America First Report

The good news is that crime is going down. The bad news is that there is still far more than what should be acceptable, especially in major cities. The worst news is that the surveillance state is rising as a result of the desire to fight crime.

Catching predators is what Chris Hansen does. He does it very well. He's able to keep his cool in front of the worst people in the world. We need a whole lot more of him.

The foiled plot to use drones and sniper rifles to murder people at the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House yes brought forth a ton of conspiracy theories. Among them is the theory that this was just an Israeli false flag to drum up sympathy for the Jews. Of course, President Trump has made it clear in recent days that he's not beholden to Israel the way the theorists want us to believe.

There is a particular kind of political theater in which a man is introduced to voters a second time, scrubbed of everything inconvenient and repackaged for the audience that finally matters. Democrats just posted a photograph of James Talarico eating barbecue in a Texas shirt, and if you want to understand the next six months of this Senate race, study that photograph. It is not a candid moment. It is a product launch.

Read More: https://jdrucker.substack.com/p/james-talaricos-rebrand-versus-james

In the dying days before Los Angeles voters head to the polls, one question echoes through the smoke-stained streets and tent-lined sidewalks: How does an incumbent mayor with Karen Bass’s record maintain a lead in the race for re-election?

The latest Emerson College poll shows Bass at 30 percent, with reality television personality Spencer Pratt surging to 22 percent and Councilmember Nithya Raman close behind. Yet the visible decay of America’s second-largest city tells a different story—one of broken promises, mismanaged crises, and institutional denial that should have ended her political career.

Read More: https://americafirstreport.com/how-is-karen-bass-leading-in-la-polls-after-destroying-the-city-for-four-years/

Los Angeles voters face a question on June 2 that has nothing to do with national politics and everything to do with whether the city survives the decade. The June 2 primary is winner-take-all if any candidate clears fifty percent plus one vote. Spencer Pratt, the second-generation Angeleno and Palisades Fire victim currently polling in second place behind embattled incumbent Karen Bass, has a narrow but real path to that threshold. Forty percent of the electorate is still undecided. The math is sitting there waiting for someone to do it.And here is the uncomfortable question hovering over every honest voter in the city: Is Los Angeles in such good shape that loyalty to the Democrat Party should outweigh loyalty to the city itself?Read More: https://americafirstreport.com/will-los-angeles-vote-for-whats-best-for-la-or-out-of-loyalty-to-the-democrat-party/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On Tuesday, CNN held another California Gubernatorial debate. Some of the candidates were awful, especially Antonio Villaraigosa and Katie Porter. Others did okay.Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton looked the best. We learned three things from the debate:1. Legacy media is going to let Becerra off the hook for his various scandals.2. Katie Porter let it slip that illegal aliens are replacing the American citizens who are leaving.3. Steve Hilton hit Becerra hard, but perhaps too late in the debate.It will be an interesting four weeks until the election on June 2.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Trump administration is preparing to climb down off a tree it spent two months sawing at. According to Axios reporting, the White House is drafting an executive action that would carve out a path for federal agencies to resume using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence systems, including the company’s most advanced model, Mythos, despite the Pentagon’s earlier designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk to national security.”One source involved in the discussions described the maneuvering, saying the White House is looking for a way to “save face and bring em back in.”Read More: https://americafirstreport.com/white-house-quietly-backpedaling-on-anthropic-as-powerful-ai-beats-others/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The legacy media’s latest obsession is impossible to miss. In recent weeks, outlets from The Guardian to Bloomberg to The Economist have flooded their pages with glowing tributes to Chinese innovation, culture, and global leadership. China leads in artificial intelligence ethics. China dominates electric vehicles and drone technology. China offers a steadier model for the world. Young Westerners, we are told, are “Chinamaxxing”—eagerly adopting habits like sipping hot water with goji berries, wearing indoor slippers, and declaring they have entered “a very Chinese time in their lives.”This is not organic admiration. It is a coordinated narrative push, one that seeks to rebrand the Chinese Communist Party as the responsible adult in the room while the West supposedly descends into chaos.Read More: https://americafirstreport.com/legacy-media-is-packaging-communist-tyranny-as-the-next-cool-thing/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

House Democrats have filed five articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth, centering their accusations on the Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) with eight co-sponsors, charges abuse of power, violations of the laws of armed conflict, negligence with sensitive information, obstruction of oversight, and conduct damaging to the nation’s reputation.This latest partisan maneuver arrives as the Pentagon reports decisive success in degrading Iran’s military capabilities. Far from an unprovoked adventure, the operation targeted a regime long bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, exporting terrorism, and threatening American interests and allies. Democrats’ haste to impeach the man overseeing these operations reveals less about Hegseth’s fitness than about their own reflexive opposition to any assertion of American strength.Read More: https://americafirstreport.com/democrats-file-five-articles-of-impeachment-against-pete-hegseth/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In late February, the FBI warned California law enforcement that Iran had "aspired" to launch drone strikes from a vessel off the coast, in retaliation for U.S.-Israel strikes on IranThe intelligence was unverified; the White House called for retractions and said no such threat ever existedNewsom and local agencies issued reassuring statements and declared elevated readiness — essentially bureaucratic theaterThe more serious question the episode exposed: California has no meaningful counter-drone capability of its ownFederal law restricts drone interdiction to federal agencies; state and local law enforcement cannot act independentlyExperts note large Shahed-style strikes on California aren't feasible, but small modified commercial drones are a genuine, existing threatIran has a documented presence in Mexico and South America and now has both the drones and the motiveCalifornia needs real action: National Guard drone interdiction training, infrastructure vulnerability assessments, and pressure on Congress to expand counter-drone authority to statesRead More: https://americafirstreport.com/california-is-one-unverified-tip-away-from-realizing-it-has-no-drone-defense/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.