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California Screaming is Becoming a Reality
By Karen Schoen How many of you think that what goes on in California stays in California? NOPE! Boy are we naive if we think that what goes on in California does not affects every state in the Union. It seems as though Californians have taken the “We are stupid” pill and will now pay […]
“SEIZE PRIVATE PROPERTY!”: Mamdani Appoints Communist Radical to Run Housing, Blasted Homeownership As ‘White Supremacy’
By The Geller Report If the goal was to euthanize New York real estate, Zohran Mamdani couldn’t have executed it more efficiently. His newly appointed tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, has a documented record of calling to “seize private property,” denouncing homeownership as a “weapon of white supremacy,” and urging voters to “elect more communists.” These […]
The White House: 12/20/25 | American Leadership that Works
By The White House Please extend your prayers to the heroic Americans who were ambushed and killed in Syria last weekend: Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, and US Civillian Interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat President Trump attended the Army-Navy Game where he did the coin toss to kick off the game, over the weekend. He also delivered remarks at the […]
Inflation FALLS to 2.7%, Lower Than Expectations
By The Geller Report The Consumer Price Index climbed 2.7% from a year earlier in November, down from 3.0% in September and under economist predictions of 3.1%. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, hit 2.6%—its lowest since March 2021—while shelter costs eased to 3.0% and food rose 2.6%. Released after an October government shutdown delayed […]
President Trump: “Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess. I’m fixing it.”
By The White House President Trump delivered a powerful year-end address from the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room, emphasizing his administration’s achievements in his first 11 months back in office. WATCH: A message of hope for an American Revival. He described the first year of his consequential second term period as an “historic comeback,” […]
Interest Rates, Affordability, and America’s Economic Checkup
By Family Research Council America’s economic ship continues to drift downstream in an ebbing tide, as the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee voted at its Wednesday meeting to lower interest rates by a quarter percentage point, signaling the central bank’s ongoing unease about the health of the U.S. job market. Wednesday’s decision was the Federal Reserve’s third […]
GOP Launches Rival Healthcare Plan As Obamacare Showdown Hits Senate Floor
By The Daily Caller Senate Republican leadership announced Tuesday that they will bring their own healthcare proposal to a floor vote, running in parallel with Democrats’ push for an extension of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies. The Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on a Democrat proposal for a three-year extension of the boosted subsidies, which Democrats secured […]
Trump’s Second-Term Revolution Restoring American Greatness
By Amil Imani Nearly a year into his triumphant second term, Trump stands as a colossus, methodically dismantling the shadowy Deep State that has long strangled the will of the people. What began as a bold mandate from 75 million patriots in 2024 has evolved into a masterclass in executive resolve, yielding historic economic surges, ironclad border security, […]
JOBS REPORT BLOWOUT: Over Double the Expected Number of Jobs
By The Geller Report The first jobs report is in since the Democrat shutdown ended and it is a blowout. The latest jobs report delivered a surprise blow-out: the economy added substantially more jobs than forecast, sending a clear signal of strength in the labour market. Employers added well over double the expected number of […]
Democrats Vow To Continue Shutdown For Sake Of The Party’s ‘Brand’
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said Thursday his party’s “brand” could undergo “substantial damage” if Democrats were to cave and reopen the federal government following their overwhelming election victories Tuesday night. “There will be some pretty substantial damage done to a Democratic brand that has been […]
Democrats Skip Town after Nixing a Bill to Pay Federal Workers during Shutdown
By Family Research Council It’s an ironic day to celebrate the “spirit of bipartisanship” in the Senate, but 23 days into a government shutdown, that’s exactly what both parties sat down to do. When Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) decided to host a special chamber-wide lunch (complete with fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and […]
While Trump Orchestrates Unprecedented Mid-East Peace, Democrats Continue to Punish Americans With Shutdown
By The Geller Report Republicans passed the CR (Clean Resolution.) Democrats are blocking it in the Senate. Democrats own the shutdown. Democrats Continue Government Shutdown In Order to Hurt the American People The vision of the two parties could not be more crystal clear. Trump — world peace, prosperity for all Americans. Democrats – destroy, […]
Democrat: The Party of the Shutdown, by the Shutdown and for the Shutdown
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) A senior Democratic aide said they will not reopen the government short of “planes falling out of the sky,” as long as public perception is in their favor, according to CNN. WATCH: This video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is playing in airports across the […]
DEPRAVED: Chicago Teachers Union Honors Convicted Cop Killer on FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List
By The Geller Report The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) mourned the death of a convicted terrorist on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list who murdered a police officer. Is it any wonder we have lost a generation to abject lunacy? How long must we be held hostage to terrorist union organizations? Thanks to the Chicago […]
DeSantis Urges Congress to Defund Sanctuary States That License Illegal Aliens as Drivers
By The Daily Signal Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on Congress to defund sanctuary states that provide illegal immigrants with driver’s licenses. DeSantis’ push comes after an illegal alien, Harjinder Singh, was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after he appears to have tried to make an illegal U-turn while driving a commercial […]
Working Class Ditching Dem Party In Droves As Some Say It’s ‘Fighting For Everyone Else’ Besides Americans
By The Daily Caller Many working-class Americans who previously voted Democratic are expressing skepticism about the party being able to regain their vote in future elections, the New York Times (NYT) reported Tuesday. Several working-class interviewees told the NYT that they struggled with their decisions to vote for former President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The report […]
Longtime Democrat Party-Backing Teamsters Union Increasingly Throws Support Behind Republicans
By The Daily Caller Republicans are continuing to receive labor union support amid Teamsters Union President Sean O’Brien repeatedly lambasting Democrats for allegedly deserting the working class. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education (DRIVE) PAC has doled out nearly $70,000 to Republicans this year. The donations mark the second cycle in […]
Trump Announces Sweeping New Global Tariffs
By The Geller Report The USA trade deficit was $951.2 billion (!) before Trump came into office. How can any American be okay with that especially since America has been getting taken advantage of, robbed, by these countries for decades. The Democrats and their media lapdogs grouse about tariffs while pushing for higher taxes on […]
Fake NYC Mayor Poll Funded by Mamdani Backers!
