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5 Big-City Public Schools Spend Billions More but Students Learning Less
By Family Research Council Public schools in five of the nation’s most densely populated cities are spending billions of local, state, and federal tax dollars, but students are learning less compared to where they were five years ago, according to results reported in the 2025 edition of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). The NAEP — […]
Congressional Candidate Zuhdi Jasser Won’t Express Support for the U.S. Constitution
By The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US Hi-profile ‘Muslim reformer’ and Congressional candidate Zuhdi Jasser was sent and re-sent the Muslim Oath Project’s four questions directed at determining whether Muslim candidates for public office and Muslim politicians support the U.S. Constitution as the supreme law of the land. Jasser failed to respond. Thus, he won’t express support for […]
Nazi Tattoo? Hamas Defender? No Problem, Says Chuck Schumer
By The Daily Signal Maine Gov. Janet Mills has suspended her Senate campaign after failing to raise enough money to compete with socialist Graham Platner, who will now almost certainly face the perpetual centrist Republican Susan Collins in the general. Chuck Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairwoman Kirsten Gillibrand immediately backed Platner, proving that there’s virtually […]
Trump Crackdown Yields Results: Illegal Aliens Sentenced for Drugs, Guns Trafficking, SNAP Fraud
By The Daily Signal As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, the Justice Department this week advanced cases against illegal aliens running criminal enterprises—including a gun trafficking scheme orchestrated from behind bars. In Georgia, the Justice Department announced the 25-year sentence of a Mexican illegal immigrant who used a contraband cell phone from […]
Immigrants caught illegally voting in New Jersey elections
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV Four noncitizens have been caught voting in New Jersey, according to federal prosecutors. Some of the illegal votes were cast in federal elections nearly six years ago but are only now coming to light, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey. Officials said three suspects voted […]
Marine Veteran Tim Wilkins Announces Run for Congress in Florida’s 11th District
By Editorial Board – DrRichSwier.com /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Tim Wilkins — a professional stand-up comedian, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, entrepreneur, and 30-year community servant — today announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress in Florida’s 11th Congressional District. A working comedian who has spent decades on stage, Wilkins also brings real-world experience as a CFO, […]
Mamdani Uses Taxpayer Money to Build a City-Funded Activist Army
By The Daily Signal New York City may be broker than a barista with a college degree but that isn’t stopping socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani from funding his activist army. On Wednesday, the mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement rolled out a program called “Organize NYC” that’s billed asopens in a new tab a “long-term initiative to bring mass […]
The Deep State Strikes Back
By The Daily Signal Last month, the Justice Department targeted a central hub of the Left’s cancel culture machine that weaponized the federal government under President Joe Biden. Just over a week later, Democrats received a “whistleblower” report claiming that the DOJ rushed the indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center. To my eyes, this looks […]
Shooting Strait: The Iranian Ceasefire That Wasn’t
By Family Research Council President Donald Trump had no sooner declared the Iran war “terminated” in a Friday letter to Congress than fighting broke out afresh. On Monday, Iranian forces chose to attack the merchant ships, the U.S. Navy, and other peaceful neighbors, and the U.S. sank six small Iranian attack boats in response. The Trump administration […]
‘OPERATION SECOND AMENDMENT’: U.S. to Arm Iranian Citizens?
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) We have long called for regime change in Iran. Regime change means that the people of Iran have the right to freedom of speech. In order to accomplish this they must be armed, as we Americans are under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The […]
Indiana’s MAGA Voters Get Revenge
By Royal A. Brown III Establishment RINO state Senators in Indiana get what they deserve — e.g. voted out by MAGA voters. Playing for Keeps: Indiana’s MAGA Voters Get Revenge, Obliterate GOP Lawmakers Who Stood in Way of Redistricting By Joe Saunders When it comes to the top flashpoint in American politics at the moment, Republican […]
Chances Fade for VA’s Unconstitutional Gerrrmandered Map to Survive
By Royal A. Brown III Virginia’s corrupt Democrat machine has less than 50% chance of their redistricting map changing Dem seats from 6-5 to 10-1 making it thru Virginia Supreme Court’s review. It violates Virginia’s state constitution. Former Dem Operative Wrecks Lib Hopes Over VA’s Gerrymandered Map Matt Vespa Dan Turrentine is another semi-defrocked political […]
Gunshots Fired Near White House, National Mall
By The Daily Caller Gunshots were fired near the White House complex and the Washington Monument Monday, prompting the Secret Service to lock down nearby locations. United States Secret Service confirmed that law enforcement shot one individual at 15th Street and Independence Avenue during the incident, and a bystander was struck; both are alive, authorities […]
President Trump Announces ‘Project Freedom’
By The Geller Report President Trump on Sunday said an effort to escort ships from countries not involved in the war with Iran safely out of the Strait of Hormuz, dubbed Project Freedom, will begin Monday. “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we […]
Comey’s Claim That He Didn’t Know What ’86 47′ Meant Doesn’t Hold Up
By The Geller Report The smarmiest and most self-righteous of all FBI directors, James Comey, has been indicted again. Fox News reported Tuesday that “the charges appear to be in relation to a May 2025 Instagram photo of an ‘86 47’ shell formation on a beach.” Comey claims that he didn’t know what “86” meant. His explanation […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Economic Collapse
