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Some people may call it the chickens coming home to roost. Media Matters for America (MMfA), a George Soros-funded left-wing censorship group, reportedly may be on the verge of collapse. The organization is reeling after a series of lawsuits and government investigations, which are straining its already frazzled finances. (MMfA raised $19 million in 2023 — and somehow spent $20 million.) But here’s what some may consider poetic justice: The group essentially claims the government is now doing the Right’s bidding in an effort to destroy it.This is the same group, a 2012 report held, that was previously coordinating with...

A computer is only as good as the data you put into it. That warning from the early days of computing -- garbage in, garbage out -- has never been more relevant than in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). AI now drives everything from search engines to image generators, yet instead of providing objective, data-backed insights, it too often parrots progressive narratives, twisting facts to match feelings.Case in point: despite U.S. Census Bureau data indicating that over 75% of Americans identify as white, AI-generated images of “typical Americans” often show mostly non-white groups. This isn’t intelligence. It’s indoctrination, built...

When Elon Musk sued Media Matters in 2023, the law firm of Democratic super-lawyer Marc Elias swooped in to represent the liberal media group. It made little headway against the lawsuit before submitting millions of dollars in legal bills, prompting Media Matters officials to lash out at the firm as they faced financial ruin, according to a new report. According to the New York Times, Elias Law Group originally represented Media Matters against Musk’s lawsuit, which accused the group of manipulating X posts to falsely link the social media platform to white nationalists and anti-Semites, part of what Musk alleged...

Can former federal officials be prosecuted in the Russia-Trump collusion hoax? That is the question arising from the recent actions of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard has released declassified documents over what she says was a “treasonous conspiracy” that was “directed by President [Barack] Obama” to provide “manufactured intelligence” that “Russia had helped Donald Trump get elected.” This was in the face of contradictory intelligence analyses that said the exact opposite: that “Russia had neither the intent nor the capability to try to ‘hack the United States election.’” Gabbard says she is sending these documents to both the...

Business production spending has seen its highest climb since 1997, when accounting for post-COVID reopenings, the Trump administration has announced in a release obtained by Blaze News. Capital expenditures — or capex, which refer to what companies spend on their research and development, software, transportation, and more — are a great way to gauge how much businesses are expanding or developing their operations. Additionally, real wages are also rising, according to the Trump administration, and the growth speed in 2025 has been outpaced by only one previous administration. Business equipment production jumped 11% in Q2 2025 after already garnering a...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Sunday that Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell deserves a life sentence, rejecting the idea of a potential pardon for the convicted sex trafficker. In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Johnson was asked if he supported a pardon for Maxwell, but the speaker emphasized that the decision ultimately belongs to President Donald Trump. "I think 20 years was a pittance," Johnson said of Maxwell's time behind bars. "I think she should have a life sentence, at least. I mean, think of all these unspeakable crimes." "I mean it's hard to put into...

VIDEOWhile watching the incredible outcome of the trade negotiations between President Donald Trump and the European Union represented by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, I couldn't help but hear in my mind Charlie Sheen singing his "WINNING!!!" song.

CNN political contributor Scott Jennings suggested that he may run for Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat if President Trump asks him. When asked on Real America's Voice on Wednesday if he was considering running for McConnell's Senate seat next year since the senator isn't seeking reelection, Jennings said, “Yeah, I haven’t made any announcements about that,” Mediaite reported. “There’s three people in the race, I know them all, like them all, I've been in and out of their lives in varying degrees over the years. I’ve supported them all in various endeavors, so I’m confident the seat will remain Republican.” Rep....

