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Fox News
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Hunter Biden rages against ‘f---ing thug' Trump, invokes KKK in immigration rant
EDITOR'S NOTE: VIDEO INCLUDES PROFANITY Hunter Biden raged against President Donald Trump and his mass deportation efforts during an expletive-laden interview with a Philadelphia podcaster in which he calls his father's successor a "f—ing thug" and draws parallels to 19th Century government actions against Black freedmen. Biden and "Channel 5" podcaster Andrew Callaghan spoke for three hours on a range of topics, from the former first son's cocaine use, to the former president's disastrous debate, to theories that he was marketing paintings to assuage overseas interests in favor of his dad. On immigration, Biden began by revisiting the Reconstruction Era and the Ku Klux Klan's early role as a voter suppression organization against Black Americans. He discussed an 1873 incident in Colfax, La., wherein former Confederate militiamen and the Klan converged with a cannon on a courthouse where several Black men were defending GOP officeholders following a contested election. Many of those defenders were slaughtered outside the courthouse and Biden said such violence and intimidation continued throughout the country thereafter. Connecting that time to present, Biden said that America gets stuck in a "permanent Jim Crow loop" that when the "more perfect union" is nearly realized, a "symbiosis between money and power" ruins it. "There is a minority group that those in power, that came into power through democratically elected means, are going to target this minority group because they're stealing all the jobs," he said, as clips played of Trump from 2016 speaking about "Mexico not sending their best" and claims of migrants "eating the dogs" in Ohio. "And what we're going to do is we're going to send masked men to this marginalized group, and we are going to take them, put them on planes, put them on buses, put them on trains, and send them to a prison camp in a foreign country," Biden fumed. "What am I describing right then? Am I describing Germany? Or am I just describing the United States right now? Because I will tell you what. You think that the prison in El Salvador is not a f---ing concentration camp, you're out of your f---ing mind." Biden said some Democrats are too soft on the issue and telling others that people are upset about illegal immigration. "F--- you," Biden replied. "How do you think your hotel room gets cleaned? How do think you got food on your f---ing table? Who do you think washes your dishes? Who do think does your f---ing garden? Who do you think is here by the f---ing sheer f---ing just grit and will that they figured out a way to get here because they thought that they could give themselves and their family a better chance and he's somehow convinced all of us that these people are the f---ing criminals." Biden then claimed White men are "45 times more likely" to commit a violent crime than illegal immigrants. He also reserved invective for former President Barack Obama's top acolytes, including the "Pod Save America" hosts, and top advisers David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel. Biden said Axelrod wrongly surmised that Democrats need to understand why people are upset and appeal to them. "Well, the only people that f---ing appealed to those f---ing white voters was Joe Biden, 81 years old, and he got 81 million votes. And he did because not because he appeased their f---ing Trumpian sense, but because he challenged it," Biden said. "And he said, you can be an 81-year-old Catholic from f---ing Scranton that doesn't understand it, but still has empathy for transgender people and immigrants," he said, as Callaghan posted a photo of former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine. If he were president, Biden said, he would call Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and warn him that "you either f---ing send them back [to the U.S.] or I'm going to f---ing invade." "It's a f---ing crime what they're doing. He's a f---ing dictator thug," he added. When Callaghan asked if Biden meant Trump or Bukele was a "thug," Biden indicated "both."
