Yesterday afternoon, shortly before the IBA Bare Knuckle 6 boxing event was set to begin in Miami, Florida, U.S. Marshals shocked everyone in attendance when they arrested the event's co-host, Andrew Tate, along with his brother, Tristan, outside the James L. Knight Center. In front of cameras and spectators, both men were handcuffed, and the backs of their ears were searched. They were then hauled away to begin the process of extradition to the United Kingdom, where they face dozens of criminal charges, including allegations of human trafficking, rape, assault, and organized exploitation.
Hi Heather, well done for all you’re doing. Check out the article in The Guardian “Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young”. It’s about Trump funding right wing groups to interfere in UK elections. Doing exactly what he’s claiming is being done to him.
It is all projection, from "stop the steal" to foreign interference. Meaning it is everything HE has done. He is such a terrible liar. I am just constantly shocked that his base keeps supporting him. Certainly a cult of personality. Stupid or brainwashed or both.
Yes, cindee68, they are stupid and brainwashed, and something more. They're utterly convinced they cannot survive without white privilege, and that if this regime fails, white privilege will also disappear. (In that, they're not entirely wrong, I hope. ) So they believe they're fighting for their very existence, and it's one reason why they fight so viciously.
There was a secondary purpose to Trump's speech which was to further acclimatize the public to the notions that law enforcement agencies and the military are and should be interchangeable, and that Trump should have a huge personal law-enforcement agency that follows only his orders and is not subject to the military chain of command. He wants to have a large armed force that he can personally order into the streets to harass the public and keep people from voting, and to seize voting machines and ballots if he gives the order.
Quote front the Guardian…..The grants are part of a broader shift that has caused dismay among veterans of the state department. In interviews, five former officials suggested that there has been a months-long effort by Trump-aligned individuals in the state department to subvert normal funding procedures and allocate US taxpayer money to conservative and Maga-aligned causes in the UK and Europe.
A former US official who reviewed the allocations called the lack of procedure around them “outrageous and absurd”.
“Sole source awards require significant legal justification to avoid required competitive processes,” they said.
This is your second post I am reading tonight. It gives me more hope. Thanks, because it’s hard to sleep when your mind is so full of hatred and anger that hope—“the thing with feathers”—flies away.
Bedfordshire is a small rural county here in the UK . It is not New York or L.A. But the police here have done what police in huge America have not done.
They have worked hard and endlessly to get these two Trump supported pieces of s*** back in the U.K and held to account. And believe me, they will be !
Our outrage here at the sight of them yukking it up and sloshing champagne on a Trump organised private jet and being feted like stars horrified everyone and made it even plainer that the old man is sickeningly corrupt and openly enabling horrors against women .
The U.K is tiny compared to the U.S but it seems we are much, much more fierce and determined when it comes to that old man and his corruption and cohorts. These two will reap what they have sown .
It is up to you chaps to deal with the old man and we send love and affection to you and strength to people like Heather and all who put their very lives on the line to oppose him.
Heather, I saw the news yesterday about the arrest of the Tate Brothers' arrest in Florida. I just hope that Trump somehow doesn't interfere with the judicial process and try and stop the extradition process. Heaven knows the CPS has a solid case against the brothers. We now have a new Prime Minister, who I hope will be more robust in his dealings with Trump, if the latter attempts to interfere with the extradition.
On the FBI no longer investigating ICE confrontations: I think this might not be entirely bad, as it could make it easier for states to investigate these incidents. Think about what happened in Minnesota, where the FBI would not release evidence about the Renee Good and Alex Pretti murders to state prosecutors. (The FBI did release the evidence last week, which surprised me, but now it makes more sense. The FBI wasn’t being conciliatory or cooperative; they were walking away.) States will now be able to investigate ICE incidents without interference from the FBI. Of course, this would be a lot more likely to happen in blue jurisdictions than in red ones. But having the ability to pursue justice for ICE victims only in blue jurisdictions is better than having the ability to pursue justice for ICE victims in no jurisdictions.
As always, you are just too incredible for words and I wish so so much that more people would read your truths instead of adhering to what they think is true and what they think are facts when they have absolutely no idea of what is going on in our government sad ...too many ostriches right now when lions are needed! Thank you for what you do every day. It is a gift, not only to readers but the hope perhaps that they too on the right side of politics might just stumble on your words and realize that they need to stand tall and change their views! Merci!
