If Iran Deal Succeeds: Trump Presses Arab Neighbors to Join Abraham Accords
Axios reports: The president is clearly trying to leverage every bit of progress he makes in the region. President Trump told leaders of several Arab and other Muslim countries during a Saturday conference call that if a deal to end the Iran war is achieved he wants their nations to sign peace agreements with Israel, per two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the call. Trump’s remarks on Israel and the countries signing onto the Abraham Accords during the call signal the next big step he wants to take in the Middle East after the war. Trump is aiming mostly at a historic Saudi-Israeli peace agreement, but the current political climate in the region and the upcoming Israeli election make any near term breakthrough extremely difficult. On Saturday, Trump held a phone call with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain to discuss the emerging deal with Iran. Leaders including UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, who has had a more hawkish view on the Iran war, said they support it.
Senator Lindsey Graham has signaled support:If in fact as a result of these negotiations to end the Iranian conflict, our Arab and Muslim allies in the region agreed to join the Abraham Accords, it would make this agreement one of the most consequential in the history of the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Pakistan joining the Abraham Accords would be beyond transformative for the region and world. It is a brilliant move by President Trump.
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Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Senate runoff Tuesday, one week after receiving President Donald Trump’s backing.
Paxton won the race by a landslide 28-point margin, 63.8% to 36.2%, after receiving a late-minute May 19 endorsement from Trump, the Associated Press reported with more than 95% of the vote counted. The race advanced to a runoff after neither candidate received a majority of the votes during the primary.
After winning the GOP nomination Paxton will face Democratic nominee State Rep. James Talarico in the November general election. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race “Lean R.”
Cornyn won a plurality of the vote in the March 3 primary edging out Paxton by roughly 1.5 percentage points. However, he failed to secure a majority needed to avoid a runoff with his challenger. Cornyn received endorsements from former Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry and outgoing Republican Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee.
Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt — who came in a distant third in the primary — and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon endorsed Paxton.
Both candidates expressed their support for Trump, hoping to receive his backing. Ahead of the runoff, Trump said he would endorse one candidate and encourage the other to drop out.
Polls showed Paxton with a sizable nine-point lead, 51% to 42.7%, against Cornyn, according to Global Strategy Group.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Paxton said in March that he would “stay in the race” regardless of who Trump endorsed. Trump said it would be “very bad for him” to refuse to drop out.
“Well, that’s bad for him to say,” Trump said. “That is bad for him. So maybe, maybe that leads me to go the other direction.”
Previous reports suggested that Trump planned to endorse Cornyn, The Atlantic reported in March.
Cornyn did not commit to supporting Paxton if he defeated him in the runoff during an interview with “The Hill Sunday.” He previously accused Paxton of being ethically unfit to run for office, while Paxton argued that the 74-year-old Cornyn is too old to serve another term.
Paxton is embroiled in a long list of ethical and personal controversies, which include a proposed plea deal that would have allowed a man who admitted to sexually abusing a young boy to serve only one day in jail. His wife, Republican Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, filed for divorce in July 2025 over an extramarital affair.
The Texas House voted to impeach Paxton in 2023 on 20 articles, alleging that he misused his office to aid Nate Paul, a wealthy real estate developer and political donor. The state Senate acquitted Paxton in Sept. 2023.
Trump railed against Cornyn on Truth Social for not fighting “hard enough” to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require individuals to provide documentation proving their citizenship before voting.
Cornyn is among those who lost their primary races to Trump-backed candidates. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy lost their primary races in May after Trump aggressively waged war against them for opposing his agenda. Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment in 2021, while Massie voted against the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and opposed the Iran war.
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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress as he faces allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct from several women. “I am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members,” he said in a statement. “Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong. But it’s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress.”
Swalwell’s political career imploded as multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape and unsolicited explicit messages and nude photos. The congressman ended his campaign for California governor on Sunday as he hemorrhaged support.
A former staffer told CNN that she was heavily intoxicated after a night of drinking with Swalwell in New York City in April 2024, when she woke up to him having sex with her in his hotel bed. I was pushing him off of me, saying no,” the woman told CNN of the incident, which she said happened after she had stopped working in Swalwell’s office. “He didn’t stop.” She was one of four women who described t misconduct by Swalwell, who was running for California governor. Others alleged that Swalwell sent them unsolicited nude photos or explicit messages.
In his resignation announcement, Swalwell again apologized for past “mistakes in judgment,” but vowed to fight the “serious, false allegation.” The statement seemingly referred to the claims made by a former staffer, whose story was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday.
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(Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that negotiating a deal with Iran could “take a few days,” quashing hopes for an imminent end to the conflict after U.S. forces conducted what Washington called defensive strikes in southern Iran.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they reserved the right to retaliate against any ceasefire violations, while Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said countries in the region could no longer be a shield for U.S. bases.
Both sides had indicated progress on a memorandum of understanding that could halt the war and restart shipping through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, while giving negotiators 60 days to negotiate more complex issues including Iran’s nuclear program.
Following strikes against targets that the U.S. said included boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, Rubio told reporters on his plane in India’s Jaipur that the Strait of Hormuz has to be open “one way or the other”.
The war, which began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, has caused an unprecedented oil supply shock, pushing up oil prices along with the costs of fuel, fertilizer and food. Iran responded to the strikes by launching drones and missiles at Gulf states that host U.S. bases.
Only a few dozen vessels have been passing through the Strait of Hormuz compared with 125 to 140 daily previously. About a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas usually flows through the waterway.
Iran has been letting some ships through, giving preference to ships linked to countries with which it has alliances or close ties, and striking government-to-government agreements, Reuters has reported.
‘Clock Cannot Be Turned Back’
Despite a ceasefire in place since early April, U.S. Central Command said on Monday it had carried out fresh strikes designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that air defense units had downed a U.S. drone and fired at another drone and a fighter jet which they said had entered Iranian airspace over the Gulf region.
In comments posted on his Telegram channel on the occasion of the annual hajj pilgrimage, Iran’s Supreme Leader said: “The clock cannot be turned back, and the nations and lands of the region will no longer be a shield for American bases.”
“From now on, the slogans ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ will be the slogans of the Islamic nation and the oppressed people of the world, especially the youth,” he added.
U.S. President Donald Trump has previously cited the slogans while justifying military action against Iran. Trump had said talks with Iran were going “nicely” in a lengthy post on Truth Social on Monday, but warned of fresh attacks if they failed. It “will only be a Great Deal for all, or no Deal at all,” he wrote.
Abraham Accords Push
Trump also called on more Arab and Muslim states including Saudi Arabia to sign up to the Abraham Accords, brokered during his first term in office and aimed at normalizing ties between those states and Israel.
Saudi Arabia’s longstanding position has been that it would not sign the accords unless there is an agreement on a roadmap to Palestinian statehood.
In another indication of the region’s tensions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would intensify strikes against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
Israel’s military on Tuesday warned residents of the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh to leave ahead of possible airstrikes.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire in mid-April, but Israel has continued airstrikes it says are acts of self-defense against Hezbollah, which was not party to the truce.
Doha Talks
Iranian and U.S. officials have said recent indirect talks have made progress on a memorandum of understanding, or initial deal, that would lead to further negotiations over a final agreement.
Iran’s top negotiator, its foreign minister and its central bank governor were in Doha on Monday for talks with Qatar’s prime minister on a potential deal, an official briefed on the visit said.
Iran’s top negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf, was seeking agreement on the release of around $24 billion of Iranian funds frozen overseas as part of the memorandum of understanding, Iran’s Tasnim news agency cited a source close to the negotiation team as saying.
Iran’s Fars news agency cited a source saying that the unfreezing of the funds was the last serious sticking point for the memorandum of understanding to be finalized.
According to Iranian sources, an initial deal is only about ending the war on all fronts, establishing a 30-day framework for movement through the Strait of Hormuz, and possibly providing some financial relief – with more complex issues such as Iran’s nuclear program to be negotiated in a second phase.
Trump has said his key aim in the war is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon with its highly enriched uranium. Tehran has consistently denied it has plans to do that.
In early Asian trade on Tuesday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up slightly from Monday’s last traded price but down 5.5% from Friday’s close.