CBS News
21-06-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Wrong-way crash on I-80 in Colfax kills 2 people
A wrong-way crash in Colfax killed two people early Saturday morning, the Placer County Sheriff's Office said. Around 6 a.m., the sheriff's office said a crash happened on eastbound Interstate 80, west of Highway 174. The sheriff's office has not yet said what vehicle the two people were inside of at the time of the crash or released any information about the driver. 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈-𝟖𝟎 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐱 𝐃𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 All eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 are currently closed at Canyon... Posted by Placer County Sheriff's Office on Saturday, June 21, 2025 Eastbound I-80 is closed, and there was no estimated time of reopening.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘We're not going anywhere': Community comes together to support businesses on Colfax during construction
DENVER (KDVR) — For months now, businesses have been feeling the impact of a year-long construction project putting a bus lane on Colfax. 'It was a nightmare and still kind of is, I mean, just today this week is new where we lost a bunch of sidewalk, which is brand new to us this week,' co-owner of Lion's Liar, Michael Thorne, said. Credit card skimmers found on pumps at popular gas station in Aurora But now the community is stepping up with events like the Bigwig Bar Crawl put on by Colfax Ave, a group designed to bring the community together in the area. Those at the crawl said it is just a part of being in the community. 'I think since all the construction started, you know I have hurt people talking, saying it is hurting businesses,' Kathryn Teeple, who attended the event, said. 'To come out and get a group of people to come together to try and go around, have fun and support the businesses.' Thorne said the community has had to rally together, even the Walgreens in the area offered their parking lot to help the live music acts that come through the bar. 'Any parking that we had, and so is everybody else here, but Walgreens luckily gives us their parking lot to use, which is great, especially since we're a live music venue, so we need somewhere to load music in,' Thorne said. With the construction expected to finish in 2027 and the roads and sidewalks opening back up Thorne says they will push through, just like they have in the past. 'We're not going anywhere, no matter what, no matter, I mean, we have survived a lot and we are going to continue on it,' Thorne said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
06-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
New Placer County water treatment plant breaks ground, will serve Colfax to Applegate
COLFAX — A major investment is underway aimed at improving both water access and fire safety in Placer County. The Placer County Water Agency broke ground just north of Interstate 80 on the new Colfax water treatment plant, serving foothill communities from Colfax to Applegate. Safe drinking water is essential, and this project will greatly improve water quality for thousands of homes. It will also help keep this community safer when it comes to fighting wildfires. "When you build for communities and homes, you also build for a fire system," said Andy Fecko, general manager of the water agency. The new facility will replace one built 60 years ago that is now outdated, undersized, and nearing the end of its operational life. "We were frankly out of capacity at the old treatment plant, and it uses an old treatment process that's not as good as the one we're putting in," Fecko said. The new plant will nearly double treatment capacity from 1.2 to 2 million gallons per day, providing service to more homes, including those currently relying on groundwater wells. "The water will be cleaner, there will be more of it, and we'll be able to get that water to more people," Fecko said. It will also ensure enough supply for fire hydrants, important tools in protecting these vulnerable communities. "The River Fire that came very close to burning down the city of Colfax, that's the kind of system we're aiming to improve so the community ends up safer," Fecko said. The new Colfax facility is one of several projects supported by the California Department of Water Resources. "There's nothing more fundamental than turning on the tap and trusting the water coming out and that it will come out when you turn it on," said Laurel Firestone, board member of the state Water Resources Control Board. Officials say that the Colfax plant is a model, not just for this region but for others across California facing similar challenges. "This project is really a model for how together the entire region can be stronger, and it's exactly the kind of thing we're funding and starting to see come to fruition across the state," Firestone said. They broke ground on construction on Thursday, and they expect to have it complete within the next two years.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Business Profile: Innovating dining
