Tired of red tape? DOGE opens new channel for your grievances
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Government Efficiency launched a website where Americans can directly report and suggest how to deregulate policies within the federal government, Fox News Digital learned.
“Your voice in federal decision making,” reads the website Regulations.gov, “Impacted by an existing rule or regulation? Share your ideas for deregulation by completing this form.”
DOGE worked with the Government Services Administration, an independent agency tasked with helping support the functioning of other federal agencies, and the Office of Management and Budget, which is the federal office frequently charged with overseeing deregulation efforts, to launch the website earlier this month, Fox Digital learned.
“DOGE is combining the administration’s goals of adding transparency and slashing waste, fraud, and abuse by offering the American people the unique opportunity to recommend more deregulatory actions. This DOGE-led effort highlights President Trump’s priority to put the people first and government bureaucrats last,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox Digital.
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The website’s main page directs users to a form where they can report “deregulatory suggestions,” which provides users with more than a dozen prompts regarding their issue.
The prompts include describing which federal agency had promoted a regulation at issue, if the regulation is finalized or in the midst of the rule-making process, justification for the deregulation, the history of how the regulation operates, and the title and name of the agency’s leader, as well as other detailed information on the regulation.
The form prompts users to provide their name, but the box is not mandatory to complete before submission. The person who submits a deregulatory suggestion could see the Trump administration name the rescission to the rule after the individual.
“Only answer if you would like the rescission to be named after you or your organization. Providing your name does not guarantee that it will appear on any final agency action, and we reserve the right to refrain from using names that are inappropriate or offensive,” the prompt asking for the user’s name states.
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DOGE’s public leader, Elon Musk, has railed against government regulations for months, including when he joined President Donald Trump’s campaign in key battleground states to rally support.
In a Pennsylvania rally ahead of the election, Musk recounted how his company SpaceX was wrapped up in “bunch of nutty stories” related to government overregulation, including studying the probability of the company’s Starship rocket hitting a whale or shark and facing lofty fines from the EPA for “dumping fresh water on the ground.”
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“I’ll tell you like a crazy thing, like we got fined $140,000 by the EPA for dumping fresh water on the ground. Drinking water. It’s crazy. I’ll just give you an example of just how crazy it is. And we’re like, ‘Well, we’re using water to cool the launch pad during launch. You know, we’re going to cool the launch pad so it doesn’t overheat. And in excess of caution, we actually brought in drinking water, so clean, super clean water,’” Musk said to the audience in Folsom, Pennsylvania, last year.
“And the FAA said, ‘No, you have to pay a $140,000 fine.’ And we’re like, ‘But Starbase is in a tropical thunderstorm area. Sky water falls all the time,’” Musk recounted, referring to SpaceX’s headquarters in Texas. “‘That is the same as the water we used’ So, and it’s like… there’s no harm to anything. And they said, ‘Yeah, but we didn’t have a permit.’ We’re like, ‘You need a permit for fresh water?’” Musk recounted.
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Trump went on a deregulation blitz targeting energy and climate regulations last week in a series of executive orders aimed to “unleash” the power of coal energy in the U.S., including ending a pause to coal leasing on federal lands, promoting coal and coal technology exports, and encouraging the use of coal to power artificial intelligence initiatives.
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“President Trump knows that the bureaucracy is built to regulate, not deregulate. The result is an ever-increasing number of regulations that stifle innovation and limit American freedom,” the White House said in a fact sheet on the EOs last week.
Pledge to stop the flood of illegal aliens just hit its boldest phase yet
The U.S. military will take control of a strip of federal land that spans three states along the southern border in an effort to stem illegal immigration, a memorandum Friday by President Donald Trump said.
The memorandum, “Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions,” directs the secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security “to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal lands, including the Roosevelt Reservation and excluding Federal Indian Reservations, that are reasonably necessary to enable military activities.”
He wrote it could include “border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment.”
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“Our southern border is under attack from a variety of threats,” Trump wrote in the memorandum. “The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past.”