(Reporting by Reuters bureaux; Additional reporting by Akanksha Khushi, Doina Chiacu, Ariba Shahid, Hatem Mater, Andrew Mills, Elwely Elwelly, Michael Martina and Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Jan Wolfe, Stephen Coates and Aidan Lewis; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Keith Weir)
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Minneapolis’s Radical Marxist Mayor Jacob Frey posted the following on X:
“Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago,” Frey said on X. “That moment changed our city forever. It forced Minneapolis to confront painful truths about race, policing, inequity, and trust — and demanded hard conversations and accountability. Since Floyd’s murder, our city has been challenged not just to say we’ve changed, but to prove it.“
Frey made no official posting in remembrance of Memorial Day.
I have no words to describe my feelings of anger and rage towards this obvious anti-American, Communist idiot and his buddies in Minnesota!
BTW: Floyd was not murdered, he died of a drug overdose according to his autopsy report.
While countless patriotic Americans are spending this Memorial Day reflecting on the sacrifice that our service men and women have given to protect our country’s freedom and way of life, radical Democrat Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey decided to make a long-winded social media post honoring George Floyd.
“Today, we remember George Floyd, who was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer six years ago,” Frey said on X. “That moment changed our city forever. It forced Minneapolis to confront painful truths about race, policing, inequity, and trust — and demanded hard conversations and accountability. Since Floyd’s murder, our city has been challenged not just to say we’ve changed, but to prove it.“
This isn’t Frey’s first foray into pandering for support by propping up Floyd. Astute observers will remember that Frey performatively kneeled before Floyd’s golden casket while weeping back in 2020.
Frey, who has yet to make a similarly gushing post honoring America’s fallen soldiers, was predictably dragged for the decision.
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Indiana GOP voters showed they learned that lesson. Every spineless, gutless RINO should be quaking in their boots. Most of the Republican Indiana state Senate candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump won primary races Tuesday against incumbents who voted with Democrats to stop a congressional redistricting bill.
Indiana conservatives just sent a message to RINOs everywhere: FAFO. These voters are mad as hell and they’re not going to vote for spineless Republicans anymore.
Hopefully GOP senators performing in the failure theater production of “debating” the SAVE America Act heard Indiana’s message loud and clear.
Most of the Republican Indiana state Senate candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump won primary races Tuesday against incumbents who voted with Democrats to stop a congressional redistricting bill. As of late Tuesday evening, The New York Times election results showed challengers picked up at least five of the seven state Senate seats targeted by Trump and allied conservatives groups. Republican primary voters rejected politicians standing on “fairness” principles while Democrats employ every weapon in their political arsenal to wrest back control of the U.S. House.
Indiana Sen. Jim Banks helped drive the campaign to oust the incumbents who helped kill a mid-decade redrawing of the red state’s congressional maps. The redistricting plan, urged by Trump, would have given Republicans two additional seats in a House of Representatives with a razor-thin GOP majority.
“Everyone in Indiana politics should have learned an important lesson today: President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters,” Banks said in a statement. “Indiana is a conservative state, and we deserve conservatives in our State Senate who have a pulse on Republican voters.”
Trump and his political action committee allies are ready to spend to jettison Republicans who don’t see the next two election cycles as existential battles. And they have a lot of money to take on RINOs and leftists heading into the midterms.
The Indiana Senate Republican primaries generated $13.5 million in ad spending, a 4,736 percent increase from the last cycle, according to ad tracker AdImpact. The brunt of the spending poured in from Trump-allied groups targeting the incumbents.
It seems some members of Republican-controlled U.S. Senate have failed to learn that “important lesson,” particularly when it comes to one of Trump’s top priorities — an 80-20 issue among voters.
‘I’m Disappointed’
The Senate is out this week. Again. Majority leadership could be fighting for the SAVE America Act, holding the floor open for debate until enough obstructionist Democrats break. They’re not. Even when they’re in session they haven’t shown much urgency for the popular election integrity package that requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections, and photo ID at the polls.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has said he supports the bill but, by golly, there’s just no way to get around that 60-vote filibuster. There is, but it seems the same senators who like to talk about election integrity don’t want to work all that hard to get it. See: Talking Filibuster.
Trump has called on Republicans to use the “nuclear option,” as Democrats did more than a decade ago, to blow up the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act and other key conservative measures. Thune has said nuking the filibuster is a nonstarter in his conference. Republicans are worried about what Democrats might do with the power when they’re back in control.
Trump warned that if Democrats “get the chance, they’ll do it in the first hour back.”
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SUNDAY’S INCLUSIVE CALL BETWEEN UNITED STATES, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR, UAE, TURKEY, JORDAN, BAHRAIN, AND PAKISTAN MAKING LIFE-AND-DEATH DECISIONS FOR AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD
When inclusivity is national suicide:
Birthright citizenship for children of foreign America-haters
Ceasefire agreements with America-haters/Jew-haters
Ceasefires instead of unconditional surrenders by America-haters/Jew-haters
Realistically, America has ONE reliable, credible, highly-capable ally, which is not prone to betraying our nation for envy or enmity, and America’s ONE ally was not on the mega multi-national phone call with infinite dangers at stake.
Even if “peace” is bought with agreements amongst a multitude of nations’ leaders, Iran frankly declares: “That’s not part of this deal.” Huh?
What’s not part of this deal? ,,, just highly-enriched uranium.
While President Donald Trump was burning the midnight oil hammering out a last-minute peace and denuclearization deal with Iran, his White House inner circle was hammering critics from the right for either working to “undermine” peace efforts or “illegally” abusing residual security clearance.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a Fox News contributor, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, received X criticism from some of Trump’s top inner circle advisors, including White House communications director Steven Cheung, deputy assistant on counterterror Sebastian Gorka and outside political advisor Alex Bruesewitz.
“Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f— he’s talking about,” Cheung wrote in a scathing X post Saturday night. “He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.”
Trump himself finally weighed in on the latest peace talks Sunday morning, rebuking his predecessors along with his current critics.
A top Senate Republican is publicly pressuring President Donald Trump against pursuing what he described as a weak Iran deal as administration officials signal negotiations with Tehran are making progress.
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a sharply worded warning Thursday urging Trump not to abandon military pressure on the Iranian regime in favor of diplomacy.
“We are at a moment that will define President Trump’s legacy,” Wicker said in a statement. “His instincts have been to finish the job he started in Iran, but he is being ill advised to pursue a deal that would not be worth the paper it is written on.”
“Our commander-in-chief needs to allow America’s skilled armed forces to finish the destruction of Iran’s conventional military capabilities and reopen the strait,” Wicker went on. “Further pursuit of an agreement with Iran’s Islamist regime risks a perception of weakness. We must finish what we started. It is past time for action.”
The remarks expose growing tension inside Republican national security circles as the Trump administration weighs whether to pursue a negotiated agreement with Iran or continue its military campaign against the Iranian regime and its nuclear capabilities.
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It’s been a long-time goal of mine to visit all 50 states.
A few years back, my mom gave me a scratch-off map for Christmas as a way to track where I’d already been. By then, I’d already racked up a good number.
During college, my dad and I did a road trip from New York, where I’m from, to California, where I had an internship that summer. That helped me cross off a lot of states. We got a flat tire in Missouri. I got pulled over in Oklahoma. More tire problems in Texas. We got lunch in New Mexico and hit the town in Scottsdale, Arizona. After college, family travel helped cross off Alaska and Washington.
For a while I was on a roll. Then adulthood hit.
Time gets shorter. Money doesn’t stretch as far. My cross-country adventures slowed to a crawl.
Then President Trump took office. That came with it something I didn’t expect: new states.
Last Friday, I flew to Maine with the Vice President. A few weeks earlier I went to Nevada with Trump. In the fall, I joined Vance in Mississippi, and in July, I kicked off America’s 250th year with Trump at the Iowa State Fair.
All four were states I’d never visited. The last four stamps on my map have come from presidential travel. What a strange and wonderful thing.
These trips are insulated by nature. In Maine, we never left the airport. Everything I saw of the state was through an airplane window, slow and low, with the airspace cleared out around us. No diner, no main street, no small talk with locals.
But what I do get to see are the people of each state.
In Mississippi, the motorcade wound for 45 minutes through the state before reaching Ole Miss. People lined the streets, one hand holding up a phone and the other waving furiously. At one point, I watched a car veer into a driveway up on a hill. The driver jumped out and started waving both arms as we sped by. That could likely be the closest that man, or any of these people, get to a vice president of the United States.
When we showed up in Nevada, some attendees told me they found they waited in a long entrance line, not for a photo with the President of the United States, but with hopes of asking a question about their personal financial situation. Real concerns. Real people.
