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  • Chicago Public Schools Going Broke – Facing $734 Million Budget Deficit and Laying Off Almost 1,500 Teachers and Staff

    07/15/2025 9:18:04 PM PDT · by george76 · 21 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 15, 2025 | Mike LaChance
    There’s an old saying that goes, something that can’t go on forever won’t. Chicago is now in the early stages of learning that this applies to their public school system. They’re facing a massive budget deficit of $734 million and are on pace to lay off almost 1,500 teachers and staffers. Perhaps Mayor Brandon Johnson should have been more focused on delivering the services that American citizen taxpayers paid for and less on the needs of illegal immigrants and Chicago’s ‘sanctuary city’ status. ... Chicago Public Schools parents and community members sounded off on Monday, three days after the district...
  • President Trump Signals Support for Bill Eliminating Capital Gains Taxes on Home Sales

    07/15/2025 9:01:49 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    President Donald Trump has voiced his support for a bill introduced by Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that would eliminate the federal capital gains tax on primary home sales.Trump was asked by reporters on Sunday for his thoughts on the “No Tax On Home Sales Act” and how it might impact home ownership.Trump told the press, “We’re looking at that, and it’s going to be—it could be a very big positive,” adding, “But I think it’s going to be a great incentive for a lot of people that really need money.”This is a big deal, my friends. No Capital...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Which Song Do These Lyrics Belong to Quiz - Wednesday, July 15, 2025

    07/15/2025 6:03:22 PM PDT · by luvie · 76 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families, too! | luvie and the Canteen Psychics
    ~ Freeper Canteen ~Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies' military and family members of them. Honoring those who have served before. Today We Want You To Take The.....Which Songs Do These Lyrics Belong To Quiz Click HERE and take the quiz!Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly!
  • Missouri: Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Causing Crash that Killed Travis Wolfe Day Before His 12th Birthday

    07/15/2025 4:56:03 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 10 replies
    Breitbart ^ | July 15, 2025 | John Binder
    An illegal alien has pleaded guilty to causing a crash in Hazelwood, Missouri, that ultimately killed 11-year-old Travis Wolfe just one day before his 12th birthday.
  • California professor arrested for allegedly tossing tear gas canister at ICE agents during raid on cannabis farm

    07/15/2025 1:40:26 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 38 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/15/25 | Richard Pollina
    Protesters confront federal agents in Camarillo, California farm raid A California professor was arrested for allegedly chucking a tear gas canister at ICE agents during a raid on a marijuana farm being investigated for child labor violations. Jonathan Anthony Caravello — a math and philosophy professor at California State University Channel Islands — was arrested by federal agents conducting a raid at Glass House Farms in Ventura County on Thursday, ABC 7 reported. US Attorney Bill Essayli posted on X that Caravello was arrested for “throwing a tear gas canister at law enforcement.” Essayli said Caravello was charged with “a...
  • The Internet Is Laughing at Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Her 'Alligator Alcatraz'

    07/15/2025 10:12:09 AM PDT · by bitt · 40 replies
    https://redstate.com/ ^ | July 14, 2025 | Nick Arama
    My colleague Bob Hoge reported on some of the comments that Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) made during her visit to "Alligator Alcatraz." She was shocked that people held in detention were held in - wait for it - cages. https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1944134475790922127? 1 MIN VIDEO As Bob explained, what does she think a detention center/prison/jail is? It's not the Ritz. It's an enclosed barracks set up. But she wasn't at all concerned with the conditions under Joe Biden when illegal aliens were held in worse conditions and yes, in cages. This was how they were held under Joe Biden at one...
  • Most Democrats Still Believe The Russia Collusion Hoax

    07/15/2025 9:56:24 AM PDT · by DeweyCA · 32 replies
    Hotair.com ^ | 7-15-25 | David Strom
    The Pravda Media is, despite the evidence before our eyes that they should have the credibility of a Soviet Commissar at best and Baghdad Bob in most cases, still has the power to create illusions that large numbers of people take at face value. It seems odd that anybody still believes them, but time and again we are reminded that a good chunk of the population will take anything written in The New York Times, The Atlantic, or Scientific American as gospel. For years the public was inundated with propaganda insisting that Donald Trump stole the 2016 election--ah, the good...
  • Adam Carolla Calls Out Gavin Newsom: “He’s a Sociopath.”

