As Republicans expose fraud in the tens of billions in Medicaid and other welfare programs, Democrats’ response is to . . . duck.

They made it glaringly obvious last week as Sen. Rand Paul chaired a Senate Homeland Security Committee meeting: Nearly all the panel’s Dem members were total no-shows; only Sen. Gary Peters attended at all, and only long enough to ask a few questions before heading for the door.

The hearing actually covered two very different fraud topics:

• Independent journalist Nick Shirley reviewed his welfare-fraud discoveries, including blatant abuses of Medicaid by New York adult day cares.

• Undercover-video specialist James O’Keefe testified about his recordings uncovering voter bribery on LA’s Skid Row.

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Here is a BRILLIANT video created by American Nightmare on X.

The video collage includes dozens of Democrats claiming the 2016 election was stolen – many blame this on Russia, Russia, Russia.

They all knew it was a lie but pushed this wicked narrative anyway.

America suffered for years as Democrats and the fake news pushed this nonsense on the American people.

Notice that these are the same liars that downplayed the 2020 election fraud.

These are the same liars that are sooo worried about the truth coming out that they refused to air President Trump’s speech on their channels.

What horrible people.

As seen first at The War Room.

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A blue-haired socialist activist who goes by the name “Doomsday” just got absolutely obliterated on camera by financial content creator Caleb Hammer.

The 25-year-old from South Dakota, who identifies as a member of the “queer community” and says her name was given to her by her “chosen family,” sits there spewing the usual leftist talking points about how Americans are forced to work multiple jobs just to survive under evil capitalism.

There’s just one problem: she works in corporate finance while claiming to hate the system that pays her.

According to the episode, “Doomsday” works in corporate finance connected to stadiums, earns approximately $60,000 annually, lives in a converted ambulance, and was carrying significant consumer debt while advocating against capitalism.

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President Donald Trump dropped a major bombshell on Truth Social Sunday night, revealing that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has been caught publishing fraudulent, biased, and misleading “scientific” manuals on climate change that federal judges relied upon to greenlight massive climate cases.

For years, everyday Americans have been forced to sit back and watch as radical left-wing activists, rogue activist judges, and entrenched bureaucrats used junk science to destroy energy independence, cripple domestic manufacturing, and force the fraudulent “Green New Scam” down our throats.

These bogus manuals, Trump announced, have created huge losses across our country. He is now ordering Federal Suspension and Debarment Officials to review the conduct. Taxpayers will no longer fund this climate fraud, and judges will no longer be allowed to treat political propaganda as science.

Trump wrote:

“The National Academy of Sciences has historically published analytical Scientific Manuals expressly for our Federal Judiciary. Of course, the Academy has been run by Radical Left Dumocrats who, it turns out, published fraudulent, biased, and misleading Manuals on Climate Change.

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President Trump brought up the MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN 2020 coordinated election fraud scheme – buried by Biden admin – during his address to the country on Thursday.

This massive ballot registration scandal was first reported by The Gateway Pundit in August 2023 thanks to Michigan activists who tipped us off to this massive voter registration scandal.

The Gateway Pundit showed that a left-wing outfit named GBI Strategies, that was funded by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign, was attempting to fraudulently register up to 10,000 voters in a city with only 30,000 eligible voters.

The report on systemic voter fraud in the 2020 election has never been refuted or debunked; it was simply ignored and suppressed by legacy media. The blithe answer from Michigan’s corrupt far-left Attorney General is that they ‘referred it to the FBI.‘

There’s an increasingly open and unapologetic brand of racism coming out of South Africa targeting white people, and it’s being espoused by prominent cultural figures.

In February 2025, South African rapper, music producer, and commentator Nota Baloyi made an appearance on “The Hustler’s Corner Podcast” with host DJ Sbu. The duo discussed a number of topics, including rapper Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance and other rappers like Ye and Drake.

Just over the halfway mark of the episode, Baloyi went into a bizarre racist and pseudoscientific rant about the inferiority of the white race.

“The problem that South Africans have right now is that we don’t understand white people. White people are [an] inferior species to us. We are Homo sapiens. They’ve got Neanderthal blood in them.

“This is the science, and this is not science that was done by black people. It was done by them,” he told Sbu.

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A 29-year-old Turkish migrant living in Germany refused to sit next to a woman on a flight because of Sharia law, then punched or slapped the female flight attendant who dared to confront him.

According to BILD, the suspect was arrested after the June 1 flight landed in Düsseldorf.

Police say witnesses told investigators the man refused to remain in his assigned seat because it was next to a woman, claiming his actions were based on Sharia law.

When a female flight attendant approached him in an effort to defuse the situation, the passenger allegedly punched or slapped her in the face, according to police.

German Federal Police took the suspect into custody immediately after the aircraft landed. Authorities say he later admitted to assaulting the flight attendant during questioning.

The incident reportedly escalated further during police questioning when the suspect allegedly insulted officers in Turkish, apparently unaware that one of the federal officers understood the language. He now faces charges related to both the alleged assault and insulting law enforcement officers.

Sharia law has zero legal standing in Germany. Yet this migrant felt entitled to impose it mid-flight and then attack a woman who wouldn’t accommodate his demands.

