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DEARBORN, MI — The Ford Motor Company made history once again with its recent debut of the world's first autonomous car to leave the factory and drive straight to the shop for repairs. According to upper-level Ford executives, the fully self-driving car is the first of its kind to be able to make a direct bee-line from the assembly line to the nearest mechanic shop. "This is really exciting, groundbreaking stuff," said Jameson Lloyd, who directs Ford's autonomous vehicles program. "No one else has ever been able to craft a car so self-aware that it can roll directly from the...

For almost a decade now, the Left’s favorite insult has been to call Donald Trump an idiot. They toss it around like it’s some kind of magic word that automatically disqualifies him from being taken seriously. Not only is it juvenile, it’s also lazy, smug, and totally out of touch. This is what happens when people are so blinded by hate that they can’t even see what’s right in front of them. It’s easier for them to dismiss Trump as “dumb” than to admit they underestimated a guy who just keeps winning in court, in the polls, and in the...

Canada’s planned purchase of 88 F-35 stealth fighters is in jeopardy following a damning report from Auditor General Karen Hogan that revealed the program’s cost has ballooned by nearly 50% to C$27.7 billion.

Dems are too clever by half. One cannot peruse X without reading a democrat whine about the treatment of illegal aliens. A host of democrat mayors and governors have pledged not to cooperate with ICE and the Feds but in so doing are actually helping Donald Trump deport those who have illegally broken into the country. MSNBC political Analyst Tim Miller claims that it's un-American for the Trump administration to deport illegal aliens. Was it also un-American to open our borders and let millions pour in over the last four years? This is one of Trump's strongest policies. Deporting people...

A Biden-appointed federal judge ruled on Tuesday that President Donald Trump must put a stop to the mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose granted 19 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia a preliminary injunction, first sought in May, stating that the states had proved that “irreparable harm” had been caused by the cuts, according to The Associated Press (AP). The ruling applies to terminated employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Center for Tobacco Products in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) among...

BlueAnon is not doing well this week. [Warning: Language] VIDEO AT LINK................ The newest conspiracy theory on TikTok is that Ice is loading up illegals on cargo planes and tossing them in the ocean. This is Trump Derangement Syndrome level 1,000 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/YOrbMIxjSg— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 1, 2025I'm not sure what's funnier. This: They're throwing the deportees out of the planes and throwing them into the ocean... Or this: Actual leftist good values... Or the fact that half of her very important video is spent talking about how she's obviously being shadowbanned so she can't warn people about Literally...

A CBS News documentary blasted America’s supposed transition to a so-called “Gilded Age” of oligarchs to attack President Trump and the tech leaders who stood with him at his inauguration. As if CBS stood for Channeling Bernie Sanders. The problem: The documentary conveniently excluded any mention about the most notorious left-wing billionaires in U.S. politics that have used their cash to either try to buy elections or drastically overhaul U.S. policy over the years. Coincidence? We think not.

I am thrilled to announce that I will be traveling to one of my favorite places in the World, beautiful Iowa, on Thursday, July 3rd, to kick off the very beginning of our exciting Celebration of America’s 250th Anniversary! Iowa voted for me THREE TIMES, because they love my Policies for our Wonderful Farmers and Small Businesses, and they LOVE AMERICA! This will be a very special event, honoring our Great Country, and our Brave Heroes who fought to keep us FREE. You can RSVP to join me here — See you there! I’ll also tell you some of the...

Most readers would agree, I think, that it is desirable to keep politics out of K-12 classrooms. And one would be hard-pressed to find anyone who favors having universities force secondary students to “learn” a particular political agenda. Yet that is what almost transpired in California this past spring. The story of how this came about, and the (at least partial) success of efforts to stop it, is one worth telling. Courses in “ethnic studies” have become a popular offering at high schools across much of the United States. In some school districts, taking a course in ethnic studies is...

