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The Supreme Court's decision to allow the administration to pay only partial SNAP benefits during the shutdown gives Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress a clear road to victory in the shutdown fight now entering its 39th day. SCOTUS recognized that this is not a separation of powers constitutional issue. It's a political issue, and the Supreme Court tends to avoid intervening in political disputes. The ball is now firmly in the hands of the Democrats, who have gotten themselves into a no-win situation. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tried a delay gambit, offering to reopen the government if...

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, walked off the Senate floor when being questioned about reopening the federal government during the longest shutdown in history. Schumer admitted to Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-OH, that he didn’t have a written proposal to fix the Affordable Care Act. “We can’t give you a counter in writing, but it’s very simple," Schumer said. "Because we have two sentences we would add to any proposal which would extend the ACA benefits for one year. Moreno exposed that the Affordable Care Act imposed no income caps, meaning people who make millions of dollars a year...

This isn’t simply a protest vote; it’s a seismic shift that positions figures like José Antonio Kast to capitalize on a fractured electorate and a growing conservative wave.

On Nov. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider taking up a landmark case that could redefine the meaning of parental rights in public education. The case, Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County, has the potential to impact every classroom in the United States..

Officials warn that many of the drivers did not meet English proficiency requirements. An immigration enforcement operation in Oklahoma resulted in dozens of arrests, including 34 illegal alien truck drivers, according to ICE. The arrests announced earlier this week come amid concerns about road safety and national security related to an influx of foreign drivers entering the American trucking industry following the Biden administration's open-border policies. These concerns have intensified following several recent fatal crashes involving illegal alien truck drivers. Operation Guardian, a two-day sweep along the I-40 eastern corridor in late October, led to the arrests of 70 illegal...

TalkTV host Mark Dolan says the BBC is “dying a slow death” over the “colossal” amount of money spent on the funding model.

In early 2025, Hooters, arguably one of the most controversial restaurant chains in America, filed for bankruptcy. While the chain dates back to 1983, it began facing financial difficulties even before the COVID-19 pandemic. By the time it made the filing, the company had closed over 125 locations since 2019. A group called Original Hooters LLC, made up of some of the original owners and investors, has taken control of the restaurant again, buying it back during the bankruptcy process with plans to reinvigorate the franchise. The new-but-old owners want to take Hooters back to its roots, and for them,...

Newsdump Alert: Afghanistan-Pakistan Peace Talks Break Down Conflict Follows Pakistan Leader's White House Visit, Trump Demand For Use Of Bagram Air Base... Back in September Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his country's priority clear when meeting military leadership... "He was the founder of this important internet platform for Conservatives, and was a true patriot"... But for starters I'll go back to the music I heard in my background the guys in the dorm were into this group... "And so I put the blame on both Republicans and Democrats for basically, Caitlin. Just can't say it on CNN. But it's...

On Wednesday five pedestrians struck by a car on the resort island of Oleron off the Atlantic Coast. The driver of the car setting fire to the vehicle before his arrest. He was shouting "Allahu Akhbar" when he was taken into custody... The French government moving against the low-cost Chinese fashion retailer Shein. It started with the reported sale of a 'child sex doll' by Shein on its website. The doll described as something... Meanwhile a protest being promoted in Paris for next Saturday... The National Assembly in session this weekend debating taxes and spending for 2026. The 'revenue' or...

President Trump on Saturday, the 38th day of the government shutdown, President Trump demanded again that Republicans terminate the filibuster to reopen the government and send bills to his desk to secure elections as Republicans seek to end the stalemate on Sunday. The Senate held a rare Saturday session as Majority Leader John Thune keeps Senators in town and working this weekend to reopen the government.After a session of debate, the Senate is planning to vote on a “pure spending bill,” according to Fox’s Chad Pergram, as soon as Sunday. Despite previous concerns, the new bill will reportedly not give...

For most Americans, a U.S. lawmaker with onerous student loan debt pushing for debt forgiveness would be viewed as a conflict of interest. For at least one U.S. representative, it’s apparently a non-issue — and the American Accountability Foundation is livid about it. According to the Daily Wire, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been accused by the watchdog group over a number of issues. In a scathing letter sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson, American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones outed Omar’s dubious finances — and “bully” reputation. “We are writing today to share serious concerns about abuse of...

