WATCH: Dem makes eyebrow-raising comparison between ICE, pandemic

'Ruthless Podcast' co-host Josh Holmes joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the latest on division within the Democratic Party as the DNC holds its summer meetings.

Latinos that chose to live here are either Americans now, or Latinos, if they choose Latino as the priority, let them go back to Latino countries. We have no sympathy if they are being treated badly. Either Americans or nothing. You never had Polish, Greek, Irish born immigrants that came to America to have a better life, complaining about the opportunity they fought for, (because they were harassed and millions of great Polish jokes were born) they went through it all just for the opportunity when they got in. They just accepted to be Americans. I’m sick of people saying Latinos, are treated badly. Don’t be fucking illegals and do it the right way. Go to fuck home and be a Latino, or be a patriotic American. If you can’t do that, just become an illegal beggar in America then go back to your home country and stay there. The only reason Dems want Latinos is because they produce children like rabbits to ultimately steal the country for democrats

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The Ruthless Podcast

The Real Reason Democrats Oppose Trump On Crime

🎙️Trump has somehow made the democrat party one that supports crime - what a Jedi mind trick. We break down the best clips from Monday’s signing of an EO on crime. We look at Mamdami’s proposals on crime and contrast those to what Trump is doing on crime in D.C.

⚡Do you even lift, bro? Mamdani answers that question for the whole world. An old liberal white woman’s protest sign in VA is patently offensive, but she doesn’t care at all.Abrego Garcia is back in the news….is he finally getting deported?

💥 PLUS a journo drank his own urine and blood to survive in the wilderness, ESPN really loves the WNBA and the best baseball highlight that has ever been - or ever will be. Period. Full stop.

Young Republicans making it real and very funny

(Democrats are creating a psycho drama like “The Birds” movie)

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A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says

The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 companies.

Aug. 27, 2025, 8:18 AM EDT

A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes.

In a report published Tuesday, Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, said that anunnamed hacker “used AI to what we believe is an unprecedented degree” to research, hack and extort at least 17 companies.

Cyber extortion, where hackers steal information like sensitive user data or trade secrets, is a common criminal tactic. And AI has made some of that easier, with scammers using AI chatbots for help writing phishing emails. In recent months, hackers of all stripes have increasingly incorporated AI tools in their work.

But the case Anthropic found is the first publicly documented instance in which a hacker used a leading AI company’s chatbot to automate almost an entire cybercrime spree.

According to the blog post, one of Anthropic’s periodic reports on threats,the operation began with the hacker convincing Claude Code — Anthropic’s chatbot that specializes in “vibe coding,” or creating computer programming based on simple requests — to identify companies vulnerable to attack. Claude then created malicious software to actually steal sensitive information from the companies. Next, it organized the hacked files and analyzed them to both help determine what was sensitive and could be used to extort the victim companies.

The chatbot then analyzed the companies’ hacked financial documents to help determine a realistic amount of bitcoin to demand in exchange for the hacker’s promise not to publish that material. It also wrote suggested extortion emails.

Jacob Klein, head of threat intelligence for Anthropic, said that the campaign appeared to come from an individual hacker outside of the U.S. and happen over the span of three months.

"We have robust safeguards and multiple layers of defense for detecting this kind of misuse, but determined actors sometimes attempt to evade our systems through sophisticated techniques," he said.

A screenshot from Anthropic's report.

A screenshot from Anthropic's report.Anthropic

Anthropic declined to name any of the 17 companies, but said they included a defense contractor, a financial institution and multiple health care providers. The stolen data included Social Security numbers, bank details and patients’ sensitive medical information. The hacker also took files related to sensitive defense information regulated by the U.S. State Department, known as International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

It’s not clear how many of the companies paid or how much money the hacker made, but the extortion demands ranged from around $75,000 to more than $500,000, the report said.

The burgeoning AI industry is almost entirely unregulated by the federal government and is generally encouraged to self-police.

Anthropic, a leading AI company, is broadly regarded as taking safety seriously. It declined to say how a hacker was able to exploit Claude Code so severely but said it had implemented some additional safeguards.

