President Donald Trump suffered a major blow in his war efforts on Wednesday, when the House of Representatives voted in favor of a ‌Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until it is authorized by Congress.

The House voted 215 to ​208, as four Republicans voted with ​Democrats in favor of the war powers resolution, which directs the president to remove US armed forces from engaging in any more hostilities against Iran unless explicitly authorized by Congress, other than to defend America, an ally or partner from ‘imminent attack.’

The vote is largely symbolic as any ‌resolution ⁠would also have to pass the Senate to become effective, and garner the two-thirds majorities in both chambers ​to overcome ​an ⁠almost certain Trump veto.

Still, it represents the latest setback for Trump in Congress despite his party’s slim majorities ​in both chambers and reflects growing congressional concern – even ​among Trump’s Republicans – over ⁠the war.

The Democrats in the House had previously tried and failed multiple times over the year to pass a resolution that would limit Trump’s ability to conduct military operations against Iran, arguing the war was illegal because the president had not sought or received permission from Congress.

But when Democrats accrued enough votes to pass a similar measure last month, House Republicans pulled a planned vote on the bill.

Meanwhile, the Senate advanced a separate, but similar, ⁠resolution ​last month in a ​procedural vote, after seven previous attempts had failed.

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Thirteen Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys have now said they will not enforce Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-VA) new gun ban when it takes effect on July 1, including the top prosecutors in Page, Shenandoah, and Warren counties.

The law Spanberger signed in May bans the future sale, manufacture, transfer, import, and purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms and magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. Anyone charged under it faces up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine, plus a three-year ban on buying or possessing firearms.

Spotsylvania County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ryan Mehaffey was among the first to go on record.

“The assault weapons ban and the public carry ban are obviously unconstitutional. And it’s incumbent upon constitutional officers in Virginia to come out and clearly state that they cannot be lawfully enforced, and to defend the people’s rights to keep and bear arms.”

Mehaffey also drew a contrast with Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, a Democrat who has reportedly dropped charges against multiple violent suspects, including Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien who went on to murder Stephanie Minter at a bus stop after Descano’s office declined to prosecute him despite police warnings.

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Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio appeared on Bloomberg TV today and delivered a measured yet cautionary assessment of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy. He highlighted classic bubble dynamics – sky-high valuations, rampant speculation, and “paper wealth” vastly outpacing actual cash flows – while drawing direct parallels to the 2000 dot-com era.

“All great technology changes produce bubbles,” Dalio said in the Wednesday Bloomberg Television interview. “Nobody can get it exactly right. You have to either spend a ton of money to capture your market share and don’t worry about whether it’s too much or not, or you don’t spend enough money and you lose your market share.”

Dalio explained the mechanism of how such a bubble eventually bursts: “The pricking is the converting of wealth into money.” He noted that today’s AI-driven market is “following that kind of path, even though it is a wonderful technology.”

AI Will Survive – Many Companies May Not

Dalio also hit on the law of the jungle; a lot of companies simply disappear during massive technological upheaval – as competition sorts out the winners and losers – which is separate of the technology’s lasting impact. In short, the underlying innovations in AI will continue transforming economies and societies, much as the internet did after its own bubble deflated.

Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just touted “insane” returns for investors willing to bet on the AI boom – with chipmakers notably having been the hottest stocks on Wall Stre

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Summary

• State media issues four-stage proposal for deal with US, says indirect talks are ‘ongoing’.
• GCC blasts ‘cowardly attacks’ after Kuwait International Airport rocked by Iranian missiles: one dead, 63 injured.
• Overnight saw US-Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz – as US attacked Qeshm Island – and Iran unleashed more projectiles on Gulf states. Most intense fighting since April.
• IRGC via state media: Tehran has frozen all back-channel communication with Washington over Israeli operations in Lebanon, calls Trump narrative a fantasy.
• Trump says Iran has agreed not to pursue a nuclear weapon, while saying talks are still ongoing. Tells NYP he believes the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz will “resolve itself fairly quickly.“

Trump Claims Iran ‘Close’ To Signing Paper ‘In Theory’

The two sides don’t actually appear to be any closer to a deal or so much as a MOU to get back to the table, but President Trump is still signaling optimism:

Fars: Outline of Iran’s 4-Stage Proposal For Deal With US

Fars Politics on Telegram has issued the following outline on Wednesday (machine translated). Also, somewhat contradicting reports from other state media outlets, Fars has stated that indirect talks with Washington are still ongoing, but that no final decision on a MOU has yet been made.

Phase 1: Ending war and halting military actions.

Phase 2: Tangible measures, including: The issue of the strait and the mechanisms related to it,
Lifting the blockade, Removing restrictions and oil sanctions, Releasing part of Iran’s frozen assets and blocked financial resources.

Phase 3: Dedicated to discussions on sanctions and the nuclear file.

Phase 4: Involves establishing a supervisory committee to oversee implementation of the understanding and monitor the commitments of all parties.

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State law allows liquor board to oversee new permitting for special events

In a Tuesday night per curiam order, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the State of Alabama, allowing them to proceed with using maps drawn in 2023 for the 2026 midterm elections. These maps included only one majority-minority district.

In a lower court ruling, a three-judge panel ordered the state to implement a second majority-minority district under the claim that the 2023 maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). On May 11, SCOTUS vacated that ruling and sent it back to the lower court. On May 26, this same three-judge panel once again blocked the use of 2023 maps on the same basis of violation of the VRA, without any consideration of the decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which held that maps drawn along racial lines under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act were no longer valid.

Alabama immediately filed an emergency petition to SCOTUS, which brings us to here.

Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney-Barrett ruled in favor of the state. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

In the order, the court noted Alabama showed it was entitled to interim relief from the district court’s injunction and that the state would have likely succeeded with its appeals. It dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims of “intentional vote dilution,” stating, “the District Court did not heed the presumption of legislative good faith, see Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, 602 U. S. 1, 10 (2024), because it interpreted the State’s legal disagreement with the court’s earlier remedial order as proof of discriminatory animus.”

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The aircraft is pictured in the bay last weekend.

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NIH spent five months saying nothing about an incident that now has two of its researchers facing federal charges for allegedly smuggling biological material into the United States from an active monkeypox outbreak zone.

Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe touched down at Detroit Metro Airport on Jan. 25, coming off a flight from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where a monkeypox outbreak was actively spreading. Customs officers pulled them aside and asked about the large black plastic case they were carrying. Munster and Kwe said it held diagnostic and testing equipment. It didn’t. Inside: 113 vials packed in Styrofoam coolers.

