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Set aside any personal feelings you have about Erika Kirk (love her, distrust her, whatever else) set that all aside and in this article I simply want to talk about facts. Fair enough? Specifically, I want to focus on these Egyptian Planes that Candace Owens keeps talking about. And same with Candace, please set aside any personal feelings you have about her (love her, distrust her, whatever else) set all that aside and just focus on facts. And those facts are that Candace has been alleging that for the prior two years, Egyptian Planes have been tracking Erika Kirk, with the Egyptian Planes overlapping with Erika Kirk’s flights over 70 times in the past few years, which statistically speaking is nearly impossible to be random chance: BREAKING: Candace Owens now believes the unusual Egyptian planes were actually tracking Erika Kirk and not Charlie. The Egyptian plane overlapped with Erika’s flight travels about 70 times the past few years. That is a 0.000000001% chance. This is actually mindblowing. pic.twitter.com/YrjW5mxt0w — Evan Kilgore (@EvanAKilgore) November 17, 2025 Again, I’m not saying Candace is right, I’m just saying that’s the allegation. Now we go to the new Townhall Erika Kirk just did on CBS. I have no idea who is watching these two small children, but I do know given how often Erika is on CBS, Fox News and any other network that will have it, it’s not her most of the time.  But I digress…. So Erika went on a Townhall on CBS and responded to the Egyptian Planes allegations.  Kind of. She definitely felt the need to talk about them and debunk the claims, but instead of debunking the claims that Egyptian Planes had been tracking her movements for over two years, she debunked the claim that she was flying on the Egyptian Planes. No one ever alleged that. This is really strange, watch here: EXPOSED: Erika Kirk’s Bizarre CBS Excuse for Egyptian Surveillance Flights —She Debunks Claim NOBODY Made About Egyptian Planes! Why So Defensive? Erika Kirk just went on a PRE-STAGED CBS Town Hall (complete with Deep State favorite Bari Weiss as the “interviewer”) and… https://t.co/PNiWC8M6zw pic.twitter.com/XD5JZaFcAr — Project Constitution (@ProjectConstitu) December 14, 2025 Here is the full X post from @ProjectConstitution because I think it’s very well said and spot on: EXPOSED: Erika Kirk’s Bizarre CBS Excuse for Egyptian Surveillance Flights —She Debunks Claim NOBODY Made About Egyptian Planes! Why So Defensive? Erika Kirk just went on a PRE-STAGED CBS Town Hall (complete with Deep State favorite Bari Weiss as the “interviewer”) and delivered the most tone-deaf, strawman-filled rant yet about the Egyptian planes tracking her. She actually laughed off the Egyptian surveillance flights as “haha funny” because—she claims—she was pregnant for “90% of those trips” and too busy craving In-N-Out and chocolate milkshakes to hop on any Egyptian plane. Hold up. NOBODY ever accused Erika of personally flying ON those Egyptian planes. We said intelligence-linked Egyptian aircraft were TRACKING her movements for TWO FULL YEARS—objectively verified by multiple flight data sources. Was she pregnant for 24 straight months to cover the entire tracking period? That would shatter every medical record in history. Pregnant women fly commercially all the time (up to certain points)—but that’s irrelevant because, again, nobody said she was a passenger. Most chilling: She ends with “Game on.” GAME ON?! This isn’t a reality show, Erika. Your husband was brutally assassinated. Lives—including Candace Owens’—are still in danger. Yet you treat legitimate questions about foreign surveillance aircraft monitoring your every move as a joke? If mysterious planes from a foreign government were shadowing YOU for years, wouldn’t you demand answers—especially AFTER they murdered your spouse? But Erika’s not curious at all. Instead, she attacks a claim nobody made. That’s classic deflection: build a strawman, knock it down, and hope everyone stops asking the real questions. This scripted CBS appearance—questions pre-approved, narrative tightly controlled—only proves one thing: the Egyptian plane story terrifies them. When they rush out Bari Weiss (the regime’s go-to “independent journalist”) and have you mocking the issue with milkshake jokes, it means we’re directly over the target. Keep digging, patriots. The planes are the key. They’re panicking for a reason. Justice for Charlie. The truth doesn’t care about your scripted town halls. Backup video here if needed: Now we go to Candace who did an excellent job completely tearing apart the fake and staged Townhall ran by CBS’s Bari Weiss. Watch here: FULL TRANSCRIPT: Not my opinion that