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Governor DeSantis and Florida Legislature Mend Fences; Enact Strong Immigration Enforcement Legislation
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Federation for American Immigration Reform On February 13, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law two immigration bills, SB 2C and SB 4C, that will help President Donald Trump enforce our immigration laws. Governor DeSantis says the immigration package places the state “ahead of the curve on ending the illegal immigration crisis.” The enactment of this package comes after a month-long […]
The 8 Cartels and Gangs that Trump Is Naming Terrorist Organizations
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council In its effort to end the nation’s illegal immigrant crisis and protect Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to designate South and Central American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The U.S. State Department is planning to classify six Mexico-based criminal cartels and two international gangs as foreign terrorist organizations on February 19, according […]
As Musk Bulldozes Waste, Johnson Warns ‘Deep State Is in Full Panic Mode’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Elon Musk can’t steal a job no one’s doing. But Democrats disagree, angrily griping that the tech mogul’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is somehow a hostile takeover, a “shadow government” blowtorching the Constitution. That’s absurd, the billionaire has fired back. “The people voted for major government reform, and that’s […]
The Gulf of America Floods America’s Gulf
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council The conqueror always draws the map. And when President Donald Trump issued among his first executive orders a directive to rename what was formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it was more than simply a naming preference. It was a signal to the world that he was […]
Global Jihadi Threats: What Is On The Horizon In 2025?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Middle East Media Research Institute Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1805 Introduction The new year of 2025 started with a highly alarming message to law enforcement and counterterrorism agencies, renewing concerns that the terrorism threat in the United States has not receded almost a quarter century after the attacks of September 11, 2001. More concerning […]
Agencies Bear Much of the Blame for Government Waste
/in Budget and Finance, Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council The Trump administration is only four weeks old, and the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already revealed numerous examples of government waste, with each item seemingly more shocking than the last. For many ordinary Americans, the natural reaction to such revelations is horror, followed by a series of […]
President Trump posts video message from freed hostage Agam Berger: ‘Thanks to you, we are home’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, National Security, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story “We must remember that there are still people who truly depend on you and are waiting for you to save them,” the released captive urged the president. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday posted a video clip of released Israeli hostage Agam Berger, thanking him for helping negotiate her […]
DOGE: $4.7 TRILLION Spent by the Treasury Department ‘Untraceable’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Government Transparency, Gun Rights, National Security, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that some $4.7 trillion in payments from the Treasury Department were missing a critical tracking code, which made tracing the transactions “almost impossible.” The transactions were reportedly missing the Treasury Account Symbol (TAS), an identification code which links a Treasury payment to a […]
Record Number of Americans Think the Country Is on the ‘Right Track’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council For the first time ever, Rasmussen Reports released polling that revealed a positive increase in Americans who believe the country is on the “right track.” Roughly 47% feel this way — the highest it’s been in about two decades — leaving researchers at a loss for words. The question is this, “Washington Watch” […]
Why are European globalist elites hyperventilating about Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine?
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann INTRO: NATO’s super-expensive proxy war against Russia has finally run its course, ending in complete and utter failure. Instead of being weakened, Russia is stronger now than when the war started three years ago. This disastrous outcome exposes the insanity of European elites and may result in the obliteration of post-World War […]
Democrats and USAID Spending: Is USAID ‘Pushing Ideologies’ and Are ‘Democrats’ Finished?
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Amil Imani Russ Vought, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has recently made bold claims regarding the role of government institutions in shaping political agendas. Vought’s statements have sparked debate over several pressing political issues, particularly government waste and ideological influence. He has argued that Elon Musk’s actions challenge the political establishment, […]
Autopsy of Democrat Party Suicide
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report How To Commit Victor Davis Hanson is a national treasure. Here’s his autopsy on the Democrat party’s suicide. By: Victor Davis Hanson, February 10, 2025: American Greatness The Democratic Party is polling about 31 percent approval, a near-historic low. Despite enjoying a huge lead in fundraising, legacy media favoritism, and incumbency, in […]
Gaza Needs to be Rebuilt, and So Do the Minds of Gazans
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Elliott Abrams notes that it is Donald Trump who wants to provide a better life for the people now in Gaza, by arranging for their removal while the Strip itself is cleared of rubble. Whether they then return, or remain in the Arab states where he hopes they can be resettled, […]
The Troika That’s Dismantling The Big Government Democrat’s Frauds, Waste and Abuses
/in Budget and Finance, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) On this President’s Day we the people are seeing three men who are dedicated to Makeing America Heathy Again, Making America Great Again and Making Government Efficient Again. This troika of men and our new Excutive Branch are working day and night to stop the big […]
USAID funded Boko Haram Slaughter of Christians in Nigeria
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann Last week we reported how USAID, a federal agency operating under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, funded Islamic terrorism that killed more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers. We have an update now that suggests Washington’s funding of Islamic terror groups was much more widespread than originally thought. And the targets included […]
