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I really wanted the column to run. I didn’t think it would, but I felt obligated to try to get it in. Toward the end of last month, before the Seattle Storm hosted the Indiana Fever, I spoke to people attending a rally in support of Sophie Cunningham outside Climate Pledge Arena. The Fever guard had recently taken a stance against biological males competing in women’s/girls sports, and a few dozen folks showed up to express their gratitude for her position. One of them was 16-year-old Ahnaleigh Wilson, who’d lost to a biological male in a track and field race...

As someone quipped on Twitter yesterday: America 250 finally has something to celebrate. Either that, or Donald Trump's immigration enforcement policies will get more popular. Who says self-deportation won't work? Six years after coming to the US to launch a self-promoting media empire while claiming to shun the spotlight, Britain's part-time royals have decided to return to the United Kingdom after all. Fox News gives a brief rundown of the timeline of their oh-so-brief run in the A-list circles of Tinseltown... FOX & Friends @foxandfriends · Follow ROYAL RETURN: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are returning to the U.K. After...

The Democratic Socialists of America have been growing in power within the Democratic Party, most notably by capturing a number of Democrat nominations in the 2026 primaries, though it’s important to remember that they already hold plenty of seats in public office. They aren’t a new phenomenon in 2026, it’s just that they are now receiving substantial public notice in 2026. A very different thing. In fact, the Democratic Socialists of America – essentially the borderless movement of global communism – have been making inroads in the Democratic Party for generations, but only recently have they felt comfortable dropping the...

An Iranian American Muslim and former political prisoner who lived through the aftermath of Iran’s 1979 revolution sat down with The Dallas Express to discuss the rise of the Islamic Republic, the impact of Sharia-based governance on Iranians, and why she believes Islamic fundamentalism has developed into a threat extending far beyond the Middle East. Homeira Hesami, chairwoman of the Iranian-American Community of North Texas, was barely a teenager when the revolution toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. IACNT describes itself as an independent nonprofit that has served North Texas’ Iranian community for more than three decades, with a focus on...

Rosie O’Donnell kicked off her second night of guest hosting ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, much like she did on Monday, with Kimmel-esque nicknames for President Trump coupled with accusations of fascism while not appreciating the irony of being able to host a show in such an allegedly fascist environment. O’Donnell also made sure to follow in Anthony Anderson’s footsteps and mock Trump’s escape from Turkey by shrinking the size of the airport catering truck to a simple cart, “This has been kind of a strange experience for me, because all of a sudden I'm re-famous. I'm back in...

A top California dentist and professor at Triton College has made no secret of his hatred towards Zionists since October 7th, and has posted hundreds of Instagram stories calling for the “death” of people who support Israel. According to a review of his social media, Dr. Ahmed Mataria — who owns Mataria Dental Group in Torrance, California — is currently calling for “DEATH TO ZIONISTS EVERYWHERE” according to his Instagram bio. “F*** ISRAEL, DEATH TO ZIONISTS EVERYWHERE,” his Instagram bio currently reads as of publication time. The prof is a self-described Palestinian who lives in the United States of America....

It turns out that a controversial University of Chicago professor arrested last year for alleged felony aggravated battery on a police officer is the sister of Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Eman Abdelhadi, an assistant professor focused on religion, gender, identity, and demography, is El-Sayed’s maternal half-sister, the Washington Free Beacon reported. “A self-described ‘Queer Muslim’ and ‘community organizer’ who uses the pronouns ‘she/they,’ she has been at the center of far-left protests on campus,” the Beacon reported. Abdelhadi, a signatory to an open letter pledging “solidarity” with the “Palestinian resistance” shortly after...

Researchers at the Marquette Law School Poll recently identified a sharp generational decline in trust across the United States. Americans born before 1960 still hold onto a baseline assumption that their neighbors will not rob them, given half a chance. They are the most trusting demographic in the country. The numbers worsen with each successive generation. The cohort born in the 2000s registers the highest levels of distrust ever recorded by the project. A significant portion of young adults operate under the functional premise that everyone else is a threat. The situation gets significantly uglier from there. A comprehensive 25-country...

