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Major League Baseball has slightly backed off its anti-Christian bigotry but the fight for religious liberty is far from over. Big sports will do seemingly anything to placate radicals while doing nothing to protect the consciences of believing Christians. MLB used "Pride Month" as a pretext to coerce Christian players into aggressively promoting homosexuality and that isn't tolerance, that's compulsion. In this video, CatholicVote exposes how MLB's so-called inclusivity agenda is being weaponized against Christian athletes who hold sincere religious convictions. When players are forced to choose between their faith and their career, that's not inclusion it's religious coercion. Key Issues Covered: - Major League Baseball's Pride Month controversy and Christian player pushback - How big sports organizations are suppressing the religious freedom of athletes - Why these tactics push an anti-family worldview millions of Americans reject - CatholicVote's ongoing fight to defend the religious liberty of MLB players These tactics are not about tolerance. They are about forcing a worldview on players and fans who know that family, faith, and freedom still matter in America. CatholicVote will continue fighting for the religious liberty of Christian players in professional sports. #cortesinvestigates #catholicvote #catholic #MLB #baseball #pridemonth
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MLB FINALLY Backs Down The Fight for Christian Players' Religious Liberty

Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahera was killed on duty and it was entirely preventable. On the Fourth of July, as Pennsylvanians celebrated independence, the law enforcement community mourned the loss of a brave officer on the highway. The man charged with his killing: an illegal alien truck driver from Haiti who should never have been behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle. But here's what the mainstream media won't tell you: the killer obtained a valid U.S. CDL, a commercial driver's license, from the state of Massachusetts. The same reckless, open-borders policies that handed a foreign national the keys to a semi-truck are operating across multiple blue states: 🔵 Massachusetts — Issued the CDL to a man who had no business being in this country 🔵 Pennsylvania (Shapiro) — Where Trooper Pahira paid with his life 🔵 California (Newsom) — A sanctuary state where similar standards apply 🔵 Illinois (Pritzker) — Where the same dangerous policies are the norm These aren't isolated incidents. They are the predictable, deadly result of radical governors who prioritize open borders extremism over the safety of their citizens and the lives of the men and women in uniform who protect them. Pennsylvania is a great state. It helped found this nation. Its people deserve better. Stay tuned for an upcoming full documentary on this critical topic. Topics covered: - State Trooper Michael Pahira killed in the line of duty - Illegal alien truck driver from Haiti charged with homicide - CDL issued by Massachusetts to an illegal immigrant - Open borders policies in Pennsylvania, California, and Illinois - Governor Shapiro, Governor Newsom, and Governor Pritzker immigration records - Sanctuary state licensing laws and public safety #cortesinvestigates #immigration #statetrooper #pennsylvania #politics
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Illegal Immigrant Behind Wheel Of Semi What Governors Won't Tell You #statetrooper #border

Pope Leo XIV grew up in Dalton, Illinois a once-thriving, working-class Catholic suburb of Chicago. Today, his childhood neighborhood is unrecognizable. In this on-the-ground report, we visit Dalton and Riverdale in the South Suburbs of Chicago, the area where Pope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) was raised, worshipped, and first formed his Catholic faith. What we found is shocking: boarded-up homes, broken windows at St. Mary's Parish, overgrown weeds, shuttered schools, and a community hollowed out from within. But this isn't just a story about one town. It's a story about what happens when two destructive forces collide: - Globalization & Deindustrialization: The factories that powered the South Suburbs are gone. The industrial working-class jobs that allowed families to thrive on a single income simply vanished. - Failed Housing Policy: Mismanaged Section 8 housing policy concentrated urban poverty and spread it throughout once-stable suburbs, accelerating neighborhood collapse. The same story played out across Park Forest, Riverdale, and dozens of other South Suburb communities once proud, tidy, Catholic working-class towns that are now dangerous, underfunded, and forgotten. The Pope's home has been restored. His neighborhood has not. 📍 Filmed on location: Dalton, Illinois & Riverdale, Illinois (South Suburbs of Chicago) #cortesinvestigates #popeleoxiv #chicago #chicagopolitics #politics
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Pope Leo XIV's Hometown Is a Disaster And It's Not Bad Luck

I'm reporting from St. Mary Parish in Riverdale, Illinois - the childhood church of Pope Leo XIV. This is where he worshipped, learned to read and write, and first discovered his Catholic faith. Today, it's boarded up. Pope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) grew up attending St. Mary Catholic Church in Riverdale, Illinois - a south suburb of Chicago. In this on-the-ground report, I visited the Pope's home parish and documents what he finds: broken windows, overgrown weeds, cracked cement, and a shuttered school building. But this isn't just about one church. Dalton and Riverdale, Illinois, once thriving middle-class communities, have been hollowed out by decades of failed policy. What happened to the neighborhood that shaped the first American pope? Topics covered: - Pope Leo XIV's hometown and childhood parish - The closure of St. Mary Church in Riverdale, Illinois - Economic decline of Chicago's south suburbs - Policy failures and their impact on working-class Catholic communities #cortesinvestigates #popeleoxiv #chicago #politics
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Pope Leo XIV Grew Up HERE Now His Parish Is In Ruins

