August 29, 2026

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Too Bonkers for Bernie: Even Sanders Won’t Touch This Socialist Train Wreck – RedState– redstate.com

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Too Bonkers for Bernie: Even Sanders Won’t Touch This Socialist Train Wreck – RedState– redstate.com
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As the midterm primary season keeps rolling along, it’s becoming more and more obvious that socialist candidates are having an electoral moment. Riding high on endorsements from the king of the socialists himself, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), avowed socialists like Donavan McKinney in Michigan’s 13th congressional district and Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race have emerged victorious from their primaries.

Getting the Bernie Sanders seal of approval can make or break a budding Marxist politician – and he’s usually more than happy to endorse them all.

All except one.

It turns out that there’s a socialist candidate whose bonkers behavior is too much for even Bernie Sanders.

Before the big revelation, keep in mind that Sanders has previously endorsed Democrats like Jamaal Bowman, the infamous Capitol fire alarm puller who has dabbled in 9/11 conspiracy theories, and Cori Bush, the former Squad member who thought she could heal the sick.

The socialist candidate who has fallen short of Bernie’s approval is none other than Francesa Hong. Sanders revealed on the far-left Pod Save America show – hosted by two former Barack Obama staffers who apparently are the pinnacle of Democrat bro-dom – that he’s just not that into Hong.

Under the guise of focusing on House and Senate races, Sanders told the podcasters he’s staying out of Hong’s race to become Wisconsin governor.

Sanders noted he met Hong “a couple of years ago” and called her “very, very nice.” But the Vermont progressive added he is “not that familiar” with the race to succeed term-limited Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D).

“We have not gotten involved in many governors races. … My major concern right now is seeing that we have a Senate and a House that is going to stand up to [President] Trump,” the senator said.

John Fetterman Says Other Democrats Won’t Call Out DSA Radicals Because ‘They’re Afraid of Them’ (VIDEO)– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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John Fetterman Says Other Democrats Won’t Call Out DSA Radicals Because ‘They’re Afraid of Them’ (VIDEO)– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Democrat Senator John Fetterman appeared on the Sean Hannity show on Wednesday night and was asked why so many Democrats are silent in the face of the radical DSA types taking over their party.

According to Fetterman, it’s because they are afraid to speak out. This tracks.

This is why when people like Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and other top Democrats are asked about what is happening to their party, they dodge and deflect.

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Senator John Fetterman says the reason he’s the ONLY Democrat willing to speak out against the socialist takeover of his party because the rest are cowards:

“They’re afraid of them.”

HANNITY: “Why is the silence so deafening among your other Democrats?”

FETTERMAN: “Well, I mean, they’re afraid of them, honestly.”

“I mean, they can say that in politics, you can define what you’re afraid of is if you’re unwilling to criticize them.”

“I think it’s entirely appropriate. I think it’s a responsibility as a Democrat to call this out.”

How racist are GOP voters? This Michigan primary result says it all.– www.dailykos.com

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How racist are GOP voters? This Michigan primary result says it all.– www.dailykos.com
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If you want to understand just how racist Republican voters are, look no further than Tuesday night’s result in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District primary.

Both President Donald Trump and the National Republican Congressional Committee had endorsed veteran Amir Hassan to face off against Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet in this seat that Trump carried by 2 points in 2024.

“Amir Hassan is a Flint native, Navy veteran, and former federal law enforcement officer who fought for nation and will fight for Michigan in Congress. Hassan is set to secure victory in November and deliver real representation for hardworking Michiganders,” NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon wrote in a July 15 post that added Hassan to the committee’s “MAGA Majority” program for candidates national Republicans deem as top-tier recruits.

Cartoon by Pedro MOlinaPedro Molina/Tribune Content Agency

And Trump posted a lengthy endorsement of Hassan on July 28, writing in a Truth Social post: “From bravely fighting for our incredible U.S. Navy, to protecting his Community as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Amir has served our Nation with distinction, and will bring that same Fighting Spirit to the U.S. Congress.”