Social Security faces automatic benefit cuts in less than a decade due to the projected insolvency of its trust fund ... Americans' overall confidence in Social Security dropped from 43% in 2020 to 36% in 2025, the lowest level since it fell to 35% in 2010. Younger Americans Younger Americans are even less confident in the program. Only 25% of respondents between the ages of 18 and 49 were confident in Social Security's future, whereas 48% of those 50 and older expressed confidence. ... retirees are relying more on Social Security than they were two decades ago, with the share...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A new Senate bill holds states accountable to pay back costs for deploying military resources when those states refuse to enforce federal immigration law. It's called the State Accountability for Federal Deployment Costs Act, and it is in direct response to the violent ICE raids in California, after the deployment of the National Guard cost about $130 million. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who co-sponsored the bill, said she was asked, "who pays for this?" She said she and other lawmakers looked into it and learned the Department of Defense (DOD) was not being reimbursed when they had to...

Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, posted on Sunday she and her department will be monitoring the investigation into a vicious attack on a white man and white woman by a mob of Black people in Cincinnati Friday night after video of the beatings went viral. Dhillion commented on a post by Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), “Our federal hate crimes laws apply to ALL Americans. We @CivilRights will monitor closely how local authorities handle this attack. Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race...

Chuck Grassley, the very powerful Senate Judiciary Chairman, responded to President Trump’s call to cancel the August recess. President Trump last Saturday evening called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the August recess to get his judicial nominees confirmed. Trump called on Thune to work through August to confirm the backlog of judicial nominees. “Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!! DJT” Trump said last Saturday...

Congress is leading a latest bipartisan effort in Washington, D.C., this time to protect American interests abroad. Republican Rep. August Pfluger of Texas and Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee are leading the charge to protect American property from foreign aggressors and any "unreasonable" or "discriminatory" practices inflicted upon them, according to bill text obtained exclusively by Blaze News. This effort is also being led by Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama and Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia. "American companies operating abroad should not have to fear arbitrary government actions that undermine their property rights," Pfluger told Blaze News....

Viral images portraying a severely emaciated Palestinian boy as the “face of hunger in Gaza.” The boy, used as the centerpiece of a Hamas campaign, suffers from genetic disorders and muscle conditions, a fact largely ignored by most media outlets. Heart-wrenching images of a severely emaciated Palestinian boy, spread by leading international media outlets as the “face of hunger in Gaza” and “proof” of widespread suffering due to the war, do not tell the full story.

President Trump falsely claimed Kamala Harris paid celebrities like Beyoncé, Oprah, and Rev. Al Sharpton for endorsements — a charge federal records and the Harris campaign deny. Rev. Sharpton joins Morning Joe to respond, accusing Trump of race-baiting and distraction.

Voice of America (VOA) managers met multiple times with Chinese officials seeking to influence more favorable U.S. coverage of their country, part of a larger dynamic that proved to the "detriment of America" and its taxpayer-funded media operation for the world, Trump adviser Kari Lake told Just the News. Lake, the president's senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, said the meetings with communist China officials both in Washington and abroad were discovered as part of an investigation that exposed undue foreign influence on the VOA's operations. "We found out in our investigations over the months that I've...

Notwithstanding Hamas' brutal October 7th assault, Israel wnet out of its way to seek help for a little Palestinian child, only to be repaid with hate and abuse. Welcome to 2025. The Israel Foreign Ministry (MFA) has sparked controversy with a July 28 X post accusing media outlets of exploiting a photo of Osama al-Raqab, a 5-year-old Palestinian boy with cystic fibrosis, to falsely portray Israel as responsible for his suffering. The post, which garnered significant attention, claims the child’s image was used in a “modern blood libel” to smear Israel, despite his medical evacuation to Italy on June 12,...

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Boeing has been on an upswing since CEO Kelly Ortberg took over the top job a year ago. Wall Street analysts expect the aircraft manufacturer to halve its second-quarter losses from a year ago when it reports earnings this week. But Ortberg still has challenges ahead of him, including with ramping up production of jets, which will require FAA approval, and in company’s defense unit. ... After spiraling from crisis to crisis over much of the past seven years, Boeing is stabilizing under CEO Kelly Ortberg’s leadership. Ortberg, a longtime aerospace executive and an engineer whom the manufacturer plucked from...