In Iowa, the fair was mostly shut down for the president’s appearance, but the crowd didn’t notice. Hundreds filled the outdoor arena, and they kept filling it throughout his speech. A few spotted us in the press pool and pulled us aside, genuinely curious about what it’s like to be around the president that often.
Maine was the most memorable. The crowd was alive in a way I hadn’t quite seen before. They wanted a conversation, and Vance gave them one.
He joked with people as they reacted to his remarks, answered questions shouted from the crowd, and let the whole thing breathe.
One rally goer kept holding up a book, presumably his own, trying to get the VP to notice it.
Another shot their hand straight up when Vance mentioned recruiting new people to run for office.
Coming back from Nevada, we flew over Delaware and Maryland. From high in the sky, I could make out the coastline I recognize from my map. It was something, even from that distance, to trace the outline of America. The boats docked along the coast. Farms were below. Cars pulled into driveways.
When we touched down last Friday, the Vice President quickly deplaned, waved to the press and walked with a member of the Air Force who escorted Vance to Marine Two. The Vice President struck up a conversation with the airman, just as he had when the day began.
He saluted the Marines as he boarded onto the helicopter. Then they walked with their perfect cadence to close the aircraft doors and see him off.
I’ve seen this process dozens of times with the President on the South Lawn – a process marked by precision and respect.
This past trip, for whatever reason, hit differently. The reporters around me felt it too. We remarked about it to one another without quite knowing why.
These trips have given me a lot of time to think about this country, especially with Memorial Day on my mind. On the days when politics, and Washington D.C. specifically, feels darkest, these trips feel like the light. Every detail is curated to the President’s liking, but one thing no advance team can script is how Americans show up. I always leave inspired, even when no words are exchanged.
I always leave inspired by the hope and optimism I witness, even if there are never words exchanged.
America is beautiful. She is good and true.
At every state I visit, I’m reminded why I got into this job. I wanted to play some part in something larger. I pray this work makes some impact.
But even if it never did, I am grateful. For the men and women who have sacrificed for this nation. They gave me the ability to write freely and travel with the President without an ounce of worry. They have kept us the greatest power in the world, so that we can enjoy our BBQs and fireworks, debate policy, and live out our dreams.
I see our armed forces in every state I visit. And that is why I love seeing America.
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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Congressional Black Caucus, which frequently complains that Congress is silencing black voices, has denied the application of four congressional black voices.
The four black members of Congress include Reps. Burgess Owens, R-Utah; Wesley Hunt, R-Texas; Byron Donalds, R-Fla.; and John James, R-Mich.
“Unfortunately, for the Left, their priorities are power and profit” Owens told the Daily Signal.
Owens and Donalds pushed to rename the Capitol’s press gallery after civil rights icon Frederick Douglass, a Republican, but caucus members refused to co-sponsor the resolution.
“Democrats know Douglass was a Republican,” Owens said. “They don’t stand up for the things that really should make a difference. They stand up for everything the Democratic Party wants, which means the black community is not always in a good place.”
Owens, who sits on the House’s Education and Workforce Committee, said the Congressional Black Caucus will advocate against the things that could strengthen the black community, such as education.
“That means they are going to vote against school choice,” he said. “Our kids are going down so fast, so far because they’re not getting the right education. … The Black Caucus doesn’t want [school choice] to happen because the Democratic Party doesn’t want that to happen.”
Owens said he grew up in the 1960s deep South, where his community “was doing well” and people believed in faith, family, and the free market. However, he added, the Left doesn’t value those ideals today.
“Marxists and socialists hate faith, family, and free market education because that sense of independence takes away their power and ability to make profit,” he said. “When they make profit on people’s misery, that’s a big business.”
Owens added, “They allow people not to feel good about themselves, feel hopeless, feel desperate, then they depend on you. … And when people have that kind of mindset, and they have no concept of what it is to believe in God or have empathy, they’ll do everything selfishly.”
The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing legislation asking young black athletes to avoid playing college sports for universities in the South, as a method of retaliating against states that redrew congressional maps. Owens, who was the third black athlete to receive a football scholarship from the University of Miami, criticized the effort, saying it’s a move by “black elitists” who want to “take the dreams of young black people away so that they can keep theirs.”
The caucus has received criticism for other decisions, including denying membership to Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., a white congressman who nevertheless represents the largest black community in Tennessee.
Other black conservative members of Congress, such as Donalds and Hunt, claim they were shunned by the caucus because they don’t approve of race-based politics.
“Democrats always use race [as a] political crutch,” Donalds said in an interview with the Daily Signal. “Their ideas aren’t logical, so what they try to do is use the emotions tied to the history of our country and weaponize those emotions for political gain. It’s sick.”
“I think that’s why you’re seeing more and more people walk away from the Democratic Party,” he added.
The Congressional Black Caucus did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment.
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In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton is dominating the polls after a surprise endorsement from President Donald Trump, plus additional support from Make America Healthy Again voters.
A SoCal Strategies poll conducted after this week’s endorsement from the president found Paxton dominating Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn by 22 points. According to the poll, Paxton leads with 57% of the vote, compared to Cornyn’s 35%. The primary runoff is set for May 26.
As attorney general, Paxton has been fighting for MAHA causes such as pesticides, forever chemicals in clothing, food dyes, and vaccines.
Secret Pesticides
This week, Paxton announced a historic settlement with a Texas-wide grocery store chain following an investigation that found it was secretly spraying pesticides on organic-labeled produce. Paxton said customers were buying organic produce at a higher price, assuming it was free of pesticides.
“This is a huge win for Texans seeking to avoid synthetic pesticides when purchasing organic produce,” Paxton said in a press release. “I commend Albertsons for reversing its course of action and signing this historic agreement to help ensure transparency for Texans by requiring its stores to stop the misting of pesticides on organic produce.”
ProduceMaxx is an Environmental Protection Agency-registered antimicrobial pesticide that contains chlorine. Paxton’s investigation found that thousands of grocery stores across the United States use it and other chemical pesticides to control bacteria and extend shelf life.
Top-Shelf Forever Chemicals
In April, Paxton issued a civil investigative demand to activewear brand Lululemon to determine if its products contain forever chemicals, and whether the company is misleading its customers.
“I will not allow any corporation to sell harmful, toxic materials to consumers at a premium price under the guise of wellness and sustainability,” Paxton said. “If Lululemon has violated Texas law, it will be held accountable.”
The investigation will look for specific synthetic materials and chemicals associated with endocrine disruption, infertility, and cancer.
“Americans should not have to worry if they are being deceived when trying to make healthy choices for themselves and their families,” he continued.
Challenging Vaccines
In January, Paxton launched an investigation into possible kickback schemes tied to childhood vaccine recommendations. The investigation includes sending more than 20 civil investigative demands to some of the largest medical providers in the country, including UnitedHealthcare and Pfizer.
Paxton said the investigation will examine whether pediatric medical providers, insurance companies, or vaccine manufacturers broke the law by failing to disclose financial incentives—such as doctors’ wages, bonuses, and employment—tied to recommending and administering vaccines to children.
“I will ensure that Big Pharma and Big Insurance don’t bribe medical providers to pressure parents to jab their kids with vaccines they feel aren’t safe or necessary,” Paxton said. “Any provider or entity whose medical guidance is fueled by financial incentives from an insurance company, Big Pharma, or otherwise will be exposed.”
“Alongside President Trump and [Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s] significant efforts to ensure safety when it comes to childhood vaccines, my office will fight to protect kids’ health and uphold transparency in the medical industry. Together, we will Make America Healthy Again,” he continued.
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The midterm elections are about five months away, and we’re having here in California a hotly contested governor’s race. And of course, everybody’s heard about the mayor’s race. They all have something in common if we examine them. There is no Democratic agenda.
There’s no antithetical agenda to the Republicans.
What I’m getting at is if you watch the debates between Spencer Pratt, Karen Bass, and Councilman [Nithya] Raman, none of them run on their records as incumbents. Karen Bass does not say, “I solved the homeless problem, and here’s how I did it.” She’s not saying, “I’ve stopped crime, and here’s how I did it. I have solved and rebuilt Pacific Palisades after the fire, and here’s how I did it. And here’s my new fire prevention plan. Here’s my new water plan, so we don’t have empty … ” None of it.
And when you see Councilman Raman, she doesn’t either. She doesn’t offer—all it is, is personal invective against Spencer Pratt.
When you look at the governor’s race in California, you have two Republicans in this jungle primary: Chad Bianco, the sheriff from Southern California, and Steve Hilton, Northern California entrepreneur who’s running. They’re both conservative, but they’re up against a whole array of Democratic candidates.
