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Thune Plows Ahead with Big Beautiful Deadline Despite Question Marks

By Family Research Council

Every couple of years, all eyes are suddenly trained on one of Congress’s most under-the-radar jobs: the Senate parliamentarian. For 13 years, Elizabeth MacDonough has equal parts elated and frustrated parties in their attempts to squeeze major legislation through the reconciliation process. The first-ever woman to hold the job, MacDonough has played the referee through four administrations and an array of different Senate leaders. It’s up to her to settle the bitter disputes over which parts of the Big Beautiful Bill are relevant under the rules and which aren’t. In other words, she’s the most important person to Donald Trump’s agenda that most people have never heard of.

For the last several days, the “parl,” as the position is affectionately nicknamed, has been combing through the fine print of the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the bill to see which parts do, in fact, meet the standards for this specialized budget process. As MacDonough once explained it, “We’re the neutral end of [these partisan battles, which is] very important. Yes, you need to think of that somebody who is not elected, not a party apparatchik.”

That matters, especially now, as the two sides duke it out over what belongs in the president’s signature legislation and what doesn’t. To unlock reconciliation, everything has to abide by the Byrd Rule, which keeps parties from tacking on “extraneous” provisions. Democrats flagged several pieces of the bill that they argue aren’t budget-related, which is the major criterion for surviving the Bryd Bath.

Already, MacDonough has announced some GOP casualties — Byrd droppings — that she’s ruled non-germane. Making matters interesting, some of the victims were programs or provisions that helped sweeten the deal for reluctant House members to sign on. Language that would force the states to pay a bigger share of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or restrictions on temporary restraining orders from lower courts have been struck, at least for now, along with priorities like EPA revisions, overhauls to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, regulatory powers, a mandate to sell the Post Office’s electric vehicles, and more were all struck — sending Seante Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) into a huddle to see which pieces Republicans might rework.

The blows didn’t seem to derail Thune’s timeline, though. “Breitbart News Saturday” asked the majority leader, “Are we still on track for getting the bill out of the Senate by the Fourth of July?” “We are,” Thune replied. Obviously, he pointed out, things are more complicated in the Senate with “laws and restrictions and procedures that we have to operate under that are different than the House. So some of that takes a bit longer,” he conceded, “but as we head into this next week, I’m fully confident that we’re going to be ready to roll, and we have to be,” he said. “We’ve got to deliver.”

One thing he’s learned, Thune admitted, is that “if you don’t put deadlines out there, nothing gets done, and this stuff can drag on and on endlessly. If we want to get the one big, beautiful bill done, the Senate is going to have to act, and we’re going to hopefully act in a way that will enable the House when we send it back over there to them, because they have to pass the same bill that we do.”

Apart from the parliamentarian, the biggest wrench to Trump’s signature bill is getting the House on board with the changes, which were significant. Unlike Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) chamber, the Senate’s version brings the state and local tax deduction (SALT) back to earth from $40,000 to $10,000. Anticipating the House moderates’ anger, Thune tried to tamp down the frustration by pointing out, “We understand that it’s a negotiation. Obviously, there had to be some marker in the bill to start with, but we’re prepared to have discussions with our colleagues here in the Senate and figure out a landing spot.”

Other flashpoints include bigger reforms to Medicaid, a $5 trillion debt ceiling (instead of the House’s $4 trillion), a “gentler” approach to the green energy tax credits that Joe Biden created, and more permanent tax cuts for businesses. Based on the extension of the climate change subsidies alone, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) announced that he wouldn’t vote for the package.

“Rumor is Senate plans to jam the House with its weaker, unacceptable [One Big Beautiful Bill],” Roy vented on X Tuesday. “This is not a surprise but it would be a mistake,” he warned. “The bill in its current Senate form would increase deficits, continue most Green New Scam subsidies, & otherwise fail even a basic smell test… I would not vote for it as it is.”

His Arizona colleague, Andy Harris (R-Md.), agreed. “The currently proposed Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill weakens key House priorities,” the chair of the House Freedom Caucus said. “It doesn’t do enough to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid, it backtracks on Green New Scam elimination included in the House bill, and it greatly increases the deficit — taking us even further from a balanced budget.”

Thune responded to critics, stressing, “This is a process whereby everybody doesn’t get everything they want.” Others, like Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), sought to highlight the pros of the bill. “I think we’re going to find more spending cuts,” he explained to Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. “I know that won’t break your heart. … It’s plain and simple. We’re going to make the tax cuts permanent. The SALT thing is probably one of the stickier things. But at the end of the day, this bill is going to be good enough that if you voted for it in the House before, there’s no reason for you not to vote for it this next time, because then you’re given a binary choice. Is it better to pass it or not? And at that point, I think that the House will pass it as well.”

House conservatives like Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) say they’re “hopeful” that “we’ll wind up with a product that every Republican in the House and Senate can vote for. We were close in the House.” But no one is quite sure how many congressmen will fall in line.

At the end of the day, Johnson admitted that there’s heartburn on the aspects where the two chambers aren’t on the same page. “But look,” he told Perkins on Saturday’s “This Week on Capitol Hill,” “we’re giving them the space to do what they need to do. I’m in constant communication with Leader Thune over there, my counterpart, and with individual senators who have expressed concerns or questions about why we did what we did in the House version. And so, look, I think this is going along well,” he agreed. “And I certainly hope they make as many minor modifications as possible and not major modifications, because that will make it more difficult for us to pass it, as you know.”

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Suzanne Bowdey

Suzanne Bowdey serves as editorial director and senior writer at The Washington Stand.

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‘NO Kings 2.0’ Protests Set for July 4th Because the First One Was a Bust

By Royal A. Brown III

After the first “NO Kings” protests fell flat and failed to gain traction, organizers are doubling down with plans for a second demonstration.

The protests are scheduled for July 4th, as anti-ICE activists once again aim to disrupt America’s Independence Day celebrations and advance their agenda.

We think these paid for by CCP; other Communist groups funded by Soros; pro-illegal alien NGOs which are anti-American; anti-ICE; anti-Trump falderal’s will fail again.

Great how Marxists Democrats and their legacy sycophants keep picking these hills to die on.


No Kings 2.0 Protests Set for July 4 Because the First One Was a Bust

Sarah Arnold  | June 21, 2025 1:30 PM

After the first “No Kings” protests fell flat and failed to gain traction, organizers are doubling down with plans for a second demonstration. 

The protests are scheduled for July 4th, as anti-ICE activists once again aim to disrupt America’s Independence Day celebrations and advance their agenda. According to a Facebook post, the second No Kings protest promises to deliver “No Kings” and “reclaim” freedom for the nation. The first demonstrations occurred earlier this month during President Donald Trump’s 250th celebration of the U.S. Army. Still, the far-left organizers failed to seize control or remove the president from office, so now they’re making another attempt.

Despite protests planned across the country, many critics have dismissed them, expressing frustration with the far left’s repeated disruptive tactics.

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Trump Issues Scathing Warning To Republican Congressman

By The Daily Caller

President Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie after he voiced opposition to the White House’s strike on Iran.

Trump announced Saturday on Truth Social that the U.S. had bombed Iran’s nuclear sites across Natanz, Esfahan and Fordow. Massie, who has opposed the president several times, responded with a series of tweets, saying that Trump’s move was not constitutional. The president wrote a long Truth Social on Sunday saying that he and his team would primary the congressman.

“Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him,” Trump wrote.

“He’s a simple minded ‘grandstander’ who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ at every chance they get,” he added.



Massie, along with Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna, introduced a resolution June 17 that seeks to prevent Trump from engaging in “unauthorized hostilities” with Iran.

The president said he will personally campaign against Massie and that a wonderful “American Patriot” would challenge the Republican congressman in the primary.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair echoed Trump’s warning with a short post on Sunday.

“I hope Thomas Massie is enjoying his last term in Congress,” Blair wrote. 

Just hours after the president’s post, Axios reported that Trump’s political operation launched an effort to oust Massie from his seat.

While the Republican congressman and Trump have clashed for years, Massie successfully fought off primary challengers in the last three election cycles. Massie previously told Axios that internal polling shows that he has strong support in central Kentucky.

Massie has also opposed the president’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which aims to advance many elements of his agenda. The Republican congressman previously voted against the bill, citing concerns on its impact on the national deficit and the lack of reductions in federal spending.

Massie also was one of two Republicans to break with the party and vote against revenge porn legislation backed by First Lady Melania Trump. The legislation overwhelmingly passed through Congress and was signed by the president. Massie said the legislation was “a slippery slope, ripe for abuse, with unintended consequences.”

“Any serious person considering running should spend money on an independent poll before letting swampy consultants take them for an embarrassing ride,” Massie told Axios Sunday regarding news that Trump’s team was preparing to primary him.

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Senate Republicans Lobbying For Green Energy Tax Credits Raked In Donations From Industry

By The Daily Caller

Phasing out Biden-era green energy tax credits is dividing Senate Republicans as they push their latest version of the “big beautiful bill,” and some members of the GOP have a financial incentive to keep the credits rolling.

The Senate’s draft represents a substantial cut to the existing climate-friendly energy tax credits, but some Republicans are pursuing a less aggressive rollback than their House counterparts, according to a report from The Hill.

Several GOP senators who oppose a full repeal argue that even the Senate’s scaled-back proposal goes too far in dismantling the clean energy tax credits established under the Biden Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

President Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill is filled with so many aspects that the American people have been demanding — from unleashing energy dominance to tax cuts and stopping the Green New Scam.

Great hour long conversation with @laralogan pic.twitter.com/PwRS4ZVWjF

— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) June 13, 2025

Republican Senators who have voiced concerns or pushed back against a “full-scale” repeal of energy tax credits include Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, Utah Sen. John Curtis and West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.

Republican West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, whose state hosts one of the “hydrogen hubs” created under the Biden administration, expressed concern over the bill’s deadline requiring projects to begin construction by the end of the year to qualify for tax credits.

Capito said she’s working to delay that deadline, calling it “a pretty tight timeline,” and adding, “I’m trying to get the date pushed back. I don’t know if I’ll be successful,” according to another report from The Hill.

She has also received $49,200 in campaign contributions from Williams, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based energy company with significant investments in hydrogen infrastructure during the 2024 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets data.

Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford likewise received $54,500 in contributions from Williams during the same time period.

Capito also took $45,325 during the 2024 election cycle from First Energy, an electric utility that has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

A group of four Republicans — Sens. Murkowski, Curtis, Moran and Tillis — have jointly cautioned against a “full-scale” repeal of the energy tax credits enacted by Democrats in 2022.

In their message, they called for each credit to be assessed based on its potential to boost U.S. manufacturing, lower utility costs — particularly in rural communities — and provide stability for businesses that have already made investments under the current framework.

“The United States produces some of the cleanest and most efficient energy in the world, and an all-of-the-above approach — including support for traditional and renewable energy sources — has long been a hallmark of our energy strategy,” the senators wrote.

“To that end, many American companies have made substantial investments in domestic energy production and infrastructure based on the current energy tax framework. A wholesale repeal, or the termination of certain individual credits, would create uncertainty, jeopardizing capital allocation, long-term project planning, and job creation in the energy sector and across our broader economy,” their letter read.

Tillis, has advocated for a “targeted, pragmatic approach” to the energy tax credits, rather than supporting a full repeal.

U.S. Senate has released their version of the new tax bill, energy credit provisions have changed:

Wind & solar tax credits will begin phaseout in 2026 & will receive zero investment tax credits by 2028.

Nuclear, hydropower & geothermal will see tax credits extend to 2036. pic.twitter.com/6wk2vfu5Ml

— Stock Talk (@stocktalkweekly) June 16, 2025

He also received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles — both individually and through political action committees — from major financial institutions including Blackstone GroupApollo Global ManagementTruist Financial and Goldman Sachs, according to OpenSecrets (OS).

The firms have collectively invested millions of dollars in clean energy initiatives and companies in recent years.

Collins received tens of thousands of dollars in contributions during the 2022 and 2024 cycles from Blackstone, Goldman and Nextra Energy, which reports to have 55% of its portfolio invested in renewable energy.

Capito also received tens of thousands of dollars from Blackstone during the 2022 and 2024 election cycles.

OpenSecrets also shows Murkowski received tens of thousands of dollars through PACs or individually over the same two cycles from companies like ConocoPhillips, a company dedicated to be the first in the U.S. oil and gas company to set a goal of reaching net-zero operational emissions.

This follows Capital Group Companies‘ announcement in March that it was committing $30.57 million to fossil fuel investments, including a stake in ConocoPhillips.

Curtis has likewise received $59,700 in contributions during the 2024 election cycle from Sunrun, which markets itself as “the #1 home solar and battery company in America.”

“I think that Senator Crapo did a really good job, but there’s more work to be done,” Curtis told The Hill when asked about the big beautiful bill, referring to the Idaho Republican who chairs the Senate Finance Committee. Curtis offered no further details.

Moran adjacently received $38,500 in campaign contributions during the 2024 election cycle from Kit Bond Strategies Group, according to OpenSecrets records.

The firm actively lobbied on behalf of multiple renewable energy companies throughout that time. 

The draft text of the bill, released Monday by the Senate Finance Committee, maintains credits for nuclear, hydropower, and geothermal energy, and does not immediately eliminate subsidies for solar and wind, disappointing Republicans who sought a more aggressive rollback of Democratic climate policies.

The Daily Caller reached out to Tillis, Murkowski, Curtis, Capito, Moran and Lankford for comment but did not receive a response prior to publication.

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What’s the Point?

By Allen West

Greetings, everyone, I am typing this missive from the Holiday Inn Express in Del Rio, Texas. Yep, the same Del Rio, Texas, that was practically in the news daily during the Biden administration, evidencing the droves of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who were flowing into our Nation.

I am here in several Texas border counties recognizing outstanding constitutional law enforcement officers from Kinney, Sutton, and Kerr Counties as part of the American Constitutional Rights Union Defender Initiative.

As I drove through Kinney and Val Verde counties, there was an absolutely noticeable difference.

You did not see a law enforcement vehicle every 800 meters. There are no more high-speed chases down US Hwy 90. And the children in Kinney County have not had a lockdown in over six months due to illegal immigrant bailouts and pursuits.

I stood there at the International bridge in Del Rio, and there was no chaos, no mass throngs of people polluting and trashing the area, awaiting their turn to illegally enter America.

Just so you know, Texas shares some 1,249 miles of border with Mexico…and it appears we have regained operational control of our southern border.

