In the latest display of California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s desperate attempts to lash out at conservative figures for publicity purposes, his press office stooped to attacking former Trump advisor Elon Musk by declaring his own child hates him. The nasty attack from Newsom came after he had said in an interview with Ezra Klein, “I want to see trans kids. I have a trans godson,” boasting, “There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have.” That clip went viral after the X site for the America PAC, which Musk founded, posted it. California Governor Gavin Newsom: “I want to see trans kids… There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have.” pic.twitter.com/1U7y9e2qFI — America (@america) December 11, 2025 The Newsom Press Office official X account responded by writing, “Correct. We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon.” Correct. We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon. https://t.co/HeJIm5fJMS — Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) December 11, 2025 Musk has a son, Xavier, who identifies as a woman. Musk fired back, “I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers. My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me very much.” I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers. My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me… — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2025 In July 2024, Musk told Dr. Jordan B. Peterson that he was “tricked into” allowing his son Xavier to undergo gender procedures, saying his child was “killed” by the “woke mind virus.” Musk called “gender-affirming care,” the Left’s description of the procedures, “a terrible euphemism.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “It’s really child mutilation and sterilization,” Musk said. “It’s evil. You’re taking kids who are far below the age of consent. … It’s very possible for adults to manipulate children who are having an actual identity crisis into believing that they are the wrong gender.” “I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was really before I had any understanding of what was going on, and we had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion. And I was told Xavier might commit suicide,” Musk recalled. “It’s incredibly evil,” Musk said. “And I agree with you that the people that are promoting this should go to prison. … I was tricked into doing this. It wasn’t explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs. I lost my son, essentially. They call it ‘deadnaming’ for a reason. The reason they call it ‘deadnaming’ is because your son is dead, so my son, Xavier, is dead, killed by the woke mind virus.” Newsom has made it abundantly clear how hypocritical he is on trans issues; speaking with the late Charlie Kirk last March, Newsom responded when asked about transgender-identifying athletes, “I think it’s an issue of fairness; I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness — it’s deeply unfair. … I am not wrestling with the fairness issue. I totally agree with you. I revere sports. So, the issue of fairness is completely legit.” Yet last July, the Sacramento Bee pointed out, “California will not ban transgender athletes from competing in K-12 school sports or change its anti-discrimination policies to exclude them, becoming the second state after Maine to defy the Trump administration over the issue.” Newsom’s press office mocked Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s order to eliminate any sports prizes awarded to transgender-identifying athletes and ban them, calling it “dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality.” Live look at Linda’s legal claims https://t.co/0dwc3kvaIe pic.twitter.com/eQkBVowNrN — Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) June 25, 2025 Zach Jewell contributed to this article.

Bruce Blakeman’s gubernatorial bid is off to a rocky start. The New York Republican this week announced that he would mount a primary challenge to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R.) in one of the most closely-watched gubernatorial races of the coming midterm election cycle. Stefanik, who last month announced that she would run against New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D.), was expected to cinch the Republican nomination. But Blakeman, county executive for Nassau County on Long Island, had an early advantage: a New York Times story, released shortly after he announced his bid, which revealed that President Trump “did not go so far as to dissuade him” from challenging Stefanik, a key Trump ally. The Times story fueled early speculation that Trump may not get involved in the primary — or make a double endorsement, as he’s been known to do — two things that would likely help Blakeman. But the Times issued a major correction just hours after publication, amending the story to say that the original story “inaccurately described President Trump’s phone call with Bruce Blakeman,” and that the president “tried to dissuade Mr. Blakeman from running in the Republican primary,” but “stopped short of explicitly telling Mr. Blakeman not to run.” It’s unclear who leaked details of the call that led to the initial story. Trump equivocated when asked about the primary Monday, saying “I’ll think about it, but he’s great and she’s great,” adding, “We have a lot of great people in the Republican party.” The Blakeman campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships A recent poll has Stefanik beating Blakeman with 74% of the vote in a primary challenge, the New York Post reported last month. The congresswoman also garnered the backing of 58 Republican Party county chairs,  giving her over 75% of the party’s “weighted vote,” meaning she will likely not need to petition in order to get on the ballot Blakeman will almost certainly have to gather 15,000 signatures to make it onto the ballot. The Nassau County Executive has attempted to pitch his candidacy as something Republicans should welcome, saying, “We’re not like the Democratic Party that had a coronation for Kamala Harris.” Stefanik, who was once Trump’s pick to be the United Nations ambassador, touted a long list of