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December 14, 2025
North Dakota has become a clear example of what happens when abortion becomes a felony, a shift that changes not only the law but the relationship between families, doctors and the government. After Roe was overturned, many states adopted total or near total bans with extremely narrow exceptions and severe criminal penalties, placing medical judgment under the control of legislators. North Dakota’s ban follows that pattern, allowing abortion only in rare cases of rape, incest or severe medical risk, which forces doctors into defensive medicine where every decision carries the threat of prison. Other states with similar bans have already seen delayed care, out of state transfers and growing danger for patients, especially in rural areas with limited access. Whether a person supports abortion or not, the core question remains the same: in a medical emergency, should the final decision rest with the doctor at the bedside or with a law written years earlier by politicians who will never meet the patient whose life depends on it?
They're Risking Women's LIVES
North Dakota has become a clear example of what happens when abortion becomes a felony, a shift that changes not only the law but the relationship between families, doctors and the government. After Roe was overturned, many states adopted total or near total bans with extremely narrow exceptions and severe criminal penalties, placing medical judgment under the control of legislators. North Dakota’s ban follows that pattern, allowing abortion only in rare cases of rape, incest or severe medical risk, which forces doctors into defensive medicine where every decision carries the threat of prison. Other states with similar bans have already seen delayed care, out of state transfers and growing danger for patients, especially in rural areas with limited access. Whether a person supports abortion or not, the core question remains the same: in a medical emergency, should the final decision rest with the doctor at the bedside or with a law written years earlier by politicians who will never meet the patient whose life depends on it?
December 14, 2025
The Justice Department has issued a new memo that directs the FBI to treat certain political beliefs as potential signs of domestic terrorism, creating major concerns about free speech. The order, implementing National Security Presidential Memorandum Seven, tells agents to identify and map networks of “culpable participants” and then expands the definition to include ideas such as strong support for immigration, criticism of capitalism, criticism of Christianity, and views labeled anti American. These beliefs are not illegal, yet the memo instructs the FBI to use tools like financial tracking, digital surveillance, undercover work, and referral to terrorism task forces when they appear. It also requires a continually updated list of domestic groups tied to these indicators and urges prosecutors to use the harshest charges available. Experts warn that linking political views to national security risks blurring the line between dissent and danger and reflects the early structure of an authoritarian style system.
Trump is Making His List of Domestic ENEMIES
The Justice Department has issued a new memo that directs the FBI to treat certain political beliefs as potential signs of domestic terrorism, creating major concerns about free speech. The order, implementing National Security Presidential Memorandum Seven, tells agents to identify and map networks of “culpable participants” and then expands the definition to include ideas such as strong support for immigration, criticism of capitalism, criticism of Christianity, and views labeled anti American. These beliefs are not illegal, yet the memo instructs the FBI to use tools like financial tracking, digital surveillance, undercover work, and referral to terrorism task forces when they appear. It also requires a continually updated list of domestic groups tied to these indicators and urges prosecutors to use the harshest charges available. Experts warn that linking political views to national security risks blurring the line between dissent and danger and reflects the early structure of an authoritarian style system.
December 12, 2025
The Trump administration has created a new militarized zone stretching from Arizona through California’s Imperial Valley and into the Otay Mountain Wilderness, placing federal land under Navy control and expanding military authority along the border. More than 7,000 troops, along with drones, helicopters, and surveillance aircraft, are now deployed under national defense rules that do not require state approval. This move comes just hours after a federal judge ruled Trump exceeded his authority by deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles without California’s consent. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks this down.
Unhinged Trump Deploys Troops INSIDE U.S. After Judge Blocks Him
The Trump administration has created a new militarized zone stretching from Arizona through California’s Imperial Valley and into the Otay Mountain Wilderness, placing federal land under Navy control and expanding military authority along the border. More than 7,000 troops, along with drones, helicopters, and surveillance aircraft, are now deployed under national defense rules that do not require state approval. This move comes just hours after a federal judge ruled Trump exceeded his authority by deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles without California’s consent. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks this down.
December 12, 2025
Nearly a year into Trump’s presidency, voters are delivering a clear verdict at the ballot box, and it is not the one Republicans hoped for. Despite promises of fast relief and lower prices, Democrats are flipping seats Republicans typically win, not in one isolated region but across Florida, Georgia, the Midwest and major cities like Miami, which just elected its first Democratic mayor in three decades. In less than a year, Democrats have flipped more than twenty five local and state seats while Republicans have flipped none, a pattern that historically signals growing voter frustration. At the same time, reports of Trump’s ongoing business ventures and potential conflicts of interest have fueled concerns that he is focused on personal gain while families struggle with high costs for groceries, rent and gas. Early electoral shifts like these often appear first in local races before building into larger waves, and unless affordability improves, these results suggest voters are already preparing to send a much stronger message in the next election cycle.
Voters REJECT Trump & MAGA with 25 Seats FLIPPED
Nearly a year into Trump’s presidency, voters are delivering a clear verdict at the ballot box, and it is not the one Republicans hoped for. Despite promises of fast relief and lower prices, Democrats are flipping seats Republicans typically win, not in one isolated region but across Florida, Georgia, the Midwest and major cities like Miami, which just elected its first Democratic mayor in three decades. In less than a year, Democrats have flipped more than twenty five local and state seats while Republicans have flipped none, a pattern that historically signals growing voter frustration. At the same time, reports of Trump’s ongoing business ventures and potential conflicts of interest have fueled concerns that he is focused on personal gain while families struggle with high costs for groceries, rent and gas. Early electoral shifts like these often appear first in local races before building into larger waves, and unless affordability improves, these results suggest voters are already preparing to send a much stronger message in the next election cycle.