    07/15/2025 6:56:15 AM PDT · by cuz1961 · 14 replies
    Adam Carolla ^ | Adam Carolla
    Adam Carolla Calls Out Gavin Newsom: “He’s a Sociopath.” Comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla doesn’t hold back as he exposes the emptiness behind California Governor Gavin Newsom’s leadership. Adam breaks down why Newsom’s performative politics, COVID overreach, and refusal to confront fatherlessness are destroying California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilHMoMXGr8&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VUw%3D%3D Rt 7m 26s.
  • American Statesmanship for the Golden Age

    07/15/2025 5:20:49 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 8 replies
    American Mind ^ | 07.14.2025 | Vice President JD Vance
    American Statesmanship for the Golden AgeWe all should have a profound sense of gratitude for the many blessings our nation has given us.Editors’ NoteThis a lightly edited version of Vice President Vance’s remarks as prepared for the Claremont Institute’s 2025 Statesmanship Award Dinner.California generally—and Claremont in particular—has produced some of the most profound and revolutionary conservative thinkers of the last half-century.And for a great many of them, it’s because they understood what’s at stake if we abandon our American identity.And we’re lucky enough to have a few of them, like Michael Anton, now working in the administration with us.Now, Claremont...
  • ICE memo reveals Trump's plan to scrap bond hearings to keep millions of illegal migrants locked up

    07/15/2025 4:03:30 AM PDT · by dennisw · 36 replies
    DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 15 July 2025 | MELISSA KOENIG
    ICE memo reveals Trump's 'radical' plan to keep millions of illegal migrants locked up amid fears detention numbers will 'explode' Millions of migrants who entered the United States illegally will be forced to remain behind bars while their deportation proceedings continue for months or even years under a new Trump administration policy. The acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd M. Lyons, told agents in a July 8 memo that migrants will no longer be eligible for a bond hearing and should be detained 'for the duration of their removal proceedings.' Lyons said the Department of Homeland Security and...
  • Victoria Cross awarded to late soldier Richard Norden for bravery during Vietnam War

    07/15/2025 2:57:46 AM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 11 replies
    ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ^ | 15th July 2025 | Lily Nothling
    He ran into enemy fire three times to rescue a wounded comrade and help recover the body of another.Fifty-seven years after his acts of bravery in the Vietnam War, Private Richard Norden has been posthumously awarded Australia's highest military honour.An investiture ceremony was held in Rockhampton on Tuesday morning, where the Governor-General presented the Victoria Cross medal to his widow, Robynn Freeman.For family, friends and former colleagues, the day has been "a long time coming".A legacy of mateshipPrivate Norden, from Gundagai in New South Wales, was just 19 years old when his platoon came under attack during the 1968 Battle...
  • Ex-Tory MP given community order for harassing (her) ex-wife

    07/14/2025 11:34:06 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 15 replies
    BBC ^ | July 14, 2025
    A former Conservative MP has been given a community order and fine for harassing her ex-wife. Jamie Wallis, who is now known as Katie Wallis and uses female pronouns, represented Bridgend from 2019 to 2024. At an earlier hearing, the 41-year-old from Butetown in Cardiff denied harassing Rebecca Wallis, now known as Rebecca Lovell, between 14 February and 21 March. Wallis was sentenced to a 12-month community order involving 12 days of rehabilitation activity and fined £500 plus £650 costs and a £114 surcharge. A restraining order was also imposed for 12 months to prevent contact with Rebecca Lovell. The...
  • Eric Adams Blasts Cuomo's Latest Decision to Stay in the NYC Mayoral Race

    07/14/2025 8:24:03 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 37 replies
    Townhall ^ | 07/13/2025 | Leah Barkoukis
    New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is running as an independent in the mayoral race, blasted Andrew Cuomo for deciding to do the same. The former New York governor's move comes after he lost to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary. He's also planning to ask all other candidates in the race, not including the assemblyman, to drop out by mid-September if they’re not in the lead, reports The New York Post. Adams, however, showed zero interest in going along with Cuomo's plan. “Are you kidding me?” he told The New York Post. “I didn’t lose in...
  • Trump Floats Eliminating Capital Gains Tax