these questions were preselected, it’s a fact. a fact. Like I said, we have insiders, the questions were preselected. And one of the preselected questions was for Erika, and this will come out on Saturday, uh, setting the stage for her to condemn antisemitism, to which she responds and speaks about, as I told you yesterday, how Turning Point will be hosting a Shabbat dinner. And in case the direction of travel for CBS under the stewardship of Bari Weiss is not clear, they even brought in, during this town hall, the father of the young woman who was shot in DC at the Jewish Museum. I think that that was an IDF soldier, I might be wrong about that. They also brought out Hunter Kozak, who asked the last question to Charlie Kirk. They filled the audience with people selected by, uh, CBS, College Republicans, with questions selected by CBS. So it just is objectively a controlled and a managed situation, a controlled and a managed conversation, if you will. But, and you can predict this, if you are at home this Saturday and you watch this and you’re just, you know, a regular old person around the world and you go, “This feels really scripted,” the influencers are gonna come out and they’re gonna mark you as evil, demonic even. How dare you ques- what, are you kidding me? This is like, you’re not allowed to say that this feels scripted ever, even though it, this entire thing since September 10th feels scripted to me. But that’s not it, okay, we’re gonna get more, because Erika also sat down with Glenn Beck of Blaze TV. Now, again, this is all a part of a PR blitz for Charlie’s upcoming book on honoring the Shabbat, which I’m not gonna be doing, because I’m Christian. So I’d like to already just say no, okay? Anyways, Glenn Beck’s interview has a bunch of high points, if you will, foremost Erika stressing that she believes that the truth is clear. Take a listen. Glenn Beck: I don’t know how you handle this, Erika. I don’t know how th- to be dragged into, you know, you were involved in the death, and all this crazy, evil stuff. Oh, it’s sick. God bless you. It’s sick. God bless you. I don’t know. Erika: It is. My family means everything to me. Turning Point USA has always been in our life and has always been so good to Charlie, and Charlie was good to his team. Everyone loved Charlie. Yeah. I get that. Everyone wants, everyone wants an answer to this evil, and sometimes the answer is very clear. Yeah. The truth is- You know, I- very clear. So I just wanna say to, first and foremost, Glenn setting that question up, I can’t find, to this day, ’cause this just feels to me to be like the, the ultimate straw man, any commentator that has explicitly accused Erika of killing Charlie Kirk. I’ve seen psychological manipulation of influencers trying to say that if you critique Turning Point, that’s akin to accusing Erika Kirk of killing her husband, which is utterly ridiculous. But I have never seen, and maybe I missed it, I’ve seen a lot, somebody come out and say, “Erika Kirk murdered Charlie.” But that’s what they set up always, which is like, I don’t know how you are d- I’ve seen people digging into her background, I’ve seen people speaking about her Romanian charity, uh, her, I’ve seen people, uh, looking into her mother, all of that. I’ve seen all of that, but I have not yet seen where this idea that they keep trying to seed into our minds that asking any questions is a, uh, is equivalent to accusing her of murder. That that, even that feels manipula- m- m- manipulative to me. Then comes in this totally organic question from Glenn Beck, totally organic, right? And this is going to be the extreme appeal to authority which is, “Okay, if we don’t wanna answer any questions, we’re just gonna say you don’t understand, um, how the court works. Don’t, you shouldn’t be asking questions, ’cause that’s gonna, that could potentially ruin the upcoming trial.” Take a listen. Glenn Beck: You concerned about, th- th- his assassin is in court today. Are you concerned about being able to have a jury that’s not been tainted? Erika: No, it’s, it’s, it’s a j- it’s a real thing, Glenn, and you, and you get this. A lot of people don’t, and I think that we need to do a better job of educating our citizens about our court systems. A lot of people don’t know how a d- an actual trial plays out. I know. I am very curious about how the UnitedHealthcare case plays out. We are living in a day and age where social media can absolutely impact Uh, I, I feel it can. The reason I say that is because I don’t want a tainted jury pool. I want justice for my husband. Any time we have leads, any time we hear anything, we send it to the authorities. We’re not messing around. W- none of us are involved in