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This is so insane Texas Rep Steve Toth showing Democrats went on the house floor for over 2 hours to argue that people who move into your home illegally while you go on vacation, should be allowed to stay Yes, this is real “This bill seeks to keep squatters out of our House. Democrats have fought for two hours for the right, I don't even know how to say this. For the right of people that don't belong in your house to stay in your house in the event that they you leave for a month or two and a...

The inside story of the case that could set the movement back a generation.One day last December, a clutch of dark-suited lawyers descended the steps of the Supreme Court to a hero’s welcome. The lawyers, from the American Civil Liberties Union, had that morning joined counterparts from the Biden administration in asking the court to block a Tennessee law that bars doctors from providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery to young people who feel that their bodies are the wrong sex. In the plaza outside the court, L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy groups had turned out hundreds of supporters, who hugged, cheered...

Tariffs on imported goods can have a wide ripple effect on prices, especially in the auto industry where supply chains are global, complex, and highly sensitive to cost changes. In this graphic, we reveal how tariffs will impact U.S. car prices, assuming a flat 25% tariff is applied onto vehicles imported from outside North America. Data & Discussion *** Buick’s Asia-Centric Production Although Buick is an American brand, the company produces many of its models in China and South Korea. As a result, Buick tops this list with a 22% projected price increase—the highest among all brands surveyed. This underscores...

The government of Tamil Nadu has announced a $1 million reward for anyone who can successfully decipher the cryptic script of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization (IVC). Chief Minister M.K. Stalin made the announcement following a new study that suggests significant connections between symbols in the Indus script and markings found on ancient Tamil pottery. The Enigma of the Indus Valley Script The Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished around 5,000 years ago in the fertile plains of the Indus River (present-day northwest India and Pakistan), is known for its advanced urban planning and extensive trade networks. However, one of its...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities at Arak, a reactor that used heavy water in its operations and which was poised to produce weapons-grade plutonium for Iran’s nuclear program. The IDF said in a statement: Overnight (Thursday), 40 IAF fighter jets, with the precise intelligence direction of the IDF Intelligence Directorate, struck dozens of military targets in Tehran and additional areas throughout Iran, using over 100 munitions. As part of the strikes, and as part of the broad effort to prevent the Iranian regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the nuclear reactor in the area of Arak...

Emancipation Day may have run afoul of anti-woke sentiment.Is Juneteenth being swallowed up – and swept away – by the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement? The nation’s newest federal holiday was meant to be a celebration of the end of slavery in America. It was never an LGBTQ holiday or general celebration of “marginalized communities.” Yet it seems some are trying to co-opt it – or culturally appropriate it, one might say – into the broader movement. As the tide of public and political opinion turns against DEI, however, will Juneteenth find itself washed away as well?The Political History...

A look at the facts.Matt Gaetz, the former congressman and Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney general, claims that Israel is trying to coax the U.S. into entering a regime-change war in the Middle East. Many who rally under the America-First banner, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), agree with him, although President Trump has stated in no uncertain terms that “AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”On his OAN show, Gaetz played a 2002 clip of Benjamin Netanyahu warning that Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear...

Given the chance, Democrats will choose voter registration over deportation. On Wednesday, Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., suggested granting citizenship to every illegal alien in the country. According to Frost, if Republicans don’t want illegal aliens in America, the fix is simple — just make them legal. But his comments are revealing and expose the endgame of the modern Democrat Party: use the border crisis that they created to cement their permanent political power. And that’s exactly why President Donald Trump must follow through on mass deportations –with no exceptions — because given the chance, Democrats will choose voter registration over...

As President Trump is known to say, “don’t make it complicated.” Just look at things as they are, as they present themselves to be, and ask the most obvious questions. Consider Antifa.How can a group within America openly threaten police, use violence against police, throw Molotov cocktails, bricks and explosive fireworks at police. Use batons, shields, bats and physical violence against police and federal law enforcement; destroy vehicles, set cars on fire, destroy property, trash and block the streets and create chaos…. Completely without being stopped?It doesn’t matter where it is happening, that’s irrelevant. Think plainly and simply.How does any...

Security camera footage shows the ridiculous moment a group of would-be arsonists accidentally set their getaway vehicle on fire. South Australia Police have released the footage from a residence in Port Pirie, 124 miles north of Adelaide, showing a car pulling up alongside a fenced-off building at night. A man hops out of the vehicle, which remains idle, and begins to douse the area in liquid. “As seen in the footage, three male suspects had attended an address in Young Street and doused the front of the residence with accelerant,” SA Police said in a statement. The man can be...