Radical politicians and their open borders extremism aren't just bad policy, they're getting people killed on American roads. In deeply blue states, standards for obtaining a CDL, a Commercial Driver's License to operate an 80,000-pound semi-truck, have all but disappeared. Many of these drivers are foreigners who cannot speak English, cannot read American road signs, and should never have been placed behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle. Federal law requires CDL applicants to be able to speak and read English - a basic, common-sense safety standard. About 10 years ago, a Democratic administration quietly stopped enforcing that rule. Open borders radicals like Governor Newsom have since insisted that illegal immigrants receive licenses to drive 80,000-pound trucks — in direct violation of federal law. The consequences are deadly. These collisions are the predictable, preventable result of sellout politicians who come from far away, and who let others do the same, to game our system, exploit our laws, and endanger American families. No more preventable wrecks. No more funerals for young victims American roads for American drivers. #cortesinvestigates #roadsafety #immigration #truckdriver
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Radical Governors Are Letting Unqualified Foreign Truck Drivers Kill Americans | Documentary Trailer

I went to Michigan, the state that has experienced more Muslim mass migration than anywhere else in America, and asked the question politicians won't ask. The results were stunning. By a 6-to-1 margin, Michigan voters say there are too many Muslim immigrants coming to the United States. But it's not just conservatives driving that number. Among Kamala Harris voters, the result was nearly 2-to-1. Among Hispanic residents of Michigan, it was an extraordinary 8-to-1. These are not fringe numbers. This is a mainstream sentiment that the political class is actively ignoring — and voters across party lines are saying the same thing. What this video covers: 🔴 The full Michigan polling results on Muslim immigration — broken down by party, race, and vote history 🔴 Why Michigan is ground zero for America's mass migration debate 🔴 How even Democratic voters in a blue-leaning state are turning on open immigration policy 🔴 What the 8-1 Hispanic result tells us about the immigration debate in 2025 🔴 Why this polling data matters for the future of both parties The numbers don't lie. See the full poll data. #CortesInvestigates #Immigration #Michigan #ImmigrationDebate
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The Moment Blue State Voters Turned on Immigration #Immigration #Michigan #Surprising

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The Pacific Palisades fire was totally preventable and the failure to rebuild since is inexcusable. This documentary exposes how Gavin Newsom turned the California Dream into Newsom's Nightmare. Under Gavin Newsom's leadership, California has the highest poverty rate in America. Amazing places like Pacific Palisades burned to ashes because of his corruption and neglect. Since the inferno, there's been almost zero movement on the rebuild due to the dysfunction of Newsom and his political allies. This short documentary takes you to the scene with vivid, startling images and on-the-ground reporting. Featured guests include Kurt Schlichter, Susan Crabtree, Lauren Gruel, and Kristina Irwin — some of the brightest minds exposing California's wildfire crisis and political failures. The Pacific Palisades fire tragedy didn't have to happen. The California wildfire crisis is a direct result of California mismanagement at the highest levels. And now, Gavin Newsom is running for president — he wants to bring his California misery to all of America. Watch, share, and decide for yourself. #cortesinvestigates #pacificpalisadesfire #california #gavinnewsom #californiafires
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Gavin Newsom Destroyed the California Dream: The Palisades Fire Tragedy

America's test scores are at historic lows and the system tasked with fixing it is quietly lowering the bar instead. This documentary investigates the collapse of public education across America, focusing on Wisconsin, once a model for public schooling, where reading and math scores have fallen years below grade level. We uncover how the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction responded to a crisis not by raising standards, but by rewriting what "passing" means. What we found: skyrocketing school budgets with plummeting outcomes, NDAs handed out at a taxpayer-funded conference at a water park, the widest Black-white achievement gap in the nation, and parents from Milwaukee to Eau Claire who are fighting back. Inside this documentary: - How reading and math test scores hit historic lows across the U.S. - Why Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction lowered academic standards - The truth about education spending and why more money isn't helping students - Parents, homeschoolers, and school board members speak out - Why the 2026 Wisconsin governor's race could change everything for education Follow on X: https://x.com/CortesSteve Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.cortes.413204 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevecortes_/ Subscribe on Substack: https://www.cortesinvestigates.com/ Comment your thoughts or questions below. #cortesinvestigates #educationcrisis #publicschools #wisconsin #literacycrisis
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Failing America's Children: The Truth About Our Broken School System

While Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia spiral into crime and decay one American city is thriving. Miami is the model America needs right now. The Miami Model is a full-length documentary exploring how Miami transformed from one of America's most dangerous cities into its most powerful and what every other major city got catastrophically wrong. Inside this documentary: - How Miami achieved 4x less violent crime than St. Louis and 3x less than Philadelphia - Why Illinois's richest man Ken Griffin abandoned Chicago for Miami - How Miami spends half per citizen compared to New York and Los Angeles and delivers better results - The leadership decisions that kept Miami thriving during COVID-19 while other cities collapsed - Why families, entrepreneurs, and law enforcement officers are choosing South Florida over legacy cities - Operation Summer Heat 3,300 felony arrests and what it meant for public safety - Voices of real Miami residents: parents, immigrants, police officers, and business leaders 🎙️ Featuring: Ken Griffin, Patrick Bet David, Jeff Matola (former Miami Beach Police), Dr. Fernando Salvado, Noli Zalvar, and more. Miami didn't happen by accident. It happened because of choices on policing, education, fiscal discipline, and leadership. This documentary breaks down exactly what those choices were, and why they matter for the future of every American city. 📍 The Miami model isn't just a Florida story. It's a blueprint. #CortesInvestigates #MiamiDocumentary #MiamiModel #AmericanCities #Florida #Miami
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Why Everyone Is Fleeing to Miami (Full Documentary)

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