Far-Left Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles ABRUPTLY RESIGNS Just Months After Reelection Following Tenure Marred by Brutal Light Rail Murder of Ukrainian Refugee Iryna Zarutska

 

Mayor Vi Lyles (Credit: Atrium Health)

Another Democrat-run city is in absolute chaos.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, the 73-year-old radical Democrat who has presided over the “Queen City” since 2017, dropped a bombshell on Thursday, announcing her immediate resignation effective June 30.

The nation’s 14th-largest city just handed Lyles another four years on the job in November 2025, but now she’s suddenly bolting for the exits, claiming she wants to spend more time with her grandchildren and “allow for new leadership.”

“Serving as Charlotte’s mayor has been the honor of my life,” Mayor Lyles said. 

“I am proud of our record navigating various challenges, strengthening our economy, investing in our neighborhoods, and building a foundation for Charlotte’s continued success during a time of rapid growth. Now, it is time for the next phase of my life, to spend more time with my grandchildren and for someone new to lead us forward.”

“I am very proud of my record as mayor, but I also firmly believe that true leadership includes knowing when it is time to let the next generation of leaders take over,” she said.

“By leaving early, the voters will have more time to learn about their candidates. Our city is strong, our trajectory is positive, and now is the right moment for someone else to build on our progress from the past few years.”

“As in all things politics, I am sure there will be speculation as to why I am making this decision now. Simply put, I am going to spend time with my grandchildren. Like many of us, I have missed some moments with them and intend to not miss anymore!”

Sure, Vi. Or maybe it’s the mounting pressure from the horrific crime scandals, the backlash over her handling of the brutal murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, and the reality that her far-left leadership has turned Charlotte into yet another failing blue-city disaster under Democrat rule.

In September 2025, the innocent Ukrainian refugee was viciously stabbed to death in broad daylight on a Charlotte light rail platform by a repeat-offender vagrant with a lengthy criminal record.

The graphic video of the attack was initially suppressed by local media, with Lyles herself publicly thanking outlets for not releasing the footage “out of respect for the family.”

Once the video inevitably surfaced online, the public outrage was explosive, forcing the Democrat mayor to backtrack as residents demanded accountability for the soft-on-crime policies that let dangerous transients roam free.

Lyles’ response? More excuses about “mental health” and “court system failures” instead of cracking down on the vagrants and criminals terrorizing her city. It’s the same Democrat playbook that’s destroyed cities from San Francisco to Chicago, and Charlotte under Lyles has been no exception.

Just months later, we reported how federal agents under President Trump flooded Charlotte to round up illegal immigrants, only for Lyles and her fellow radical Democrats to whine about “unnecessary fear” and cry that residents just wanted to “go about their lives.” Of course they did, the lives of law-abiding citizens who are sick of the chaos their leaders created.

WATCH: Conservative Host SHOCKS “Muslims-Only” Waterpark Event Organizer After Exposing a Series of Humiliating Truths About Her “Job” to Her Face

 

The Blaze’s Sara Gonzales embarrasses the organizer of a “Muslims Only” day at a Texas water park. Credit: Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” on BlazeTV screenshot

A conservative activist who played a role in exposing a disgusting and racist “Muslim Only” celebration completely embarrassed the organizer of the event after exposing a series of embarrassing truths about her line of work.

A Taxpayer-funded waterpark in a Texas city sparked online fury earlier this week after announcing it would openly discriminate against non-Muslims to celebrate an Islamic holiday.

Epic Waters in Grand Prairie released fliers for a June 1 event celebrating a major Muslim holiday called Eid al-Adha. The event was supposed to require a “modest dress code” and solely serve Halal-slaughtered meat.

Epic Waters, which was funded by an additional sales tax on Grand Prairie residents, would have essentially resembled a hard-core Islamist country rather than the great state of Texas.

The Blaze’s Sara Gonzales was extremely instrumental in exposing this disgusting religious discrimination to the rest of the country. The backlash soon became so severe that the event was cancelled.

On Thursday, Gonzales invited the organizer of the “Muslims Only” stunt, Dr. Aminah Knight, to her podcast to discuss how she felt about her little party getting canceled. But, unbeknownst to Knight, Gonzales had a major surprise up her sleeve.

Gonzales stunned Knight when she revealed that the bigot runs a daycare center called “Excellence Early Learning Center” in which the word “learning is spelled “learing.” Just like one of the Somali Daycare Centers in Minnesota!

Gonzales next asked if it was appropriate for her to teach kids when she can’t spell a basic word correctly.

Knight was left speechless and stunned when confronted about this, so Gonzales started mocking her. Then, she meekly said it was a typo.

Gonzales then informed Knight that her registration to run the business had been involuntarily terminated and asked how the daycare center was still operating.

Knight had no clue how to respond. She proceeded to complain that she had been brought on to answer questions about the cancellation of her event.

Gonzales informed that they had already discussed this and hoped Knight had learned a lesson about not discriminating based on religion.

WATCH:

GONZALES: You also run a daycare center called “Excellence Early Learing Center” on your website. It’s also called a leaning center.

So I’m just wondering: is it appropriate to be teaching children when you can’t spell learning right?

KNIGHT: (no response)

GONZALES: Okay, she’s not frozen, ’cause she’s blinking. She’s just mad.

KNIGHT: I’m not mad, I just uh, acknowledging the typo and that’s a more appropriate way to say it. Are you trying to let me know I have a typo on my website?

GONZALES: I want to respect your time…I also want to know how the daycare is operational if your right to transact business was involuntarily ended in Texas.

KNIGHT: What?

GONZALES: This is according to the website. Your registration is inactive.

KNIGHT(long pause): I’ll have to figure that out.

GONZALES: And you are dead set on (your daycare center’s misspelling) being a typo?

KNIGHT: I, I, don’t know what you’re talking about. And I thought you wanted to talk to me about how I felt about the event being canceled.

GONZALES: We did talk about that.

KNIGHT: Okay, I don’t have anything else to talk to you about. I appreciate you reaching out.

GONZALES: Okay, I hope you’ve learned your lesson. You can’t exclude based on religion in the good old USA.

KNIGHT: I don’t want to…

GONZALES: God bless, Aminah!

(Interview ends)

Russia Reiterates Warning for All Diplomatic Missions To Evacuate Kiev Over Strikes Against ‘Decision-Making Centers’ if Ukraine Attacks ‘Victory Day’ Celebrations

 

Kiev under heavy drone and missile strikes – June 2025

Kiev may be heavily targeted in the next few days.

The next few days may turn out to be some of the most disturbing of the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its 5th year.

Like every year, Russians will celebrate on May 9 the ‘Victory Day’ over Nazi Germany in WW2.

And like they´ve been doing in the last few years during the war, Vladimir Putin is declaring a unilateral truce during the celebrations.

Kiev under heavy drone and missile strikes – June 2025

Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky could have accepted the truce, or rejected it – but instead, he came up with a ‘counter truce’ beginning two days earlier.

When Russian attacks continued unabated during the ‘counter-truce’ days, Zelensky gravely stated that ’Ukraine will respond in kind’.

In the meantime, aware of the real possibility of a Ukrainian attack against the scaled-down ‘Victory Day’ parade in Moscow’s Red Square, Russia has warned of unprecedented strikes in downtown Kiev, on ‘decision-making centers.’

Today, the Russian Foreign Ministry reiterated the warning to Kiev’s civilian population and especially to the foreign diplomatic missions to evacuate Kiev, because if Ukraine enacts any disruption to the celebrations, a strike will be incoming for Kiev.

And once the hypersonic missiles are fired, there won’t be time for much.

Cory Booker Admits Dems Are Coming for Supreme Court if They Win Midterms

Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, said this week that Democrats are still eyeing major changes to the Supreme Court if they win the Senate in November.

During a Tuesday appearance on “All-In with Chris Hayes” on MSNOW, Booker openly discussed “reforming” the court.

Host Chris Hayes noted that many Democratic voters increasingly believe “something has to be done” about the court’s conservative majority.

He asked Booker whether going after the court had become a priority for Democrats seeking to regain power in November.

“The Supreme Court is another example of an area where most Americans agree,” Booker claimed.

Booker then argued in favor of imposing term limits on Supreme Court justices.

“In addition, most Americans agree that Supreme Court justices shouldn’t sit on those benches until they’re so ailing,” Booker said.

“So, yes, we have to think hard about how we’re going to reform the court and bring it back into alignment,” he added.

He also accused the court of having eviscerated “years and years and years of progress” by ruling last week that states cannot gerrymander districts based on race.

Booker’s threat comes after years of Democrats and liberal activists openly floating proposals to restructure the court.

After Republicans secured a 6-3 conservative majority following the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, many on the left demanded that the high court be packed.

Some congressional Democrats proposed increasing the number of justices from nine to 13.

Others pushed to add Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico as states, proposals that would arguably give Democrats four more permanent Senate seats in addition to a packed court.

In an opinion piece published by The Hill this week, Becket Adams noted that many liberals only view the Supreme Court as illegitimate whenever they disagree with major rulings.

“There is no version of the Supreme Court that Democrats and their supporters in the press will be happy with that is not explicitly liberal and explicitly pro-Democratic Party,” Adams said.

Adams further pointed out that conservative justices routinely go against the Trump administration, despite claims that the court operates as a purely partisan institution.

“From the moment the Supreme Court gained a conservative majority in 2020, Democrats and left-wing commentators have been waging a non-stop campaign to delegitimize it,” Adams wrote.

“There wasn’t even a honeymoon period. Allegations of tyranny and illegitimacy have been the reflexive response to every decision from this court, regardless of the legal merits.”