local endorsements, including county executives and state lawmakers, following Blakeman’s entrance into the race. New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov blasted Blakeman’s entrance into the race in an X post without explicitly naming him, calling it “the height of political malpractice” to primary the congresswoman. “Elise will out raise any primary opponent by significant #-s, will kill on the debate stage (if it even gets to that, doubt it), and will generally wipe the floor with them on primary night. Why attempt to take out your own party’s candidate with major name rec. when the majority of your party supports her and when that candidate is well positioned to beat Kathy Hochul?” she wrote. “Why not help us beat the Democrats instead of beating up on our candidate before she moves on to the General? But more than that, why cause yourself the embarrassment and lose support in the one county where you are actually popular and well liked? Because that county will also vote for Elise for Governor … This is what happens when politicians are only out for themselves, and think they’re better and smarter than everyone else. Suit yourselves,” the councilwoman added. The Hochul campaign is referring to the Republicans as “Sellout Stefanik” and “Bootlicker Blakeman.” The primary is on June 23. The race will likely get heightened attention not only with the big names already involved, but it could also prove to be a litmus test for how the state is reacting to New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s early days in power.

In a fierce attack on the pervasive antisemitism that has permeated some parts of the American political Right, Pastor John Hagee, the founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, declared, “If a line must be drawn, let it be drawn around Christians and Jews together. We are spiritual brethren.” Writing in the Jewish News Syndicate, Hagee began by recalling the time when his daughter Sandra warned the House Judiciary Committee nearly ten years ago, “The lessons learned in classrooms today become the policies in the public square tomorrow.” “Since then, the normalization of Jew-hatred in academia that she described has become an all-out war in the public square today,” Hagee noted. “Is it OK to platform bigots unchallenged? Does one apply a realpolitik or a strictly utilitarian approach to the dramatic and vital world of politics?” “Not if you call yourself a Christian,” he asserted. “It’s just that simple.” Turning to the antisemitic voices on the Right, he continued, “We have long said in the United States that we stand with God and country, but unfortunately, there are many loud voices right now ignoring the former and betraying the latter.” “In America, Bible-believing Christians must not allow themselves to be deceived into thinking that being a conservative or a Republican or a supporter of the MAGA movement is on the same plane as their faith,” he warned. “It is not. Nothing in this world, or the next, trumps the word of God.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “Today, Adolf Hitler’s modern philosophical offspring are following a familiar playbook,” he charged. “They hurl against the Jewish people no less than the charge of killing Christ, sinfully ignoring Jesus himself who said: “No man takes my life from me; I lay it down willingly” (John 10:18). As such, anyone who tries to blame any people group for the death of Christ is merely telling the world that they themselves are not a Christian — for they do not believe in his sacrificial and substitutionary death.” “Likewise, modern bowtie-wearing bigots preach variations of replacement theology, effectively claiming that God has turned his back on the Jews,” he stated. “This backwards ideology — that the Jews have been replaced in the eyes of God — is as false as it is soaked in blood. God is not a promise breaker. Our faith, our world — in fact, our very existence — relies, above all else, upon the steadfastness of God’s word. As such, if you do not believe that the Jewish people have a unique relationship with God, as is written in the word, then you are not a Christian.” He then got specific: “I have many friends who are not Christian, but none bastardize my faith under any circumstances — let alone in pursuit of online exposure, clicks and cash. To quote slain Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, blaming the Jews for everything… is demonic, and it is from the pit of hell and it should not be tolerated.’ Such people are wicked. Far-right political commentators and podcasters Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and their ilk will be called to account for every mind they poison.” “For those who follow the Bible, we have faith and know that the exceptionalism of any country, including America (and therefore, the inevitable demise of any country), is rooted in the blessing and cursing set forth in Genesis 12:3. This is not a platitude. It is promise seen throughout the Word of God from beginning to end. The Bible promises it, and history has proven it,” he said, in reference to God’s promise to the Biblical patriarch Abraham, the progenitor of the Jewish and Christian faiths, stating, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” “As I have said for decades, ‘if a line must be drawn, let it be drawn around Christians and Jews together. We are spiritual brethren.’ The line has been drawn. Now is the time for choosing,” he said bluntly. He concluded: Every person who claims to share the Christian faith should know, you will be reminded by our Father in Heaven, that what you did for the least of His Brethren, the sons of Israel, the Jewish people, you did for me (Matthew 25:40). And lest anyone forget, there is no expiration date on God’s unambiguous warning, “Dare not touch my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.” (Psalms 105:15) The inconvenient truth is that the Jewish people did not choose this greatness; God chose it for them. So don’t take it out on them; take it up with God. In the meantime, they will forever remain chosen and cherished, and millions of Bible-believing Christians in America will continue to stand alongside them.