By Editorial Board – DrRichSwier.com New poll that has Mamdani winning mayor race with 50% of the vote was funded by his own supporters and backers. Even though it is a fake poll, Curtis Sliwa still obliterates Adams in it. Dr Naomi Wolf blows this polling fraud wide open! Amit Singh Bagga’s firm designed and analyzed the […]
‘Oh, I’m Very Happy’: Latinos Living Along Southern Border Rave Over Trump’s Crackdown
By The Daily Caller Many Hispanic Americans living along the U.S.-Mexico border are voicing strong support for President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration enforcement, adding that they got exactly what they voted for. In the 2024 presidential election, Trump managed to flip several border counties that had not voted for a Republican president in decades, and in […]
The White House | Trade, AI, & The Federal Reserve
By The White House AMERICA FIRST. In trade. In AI. In everything. President Trump hosted a Reception with Members of Congress, spoke at the AI Summit where he signed executive orders, and met with President Bongbong Marcos of the Philippines. In getting back to his builder roots, the President also decided to take a trip down Constitution Avenue to visit the construction site of […]
6 Months of Power: President Trump’s Comeback. America’s Revival.
By The White House Six months in, President Trump took command—launched an all-out offensive to crush the left’s mess and bring American power roaring back. The border is fortified. The economy is unleashed. The One Big Beautiful Bill is law. This is unapologetic, America-first leadership. President Donald J. Trump campaigned on a list of “20 […]
EXCLUSIVE: Congressional Republicans To Unveil Bill Stripping National Education Association’s Federal Charter
By The Daily Caller Congressional Republicans will unveil a bill Wednesday aimed at revoking the federal charter of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States, the Daily Caller has learned. Republicans Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee will introduce the National Education Association […]
AG Secretary Rollins is Still Working for the Kochs, not Trump
By Kelleigh Nelson “In the last five years, he has advertised in local newspapers and accepted more than a dozen unemployed applicants from the state’s job agency. Even when the average rate on his fields was $20 an hour, the U.S.-born workers lost interest, fast. “We’ve never had one come back after lunch.” — Bob […]
Senate Passes Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill After Holdout Supplies Critical Vote
By The Daily Caller The Senate approved President Donald Trump’s landmark bill largely along party lines Tuesday morning after senators took dozens of votes on amendments and procedural motions in a marathon session that lasted more than 24 hours. Senators voted 51 to 50 with Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of […]
Dozens of Illegal Aliens Working at Meat Processing Plant with Stolen IDs Screened with E-Verify
By Judicial Watch Years after Judicial Watch reported that the government’s system to verify if employees are authorized to work legally in the United States approved hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, federal authorities have uncovered widespread identity theft at a meat processing plant that used the defective tool to screen 100% of its staff. A recent […]
‘Next’: Schumer Dodges Simple Question About Medicaid For Illegal Immigrants
By The Daily Caller Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sidestepped a question about whether he supported states giving illegal migrants taxpayer-funded health insurance at a press conference Wednesday. The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act included a provision to penalize 14 states and the District of Columbia who enroll illegal immigrants in state health insurance programs by […]
Critics of the Big Beautiful Bill ‘Are Going to Be Wrong,’ Johnson Warns
By Family Research Council For months, the bright lights have been on the House, capturing the made-for-TV drama of the Republicans’ Houdini-like wins. And while people have come to appreciate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as a sort of consensus whisperer, no one is quite sure what to make of his Senate counterpart. But now […]
Trump Announces Major Job-Creating Deal That Biden Blocked On His Way Out The Door
By The Daily Caller President Donald Trump endorsed a “planned partnership” Friday between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, claiming the deal between the two steel giants will constitute the largest economic investment in Pennsylvania’s history. The president’s decision to greenlight a partnership between the Japanese steel company and its American rival producer caps off a […]
SCOTUS Hands Trump Victory On Firing Democrat Appointees From Federal Boards
By The Daily Caller The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed for President Donald Trump’s emergency request to dismiss Democrat members of both the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to stay. During his first two months in office, Trump removed Democrat NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox and Democrat MSPB […]