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WASHINGTON, D.C. — After Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson claimed in court today that all black people are mentally disabled, Justice Clarence Thomas gently informed her that it's actually just her. Not wanting to embarrass Jackson in front of the rest of the court, Justice Thomas waited until a brief recess to explain. "I don't know how to say this best, Ketanji, but not all black people are mentally disabled. It's just you," said Thomas. "You having an exceptionally low IQ has absolutely nothing to do with your skin color, Ketanji. You're just an idiot. I know this is hard for...

Ketanji Brown Jackson literally and directly compares black people not electing their preferred candidates to disabled people not being able to enter buildings "They don't have equal access to the voting system. They're disabled."

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Family Research Council (FRC), in partnership with the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University (CRC) today released a new national survey of 1,003 regular churchgoing adults (July 2025), updating a comparable 2023 study. Given recent reports showing increased church-attendance, this new study brings to light some important areas for churches and pastors to think through. It identifies the beliefs that the people in the pews hold on a range of important topics and underscores why these need to be addressed with intentional, biblical clarity from the pulpit. Specific findings from the report are being released by...

[Catholic Caucus] China Flexes Power over Rome Once Again with New Bishop ConsecrationIt appears that once again, Beijing has delivered another blow to the Holy See by consecrating a bishop to the pivotal Diocese of Shanghai after he was elected during the papal sede vacante.On October 15, Father Wu Jianlin will be consecrated as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai. News of the ceremony came via official notices issued by the schismatic state-approved church, the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA).Previously vicar general of the diocese, Wu was elected, effectively unopposed, in a vote on April 28. The next day...

Government shutdown Carlos Garcia October 14, 2025 The government shutdown is threatening troop wages. President Donald Trump said that a very wealthy person offered to pay the wages for the military troops if the government shutdown continued. The president made the comments to reporters on Tuesday as he sat next to Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House. 'This is a position that is being forced upon us by Democrats.' "I actually have a man who is a very wealthy person ... who called — a donor, a great gentleman. And he said, 'If there's any money necessary, shortfall...

A shuttered plant is reimagined as Manresa Wilds, an example of an old facility repurposed to solve a new century’s problems. The hike up to the roof involved Escher-like flights of metal stairs and grated catwalks like high wires, dangling above a spectacular abyss of rusted machinery. The ’60s-era control room, straight out of “Apollo 13,” opened onto a turbine hall the size of the concourse at Grand Central.I was blown away. The plant has been shuttered since 2013 and parts of it look like workers walked out one day and left everything as it was. Suburban Connecticut is not...

Yep. Official 'TEASER' at link............. Amadeus, the 1985 Milos Forman- directed masterpiece, is being remade. They replaced the inimitable Tom Hulce with a half-Japanese British citizen name Will Sharpe, because that totally makes sense for the Austrian Mozart? Meanwhile, F. Murray Abraham's Salieri is being replicated by that robot guy in the Avengers movies. I'm sure this will turn out great! Here's just a few of the reactions: Just ... why???

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo and the Death Penalty CharadePopes since John Paul II have created the impression in the minds of many Catholics—and many outside the Catholic Church—that the Church believes the death penalty to be intrinsically immoral.The pontificate of Leo XIV has just passed its first real milestone: its first media controversy. The recent friction over Pope Leo’s comments concerning the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago and his plans to award Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois an honor for his efforts on behalf of immigrants, despite supporting abortion throughout his career, probably mark the end of a “honeymoon” period for...

Here’s the latest. The Supreme Court appeared poised on Wednesday to upend a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by prohibiting lawmakers from using race as a factor in drawing voting maps, which could spark widespread redistricting efforts. If the justices determine that lawmakers may not consider race in drawing districts, the repercussions for the country’s political balance could be sweeping, allowing Republican state legislatures to eliminate at least a dozen Democratic-held House districts across the South.

A recent survey from Monster reveals a disturbing trend in the American workforce: an increasing number of employees say they are facing toxic work environments, with detrimental effects on their mental health.The latest Mental Health in the Workplace survey conducted by Monster paints a grim picture of the current state of American workplaces. The survey, which polled 1,100 workers, found that an alarming 80 percent of respondents described their workplace as toxic, a significant increase from the 67 percent reported just a year prior. This toxic environment is taking a toll on employees’ mental well-being, with 71 percent of workers...

Polls are not looking great foe Democrats for 2026 mid terms. Plus redistricting is looking great for Republicans even after factoring in California, when you add in Missouri, Kansas, Florida, Ohio etc which would give the GOP a net gain of +7 seats from redistricting. Not to mention SCOTUS is looking good to/could abolish the Voting Rights Act in the Louisiana case currently being heard in SCOTUS, which could lead to Democrats losing another 19 seats.

As mail-in ballots began arriving for California's redistricting plan, voters in some counties have found a strange feature in their ballot envelopes: A hole that shows if they voted "no." Check it out: VIDEO AT LINK............. And lest anyone think this is just a bunch of conspiracy theorists overreacting, the Los Angeles Times addressed the issue with a statement from the California Secretary of State. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Monday pushed back against a torrent of misinformation on social media claiming that mail-in ballots for the state's Nov. 4 special election are purposefully designed to disclose how...

Federal agents arrested a Portland mother who was playing the “Ghostbusters” theme song on her clarinet at a protest outside an ICE facility. Oriana Korol, 38, is a member of the Unpresidented Brass Band, which calls itself a “social action oriented, horn driven marching band,” and seeks to deescalate protest tensions. In a video of her arrest from Sunday, a federal agent can be seen violently dragging Korol to the ground, as two more agents come to his aid and her clarinet falls out of her hands. She has been in Clark County Jail in Vancouver, Washington, since, and is...

President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel will deliver a press conference together in the Oval Office this afternoon. The topic of the presser remains unclear at this time, but this comes as the Trump Administration has said it is investigating and planning to take action against the violent leftwing terror network, Antifa. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to The Gateway Pundit last week that the Trump Administration is “aggressively” investigating the Soros and far-left terror-sponsoring organizations that are funding Antifa and violent riots in liberal cities like Portland and Chicago. The FBI, Homeland Security, and even the...

MADISON, Wis. -- A woman charged in a deadly crash who was later arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Noelia Martinez-Avila, 30, is charged with multiple felony crimes including two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and two counts of homicide by use of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol content. During an arraignment Tuesday, Martinez-Avila's attorney, Anthony Delyea, entered a not guilty plea on her behalf. Prosecutors said that, on July 20, Martinez-Avila drove the wrong way on I-39/90 near DeForest and crashed into an SUV that high school sweethearts Hallie...

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on social media that on the way back to the U.S. from NATO’s Defense Ministers meeting, Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom "due to a crack in the aircraft windshield."

Key Points A federal judge blocked the Trump administration, for now, from firing federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown. The order came five days after the administration issued reduction-in-force notifications to more than 4,000 federal workers.

Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol 🚨#BREAKING: Paulette Gibson, who was arrested for stabbing two people and leaving them for dead, was just RELEASED FROM PRISON on a $20,000 bond in Charlotte NC!!! She has a mind-blowing 15 prior arrests, including for violent offenses. She's back on the streets today.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared inclined to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to force states to draw electoral districts favorable to minority voters. The court's six conservative justices, to one degree or another, seemed like they would vote to effectively strike down a Black majority House district in Louisiana because it relied too heavily on race. Such an outcome could mark a fundamental change in the voting rights law, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement, that succeeded in opening the ballot box to Black Americans and reducing persistent discrimination in voting. A ruling for...