A man who turned two Minnesota homes into scenes of political terror has now heard the sentence designed to make sure he never walks free again. Vance Luther Boelter stood in federal court Thursday and learned exactly what the rest of his life will look like. Two consecutive life terms. Then another 40 years. All of it consecutive. The numbers sound almost redundant. That was the point. Boelter murdered former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. He also shot and critically wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, after arriving at their home disguised as a police officer. Thursday was the day the federal system answered those crimes. BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the man who killed Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband in June 2025, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. Boelter pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. More: https://t.co/zgONiQSHGn pic.twitter.com/Sxb5ISWAmV — NewsNation (@NewsNation) July 23, 2026 Fox News Digital and NewsNation reported that U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim imposed two life sentences plus 40 years, with every term ordered to run consecutively. The punishment followed Boelter’s June guilty plea to six federal counts tied to the murders, shootings and stalking of the two families. The plea made Thursday’s proceeding a sentencing hearing rather than a trial over responsibility. Under the agreement, federal prosecutors removed the death penalty from the table. In return, Boelter accepted the longest prison term available for the federal offenses. There is no parole waiting at the end of this road. Boelter is 59, and no part of the sentence will run at the same time as another. The federal sentence is structured to outlast any natural lifespan many times over. Tunheim called it the longest sentence he had imposed after hearing thousands of cases. The judge added that it was deserved. That is the clean legal summary. The human cost took much longer to tell. For more than 90 minutes, the people Boelter left behind described what one night of calculated violence did to their families. KSTP 5 Eyewitness News reported that relatives and survivors delivered emotional statements before the sentence came down. The testimony lasted more than 90 minutes and came from both the Hortman and Hoffman families. The Hortmans’ son told the court, “In one night, our family went from whole to shattered.” He described the frantic calls that began that morning and the unbearable updates that followed. He spoke about the ordinary future that vanished with his parents—the wedding cake his mother was supposed to bake, the grandchildren they would never meet and the leaders they would never get to mentor. Yvette Hoffman described the lasting physical and emotional wreckage of physically fighting an armed intruder out of her home. Her family survived, but the struggle continued through severe injuries, recovery and fear that did not end in the entryway. Boelter offered a brief apology. It could not answer the grief laid out in that courtroom, and it could not return a single stolen day. For more than 90 minutes Thursday, family and friends of the Hortmans and Hoffmans read emotional statements in court before Vance Boelter was sentenced. Click the link below to read them. https://t.co/jOPbUVH8KM pic.twitter.com/AL7JbjhVIR — KSTP (@KSTP) July 23, 2026 The federal case established that this was not a sudden eruption or a chance encounter. It was planned. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota said Boelter used GPS navigation, the Internet and interstate communications to organize a coordinated series of attacks on the Hortman and Hoffman families. The violence unfolded in Brooklyn Park and Champlin on June 14, 2025. He pleaded guilty to two stalking counts, two counts of murder through use of a firearm and two federal firearm-shooting offenses. The plea covered every count in the federal indictment. Melissa and Mark Hortman were killed. John and Yvette Hoffman suffered life-threatening injuries, and prosecutors said Boelter also attempted to shoot their daughter, Hope. After the attacks began, federal, state and local officers spent nearly 43 hours hunting Boelter before taking him into custody. The investigation joined the FBI, ATF, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and multiple local departments. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen called political violence a scourge and said the Justice Department would pursue the longest available prison terms against those who commit it. That promise is now a sentence on the federal docket. Some members of the Hortman family made clear that they wanted the death penalty. They did not hide their anger over the bargain that spared Boelter’s life. Others emphasized the certainty produced by the guilty plea: no trial, no dispute over responsibility and no path back into society. But even two life terms plus 40 years do not finish the legal story. Minnesota is still waiting. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says Boelter’s federal agreement did not resolve or alter the separate state case against him. County prosecutors said they were coordinating his transfer into Minnesota custody as the federal phase ended. That case includes two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for Melissa and Mark Hortman. A conviction on either count carries mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole. It also includes four attempted first-degree murder counts involving John, Yvette and Hope Hoffman, along with state Rep. Kristin Bahner, whose home Boelter allegedly targeted. None of those state charges was dismissed by the federal bargain. Boelter additionally faces charges for impersonating a police officer and felony cruelty to an animal in the death of the Hortmans’ dog, Gilbert. State sentences carry another distinction: they are not affected by presidential pardons. So Thursday closed the federal sentencing phase. It did not close the case. Another court can still enter its own judgment for the lives taken, the people wounded and the terror carried to their front doors. Political violence is not an argument. A uniform, a mask and a fake badge do not transform murder into a cause. They only make the betrayal worse. The federal sentence is severe because the crimes were severe. The remaining state case will now proceed on its own track. Boelter has learned his federal fate. Minnesota has not finished with him yet. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. 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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford announced on Thursday that he would join the crowded GOP special primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November’s ballot. “Our country is at a financial tipping point, and I can’t sit on the sidelines while Washington adds a trillion dollars to the debt every 100 days,” Sanford said. “I’ve spent my entire time in politics fighting this fight, and I’m running for U.S. Senate to keep the American dream alive for our sons, my grandson, and those you love,” he added. Watch below: Our country is at a financial tipping point, and I can't sit on the sidelines while Washington adds a trillion dollars to the debt every 100 days. I've spent my entire time in politics fighting this fight, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to keep the American dream alive for our… pic.twitter.com/q5ByORi0M3 — Mark Sanford (@MarkSanford) July 23, 2026 POLITICO has more: Sanford, who left Congress in 2019, is a longtime fixture in South Carolina politics, known for his fiscal conservatism. He earned national notoriety after an extramarital affair during his time as governor and his criticism of President Donald Trump, including a short-lived 2020 primary challenge. He is the latest high-profile entrant in a crowded field that includes Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late senator; Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman; and businessman Mark Lynch, among others. Trump has already endorsed Graham, who was appointed to fill her brother’s seat for the duration of his term. A special primary election will be held Aug. 11 to select the Republican nominee for a full six-year term. Sanford was first elected to Congress in 1994, in the same class as the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. He served for three terms, was elected South Carolina governor in 2002, and was reelected to the House in a special election in 2013. Sanford launched a campaign for his old seat this cycle but abandoned the bid after a month to launch a debt-focused nonprofit. Sanford served as Governor of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011. Thus far, the odds don’t appear very promising for the former governor. BREAKING: Mark Sanford launches campaign for South Carolina Republican Senate special primary 3% chance he secures the nomination pic.twitter.com/JazLrbzvHF — Kalshi Politics (@KalshiPolitics) July 23, 2026 WYFF noted: Candidate filing opened on Tuesday, July 21, and will end on Tuesday, July 28. The special primary will be held on Aug. 11. Early voting will be held from Aug. 5 to Aug. 7. If no one gets 50% of the vote, a runoff would be held on Aug. 25. Early voting for the runoff would be held from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21. Whoever wins the special primary will face Dr. Annie Andrews in the general election on Nov. 3. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post Former Republican Governor Launches Senate Bid appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

