<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Becker Brief]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Becker Brief: A rundown of today's most important news and short-form videos on the days hottest topics hosted by Kyle Becker.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jEBr!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff825093a-e7c2-4057-9706-968bc8ed42ab_702x702.png</url><title>Becker Brief</title><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:42:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.beckerbrief.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[beckerbrief@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[beckerbrief@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[beckerbrief@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[beckerbrief@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Ted Cruz Brings Down the House with Brutal Reality Check on Radical Islam]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are witnessing a new and dangerous red-green alliance: communists and Islamists coming together and sweeping over the Democrat Party...&#8221;]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/senator-ted-cruz-brings-down-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/senator-ted-cruz-brings-down-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:47:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-video.s3.amazonaws.com/video_upload/post/215250650/98fc29d5-df1c-40e6-aeac-40465575b36b/transcoded-30263.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sen. Ted Cruz delivered one of the most striking speeches of the Republican Midterms Convention Thursday night.</p><p>In his rousing speech, he issued a dire warning about the &#8220;red-green alliance&#8221; of communists and Islamists rising to power on the American left.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lindsay Clancy Jurors Finally Explained Themselves — And Americans Should Be Horrified]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;God bless the one man who stood up to these monsters and did the right thing. America owes you a debt of gratitude."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/the-lindsay-clancy-jurors-finally</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/the-lindsay-clancy-jurors-finally</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5a13df73-cbd2-47d0-8218-36eefca56d44_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For days after the Lindsay Clancy murder trial collapsed in a mistrial, the public was left with one astonishing fact: Eleven jurors had reportedly been prepared to find a woman who admittedly strangled her three young children not guilty by reason of insanity, while one man refused to go along.</p><p>Now three of those jurors have spoken publicly. And in doing so, they may have inadvertently explained everything.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[BREAKING: Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Put Voter ID, Citizenship Measure on Swing State Ballot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections and the proposition would have ensured the state enforces the law.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/breaking-supreme-court-rejects-bid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/breaking-supreme-court-rejects-bid</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:21:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7f1d1d46-958a-4225-88e7-63bcf341f223_1502x817.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Supreme Court has dealt a last-minute blow to a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voter ID and proof of U.S. citizenship &#8212; despite supporters submitting more than 700,000 petition signatures.</p><p>Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected an emergency request to put the measure before voters in November without explanation. </p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swing State Changes Mail-In Ballot Rules At Last Minute Before the Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to the new updates, election officials are directed not to approve an absentee ballot if it fails to meet a number of state-mandated requirements.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/swing-state-changes-mail-in-ballot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/swing-state-changes-mail-in-ballot</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:31:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/989deb9f-b4f8-427d-933d-7e5ab469a738_1472x936.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Election officials made a last-minute change to mail-in ballot rules just hours before tens of thousands of ballots were set to go out to voters.</p><p>The new guidelines determine when ballots must be rejected &#8212; including cases involving mismatched signatures, multiple ballots stuffed into the same envelope, and improper ballot delivery &#8212; and the timing of the change sparked a sharp fight among election officials.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans Finally Get Some Good News on the Midterms — And This Poll Is a Big One]]></title><description><![CDATA[If Republicans can maintain anything close to this advantage among actual voters in November, the conversation about the midterms changes dramatically.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/republicans-finally-get-some-good</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/republicans-finally-get-some-good</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:31:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a9bc687d-6098-4708-a99c-70339b2773d6_1745x1027.