The federal land, which consists of a narrow, 60-foot-deep strip at the border within the Roosevelt Reservation, would become a “military installation” designated as “National Defense Areas” where “military activities” would occur.
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The Roosevelt Reservation covers California, New Mexico and Arizona and was designated as federal land by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907 to keep the border secure.
The memorandum added that the secretary of defense can “determine those military activities that are reasonably necessary and appropriate to accomplish the mission” of keeping the border secure.
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Trump campaigned on securing the border and “mass deportations” and has focused on both in the first months of his presidency.
Whitmer trying to go unnoticed at Trump’s White House does the exact opposite
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, was ribbed online for seeming to hide her face during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Whitmer was seen temporarily shielding her face from cameras in the Oval Office by holding up a folder, according to a photo by the New York Times.
She later lowered the folder, as the president spoke to the press and encouraged Whitmer to comment as well. The Democratic governor, who clashed with Trump during his first term regarding her COVID-19 lockdown policies, met with the president to discuss recovery from an ice storm that impacted thousands of Michiganders, funding for the Selfridge Air National Guard base near Detroit, protections for the Great Lakes and the automobile industry.
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Whitmer, joined by Michigan State House Speaker Matt Hall and several Cabinet secretaries, stood steps away from the Resolute Desk while Trump signed executive orders Wednesday.
“We’re honored to have Gretchen Whitmer from Michigan, great state of Michigan. And, she’s been she’s really done an excellent job. And a very good person,” Trump said.
Whitmer told reporters afterward that she thought she was coming into the Oval Office for a one-on-one meeting with the president and was taken by surprise by the press conference.
Her face-shielding was derided online.
“Whitmer covering her face is the perfect metaphor for the Democratic Party,” one user wrote.
Another X user said, “Gretchen Whitmer hiding behind her files in the White House is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. This is what my 2 year old does.”
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“Was this the nail in the coffin of Gretchen Whitmer’s political aspirations?” a third user wrote.
Some users joked that Whitmer was “embarrassed” to be photographed with Trump but had no shame in placing a Dorito in the mouth of a podcaster in a 2024 social media post that critics said mocked a Christian sacrament.
Whitmer was in Washington to deliver a “Build, America, Build” address in which she called for bipartisan cooperation to strengthen American manufacturing. She was at the White House for her second meeting with Trump in less than a month, this time to talk about tariffs that were expected to disproportionately affect Michigan, whose economy is closely tied to an auto industry reliant on trade with Canada, Mexico and other countries.
In her speech Wednesday, which came before Trump announced he was pausing tariffs in most nations except for China, Whitmer highlighted areas of agreement with Trump on tariffs but criticized how they had been implemented.
“I understand the motivation behind the tariffs, and I can tell you, here’s where President Trump and I do agree. We do need to make more stuff in America,” said Whitmer, before adding, “I’m not against tariffs outright, but it is a blunt tool. You can’t just pull out the tariff hammer to swing at every problem without a clear defined end-goal.”
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Whitmer’s approach stands in stark contrast to that of other high-profile Democratic governors, many of whom are also seen as potential contenders for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination. But Whitmer faces a more challenging political landscape than leaders such as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker or California Gov. Gavin Newsom as she represents a state with a divided state legislature and that went for Trump in two of the last three elections.
Declassified document fuels growing speculation of extraterrestrials among us
A declassified document posted to the CIA’s website is raising eyebrows with claims of an alleged UFO attack on Soviet forces.
The viral report summarizes an article published by Canadian Weekly World News and the Ukrainian paper Holos Ukrayiny and was initially released to the public in May 2000.
The firsthand report describes a retaliatory alien attack after Soviet soldiers reportedly shot down a UFO flying over a military base.
The aliens reportedly emerged from the wreckage, fusing together into one object and bursting into a bright light and turning all but two of the soldiers to stone.
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“If the KGB file corresponds to reality, this is an extremely menacing case,” an unnamed CIA representative was quoted as saying in the report. “The aliens possess such weapons and technology that go beyond all our assumptions. They can stand up for themselves if attacked.”
Canadian Weekly World News estimates the supposed incident occurred between 1989 and 1990 and was initially published in 1993.
