Conservative Article Reference List

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Conservative Article Reference List

Below are links with summaries to primarily Conservative, Libertarian-leaning articles and/or blog posts that I have found enlightening with all that is happening in America and worldwide.

Scan the list and read what catches your eye; for some, just reading the headlines and summaries should provide enough insight into the article’s content.

(Some articles may appear outlandish to some, but are also believable, so I leave it to readers to decide for themselves, as many things we considered to be conspiracy theories in the past have proven to be true.)

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May 19, 2026 – As Of 11:50 AM PDT

Newsmax: Iran’s parliament reportedly is considering a bill calling for the assassination of both President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. – Iranian lawmakers are preparing to vote on legislation that would formally authorize a $58 million reward for anyone who kills Trump following the February U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran...

Red State: Trump Now Reveals How Close Iran Came to Being Hit – Trump held an informal presser outside the White House – REPORTER: “How close were you to striking Iran?” – Trump, “I was an hour away.” – “We were all set to go and it would have been happening right now.”

Ynet News: Why Trump postponed an attack on Iran, and the preparations in Israel to resume war – This strengthens his legitimacy for trying to avoid war at almost any cost while Iran’s stalling pushes toward renewed war – Iranians are digging in and showing no flexibility, so many in Israel still believe the chances of another strike are higher than the chances of successful negotiations.

Daily Wire: LIVE UPDATES – Admiral Brad Cooper Testifies Before Congress After Trump Called Off The Iran Attack – Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL and Republican congressman from Wisconsin, sharply criticized fellow lawmakers for what he described as “berating” active-duty military officers during a contentious congressional hearing…

Breitbart: Pete Hegseth Campaigned with Ed Gallrein, Thomas Massie’s Challenger – Gallrein is the Trump-endorsed candidate against Massie, an ideological libertarian who has garnered ire from the president for breaking with Republicans on multiple issues from conflict with Iran to the handling of the Epstein files.

Gatestone Institute: The Plan to Eliminate Israel – The October 7th invasion was actually conceived as the opening phase of a much broader regional war aimed at destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist entity backed by the Iranian regime and its proxies. – Seized documents show Hamas leaders had already begun formulating plans for a multi-front war against Israel as early as 2022.

American Thinker: There Is No Such Thing As A Deal With Iran – We did not assemble the greatest armada the world has known to just write Iran a traffic ticket. – It appears the administration is now facing a strategic quagmire. – As the conflict continues, a total regime defeat is required.

American Thinker: The Obama-Iran deal did not work – The JCPOA was never a diplomatic triumph; it was a massive financial lifeline to a terrorist regime. – By funneling billions to Tehran while ignoring repeated violations, the Obama administration enabled the very threats America is now confronting…

Breitbart: White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro – “Every single ballistic missile Iran fires at Israel or Saudi or UAE or anybody in between, is powered by Chinese rocket fuel.” – “Also, every drone that delivers a strike across the Middle East, including at American military bases, those components came from Communist China.”…

American Thinker: ‘No Go Zones’ and ‘Parallel Societies’ – Muslim won’t embracing Western values. – The New Direction report confirms that uncontrolled mass immigration has birthed parallel societies across Europe, where Sharia norms override state law. – This “civilization jihad” fuels urban fragmentation, threatening Western liberty and demanding urgent, restrictive border and integration policies.

Newsmax: The US Seeks Access to Ukraine Drone And Electronic Warfare Technology in A Proposed Defense Deal – The U.S. DOW asked to test a range of Ukrainian defense products. – Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Olha Stefanishyna confirmed in a statement that a draft document has been developed.

American Thinker: Following Trump’s Lead on the Climate Hoax – Climate hysteria was always about power and money. – Trump’s rejection of climate alarmism is effectively draining the “climate swamp.” – As federal agencies defund boondoggles and private industries prioritize reliable energy for AI and economic growth, the global narrative is shifting away from the climate hoax.

Slay News: Americans continue fleeing high-tax Democrat-run states in favor of lower-cost Republican-led states. – This is reshaping everything from housing markets and business investment to congressional representation and future election maps as millions of Americans leave expensive blue states for lower-tax red states across the South and Sun Belt.

Western Journal: The motive for the mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego is still unknown, but there has been renewed attention on the mosque’s history and past connections to individuals linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. – The NYP described the mosque as one of the largest Islamic centers in California and noted that it has been the subject of national attention since the early 2000s.

Gunther Eagleman: 1,300+ Acres Burned, 30,000 People Evacuated, and Thousands of Homes Threatened Northwest of L.A. – Super dry conditions ans California’s radical green policies, zero forest management, and “let nature burn” insanity have turned the state into a tinderbox every single year. – Newsom’s high taxes still can’t stop the state from catching fire.

Slay News: Top Insiders Blow The Whistle – The Government Recovered 4 ‘Non-Human Species’ from ‘Crashed UFOs’. – Among the most high-profile figures making the claims is Dr. Hal Puthoff, an 89-year-old Stanford-trained physicist who previously worked on CIA remote-viewing programs. – There are the Grays, Nordics, Reptilians, and Insectoids or Mandids…

American Thinker: Democrats Distractions To Undermine America – Facing election-year desperation, the Left is deploying a familiar fear-based playbook, weaponizing emerging health alerts like hantavirus to justify social control. – This manufactured crisis aims to undermine Trump’s agenda, distract from real security threats, and silence political dissent.

American Thinker: The Democrats Soviet Style Propaganda Machine – Today’s Democrat propaganda machine mimics classic Soviet techniques. – It weaponizing disinformation to project their own failures onto the opposition by manufacturing narratives of “eroding Democracy.” – They aim to manipulate the electorate by spreading blatant falsehoods about election integrity and taxation…

Just The News: The Left’s election fraud denials crumble as the DOJ exposes a two-decade-long California cheating scheme – FBI Director Kash Patel says the prior administrations looked the other way on election cheating but “those days are over.” – A longtime voting activist reached a deal with federal prosecutors, admitting to illegally paying homeless people to sign election petitions and paying people to register to vote in a two-decade scheme…

Daily Signal: President Trump weighed in Tuesday on the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff, backing the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton over Senator John Cornyn. – Trump, “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate.”

Geller Report: Gavin Newsom’ Break Glass Scenario If The Top Two Candidates in California’s Gubernatorial Primary Are Both Republican – Political consultant Steve Maviglio filed a petition last week seeking a return to the pre-2010 primary system in which separate primaries are held for each party, with two candidates, one Republican and one Democrat, advancing to the general election.

Fox News: The trans athlete podium controversy sending political shockwaves in California ahead of elections – A letter was handed out to coaches who entered a championship track and field meet at Moorpark High School. – Any girl finishing behind a biological male trans athlete will be bumped up by one spot on the podium, if that girl finished behind the trans athlete.

May 18, 2026

Epoch Times: President Trump said the U.S. will not strike Iran in what he called a planned attack on Tuesday. – He called off the strike because Pakistani leaders believe “a deal will be made” with Tehran that “will be very acceptable” to the U.S.. – He added that the call-off of fresh military action was also at the behest of the leaders of Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia…

Trending Politics: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly acknowledged his country has taken hits from U.S. attacks, urging officials to level with the public instead of pushing rosy talking points as pressure builds at home. – Pezeshkian made the remarks during a meeting of the Government Information Council that was televised by Iranian media.

Gateway Pundit: – Communist Dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel threatened a “bloodbath” if the U.S. acts against his regime. – His escalation follows reports that Cuba has acquired 300+ military drones from Russia and Iran, raising serious security alarms regarding potential attacks on U.S. targets.

New York Post: Elon Musk’s bid to sue bitter rival Sam Altman failed on a technicality, he filed too late. – The unanimous verdict, which the nine-member federal jury reached less than two hours after it began deliberations Monday, determined that Musk filed his suit after the statute of limitations had expired.

Cal Matters: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan to succeed her in Congress. – This presents a last-minute twist in the three-way Democratic race to become San Francisco’s next congressmember and could push Chan into second place behind Scott Wiener…

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Slay News: Leaked Intelligence Reports Reveal Communist Cuba Plotted An Attack Against The United States – The report marks a dramatic escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and the Cuban regime as officials warn about growing military cooperation between Havana, Moscow, Tehran, and other anti-American actors…

Zero Hedge: Will Trump Go Back To The Well On Bombing Iran? – Hormuz diary, day 79. – The strait remains functionally closed, and global crude and refined product stocks are rapidly drawing down. – Trump is running out of patience, and has told Iran that “the clock is ticking” before US strikes resume. – Meanwhile, Asia is running out of fuel.

Daily Wire: The Iranian regime is set to hand over a new 14-point plan to Pakistani mediators today, according to Iranian state media. – The proposal reportedly centers on ending the war and pursuing “confidence-building measures by the American side.” – It appears that Iran’s proposal did not mention any concessions from Tehran, Fox News reported.

Issues & Insights: Iran’s 70-Day Internet Blackout Reveals A Regime That Still Fears Its Own People – What the Iranian authorities appear to fear is not merely the circulation of information, but the social and political connectivity that allows dissent to transform into collective action.

American Thinker: Trump’s Successful China Visit – Trump successfully leveraged American strength to secure tangible economic concessions, including billions in agricultural sales, critical mineral supply security, and major aviation deals. – These results expose the Democrats’ economic failure and prove that interest-based, decisive diplomacy directly benefits American workers.

Independent Sentinel: SoS Marco Rubio Redefines the US/China Relationship – We are not trying to hold China back, but when their efforts interfere with U.S. interests, it must be managed. – China believes it will surpass the US and become the world’s most powerful country. – They are moving ahead with their plans. – Rubio was clear that the U.S. won’t let them succeed at U.S. expense.

Epoch Times: The DOJ Is Creating a $1.7 Billion Fund for Victims of Lawfare and Government ‘Weaponization.’ – Trump agreed to drop a case he brought against the IRS after an IRS contractor leaked the president’s tax returns in exchange for the government’s creation of such a fund. – Trump’s sons, plaintiffs in the case, along with the Trump Organization, will not receive financial recompense, but will receive a formal apology...

Slay News: The convicted founder of the fraudulent Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future says Rep. Ilhan Omar was aware of the massive $250 million COVID-era fraud scheme that became one of the largest pandemic fraud scandals in U.S. history. – Aimee Bock, 45, made the explosive claims during a jailhouse interview with the New York Post while awaiting sentencing…

Slay News: The CIA Spied on The Gabbard Team Investigating Deep State Intelligence Abuses – The allegations were made by CIA officer Jim Erdman, a member of Gabbard’s Director’s Initiatives Group, which was formed to review and declassify highly sensitive intelligence materials…

Slay News: Retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, one of the highest-ranking military voices to publicly address the issue, said advanced craft observed by the military display capabilities far beyond known human technology. – He claims the U.S. government possesses evidence pointing to the existence of “higher order non-human intelligence” connected to unidentified aerial phenomena…

American Thinker: Google Is Supercharging Leftist Disinformation Ahead of Midterms – Google’s AI Overviews extract publisher content to generate search summaries, resulting in a “zero-click” crisis that starves independent journalism. Their monopoly threatens election integrity by amplifying legacy media narratives. – Independent alternatives are needed to reclaim the information battlefield.

Gateway Pundit: The Republican National Committee is escalating its election integrity war ahead of the 2026 midterms. – RNC Chairman Joe Gruters announced that Republicans have already launched 130 lawsuits across 32 states aimed at blocking Democrat efforts to “cheat during U.S. elections.

American Thinker: The GOP’s 2026 Campaign Needs To Hold Democrats Accountable – Republicans must prosecute the “Deep State” Democrat platform in 2026. – By exposing Democrat corruption, failed policies, and manufactured narratives, Republicans can dismantle the institutional power of a party defined by lawfare and radicalism.