The New York Times is at it again, pushing anonymous-sourced garbage designed to smear the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and protect those who attack federal officers.

According to the Times, federal agents around the country were supposedly told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents, cases that “sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.”

According to the news outlet:

If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents, as the Trump administration draws mounting criticism over killings at the hands of federal officers. In the last two weeks, two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and Maine have thrust the government’s tactics back into the spotlight.

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The FDNY has now confirmed what many suspected from the start: the massive fire that gutted the historic South Bushwick Reform Church in Brooklyn was intentionally set. The 1853 landmark, a Greek Revival structure that served generations of worshippers as both a house of faith and a community hub, is a total loss, and it will be completely torn down.

CBS New York reported the determination this week. Pastor James E. Steward II made clear the congregation never saw it coming.

“It was more than just a building. It’s lives and generations of lives that have been touched,” Steward said. “We have no known enemies.”

He added: “Now we understand it is intentional, which brings another layer of grief to myself, as well as the congregation and the community.” And: “Whoever is responsible for this ultimately has to answer to God.”

No arrests have been made. Investigators previously noted a person of interest seen fleeing the scene on video shortly before the June 19 blaze erupted. The three-alarm fire brought down the steeple and left the wooden structure irreparable in the eyes of city officials.

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A Massachusetts woman was sentenced earlier this week in federal court in Worcester for fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits for 10 years.

Michelle M. DiSalvo, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to one day of prison deemed served, three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $100,080 in restitution.

In March 2026, DiSalvo pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of stolen government money or property; one count of Social Security fraud; and one count of false statements. DiSalvo was charged in February 2026.

In 2001, DiSalvo began receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Eligibility for SSI is based, in part, on the applicant having limited income and resources. In assessing a married individual’s eligibility for SSI, the income and resources of the applicant’s spouse are considered if they live together.

If an applicant is awarded SSI, they have a continuing obligation to notify SSA of any changes in their marital status, living arrangements, and household income and resources.

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The newest update from Cook Political Report is here, and it shows a clear pathway to victory for Republicans to maintain control of the House of Representatives as we head into the November midterm election season.

The July 16 report shows that Republicans are likely to come away with 212 seats, and have classified a further 18 as “tossups.” 14 of those tossup seats are either currently held by a Republican incumbent or are now open seats that were previously held by a Republican.

Both Democrats and Republicans are campaigning hard to control these seats, with some of the most heavily-watched House bouts appearing on the list. Notable races include Colorado’s 8th District held by Republican Gabe Evans, Wisconsin’s 3rd District held by Republican Derri

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The backlash against the AI data-center build-out – which we’ve been tracking since it was a smattering of county fights across 28 states – staged its first coordinated day of action on Saturday: 142 protests across 42 states, from Wasilla, Alaska to Naples, Florida, organized by Humans First, the nonprofit that Tea Party veteran Amy Kremer co-founded and chairs. The crowds spanned both sides of the aisle…uniting a MAGA stalwart in a ‘faith, family, freedom’ T-shirt in New Jersey, a first-time activist in Texas, and a left-leaning organizer in California’s Imperial Valley.

The fight looked like Kenilworth, New Jersey. Residents of the 8,500-person borough gathered outside the municipal court at mid-morning with drums, plastic horns, and sidewalk chalk to protest the $1.8 billion CoreWeave AI data center their planning board approved in May 2025 on the former Merck campus – a project that has since drawn more than 12,000 petition signatures against it, several thousand more names than the town has people. The woman in the “faith, family, freedom” T-shirt marched beside neighbors holding “Build community, not data centers” signs. When heavy rain arrived later in the day, they pulled on ponchos, shared umbrellas, and kept marching. One sign, caught by Business Insider’s photographer on the scene: “You think this is pressure? Wait ’til there’s no water pressure.”

Texas, the country’s hottest data-center market, hosted the most rallies – 18 – with Georgia at 11, California at eight, and Pennsylvania, Florida, and Indiana at seven apiece. In Imperial Valley, where a proposed facility could pull 260 million gallons a year from the Colorado River, Ivan DelSol, 54, told Reuters that around 50 people turned out in 100-degree heat. “It’s dystopian that you would use this much fresh water for AI,” he said. Organizers released no headcounts; turnout ran below expectations in some rural areas and in Atlanta, where about a dozen showed – most of them, a volunteer there said, driving in from the smaller Georgia towns where the biggest data centers are going up.

Kremer is a founding figure of the Tea Party movement who went on to found Women for Trump, and an organizer of the January 6, 2021 rally that preceded the Capitol riot (she neither planned nor took part in the riot itself). She has spent months calling data centers the defining fight of her lifetime, warning the technology could threaten humanity itself, and she is open about running the old playbook: grassroots pressure, town by town, aimed at both parties.

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Investigators trace Legionella bacteria to dozens of cooling towers, including the Guggenheim Museu

New York City health officials announced Saturday that a second person has died in connection with a growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as the number of confirmed infections continued to rise.

“We are heartbroken to learn that another New Yorker has lost their life to Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side. Our deepest condolences are with their loved ones as they grieve,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin said in a statement.

“While we mourn this loss, the data are also encouraging,” Martin continued. “Our aggressive strategy of testing, enforcement, and remediation appears to have stopped the source of exposure.”

