Wisconsin brewery that offered 'free beer' when Trump dies says alcohol permit revoked

Owner Kirk Bangstad vows to fight 'tooth and nail' after the Department of Revenue ordered the license pulled by Aug 4

A Wisconsin brewery known for anti-Trump social media posts, including one promising a free beer promotion upon the death of President Donald Trump, has had its permit to operate in the state revoked by state officials.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Monday that liberal activist and brewery owner Kirk Bangstad is "vowing to fight ‘tooth and nail’ after receiving a letter from the state's Department of Revenue revoking Minocqua Brewing Co.'s permit to operate in Wisconsin, according to a July 26 newsletter sent to his supporters."

"As you can imagine, I’m not taking this lying down," Bangstad wrote in a Substack post on Sunday. "We’re going to fight the state of Wisconsin tooth and nail, and once again, they’ll have to pry me out of my taprooms before I stop selling beer to thirsty progressives who come to visit us."

President Donald Trump took a victory lap over a judge's ruling allowing his legal team to amend his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

He also asked readers to donate to his legal defense fund, writing, "As usual, fighting to keep my business alive means I have to pay lawyers, and that’s never cheap. Every time this [happens], I rack up $100K in legal bills before we even see a judge. If you can help chip in to the Minocqua Company’s legal defense fund, I’d really appreciate it."

The revocation of the beer license goes into effect on Aug. 4, the Sentinel reported. The business has locations in Madison and Minocqua.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the Wisconsin Department of Revenue said, "The Wisconsin Division of Alcohol Beverages is dedicated to the fair and consistent enforcement of alcohol beverages regulations in Wisconsin. The division is required to follow and implement state law, including ensuring permit holders and licensees follow all applicable laws and regulations. The division takes appropriate actions when these laws are not followed."

The spokesperson added, "We can confirm that the Department of Revenue has issued notice of a Brewer's permit revocation for two Minocqua Brewing Company locations and notice of an Alcohol Beverage Warehouse permit revocation for one location. The business has until August 4th to appeal and can operate during the appeal process. Should the business decide to appeal, the next step would be to appeal to the Secretary of the Department of Revenue, who will assign the appeal to a Department of Revenue hearing examiner for their recommendations as to proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law."

The Sentinel reported that state regulators pursued revoking Bangstad's alcohol license after authorities seized canned beer from his company in June, alleging it had been transported from Illinois without the required permits and taxes. The newspaper also reported that Bangstad criticized the proposed action as an excessive response, arguing the alleged tax violations did not warrant shutting down his business.

'FREE BEER' FOR TRUMP DEATH DEM ACTIVIST RUNNING FOR WISCONSIN GOV: 'I WILL WIN' IF THEY SILENCE ME

The Minocqua Brewing Company is under fire again for explosive calls for political violence against President Donald Trump.

On Jan. 22, the Minocqua Brewing Company appeared to suggest it would give free beer to patrons if Trump was killed, and while not explicitly using his name, posted on Facebook, "Free beer, all day long the day he dies."

The post continued, "Show us this post when it happens in a few months and we’ll make good on that promise."

The post was updated to say, "we meant the Madison Taproom because that’s open all year, if he dies in the summer, then it’s gonna be the Minocqua Taproom."

In reply to comment on the post, the company also did not refer to Trump by name but said that the post hinted at a high-profile figure when asked whether the timeline for the deal could be moved up earlier.

"Well that's up to you and your ability to act like a cia [sic] agent," the company wrote.

WHCA DINNER SHOOTING SUSPECT COLE ALLEN PLEADS NOT GUILTY, JUDGE SCOFFS AT DEFENSE’S POWER PLAY

Kirk Bangstad says he will fight the Wisconsin Department of Revenue's revocation of Minocqua Brewing Company's alcohol permit set to take effect Aug. 4. 

Following the April shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner where Trump was present, the company wrote on Facebook, "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 added. "We’ll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens."

Bangstad, the owner of the brewery, is also the founder of 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 brewery’s website.

Reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Bangstad declined to comment directly but made jokes about the deaths of Trump and Mitch McConnell and made disparaging remarks about Fox.