According to the document, information acquired by U.S. intelligence revealed reports of a “low-flying spaceship in the shape of a saucer” over a Soviet unit participating in training exercises.
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Officials wrote that “for unknown reasons” the soldiers launched a surface-to-air missile at the unknown aircraft, causing it to crash near the military base.
The report describes how “five short humanoids with ‘large heads and large black eyes’ emerged” from the downed spaceship and fused together to create one “single object” while emitting a loud buzzing noise.
The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.
Eyewitness testimonials claim 23 soldiers suddenly “turned into stone poles.” Two men reportedly survived the encounter because they were standing in a shaded area and were not completely exposed to the blast of light.
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Officials wrote that the remains of the “petrified soldiers” and the spaceship were transported to a secret scientific research base near Moscow, where it was discovered the soldiers’ molecular structure matched that of limestone. The document claims scientists believe the cause was a “source of energy” not yet known to humans.
The CIA did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
While the initial context of the document remains unknown, it likely originated from a telegram or another form of open-source information.
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However, former CIA agent Mike Baker is skeptical of the extraordinary claims detailed in the report.
“If there was an incident, regardless of the nature of the incident, I suspect that the actual report doesn’t look much like what has now come out from five or six or seven iterations of what originally was [written],” Baker told Fox News Digital.
In 2020, the Department of Defense announced the creation of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) with the goal to “detect, analyze and catalog” unknown objects that could pose a threat to national security.
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The creation of the program comes after years of government efforts to investigate questionable aircraft. While UFOs are typically associated with aliens, Baker insists officials are required to look into unidentified objects in the interest of national security.
“The Pentagon was saying if aviators are flying, and they identify something that they can’t readily say what this is, then [officials] should, as a matter of national security, make sure that they catalog it and figure out what it was,” Baker told Fox News Digital. “There’s a reason why you have a method of investigating these things. It doesn’t mean you’re investigating alien spacecraft, but that’s where people’s minds go when they hear about these sorts of things.”
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an order to declassify decades-old government files pertaining to UFOs, possibly revealing federal secrets while pulling back the curtain on any potential “cover-up.”
“A lot of people believe that there is a smoking gun somewhere in the files,” former U.K. Defense Ministry official and UFO expert Nick Pope told Fox News Digital. “It is a very widely held belief that elements in the U.S. intelligence community know that some of this is extraterrestrial and have documents and files relating to this. And that, of course, is what everyone really wants to know. That’s the $64,000 question.”
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As for the extraordinary claims of a Soviet-era alien invasion and retaliatory attack, Baker does not buy it.
“I’m sure there’s something out there,” Baker said. “I just don’t think that they landed decades ago, turned Soviet soldiers into limestone and we’re just now hearing about it. I don’t think that’s the case.”
Rosie O’Donnell opens up about close bond she’s formed with infamous convicted killer
Rosie O’Donnell opened up about the surprising bond that she has formed with convicted killer Lyle Menendez.
Lyle, 57, and his brother Erik Menedez, 54, are currently incarcerated in San Diego, where they are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole after they were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents, Jose and Mary “Kitty” Menendez, in 1989.
During an interview with the New York Times published Saturday, O’Donnell, 63, shared details about her friendship with Lyle and how they have been communicating while he remains behind bars.
“He started calling me on a regular basis from the tablet phone thing they have,” she said. “He would tell me about his life, what he’s been doing in prison and, for the first time in my life, I felt safe enough to trust and be vulnerable and love a straight man.”
While speaking with the New York Times, O’Donnell shared that her relationship with Lyle began during the Menendez brothers’ trial in 1996.
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Defense attorneys for Lyle and Erik argued that the brothers had killed Jose and Kitty in self-defense after suffering years of abuse and molestation by their parents.
O’Donnell recalled that she appeared on a 1996 episode of “Larry King Live,” where she said she believed the brothers’ defense.
The former talk show host told the NYT that Lyle sent her a letter after her interview on “Larry King Live.” In the letter, Lyle “thanked her for her support and stated his belief that she ‘knew’ from a personal place that what he was saying was true.”
