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Most of us are familiar with the various tactics and strategies of the left — including congressional Democrats — in opposition to virtually everything related to President Donald Trump. Whether it be Trump's legislative proposals, executive orders, or presently at the top of the list, sending ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents and National Guard troops to out-of-control Democrat-run cities to forcibly remove illegal aliens and/or quell rampant violent crime, radical leftists remain hellbent on stopping the Trump administration at every turn. In Oakland, CA, on Sunday, hundreds of TDS-riddled radical activists attended a "training session" designed to teach "concrete...

Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill, drew a primary challenger Monday who accused him of consistently siding with the GOP over his own party. State Auditor Matthew Dunlap’s bid sets the stage for a high-profile showdown in a district Democrats will likely need to hold to regain control of the US House. Golden represents one of the country’s most competitive districts, winning his 2024 race by less than a percentage point while President Donald Trump carried it by roughly 10 points. Dunlap told CNN ahead of his announcement...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Monday banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from city-owned spaces. This move comes as the city’s leadership is challenging the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. ICE agents and other federal agencies will not be permitted to use city-owned areas to prepare for or conduct their operations. From NBC Chicago: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday signed an executive order aimed at limiting where federal agents can gather in the city, prohibiting them from using certain city-owned spaces for immigration enforcement activities. The order, which is set to take effect immediately,...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson's decision to align himself with the masked Antifa "protesters" confronting the ICE agents attempting to enforce America's immigration laws has created an inverted sense of justice in the city. At a demonstration outside the ICE offices in the city Antifa goons proceeded to attack journalist Nick Sortor who was observing the demonstration. Though outnumbered, Sorter's efforts to defend himself attracted the attention of the Portland Police who arrested him "for his own protection." The arresting officer explained "first of all, there was only one of him and dozens of Antifa. Arresting Sorter was feasible with minimal...

Confused or dishonest “populists” are attacking Trump antitrust officials for focusing on censorship and DEI rather than mundane economic issues. In doing so, they forget why the MAGA movement turned on Big Tech in the first place. America First Conservatives reject laissez-faire tech regulation because of Silicon Valley’s jihad against free speech, where dissidents were censored just for going against woke dogmas and being deemed “bigoted” by liberal apparatchiks. Fortunately, many parts of the tech industry appear to be turning a new corner. With X leading the way, free speech is now making a comeback on tech platforms. The Trump...

A heartfelt post by an Indian professional on Reddit has sparked a wave of emotional discussion among expats navigating the uncertainty of life after their US student visas expire. The user, who identified himself as a 32-year-old currently on a STEM OPT visa, opened up about feeling “lost” and conflicted as his time in the US nears an end. In his post, the user shared that he came to the US in 2021 on an F1 visa and had planned to continue working through a Day 1 CPT program after his Optional Practical Training (OPT) period. However, after his project...

EXPOSED: This is how Democrats keep crime data down - DC Police Commander placed on leave, it was discovered he directed officers to downgrade felony reports and alter crime classification - Charges like felony assault, shootings and stabbings were downgraded - Just before the election last year, the DC Police Commander deliberately manipulated the data and show improvements in crime - Their manipulated stats showed a 26% drop in violent crime Here’s what charges were downgraded to - Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (ADW) - e.g., bat or gun (Felony; counts as violent crime) was downgraded to simple assault (misdemeanor)...

Daily Readings from the USCCBThere was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Luke 10:25The question is very good. We should all seek to understand, with all our hearts, what we must do to inherit eternal life. Of course the problem is that this scholar of the law did not ask this question with sincerity and openness. Rather, he asked Jesus this question to test our Lord. This scholar, as well as other scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees and elders, was envious of Jesus and sought to...

At least two people were killed, and a dozen others — including a child — were injured after gunfire erupted in a busy area of Alabama. Police responded to a “mass shooting event” in downtown Montgomery at around 11:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, Oct. 4, Montgomery Police Department (MPD) Chief James Graboys said in a press conference live-streamed online, per WSFA 12 News. Graboys confirmed that at least 14 people were struck in the incident, with two of the victims dying at the scene and three sustaining “life-threatening injuries." The remaining nine, he added, are not believed to have...

Spanish priest found guilty of ‘hate crime’ after criticizing Muslim persecution of ChristiansBarcelona priest Fr. Custodio Ballester was found guilty and now faces prison time for warning that ‘Islam does not allow dialogue’ with Christianity.Sentencing for a Spanish priest who this past week was found guilty of making “Islamophobic” comments more than seven years ago has Catholics as well as free speech advocates concerned.In February, Father Custodio Ballester was summoned by a regional court in Spain to respond to charges that he had committed a “hate crime” for calling attention to the unjust treatment Christians receive in Islamic majority countries.Ballester,...

