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Today, at the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the Administration is taking the biggest step in more than 30 years to protect taxpayer-funded benefits for American citizens — NOT illegal aliens. The move, which preserves roughly $40 billion in benefits for American citizens, overturns decades of bureaucratic defiance and builds on President Trump’s executive order directing an END to the subsidization of open borders.Under President Trump, hardworking Americans will no longer be forced to front the cost of benefits for illegals:The Department of Health and Human Services is restricting illegal aliens from 13 additional public programs, including Head Start,...

Seriously, what is it with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s obsession with simping for Chinese communists just so he could “muh, get Trump?” Of course, he presents it the other way around in his July 3 screed: Trump is stupidly aiding the Chinese by being against "liberal" sources of energy. He’s doubling down on Beijing’s fake persona as the paragon of clean energy virtue to attack the green sludge subsidy cuts within President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Trump not choosing to waste billions in U.S. tax dollars on climate hysteria hogwash was laughable. Then he spewed the one of...

step one: how does this image make you feel? remember your answer. there will be a test. Image narrator: action was not coming. this movie seems to be on auto repeat all over social media right now. it’s astonishing the breakdowns and breakage that seem to have been triggered by two weeks of “the donald.” leaving aside the rightness or wrongness of all this opinion and histrionic hurdy-burly, i find the overall pathology fascinating. i also think it likely means something very different than most are inclined to assume. why is becky from vassar not only having this meltdown, but...

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GHISLANE MAXWELL was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States Circuit Judge Alison J. Nathan to 240 months in prison for her role in a scheme to sexual exploit and abuse multiple minor girls with Jeffrey Epstein over the course of a decade. MAXWELL was previously found guilty on December 29, 2021, following a one-month jury trial, of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor...

US President Donald Trump has said Attorney General Pam Bondi should release "whatever she thinks is credible" on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as he faces a rare backlash from supporters after seeking to draw a line under the case. Bondi has been lambasted by some of Trump's political base after her department recently said there was no evidence that Epstein kept a "client list". This appeared to contradict her previous statements, and those of other Trump allies who have previously called for the release of more information on Epstein. Trump also said on Tuesday he did not understand "what...

Javier Milei (pictured above) was elected President of Argentina in October 2023, and took office in December of that year. He promised large cuts to government spending, bureaucracy, and regulation as the means to revive a long moribund Argentine economy crippled by government over-spending, over-regulation, excess unionism, and corporate cronyism. But would Milei’s program work? I last wrote about Milei’s implementation of his program in this post in November 2024. That post reported that Milei had succeeded in putting through substantial cuts in government spending and bureaucracy, but that the economy had experienced a recession during his first year in...

Nigel Farage has launched a scathing attack on the UK's immigration system - and warned Sir Keir Starmer he will be held accountable if Labour fails to get a grip on rising migration numbers. The Reform UK leader and MP for Clacton said voters were "sick and tired" of mass migration, which he claimed was placing huge pressure on the NHS, housing, welfare and policing. He said: "For years, the broadcast media have pushed the narrative that mass migration is a net benefit. Skilled migrants, we have long been told, will assimilate, strengthen our economy and drive innovation. What we've...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- A man who alleged a hate crime at his property in 2023 has been detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Agents with the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested Mario Roberson Thursday morning. Roberson is facing twelve charges linked to a June 2023 deadly arson at his rental property in Huntsville, and could possibly spend his life in prison. ABC13 first reported on Roberson in May 2023 after he claimed racist graffiti had been spray-painted on the home. He implied alleged racism in the neighborhood's HOA was to blame for the incident,...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is "very concerned" about Israel's strikes on Syria."We're going to be working on that issue as we speak," Rubio said, Reuters reported."I just got off the phone with the relevant parties. We're very concerned about it, and hopefully we'll have some updates later today." Rubio said the U.S. wants the fighting to stop, Reuters added.There are clashes between Syrian government forces and local Druze fighters, the latter of which Israel is seeking to protect.Major General Uri Gordin, who leads the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command, said in a statement that the...

"Israel announced on Wednesday that its forces struck near the entrance of the Syrian Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Damascus."The IDF continues to monitor developments and the regime's actions against Druze civilians in southern Syria. In accordance with directives from the political echelon, the IDF is striking in the area and remains prepared for various scenarios," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on X."

WASHINTON, D.C. — Former President Joe Biden's teleprompter cleared up some recent controversy in a statement it released Monday, stating it personally approved of all the autopen pardons during the Biden presidency. "I personally and single-handedly approved every pardon signed by the autopen machine," The teleprompter said in yellow lettering across its screen. "As the acting president at the time, I had that authority." Recent controversy surrounding President Biden's use of the autopen during his presidency has led some to ask if the pardons issued under his administration were valid. Many hope the teleprompter's statement will clear up any confusion...

"I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

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A black woman who moved from the US to Russia to escape ‘discrimination’ and ‘racism’ revealed on social media that the entire plan backfired on her in a disturbing way. In a heartbreaking video, Francine Villa claims both she and her baby were brutally attacked by racist neighbors in Moscow. The fact that the attack occurred in her homeland is an extra painful blow. Villa had previously spoken about her move back in the 2020 documentary “Black in the USSR” which aired on the Russian State Media channel, RT. After a year of living in Moscow, she told RT, “I...

Rasmussen Reports chief pollster Mark Mitchell joined Steve Bannon on The War Room on Tuesday. During his discussion with host Steve Bannon, Mitchell warned that President Trump’s approval rating is one point away from his lowest net approval ever. This all has to do with the Epstein gaslighting. The American public is NOT buying it.

France and Italy will not take part in a new NATO-led initiative to finance the delivery of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, Politico and La Stampa reported on July 16, citing undisclosed government officials in both countries. Despite being a long-standing supporter of Ukraine, France has opted out of the plan, which was unveiled during U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Washington on July 14. Under this scheme, NATO will purchase advanced arms from the U.S., including air defense systems, and deliver some of them to Ukraine. According to two French officials, France declined to...

A former Gig Harbor nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to sneaking pills into his girlfriend last year in an attempt to cause her to miscarry and to trying to silence her from speaking to authorities. David Benjamin Coots, 43, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, tampering with a witness and fourth-degree assault. He wore a blue dress shirt with a tie as Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore James Orlando sentenced him to one year and a day in prison, which the defense and prosecutors agreed to recommend. He also was ordered to have no contact with the victim for 10 years....

-snip- Trump is a ‘realist’ Yet despite prominent figures within Mr Trump’s coalition warning against overseas military action, congressional Republicans warned that it was not always those who shouted loudest whose opinions carried weight with Mr Trump. “With this president, you are not going to win your policy debate in the media. The idea of loud people leading him is wrong,” a congressional source told The Telegraph. They added that Mr Trump is a “realist and a pragmatist”, which functions as an “ideological difference” from those on the isolationist wing of his party. Another insider added: “Trump can be hawkish...

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A California couple were taken into custody after investigators found they had 21 children from surrogate mothers as part of a suspected trafficking ring. Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, were arrested for felony child endangerment this week after cops descended on their $4.1 million home in Arcadia. Inside, they found the couple's huge brood of children which included 17 toddlers aged three or under. Police were initially responding to reports of a two-month-old suffering a traumatic head injury, before search warrant on the home reportedly revealed that they were caring for 15 children inside, aged between two months...