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There is evil in the world. How Democrats treat law enforcement is a good example. I don’t understand why these lunatics can’t be arrested. Twenty to thirty cars stalked the men of the Border Patrol for hours, and then they threw food at them. One dumped chips over Chief Bovino’s head and shoulders. Last week, […] The post Leftist Lunatics Stalk Chief Bovino & Throw Food at Him appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Singer Meghan Trainor spoke out this week about her decision to use surrogacy after welcoming her third child through a third party. The 32-year-old recording artist shared photos of herself on Tuesday holding the newborn skin-to-skin against her bare chest, prompting a mix of reactions online.    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Meghan Trainor (@meghantrainor) Trainor gave a lengthy defense of surrogacy during an interview with People, saying people shouldn’t “whisper” about or “judge” anyone who does it.  “It wasn’t our first choice, but we had endless conversations with our doctors on this journey, and this was the safest way for us to be able to continue growing our family,” the pop star, who has two other children she birthed herself, said of choosing surrogacy. “We are forever grateful for that option.” “I want people to know that surrogacy is just another beautiful way to build a family. It’s not something to whisper about or judge. It’s rooted in trust, science, love, and teamwork,” Trainor told the outlet. “Every family’s journey looks different, and all of them are extremely valid.” The Grammy winner announced the baby’s birth in the caption of the Instagram post. “Our baby girl Mikey Moon Trainor has finally made it to the world thanks to our incredible, superwoman surrogate. We are forever grateful to all the doctors, nurses, teams who made this dream possible,” she wrote in the caption. “We had endless conversations with our doctors in this journey and this was the safest way for us to be able to continue growing our family.” Some critics online questioned Trainor for posting the image, including one widely shared comment that Trainor dismissed as a misunderstanding of both surrogacy and post-birth bonding. “Skin to skin here is doing nothing. The purpose is so that the baby can smell the one they’ve been inside for 9 months, hear the heartbeat she’s heard for 9 months, and get the hormones flowing to the mother for milk production,” one popular comment on X says. 

A Customs and Border Protection officer was injured Wednesday morning in Compton, California, after an illegal immigrant human smuggler with a rap sheet “rammed” federal agents with his vehicle, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. The ramming happened as officers were trying to arrest Salvadoran national William Eduardo Moran Carballo, who is involved in a human smuggling operation and has two prior arrests for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, DHS said. Carballo has had a final order of deportation since 2019. One of the officers responded by firing “defensive shots,” DHS said. Carballo, who was not hit, tried to run from the officers before he was eventually nabbed. “In a dangerous attempt to evade arrest, this criminal illegal alien weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement. Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired defensive shots,” DHS said in a statement. “These dangerous attempts to evade arrest have surged since sanctuary politicians, including Governor Newsom, have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest and provided guides advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest,” the agency added. DHS said the “situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming.” The latest ramming incident comes just two weeks after a woman, reportedly part of an anti-ICE watch group in Minneapolis, allegedly hit an ICE officer with her car as she tried to block federal authorities. A week later, an illegal immigrant in a nearby neighborhood hit an ICE officer with a snow shovel and broom handle as he tried to evade arrest. The target was previously convicted for driving without a license and arrested for two counts of giving a false name to a peace officer. He was previously released from a local jail by local authorities before ICE could arrest him. ICE is currently facing a more than 1,300% surge in assaults and a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks, according to DHS.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has “formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland” after a “very productive meeting” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Trump met with Rutte in Davos shortly after speaking at the World Economic Forum and doubling down on his push to acquire Greenland. The president said that in light of the “framework” for the deal, he will suspend the additional tariffs he had planned to impose on February 1 on European countries that oppose his push for Greenland. “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” Trump said. “This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st.” The initial framework will kick-start serious negotiations on the United States acquiring Greenland, according to Trump, who added that Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and special envoy Steve Witkoff will run point on the talks. “Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland. Further information will be made available as discussions progress,” he added. “Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and various others, as needed, will be responsible for the negotiations — They will report directly to me. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” During his speech in Davos, Trump said he would not use military force to take over Greenland, but added that he wants to begin negotiations immediately. Trump has repeatedly said that Greenland, which is overseen by Denmark, is vital for U.S. national security, arguing that the United States must make a move on the territory before it’s taken over by China or Russia. “It’s the United States alone that can protect this giant mass of land, this giant piece of ice, develop it and improve it and make it so that it’s good for Europe and safe for Europe and good for us,” he said. “And that’s the reason I’m seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States.” Greenland and Denmark, along with America’s European allies, oppose the United States taking over control of the Arctic territory. Trump’s pause on the additional tariffs comes as the European Union voted on Wednesday to suspend a trade deal with the United States over Trump’s push for Greenland.