So, if you look at what Xavier Becerra says, Kathleen Porter says, Tom Steyer says, there’s no agenda. They don’t say, “I want to continue Gavin Newsom’s program. High-speed rail has been a great success. I know we’ve had some controversies, but I want to finish it, and I can come up with the $250 billion to do it. We should be proud that we have the most illegal aliens in the country. Gavin Newsom allotted $500 million to illegal alien medical care. I’d like to boost that and improve on it. We have a very sophisticated penal system. I know crime is high, but when you treat criminals humanitarily, in a humane way, crime goes down.
“So, when Governor Newsom, which I second, allowed iPads for people in prisons to use, and maybe some of them abused them a little bit, that’s a good idea and I’ll build on it. And we have the homeless, half the homeless people in the country because they like our weather and we’re a humane people. We’ve got to improve on that. We have the highest gas prices, but that means less pollution. And we have the highest taxes, that’s share the wealth. And we’re going to tax accumulated wealth of billionaires. Why not? They can pay their fair share.”
But they, they don’t defend the record in any specificity. None of them do. And none of them do in the Democratic Party on these congressional elections. They never say that we had a president. What happened?
We had Joe Biden, and we had a very orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan. It was a model operation. Or why do we need a border? Joe Biden showed you that we could let in ten thousand people a day, ten million over four years. Nothing was wrong with that.
We had a few criminals here and there, but it was a very humane policy. And we want to open that border, tear down that wall, and resume the Biden immigration policy.
Now, as far as crime, why would we want to be punitive? Some people, you know, they commit violent crimes, but they have to come up with cash to get out of jail. We got rid of cash bail because society, society is guilty, not the criminal. We should understand that by now.
And, you know, before Trump came in, we had DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion. And what it was is that we took into account, in a preferential manner your race, superficial appearance, your ethnic background, your sexuality, your gender, etc.
And that was a wonderful thing because the country had been founded by white males. The Founding Fathers were all white males. And ninety-five percent were white males. And you know how bad the country is now. So, why don’t we, kind of, reverse the process. And let other people have preferences to make up for systemic bias and racism? So, we want more DEI. That’s what we’re going to do if you elect us.
Now, there’s been a lot of attack on government, DOGE, etc. But whatever you say about the fraud in Minnesota or the fraud in California or the fraud in Chicago, notice that a lot of the people who are allegedly committing it are people of color.
So this is a right-wing racist campaign.
But more importantly, even if it wasn’t DEI, what is so wrong with taking government money from wealthy people, taxing it, and then spreading it around? Do we really care if somebody is on electronic banking transfer or food stamp card and he has two or three of them? He’s in need. He’s not a billionaire like Ken Griffin.
Here’s what I’m getting at. They don’t take the Biden record or the Obama record and defend it. They don’t give specific anecdotes to the Republicans, so that they can win.
So, what do they do? When you listen to these debates, you look at these congressional races, they say the following.
Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump. We are not Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a Nazi. No, he’s a fascist. No, he’s an Epstein molester. No, he’s a pedophile. No, he’s a rapist. No, he’s a terrorist. That’s about all they have. And to the degree they do get specific, they call people fascists and Nazis.
Why do they do that? They do that because they know the agenda was not popular with the American people. And so their agenda is not going to be defended. And they know that Donald Trump is a counterrevolutionary. He’s doing things that are shaking up the United States that we haven’t seen in 100 years. And that offends a lot of entrenched interests. And so, they think by just saying Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, fascist, fascist, Nazi, they can get that message across.
More importantly, they do one other thing, one other thing in these elections. They talk about changing the system. Not working within it when they’re out of power.
When they lose power, the Left, they say, the system, not us, lost our power. So, if we get back in power, we’re gonna start lawfare again, just like the five civil and criminal cases that went after Donald Trump.
You know what else we’re gonna do? We’re gonna pack the court. We’re gonna get 15 justices to nullify the, since 1869, nine-justice court.
We’re gonna get rid of the Electoral College through the National Popular Vote Compact. We’re gonna let in Puerto Rico. We’re gonna let in D.C. as states. We’re gonna get four senators, as well. We’re gonna get rid of the 180-200-year Senate filibuster. That’s what they talk about.
They talk about changing the system because within the system they’re not successful.
So we have not heard agendas that are positive, that counter the Republican agenda. This is not the party of JFK or Bill Clinton. This is something very different. This is a revolutionary socialist agenda that wants to change fundamentally the United States. It’s what Barack Obama said he wanted to do. But he didn’t, yet, have the power to do so. And now they want to reify that radical socialist agenda.
And the only way they can do it is by demonizing other people and calling them names or changing the system. Otherwise, they’d have to have a positive agenda, and that would be equivalent with defeat.
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Donald J. Trump has officially taken to social media to boast about a backroom deal cooked up in the Oval Office. The image of his announcement paints a desperate picture of diplomatic theater: a flurry of phone calls with regional leaders, culminating in a planned signature between the United States of America and the terrorist regime ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran. The White House is eager to spin this as a triumph that will open the Strait of Hormuz and bring a heralded PEACE.
But let us strip away the public relations gloss and look at the brutal reality. If President Trump believes he has secured peace, he has instead fallen for a lethal trap. Pushing a temporary 30- to 60-day pause or accepting vague Iranian promises to discuss nuclear limitations is not a victory — it is a historic capitulation. Engaging in any deal with the Mullahs means America is defeated.
The fundamental flaw in American foreign policy — regardless of which party occupies the White House — has always been a profound, naive misunderstanding of Islamist ideology. The average American policymaker tries to apply Western geopolitical logic to a regime rooted in Velayat-e Faqih (the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist). This is not a conventional nation-state seeking economic stability; it is an extremist, apocalyptic dictatorship centered on martyrdom and global jihad.
When a regime’s eyes are fixed on the afterlife, traditional deterrence fails. To the Mullahs, a nuclear weapon is the ultimate tool for regional intimidation and blackmail. They will not negotiate it away. Every diplomatic dance, every relaxed sanction, and every dollar released to this illegitimate government is an injection of life support into a dying beast. History proves that when the regime is cornered, it uses its sophisticated propaganda machine to create smoke, mirrors, and regional crises — using proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis — to successfully distract the West while advancing its nuclear ambitions.
To understand why a deal with this regime is a moral and strategic disaster, one must look at the ground reality inside Iran. Since 1979, the Iranian people have lived under a ruthless, non-Iranian occupying force. For nearly five decades, the Mullahs have turned an oil-rich, culturally magnificent nation into a domestic warehouse of human suffering.
Domestic Terror: The regime has systematically produced unprecedented levels of poverty, hunger, frustration, and systemic corruption.
Human Rights Atrocities: Mass executions, child executions, and the systematic torture and rape of political dissidents in prisons like Evin are daily tools of state survival.
Religious Cleansing: The regime has waged a relentless campaign to completely wipe out the Baha’i minority, routinely desecrating their cemeteries, alongside the continuous harassment of other religious minorities.
Economic Siphoning: While the Iranian populace starves, billions of dollars are funneled out of the country to finance regional terror networks and proxy forces.
The great majority of the 92 million people living in Iran utterly despise their rulers. It is a telling fact that throughout decades of state-mandated protests, not a single authentic Persian citizen has willingly used the regime’s slogans of Death to America or Death to Israel. These are phrases manufactured purely for state television and domestic consumption by an illegitimate ruling class that fears its own shadow.
The Iranian people love the idea of American liberty, and they have previously looked to Donald Trump as a leader who might finally break the back of their oppressors. When the Trump administration initially applied the Maximum Pressure campaign, it severely crippled the regime’s lifelines by blocking oil sales and international banking access. The Mullahs were faced with a stark choice: starve financially or play high-stakes poker.
By engaging in this current deal, the administration is folding its hand right as the pressure was working. This deal abandons the people of Iran and the people of Israel. It tells the millions of brave Iranian students, women, journalists, and workers who have risked their lives in the streets that their sacrifices mean nothing to Washington.
While the international community rushes billions of dollars in military aid to defend other sovereign nations, the occupied nation of Iran receives nothing but empty rhetoric and political double standards. The Iranian people do not want a revised nuclear treaty; they want a complete regime change through a free, democratic referendum. By sitting at the negotiating table with their executioners, America is legitimizing a terrorist cabal that has hijacked a nation.
Those blindly defending this proposed deal within the political establishment are not doing so out of strategic wisdom. They are doing it out of partisan loyalty and fear of contradicting the Oval Office. But this goes beyond modern partisanship — it is a matter of global security.
