The teenagers who brutally assaulted DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have walked away with nothing more than probation—no jail, no meaningful punishment, no accountability. Coristine, a 19-year-old staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency project and a rising star in the effort to clean up Washington, D.C.’s bloated federal bureaucracy, was savagely attacked by a mob of teenagers during an attempted carjacking in early August. The crime occurred in the nation’s capital, just blocks from the seat of American power. Only two of the estimated dozen assailants were arrested: a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. This week, in a D.C. courtroom, they pleaded guilty—not to attempted carjacking, not to robbery—but to simple assault, and were sentenced to the judicial equivalent of a participation trophy. This was a racist verdict by a racist judge. The simple test to apply is if the races has been reversed, the White kids would be in prison. Equal justice for all! https://t.co/F8gZ8D3dg0 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2025 The boy received a one-year sentence of house arrest. The girl? A mere nine months’ probation and transfer to a local youth shelter. The court emphasized rehabilitation over punishment, and the judge reportedly scolded the girl for drawing on her hand in the courtroom—as if doodling in court were the actual offense. Get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout!  The attack was a violent ambush that left Coristine bloodied and concussed. Coristine told Jesse Watters of Fox News: As we get to the car and she begins to fumble for the keys, they begin to shout at us, and really quickly I knew something was really off about this situation. So she unlocks the car, I rush her into the driving seat. I close the door behind her and she’s able to lock the doors. Right as I turn around, they’re right up on me — just a few feet away. They slammed me against the car and started throwing a bunch of punches. I keep my hands up. I’m getting a lot of punches here and I’m just trying to protect my head the best way that I can. Footage of Coristine’s bruised face and torn clothes went viral. So egregious was the crime that President Donald Trump personally intervened, deploying the National Guard to D.C. and threatening to revoke the city’s home rule. “Crime is totally out of control,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Time to federalize D.C.” Elon Musk, former DOGE head, praised Coristine’s courage and called for urgent reform, saying, “It’s time to federalize D.C.” But instead of consequences for the attackers, D.C.’s soft-on-crime system delivered a clear message: attack a federal employee in broad daylight and you’ll get a curfew and counseling. The D.C. Attorney General and prosecutor objected to the light sentences—but their opposition was ignored. Instead, the court took pains to explain that juvenile justice is about rehabilitation, not punishment. Even more galling: both teens are free to roam D.C.—so long as they claim it’s for school or “family obligations.” Coristine, ever gracious, told one attacker via video, “I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences.” There were no consequences. Not for the criminals. Only for the city.

The Democratic Party may be regretting a Wednesday night town hall that saw CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins moderating as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — both of whom identify as Democratic socialists — fielded questions from the public about the ongoing government shutdown. Collins pressed Sanders on his own previous statements — namely that government shutdowns were “dangerous” to the American people because they put at risk not just those who worked for the federal government and might be furloughed, but also anyone who depended on services provided by the federal government in their daily lives. Quoting Sanders directly, Collins said he’d referred to shutting down the government as “a serious and dangerous action that we must do everything possible to prevent,” before asking, “What would you say to people who are missing their paychecks about why it’s worth it now?” ? https://t.co/04CRYe4N5y pic.twitter.com/KIRQdiFH4Y — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025 Sanders, who has repeatedly voted against the clean continuing resolution that would reopen the government, claimed that he and other Democrats would “do everything they can” to get the government reopened quickly. Get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout! Collins then asked Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez to explain what the end of the shutdown looked like to them — and they laughed off the idea of taking President Donald Trump and Republicans at their word that health care would be up for negotiations. Instead, Ocasio-Cortez made it clear that she wouldn’t vote to reopen the government — despite the fact that the CR in question has already passed the House in spite of her no vote — until she saw legislation guaranteeing what she wanted. These losers — the leaders of the Democrat Party — are not serious people. They don’t have any clue what they’re talking about other than demanding free health care for illegals to vote to re-open the government. Shame on them. pic.twitter.com/IdygxnEB8r — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025 One question from a young woman in the audience pertained to social media messaging – and why Republicans seemed to be more effective at getting their points across. After a brief moment in which Sanders appeared to freeze like a deer in headlights, he claimed that Republicans were more effective in their messaging because their “friends” owned the big tech companies and controlled much of legacy media. Crazy Bernie thinks Republicans are more “effective” at messaging on social media than Democrats because tech companies and the mainstream media are in the tank for us. ????? pic.twitter.com/eHDjDdKjsm — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025 Sanders went on to claim — with encouragement from Ocasio-Cortez — that President Donald Trump was ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to enforce federal immigration policy because he wanted legal citizens to live in fear that they, too, could be plucked off the streets without any notice. Crazy Bernie says ICE raids — in which some of the most dangerous criminals on earth have been taken off American streets — are “about a movement toward authoritarianism.” Absolutely deranged. pic.twitter.com/wUoaPsrk9v — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025 Things only got worse for Sanders after that, when a member of the audience — student Rohan Naval — asked him to explain how the shutdown would ultimately reflect on Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) leadership. “I think it reflects more on [House Speaker] Mike Johnson’s leadership,” Sanders replied, failing to mention the fact that Johnson had gotten the clean CR passed in his chamber. “And President Trump’s leadership. This is a leadership that said it’s okay to — well, how do you feel? You tell me. Do you think it’s a good idea to give a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the richest people in the country and then make massive cuts to health care for working-class people?” “I think Chuck Schumer has voted for continuing resolutions 13 times in the last four years, and he has the opportunity to vote for one again, but he‘s refusing to come to the table,” Naval responded. Crazy Bernie just got wrecked on national television ? pic.twitter.com/G5Emm2gY6v — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 16, 2025 “As I have said, there are 53 Republicans in the Senate, correct? They need 60. What does that mean? It means you have to talk to the other side. Mike Johnson is not talking. John Thune is not talking. President Trump is not talking. That is the problem,” Sanders complained — but thus far, Democrats have not proposed compromises, and have instead made a list of demands that would undo provisions of duly passed legislation (the Big Beautiful Bill in particular) that they dislike.

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