The brewery states on its website that it "started making #progressivebeer after closing our brewpub because Donald Trump played politics with Covid-19 and Mitch McConnell let restaurants twist in the wind."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/wisconsin-brewery-offered-free-beer-trump-dies-says-alcohol-permit-revoked

News Liberal goes viral for being really bummed the Berlin terrorist is Muslim, not white…

 There’s nothing the left hates more than when a juicy political story goes straight into the dustbin. It’s been happening a lot lately, as more and more Muslims, violent trans radicals, and leftwing extremists commit some of the most heinous crimes imaginable.

When a crime that looks perfect for the left to use to push its anti-white narrative first hits the airwaves, you can almost feel the excitement. They’re champing at the bit to start bashing conservatives and white men. All they need is the final go-ahead to unleash a flood of “I told you so” social media posts while the media starts writing its chyrons and headlines.

But all too often, their hopes are dashed when the criminal turns out to be politically inconvenient for them.

That’s exactly what happened in Berlin, when somebody got into their car and plowed their way through an LGBTQ parade, killing at least one person.

This is how The New York Times reported the story. Once again, they wrote it as though the car committed the crime all by itself.

However, the NYT got smacked hard with a community note that quickly corrected the story for them.

In a not-so-shocking plot twist, it wasn’t some “homophobic white guy” who plowed his car into a crowd of LGBTQ parade-goers… it was a radical Muslim. Which, actually, makes more sense when you realize how violently anti-gay the Islamic religion is. As a matter of fact, in many Islamic countries it’s illegal to be gay, and you can be imprisoned or even executed for it.

Here’s what folks had to say to the New York Times for their shameful reporting:

“That poor radical Muslim guy…. some random car picked him up and “plowed” through an LGBTQ parade. We need to do something about rogue cars.”

“This just proves the New York Times is TRASH!”

“A car became sentient.”

“A car decided it would plow through a bunch of people. Go figure”

“A gun killed Kennedy.”

“The Failing New York Times, a former newspaper…”

“ARE YOU SUGGESTING A CAR AUTONOMOUSLY DROVE ITSELF INTO A CROWD OF LGBTQ PEOPLE????? A MUSLIM INVADER WAS THE ONE WHO DROVE HIS CAR INTO THAT CROWD. WHY DO YOU CONTINUALLY HIDE THE TRUTH???? I TRUSTED YOU FOR YEARS, YOU ARE STRAIGHT GARBAGE!!!!!!!”

“Will the car go on trial?”

“Hard to believe that the car got a mind of its own and plowed through the people. I also heard a knife stabbed someone this weekend in chicago.”

“That’s a strange-looking car.”

This is how a lot of leftists are feeling right now:

Needless to say, many folks found it rather ironic when a liberal woman went viral for looking visually “bummed out” when she realized the Berlin parade killer wasn’t a white guy. He was Muslim.

Did she really expect the suspect to be some white guy in a Make Germany Great Again hat? Probably. Sadly, the left is in deep denial, refusing to admit how much political violence is now coming from its own side.

We’ll leave you with this meme, which we think sums up the Berlin attack and Left’s pro-Muslim fantasy perfectly.

https://revolver.news/2026/07/liberal-goes-viral-for-being-really-bummed-the-berlin-terrorist-is-muslim-not-white/

Mama’s Boy Talarico Appears To Have Broken Texas Election Law

It’s an interesting twist in the key Senate race, given that Talarico has accused his opponent of illegally voting in elections.

oke warrior James Talarico sounds like your classic mama’s boy. The 37-year-old Texas Senate candidate reportedly shares an individual checking account with his mother, a frequent contributor to his campaigns. 

And records obtained by The Federalist show the Democratic Party’s great white hope for blueing up deep red Texas used his mother’s Austin address to register to vote in order to launch a previous campaign — an apparent violation of Texas election law. 

It’s an interesting twist in the key Senate race, given that Talarico has accused his opponent, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, of illegally voting in elections from the “wrong address.” 

‘Urging Me to Move Back’

In October 2021, Talarico jumped on Twitter and blasted Texas Republicans for redrawing political districts that “gerrymandered” him out of his seat representing the state’s 52nd House District. Talarico has often boasted how in 2018 he beat a Trump-endorsed Republican in the district representing his home city of Round Rock. The school teacher-turned-“equitable education” consultant lived at 5657 Porano Circle in Round Rock at the time. He was the youngest lawmaker elected to the Texas Legislature.  