“While we have taken steps to prevent this type of misuse, we expect this model to become increasingly common as AI lowers the barrier to entry for sophisticated cybercrime operations,” the report found.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/rcna227309

Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims

August 27, 2025

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime, showing off parts of the city where violent crime has decreased and saying sending in the National Guard could only escalate problems.

“We want to make sure and show off that there’s no emergency happening in Chicago,” the Democrat told The Associated Press on Wednesday while walking in a South Side neighborhood where revitalization in recent years has included an art studio, aquarium store and wine bar.

“We’ve been fighting crime.We’ve been tryingto prevent crime and it’s been working.”

Trump and Pritzker, eyed as a possible 2028 presidential contender, have traded insults for days over a supposed plan that could deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, as the administration has done in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Pritzker and city leaders vow to sue but, in the meantime, Pritzker has convened showy news conferences, posted sarcastic social media and choreographed a campaign-style neighborhood stop, keeping Chicago in the spotlight.

The back-and-forth comes as polls suggest support for Trump’s aggressive focus on crime in big cities run by Democrats and Pritzker, a wealthy businessman seeking a third term, continues to build his national profile.

Eyes now on Chicago

Chicago has long been one of Trump’s favorite targets, with him likening it to a war zone, and this week, a “hellhole.” The city’s decades-old sanctuary status has also irked the Trump administration and prompted lawsuits. In January, Trump kicked off a nationwide crackdown on immigration in Chicago, with arrests livestreamed by television personality “Dr. Phil” McGraw.

“Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent Governor who should call me for HELP,” Trump posted Tuesday on his Truth Social media platform.

The possibility of military patrols in Chicago was swiftly condemned by Mayor Brandon Johnson, religious leaders and activist groups who argue that crime is down…

“What he’s trying to do is try to inflame something that will cause a problem that he can then point at,” Pritzker told AP.

The city reported 573 homicides in 2024, the most of any U.S. city that year, according to the Rochester Institute of Technology. At the same time, violent crime dropped significantly in the first half of the year, representing the steepest decline in over a decade, according to city data. In the first six months of 2025, total violent crime dropped by over 22% when compared with the same time period last year. (So 574 deaths almost two a day is a good statistic?)

…The vast majority of Americans, 81%, see crime as a “major problem” in large cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll released Wednesday. Trump has seized on those concerns as he has deployed the National Guard to the District of Columbia and threatened to expand that model elsewhere. The approach appears to be helping Trump, at least for the moment, as the poll showed his overall approval rating increased slightly, from 40% in July to 45% now.

About half of U.S. adults, 53%, say they approve of Trump’s handling of crime, the poll finds. But there is less public support for federal takeovers of local police departments, the poll also found. That suggests opinions could shift, depending on how aggressively Trump pursues his threats. ..

Pritzker’s political theater

Since details of the possible plan emerged last week, Pritzker has invited reporters aboard a Chicago River water taxi for a picturesque ride, convened about 100 of the city’s most powerful leaders for a solidarity news conference and made digs at Trump in a narrated video of his morning walk along Lake Michigan.

By Wednesday, he opted for a less touristy locale away from downtown, greeting a crowd at a soul food restaurant in the historically Black Bronzeville neighborhood on the city’s South Side, where revitalization efforts have been ongoing. While Cleo’s is usually closed on Wednesdays, the restaurant’s owner opened for Pritzker and packed the small space with family and staff, all supporters of the two-term governor.

A cameraman from Pritzker’s campaign team was also in tow….

Pritzker dismissed the notion that he was the one keeping Chicago in the spotlight. “I’m not the one that’s targeting Chicago,” he said. “I’m not the one that’s just speaking out to get attention for Chicago.”

https://dnyuz.com/2025/08/27/guard-not-needed-in-chicago-pritzker-tells-ap-during-tour-of-city-to-counter-trumps-crime-claims/

How Capitol Hill is addressing politically motivated violence

August 27, 2025 / 8:36 PM EDT

Washington — Whether in Washington, D.C., or back in their home states, Democratic Rep.Hillary Scholten of Michigan and Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee are constantly on guard.