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republicans have spent much of 2026 hearing variations of the same warning: Midterms are historically brutal for the president&#8217;s party, Donald Trump&#8217;s approval rating is underwater, Democrats are energized, and the GOP&#8217;s narrow House majority is living on borrowed time.</p><p>Well, Republicans finally have some good news. And unlike some of the usual partisan polling hopium, this one is worth paying attention to.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Told You Fauci Was a Monster. Damning New Texts Confirm It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watch now | "What the world needs to properly address the Covid pandemic response is a 'Nuremburg 2.0' tribunal."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/we-told-you-fauci-was-a-monster-damning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/we-told-you-fauci-was-a-monster-damning</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:18:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f34bafc3-1c88-4e7a-8387-3bb4c4a48f98_745x520.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is hard to exaggerate how big a superstar Fauci was during the Covid pandemic.</p><p>His every utterance was praised by worshipers. The media covered up or explained away his many lies. His cult of personality grew to an extent that there were even bobblehead dolls.</p><p>All of this was eaten up by Dr. Fauci, of course, as he revealed in a gushing, self-adulating, narcissistic &#8220;diary&#8221; that would make a tweenage girl blush.</p><p>But what Fauci couldn&#8217;t stage-manage was all of his admissions. What he was telling the public and what he was saying in private were two starkly different things.</p><p>Fauci, of course, was &#8220;The Science.&#8221; Like Big Ern, he was &#8220;above the law.&#8221; He was the bureaucratic equivalent of Hillary Clinton: &#8220;Untouchable.&#8221; A &#8220;made guy.&#8221;</p><p>But something strange happened in November 2024. The man whom the deep state believed was &#8220;vanquished&#8221; had somehow been re-elected &#8212; despite an incessant lawfare campaign and multiple assassination attempts.</p><p>Donald Trump, the president who &#8220;made&#8221; Fauci into the face of the Covid pandemic, had returned to the White House.</p><p>Trump, whose vanity might rival that of Fauci, had waited far too long to throw the &#8220;evil elf&#8221; under the school bus. That&#8217;s because the jabs had to be good, right? </p><p>After all, Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump&#8217;s signature &#8220;achievements.&#8221;</p><p>Unfortunately for Trump, and even more so for America, those jabs were weaponized by blue state governors around the country, and later by the Biden administration, to mandate the jabs. </p><p>You might argue that those same jabs ensured that Trump would not be elected in 2020, due to drastic changes to state election rules regarding mail-in ballots.</p><p>This might not have happened if Fauci had admitted, like the first Emergency Use Authorization did, there was never any evidence that the jabs stopped infection, let alone the spread of the disease.</p><p>And they sure as hell wouldn&#8217;t have been mandated if the public had known what Dr. Fauci, and the Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, had to say about them.</p><p>This all came out in ugly fashion on Monday, as Senator Ron Johnson dropped initial texts from a batch obtained from Fauci&#8217;s government-issued cellphone.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Rowe Makes Bill Maher's Audience GASP With Alarming Statistic About Gen Z]]></title><description><![CDATA["There is a real crisis unfolding among America&#8217;s young people."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/mike-rowe-makes-bill-mahers-audience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/mike-rowe-makes-bill-mahers-audience</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:59:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/xFbVbKjbnAc" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike Rowe dropped a statistic on Bill Maher that made the audience gasp. </p><p>And it highlights a growing crisis in America that the media is trying to ignore.</p><div id="youtube2-xFbVbKjbnAc" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;xFbVbKjbnAc&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xFbVbKjbnAc?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Should Not Be Pursued’: Scientists Sound Alarm After AI Used to Design 16 New Viruses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The AI creation of viruses raises "urgent biosafety and biosecurity questions."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/should-not-be-pursued-scientists</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/should-not-be-pursued-scientists</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:48:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/DQ_nXl2LdiQ" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this one before. Scientists are conducting dangerous virus research that may lead to a global pandemic.</p><p>This may be the biggest threat to humanity since the invention of nuclear weapons.</p><div id="youtube2-DQ_nXl2LdiQ" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;DQ_nXl2LdiQ&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DQ_nXl2LdiQ?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen A. Smith Destroys Fauci in Epic Rant, Reveals His Life-And-Death Battle Against COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;And damn it, it almost killed me!