Heather - your article tonight is very scary but also very informative. It's a wonderful piece of writing that hopefully will stir everyone to stay the course and vote. Your democracy depends on it.
There was a secondary purpose to Trump's speech which was to further acclimatize the public to the notions that law enforcement agencies and the military are and should be interchangeable, and that Trump should have a huge personal law-enforcement agency that follows only his orders and is not subject to the military chain of command. He wants to have a large armed force that he can personally order into the streets to harass the public and keep people from voting, and to seize voting machines and ballots if he gives the order.
Why can't these brothers, accused of multiple crimes that are totally abhorrent be stripped of their USA citizenship once and for all. I trust that the UK will deal harshly with them for their multiple dehumanizing deeds. That this administration grabbed them away from the charges in Romania adds another layer of dirt on the current administration. How could they be doing 'business' here in this country at all?
Heather, at the end of the Tate Bros segment, you wrote “it would explain what he [Trump] did next.” But then you didn’t say what he did next. (Or maybe my reading comprehension is shot at this late hour on the East Coast.)
"One thing I keep going back to over and over again as I am writing these nightly pieces is just how connected everything is in the Trump administration." Oh absolutely, 100% true.
I've been writing about what I call Ohio's Backroom Boys - Vivek, Vance, Husted & Moreno - for a couple of months now and it's the same move, same players, same structure.
Billionaires buy the politicians they want to get the policies and tax breaks they want, to get more wealth & power. But it's NOT just them, it's the campaign consultants, the former staffers that move on to become lobbyists, and yes, they all connect back to Trump but it predates him too. Doesn't matter which governor, or which member of congress or which billionaire - the structure is the same and sadly the structure is legal because they invested in making that happen.
All we have left is shining a light on it. They are getting away with all of it because not enough people are paying attention, so they keep pushing the envelope. I am so grateful for Ohio Capital Journal, TiffinOhio.net and Signal Ohio for their independent reporting and do all I can to amplify their stories.
In Ohio the Republicans have had complete control of the government - Gov, House & Senate supermajority, the Supreme Court and the four statewide offices: Atty Gen, Sec of State, Auditor & Treasurer - for 16 consecutive years. They've held the trifecta for 28 of the past 34 years and the Supreme Court has had the conservative majority since 1986!!!
Democrats can't pass so much as a parking ordinance yet somehow Ohio falling backward in every conceivable ranking is our fault. What happened to the party of personal responsibility?
Thanks to the Bedfordshire Police in southeastern England and the UK for their tenacity and investigative prowess to have these two face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom..
Per the Tate brothers there were several officials and political allies linked to this regime that assisted these Tate bros in lifting their travel restrictions and leaving Romania in February 2025. Key figures involved included special diplomatic envoy Richard Grenell, White House liaison to the Justice Department Paul Ingrassia, and counselor to the president Alina Haba.
Richard Grenell — A special diplomatic envoy who directly raised the Tates' case with Romanian officials, that was detailed by the BBC at the time.
Paul Ingrassia — The White House liaison to the U.S. Justice Department, who actively intervened on the brothers' behalf, according to reporting by ProPublica.
Alina Haba — At the time counselor to the president who publicly advocated for the brothers and expressed support during the period leading up to their release.
If you’re really interested in all those individuals in this right-wing manosphere and truly corrupt people who assisted these disgusting, vile brothers suggest watching this video - Per Megan Twohey of NYT reporting. Think it’s about 7 to 8 months old…
These brothers were never going to face any consequences here in the U.S.. The list of those in this right-wing group, the pure depravity and transactional events is way too long to call them all out individually. Will call out one though who recently made news that he’s out of his support for this MAGA movement, Tucker Carlson…
Would suggest that the quote by civil rights activist and poet Maya Angelou should remain top of mind in all our frontal lobes as some are recently peeling away —
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Would bet that so many will be saying, “they were unaware of all those Tate brothers actions and behaviors” all the while clutching their pearls…yea, right..