    07/14/2025 8:18:37 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 52 replies
    Townhall ^ | 07/13/2025 | Sarah Arnold
    President Donald Trump is reportedly considering eliminating the capital gains tax, which can boost investment, reward entrepreneurship, and strengthen the economy. By removing the tax on profits from stocks, property, and other assets, the president's move aims to unleash private capital that has been held back due to taxation. On Sunday, while speaking to reporters, President Trump said he is considering eliminating the capital gains tax on home sales. "I think it can be a great incentive for a lot of people that really need money," Trump said. The reporter then suggested that eliminating the capital gains tax on home...
  • Andrew Cuomo "In It To Win It", Staying In NYC Mayoral Race As Independent

    07/14/2025 8:15:26 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 07/13/2025 | Chase Smith
    Former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on July 14 that he will remain in the New York City mayor’s race, weeks after losing the Democratic primary.“To the 440,000 New Yorkers who voted for me, a sincere thank you,” Cuomo said in a video statement posted on social media platform X.“Thank you for believing in me and my agenda and in my experience. And I am truly sorry that I let you down.”Cuomo lost the Democratic nomination last month to Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman. Mamdani officially became the Democratic nominee on July 1, winning 56 percent of the...
  • Green Fever Dreams: The Dutch Are Now Rationing Electricity

    07/14/2025 8:12:04 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    Hotair ^ | 07/13/2025 | Beege Welborn
    There was a kind of hilarious article last week that I had up in our headlines section. I forget what sort of snarky comment I'd added to the headline for it, but what it boiled down to was pissy progressives packing up and moving to the Netherlands because TRUMP.Number Of 'Trumpugees' Leaving America Continues to RiseA week ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision which delivered yet another blow to the United States' transgender community on Monday, Grover Wehman-Brown was in the midst of packing ahead of their big move to Europe.Since President Donald Trump's first electoral victory in 2016,...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base, Hawaii ~ 15 JULY 2025

    07/14/2025 5:57:45 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 55 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base, HawaiiMarine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County of Honolulu. For census purposes, the area is demarcated as the Kaneohe Station census-designated place, with a population at the 2010 Census of 9,517. Marine Corps Base Hawaii is home to Marines, sailors, their family members and civilian employees. The United States Marine Corps operates a 7,800-foot runway at...
  • US imposes a 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production

    07/14/2025 5:31:41 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 82 replies
    KSBW ^ | Jul 14, 2025
    The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff. Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry and ensure that produce eaten in the U.S. is also grown there. Mexico currently supplies around 70% of the U.S. tomato market, up from 30% two decades ago, according to the Florida Tomato Exchange. Robert Guenther, the trade group's executive vice president, said the duty was “an enormous victory for American tomato farmers and American agriculture." But opponents said the...
  • The Growing Influence of Vaccine Skeptics Inside HHS

    07/14/2025 5:28:23 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    STAT ^ | July 14, 2025 | Chelsea Cirruzzo
    RFK Jr. has hired at least four people with a history of criticizing vaccines, including the former president of his anti-vaccine groupRobert F. Kennedy Jr. spent much of his confirmation process before becoming the nation’s health secretary reassuring lawmakers that he would not undermine public confidence in vaccines and seeking to distance himself from the anti-vaccine group he founded, Children’s Health Defense. As health secretary, he has installed former prominent members of that group and other vaccine skeptics in positions at the department he runs or agencies it oversees. The appointment of officials from CHD, including a former president of...
  • Colo.: Registered sex offender ‘found incompetent to stand trial’ after being accused of attempting to kidnap 11-year-old

    07/14/2025 3:51:51 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 54 replies
    One America News ^ | July 14, 2025 | Brooke Mallory
    Solomon Galligan Prosecutors in Colorado are reportedly planning to dismiss charges against a registered sex offender whom witnesses say attempted to abduct a child from an elementary school last year, citing his “incompetence to stand trial.” Following his arrest, Galligan was subjected to a court-ordered mental competency evaluation, which concluded that he is not fit to stand trial. Consequently, prosecutors stated that they are compelled to dismiss the charges due to his legal incapacity.