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Scandal-plagued Virginia AG hopeful’s wife reportedly donated to fund that freed accused criminals, murderers

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Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones faced new political fallout Friday after a report revealed his wife had donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a controversial bail organization that used millions to spring violent offenders, including accused rapists and murderers, from jail.
In May 2020, during unrest in Minneapolis after George Floyd’s death, Mavis Jones posted on Twitter: «I just donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund,» linking to the group’s donation page and urging others to do the same. The account has since gone private.
The revelation, first reported by The Washington Free Beacon, comes as Jones, a Democrat, trails Republican incumbent Jason Miyares in a tightening race for Virginia’s top law enforcement post. The state’s attorney general oversees state-level prosecutions and police oversight.
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The Minnesota Freedom Fund, promoted at the time by several progressive figures, including Sen. Kamala Harris, raised more than $41 million during the 2020 protests, pledging to support demonstrators arrested during clashes with police.
But a FOX 9 investigation later found the group spent most of its money bailing out defendants accused of serious violent crimes rather than low-level protest offenses.
Jay Jones addresses supporters after winning the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general as wife Mavis Jones looks on in Norfolk, Va., June 17, 2025. (Trevor Metcalfe/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Among those bailed out was Christopher Boswell, a twice-convicted rapist facing new kidnapping and assault charges who was freed after the fund posted $350,000 in cash bail.
The group also paid $100,000 to release Darnika Floyd, who was charged with second-degree murder, and $75,000 for Jaleel Stallings, who allegedly fired at a Minneapolis SWAT team before being acquitted at trial.
Greg Lewin, then the fund’s interim executive director, told FOX 9 that same year, «The last time we were down there, the clerk said, ‘We hate it when you bail out these sex offenders.’ I often don’t even look at a charge when I bail someone out.»
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Darnika Floyd, charged with second-degree murder, was released after the Minnesota Freedom Fund posted $100,000 bail in 2020. (Minnesota Department of Corrections)
In one case, the fund posted bail for George Howard, a career criminal later charged with fatally shooting a man in a Minneapolis road rage incident just weeks after his release.
The news adds to a string of controversies for Jones, 35, who has already apologized for violent text messages directed at Republican leaders. In one exchange, he wrote that then–House Speaker Todd Gilbert gets «two bullets to the head» and that Gilbert’s wife Jennifer should «watch her children die.»

Mavis Jones, wife of scandal-plagued Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones, D-Va., eportedly posted about her support of the Minnesota Freedom Fund in 2020, which bailed out accused murderers and rapists. (Jay Jones via X)
Court records also show Jones was convicted of reckless driving in 2022 for traveling 116 mph on a Virginia highway. He was fined $1,500 and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service, but a state ethics review is examining whether hours spent volunteering for his own political committee should count toward the sentence.
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The latest controversy gives Miyares and Republicans new fodder in the closing weeks of the campaign. A Trafalgar Group poll released Oct. 17 found Miyares leading 49.5% to 44.6%, a reversal from earlier surveys that had Jones up six points before the text scandal broke.
As of Friday, Mavis Jones has set her X account to private.
The Minnesota Freedom Fund and the Jay Jones campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Cómo es la isla de Kharg, la joya petrolera de Irán que Estados Unidos atacó en «uno de los bombardeos más poderosos de la historia»

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Por qué Frida Kahlo es mucho más que una artista y cómo su rostro llegó a la cultura pop

La exposición “Frida: The Making of an Icon”, inaugurada en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston, explora cómo la vida y la imagen de Frida Kahlo trascendieron su obra artística para convertirse en un icono cultural global. Con más de 200 piezas inspiradas en la artista y la participación de ochenta creadores de diversos países, la muestra analiza el proceso que configuró la figura de Kahlo como símbolo de identidad, activismo y objeto de consumo internacional.
Frida Kahlo se convirtió en icono cultural mundial porque su historia, marcada por la discapacidad, el activismo político y una identidad singular, ha sido reinterpretada por movimientos sociales, colectivos culturales y artistas de distintas generaciones.
El fenómeno Kahlo, según la exposición en Houston, trasciende el arte, influyendo en debates sobre la representación, el consumo cultural y el legado latinoamericano desde una perspectiva internacional.