So, when I flip on the news and watch all these insidious riots being waged by the progressive socialist leftists, my question is simple. What’s the point?

Saturday was the 250th birthday of the US Army. However, for the left it was a day to remind people why their party symbol is a jackass.

This so-called “No Kings” protest leaves me scratching my head.

I find it quite laughable that leftists do not consider mandating people what type of car they can drive, food they can eat, dishwasher and stove they can have, shower head they can use, and the amount of toilet water they can flush as tyrannical. Nope, controlling your life is just fine. Telling you that you cannot own a firearm and defend yourself while illegal immigrants are obtaining firearms and committing acts of violence against Americans is perfectly acceptable.

I just want to know, what delusional, deranged Democrat strategist came up with the chucklehead idea that they should riot in the streets to protect criminal illegal immigrants. Ya know, the murderers, rapists, child sex offenders, those who assault, set women on fire on subways, kill female college students and mothers.

What person said, “This is a grand idea, and we can win back the American people?”

And to have useful idiots and mindless lemmings, like Maxine Waters, tell us this is all peaceful? Only leftists would believe that an illegal immigrant tossing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement or dropping cinder blocks from overpasses is peaceful.

Again, what’s the point?

The point is simple to comprehend. The progressive socialist leftists care more about their open borders agenda to “fundamentally transform” America than YOU and your safety and security.

They care little about the Constitution, the rule of law, and, actually, it appears they embrace foreign criminality and terrorist organizations.

I mean, why else would a United States Senator, Chris Van Hollen, make an utter fool of himself and go to El Salvador and plead for the release of an El Salvadoran citizen who entered our Country illegally, and is now facing charges of human and sex trafficking and conspiracy to murder. One can only deduce that Van Hollen, who shared a margarita with Abrego Garcia, thinks of him as just a fine, cheeky fellow.

Yes, the leftists want more young American U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets, like 18-year-old Ava Moore, to die at the hands of a criminal, illegal immigrant female from Venezuela. Ava Moore was kayaking on Lake Grapevine in North Texas when she was struck by this cretin on a jet ski. Heck, maybe that is the point, leftists are rioting because they want more illegal immigrants to have a jet ski.

The bottom line is simple: leftists, Marxists, and their compatriots, Islamic jihadists, cannot win you over with reason.

They cannot advance their ideological agenda through a logical debate.

What they believe in does not stand scrutiny by anyone with a functional brain. Therefore, they must foment fear, promote coercion, forcibly intimidate, and ultimately enact violence to advance their ideals.

By the left’s own definition of an insurrection, this is really one. And President Trump has every right to put down this insurrection by the means he commands. Attacking federal law enforcement agents is a crime. Purposefully destroying federal property is a felony. And all these leftists decrying states’ rights would not do so when a State stands against dismembering unborn babies in the womb.

President Trump is acting “in pursuance thereof” in regards to our Constitution, protecting our national sovereignty, and “insuring domestic tranquility”.

For four years, leftists watched the Biden administration autopen undermine our border security, and remember, “the border is secure”. They said nothing while millions poured into our Country illegally, including single military age males, non-state non-uniform belligerents, and Chinese operatives.

Now we are taking action to rid this Country of criminal illegal immigrants, and the leftists, along with the jihadists, are rioting.

What’s the point? The progressive socialist left, the Democrat party, hates America.

They hate anyone who stands in the way of their totalitarian control.

They hate you for being a Patriot and believing in this Nation.

They happily prefer to allow criminal illegal immigrants to murder you, rape our women, commit heinous acts of depravity against our children, and will gladly burn this Nation down…just to have domination and complete power.

What’s my point? I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And I will honor my oath and take insurrectionists to the woodshed.

Steadfast and Loyal, not just words, but a calling by which I live.

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Summary of the K-12 Education Situation: Part 1

By John Droz, Jr.

The evidence unequivocally indicates that our failing K-12 education system is the single greatest threat that America is facing. Worse is that among the greatest threats we are dealing with, this one is getting the least amount of productive attention.

I feel like Paul Revere, desperately trying to awaken citizens to an extremely serious imminent catastrophe. However, most people have not grasped the severity of this fast-approaching tsunami, so they simply roll over to get a few more winks.

It’s understandable that the public doesn’t get it, as the problem has been presented as an unfixable issue, comprised of dozens of elements.

In my view, solving an important, complicated problem starts with accurately simplifying it. Since this has yet to be done(!), I’m proposing a graphic. (Note: each of the items in the outer circle will be explained in the next commentary.)

In other words, citizens need to appreciate that WHAT our children are being taught (progressive ideology) is the fundamental issue of the K-12 debacle.

We simply MUST stop this anti-American, anti-Science curricula indoctrination — quickly — or nothing else will matter.

The puzzle is that while numerous Left-leaning organizations are actively working to ensure curricula indoctrination — not a single U.S. Conservative organization is focused on neutralizing this propaganda!

If we are going to fix this — and we have no choice about that — then I propose that we go one step beyond just stopping this brainwashing.

Our K-12 school system should switch from primarily teaching children WHAT to think, to instead teaching them primarily HOW to think!

The benefits of this one simple change would be profound:

  1. Being a Critical Thinker would immunize them against the onslaught of Marxist ideology, for lifeand
  2. Being a Critical Thinker would dramatically improve almost every other aspect of their life — from their health to their love life (see here).

The fabulous news (in this otherwise depressing situation) is that the stars are aligned now to fix this effectivelyinexpensively, and relatively quickly.

In my next commentary, I will spell out the details.

In the meantime, please carefully study the graphic.

We need to fully appreciate the profound significance of the curricula. Once that happens, it will be clear that such efforts as school choice (though worthwhile) are not a consequential solution to our defective K-12 system.

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EXCLUSIVE: We Found Out How Easy It Is To Order An Abortion Pill. The Results Are Shocking.

By The Daily Caller

In as little as five minutes, the Daily Caller News Foundation was able to easily order abortion pills opponents argue are unsafe without a doctor adequately verifying key eligibility requirements.

Groups that launched online services after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mail-order abortions will provide the pill under circumstances that are questionable even by the agency’s relaxed standards, a DCNF investigation found.

“Mail-order abortion subjects women to an abysmal standard of care,” Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs (AAPLOG), told the DCNF. “Not only is there minimal health screening that occurs, but women typically have no interaction with any medical professional, let alone a physician.”

The FDA removed in 2021 a requirement that providers distribute mifepristone in person and enabled prescribers to send the pill directly to women in the mail. Now, without speaking to a physician or confirming a pregnancy, a woman can order prescription abortion pills to her home “just in case” she needs them in the future.

Minutes after filling out a brief online form, she’ll have her request approved. Days after payment, the pills will arrive on her doorstep. The package might include a handwritten note saying, “You are brave,” but no doctor will physically be there to warn her that mifepristone is not “safer than tylenol” as its advocates claim or that the danger of complications is likely higher than the drug’s label indicates.

The DCNF obtained five sets of medication for $660 — with sets ranging from $90 to $150 each — simply by filling out online medical forms created by providers.

WATCH:

Three of the five organizations that sent pills to the DCNF — Aid Access, OPTIO Women’s Health and Abuzz Health — use GenBioPro, one of two FDA-approved manufacturers of mifepristone. The fourth, Cambridge Reproductive Health Consultants (CRHC), supplies pills produced by Danco Laboratories, the other approved manufacturer.

