A Colorado man who repeatedly bragged on social media about his participation in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested in connection with a shooting death in Colorado Springs, the Colorado Times Recorder reported on Wednesday.Tim Arvidson "boasted multiple times about taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, posting a photo of himself driving to the event, uploading a video of it as he participated, and later processing what he 'experienced,'" the report reads. "On the way to Washington, D.C., Arvidson posted a selfie with the comment, 'We may stay a while. We’re pissed. This isn’t going to happen! Stop The Steal!'"Despite his repeated conspiracy claims like “The election was stolen, I was an Election Judge in Colorado this current election; the election was stolen; my sworn oath will suffice!" and "Georgia was the same scam as Nov 3rd! Keep fighting, don’t stop, don’t give up! We are now DISENFRANCHISED! Our votes DO NOT COUNT! We are NOT FREE! Fight for your Constitutional rights!” Arvidson went on to hold the position of chair of the Castle Rock Election Commission.This week, according to the report, his life took a darker turn."According to the arrest affidavit, Arvidson approached his neighbor and accused a group of people of selling drugs and having guns," said the report. "After an altercation, Arvidson then allegedly shot 43-year-old Robert Dougher, who later died of his injuries."If Arvidson is convicted, it will be only the latest in a long string of January 6 participants, many of whom received a pardon from President Donald Trump after being convicted of those offenses, to end up back in trouble with the law.Others include Jake Lang, who was charged with contempt of court after his behavior at a bond hearing for an influencer charged with murder; Bryan Betancur, who has been repeatedly accused of stalking and inappropriate touching of women on public transportation; and Andrew Paul Johnson, who received a life sentence for child molestation.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will likely attend the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals game next week. Trump, a New York native, said he was invited by James Dolan, who owns the Knicks, the New York Rangers, and Madison Square Garden to attend the game. “They really, they have some great players,” […]
"Well, they can go back to their country, get whatever food they want," Mullin said during a cabinet meeting in the White House. "The fact is, we're giving them the calories they want. This isn't Holiday Inn."
A key official for the Kennedy Center argued to a federal judge this week that the famed venue would see a collapse in donation revenue if President Donald Trump's name were to be removed from the building.The filing, part of a lawsuit brought against Trump by Kennedy Center boardmember and Democratic congresswoman Joyce Beatty, was flagged on Wednesday morning by Lawfare senior editor Roger Parloff in a post to X."Should President Trump's name be removed from the Center, that vital fundraising connection will be severed, causing irreparable harm and fundamentally destabilizing the Center's development efforts, severely impairing its trust-funded artistic programming, and rendering the continuation of ongoing trust-funded operations financially nonviable," wrote Kennedy Center Chief Operating Officer Charles Matthew Floca.Since taking office, Trump has aggressively moved to bring control of the Kennedy Center under his thumb, appointing loyalists to the board overseeing it who proceeded to add Trump's name to the facility.Since then, the Kennedy Center has seen a catastrophic decline of sales, revenue, and performers unwilling to endorse the president's image. Officials have responded with a move to shut down the Kennedy Center for two years of renovation work, which critics have said is an effort to conceal how badly the institution's finances have been impacted.Beatty is not alone in her litigation, with historic preservation groups also filing suit against the changes to the Kennedy Center.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Tuesday said the Palmetto State’s record-breaking early voter turnout was attributed to residents’ anger over Republicans’ redistricting measure. “People were upset that this was taking place. And people tend to vote when they get angry. And people were very angry,” Clyburn told reporters hours after casting his ballot in Orangeburg,…
