Trump’s Guy Crushed In Hungary, Jury Demolished DOJ Case, Oregon Locked Out ICE, and The Children Came Back
Plus, an entire city council got voted out by the resistance
The Trump regime is losing—in Hungary, courtrooms, statehouses, and in the hallways of a Minnesota school. Hit the ❤️ like button and re-stack this edition right now to make sure all of these stories break through the MAGA propaganda machine.
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HUNGARY FIRED TRUMP’S GUY
Marco Rubio flew to Budapest to show the regime’s support for Viktor Orbán in February, and JD Vance was there last week. During a rally, Vance called Trump from the stage and got a voicemail box that wasn’t set up yet. When Trump picked up on the second try, he told the crowd: “I love Hungary and I love that Viktor.”
Hungary’s voters chose Viktor Orbán’s opposition, Péter Magyar, in a landslide—with a record turnout of nearly 80%. Magyar’s Tisza party won a supermajority of 138 out of Hungary’s 199 parliamentary seats. Orbán called Magyar to concede, then faced his own supporters. Orbán told them it was “painful.” He then walked off the stage.
At his rally in Budapest, Magyar told a massive crowd: “Together we replaced the Orbán regime, together we liberated Hungary. We took our country back.” He said the victory was so large it was “visible from the moon and every window in Hungary,” adding: “Tonight, truth prevailed over lies.”
Hungary just proved what we’ve always known—when people show up, autocrats lose. The movement is real, it’s spreading, and November is next.
NOT GUILTY
Jonathan Caravello, 38, a lecturer at Cal State Channel Islands, was outside a Camarillo cannabis farm in July when federal agents fired tear gas into a crowd that included children and elderly community members.
When a canister rolled toward a protester in a wheelchair, he picked it up and threw it over the agents’ heads. No one was hit. The regime charged him with felony assault anyway.
Their own body camera footage showed agents laughing about gassing the crowd, celebrating canisters as “f**king awesome.” Facing twenty years, he fought the charge for nine months. A jury took two hours to say not guilty.
Outside the courthouse, Caravello spoke to a large crowd of supporters, including students who drove 70 miles to stand with him. “I’m tired of them kidnapping, abducting people—and then indiscriminately using weapons against us,” he said.
To date, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have not won a single case involving alleged assault on a federal officer stemming from anti-immigration protests.
OREGON LOCKED THE DOOR
On April 9, Oregon’s county and state governments moved in tandem against the regime. Multnomah County—which includes Portland—voted unanimously to codify sanctuary protections into law, effective immediately.
Federal agents must now get a judicial warrant in order to enter any county building, county funds can no longer be used for immigration enforcement, and county property can’t be contracted for ICE detention.
Commissioner Shannon Singleton was clear: “I stand as firm as I did then against this authoritative, racist, fascist, and xenophobic federal regime—we will stand up to bullies and stand up for all of our immigrant and refugee friends, families, and neighbors.”
The same day, Governor Tina Kotek signed eight bills that strengthened sanctuary protections at schools, hospitals, courtrooms, workplaces, and companies that sell personal information. All institutions the regime has tried to weaponize.
At a signing ceremony in Portland, Kotek was direct: “To those in Washington, DC, who think they can bully Oregon into abandoning our values and neighbors, you got it wrong. Oregon is not staying quiet, and we are not backing down.”
FESTUS VOTED, EVERY INCUMBENT IS GONE
On March 30, the Festus City Council in Missouri approved a $6 billion data center despite the objection of hundreds of residents they ignored. One council member was even caught texting another member: “Just got to make sure we keep our city council focused and not get caught in the sideshow of uneducated people.”
One week later, every single incumbent who supported the development lost their seat. The day after the election, four property owners filed a 54-page lawsuit against the city and developer. Named plaintiff Mary Fakes said: “We had no voice. We talked for two hours on the last council meeting. And immediately they just approved it.”
They called their constituents uneducated. Those same folks just voted them out and sued. That’s a clear verdict with more to come.
THE CHILDREN ARE BACK
In January, federal agents flooded Columbia Heights, Minnesota as part of Trump’s federal invasion. They grabbed parents while shoveling snow, circled schools, and staged raids from their parking lots.
Seven students were taken into federal custody, including 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose blue bunny hat became a heartbreaking symbol of this regime’s cruelty. Hundreds stopped coming to school. Some hid with blankets on their bedroom windows. One child’s family left the country rather than live under Trump.
Last week, the students came back to Valley View Elementary. Down a gold carpet, under a balloon arch, into their school that had been half-empty for months.
Principal Leslee Sherk said: “It’s like the first day of school all over again.” One student said: “I am very happy because me no stay in my house. I am very, very happy.” Another walked in and said: “I feel happy because I’m coming back and I see my friends.”
We are living through one of the most consequential fights in US history. The outcome isn’t written yet. But look at what happened in this edition alone—a tyrant was toppled, a jury said not guilty, voters fired every council member who betrayed them, a governor locked the door on ICE, and children came back to school.
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Scott
I have two questions for you today.
What would you say to the students in Columbia Heights who came back to school last week?
The regime has lost every assault case against immigration protesters it’s brought to trial in Los Angeles. Why do you think that is?
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Now we can add the brave Hungarians also known as Magyars, as a landmark and milestone in the fight against authoritarianism alongside the heroes and defenders of Minneapolis.