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The owners of a brewery in North Carolina shut down a drag show intended to raise funds for illegal aliens after allegedly receiving death threats.Teri Lippy said they contacted law enforcement but could not determine whether the threats were credible, so they decided to stop the event to protect their employees.'They posted it everywhere, and people started harassing both us and the venue.' The "Drag Brunch for a Cause" program had been scheduled for Sunday at Eleven Lakes Brewing in Cornelius until critics campaigned to stop the event.The drag show was described as a family-friendly fundraiser for the Carolina Migrant Network, a nonprofit group that provides legal services to illegal aliens for free.About 100 tickets had been sold for the event before it was posted to social media by the popular account "Libs of TikTok.""Eleven Lakes Brewing, a business in North Carolina, is hosting an ‘all-ages’ drag queen show to raise money for illegal aliens," the account wrote on the X platform. "Yes, this is real. They want to groom your children while donating money to fund foreign criminal invaders. Would be a shame if they went viral!"Melissa Easley, who works with the event's lead sponsor, implied that the threats were tied to the Libs of TikTok post."They started advertising it as a children’s drag event," Easley said about the campaign. "They posted it everywhere, and people started harassing both us and the venue."Lippy claimed that critics had twisted the meaning of the event and said that parents could bring in children without paying for an extra ticket."Nice brewery. Looks like it would burn down easy," was one threat she says they received via email. "All of a sudden, physical and death threats started coming to both the venue and us," Easley added. RELATED: Drag queen defends shows for children, says drag shows teach kids 'there are no boundaries' Easley remains defiant, however. "They may have won this battle, but we’re not going away," she said. "We are regrouping, and this event will happen." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Michigan Democrats are finding themselves in a bit of an uncomfortable spot after Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s ties to far-left activist and streamer Hasan Piker are becoming a growing issue in the general election campaign.At a recent campaign event for El-Sayed, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) pleaded with reporters to stop focusing on Piker and instead discuss El-Sayed’s candidacy, insisting Republicans were using the controversy to divide Democrats.“I’m done,” Dingell said. “This election is about what’s going to happen when we elect Abdul to the United States Senate.”“So don’t any reporter ask me again about Hasan Piker; it’s not what November is about,” she continued.“Republicans are trying to make it, they’re trying to divide us, and we got to stop letting them try to divide us. I don’t agree with Hasan Piker on a lot of stuff, and I really don’t agree with him on some of the woman things he said,” she added.“Nice try,” executive producer Keith Malinak says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “No, he’s yours. Own him.”“He got El-Sayed through the primary, and now they want to disown him for the general. No,” Malinak continues, “No, he’s yours.”“Also, you got in bed with the DSA,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray chimes in. “You got in bed with Hasan Piker. I’m sorry. We’re not the ones dividing you. You did this to yourself.”“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to Republicans,” he adds.Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

New York City police gunned down a woman who had attacked random strangers with a knife in Times Square on Monday.Cellphone video captured the moment that police surrounded the woman, who lunged at them while armed with two knives.Police were able to recover two knives at the scene.Police said the 49-year-old woman began the "unprovoked and random" knife attack on strangers near 41st Street and Seventh Avenue.She allegedly stabbed a 68-year-old man in his abdomen as the victim walked out of the subway with his wife. He was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries.A second victim was identified as 32-year-old Erin Piacenti of Chester, New Jersey, who died of her injuries.Witnesses flagged down officers who confronted the woman for about four minutes.The officers "gave her numerous commands to drop the knife," said NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch."During the encounter, she told the officers, 'I'm not dropping anything. I would rather kill both of you.' She repeated, 'I will kill you,'" Tisch added.Officers deployed Tasers, and other officers shot at the woman, which can be viewed on the graphic cellphone video.She was hospitalized and later declared dead, Tisch said.The woman was later identified as Pamela Cisneros of Queens, who had a documented history of mental illness, according to Tisch. She added that police were able to recover two knives at the scene.RELATED: Video allegedly shows man stuffing body parts into suitcase after dismembering stepfather Piacenti worked as a vice president at Bank of America.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) thanked police at the media briefing."I want to thank the NYPD officers who stepped in and prevented a horrific attack from becoming even worse," the mayor said. "This is what the men and women of this department do every single day to keep our city safe."He added that body-camera footage from police would be released after an investigation.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger's attempts to disrupt cooperation with federal immigration enforcement efforts have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.U.S. District Judge Robert Payne said in his ruling Monday that the federal government would likely succeed in the lawsuit against the restrictions on federal cooperation.'My office strongly disagrees with the judge’s order and will urgently file a motion to stay this ruling and appeal.'Payne, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush, issued a preliminary injunction against the order while the case continues going through the legal process.The Trump administration argued that the Virginia law violates the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution as well as the Contract Clause.Spanberger had signed the law, and Attorney General Jay Jones began cracking down on the Greene County sheriff for continuing to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and aiding in 50 arrests.The order from Payne will allow law enforcement officials and state prisons to cooperate with ICE operations, but not for new agreements to be made.Jones said he would appeal the order from Payne."My office strongly disagrees with the judge’s order and will urgently file a motion to stay this ruling and appeal the temporary injunction," he wrote in a statement, according to the Virginia Mercury.Jones argued that the state had the right to order state officials against cooperation."The General Assembly was well within its legal authority to pass this law and to put statutory requirements in place to ensure Virginia’s already resource-constrained localities and law enforcement agencies are not devoting critical resources toward carrying out responsibilities that rest solely with the federal government," he added.RELATED: Democratic congressman claims he forced ICE to back off from arrest at courtroom The Department of Homeland Security had vehemently criticized Spanberger after she signed the restrictions on ICE cooperation. "The heroes of ICE will continue to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens across the Commonwealth while Governor Spanberger RELEASES them from jails into Virginia communities to commit more crimes and create more victims," the statement read. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!