&#8221;]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/stephen-a-smith-destroys-fauci-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/stephen-a-smith-destroys-fauci-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:47:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/98Y5aw4sFmk" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stephen A. Smith is known for being loud, braggadocious, and over-the-top.</p><p>But the ESPN personality got unusually personal when giving his reasons why he turned against Fauci, including his life-and-death battle against COVID that he endured despite &#8220;trusting the experts&#8221;</p><div id="youtube2-98Y5aw4sFmk" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;98Y5aw4sFmk&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/98Y5aw4sFmk?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fauci's Phone Seized by Investigators — Then He Gets Hit With Another Criminal Investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nothing is off the table. Where you have lies and dishonesty that result in people getting hurt..."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/faucis-phone-seized-by-investigators</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/faucis-phone-seized-by-investigators</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 01:31:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/N08iIy0SkGo" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Criminal investigators now have Anthony Fauci&#8217;s government-issued iPhone. </p><p>The major development comes as Fauci is hit with yet another criminal investigation.</p><div id="youtube2-N08iIy0SkGo" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;N08iIy0SkGo&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/N08iIy0SkGo?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialist Candidate Implodes During Live Interview — Even CNN is STUNNED By What She Said]]></title><description><![CDATA[This interview was the best attack ad any rival candidate could have hoped for.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/socialist-candidate-implodes-during</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/socialist-candidate-implodes-during</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:12:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/LHAVwr_2bvw" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Radical Democrats are scrambling to do damage control after a DSA-aligned candidate imploded during a live interview.</p><div id="youtube2-LHAVwr_2bvw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;LHAVwr_2bvw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LHAVwr_2bvw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caitlin Clark Gets Fierce Backlash Over Latest Remarks on Sophie Cunningham]]></title><description><![CDATA["Caitlin Clark might be the biggest coward in the history of sports..."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/caitlin-clark-gets-fierce-backlash</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/caitlin-clark-gets-fierce-backlash</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:25:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/is4NlKzdtUM" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WNBA star Caitlin Clark has ignited controversy with her weak defense of teammate Sophie Cunningham.</p><div id="youtube2-is4NlKzdtUM" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;is4NlKzdtUM&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/is4NlKzdtUM?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Clark was asked about Cunningham following Indiana&#8217;s loss to the Minnesota Lynx, after Cunningham drew widespread attention for comments opposing biological males competing in women&#8217;s sports.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Destroys CNN for Spreading COVID 'Lies' ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watch now | "Now, we know that Dr. Fauci, the expert, was lying about everything... And now you&#8217;re rolling out the experts again..."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/rfk-jr-destroys-cnn-for-spreading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/rfk-jr-destroys-cnn-for-spreading</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:41:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f16945b5-693e-4c70-b014-ed1b7ecf9b56_1282x627.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walked into CNN&#8217;s studio Sunday morning fully prepared for a confrontation.</p><p>The Secretary of Health and Human Services didn&#8217;t disappoint.</p><p>During a tense exchange with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash, Kennedy turned the interview into a broad indictment of the network&#8217;s COVID coverage and its willingness to unquestioningly amplify the public health establishment.</p><p>Bash, whose name recently surfaced throughout Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s newly released pandemic diary, quickly challenged Kennedy. He responded by putting CNN itself on trial.</p><p>According to Kennedy, the network&#8217;s pandemic coverage relied on fear rather than facts.</p><p>&#8220;That was the job of CNN,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To put the chyrons up on how many people are dying to get people to believe a lie.&#8221;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain in Crisis: Socialist PM Throws Open Floodgates As African Migrant Invasion Overruns City]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is what the DSA/socialist platform looks like in practice&#8212;in another country. No borders. No immigration enforcement..."