Indonesian officials said on Monday they will begin easing import restrictions and licensing requirements ahead of the July 9 deadline for U.S. tariff negotiations. Members of President Prabowo Subianto’s government promised to deregulate, streamline the bureaucracy, and reduce non-tariff import barriers as part of trade negotiations with the United States. At a press conference on Monday, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said restrictions would be eased on ten groups of commodities over the next two months. “There are measures we’ve already implemented, and others will depend on the outcome of the tariff negotiations,” he said. Airlangga also said...

In the Ninth Circuit appeals case of USA v. Metcalf, the oral arguments were held on June 12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. The case centers around the federal prosecution of Gabriel Metcalf for possessing a firearm in a gun free school zone outside his home in Billings, Montana. Gabriel had no prior criminal history.The attorneys arguing the case were the same as in Montana. The Federal defender arguing for Gabriel Metcalf was/is Russel Hart. The Federal prosecutor was/is Thomas Godfrey. The three-judge panel in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit consists of Judge Mary M. Schroeder (Carter appointee),...

NEW — Senator Chris Murphy: Zohran Mamdani — A self-described Democratic Socialist — has an "economic message" that "is the future of the [Democratic] Party."

VIDEOThe first Mark Carney you see in this video is the Mark Carney that Liberals in Canada THOUGHT they would be getting. A tough talking Mark Carney who is not at all shy about talking Smack about Donald Trump. Of course that Mark Carney turned out to be a complete illusion and can only be seen thanks to the technological miracle of AI. Unfortunately for them, the second Mark Carney you see is the REAL Mark Carney who immediately caved on implementing a digital services tax when Big Daddy Trump demanded that he do so.Yes, the AI Mark Carney is...

The end of the US as a free capitalist country is in sight. I thought the Islamification of the country would take two generations, but it's accelerating now. And few are paying attention. Zohran Mamdani, the rich boy from Uganda running for mayor of New York City is merely one of warning signs but Islamic power is growing and fast. I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. You must pay attention to a few things. click to view videoHe says he wants "equality and respect." But he doesn't want to earn them. He wants to win them. (4:30) He...

28 illegal aliens arrested in North Carolina worksite enforcement operation — aggravated identity theft and other federal crimes suspected. 2 other subjects arrested on state charges and numerous documents seized in this ongoing investigation. Details: https://ice.gov/news/releases/ice-executes-federal-search-warrant-buckeye-fire-equipment-company

If you, like me, thought you could take it for granted that the Walz administration would not hire a convicted sex offender to *audit* the Department of Education, you were wrong.

Just when you think CNN’s Jake Tapper can’t become an even bigger media hack than he already is, he finds a way to prove you wrong. The latest incident of the network host’s shoddy conduct as a so-called “journalist” came on Friday during his interview with New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Among the topics covered during the exchange was the Big Apple’s upcoming mayoral contest, which will pit Adams against the newly nominated Democrat candidate, radical socialist Zohran Mamdani. When the conversation shifted to the race against Mamdani, Tapper — whose network a jury found is actually fake news...

Economists say freer trade benefits everyone—even trade with China. America gets cheap goods and China gets money. Win-win. Even if we assume America benefits—which is a false assumption as proven in my book Reshore—China has clearly benefited more. For example, China’s economy has grown by an average of 8.12% since joining the World Trade Organization since 2001—about four times greater than America’s. China and America benefited asymmetrically from trade. Asymmetry may not be a problem economically, but it is a problem politically. Why? Power is zero-sum. The strong China grows, the weaker America becomes relative to China. As such, trade...

The chief obstacle in preparing these pilots so far has been language training. The cockpit audio system of the F-16 that provides important warning messages to the pilot only “speaks” English. Any pilots not completely fluent in the language will be handicapped—and possibly also in danger—if they lack the required level of fluency.

In the Louvre there’s a famous painting by the French Artist Jacques-Louis David depicting the Intervention of the Sabine Women. In it the Sabine men, whose daughters were stolen by and then married to Romans in the mid-8th century BC, returned to avenge Roman treachery and retrieve their offspring. The scene depicts a woman standing between the belligerents, imploring them to cease fighting: "If you are weary of these ties of kindred, these marriage-bonds, then turn your anger upon us; it is we who are the cause of the war, it is we who have wounded and slain our husbands...