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The Dem Party has many problems, too many to count. But one biggie is their obsession with identity politics. Race, gender, sexuality, and gender-confused status, AKA “transgender,” matter more than competence, judgment, character, or basic common sense. Honestly, this is just another offshoot of the DEI nonsense that’s destroying this nation. And sadly, that screwed up and dangerous mentality is how you end up with situations like this one we’re about to share with you. Does the name Stacie Marie Laughton ring a bell? Stacie, whose actual name is Barry, was once a rising star in New Hampshire politics. But...

As he prepared to sign his “memorandum of understanding” with the Islamic dictatorship of Iran, President Trump again insisted that his deal was much different than that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama. He’s right — it’s probably worse. Obama’s treaty did not prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, it simply punted the issue down the road in exchange for cash. Trump’s agreement has the same vague promises, the same payouts, but with the added twist that Iran can and will take the world hostage by shutting the Strait of Hormuz at will. On Friday, just days after the...

On Juneteenth, when we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1865, I’d like to remind Sacramento City Unified School District administrators of how profoundly Black children feel the pain and trauma of racial slurs hurled at them by other children they serve.

Freddy, the German soccer fan who has gone viral live-tweeting his fairy-tale experience in the United States, has another major visit on his docket. Ambassador Nick Adams, who is the Special Presidential Envoy for American, Tourism, Exceptionalism and Values in the Trump administration, confirmed to Fox News Digital that Freddy has been invited to the White House. Adams said he caught wind of Freddy early on during his trip to America and immediately became a "massive fan." Adams called Freddy’s journey to the United States a "fabulous thing for our country." "Freddy is one of hundreds of thousands of visitors...

"I'm telling you: the Lebanon Loophole was always baked in. Iran can think whatever it wants and go pound sand." James Lindsay on X Consider that the many persons and parties yelling that “Iran won the war” have exceedingly cynical interests in painting President Donald Trump as a loser. His American enemies, lodged mainly in the party of “Our Democracy,” are not just striving to get back into power, but to stay out of prison, and perhaps off the gibbet, if treason ends up on the docket. (See: Gabbard Releases Documents on Fauci’s Alleged Role in Wuhan Lab Research Linked...

"Before they raped me, they would chant, “In the name of Allah.” The first known Pakistani Muslim rape grooming gang incident in the UK took place in 1955 and involved Pakistanis in Bradford and a 15-year-old girl. As the latest grooming gang inquiry notes, this took place after the British Nationality Act 1948 enabled mass migration to the UK. More cases involving girls as young as 11 years old began to pop up in the sixties, often centering around Bradford, with headlines such as “Girl Mauled by Pakistani in Trafalgar Square” (1961) and “Pakistani Indecent Assault on 11 year old...

A former transgender New Hampshire state legislator who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children last year was sentenced to 33 years in prison. Stacie Laughton (biological male), a Democrat who was elected to the New Hampshire House three times and resigned twice over legal problems, was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in connection to child sex crimes on Thursday.

While many refer to June 19th as Juneteenth, it is also widely known as Jubilee Day in Southern states. Jubilee refers to an Old Testament celebration instituted in Leviticus 25 to occur every 50 years. The year began on the Day of Atonement when the priests blew the shofar (a ram’s horn). In the Year of Jubilee, God required the Israelites to forgive each other’s debts, return land to its original owners or families, and let the land rest. Israelite bond servants could buy their freedom from foreign masters in the land. The year was a reminder that God brought...

President Donald Trump is now throwing his support behind both of the remaining Republicans in the South Carolina governor’s race as he seeks to avoid the possibility of another primary setback this month. Trump had endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in late May, less than two weeks before the initial South Carolina primary. But in a Truth Social post Friday, Trump said he is also backing Attorney General Alan Wilson in Tuesday’s GOP runoff, saying the two rivals are “MAGA and America First all the way!” “I can’t hurt one of them by only Endorsing the other, so, therefore, I...