"Mr. Burchett and I are both people of strong faith, so I can say I put faith over fear every single day, and I continue to do this job," Scholten told CBS News when asked if she feels safe.

"No, I don't feel safe. But my head is on a swivel all the time," Burchett added. "Trust, but verify."

Nearly 9,500 threats and concerning statements were made against Congress in 2024, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

Under a new pilot program, lawmakers are getting a temporary increase of up to $20,000 for security upgrades at their homes, plus $5,000 per month to hire personal security.

The program was launched this month following a meeting before the summer recessbetween House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. It runs through the 2025 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

"At the end of September, we're going to look at that, evaluate all the data points, see how effective it was, how it was utilized, and then make decisions going forward," Johnson told CBS News. "We have to protect member security and everybody who works here on the Hill."

The program follows a wave of political violence, from the assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, to a pair of shootings in June in Minnesota that killed Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and left another Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and his wife wounded.

Immediately following the Minnesota shootings, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he asked Capitol Police to increase security for senators.

Scholten says that threats and shootings targeting politicians "is not a partisan issue," noting that the Minnesota shootings occurred exactly eight years to the day that Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot and wounded at a Republican Congressional Baseball team practice.

Scholten has resumed public events in her Grand Rapids district.She had postponed a town hall after learning she and other congressional members were named to the Minnesota shooting suspect's hit list.

"I was at home alone with my two kids, and I was terrified," Scholten said of her reaction when she first learned of the Minnesota shootings. The suspect was not captured until nearly two days after the shootings.

"Obviously at home is where we're most vulnerable," Burchett said."I was swatted. I've been accosted in airports."

Burchett said he doesn't know what lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can do to tone down the rhetoric, calling the situation "very difficult."

"I think doing things like this, you know, coming together and recognizing areas in which we do have agreement," Scholten said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-hill-politically-motivated-violence/

Nick Sortor

@nicksortor

🚨 BREAKING: Acting US Attorney Alina Habba just SLAMMED Thom Tillis and Chuck Grassley for blocking her confirmation

"I would say to Sen. Tillis and Sen. Grassley: YOU are becoming part of the issue. YOU are becoming part of the antithesis of what we fought for FOUR YEARS!"

"In the state of New Jersey in June alone, we arrested over 300 criminals, illegals, r*pists… What is so bad about that work?

The truth is it has NOTHING to do with the work that we're doing. It has nothing to do with the crime that we're stopping.It has to do with trying to prevent President Trump from continuing his agenda, and it has to stop!" @AlinaHabba==

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Media Lies

@MediasLies

This MSNBC host just got a brutal fact check by former Ohio Gov. John Kasich on the alleged "manufactured crisis" surrounding crime in blue cities.

This may be the last appearance for Kasich, as he just broke their entire narrative apart.

"I heard the term 'manufacturing crisis. This is a manufactured crisis.'"

"No! It's not! It is a crisis!"

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The Vigilant Fox 🦊

@VigilantFox

🔥 WHOA: Stephen Miller just dropped a MOAB on what’s left of the Democrat Party…and there’s NO coming back from this.

Absolutely RUTHLESS.

He cut straight to the bone, describing Democrats as nothing less than an extremist organization:

“The Democrat Party does not fight for, care about or represent American citizens.”

“It is an entity devoted EXCLUSIVELY to the defense of hardened criminals, gang bangers and illegal alien killers and terrorists.”

“The Democrat party is not a political party—it is a domestic extremist organization.”

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Isn’t it strange the Democrats held their convention in Minneapolis today and yesterday and that shooting happened today?

There were quite a few events there, in the last day or so.

Just seems like weird timing

One of the speakers said at the beginning that people don’t worry about attacks, shootings or car jacking, they just care about what’s going on in politics, or they worry about Trump! (or something like that)

Were they trying to prove that theory today?Or predictive programming? Or and the friend of boy murdered, crazy hands Walz attending the Dems.

Something seems very strange about that coincidence, don’t you think?