Scientists develop technology that turns factory exhaust carbon dioxide into useful chemicals; new study reveals |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Scientists develop technology that turns factory exhaust carbon dioxide into useful chemicals; new study reveals |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Industrial plants release vast amounts of carbon dioxide every day, yet much of the conversation around cutting those emissions has focused on capturing the gas and storing it underground. Turning it into something useful has always been a more attractive idea, but one that has struggled outside laboratory conditions. Factory exhaust is not made up of carbon dioxide alone. It also contains oxygen, nitrogen and other gases that interfere with chemical conversion processes, making direct use difficult and expensive. According to the new study published in Nature, titled “Hydrogen bond network disruption enables efficient direct reactive capture of CO2 from flue gas”, this obstacle may not be as fixed as previously thought. By redesigning the liquid environment where the reaction takes place, scientists have shown it is possible to convert carbon dioxide from untreated industrial exhaust into a valuable chemical feedstock without first separating and purifying the gas.

The Left’s Fake Conversion To Religious Liberty– www.lifenews.com

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The Left’s Fake Conversion To Religious Liberty– www.lifenews.com
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The progressive legal establishment for years treated religious freedom exemptions as obstacles to be dismantled, threatening the livelihoods, consciences, and institutions of Christian business owners, healthcare workers, and even nuns.

Now, the left is embracing the very religious-liberty arguments it spent years working to defeat.

Religious exemptions have typically rested on one of two legal foundations: the First Amendment’s protection of religious exercise or the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which requires the government to justify substantial burdens on religious practice under the strictest level of judicial scrutiny.

This shift on the left is not merely rhetorical. Hoosier Jews for Choice has sued for religious exemptions from Indiana’s abortion ban, arguing that the law conflicts with Jewish teachings about when life begins. The Latino Christian National Network and other Christian and Jewish organizations have invoked religious freedom in challenges to ICE enforcement near houses of worship and in efforts to protect faith groups that shelter illegal immigrants.

Report: Antisemitism on Canadian College Campuses is ‘Systemic,’ Going Unaddressed– legalinsurrection.com

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Report: Antisemitism on Canadian College Campuses is ‘Systemic,’ Going Unaddressed– legalinsurrection.com
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The firsthand accounts from students in this story are horrific.

The CBC reports:

Antisemitism on campus is ‘systemic’ and going unaddressed, says new report

A national report documenting antisemitism on Canadian university and college campuses has found an “alarming prevalence” of the prejudicial behaviour across the country along with a widespread failure to address the problem.

“The findings indicate that many Jewish students experience widespread and persistent antisemitism on Canadian campuses as a defining feature of post-secondary life that shapes their behaviour, their ability to fully participate in campus life, their safety and their well-being,” the report said.

The report is the first of two commissioned by the federal government’s former special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combatting antisemitism. The second report will look at the general student population’s views on antisemitism.

Ukraine’s losses from port blockade exceed $1 bln – Business & Economy– tass.com

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Ukraine’s losses from port blockade exceed $1 bln – Business & Economy– tass.com
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MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. Ukraine has lost about $1.05 bln in foreign exchange earnings due to the blockade of its seaports since July 22, according to TASS calculations.

Ukraine’s main commercial ports – Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny – remain idle. Shipping schedules show that large foreign merchant vessels are not calling at these ports.

Ukraine conducts maritime trade solely through the port of Izmail, where logistics are constrained by the capacity of both the harbor and the railway network serving it. Even when operating at full capacity, Izmail can handle no more than 20 mln metric tons annually, compared with about 13 mln metric tons under normal conditions. The Greater Odessa ports, meanwhile, have a combined annual capacity of over 40 mln metric tons. Ukraine is losing around $70 mln daily, primarily because of a sharp decline in exports of agricultural products and steel.

Available vessel traffic data do not account for deliveries of military cargo to the Ukrainian armed forces. The Russian Defense Ministry regularly reports strikes on dry cargo ships at the port of Nikolayev used to support Ukrainian troops.