(Pope) Leo Calls For “Climate Tax” On Wealthy NationsPope Leo XIV participated this Tuesday via video message in the tenth edition of the Austrian World Summit, the international summit on sustainability and climate change held in Vienna. In his address, the Pontiff defended the need to promote a “just transition” toward economic models oriented to the common good, called for greater financial support for the poorest countries, and urged stronger international cooperation to address environmental challenges.The message was addressed to participants gathered at the Hofburg Palace in the Austrian capital, where the Pope linked the climate crisis to broader economic...

In this episode, I follow up on a few of my predictions about AI from my recent video: "How AI Will Fail Like The Music Industry" I Was Right About AI | 7:46 Rick Beato | 5.68M subscribers | 687,763 views | June 18, 2026

The U.S. government is significantly ramping up its efforts to capture two high-ranking leaders of the MS-13 gang, offering a combined reward of up to $15 million for information leading to their arrest or conviction. The State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announced the major cash incentives under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program. Specifically, authorities increased the reward to up to $10 million for Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, a fugitive widely known by the alias “Porky.” A separate reward of up to $5 million is being offered for Víctor Eduardo Morales Zelaya, who goes by...

Khomeini advised that to maintain victory, Iranians “must stay away from pointless disputes, disputes that are the product of ego and self-centeredness.” Hassan Khomeini, a grandson of the first Iranian supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, has hailed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran as a major “victory” for Tehran. The “greater jihad” would now begin, he promised, according to a speech aired by Iranian state media earlier this week.

New York judges will be booted from the bench at age 76, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday rejected the notion that it constitutes age discrimination. The Court of Appeals shot down a bid by three elderly jurists challenging an 1869 law that sets the mandatory retirement age at 76, saying it violates their rights under the state’s Equal Rights Amendment. Judges are forced to “retire” at age 70 but can stay on the bench for another six years by getting recertified every two years. New York’s constitution originally required judges to retire at 60 when it was enacted in...

Freedom in the United States has always arrived in stages, declared in one space and denied or delayed in another. Such was the reality for formerly enslaved Texans who learned of their emancipation in 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation and the same year he issued his “40 acres and a mule” promise. Indeed, Juneteenth is as old as the call for reparations. Flashforward to 2021, and the bill that established Juneteenth as a national holiday and H.R. 40, the proposal to establish a commission to study reparations, reached Congress. The former...

For me, the path into the teaching profession – and my local teacher union – was not a typical one. Neither was my exit. When I started my journey into education, I never thought I’d be expelled from a union for asking for basic records to which I’m legally entitled. Thankfully, the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission ruled I’d been wrongfully expelled. The union filed an appeal just before the deadline, but the Commission’s clear ruling confirmed what should have been obvious from the start: that my expulsion was unlawful. As a licensed attorney, I had worked for a local...

A major meat supplier is shuttering two US plant locations, and experts say it’s bad news for carnivores. JBS USA, a meat-processing company that supplies Costco and BJ’s, as well as grocers such as Food Lion, Weis Markets, WinCo, and Stop & Shop, announced this week that it is closing its operations in Philadelphia and Memphis, eliminating a total of 2,000 jobs. “These decisions are never easy because they directly affect our team members and the communities where we operate,” said Wesley Batista Filho, CEO of JBS USA. “We are deeply grateful to the team members at these facilities for...

19 June 2026 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time St Romald, Romaldkirk, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18,20Saved from the massacre, the true king is anointed by the high priestWhen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah learned that her son was dead, she promptly did away with all those of royal stock. But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, secretly took away Jehoash, her brother’s son, from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and put him with his nurse in the sleeping quarters; in this way she hid...

Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Andy Burnham's decisive victory in the Makerfield by-election has raised the possibility that the Labour politician could challenge U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the party's leadership and become the country's new leader.

Gavin Newsom steered millions of dollars in donations to charities and non-profits connected to his wife, election donation data shows. Huge donations from business leaders and corporations were allegedly used to curry favor with the California Governor, in so-called 'behest payments' that can avert limits on campaign contributions or gifts. Across California, over $555 million in charitably contributions were made at the request of all California lawmakers over the past 15 years, much of it under Newsom's watch, per the East Bay Times. Per reported data from the Fair Political Practices Commission, the total 'behest payments' made at Newsom's request...