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ended his campaign for re-election, a stunning reversal and likely the end of the political career of a man who many pundits projected would be the Democratic nominee for president as early as 2028. But if a once-popular governor can be toppled by widespread welfare fraud, where does that leave other Democratic presidential hopefuls? The revelations of staggering levels of fraud in Minnesota — and Walz’s preemptive exit from the big stage — should send a chill down the spines of Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, and JB Pritzker, who are likely sitting on powder kegs of fraud themselves. What are the odds that Tim Walz is an outlier among blue-state governors with the exact same political philosophy and ideology? Unlikely. Federal prosecutors allege more than $9 billion in Minnesota Medicaid dollars were stolen by scammers primarily from the state’s Somali community, an enormous sum, equivalent to roughly three-quarters of Somalia’s GDP. Investigations are ongoing, and the real total loss may be even higher. Welfare programs are an enormous money pot that inevitably attracts scammers. And the bigger the pot, the bigger the potential payoff for thieves. With state budgets the size of those in California, Illinois, and New York, not to mention Democrats’ general posture toward welfare expansion, it would be truly shocking if there were less fraud in those larger states. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins requested data from the states on who is receiving food stamps early last year, including identifying information like Social Security numbers and, importantly, immigration status. The Trump administration has previously discovered that more than one million people were illegally receiving Medicaid in multiple states — and it’s likely the same with food stamps and SNAP benefits. Individual states are not able to detect this kind of fraud: only the federal government can find it by comparing recipients across the states. But Democrats have refused to help the Trump administration find fraud. In fact, in July, 22 blue states sued to block the Trump administration from requiring the data. Democrats want the federal government to pay for food stamps without knowing who is receiving them. Tim Walz and the other 21 governors have all seen the information they are currently hiding from the feds. In the absence of transparency from these elected officials, federal investigators, journalists, and citizens of goodwill all need to keep digging until the American people get the truth and law enforcement can bring fraudsters to justice. Food stamp fraud is a known fact. According to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), more than $10 billion in the food stamp program is wasted every year — more than 10% of the program. Some blue states have even higher error rates: Massachusetts and D.C. overpay by an average of more than 13% — and New York and New Jersey aren’t far behind at more than 12%. That means that one out of every eight dollars in these states is wasted — and this is just the waste, fraud, and abuse that we know about. Nearly every Democrat-run state in America also uses an accounting gimmick called Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility, or BBCE, to hide its own erroneous payments from the federal government. BBCE means that if someone receives a non-monetary TANF benefit, like a brochure or the number to a welfare agency hotline, the state assumes that they qualify for food stamps, too, without bothering to check their assets to see if they are actually eligible. The result is an explosion in the welfare state, costing taxpayers more than $11 billion per year, with the benefits going to people with liquid assets well above the limits set in federal law. The good news is that, thanks to a new law signed by President Trump, states with high error rates can no longer waste federal tax dollars with impunity. States with food stamp payment error rates over six percent are now legally required to start paying back a small part of the cost of the program. Left-wing Massachusetts could owe more than $250 million per year. Deep-blue Maryland may be on the hook for more than $300 million. This is a great first step, and not only will it help repay federal taxpayers, but it will also encourage states to finally get their act together and stop wasting money. As the old story goes, criminals rob banks “because that’s where the money is.” And there are no bigger pots of money than the federal treasury and the bloated budgets of blue states. Attorney General Bondi and investigators across the country are beginning to look at where the real money is — and the fallout could bring down the entire top-tier slate of 2028 Democratic presidential nominees. * * * Adam Gibbs is the communications director for the Foundation for Government Accountability. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to get more medications permitted to be sold over the counter, aiming to cut red tape, drop prices, and keep Americans unnecessarily out of the E.R. Commissioner Marty Makary, speaking with The Daily Wire via Zoom on Wednesday, said the initiative is a “common sense reform that is long overdue,” addressing an archaic system that is simply not working.  Most medications meet basic safety criteria, Makary said, “so then why do we have this archaic system whereby a physician has to prescribe it to you?” Doctors can still prescribe over-the-counter medications, he noted, but history shows the prescription-only system has failed in key areas, including the opioid epidemic.  “It failed us with the over-prescribing of antibiotics, too — most antibiotics are unnecessary,” he said. “So, the system is not working as designed.” “And now that we have a very educated public, a public that’s getting empowered with health information like we’ve never seen before; this is an opportunity for us to do some common sense reforms.” Makary said getting more medications approved for over-the-counter status will lower prices for Americans. “There’s something magical when a drug is on the shelf of a store and you see the price,” he explained. “You have price transparency. Prices are kept in check. And for the subset of Americans that shop by price, they keep prices in check for everybody else.” This also cuts out the middleman, or pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). “The pharmacy benefit managers are notorious for playing a money shell game behind the pharmacy counter, and you only get rung up for what’s called the copay,” Makary explained. “But your employer or your health plan may be charged an exorbitant amount of money for a basic medication.” “Many of the modern-day medications that can be over the counter are actually less than the copay charged when you get them behind the counter,” he added.  