 

Anthony Fauci’s Lawyer: Contempt of Congress Vote a ‘Crude Political Stunt’– www.breitbart.com

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Anthony Fauci’s Lawyer: Contempt of Congress Vote a ‘Crude Political Stunt’– www.breitbart.com
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Anthony Fauci’s lawyer claims the Senate panel decision to hold the former White House chief medical adviser in contempt of Congress is nothing more than a “crude political stunt.”

In a statement following the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s 8-5 vote to hold Fauci in contempt, Fauci’s lawyer David Schertler said, “Today’s partisan committee vote is a crude political stunt intended to punish Dr. Fauci for exercising his constitutional rights.

“The Senate should reject Senator Paul’s meritless and politically motivated contempt resolution,” he added.

Paul, chairman of the committee, explained that it would have been very simple for Fauci to simply answer questions during the hearing rather than plead the Fifth more than 100 times. All Fauci had to do, the senator emphasized, was tell the truth.

“A million Americans died, and I think they deserved to know truth. Anthony Fauci has advocated for dangerous gain of function research for two decades now. The question ‘why’ is not a question that he can have liability for,” Paul told reporters. “He was given a pardon. Interestingly, the pardon starts in 2014. That’s when the funding of the lab in Wuhan started.”

Ohio Senator Jon Husted Calls On Max Miller To Resign From Congress– dailycaller.com

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Ohio Senator Jon Husted Calls On Max Miller To Resign From Congress– dailycaller.com
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Republican Ohio Sen. Jon Husted called on Republican Ohio Rep. Max Miller to resign from Congress in a Thursday statement.

Miller has been embroiled in controversy since his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, accused him of physically abusing herself and their two-year-old daughter. Husted said Miller dropping out and resigning would be “in the best interest of his daughter.”

“Anyone who commits domestic violence is not fit to serve in Congress. The House Ethics Committee should thoroughly investigate any credible allegations, and any member found to have committed domestic violence should resign from Congress immediately,” Husted said. “I know both Max Miller and Emily Moreno, as well as their families. I am deeply saddened that their personal lives have become such a public matter, especially as it relates to their daughter, Ruthie.”

“One thing they both seem to agree on is that Ruthie’s best interests should come first,” Husted continued. “Those interests will not be served by litigating these matters in public, but by addressing them privately. Given everything they are facing, I do not see how a campaign for Congress benefits any of them. I believe Max would be making the right decision to step aside as a candidate and resign from Congress to focus on what is in the best interest of his daughter.”

Taiwan’s military drills suggest deeper alignment with the U.S.– abcnews.com

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Taiwan’s military drills suggest deeper alignment with the U.S.– abcnews.com
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Through this year’s military drills, Taiwan has chosen to emphasize its army’s and society’s flexibility and resilience as opposed to primarily putting advanced weapons on display. Experts say the exercises’ structure indicate closer ties with the U.S. military in the face of China’s ongoing military threat.

The annual Huang Kuang drills kicked off on Wednesday and are set to extend through Aug. 14 in various locations around the island. The live-fire exercises will test the Taiwanese army’s ability to sustain 24-hour defense operations as well as counter China’s “gray-zone tactics,” which stop just short of open warfare.

China claims the self-ruled democracy as its own territory, and has not renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. Taiwan dismisses China’s claims and insists it is a sovereign state.

The United States, while not recognizing Taiwan as a country, sees all threats to the island as a matter of great concern. Washington is bound by its own laws to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself.

While there has long been speculation that the U.S. military has been quietly training Taiwanese troops, the collaboration between the two sides has been more visible in recent weeks. A key component of the Han Kuang drills, for example, is the practice of a U.S.-inspired military communications method called backbriefing, where subordinates explain to commanders how they plan to carry out assigned missions.

Axelrod says Francesca Hong loss benefits ‘serious’ Abdul el Sayed– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Axelrod says Francesca Hong loss benefits ‘serious’ Abdul el Sayed– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod believes Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong losing her primary would be good for Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed, denying Republicans an opportunity to tie the two progressive candidates together.