La biografía de Frida Kahlo estuvo marcada por desafíos personales y compromiso político. Nació en 1907 en la Casa Azul de Ciudad de México. Desde la infancia enfrentó secuelas físicas de la polio, a las que se sumaron lesiones permanentes tras un accidente de autobús a los 18 años. Integrante activa del Partido Comunista Mexicano, inició su carrera artística en ese entorno y mantuvo una relación compleja con el muralista Diego Rivera.
Durante su vida, el reconocimiento de Kahlo fue limitado, aunque expuso de forma individual en Nueva York y mantuvo contacto con figuras destacadas como André Breton y Georgia O’Keeffe. Tras su muerte en 1954, su visibilidad creció por biografías como las de Teresa del Conde y Raquel Tibol en los años 70, seguidas de exposiciones retrospectivas en México y Estados Unidos.

El impulso decisivo hacia el reconocimiento internacional llegó con la exposición itinerante “Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti” en 1982 y la presentación de ocho obras en la muestra “México: Esplendores de treinta siglos” en 1990, detalló Artnet News.
A partir de 1968, la imagen de Kahlo fue adoptada como emblema de orgullo y resistencia cultural por el movimiento estudiantil mexicano. Posteriormente, colectivos como el movimiento chicano en Estados Unidos, el feminismo, el activismo LGBTQ+ y numerosos artistas contemporáneos reivindicaron su legado como fuente de inspiración y plataforma para nuevas formas de expresión.

La curadora Mari Carmen Ramírez explicó a Artnet News que “el legado de Frida ha sido acogido por todos estos grupos, tanto en México como en Estados Unidos”. Añadió que la exposición es una exploración inédita de cómo distintas comunidades han incorporado y transformado la figura de Kahlo.
La influencia de Kahlo está reflejada en la presencia de ochenta artistas de cinco generaciones, entre ellos Judy Chicago, Kiki Smith, Ana Mendieta, Guerrilla Girls, Miriam Schapiro y Carrie Mae Weems. Muchos de estos creadores, sin vínculo directo con el arte mexicano, reconocen la relevancia de la artista como referencia principal en su trabajo.

El magnetismo de Kahlo reside en su capacidad de crear diversas identidades a través del autorretrato. Ramírez sostiene que “ella creó muchas clases de identidades a través del autorretrato, lo que la convierte en un icono multifacético”, según recoge Artnet News.
La artista es celebrada por sus valores de diversidad, autodefinición y la ruptura de barreras de género, raza y sexualidad. Su imagen actúa como emblema de colectivos que buscan visibilizar causas sociales y denunciar injusticias.
El catálogo de la exposición subraya la versatilidad de Kahlo como mestiza, mujer bisexual, intelectual y activista. Esta multiplicidad le permitió moverse entre distintas esferas culturales y políticas, posibilitando la construcción de una leyenda que, en ocasiones, ha superado la valoración individual de su obra pictórica.

La universalidad de Kahlo ha derivado en una mercantilización ampliamente documentada. Su rostro aparece en productos comerciales, desde camisetas hasta bolsos y joyas, fenómeno calificado como “fridamanía” en la muestra.
Mari Carmen Ramírez advierte en Artnet News: “Lo más peligroso es la mercantilización y la comercialización de su imagen. Cuando ves su imagen en una toalla sanitaria, creo que la están rebajando a algo muy vulgar”.

La exhibición presenta más de 200 objetos inspirados en Kahlo, seleccionados entre más de 100.000 artículos detectados en plataformas digitales, lo que refleja la magnitud y los dilemas éticos de su explotación comercial.
Junto a las críticas, la muestra pone énfasis en el denominado “fenómeno Frida”, que aborda la intersección entre la creación de mitos y la cultura de consumo. En este terreno, la imagen pública de Kahlo eclipsa a menudo la consideración de su obra artística.

