El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells says that officials make child welfare checks almost impossible because they don’t want anyone to come across an illegal alien and consider deporting them. In an op-ed for Fox News on Thursday, he detailed the terrible, awful, child-endangering insanity: Think about that. A child who may have been trafficked or abandoned. […] The post It’s Basically Illegal to Conduct Welfare Checks of Migrant Children in California appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” has been canceled by ABC following the release of videos of her allegedly engaging in domestic abuse with her partner, per TMZ. A Disney Entertainment spokesperson told the outlet, “In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of ‘The Bachelorette’ at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family.” The decision was made shortly after TMZ published a video of Paul getting into a physical altercation with Dakota Mortensen, the father of her child, Ever.

We’re living in the middle of a gigantic online op. It is an op designed to suck young men dry and leave them broken and stupid. It makes their lives actively worse. That op is called the manosphere, and it’s time to wake up to their matrix of evil. Men without proper guideposts and durable moral institutions are being ushered into a world of stupidity and immorality by grifters and liars who traffic in lies, spiritual emptiness, and outright grift, who tell them they can be rich, famous, and have hot women hanging on their every word, lavishing their attention on you, demanding nothing from you in return. All you have to do to get all of this is give the manosphere your money, your brain, and your soul. All these folks are running the same scheme. Here’s how it works. First, they tell young men that they are failing at life. Second, they tell the young men the reason they are failing at life is not because of anything they’re doing, per se, but because of the matrix, a system of power that’s out to get them. That system is what is depriving them of women, of money, of social mobility. Third, these men act transgressively and provocatively. They violate all social stigmas and then magically seem to achieve all of the things the matrix has placed off limits to young men. Fourth, they inform these young men that they, too, can have all of these wonderful things: the hot women and the nice cars and the big houses — if only they join a fake university or some B.S. stock trading app, or donate money to the Kick stream. Finally, they tell young men that anyone who says differently is part of the matrix. If any of this sounds familiar, that’s because it’s basically cult recruitment tactics, just made viral online. Cults typically target people who are suffering from a life crisis. They target the vulnerable, and then they love bomb those people, saying, “You’re with us. We understand you.” They offer the most obvious critiques of the world: the unfairness of life, the impossibility of overcoming challenges. And then they say, “You know, the way out of that is the cult.” Cults encourage recruits to cut out all contrary information, and cults tell these people that people who oppose the cults are actually members of some nefarious outside force. They contend that if you join the cult, you are saved or enlightened or awake, and everyone else is a suppressive evildoer. This stuff is seductive — and dangerous, because it also tells young men things that are not true, such as “women are disgusting and perverse,” but also simultaneously that women are “shamelessly available and completely pliant” if you just crack the code. It says you can achieve wealth and fame, not over time by building a business, but instantaneously, this moment, simply by seeing through the matrix and eschewing the 9-to-5 hard job in favor of a get-rich-quick scam. And, if you fail, it’s because of the matrix. You just need to give them more money. That matrix, by the way, is just code for the Jews. Tapping into the antisemitism allows them to seem both transgressive and also illuminating. Which is why we have tons of clips of these “manosphere” influencers singing Ye’s “Heil Hitler” just a couple of months ago. None of this is new. You want to know what women want? I speak as a man who’s been married for nearly 20 years and has four children with a fifth on the way. Women want men who actually love and protect and cherish and defend them. It’s not all that difficult, by the way. That is the definition of manhood. The definition of true manhood is to love, protect, cherish, defend, and provide for your wife and for your family. That definition of what a man should be is also a great definition of how to be a happy human being. You know what women don’t want? Scumbags who tell them to clean up their rooms while maintaining a harem. That’s intellectual pornography for morons.

While the Iranian regime continues to attack the United States — either directly or through proxy terrorist organizations — some of the regime’s leaders have sent their own children to the United States, and a number have made themselves at home at American universities. The New York Post shared a list of several prominent Iranian leaders who have children teaching at universities in the United States — and although the report noted that none of those employed in the United States have been linked to any nefarious activity, allowing people with such close ties to regime leadership to teach American students could eventually present a risk. Janatan Sayeh, an Iran analyst at Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, explained: “I would think that there would be a security risk as Iranian academics have been critical in forming public opinion on the left in the US, essentially deceiving liberals into thinking that the regime is more progressive, when it’s still advancing the same hardline agenda.” Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, for example, initially came to the United States for cancer treatment. A medical doctor who worked at Emory University in Atlanta until January, she is also the daughter of Ali Larijani — an Iranian leader who was killed in an airstrike on Tuesday. Lawdan Bazargan, with the Alliance Against Islamic Regime of Iran Apologists, noted the irony of Ardeshir-Larijani’s presence in the United States — especially given who her father was. “The daughter of Ali Larijani came to the United States for cancer treatment, the very country her family’s system condemns, while millions of Iranians are denied access to basic health care and opportunity.” Larijani’s employment at Emory University was terminated in January, amid protests calling for her to be fired, deported, or both. Her dismissal came just weeks after her father was sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department “for coordinating the response to the protests on behalf of the Supreme Leader of Iran” and because he “has publicly called for Iranian security forces to use force to repress peaceful protesters.” Leila Khatami, the daughter of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, teaches math at Schenectady’s Union College. Her ties to the regime run even deeper, as her aunt was the granddaughter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who claimed the title of Supreme Leader from 1979 until he died in 1989. Khatami’s photo and bio were removed from Union’s faculty website after the United States and Israel began their joint campaign against the Iranian regime. The page listing her as a professor of mathematics shows only her name and title. According to the Post’s report, thousands of children of Iranian elites are currently living in the United States.

A staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) allegedly pretended to be a lawyer in order to enter an ICE detention center and hand cell phones to detainees, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday. Benito Torres “repeatedly falsely claimed to be an attorney representing detainees — even signing federal paperwork attesting that he was legal counsel for specific individuals” at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, DHS claimed. Torres “misrepresented himself at least 11 times,” according to DHS, citing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) records. The detention facility’s administrator then “discovered that Torres was passing a phone to multiple detainees and spoke to him,” DHS said, adding that “at that time, Torres admitted he was not an attorney and was visiting as a private citizen.” DHS shared an image of a visitor log that showed Torres identifying himself as a “lawyer” entering the facility to meet with a “client.” He last visited the facility on Jan. 30, Fox News reported. “After the fraudulent visit, officials reviewed past visitor logs and discovered Torres had repeatedly represented himself as a lawyer or said he was visiting for legal reasons,” DHS said. .@RepEscobar’s staffer, Benito Torres, repeatedly falsely claimed to be an attorney representing detainees — even signing federal paperwork attesting that he was legal counsel for specific individuals. The facility administrator discovered that Torres was passing a phone to… https://t.co/MlA0C6jXBq pic.twitter.com/73F0eisici — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 19, 2026 A spokesperson for Escobar’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to Escobar Thursday asking her what she knew about her staffer’s alleged lies, according to Fox News. “The available evidence demonstrates your staffer, a senior caseworker named Benito Torres, misrepresented himself as counsel for detainees in ICE custody, violated clear detention standards and security protocols prohibiting the use of cellphones inside ICE facilities, improperly met with multiple detainees, and falsely claimed to ICE personnel such use had been approved by the agency,” Lyons wrote. “As a result of bringing a cell phone into the Camp East Montana facility, contrary to facility visitation policy, Mr. Torres’ misrepresentation that he is a licensed attorney to gain access to detainees, his improper meetings with groups of detainees, and his assertions to ICE personnel about the origins of his visit, Mr. Torres is herby [sic] prohibited from accessing any ICE facility,” he added. Escobar has repeatedly called for the ICE facility’s closure following several detainee deaths and disease outbreaks. “Camp East Montana – the $1.24 billion migrant detention facility in El Paso – has been disastrous and inhumane. DHS’s plan to warehouse human beings here is even worse,” Escobar wrote on X Monday. “I’m proud of our local coordinated effort to prevent it. We won’t stop until this horrific idea is rejected,” she wrote.

We don’t know about you, but we feel like everything is getting more expensive. Prices aren’t steadily increasing, instead, they feel like they double overnight. Families find themselves pinching pennies to make ends meet. Many of us shop at warehouse clubs to maximize our spending power. One of the best parts of a shopping trip to Costco is visiting the food court. Costco launched its famous hot dog combo in 1985 for $1.50, and the price has remained the same for 41 years. Many have speculated about when Costco will inevitably raise the price, and CEO Ron Vachris took to Instagram to announce it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Costco (@costco) Ron Ordered a Hot Dog Combo While Visiting a Costco Store In a video posted to Instagram, Ron Vachris ordered a $1.50 hot dog combo and sat down to enjoy it in the Costco food court. As he ate his lunch, Ron made an announcement. “The hot dog price will not change as long as I’m around,” Ron said. “Amazing quality. Amazing value.” Costco fans loved seeing the CEO sticking the company’s roots with no plans to increase the hot dog combo price. “When you run the company, but you still know the best lunch in town only costs $1.50,” the video’s caption reads. “He’s such a legend, and this is exactly why we love Costco,” a shopper wrote. “A CEO who actually stands on value we appreciate you!!” Another fan added. “Give this man anything he wants in the world. Protect him at all costs. Long live the grand overlord of Kirkland,” a Costco customer joked. One person used the video as a chance to make their own request. “Rob I know you’re reading this. For the love of all things sacred, please bring pack the Combo pizza for the people. I’ll pay whatever it takes,” they begged. We might just head to Costco for a hot dog combo for lunch. This story’s featured image can be found here