In the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks and throughout the ongoing conflict in Iran, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has been a stronger ally of Israel than even many on the Republican side of the aisle. And he built on that reputation recently when he once again called out a high-profile fellow Democrat. As Breitbart reported, he took on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has publicly flirted with the notion of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanuyahu when he sets foot in the Big Apple: He added, “You are a Mayor, dude. You’re a Mayor. You can fix a pothole. You can take out the trash. But you can’t order people to arrest anybody, any more than I could have him arrested if he goes to Pennsylvania. That’s — it’s a joke and he’s a clown. … So, sit down, you know you’re a clown and you are just going to pander to the fringe, and that’s part of your base, and I know you’re angry at Netanyahu because he killed a lot of people you admire, whether, like, it’s Sinwar or Nasrallah or [Khamenei] in Iran.” Mamdani’s feud with Netanyahu has sparked much wider attention on social media: Great deflection from legionnaires killing people under his watch. Great deflection from flooding in the outer boroughs. Great deflection from people getting pushed onto the tracks and lighting fires. How about you start doing your day job and stop being performative — OlympusWI (@OlympusNYC) July 23, 2026   You people made a HUGE mistake electing this guy. He could not care less about NYC but you'll come to find that out soon enough — Ravens Girl (@TashaKaine) July 23, 2026 What backtrack?! That he doesn't have the legal authority to do it? — MachineKing⚔️ (@MachineKing23) July 23, 2026 But Mamdani still has plenty of far-left comrades to echo and support his rhetoric, as Fox News reported:  “Arrest him,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., told Fox News Digital. “He’s a war criminal.” Throughout Mamdani’s campaign, he repeatedly insisted that he would order the New York Police Department (NYPD) to enforce the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and arrest Netanyahu for his role in the war in Gaza. But Mamdani finally acknowledged his inability to do so as the city lacks the “independent legal authority” to do so. On Tuesday night, he took to social media with a video calling on the federal government to execute the warrant by the ICC to arrest Netanyahu, also stating to be “equally clear” that the prime minister is “not welcome in New York City.” “I think that whether or not he has the authority about it, I don’t really have an opinion on,” Rep. Summer Lee, D-Penn., said. She continued, “But I do think that Netanyahu is a war criminal.” “I wish that we had a country that didn’t excuse war criminals,” Lee said. Tlaib also offered Mamdani help with the arrest as she wasn’t sure if he had the authority to complete the arrest. “I don’t know if it applies to citizen’s arrest,” she said. “If he needs help, tell him to call me.”   Here’s the clip of Fetterman’s remarks: Sen. John Fetterman tells Zohran Mamdani to "fix a pothole," blasting the NYC mayoral candidate for weighing in on foreign policy: “Now you have the mayor of a city. You’re a mayor, dude. You’re a mayor. You can fix a pothole. You can take out the trash. But you can’t order… pic.twitter.com/5C7GWnggzL — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 23, 2026 What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post WATCH: Fetterman Breaks Down Exactly Why Mamdani Is ‘So Mad At Bibi’ Netanyahu appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

A former Pennsylvania lawmaker faces federal child pornography charges after the FBI found more than 100 files of sexually explicit content on his personal devices depicting minors. Court documents allege that some of the files include “nude photos of minors as young as 7 years old,” the New York Post reports. BREAKING: Former Pennsylvania State Rep Jesse White (D) indicted on child p**n charges pic.twitter.com/NrDr9kqUCj — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 22, 2026 More from the New York Post: Ex-Democratic state Rep. Jesse White was taken into federal custody after authorities found the twisted content – which he sorted by age and category – on numerous laptops and hard drives inside his Upper Allen Township home Tuesday, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. White allegedly admitted to investigators that he collected the sickening pictures and videos while scouring the “dark” web using accounts on encrypted applications including Qbittorrent – a peer-to-peer file sharing program – Telegram and the Tor browser, the doc states. The repulsive content included videos of minors between 7 and 15 years old engaged in sexually explicit activities and naked photos of girls between the ages of 8 and 14, according to the complaint. The FBI probe kicked off after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received an anonymous cyber tip alleging homemade child porn on Sunday, along with an image of a boy between 5 and 6 years old naked in the shower, the doc states. Metadata taken from the photo – in which a white man wearing a wedding band was also visible – revealed it was snapped on a phone registered to White in January 2019, according to investigators. Another cyber tip submitted during the White investigation showed a second nude image of a boy who was about 9 to 11 years old when it was taken in August 2021, the documents state. “Jesse White has two minor male children,” an FBI investigator noted in the complaint. White previously represented the 