December 12, 2025
ICE is expanding its use of smartwatch tracking under the Trump administration — and multiple pregnant women say they were told never to remove the device, even during labor. These are real civil rights complaints filed with DHS, raising major questions about oversight, medical safety, and whether ICE officers are misusing technology that was never designed for pregnancy or emergencies. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks this down.
ICE Caught Tracking Pregnant Women
ICE is expanding its use of smartwatch tracking under the Trump administration — and multiple pregnant women say they were told never to remove the device, even during labor. These are real civil rights complaints filed with DHS, raising major questions about oversight, medical safety, and whether ICE officers are misusing technology that was never designed for pregnancy or emergencies. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks this down.
December 12, 2025
Miles Taylor, the former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is now revealing what he says Donald Trump repeatedly said and did behind closed doors in the Oval Office. Taylor says Trump mocked migrant mothers, pushed for illegal uses of force at the border, and even ordered staff to stop taking notes so there would be no paper trail. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks this down.
Former DHS Chief Exposes Trump's Racist Tirades
Miles Taylor, the former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is now revealing what he says Donald Trump repeatedly said and did behind closed doors in the Oval Office. Taylor says Trump mocked migrant mothers, pushed for illegal uses of force at the border, and even ordered staff to stop taking notes so there would be no paper trail. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks this down.
December 10, 2025
The Trump administration is proposing a new five thousand dollar apprehension fee for anyone detained by ICE, including people who are in the United States legally and following every rule of the immigration process. This would be the first time the government has ever charged people simply for being detained, and it would allow ICE to halt a person’s case until the fee is paid, which raises serious questions about due process, equal access and whether DHS even has the authority to create a payment tied to detention itself. Since many who would be affected are families, workers and students who entered legally and trusted the system, the policy could create a two tier process where only those with money can move forward. Critics say it looks like a way to compensate for the administration’s overspending, especially with Ice detaining hundreds of thousands of people, including many with no criminal record.
Trump ROBBING Detainees With New $5,000 Fine
The Trump administration is proposing a new five thousand dollar apprehension fee for anyone detained by ICE, including people who are in the United States legally and following every rule of the immigration process. This would be the first time the government has ever charged people simply for being detained, and it would allow ICE to halt a person’s case until the fee is paid, which raises serious questions about due process, equal access and whether DHS even has the authority to create a payment tied to detention itself. Since many who would be affected are families, workers and students who entered legally and trusted the system, the policy could create a two tier process where only those with money can move forward. Critics say it looks like a way to compensate for the administration’s overspending, especially with Ice detaining hundreds of thousands of people, including many with no criminal record.
December 10, 2025
The Supreme Court will hear a case that could redefine the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, a protection created after the Civil War to ensure that formerly enslaved people and their children would be recognized as full citizens. For more than a century, the rule has been clear. If you are born in the United States, you are an American, a principle the Court affirmed in 1898 in United States v Wong Kim Ark. Now the Court will review Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship for certain children born here, raising the question of whether a president can undo a constitutional promise without an amendment or action from Congress. The outcome will determine whether citizenship remains automatic and secure or becomes conditional based on a child’s parentage. It could place millions in legal uncertainty or reaffirm a fundamental belief that America does not create second class children.
Is Trump Ending Birthright Citizenship?
The Supreme Court will hear a case that could redefine the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, a protection created after the Civil War to ensure that formerly enslaved people and their children would be recognized as full citizens. For more than a century, the rule has been clear. If you are born in the United States, you are an American, a principle the Court affirmed in 1898 in United States v Wong Kim Ark. Now the Court will review Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship for certain children born here, raising the question of whether a president can undo a constitutional promise without an amendment or action from Congress. The outcome will determine whether citizenship remains automatic and secure or becomes conditional based on a child’s parentage. It could place millions in legal uncertainty or reaffirm a fundamental belief that America does not create second class children.
December 10, 2025
New data reveals that nearly 75,000 people arrested by ICE under Trump had no criminal record—directly contradicting repeated claims that enforcement was focused on “the worst of the worst.” Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks down the numbers, the citizenship arrests, and what this shift in enforcement really means for families across the country.
New Data SHATTERS Trump's Deportation Lies
New data reveals that nearly 75,000 people arrested by ICE under Trump had no criminal record—directly contradicting repeated claims that enforcement was focused on “the worst of the worst.” Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser breaks down the numbers, the citizenship arrests, and what this shift in enforcement really means for families across the country.
December 9, 2025
Jessica Tarlov just shut down an entire Fox News panel — with the actual Department of Defense rules in hand. When her co-hosts tried to spin the recent military strike scandal into a partisan fight, Tarlov brought it back documented Pentagon policy, explaining exactly why a second strike on shipwrecked survivors would violate U.S. and international law. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser explains this.
Fox Hosts Silenced After Getting Schooled By Jessica Tarlov
Jessica Tarlov just shut down an entire Fox News panel — with the actual Department of Defense rules in hand. When her co-hosts tried to spin the recent military strike scandal into a partisan fight, Tarlov brought it back documented Pentagon policy, explaining exactly why a second strike on shipwrecked survivors would violate U.S. and international law. Ring of Fire’s Jerrod Zisser explains this.
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