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On April 2, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a memo directing installation commanders to respect the Second Amendment rights of our service members on United States Military installations. Hegseth noted the Constitution is there to protect the rights of all Americans, including the rights of service members, which are protected by the Second Amendment. The current policies in place in the United States military made it virtually impossible for service members to be able to carry arms for their own protection unless they were military police or in some training exercises. Installation commanders have had the authority to...

Hollywood support for Eric Swalwell, who is currently leading a crowded field of Democratic candidates vying to become California governor remains steady — at least for now — despite rumors of inappropriate behavior with female staffers that have been swirling around the 45-year-old congressman for weeks. A fundraiser scheduled for April 18 which is being held at the home of producer David Miner and his wife Jennifer is moving forward. That event costs $250 for ‘guests’ and goes up to $10,000 for anyone seeking ‘host’ status. According to an invite, the event’s host committee includes lit agent and manager Lucy...

Donald Trump has officially submitted plans for his 250-foot Triumphal Arch with new renderings showing the fixture towering over the nation's capital. Proposals filed Friday suggested that the so-called 'Arc de Trump' will be built near the Arlington National Cemetery across the river from the Lincoln Memorial. The monument was designed by the architectural firm Harrison Design and will be made almost entirely of white stone with intricate golden detailing. According to ABC News, an inscription across the top will read 'One Nation Under God' underneath a golden statue of a winged Lady Liberty. Two golden eagles sit at either...

Apparently, Tucker Carlson thought it would be a good idea to use his platform to attack Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse and the faith-based community. Tucker Carlson made a big mistake. There are situations that we sometimes have a great deal of familiarity with. The work of Samaritan’s Purse and Franklin Graham is one of those situations for me. Readers here will know of my time spent as a CERT volunteer during national disasters, most of which involve hurricane relief. I have worked closely with Samaritan’s purse, spent time inside that organization and know the scale of assistance they provide. They...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(4/11/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 15:22-27 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 25 And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which...

As is so often the case, the greatest threat to any institution comes from within. Currently, a Groyper movement—that is, a movement built on mindless isolationism, hardcore antisemitism, coy pro-Naziism and Islamism, huge pockets of misogyny, and a barely hidden dislike for America—is trying to co-opt MAGA and the Republican Party. Its leaders are podcast hosts Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones, all of whom once claimed to be straight-talking conservatives. Now, they just engage in crazy talk. Trump tried to ignore them, but he seems to have realized that the GOP risks going down the same...

Violence has begun to feel routine in Pakistan, a grim normalization that reflects a deeper and more dangerous reality: the country’s security situation has deteriorated sharply, marking the sixth consecutive year of rising terrorism. The Global Terrorism Index 2026, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, crystallizes this trend with stark clarity. While the world as a whole recorded a substantial fall in terrorism deaths by 28 percent and attacks by nearly 22 percent, Pakistan moved in the opposite direction. For the first time, it ranked number one on the index, recording 1,139 terrorism‑related deaths in 2025, a six...

Abdirashid Ismail Said was the centerpiece of Attorney General Keith X. Ellison’s attempt to pretend that he was also being tough on Somali fraud. Since Said had already been convicted of Medicaid fraud in 2022, he should never have been allowed to bill Medicaid for anything. And once he was charged, he should never have been released on bail. But he was and did and now he’s on the run, and we’re all supposed to pretend that Ellison tried really hard and just couldn’t figure things out. The Minnesota Attorney General announced in December 2023 that Said is responsible for...

Meet Cali’s First Lady of optics and fairy tales, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Jennifer Siebel Newsom ran down her sister with a golf cart and told San Quentin convicts that their crimes were “probably accidents too.” This displays Democrats’ toxic empathy for criminals, but there’s more about Gavin Newsom’s wife people should know. Born in 1974, the Stanford grad (Latin American Studies plus an MBA) moved to Hollywood, where she gained roles in television shows such as “Strong Medicine,” a creation of Whoopi Goldberg. In 2008 the Barbie-style blond married Gavin Newsom, who boasts ties to the Brown, Pelosi and Getty...