But after winning reelection in 2020, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature set out to redraw the state’s political boundaries, turning the 52nd into a heavily red House district. Talarico shook his fist at his political enemies and decided to run for House District 50, where Democrat incumbent Celia Israel opted not to seek reelection to focus on her campaign for Austin mayor. 

“Republicans have gerrymandered me out of my district. If they think they can keep me off the House floor, they better think again,” the Democrat warned on his Twitter account. “I’m grateful to everyone urging me to move back to HD50 — where I grew up — to run for the seat being vacated by my friend Rep Israel.”

Mom’s Place

There was one detail Talarico seemed to have overlooked. He didn’t live in the Austin district. No worries. Mom to the rescue. 

In early December 2021 (eight days before the candidate filing deadline), the Democrat registered to vote at his mother’s home address in Austin, according to Texas voter registration files. There’s no evidence, sources say, that Talarico lived at his mother’s home during the period. Even if he did, the candidate would have to have resided there for at least a year before launching his House campaign. 

The Texas Constitution is clear: Candidates running for Texas House seats must have resided in the state for two years prior to the election, and at least one year in the districts they’re running to represent.

In 2022, after running in the party primary and listing his mother’s address on his election forms, Talarico purchased a home at 1402 Manford Hill Drive in Austin — in the 50th House District. The three-bedroom property, built in 1972, boasts an assessed value of $407,500, according to Zillow.com. 

Talarico’s campaign did not return The Federalist’s request for comment. 

‘Voter Fraud Witch Hunt’

But the would-be preacher who in 2021 described himself as “a Christian who hates Christianity” while pandering to “a “nonbinary, transgender, Latinx theologian on the autistic spectrum,” had plenty to say about Paxton after a hit piece accused Paxton of using “an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May’s runoff that made him the Republican nominee for U.S. senator.” 

Left-leaning outlets, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, took great pains to magnify Paxton’s messy divorce filing and report that the Republican Senate candidate no longer lives with his estranged wife. More so, the Texas Tribune story bashes Paxton for taking on voter fraud and reminding the public that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records or to establish a residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.” It relies on sources like left-wing election law advocate David Becker.

Despite his own apparent scoffing of Texas political residency requirements, Talarico recently hammered Paxton on the campaign trail, accusing him of voter fraud. 

“As our state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton has gone on a voter fraud witch hunt,” Talarico said during a campaign event over the weekend in Houston, according to The Texas Tribune. “Turns out, he was committing voter fraud the whole time, voting illegally in six elections in a row from the wrong address.” Of course, the publication promoted its hit piece in reporting on Talarico’s comments.

Election and property records suggest the Democrat who once called God “nonbinary” has failed to notice the beam in his own eye. Talarico has hidden himself in part from disclosure by hiding behind a Texas privacy law that allows certain politicians and law enforcement officials to shield their voter registration records from the public. 

“Talarico’s campaign said he lives and is registered at the north Austin home he purchased in 2022. ProPublica and the Tribune were not able to independently confirm this,” the outlets reported.

“It is Absolutely Disgusting’

It’s not surprising that the Democrat would use his mother’s address to begin his campaign for a hospitable House seat. He and his mother do share a $50,000 checking account, the Washington Free Beacon reported earlier this summer. Tamara Talarico has donated more than $2,000 to Democrats since 2023, Federal Election Commission records show. That includes more than $450 to Talarico’s Senate campaign.

Talarico’s adoptive father, Mark Talarico, and his mother contributed more than $1,400 to cover the Gen Yer’s moving expenses, the Free Beacon reported.

Paxton campaign spokeswoman Madison Cercy called Talarico’s hypocrisy “disgusting.” 

“It is absolutely disgusting that James Talarico used his mother’s address to not only commit voter fraud, but also to defraud his entire constituency, all so he could run in a safe Democrat seat,” Cercy said in a statement to The Federalist. “He is a lying politician who has been deceiving voters throughout his time in office, so it should come as no shock that he continues his flip-flop tour across the state of Texas.”

https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/28/exclusive-mamas-boy-talarico-appears-to-have-broken-texas-election-law/

Powerful 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Southern Japan — Crisis Deepens After The Shaking Stops

Southern Japan was still counting the damage from a massive earthquake when a second emergency erupted.