La dimensión colectiva y participativa del legado de Kahlo se aprecia en proyectos como “Everyone Can Be Frida” de la fotógrafa brasileña Camila Fontenele. Entre 2012 y 2020, Fontenele realizó 5.800 retratos de personas que recrean el estilo de Kahlo, sin distinción de edad, género u origen, evidenciando la universalidad de este icono cultural.
Estas obras tienen un papel central en la exposición y muestran cómo la figura de Kahlo permite que cualquier persona encuentre una fuente de identificación e inspiración.
La invitación de la muestra, según expresó la curadora Mari Carmen Ramírez a Artnet News, es pensar la figura de Frida Kahlo como un espacio abierto donde cualquiera puede descubrir formas propias de expresión y empoderamiento a través del arte.
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GOP lawmakers would strip citizenship from terrorists after attacks tied to naturalized citizens

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Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., announced plans Thursday to introduce legislation allowing the U.S. to denaturalize and deport naturalized citizens who commit or support terrorism after a recent string of attacks involving immigrants who obtained citizenship.
On Thursday, Moore called out the «horrific pattern» of naturalized citizens committing acts of terror against the American people, saying it «must end.»
Moore announced he will be introducing a bill in Congress to denaturalize and deport any naturalized citizen who commits an act of terror, plots to unleash terror, joins a terrorist group or otherwise aids and abets terrorism.
Almost immediately, Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., vowed to support the bill.
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Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, at left, who was identified as the shooter at ODU Thursday, March 12, 2026. Ndiaga Diagne, 53, at right, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Senegal, was identified as the suspect in Sunday’s shooting outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden in Austin. The background photo shows the aftermath of an attack on Temple Israel, a synagogue in Michigan, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (Obtained by WTVR; Obtained by Fox News; WJBK)
This week, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Lebanon, allegedly attempted to ram his vehicle into a Michigan synagogue filled with children and teachers. The same day at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a naturalized citizen from Sierra Leone, opened fire on a class of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) students, killing Lt. Col. Brandon Shah.
Days before, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, the children of naturalized citizens from Turkey and Afghanistan, allegedly attempted to bomb an anti-Islam demonstration outside the mayor’s mansion in New York City. At the start of the month, Senegalese-born naturalized citizen Ndiaga Diagne killed three people and injured over a dozen in a shooting in Austin.
After this week’s attacks, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., renewed his call to pass another bill known as the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act.
Schmitt is the Senate sponsor of the bill, which, if passed, would expand and clarify grounds for denaturalization if an individual participates in fraud against a government program, joins a terrorist organization or is convicted of an aggravated felony or espionage.
The bill was introduced in the House in January by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., amid widespread outrage over the rampant Medicaid and children’s services fraud scandal, which heavily involved the Somali immigrant community.
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Ibrahim Kayumi, right, pictured handing an object to Emir Balat, left. Both men were arrested March 7 after allegedly attempting to bomb a protest in New York City and pledging allegiance to the ISIS terror group. (Justice Department Office of Public Affairs)
On Thursday, Schmitt posted on X that «after the SAVE America Act, we must pass the SCAM Act so we can denaturalize & deport those who are here to hurt Americans. We must denaturalize those who shouldn’t be here.»
Under current laws, the U.S. government may strip citizenship from a naturalized individual only in very limited circumstances, such as when it was obtained through fraud. There is also a very high standard of proof on the government to show that fraud occurred during the process of obtaining citizenship.
The SCAM Act, however, would expand the government’s ability to denaturalize, allowing it to revoke citizenship from a person who engages in terrorism, commits fraud, commits espionage or commits felonies within 10 years of becoming a citizen.
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Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was identified as the instructor killed in Thursday’s deadly shooting at Old Dominion University. (Old Dominion University)
In another post, Schmitt emphasized «we need to give the Trump admin the SCAM Act. Under current law, it is practically impossible to denaturalize these terrorists.»
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He said the SCAM Act «will allow the Trump admin to denaturalize and deport those who should never have been granted citizenship in the first place.»
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