The final group, Women on Web, sent pills in a plain manila envelope that did not indicate the drug’s producer. The mailing address on its website is in Toronto, Canada, though the return address on the package was listed as “Supplement City” in Kansas City, Kansas.

The owner of the Kansas property is Jose Franco Guevara, per public records, who owns multiple other buildings in the neighborhood. He faced a federal lawsuit in 2019 for not paying employees overtime compensation at one business he runs in the area, Sabor Latino Restaurant. Guevara agreed to a Consent Order paying the employees money owed to them.

Several other groups listed P.O. boxes as their return address. Aid Access’ package shipped from a California address linked to an individual who works for Honeybee Health, which was the first online pharmacy to begin shipping abortion pills by mail.

Aid Access, OPTIO Women’s Health, Abuzz Health, CRHC, Women on Web and Honeybee Health did not respond to requests for comment. GenBioPro and Danco Laboratories also did not respond to requests for comment.

‘Legal Gray Area’

Mifepristone obtained by DCNF (Credit: Katelynn Richardson/Daily Caller News Foundation)

Though the FDA prescriber agreement form requires being able to “assess the duration” of a pregnancy and “diagnose ectopic pregnancies,” the online pill distributors made no effort to do so.

Advanced provision is a “legal gray area” that exposes the root problem of the FDA’s relaxed regulations, Gabriella McIntyre, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life, told the DCNF.

“It’s not an FDA-approved use of abortion drugs,” McIntyre told the DCNF. “It’s difficult to see how you get recourse, at least from the FDA’s perspective, unless you reinstitute in-person dispensing, which would resolve the issue of practitioners being able to send these drugs in the mail without verifying things like gestational age or whether the woman is pregnant.”

McIntyre said she is not aware of any litigation related to doctors providing pills for future use.

Abuzz Health Abortion Pill How-To (Credit: Screenshot/Abuzz Health)

Groups that supplied pills to the DCNF give instructions for taking the pill long after the 10 week period the FDA approved it for use.

“At 14 weeks, you might see a fetus about the size of a lemon,” Aid Access states. “Seeing a fetus after 14 weeks can be upsetting for some people. It is good to be prepared and have a plan for how to dispose of the fetal tissue.”

OPTIO Women’s Health similarly warns that a fetus at 12 weeks can be “about the size of a lime.” Abuzz indicates the pills can be used through 12+ weeks on its instructions, directing women to a FAQ page for more information, though the bottom of the page includes a caveat that “nothing on this website is to be construed as medical advice.”

“As an OB-GYN practicing in Texas, I have seen firsthand how these recommendations hurt women, because I have cared for many of them in the ER,” Dr. Ingrid Skop, vice president and director of medical affairs at the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), told the DCNF. “Abortion drugs fail more frequently in higher gestational ages, so off-label use until 13 weeks may often require surgery to remove retained pregnancy tissue and/or the dead baby to prevent serious infection or hemorrhage.”

While the online medical forms these groups ask women to complete vary in length, each one took less than 5 minutes to fill out.

The groups asked only a few basic questions about preexisting health conditions and allergies to misoprostol or mifepristone, along with any history of a caesarean section or ectopic pregnancy. Several providers also asked about gender identity, sexual orientation and preferred  pronouns. Only one of the five websites, Abuzz Health, asked for photo identification.

When the DCNF asked about cost assistance, Aid Access indicated they could not reduce the cost for pills in advance but would help in the future if pills were needed for a current pregnancy. Other groups share similar policies on their website, promising financial assistance to those in immediate need.

However, one group, Abuzz, did provide a discount from the full $150, allowing a minimum payment of $90 for pills in advance.

The quickest deliveries came in just three days. The longest order arrived after 7 days.

An FDA spokesperson did not say whether the specific groups that supplied pills to the DCNF violated their prescriber agreement but noted the Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Program is “in place to ensure the safe use of this drug and sets forth specific requirements providers must meet before prescribing this drug, including the ability to date pregnancies accurately and the ability to diagnose ectopic pregnancies.”

Shield Law Practice

After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, three doctors founded the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine to promote laws that shield medical professionals in pro-abortion states from penalties for supplying abortion pills in states where it is banned. The organization provides instructions for doctors who want to become a “shield provider” supplying medication abortion in other states, including information on malpractice insurance and establishing an LLC.

One of the group’s co-founders, New York doctor Maggie Carpenter, is facing felony charges in Louisiana for supplying abortion pills to a mother who allegedly ordered them for her minor daughter. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she would not comply with an extradition request to turn Carpenter over to Louisiana authorities.

A Texas court also ordered Carpenter to pay a $100,000 penalty in February for providing pills to residents of the state. Carpenter has worked with Aid Access since 2020, according to her archived bio.

The cases against Carpenter are the first efforts to hold doctors accountable for providing abortion pills across state lines. Several of the organizations that supplied mifepristone to the DCNF operate within states with shield laws.

CRHC operates The Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project (The MAP), which was developed after Massachusetts became the first state to pass a shield law in 2022 protecting doctors who serve patients in other states, where abortion may be illegal.

The CRHC is run by professors primarily from Canada, though one consultant on the team, Dr. Kathryn LaRoche, is an assistant professor of Public Health at Purdue University. CRHC’s website explains that it uses “doctors in Massachusetts to prescribe FDA-approved abortion medication to patients who apply through our website.”

Dr. Angel Foster, one of The MAP’s co-founders, wrote in a March letter to Connecticut state Sen. Gary Winfield that the organization is now supplying medication abortion “to about 2,500 patients a month,” with 95% of patients residing in states with abortion bans.

“[W]e need more states with comprehensive Shield Laws and we need more telemedicine Shield Law providers willing to offer care in all 50 states,” she wrote. “The more providers we have the more we will be able to normalize Shield Law provision and support each other.”

A Safe Choice Network, which partners with OPTIO Women’s Health, indicates on its website that all doctors in the network are licensed to practice in California, which passed a shield law in 2023.

Aid Access’ organization operated abortion “Roe-bots” — robots that dispense the abortion pill — outside the Supreme Court when it heard the case challenging mifepristone in 2024, operating them “remotely from within shield law states.”

Twenty-two states, along with Washington, D.C., now have some form of abortion-related shield laws in place, according to UCLA Law.

‘This Is Not Healthcare’

Nearly 83.5% of abortion-related ER visits that result from taking mifepristone were incorrectly coded as miscarriages between 2016 and 2021, according to a study of Medicaid data by CLI. These miscoded visits were more likely to be severe than those correctly coded.

“These miscoded abortion complications remain invisible to research scientists resulting in a large underestimation of actual medical abortion complications,” the study found.

Skop noted abortion providers who tell women not to disclose they took the abortion pill both reflect “a disregard for women’s well-being” and exacerbate “the already poor-quality abortion data collection in the U.S., further obscuring the frequency of complications from women and the public.”

One in ten women who take the abortion pill will experience a “serious adverse event,” according to an April study of insurance data by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), which is higher than the “less than 0.5 percent” of patients listed on the drug label.

“Across the country, we’ve seen the horrific results of these practices,” Francis told the DCNF. “A teenage girl required emergency care for complications of the abortion drugs after being forced to take them by her mother who obtained them online. Women have died alone at home after attempting to undergo this process without medical supervision. This is not healthcare. It’s negligence.”