Researchers from Purdue University are set to travel to the South Pacific to determine if a "visual anomaly" on a remote island is the wreck of Amelia Earhart's lost plane, saying there is "very strong" evidence the object is the iconic aviator's aircraft. Earhart was attempting to become the first female pilot to circle the world when she and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. Earhart, Noonan and their plane, an Electra 10E, were never found. Recently, President Trump ordered records related to Earhart be declassified. In 2020, researchers looking at satellite imagery identified...

[Catholic Caucus] A True Evidence of Unity: Leo XIV receives Cardinal Cipriani Thorne -- and the first abrogation of a Francis documentNo bishop was as hated by Francis, since his time as Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as the conservative Archbishop of Lima, Peru, Cardinal Cipriani Thorne (now emeritus). Since Benedict XVI's meeting for Latin American bishops in Aparecida, Brazil (2007), Bergoglio identified Cipriani as the enemy to be isolated. Francis met Cipriani after his election, but then proceeded to remake Lima as a bastion of "progressive" Catholicism in Latin America.Francis dismantled everything Cipriani tried to do, including the hard process...

Mark Bray, a financier of international Antifa and the author of the Antifa Handbook, has announced he is fleeing to Europe (believed to be Spain). The announcement follows the U.S. government declaring Antifa domestic terrorists, and the intelligence community looking to establish the international links to declare international Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization. Without evidence, Bray says the reason is because of "death threats + doxing." Bray is one of the major financiers of the International Antifa Defence Fund, which also announced that it was shutting down to relocate its operations abroad in an attempt to escape U.S. prosecution....

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Nah, Really?!MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' says Jay Jones, Virginia's Democrat nominee for Attorney General, "should probably be forced to withdraw from the race" after he fantasized about m*rdering a Republican official and his children.Do you THINK?! pic.twitter.com/Gm0Wwj8Ue6— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) October 6, 2025

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant has issued a 20-page removal notice to X on September 26, demanding the platform censor 23 specific posts featuring raw CCTV clips showing the last moments of Iryna Zarutska's life for Australian users. If X doesn't comply, it faces fines of AU$825,000 per day. Among the targeted posts are commentaries about the slaying of Zarutska on her way to work by a convicted criminal on a train carriage, with many of the posts by journalists and online commentators criticising the double standards of the West when white women are murdered by criminals. Inman-Grant, who has...

Last month, Sofian Abdelaziz Zakkout – founder and President of the Miami-based American Muslim Association of North America (AMANA) – once again showed his undying loyalty to Hamas. On his social media, Zakkout posted videos glorifying several of Hamas’s most notorious figures. They include the recently neutralized: Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 massacre; Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida; and longtime Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a precision Israeli strike on a guesthouse in Tehran, Iran, on July 31, 2024. Zakkout’s tributes were not simply memorials – they were endorsements of terrorists who led and celebrated...

A Cuban customer this morning, knowing I speak Spanish, asked me if I knew of someone to rent three RV trailers he has empty. He has two at $750 each and one at $900 per month (to give one an idea of RV rents in the poorer part of Austin). I asked him why they were empty. He said, "¿No ve? Están huyendo." (Don't you see? They're fleeing.). It appears the administration's efforts at immigration control here are having a tremendous impact and causing more widespread self-deportation than previously reported. Also, my wife has been trying to sell two lots...

The National Football League (NFL) continues to show utter disrespect for the fans who buy tickets at exorbitant prices and watch their games on a variety of platforms. It is the fans who spend their hard-earned dollars that allows NFL executives and players to earn outrageous salaries. Yet, how many insults can these fans endure before it becomes too much? According to a study by Remington Research Group, 64% of Americans believe that professional football players should not use the NFL “as a stage for their political views.” Nevertheless, in 2016, the NFL championed the right of Colin Kaepernick and...

View of winged Lion of Venice at Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. (Photo by BGStock72 on Shutterstock) In A Nutshell Scientific testing shows Venice’s bronze Lion of St .Mark was cast in China during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–907), not in Europe. Lead-isotope analysis traced the copper to the Guishan, Yaojialing, and Anji mines along China’s Lower Yangzi River. Stylistic evidence reveals it began as a mythic tomb guardian called a zhènmùshòu, complete with horns and bat-like ears later cut away. Venetian merchants, possibly the Polo family, may have refashioned the statue into a winged lion as Venice’s new...