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(Aug. 22, 2026) — INTRODUCTION The recent SCOTUS decision in Trump v. Barbara – holding, among other things, that if born here on U.S. soil, the child of an illegal alien or a foreigner unlawfully present here is nonetheless a U.S. citizen – continues to produce fallout. While technically not radioactive, the fallout is nonetheless unhealthy to the continued wellbeing of the Republic. If you doubt that, just read the dissenting opinions of Justices Thomas and Alito and the partial dissent of Justice Kavanaugh. Your humble servant has addressed the decision and the shortcomings of the majority opinion here. The...

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Within thirty years, communism is seeing the strangest of resurgences, particularly in the U.S. One governor is pushing back on that sea of ignorance. He's using basic education. It's the same principle as de-Nazification which followed in Europe shortly after the end of World War II. Florida is a magnet for productive and dynamic people and will only get bigger as a state as a result of its policies, which includes realism about history.

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Unless Israel draws concrete red lines in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish army and navy will further encroach upon Israel’s northern and maritime borders. Israel could find itself facing Turkish tanks on the Golan Heights and Turkish frigates off the coast of Caesarea. This is the warning I heard this week from a very senior Israeli intelligence official. The warning echoes the alarm expressed in the 2025 Nagel Commission report (which evaluated Israel’s security budget and force buildup) about the Turkish drive toward an Islamist-jihadist regional order with Ottoman-era hegemonic ambitions. SNIP

First lady Melania Trump made a memorable return to the White House Rose Garden Thursday, greeting the crowd with a playful five-word message before an announcement filled with patriotism and horsepower. "I heard you missed me. Here I am," Trump said as she took the podium, as the crowd — including President Donald Trump — erupted in laughter. The first lady stood before a wall of American flags in a crisp sky-blue oversized Michael Kors shirt with the collar popped and a vivid red Dior pencil skirt, echoing the patriotic setting. She completed the look with red Manolo Blahnik suede...

The lineup includes new garlic-bread-crusted shrimp, shrimp linguini Alfredo, garlic shrimp scampi, Parrot Isle coconut shrimp and Walt’s Favorite Shrimp — hand-breaded, butterflied shrimp lightly fried and served with cocktail sauce. Red Lobster closed dozens of locations nationwide in May 2024 before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Fox News previously reported. The company told Fox News Digital it decided to bring back Endless Shrimp because the promotion still matters enormously to its customers, who “never stopped asking for it.” “They continued telling us they missed it, showed up when we brought it back this spring and kept asking for more...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County deputies arrested Lakeyra Ross, 43, of Gainesville Wednesday night after she allegedly assaulted and attempted to stab a man with an electric drill. Deputies say Ross also pulled out a pocket knife during the fight and hit the victim multiple times in the head and neck area, causing deep cuts in the victim’s neck. After trying to leave, Ross pulled the victim back by his undershirt before he eventually got away, running outside. Once outside, Ross grabbed the drill and attempted to stab the victim in his shoulder, leaving a bruise on his shoulder...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will take the karaoke stage in October to raise money for two political action committees looking to mobilize voters in the midterm elections. Onward Together and Latino Victory Project are scheduled to host the “Raise Your Voice for Democracy” event in New York City on October, which will be hosted by Clinton, composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, and actor Paul Rudd. Clinton promoted the event on social media on Thursday, hinting that she may not be the best vocalist. “I promise that you don’t want to hear me sing at this karaoke night,” she...

Hollywood has spent years peppering films and shows with transgender cast members, but Lilly Wachowski — who identifies as transgender — isn’t reaping the benefits. "The Matrix" co-creator, formerly known as Andy Wachowski, is now struggling to find financing for "The Hunted," a $10 million dystopian political thriller featuring an entirely transgender cast. “Well, if you’re excited for a brand-new all-trans movie, I’ve got terrible news for you,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere jokes. “Of course, these are the Wachowski brothers who made 'The Matrix' movies and now they’re called, in the article, the Wachowski sisters,” he explains.

Folks, Somehow, the green dildo has returned. If you think back to pretty much a year ago, you'll remember that there was an onslaught of green dildos being thrown onto WNBA courts mid-game. It was stopping the action every time. The craze then spread to the NFL where fans were throwing the sex toys onto the field, but it didn't really have the same effect. People ran the bit into the ground very quickly and it was no longer funny.

Opinion ‘Rape leaflets’ for migrants enrage the British public — and prove Trump’s point Something extraordinary happened in Britain this week: Our leftist government acknowledged a truth it has long denied. Our leaders admitted they are importing men who are so backward, so misogynistic and so out-of-whack with Western values that they don’t understand that rape is wrong. The woke fools who run this country conceded, after years of denial, that President Donald Trump and the rest of the supposedly “racist right” were correct all along: Europe is being overrun by brutish men from afar who think they can do...

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Alyssa Milano is revisiting her 'debilitating' postpartum anxiety attacks, which led to a psychiatric ward stay amid the high-profile Lindsay Clancy trial. Clancy is accused of murdering her three children Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan at her home in Massachusetts in 2023.

Prince Harry and six other high-profile figures will have to make an initial payment of £9.5 million ($13 million) toward the legal costs of a British tabloid publisher after losing a high-stakes case against them last month, a UK High Court judge ruled Friday. CNN's Max Foster reports.

An 11-year-old schoolboy from Cambridge, Illinois, has made history by becoming the world’s youngest male to curate a museum. Anderson Taylor earned the Guinness World Records title after opening the Cambridge Natural History Museum when he was just nine years and 340 days old on August 10, 2024. Anderson is the museum’s sole owner and curator and has built a collection featuring fossils, minerals, gems and taxidermy animals. Anderson’s journey began in 2022 after a family trip to Scotland. A visit to the Staffin Dinosaur Museum inspired his fascination with creating a museum of his own. “When I went to...

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Nine Democrat Massachusetts state representatives stood up to 123 of their party colleagues by voting against a bill legalizing abortion up until the moment of birth. Now that Democrat Governor Maura Healy has signed the bill into law, some of them are beginning to speak out publicly. Even though the bill was fated to pass due to the overwhelming Democrat supermajority in the state’s House, the nine Democrats, at least one of whom is pro-abortion, voted against removing Massachusetts restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks. On Monday, August 10, Gov. Healy signed the bill into law. In interviews with Fox...

Political commentator and comedian John Oliver discussed personhood laws on a recent episode of his show, "Last Week Tonight," on HBO, arguing that such laws "treat[] women as incubators." Key Takeaways: Comedian John Oliver said multiple states currently have personhood laws (which treat preborn human beings as actual human beings) in place, and complained that even legislation like fetal homicide laws are dangerous. * He additionally pointed to cases of medical neglect as "proof" that personhood laws harm women. * Oliver argued that personhood laws turn their mothers into nothing more than "hosts" and "incubators." The Details: On Sunday night's...