Munster, a Dutch national, ran the Virus Ecology Section at NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. The BSL-4 facility works with Ebola, plague, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, among other pathogens. Kwe, a Cameroonian national, was his research fellow. Both are foreign nationals with full access to one of the most dangerous research facilities the U.S. government operates. According to federal prosecutors, both decided the rules didn’t apply to them.

The place was already under a microscope before Tuesday. Just last week, Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) asked the HHS Inspector General to open a review of the facility after a lab worker got bitten by a monkey infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Sheehy also flagged a whistleblower complaint against Munster personally, one surfaced by White Coat Waste, the conservative animal rights group. Laura Loomer had been beating the drum publicly, calling for federal intervention against the lab and against Munster directly.

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Worcester approves $300.2M spending plan, OK’s $8.9M increase for school system

Former President Joe Biden crashed his wife Jill’s debut book talk Tuesday, stealing her spotlight to bizarrely ask the former first lady whom she loves the most in a cringe-inducing moment before aides could cut him off.

Jill Biden had been wrapping up a Q&A about her newly released book, “A View from the East Wing,” with moderator Whoopi Goldberg at the 92nd Street Y on the Upper East Side when Biden, 83, left his seat in the audience and wandered up to the edge of the stage.

Goldberg had read a comment from the audience thanking Biden for his service, and Jill, 75, stood up to give her husband a standing ovation when the ex-president’s seemingly unplanned speech began.

“I have a question,” Biden said unprompted, and without a microphone, while flanked by security guards.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz was asked to give medical advice to people who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome on Tuesday.

The doctor did not have a cure. “Treating stupid is really hard, and it becomes a real problem,” he said.

Oz took the podium at a White House press briefing this afternoon, subbing in for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is currently on maternity leave.

Various top administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have stepped in as one-time Press Secretary.

Lindell TV correspondent Cara Castronuova asked Dr. Oz how to treat crazed, Trump-obsessed liberals on Tuesday, and he was stumped.

“I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on disliking the president,” he said.

“It’s disheartening to see people lost in that way, but treating stupid is really hard.”

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Former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is facing fierce backlash after calling for a “de-MAGAfication” of America, language many regard as equating millions of Trump supporters with Nazis and helps create the moral permission structure for political violence.

Krugman, an economist, professor, former columnist at the NYT, and longtime critic of President Donald Trump, made the remarks in a YouTube video posted Sunday. Rather than limiting his criticism to Trump or specific policies, Krugman invoked the language of post-World War II Germany and suggested the United States needs a political “purging.”

“We really need to do a thorough purging of the United States,” Krugman said. “We need a de-MAGAfication, and I am not going over the top by using a word that is very similar to the Denazification that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany.”

The implication is difficult to miss. Denazification, of course, was the Allied campaign to remove actual Nazis from German public institutions after the defeat of Adolf Hitler’s regime, which, as everyone knows, launched a world war, and presided over mass murder of innocents.

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A high school principal in North Carolina set a good example for educators by putting the school’s valedictorian in her place after she hijacked her commencement speech.

As The New York Post reported, Clayton High School senior Leen Hijaz was given the honor of delivering the institution’s commencement speech due to her academic accomplishments. Normally, such addresses are generally uneventful and at least somewhat apolitical.

But Hijaz, a Muslim, soon abandoned her pre-approved remarks to unleash a vile rant against ICE and spread pro-Palestine propaganda.

“Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say. Every single person here has a voice; we have the privilege to use it when millions around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard,” Hijaz stated.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed on Tuesday that his agency has identified now $2 billion in fraudulent healthcare payments that have been given to illegal aliens.

“The number has doubled from what I said last year. We’re about $2 billion,” he told The Gateway Pundit during a White House press briefing, adding that some states are cracking down on the fraud.

“The good news is that many states realize this is a problem, and they themselves have stopped doing this.”

“Some states don’t do as good a job as other states. That’s why we’re looking to individual states for leadership, for better ideas, to deal with many of these social problems that unfortunately begin to pile up over time. And they threaten the very foundation of our social net that supports all of us,” he added.

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The most reasonable member of the Democrat party strikes again.

Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was asked about Graham Platner, the Democratic Socialist (communist) running for U.S. Senate in Maine on CNN and called him a ‘creep.’

That’s actually a very good word to describe Platner, who is now embroiled in a sexting scandal, in addition to his many other controversies.

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Socialist pro-Palestinian Democrat Adam Hamawy, who has ties to an al-Qaeda terrorist known as the “Blind Sheikh, has won the Democrat primary for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district. The district is a Democrat stronghold, giving him a good chance of winning the general election and heading to Washington, DC.

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The primaries took place in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Americans in six states voted in their respective primaries Tuesday night in Senate, House and gubernatorial races.

The primaries took place in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Here are the Republican nominees in Senate races as of Tuesday night:

Iowa GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson, who secured President Donald Trump’s endorsement last year, won the Republican nomination for Senate, according to the Associated Press. She is running to replace Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.

Sen. Mike Rounds, who is seeking reelection, won his primary in South Dakota and will face Democrat Julian Beaudion in the fall.

Republican candidate Larry Marker, who was a write-in candidate, won the Republican nomination in New Mexico and will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Ben Lujan in November.

Republican candidate Kurt Alme won his party’s nomination for Senate in Montana in a bid to replace outgoing GOP Sen. Steve Daines, who announced he was not seeking reelection in March. He was endorsed by President Trump.

The Associated Press has not called the race for New Jersey so far, where a Republican will take on Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, who is running unopposed for his party’s nomination.

There is no Senate race in California this year.

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Alphanso Talley was unaccounted for in the electronic monitoring system when he allegedly shot Officer John Bartholomew

The accused killer of a Chicago police officer was ordered back into custody Tuesday in a separate carjacking case, after the same judge came under fire for releasing the seven-time convicted felon on electronic monitoring before the alleged murder.

Alphanso Talley, 27, appeared in court Tuesday for a hearing regarding an alleged violation of his release conditions stemming from a 2025 armed robbery and carjacking case.

Talley appeared wearing a green jail jumpsuit and shackles as Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Lyke Jr. granted prosecutors’ request to formally revoke his pretrial release in the carjacking case.

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Jill Biden’s book is not even out yet — and she’s already trying to get it displayed on both the fiction and the non-fiction shelves.

From her husband’s mental decline to the pardoning of her son, the former first lady has moved from the historical to the fanciful.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that “honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom”  — but if her promotional interviews are any measure, that chapter appears to be entirely missing from “View from the East Wing: A Memoir.”