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New York City residents collected $2.6 billion in welfare payments in 2025, and that was before Zohran Mamdani took office. Do you think that number will go up or down now that he is running the city?

The $2.6 billion figure represents a 71 percent increase in payments since 2022.

This is simply not sustainable. As the saying goes, something that can’t go on forever, won’t.

FOX News reports:

New Yorkers collected $2.6 billion in welfare cash payments last year, city data shows

New York City doled out more than $2.6 billion in cash assistance to city residents in 2025, a Fox News Digital review of city records showed.

The money reached a record 864,999 people, a 30-year high not matched since before former Mayor Rudy Giuliani instituted major welfare reform in the early 2000s.

The $2.6 billion figure represents a 71% increase from 2022’s $1.57 billion, data showed.

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It’s not often that we’re able to write words of praise for ABC News’ Jon Karl on the pages of RedState, but fair play to the co-host of the Sunday show This Week for actually holding a Democrat accountable for their lies.

Karl’s guest on this week’s show was Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the topics discussed was voter ID and the SAVE America Act. Warner was there, of course, to rebut President Trump’s assertions during his Thursday night speech from the White House that American elections have been compromised – and will continue to be compromised – due to foreign influence. Influence, it could be argued, that’s been covered up by the Deep State. Put a pin in that, we’ll revisit it in a moment.

According to Warner, everything is hunky dory with our election system, and, hey, just look his home state of Virginia. The Old Dominion, claimed Warner, requires voters to present an ID in order to cast their ballot, so no one can say we Democrats don’t support this!

There’s just one thing, noted Karl. That’s simply not true.

Here’s the exchange:

After a year-long redistricting blitz, Republicans have moved on to phase two of their election strategy: securing Americans’ ballots. After the Supreme Court delivered a surprising blow to the GOP in June, allowing mail-in votes to be counted almost a week after Election Day, there’s an understandable concern that the upcoming midterms will be ripe for fraud. While conservatives are making a desperate push for the SAVE America Act to address some of that panic, that’s not the only play in the Right’s book.

President Trump, frustrated by the tight margins in the House and Senate that are bogging down these bills, has gotten creative with the problems plaguing our elections — issuing several executive orders and rules that would close the loopholes Democrats are using to undermine legitimate voters. Of course, the courts have put the brakes on some of the White House’s ideas, including one very interesting plan to involve the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

Piggybacking on a March 31 EO, the administration instructed the USPS to oversee and streamline the states’ mail-in ballots, putting it in charge of “standard[izing] envelope design for mailed ballots” and helping states use “a unique barcode to track ballots, thus significantly reducing the chain-of-custody problem” that makes it easier to cheat. “The rule would also create, for the first time, a standardized, nationwide auditing mechanism for mail-in voting,” Alabama’s attorney general’s office points out.

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On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a temporary order allowing the Postal Service to move forward with a proposed rule requiring states to verify voter registration data before mailing federal election ballots. A three-judge panel, ruling per curiam, granted USPS’s request to stay a district court injunction that had blocked the rule earlier this month in a lawsuit brought by the NAACP.

The panel decided the challenge was premature since the rule remains in proposed form, and it found the measure unlikely to violate the 2021 agreement obligating USPS to prioritize timely delivery of election mail through 2028.

The D.C. Circuit granted a stay pending appeal, ruling that the appellants had met the “stringent requirements” required to pause the lower court’s order while the case proceeds. In its order, the court wrote that the appellants “have made a strong showing that they will likely succeed on two of their arguments.”

The rule traces back to Executive Order 14399, signed March 31, 2026, which directed federal agencies to compile and share state-by-state “citizenship lists” of eligible U.S. citizens using federal databases, to help states verify that only citizens vote in federal elections. It instructs the U.S. Postal Service to tighten rules and tracking for mail-in and absentee ballots, including rejecting ballots from people who are not on these federal-state eligibility lists or otherwise properly enrolled for mail voting. It also directs the Department of Justice to prioritize enforcement of federal election laws against officials who provide ballots to ineligible voters and to use the threat of withholding federal election funds to pressure states to comply with these new verification measures.

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CENTCOM Says US Forces Launch New Strike On Iran

CENTCOM said US forces struck Iranian missile and radar systems stationed along the Strait of Hormuz, further dismantling Tehran’s surveillance and strike capabilities while eroding its ability to control the maritime chokepoint.

“Today at 6 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began launching new airstrikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction,” CENTCOM wrote on X.

CENTCOM added, “The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night.”

State Department Issues “Worldwide Caution”

Two death row inmates are scheduled to be put to death on the same day in Florida — the first double execution in the Sunshine State in over six decades.

Governor Ron DeSantis rescheduled the execution of former police officer and convicted child murderer James Duckett for 12 p.m. on July 28, exactly six hours before Dominick Anthony Occhicone Jr. is also set to be put to death, USA Today reported.

The 68-year-old former cop was set to be executed in March for murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987, but he received a rare and temporary reprieve from the Florida Supreme Court, pending the results of new DNA testing.

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The US has launched a fresh wave of airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for the deaths of two American service members who were killed in a missile attack on an air base in Jordan.