46th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015, serving parts of Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington counties. Former Pennsylvania Rep. Jesse White faces child pornography charges after an FBI raid at his home in Mechanicsburg this week. According to his affidavit, FBI agents found over 100 files of child pornography on his devices. Read more: https://t.co/NSCvCFTOMY pic.twitter.com/G1zqVJK9kD — CBS 21 News (@CBS21NEWS) July 22, 2026 CBS News shared further: Back in 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred White and forced him to surrender his law license for stealing more than $100,000 from his clients to fund a gambling addiction. Police filed charges against him, but they were dropped. A few years earlier, his mother also sued him for impersonating her to get a credit card and racking up nearly $28,000 in debt. Before that, a KDKA investigation revealed White had used false identities online to attack political opponents. During a hearing in Harrisburg Wednesday, a judge ordered White to remain in jail, with the case presented to a grand jury in the next 30 days. Watch additional coverage below: What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post Former Democrat State Lawmaker Faces Federal Child Pornography Charges appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday a recall by Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. that includes “1,589,577 dozen white shell eggs and brown cage free shell eggs produced in Texas.” The eggs were recalled due to potential salmonella contamination. “The eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6, 2026 and July 3, 2026, with sell by or best by dates between July 20, 2026 and August 17, 2026. The eggs were shipped to foodservice and retail customers in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana,” the FDA stated. “They were available to consumers at Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana, Brookshire Grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi, and other smaller retail outlets. No other Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. products are part of this recall. Midwest Poultry Services L.P. is not aware of any specific illnesses linked to its products,” it continued. According to Fast Company, the recall equates to “just over 19 million eggs in total.” FDA just issued a massive recall on 19 million eggs for potential salmonella contamination. Midwest Poultry Services is recalling 1,589,577 dozen eggs, about 19 million, over potential Salmonella Enteritidis contamination. The recall covers white and brown eggs sold under… pic.twitter.com/f85EUzPHZ0 — Localize – Farmers Market (@Localizefoodapp) July 23, 2026 CBS News shared further: Here’s where the recalled eggs were sold: Arkansas: Brookshire Grocery stores Louisiana: Kroger, Brookshire Grocery stores Mississippi: Brookshire Grocery stores New Mexico: Brookshire Grocery stores Oklahoma: Brookshire Grocery stores Texas: Kroger, Brookshire Grocery stores The eggs were also sold at other smaller retail outlets, according to the FDA, which said that no other products for the poultry firm are part of the latest recall. No illnesses have been reported related to the eggs, according to Midwest Poultry Services. The firm identified the issue through what it described as “proactive environmental monitoring practices and root cause analysis” on its two Texas farms. It has since paused the distribution of any fresh eggs produced at the farms. Midwest Poultry Services. L.P. Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Salmonella Enteritidis Contamination https://t.co/6jDShAZF3L pic.twitter.com/QqAslCex0D — U.S. FDA Recalls (@FDArecalls) July 23, 2026 Fast Company noted: Salmonella Enteritidis is one of the thousands of types of Salmonella, and it is often associated with eggs. According to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), eggs can become infected with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in a few different ways. For instance, the egg can become infected while it is still being formed in the hen, before the shell has formed; during the egg-laying process, where SE contaminates the shell itself; or after egg-laying, where SE can enter the pores in the laid egg. In other words, Salmonella Enteritidis can infect the egg’s shell on the outside, or yolk and egg whites on the inside. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a Salmonella infection usually presents with the following symptoms: Watery diarrhea that might have blood or mucus Stomach cramps that can be severe Additional symptoms may include: Headache Nausea Vomiting Loss of appetite While anyone can get a Salmonella infection, certain individuals have an increased risk of infection, including children younger than 5, adults over the age of 65, adults over the age of 50 who have underlying medical problems, and people with weakened immune systems. Read the full FDA recall notice HERE. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post ALERT: Millions Of Eggs Recalled Due To Potential Contamination appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.