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Democrats Are Giving Up On DemocracyIt doesn’t matter how unpopular Democrats’ policies are, they are not going to negotiate, they are not going to compromise.Tectonic plates are shifting in the American polity. A new dynamic is emerging, and a big part of that new dynamic is a Democratic Party and a political left that is no longer concerned with persuasion or negotiation, no longer willing to chase after popular legitimacy or win over public opinion, but is so convinced in the righteousness and urgency of its cause that it believes it must resort to force.I’m not just referring to the...

Trump administration’s MAGA push is gaining traction before the next year’s mid-term elections in America. Two key developments regarding the H-1B visa system are already in place, making it difficult for US firms to hire foreign workers. The introduction of a $100,000 H-1B petition fee for each foreign worker will make it more expensive for US companies, while the second proposal is to launch a wage-based selection process. US companies are being forced to either hire the best-skilled foreign talent by offering a higher salary and the $100k petition fee or hire American workers. After H-1B, the next focus for...

Pennsylvania’s highest court has declared that Pittsburgh’s attempt to force all athletes who compete in the city to pay a tax, even if they aren’t Pennsylvania residents, is unconstitutional and unfair. The city had passed the tax more than a decade ago, forcing visiting athletes to pay an income tax just for the privilege of playing there. But the state’s supreme court has ruled that the tax unconstitutionally discriminates against nonresidents, according to Legal Newsline. The ruling is a win for MLB, NHL, and NFL players who visit Pittsburgh to play the city’s home teams. The lawsuit was brought way...

A couple from Woburn, Massachusetts has lost their license to foster children after they refused to sign a gender affirming policy form from the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Lydia and Heath Marvin have three kids in their teens, but they have fostered eight different children under the age of 4 since 2020. Their most recent foster child was a baby with complex medical needs who stayed with them for 15 months. "Our Christian faith, it really drives us toward that. James says that true undefiled religion is to care for the fatherless," said Heath. The couple said they...

A Florida man was hit with federal charges this week after he allegedly stole $7,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets from a convenience store, then returned to the scene of the crime mere hours later to try to redeem his loot, according to authorities. Justin Farley, 43, pulled into a St. Petersburg Circle K on May 5, and “opened multiple cabinets and took scratch-off lottery tickets,” before fleeing the scene in his grey Hyundai Elantra, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Post. Roughly 40 minutes later, Farley arrived at an area 7-Eleven to redeem the $7,000 worth of...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(10/10/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the Bible1 Samuel 12:16-1816 “Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! 17 Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.” 18 Then Samuel called on the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the Lord...

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least two people, while towns near the epicentre suffered structural damage and authorities warned of strong aftershocks. The quake, in waters off the town of Manay in the province of Davao Oriental, triggered a tsunami alert for coasts within 300 km (186 miles) of the epicentre, but the warnings for the Philippines and Indonesia were subsequently lifted. A strong aftershock of magnitude 6.9 struck at around 7 p.m. (1100 GMT) triggering a new tsunami warning, with the country's seismology agency Phivolcs warning of possible tsunami...

The West has forgotten its Judeo-Christian values, leading to continuous lunacies. Drag queen “Aubrey Ghalichi,” whose real name is Michael Browder, was recently pulled from a Pride parade and arrested after he confessed to having sex with a 13-year-old child he met on a dating app. Bowder was charged with two counts of sexual conduct with a minor according to court records that were reviewed by KNXV-TV. During a Sept. 16 interview, Browder reportedly admitted to police that he had, in fact, had sex with the boy. However, he claimed to have believed the lad was of legal age. He...

Since President Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown, many Indian students who once dreamed of a world-class education, lucrative careers and a better quality of life, are nervous about tougher and more unpredictable U.S. immigration rules. -snip- Bengaluru-based Piyush is a 26-year-old who still wants to do an MBA in the United States. He asked for his full name not to be used, fearing it could affect his visa chances. This is his story: I have been in India all my life. I have studied and worked here and honestly, I have had enough. It is time to go. It is...

‘Everything is Hungary’s fault’.There’s a new illness of the mind going around the Globalist corners of the European Union.You can call it Hungarophobia or Magyarophobia, and it basically means that the conservative central European country is receiving the ‘Russian treatment’, with constant psyops and disinformation against it.Around 10 days ago, Kiev regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky publicly accused Budapest of deploying multiple drones into Ukrainian airspace – a serious accusation never backed with any data, and soon dropped into oblivion. (snip) "The European Commission launched a probe on Thursday after several media reports alleged that the Hungarian secret services were trying...