Yet statistics published by the groups, as well as anecdotes, confirm women are ordering the pills for future use in record numbers. Some women began stocking up after Trump won the 2024 election.

“I bought 2 rounds of the pills from Women on the web as soon as trump won,” one woman wrote on Reddit. “I have them because we don’t want kids, and I’m afraid we may loose [sic] access in a red state. So it’s well worth having, 2 Year shelf life. Would recommend to anyone who wants to protect their right to abortion access.”

Aid Access received over 5,000 requests for pills in the 12 hours after Trump’s victory was announced, according to The Guardian.

“We’ve never seen this before,” co-founder Rebecca Gomperts told the outlet.

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Katelynn Richardson

Investigative Reporter.

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Supreme Court Greenlights Tennessee’s Ban On Sex-Change Procedures For Kids

By The Daily Caller

The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning child sex change procedures on Wednesday.

In a 6-3 ruling, the court held that Tennessee’s law does not violate the Equal Protection clause.

“This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical treatments in an evolving field,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “The voices in these debates raise sincere concerns; the implications for all are profound. The Equal Protection Clause does not resolve these disagreements.”

“Having concluded it does not, we leave questions regarding its policy to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process,” Roberts continued.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.

“[The majority] also authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them,” Sotomayor wrote.

Sotomayor wrote that those searching for evidence of transgender discrimination “need look no further than the present,” referencing several policies implemented by the Trump administration.

“The Federal Government, for example, has started expelling transgender servicemembers from the military and threatening to withdraw funding from schools and nonprofits that espouse support for transgender individuals,” she wrote.

Tennessee passed its law, which restricts minors from receiving medical treatments intended to help them live as an identity “inconsistent” with their sex, in 2023. The Biden administration challenged the law as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) changed its position on the case in February but urged the Supreme Court to move forward with issuing a ruling.

Trump signed an executive order in January cutting federal funding for child sex changes, where he called the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) “junk science” and banned federal agencies from citing its guidance. The Biden administration relied on WPATH standards in its briefs filed before the court.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Katelynn Richardson

Investigative Reporter.

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Election Forensics Expert Finds Vote Manipulation Concerns in Pennsylvania

By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.)

LAS VEGAS, NV /PRNewswire/ — A leading expert in election forensics, Dr. Walter Mebane, Jr. of the University of Michigan, has found statistical evidence of vote manipulation in the 2024 U.S. election. His working report analyzing the 2024 Pennsylvania election results corroborates the findings of Election Truth Alliance’s (ETA), a non-partisan nonprofit that recently shared an analysis of election results in three counties in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Mebane states in his Pennsylvania analysis that it is possible that “the election was decided or nearly decided by malevolent distortions of electors’ intentions”. Mebane is recognized internationally as a leading authority on election fraud detection, and his analysis of Pennsylvania employed his independent “eforensics” model.  This model has been validated in professional scientific publications and has been used to evaluate the integrity of elections in countries such as VenezuelaTurkey, and Kenya.

Mebane’s analysis examines 7,040,360 votes across 67 Pennsylvania counties. The eforensics model estimates that between 25,000 and 225,440 votes in the Presidential race were possibly fraudulent. The range is due to Dr. Mebane applying several different forensic models in completing his evaluation.

The ETA recently conducted an independent analysis of election results from three Pennsylvania counties: Philadelphia CountyAllegheny County (which contains Pittsburgh), and Erie County. Their analysis identifiedpatterns consistent with vote manipulation in all three counties, particularly in election day voting result data.

Working with Pennsylvania residents, the ETA has submitted ballot inspection requests in several counties across the state. The organization has also requested a meeting with the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Al Schmidt, in their continued pursuit of a hand audits of paper voting records from the 2024 U.S. General election.

“Statistics, no matter how accurate, cannot provide definitive proof of voting fraud or election manipulation,” said Nathan Taylor, Executive Director of the ETA.  “Actual proof can only be found by comparing paper ballot audits to electronic voting records. However, statistical information from eforensics and other data analysis approaches can, and should, be used to identify precincts and counties where election fraud is most likely to have occurred.”

The Election Truth Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that supports election analysis, informed discussion, and peaceful action to identify and highlight potential election manipulation, interference, and irregularities.

Dr. Mebane’s full report on 2024 Pennsylvania election results is available at: https://websites.umich.edu/~wmebane/PA2024.pdf

ETA’s summary of Dr. Mebane’s findings is available at: https://electiontruthalliance.org/mebane-pa-working-paper

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USAID Official and Three Corporate Executives Plead Guilty $550 Million in Fraud, Bribery Using DEI

By The Geller Report

USAID official and three company executives plead guilty in fraud and bribery scheme involving at least 14 contracts worth over $550 million

USAID Official Roderick Watson took bribes, was showered with lavish gifts— including cash, laptops, thousands of dollars in tickets to a suite at an NBA game, a country club wedding, down payments on two residential mortgages, cell phones, and jobs for relatives.

In exchange for the bribe payments, Watson influenced the award of contracts by manipulating the procurement process at USAID.

Watson faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.

Imagine how much more fraud there is…

USAID Official, Three Contractors Plead Guilty To Half-Billion Dollar Bribery Scheme

By  Luke Rosiak

Three government contractors and a USAID official have pleaded guilty to a scheme involving paying bribes in order to steer more than half a billion dollars in foreign aid contracts, the Department of Justice said Friday.

Roderick Watson, a USAID contracting officer, admitted to steering money to multiple companies in exchange for more than $1 million in bribes.

“Watson exploited his position at USAID to line his pockets with bribes in exchange for more than $550 million in contracts,” Guy Ficco of IRS Criminal Investigation said in a statement. “While he helped three company owners and presidents bypass the fair bidding process, he was showered with cash and lavish gifts.”

The scheme was possible because of the federal government’s racial “set-aside” laws known as 8(a) contracting, which allow contracting officers to give contracts to companies owned by minorities, women, or veterans without the usual competitive process.

Walter Barnes III, the founder of a Baltimore-area company predicated on taking advantage of those laws, admitted to paying bribes, including a country-club wedding, cash, and a trip to Martha’s Vineyard.

Barnes’s company is called Vistant, previously known as PM Consulting Group. It was awarded contracts on the pretense that it was “disadvantaged” because Barnes is black, even as it took in tens of millions of dollars. Barnes used a public defender in his court case, drawing a rebuke from the judge that he presumably had ample resources to pay for his own lawyer.

Also pleading guilty was Darryl Britt, the founder of 8(a) contracting firm Apprio Inc., which is received $271 million in federal contracts since 2004. Both companies also admitted criminal liability.

Beginning in 2013, Britt — a member of Carnegie Mellon University’s Business Board of Advisers — bribed Watson to award contracts to Apprio. When an 8(a) firm becomes too large, it “graduates” from its “disadvantaged” status. But minority contracting laws are notoriously exploited, with minority-owned firms existing simply to win contracts, then subcontracting out the work to other firms. That is often done openly, and above board, with “joint ventures.”

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Liberals Force Young Children To Participate In Violent, Vulgar Anti-Trump Protests

By The Daily Caller

Left-wing protesters on Saturday forced young children to take part in shouting obscenities directed at President Donald Trump during nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations, footage taken by the Daily Caller shows.