Trying to look at all angles when faced that our federal government within their own department will investigate themselves as “ICE investigating their own ICE agents actions”. Am not a lawyer, and could be wrong but see this as something each of the 50 states investigators can pounce on per the actions, behaviors, and all the illegal activities including shooting people could more easily come about. Just recently Minnesota and Minneapolis received the evidence from Renee Good’s murder. While am pretty sure that the Feds went over all the evidence and didn’t do a damn thing about her shooting would think that now it’s in the hands of that state’s and local law enforcement and powers to be to enforce and possibly charge those agents. Again, not a lawyer but there may be some light in this whole mess for the states to flex their own laws. Individuals charged and convicted per the state don’t get federal pardons, only the Governor can issue that pardon.
This is why elections are so important that so many are aware of. Not just federal, but state and local elections. Down to the school board members. Will say it over and over again, “Democracy has never been a spectator event.” As explained to me by my great-grandmothers so many years ago. They saw government as the “trickle down effect”. The federal government sh*ts on the states, the states add their own waste and then locally they add a few more waste products that add up to a pile of sh*t on each persons head that they have to live in. It’s up to each of us to slow down the amount of sh*t that comes at us. If your states government supplies a shovel instead of the waste you as an individual have a less amount of waste to slug through..
It’s always about being engaged and using your voice and who you want to vote for in every election — the person you know will ultimately dump on you or who has instead a shovel their hands..
Stay safe and healthy folks, it’s going to be a long journey with a number of bumps in the road to reach that blue tsunami…
We are a very small island and Bedfordshire is a small and beautiful county in that small island but we know when we have to be big, and fierce. Those 2 will suffer.
Hi Heather, well done for all you’re doing. Check out the article in The Guardian “Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young”. It’s about Trump funding right wing groups to interfere in UK elections. Doing exactly what he’s claiming is being done to him.
It is all projection, from "stop the steal" to foreign interference. Meaning it is everything HE has done. He is such a terrible liar. I am just constantly shocked that his base keeps supporting him. Certainly a cult of personality. Stupid or brainwashed or both.
Yes, cindee68, they are stupid and brainwashed, and something more. They're utterly convinced they cannot survive without white privilege, and that if this regime fails, white privilege will also disappear. (In that, they're not entirely wrong, I hope. ) So they believe they're fighting for their very existence, and it's one reason why they fight so viciously.
There was a secondary purpose to Trump's speech which was to further acclimatize the public to the notions that law enforcement agencies and the military are and should be interchangeable, and that Trump should have a huge personal law-enforcement agency that follows only his orders and is not subject to the military chain of command. He wants to have a large armed force that he can personally order into the streets to harass the public and keep people from voting, and to seize voting machines and ballots if he gives the order.
trump IS SO AFRAID of the MAJORITY of Americans!! AND SO IS the maga cult regime!! THEY ARE LOSING!!
WE ARE NOT INTIMIDATED!!
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER!!
WE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING BACK for AMERICA and DEMOCRACY!!
Almost certainly with our taxpayer dollars, no? Wow.
Quote front the Guardian…..The grants are part of a broader shift that has caused dismay among veterans of the state department. In interviews, five former officials suggested that there has been a months-long effort by Trump-aligned individuals in the state department to subvert normal funding procedures and allocate US taxpayer money to conservative and Maga-aligned causes in the UK and Europe.
A former US official who reviewed the allocations called the lack of procedure around them “outrageous and absurd”.
“Sole source awards require significant legal justification to avoid required competitive processes,” they said.
Yep, saw that ! Hoping for the sort of opposition that the old man rarely gets in the U.S.
I think that 12m will prove to be a very poisoned chalice .
This is your second post I am reading tonight. It gives me more hope. Thanks, because it’s hard to sleep when your mind is so full of hatred and anger that hope—“the thing with feathers”—flies away.
Oh SeniorSue, I, too, am awake for the same reason as you. I'm guessing Mitch is sleeping well, though.
yes, thank you Heather
Bedfordshire is a small rural county here in the UK . It is not New York or L.A. But the police here have done what police in huge America have not done.
They have worked hard and endlessly to get these two Trump supported pieces of s*** back in the U.K and held to account. And believe me, they will be !
Our outrage here at the sight of them yukking it up and sloshing champagne on a Trump organised private jet and being feted like stars horrified everyone and made it even plainer that the old man is sickeningly corrupt and openly enabling horrors against women .
The U.K is tiny compared to the U.S but it seems we are much, much more fierce and determined when it comes to that old man and his corruption and cohorts. These two will reap what they have sown .
It is up to you chaps to deal with the old man and we send love and affection to you and strength to people like Heather and all who put their very lives on the line to oppose him.
Heather, I saw the news yesterday about the arrest of the Tate Brothers' arrest in Florida. I just hope that Trump somehow doesn't interfere with the judicial process and try and stop the extradition process. Heaven knows the CPS has a solid case against the brothers. We now have a new Prime Minister, who I hope will be more robust in his dealings with Trump, if the latter attempts to interfere with the extradition.
I think Andy is well up to that !
On the FBI no longer investigating ICE confrontations: I think this might not be entirely bad, as it could make it easier for states to investigate these incidents. Think about what happened in Minnesota, where the FBI would not release evidence about the Renee Good and Alex Pretti murders to state prosecutors. (The FBI did release the evidence last week, which surprised me, but now it makes more sense. The FBI wasn’t being conciliatory or cooperative; they were walking away.) States will now be able to investigate ICE incidents without interference from the FBI. Of course, this would be a lot more likely to happen in blue jurisdictions than in red ones. But having the ability to pursue justice for ICE victims only in blue jurisdictions is better than having the ability to pursue justice for ICE victims in no jurisdictions.
As always, you are just too incredible for words and I wish so so much that more people would read your truths instead of adhering to what they think is true and what they think are facts when they have absolutely no idea of what is going on in our government sad ...too many ostriches right now when lions are needed! Thank you for what you do every day. It is a gift, not only to readers but the hope perhaps that they too on the right side of politics might just stumble on your words and realize that they need to stand tall and change their views! Merci!
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Heather - your article tonight is very scary but also very informative. It's a wonderful piece of writing that hopefully will stir everyone to stay the course and vote. Your democracy depends on it.
There was a secondary purpose to Trump's speech which was to further acclimatize the public to the notions that law enforcement agencies and the military are and should be interchangeable, and that Trump should have a huge personal law-enforcement agency that follows only his orders and is not subject to the military chain of command. He wants to have a large armed force that he can personally order into the streets to harass the public and keep people from voting, and to seize voting machines and ballots if he gives the order.
Readers might want to do a couple of Google searches -- one on the string "Donald Trump Jr. and Andrew Tate" and one on "Barron Trump and Andrew Tate"
Another Google search...
"The Most Corrupt President in American History".
AND "The Most Corrupt Supreme Court Justice in American History".
Even trump's Beloved AI KNOWS WHO and WHAT we ARE up against NOW!!
WE ARE NOT INTIMIDATED!
WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER!!
WE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING BACK for AMERICA and DEMOCRACY!!
WE NEED to OVERWHELMINGLY VOTE 'EM ALL OUT!!
Trump family and the Tate brothers????….no surprise! Nothing about Trump, his family, friends? & thugs surprise me any more!
Why can't these brothers, accused of multiple crimes that are totally abhorrent be stripped of their USA citizenship once and for all. I trust that the UK will deal harshly with them for their multiple dehumanizing deeds. That this administration grabbed them away from the charges in Romania adds another layer of dirt on the current administration. How could they be doing 'business' here in this country at all?
We will Carol, indeed we will !
Heather, at the end of the Tate Bros segment, you wrote “it would explain what he [Trump] did next.” But then you didn’t say what he did next. (Or maybe my reading comprehension is shot at this late hour on the East Coast.)
I understood it to be J6 and the attempt to stay in office at the end of his first term.
"One thing I keep going back to over and over again as I am writing these nightly pieces is just how connected everything is in the Trump administration." Oh absolutely, 100% true.
I've been writing about what I call Ohio's Backroom Boys - Vivek, Vance, Husted & Moreno - for a couple of months now and it's the same move, same players, same structure.
Billionaires buy the politicians they want to get the policies and tax breaks they want, to get more wealth & power. But it's NOT just them, it's the campaign consultants, the former staffers that move on to become lobbyists, and yes, they all connect back to Trump but it predates him too. Doesn't matter which governor, or which member of congress or which billionaire - the structure is the same and sadly the structure is legal because they invested in making that happen.
All we have left is shining a light on it. They are getting away with all of it because not enough people are paying attention, so they keep pushing the envelope. I am so grateful for Ohio Capital Journal, TiffinOhio.net and Signal Ohio for their independent reporting and do all I can to amplify their stories.
In Ohio the Republicans have had complete control of the government - Gov, House & Senate supermajority, the Supreme Court and the four statewide offices: Atty Gen, Sec of State, Auditor & Treasurer - for 16 consecutive years. They've held the trifecta for 28 of the past 34 years and the Supreme Court has had the conservative majority since 1986!!!
Democrats can't pass so much as a parking ordinance yet somehow Ohio falling backward in every conceivable ranking is our fault. What happened to the party of personal responsibility?
Thankyou for shining the light, from the U.K. We all suffer from this fascist/billionaire take-over.
He’s got something up his sleeve for the Tate sleaze brothers …has to protect Barron. Don’t trust him as far as you could throw him.
Thank you Heather.
Thanks to the Bedfordshire Police in southeastern England and the UK for their tenacity and investigative prowess to have these two face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom..
Per the Tate brothers there were several officials and political allies linked to this regime that assisted these Tate bros in lifting their travel restrictions and leaving Romania in February 2025. Key figures involved included special diplomatic envoy Richard Grenell, White House liaison to the Justice Department Paul Ingrassia, and counselor to the president Alina Haba.
Richard Grenell — A special diplomatic envoy who directly raised the Tates' case with Romanian officials, that was detailed by the BBC at the time.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly22wdedqeo
Paul Ingrassia — The White House liaison to the U.S. Justice Department, who actively intervened on the brothers' behalf, according to reporting by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia
Alina Haba — At the time counselor to the president who publicly advocated for the brothers and expressed support during the period leading up to their release.
If you’re really interested in all those individuals in this right-wing manosphere and truly corrupt people who assisted these disgusting, vile brothers suggest watching this video - Per Megan Twohey of NYT reporting. Think it’s about 7 to 8 months old…
https://youtu.be/0w-ZTxqCcFc
These brothers were never going to face any consequences here in the U.S.. The list of those in this right-wing group, the pure depravity and transactional events is way too long to call them all out individually. Will call out one though who recently made news that he’s out of his support for this MAGA movement, Tucker Carlson…
Would suggest that the quote by civil rights activist and poet Maya Angelou should remain top of mind in all our frontal lobes as some are recently peeling away —
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Would bet that so many will be saying, “they were unaware of all those Tate brothers actions and behaviors” all the while clutching their pearls…yea, right..
Trying to look at all angles when faced that our federal government within their own department will investigate themselves as “ICE investigating their own ICE agents actions”. Am not a lawyer, and could be wrong but see this as something each of the 50 states investigators can pounce on per the actions, behaviors, and all the illegal activities including shooting people could more easily come about. Just recently Minnesota and Minneapolis received the evidence from Renee Good’s murder. While am pretty sure that the Feds went over all the evidence and didn’t do a damn thing about her shooting would think that now it’s in the hands of that state’s and local law enforcement and powers to be to enforce and possibly charge those agents. Again, not a lawyer but there may be some light in this whole mess for the states to flex their own laws. Individuals charged and convicted per the state don’t get federal pardons, only the Governor can issue that pardon.
This is why elections are so important that so many are aware of. Not just federal, but state and local elections. Down to the school board members. Will say it over and over again, “Democracy has never been a spectator event.” As explained to me by my great-grandmothers so many years ago. They saw government as the “trickle down effect”. The federal government sh*ts on the states, the states add their own waste and then locally they add a few more waste products that add up to a pile of sh*t on each persons head that they have to live in. It’s up to each of us to slow down the amount of sh*t that comes at us. If your states government supplies a shovel instead of the waste you as an individual have a less amount of waste to slug through..
It’s always about being engaged and using your voice and who you want to vote for in every election — the person you know will ultimately dump on you or who has instead a shovel their hands..
Stay safe and healthy folks, it’s going to be a long journey with a number of bumps in the road to reach that blue tsunami…
We are a very small island and Bedfordshire is a small and beautiful county in that small island but we know when we have to be big, and fierce. Those 2 will suffer.
Another great story today….there’s no end to 47’s abuse of power!
I have two “Pro-America Anti-Trump” t-shirts & wear them proudly!! 🔵🔵🔵
Please tell me where I can get one !