Public schools depend on a degree of consensus from parents and taxpayers regarding the basics of what their students are being taught. This trust is especially important in these chaotic times when many parents across the country have discovered that their schools are teaching children in a way contrary to their family and religious values by indoctrinating them with creepy views on gender and sexuality. I know of several high schools in Virginia caught in shameful gender and sexuality-related issues. Two noteworthy incidents happened in Loudoun County in very blue northern Virginia. The first involved a boy (claiming to be...

American companies and institutions have utilized the notoriously abused H-1B work visa program to staff diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, according to documents released by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. “I’ve reviewed numerous examples of hospitals, universities and other employers hiring foreign H-1B workers as DEI bureaucrats,” Schmitt said on social media. “Examples range from large banks and law firms to universities, healthcare systems, and even municipal park districts. Obviously, DEI positions are plainly non-technical and ideological in nature, and appear to fall outside the ‘specialty occupation’ intent of the H-1B statute.” The senator’s office reviewed H-1B visa applications submitted...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a joint motion with the state's GOP leadership to close the Republican primaries. The filing comes after the same leadership sued the Texas Secretary of State for the same purpose. It also comes ahead of the race for U.S. Senate, in which Paxton hopes to unseat longtime Sen. John Cornyn. Ken Paxton wants closed Texas primaries What's new: Paxton filed the motion jointly in a federal court with the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) on Thursday. The RPT sued Secretary of State Jane Nelson at the beginning of September to achieve the same...

On January 15, 2019, an off-duty British SAS operator and high-level trainer, who goes by the nom de guerre of Christian Craighead, disrupted an Islamic terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya, at the DusitD2 complex. He is credited with saving 700 lives through his skills, action, heroism, and leadership. Christian gave the keynote speech at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Salt Lake City on September 28, 2025.If you wish to listen to the entire presentation, the video(above) of the Keynote speech by Christian Craighead, SAS, retired, starts at approximately 5:40:30 and ends at approximately 6:15:15.Christian grew up with a single...

Those Americans who insist that ‘it can’t happen here’ need to understand that it already is happening here. In an era where truth is increasingly subordinated to comfort, my colleague and a close friend, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff (an intrepid Austrian counter-jihad activist and human rights and free speech advocate), stands as a beacon of unyielding courage. Sabaditsch-Wolff has endured personal persecution for daring to voice historical facts that challenge prevailing sensitivities. Her October 2025 speech in Dallas, Texas, delivered amid global tensions over censorship and cultural shifts, serves as a stark warning: Free speech is not merely a right, but the...

“‘Do you not say, “There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest”? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this case the saying is true, “One sows and another reaps.” I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor’” (John 4:35–38). Using the grain...

I'm considering the purchase of an RV, using it for two months and then abandoning it. I will of course notify the dealer of it's location. "Come get it, the keys are in the ignition." What happens? I'm not concerned about credit ratings. I'm an old man and everything I want or need is paid for and I have sufficient income to cover my needs.

When Jeffrey Clark was tapped to lead the second Trump administration’s chief regulatory review office, it marked an astonishing redemption. For years, congressional investigators and prosecutors had pursued the former Department of Justice official ---SNIP--- The disciplinary process in the D.C. bar is radically disparate according to the political affiliation and views of the respondent attorney,” Clark’s lawyers charged. A preliminary review of public records indicates that a majority of the board that made the Clark recommendation was comprised of registered Democrats, individuals who had contributed to Democrat candidates, or public advocates of progressive causes. Only one board member was...

Whatever Winsome Earle-Sears had for dinner tonight before her debate against Abigail Spanberger ahead of the Virginia gubernatorial election in November, we want some of that. Because Sears came out swinging haymakers and continued throwing molten fire at Spanberger for the entire hour while basically taking over the debate from the moderators.

1. The Classification of the AfD by an Administrative Agency In the spring of 2025, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV, Germany's domestic intelligence service) classified the political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) as a "right-wing extremist" organization. This classification granted the authorities the power to place its members and supporters under police surveillance without prior judicial authorization, including measures such as intercepting private communications or the BfV recruiting informants within the party. This "judgment" was not delivered by an independent court. It was created by an administrative agency directly under the authority of the Interior...