Central Command vowed to ‘punish’ Tehran with a new barrage of strikes which began at 6pm EST on Saturday, marking the eighth consecutive night of attacks against Iran.

‘The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night,’ CENTCOM said in a statement.

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It’s no secret that money is crucial in politics.

But with the midterm elections looming, the national Democratic Party is trying to keep a secret on how bad its money problems are, according to a new report.

And top officials are being asked to put it in writing.

Leaders of the Democratic National Committee have been asked to sign nondisclosure agreements to keep a lid on the party’s financial condition, the Beltway-centric news outlet Axios reported Thursday.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy Pelosi, has been charged in his hit-and-run crash over the Fourth of July weekend.

Allison Haley, the District Attorney of Napa County, filed charges against Pelosi Friday. He was hit with one count of misdemeanor hit-and-run driving and hit with one infraction for an unlawful turning movement.

Shocking photographs, obtained by The California Post, revealed the bashed-up Tesla that Pelosi allegedly slammed into before driving away.

Authorities said the 86-year-old husband of the former House Speaker struck the parked vehicle with his brown convertible before fleeing the scene on July 3. Napa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of the hit-and-run on the 6700 block of Yount Street in Yountville, around 2:30 p.m.

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Fox News has largely covered President Donald Trump’s war against Iran and his other recent actions in office favorably.

When it comes to election integrity, however, the otherwise conservative network appears to prefer radio silence.

Late Thursday and early Friday on the social media platform X, users noted that Fox News had shown a “strange” indifference to Trump’s election integrity speech, prompting one user to declare that the network had “joined the fake media.”

In a Thursday primetime address to the nation, Trump announced that a Department of Homeland Security investigation had identified at least 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections across the country.

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All of us on the pro-Second Amendment side of things have sure been racking up the wins, most notably since the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision. The latest such win comes to us from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which has struck down a New Jersey “assault weapon” and “high-capacity magazine” ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

It’s a great win for liberty.

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that New Jersey’s assault-weapons law barring possession of semiautomatic rifles like AR-15s and large ‌capacity magazines containing more than 10 rounds of ammunition is unconstitutional.

The ruling by the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time a federal appeals court had ruled that a state’s assault weapons ban violated the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, which ⁠guarantees the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.

Not just for self-defense, but we’ll overlook that for now.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) was quick to weigh in.

In an email sent out Friday, the NRA’s Executive Director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, John Commerford, writes:

Today marks a historic victory for the NRA, the Second Amendment, and law-abiding Americans. The Third Circuit has struck down these unconstitutional so-called assault weapons bans and magazine bans in New Jersey, affirming what we’ve always known: the right to keep and bear arms, including commonly-owned rifles and standard-capacity magazines, is fundamental and cannot be infringed by politicians who prioritize control over constitutional freedoms. This ruling protects the rights of millions of responsible gun owners in the Garden State and serves as another benchmark in our efforts to dismantle gun control across the country.

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Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten railed against Trump at the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Washington, DC, jumping up and down as she screamed. 

Per American Federation of Teachers:

Delivering her State of the Union address before thousands of educators, healthcare professionals and public employees at the AFT’s national convention in Washington, D.C., AFT President Randi Weingarten delivered a powerful message: “We will change the trajectory of this nation and secure a better future for all.”

Calling on delegates to harness “the power of the people,” Weingarten said unions remain one of the few forces capable of standing up to concentrated wealth and political power.

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A federal court has declined, for now, to block a U.S. Postal Service rule tied to President Donald Trump’s executive order on election administration, allowing the policy to remain in place while legal challenges continue.

The ruling clears the way for the USPS to move forward with rules that force states to submit their voter rolls for citizenship checks if they expect the Postal Service to deliver mail-in and absentee ballots for the November midterms.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, President Trump signed the landmark Executive Order “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” on March 31, 2026.

The order directs the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and the USPS to work together to verify citizenship and prevent ineligible voters from receiving and casting mail ballots in federal elections.

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A total of 227,548 properties in the United States made foreclosure filings in the first six months of this year, a 21 percent increase from the same period last year, according to real estate analytics company ATTOM.

The first half foreclosure filings are also up by 28 percent from the same period two years back, ATTOM said in a July 16 report.

In states with a minimum of 500 foreclosure filings, Idaho registered the largest year-over-year increase: 59 percent. This was closely followed by Colorado with 57 percent, Georgia with 52 percent, and North Carolina with 47 percent.

Foreclosure is a legal process by which a mortgage lender repossesses a property after the borrower fails to make mortgage payments on time. Initially, the lender issues a notice of default once payments are missed for 90 days. If the borrower fails to settle the claim within 30 days, the lender can repossess the property and sell it off.

In the first half of the year, 0.16 percent of all housing units made a foreclosure filing, according to ATTOM.

Florida had the highest rate, with 0.27 percent of housing units making a filing. South Carolina was in the second spot with a 0.26 percent rate, followed by Indiana and Delaware, both with a rate of 0.25 percent.

“Foreclosure activity continued to increase in the first half of 2026, but the broader picture remains one of a market that is gradually returning to more typical patterns,” Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM, said in a statement.