The “No Kings” protests took place in several cities across the United States, with some of them turning violent, including one in Portland, Oregon, where rioters stormed a facility used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Reporters with the Daily Caller in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, California, observed children taking part in those demonstrations against Trump.

WATCH:

In one video taken by a Daily Caller reporter in Washington, D.C., a young child can be seen using a microphone and saying “Fuck Trump” before his mother could snatch the microphone away. Many in the crowd laughed at the child’s comment.

A second video taken by a Daily Caller reporter in Los Angeles, where officials imposed a curfew after days of anti-ICE riots, showed a young girl beating apart a pinata in the form of Trump with a stick to the cheers of a crowd.

Some Democrats previously issued demands that ICE cease its operations in the Los Angeles area, claiming it was affecting the economy.

WATCH:

Video posted to social media on June 7 showed an individual, who the FBI later identified as Elpido Reyna in a post on X, throwing rocks at the windshields of vehicles containing federal law enforcement personnel with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Reyna’s arrest.

Two attempts on Trump’s life took place during the 2024 presidential campaign, one during a July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the other in September 2024 while Trump was playing a round of golf in Florida. Ryan Wesley Routh, who was charged with the September 2024 attempted assassination, declared his intent to end Trump’s death in a letter, according to legal filings.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Media Reporter

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VIDEO: Tyler O’Neil Lays Out How Organizations Like the SPLC, CHIRLA, and Antifa Fuel Violence and Riots

By Prager University

Investigative journalist and author Tyler O’Neil joins PragerU CEO ‪@realtalkwithmarissa‬ to explain how the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), brands mainstream conservative and Christian groups as “hate groups” while defending groups like Antifa. He exposes how the SPLC’s so-called “hate map” has inspired real-world violence, shaped government policy, and been weaponized by Big Tech and the media to suppress dissent. He also draws concerning connections between radical activist groups like Antifa and CHIRLA, showing how these organizations fueled anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles all while receiving taxpayer funding. If you thought the SPLC was just another civil rights nonprofit, this conversation will shock you.

  • 00:00 What is the SPLC?
  • 03:53 A Hate Map That Inspired Violence
  • 06:47 Media, Lawsuits & the SPLC Agenda
  • 10:09 Charlottesville, Big Tech & Corporate Influence
  • 13:11 Why Mainstream Groups Are Now on the Hate Map
  • 15:16 SPLC Scandals: Racism, Sexism, Offshore Money
  • 18:30 The Union Revolt & Culture of Corruption 22:04 How the SPLC Weaponizes Intersectionality
  • 27:04 Dark Money, Immigration, and the Woke Agenda
  • 44:45 What You Can Do to Fight Back

WATCH: Tyler O’Neil Lays Out How Organizations Like the SPLC, CHIRLA, and Antifa Fuel Violence and Riots

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I’m MAD as Hell, and I’m not going to take it Anymore!

By Karen Schoen

We are witnessing the Destruction of America. Surely, you have heard the old saying, “Those that do not learn History, are doomed to repeat it”? How did we let it happen?

My answer is…it’s always the same! Did you get involved within the last 20 years? Did you say NO, Hell No, this is CRAZY!

Can anyone remember Network, 1976? Here’s a reminder!

(This is for entertainment purposes only). Network



You’ve got to get MAD!

Did you ever say…You’re not going to do that…whatever that was. If you or your family have never seen Network, I strongly recommend you watch it. Powerful messages.

Did you throw out all your common sense and just buy into the WOKE mentality because it is easier?

Do you believe:

  • There are multiple genders.
  • CO2 is poison.
  • The government knows best, and should raise your children.
  • Sexual assault on children or adults is OK
  • Kids graduating without knowledge of reading, writing or math is OK
  • Filling the country with people who hate you, and want to hurt or kill you, is great!
  • Not paying attention to bills that are passed is great!

If you want to know what our problem is and how we got here, just look in the mirror. We created the problem, we own it.

We are the only ones that can FIX THIS!

I was a child of the 60’s. I feel like I am reliving those bad old days. I remember getting up in the mornings, asking my mom, “What buildings or cities do you think will be burned down today? Where is the next riot? When is it going to stop?”

I just could not understand why this was happening. Why people wanted to burn down their own community, colleges, cities resulting in hurting civilians, and law enforcement people. It made no sense. It made no sense.

E Pluribus Unem: Order Out of Chaos

The fact is these Globalists and Communists must create Chaos, because they HATE and despise Western Civilization. They believe that if they create enough Destruction, people will scream for them to clean it up, they become heroes, and get re-elected.

Ulterior Motives

I looked to see who was President during the bulk of the 60s riots. Kennedy, King, and Kennedy were assonated. .The Viet Nam War raged. The country was on edge. Racial inequality, economic disparities and police brutality were the hot topics of the day. Lynden B. Johnson (D) was President, and cities were in financial ruin. Did the Mayors of these cities think, “If I take advantage of the Destruction, we get plenty of money to repair the damage? Did rioting represent another way out of the financial mess? Is Newsom and Bass using that motive as well?

Another problem I see is that the Government always focuses on reacting to a disasters, rather than being proactive and focusing on the root cause of the disasters, and coming up with a plan. They never think of the consequences of their actions.

Sorry, Maxine, destruction of property is not peaceful!

If the people all the way up to the top are not arrested and held to account for their actions, we will have more riots. If funding is not stopped from radical groups, there will be more riots.

If riots continue…the severity, brutality, property damage, injuries, and deaths…escalate.

Pam, the ball is in your court. So far I see nothing and get crickets.

POWER, MONEY, CONTROL is the name of the game.

Once Communists have power, they will do anything possible to keep it. Remember to them, the Ends always justify the means. Lie, Cheat, Steal who cares if you are in power. Where does that power come from. It comes from controlling the government. The House has the power of the purse (MONEY). How do you keep that power? The CENSUS. The more people the more representatives. The more representatives, the more power you have to CONTROL the flow of MONEY. Thanks to SCOTUS, the “Are you a citizen?” question is NOT on the census, so illegals can be counted. The more illegals funneled into Blue states the greater the power. Trump is deporting their power and you support his actions. Therefore, they hate Trump and they Hate you.

President Trump told us what he would do if elected. He is doing it. He did, however, give Globalists plenty of time to prepare. They have been planning this agenda for years. Do not listen to their lies! I ask them constantly, to give me an example of what they say. They never can. All they can say is Trump is a NAZI.

Anyone older than 65 knew the minute Homan said ICE raids, that rioting and devastation would result. Once nothing was done in 2020 to arrest the criminal looters, we knew riots would result. Anyone, with any knowledge of Marxist history, knows that chaos is their game plan. By ignoring their actions, we ultimately suffer the results.

The sad part is, we have allowed these Marxists to infiltrate the minds of our children. Young minds filled with HATE, become the leaders of the future.

Falling into the Abyss

Their future now has become a future of hate, self-loathing, and loneliness. The joy of love for family, G-d, and country falls into the Abyss, to be forgotten forever. The ideals that make America what it is, are forgotten. The patriotic desire to put America First has been replaced with the symbol of burning the flag.

Our children and young people’s minds are replaced by devices loaded with AI algorithms, telling them every move they are to make while watching everything they do.

