team member Anthony Rubin also wrote that he walked into a polling location with two men he identified to workers as Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip.

“Yesterday I walked into a polling location in Minneapolis with two Muslim men and told the poll workers that they were Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip,” Rubin wrote on X. “The poll workers were ready to get them registered to vote so long as I ‘vouched for them.'”

WATCH:

James O’Keefe was also seen in the videos in an Islamic disguise.

“THE JUSTICE LEAGUE has descended into polling locations across Minnesota and this form of journalism is about to hit Minneapolis election workers like electroshock therapy,” O’Keefe wrote, tagging Higby, Rubin, Savannah Hernandez, Jon Choe, and the Citizen Justice League account.

“We’re back…”

The operation targeted Minnesota’s same-day registration rules, which permit one registered voter to vouch for up to eight others without photo identification simply by signing an oath.

No ballots were cast, no affidavits were signed, and the sole purpose was to test and expose the system.

Higby asserted, “The intention of this video was NEVER to actually vote. The intention was only to expose flaws in the system. No ballots were cast, or touched. No affidavits were signed or touched. All we did is speak to poll workers.” Full videos from both Higby and Rubin are expected to drop shortly on their respective platforms.

The provision clearly creates an obvious avenue for fraud, and the undercover team’s investigation appears to confirm how easily it can be exploited.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/insane-video-cam-higby-james-okeefe-go-undercover/

Tucker Carlson: Ben Shapiro Is a Psyop!

The ongoing derangement of Tucker Carlson is as sad as it was predictable. David just wrote about his recent love fest with Hunter Biden in which Tucker claimed that it was Israel that pushed the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Carlson has a new video out today in which there is a sustained attack on Ben Shapiro. He says among other things that Shapiro isn't very bright and that it's a mystery how he ever got into Harvard. But the main thrust seems to be that Shapiro isn't a real person, he's some kind of psyop.

Carlson doesn't exactly say which group created Ben Shapiro for their own benefit, (Neocons? Israel? Billionaires?) but Shapiro's whole life has apparently been part of a much bigger plot.

In this additional clip, Carlson once again suggests Shapiro's entry into Harvard is inexplicable but goes on to say his ultimate goal was to sell young people on oligarchy and wars for Israel. But he's not doing this for himself, he has secret masters who are paying him to do it. Again, he's not quite saying 'the joooos' are behind this, but that's sort of the impression his rant leaves. Who else could be directing Shapiro to support wars for Israel?

"They" got him "into Harvard Law School" & made @realDailyWire  successful by getting the company a "deal with Facebook that no one got."

Tucker added that Shapiro's views are actually "the opinions of the people who prop up Ben Shapiro, who created Ben Shapiro.  This is what they think."

While Tucker mostly avoided naming "they" — initially calling Shapiro an "employee... of larger interests" — he eventually let the mask slip.

At 2:35 of this clip, Tucker refers to "Ben Shapiro's employer's foreign policy."

While it's possible that Tucker is being even more sinister — that he means "Global Jewry" — the most likely (and only other reasonable) possibility for the "they" is the State of Israel.  ("Neocons" in America wouldn't make sense, because they often can't get their own kids into Harvard Law, let alone launch successful businesses.)

Regardless, it is a sign of just how deep Tucker has plunged into the abyss that he believes such an insane theory that Israel (or Global Jewry) "created" Ben Shapiro and manufactured his every success.

The more troubling thing, though, is that Tucker is willing to say it out loud.

But worst of all is that he's not yet hit bottom.

Which means it will only get darker and more bizarre from here.

Needless to say, everything Carlson says here is junk and much of it reeks of jealousy. Here's Ben Shapiro describing how he got into politics.

Tucker never mentions Shapiro's time at Breitbart, the books he published (he's up to 16 now), his syndicated column or most of the rest of it. All of that undercuts the idea that Shapiro is some kind of midwit with nothing going for him. Either that or maybe Tucker thinks Andrew Breitbart was a key part of this grand plot? If that's what he thinks, he should just say so. And that may indeed be what he thinks because Breitbart was raised Jewish by his adoptive family and was very fond of Israel.

Anyway, I think there's a much more obvious reason for Carlson to be lashing out at Shapiro like this. It's probably because Shapiro has been blasting Carlson on his own platform for months, including just a couple days ago. 

Shapiro and Carlson appeared to be friends at one point, or at least friendly, but that changed when Carlson defended Candace Owens' attacks on Erika Kirk. But even before then Shapiro wasn't a fan of Carlson's interviews with Andrew Tate or Nick Fuentes or his general fixation on Israel.

I think it's fair to say these two represent two poles in what is (or used to be) the right. Shapiro is Jewish and very pro-Israel. Carlson is very anti-Israel and seems pretty comfortable around blatant antisemites like the aforementioned Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens.

That's not to say there aren't other issues that divide the right along various spectrums but this is clearly one that is relevant right now and these two are polar opposites. So it's no surprise they wind up attacking one another.

For the record, I'm not personally trying to both sides this. Tucker Carlson is spectacularly dishonest and a conspiracy theorist who (like his pal Candace Owens) leans on his rhetorical skills (Obviously!) and tics (wild bursts of laughter) to get past the fact that what he's saying is often just junk that isn't obvious at all if you stop to think about it.

Finally, a reaction from Ben's longtime business patner, Jeremy Boreing.

Once you suggest -- as Tucker has at least twice now -- that Ben Shapiro only got into college because of some grand global conspiracy, you have jumped the last shark. 

He either can't hear himself, in which case he's a lunatic, or he can hear himself, in which case he's a deceiver on the level of Iago or Grima Wormtongue. 

Either way, if you're listening to this guy, you're a mark. Obviously.

 https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/08/13/tucker-carlson-ben-shapiro-is-a-psyop-n3817966

Matt Gaetz Comes Unglued Over Israel in SAVAGE Back and Forth With The Great One Mark Levin and DAMN

Mark Levin is turning up the temperature in his ongoing feud with Matt Gaetz, highlighting the former Florida congressman’s House Ethics Committee report as evidence of a long record of deception, lack of integrity, and efforts to hide damaging findings from constituents. The radio host’s pointed attack arrives amid heated disagreements between the two over foreign policy, particularly America’s involvement with Israel and the conflict involving Iran.

Something here hit a little too close to home because Gaetz flipped out:

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... calling for ground troops in Iran. You would sacrifice anything - including due process - for Israel.

Levin fired back.

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... than Congress found you to be.   Sick and getting sicker.

Gaetz flipped out.

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... Americans to die for Israel. 

I don’t agree. Neither does Trump.

Hooboy.

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... who call you out on it.

So money, not antisemitism?

Oof.

Just vicious.

And we agree, ooooof.

https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/08/13/mark-levin-matt-gaetz-n2431255