By Jihad Watch The supreme leaders and mad mullahs of Iran have spent more than $100 billion on their nuclear project. Many of the nuclear facilities , especially those at Natanz, Fordow, and especially Isfahan, have been destroyed or severely damaged. Iran has also spent tens of billions of dollars manufacturing thousands of ballistic missiles; […]
Scott Jennings Calls Out Seth Moulton for Suggesting Secretary Hegseth Be Executed for ‘War Crimes’
By Royal A. Brown III “A sitting U.S. Rep Seth Moulton (Democrat, Mass) openly advocated for execution of a political opponent (Secretaryy of War Pete Hegseth) for what he labled war crimes. That’s not rhetoric. That’s “deranged bloodlust.” WATCH: Scott Jennings Calls Out Seth Moulton for Suggesting Secretary Hegseth Be Executed for ‘War Crimes’ Scott […]
Unemployment Falls To LOWEST LEVEL IN 50 YEARS
By The Geller Report The legacy media won’t report the news. And sadly too many Americans, especially the young and the dumb, continue to heartily ingest the poison they serve up. The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits last week plummeted to its lowest level in decades, according to Labor Department data released […]
FLORIDA: GOP Legislature Sends New House Map, Netting Party 4 More Seats, To DeSantis for Signature
By The Geller Report Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed a new redistricting map in response to the outrageous gerrymandering stunt by the Democrats in Virginia. Both chambers of the Florida Legislature swiftly voted to approve the map, which will now be sent to Governor DeSantis for a final signature. The new map will potentially net the Republicans […]
Mamdani Has Already Run Out of Other People’s Money
By The Daily Signal New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has already run out of other people’s money, and he’s only been in office for four months. Color me shocked. Mamdani announced in a press conference Wednesday that New York City facesopens in a new tab a financial “crisis of historic magnitude” and asked the City Council […]
Minnesota State Trooper: State ‘Tried to Cover Up Fraud Allegations’ — Then Walz Shut Down His Department
By The Geller Report Wait, it gets better. Now Walz is trying to take credit for the fraud investigations he had nothing to do with (except to take part in the fraud.) Ex-Minnesota state trooper reveals how state ‘tried to cover up fraud allegations’ — then Walz shut down his department By Chris Nesi and Steven Vago, […]
Trump Administration ‘Ending the Weaponization’ Against Gun Owners in 34 Rules
By The Daily Signal The Trump administration is proposing almost three dozen new rules to scale back gun regulations that proliferated during the Biden administration. The 34 rules placed in the Federal Register on Wednesday included reversing a 2024 Biden administration rule that attempted to force firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at […]
Worldwide Implications of the UAE’s OPEC Exit
By Family Research Council The Trump administration continues to reshape the Middle East, as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Tuesday that, after 59 years, it would leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), effective May 1. The Wall Street Journal editors assessed the move as “another foreign policy victory for American fossil-fuel energy,” while Fox Business called it […]
DOJ Report Reveals Biden Admin.’s Expansive Religious Liberty Violations and Hostility to American Christians
By Family Research Council The presidency of Joe Biden was a dark, though relatively brief, chapter in American history, replete with widespread prosecution and persecution of American Christians. President Donald Trump repeatedly pledged on the campaign trail to establish a federal task force to investigate and eradicate the anti-Christian bias evinced and enacted by the […]
Shofar of Warning: There is a storm breaking over our nation!
By Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. There is a storm breaking over our nation. It is not weather but spiritual, and our nation and the world is sleeping unaware except for a few. Many, many people have built their house on sand, and no matter how large, how unique, how expensive their house and life are […]
The Iran War Didn’t End — It Changed Shape
By Family Research Council Hours after President Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Talks in Pakistan collapsed without an agreement. The nuclear stockpile is buried underground and unaccounted for. And Beijing is already cashing in. If that sounds like peace, we have badly redefined […]
‘Could Have Been a Lot Worse’: Vance Thanks Secret Service After WHCD Attempted Shooting
By The Daily Signal Vice President JD Vance described his experience at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, where a shooter attempted to assassinate the president and other Cabinet officials. “I’m sitting up there on the stage with some journalists and obviously with the president of the United States a few seats to my […]
The Iran War Further Breaks Up OPEC
By Jihad Watch This is big. The United Arab Emirates has just announced that it’s leaving OPEC in order to boost production in order to support the Iran War. The UAE was a founding member of OPEC and it’s one of the largest oil producers. OPEC nations have mixed positions on the Iran war. Qatar […]
“Maximum Warfare” Minimum Mind
By Beverly Newman, Ed. D. Make up your mind, Hakeem. Are you against warfare? Or just against warfare against sworn brutal enemies of Americans, Jews, Israelis, and non-Islamists? Or just for warfare against over ½ of this nation that voted “wrong”? WATCH: Hakeem Jeffries doubles down after shooting at correspondence dinner again calls for ‘maximum […]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Institutionalized Racism
By The Daily Caller The United States Supreme Court has knocked another peg out of the legalized racism instituted by progressive election law, ordering Louisiana to redraw its congressional map in a landmark voting rights decision. On Wednesday, the Court dealt a blow to a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, siding with Louisiana Republicans […]