From New York to California, the American left is proving that nothing succeeds like failure. From immigration to taxes to health care, politicians are playing to their past fiascos to push an even more radical agenda. Take immigration. Many, including the Democratic Socialists, have called for open borders or disbanding ICE. After the Biden administration chose to allow millions of undocumented people to enter the country, most Democrats are now calling for “pathways” to make them citizens. After all, they argue, there are too many to deport.We now know the open border was a choice. The Trump administration immediately stopped...

Alleged comedian Chelsea Handler really has her hand on the pulse of the country! According to the former Daily Show guest host (and famously single, childless, and totally happy middle-aged woman), if Todd Blanche becomes attorney general of the United States then it's over for Roe v. Wade!We're going to get Todd Blanche, he's going to get confirmed, and he's going to overturn Roe V. Wade. So, yeah, the Attorney General doesn't "overturn" Supreme Court rulings.Also, Roe was overturned by the Dobbs decision over FOUR years ago.

What does it say when an organization has to call an all-hands meeting to define the word "woman"? Especially when the organization literally has that word in its title? And what does it say about the organization when it fails to do so? The Women's National Basketball Association held a league-wide meeting yesterday to address the issue of eligibility restrictions. Its charter makes clear that only "women" can compete in the league, a term which, up until a hot second ago, everyone understood perfectly. And after everyone cogitated for the entire day on what the word "women" means, the league...

With about three months remaining in the midterm campaign, it’s become time for the most desperate partisan gamesmanship, as our socialist-friendly media engage in helping the Democrats win. Do not recognize the “independent media” and the “independent fact-checkers” as the referees of this campaign. These elitists should be identified as uniformed players for the Democrat team, since the following are their apparent rules of campaign communication: 1. Republicans can’t call Democrats “communists.” This applies even if you make campaign appearances with someone like Hasan Piker, who thinks mass-murdering communist Mao Zedong is “one of the great leaders of this world."...

A conservative named Bonnie Wallace is suing the Texas school board because they kicked her out of a public meeting for reading passages from a book that is available in the school library.I hope she wins.It’s incredibly hypocritical to ban this book at a school board meeting, when the exact same book is available in the school library.https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/conservative-activist-sues-hisd-reading-235847171.html

Former NBA players are publicly announcing their plans to play in the WNBA. Enes Kanter Freedom is the first one:https://x.com/EnesFreedom/status/2085772139869696032After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines,I’m officially declaring myself a @WNBA prospect.If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.My team and I have… pic.twitter.com/msncUZUT1J— Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) August 7, 2026 Royce White is the second one:https://rumble.com/v7dvu20-another-former-nba-player-wants-to-play-for-the-wnba.htmlI wish them both the best. I also hope that more NBA players will do this. Transwomen need to have the same rights as everyone else.

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FIFTY LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY One of the most common misunderstandings about our Founding Fathers is that they intended for each state to be free to decide how big or small a government to have. This idea, taught for generations in the schools and regularly repeated by the press and political class, posits that the Founding Fathers were specific about the federal government, but they didn’t care at all how big each state, county, or local government became. They teach that each state was to be its own “laboratory of democracy,” free to be anything from libertarian to dictatorial, as each...

Democrat nominees are creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky.Democrats should be in the driver’s seat this fall. Mid-term elections usually go to the party out of power. The SAVE Act won’t be passed in time to stop fraud and corruption at the polls. The president is unpopular. The war is unpopular. The economy is as slow as Jessica Tarlov. And MAGA is almost as enthusiastic as Detroit Tigers fans. The problem for Democrats are the openly communist Democrats who primaried the ones who can pass for normal. The crop of Democrat nominees this year look like...

Say hello to Bryan Axel Ramirez Gomez and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because young Mr. Gomez shuffled off this mortal coil in February, after deciding to start a shootout with police in Elkhart, Indiana, which lasted only three seconds. What do you notice about the photo of Gomez? Does that jersey signify that he was a fan of the Chicago White Sox? Well, Elkhart is only 112 miles from Chicago, and I suppose it’s possible that Gomez was a White Sox fan, but a quick Google search indicates that wearing White Sox regalia is common...