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Melissa Hortman sounded fearful after voting to repeal healthcare for illegal aliens Almost as if she knew that her base would become unhinged She and her husband were tragically shot and killed. A targeted attack, per Gov. Walz. Was her vote the motive?

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) claims that suppressors make mass public shootings more deadly. Between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2024, there were 104 mass public shootings, but only two of those involved suppressors (Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2019 and Milwaukee in 2020). The average number of casualties from mass public shootings with suppressors is actually lower than the average without (11 v. 19.8), though the average number of people murdered is exactly the same as (8.5 v. 8.5). Senator Murphy also claims that suppressors will make it so that “no one will be able to hear the gun shots.”...

A far-left anarchist website has published a seven-step tactical guide to “stop ICE” and “create no-go zones for federal forces.” The website, CrimethInc., is a shadowy, anonymous, anarchist collective born in the 1990s punk scene, which pushes an anti-capitalist, anti-cop, and anti-American agenda. The website glorifies “direct action,” riots, looting, shoplifting, and black bloc tactics. On Friday, CrimethInc. posted a guide on how to stop ICE apprehensions of illegal aliens. The anarchist group is encouraging the formation of “tight-knit resistance groups” to map ICE’s infrastructure, publicize its vulnerabilities, and impose “consequences” on communities cooperating with federal agents. They advocate setting...

The alleged gunman in the deadly shooting targeting two Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party lawmakers and their spouses had a manifesto in his car that listed the two lawmakers and “many lawmakers and other officials”, according to police. The suspect is on the run on foot. UPDATE: A photo was released by the Minnesota State Patrol showing ‘No Kings’ flyers on the seat of the alleged gunman’s car (Photo at end of article.) Police are asking the public to not attend the statewide No Kings protests against President Trump scheduled for today.

House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-Penn) defended the proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), saying "SNAP was never intended to be the entitlement welfare that Democrats have turned it into. Our Bill is putting it back on course by implementing 20 hours per week work requirements for able-bodied adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years old, excluding candy, snacks, junk food, and soda from being eligible for SNAP purchases, booting illegal migrants from the benefit rolls and shifting 5% of the cost burden of the program from the federal government to the states." "How...

This is a spiritual war. There is “No King but Jesus”.. This weekend a number or riots are planned across the country. These activities are labeled “No King” riots. ... The “No King” effort is all a lie and makes it more evident that we are in a spiritual war right now. Per a discussion with a member of the 24-Hour National Strategic Prayer Call for President Trump and this country we are in a spiritual battle right now. Saturday is President Trump’s 79th Birthday. It’s also Flag day. We need to pray for the entire United States this weekend...

D-Day update and thoughts on the ongoing Iran-Israel War - I was hoping it would be known as the One-Day War, but the sides seem to have resumed fire just now. Items to discuss: 1. Israeli assassination campaign 2. Israeli air campaign 3. Iranian missile campaign 1. Israeli targeted killings The Israelis kicked off their attack on Iran early yesterday morning (local time) with a series of targeted attacks aimed at assassinating senior leaders in the Iranian armed services as well as nuclear scientists. Alongside several scientists and Ali Shamkhani (a very prominent diplomat), three prominent figures in the Islamic...

Democrats are a mess. They have no message other than "Trump bad." They've made one stupid move after another, siding with human traffickers, drug smugglers, and CEO killers. Nothing is working, so they have resorted to theatrics led by one Alex Padilla. If I had to guess, I'd say this was planned in advance and that pretty much all Democrats were given a heads-up about it. Alex Padilla, the emotionally volatile lightweight senior Senator from California, pulled off one of the most stupid and obvious stunts we've seen in some time. He interrupted an official proceeding and appeared ready to...

A Washington State school district is defending a teacher who posted a “This Teacher Kills Fascists” sign on social media the end of last month. In the since-deleted Instagram post, Olympia High School teacher Ryan Akiyama (pictured) noted he had planned on putting the sign on his hydration pack for an upcoming race. According to The Olympian, Akiyama also wrote “Might need to print it on a T-shirt next for all my fellow WOKE DEI educators still showing up with courage and care. Yes, I’m woke. Yes, I teach DEI. No, I’m not sorry if that triggers the willfully ignorant.”...