my husband’s murder, none of us, Turning Point USA, myself, any of these other crazy accusations, none of us. Okay, so this is what I mean where I, I, I just feel like we’re just doing the same thing over and over and over again in politics, where you can just apply any situation, like this is, it’s how it starts, it’s like they come up with a narrative and it feels really stupid. Uh, you could, like apply this to COVID, whatever. And then people start asking questions, ’cause it feels really stupid, and then they tell you, like, “Oh, I wish you guys were more educated about” s- science, I wish you guys were more educated about doctors and nurses, and, like, you’re just not there. I wish you could explain to you how these things work, but you, you, you’re gonna have to trust the experts. Um, and, yeah, I, I actually think that also, and because you guys are not trusting the experts, we’re going to have to censor people on social media, as they did during COVID, because social media is problematic. Actually, the problem is free speech, ultimately, right? Like the problem is that you have people on social media who are talking common sense, and they don’t understand this. Okay? That, that’s like I just, that doesn’t work for me. It doesn’t work for me, and it shouldn’t work for you. And this next portion is where we get into the mass formation psychosis element, which is when, uh, i- th- they’re trying to modify our behavior, the m- the behavior of the masses, and they kinda want us to all form around this idea. And h- this is, this is kind of actually the we’re all in this together psychology that you’re about to see, right? The higher calling element of the psychological conditioning, the you guys are focusing on the minutiae of, of that day and whether or not the government is involved with assassinating Charlie Kirk. But, you know, Tim Pool’s telling you guys midterms, there’s midterms, and there’s things. That’s the higher calling, right? The masses, the masses sh- sh- should get around that higher calling. Like even if it goes against your gut to mask your toddler, even if it goes against your gut to let your grandma die alone in a hospital, even if something is screaming at you, and you’re saying, “Why does this all feel abusive?” Like abusive to toddlers, abusive to our grandparents to let them die alone. Why, why does it feel to me, my instinct tells me that we shouldn’t put medical masks on a toddl- on toddlers who can’t see expressions. Well, the higher calling is that you should always ignore your gut, right? Because we’re, we’re all in this together, and there’s, there’s something bigger that we can aspire to. They said you’d violate your gut instinct, and that’s what’s coming next. Take a listen. Glenn Beck: I don’t need you to comment on this, but I think mental illness is involved in, uh, in some of this, uh, stuff that is online. Erika: Yeah. A- and, and Glenn, I’ll be honest. I think it’s really- I, I am not- Honestly, I feel bad it’s mentally- I am not going to waste my time. it’s mental illness. I’m not gonna waste my time in, in, um, combating people- He was sweet. I, we, like- Yeah. going toe-to-toe, calling people names. I, I don’t, I don’t, I just That’s just not me. That’s not how Charlie operated. We There’s no reason for me to go down a, a, a dark place like that. Mm-hmm. I, I am so tired of the fracture. What drives me nuts is that Charlie, uh, he has worked and provided- It’s all good. and has blessed us with so much, like literally his book. He has blessed us with so much wisdom, so much, um He’s just such a good thought leader. He, he blessed us with, with laser focus on the mission on saving this country, but instead, we’re so focused on who did what. Like, yes, we will figure all that out. Mm-hmm. Yes, this is a murder case. He was n- He did not die in a car crash. Yes, that will be handled, but my husband’s legacy is not about his murder. My husband’s legacy- And- is what he left behind. I just reject that. Okay? I reject that there’s a higher calling that we need to all get around and the legacy of Char- Like, actually, the legacy, if we find out that the government is implicated, and it looks like to me th- And I think a lot of people on the outside, the government is implicated. Otherwise, it wouldn’t require, uh, every department of the government using propaganda to convince us against common sense. Okay? And if we find out that the government is implicated, then actually his legacy is going to be that a person who gave all of himself to helping people get elected, uh, all of himself to this political machine, was ultimately killed by it. And I think that, that matters to a lot of people, and I think it’s obvious it