O’Donnell told the NYT that it was her own personal experience that led her to believe the Menendez brothers as she alleged “she and her siblings had been molested by their father.”
However, O’Donnell said that she never responded to Lyle’s letter.
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“At that point, I had not ventured anywhere near this in my family or in my therapy,” she told the NYT.
Years later, O’Donnell and Lyle reconnected after she watched a 2022 documentary that included new evidence supporting the Menendez brothers’ story.
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O’Donnell discussed the case during a TikTok video in which she once again defended the brothers. Afterward, Lyle’s wife Rebecca Sneed contacted her to “see if she was interested in speaking with him.”
Lyle and O’Donnell then had their first phone call, which the comedian said “lasted two or three hours,” and they have regularly stayed in touch since then.
O’Donnell admitted that some of her friends have “expressed concern” about her unlikely relationship with Lyle.
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She told the NYT that she “shrugged” when her friends told her “‘‘Ro, he’s a murderer'” and instead went to visit Lyle in prison.
During her visit, Lyle informed her about a program in which he and his fellow prison inmates help train and place dogs with blind, disabled veterans and children who have been diagnosed with autism.
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At Lyle’s suggestion, O’Donnell decided to get a dog through the program for her 12-year-old son Clay, who is autistic. She “spent two weeks commuting daily to the prison” before bringing home a Labrador mix named Kuma, who had been trained by an inmate serving time for armed robbery.
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“I noticed the difference in Clay immediately,” she told the NYT. “I was shocked to find out that all the stories I heard from other mothers of autistic children were true.”
The experience inspired O’Donnell to film a documentary about the program, titled “Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Autism,” which will debut on Hulu on April 22.
Blue city’s latest art piece? A 45-foot nude that’s raising eyebrows
A 45-foot statue of a nude woman is the newest — and tallest — resident of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza.
The artwork, titled “R-Evolution,” was unveiled with music, lights and performance art Thursday, courtesy of the public art nonprofit Illuminate. Designed to glow at night and appear to “breathe” via internal motors, the statue was meant to represent strength and compassion.
Instead, it’s sparked backlash, internet memes and questions about the city’s priorities.
Originally created for Burning Man in 2015 by sculptor Marco Cochrane, the stainless steel figure now stands outside the Ferry Building, casting a long (and anatomically detailed) shadow over a city where fewer and fewer people seem impressed by spectacle.
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While some see the statue as empowering, many San Franciscans see it as another example of the city misreading the room.
Social media lit up after a video by influencer Collin Rugg went viral showing a cherry picker being awkwardly hoisted between the statue’s legs during installation. Commentators quickly had a field day.
“Nothing says ‘reviving downtown’ like a 45-foot naked lady getting rear-end surgery,” wrote one user. Another deadpanned, “This picture kind of embodies the spirit of San Francisco — head up a–.”
The statue was installed just blocks from areas dealing with visible homelessness, open-air drug use and boarded-up storefronts. While the art world might call that “juxtaposition,” many residents simply call it tone-deaf.
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Bruce Lou, the Republican challenger to Nancy Pelosi in the last congressional election, was blunt.
“I don’t know where to begin about the misplaced priorities for the city of San Francisco,” Lou said. “They seem like they are focused on absolutely everything except the things that matter.”
Lou questioned Pelosi’s connection to the city, noting, “I’m not even sure Pelosi knows about the statue. She’s originally from Baltimore and spends almost all her time in D.C., so the city and her constituents aren’t on the top of her mind.”
John Dennis, the former San Francisco GOP chair and current CAGOP Chair of Chairs, offered an even sharper assessment.
“The city named after St. Francis is now dominated by the feminist, anti-male agenda. The results speak for themselves,” he said. “A giant, naked woman blocking the proud, iconic Ferry Building is a perfect metaphor for San Francisco these days.”
The backlash wasn’t limited to conservatives, however.
