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President Barack Obama was fired up. He had just revealed his Supreme Court nominee in the Rose Garden, and as he began his next meeting with progressive legal activists in the Roosevelt Room, he couldn’t stop rhapsodizing about his choice to cap his judicial legacy. Merrick Garland was Obama’s kind of judge—a meritocrat with two Harvard degrees who had served 18 years on America’s second-highest court; a mensch who tutored inner-city kids and had just wept while discussing his family; and a moderate cited by Republican leaders as the kind of non-controversial, non-ideological judge Obama ought to pick for...

Just two weeks ago, on Feb. 28, the average wholesale price was $8.05 per dozen. The combination of prices scaring off customers, slowed bird flu outbreaks and a later Easter this year is resulting in less demand. "Demand for shell eggs declined sharply over the past week as resistance to current shell egg prices grows across all sectors," the USDA report stated. "Slowing [highly pathogenic avian influenza] outbreaks are leading to improved supply availability and wholesale market prices have responded with sharp declines over the past week." "However, these declines have yet to be reflected at store shelves and, until...

A new survey has found that more than half of Americans do not believe God exists or that He “affects lives,” prompting one prominent researcher to highlight the need for “sweeping national repentance and spiritual renewal.” The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the second installment of its American Worldview Inventory 2025 on Wednesday. The research found that overall, 60% of Americans do not believe God exists or that He “affects lives.” Nearly half of self-identified Christians (47%) and a slightly smaller share of theologically identified born-again Christians (40%) said the same. George Barna, director of research at...

In Iran, many women risk years in prison -- or death — trying to assert their right to live without having to wear a chador, or long head covering, often informally called a 'hijab' in the West. Meanwhile, in formerly Jolly Olde England, Labour Party Members of Parliament are proposing that possessing images of Muslim women without their hijabs should be made a criminal offense. You read that right. Unfortunately. Something called the "Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee" is proposing that a picture of a Muslim woman without a religious headscarf, taken without her consent, should be considered “non-consensual intimate...

If I heard and read right, the alleged leader of the antisemitic mobs at Columbia Mahmoud Khalil was born in Syria, holds an Algerian passport, and calls himself a “Palestinian.” Which is it?

VIDEO: Joe Rogan interview with Elon Musk Summary of what Elon says: The main reason the Left is after him is because DOGE will put an end to entitlement (Social Security, Disability, Medicaid, etc. ) fraud for illegal aliens, which is the magnet that draws them and keeps them here. Take that away and many will leave, taking away a voting block Democrats are depending upon for their survival.

On March 11, 2025, Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) sparked outrage during a House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee hearing by referring to Sarah McBride, the Delaware poster child of the progressive elite and self-proclaimed "first transgender member of Congress," as "Mr. McBride." The response was predictable — a truth bomb that sent the sanctimonious left into a frenzy. Rep. Bill Keating, that self-righteous Democrat loudmouth from Massachusetts, nearly choked on his own hypocrisy, demanding an apology and lamenting about “decency” like a preacher who’s lost his flock. Self didn’t back down — he slammed the gavel, adjourned the circus, and later...

Over the past few months attacks against Tesla charging stations and dealerships have started to increase in frequency. In Tigard, Oregon a Tesla dealership has been repeatedly fired upon. In Lynnwood, a suburb of Seattle, Washington a Tesla dealership reported that six Cybertrucks were were spray-painted with swastikas and profanity directed at CEO Elon Musk. President Trump labeled these attacks "terrorism." Over on MSNBC Prime, host Alicia Menendez called these attacks "protests" and wondered whether "calling it domestic terrorism is an infringement on First Amendment freedom of speech, assembly, and airing of grievances. Seeing how Mr. Musk has angered so...

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday evening blocking the deportations but lawyers told him there were already two planes with migrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did not include...

This is the moment alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organisation Tren de Aragua were hauled into El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Centre. The United States sent over 200 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned, President Nayib Bukele said. 'Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organisation, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country, he said on X. He shared a video of several men in handcuffs and shackles being transferred from a plane to a heavily guarded convoy. The gang has been linked to kidnapping, extortion, organised crime and contract killings. Bukele, in a...