Tom Kean Jr. — one of former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean's twin sons — secured a seat in Congress in 2022 after serving for two decades as a Republican state senator. He is now running for re-election to represent the Garden State's 7th Congressional District.While Kean, whom President Donald Trump endorsed last May and touted as a "Tremendous Advocate of our America First Agenda," has urged constituents in social media posts to vote for him, he hasn't voted on their behalf in Congress since March 5, missing over 100 roll-call votes.'I understand the need for public transparency.'Amid mounting speculation about his disappearance from work and public life, the 57-year-old Republican released a statement in late April thanking his "constituents and colleagues for their patience" as he addresses "a personal medical issue.""My doctors continue to assure me that my recovery will be complete and that I will be back to the job I love very soon," said Kean. "I expect to return to a full schedule and be at 100 percent. I take my responsibilities seriously and have a strong record of showing up and delivering, which makes this absence all the more difficult."Neither Kean nor his campaign have revealed the nature of the medical issue. His office did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment."Nobody knows what's going on," Mary Melfoi, the Republican clerk of Hunterdon County, told Politico. "I've never seen a lid on anything tighter in my life.""Everybody's hopeful that whatever's going on is being addressed and he's going to come back," continued Melfoi. "But we're not going around saying 'Who do you think we should replace him with?'"RELATED: Democrat voters in Georgia want nothing to do with Trump-hating ex-Republican Serhiy Morgunov/Global Images Ukraine/Getty ImagesAlthough apparently still actively trading stocks, Kean wasn't seen or heard from for nearly another month after issuing the April statement. This continued absence prompted Democrats to increasingly like their chances of flipping the seat — an apparent "toss-up" even before he took a leave of absence — that Kean took in the last election with 51.8% of the vote.Zoe Heath, Democrat chair of Sussex County, said that some of her fellow travelers figure Kean is doomed to lose, noting that "some Democrats are being incredibly cocky about this."Tina Shah, an anti-ICE liberal supported by the Hindu America PAC and Indian American IMPACT who is among the Democrats vying to face off with Kean, evidenced a willingness to politically exploit the Republican's absence."What we are being assured is that his team is carrying the torch," Shah said during a debate earlier this month. "But we elected Tom Kean Jr., not his team."Kean finally piped up last week, reaching out to a handful of Republican allies and telling the New Jersey Globe in a May 21 phone interview, "My doctors are confident that I’m on the road to a full recovery."The congressman claimed that his medical issue would not affect his cognitive health, that he is not expected to suffer any long-term effects or chronic health complications, and that he plans to "return to voting and to the campaign trail" sometime in the next couple of weeks."I understand the need for public transparency, and I appreciate the support of my constituents," added Kean.The Globe reported that Kean also spoke last week with Hunterdon County GOP Chairman Gabe Plumer, who said the congressman "sounds great and energized."Sussex County Republican Chairman Joseph LaBarbera also received a call from the absent congressman last week."I asked him if he needed anything," LaBarbera told the Times. The chairman recalled Kean replying, "Just your prayers."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, a Republican, proclaimed during an interview with the right-wing Christian FlashPoint show that people need "permission to hate" Islam."We're giving people permission to hate again," said Beckwith, a radical Christian Nationalist whose rant was captured in a report by Right Wing Watch. "And I know that sounds harsh at first, but we've seen this movement to eradicate hate in our culture, that is the worst thing we could do. You know, the Bible talks about how God hates certain things, and when we say we want to eradicate hate, think about this, we're actually saying we want to eradicate a characteristic of God.""Hate is not the opposite of love," Beckwith continued. "Indifference is the opposite of love. And so when I talk about this and I say, guys, we need to, in Indiana, we need to hate certain things — if radical Jihadi mindset starts coming into our state, I'm gonna hate it, and I'm gonna hate it with everything that I am, and I'm gonna call on others to hate it.""I hate Islam; it's a demonic death cult," he added. "Now, I love Muslims, because they make great Christians when Jesus gets a hold of them, but I hate Islam."Beckwith has found himself a lightning rod for controversy since taking office.He has praised the Three-Fifths Compromise, cracked tasteless jokes about autism and Down Syndrome, and last year his office came under investigation for "ghost jobs" and the distribution of deepfaked sexual images.
Minnesota led the country in farm bankruptcies during the first quarter of 2026, continuing last year’s steady nationwide climb that was particularly steep for Midwest farmers. Eight Minnesota farmers have already filed for bankruptcy this year, double the amount for the entire year of 2024.“I know a lot of farmers that are really struggling,” Bob Worth, who farms corn and soybeans in southwestern Minnesota, said in an interview.Worth, 74, was sitting in the driver’s seat of his planter, taking a brief pause from planting his 56th crop on his Lake Benton family farm.In over half a century of farming, Worth has seen a lot of ups and downs. Lately, it’s been much more down than up. With fertilizer and fuel costs on the rise as crop prices sink, the past few years have taken a toll on farmers.“It’s really this margin squeeze on an industry that already operates on extremely thin margins,” Samantha Ayoub, the agricultural economist who authored an American Farm Bureau Federation report on rising farm bankruptcies, said in an interview.Chapter 12 of the U.S. bankruptcy code was established after the 1980s farm crisis to help struggling family farmers reorganize their debts. Many filing for Chapter 12 continue to farm after filing for bankruptcy, though farm closures are also on the rise, according to the Farm Bureau report.Worth said that he knows plenty of farmers engaged in mediation steps that precede bankruptcy, and many who are just plain old quitting. “They just don’t want to lose any more money,” Worth said.When Worth first felt the pinch four years ago, he expected things to bounce back quickly and money to start flowing again. That never happened, he said, and now, reserves saved to get through tough times are running out.“It’s been a tough time for too long,” Worth said. Net farm income hit a low point in 2016, climbed to a peak in 2022 amidst pandemic-era federal relief, and is now again on the decline.Even on Worth’s long-established farm — free from the debts that younger producers often take on when starting out — Worth said his cash flow is in the negative. “That’s how serious this is,” he said. Young producers may be even worse off, both with less on the asset side of their balance sheet and without established relationships with lenders to get through tough times.The reality on the ground for farmers reminds Worth of what it was like during the 1980s farm crisis, when Minnesota’s total net farm income fell 58%, the number of farms in the state decreased by 13,592, and over 1,000 farmers facing foreclosure nationwide died by suicide. Having struggled with depression during that period, Worth knows firsthand that economic hardship can have a direct impact on farmers’ mental health.“Some really bad things are happening,” Worth said, citing suicides and domestic violence amongst farmers in his community.“It’s ugly,” Worth said. “But I survived.”Ayoub said many are drawing comparisons to the 1980s farm crisis from an economic perspective, but there are also key differences. For one, land prices are much better off for farmers now than they were in the 1980s. And farmers have tools now that didn’t exist in the 1980s, Worth said, like crop insurance programs implemented to protect farmers when they harvest a bad crop.For Worth, life experience is another factor that makes this moment feel different. “A lot of the farmers of my age have lived the 80s. We learned a lot in the 80s and what not to do.”Bob Worth and his son Jon Worth on their Lake Benton family farm, where they farm corn and beans. (Photo courtesy of Minnesota Soybean Growers Association)Bankruptcy filings are a lagging indicator, depicting the past few years — not months — of economic pressures on farmers. Worth looked back to inflation under the Biden administration as when input costs started to rise and squeeze margins, but cited policies under the Trump administration as making matters worse.“The trade war hasn’t helped a thing,” Worth said, referring in part to Trump’s tariffs on China, which have dampened demand for soybeans. According to the White House, China agreed during Trump’s recent visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to buy $17 billion in U.S. agricultural products annually through 2028, still far below what it would purchase before the trade war.Kyle Jore, a Thief River Falls grain farmer, agricultural economist, and Secretary of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, said that while he has been able to find some new buyers, he is not selling at nearly the prices they were getting before the trade war.The war with Iran is adding insult to injury, pushing fertilizer to what Ayoub calls “near-record prices” in recent months and diesel fuel to $5 per gallon in parts of Minnesota.Jore, who like many farmers uses a diesel truck for towing, said he was filling up his tank recently when the pump turned off unexpectedly. The tank wasn’t full, but he had hit the price maximum.“We’re absolutely feeling it,” Jore said.