In a KQED commentary, “Nobody Asked for This,” arts editor Sarah Hotchkiss wrote, “As I gazed up at this monumental steel and mesh sculpture on Thursday, I felt embarrassed for the city of San Francisco. One of several problems with R-Evolution is that we are all the audience for this thing, and no one asked us if we wanted it.”
Her critique adds to a growing chorus of San Franciscans across the political spectrum questioning how and why this was made a civic priority.
According to the most recent point-in-time count from the city, over 8,300 people are experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. The city plans to spend nearly $690 million on housing and homelessness programs in the upcoming fiscal year. Encampments are still widespread in areas like the Tenderloin, SoMa and the Mission.
Violent crime dropped 14% citywide last year, and car break-ins have hit a 22-year low, a surprising development in a city where “smash-and-grab” once felt like a daily ritual. But gun violence has ticked up 5%, and despite stepped-up law enforcement, public safety remains a top concern.
Vacant storefronts and empty streets downtown make even the most optimistic “revitalization” pitch feel a bit like performance art itself.
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Drug enforcement is also up in 2025, with arrests and citations related to narcotics up nearly 40% compared to early 2024. Still, critics argue that enforcement without addiction treatment or shelter options often just moves the problem around without solving it.
“R-Evolution” is expected to remain in place for at least six months and possibly up to a year.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
‘Slender Man’ stabber who attacked to please horror icon could soon strike again
The Wisconsin woman who attempted to kill her 12-year-old classmate to appease the fictional character “Slender Man” will be released despite the state’s claims there are still “red flags” concerning her behavior.
A judge has ruled Morgan Geyser, 22, can continue with her planned conditional release from a Wisconsin mental health institute, rejecting a last-minute petition from the State Department of Health Services asking for her to remain in custody.
The decision comes after failed attempts by Geyser’s defense team to have her released.
Officials asked Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren to reverse his initial decision after he ordered Geyser’s release in January, citing Geyser’s relationship with a murder memorabilia collector and her interest in violent books.
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In 2017, Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the violent stabbing of Payton Leutner but claimed she was not responsible due to her mental illness. She told investigators she tried to kill Leutner to please the horror character Slender Man and was ultimately found not guilty by reason of mental defect.
Geyser’s defense team and the state’s prosecuting attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
“Being found to be mentally ill as the cause of the crime has a pretty high standard,” Dr. Gail Saltz, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, told Fox News Digital. “The standard is an identifiable illness that impacts your ability to understand that what you’re doing is wrong and that you have the capacity to understand that. That’s true regardless of age. So, it is quite a high standard.”
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Geyser and her friend, Anissa Weier, were 12 when they lured Leutner into a wooded park during a sleepover in May 2014. Geyser, encouraged by Weier, stabbed Leutner 19 times.
Leutner miraculously survived the attack.
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Geyser has been in custody at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for the last seven years. She was initially sentenced to 40 years in the psychiatric hospital and was permitted to ask the court to consider her conditional release every six months.
The Wisconsin State Department of Health Services did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Health officials asked Bohren to reconsider, citing Geyser’s relationship with a man who collects murder memorabilia. Prosecutors also said Geyser failed to inform her therapy team about a violent book she was reading.
Geyser’s defense attorney, Tony Cotton, refuted the claims, telling the court the center’s staff members were aware the collector had visited Geyser three times in June 2023 and that she only read books that were permitted by her care team. Cotton added that after Geyser discovered the man was selling items she sent him, she broke things off.
“Morgan is not more dangerous today,” Cotton said.
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Bohren also listened to testimony from three psychologists who initially recommended Geyser be released during her hearing in January.
While Geyser’s apparent interest in violent topics concerns prosecutors, experts say some individuals may gravitate toward materials that offer a controlled way to indulge in their morbid curiosity.
“This is a gray zone in the sense that many people read violent material as a way of partaking and thinking about that sort of fantasy material,” Saltz said. “Horror movies exist because many humans have sadistic and masochistic urges that are satisfied by reading about or watching material of this sort.”
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However, agency officials argued Geyser remains a danger to the community, citing the book “Rent Boy,” which features topics such as murder and selling organs on the black market.
Prosecutors told Bohren they believed it was concerning that Geyser reportedly only disclosed the information when confronted by her care team.