Let there be no mistake: any signature on a document alongside the Islamic Republic of Iran is a lease on life for an IRGC dictatorship. If the United States relaxes sanctions, looks the other way on covert oil sales, and allows the Mullahs back into the international financial system, the regime wins an unearned, monumental victory.
The Mullahs have successfully called Washington’s bluff. They threatened to disrupt the Gulf’s oil shipping lanes, and the West blinked. Every single concession granted to the Islamic Republic today will eventually be paid for in blood — first across the Middle East, and inevitably, on the streets of the West.
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“They hate America, and they hate Israel, and they hate Jews. This is true of Islamists. It’s true of right-wing radicals. It’s true of left-wing radicals….”
“[The American people] understand that the Jewish community in America, that Israel, these are pro-American voices … to make America the greatest country in the world ….”
A gunman was killed and a bystander wounded in an exchange of fire that occurred at a White House security checkpoint about a block from the West Wing.
The suspect, 21-year old male Nasire Best, was shot by Secret Service agents and died on the way to the hospital.
“Shortly after 6 p.m Saturday an individual in the area of 17th street and Pennsylvania Avenue pulled a weapon from his bag and began firing,” Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the United States Secret Service, said in a statement to The Daily Signal.
“Secret Service Police returned fire striking the suspect who was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased,” he continued. “During the shooting one bystander was also struck by gunfire.”
No injuries were sustained by officers, Guglielmi said. He added that the president was in the White House during the incident, but no protectees or operations were impacted.
“This incident remains under investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available,” Guglielmi said.
Best allegedly had multiple prior encounters with law enforcement, as well as a history of mental health concerns.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Saturday evening that the bureau is investigating after reporters heard shots fired near the White House.
“FBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds — we will update the public as we’re able,” Patel posted on X.
About 15 to 30 gunshots were fired, according to CBS. After an altercation between a Secret Service agent and the suspect, a bystander was also struck by gunfire, though that person’s condition is unclear.
“The U.S. Secret Service is gathering information and will have more on this incident shortly,” the Secret Service told The Daily Signal in a statement Saturday.
Police and security forces swarmed the area around the White House after reports of shots fired, AFP journalists reported. President Donald Trump was at the White House at the time.
Selina Wang, senior White House correspondent for ABC News, was on the scene.
“Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “In addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.”
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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For the nth time, Trump has again given Iran a “few more days” to give an answer to the latest proposal from the Americans. This is on top of previous deadlines: “two days before all hell breaks loose,” “a week before we destroy them,” “just three or four days more,” “can wait a few more days,” und so weiter. But there is nothing to wait for. The absolute essential demand of he Americans is that Iran give up its 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to a level of 60%, just one step below the weapons-grade of 90%. The Iranians say they need this uranium for peaceful purposes, but there is no need “for peaceful purposes” — nuclear energy — to enrich uranium above 5%. For medical research purposes, uranium needs to be enriched to a level of 20%, but not more.
Now the supreme leader, or whoever is now pretending to be Mojtaba Khamenei, has reiterated that the uranium will not be given up, no matter what the Americans want. In fact, the Iranian tone has hardened from the previous iteration. More on the latest Iranian response can be found here: “Supreme Leader says enriched uranium must stay in Iran, Iranian sources say,” Reuters, May 21, 2026:
“Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of the main US demands at peace talks.
Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of the main US demands at peace talks.
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s order could further frustrate US President Donald Trump and complicate talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Israeli officials have told Reuters that Trump has assured Israel that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, needed to make an atomic weapon, will be sent out of Iran and that any peace deal must include a clause on this….
Iran’s top officials, the sources said, believe that sending the material abroad would leave the country more vulnerable to future attacks by the United States and Israel. Khamenei has the last say on the most important state matters….
Trump said on Wednesday the US was ready to proceed with further attacks on Tehran if Iran did not agree to a peace deal, but suggested Washington could wait a few days to “get the right answers.”
The two sides have started to narrow some gaps, the sources said, but deeper splits remain over Tehran’s nuclear program – including the fate of its enriched uranium stockpiles and Tehran’s demand for recognition of its right to enrichment.
Iranian officials have repeatedly said Tehran’s priority is to secure a permanent end to the war and credible guarantees that the US and Israel will not launch further attacks….
But why should the Iranians need a guarantee that the US and Israel won’t launch further attacks? Haven’t the Iranians repeatedly said that they can deal with, and defeat, both the Great Satan and the Little Satan? Where’s that bring-it-on bravado that we’ve all gotten so used to?
Israeli officials have told Reuters it is still unclear whether Trump will decide to attack and whether he would give Israel a green light to resume operations. Tehran has vowed a crushing response if attacked.
That “crushing response” Iran has promised has not dissuaded the Israelis in the slightest. They are expecting hostilities to be renewed, and are prepared, are even, one might say, chomping at the bit. They have unfinished business with Iran, because the last time around, Trump pressured Israel to stop fighting which, reluctantly, it did.
Iran is not going to give up that U-235 enriched to a level of 60%. It is not going to hand it over to the Americans, to the IAEA, to the UN, to anybody. It is not going to dilute it. It will try to kill those Americans or Israelis who may attempt to retrieve the uranium now under great masses of rubble at Isfahan and Natanz. So what is Trump waiting for? Iran will not budge. It is again time for bombs aweigh.
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The explosive standoff over the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act has pushed the U.S. Senate into a pressure cooker, transforming the legislative battle into a high-stakes referendum on the leadership of Majority Leader John Thune. For a rapidly growing number of Americans, the slow, agonizing movement on this landmark election security bill is nothing short of a tactical surrender — a profound failure of nerve from a leader increasingly viewed as a worthless roadblock to the populist agenda. Across the country, the hatred directed at Thune is reaching a boiling point, fueled by the conviction that his deliberate inaction is a direct betrayal of the citizens he was chosen to lead. Indeed, there is no institutional excuse; his handling of the SAVE Act is a definitive reason why he should resign.
To understand the intense fury surrounding John Thune’s leadership, one must first look at the bill at the center of the storm. The SAVE Act represents a massive proposed shift in how American federal elections are conducted. The bill’s core mandate is simple but sweeping: it would require all Americans to present formal documentary proof of citizenship — such as a U.S. passport or a certified birth certificate alongside photo identification — in order to register to vote in federal elections.
This legislation is a vital, common-sense measure to protect the sanctity of the ballot box and ensure that only American citizens decide American elections. From this viewpoint, any delay in passing the bill is not a sign of careful deliberation, but a calculated establishment roadblock. Everyday Americans feel that a Republican-led Senate should move with absolute, unyielding urgency to pass what is undeniably one of the most critical pieces of election security legislation in history. Thune’s refusal to force the issue is seen as a symptom of an ineffective, backstabbing leadership style that coddles opponents while leaving his own base defenseless.
The excuse frequently offered for Thune’s failure is that the bill faces an uphill battle due to intense institutional opposition from Democrats and progressive voting rights groups. Opponents argue that the measure is restrictive and addresses a virtually non-existent problem, claiming it could disenfranchise millions of voters who lack immediate access to birth certificates or passports.
However, for the millions of Americans demanding change, these arguments are viewed as mere political smoke screens designed to protect a broken status quo. A real leader would aggressively dismantle these talking points and fight for the rule of law. Instead, by allowing these objections to paralyze the Senate, Thune’s leadership has shown itself to be completely toothless, leaving him in an indefensible position that has alienated the very people who put his party in power.
This friction exposes a glaring disconnect between grassroots expectations and institutional constraints. Activists out in the country are operating on a war footing; they demand immediate, sweeping legislative victories and view the majority leader’s job as a battering ram to push core priorities through. When Thune opts to slow-roll or deliberate, those demanding rapid mobilization do not see strategic patience — they see a betrayal of fundamental promises. To a base primed for zero-tolerance combat, procedural caution reads as a deliberate obstruction of the very reforms promised on the campaign trail.
Ultimately, this is a clash of political alignment and governing DNA. Thune’s traditional, establishment orientation – anchored by a career-long devotion to preserving Senate norms and the filibuster — puts him on a direct collision course with a populist movement that has entirely run out of patience for institutional decorum. Activists and MAGA loyalists demand absolute, unblinking alignment with Trump-era goals and rapid, disruptive action. By choosing to defend the traditional mechanics of the upper chamber rather than weaponizing it for fast-tracked political victories, Thune increasingly finds himself fighting a two-front war: matching wits with Senate Democrats on one side, and dodging friendly fire from an impatient right flank on the other.