Balancing safety, Makary said the drugs that will be approved for over-the-counter status will need to meet certain criteria. “The FDA is going to create criteria and already has some basic criteria, but we’re gonna formalize that so that companies can understand what we are thinking when we talk about drugs that should be non-prescription, and they are common-sense things,” he said. “Drugs that are safe, no abuse potential, cannot be used in some nefarious way, and don’t require ongoing laboratory testing.” The commissioner said some of the obvious drugs that could fit these criteria are naloxone, commonly referred to as Narcan, and anti-nausea drugs. “If you think about it, it can also save lives,” he explained. “Why is Naloxone, which is used for an opioid overdose, a prescription-only medication in some of its forms? We can unleash the free market, get more price transparency, and reduce a lot of the hassles of healthcare for many Americans.” “The frustrations of sitting in an emergency room just to get some anti-nausea medication — getting put in a funny looking gown and having to wait on a stretcher for hours and hours on end,” Makary said. “I mean, these are expensive healthcare utilization touchpoints.” “What are we worried about somebody taking an anti-nausea medication that they actually didn’t really need?” he added. “We’ve gotta use common sense.” The initiative could impact emergency room wait times, which — as previously reported by The Daily Wire — have been exploding since the implementation of Obamacare. “It just doesn’t make sense that you go to the emergency room just to get a refill on a prescription, or you sit in an urgent care facility for hours sometimes because you need a medication that you know you need that’s worked before,” Makary said. “That should be over the counter.” Related: Why ER Wait Times Are So Out Of Control — And How To Fix Them

West Virginia Rep. Riley Moore is pushing for the House to adopt an amendment that would codify President Donald Trump’s executive order that protects kids from transgender medical procedures, The Daily Wire has learned.  Moore introduced the amendment on Tuesday night to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, which is set to provide funding for multiple departments, including Health and Human Services and Homeland Security. The amendment would ensure that none of the funding could be used in opposition to Trump’s executive order that orders no federal funding to go toward entities and institutions that perform transgender medical procedures on kids.  “None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order 14187 (90 Fed. Reg. 8771; relating to Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” a copy of the amendment shared with The Daily Wire reads.  The bill under consideration also provides funding to the War Department, the Labor Department, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The House Rules Committee is meeting Wednesday to discuss advancing the legislation. Trump’s executive order directed all agencies and departments of the federal government to “not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.” Last month, HHS rolled out rules to defund hospitals that perform transgender procedures on children and penalize doctors who administer those procedures. The rules bar hospitals that offer transgender procedures to minors from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rules will prohibit federal funding of Medicaid’s Children’s Health Insurance Program from going toward transgender procedures on those under 19 years of age. While the House has been able to advance measures similar to Moore’s in the past, it could face hurdles in the Senate.  During the previous debate over the passage of President Donald Trump’s signature “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” the House passed an amendment from Rep. Dan Crenshaw that would have prohibited all federal funding for transgender procedures on both children and adults.  That provision was later cut from the legislation in the Senate after the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that it was not in compliance with the Byrd Rule, a provision governing what can be included in a budget reconciliation bill. 

Vanna White and her longtime boyfriend, John Donaldson, are married. Vanna shared the joyous news in an Instagram post on January 21. “Surprise! We got married!” Vanna wrote. “John and I have been in love for more than a decade and a little while back, we wanted to make it official in a private ceremony. We’re excited to share this new joyful chapter in our lives with all of you! Love, Vanna and John.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vanna White (@officialvannawhite) Vanna White and John Donaldson Married After Dating for Years Vanna White and John Donaldson met in 2012 but married in 2026. They’ve shared a loving romance, and it looks like it was just time to say, “I do.” “I remember looking at him and thinking, ‘He’s really cute,’ ” Vanna told People of John in 2019. “We ended up talking for a long time that night.” The beautiful bride shared a photo from the big day of her new husband carrying her over the threshold in an elegant white dress. As soon as Vanna posted the news on social media, the congratulations poured in for the happy couple. “I am so happy for you both. Love to you amazing people. I love you,” a comment reads. “Prettiest bride! Congratulations,” another person wrote. John was welcomed warmly by the White family. “I can now officially call you Bro-n-law,” family wrote. “So excited for you both and happy to have a new family member.” “Congratulations love and happiness to you both,” a fan shared. Even Maggie Sajak got in on the congratulations with a tearfully happy set of emojis. Now that Vanna White’s married, she might decide to finally retire from Wheel of Fortune. But why quit if you’re having fun? This story’s featured image is by Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images