“It would be good for @AbdulElSayed if Francesca Hong loses her bid to become the Democratic nominee in Wisconsin next week,” Axelrod wrote in a post on X. “He is a serious person. She is a font of zany liberal, faculty lounge exotica.”

Axelrod argued that if Hong captures the Democratic nomination, Republicans would attempt to paint el Sayed and the Wisconsin Democrat as ideological allies while seeking to shift attention away from President Donald Trump.

“But the Rs, hoping to deflect attention from an unpopular @POTUS who hangs from them like an anchor, would surely try and link Abdul and Hong as philosophical kin,” he added.

Portland Antifa-affiliated extremist August Gordon avoids jail time after attacking federal officers at ICE facility | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Portland Antifa-affiliated extremist August Gordon avoids jail time after attacking federal officers at ICE facility | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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August Dean Gordon, 32, of Beaverton, pleaded guilty to assaulting federal officers in March.

A violent Antifa-affiliated agitator has avoided jail time after admitting to assaulting several federal agents during a direct action outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon. The incident occurred on June 29, 2025.

August Dean Gordon, 32, of Beaverton, physically assaulted numerous federal officers, admitting to “kicking” and “headbutting” agents when they arrested him for damaging ICE facility property. This includes violently grabbing their genitals, according to court documents.

US District Court Judge Amy Baggio sentenced Gordon in late July to four months of home detention followed by five years of probation. The prosecutor sought a four-month prison term, while the defense asked for one year of supervised release.

Senate to vote on stopgap bill to keep government open through Dec. 11– www.washingtontimes.com

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Senate to vote on stopgap bill to keep government open through Dec. 11– www.washingtontimes.com
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The Senate is set to take a test vote Monday on a stopgap appropriations bill that will keep the government open through Dec. 11.

The measure, released Sunday evening, has bipartisan support and is expected to earn more than the 60 votes needed to overcome any filibuster.

Current government funding does not expire until Sept. 30, but lawmakers are eager to act early to avoid a shutdown ahead of the midterm elections this fall.

The stopgap, known as a continuing resolution or CR, extends fiscal 2026 funding levels 10 weeks into fiscal 2027, with some adjustments for programs that require more flexibility.

Appropriators are hoping the new Dec. 11 deadline will provide enough extra time for them to negotiate and pass full-year appropriations bills for the remainder of the fiscal year.

El-Sayed’s Michigan Victory: The Communist, Antisemitic Takeover of the Democrat Party Is No Longer an Aberration– gellerreport.com

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El-Sayed’s Michigan Victory: The Communist, Antisemitic Takeover of the Democrat Party Is No Longer an Aberration– gellerreport.com
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Although Republicans think El-Sayed will be defeated in November I find this DSA trend solidly entrenched within the walls of the Democrat Party to be beyond alarming. It is no longer an aberration.

AIPAC spent over $31 million to defeat this Hamas inclined political imposter.

El-Sayed’s victory is an exceptionally narrow one, but the Squad, Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, Hasan Piker and their fellow travelers will be feeling vindicated and doubtless have already popped the champagne corks.

In Michigan Trump defeated Harris by only 1.4% and Slotkin defeated Rogers by a mere .3% of the vote in 2024 so Michigan is still a swing state. A minor amount of voter fraud could ensure a DSA victory there in November.

Sickeningly, the drumbeat against Israel is getting louder. Bizarrely, all candidates on the Left have to do to receive applause is to say they won’t take any money from AIPAC. If they follow that by saying Israel is committing genocide in Gaza the applause turns into a standing ovation.

Zelensky dismisses Ukrainian ambassador to US – World– tass.com

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Zelensky dismisses Ukrainian ambassador to US – World– tass.com
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“To dismiss Stefanishina Olga Vitalyevna from her position as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America,” Zelensky’s decree reads.

Stefanishina served as Ukrainian ambassador to the United States since August 27, 2025. A new ambassador has not yet been appointed.

Shortly after Zelensky’s decree was posted on his website, Stefanishina said the decision was her own. “Today, I decided to step down as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States. This is my own decision stemming from personal circumstances that were mentioned earlier,” she wrote on Facebook (Facebook is banned in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, which has been designated as extremist).