We cannot allow the election of President Donald Trump to be just a speed bump in the road only used to slow us down!

We must act. You see what is going on in Congress. The same RINOS, doing the bidding of the Establishment, not the people. To them, America First…is really, America LAST. Time to get rid of these RINOS.

This weekend is the 250th Anniversary of our great military, as well as Flag Day, and President Trumps’ birthday. This weekend may also be the beginning of WWIII.

Wish President Trump a Happy Birthday. See the parade showing our great military. Pray that Americ is not pushed into another forever war.

Then, ask your family if they know what the Flag represents. Can they recite the Pledge of Allegiance? Do they know what it means, since the Pledge is no longer taught in schools? Here is a refresher:

I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America

This addresses the Jurisdiction in the Constitution, you pledge to follow the laws of America and to the Republic for which it stands

America is a Republic representing self-rule, Not a Democracy, representing Government rule

One Nation

United we stand, divided we fall

Under G-d

We follow G-d laws, Globalists must eliminate any entity higher than the govt. To them the Government is G-d

Indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

undivided, where all citizens are equal in the eyes of the law, patriotism

CRASH & BURN

Don’t sit on the sidelines watching America crash and burn. Step up, and do your part. Vote in Primaries and Elections. Pay attention to local events, take action, vote out RINOs.

GET MAD!

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Donald Trump’s Hilarious Response to the laughable ‘NO-Kings’ Protests

By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.)

Donald J. Trump is the duly elected President of the United States of America.

The U.S. Constitution establishes the presidency in Article II.

Executive Power:

Article II, Section 1, states that the executive power of the United States shall be vested in the President. This means the President is the head of the executive branch and is responsible for enforcing laws.

Term and Election:

The Constitution specifies that the President’s term is four years and outlines how the President and Vice President are elected, requiring a common election process.

Qualifications:

Article II, Section 1, also outlines the requirements for becoming President, including natural-born citizenship, at least 35 years of age, and residency within the United States for 14 years.

Powers:

Article II, Section 2, details some of the President’s powers, including acting as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, the power to pardon, and the ability to require written opinions from department heads.

Duties:

Article II, Section 3, describes the President’s duties, such as giving the State of the Union address and receiving ambassadors.

Removal:

Article II, Section 4, allows for the President’s removal from office through impeachment and conviction.

He was recently asked about the NO-Kings protests taking place on June 14th, which is also Flag Day, the 250th Anniversary of the United States Army and President Trump’s birthday.

WATCH: Donald Trump’s Hilarious Response to ‘NO-Kings’ Protest: ‘I don’t feel like a king’



The United States of America was established as a Constitutional Republic and the Founding Fathers fought against King George III, who was the King of Great Britain and Ireland during the American Revolution. King George reigned from 1760 until his death in 1820.

It is an oxymoron that anyone could call a duly elected president of these United States of America a king. It is laughable.

Perhaps those morons who are part of NO-Kings should watch this video of what really happened during the American Revolution against King George. This tells the story of the events that led to the founding of the United States Army and how they de



America was founded on the priciple of all men are created equal. We don’t have kings in America. But we do have tyrants and trators like NO-Kings, Antifa, Angies’ List, Black Lives Matter, and those who are buring down Los Angeles in the name of protecting crimininal illegal aliens.

May God contiune to bless America and its veterans who gave the last full measure defending our freedoms.

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RELATED ARTICLE: Soros-tied No Kings protesters plot to sabotage US Army’s 250th anniversary parade

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Justice Department Paves Way To Rein In Federal Land Grabs

By The Daily Caller

The Justice Department (DOJ) said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has the authority to revoke national monument designations made by previous presidents, including two massive tracts of land in California that former President Joe Biden locked off from development.

The new legal opinion issued by the DOJ disputes a 1938 ruling that stated monuments designated by previous presidents cannot be undone. The opinion provides a pathway for potentially reducing the amount of federally-controlled land, a policy priority that the Trump administration has hinted at for months.

Under the Antiquities Act, presidents have the authority to “declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments.” However, previous rulings limited the president’s ability to reverse those declarations.

“If the President can declare that his predecessor was wrong regarding the value of preserving one such object on a given parcel, there is nothing preventing him from declaring that his predecessor was wrong about all such objects on a given parcel,” the opinion read.

The opinion singled out the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument and the 225,000-acre Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in California, which Biden designated in 2025 just before leaving office. Biden’s declaration prevented the extraction of oil, gas, and other natural resources, but the latest DOJ ruling states that Trump can revoke his predecessor’s proclamation.

During his first term, Trump reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah. At the time, he argued that state and local management would be more effective than federal oversight.

“Your timeless bond with the outdoors should not be replaced with the whims of regulators thousands and thousands of miles away,” Trump said at the time. “I’ve come to Utah to take a very historic action to reverse federal overreach and restore the rights of this land to your citizens.”

However, critics argue that such a change would destroy lands with cultural and scientific significance.

“This opinion flies in the face of a century of interpretation of the Antiquities Act. Americans overwhelmingly support our public lands and oppose seeing them dismantled or destroyed,” the Wilderness Society said in a press release in response to the DOJ opinion.

Federal lands are especially concentrated in western states, where roughly 46% of the land was federally owned as of 2020.

AUTHOR

Melissa O’Rourke

Reporter.

RELATED ARTICLE: Biden Closes Off Another 500,000 Acres Of Public Land To Development

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Critically Thinking about Water Filters

By John Droz, Jr.

A major health matter that we often don’t satisfactorily consider… 

Sufficient clean water is arguably the single most important necessity for good health. That said, we often do not give this adequate attention.

For example, most people buy water filters (e.g., for their refrigerator). We are drinking everything that comes through that filterBut where is it made and what quality control does it have?

If you look for water filters at Amazon, Walmart, etc., the lowest-priced options are almost all made in China. I have nothing against Chinese products in general, but it is legitimate to ask: 1) exactly what materials are in this filter, and 2) what quality controls are there assuring us that it works properly?

In my experience — as a scientist and as an individual who has been involved with water quality issues for many years — the typical answer to both of those questions for Chinesew filters is: we do not know.

Considering the potential impact on you and your family of drinking gallons of questionably filtered water, IMO, a good filter is not something where it makes sense to get the cheapest product.

I tried this Internet search, “What is the quality of water filters made in China?” but nothing relevant came up. Noteworthy is that most of the articles that did appear seemed to be of Chinese origin, promoting Chinese filters.

Two sites that list American-made water filters are here and here. Although these will be somewhat more expensive, you have a much higher assurance that you are getting a quality product.

My comments so far have been about filtering generally good water. If you have local water with specialized contaminants (e.g., PFAS), then you need specialized filters (e.g., here).

Buying Water —

Buying filtered water is a related topic, and has become an everyday affair for almost all of us. But here’s a question that you rarely see discussed — is it better to buy: 1) pre-packaged water, or 2) water from a vending machine?

Pre-packaged water would be in gallon to pint-sized plastic containers — readily available almost everywhere. The attraction is convenience. The main downsides are: a) cost, b) unknown filtration, and c) plastic pollution in landfills and elsewhere.

Buying vending machine water is a popular alternative. The attractions are: a) much lower cost ($2± vs 50¢± per gal), b) high quality filtrationand c) zero plastic pollution. The downside is convenience. For the significant positive benefits, 95% of the time when we buy water, we use a vending machine.