Defenders of the establishment point to the procedural challenges of a closely divided Senate, noting that Thune must manage a fractured caucus and handle the 60-vote filibuster threshold. But to a frustrated public, these are simply weak excuses for political cowardice. While Thune has paid lip service to the SAVE Act, suggesting it will remain a central campaign issue for voters in the fall if it fails, this passive stance infuriates grassroots activists. They do not want a campaign talking point for the next election cycle; they want a leader who will deliver results right now.
The intense public anger directed at Thune is not just standard political noise — it is a widespread rejection of his entire approach to governance. When voters see a defining piece of legislation stalled by procedural games, that frustration naturally focuses on the person holding the gavel. To his fiercest critics, Thune’s deliberate approach looks like rank hesitation and an outright unwillingness to fight for the core principles of his party.
Ultimately, the gridlock surrounding the SAVE Act has laid bare a profound leadership vacuum at the top of the Senate. As calls for his resignation grow louder, John Thune stands exposed at the intersection of these competing pressures. For an increasing majority of the American electorate, his continued pattern of legislative delay is no longer viewed as a defense of institutional norms, but as a catastrophic failure to protect the American vote.
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By Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS)
Perhaps there are those of you who remember the 1968 film starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood about a secret World War II mission to rescue an Allied General deep inside Germany at the fictitious Schloss Adler. The movie itself was fiction, but it was indeed an action thriller.
I’m surprised Hollywood has not attempted to remake something of that genre. Then again, they should leave this classic alone. They already screwed up Ben-Hur. The motto of the British SAS is “Who Dares Wins,” and as we begin our trek to the 2026 midterm elections, that maxim is more applicable than ever.
This evening, I will be on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to discuss topics of American exceptionalism, illegal immigration, and foreign policy.
It is imperative that we do not stop bringing a constitutional conservative message to our American college and university campuses, as we cannot cede any ground to the Marxist left.
Am I concerned about “protesters?” Nah, I am a combat veteran. As well, it would be quite interesting to have leftists seeking to shut down the free speech of a Black man who was born in a segregated hospital in Georgia sixty-five years ago.
Conservatives must indeed go where eagles dare, and challenge the most formidable bastions of Marxism.
That was the essence of what Charlie Kirk did so very effectively. I recall meeting the young 19-year-old Kirk back in 2013 and being asked to be part of his Turning Point USA Board of Advisors as he was launching. His personal efforts will be missed, but we cannot focus on just a singular person. As in the movie Spartacus, we must all say, “I’m Charlie Kirk.”
The message that our young people are receiving on college and university campuses is completely antithetical to the American ideal, that of individual sovereignty, rights, freedoms, and liberties.
That is what America 250 is all about. However, when one ponders what we have devolved into since America 200, when I was fifteen years of age, it is quite telling.
Who in 1976 thought that we would have discussions about defining what a woman is? Or that we would be confused about two scientifically based sexes.
Once upon a time, it would have been considered child abuse to recommend minors having body-transforming surgeries and disturbing their natural hormonal growth and adolescence. Let’s be real, little kids are not confused about whether they are a boy or a girl. Adults are injecting them with this poison. Matter of fact, anyone under the age of eighteen is not allowed to have a tattoo, but we are supposed to believe that the removal of healthy body parts is normal?
I remember as a young fella the day when my Dad made his last house payment. It was a source of pride for the ol’ World War II Corporal, as well as for me. He gave me something to achieve: being a homeowner.
We all know that our Declaration of Independence was built upon the Natural Rights theory of English political philosopher, John Locke, called the father of classical liberalism. The three unalienable rights endowed, naturally, to all mankind are life, liberty, and property. Yes, we do need to ensure that the American dream of home ownership is attainable for current and future generations.
However, government-run housing and policies of rent control are not the answer. I got a unique opportunity to see what that looked like, not once, but twice, when visiting East Berlin, and government-controlled transportation was ugly.
The purpose of government is to protect our life, liberty, and property. French economist Frederic Bastiat wrote of such in his phenomenal essay of 1850 called The Law. It was an apparent direct response to a differing philosophy that was introduced in 1848, the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In Marx’s work, he advocated for heavy progressive taxation and the elimination of private property rights, two things that Marxist/Islamist mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, has made central to his policy.
I have no issue with those who say that they hate President Trump. I would suggest stopping shooting at him. Americans are free to have differing opinions. It was New York liberal Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan who once asserted, “You are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.” The same can be said about the absurdity of claiming one’s own truth, which is rooted in situational morality and ethics.
It is therefore imperative that we go where eagles dare, and not confine ourselves to our respective echo chambers of adoration.
I will never forget the young lady on the campus of Northwestern University some eight to ten years ago who asked me, “Do you identify as Black?” It was a truly shocking inquiry, but reflective of the low standards of academic rigor and critical thinking that exist on many college and university campuses.
Northwestern University is one of the top academic institutions in our country, yet someone had filled this young lady’s mind with the folly that one’s skin color should dictate how they think, totally bypassing the brain that God gave to each of us. As my Mom and Dad would say, “some folks got a lot of book learning but ain’t got the common sense to come in outta the rain.”
One of the world’s great minds, Albert Einstein, advocated on behalf of socialism in his 1949 essay Why Socialism? He believed that socialism would quell the “predatory phase” of human development caused by capitalism. As opposed to economic minds like Mises, Hayek, Friedman, and Sowell, Einstein believed that capitalism brought about “economic anarchy” and that the pursuit of profit was less admirable for individuals than a government-planned economic system that ensured social welfare. That sounds a lot like Marx’s “from each according to their ability, to each according to their need,” wealth redistribution schemes.
America has a clear choice in this election cycle, and future ones as well: shall we choose the philosophy of economic servitude and enslavement and collectivism, or do we still believe in the indomitable individual spirit that yearns for freedom, economic empowerment, and yes, rugged individualism?
I dare to choose the latter over the former. As history has proven, the former never works out well.
As Sir Winston Churchill said, “Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.” He also affirmed that “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” And we know that socialism is the economic model of Marxism.
Go where eagles dare, spread the message of individual entrepreneurial economic achievement.
Despite volatile approval ratings and an on-again-off-again conflict with Iran, President Donald Trump is still working hard to deliver on his promise of restoring safety, security, and sovereignty to the American people by driving out the illegal immigrant population — and steamrolling those who try to stop him.
‘Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System’
In an executive order issued Tuesday, the president imposed meaningful restrictions on illegal immigrants’ access to banks, cutting off a major incentive for foreigners seeking to violate U.S. immigration law. “America’s financial institutions serve a critical role in safeguarding the American people against financial fraud and abuse,” Trump observed in his executive order, “Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System.” He continued, “My Administration will not tolerate national security and public safety risks caused by illicit cross-border financial activity, nor will it permit risks to our financial system posed by the extension of credit or financial services to the inadmissible and removable alien population.”
The president demanded that banks and other financial institutions enforce “know-your-customer” policies and verify the identity of clients attempting to open or manage accounts, including by requesting proof of U.S. citizenship or legal residence and work authorization. More than $310 billion has been laundered through U.S. financial institutions, the president noted, including money used for terrorist organizations, drug trafficking rings, and human trafficking operations.
“Banks and other financial institutions should also be attentive to the credit risks posed by the extension of mortgage and auto loans, credit cards, and other consumer credit to the inadmissible and removable alien population,” Trump continued. He pointed out that illegal immigrants face a heightened risk of loss of wages, either when they are arrested and deported by the federal government or when their employer decides to comply with federal immigration law and not hire illegal immigrants. “Lending to aliens without legal work authorization or who face a substantial loss-of-wage risk creates a structural ‘ability to repay’ deficiency that undermines the safety and soundness of the national banking system,” the president wrote. “Additionally, employers who violate immigration law may underreport wages, use mismatched or invalid Social Security numbers and taxpayer identification numbers, or fail to properly withhold or remit payroll taxes,” he added. “Such schemes can create vulnerabilities within our financial system by obscuring income sources, distorting credit underwriting, and facilitating underground economic activity.”
The executive order instructs Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to analyze measures already in place to prevent illegal immigrants from opening and operating bank accounts and identify weaknesses in current regulations, adjusting the Bank Secrecy Act as necessary “to strengthen risk-based customer due diligence requirements for covered financial institutions.” The order will also require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to advise credit institutions that “potential deportation and loss of wages are factors that could adversely affect a non-work authorized borrower’s ability to repay an extension of credit under the ‘ability-to-repay’ standards” of 12 CFR Part 1026, commonly known as Regulation Z, which is aimed at protecting consumers in consumer credit transactions by barring abusive practices and standardizing how costs are disclosed.