She posted a photo of her letter of resignation where she also cited “personal circumstances” as the reason for her leaving the post. At the same time, she promised to provide comments on the probe against her in the near future. “As for the issues going around about me in the mass media, I will comment on them specially and publicly soon,” she added.

Reports on Stefanishina’s voluntary resignation appeared in Ukrainian media back on July 13. According to Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) member Alexey Goncharenko (designated as a terrorist and extremist in Russia), Stefanishina has already returned to Kiev and may be charged by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). The RBC-Ukraine agency also mentioned NABU’s probe against Stefanishina as a possible reason for the government reshuffle initiated by Zelensky.

Iran, US make opposing claims of peace talks as cargo ships report strikes – National– globalnews.ca

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Iran, US make opposing claims of peace talks as cargo ships report strikes – National– globalnews.ca
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A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States and Iran made opposing claims about whether they were holding talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war. But Iran insisted it only was talking with Oman and the discussion focused on the Strait of Hormuz.

Here is a look at the most important developments in the Middle East on Tuesday.

WNBA head coach defends transgenders, says basketball is for being your ‘authentic self’– www.theblaze.com

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WNBA head coach defends transgenders, says basketball is for being your ‘authentic self’– www.theblaze.com
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In light of Sophie Cunningham’s support for only women playing in women’s sports — not men dressed as women — Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase used a recent press conference to defend the inclusion of men in women’s athletics.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is tired of hearing it, mocking Nakase’s case for the inclusion of men on a women’s court.

“Sports is about belonging, inclusivity, authentic self, and that includes transformers,” Whitlock mocks Nakase, pointing out that “she equates her own story, her height, her ethnicity, door slam with a sex category invasion she never had to live.”

And that’s exactly what Nakase did, as she claimed that being criticized herself has led her to have empathy for transgenders.

“How I’m seeing it is if I could answer with like for me, sports, sports is about belonging. It’s about inclusivity. It’s about allowing everyone to be their authentic self. You know, I’m big on that just because I have been criticized for my height, for my ethnicity,” Nakase said.

Fauci Held in Contempt, Gets DOJ Criminal Referral

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Dr. Anthony Fauci has been held in contempt by a Senate Committee led by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Senator Paul is also personally filing papers recommending the DOJ file criminal charges against the doctor. Paul stated, “We will hand deliver it today to the attorney general and we will hand deliver it today to the District of Columbia, to the U.S. attorney there, and from there, we’ll find out. But this way we don’t sit a month waiting to determine whether to bring it to the Senate floor.”

Sen. Paul Says He Will Refer the Committee-Approved Resolution to the DOJ – C-SPAN
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, says he will directly refer the committee-approved resolution to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt to the Department of Justice, but he has not ruled out bringing it before the full Senate. This unusual move to send the referral directly to the Justice Department without it first going before the Senate could undercut prosecutors’ ability to bring charges against Dr. Fauci and would likely start a court battle over the limits of witnesses’ Fifth Amendment rights. “We will hand deliver it today to the attorney general and we will hand deliver it today to the District of Columbia, to the U.S. attorney there, and from there, we’ll find out. But this way we don’t sit a month waiting to determine whether to bring it to the Senate floor,” he says

Threats Force U.S. to Suspend Activities in Mexico’s Avocado Heartland– legalinsurrection.com

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Threats Force U.S. to Suspend Activities in Mexico’s Avocado Heartland– legalinsurrection.com
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U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico announced the State Department has suspended activities in Michoacan State.

“Due to a threat against American interests, U.S. government activities in Michoacan State have been suspended as of August 5,” according to the warning. “Reminder that the U.S. travel advisory designates Michoacan as a Level 4 ‘Do Not Travel’ area.”

While the State Department did not specify the threat, four cartels work out of Michoacan State, all of which the administration designated as terrorist organizations:

  • Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)
  • Los Viagras
  • La Nueva Familia Michoacána
  • Cárteles Unidos