matters to a lot of people, because it, what feels like a billiondollar campaign of propaganda against it doesn’t seem to be working. There is something very big that we are very close to unpacking here, and the panic that we sense right now in deploying what feels to me to be a really nasty emotional tactic here, basically trying to say to people, “How, how dare you go against the grieving widow. How dare you go against David Hogg?” Right? And you’re like, “Well, I don’t know if David Hogg I know he’s s- I, I’m very sad, uh, obviously that a school shooting happened. The Parkland shooting at high school should not happen, no child should have to live through that. But why does that mean David Hogg gets to go to Harvard?” Right? Does that, does that make sense? Like, does he belong at Harvard? And they go, “Oh, how dare Oh, my how, my how you evil, demonic s- person. Are you possessed? How could you ever question his authority and whether or not he’s equipped to run the charity and speak on, you know, gun issues? He survived a school shooting.” That’s what they’re doing right now. And I wanna also say that why I don’t love these interviews, and I am, I say this with great deference to Erika, and in the beginning with some of these interviews I said, “Look, like, of course they’re gonna wanna make sure they screen these questions. Like, she’s going through a lot, like, she’s transitioning, she’s doing this, she’s like that.” I was like, “I wouldn’t wanna be in her position.” We’re 3 months in now, okay, we are still getting rehearsed answers, and I feel like what is missing from all of this is, I don’t know, like, passion, normal passion. Not this, like, ChatGBT feeling of, well, we all need to unite around the mission. It’s like, no, I don’t really care about Kash. I would just be, like, “What is the borough doing? What, has anybody traced this down?” Okay, I don’t know if Candace is crazy but she says the French Foreign Legion was there. Has anybody chased this down? I texted her, I got this information, okay, it’s wrong, that’s a dead-end. Let me move over here, I’ve got files, I’m running I’m gonna run this investigation alongside you, Kash. And I don’t know what he’s doing. I want, like, one critique of the FBI, one critique of anything which the public is saying is worthy of critique. Like, it’s almost like you’re dressing down public perception. Like, people think that you can have enough money to just cut over people’s gut instincts. It, that’s what it is. It feels like we’re so rich you don’t have the right to think. Okay? We are rich enough to remove that, so stop thinking. The elites are here. It feels elite. That’s why I hate this, it feels elite. It feels like the opposite of whatever Turning felt, Turning Point felt like when they were the underdogs, right? This entire presentation is elite. I’m on CBS stage with prepaid questions and Bari Weiss, and I obviously have rehearsed this answer because I got these questions ahead of time. I obviously know I’m gonna get asked this, so I’m gonna do, like I don’t even like, and this is a fact, you can ask anybody who’s ever interviewed me, I never ask for questions ahead of time. I don’t wanna know, I don’t wanna know the direction it’s going into. I don’t, I never give them anything, I never say, “We can’t talk about this. That thing’s off record.” Because even getting questions ahead to me, preparing answers, feels fake and gay. Right? That just feels rehearsed, because it, it is. It has to be rehearsed because you got the questions ahead of time and at this stage I don’t, I don’t like it. I don’t like it. I want something that feels au- anywhere where it feels authentic. Like, one question mark that you have. You’re like, “Oh, I’d like him to be like, don’t know about those text messages. think Tyler Robinson pulled the trigger. But those text messages are weird.’” It’s just, “I trust my team. My team is amazing and my favorite date is April 24th because it’s not too hot and it’s not too cold and all you need is a light jacket.” Like, it feels, it feels fake. It does. I’m sorry. And I am still interested in getting basic answers to our questions. I don’t accept that that’s somehow going to ruin the court case because that’s a nonsense. It, you cannot logically explain to the public how letting us see Mikey McCoy’s phone records, just one example, if that’s really causing you so much grief. Here they are, here’s who he called on that day and for how long. How would that implicate How, how would that frustrate your lawyer’s efforts? How would the current court case and the jury pool be impacted if you answered about why these Egyptian planes, why it’s a statistical anomaly for these Egyptian planes to