Last week Biden faced a torrent of criticism, including from Democrats like her former spokesperson, over her claim to CBS News that she thought her husband’s debate meltdown meant he might have been suffering a stroke.

The interviewer didn’t mention the fact that Biden famously declared at the time that her husband was brilliant in the debate, and denied he was showing signs of mental decline.

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The Trump administration appears to be trying to inject new optimism across the nation’s farm belt following the China meeting last month, during which Beijing committed to making billions of dollars of new purchases of U.S. agricultural goods. The White House’s latest move is to reduce tariffs on tractors and combines, a policy shift aimed at easing cost pressures on farmers already squeezed by diesel, fertilizer, and machinery costs.

Late Monday, President Trump signed a proclamation slashing tariffs on imported agricultural equipment, including combines and harvesters, from 25% to 15% to lower costs for US farmers and manufacturers.

More color from the White House:

• The Proclamation adjusts the tariffs on agricultural equipment, like combines and harvesters, as well as certain other equipment, from 25% to 15%.  
• The Proclamation also expands the existing category of industrial equipment subject to a 15% tariff to include mobile industrial equipment, like bulldozers and forklifts, when imported from trade deal countries that are entitled to such treatment.
• The Proclamation encourages foreign companies to use more U.S. steel and aluminum by allowing them to qualify for a 10% duty rate, if their capital equipment include at least 85% U.S. melted and poured or smelted and cast steel or aluminum by weight.
• These tariff changes are temporary, lasting until December 31, 2027, to spur near–term investments that will rebuild the Nation’s industrial base.

The move is a clear attempt by the Trump administration to spur optimism across the nation’s farm belt following China’s commitments last month to purchase $17 billion annually in additional U.S. agricultural goods.

The latest reading of the US ag economy via the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer has been fading from a summer 2025 peak as trade wars and, now, the Gulf-related energy shock hurt farmers’ incomes.

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Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) on Wednesday made himself look like a fool after accusing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of spreading racism on the internet. 

During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Thanedar told DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “I’m very concerned that your department is promoting White nationalist, anti-immigrant sentiments on official social media accounts,” pointing to a quote from a song that outraged leftist groups.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), “On Jan. 9, multiple accounts run by DHS communications staff shared an image with the caption “We’ll have our home again” on Facebook and X (the website formerly known as Twitter). The image included the phrase and a picture of a man in a cowboy hat riding through a snowy field as a military plane flies overhead, as well as a link to apply to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”

What a crime!

“When will you stop DHS from using its social media accounts to spread bigoted and racist words and imagery promoting great replacement theory?” Thanedar asked. But when pressed by Mullin to specifically state what the issue was, it became clear that Thanedar had no idea what he was talking about and was only relying on left-wing sources to attack DHS.

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Most of us have a general idea of how we learn best. Some might retain information better by listening or taking notes, while others may prefer being hands-on with the topic or looking at tables and diagrams. When it comes down to it, there’s no one size fits all.

Today, visual learners are in luck because we’re looking at a subreddit called “Infographics,” a collection of data visualizations in various forms, like bar charts and heat maps. Full of colors and creative imagery, they’re both educational and fun. Scroll down to find the best ones that might change the way you see the world.

#1 Evolution Of The Alphabet

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#2 The Average Cost Of Insulin By Country

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A new poll from Elon University has confirmed what many people on the right have known for years. Very few Democrats are proud to be Americans, less than one in five, to be exact.

Of course, these same people were probably very proud to be Americans when Obama was president. That’s how the left rolls. They are only happy about the country if they are in charge of it. When they lose elections, they think the country is awful.

Their love of country is conditional.

The New York Post reports:

Fewer than 1 in 5 Dems feel proud to be American ahead of 250th birthday — compared to 2 in 3 of Republicans

Less than one in five Democratic voters said they are proud to be American in a recent poll ahead of America’s 250th birthday next month — compared to more than two-thirds of their Republican counterparts.

Those surveyed were asked what term best described how they felt when they thought about the United States marking its semiquincentennial anniversary, and Dems had almost nothing good to say.

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Vaping could trigger widespread genetic changes linked to cancer and chronic disease, scientists have warned.

A study has found regular e-cigarette users show altered activity in more than 3,000 genes, including many associated with cancer, heart disease and lung conditions.

Researchers say some of these changes may be driven not just by how much someone vapes, but what e-cigarettes they use, with certain flavours and types linked to far greater disruption.

The findings add to growing evidence that the devices, often marketed as a way to quit smoking, carry their own health risks.

However, experts stress the study was small and does not prove vaping causes disease, instead highlighting early biological changes that could signal potential harm over time.

Because vaping is relatively new, its full long-term health impact remains unclear. But scientists say heating e-liquids produces chemicals that may affect gene expression and could impair the body’s ability to repair damage.

In the latest study, published in Frontiers in Oncology, researchers compared gene activity in 83 people, including vapers, smokers and non-users.

They found that those who vaped had ‘altered expression’ in 3,124 genes – meaning these genes were functioning in a potentially damaging way – compared with people who neither smoked nor vaped.

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 215-208 to end the war with Iran.

This is the first time the House has voted to stop Trump’s military action in Iran.

Four Republicans voted with the Democrats: Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson.

The resolution is likely dead on arrival in the Senate.

If it passes the Senate, Trump will veto the resolution.

The Hill reported:

House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation designed to force President Trump to end the Iran War, marking a victory for Democrats and the constitutional purists who say the conflict is illegal without explicit congressional approval.

The tally was 215-208, with four Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Tom Barrett (Mich.) and Warren Davidson (Ohio) — joining every Democrat in supporting the measure.

The development is largely symbolic, since there are lingering disputes about whether the measure, known as a concurrent resolution, carries the force of law. And Trump is certain to contest the authority of the measure even if it’s also passed by the Senate, where it’s headed next.

Still, the vote represents a significant development in the political battle over the Iran War, putting Congress on the record condemning a conflict that has dragged on for more than three months — and rattled the global economy — with no clear end in sight.

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A Super El Niño is on its way, and is almost certain to arrive this summer.

That’s according to scientists from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), who warn there’s now an 80 per cent likelihood of an El Niño event during June–August 2026, and a 90 per cent chance this will continue until at least November.

Worryingly, the experts predict the rare climate event will bring extreme heat ‘nearly everywhere’ – including the UK and US.

So, what does this mean for us?

While each El Niño varies, the event typically brings increased rainfall in parts of southern South America, the southern United States, parts of the Horn of Africa and central Asia.

In contrast, there will be drier conditions over Central America, northern South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Indonesia, and parts of southern Asia.

