Car buyers are stretching loans to seven years or more just to afford the monthly payment, per CNBC And payments are still hitting records. Average new-car payment: $787 a month Average amount financed: a record $44,664 Average interest rate: 7%

Wow, folks, lot's to unpack here, and none of it is good. @Johnny_Joey just asked Tom Homan the best question I have seen in a while..... Joey gets it, the liberal left is going to attack ICE no matter what we do. So what is the point of this soft approach when we are getting attacked either way? @RealTomHoman says he wants all the illegals out. Fine. But the follow up that never came should have been this: "Tom, why is this entire mission sitting only on ICE, an investigative agency, when Border Patrol agents could be deployed to the interior right now? Why wait on 3,000 more ICE agents to get hired when we already have the tools sitting there unused?" This is continued incredible gaslighting. GASLIGHTING at epic levels. Homan played the room. He stayed inside the ICE box, leaned on nuances most people outside law enforcement do not know, and walked away without ever answering the real question. The tools exist. Stop talking and use them. Mass deport all illegal aliens. @BigWeekendShow

🚨 HUGE: Tom Homan says a worksite enforcement crackdown is coming within days. I asked him straight up why DHS said in September that ICE wasn't doing worksite operations in Kansas. Homan didn't dodge. "Nobody's pushing this more than me because I have done it and it's effective." He said he just got the plan from HSI last week, and he expects it to roll out this week or next. It goes after illegal aliens using stolen Social Security numbers, and after employers who knowingly hire them. His reasoning: if you can't get a job, you're not going to come. Business owners can keep crying. The days of cheap illegal labor are numbered.

TROUTMAN POLICE CHIEF ENDS OFF-DUTY SECURITY ASSIGNMENTS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS Troutman, NC - Troutman Police Chief Josh Watson has notified Iredell Statesville Schools that, effective October 26, 2026, his officers will no longer be authorized to work off-duty security assignments at Board of Education meetings. The decision follows an October 12 incident in which Board Chairman Doug Knight requested the removal of a man who was reading sexually explicit excerpts from a book reportedly available in Lake Norman High School’s library. The excerpts included descriptions of sexual acts and anatomy that Firewire will not repeat in this post. Troutman officers handled the situation calmly and politely asked the man to leave. In his letter, Chief Watson cited concerns about the legal basis for requested removals, the protection of constitutional rights, and the expectations placed on officers assigned to these meetings. “A request from the presiding officer does not, by itself, establish sufficient legal grounds for removal, detention, or arrest,” Watson wrote. The board and school administration will now need to arrange alternative meeting security. Troutman Police will continue responding to calls for law enforcement assistance at board meetings within their jurisdiction. Officers may also continue working approved off-duty assignments at school sporting events and other school activities. Firewire applauds Chief Watson for recognizing that officers must independently determine whether enforcement action is legally justified. His letter raises serious concerns about how requests to remove members of the public are handled. Firewire's position is simple: If a book is appropriate for students to access in a school library, school board members should be willing to hear its contents discussed during public comment. If board members find those passages too graphic to hear at a meeting, they should be willing to explain why the material is appropriate for students to read in private. Excellent job, Chief Watson. @isschools

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨IT'S OFFICIAL! $9 MILLION FOR A RADICAL PROGRAM TARGETING RURAL SCHOOLCHILDREN THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS! A $9 million grant to radicalize teachers against white, Christian kids at ECU and place them in rural NC communities. The program promotes ideological indoctrination. Taxpayer-funded education or political activism disguised as teacher training? North Carolina parents deserve answers! Thank you, @RalphCarter for NC House #nced #ncpol WATCH!

@SecDuffy said revoke the licenses. Ohio followed instruction. Uzbek attorney appealed. Ohio reinstated Uzbek non-domiciled CDLs. 😑

📦 Edge Logistics Sues Rival over Stolen Customers. Chicago-based Edge Logistics is suing rival Freight Tec Management Group and four former employees, alleging they secretly built competing businesses on company time, then funneled customer accounts to Freight Tec before resigning. Edge says its expedited-freight division dropped 66.4% within weeks of the May departures, while the rest of the company grew 8.5% over the same period. The 51-page suit also alleges a customer contact demanded kickbacks funded by inflated freight charges in exchange for routing loads to Freight Tec. An attorney for the four former employees says they dispute the allegations. The suit does not specify a dollar amount in damages. Image Source: Crain's Chicago Business News Source: FreightWaves

He put hands on her, so her brother put him on the news.💀

🚨DEAR GOD!!!!!! A woman was just CAUGHT ON CAMERA punching and kicking another woman REPEATEDLY IN THE HEAD... ...right outside of an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Charlotte NC. No one tries to even stop her, they just stop and film. WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHARLOTTE NC?!!!!!!!

Truck drivers across the country tell me all of the time that they need more parking for their trucks. About half of them spend more than an hour searching for a spot. THAT ENDS NOW. We're investing $200 MILLION across 12 STATES to expand safe truck parking Under President Trump, we will keep fighting to keep our roads safe and strengthen the backbone of our country 🇺🇸

This is how stupid the rules are in the trucking industry.