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/spain-in-crisis-socialist-pm-throws</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/spain-in-crisis-socialist-pm-throws</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:05:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/-lIhX73kHgk" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spain&#8217;s government is throwing open the floodgates. </p><p>The socialist prime minister is effectively greenlighting an African migrant invasion as local officials beg the government to declare a national emergency.</p><div id="youtube2--lIhX73kHgk" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;-lIhX73kHgk&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-lIhX73kHgk?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beckerbrief.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beckerbrief.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Stunning videos emerging from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Thursday show thousands of migrants from Morocco and Algeria streaming across the border, overwhelming local authorities and prompting urgent calls for military assistance.</p><p>The scenes have drawn comparisons to some of the most chaotic moments of the U.S. southern border crisis.</p><p>Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin said the footage immediately reminded him of the massive Haitian migrant surge at Del Rio, Texas, in 2021.</p><p>&#8220;This takes me back to Del Rio, TX in 2021 w/ the Haitian surge. Similar images,&#8221; Melugin wrote on X.</p><p>He added, &#8220;This is what the DSA/socialist platform looks like in practice&#8212;in another country. No borders. No immigration enforcement. Complete freedom of movement without any resistance from the government.&#8221;</p><p>Melugin later described the footage as &#8220;insane.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Thousands of Moroccans and Algerians breaching and overrunning the Spanish border,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;AP reports the city has asked Madrid to declare a national emergency. Search &#8216;Spain Ceuta&#8217; on X if you haven&#8217;t seen the images yet.&#8221;</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/spain-in-crisis-socialist-pm-throws/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/spain-in-crisis-socialist-pm-throws/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>The Associated Press reported that thousands of migrants entered Ceuta on Thursday by walking around the breakwaters at Tarajal Beach before spilling onto city streets.</p><p>Video from the scene showed crowds made up primarily of young men, though families with women and children were also present. Some migrants reportedly shouted, &#8220;&#161;Viva Espa&#241;a!&#8221; as they entered Spanish territory.</p><p>For Ceuta&#8217;s regional government, the situation quickly escalated beyond a routine immigration challenge.</p><p>Juan Jes&#250;s Vivas, president of the autonomous city, formally urged Spain&#8217;s national government to declare a national emergency on national security grounds. He also requested additional police forces and deployment of the Spanish military to secure the frontier.</p><p>Vivas argued that reinforcements were necessary &#8220;to guarantee the inviolability of the frontier and citizen safety.&#8221;</p><p>But Madrid rejected the request.</p><p>Spain&#8217;s Interior Ministry refused to declare a national emergency, arguing that <strong>&#8220;immigration flows do not legally qualify as a risk to national security.&#8221;</strong></p><p>Instead, the ministry said it would continue guaranteeing public safety and the integrity of Spain&#8217;s borders without invoking emergency powers.</p><p>Prime Minister Pedro S&#225;nchez likewise attempted to reassure the public that the government had the situation under control.</p><p>&#8220;The Government of Spain is fully committed to providing an immediate response to the situation in Ceuta,&#8221; S&#225;nchez wrote on X.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/spain-in-crisis-socialist-pm-throws?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/spain-in-crisis-socialist-pm-throws?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p>&#8220;We are mobilizing all necessary resources, working with Moroccan and international authorities, and preparing the necessary measures to restore normalcy as soon as possible. I just conveyed this to President Juan Vivas Lara.&#8221;</p><p>He concluded, &#8220;This is the moment to build solutions, with responsibility and cooperation.&#8221;</p><p>The crisis is not without precedent.</p><p>In May 2021, more than 8,000 migrants entered Ceuta over the course of just two days after Morocco relaxed border enforcement during a diplomatic dispute with Spain.</p><p>Thursday&#8217;s scenes inevitably revived memories of that episode, raising fresh questions about whether Spain has learned any lessons over the past five years.</p><p>The latest surge also arrives at a politically precarious moment for S&#225;nchez.</p><p>His Spanish Socialist Workers&#8217; Party (PSOE) has struggled in public opinion polling throughout the current legislative term, with support generally hovering in the mid-20 percent range. S&#225;nchez&#8217;s government has also been battered by a series of corruption scandals that have fueled speculation about the durability of his coalition.</p><p>Now, the images pouring out of Ceuta threaten to intensify criticism that Spain has lost control of one of Europe&#8217;s most strategically important borders.</p><p>For local officials, the situation has already crossed into the realm of national security.</p><p>For Spain&#8217;s socialist government, however, it remains an immigration issue&#8212;not an emergency.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beckerbrief.