Meanwhile, scientists say there’s a strong chance 2026 will be the hottest year ever recorded.

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Assemblymember Mia Bonta authored the bill, saying immigrant service providers face harassment and threats

Independent journalist Nick Shirley accused California lawmakers of trying to shield taxpayer-funded organizations from scrutiny after the state Assembly advanced AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” a bill the author says is intended to protect immigration service providers from harassment and threats.

“I obviously hit a nerve,” Shirley said during an appearance Wednesday night on “Fox News @ Night” with Trace Gallagher.

“What’s interesting about this, this bill is it’s protecting NGOs and nonprofits,” Shirley said. “These are organizations and groups that receive our tax dollars, yet they want to make it so we can’t find out what they’re doing with our tax dollars.”

Shirley argued the proposal would discourage investigations into organizations receiving public funds.

Independent journalist Nick Shirley criticized California’s AB 2624, arguing the measure could make it more difficult to investigate alleged fraud involving nonprofits and immigration-related organizations. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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The State Department updated its travel advisory for Mexico on May 29, continuing to warn Americans who plan on visiting the country to be wary of terrorism and crimes.

“Many violent crimes take place in Mexico. They include homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, sexual assault, and robbery. There is a risk of terrorist violence, including terrorist attacks and other activity in Mexico,” the advisory said.

Overall, Mexico is categorized with a “Level 2—Exercise Increased Caution” designation for travelers.

“The U.S. government has limited ability to help in many parts of Mexico, a large country in which conditions can vary widely from state to state and even within a state. U.S. government employees may not travel to certain high-risk areas, which may be within states that include low-risk areas,” the department said.

The travel restrictions on U.S. employees prohibit them from traveling between cities in the dark, waving down taxis on the street, driving between border cities and the interior of Mexico, and traveling alone, especially in remote areas

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In a country where big trucks are a big deal, those pickups and SUVs represent a big percentage of auto loans that come with a sizable monthly payment, more than $1,000 a month, according to new data.

Experian Automotive’s analysis of more than 5 million open auto loans and leases in the first quarter shows nearly 19% of new vehicle loans include a monthly payment of at least $1,000. That’s up from roughly 17.4% year over year.

“The assumption is that it’s all luxury, it’s high-line, and that is not the case,” said Melinda Zabritski, head of automotive financial insights for Experian Automotive.

Almost 74% of the auto loans requiring owners to pay $1,000 or more every month are for non-luxury models, with the top five models being popular pickup trucks including the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Ram 1500, according to Experian.

Just five years ago, auto loans with monthly payments over $1,000 accounted for just 5.4% of the market. Then the global chip shortage hit in 2021 and 2022, and automakers around the world prioritized production of higher-end, more profitable models. Vehicle prices soared, and so did the amount borrowed for auto loans.

Zabritski said those higher prices have changed how car and truck buyers look at what it takes to finance the purchase of a new vehicle.

“We haven’t seen a reduction in that MSRP, and in those high loan amounts,” she told CNBC. “I think as time goes on, I think more consumers are getting used to the $1,000 payment.”

The average amount borrowed is now at an all-time high of $43,952, and the average monthly payment has also climbed to an all-time high of $770, according to Experian Automotive. Both are a reflection of a new auto market that is relatively strong.

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Able-bodied recipients must work, volunteer or get an education under the new rule announced by Dr. Oz

The Trump administration is launching a major crackdown on government waste and abuse, targeting billions of federal tax dollars spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants while implementing new work requirements for able-bodied Americans on Medicaid.

During a White House news briefing Tuesday afternoon, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Oz outlined an aggressive strategy to stop “legalized money laundering” that he warned would have cost the program an additional $5.4 trillion over the next decade.

Oz revealed the administration identified roughly $2 billion in federal tax dollars improperly going to illegal immigrants, a number that has doubled since he reported on the issue last year.

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(WHALEYVILLE, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred yesterday evening in Worcester County.

The deceased is identified as Gregory Roth, 79, of Ocean City. Roth was the driver and sole occupant of a Nissan Altima involved in the crash. He was pronounced deceased on the scene by EMS personnel from Berlin. Investigators of the crash are awaiting autopsy results by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. last night, troopers from the Berlin Barrack responded to the area of westbound U.S. Route 50 near MD Route 610 in Worcester County. The preliminary investigation revealed that a silver 2010 Nissan Altima was traveling northbound on MD Route 610 at the intersection of westbound U.S. Route 50 when police believe the Nissan failed to stop at a stop sign located at the intersection. As a result, the Nissan struck a black 2014 Ford F-150 that was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 50. The driver of the Ford F-150 refused medical treatment at the scene.

The westbound lanes of U.S. Route 50 were closed for an extensive period of time for investigation. Deputies from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene to assist. Personnel from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration assisted with road closures.

The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading the active and ongoing investigation.

The Wicomico County Council has adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, totaling $234 million, reflecting an approximate $3 million reduction from the originally proposed budget. The Council’s adopted budget maintains a balanced approach to funding essential County services while promoting fiscal responsibility and investing in public safety, education, infrastructure, and County employees.

The budget continues the Council’s long-standing commitment to providing tax relief to County residents. In accordance with the County’s Revenue Cap, the Council approved a reduction in the real property tax rate from $0.8099 to $0.7799 per $100 of assessed value and reduced the personal property tax rate from $2.0247 to $1.9497 per $100 of assessed value. These actions ensure that taxpayers continue to benefit from growth in the County’s assessable property base while limiting their tax exposure.

The FY27 budget includes a 5% increase for most County employees, consisting of a 2% costof-living adjustment and a 3% step increase, and provides an additional contribution to the County pension system to support its long-term financial stability. The Council also reviewed proposed salary adjustments and approved modifications to ensure consistency and fiscal accountability throughout County government.

In support of education, the FY27 budget fully funds the Board of Education’s request above Maintenance of Effort and includes funding to begin implementation of school weapons detection systems. The budget also continues support for Wor-Wic Community College, the Wicomico Public Library, PAC 14, the Humane Society, Salisbury-Wicomico Economic Development, and numerous community organizations that serve County residents.

The Council’s adopted budget includes more than $25 million in Pay-Go funding for capital improvements and infrastructure projects throughout the County. These investments support public safety facilities, public works projects, educational facilities, and other critical infrastructure needs while reducing reliance on long-term borrowing.