We solve the convenience issue by filling up several gallon containers ahead of time, so that we have a supply on hand. If we are going for a walk and want an 8 oz container, we fill a reusable one up from our supply and are good to go. Yes, this requires a bit of planning (horrors!), but the benefits are large.

The Bottom Line —

After the COVID fiasco, many of us are more attuned to the monumental importance of having good health. Any serious health plan for you and your family MUST include close attention to drinking water and its filtration.

Sample reference: NIH: Safe Water and Your Health

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PODCAST: Trump wants to re-open Alcatraze, will Democrats (a.k.a. DeMS13) be its first occupants?

By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV

President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would order the government to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, a former prison on a small island of the same name off the coast of San Francisco that once housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the country, including Al Capone, George Machine Gun Kelly and James Whitey Bulger.

The prison, which closed 60 years ago due to its crumbling infrastructure and high maintenance costs, will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE, Trump said in a post on Truth Social Sunday, later telling reporters it was just an idea he had as federal judges pushed to ensure deported migrants had due process.

On Monday, the US Bureau of Prisons Director William K. Marshall III said his agency will pursue all avenues to implement Trump’s plans for reopening Alcatraz.

I have ordered an immediate assessment to determine our needs and the next steps. USP Alcatraz has a rich history. We look forward to restoring this powerful symbol of law, order, and justice. We will be actively working with our law enforcement and other federal partners to reinstate this very important mission, Marshall said in a statement.

The Department of the Interior referred CNN to Trump’s statement, saying the department and the National Park Service had nothing to add at this time.

Now a major historical landmark and tourist destination, Alcatraz was once one of the most heavily fortified military sites on the West Coast before it transformed into a notorious federal penitentiary in 1934.

As a maximum-security prison surrounded by the Pacific’s strong, cold currents, Alcatraz had a reputation for being a last resort facility where the most dangerous and most unruly in other prisons were sent. It was virtually impossible to escape, despite numerous storied attempts.

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Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

By The Daily Caller

SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

Democrats finally had their moment. After months of trying to figure out how best to combat the rapid-pace Trump administration, Elon Musk handed them a victory on a silver platter.

Shortly after departing his role as a special government employee, Musk ripped Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” accused the president of flipping on his campaign promises, and even tacitly alleged Trump is a pedophile.

The public blow-up was red meat for Democrats who had been warning that the Trump-Musk relationship was destined for failure and who focused most of their attacks and protests on the Tesla CEO.

Within a week of Musk’s public blow-up, the Democrats found a way to screw it up again.

Over the weekend, activists took to the streets of LA to block ICE raids of illegal immigrants (the raids picked up child molesters, rapists, drug traffickers, and domestic abusers, among others). The situation quickly turned violent, with rioters physically blocking ICE agents, setting cars on fire, throwing rocks at law enforcement vehicles, blocking highways, and committing acts of vandalism.

Trump sent in 2,000 National Guardsmen, decrying the tepid local response that allowed riots to swell.

Instead of keeping their mouths shut and letting the “adults in the room” handle the chaos, Democrats quickly reminded everyone why they lost the 2024 election. They chose to side with the rioters and illegal immigrants waving Mexican flags on American soil.

Democrats blamed ICE and Trump — apparently the only two entities concerned with upholding the law — with fanning the flames started by the pro-illegal protesters.

“If you dial back time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not happened here, we would not have had the disorder that went on last night,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.

Okay, so we can’t detain illegal immigrants because they might riot? Isn’t that an even better reason to get them the hell out of our country?

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, perhaps mulling whether she should send out a link to another bail fund, stated, “Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city … Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos.”

“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, adding that he was suing Trump over the deployment of the National Guard.

Newsom’s other statements suggested that the real problem with violent acts being committed is that it “gives Donald Trump the reaction he’s looking for” and fuels “Trump’s flames.” Democrats can’t even say outright that violence is bad without invoking Trump.

Immigration and crime were top issues in the 2024 election. How stupid do you have to be politically to leap to the defense of the exact people American voters said they’ve had enough of?

As a bonus, the Democratic response appears to be driving Musk back into the arms of Trump. The former DOGE chief took a screenshot of one of Trump’s Truth Social posts and shared it on X:

“Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”

AUTHOR

Amber Duke

Senior Editor


WHAT ELSE IS ON MY RADAR

Take a look at the group of illegals being picked up by ICE in L.A. and marvel at the decision by some to riot on their behalf …

Meet The Criminal Illegal Migrants LA’s Rioting Over

The National Park Service attempted to shut down Dupont Circle over security concerns ahead of last weekend’s pride march. Gay activists revolted and the decision was reversed. They were rewarded for their efforts with a stabbing and a shooting …

Multiple People Shot During DC Pride Parade After Gay Activists Rejected Security Measures

ABC’s national correspondent went on an unhinged rant against Trump adviser Stephen Miller, resulting in his suspension from the network. Mask off moment …

ABC’s Terry Moran Suspended After Attacking Stephen Miller In Midnight Rant

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PODCAST: U.S. Flag and LA Burning, Mexican Flags Flying High and Newsom Dug His J6 Grave

By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV

Newsom’s political future ‘practically nonexistent’ as LA devolves into riots, social media critics predict California governor faces mounting criticism over handling of riots just months after outrage over fire response

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s floated potential run for the White House in 2028 was likely thwarted by his handling of the anti-ICE riots gripping Los Angeles, conservative social media critics predict.

Newsom has been floated as a likely 2028 Democratic contender for the White House as he wraps up his second term as governor in 2026. Riots plaguing the city in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants residing in Los Angeles, which come on the heels of massive wildfires that rocked southern California this winter, have left Newsom on precarious political ground, according to conservatives who are balking at his response to the LA chaos.

“Gavin Newsom’s odds of clinching the 2028 presidential race are practically nonexistent,” X user Angela Belcamino posted Monday. “Across the country, Americans are eyeing California’s struggles under his watch, convinced he’d unleash the same chaos nationwide if he ever won the White House.”

“Gavin Newsom’s handling of the LA riots should be considered an in-kind contribution to the JD Vance 2028 presidential campaign. Newsom is providing a lot of ad material for free,” one social media account posted on Sunday.

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Supreme Court Approves DOGE Access To Social Security Data

By The Daily Caller

The Supreme Court gave the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) the greenlight to access Social Security Administration (SSA) data on Friday.

The Trump administration asked the justices in May to pause a district court judge’s preliminary injunction preventing the SSA DOGE team from accessing certain records.

“We conclude that, under the present circumstances, SSA may proceed to afford members of the SSA DOGE Team access to the agency records in question in order for those members to do their work,” the court’s order states.

Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor would have denied the request.

Jackson, in a dissent joined by Sotomayor, wrote that the majority is “jettisoning careful judicial decisionmaking and creating grave privacy risks for millions of Americans in the process.”

“I would proceed without fear or favor to require DOGE and the Government to do what all other litigants must do to secure a stay from this Court: comply with lower court orders constraining their behavior unless and until they establish that irreparable harm will result such that equity requires a different course,” Jackson wrote.

In a separate order, the Supreme Court also halted a lower court’s discovery order that would have required DOGE to turn over some material to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which sued to force DOGE to comply with its Freedom of Information Act request.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

AUTHOR

Katelynn Richardson

Investigative Reporter.

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