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Becker Brief is a reader-supported publication. 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Here's How He Might Go To Prison.]]></title><description><![CDATA["The timing could hardly be worse for Fauci."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/fauci-is-taking-the-hot-seat-in-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/fauci-is-taking-the-hot-seat-in-congress</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:34:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b9a5d82a-57b0-406e-9ef3-5860493492a2_1507x906.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci has spent years insisting that his critics are liars, conspiracy theorists, and political operatives.</p><p>On Wednesday morning, he will finally have another opportunity to prove it under oath.</p><p>But this time, Fauci enters the hearing room with an unusually clear legal warning hanging over his head.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden May Lose Home, $8 Million After Stunning New Revelations In Released Tapes]]></title><description><![CDATA["Our team is reviewing the Biden tapes now. We will be out with various bombshells..."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/biden-may-lose-home-8-million-after</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/biden-may-lose-home-8-million-after</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:43:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/14913e65-6f9d-4202-8760-c0407618e166_1485x825.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For years, former President Joe Biden&#8217;s defenders insisted the controversy over his handling of classified documents amounted to little more than an innocent mistake. </p><p>Now, newly released audio recordings between Biden and his ghostwriter are providing fresh evidence Biden received special treatment.</p><p>This evidence has the potential to cost Joe Biden&#8212;<em>a lot</em>.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Dems Rig Voter ID Prop with Deceptive Bait-and-Switch]]></title><description><![CDATA[The California AG is blatantly subverting the will of the American people.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/election-scandal-california-dems</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/election-scandal-california-dems</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:05:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69f97f83-3349-4ba7-8e3d-c07cb14262c3_1172x656.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>California is Californiaing again.</p><p>Fresh off an election debacle that has many wondering what in the world is going on in California, we see a state ballot proposal that should be an easy win.</p><p>The Democrats just botched it. The state&#8217;s Attorney General, Rob Bonta, is using a weaselly tactic to make it sound like securing elections is a <em>bad thing</em>.</p><p>Well, to Democrats it <em>is</em> a bad thing. Asking them to back voter IDs is like asking vampires to order garlic shrimp for lunch.</p><p>Here&#8217;s the Prop 39 controversy, in a nut shell:</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Many Issues with Mitch McConnell's 'Bizarre' Health Statement]]></title><description><![CDATA["You all know how folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older..."]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/the-many-issues-with-mitch-mcconnells</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/the-many-issues-with-mitch-mcconnells</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:18:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/gB996MDVZOI" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For nearly a month, Americans have been left wondering what really happened to Sen. Mitch McConnell.</p><p>On Sunday, the longtime Kentucky senator finally broke his silence, releasing both a photograph and a lengthy written statement about his health. But rather than putting the controversy to rest, the carefully managed rollout has only raised more questions.</p><p>The photo itself appears intentionally designed to prove it is current. McConnell is shown sitting beside his wife, Elaine Chao, holding this weekend&#8217;s sports edition of <em>The Washington Post</em> while recovering at a rehabilitation facility.</p><div id="youtube2-gB996MDVZOI" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;gB996MDVZOI&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/gB996MDVZOI?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>The statement, meanwhile, insists McConnell did not suffer a heart attack or stroke, says he was briefly unconscious after a fall, later developed a &#8220;mild case of pneumonia,&#8221; and is continuing rehabilitation before eventually returning to the Senate.</p><p>But after weeks of conflicting reports, many Americans are still asking whether that explanation tells the whole story.</p><p>Just days ago, CNN released previously unseen footage showing McConnell being wheeled from his Washington residence on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance. The network also reported on eyewitness accounts from neighbors describing a significant emergency response outside his home.</p><p>Separately, emergency dispatch audio from the day referenced an unidentified patient who was reportedly unconscious, with &#8220;cardiac arrest&#8221; and &#8220;CPR in progress&#8221; mentioned during the call. While it has never been conclusively established that those dispatch details referred to McConnell himself, the timing of the emergency and his hospitalization naturally fueled widespread speculation.