Slay News: Fauci’s Secret Royalty Payments Are Exposed in an Explosive NIH Lawsuit – The legal battle centers on secretive “Inventor Award” payments distributed by the NIH to government scientists whose taxpayer-funded research later generated lucrative commercial products for private corporations. – Critics rightly say the arrangement raises serious conflict-of-interest concerns…

American Thinker: Looking at California, and wondering why – Spencer Pratt’s ads highlight the decline of L.A. – Its deterioration into a dystopia of unaffordable housing, homelessness, and institutionalized lawlessness is the direct result of decades of unchecked Democrat one-party rule. – Voters must demand radical regime change, or people will continue fleeing the state as its infrastructure and safety collapse.

JD Rucker: Spencer Pratt Says He’ll Leave LA if He Loses and He’s Not Alone – His declaration lays bare what millions of Angelenos know: the City of Angels has become a cautionary tale of what happens when ideology trumps competence. – Policies that prioritize encampments over enforcement, rhetoric over results, and political loyalty over public safety are the cause…

Zero Hedge: The EPA Unwinds Massive Biden-Era Auto Emissions Regulations That Had a 2027 Deadline – The EPA said its proposed deregulatory action would delay compliance deadlines for Biden-era emissions standards. This is being done to make vehicles more affordable for Americans while ensuring greater consumer choice, the agency said.

Cal Matters: $6 gas and refinery fears collide with California’s climate ambitions – California’s proposed $4 billion handout of free emission permits to “Big Oil” reveals the inherent failure of the state’s climate agenda. – Sacramento created a policy mess that neither protects the environment nor prevents the predictable economic devastation of record-high fuel prices.

Zero Hedge: ‘D-Day’ for Meta layoffs is quickly approaching, as the Facebook and Instagram CEO Mark Zuckerberg will slash 10% of its global headcount, or about 8,000 employees, in the initial round as it swaps headcount for GPUs. – Goldman laid out in 2023 just how many jobs AI will take. That number is absolutely scary for white-collar America, where many are saturated with student debt.

May 17, 2026

Fox News: President Trump warns Iran that the ‘clock is ticking,’ declaring, ‘move fast or there won’t be anything left.’ – His warning comes after a call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and reports that Trump is weighing renewed military action…

Just The News: A surprise arrest during Trump’s border crackdown opens the door to a Cuba-shaking Raul Castro indictment – It turns out that the pilot Biden allowed to apply for permanent residency served in the Cuban military at the same time that Fidel and Raul Castro ordered them to shoot down humanitarian rescue planes searching for people fleeing the communist regime.

Epoch Times: Disloyal Republican Senator Bill Cassidy Lost The Louisiana GOP Primary as Trump-Backed Representative Julia Letlow Advances to The Runoff Along With John Fleming. – Both candidates have emphasized their alignment with the White House.

Breitbart: Acting Attorney Todd Blanche Says There’s a ‘Ton of Evidence’ Showing The 2020 Election Was Rigged – Blanche, There’s been evidence about that for many, many years. – What I can tell you now is that we have multiple investigations going on in Arizona, in Georgia, in Fulton County, Georgia, and it takes time to get to the bottom of things…

Western Journal: The Founders Likely Built the Most Famous Phrase in the Declaration of Independence from a Christian Sermon. – Two sermons were delivered in the early 1700s by John Wise, a Christian preacher from Ipswich, Massachusetts. – In one of these two sermons, John Wise said, ‘All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.’...

Washington Examiner: The Lab-Leak Cover-Up That Broke America – The COVID-19 pandemic was the most historically significant event of the first quarter of the 21st century in America. – Even more consequential than Sept. 11th. – Years later, it became clear that “Proximal Origin” had been organized and shepherded by Fauci and former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins.

American Thinker: Trump’s Cleanup Crescendo – In Latin America, China, and the Middle East, Trump’s plan is becoming clear. – He is actively dismantling the globalist establishment. By asserting unilateral jurisdiction across the Americas, neutralizing foreign adversaries, and pursuing domestic election integrity, he is bypassing the UN to restore order and suppress ideological wokism.

American Thinker: It’s Time To Rid Government Of Leftism – Decades of cultural decay driven by Marxist infiltration, America’s societal collapse is the direct result of abandoning traditional morality. – Decisive action to restore national sanity and divine sovereignty and restore America to her rightful place as a shining city on a hill.

American Thinker: The Stealth Marxists Running As Republicans – Marxist infiltrators are increasingly running as Republicans to subvert conservative strongholds through deceit. – This strategic “political transgenderism,” funded by globalist interests, necessitates rigorous vetting of candidate histories and funding sources to purge these infiltrators from governance.

American Thinker: We Need More of This – The Trump administration is aggressively re-establishing accountability through rigorous prosecution of domestic fraud, parental responsibility mandates, and decisive counterterrorism operations. – While the Left continues to obstruct these efforts, a culture of resolve is successfully restoring national security.

American Thinker: Obama and Trump, A Simple Comparison – There is a stark difference between Obama’s destructive, rhetoric-driven tenure and Trump’s record of tangible accomplishment. – Trump’s efficiency and transparency stand in sharp contrast to the legacy of failure, mismanagement, and deception left by the previous administration.

Resist The Mainstream: Trump’s plans for a major White House ballroom project suffered another setback after the Senate parliamentarian rejected a Republican proposal that included $1 billion in security funding connected to the renovation effort. – The ruling blocked funding inside a broader GOP budget package focused largely on immigration enforcement and border security…

May 16, 2026

Townhall: RINO, Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy Lost His Historic Senate Primary Race – Cassidy became the first incumbent senator since 2012 to lose a primary challenge. – Cassidy will not move forward in the race as Trump-endorsed Julia Letlow and John Fleming will advance to a run-off election for the party’s nomination.

Breitbart: Marco Rubio said in an NBC News interview that he would be the first person to support Vice President JD Vance if Vance runs for president in 2028. – Rubio indicated he intends to remain focused on his current role in President Trump’s administration. – Asked if he would want to be VP, Rubio replied, “I want to be the secretary of state, and I’ll worry about the future in the future.

American Thinker: Has Representative Pramila Jayapal finally provided Us With A Logan ACT Test Case? – Representative Jayapal openly admitted to coordinating with foreign governments to bypass U.S. oil sanctions on Cuba. – By attempting to defeat presidential foreign policy, her actions may provide the first viable test case for the historic Logan Act.

Gateway Pundit: Aimee Bock, the convicted mastermind behind the massive $250 million Feeding Our Future COVID meal fraud scandal in Minnesota, dropped a bombshell from jail. – She believes Rep. Ilhan Omar knew exactly what was going on and actively helped keep the fraudulent program alive.

Just The News: California’s controversial Proposition 50 is now on a collision course with the Supreme Court. – The legal stakes sharpened considerably after the Supreme Court’s April 29 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais – a 6-3 decision that significantly tightened constitutional limits on race-conscious redistricting.

American Thinker: In War, There Is No Substitute for Victory – It is time to bring closure and victory to our conflict with Iran. – Iran’s intense targeting of the UAE aims to trigger a global debt crisis by disrupting the region’s financial hub. To prevent financial contagion and ensure victory, the U.S. must neutralize Iran’s remaining underground assets and supply lines.

American Thinker: Islam And The American Experiment – This aggressive theocratic system has been at war with America almost since the U.S. was born. – Islam is a total, authoritarian system of life rather than a religion. It claims Islamic texts mandate perpetual conflict with non-believers, citing historical and ongoing aggression that fundamentally clashes with Western constitutional principles and American sovereignty.

Discern Report: President Trump announced late Friday that American and Nigerian forces have removed a major threat from the battlefield, striking at the heart of ISIS’s global network. – Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, identified as the terror group’s second-in-command worldwide, was killed in a meticulously planned joint operation.

American Thinker: Assassins and Secret Service Incompetence – The Secret Service suffers from systemic incompetence, repeatedly failing to protect the President. By adopting simple, proven security measures like man-trap entry systems and better-trained, ready-to-fire armed support, the agency could easily surpass their current, lucky-at-best performance.

Breitbart: Israel Defence Forces Kill Chief Hamas Architect of October 7th Terror Attacks – IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, “Today, we succeeded in eliminating Izz al-Din al-Haddad, one of the main figures responsible for the October 7 massacre and the head of Hamas’s military wing.”…

American Thinker: The New York Tabloid Formerly Known As The Times – The Times has abandoned objective reporting for yellow journalism, exemplified by Nicholas Kristof’s inflammatory, scientifically baseless accusations against Israel. – This propaganda mimics historical warmongering tactics, echoing the manipulative media practices that have historically deceived the public.

Resist The Mainstream: Jerome Powell’s term ended Friday following a tenure marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the sharpest inflation surge in more than 40 years and repeated clashes with President Donald Trump over interest rates and Federal Reserve independence. – The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as Powell’s replacement earlier this week, so he will take control of the central bank.

One America News: The DOJ announced that parents of teenagers involved in the violent “teen takeovers” in Washington, D.C., could face prosecution as part of a broader effort to crack down on crime in the city. – Teen takeovers are where crowds of young people meet in busy areas of the city, and at times terrorize local businesses in the neighborhood…

Powerline: The Week In Pictures: Viral Meme Edition – It was a busy week in the news, although a relatively quiet one in meme-world. – Trump went to China, the New York Times sank to what could be a new low even for that despicable rag, the Spencer Pratt campaign took Los Angeles by storm…

May 15, 2026

Newsmax: Energy Secretary Chris Wright projected Friday the Strait of Hormuz will reopen “sometime this summer at the latest.,” – He said a deal with Iran could come within days while warning the U.S. military stands ready to force the waterway open if Tehran refuses.

Daily Signal: The US Supreme Court Turned Down Virginia Gerrymandering – Virginia Democrats tried to convince justices that the state high court misread federal law and Supreme Court precedent, holding that, even if early voting is underway, an election does not happen until Election Day itself…

WFIN News: The FAA unveiled an aggressive new workforce overhaul on Friday aimed at tackling chronic staffing shortages, excessive overtime and aging technology across the nation’s air traffic control system. – The 2026-2028 ATC Workforce Plan calls for hiring thousands of new controllers, modernizing scheduling systems and replacing aging infrastructure across the National Airspace System.

American Thinker: Fake asylum claims go ‘poof’ as illegals skip their asylum hearings in droves – The border surge was premised on fraudulent asylum claims engineered to exploit American social services. – Rising “no-show” rates at court hearings prove these migrants were economic opportunists, not refugees, effectively gaming the system with NGO and government complicity.

New York Post: An Iraqi national with suspected ties to terror groups and the Iranian military has been arrested and hauled to New York to face charges of carrying out 20 terror attacks against US and Israeli interests. – Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, is an accused commander in a terrorist organization linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…

Zero Hedge: Here’s Where Wealth Is Moving To And From In America – Florida, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Arizona are the top for wealth inflow. – While Rhode Island, Maryland, New Hampshire, Delaware and California are the biggest losers…

New York Post: Six Key Takeaways From The Historic Trump-Xi China Summit – 1. Taiwan remains a flashpoint – 2. Xi showed willingness to help Trump on Iran – 3. Trump teased trade deals and investment, was light on specifics – 4. Xi is ‘open’ to opening up China for US business – 5. Pomp and pageantry reigned supreme – 6. Trump and Xi built on their personal connections – but the US-China relationship could still go South…

Trump announced Thursday that China has committed to purchasing 200 Boeing jets, marking the first significant order from the communist nation in nearly ten years. – The multibillion-dollar agreement emerged from high-level talks in Beijing, where Trump pressed for fairer economic terms amid ongoing tensions.

Townhall: This Is How Seriously the US Took Digital Security on President Trump’s Trip to China – The administration reportedly issued burner phones and laptops to the entire American delegation, and once the trip concluded, even souvenirs received in China, including pins, were collected and disposed of as officials boarded Air Force One.

Trending Politics: Trump Reveals Breakthrough From His China Visit That Could Choke Out Iran – President – Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China will not provide military equipment to Iran. – “That’s a big statement.” “He said that today, strongly,” Trump said to Fox News host Sean Hannity Thursday.

Breitbart: Trump Refuses to Reveal Whether He Would Defend Taiwan – When asked, Trump responded, “I don’t want to say. I’m not going to say that. There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me. I’m the only person.” Trump said. “That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said I don’t talk about those things.”

American Thinker: Trump’s Business First Diplomacy – President Trump is applying the “Abraham Accords” playbook to China, utilizing a CEO-led delegation to leverage corporate interests, market access, and economic incentives. This pragmatic, transactional “Business First” diplomacy aims to secure strategic concessions while projecting American strength.

New York Post: Trump delights in his savage new nickname for Democrats – “Dumocrats, because they’re dumb,” Trump said. – The president said he first came up with the nickname while discussing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, whom he called a “very-low IQ individual.”

Times of Israel: Israel targeted Hamas’s Gaza leader Izz al-Din Haddad in Gaza City, despite the ceasefire – A Israeli security official says the strike was successful – Lebanon says IDF strikes in Tyre wounded 37, including 9 women and 4 kids…

Daily Wire: Is The New York Times Employing A Terrorist Sympathizer? – Hamas relies on two strategies to wage its war of annihilation against Israel: heinous brutality and PR from sympathetic Westerners.- Nicholas Kristof potentially violated federal material support laws by coordinating with Hamas-affiliated sources to spread propaganda…

Slay News: The FBI announced Thursday that it is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture of former U.S. intelligence official Monica Witt. – She is wanted on espionage charges tied to allegations that she defected to Iran and handed classified national defense information to the Iranian regime. – She reportedly held “SECRET” and “TOP SECRET” security clearances…

Zero Hedge: Global Energy Rewiring Accelerates As The UAE To Double Its Crude Export Capacity, Bypassing Hormuz Chaos – Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline to the Red Sea stood out as the clearest signal that regional producers needed a credible Plan B for moving crude and crude products when the Hormuz chokepoint becomes disrupted…

American Thinker: China should stop sending their people over here to have babies, steal, and spy? – Xi Jinping’s delusions of “measured competition” mask China’s accelerating demographic and economic decline. – While the U.S. experiences a robust Golden Age of technological and economic dominance, China relies on theft and hubris. Beijing’s grandstanding is a failing nation’s desperate projection of strength.

American Thinker: China’s Democrat pawns hope the midterms will enable them to undermine Trump – Democrats and media outlets downplay President Trump’s leverage in Beijing, hoping to hide the CCP’s strategic bet on a Democrat-controlled House in November. – A blue victory would empower anti-growth, pro-CCP interests, effectively inviting foreign subversion of American policy.

America First Report: The Senate Parliamentarian has once again inserted herself as a roadblock to effective border enforcement, striking major provisions from Republicans’ reconciliation package designed to fund ICE and Border Patrol operations – Elizabeth MacDonough’s role as parliamentarian highlights a deeper tension in our constitutional republic. – Senate’s rules should not empower unelected officials to nullify the clear will of the electorate.

Breitbart: Cuba Is Out of Fuel, so are they on the Brink? – CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with met with Interior Minister Lázaro Álvarez Casas, the head of Cuban intelligence services, and Raúl Guillermo “The Crab” Rodríguez Castro, the grandson of Cuba’s nonagenarian communist dictator Raúl Castro. – Details of the visit were not publicly disclosed at press time.

Breitbart: U.S. industrial production rose in April at the fastest pace in more than a year. – This was powered by a broad manufacturing gain led by autos and supported by strong output from computers, electronics, and other industries seeing renewed demand due to investments in artificial intelligence.

Zero Hedge: Home Prices Register Biggest Annual Increase In More Than A Year – The median home sales price in the United States jumped 2.4 percent in April from a year ago, the largest increase since March 2025. – In addition to buyers coming off the sidelines, sellers are also doing the same, with active listings of homes for sale in April hitting the highest level since March 2020.

Geller Report: The Final Report on Minnesota Fraud Has Come In – From their Executive Summary: The Walz Administration ignored and consciously downplayed shocking levels of fraud across more than a dozen Medicaid waiver programs…. Governor Walz created a culture that enabled fraud by failing to hold anyone in his administration accountable, despite years of credible whistleblower and OLA reports…

The Center Square: The fastest growing cities in U.S. are in Texas – Fort Worth and Austin surpass 1M residents, with New York reporting the greatest population losses – Overall, southern states dominated the fastest-growing and highest-gaining cities. – The region claimed 10 of the 15 fastest-growing cities nationwide and 11 of the 12 cities reporting the largest numeric gains…

American Thinker: King Abdullah knows there’s a growing threat inside his Jordan kingdom – Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy relies on historical fabrication and international deception to maintain power. – Faced with a restive Palestinian population and internal fractures, Abdullah II’s reign is a fragile, illegitimate scam destined to collapse as the regional order shifts.

American Thinker: Britain’s the Canary in the Coal Mine – Replacing globalism with national self-sufficiency is a life-or-death decision. – Recent elections signal a desperate public revolt against globalist elites who prioritize mass migration and suicidal “green” policies over sovereignty. – By hollowing out its industrial base and betraying its citizens, Britain faces potential collapse and subjugation.

American Thinker: Universities are ignoring SCOTUS’s ruling against admission quotas. – They use sophisticated “proxies” and ethnographic data to maintain illegal, race-based admissions. – This reveals a monolithic academic sub-nation that views the rule of law as secondary to its own radical social engineering agenda. – The DOJ now faces the challenge of dismantling this entrenched, partisan network of race activism.

American Thinker: The Climate Myth that Sought to Change Our Way of Life – For more than three decades, climate policy was bases on the myth that humans would harm the planet. The IPCC recently downgraded its “RCP 8.5” climate scenario to “unlikely,” exposing decades of alarmist, population-inflated policy. – Future climate policy must pivot from retrenchment to demographic realism.

American Thinker: The ‘Museums for All’ program needs to go. – Did you know we’re paying for the food stamp people to get “free” museum admission? – This wealth-transfer scheme forces middle-class families to subsidize welfare recipients. – By inflating ticket prices and utilizing taxpayer-funded bureaucracy, it only deepens dependency and institutionalizes class-based inequality.

Breakpoint: From ‘Liberalism’ to ‘Progressivism’ – There is a widening rift between liberalism, which ostensibly values tolerance, and modern progressivism. – While liberalism respects viewpoint diversity, progressivism increasingly demands ideological conformity, utilizing state power and social ostracizing to silence traditional beliefs and enforce compliance.

American Thinker: Customers never win in a government-run grocery store – By replacing market-driven innovation with taxpayer-funded stagnation, they predictably lead to restricted choices, diminished service, and eventual shortages, so are a recipe for economic failure. – Socialism destroys the efficient incentives that only private competition can provide.

California Globe: California’s High-Speed Rail Shuffle – Bay Area Cronies Board the Boondoggle While the Central Valley Gets the Shaft – The same labor interests that helped finance Democrat campaigns now occupy chairs at the table deciding where the next billion will flow…

May 14, 2026

PJ Media: Trump Flipped Xi’s America-in-Decline Line Back Onto Biden – President Trump quickly turned Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “declining nation” line into a clean political contrast. – Xi meant it as a warning about supposed American weakness, while Trump treated it as a diagnosis of President Joe Biden’s four years in power.

Epoch Times: JD Vance Says Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Are Lost Annually to Illegal Immigrants – The vice president said the number is difficult to quantify but estimated that it is potentially up to $600 billion of taxpayers’ money is spent on illegal immigrants yearly. – “It’s so hard to keep track of all of the criminal migrants who are taking advantage of our system.”…

Gateway Pundit: President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns in exchange for a deal. – Trump is willing to drop his blockbuster lawsuit against the agency in exchange for a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded fund to pay people who were unfairly targeted by the Biden Regime.

Trending Politics: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Thursday that it has completed a year-long investigation into the admissions policies and practices at Yale School of Medicine. – The department determined that the school discriminated on the basis of race in its admissions process for Asian and white applicants, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964…

One America News: The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday that mandates a freeze on senators’ pay during any future government shutdowns. – By making federal closures financially uncomfortable for lawmakers, the bipartisan measure aims to create a more urgent incentive for Congress to pass funding bills before critical deadlines.

Western Journal: New Evidence Shows Biden FBI Set Trap to Close on Trump the Moment He Leaves Office – During the lame-duck period of Joe Biden’s presidency, FBI agents with former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the 2020 election “secretly arranged to preserve their evidence until 2030 in memos that raise alarm they could revive their prosecution.”…

Western Journal: Jamie Raskin’s Plan to Bully A Teen Testifying Against Sharia Law Backfires When The Teen Uses Raskin’s Question to Publicly Destroy Him – Marco Hunter-Lopez, a Texas student was there for a hearing on Wednesday titled “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II.”

Gateway Pundit: California Bought iPads for People in Prison and You’ll Never Guess What the Inmates Are Using Them For – They’re using them to watch porn. – Of course they’re using them for porn. – Even Stevie Wonder could have seen this coming…

California Globe: Governor Newsom Gaslit his Way Through His May Budget Revision – His budget is not “balanced” by any standard and it just a partisan performance. – By prioritizing pet projects and expanding the state bureaucracy, Newsom has ensures Californians will continue to pay the price through the highest cost of living in the nation and a hollowed-out economy, long after he leaves office.

Epoch Times: Trump’s High-Stakes Meeting With Xi in Beijing – Key issues expected to dominate the summit include the trade war, the conflict in Iran, human rights, and Taiwan. – Trump and Xi, along with their delegations, were seated around a large table, facing each other. – Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat to Trump’s left, and U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue to his right…

New York Post: Taiwan Became A Flashpoint At The Trump-Xi Summit – President Trump and Xi Jinping’s summit cooled after Xi aggressively demanded China’s control over Taiwan. While the White House remained silent on the dispute, Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed that U.S. policy toward Taiwan remains unchanged.

Washington Examiner: The White House says Xi agreed Iran can ‘never have a nuclear weapon’ – “The two sides agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to support the free flow of energy. – President Xi also made clear China’s opposition to the militarization of the Strait and any effort to charge a toll for its use. – He also expressed interest in purchasing more American oil to reduce China’s dependence on the Strait in the future.”

Zero Hedge: Iran Proclaims Safe, Toll-Free Passage For 30 Chinese Tankers Amid Xi-Trump Summit – Following talks between President Trump and President Xi, Iran is permitting some Chinese tankers to pass the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, signaling a strategic, albeit potentially leverage-seeking, coordination between Tehran and Beijing amidst the ongoing conflict.

Daily Wire: Marco Rubio Reveals Why His Role Under Trump Is Unlike Any Job He’s Ever Had – During a brief interview aboard Air Force One, en route to Beijing for President Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Rubio explained that Trump was different because he was willing to actually do the things that most politicians only paid lip service to.

Western Journal: Iran Commandos Seizes A Ship Loaded with Weapons, And Is Taking It Back To Iran – The so-called “floating armory” was based in the Gulf of Oman, according to Vanguard, a maritime risk management company. – The Honduras-flagged Hui Chuan operated as a floating armory, designed to store weapons that would be needed by security companies that protect ships from piracy.

American Thinker: The United Arab Emirates forges a new and vital alliance with the US and Israel – The UAE’s military strike on an Iranian refinery and its deepening security alliance with Israel and the U.S. represent a major regional shift. – By actively countering Iranian aggression, the UAE is prioritizing collective security over ineffective regional organizations.

Zero Hedge: Riyadh is assessing a model of the Helsinki Process, which helped reduce tensions in Europe during the Cold War, and created an uneasy East-West peace in post-WW2 Europe. – The driving rationale behind the potential diplomatic framework is that while Iran is “weakened,” the reality is that it still “poses a threat to its neighbors.”

Roll Call: The Seven Most Vulnerable Senators of 2026 – #1. Bill Cassidy drew a powerful enemy when he voted to convict Trump at his post-Jan. 6 impeachment trial in 2021. – #2. Susan Collings Collins is set for a fall face-off against oyster farmer Graham Platner, who became the presumptive Democratic nominee last month after Gov. Janet Mills ended her Senate bid. – #3. Jon Ossoff continues to be a top target for the GOP…

Red State: Fetterman Torched His Own ‘Anti-American’ Party – Fetterman said it’s not that he has changed so much, it’s that the party around him has morphed into something unrecognizable and has become “increasingly anti-American.” – “Look at the primaries, you know, all across in the Senate and in the House and look at the kinds of people that have already been elected, and then he named names…

American Thinker: Iran Can’t Be Allowed to Control The Strait of Hormuz – The USA mustn’t repeat the mistakes it made in 1956 during the Suez Crisis. – Iran’s attempt to impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz is an act of international extortion. – Unlike man-made canals, this is a natural waterway where freedom of transit is a non-negotiable principle of international law.

Gatestone Institute: Palestinian Leaders Still Reject Israel’s Right to Exist – When Palestinian leaders speak about the “right of return,” they are not talking about resettling refugees in a future Palestinian state in the West Bank or Gaza Strip.- The goal is to flood Israel with millions of Palestinians and transform Jews into a minority in their own country…

American Thinker: Russia Is Struggling Badly – Russia’s military and economic reach is faltering under the weight of Ukrainian resilience. – By strategically targeting energy infrastructure and leveraging Russia’s dependence on foreign technology, Ukraine is exposing systemic vulnerabilities, eroding Putin’s control, and undermining the Kremlin’s narrative.

American Thinker: Pete Hegseth Rights a Grave Injustice – The military’s COVID vaccine mandate was a national security disaster. – Hegseth launched a task force to provide backpay and reinstatement to service members discharged over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, rectifying a policy that sacrificed military readiness and medical conscience to support pharmaceutical and political agendas.

Slay News: Trump Floats Rubio vs Vance for 2028 Nomination – Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly emerged as one of the most influential figures inside the Trump administration, particularly on foreign policy and diplomatic negotiations. – Rubio and Vice President JD Vance both opposed Trump during the 2016 Republican primary before later becoming key allies within the America First coalition.

American Thinker: The Political Economy Of SWIFT – Potential Russian readmission to SWIFT signals a strategic reassessment of U.S. financial hegemony. – While sanctions demonstrate coercive power, excessive exclusion incentivizes “de-dollarization.” – The dollar remains indispensable due to its unique liquidity, yet its weaponization fosters long-term systemic fragmentation.

Daily Wire: Hakeem Jeffries Starts Seeing ‘Ghosts’ As Democrats Panic Over Redistricting – Democrat leadership’s increasing apocalyptic diction has not inspired much confidence in their odds of winning back control of the House in 2026. – Jeffries painted the high court’s gerrymandering decision as an existential threat to black political power…

American Thinker: DEI Effects On CIA Analyses And National Policymaking – CIA Director John Ratcliffe recently rescinded 17 biased, DEI-influenced intelligence reports. – This reveals how DEI ideology has politicized the agency, violating analytic standards. – Institutional reform, potentially requiring a major personnel purge, is necessary to restore apolitical intelligence.

Center for Immigration Studies: Criminal Aliens Commit Crimes! – Chronic, documented recidivism is why sanctuary policies are misguided, pointless, and harmful to the community as a whole. – The odds are that the criminal aliens whom sanctuaries release today will be rearrested on average five more times within a decade.

Red State: Vance’s Brutally Honest Answer About 2028 Ambitions and Marco Rubio – “There are few topics that I want to talk about less than what office I’m going to run for years down the road…” – “Marco is a great Secretary of State.” – He’s become a very, very dear friend.” – “I think both of us are very much focused on accomplishing the American people’s business right now.”

Trending Politics: According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks said Thursday that he is resigning effective immediately. – “It’s just time,” Banks told Melugin. No successor had been announced as of Thursday afternoon, and neither the Department of Homeland Security nor Customs and Border Protection had released additional details about Banks’ departure.

Trending Politics: The Supreme Court Just Issued A Unanimous Ruling In A Controversial Case Involving The Freight and Logistics industry – In practical terms, the ruling means freight brokers can no longer rely on federal preemption as a blanket shield against lawsuits involving crashes caused by carriers they hired.

Modernity: Britain is Now Policing Thought Crime – Britain is elevating the avoidance of offense above the protection of liberty – If you want a snapshot of how far Britain has drifted from its liberal inheritance, consider the spectacle of a 78 year-old grandfather and retired pastor being warned by police that he must not preach from the Bible within a public area…

American Thinker: The Truth About Heat Pumps – Windmills, solar panels, batteries, EVs, and heat pumps are portrayed as salvational devices by climate cultists. – While thermodynamically efficient, heat pump cost-effectiveness is frequently negated by disproportionately high electricity rates compared to natural gas, rendering them an impractical solution for many homeowners…

Breitbart: A licensed drug addiction counselor who sold the ketamine that killed Friends actor Matthew Perry was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court. – Erik Fleming pleaded guilty in 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious injury.

Washington Free Beacon: A Texas Military Vet Dropped Out of Penn State Law School Rather Than Submit to Its Mandatory Anti-Racism Course – On the first day of “Race and the Equal Protection of the Laws,” David Blackman listened as transgender faculty member, Emily Spottswood, explaine why the course was mandatory. – Thus began a series of sessions in which professors demanded students affirm activist talking points…

May 13, 2026

Just The News: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence denied reports Wednesday night that the CIA “raided” National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s office and seized documents related to MK-Ultra and the John F. Kennedy assassination. – It was not immediately clear what the operation could be classified as, but intelligence official confirmed the incident was not a “raid.

Red State: The Rand Paul Hearing Explodes After CIA Officer Accuses Fauci of Steering The COVID Probe – CIA special operations officer James Erdman III, a 13-year Agency veteran, appeared publicly for the first time before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee under a subpoena his own agency tried to block…

Western Journal: Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that his fraud task force is cracking down on California. – Vance, “The federal government is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from the state of California, and the simple reason is because the state of California has not taken fraud very seriously.”

Resist The Mainstream: The Trump Admin’s Newest Interception Will Rattle Your Cage – The DOE activated the risk assessment system on April 26, quietly embedding it directly into the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. – In the two weeks that followed, the system flagged roughly 300,000 applications as fraudulent…

American Spectator: It Appears To Be Xavier Becerra or Tom Steyer in California – Depressing, because history has shown, Democrats don’t believe in excellence. – The latest poll shows Becerra at 20%, Steyer at 19%, Hilton at 18%, Porter 13%, Bianco at 12% and Mahan at 9%…

New York Post: President Trump got a red-carpet welcome after he landed in Beijing. – Trump, who appeared visibly pleased with the pomp and circumstance surrounding his arrival, was followed off the plane by his son Eric, daughter-in-law Lara, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Newsmax: The Chinese embassy is warning that there are “four red lines” President Donald Trump must not challenge during his meetings this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping. – The “Taiwan question,” China’s record of democracy and human rights, the nation’s path and political system, and “China’s developmental right.”

Epoch Times: The Senate voted 54–45 on May 13 to confirm Warsh’s four-year term as the 17th Fed chair, with Senator Fetterman the only Democrat voting to confirm. – This comes a day after the upper chamber approved Warsh’s 14-year term on the central bank’s Board of Governors. He previously served on the board from 2006 to 2011.

Western Journal: Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll Got Horrible News About Her 2024 $83 Million Verdict Against Trump – An appeals court said Trump does not have to pay Carroll just yet, as his legal team wants the Supreme Court to review the case. – However, he must still post a $7.4 million bond for interest costs to be covered. – Carroll’s story is strange, to say the least…

Breitbart: SHOCKER – A recent AtlasIntel poll found far-left Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading the potential crowd of 2028 Democrat Presidential candidates. – AOC lead with 26% support. – Pete Buttigieg came in second place with 22.4% support and was followed by Gavin Newsom with 21.2%. – Kamala Harris came in a distant fourth with 12.9%, with other in the single digits…

Washington Examiner: Vice President Vance pushes states to root out Medicaid fraud and threatens the lost of federal funding for those that don’t. – Vance proceeded to outline that the administration has identified healthcare fraud schemes across virtually all 50 states but accused some, “mostly blue states,” of not taking “Medicaid fraud seriously.”

Slay News: JD Vance’s Task Force Blocks $1.4 Billion in Taxpayer Funding for Fraudulent ‘Healthcare’ Providers – This follows a growing wave of fraud investigations targeting suspicious operations in California, Minnesota, and other states where authorities say “ghost” healthcare providers have been siphoning billions from Medicare and Medicaid programs…

Slay News: House Republicans are launching a new task force to expose government abuse and taxpayer fraud, beginning with a sweeping probe into Ohio’s Medicaid system after explosive reports of suspicious home healthcare billing practices. – Representative Brandon Gill will lead the newly created Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses.

Western Journal: Mamdani Erroneously Bragged He Eliminated NYC’s $12 Billion Budget Deficit – But shortly after Mamdani released this news, the New York Post came out with a blistering rebuttal of Mamdani’s claims, and a much closer look at the numbers that Mamdani largely avoided delving into. – The Post revealed “a menu of hidden fee hikes” in his budget plan, showing the deficit “fix” from Mamdani was anything but.

Zero Hedge: Imminent Supreme Court Rulings To Watch For – Birthright Citizenship – Males In Girls Sports – Monsanto’s Weedkiller – Trump’s Ability to Fire Bureaucrats – Fed Independence From Presidents – A Definition of ‘Election Day’ – Deportation Protections – Campaign Finance Disbursement Coordination…

American Thinker: America’s Ideological Takeover – Not long ago, major questions in public life were routinely debated between competing visions. – Media and academia have since abandoned balanced debate. – By suppressing dissent and prioritizing moral framing over accountability. – These institutions now promote groupthink, systematically undermining individual liberty and critical thought.

Slay News: FBI Director Kash Patel agreed on camera to take a military-grade alcohol screening test during a fiery Senate hearing after Sen. Chris Van Hollen accused him of excessive drinking based on unfounded allegations published in a hit piece by The Atlantic. – The extraordinary confrontation unfolded during a May 12 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing…

American Thinker: The Hypocrisy of Democrats Supposedly “Guarding Democracy” – Virginia Democrats, long posing as protectors of democracy, brazenly subverted their state constitution to gerrymander a lopsided congressional map. – Their subsequent threats to pack the Supreme Court for blocking this power grab expose their rhetoric as a hollow facade.

Daily Caller: Whistleblower Alleges Cover-Up Of Wuhan Lab Leak – Intelligence CIA officer James E. Erdman III, described under oath on Wednesday a pattern of obstruction that promoted the conclusions of a tight knit group of virologists close to Anthony Fauci while downplaying the conclusions of the intelligence community’s own biological experts.

Center For Immigration Studies: Asylum Applicants Are Skipping Their Immigration Court at Record Levels – It turns out that their goal all along was to get work permits, not protection – n the 2020 presidential election campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden railed against what he described as the “moral failings” and “national shames” of immigration enforcement under Trump…

May 12, 2026

One America News: North Korea’s constitution has been updated. – Korea is now legally mandated to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated by a foreign power. – This pivot reportedly serves as a direct response to the joint military operation by U.S. and Israeli forces, which resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his inner circle...

Daily Caller: The Senate confirmed Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh to the Board of Governors on Tuesday. – This is a big step in President Trump’s attempt to replace Chairman Jerome Powell. – The Senate confirmed Powell in a 51-45 vote, with Democrat Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman being the only member of his party to vote in favor of the nomination.

Gateway Pundit: Kash Patel SHREDDED Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen After He Accused Him Of “Excessive Drinking.” – Patel immediately ripped into Van Hollen for sipping margaritas on taxpayer dime when he met with wife beater and alleged MS-13 gang banger Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported for illegally residing in Maryland…

Western Journal: Benjamin Ellisten, a Senior Budget Analyst/Funding Manager at the White House, says Trump Must Go. – An undercover journalist recorded him saying, “He’s a mess.” – “He’s f***ing it up for everybody. Everybody! – We’ve gotta get rid of him, honestly.” – As the “date” continued, Ellisten sounded more and more like a frustrated bureaucrat.

Powerline: Democrats’ Absurd Lie Of The Day – Democrats are pushing this clip all over social media. – Americans’ financial situation: — Gas prices have spiked 44% since Trump took office. — Foreclosures are at a 6-year high — Most layoffs since the pandemic — Inflation is outpacing wages — 70% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy

Daily Wire: ICE Made A New Major Fraud Discovery Involving 10,000 Foreign Students – The Operational Practical Training program, known as OPT, has “become a magnet for fraud.” – Investigators found empty buildings with locked doors where hundreds of foreign students were said to be working…

Western Journal: DNI Tulsi Gabbard has launched an investigation of 120+ overseas biological laboratories that have received U.S. tax dollars for decades. – Dozens are in Ukraine. – Gabbard says her team is going to “identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what ‘research’ is being conducted to end dangerous gain-of-function research…

Just The News: Arctic Frost memos suggest Biden’s FBI secretly set up Trump to be indicted after he leaves office – Following Trump’s victory in November 2024 over Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Smith sought to dismiss his case against Trump “without prejudice,” leaving open the possibility that the charges could be refiled in the future.

Epoch Times: The U.S. government will loan 53 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to petroleum companies in a bid to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict with Iran. – The DOE announced it would release the crude oil from its sites in Louisiana and Texas to contribute to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) move to stabilize the price of oil.

One America News: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has resigned, and Kyle Diamantas was named Acting Commissioner. – This comes just one day before Makary’s scheduled testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee. – Tension reached a breaking point last year following the agency’s approval of a new generic version of mifepristone, and allowing it to be prescribed online and delivered by mail…

Zero Hedge: A Firefight Ensued After IRGC Operatives Tried To Infiltrate Kuwait By Sea. – Kuwait and Iran are barely separated by a small section of Iraqi coastline at the head of the Persian Gulf. – Given its historic role in hosting American forces and bases, it is to be expected that it would be heavily targeted in Iranian military operations.

American Spectator: The ‘Donroe’ Doctrine Comes Into Its Own, With Spain and the UK Emerging as the Big Losers. – In response to refusals to support U.S. operations against Iran, President Trump is leveraging realpolitik by shifting support toward Argentina and Morocco. – This strategy exposes the military decline and ideological fragility of the current administrations of Britain and Spain.

Breitbart: Marco Rubio’s Department of State is trashing a globalized pro-migration scheme by the United Nations, and is promising to help migrants’ remigration back home. – The rejection of mass migration is a big shift from President Joe Biden’s term, when his deputies carefully and covertly worked with the U.N.

Issues & Insights: Running On Rage – The Democrat Party has abandoned traditional representation in favor of a power-consolidation agenda that treats constitutional constraints as obstacles to be dismantled. – By weaponizing gerrymandering, proposing court packing, and threatening judicial independence, they reveal a governing philosophy indistinguishable from tyranny.

American Thinker: Nations Are Destroyed By Debt, Not Enemies. – Our federal government is trapped in an unsustainable debt spiral, having amassed $33 trillion in just 25 years. – This fiscal hemorrhage risks repeating the historical patterns of empire collapse, where debt interest eventually eclipses critical national defense and stability.

Geller Report: Masked Muslims Assault Jewish Children Outside Synagogue in NYC, Terrorizing Jewish Neighborhoods – A guy leading a march through the Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn carried a Hezbollah flag. – Hezbollah is a terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of 300+ American citizens. – This march is intended to intimidate and terrorize New York’s Jewish community.

American Thinker: Our Young Democratic Socialists Don’t Know What They Don’t Know – This movement is fueled by a generation characterized by declining cognitive performance and ideological indoctrination. – Lacking the humility to recognize their own ignorance, these “morons” embrace failed central planning while actively calling for the dismantling of the foundations of prosperity.

Geller Report: OUR DERANGED DEMOCRAT PARTY – 42% of Democrats Believe Trump Assassination Attempts Were Staged. – These are the vile, dangerous lies the Democrat party is telling their people. – They incite murder, then claim its faked. – America is under attack by the greatest domestic threat since 9/11.

JD Rucker: The Epstein scandal has shifted from a public-facing investigation into a high-stakes struggle over an intelligence-based blackmail architecture. – It is increasingly clear that the files involve compromised assets across global intelligence services. The administration’s refusal to release these records suggests that exposing this leverage map would not just embarrass elites but potentially destabilize the very institutions they were elected to repair.

Daily Wire: Gavin Newsom Blames Trump For California’s High Gas Prices, Then Burgum Takes Him To The Woodshed. – “California is the only state dependent on oil coming through the Strait of Hormuz – California has blocked every pipeline as well as transmission lines.” – Burgum’s comments follow months of escalations from Newsom, who has characterized the recent spike in fuel costs as “Donald Trump’s crisis.

American Thinker: DEI Went Wrong with Its First Step – The DEI industry’s collapse was inevitable because it was built on the false premise that superficial identity differences are foundational. By commodifying identity and promoting division over shared humanity, DEI fostered social unrest and institutional ineptitude, not harmony.

American Thinker: Germany’s Budget Deficit Is A Disaster in the Making – It’s failed “green transition” has created a fiscal catastrophe. – Driven by ideological blindness, the political establishment is fueling an unprecedented debt spiral. – It is burdening taxpayers to sustain an expanding state while concealing the true extent of its economic collapse.

Breitbart: A leading economic forecasting group has warned that Britain’s sluggish economic growth, combined with rising energy prices, will result in over 160,000 jobs being lost this year. – This raises further questions about the left-wing government’s net-zero green agenda.

Epoch Times: Where Have the Men Gone, and Why? – The labor force participation rate among “prime age men,” age 25 to 54, in the 1950s approached 100%. – Now it is 89%, meaning roughly 11% are not in the labor force (neither working nor looking for work). – Among all men over 16 years of age, the rate is a devastatingly low 66%, so about one-third are gone. – Among U.S.-born men, nearly 22% are gone. – The decline accelerated in the 1960s, and stabilized in the 1980s…

May 11, 2026

Western Journal: The United Arab Emirates has been secretly fighting alongside the US and Israel in Iran – UAE military assets were involved in a strike on a refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island, which is in the Persian Gulf, early last month. – The strike occurred while President Donald Trump was announcing a ceasefire, according to The Wall Street Journal…

Western Journal: The State Department announced late Friday it is sanctioning 11 entities and three individuals across Iran, China, Belarus, and the UAE. – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the firms being sanctioned for “satellite imagery to enable Iran’s military strikes against U.S. forces in the Middle East.”

Bloomberg: The White House invited Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Boeing Co.’s Kelly Ortberg, along with Goldman Sachs David Solomon, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, BlackRock’s Larry Fink, Citigroup Inc.’s Jane Fraser, and Meta Platforms Dina Powell McCormick to accompany President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, according to an official.

Gateway Pundit: Here’s How President Trump’s Symbolic Plan To Slash The Federal Gas Tax Would Impact Gas Prices – Suspending the gas tax would likely provide only limited relief, as recent price increases have far outpaced the federal levy. – The federal government charges 18.4 cents per gallon on gas and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel…

Fox News: Representative Darrell Issa introduced H.Res.1211 to reverse the two impeachments of President Trump because Democrats used “knowingly false” claims in a partisan attempt to destroy the president’s reputation. – The resolution declares that both of Trump’s impeachments, approved by the House in 2019 and 2021, should be formally “expunged…

One America News: The DOJ announced that over 25 Tren de Aragua gang members were charged, and 80 firearms were seized in a nationwide crackdown. – The Trump administration, elevating TdA to terrorist status, has prioritized the systematic dismantling of its illicit operations, utilizing the full weight of federal resources to target both the group’s leadership and its domestic network.

Just The News: Two Senate committees obtained records from the DOJ that show the government possessed evidence of potential prostitution-related crimes related to former first son Hunter Biden. – Some of those transactions were allegedly linked to what “appears to be an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring.”…

Washington Examiner: The Supreme Court clears the way for Alabama to redraw congressional map – Alabama officials filed petitions to the Supreme Court last month urging the justices to quickly toss out a ruling that required the state to use a congressional map with two black-majority congressional districts.

Breitbart: LA Democrats Are In Retreat! – The Mayoral Debate Is Canceled After Karen Bass and Nithya Raman Pull Out As Spenser Pratt Exposes L.A.’s Corrupt Machine – Bass pulled out following last week’s debate, in which analysts said Pratt outperformed expectations while Bass and Raman floundered. – For stretches of the night, Pratt cleared that bar simply by sounding articulate.

The Fertility Crisis, Causes and Cure – The New York Times addresses what will likely turn out to be the great crisis of our time. – It attributes declining global fertility to modern uncertainty, ignoring reality. – True fertility is inherently linked to optimism and requires faith. – The Times avoids this conclusion, while religious communities consistently demonstrate that faith remains the primary driver of reproduction.

Washington Examiner: California mayor charged with acting as Chinese agent – Eileen Wang, 58, elected to the Arcadia City Council in November 2022, was charged with one count of acting in the U.S. as an illegal agent of a foreign government, according to the Department of Justice.

Gateway Pundit: Here We Go Again – A ‘preservation’ group filed a lawsuit to block President Trump from painting the Reflecting Pool blue. – “The vivid blue coating will fundamentally alter the visual and experiential character of the pool and the broader Lincoln Memorial Grounds landscape,” the group said in a complaint.

Ynet News: President Trump weighs renewed Hormuz operations – Trump says he may restart ‘Project Freedom’ to push ships through the Iran-blocked Strait of Hormuz, days after pausing the effort amid talks with Tehran. – Negotiations remain stalled after he rejected Iran’s response as ‘totally unacceptable.’

Newsmax: The Treasury Department Tells US Banks to Flag Suspected Iranian Money-Laundering Networks – President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.

Slay News: Bahrain Arrested 41 Suspected Iranian IRGC-Linked Operatives Amid An Escalating Crackdown – According to a statement from Bahrain’s Interior Ministry, the detainees were identified as central members of the organization’s “main structure” operating inside the country.

Foreign Affairs: The High-Stakes Trump/Xi Summit – The Trump-Xi Beijing summit is similar to modern “single combat,” where two powerful leaders with personal authority duel over tech supremacy, Taiwan, and global primacy. – Trump’s improvisational style will clash with Xi’s disciplined control amid strategic ambiguity.

Daily Wire: President Trump’s Biggest Advantage Over China Is Obvious – As Trump heads to China this week, legacy media propaganda claims he has no cards to play. – This is total crap. President Trump has successfully reshaped the global power map. – China is in trouble, as it is not the economic powerhouse it’s made it out to be…

American Wire News: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told 60 Minutes It’s time’ for Israel to ‘draw down to zero American financial support.’ – Netanyahu has proposed phasing out the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid over the next decade, aiming to transition toward a model of equal, joint financial investment in intelligence and defense projects.

Issues & Insights: The April jobs report caused even the die-hard Trump-hating media to admit that the gain “beat expectations.” – Economists had expected just 65,000, not the 115,000 reported. – But the jobs report is even better than advertised, because it included a loss of 9,000 federal workers.

American Wire News: Trump pledges to counter Democrats’ midterm cheating – Trump pledged that there will be a “bigger and stronger” version of the “election integrity army” that the GOP fielded in 2024. – He decisively won the 2024 election in part because the Democrats’ usual chicanery was put in check with a beefed-up on-the-ground presence.

Trending Politics: Accused WHCD shooter Cole Allen pleaded not guilty in federal court in DC to charges of attempting to assassinate President Trump. – Allen, 31, is also charged with assault on law enforcement, transporting a firearm across state lines to commit a felony, and discharging a weapon during a crime of violence. – He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Gatestone Institute: Turkey Is The NATO Member That Sponsors Terrorism – New revelations emerging from Israeli security investigations have shattered any illusion that Turkey’s relationship with Hamas is limited to “political support” or “diplomatic engagement.” – Countries that enable terrorism cannot at the same time be treated as indispensable partners in the fight against terrorism.

Gateway Pundit: The Trump administration has completed the removal of all remaining enriched uranium from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela. – This marks a major nuclear security victory for the United States, South America, and the world.

American Thinker: Kill the Filibuster, or Make Them Talk – The filibuster has devolved from a rare, exhausting tool into a silent, accountability-free minority veto. – Republicans must eliminate it or restore the “talking filibuster” to break gridlock, hold senators accountable, and allow the majority to govern as intended.

Townhall: Scott Jennings Says Democrats Now Only Have One Standard: Are You Radical Enough? – He argues that the only real requirement to run as a Democrat is a form of extremism, whether that be on economic policy, terrorism, or political violence. – Democrats remain relentlessly anti-Trump while increasingly embracing more extreme positions heading into the midterms…

Western Journal: Virginia Democrats, bitter over the defeat of their redistricting plan at the state Supreme Court, have discussed a plan to essentially do away with the court as it’s currently constructed. – The scheme involves lowering the mandatory retirement age for justices from 75 to 54, retroactively. – Coincidentally, the youngest current justice just happens to be 54 years old.

Slay News: The United Nations Is Pushing A Mandatory ‘Global Carbon Tax’ – Critics warn it would drive up prices for American families while funneling billions into unelected global bureaucracies. – The vote is scheduled to return in October at the International Maritime Organization after Trump’s administration temporarily derailed the proposal last year.

Washington Examiner: Liberal policies don’t work even when rebranded as ‘conservative’ – Liberal economic policies, marked by high spending, regulation, and protectionism, have a documented history of failure. – When “conservatives” adopt these failed paradigms under new branding, they invite the same economic stagnation, electoral defeat, and impoverishment that have crippled Europe.

American Thinker: Holding the Media Responsible for the SPLC Scandal – The Southern Poverty Law Center faces federal indictment for allegedly funding the very extremists it claimed to monitor. – Legacy media, long its co-conspirator, now faces a crisis of credibility. – We must demand accountability for years of being fed weaponized, biased propaganda.

American Thinker: The Clean Energy Bubble and Popular Culture – The clean energy bubble, fueled by climate-cult fervor, crashed after 2021, yet remains ignored by Hollywood. – Unlike past financial manias, this bubble’s narrative—driven by virtue-signaling and institutional failure threatens the “net-zero” agenda, making it a target for suppression.

American Thinker: America’s Parallel Economy – The U.S. is bypassing democratic budgeting by creating a parallel financial system that fuses monetary policy, private credit, and industrial tech mandates. – While this accelerates favored sectors, historical precedents like China’s Local Government Financing Vehicles, or LGFVs, prove such bypasses ultimately consolidate power and risk collapse.

Zero Hedge: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says nearly 20 countries are pursuing drone agreements with Ukraine, with four deals already finalized. – Ukraine is emerging as a global drone export powerhouse, coming fresh off vast experience gained in over four years of war with Russia, or at least that’s the image Kyiv is seeking…

Zero Hedge: Target Hospitality shares jumped in premarket trading after the company announced a new contract to provide mobile housing solutions and related hospitality services for workers at data center construction projects. – The 48-month contract could generate upward of $750 million in revenue for Target Hospitality…

American Thinker: A lot of kids are not going to public schools – Public school enrollment is plummeting nationwide, forcing districts to consider closures. – While declining birth rates are a factor, the primary driver is parental flight from union-dominated, agenda-driven institutions toward better alternatives, including suburban schools, voucher-supported private options, and home schooling.

Daily Caller: Congress quietly passed an Orwellian regulation during Biden’s term requiring all new cars to feature a “kill switch.” – However, it didn’t raise an alarm with these Republicans. – The feature would use technology to assess the driver’s performance and determine whether they are impaired. – The kill switch would shut the car off, raising concerns about safety, surveillance, and implementation.

Epoch Times: America’s Power Grid Is Hostage to 1 Component That Takes Years to Get – As electricity demand surges, the United States is facing a trillion-dollar race to rebuild its aging power grid. – But modernization efforts are increasingly constrained by supply limitations. – This is especially true for transformers that are slowing the upgrade process…

May 10, 2026

Epoch Times: President Trump Calls Iran’s Response to The Peace Proposal ‘Totally Unacceptable’ – A significant point of disagreement remains over the control of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. – Iran’s state TV said the country has indicated it is ready to allow the reopening of the strait if the war ends permanently and the United States lifts its sanctions and naval blockade.

Gateway Pundit: Iran’s “Totally Unacceptable” Response to Trump’s U.S. Proposal – President Trump rightly rejected Iran’s cynical counterproposal, which shamelessly demanded sanctions relief, reparations, and control of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran’s attempt to turn a nuclear non-proliferation deal into a strategic payoff confirms they are not serious about peace.

Breitbart: President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the negotiations between the US and Iran to end the ongoing conflict are Trump’s “business, not anyone else’s.” – Global affairs correspondent Barak Ravid, “President Trump told me that he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this evening and discussed the Iranian response with him.”

Gateway Pundit: Marco Rubio Revealed The Details of His ‘Important Meeting’ with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican – He updated him on the situation with Iran, and why it is important, due to the danger Iran poses to the world, which is largely recognized. – “The Holy Father is a spiritual leader… that’s his role to play. – At the end, it was a very cordial and important meeting.”

Red State – Biden Moves to Block The Release of 70 Hours of Audio Recordings With His Ghostwriter – A Special Counsel Robert Hur report concluded Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials.” – Still, no charges were filed, citing Biden’s cooperation with the probe and the likelihood that a jury would view him as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Daily Caller: Karen Bass Ducked Out Of A Mayoral Forum After Failing To Escape Blame For Mangling The LA Wildfire Response During A Debate – Bass was one of the four candidates that formally confirmed that they would participate in the May 13 mayoral forum to be televised on FOX 11, the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles, and the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs…

Slay News: France’s Digital ID System Was Hacked, With Sensitive Data of 19 Million Citizens Sold on Dark Web – The compromised system is operated by France Titres, formerly known as ANTS. – The system handles some of the most sensitive government services in France, including passports, national ID cards, residency permits, driver’s licenses, and vehicle registrations.

American Thinker: Newsom’s Gassy Arrogance – Governor Newsom continues to bleed California’s taxpayers through crony spending, like his latest, a corrupt, overpriced diaper program. – Yet, when faced with the nation’s highest gas prices, he refuses tax relief, prioritizing state revenue while shamelessly scapegoating President Trump.

Ynet News: Iran’s “stall” response to the US proposal is aimed at ending war, state media says. – Sources say talks seek a temporary halt to hostilities and restored Strait of Hormuz traffic as Qatar and Pakistan mediate efforts toward a broader deal…

Zero Hedge: Iran responded Sunday to the US peace proposal, finally submitting something, but the details were not initially disclosed. – The IRGC warns it will unleash a “heavy attack” on US bases in the region if more Hormuz aggression persists. – The still not publicly seen Supreme Leader supposedly met with a top Iranian military commander to talk ‘readiness’ against US-Israeli aggression.

Zero Hedge: An IRGC-linked media outlet has signaled that submarine fiber-optic cables running through the Strait of Hormuz remain in Tehran’s crosshairs. – Tehran apparently views Hormuz not only as an energy chokepoint but also as a digital chokepoint, with undersea cables beaming internet across the Gulf and into the global network.

Geller Report: Obama’s Shadow Government – Barack Obama operates a clandestine shadow government from his Kalorama residence, using an “earpiece presidency” to direct a network of embedded bureaucratic insurgents. – This parasitic regime sabotages American sovereignty, weaponizes the administrative state, and enforces globalist policies to subvert the Republic.

Townhall: Antifa radicals once again mobilized in Portland, Oregon, to launch demonstrations outside of a hotel building hosting FBI Director Kash Patel on Saturday night. – Footage captured of the ordeal showed threats and violence issued against supporters of President Trump.

Zero Hedge: Four Key Points From The New White House Counter-Terror Strategy – The 16-page strategy guide seeks to articulate an “America First” approach to dealing with militants, extremists, and criminal enterprises. – Violent Left-Wing Groups Fall Under Expanded Counter-Terror Scope – Focus Shifts to the Western Hemisphere – Expansion of Resources and Partnerships – An Apolitical, Evidence-Based Approach…

Economic Collapse Report: Seattle is becoming a case study in what happens when a city decides that wealth is something to be punished rather than cultivated. – The for-sale signs are multiplying. – Office towers sit half-empty as iconic homegrown employers are quietly relocating jobs to states that still treat employers as something other than the enemy.

Western Journal: House Democrats Are Reportedly in a ‘State of Anguish’ After Virginia’s Gerrymandering Attempt Failed – For months, Virginia Democrats appeared confident the Commonwealth’s newly drawn congressional map would strengthen the party’s position heading into critical 2026 midterms.

Center Square: U.S. farmers are struggling with high fuel and fertilizer prices, and bankruptcies are rising. – The U.S. lost more than 156,000 farms between 2017 and 2025, according to 2026 U.S. Census data. From 2024 to 2025 alone, farm bankruptcy filings jumped by 46%, the Farm Bureau reported.

Breitbart: Over a hundred Labour Party politicians asked Prime Minister Starmer to resign following this week’s disastrous defeat in the local elections to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. – Prime Minister Starmer is now embroiled in a desperate fight to extend his political life after a historically poor performance in the rough British equivalent of a US midterm election.

American Thinker: The West Needs More Mothers With Fathers In The Home – Western civilization’s survival depends on reversing the demographic collapse caused by the erosion of the traditional family. – Flourishing families—built on the biblical model of a mother and father—are essential for child welfare and the necessary cultural reset.

American Thinker: The TV Moms In Our Lives – TV mothers like June Cleaver and Caroline Ingalls endure in our collective memory because they embody the timeless virtues of nurture, frontier resilience, and character that define the maternal archetype. – They remain powerful, relatable symbols of the traditional home. – Sadly, this kind of traditional “Nuclear Family” content is a thing of the past…

American Thinker: The Power of Backlash – CBS attempted to smear Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt through deceptive editing, mirroring its past election interference. – Public outcry forced the release of the unedited footage, revealing Pratt’s authenticity and exposing CBS’s role as a partisan tool for the corrupt political establishment.

American Thinker: Louisiana v. Callais And The Long Run – This recent Supreme Court ruling bans race-based redistricting, dismantling a key mechanism of Democrat gerrymandering. – This epoch-making ruling shifts electoral prospects toward the GOP, threatening the Left’s institutional control and potentially realigning American politics by ending race-obsessed political machines.

American Thinker: Emotional incontinence and violence are now hardwired into Democrats – The modern Left suffers from profound emotional instability, evidenced by their disproportionate tendency to sever personal relationships over politics and their documented record of large-scale civil unrest, and bears no relationship to the old, blue-collar, middle- and working-class party of old that wanted a better life for families.

American Thinker: Washington DC. Is Not America – The District of Columbia functions as an unrepresentative, hostile enclave where a uniform leftist elite, bureaucrats, and activist judges subvert the national will. – Congress must decentralize federal power, enact venue reform, and strip this “swamp” of its ability to govern by fiat.

American Thinker: The Party’s Over – The Democrat Party faces a terminal crisis driven by financial collapse, the dismantling of its NGO-based funding “laundromat,” and structural shifts like honest census accounting. – Trapped by a radicalized fringe, the party is losing its viability and electoral advantages.

American Thinker: The Spine of Justice Roberts – Chief Justice John Roberts prioritizes the survival of the Establishment over constitutional fidelity. – His pragmatic, amoral jurisprudence, epitomized by the Obamacare ruling, serves to protect the swamp, sacrificing judicial integrity to appease D.C. elites while disingenuously posturing as an impartial priest.

American Thinker: Ignoring Iran’s Expanding Proxy Network – The Senate must pass S. 4063 to counter Iran’s expanding influence in North Africa. – By sanctioning the Polisario Front for its ties to Iranian-backed terrorist networks, this legislation prioritizes preemptive deterrence over the negligence of reacting only after crises erupt.

May 9, 2026

One America News: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s years-long war with Ukraine may finally be coming to an end as the two countries begin a short ceasefire period. – President Trump announced on Friday that a temporary ceasefire had been reached in time for Russia to celebrate its annual Victory Day holiday, marking the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Breitbart: Israel Operated A Secret Iraq Base Deep in The Desert to Back Its Iran War Operations – The outpost reportedly housed Israeli Air Force special forces units trained to operate deep inside enemy territory and served as a forward logistical hub supporting Israeli operations roughly 1,000 miles from Israel.

American Spectator: Power, Islamism, and the Crisis of Western Rationality – The modern Left’s alliance with Islamism reveals a shared, nihilistic worship of power. – By abandoning the rational, humanistic integration of faith and inquiry that built Western civilization, they embrace irrationality and authoritarianism, threatening to destroy our free society.

Epoch News: More States Are Enacting New Laws To Curb Teachers Unions – More than 272,000 teachers have opted out of union membership. – At issue is how teachers’ union dues are spent. – Expenditures favor Democrats and promote transgender ideology, DEI, protections for illegal immigrants, anti-school choice measures, and other left-leaning policies.

Washington Free Beacon: America and Russia Are Both Fighting Wars, But Only One Is in a Quagmire. – Russia’s failed campaign in Ukraine highlights its deepening national catastrophe and strategic decline, while the U.S. demonstrates superior power projection in Iran. Despite regional disruptions, America’s military success and economic resilience solidify its global advantage over adversaries.

Gatestone Institute: Never Trust the Iranian Regime, and NO to a ‘Moratorium’ – Any agreement allowing Iran a multi-year “moratorium” towards enriching uranium again would erase everything that President Trump has so brilliantly and historically accomplished. – Inside Iran, there are still reports of repression, restrictions on internet access, and crackdowns on dissent, complete with torture…

Times of Israel – The UK says it is sending a warship to the Middle East ahead of a potential Hormuz mission with France – The Royal Navy’s HMS Dragon will support a ‘multinational coalition’ to ‘secure’ the Strait – Also, Israel will release and deport 2 detained Gaza flotilla activists…

American Thinker: Insubordination Stands To Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory Over Iran – Unity is essential for victory. – History shows that domestic division, fueled by media agendas and political mockery, emboldens enemies, as seen in Vietnam. – To defeat Iran’s brutal theocracy, Americans must reject political gamesmanship and support decisive action to secure success…

The Center Square: Trump’s New Military Contractor Accountability Model – The Trump administration’s $1.5 trillion defense budget seeks to overhaul the Pentagon’s stagnant procurement system by shifting financial risk onto contractors and demanding production accountability. – Despite the intent to modernize, skeptics warn of implementation risks, budgetary instability, and reliance on unconventional funding.

American Thinker: How to Get the SAVE America Act Over the Finish Line – The Founding Fathers’ republic is threatened by modern election fraud. To save it, Trump must force a change in Senate leadership and use reconciliation—overriding the parliamentarian via Vice President Vance, to pass the SAVE America Act and ensure national election integrity.

American Thinker: Kim Jong-un Is Not Our Friend – What goes on every day in North Korea is horrific. – Kim Jong-un’s regime perpetrates horrific, systemic human rights abuses against its own people. – Trump’s “friendship” is a strategic maneuver; however, Americans must condemn these atrocities, maintain moral clarity, and leverage economic pressure to demand accountability and reform…

Slay News: Prediction Markets Show Republicans Holding Senate Control After Midterms – The reversal from previous reports reflects growing confidence among bettors that Republicans are regaining momentum heading into the 2026 cycle. – While prediction markets are not guarantees of election outcomes, they are closely watched as real-time indicators of political sentiment…

American Thinker: Move on, Barack, Please – Critics denounce Obama’s recent interview with Stephen Colbert as a sycophantic display, highlighting his hypocritical lectures on democratic norms while ignoring his own administration’s many abuses. Governor DeSantis observed that Obama’s ego prevents him from retiring and is tarnishing his legacy.

Geller Report: Is Islam the Solution? – Islam is a failed belief system. – Its comprehensive regulation of human behavior yields stagnant, dependent societies. – By suppression of such analysis, Western embrace of these ideas invites civilizational decline.

America First Report: Minnesota Republicans Turn to Congress After Democrats Block Ilhan Omar Subpoena – Representative Kristin Robbins, chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Oversight Committee, announced Friday she has asked congressional leaders to assist in securing needed records.

American Thinker: Unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne – Society increasingly replaces harsh realities with euphemisms to avoid discomfort. This linguistic manipulation distorts truth, allowing us to deny reality and evade accountability by masking unpleasant facts with “diplomatic cologne,” ultimately degrading our ability to face genuine issues.

Zero Hedge: An Explosion Rocked A Major New Orleans-Area Refinery As Fuel Markets Tighten – The explosion was traced to a reformer heater. – The 190,000-barrel-per-day refinery is one of the major Gulf Coast refineries because it produces gasoline, distillates, and specialty chemicals, so any sustained outage can impact regional fuel balances, especially gasoline and diesel supply.

Discern Report: The Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Warns Drastic Measures Required as Data Centers Come Online – PJM Interconnection serves over 67 million consumers across its operational area. – Data centers are the primary drivers of rising electricity consumption, according to the EIA, which expects demand to grow by 1% in 2026 and 3% in 2023, potentially outpacing new energy supply.

Washington Examiner: California’s Illegal Immigration Problem – California Democrats prioritize illegal immigrants over citizens, fueling state decline through unsustainable social spending and sanctuary policies. – By subsidizing dependency, they mask the exodus of residents and businesses, ultimately sacrificing the state’s long-term stability to support its political agenda.

Daily Wire: We’re Still Lovin’ It, The Story Behind Trump’s Viral McDonald’s Shift – Chief of Staff Susie Wiles confirmed the campaign orchestrated Trump’s viral 2024 McDonald’s visit. – The event succeeded by leveraging the President’s genuine, long-standing love for McDonald’s and fast food, effectively connecting with working Americans while highlighting his authentic political style.

American Thinker: Is McDonald’s going the way of Bud Light? – Why make things less satisfying for customers? – Phasing out self-serve soda fountains signifies a decline in customer service. – This shift, driven by corporate cost-cutting and managerial incompetence, alienates patrons who refuse to endure poor service and increasingly mediocre offerings.

Powerline: The Week in Pictures, More Illegal Aliens, But Now From Outer Space – People ridiculed President Trump in his first term when he founded the Space Force as a new branch of the military. Well, who’s laughing now?...

May 8, 2026

Newsmax: A suspected oil spill ‌covering dozens of square kilometers of sea near Iran’s main oil hub off Kharg Island was seen on satellite imagery this week. – The likely spill – appearing on images as a grey and white slick – covered waters ‌to the west of the 8-kilometer (5-mile) long island, pictures ​from Copernicus’s Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3 satellites showed on May 6-8.

Townhall: Senator Eric Schmitt Thinks The Courts Could Overturn California’s Congressional Map Next? – Virginia’s map just got struck down. – Is California next? – California’s “mapmaker” drew its new maps to “ensure” that racially gerrymandered “VRA seats are bolstered to make them most effective.” – That’s illegal under Callais.

Washington Examiner: The Left declares its contempt for wealth creators – The Left has abandoned the pretense of “fairness” for open hostility toward wealth creators. – Driven by the vice of envy, socialist politicians now gleefully wave goodbye to businesses fleeing high-tax regimes, prioritizing egalitarian vindictiveness over economic prosperity and reality.

Gateway Pundit: HELL FINALLY FROZE OVER – CBS News ‘Fact Checked’ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass From Debate, And Says Spencer Pratt Was Right – The fact check had mostly to do with claims made about the wildfires, which are clearly going to play a much larger role in this race than Democrats were hoping. – Bass is running around blaming the fire on Climate Change.

Truth: President Trump Just Announced A THREE DAY CEASEFIRE (May 9th, 10th, and 11th) in the War between Russia and Ukraine. – This Ceasefire will include a suspension of all kinetic activity, and also a prison swap of 1,000 prisoners from each Country. – This request was made directly by me, and I very much appreciate its agreement by President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

Trending Politics: Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin reported that the U.S. launched a fresh round of strikes against Iranian ports and infrastructure targets on Thursday afternoon. – Griffin, “The US military just carried out strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas,” but this is NOT a restarting of the war,” the official added.

TWZ News: F/A-18 Super Hornet Drops Bombs Down the Smoke Stacks Of Iranian Tankers Running The Blockade – The official said the vessels were empty “Very Large Crude Carriers trying to make it back to Iran” and that they “attempted to run the blockade.” – Several of the tankers were successfully hit in the operation, the official added.

America First Report: Iran Attacked The UAE After US Warships Exchanged Fire With Iranian Forces in Hormuz – The cease-fire flare-up marked one of the most serious escalations since Washington and Tehran entered into a shaky ceasefire on April 8 following more than 40 days of hostilities that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes…

Newsmax: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday ‌the Trump administration expects to prevail in an appeal of the Court of International Trade’s ruling against its temporary 10% global tariffs to replace duties struck down by the Supreme Court. – Greer said it made a flawed decision in ​its 2-1 ruling that Trump’s tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 were inappropriate.

American Thinker: More On The WHCD Dinner Shooting – Enhanced footage reveals critical lapses. – First, there is the unsecured strategic room. – Then a passive K-9 handler observes the shooter with no action. To top it off, female agents fled in panic. – This incompetence remains unaddressed by leadership, leaving the current security apparatus dangerously inadequate to protect Trump.

Daily Caller: The Virginia Supreme Court Struck Down The Democrat Gerrymander Referendum In Today’s Ruling – This ruling means Republicans will hold onto their five congressional seats. – Chief Justice Cleo Powell, along with Justices Thomas Mann and Junius Fulton, dissented.

New York Post: The Pentagon released dozens of UFO files that offer transparency on ‘alien and extraterrestrial life.’ – 162 files were released on war.gov/ufo regarding UAP and UFOs. – Hegseth, “The American people can now access the federal government’s declassified UAP files instantly.” – The files include a transcript of the Apollo 17 astronauts reporting very bright particles…

American Thinker: How the war in Iran deters China’s economic ambitions – While the left wrings its hands over “escalation,” Military strikes on Iranian infrastructure are targeting more than Tehran; they are dismantling China’s Belt and Road trade corridors. – The Trump administration is aggressively protecting the dollar and stalling Beijing’s economic rise.

Breitbart: Nigel Farage Killed The Two-Party System, With Reform Dominating in ‘British Midterms’ by Taking Seats From Both Left and Right – Farage Says Starmer Will Be Out of Government by Summer as The Eve-of-Election Polls Lines Up Reform For Major Gains This Week

America First Report: A Federal Court Judge Orders CAIR to Turn Over Foreign Donor Info to Texas Governor Greg Abbott – The case traces back to November, when Abbott formally designated CAIR a foreign terrorist organization, authorizing state actions against the group. – CAIR condemned the designation as “defamatory” and “lawless,” and filed a lawsuit in response.

American Spectator: Why Won’t Barack Obama Go Away? – Obama’s second act is louder, longer, but no wiser. – Unfortunately, the American people are suffering the consequences of Obama’s insatiable desire to insert himself into the national conversation. – Even more maddening was Obama’s interview this week with Stephen Colbert of The Late Show. – Among the whoppers…

American Thinker: Iran Negotiates Only When It Feels Cornered – Continued pressure has forced a more defensive Tehran to consider concessions. – Washington must avoid repeating past mistakes by settling for temporary deals; instead, it should leverage this current vulnerability to achieve a permanent, comprehensive strategic outcome.

American Thinker: The IMF Caught in the Crossfire Between the U.S. and China – The International Monetary Fund serves as a vital tool for U.S. hegemony, yet faces systemic erosion as China establishes rival financial structures. – Washington now seeks to weaponize the fund to block Beijing from using multilateral bailouts to salvage its distressed global loans.