The Council thanks the citizens who participated in the budget process and provided comments throughout the review period. The adopted budget reflects the Council’s commitment to providing quality public services, investing in community priorities, and maintaining responsible fiscal management.
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Contact: Wicomico County Council Administrator (410-546-4696)

HILLSVILLE, Va.—A sheriff’s deputy in Virginia died Friday after a man shot at two deputies who were conducting a welfare check, law enforcement officials said, and a suspect has been arrested.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the fatal shooting occurred after law enforcement received a request from a family member to do a welfare check.

A man at the home began shooting, and the deputies returned fire, the sheriff’s office said. Both deputies were hit.

“One deputy sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. The second deputy was struck in his ballistic vest and is currently receiving medical evaluation and is reported to be in stable condition,” the office said in a statement.

Sheriff Kevin A. Kemp identified the officer who died as Deputy Logan Utt, a military veteran who joined the department in 2023.

“Today, Carroll County has lost a hero, and a family has suffered an unimaginable loss,” Kemp said. “Please keep his wife, children, family, friends, and fellow deputies in your thoughts and prayers.”

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Elmo and Big Bird want to wish your children a very happy Gay-Sex Month. 👇

Guys, I’ve already blocked my kids from watching your woke show. You don’t need to convince me further that I made a good decision.

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Rewriting history: Her memoir comes a year and a half after the Bidens moved out of the White House and into a quieter life. At the time of the disastrous debate performance, she insisted “he did great.” Last week she revealed what everyone knew, but few would say: Joe Biden looked as if he were having a stroke or some other cognitive failure.

Former First Lady Jill Biden has been touring the country promoting her new book, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir,” and promoting a number of falsehoods in the process.

Following a tumultuous four years in the White House with near-constant criticism and suspicion of a president’s declining mental acuity, the wife of Joe Biden has made a number of comments during her multi-stop excursion that have raised eyebrows, covering everything from the president’s physical and cognitive condition, her relationship with former Vice President Kamala Harris, and his final pardons before departing 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

From debate stage to Waffle House instead of hospital

The most glaring whoppers pertain to the former president’s health, which the First Lady addressed on a number of occasions. In a CBS interview Sunday, Biden told interviewer Rita Braver, “I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never. I don’t know what happened. As I watched, I thought, ‘oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death.”

That statement would normally insinuate a spouse’s dire concern about her husband. When someone is suspected of having a stroke, they typically undergo a rapid FAST screening (Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call emergency services) followed by an urgent non-contrast CT scan of the brain in the hospital emergency department or radiology suite.

However, following the debate that night, instead of insisting he go to the hospital or undergo tests, the first couple went to an Atlanta Waffle House.

The debate Biden is referring to took place on June 27, 2024. Prior to the debate, there were already multiple instances that pointed to a sharp decline in the president’s health.

In June 2022, Biden fell off his bicycle while riding near his Delaware beach home, an event quickly attributed to a mechanical issue but fueling broader questions about his stability. A year later in 2023, Biden tripped and fell onstage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado after catching his foot on a sandbag, requiring assistance to get up. He later joked about being “sandbagged,” but the video circulated widely.

Special Counsel: An “elderly man with a poor memory”

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Honda Motors reported its first annual loss in nearly 70 years, which came as a result of an emphasis on electric cars.

The Japan-based car company has been listed on the stock market since 1957, but the combination of electric vehicle bets and Trump trade policies led to its first-ever year in the red.

“EV demand has declined considerably, due to the rollback of environmental regulations in the U.S. and other factors,” Honda said in a statement, per a report from Fox Business.

The company faces $9 billion in restructuring costs because of the lackluster electric vehicle demand.

It suffered a $2.7 billion loss in the past fiscal year, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Honda Motors CEO Toshihiro Mibe confirmed that it would scrap a previous target to make electric vehicles account for 20 percent of profits by 2030.

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Democrats are trying to find men who can seem the most: seem like a pastor, seem like a working man.

In Maine, Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is mired in scandal as evidence of his horrible judgment keeps oozing into the public eye. In Texas, Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico seems like a space alien who’s trying to play a human on television.

The Democrats have elevated terrible candidates in a critical election year.

It’s not a surprise. To understand Platner and Talarico, understand Machaela Cavanaugh and Haley Stevens.

Cavanaugh, a Democrat state senator in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, famously shut down much of a legislative session in 2023 by filibustering every bill over her opposition to a bill to end transgender child mutilation procedures. Finally allowing trans-focused legislation on puberty blockers and youth sports to reach the floor, she warned that the votes would be preserved in the legislative record: “I want the bloody hands recorded. This is a genocide.”

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An outbreak on board the National Geographic Sea Bird cruise ship has left a dozen people suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on June 1.

The ship was carrying 66 passengers and 24 crew members during the voyage that ran from May 26 to May 31. The CDC said nine passengers and three crew members reported symptoms, predominantly vomiting and diarrhea.

The U.S.-flag cruise ship, operated by National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions, is currently sailing near Alaska, according to Vessel Finder.

In response to the outbreak, the CDC said that Lindblad Expeditions has ramped up cleaning and disinfection procedures aboard the ship and isolated sick passengers and crew members.

The crew also consulted with the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) regarding sanitation cleaning procedures and reporting of sick individuals, the agency said.

“VSP remotely monitored the situation, including review of the ship’s outbreak response and sanitation procedures,” the CDC said in a statement.

The CDC was notified of the outbreak on May 28, though the causative agent remains unknown.

In this difficult economy, when families across America are struggling to cover rising costs for food, housing, and medical care, every tax dollar must be protected.

President Donald J. Trump is showing strong leadership by taking direct action to stop the massive waste and theft that has drained safety-net programs for too long. His creation of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud represents real commitment to making government work efficiently for American citizens.

On March 16, Trump signed an executive order that established this task force. Vice President J.D. Vance chairs it, the Federal Trade Commission chairman serves as vice chairman, and senior officials including the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security provide guidance. Cabinet secretaries and agency heads participate as members.

The task force coordinates a full national strategy to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in federal benefit programs covering housing, food assistance, medical care, and cash support. It improves eligibility verification, adds strong pre-payment controls, identifies risky fraud patterns, and works to break up criminal networks. Agencies are required to set minimum anti-fraud standards like proper identity proof and documentation while developing clear implementation plans with measurable goals.

The task force reports progress frequently to Trump.

This initiative is vital for keeping America internally strong. Fraud in these programs steals from taxpayers and from eligible citizens who truly depend on help. It drives up prices for essential goods, adds to the national debt, and undermines trust in government. For years, illegal aliens, criminals, foreign gangs, bureaucrats, and certain nonprofits have exploited weaknesses.

