Former New Hampshire state Rep. Stacie Marie Laughton, birth name Barry Charles Laughton Jr, was sentenced Tuesday to 33 years in prison on charges that included the sexual exploitation of children, according to Reduxx. Laughton’s former partner, Lindsay Groves, received a sentence of nearly 22 years. Laughton became the first openly transgender person elected to a state legislature after winning a New Hampshire House seat as a Democrat in 2012. Laughton withdrew before taking office after a previous felony fraud conviction became public. That conviction resulted in four months in prison in 2008. Laughton later won election to the state…
Author: Shane Trejo
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is intensifying its efforts to police election procedures ahead of the midterms, filing lawsuits that challenge absentee ballot collection practices in two of Georgia’s most populous counties. The RNC and Georgia Republican Party filed separate lawsuits Thursday against election officials in Fulton and Gwinnett counties. The complaints allege that county officials violated Georgia law by establishing unauthorized absentee ballot drop-off locations and adopting procedures that weakened ballot security safeguards. According to the lawsuits, both counties allowed voters to return absentee ballots at locations not authorized by state law. Some voters were allegedly permitted to hand…
President Donald Trump has hailed the preliminary peace agreement between the United States and Iran as “very popular,” pointing to a poll showing majority support even as renewed violence and disputes over the Strait of Hormuz threaten the deal. A Quantus Insights survey of 1,000 likely voters, conducted June 16-17, found that 56% approved of the agreement, including 43% who strongly approved. Thirteen percent disapproved, while the remainder were neutral or unsure. The interim accord calls for an end to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and 60 days of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and sanctions. Trump…
Serious allegations of paid voter fraud have emerged from Los Angeles’ Skid Row in connection with the city’s mayoral election, underscoring deep vulnerabilities in California’s election system that demand immediate federal action to restore integrity. Multiple residents reported being compensated to cast ballots, with several stating they were directed to support incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Videos posted by the TikTok account @LANeedsSpencerPratt captured interviews near 7th Street and Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles. Kevin Shepherd stated he received $4 to vote for Bass after negotiating up from an initial $2 offer. When asked if he would have been paid…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sharply rebutted a New York Times article on Wednesday that portrayed him as disengaged from departmental duties and overly reliant on ideological allies. In a detailed response posted on X, Kennedy highlighted his transparent schedule, measurable reforms, and an unprecedented list of accomplishments aimed at restoring integrity and effectiveness to America’s public health institutions under the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative. “The fact that you have minimal access to decision makers leaves you covering trivia and relying on your own capacity for invention,” Kennedy wrote in response to reporter Sheryl Gay…
A new Harvard/Harris poll reveals widespread and increasing American support for the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, particularly mass deportations of individuals in the country illegally. The survey of 1,725 registered voters, conducted May 29-30 by The Harris Poll and HarrisX for Harvard’s Center for American Political Studies, found that 56 percent of respondents back deporting all immigrants who are here unlawfully. This majority support underscores the public’s alignment with President Trump’s priority of restoring immigration law and order. Support for deporting criminal illegal aliens stands even higher at 80 percent, marking a five-point increase from April. This “worst…
State election officials may soon need to provide voter lists to the U.S. Postal Service to ensure mail-in ballots are delivered under new rules proposed to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at securing American elections. The March 2026 executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen safeguards against vulnerabilities in mail-in voting, a system President Trump has long warned is susceptible to fraud and abuse. By conditioning USPS delivery of ballots on states meeting basic verification standards—including sharing lists of voters slated to receive mail ballots—the administration seeks to confirm eligibility and prevent ineligible votes from being cast. Administration…
The Parents Demanding Justice Alliance (PDJA) has issued a pointed open letter to the White House, Department of Justice, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Director Kash Patel, and other federal officials, urging concrete measures to address the improper targeting of American parents who have raised concerns about school policies. In the letter, PDJA acknowledged recent government statements recognizing that concerned parents faced unwarranted federal scrutiny. However, the group stressed that words and further studies are no longer enough after years of documented harm. Five years have passed since the targeting began, and 18 months under the current administration, according to the…
President Donald Trump is cementing his legacy as the strongest defender of the Second Amendment in American history, unleashing the broadest firearm deregulation in decades. His administration’s sweeping rollback guts Biden’s gun-grabbing rules, empowers law-abiding citizens, and strikes back against years of deep state overreach that treated responsible gun owners like criminals. In late April, the ATF unveiled nearly three dozen final and proposed rules “modernizing” regulations that had strangled Second Amendment rights. Key changes include allowing Americans to ship handguns through the mail under the same commonsense rules as rifles and shotguns — ending a century-old unconstitutional headache for…
Just years after the Black Lives Matter frenzy of 2020 unleashed a mob-driven assault on American history, statues of towering figures like Christopher Columbus and Founding Father Caesar Rodney are triumphantly returning to public spaces. This resurgence signals the rapid death of woke self-loathing and the unstoppable victory of President Donald Trump’s America First movement in restoring national pride. A replica of the Christopher Columbus statue — toppled and dumped into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor by social justice rioters — now stands proudly on White House grounds near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Installed on March 22, the monument honors the…