“The state has real concerns these things are, frankly, just red flags at this point,” Waukesha County Deputy District Attorney Abbey Nickolie said during a hearing last month.
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While morbid curiosities may be normal for some, experts believe those with violent pasts could be influenced by materials about their crimes.
“Thought does not equal behavior,” Saltz said. “That being said, [with] somebody who has committed the behavior, we do worry that ultimately that will increase their urge to do something that they truly [want] to do and lead to a behavior that is considered a problem.”
Despite the state’s pleas to keep Geyser institutionalized, Bohren determined she was no longer a danger to society. Her next court appearance is scheduled for April 28, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
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“There are many people who commit horrible assaults with the intent to kill and serve their time and the evaluation is that they acknowledge their crime, which [Geyser] clearly has,” Saltz told Fox News Digital. “They fall under all the ingredients that have to do with rehabilitation, who don’t even have a finding that mental illness was a factor and were then released into society. So, I’m saying this isn’t a totally unique situation.”
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Weier also pleaded guilty to being a party to attempted second-degree intentional homicide with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital. In 2021, she was released on the condition she must live with her father and wear a GPS monitor.
Attorneys for Weier did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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“You have to think about the victim in this case too,” Saltz said. “The attack was unbelievably traumatic. But, at the end of the day, it’s highly unusual to essentially lock up a 12-year-old for life.”
They swore they’d never forget each other — now look who just reunited
The cast of the iconic 1980’s film “The Breakfast Club” – Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Emilio Estevez – reunited for the first time in 40 years during a pop culture event in Chicago.
On Saturday, the former cast mates took the stage at C2E2 to reminisce about their experiences making the classic coming-of-age movie, in which five students from different high school cliques bond while serving Saturday detention together.
“I feel really very emotional and moved to have us all together,” Ringwald, who played Clarie Standish in the movie, told the crowd, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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While other members of the cast have reunited in the past, this was the first time Estevez joined them.
“We don’t have to use the cardboard cutout anymore because he’s here.” Ringwald added. “I feel really moved that we’re all together.”
Estevez, who played star athlete Andrew Clark, admitted that joining the reunion was “something that finally I felt I needed to do just for myself.”
“This one felt special, it’s here in Chicago where we made the film,” he said. “It’s obviously the 40th anniversary, and it just felt like it was time. Somebody told me that Molly said, ‘Well, does Emilio just not like us?’ And that broke my heart. And I went, ‘No, of course I love all of them.’ And that just made sense, so here I am.”
At one point during the panel, Nelson, who played delinquent John Bender, said he didn’t think it’d take this long for everyone to reunite. But this time, he, Estevez and Ringwald were together, along with Hall, who played socially awkward Brian Johnson, and Sheedy, who starred as shy loner Allison Reynolds.
“I always felt in a weird way that the work was half done, that at some point we would all get back together – because there were too many questions by everyone, ‘What happens on Monday?’ The film is about the fact that everyone has to make that decision for themselves [about] what happens on Monday. But I felt, personally, that it was one shoe and I needed the second shoe, and that could only come from John,” Nelson said, referring to the movie’s late writer and director John Hughes.
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“So his passing was profound for me, because it’s like the work will always be in a circle leaning one direction,” he added. “What we needed was the one to counterbalance it, because Hughes explained to us the differences between the young and old. So now is the time for him to show us where we meet in the end, because we’re all older now, but we’re not going to get that, which is sad. But in a way, Hughes has been telling us, ‘Think for yourself.'”
Fans were quick to share their reaction to the reunion on social media.
“Love seeing this, great movie!” one user wrote on X.
“Fantastic. Great for fans but I hope they enjoyed getting back together and recognizing what an impact that movie had / has on so many,” another wrote.
Last year, Ringwald – who had recently watched “The Breakfast Club” with her daughter – reflected on the movie in an interview with The Times.
“There is a lot that I really love about the movie, but there are elements that haven’t aged well – like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” she told the outlet.
“I’m glad we’re able to look at that and say things are truly different now.”
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