Federal agents used non-lethal munitions to shut down a large group of protesters who tried to block law enforcement vehicles from entering and exiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday night. The chaotic scenes unfolded when agents deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd who had swarmed the compound, according to video captured by Turning Point USA’s Frontlines. It was the latest in a series of protests outside the ICE building in the sanctuary city which have raged for about a week and a half. Hundreds of mostly masked...

In yet another story that demonstrates just how deeply illegal-alien criminals or their allies have penetrated the U.S. military, a federal judge sentenced a third soldier to prison for human trafficking. Enrique Jauregui, 26, will go to prison for almost three years and pay a hefty fine for his crimes. Two co-defendants were sentenced in May. All were stationed at Fort Hood in Texas. The sentencing follows the arrest in April of 114 illegal aliens at an unlawful nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where soldiers from nearby Fort Carson provided security. Human SmugglingJauregui “organized a smuggling event in 2024, recruiting...

President Donald Trump issued a message Thursday that Iran has “within the next two weeks” to negotiate with the United States. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read a statement from Trump on Iran at the top of the press briefing a day after he said he “may” or “may not” order a strike on nuclear sit“Regarding the situation in Iran, I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in the media regarding the president’s decision-making and whether or not the United States will be directly involved,” she said. “In light of that news, I...

What happens in California (or any other Democrat-run state) doesn’t stay in California (or any other Democrat-run state), and here is yet another example, from an article published yesterday at Breitbart News:‘Authorities in a recent cargo theft bust recovered more than $1.6M in stolen electronics recovered from a tractor-trailer owned by someone whose CDL stated their first name was ‘No Name Given’ and their last name was ‘Diamond,’’ reported Overdrive.The haul was actually stolen from the Dallas airport, but the three suspects, two of whom are illegal aliens, were only apprehended in Flagstaff, Arizona as the thieves were on their...

Explanation: Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the northern springtime constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth's sky, NGC 3521 is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other Leo spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It's hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait though. Spanning some 50,000 light-years the galaxy sports characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. The deep image also finds NGC 3521 embedded in fainter, gigantic, bubble-like shells. The shells...

SummaryRevolutionary Guards say missiles targeted industrial areas in IsraelWhile Trump keeps world guessing, special envoy Witkoff has spoken to Iranian foreign ministerIran warns against 'third party' joining conflictTEL AVIV/DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters) - Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital overnight, as a week-old air war escalated with no sign yet of an exit strategy from either side.Following the strike that damaged the Soroka medical centre in Israel's southern city of Beersheba, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tehran's "tyrants" would pay the "full price".The Reuters Daily...

I despise marijuana. For that reason, I’m very glad when seemingly reputable studies back up my visceral sense that marijuana is a terrible drug that destroys people’s lives and, along the way, destroys American society. First, I went to ChatGPT for it to sum up the obvious, which is that a drug that alters people’s temporal and spatial perception makes them lousy drivers:

Russian hardliners are pushing President Vladimir Putin to formally declare war on Ukraine, saying his "special military operation" against the neighboring country is not enough, particularly after Ukraine's surprise attack on Moscow's air bases. "Like every thinking patriot, I took it as a personal tragedy," one Russian official commented about the Ukrainians' "Operation Spider Web" attacks, with another high-ranking official describing the mood in the Kremlin as "shock and outrage," reports The Telegraph on Wednesday. The conflict, now in its fourth year after Russia invaded Ukraine, has never been officially declared as a war, despite the loss of property and...

A former Coast Guard Lieutenant and Antifa sharpshooter arrested and charged for threatening to kill President Trump has been released from prison and ordered home detention. According to an affidavit, Pete Stinson posted the threats against President Trump to X and BlueSky between 2020 and 2025. Stinson used a series of code names for Trump including “the orange,” “orange mf,” “orange thug,” “Krasnov,” “tfg,” “one ear,” or an orange emoji. Stinson’s most recent threat against President Trump was posted last week.

“Shots fired!” shouted Gen Michael Kurilla moments before charging towards the sound of gunfire to save two junior officers.Weaving through the rubble-strewn alleyways of war-torn Mosul, Iraq, the then-lieutenant colonel was pursuing a group of terrorist suspects when three more shots rang out.Taking bullets to the arm and both legs, one snapping his femur in half, he “performed a judo roll” and carried on firing his rifle, witnesses say. As the gunfire continued, he covered his troops and reeled off orders while bleeding on the concrete floor.Nearly 20 years later, Gen Kurilla, who was awarded a Bronze Star for valour...