The Troika That’s Dismantling The Big Government Democrat’s Frauds, Wastes and Abuses
/in Budget and Finance, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) On this President’s Day we the people are seeing three men who are dedicated to Makeing America Heathy Again, Making America Great Again and Making Government Efficient Again. This troika of men and our new Excutive Branch are working day and night to stop the big […]
How USAID Laundered Money to the Taliban
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch UN pooled accounts. Pallets of cash. And a covert cash printing operation. Freedom Center Investigates has a new article on how USAID laundered money to the Taliban. I believe it’s an important article, but I also thought it might be a good idea to have a briefer more visual explainer of how the scheme […]
Ukraine-Russia war debacle may spell end of American taxpayers’ funding of European-Globalist warmongering cartels in London and Paris
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann NATO’s super-expensive proxy war against Russia has finally run its course, ending in total failure. This may result in the obliteration of post-World War II norms in which U.S. fights Europe’s wars. European leaders are screeching and hollering over being left out of President Trump’s peace talks seeking an end to the […]
The Global Spy Ring of the KGB
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Simona Pipko The title “The Global Spy Ring” is the term that I have been using a number of times in my columns. It describes how the KGB secretly recruits spies globally. Election of the President Donald J. Trump has changed the global climate and America on the way to end wars. There are two wars […]
This Could Curtail States From Suing Over Trump’s Executive Orders
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Signal Attorneys general in left-leaning states have been crowding into courtrooms to sue the Trump administration. This spectacle, the growing tangle of hastily issued injunctions preventing the enforcement of presidential executive orders, might lead some to think that they are observing the reverse side of a familiar pattern—one in which the party that […]
VIDEO: Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Israel to press for hostages’ release, Phase II of Gaza truce
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, National Security, Regulation, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story Secretary of State Rubio’s visit follows President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Gazans out of the Gaza Strip. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched down in Israel on Saturday night for his first visit to the Jewish state since being confirmed as America’s top diplomat. Israeli Foreign Minister […]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Funding Billions Into Anti-Trump Lawfare Against President Trump and Elon Musk
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Mark Zuckerberg funneled two billion into a foundation that’s bankrolling lawsuits against President Donald J. Trump. So Zuckerberg sicced the New York Times on the investigative reporter who broke the story. WATCH: Mark Zuckerberg is funding the lawfare against President Trump and Elon Musk Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters Zuckerberg is crying to […]
JD Vance, Pope Francis and Immigration
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – A Compass for Common Sense On the day of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order called “Protecting the American People against Invasion”. It was not language designed to ingratiate himself with the American people’s Catholic bishops. The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, described the […]
Team Trump and the Euros
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kenneth R. Timmerman When the Euros take offense at statements by U.S. officials, you know something must be going right. This week’s Munich security conference, an annual confab with our NATO partners, was full of verbal fireworks. First, you had the Europeans frothing at the mouth at the very thought that Donald Trump might […]
Pam Bondi Vows To Prosecute FBI agents, Government Officials Who Leak Info On ICE Raids
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed on Wednesday to prosecute any FBI agents, or other members of the government, who leak information on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. White House Border Czar Tom Homan suggested on Monday that someone within the FBI may be leaking […]
10 Bills That Would Codify Trump’s Executive Orders into Law
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council President Donald Trump wasted no time enacting the agenda that won him the White House in the 2024 election, signing a series of executive orders and regulatory actions nearly every day of his second administration. Yet executive orders last only as long as a friendly president holds office. There is now […]
Rewiring American Power — Bureaucracy
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. The clock struck 2 AM on Jan 21, 2025. In Treasury’s basement, fluorescent lights hummed above four young coders. Their screens cast blue light across government-issue desks, illuminating energy drink cans and agency badges. As their algorithms crawled through decades of payment data, one number kept growing: $17 billion in […]
Biden’s HHS Left Taxpayers on the Hook for $22.6 BILLION for Giveaways to Illegals for Cars, Homes, Startup Businesses
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report You don’t hate them enough. More evidence of why the Democrats has been so defensive about DOGE and Mr. Musk exposing the enormous reckless and corrupt spending. By Josh Christenson, NY Post, Feb. 13, 2025: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 […]
Former IDF General: Trump plan ‘shook system’ of Arab views on Gaza
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story “The entire region is shaken now, and it’s good,” Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Effie Defrin told reporters. “Because for more than seven decades, eight decades, we have repeated the same mistakes.” U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza has “shaken the entire system” of regional thinking on […]
JD Vance Hammers EU at Munich Security Meeting
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Gun Rights, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III Listen to this great speach by JD Vance at Munich Security Meeting where he righteously hammered the EU and NATO. Summarizing what he said was the reasons for the Failed Project Europe was their allowing “mass migration” of Arabs, Africans and Middle Easterners ; their left wing (socialist) economies […]