Democrat Party is imploding. After their humiliating defeat in the government funding battle, a devastating new CNN poll shows the party's favorability has cratered to an abysmal 29%—the lowest since 1992. The numbers don’t lie; this is a spectacular fall from grace. The party has hemorrhaged support, suffering a jaw-dropping 20-point collapse in favorability since January 2021, when Joe Biden was inaugurated. Even their own base is abandoning ship, with Democratic Party favorability among supporters plummeting from 81% to a pathetic 63%. Democrats can't even keep their own house in order. The leadership vacuum is so profound that when asked...

Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX’s Starship will head to Mars at the end of 2026. The ship will be carrying Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot. The tech billionaire said that if all goes well, humans could be on the red planet by 2029, although he admitted that 2031 is more likely.

Former first lady Michelle Obama's new podcast with her brother Craig Robinson, titled IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson, dropped its first two episodes on Wednesday; this is how its views so far compare with that of Joe Rogan. (snip) Data from Spotify and Apple Podcasts is not yet available for the show, however, the views that it received on YouTube are public, providing a snapshot into its listenership. The podcast's first episode received 43,826 views as of press time, while the second, which featured an interview with Issa Rae, has received 14,000 views. In contrast, the most recent...

Republicans say they want less crime and homelessness in D.C. Cutting the city’s budget won’t help.The nation was spared a government shutdown on Friday after a sufficient number of Senate Democrats reluctantly agreed to pass a continuing resolution that would keep the lights on until the end of the fiscal year. But for D.C., the crisis is still looming.That’s because House Republican leadership omitted language from the resolution — found in every similar measure for the past two decades — that would have allowed D.C. to continue spending at its current, congressionally approved budget levels. Instead, the bill treats the...

As President Trump imposes tariffs on products from countries around the world, foreign governments are answering back with tariffs of their own. China has targeted corn farmers and carmakers. Canada has put tariffs on poultry plants and air-conditioning manufacturers, while Europe will hit American steel mills and slaughter houses. The retaliatory tariffs are an attempt to put pressure on the president to relent. And they have been carefully designed to hit Mr. Trump where it hurts: Nearly 8 million Americans work in industries targeted by the levies and the majority are Trump voters, a New York Times analysis shows. The...

At the same time, the prime minister expressed the view that Europe and the US still have the opportunity to resolve the situation through negotiationsPARIS, March 16. /TASS/. French Prime Minister François Bayrou believes that Europe must prepare for a potential trade war with the United States. "We need to seriously prepare not only to respond to military threats but also to a trade war. The introduction of customs duties threatens both our products and American ones," Bayrou stated on the France Info TV channel. At the same time, the prime minister expressed the view that Europe and the US...

William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'. Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust owns buildings in the playwright's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. It wants to 'create a more inclusive museum experience' and announced it will move away from Western perspectives after concerns were raised that Shakespeare's ideas were used to advance 'white supremacy' ideas. The trust also said that some of its items could contain language or depictions that are racist, sexist, or homophobic. It comes amid an ongoing backlash against the writer. Some productions of his works...

The Democratic Party’s approval rating among Americans has cratered to a record low, according to a new poll conducted by SSRS in conjunction with CNN. In total, just 29 percent of respondents indicated that they hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, a record-low in the surveys 30-year history. CNN’s Manu Raju explained that the poll’s results are even more striking when considering the fact that Democratic Party approval has plunged more than 20 percentage points in just four years, down from a high of 49 percent. The November presidential elections — in which President Trump swept all seven...

As usual with Perun, a backgrounder of financing, politico-bureaucratic issues, current political situation, etc. Lots and lots of considerations addressed. Including, note, interesting specific issues with upgrading the UK nuke arsenal. An excellent start of a framework for slotting in incoming news. Long but essential. Short answer is the Euros have the money, resources and industry, to remove reliance on the US. And interestingly PPP diversity, where efficiencies can be found for specific categories that are not available to the rich countries.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has unleashed a blistering emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, demanding an immediate stay of an “outrageous overreach” by Obama-appointed District Judge James E. “Jeb” Boasberg.