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A TPUSA student leader at the University of Colorado-Boulder was attacked after antifa put out a hit on him accusing him of being a “Nazi activist on campus” and a “white supremacist.” The Washington Examiner reported that 19-year-old engineering student, Nathaniel Ellis, 
who is secretary of TPUSA’s Boulder chapter, was beaten by a masked attacker on roller blades wearing all black, the uniform of antifa, and wielding a hockey stick. The attack happened “three days following the circulation of an antifa-branded flyer targeting him.” In addition, “wanted-style posters were created by Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists in collaboration with Front Range Anti-Fascists, a Colorado cell belonging to the Torch Network, an organizing body overseeing the accreditation of antifa chapters across the country.” The Torch Network is reportedly the “most radical” of antifa groups operating in the U.S. The Examiner further revealed that the student-led communist collective, “Boulder Students for a Democratic Society, instructed followers to ‘widely’ circulate the flyer, which was shared over 600 times.” An investigation is underway by the Boulder Police Department in an effort to find the attacker, who approached Ellis from behind and broke the hockey stick over his head. Ellis said his efforts on behalf of TPUSA will not be dissuaded, nor will he abandon his “America first values and actions.” The Colorado Federation of Young Republicans “voiced support for Ellis on Instagram, saying, ‘No student should be threatened or attacked for their political beliefs.’”
Lest anyone believe SNAP and WIC benefits are for American citizens only, a report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows that 47% of noncitizen households with children under 6 use the programs, while 31% of American citizen households use them. The 
Washington Examiner writes that an analysis of Census Bureau data found that “nearly half of the immigrant community taps into the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),” which was suspended in some states during the government shutdown. While children of illegal immigrants born in the U.S. are entitled to those benefits pending further action from Washington, illegal adults and children born in their parents’ home countries are not eligible for SNAP or welfare. Nonetheless, “non-citizen households account for nearly one in five of all households with young children receiving WIC or SNAP.” The center’s report shows that the approximately 14 million illegal immigrants are costly to the country beyond border control expenses. “Once in the country, the costs of feeding, clothing, housing, and educating the migrants add up fast,” and “the results also are a reminder that once low-income immigrants settle in the country, it is very difficult to prevent their use of the welfare system.” The report poses the question of whether “it makes sense to have an immigration system that allows in so many people who turn to taxpayers to support their children?”
The national pro-parent organization, Moms for Liberty, recently shared the exciting news that they have successfully persuaded the FBI to “cut ties” with the odious Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The group’s Fall 2025 newsletter featured FBI Director Kash Patel’s announcement that the bureau is severing all ties to the SPLC, including relying on it for recommendations. Patel’s announcement came after Moms for Liberty sent a letter “co-signed by other top conservative leaders urging the White House to distance itself from the group.” The letter pointed out that the SPLC, which once “focused on civil rights and 
public interest litigation, egregiously strayed from its mission” less than 10 years after its founding. It has declined today into “what Politico has described as ‘more of a partisan progressive hit operation than a civil rights watchdog.’” The letter called attention to the SPLC’s “Hate Map,” which Education Reporter has previously described, including in its January 2024 and July 2023 issues. The Hate Map now tracks “over 1,400 entities they classify as hateful and extremist,” and is in essence a smear tactic against groups with which the far-left group disagrees. Moms for Liberty charged the SPLC with becoming “so biased, politicized, and unmoored from its original mission that it has begun placing traditional value and faith-based organizations like Alliance Defending Freedom, Moms for Liberty, Liberty Counsel, and the Family Research Council on its Hate Map.” The letter added that the SPLC also “ran a feature article viciously attacking Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk for advocating for President Trump’s agenda on such issues as faith and the reality of biological sex.” Such attacks and designations by the SPLC have over the years motivated deranged individuals to lash out at organizations and individuals listed on the Hate Map. The Moms’ Fall newsletter recognized Mr. Patel and the bureau for making it clear that “the FBI will never rely on politicized or agenda-driven intelligence from outside groups — and certainly not from the SPLC.”
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