Foreclosure filings in a year’s first half hit their lowest level in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but have risen since. Prior to the pandemic, first-half filing numbers were higher than the 2026 figure for every single year between 2008 and 2019.

However, the filing increase in the first half of 2026 also suggests “that some homeowners may be facing greater financial strain than they were a year ago,” Barber said.

In a June 12 post, legal services company Nolo predicted foreclosure rates would gradually rise in the latter part of 2026.

The company cited factors such as high interest rates and reduced buyer demand as contributing to a growing housing crisis. Unless there is significant relief or intervention, the trend of rising foreclosures is likely to continue, it said.

High Mortgage Rates, Avoiding Foreclosure

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Senate Democrats shunned a Wednesday hearing called to hear testimony about allegations of fraud.

As noted in a post on X, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday without any Democrats attending.

In his prepared testimony, journalist Nick Shirley, who helped expose social services fraud in Minnesota, said fraud is being publicized because it is so pervasive and easy to find.

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The RNC called Rep Vasquez’s remarks ‘DEI-fueled racism’ as the congressman faces Marine veteran Greg Cunningham in November

A vulnerable Democrat seeking re-election in a battleground district repeatedly complained that outdoor recreation has long been dominated by White males and called for “equitable access” to those spaces, according to unearthed podcast appearances reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., who previously referred to New Mexico as “stolen land,” praised national conservation organizations during a June 2020 appearance on the “Mountain & Prairie” podcast for adopting what he described as more “equitable” policies aimed at expanding access to the outdoors for people of color.

“People of color are getting outdoors,” Vasquez said in remarks first reported by The Daily Wire. “There’s amazing organizations out there that are just promoting diversity amongst the outdoors and big national organizations that are slowly and finally starting to get it and actually promote policies that create more equitable access and opportunities.”

“Spaces that have been traditionally White will no longer be White,” Vasquez continued. “Secret spots will no longer be secret. And hunters and anglers and hikers and everybody in between will look different. And so, not only should you be OK with that, not only should you tolerate that, but you should embrace that.”

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The Department of Justice has sued to end Maryland’s law that allows illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition rates, saying it violates a federal law that limits states’ ability to grant that benefit to those in the country illegally.

Maryland’s law, enacted in 2011, allows illegal immigrants who graduated from a school in the state, who attend a state college and whose parents have been paying taxes in the state to pay the same rates as legal state residents.

Justice Department officials said that amounts to discrimination against U.S. citizens from other states — and it breaks a federal law to that effect.

“This is a simple matter of federal law: Colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate.

The lawsuit also seeks to block Maryland’s policy of allowing illegal immigrants access to scholarships and financial assistance.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown denounced the lawsuit as an attack on the students.

“Today, the Department of Justice sued to take away an opportunity from Maryland students who grew up here, graduated from school here, and are working to pursue something more for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live,” said Mr. Brown, a Democrat.

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Massachusetts awarded a contract to rebuild decaying Springfield courthouse to a firm tied to Rep Ayanna Pressley’s husband

A company where the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is a partner was selected for a nearly $2 billion deal to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts — a decision now being challenged in court by rejected bidders who allege conflicts of interest tainted the process.

Conan Harris, who has been married to the Massachusetts Democrat for more than a decade, is a partner with John Barros in CoJo Real Estate, which is part of the Liberty Junction team selected in early July for the 40-year courthouse lease, according to the lawsuit.

The plaintiffs allege Barros’ role as interim executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) created a conflict of interest because several members of that agency’s board also serve on the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, the state agency that selected Liberty Junction.

The lawsuit also described Harris as having “deep conflicts,” but its most detailed allegations center on Barros’ leadership role at the MCCA, another state agency.

A collection of Democrat candidates who are running to replace Graham Platner as the party’s U.S. Senate candidate in Maine held a debate on Thursday night which aired on News Center Maine.

One of the candidates is Ashley Webb, who was asked at one point about qualifications to run for a senate seat.

Webb responded by talking about writing music and books. Then, this person added a point about not lying or deceiving anyone.

This is real. Watch:

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President Trump walked into the East Room Thursday night and did the one thing his critics have insisted for years he could not do. He produced documents. Not rally-stage assertions, not dueling affidavits, but declassified intelligence assessments, FBI case files, and Department of Homeland Security findings, all posted for public download at whitehouse.gov.

For the better part of six years, every conversation about securing American elections has been strangled in the crib by two talking points. There is no evidence of a problem, and there is no path to fix it anyway. In the span of about 48 hours, both of those excuses died.

I will be talking about all of this in detail on today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show at noon Pacific.

The evidence half collapsed when the White House released files covering five areas of concern, from foreign acquisition of American voter data to buried fraud investigations to hundreds of thousands of noncitizens sitting on state voter rolls. The path half collapsed when the House Budget Committee advanced a budget resolution designed to carry the SAVE America Act through the Senate on a simple majority. The floor vote on that resolution could come as early as next week.

What remains between the American people and the election security they overwhelmingly demand is not a shortage of proof and not a procedural dead end. It is a handful of people in the United States Senate, and the question of whether they have the spine to act.

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Senator Thom Tillis (NC) on Thursday went ballistic in a long-winded rant against the SAVE America Act from the Senate floor.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the SAVE America Act as part of a National Security bill.