A mountain lion attacked a man and his dog near Buckeye, Arizona, on May 25, 2025, about 10 p.m. The attacks occurred in Verrado, which is near the Skyline Regional Park. Buckeye is a bit closer to Phoenix than it is to Yuma. This correspondent has traveled within a few miles of the attack location numerous times. It is a relatively wild stretch of desert, but close to human developments. People in the developments say there have been numerous sightings of mountain lions over the last few months. From azcentral.com: Officials said the man engaged in “a brief altercation” with...

Israel’s surprise attack on Iran in the early morning hours of June 13 saw more than 200 aircraft strike more than 100 targets in Iran. Among the targets were key Iranian commanders, including the head of the Iranian army and also the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This type of decapitation strike is how Israel dismantled Hezbollah, Iran’s ally in Lebanon.

Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer's order instructing President Trump to turn control over the National Guard troops he assigned to protect federal property and the ICE agents working in Los Angeles to Gov. Newsom was stayed by a three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Newsom called the stay "a tragic miscarriage of justice. The city was entirely peaceful until ICE started the trouble by trying to arrest folks that I granted sanctuary. If it weren't for this provocation there would've been no need for protesters to start fires, assault police, and loot a shoe store...

This evening 60 people arrested as they ran towards the steps of the US Capitol... Tomorrow nationwide protests in opposition to President... In Los Angeles US Marines deployed to protect the federal building... Through executive order US President Donald Trump approving the Nippon Steel-US Steel merger... Four detainees escaping from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey... At dawn in Israel..barrage of missiles...one dead and 19 wounded in Rishon LeZion south of Tel Aviv... Iran released a photo tonight saying it is of a downed Israel F-35I... Police in Northern Ireland using water cannon... Japan contacting China over an...

As they pounded the Iranian nuclear facilities yesterday, the Israelis were finally doing what so many Western leaders had expected they would do for years, if not decades. In fact, let us be honest: the rest of the world has not just been expecting this Israeli action. Secretly or openly, many governments have been hoping for it. In one astonishing operation the Israelis crippled the Natanz enrichment reactor and seriously damaged two others. They took out six of the most important Iranian nuclear scientists, as well as an astonishing array of the country’s top brass. They blew up radars and...

Khamenei appoints Brig. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour as IRGC commander, replacing Salami Brig. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi as Army Chief of Staff, replacing Bagheri Brig. Gen. Ali Shadmani replaces Gholamali Rashid as commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters

VIDEOOn Saturday, June 14, we have a confluence of events. The 250th anniversary of the Army, Flag Day, President Trump's Birthday, a grand military march in Washington D.C., the leftist "No Kings Day" protests against the previous four events, annnnnd the day that Alex Soros marries Anthony Weiner's ex, Huma Abedin.As you can see in this video, the bed springs in their honeymoon suite will get little to no action following the wedding. Oh, and if you are wondering why we have heard NOTHING from Alex Soros since January 2024 it is because a couple of DUmmie FUnnies videos of...

Who would have thought a corrupt and racist New York Attorney General would have been the agent used by divine providence to effect the reform of the National Rifle Association? Neal Knox and his reformers nearly succeeded in taking over the NRA in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Neal Knox – The Gun Rights War is a collection of writings by Neal, edited by his son Chris. The goal of Neal Knox and his organization was to make the NRA management and finances more transparent and to focus the NRA on being more effective politically. Those efforts were stymied by...

Ali Khameni is gone to Russia, other major players are dead. Mahyar lists the known. Those living are likely getting their emergency cash satchel and heading for the door. What's left of Hizbollah has refused to join the fight, has surrendered.

Should Israel decapitate the Iranian leadership and should the regime fall, the Trump administration must send in investigator to track down, detain, and interrogate those responsible for killing Americans and funding the insurgency. Some should be extradited to the United States to serve the rest of their lives in prison; others can be offered the opportunity to turn state’s evidence.

On the way to its initial Arctic deployment U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Storis (WAGB 21) has transited through the Panama Canal. The polar class 3-equivalent vessel departed from the Bollinger Shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 3, 2025. The vessel arrived near the canal’s northern entrance on June 11. After an 18-hour hold outside Limon Bay near the Gatun locks, Storis proceeded through the first set of Panama Canal locks on its route to the Pacific. The transit took around 8 hours and the vessel exited the canal through the Miraflores locks late on June 12. U.S. military ships have...