be surrounding Turning Point USA faith events, you and Charlie this many times? What, how would that impact And, uh, again, I’m a gut player, it’s co- uh, common sense, so forgive me for not being elite enough and educated enough and expert enough to understand how it would impact things. Explain it to me like I’m not a legal expert, you know. Like, I don’t trust legal experts because I think they’re all full of shit. Explain it to me that way. It’s not tracking. It’s not tracking and I am, I, I get it, it’s me against the whole world. Actually, it’s not, it’s me against the elites. We’ve done this a lot of times, like I said, Ukraine, COVID. There’s a, a formula here, there’s a pattern here. If all of the mainstream apparatus and all of the influencers are pushing something and calling the other thing evil, we’re probably about 2 years away from them all then apologizing, being like, “I just got it wrong. I shouldn’t have told you to get the vaccine. I should” Like, it’s a pattern that I’ve noticed, so I’m gonna stick with saying that what happened on September 10th, we are not getting the truth about. So there you have it. I’m not saying who is right overall, but on this point I think it’s game, set and match to Candace.

As much as his critics try to deny it, President Trump’s second term is stacking up a huge pile of foreign policy wins that includes significant strides toward world peace. Among the most crucial plans current underway is a bid to bring an end to the violence in Gaza, and one top diplomat recently revealed some major advancements in that mission. Here’s a relevant update from US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz: And here’s another copy of the same video as a backup: TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN GAZA U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz just shared some real hope from inside Gaza. He went to this spot called the Civil-Military Coordination Center, think of it as a team hub where soldiers and helpers work together to get aid like… pic.twitter.com/0EPsyi4xKe — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 11, 2025 The New York Post provided some additional details about the ongoing negotiations: In his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, Ambassador Mike Waltz said the details of the next phase of the cease-fire were being hammered out and will include clear language that Hamas cannot be a part of Gaza’s future. “What has been clear, and I want to be clear, is Hamas has to go,” Waltz said, according to a readout of their conversation. “President Trump has been clear that’s going to happen the easy way or the hard way, but there will not be any more Hamas,” he added. Following last month’s UN Security Council vote to approve Trump’s plan, Waltz said the US and its allies would likely first announce the details of the so-called Board of Peace, led by President Trump, to lead Gaza in the interim. The progress has fueled significant social media discussion in recent days: Left and media: ‘Trump can’t broker Gaza peace—it’s impossible!’Trump: Delivers hostage releases, ceasefire, UN endorsement.Now? Crickets.Do they not care about Gaza anymore, or just hate when the bad orange man wins? pic.twitter.com/AsfIblKTsM — Stay in the Fray Podcast (@stayinthefray) December 9, 2025 President Trump is asked about Gaza: “We actually do have a real peace in the Middle East… We have a great peace in the Middle East, it’s never happened before and I think it’s very strong actually.” pic.twitter.com/vYG9x7dBiw — The American Conservative (@amconmag) December 11, 2025 Trump participa de forma decisiva en 8 procesos de paz, llegando incluso a parar guerras, pero mira la de gente que lo considera una amenaza mundial. Qué puto mundo de locos. https://t.co/PUHjyyIe1A https://t.co/BVOMWe2R6v — .•* ☆ ???? ?????? ☆ *•. (@VincentVega677) December 14, 2025 Fox News also reported on the latest achievements in Gaza: Trump’s plan to end the Gaza conflict calls for Gaza to be a de-radicalized, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. It also calls for Gaza to be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza and more. Under the peace plan, Israeli forces would withdraw from the region, and a temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities for the people of Gaza will be created. That government will be under the oversight of a new international transitional body called the Board of Peace, chaired by Trump and other members and heads of state. The resolution makes the plan international law. Here’s some additional coverage via WION: US President #DonaldTrump announces Gaza peace board plans. Global leaders to join Gaza peace board.@AadhyaJunejaa has more.#IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar pic.twitter.com/wlYb20oi5C — WION (@WIONews) December 11, 2025

