A Governor Criminalizes Trump’s Election Interference, Another Red Seat Flips Blue, Teen Trumpet Player Walks Free, and Khalil Dines With Mayor Mamdani
Plus, Bondi suffers two court losses
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THE COMMUNITY BROUGHT HIM HOME
Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar earned first chair trumpet in the Texas All-State Mariachi this year, the most competitive honor in the state for a high school musician. The eighteen-year-old McAllen High School senior wants to study music education in college.
On February 25, during a routine ICE check-in that Antonio and his family had attended for more than two years, they were all arrested. Antonio was transferred more than 200 miles away to an adult detention facility, while his 12- and 14-year-old brothers were locked up with their parents at a separate facility.
The family entered the country legally through the CBP One app, fleeing violence in Mexico. No criminal records. No violations. Just a family that showed up when the government told them to.
On Sunday, about 80 protesters rallied outside where Antonio was being held, chanting “justicia para todos”—justice for all—loud enough that he could hear them through the walls.
By Monday, the family was released—Dem Rep. Joaquin Castro and colleagues drove to Dilley and accompanied the family home, while Antonio walked out of detention alongside GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
DEM MOMENTUM BUILDS
On Tuesday night, Democrat Bobbi Boudman flipped a deep-red New Hampshire House seat in a district that Trump won by 9 points in 2024. Republicans outspent her. She won by almost 4 points.
Twenty-eight legislative seats have now flipped toward Democrats since Trump returned to the White House.
TWO MORE DOJ LOSSES
As communities and voters push back, the courts are dismantling the regime’s legal schemes piece by piece.
Trump desperately needed a US Attorney in New Jersey, so he tried to bypass the Constitution and install his former personal lawyer Alina Habba without Senate confirmation. Judge Matthew Brann ruled that illegal.
After Habba was pushed out, Bondi did something no one’s done before—split the job across three hand-picked loyalists in an attempt to dodge confirmation completely.
Judge Brann wasn’t having it. In a blistering 130-page opinion, he wrote: “One year into this administration, it is plain that [Trump] and his top aides have chafed at the limits on their power set forth by law and the Constitution.”
He then warned that any further attempts to unlawfully fill the office “will result in dismissals of pending cases.” One judge, two illegal schemes, and zero valid US Attorneys for the regime in New Jersey.
NEW MEXICO IS LEADING THE RESISTANCE
While Trump destroys everything he touches, New Mexico is building.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the nation’s first universal no-cost child care law this week, making New Mexico the only state with both free child care and tuition-free college. Since launching in November, more than 12,600 families and 16,700 children have enrolled. And there’s already up to $700 million allocated through 2031 to sustain it all.
Lujan Grisham said: “Families shouldn’t have to choose between paying rent or paying for child care. As of today, they no longer will.”
The governor also quietly signed a law making it a felony to deploy any troops or armed agents to polling places—a bill that was fast-tracked after Trump called for nationalizing elections and sued New Mexico over its voter rolls. No press conference or PR stunt, just real resistance on the books.
While Pam Bondi stonewalls Congress on Epstein, New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez sent investigators to Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch. It’s one of the most significant law enforcement actions there since Epstein’s death in 2019.
When millions of Epstein files dropped in January, it revealed an anonymous source’s allegation that bodies may be buried on the property. Torrez reopened the probe—and this week put boots on the ground.
In 2019, federal authorities told the AG to stand down. Now, New Mexico is digging it all back up.
QUITE THE DINNER
New Mexico showed us the power of a government that decides to protect and uplift its people instead of just punishing them. And in New York City, Mayor Mamdani just did the same thing.
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident who broke no laws. A year ago, federal agents detained him, flew him to Louisiana, and locked him in an ICE facility for months—all for peacefully taking part in campus protests at Columbia University. While detained, Khalil missed the birth of his son Deen.
Khalil was released and reunited with his family. The regime has since tried to deport him—and the fight isn’t over—but judges have repeatedly blocked those efforts.
On Sunday night, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani welcomed Khalil, his wife Noor, and Deen to Gracie Mansion to break their Ramadan fast together.
Mamdani said: “For Mahmoud Khalil, this past year has been marked by profound hardship—and by profound courage. New Yorkers raising their voices in solidarity. A city refusing to look away.” Adding: “Mahmoud is a New Yorker, and he belongs in New York City.”
The regime tried to make an example out of Khalil—instead, he’s a free man eating dinner at the mayor’s house.
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Scott
I have one question for you today.
What do you think of New Mexico and Gov. Grisham’s stand against the regime?
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Governor Grisham is really starting to impress me. New Mexico is getting it right! Let’s go, ladies!