Raise your hand if someone close to you – friend, relative, co-worker – has been personally touched by divorce. Sadly, I’ve been able to raise my hand for all three at certain points of my life, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you can as well. Perhaps you’ve even been divorced yourself. The prevalence of divorce in our culture is likely why so few say anything against it. Afraid of stepping on toes, we dance around the topic, telling divorcees that they’re “so brave” for separating from their partner, or that they did the right thing to get out and...

The dust of conflict has settled. The fever of the moment has yielded to the cooler discipline of strategic reflection. It is time to ask, with unflinching clarity, what the United States and its partners should do with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tehran’s propaganda organs were quick to claim victory. That claim, however theatrical, must be taken seriously -- not because it reflects battlefield reality, but because it reveals an uncomfortable truth: the regime cannot, or will not, abandon the terrorist and extremist doctrines that have defined it for more than four decades. No amount of quiet concessions extracted...

An Arkansas woman is accused of holding onto nearly $20,000 that her employer accidentally paid her — and refusing to give it back. Rene Nichole Coleman, 50, is facing a felony theft charge after she was mistakenly paid $1,650 an hour for a 12-hour shift at her now-former job with Superior Senior Care, an in-home care company in Jonesboro, a city north of Memphis. Coleman normally earned $16.50 an hour before a payroll glitch suddenly sent her pay skyrocketing. Rene Nichole Coleman, 50, faces a felony theft charge after police say she kept $19,388 that her employer accidentally paid her....

A really good “astronaut’s eye view “ of earth reentry. It’s pretty wild, as you would imagine.

A US official denied on Saturday that Washington had agreed to release frozen assets belonging to Iran, contradicting earlier reports. Reuters had reported that the United States agreed to release Iranian funds held in Qatar and other foreign banks, citing a senior Iranian source, which described the move as a goodwill step ahead of talks.

TRUMP BOOM: Asian buyers are abandoning Middle Eastern oil & lining up 28 supertankers to carry US crude in May alone. Normal bookings at this point: 5. US Gulf Coast exports hit a record 4.90 million barrels a day in April. Trump's energy dominance is not a talking point. It is a shipping manifest. h/t @KobeissiLetter

Hide the sharp objects—at least if you take Nicolle Wallace seriously. On Friday’s edition of Deadline White House, Wallace began by painting an apocalyptic picture of the situation in Iran. Grim enough to have Trump supporters reaching for the Lexapro—if they believed her. After laying out her bleak scenario, Wallace went a step further, warning of: “A full-scale global economic crisis that might actually be even worse than those headlines, and worse than we think.”Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

This YouTube Short from the Valuetainment channel (uploaded November 2024, over 6.6 million views) is titled "Here's a Clip of Melania Trump at Age 26". It features an old interview clip of a young Melania Knauss (before she married Donald Trump) responding to questions about their significant age gap and criticism that she was only with him for his money/wealth. Key parts of her response: She says critics don't really know her, and points out: "You don't see many 26-year-old supermodels on the arm of a 53-year-old car mechanic." She then highlights the nice lifestyle they share ("beautiful apartment, beautiful...

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@MarkLynchSC Lindsey Graham has betrayed South Carolinians for over 30 years, and they know it. That’s why he was booed for seven minutes straight in Pickens. On June 9th, South Carolinians will replace this feckless, war-mongering traitor!

Video Title: Reagan's Epic Victory Over Mondale On Election Night 1984 Channel: Jim Heath Channel (uploaded March 24, 2021; ~2.16 million views) Short Summary This ~historical compilation video shows raw footage from the 1984 U.S. presidential election night, capturing Ronald Reagan's massive landslide victory over Democratic candidate Walter Mondale. It highlights the speed and decisiveness of the results as networks projected state after state for Reagan in real time. Key Details Final Electoral Vote: Reagan won 525–13 — one of the most lopsided presidential elections in U.S. history. Reagan carried 49 out of 50 states. Mondale only won his home...