May 18—COLFAX — The smell of garlic sauteing on the stove permeated the dining room of Wild Ember Kitchen in Colfax at midday. The staff was preparing garlic to season tacos the restaurant had planned for a special Cinco de Mayo dinner that evening. The tacos are among the many dishes Colfax High School graduate Trevor Miller has developed for the restaurant with fellow chef and significant other Amanda Packer since the business's debut about a year ago. "I don't like to lean toward anything specific," Miller said. "I just like to have freedom to do whatever food I would like. So that's what I like about the name. It doesn't make you think of any one thing." Often that freedom leads him to put tacos on the menu. Street tacos ($18) with seared pork belly are one of the biggest sellers. They come in corn tortillas with cabbage, corn salsa, jalapenos, cotija (a type of cheese) and aji verde (a Peruvian sauce). For Cinco de Mayo, Miller was trying a new taco with beef tongue, curious to see how it would be received. "We've got a pretty good following," he said. "People come here and try new things they might not try anywhere else because they know it's going to be good." The innovation at Wild Ember Kitchen extends beyond the food. The Colfax Downtown Association renovated the former bank in a single-story, 3,521-square-foot building into a restaurant incubator. The majority of the money for the upgrade came from a $2.26 million grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce. Miller and Packer earned the opportunity to use the space through a competitive process and are leasing it at a subsidized rate. I spoke with Miller and Packer about how they developed the restaurant, what their plans are for the venture and what led them to Colfax. An edited version of our conversation follows: Elaine Williams: The availability of an incubator restaurant space with subsidized rent prompted you to scrap your plans for a food truck and open here. Could you share more about how that happened? Trevor Miller: We moved to Colfax because our oldest son was 5 years old and we wanted him to attend school here. We were going to open a food truck. I started doing food at The Cellar Wine and Beer Bar in Colfax. The downtown association kept hounding me to apply for this. This is a dream. I always wanted to have a restaurant like this in Colfax, but it's expensive. The buildings are old. It's just a daunting idea to come in with a few million dollars to remodel. But since it's a downtown association that owns and it was a government grant, I was like "All right. Now I'll give it a shot now because there's not a whole bunch on the line." We just order the food, the plates and the liquor and get all the licensing for it. If we had to come in and buy a building and remodel it — I love Colfax, but I wouldn't have picked Colfax. EW: Let's switch gears and talk about your career backgrounds. Trevor, you discovered your love of cooking at Arby's in Colfax and completed your training at Le Cordon Bleu of Culinary Arts in Portland, Ore. Amanda, you earned your culinary credentials at the Le Cordon Bleu of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale, Ariz. How did your paths first cross? Daily headlines, straight to your inboxRead it online first and stay up-to-date, delivered daily at 7 AM TM: We were both working at a high-end resort about 45 minutes north of Missoula. The average vacation there is about a quarter of a million dollars for high-end clientele. I was a line cook because I wasn't going to stay more than one summer. When I met her, she kept me there. Amanda Packer: I was the private chef for any clients that wanted a private dining experience. I'd create a menu either to their specifications or I would surprise them. When I was doing that, I was the pastry chef. Working at that resort was one of the assignments we had over about five years. EW: That sounds glamorous. How did you decide to return to Colfax? TM: It comes with its own headaches and very little time off. We were in a high-demand side of the industry. It was fun, but once you have two boys, you just kind of take a step back and make it easier to have more of a work-life balance. EW: Let's talk more about what you're doing at Wild Ember Kitchen. Besides tacos, what can diners expect? TM: We serve a lot of hamburgers. The Whitman County burger is a sirloin, brisket patty with seared ham, American cheese and garlic aioli. I try to keep the ingredients as simple as possible and make sure they work well together. We have a full bar. We have about a dozen drinks that we change seasonally. One is the Golden Paradise with bourbon, house-made pineapple simple syrup, cardamom bitters and orange peel. EW: You mentioned this business plays a broader role than just being a restaurant. What do you mean by that? TM: It's pretty diverse. We get a lot of locals. We get a lot of people from all over, including Lewiston and Spokane. They come and meet. We had four ladies sit here that hadn't seen each other in 10 years. They sat and chit-chatted for five hours. They love that there's a new place they can come in and sit and have some good drinks and good food. EW: Now that you're hitting your stride, how long do you think you'll be here? TM: I don't know. We're planning to do catering. We could extend the lease as long as five years or stay longer if no one is interested in the space. My parents live 15 minutes outside of town on a farm. Our two sons spend a lot of time with them in the summer. There's no rush to decide. Williams is the business editor of the Tribune and Moscow-Pullman Daily News. She may be contacted at ewilliam@ or (208) 848-2261. About Wild Ember Kitchen Address: 102 N. Main St., Colfax Hours: 3-9 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Wednesday; and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.