Although anti-gun activists in the US cite Australia as a violence-free utopia due to the nation’s strict firearms laws, a recent tragedy in Sydney shows that nowhere can be completely protected from those intent on doing evil. A Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach ended in chaos, with a dozen people reported dead and even more hospitalized after gunfire rang out Sunday evening. Fox News provided some initial details: Police added that they found evidence of multiple improvised explosive devices in a vehicle near the scene of the attack. “We have our rescue bomb disposal unit there at the moment working on that,” he said. Israeli President Isaac Herzog acknowledged the attack while speaking at an event in Jerusalem recognizing immigrants’ extraordinary achievements on Sunday. “At these very moments, our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on Jews who went to light the first candle of Chanukah on Bondi Beach,” Herzog said. “Our hearts go out to them. The heart of the entire nation of Israel misses a beat at this very moment, as we pray for the recovery of the wounded, we pray for them and we pray for those who lost their lives.” Footage of the event soon began to circulate widely on social media, including a clip of an individual apparently disarming one of the shooters in heroic fashion: Australian Mass Shooting At least 12 are dead & 29 injured after Naveed Akram — a radical Islamic terrorist — opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration. Don’t let the media whitewash this: This is terrorism. This is radical Islam. Stop allowing migrants from countries that hate… pic.twitter.com/te7TxeruHE — ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) December 14, 2025 An absolute hero in the white shirt.No idea who he is but as others ran for cover he ran up and tackled the Bondi beach gunman and disarmed him.He should be given everything Australia has in the way of honours.A true legend and hero. Rest in peace all the victims. pic.twitter.com/8Bu7ad8lsh — CraiginEngland (@ghost_wales) December 14, 2025 This is Ahmed El Ahmad. He disarmed the gunman on Bondi beach and likely saved many lives. He did it while the other terrorist was shooting at him and was hit twice. I hope this hero makes a full recovery. pic.twitter.com/5vacqHf5Rq — Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) December 14, 2025 Australian officials were quick to condemn the act, as the Associated Press reported: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared it “an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation.” “This attack was designed to target Sydney’s Jewish community,” the state’s Premier Chris Minns said. The massacre was declared a terrorist attack due to the event targeted and weapons used, Lanyon said. Hundreds had gathered for the gathering at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the eight-day Hanukkah festival. Chabad identified one of the dead as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and a key organizer of the event. Chabad is an Orthodox Jewish movement that is known for its outreach to non-religious Jews. It runs scores of centers around the world that are popular with Jewish travelers and often sponsors large public events during major Jewish holidays. Video footage filmed by onlookers appeared to show two gunmen with long guns firing from a bridge. One dramatic clip apparently filmed by a member of the public and broadcast on Australian television channels showed someone appearing to tackle and disarm one of the gunmen, before pointing the man’s weapon at him. Here’s some additional coverage of the incident and the heroic interference that helped bring the massacre to an end:

California has served as a petri dish for bad, big-government policies for generations, and one recent example has Americans of all stripes up in arms. Republican State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio addressed a policy providing in-state tuition to illegal immigrants in California while Americans are forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars more if they aren’t residents of California. In a recent social media post, he denounced the practice as unfair, deriding leftist California leadership for prioritizing undocumented aliens over the Americans students who want to attend college in the Golden State: Here’s the same video in a different format as backup: HOLY CRAP! Democrats approved a system in California ensuring illegal aliens are prioritized for taxpayer tuition OVER US citizens. pic.twitter.com/mzSpEOJ4GW This is a complete and utter betrayal. “California Democrat politicians have now enacted a new rule that treats… — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 10, 2025 Of course, DeMaio isn’t the only one calling foul. The White House has taken notice of this trend and hopes to put an end to it at the federal level. As the Associated Press reported: The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and state-funded financial aid to students who aren’t legally in the United States. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, alleges the practice harms U.S. citizens and encourages illegal immigration. Among the defendants are the state, top state officials, and the state’s two public university systems, the University of California and California State. President Donald Trump’s administration has filed similar lawsuits against policies in other states, including Illinois, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Kentucky and Texas. Half the country now has similar laws to California’s. In June, after the administration sued, Texas ended its decades-old law. And Florida last year scrapped its law that allowed in-state tuition for high school graduates who weren’t in the country legally. Plenty of other social media users were similarly incensed: FACT: California gives out HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars to undocumented immigrants to attend college. That’s hundreds of millions of OUR taxpayer dollars to subsidize college for non-Americans. How about using those tax dollars for the fire victims that @GavinNewsom is… — Hunter Eagleman (@Hunter_Eagleman) December 10, 2025 Unfortunately, California isn’t alone. States from coast to coast have been experimenting with such policies for years. 18 states are offering in-state tuition at colleges for #IllegalAliens — this is unconstitutional because US citizens from out of state have to pay out-of-state tuition!Is there no American citizen student/parents who care #Illegals get preferential treatment?! @TheJusticeDept pic.twitter.com/IgYK7Zp2R1 — California Condor (@Condor_Law) April 14, 2019 For that reason, the Trump administration’s decision to take on California has attracted widespread attention and support: Federal government sues California, claiming state-funded scholarships and loans for undocumented students violate federal law. pic.twitter.com/DzP07ISfQ3 — Robert Gouveia Esq. (@RobGouveiaEsq) December 11, 2025 Here’s some more about the White House’s lawsuit, per Inside Higher Ed: “California is illegally discriminating against American students and families by offering exclusive tuition benefits for non-citizens,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. California marks the sixth state the federal government has sued over such policies, but unlike some of the others, California plans to fight back. The state is home to more than 102,000 undocumented students, who have been permitted to pay in-state tuition rates since 2001 if they met certain requirements. Undocumented students have also been allowed to access state financial aid for more than a decade, according to the Higher Education Immigration Portal. Newsom has repeatedly pushed back on the Trump administration’s policies, including immigration crackdowns. The DOJ filed another lawsuit against the state on Monday, after Newsom signed a bill banning face coverings for federal immigration agents. The DOJ also recently sued Newsom and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber over the state’s redistricting plan. Bondi said in her statement that the DOJ will “continue bringing litigation against California until the state ceases its flagrant disregard for federal law.” But Newsom isn’t backing down. “The DOJ has now filed three meritless, politically motivated lawsuits against California in a single week,” Marissa Saldivar, a spokesperson for the governor’s office, said in a statement to Inside Higher Ed. “Good luck, Trump. We’ll see you in court.” By contrast, Texas and Oklahoma, faced with similar lawsuits this summer, swiftly sided with the DOJ, quashing in-state tuition benefits for their undocumented students. The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education also agreed to stop offering in-state tuition to noncitizens in September, a few months after the DOJ sued, but the legal battle is ongoing. A judge recently allowed a group of Kentucky undocumented students, represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, to intervene in the case. Legal fights in Minnesota and Illinois have also continued as the states defend their in-state tuition policies against DOJ challenges. Here’s some additional on-air discussion of the Trump lawsuit via Fox News: