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A man in Berlin attacked Europe's largest Pride celebrations , leaving one woman dead and 29 others injured, and German authorities are investigating it as an Islamist attack carried out by 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a man previously flagged for radicalization who had attempted to join ISIS in Lebanon. Stella sits down with comedian and writer Daniel-Ryan Spaulding, who lived in Berlin for five ye...

Sophie Cunningham's Adidas shoes sold out in ONE HOUR — and it wasn't because of a marketing campaign. It's because she said something most people are too afraid to say out loud: men don't belong in women's sports. And instead of staying quiet about the backlash, Americans showed up with their wallets to back her up. In this video, I'm breaking down the full story — from Sophie's viral pointing mo...

Stella Escobedo interviews John Spencer, urban warfare expert and military analyst, for a no-nonsense breakdown of what's actually happening in Gaza... and why almost everything you've been told about it is wrong. Is Israel fighting a moral war against Hamas and Hezbollah? Spencer has spent time on the ground in Gaza, and he joins Stella to make the case... backed by data, not headlines... while e...

California politics are shifting after Sonja Shah won the primary, only for Gavin Newsom to erase the job. Watch how 1.7 million votes were effectively set aside. This report examines the controversy surrounding the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction position. We break down the timeline of events where voters cast their ballots for Sonja, only to see the role effectively dismant...

Spencer Pratt isn't running in California's November midterms, but don't count him out. He recently met with President Trump in the Oval Office. We don't know exactly what the two of them discussed, but we do know Trump has been openly critical of how elections are run in California — he even walked out of an NBC interview after being pressed on it. In this video, we break down why Spencer Pratt's...

Megyn Kelly is afraid of Candace Owens, and it shows. As Tyler Robinson sits in court facing overwhelming evidence in the murder of Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens keeps pushing conspiracy theories and attacking Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk. Kelly still won't call her out. Recently, on her show, Megyn Kelly had legal expert Matt Murphy who pushed back on what Candace Owens is doing. And still, Kelly refus...

Is Candace Owens' career finally over? That's the question everyone's asking after Victor Davis Hanson didn't hold back on her latest conspiracy spiral. In this video, we break down Owens' continued attacks on Erika Kirk despite overwhelming evidence from the preliminary hearing against Tyler Robinson, the man arrested for Charlie Kirk's assassination — plus new fallout from Frank Turek's viral th...

Vice President JD Vance sat down with Joe Rogan on the biggest podcast in America and addressed the Islamic Regime, the MOU, and whether the United States should be negotiating with Islamic Republic of Iran at all. Many are saying you don't cut deals with a regime that has never once negotiated in good faith. Stella Escobedo sat down with Catherine Perez-Shakdam... a woman who infiltrated the regi...

Dr. Gad Saad, evolutionary behavioral scientist, New York Times bestselling author, and Scholar at the University of Mississippi's Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom, joins Stella Escobedo for a bold conversation about the ideas threatening Western civilization from within. Dr. Saad breaks down the concept of suicidal empathy — the dangerous tendency to prioritize...

A man pleads guilty to killing a Jewish protester — and a California judge is signaling as little as zero to one year in county jail. Is justice being served? In November 2023, Paul Kessler — a 69-year-old pro-Israel protester — was struck in the head with a megaphone at a rally in Thousand Oaks, California. He fell. He died. The man responsible, Loay Alnaji, has now pleaded guilty to felony mansl...

The LA City Council just voted 10-5 to put non-citizen voting on the November ballot — and Elon Musk summed it up in five words: "They have imported voters to win." The measure was introduced by DSA council member Hugo Soto-Martinez and passed 10-5. If LA voters approve it in November, it would amend the city charter to allow non-citizens — including DACA recipients, TPS holders, and legal permane...

What happens when a federally funded organization has alleged ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood? In this episode of Stella News, attorney and CEO of Evolve Advocacy Julie Marzouk breaks down the growing federal investigation into CAIR — the Council on American-Islamic Relations — and what it means for American taxpayers. Julie Marzouk's testimony before the U.S. Senate played a direct role...

Spencer Pratt isn't going quietly. After slipping from second to third place as mail-in ballots were counted in the June 2nd Los Angeles mayoral primary, Pratt came out swinging — posting a video calling it "Phase Three" and warning Karen Bass and Nithya Raman to watch their backs heading into November. But here's what most people aren't talking about: there's a section in the Los Angeles City Cha...

President Trump is set to sign a peace deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran in Geneva this Friday — but can a regime actually be trusted to honor it? Stella Escovido sits down with Middle East expert Dr. Walid Phares to break down what's really in this deal, and whether peace with Tehran can ever be more than a pause button. Plus, President Trump says Israel is taking too long to finish off Hezb...

President Trump just revealed a secret military operation that moved over 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz — and now he's threatening to take total control of Iran's oil and gas markets. What does this mean for your gas prices? Stella Inger sits down with Dr. Walid Phares — foreign policy expert, political science professor, author of 15 books on Iran and U.S. policy, and th...

In this full-length interview, independent journalist Stella Inger Escobedo sits down with fitness entrepreneur and outspoken commentator Jillian Michaels for a wide-ranging conversation on politics, media narratives, and the cultural forces shaping today’s public debate. The discussion covers major political figures, shifting media dynamics, and the growing tension between traditional journalism...