The first shock struck the Kumamoto region late Tuesday afternoon, snapping roads, damaging buildings, starting fires and throwing parts of Kyushu into darkness.

Then, after the shaking had stopped and an evacuation was underway, an explosion tore through one of the prefecture’s largest shopping malls.

Rescue crews were searching the wreckage Tuesday night as workers remained unaccounted for and police warned that lives may have been lost.

NHK WORLD’s first aerial look showed just how widespread the emergency response had become:

 

The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the quake at 4:27 p.m. local time on July 28. Its epicenter was in the Kumamoto region at a shallow depth of roughly 10 kilometers, or about six miles.

JMA gave the earthquake a magnitude of 7.1 and recorded a maximum seismic intensity of 7 in Uki City and Hikawa Town. That is the highest point on Japan’s shindo scale, which measures the strength of shaking at a particular location rather than the total energy released by the quake.

Strong shaking spread well beyond the epicenter. Kumamoto’s southern ward registered an upper 6, while multiple communities across Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga and Miyazaki reached levels capable of causing major damage.

The agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Ariake and Yatsushiro Seas, then lifted it within two hours. No tsunami was observed from the inland quake.

The U.S. Geological Survey reviewed the same event at magnitude 6.8, centered about three miles east of Uto at a depth of 10 kilometers. JMA’s detailed mechanism page also lists a moment magnitude of 6.8 alongside its domestic magnitude of 7.1.

Those figures describe the quake through different measurement methods. They do not change what people on the ground experienced: the most severe level of shaking Japan’s intensity scale can record.

USGS placed the event on its highest alert tier for likely economic losses. Its current ShakeMap concentrates the strongest modeled shaking around Uto, Uki and the southern side of Kumamoto.

The reviewed location sits close to heavily populated communities and major transportation routes.

Japan’s government moved quickly from assessment to emergency response.

The Prime Minister’s Office of Japan said Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had received reports of injuries, power outages and fires, along with damaged roads and bridges and collapsed buildings. She said the government had created an emergency task force and was putting lives first.

Thousands of military personnel were being deployed to assist rescue operations while aircraft surveyed the hardest-hit areas. The government told agencies to collect damage information immediately, coordinate with local authorities and put rescue work ahead of everything else.

Authorities also warned residents to stay away from damaged structures and prepare for more strong shaking. Rail service across Kyushu was halted for inspections, flights were grounded and sections of highway cracked or shifted.

The earthquake itself was only part of the crisis.

Reuters reported that an explosion rocked Aeon Mall Kumamoto after customers and employees had begun evacuating following the initial quake. One side of the roughly 200-store complex was ripped open, exposing steel beams and scattering debris across the parking lot.

Fire officials said multiple people were trapped. NHK reported that roughly 20 to 30 workers were unaccounted for, while police told TBS that fatalities were feared.

The exact cause of the blast was still unknown. The explosion happened in the quake’s aftermath, but officials had not established that the earthquake directly caused it.

Hospitals were also treating scores of injured people. Reuters cited NHK reports that one hospital had received more than 50 patients and another about 40, including 10 people in serious condition.

Video from inside the region captured the violent side-to-side motion as it happened:

Kumamoto City reported that 181 shelters were open by 9 p.m. local time, housing 1,512 people from 858 households. Officials had ordered every city shelter opened as the damage assessment continued into the night.

Power was out at more than 47,000 homes across the prefecture at that hour. Parts of the city also lost gas and water service, while emergency crews responded to fires, people trapped in elevators and a road crack that forced a closure near the Midorikawa River.

The city applied Japan’s Disaster Relief Act across 21 municipalities because large numbers of people had been injured or faced an immediate threat to life and safety.

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority reported no abnormalities at three nearby nuclear power plants, removing one of the most feared possibilities from the early damage picture.

Kumamoto knows how dangerous the next phase can be.

A devastating earthquake sequence struck the same region in 2016. The larger shock arrived after an earlier major quake, a history Japanese officials invoked as they warned people not to assume the danger had passed.

The first hours brought maximum-level shaking, widespread infrastructure damage, fires, blackouts, injuries and a mass evacuation.

What followed at the mall turned an already serious disaster into a race against time.

For the families waiting on word from rescue crews, the earthquake may have ended in seconds. The emergency did not.

https://wltreport.com/2026/07/28/powerful-earthquake-southern-japan-kumamoto-crisis/