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has launched an investigation into a Portland anti-ICE activist who was captured on viral video disrupting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in a North Portland neighborhood, where agents were making targeted arrests of illegal immigrants with foreign gang affiliations. The agitator, who had been recklessly driving through the neighborhood to impede ICE operations, was stopped by ICE officials on Thursday afternoon after blowing a red light and nearly colliding with a school bus while trailing federal vehicles, which she attempted to box in multiple times with her Mustang. The Post Millennial captured the incident...

In this episode, Barbara Boyd explores whether Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have become inadvertent collaborators with British imperial interests. She argues that their criticism of Donald Trump's focus on foreign policy over domestic issues is misguided. Boyd delves into Trump's economic strategy, which she claims links foreign policy directly to domestic economic success, and she discusses the historical context of British manipulation of political movements. Additionally, she highlights recent initiatives by Trump to lower drug and agricultural prices and reform the defense industrial base. Boyd warns that undermining Trump's broad economic goals could serve the interests of globalist...

Bassem Youssef, the Egyptian comedian and social commentator, took to X a question that stopped everyone in their tracks: “Mamdani wins, the same day Cheney dies? How Divine!” The tweet immediately caught the attention of people worldwide, sparking an online debate that grew rapidly. Was it just a coincidence, or was there something symbolic about the timing of these two events? Youssef’s question was provocative and loaded, but it captured the collective curiosity of the internet. The passing of Dick Cheney, a controversial figure in American politics, on the same day as Mamdani’s victory was not just a coincidence in...

President Donald Trump pardoned Troy Lake on Friday. The 65-year-old Wyoming diesel mechanic spent seven months in federal prison for tweaking and removing emissions systems on ailing engines. He was originally sentenced to one year and one day in prison, but was released early to home confinement with an ankle monitor in September. He and his business Elite Diesel were also fined $52,000. Though relieved to be free of the dismal prison in which he spent his 40th wedding anniversary and his 65th birthday, Lake said that he believed he’d spend the rest of his life as a convicted felon,...

Fox News host Laura Ingraham urged Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and other Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, lest the GOP “get wiped out” in the next year’s midterm elections. The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1, after the Senate could not agree on a bill to keep the government funded beyond September. While the GOP controls the chamber 53-47, 60 votes are necessary to invoke cloture to break filibusters and advance legislation. In exchange for the requisite votes, Democrats are demanding that Republicans agree to extend healthcare premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, which are...

Just ran across this - 16 minutes - President Donald J. Trump on the GHWBush #77 Aircraft Carrier - lot of football on - just thought I'd share. ;-) US Navy Shows Off Insane Maneuvers in Front of Donald Trump US Navy Shows Off Insane Maneuvers in Front of Donald Trump

My entire adult life I have been held back by the burden of a public-school education. You see, I am incapable of understanding the sophisticated and unassailable arguments put forward by my societal betters. The debate over funding food stamps (SNAP) during the government shutdown has driven home this hard lesson. For a master class on rhetoric, see the following, Al Franken (Harvard): “Trump’s withholding of SNAP is truly evil. This level of cruelty is beyond comprehension.” Amy Klobuchar (Yale, U. Chicago): “Trump will do everything but feed families in need.” Tina Smith (Stanford, Dartmouth): “Clarifying question: Does needlessly keeping...

Since 1963, 75% of all nationwide injunctions have been against President Trump. 90% of those injunctions came from Democrat-appointed judges. Yet the Admin has a 92% win rate at SCOTUS. President Trump isn’t the one abusing his power. It’s Democrat-appointed judges.

Imagine a fire chief who refused to fight fires because it would violate the flames’ right to burn. You’d think such absurd logic could only exist in satire, yet Mexico’s new president has just offered us something remarkably similar—except the flames in question are drug cartels, and the houses burning are filled with real people on both sides of the border. Every day, roughly 200 Americans die from drug overdoses, with the vast majority of fentanyl flowing through Mexico’s cartel-controlled territories. Just last week, these same criminal organizations gunned down a mayor at a Day of the Dead celebration in...