On Thursday the House Budget Committee advanced the SAVE and Protect America Act through the budget reconciliation process.

The House Budget Committee advanced a framework for a third reconciliation bill.

The reconciliation strategy is designed to allow the measure to pass the Senate with a simple majority rather than the traditional 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster, although Senate rules will ultimately determine which provisions qualify.

Tillis, a bitter Trump hater and RINO of all RINOs who announced he is not seeking reelection this year, vowed to block the bill as he went off on President Trump.

“If I see a reconciliation bill come from the House with another failed attempt to confuse this election, I will use every device I have available to slow down the wheels of government until people cop a clue and do the math,” Tillis said.

The New York Times spent three years printing classified secrets and calling it journalism.

He partnered with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to build something no defense secretary has ever had – and the people who have been talking to reporters are about to wish they hadn’t.

Effective immediately, the Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel has full authority to request and receive every record, every communication, every file across the entire Department of War tied to media leak investigations.

Every department component.

Every Pentagon employee.

They now have 48 hours to respond – completely – to any OGC request.

That’s not a policy adjustment.

That’s a dragnet.

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A new report said that the Federal Communications Commission is likely to decide that the ABC show “The View” should not be classified as a “bona fide” news show.

The action is expected by the end of August, according to Bloomberg.

The FCC is also expected to move its investigation of several Disney-owned ABC stations to the next level.

Citing sources it did not name, Bloomberg said the FCC will move the review to an agency hearing, which is one step closer to revoking the licenses.

The ABC stations include outlets in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham, and Fresno, California.

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Salisbury, MD – Wicomico County is pleased to announce that beginning Monday, July 20, the box office at the Wicomico Civic Center will relocate to its permanent location at the front entrance of the venue, marking another significant milestone in the facility’s ongoing renovation project.

Visitors are encouraged to continue using caution and following all posted wayfinding signage as the final phases of construction are completed. While work is still underway, this transition represents another exciting step toward the completion of the Civic Center’s transformation.

“The relocation of the box office is another visible sign that we are getting closer to unveiling a fully renovated facility that our community can be proud of,” said Wicomico County Executive Julie Giordano. “This project is about far more than updating a building. We are investing in a premier destination that will serve our residents for generations, attract new visitors to our county, and continue to strengthen our local economy.”

The renovation of the Wicomico Civic Center is designed to enhance the experience for everyone who visits the venue, with improved accessibility, upgraded amenities, and modernized spaces that better accommodate concerts, sporting events, trade shows, community gatherings, and family entertainment.

As one of the region’s premier event venues, the Civic Center plays a vital role in bringing people together while supporting local businesses through tourism and economic activity. The improvements will ensure the facility continues to serve as a centerpiece for entertainment, recreation, and community events throughout the Lower Eastern Shore.

Wicomico County appreciates the public’s patience throughout the construction process and looks forward to welcoming residents and visitors to enjoy the enhanced facility as the renovation project reaches completion.

For updates on upcoming events and facility information, please visit the Wicomico Civic Center website or follow Wicomico County Government on social media.

England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled.

Stiles, 78, a former Manchester United footballer and 1966 World Cup winner, died with severe dementia and had headed a football around 140,000 times during the course of his career, Stockport Coroner’s Court heard at the inquest into his death.

Expert analysis of his brain showed his severe dementia was as a result of Alzheimer’s disease but also the condition, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been associated with head trauma from heading a ball.

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The summer heat is on, but there is plenty of great fishing to be had throughout Maryland. Make sure your fishing license is up to date!

As a reminder, under new regulations the Chesapeake Bay striped bass fishery is open to harvest through July 31 and then closed the entire month of August, reopening Sept. 1.

This is a great time to pursue the multiple other species in Maryland waters – particularly blue catfish found in almost every tidal river, and the challenging Chesapeake Channa, or northern snakehead, which is very active in warm temperatures.

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Democratic National Committee leaders were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements before a private meeting on the party’s finances last month, while Chairman Ken Martin continues to face scrutiny over the party’s fundraising and financial position ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Axios, citing two people familiar with the discussions, reported on Thursday that the request marked a departure from past practice for DNC officers and reflected concerns about keeping internal financial discussions confidential.

The June 25 meeting came as Martin has faced criticism from some Democrat donors, strategists and DNC members over the committee’s fundraising efforts while Republicans maintain a significant financial advantage.

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International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday scrapped a long-standing policy that allowed international students to stay in the U.S. until they finish their program of study. The new rule will limit their stay in the country to just four years unless they receive an extension, as well as restrict students’ ability to change majors and institutions once they’ve arrived.

International education leaders and experts have argued that four years is not enough time for a significant number of students to complete their degrees; almost all Ph.D. programs are longer than four years, while the average undergraduate takes more than four years to complete their bachelor’s degree. Additionally, students pursuing optional practical training, the work authorization for F-1 students following their graduation, typically stay in the U.S. more than four years.

But the government has argued that the old policy known as duration of status allowed students to stay in the U.S. indefinitely without having to interact with immigration officials, leading to overstays and national security concerns. According to DHS, 2,100 international students who entered the country on an F-1 visa between 2000 and 2010 are still in the country with F-1 status.

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A newly released 799-page report titled “An Attack Upon U.S Critical Infrastructure” details the 2020 election corruption and beyond.

It provides a list of 18 prioritized and recommended election investigations, along with 8 search warrants. Entities named include Runbeck Election Services, Elections Group LLC, The Office of Georgia SOS, Tyler Technologies, Associated Press, and many others.

All assertions in the report are drawn from forensic analyses, sworn legislative testimony, court filings, IG investigations, vendor invoices, open-source intelligence, government communications obtained through litigation and FOIA, and more

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Legally entering and living in the United States, sometimes years at a time, is a privilege, not a right. That’s something that foreigners are learning isn’t taken lightly with President Trump back in the White House since Jan. 2025. And on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to crack down on those visitors who just refuse to leave.

For decades, foreign students have been admitted into the U.S. for an unspecified period, enabling thousands to abuse the system and become “forever students” by perpetually enrolling in courses to avoid leaving our nation.

By implementing clear, finite limits on these visas, the United States is reclaiming its ability to properly screen, vet, and monitor individuals within our borders.

The new limits on foreign visa holders would not affect only foreign students, though:

The Trump administration moved on Thursday to tighten the duration of visas for foreign students, cultural exchange visitors and journalists.

The new final rule from the Department of Homeland Security creates a fixed time period for F visas for international students, J visas that allow ‌visitors on cultural exchange programs to work in the U.S., and I visas for members of the media. Those visas are currently available for the duration of the program or employment in the U.S.

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Under the new regulations, the student and exchange visa periods would be no longer than four years. The visa for journalists – which c

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The violent attack comes as Mayor Brandon M Scott announced a reported drop in homicides and violent crime.

Police are searching for a group of suspects accused of beating up an elderly man and attempting to rob him outside a gas station in Baltimore.

Surveillance video shows the group run up to the man outside a 7-Eleven and proceed to attack him and display weapons.

The six unknown suspects wearing hooded sweatshirts appear to have knocked the man to the ground several times while also throwing various objects at him.

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A self-described “witchy woman” filmed herself at work mocking Pam Bondi’s  cancer diagnosis using astrology.

Now she’s the second leftist in four days to lose her job over it.

The left has picked a strange hill – and employers keep burying them on it.

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Rosalyn Holt was the business office manager at Helena Square Assisted Living in Port Royal, South Carolina.

She filmed a TikTok at work – surrounded by elderly residents who depended on her – featuring an image of Bondi alongside text suggesting her  thyroid cancer was spiritual payback for working on the Epstein case.

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Taco Bell lettuce supplied by a popular produce company has been identified as a potential source of contamination behind the parasitic illness saddling thousands of Americans with explosive diarrhea, according to a new report.

Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to the fast food chain by Taylor Farms has been linked to this summer’s outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to two individuals familiar with the investigation, The Washington Post reported.

“The signal we have gotten is that there is a very high percentage of people who got sick at Taco Bell, and when investigators asked what their menu items were in common, lettuce came up frequently,” said one of the individuals who spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.

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President Trump is expected to reveal during his primetime speech Thursday on election security that at least 278,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in US federal elections.

The shocking number is part of a forthcoming report by the Department of Homeland Security, a source familiar told The Post.

It is the highest ever publicly reported in US history, but the source said it remains unclear how many of those registrants may have voted illegally and what the administration plans to do about it.

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Helen Comperatore, the wife of slain firefighter and Trump supporter Corey Comperatore sat down with NewsNation recently and gave her thoughts on the Trump Butler Rally shooting.

Former fire chief Corey Comperatore was shot and killed on July 14, 2024 while attending Trump’s Rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Since the shooting, numerous questions have been raised about the Secret Service’s security failures at the rally.

Among the most talked about is why agents did not secure the rooftop from which 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to open fire on President Trump and several rally attendees.

Helen Comperatore, in a sit-down interview, claimed the security lapses were due to the shooting being an “inside job.”

Helen stated, “I don’t believe there was another shooter there, but I believe he (Crooks) was working with somebody. I believe it was an inside job inside the government.”

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Just as a fictional U.S. soldier was brainwashed into becoming an enemy of the U.S., so too has the Democrat party made that transition over the last 25 years.

Richard Condon’s The Manchurian Candidate was published in 1959 during the Cold War. The novel told the story of an American soldier whom the Chinese and North Koreans brainwashed into becoming a political assassin as part of their attempt to overthrow America. Its power came from a simple but frightening idea: the greatest threat to a nation doesn’t necessarily come from outside its borders; sometimes a country can be manipulated into tearing itself apart.

In 2026, America may not be facing a single Manchurian Candidate but, instead, something more consequential: the metamorphosis of the Democrat party into a Manchurian Party.

The Democrat party shows no signs of disappearing. Instead, I’m concerned that it is becoming something fundamentally different from the institution Americans have known—and many respect and are loyal to—for generations.

That matters because America’s political system has always depended on constructive competition between parties that, despite deep disagreements, accepted the legitimacy of our constitutional underpinnings and at times even worked collegially with one another. Republicans and Democrats frequently argued over the proper role of government, even as they generally agreed on our constitutional framework.

It’s an open question whether that agreement still exists.