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Every midterm cycle, Republican strategists convene in conference rooms to answer a question they treat as eternally unsolved: what is the message? They commission polling, test slogans, and produce memos. Meanwhile, a young man with a camera and a YouTube channel found the answer for free.

Nick Shirley did not need a focus group to discover that voters of every persuasion despise watching their tax dollars vanish into ghost daycares and phantom hospices. He simply knocked on the doors, filmed what he found, and let the footage do the arguing. The result has been congressional testimony, federal indictments, a governor’s retirement, and a Democratic Party so rattled it is now trying to outlaw the camera.

That last detail is the tell. When the opposition responds to an exposé not by cleaning house but by drafting legislation to punish the person holding the flashlight, they have conceded the argument. The fraud is real, it is overwhelmingly concentrated in the states they govern, and they would rather criminalize the journalism than confront the theft. Republicans heading into November have been handed a message that unites their base, persuades independents, and forces the left into a posture no honest voter can defend.

The strategy is not complicated, and it does not require inventing anything. It requires pointing at what is already there: fraud in every blue state, waste in every Democrat-run program, and a media establishment that would rather discuss almost anything else.

Call it the Nick Shirley Strategy. Shine the light, name the dollar figures, and ask the simple question that has no good answer: why did it take a YouTuber to find this?

What One Camera Accomplished That State Agencies Would Not

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Delmarva Chicken Association expects more than 850 attendees at the sixth annual Booster BBQ, an annual event for DCA members and invited guests, from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. The event is returning to the Quillen Arena at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington, Del. The awards portion of the event will begin at 7 p.m.

The Booster BBQ will feature:

• Backyard-style chicken barbecue (donated by Allen Harim Foods) and sides prepared and served by Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company and Harrington Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary
• Two delicious dessert trucks
• Kid’s activities, lawn games and door prize drawings
• More than 60 vendors who provide a wide array of products and services to the chicken community
• Presentation of thirteen Outstanding Grower awards, along with the J. Frank Gordy, Sr. Delmarva Distinguished Citizen Award, the Edward H. Ralph Medal of Achievement and the DCA Medal of Achievement

DCA will distribute a news release including text, video and photo content about the award winners and Outstanding Growers immediately following the event. We can also provide embargoed content upon request.

Typically, one performs an autopsy after the subject is dead; when you do it while they’re still alive, it’s called a vivisection, and that’s what we’re going to do today with the Democrats’ soon-to-fail 2026 midterm campaign to turn America into a more gender-confused version of Cuba. Fast-forward to Thanksgiving 2026; let’s look back on what’s going to happen, because you can see the outlines of the inevitable. They’re hoping for a blue wave; they’re going to look back and realize that they blew it.

The Democrats just aren’t good at electoral autopsies. They just released one about the 2024 fiasco to a great clamor of condemnation and indignation. Parts of it weren’t politically correct and were therefore rejected, while other parts, like the part that the senility of their first presidential candidate played, were ignored. An autopsy should be a rigorous and objective attempt to find out what went wrong, and it should tell some hard truths. But the Democrats have a problem because what they embrace aren’t policies. They’re not even ideologies. They are religious beliefs. They fill up the space where normal people keep their faith. Democrat ideology is a substitute for religion, so the problem is that if you dare to critique any of its tenets, you’re not just wrong. You’re a heretic. You’re a bad person for thinking that some women do not have penises, and that America is not a roiling cesspool of racist hate. So, you can’t discuss and debate it. All you can do is accept it, which means you can never change it, no matter how much it hurts your cause.

The blue-haired weirdos, race hustlers, commies, and other degenerates that make up the bulk of the Democrat party don’t want to hear the truth. They want to see you on your knees, chanting their sacred dogma without hesitation, equivocation, or dissent. That’s why Democrat autopsies can’t work. They can’t hear the hard truths because the truth is evil if it conflicts with what they want to believe. They would much prefer to embrace a politically correct wrong than an electorally useful right.

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The Department of Transportation have announced that they have issued a subpoena to the state of New York after they have refused to cooperate in the investigation of a CDL holder who was unable to speak English that caused a crash that resulted in five fatalities.

Jing Shen Dong, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China, has been charged with manslaughter after causing a massive crash that led to the deaths of five and a further 44 injured. Four of those killed were the Doncev family, who were traveling to attend a wedding at the time of the crash. The other individual killed was a 25-year-old woman from Massachusetts.

Many of the injured are still being treated in area hospitals.

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A brave eight-year-old boy was beaten to death with a baseball bat after he tried to protect his mother from her apparently abusive boyfriend.

Leland ‘Lee’ Arnett died four days after he was struck in the head with a bat during a domestic violence incident at his family home in De Soto, Illinois on May 13.

His accused killer Marcus Moultrie, 36, also allegedly attacked his mother Deborah Snider that same night, according to court records obtained by WSIL.

Police were called to the residence around 11pm for reports of a domestic disturbance and found Snider unconscious. Lee had been suffering from a ‘serious’ head wound.

Both the 31-year-old and little boy were life-flighted to a hospital in nearby St Louis, Missouri, where Lee died on May 17.

‘This happened because Lee was trying to protect his mother,’ his heartbroken great-aunt Anne Donlan Andrew told The Journal Star.

‘That takes a lot to stand up for your mom in a violent situation like that, and he did… I wish he wouldn’t have, but he did.’

Lee was buried last Thursday in Nebraska, where his father and extended family live. His family said he donated his organs as his ‘final act of heroism.’

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Jill Biden’s book is not even out yet — and she’s already trying to get it displayed on both the fiction and the non-fiction shelves.

From her husband’s mental decline to the pardoning of her son, the former first lady has moved from the historical to the fanciful.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that “honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom”  — but if her promotional interviews are any measure, that chapter appears to be entirely missing from “View from the East Wing: A Memoir.”

Last week Biden faced a torrent of criticism, including from Democrats like her former spokesperson, over her claim to CBS News that she thought her husband’s debate meltdown meant he might have been suffering a stroke.

The interviewer didn’t mention the fact that Biden famously declared at the time that her husband was brilliant in the debate, and denied he was showing signs of mental decline.

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A promising business student was shot and killed in a random attack while on his way to meet his parents at a baseball game in Indiana, police said.

Brett Scrogham, 23, was inside a parking garage around 6.00pm Thursday when he was struck by a bullet, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) said.

Scrogham, who was just moments away from enjoying an Indianapolis Indians game at Victory Field, was found suffering from a gunshot wound when officers arrived.

An unidentified person was detained and later released at the scene of the shooting, the police said.