George Fishman, senior legal fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), noted that Trump’s executive order aims to correct more than two decades of the Treasury Department’s failure to block illegal immigrants from using U.S. financial institutions and prolonging their illicit stays in the country. While the 2001 Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act ordered the Treasury to “require financial institutions to implement … reasonable procedures for … verifying the identity of any person seeking to open” a bank account in order to “provide the United States government with new tools to combat the financing of terrorism and other financial crimes.”
“But the regulations that the Treasury actually wrote turned Congress’s intent on its head,” Fishman observed. Notably, the Treasury Department recommended that financial institutions accept Mexican consular registration cards, used by Mexican nationals as a form of identification, instead of requiring proof of U.S. citizenship or legal residence or work authorization. “Why?” Fishman asked. The Treasury Department said at the time it was trying “to find a balance between the need for strong regulation that provides a real benefit to those working to achieve national security and law enforcement objectives and the ability of financial institutions to serve non-U.S. persons,” worrying that “efforts to deter money laundering and disrupt terrorist financing … might have a negative impact on … encourage[ing] … non-U.S. persons living and working in the United States [read: illegal aliens] to use mainstream financial services.”
“I am sorry that ‘efforts to deter money laundering and disrupt terrorist financing’ might have interfered with encouraging illegal aliens to use our banking system!” Fishman wrote. “These were not words written by President Obama’s Treasury — they were written by the Treasury of President George W. Bush, on whose watch the 9/11 terrorist attacks had occurred not long before,” he added. “June 9 will be the 23rd anniversary of the effective date of Treasury’s permissive regulations. President Trump has given us hope that those regulations will not see another one.”
Toe the Immigration Hardline
Immigration was a core Trump campaign issue in 2024, and the president has not favored Republicans who refuse to support his immigration agenda. Notably, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was defeated in a contentious, high-profile primary challenge earlier this week, after Trump called for the congressman to be ousted. Last year, Massie was the only Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the One Big Beautiful Bill, which provided funding for DHS components, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and critical border security provisions. Trump responded by labeling Massie “just another GRANDSTANDER, who’s too much trouble, and not worth the fight,” and succeeded in ending his congressional career.
According to Numbers USA, Massie has only voted in favor of immigration restriction and border security provisions 57% of the time over the course of his nearly-15 years in Congress, earning a “C+” rating, one of the lowest among Republicans. More than 200 Republican legislators earned a higher score than Massie on immigration reduction and border security.
Massie wasn’t the only Republican ousted for refusing to cooperate with the president on immigration. In Alabama’s Lee County, 30-year Sheriff Jay Jones (R) was voted out of office, to be succeeded by Cameron Hunt (R), a former sheriff’s deputy. Jones had publicly refused to cooperate with ICE in immigration enforcement, a point which Hunt brought up in campaigning against his former boss. “Let me be clear. This is a failure of leadership,” Hunt said of Jones’s refusal to participate in the 287(g) program, which allows ICE to deputize local law enforcement authorities to assist in immigration enforcement. “Had that program been in place here, there is a very real possibility this violent offender would have already been off the streets,” Hunt continued, referring to an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy was shot while attempting to arrest a Guatemalan national wanted for first-degree rape. “Lee County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Alabama. Growth without a proactive public safety strategy is a risk we cannot afford.” Lee County’s voters clearly agreed. Hunt has pledged to sign onto the 287(g) program.
Congresswoman Takes on Foreign-Born Congressmen
While not a member of Trump’s administration, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a proposal Wednesday to amend the Constitution to bar those born in foreign countries from serving in Congress, the federal judiciary, or as Senate-confirmed officers in the executive branch. “If you hold power in the American government, you should be a natural born American citizen,” Mace said in a statement. “This is not complicated. The people writing America’s laws, confirming America’s judges, and representing America on the world stage should have one loyalty: America. Not Somalia. Not any other country,” she continued. “For too long we have allowed foreign born members to hold seats in this government while making clear their loyalty is not here. We see it every day. This amendment puts an end to it.”
In a separate social media post touting the proposed amendment, Mace noted that the president and vice president are already constitutionally required to be born in the U.S. to hold office. She also pointed out that some of the most left-wing members of Congress — namely Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) — were all “born in foreign countries, none were citizens by birth. All sitting in the United States Congress. All making clear every single day their loyalty is not to America.”
Of the 26 U.S. House representatives and six senators born in foreign countries, 24 are Democrats, while 19 were born outside the U.S. not to American citizens.
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Despite Platner’s Nazi resume, Democrats continue to support him full-throatedly. And his Nazi worship is just the tip of the iceberg.
Free Beacon: Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D.) suggested that legendary “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shot innocent civilians in Iraq in order to inflate his kill numbers. Platner also bristled at the idea of the former Navy SEAL and his platoon being dubbed “heroes.” Platner, running for Senate against Sen. Susan Collins (R.), lashed out at Kyle and members of the SEAL’s “Task Unit Bruiser” in a May 2024 podcast interview on Green Beret Chronicle Show in which Platner, a former Marine, discussed his deployment in 2006 to Ramadi, a hotbed of insurgent activity during the Iraq war. In the interview, Platner—who did not belong to an elite Special Forces unit like the SEALs—took issue with public portrayals of Task Unit Bruiser and Kyle as heroes of the Iraq war…. Platner claimed members of Task Unit Bruiser, led by then Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink, shot unarmed civilians from their position at the Government Center in Ramadi, where American forces were stationed throughout 2006.
Maine Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner also got caught mocking a wounded Purple Heart hero, literally wishing the Taliban had finished the job.
“Dumb motherf**ker didn’t deserve to live… poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouth breather made it home.”
Human filth.
This is the kind of trash Democrats want representing Maine.
Senator Ted Cruz slammed Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner as a “self‑described communist” who had a Nazi SS Totenkopf tattoo on his chest, explicitly linking it to symbols worn in Nazi death camps where 6 million Jews were murdered.
“This guy is a self‑described communist… who put a Nazi tattoo on his chest. Not just a Nazi tattoo… a Totenkopf, which is the symbol of the SS.”
“Democrat after Democrat is traveling to Maine. Elizabeth Warren, Nazi communist, he’s my guy. One after the other after the other. They’re utter hypocrites.”
Press Herald: The website includes some graphic material, but: Platner has posted and spoken in a manner that is graphic. The site: Graham Platner’s Red Flags. Platner blames rape victims, wears a Nazi tattoo, calls police bastards, slanders Mainers, sympathizes with terrorists(BigotedPlatner). Portland Press Herald: The super PAC so far has spent $4 million attacking Platner since Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign last month, effectively handing him the nomination. The spending by the group, formed solely to bolster Collins’ reelection campaign, shows that Republicans are planning to keep up their attacks between now and the general election. As of Wednesday, Republican groups had booked nearly twice as much airtime leading up to Election Day, spending nearly $73 million to Democratic groups’ nearly $42 million, according to the ad tracking firm Ad Impact.
Maine.gov: The Maine primary is June 9, but on the Democrat side the field has largely been cleared, making way for Platner.
WASHINGTON — Seven years ago, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner cruelly mocked an American soldier who was caught on camera taking fire from the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The viral helmet footage showed how Pfc. Ted Daniels moved into the open as a diversion tactic to help his squad mates get to safety. But Platner saw him as a “dumb motherf—er” who “didn’t deserve to live.”
“This video never gets old. Dumb mother—er didn’t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat ass wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt,” Platner, then a 34-year-old, chided on his burner Reddit account.
“Poor marksmanship on the Taliban’s part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home, he managed to make every possible s— decision possible when it comes to small unit combat.”
That post was made on Platner’s infamous “P-Hustler” account, which has been linked back to him. It was recently uncovered by freelance journalist Magdi Jacobs. Despite Platner’s efforts to scrub his Reddit history, The Post verified the remarks using Pull Push.
Footage of Daniels’ encounter with the Taliban had gone viral years earlier, garnering tens of millions of views. The then-37-year-old father of two later admitted he was embarrassed by the footage but insisted he was trying to save his seven fellow soldiers. He was shot at least four times and earned a Purple Heart.
“You know, tactically, it was not a sound thing to do. But I also remember Murphy’s Laws of Combat: If it’s stupid, but works, it isn’t stupid,” Daniels later told CBS News.