American forces seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the Senate shoots down competing bills on the future of health care, and a prominent college football coach is fired—then arrested. It’s Friday, December 12, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the video version can be seen on The Daily Wire: U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela Coast Topline: The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against dictator Nicolás Maduro. Bloomberg was the first to report that a tanker had been seized earlier Wednesday, and President Trump confirmed the news later in the day at a roundtable with business leaders. “An interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large–largest one ever seized, actually,” said Trump. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Some administration officials posted a video of the operation that showed American forces dropping onto the tanker and taking control of it. Attorney General Pam Bondi explained that the United States “executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.” She added that the oil tanker had been sanctioned because of “its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations.” Maduro’s response: The Venezuelan government condemned the seizure in a statement that said Venezuela “strongly denounces and repudiates what constitutes blatant theft and an act of international piracy.” This development has to be concerning to Maduro. Venezuela is a petrostate, with petroleum accounting for nearly the entire economy. The money the Maduro regime receives from oil sales is the key to its stability. Because the United States has sanctions on Venezuelan oil, Maduro has been forced to do business with regimes that typically are opposed to American interests, such as China. And then at deep discounts to offset the risk of violating American sanctions. If Venezuela is no longer able to sell its oil, that’s a huge blow to Maduro’s revenue. The Battle Over Obamacare Continues Topline: The battle over Obamacare is in full swing, with Democrats advocating for extended subsidies and Republicans offering alternative healthcare options. Two votes took place in the Senate on Thursday regarding the looming Obamacare deadline. Neither of the bills passed, but it’s important to break down what Democrats and Republicans are pushing forward, because this deadline is coming up in a matter of weeks. The Democrat bill: The Democrat-backed bill, called the “Lower Health Care Costs Act,” would extend Obamacare subsidies, which are technically tax credits, for another three years. These started back in 2021 and were only supposed to be in place for two years, but Democrats extended them until December 31. The plan is pricey; it’s expected to cost taxpayers about $83 billion. But Democrats argue that the extension is necessary, otherwise more than 20 million Americans will see their healthcare costs more than double, on average. Republicans dispute that. “Twenty-two million of the 24 million people will still get their subsidies, the original Obamacare subsidies, which subsidize the insurance at 91% of the premiums. So, their premiums won’t double,” GOP Sen. Ron Johnson told Morning Wire last month. “Going from zero to a negligible amount is an infinite increase. You can’t put that as ‘doubling premiums.’ The people we’re talking about, the 1.6 million people whose subsidies completely go away—I’m willing to work with Democrats on that.” Republicans also argue that Obamacare, and specifically these subsidies, are creating massive fraud–another burden on the American taxpayer. The GOP bill: The GOP-backed bill, called the “Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025,” does let the Obamacare subsidies expire on the timeline Democrats set. But it also offers Americans direct payments to help cover healthcare costs. This was an idea floated by President Trump last month. The health savings accounts created by the bill would be available to Americans earning up to 700% of the federal poverty limit, and the funds would range from $1,000 to $1,500 for 2026 and 2027. The accounts would restrict use for abortion and certain gender-transition coverage. Republicans needed 60 votes, which would have to include a handful of Democrats, but that didn’t happen. Michigan Head Coach Arrested Topline: The University of Michigan finds itself engulfed in controversy after administrators abruptly fired head football coach Sherrone Moore with cause. Now, he’s in custody on suspicion of assault. Morning Wire spoke to former Michigan quarterback and Daily Wire Crain & Company co-host David Cone about the Moore saga. (This interview has been lightly edited.) Morning Wire: I’ve been, honestly, kind of shocked by this story. We looked at it initially and thought, oh, this will be an Evening Wire. And then it turned into a full-blown story that we felt like was worth covering here. What exactly is happening in this case? Cone: A sad day for Michigan football. A sad day for this country. I just want to say that first and again, I’m praying for this man because there’s some very serious allegations here. I’ll just say to you now that I heard as far back as September, following Michigan’s