Investigators have urged the public to come forward if they know anything related to the deadly shooting, which remains under investigation.

Scrogham had just graduated from the IU Kelley School of Business, where he was a Top 100 student, according to a GoFundMe page.

Tributes poured in following Scrogham’s death, including one from Robyn Collier, who said he rescued her dogs during a house fire.

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Is it finally time to outlaw the Democrat Party?

This is the party that was pro-slavery, Lincoln-haters, founders of the KKK and Jim Crow laws. It’s past time this corrupt and wicked political party is abolished, once and for all.

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Top Trump official Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, announced on Friday that Democrats were taking billions and ultimately trillions away from American families and redirected it migrants who are not US citizens.

According to Grok, undocumented migrants (also called unauthorized or illegal immigrants) are generally not eligible for most US federal welfare programs. Legal immigrants face significant restrictions, with limited exceptions for certain humanitarian categories.

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This article originally appeared on Iran So Far Away and was republished with permission. 

Since 2017, Iranians have widely discussed reports that the Obama administration granted a number of U.S. Green Cards (variously reported as 2,500 or 2,800) to Khomeiniist regime leaders as part of a secret codicil to the 2015 nuclear deal, the JCPOA.

This allegation was first published on February 14^th of that year by Amad News, an outlet founded by dissident Ruhollah Zam, who was later lured into a trap by IRGC intelligence, forcibly taken to Iran, summarily tried, and then executed in 2020. At the time, the story did not gain traction in the West, though it was covered by prominent outlets such as Al Arabiya.

Escalation and Wider Coverage (2018)

The allegation received wider coverage in 2018 when Hojjatoleslam Mojtaba Zolnour, an opponent of then-president Hassan Rouhani, raised the matter in an interview with the Iranian newspaper Etemad. Zolnour added that 30 to 40 children of top Khomeinist officials were then studying in the United States, while many others were “wasting Iranian public assets” to live “extravagant lives” there.

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The four largest school districts in Maryland have implemented a state policy requiring teachers to provide potty training to children up to age 5 as taxpayer-funded “pre-K for all” expands among low-income families.

Maryland is the only state that directs teachers to assist students in toilet training. New York allows school districts to designate whether aides, nurses or teachers provide such assistance.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which includes the state capital, Annapolis, became the latest to enforce the policy in May. It is Maryland’s fourth-largest district, with roughly 84,000 students.

Anne Arundel’s new regulation makes pre-kindergarten and kindergarten staff “responsible for implementing personal care and toileting strategies to move students toward personal care and toileting independence.”

Montgomery County, Baltimore County and Prince George’s County implemented similar policies after a 2021 state law expanded full-day early education programs to more “historically underserved” immigrants and minorities.

“All staff strictly adhere to Maryland state reporting laws and personal safety curriculum guidelines to ensure that any necessary bathroom assistance is conducted legally and safely,” said Liliana Lopez, a spokeswoman for Montgomery County Public Schools, the state’s largest district, with roughly 156,000 students.

She cited the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a 2021 law that included an $84.8 million increase for the Prekindergarten Grant Program. The money allows districts to provide free full-day preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds from families living at 300% of the federal poverty level.

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In modern Britain, if you are attacked in the street while being white, you don’t face just one enemy. You face two: the thug trying to kill you… and your own government, which has already decided whose side it’s on.

Eighteen-year-old Henry Nowak never even got the chance to fight back.

The promising Polish-British accounting and finance student was walking home from a football night in Southampton on December 3, 2025. A Sikh man, Vickrum Digwa, 23, carrying a 21-centimeter “ceremonial” — how about that? — dagger legally protected by “religious exemption,” stabbed the teenager five times — in the chest, legs, and face.

Henry tried to flee, leaving a trail of blood as he begged for his life.

Then the police arrived.

And that’s when the second attack began.

Instead of treating the bleeding, dying boy as the victim, officers — fed years of “white privilege” brainwashing — immediately believed the stabber’s lie: that this white teenager had racially attacked him and knocked off his turban. Henry Nowak was slammed to the ground, handcuffed, and allegedly dragged across gravel while he repeatedly screamed: “I can’t breathe!” “I’m dying!”

According to multiple accounts from the pre-trial, officers reportedly laughed in his face. “I’ve been stabbed!” One allegedly replied, “I don’t think you have, mate.” They left him cuffed and bleeding for minutes before finally realizing he was telling the truth — as he lay dying in his own blood.

Marxist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s attempt to pander to her Muslim constituents on one of their holy days ended up backfiring in spectacular fashion.

On Saturday, Wilson posted a very curious Instagram image of herself celebrating Eid al-Adha, with an all-Muslim male audience looking on in the background.

It was as if the men were looking at potential prey, knowing that communists like her are useful idiots.

Wilson, though, was totally clueless.

“Honored to attend Eid celebration this week and spend time with so many wonderful community members and families,” Wilson wrote. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to celebrate alongside residents who help make our city vibrant, welcoming, and strong.”

“Wishing peace, happiness, and blessings to everyone celebrating Eid. Eid Mubarak!”

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A crazed Hawaii Democrat achieved his 15 minutes of infamy last week after pulling a gun on public officials. But there were signs of trouble before, including a horrifying threat that was seemingly ignored by police.

The Honolulu Civil Beat reported that 40-year-old Kirill Basin, a candidate for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, was arrested for threatening two Maui County workers around 9:30 am on Friday, before running away and being arrested hours later.

Basin has been charged with Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree.

According to The Honolulu Civil Beat, Basin entered a Maui County government building and brandished his gun during an argument with county workers.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to talk about tax cuts for homeowners. The Governor also discussed the State’s budget and the need for responsible spending to keep taxes low.

The State of Florida has become an economically very desirable place for people who want to lower their tax burden.

The video opens up with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani talking to a crowd about property and ownership. He has been a strong advocate of Socialist policies.

“In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing property tax relief for residents that would raise the homestead exemption from 50 thousand dollars, to 250 thousand, which he says would eliminate property taxes for some 60 percent of Florida homeowners,” Bartiromo said.

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As America prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, the left is once again showing the country exactly what separates conservatives from the modern Democrat Party.

On MSNOW Sunday, a segment about America’s upcoming anniversary quickly turned into another example of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Instead of celebrating the country’s founding, its history, and its unmatched promise, the left-wing panel used the occasion to frame American patriotism as something suspicious, divisive, and tied to race.

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America’s most infamous tech company has a bold, potentially risky plan to supposedly reduce the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses, assuming the federal government will sign off on the proposal.

As The New York Post reported, Google wants federal approval to unleash approximately 32 MILLION mosquitoes into the states of California and Florida over the next two years.

This is supposedly part of an effort to halt the spread of several serious mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever.

The Google researchers particularly focused on West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis. The former is the leading mosquito-borne disease in the US and is widespread in California amongst local bird and mosquito populations.

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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who earlier embraced protesters, acknowledged Sunday l some had engaged in “dangerous actions.”

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who earlier embraced protesters outside a federal immigration detention center in Newark, acknowledged early Sunday that some had engaged in “dangerous actions” against local police as escalating violence forced the city’s mayor to impose an emergency curfew.

Protesters grew increasingly aggressive Saturday night as they threw projectiles, grabbed security barriers and set fires outside ICE’s Delaney Hall facility. Mayor Ros J. Baraka admitted some were arrested in possession of weapons, necessitating the curfew.

The escalating violence created an embarrassment for Democrats like Sherrill who had embraced the protests just 24 hours earlier and asked ICE to stand down and let New Jersey police handle the crowds only to see her own officers assaulted and fires set on the streets.

Shortly after midnight Sunday, Sherrill put out a statement acknowledging the severity of the violence and saying it had “put peaceful protesters and law enforcement in danger.” She blamed agitators outside New Jersey for the escalation.

“I do not know why these individuals attacked or what they wanted to accomplish, but I refuse to let these dangerous actions detract from New Jersey’s dedication to ensuring public safety, keeping people safe from ICE, and that the people detained inside Delaney Hall are treated with dignity,” the governor added.

Baraka issued a curfew covering a half-mile radius around the ICE facility in his city, outlawing civilians in the area from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.

“Multiple individuals have already been arrested and found in possession of weapons, underscoring the seriousness of the threat,” he said.

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Only about a fifth of liberal men are happy. About 6 of 10 liberal women have the potential to be diagnosed with a mental illness. Being politically conservative isn’t the answer, but something is going on here.

Women aged under 30-35 are moving to the progressive left, and men are moving to the right.

I’m glad he said that happiness measures comparing countries are worthless. Arthur Brooks believes ‘studies’ comparing countries for happiness is only done for political reasons. However, when comparing the US with itself, it is getting unhappier.

The four qualities of happy people are faith (religious or spiritual or philosophical), family, friendship, and work. These have all been going in the wrong direction in the USA since the 1990s. These should transcend politics.

This is an interesting interview. He feels politics is becoming a cult and shouldn’t keep couples apart. Brooks believes in the abandonment of religion and spirituality. Young people need to believe in something, and they are being fed a dangerous cult of ideology.

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A new decision from the Fifth Circuit Court has opened the door for the state of Texas to begin conducting their own immigration enforcement.

A woman has been stabbed to death on a train in Atlanta in broad daylight.

Police responded to reports of a knife attack at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Oakland City Station just after 12pm.

John Elijah Matthews, 25, was arrested by cops at the scene and later charged with murder, MARTA Police Chief Michael Kreher told the Daily Mail.

Emergency responders treated the wounded woman at the station, but she died from her injuries. She was later identified as Margaret Swan, 66.

Kreher said a small pocket-knife, less than three inches in size, was recovered from the scene. MARTA police said several horrified passengers witnessed the crime.

‘This appears to be a senseless act of violence, and our thoughts are with the victim’s loved ones and those who witnessed this horrific incident,’ the department said.

‘We understand the concern and fear incidents like this can cause for those who ride and work on the MARTA system.

MARTA Police are actively investigating and remain committed to the safety and security of our riders and employees.’

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An elderly woman has been brutally murdered on an Atlanta train, an evil attack which will bring back heartbreaking memories of a similar killing last year.

As FOX 5 Atlanta reported, a woman was stabbed to death on a MARTA train near the Oakland City Station on Saturday shortly after 12 pm.

A suspect was promptly arrested following the murder, and normal rail operations were temporarily suspended.

FOX 5 notes that emergency medical workers desperately tried to save the female victim at the scene, but she succumbed to her injuries. MARTA police stated that several bystanders witnessed the brutal murder.

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New bodycam footage has revealed more crucial missteps Chicago police officers made after one of their own was shot by her own partner in the line of duty.

Officer Krystal Rivera, 36, was shot by Officer Carlos Baker while they were chasing a suspect through an apartment building in the Chatham neighborhood around 9.50pm on June 5, 2025.

She was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, with an ensuing autopsy finding that the fatal shot pierced Rivera’s skin and traveled through both her lungs, wedging itself in her ribs.

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To hear Democrats talk about black people is a mix of arrogance, racism and more condescension than could be crammed into the Grand Canyon. What do I mean by that? It’s pretty simple, really: the left simultaneously insists black people are perpetual victims with economic hardship thrust upon them by “systemic racism” and the sole builders of everything good and superior to everyone else. None of it is true, but all of it is designed to manipulate. Democrats, even black Democrats, treat the average black American like they’re a child and special; neither is true. They’re just people, like everyone else.

“We are descendants of kings and queens” is a regular mantra from leftist activists who happen to be black. Separate awards shows, categories of movies, music, and television have been created, segregated school dances, fraternal organizations and graduations – Democrats do love segregation, don’t they? – are the norm now.

Democrats will insist that reparations are due to every black person because of slavery, and, even though it’s been more than 150 years, the aftermath of the discrimination Democrats imposed after they lost the Civil War.

“This country was founded on racism” might as well be a bumper sticker the DNC gives away with every donation. But it wasn’t. The lie about “400 years of oppression” is meant for one purpose and purpose only: to manipulate people into not questioning why, after generations of blind loyalty to the Democrat Party, the state of black people in America has, on average, not improved much compared to every other group.

If the United States was founded on racism, and the “system” is racist, and it’s all part of a grand scheme of white supremacy, how is it that whitey has been surpassed in average income by various groups of brown people? Did the Founding Fathers forget to oppress people from across Asia and India? Seems like a major flaw in a diabolical plan and otherwise meticulous plan, doesn’t it?

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Democrats will look you in the eyes and tell you “we are not coming for your guns” then ban one of the most popular guns in the country.

Maryland’s Democrat governor did exactly that this week.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

Maryland’s Democrat Governor Wes Moore has just signed a new law that would effectively ban Glock pistols, the most popular handgun in the United States.

This is just the latest reminder that Democrats will never, ever stop trying to implement more gun control.

What Moore has done with this new law however, is a real doozy. Millions of people, including lots of people who live in Maryland, already own these guns. This new law would make them criminals.

The NRA is already suing.

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