In the terrifying footage, he was shown weathering shrapnel and calling out for help as a storm of bullets flew all around him.
“That was a vulnerable moment for me right there. You know, I kind of pride myself on being a tough guy. Not once in my life have I ever cried out like that,” he reflected.
The Post contacted Platner’s campaign for comment.
Throughout his wild Maine campaign for US Senate, Platner has championed an anti-war message, reflecting on his time in the Marine Corps during his four combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Often, he has accused incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) of sending him off to war. Platner had voluntarily enlisted and later worked for military contractor Constellis, formerly known as Blackwater.
Platner has claimed that his views on war evolved over time. He has also expressed regret for many of his Reddit posts that have been unearthed during the campaign.
“It’s called s—posting. It’s when you argue with people on the internet and try to bother them,” Graham previously told Fox News about his Reddit history.
The lefty Maine Democrat has been endorsed by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and others.
“Platner’s comments mocking a wounded American soldier prove how morally bankrupt he is as a person and how unqualified he is as a Senate candidate,” National Republican Senatorial Committee national press secretary Bernadette Breslin told The Post.
“Even the online military community downvoted his disgusting post, and veterans are rightly condemning him for it.”
The Post previously reported on how Platner once defended urinating on dead Taliban soldiers, praising war as “the most enjoyable experience.”
The oyster farmer’s other Reddit posts have ignited controversy, showing how he bashed “all” police officers as “bastards,” said rural white Americans “actually are” racist and stupid, and described himself as a “Communist.”
Platner has taken heat over a tattoo apparently depicting a Totenkopf, a “death’s head” symbol used by the Nazi SS. He claims to have gotten it in Croatia while inebriated in 2007 and denied knowing of its Nazi links.
The Maine Democrat has since inked over it with a “Celtic knot with some imagery around dogs.”
Democrats will vote for this most undeserving candidate. Look across New England- similar loo zer D’s hold every office in their gerrymandered glory. Not a Republican has a chance even though 46% of the region voted for Trump.
Maine is 90% YT. And they are going to vote for this S whole? Moral of the story: don’t go to Maine.
Difficult to comprehend how anyone could vote for this, well can’t say what should be said.
He’s just saying out loud what the Democrat party thinks as a whole (minus Fetterman).
The only thing that makes him stand out in the Democrat party is his lack of brain-to-mouth filter and his choice of tattoos.
Walks like a fascist, talks like a fascist, that my friends is just a fascist with a (D)…
Maureen Galindo is a sex therapist. But that’s not the most bizarre thing about her. It’s her… what’s the mot juste? Yes, her antisemitism, so extreme that it puts Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson and Roger Waters and Ye in the shade. She wants to lock up and castrate “Zionists” who are responsible for most of the world’s pedophilia. She wants to take on and defeat the mighty Zionists who, she assures us, control all the banks, and all the media, and just about everything, though she is keeping mum on just how she, all by her lonesome, intends to do this. More on this future member of the Laughing Academy can be found here: “Texas Dem candidate faces backlash over pledge to jail ‘American Zionists’ in ICE center,” by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2026:
After pledging to convert an ICE detention center into a prison for Zionists, Texas’s 35th congressional district Democratic primary candidate Maureen Galindo faced backlash from critics within her party and assured that her position did not mean putting all Jews into internment camps.
In a Thursday social media post, Galindo promised to write legislation that proclaimed Zionism antisemitic, and promised to turn the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center into a prison for “American Zionists and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.”
“It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists,” Galindo added.
She explained in the same Instagram post that ICE officers and Zionists would be imprisoned because they controlled human trafficking in South Texas, and rejected any claims of antisemitism against her because Zionists were fake Jews committing against the indigenous Jews, “the Semites.”
She can’t be accused of antisemitism, according to Ms. Galindo, because she is just against “Zionists” who are “fake Jews,” people who for some reason — god only knows what — decided to settle in little Israel even though they control the whole world and could have settled, say, in the posher parts of Paris and London, which is where, come to think of it, not Zionists, but rich Arabs from the Gulf like to live.
“[Democratic primary candidate] Johnny Garcia is paid by Zionist terrorism and trafficking: Israel, ICE, and Prison industry profits,” Galindo said of her election opponent. “Johnny Garcia is being paid to put Jews and Mexicans in concentration camps via Zionist trafficking networks.”
A little confusing here: Johnny Garcia is her opponent in the Democratic primary for the 35th Congressional District in Texas. He’s a Mexican-American. But he is being paid — by “Zionists” — to put Jews and Mexicans into concentration camps. I’ve lost the plot at the point — why are “Jews and Mexicans” being put into concentration camps, and where are those camps, and why do Zionists, who already control everything, give a damn about imprisoning those other people? And would Maureen Galindo be willing to take time from her busy practice as a sex therapist to take us to one of those concentration camps so we can see for ourselves what those Zionists are doing? And why don’t those Zionists put people such as herself in concentration camps? Or have they tried, and Maureen managed to escape using her magic ray-gun?
Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Garcia responded in a video statement on Tuesday, saying that comments about jailing based on their beliefs and targeting Jewish community members had no place in the Democratic Party. He accused a Republican PAC of funding Galindo and called on Republicans to take ownership of her comments….
There is a mysterious Republican PAC that has been recently been contributing modest sums to Galindo’s campaign. Apparently their goal is to promote her precisely because she is so crazy, and will split the Democratic vote between the crazy and the really crazy. She is in the latter group.
Galindo defended her statements in a Tuesday video, arguing that wanting to put “billionaire Zionists” in prison was not the same as proposing putting all Jews in internment camps. She explained that Jews were distinct from Zionists, who wanted to create “white supremacist religion [sic] states.”…
Okay, the only people who are going to be put in those concentration camps are those “billionaire Zionists” who already control the whole world, which means it will be impossible to arrest them, or to keep them locked up. They’ll just bribe the guards.
On Tuesday, she also said that a vote for Garcia was a vote for a “continued Zionist takeover of San Antonio AI Surveillance Prison state.” She also suggested that Garcia should be tried for treason because he supposedly “took money from Israel.”
Still wondering why those Zionists need to“continue” to take over the San Antonio Al Surveillance Prison state? Don’t they already control it? And do Texans realize that they are living in an “AI Surveillance Prison state”? Do you think Maureen Galindo, sex therapist, has any idea what AI — Artificial Intelligence — is? Who will overthrow that “surveillance state” and free the people of Texas from the AI Zionists who are holding them in thrall? And who controls AI?
ICE is trained by the IDF, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was based in Israel, Galindo said in a Texas Public Radio interview, and she claimed that Israel could conduct a genocide in the US and take over the country.
Help me out here, Maureen. Why does the IDF have to train ICE when we have 2.1 million men and women under arms in this country? And if Israel “could conduct a genocide” in the U.S., what’s it waiting for? If Israel is absolute evil, why doesn’t it just go for broke? And what about Israel “taking over” the United States? I hate to keep asking about this, but I thought the Zionists already controlled the whole world. Please explain.
“They run the Epstein networks, and they control DHS, because that was the whole point of DHS and ICE – for the Israelis to occupy America with a domestic military,” the politician said in a May 8 Instagram post.
What are the Epstein networks run by the Zionists? Is Prince Andrew part of that network? Is Bill Gates? Is Donald J. Trump? And if the Israelis are using “a domestic military” — consisting of those who work for ICE and the DHS — to take over America, are they going to be able to defeat the American military? ICE has 22,000 officers and agents. DHS has 80,000 officers. But the American military has 2.1 million men and women under arms.
Journalists contacting the politician about her remarks were part of a “billionaire Zionist” media network that also controlled drug and weapon trafficking in Texas, she said on May 12….
Anyone in the media who questions her, anyone who wants to write about her, anyone who might have the slightest doubts about her sanity, immediately becomes part of a “billionaire Zionist” media network; that network, by the way, controls drug and weapons trafficking in Texas. How does Maureen Galindo know all this? She must have an extensive network of informers, who are helping her identify and root out those “billionaire Zionists” who apparently are afraid of only one person — Maureen Galindo.
Of course she is getting support. Lunatics all over the country now have one of their own to elect. Roger Waters will write a song for her. Ye will design a sneaker. Nihad Awad of CAIR will invite her to address their annual conference on the theme of “Wake Up, America! It’s Later Than You Think!”
And then, in a year or two, when no one is paying her any attention, Maureen Galindo will be quietly admitted to the Laughing Academy of her choice. I think she’ll be there for quite a while.
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