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;985d5664-a7b5-4f13-88cd-1306790a056c&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Now comes the official explanation.</p><p>McConnell says there was no heart attack. No stroke. No concussion. No broken bones. No tumors. No hemorrhages.</p><p>Instead, he says he briefly lost consciousness after falling and later developed what he describes as a mild case of pneumonia while recovering in the hospital.</p><p>That account immediately raises obvious questions.</p><p>If pneumonia became a significant part of the reason he remained hospitalized for nearly a month, why wasn&#8217;t it disclosed weeks ago?</p><p>If doctors have subjected him to &#8220;every test they can think of,&#8221; have they actually determined what caused him to suddenly lose consciousness?</p><p>And perhaps most importantly, if McConnell is healthy enough to pose for a carefully staged photograph and release a lengthy written statement, why not simply record a two-minute video for the people of Kentucky?</p><div id="youtube2-UTBpWVURE9Q" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;UTBpWVURE9Q&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UTBpWVURE9Q?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Instead, what readers received was a statement that many viewed as looking more like a polished public relations document than a candid medical update.</p><p>The structure is familiar.</p><ul><li><p>It opens with reassuring &#8220;fight for Kentucky&#8221; language.</p></li><li><p>It acknowledges public concern while appealing to the realities of aging and privacy.</p></li><li><p>It emphatically denies the most serious medical possibilities.</p></li><li><p>It explains the lengthy hospitalization.</p></li><li><p>It assures constituents he is still working behind the scenes with staff and Senate colleagues.</p></li><li><p>It says he still has &#8220;unfinished business.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>And it ends by thanking everyone for their prayers while promising to return as soon as doctors allow.</p></li></ul><p>Whether intentional or not, the statement follows a well-worn political communications playbook.</p><p>The timing also makes the situation especially significant.</p><p>Kentucky is approaching an important legal deadline surrounding how a Senate vacancy would be handled if one were to occur before the end of McConnell&#8217;s term. At the same time, Senate Republicans are navigating one of the most consequential legislative periods of President Trump&#8217;s second term.</p><p>McConnell has long been one of the Republican conference&#8217;s most influential institutional voices and one of the most outspoken skeptics of several America First priorities, including efforts to advance the SAVE America Act.</p><p>His absence matters.</p><p>It also comes just days after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, another prominent Republican senator whose absence has altered the political dynamics inside the conference.</p><p>One detail that stood out to many readers was that McConnell&#8217;s statement never mentioned Graham, despite emphasizing that he has remained in regular contact with Senate colleagues throughout his recovery.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yhu2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45205924-6d7a-40dc-b783-60750ccb3c74_747x917.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yhu2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45205924-6d7a-40dc-b783-60750ccb3c74_747x917.png 424w, 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Dianne Feinstein&#8217;s tenure unfold amid repeated questions about her health and ability to serve. Former Rep. Kay Granger&#8217;s prolonged absence sparked similar concerns.</p><p>Now McConnell&#8217;s hospitalization has reignited the conversation once again.</p><p>Congress sets minimum ages for serving in federal office because lawmakers recognized that maturity matters.</p><p>Perhaps it&#8217;s time for an equally serious conversation about whether or not members of the U.S. government should have age limits.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beckerbrief.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Becker Brief is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘FAFO’: Hammer Drops On Fort Worth Police Who Went After Preacher]]></title><description><![CDATA[Texas police officers get a rude awakening after doubling down on their tone-deaf violations of First Amendment rights.]]></description><link>https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/fafo-hammer-drops-on-fort-worth-police</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beckerbrief.com/p/fafo-hammer-drops-on-fort-worth-police</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Becker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:43:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/Vb696Rm0SX0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government doesn&#8217;t get to decide which opinions are acceptable and which ones are too &#8220;offensive&#8221; to say out loud.</p><p>That&#8217;s why a series of viral videos out of Fort Worth, Texas, has struck such a nerve. Americans watched police officers tell Christian street preachers that speech could become criminal if someone was offended by it. Not threats. Not violence. Not incitement. Simply speech that offended people.</p><div id="youtube2-Vb696Rm0SX0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Vb696Rm0SX0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Vb696Rm0SX0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Now the Department of Justice is stepping in.</p>
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