loss to Oklahoma, I had a very reliable source closely associated with Michigan football call me and just say it’s widely known that Sherrone Moore has engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a staff member, and that conduct likely resulted in a pregnancy that was terminated. I heard this in September. I did some due diligence, but every time I would hear something that corroborated that, I would hear something else that says, that’s just rumor. Come to find out, throughout the fall, many other people and former players close to the program have been hearing something very similar. Wednesday, Warde Manuel, the athletic director, decided to fire head coach Sherrone Moore. … The reports out of Ann Arbor are that Sherrone Moore did not take that news very well, and that allegedly threatened to take his own life. I don’t know if this was directly with his wife or with the staff member. There is a question here, possibly threatening to even take her life, and he was arrested. I do want to go to as reliable of a source as it gets with the University of Michigan. This is John Bacon, and this is directly from him: “The UM employee presented irrefutable documentation about Moore’s conduct to UM leaders this morning (Wednesday). The president and regents had seen enough, and Manuel fired him (Wednesday) afternoon. Moore is now detained in protective custody in a mental health institution.” Morning Wire: One of the big questions here is who knew what when. You say you have the source, it’s pretty shocking you heard this all the way back in September. Do you feel that this is a cover-up situation by the administration? And that’s a major allegation to make, but is that possibly the case? Cone: That is a critical question that you’re asking, particularly since we are a week now removed from National Signing Day. You have national recruits here who, in good faith, signed their name to a national letter of intent because they thought Sherrone Moore was going to be the head football coach–how does that impact their decision? I lived through this as a recruit at this very place. This was my alma mater. But again, this is way bigger than football. We’re talking about someone’s life or family at stake here. So again, I can’t answer what board members will do when I just know that if I’m hearing about something in September, the athletic director certainly must have heard about this sooner. At the same time, how does he separate rumors that he must hear on a daily basis versus something that is credible and he must investigate?

President Donald Trump took action on Thursday to limit state-level regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and create a new national framework, saying that the United States was in a race with China to develop the best technology.  Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to challenge “onerous and excessive” AI regulations issued by states. The order also directed his administration to begin developing a national framework for AI.  “One of the things it has is you have to have a central source of approval. When they need approval of things, you have to come to one source; they can’t go to California, New York, and various other places,” Trump said as he signed the executive order.  “To win, United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation. But excessive State regulation thwarts this imperative,” the executive order said. “State-by-State regulation by definition creates a patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes that makes compliance more challenging, particularly for start-ups.” The order added that the Trump administration was concerned about states’ embedding ideological bias into their models and unconstitutionally regulating interstate commerce.  “My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there is a minimally burdensome national standard — not 50 discordant State ones. The resulting framework must forbid State laws that conflict with the policy set forth in this order,” the order added. “That framework should also ensure that children are protected, censorship is prevented, copyrights are respected, and communities are safeguarded.” The order establishes an AI litigation task force to challenge state laws deemed overly burdensome, directs Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to evaluate all state AI laws, and proposes restrictions on federal funding if states enact certain policies.  Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships More than 1,000 bills have been introduced in state legislatures addressing AI, which the Trump administration said could disrupt the race with China for technological development.   The signing of the executive order was attended by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, AI and crypto czar David Sacks, and Lutnick. Sacks noted that the Trump administration would not push back against states that have passed laws protecting child safety.  Trump signed an executive order last month creating a “national effort” to integrate AI into research and accelerate innovation and scientific discovery. The initiative, known as the “Genesis Mission,” focuses on developing an AI model to accelerate scientific discovery.