The Democrat party is undergoing a sharp break from its traditional platform. Leadership has stopped acting as the institution’s steward and now chases tactical wins, distorting the party’s long-term identity. Formerly fringe factions have been absorbed, supplying energy, money, and turnout. What started as Big Tent tolerance has morphed into reliance, and that reliance is now allowing those factions to consume the old party.

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A terrifying warning has sent shockwaves through Wall Street as financial experts warn that a stock market crash is looming on the horizon.

At the eye of the hurricane is tech giant Oracle, which veteran financial analyst David Desjardins fears will be the ‘first domino to fall’ in a brutal tech market collapse.

The company’s stock has already taken a massive beating, with shares of Oracle down almost 50 percent since the beginning of June as panicked investors rush for the exits.

In a devastating blow to its reputation, ratings agency S&P Global downgraded Oracle’s credit rating to BBB- on July 9, leaving it just one step above junk bond status.

Desjardins warns that the company’s success is now almost completely tied to the performance of artificial intelligence darling OpenAI.

Oracle has effectively bet the farm on the AI revolution, building colossal data centers to power the technology, but experts warn this high-stakes gamble could backfire spectacularly.

‘OpenAI is entirely dependent on capital markets remaining wide open to meet its financial obligations,’ wrote Desjardins, who warned that if the company had trouble raising money, ‘Oracle would be in the eye of the storm.’

The collapse would not just destroy Oracle, it could take down the rest of the AI market and touch off a massive stock market meltdown.

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We’ve extensively discussed how the Trump coalition is not reliably Republican. They can and will vote for Democrats, just as they did in the 2018 midterms, and a significant part of the base considers themselves economically progressive. These individuals are similar to the old Ross Perot voters, so, to the surprise of the political elite, Republicans need to actively work to retain their votes. Otherwise, they might shift toward interesting alternatives, such as Francesca Hong, who’s running for governor in Wisconsin.

Hong identifies as a democratic socialist, so why is she gaining support from Trump supporters? This is an issue expected to grow in importance in future elections, and we’re already seeing early signs. It’s subtle, but locally, it’s becoming part of the bigger conversation—specifically, data centers. Hong has made campaigning for a statewide moratorium a key focus. The New York Times published an interesting piece on July 3 that discussed Hong’s messaging to those outside her usual voter base. People, she has appeal. It’s not certain she will win the crowded Democratic primary on August 11, but Hong is making every effort to attract support across party lines. She has built bridges with Trump supporters, and love her or hate her, her story resonates with millions: she’s a working American, a chef by trade, her restaurant failed, she sank deep into debt, and got sued over it. It’s a life experience not exactly alien to most (via NYT):

Speaker Mike Johnson Surpasses a Record $135 Million in Fundraising for 2026 Midterms

But the bigger news is that, for this election cycle, Speaker Johnson has raised over $135 million for the 2026 midterms.

Here’s more from Johnson’s office:

Speaker Mike Johnson announced today he raised $19.1 million in the second quarter of 2026, bringing his total hard-dollar fundraising this year to over $53 million and this cycle to over $135 million. This is the most raised in an election year and at this point in a cycle by a Republican Speaker or Leader, and it does not include the hundreds of millions of additional funds raised by the Speaker’s endorsed Super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund.

Speaker Johnson has now surpassed over $200 million raised for House Republicans in just over two and a half years since becoming Speaker.

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and journalist Nick Shirley blew the lid open on how fraudsters in Minnesota used taxpayer funds to support a vicious radical terrorist group in Somalia.

Johnson questioned Shirley during a Wednesday Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing on government fraud.

“I mean, $700 million in cash flowing out of the Minneapolis airport back to, you know, countries in Africa,” Johnson said. “Have either of you gentlemen kind of investigated the foreign sourcing or an organization of a lot of this fraud? I mean, we’re opening up to foreign governments to fund their own operations.”

Shirley responded by saying “it’s been proven that a lot of the money in suitcases that left Minnesota went back into the hands of people inside Somalia.”

He further explained that in New York, daycare fraud is so rampant that at many facilities, nobody “actually knows who the owner is.”

When the massive fraud issue in Minnesota was revealed last year, it also became apparent that not all of the fraudsters were perpetrating their schemes for personal reason. Many sent the money they defrauded from government welfare programs to support Al-Shabaab, one of the most notorious radical Islamic terrorist groups on the African continent. In fact, one confidential source said, “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”

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The PBS News Hour marked its 50^th anniversary last year (and the show’s first year deprived of taxpayer funding) with a clip package of its coverage of various historical events, while declaring the program had traditionally strove to be “even-handed to a fault.” If that were ever true, the current version of the show, co-anchored by Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz, certainly can’t make that claim.

A new Media Research Center study tracked and labeled every guest that appeared on the News Hour over the first six months of 2026 — January 1 through June 30 — and found that liberal-Democratic leaning guests outnumbered conservative-Republican leaning guests by 234–45, a ratio of 5.2 to 1 (186 guests were rated either neutral or nonpolitical).

That ratio surpasses findings from two previous MRC studies (3.7 to 1 in March 2023 and 4.2 to 1 in May 2025), meaning the bias has gone from bad to worse since PBS lost its government subsidy.

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