American Thinker: Minnesota Senate Democrats just voted to protect Ilhan Omar and dead voters. – Their refusal to purge deceased voters or hold Rep. Ilhan Omar accountable reflects a systemic commitment to electoral fraud. – By weaponizing dead voters and shielding corrupt allies, these “fraud fathers” prioritize retaining power over the integrity of democratic processes.

American Thinker: Democrat Politicians Are Stupid Enough To Think They Are Untouchable – Rep. Ilhan Omar faces mounting evidence linking her to the “Feeding Our Future” fraud scandal, yet she remains shielded by partisan obstruction. – Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom’s reckless issuance of CDLs to unqualified illegal aliens has proven lethal, demonstrating a dangerous, willful disregard for public safety.

American Thinker: Globalism Is Totalitarianism – Across the West, governments increasingly treat citizens as adversaries, utilizing censorship, surveillance, and mass migration to consolidate power. – This globalist trajectory toward totalitarianism leaves citizens with diminishing peaceful recourse, fueling the potential for inevitable, revolutionary resistance.

 Great Britain faces an existential demographic decline as mass migration and lower native fertility replace its historic population. – This shift threatens to dismantle Western liberal values, as imported ideological frameworks increasingly challenge secular law, individual autonomy, and established social norms.

American Thinker: Fast-talking Rahm Emanuel tries to hide who the real crony capitalists are. – From inside his glass house, Emanuel’s stone-throwing is intended to deflect from the fact that politics has been a major profit center for him and other Democrats…

American Thinker: Bianco and Hilton Both Need To Win California’s Jungle Primary – California Republicans face a strategic dilemma in the gubernatorial primary. To defeat Democrats, many argue for a “lockout” strategy in which both Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco secure the top two spots. – Conservative voters need to vote accordingly.

Slay News: Republican Governor Greg Abbott has moved to shut down a controversial Muslim university operating illegally in Texas after officials determined the institution lacked the legal authority and credentials required to offer degrees. – On Thursday, Abbott directed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to issue a cease-and-desist order against Texas American Muslim University at Dallas…

Slay News: Unelected globalists are mandating that every vehicle newly registered across the European Union, beginning in July, will be required to include “driver-monitoring camera” systems designed to constantly track motorists for signs of distraction, error, or “unsafe” behavior. – The cameras will record the driver’s every movement while they are behind the wheel.

Slay News: The FBI Arrests 276 Suspects in Major Fraud Scam Crackdown – The Department of Justice and the FBI announced a massive international crackdown on sophisticated cryptocurrency fraud operations that allegedly stole millions from Americans through elaborate online scams designed to emotionally manipulate victims before draining their savings…

Reuters – The White House signed off on a plan ​to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, according ‌to sources familiar with the matter. – Two of the sources, who are advisers ​to the White House, said a decision was not final. – A ⁠third source close to the White House said they were told the ​FDA commissioner “is done” and that Trump signed off.

Zero Hedge: An Ancient Settlement Older Than The Pyramids Was Discovered – Archaeologists working with Sturgeon Lake First Nation uncovered stone tools, fire pits, toolmaking materials, and remains of the extinct Bison antiquus. – Charcoal layers point to controlled fire management, aligning with oral traditions. – The findings suggest a sophisticated society with advanced hunting strategies, including buffalo jumps.

May 7, 2026

Trending Politics: According to Chinese media outlet Ciaxin, a large Chinese refined-products tanker was struck by an Iranian projectile this past Monday. – Per a source from the owner of the vessel, this is the first time a Chinese vessel has been struck by Iranian fires since the conflict began. – The vessel was reportedly marked “Chinese owner and crew” and was still targeted.

Trending Politics: Iran Makes A Shock Proclamation On Strait Of Hormuz In A Bid To Secure ‘Spoils’ Of War – The Persian Gulf Strait Authority, established by Iran, has distributed a “Vessel Information Declaration” form to shipping operators. – The measure builds on Iran’s earlier restrictions during the conflict. Prior to the escalation involving US and Israeli military actions against Iran…

Epoch Times: 3 US Warships Fend Off Iranian Attacks, Yet, Trump Says The Ceasefire Still Holds – The U.S. military described the incident as an unprovoked attack, while Iranian military officials claimed the U.S. side attacked first.

Gateway Pundit: The Deep State Leaked A CIA Iran War Dossier to The Washington Post. – It concluded that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing more severe economic hardship. – It also found that Tehran retains significant ballistic missile capabilities despite weeks of intense U.S. and Israeli bombardment…

Gateway Pundit: Mark Hamill Sparked an Uproar After Posting a Disturbing Photo and Message Egging on President Trump’s Death – The image is of Trump in a grave with the headstone reading “Donald J. Trump 1946-2024,” at the bottom of the post.

Red State: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now the favorite to succeed President Trump, according to the Kalshi prediction market. – Rubio has overtaken Vice President JD Vance and California Governor Gavin Newsom, holding a 20 percent chance of winning. – Vance and Newsom trail closely behind at 18 and 17 percent, respectively…

Townhall: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Vows to Complete the Border Wall by 2027 – Mullin said that finishing the initial phase of the wall would allow the department to shift greater attention to the northern border, where he said fentanyl continues to enter the country. – He also blasted sanctuary states and cities for refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement…

Red State: Sen. John Fetterman Said What Democrats Don’t Want to Hear About Themselves – His argument is straightforward: the positions that define him today, border security, government solvency, and unwavering support for Israel, were mainstream Democrat views not long ago. – The party moved; he didn’t. – And his reward for staying put has been public denunciations…

Unleash Prosperity: These Charts Show The Biggest Wealth Transfer In U.S. History – Our analysis also shows that nearly every blue state has lost income due to moving vans, and nearly every red state has been a winner. – Florida is the giant winner, while New York is the biggest loser, followed closely by California.

Epoch Times: The U.S. Court of International Trade on May 7 struck down President Trump’s 10-percent global tariffs under the Trade Act of 1974. – The court ruled 2–1 in favor of small businesses and several states that contested the tariffs, which had taken effect on Feb. 24. – The dissenting judge said it was premature to rule on the dispute.

Slay News: Fani Willis Refuses to Reveal How Much Taxpayer Cash She Spent on Her Anti-Trump Crusade – The politically charged prosecution launched by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis against President Donald Trump and his allies may ultimately leave Georgia taxpayers footing a massive bill after the case collapsed under scandal, delays, and mounting legal setbacks.

Center Square: A new survey finds more Washington businesses are considering moving out of the state after recent state income changes. – The survey conducted last month by the Association of Washington Business found that ~24% of employers are considering moving their business out of state.-  Also, even more are considering moving their personal residence out of Washington state.

Epoch Times: President Trump Says Talks With Iran Show Progress and A Deal to End War Is ‘Very Possible’ – Trump says he has had good talks over the last 24 hours with Iran, and it’s ‘very possible’ the two countries will make a deal to end the war. – Trump had put out a warning that Iran would be bombed again if a deal could not be made.

Zero Hedge: Oil Slides On Reports Of ‘Breakthrough’ Coming For Stuck Ships In Hormuz, As US Awaits Tehran’s Response To Fresh Proposal. – Pakistani sources said Trump has demanded Iran’s “immediate response” to Washington’s peace proposal. – The White House on Wednesday had said it expects a response to the latest offer within 48 hours…

American Thinker: Not A War Of Choice – The Democrat-media complex claims the war with Iran is a war of choice. – The conflict with Iran is a strategic necessity, not a choice. – Having engaged in a shadow war for decades, Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons to fulfill an apocalyptic mission demanded decisive regime change to prevent catastrophic destruction.

Ynet Global: Satellite images reveal suspicious activity at a secret Iranian site – Satellite images show unusual activity at Mount Pickaxe south of Natanz. – Institute for Science and International Security experts say that valuable equipment may have been moved and hidden deep underground…

American Thinker: The Masks Are Off, Europe Betrayed the Trump Administration – European leaders have abandoned the role of reliable allies, actively undermining the administration while demanding American support. – This pattern of entitlement and disloyalty is unsustainable; a decisive U.S. victory in Iran will force Europe to confront its strategic irrelevance.

Gatestone Institute: Hamas is Humiliating Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ – Expecting Hamas to disarm voluntarily is like expecting ISIS or Al-Qaeda to renounce jihad (holy war) and become peaceful. – Despite repeated rejections, the “Board of Peace” continues its embarrassing efforts to negotiate with Hamas over the surrender of its weapons.

American Thinker: President Trump is reportedly considering naming Mexico’s major governing party, Morena, a terrorist organization. – U.S. investigations into Morena leadership signal a long-overdue reckoning. – By treating systemic corruption and narco-ties as national security threats, the administration is moving past the “sovereignty” shield to dismantle the networks enabling cartel violence on our doorstep.

American Thinker: Does a rise in state Medicaid spending correlate with fraud? – Ohio becomes the new ground zero for Somali fraud, and like in Minnesota, it does not seem that Somalis took great pains to hide it. – Widespread Medicaid fraud, recently exposed in communities like Ohio’s Somali population, reveals a systemic failure of oversight.

City Journal: Why Did California Award This Alleged Hamas Front $40 Million? – Other states are trying to shutter CAIR branches. Gavin Newsom is writing them checks. – CAIR presents itself as an innocuous Muslim civil rights group, but the group finds itself under increasing scrutiny for alleged connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoot, Hamas.

Townhall: During last night’s mayoral debate, Spencer Pratt, a victim of Karen Bass’ failed leadership, had an excellent showing. – He managed to make both of his opponents look like the weak, incompetent leaders they are, and show that they’re not what Los Angeles needs.

Slay News: Tim Walz faces mounting scrutiny as federal authorities investigate whether Minnesota officials failed to properly respond to massive fraud allegations. – FBI agents and federal investigators executed more than 20 search warrants targeting businesses connected to child care services, autism treatment programs, and other publicly funded operations

Gateway Pundit: A Detroit 2020 Election Document Investigation Revealed a WHOPPING 12.4% of Absentee Ballots Are MISSING THE OFFICIAL ENVELOPE Required By Law From 51 Taxpayer-Subsidized Housing Addresses. – We are proud to be able to release our third in a series of bombshell findings from the almost one million documents we are reviewing from Detroit’s Nov. 2020 Election…

America First Report: Rudy Giuliani Is Out of Intensive Care and Recovering In The Hospital – Giuliani was first reported to be admitted to the hospital on May 3. At the time, Ted Goodman, Giuliani’s spokesman, said that Giuliani was in “critical but stable condition.” – On May 4, Goodman said that the former mayor was recovering from pneumonia.

American Thinker: Government Spending In America Is Completely Out Of Control – U.S. federal debt exceeding 100% of GDP signals a looming economic collapse. – Simultaneously, Democrat-run states leverage excessive debt and taxation to fund failed social programs, fueling corruption and crippling the financial future of American families.

American Thinker: Minimum Wage is Maximum Folly – Minimum wage laws are not tools for compassion; they are exclusionary mandates that price low-skill workers out of the market. – By criminalizing voluntary exchange, the government destroys entry-level opportunities, effectively mandating unemployment for the most vulnerable.

Epoch Times: China’s Cash Home Buyers Are Undermining the American Dream – Foreign cash buyers, led by $13.7 billion in Chinese investment, are outcompeting American families for single-family homes. This one-sided system drives up prices, exploits U.S. resources, and demands urgent policy restrictions to protect domestic homeownership.

Slay News: Representative Pramila Jayapal publicly admitted she has been communicating with ambassadors from Mexico and other Latin American countries to explore ways of getting oil into communist Cuba, despite the Trump administration’s tightened sanctions targeting the regime. – This comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Cuba’s communist government…

Slay News: The Canadian Government Secretly Tracking Citizens’ Online Comments About Politicians – The revelation is fueling fresh concerns that the country’s political class is building a state-run speech monitoring system aimed at Canadians criticizing their representatives online.

May 6, 2026

Epoch Times: Iran’s Oil Storage Clock Is About to Run Out – According to consensus industry estimates, including by UK-based Energy Aspects, up to 68 million barrels of Iran’s 122-million-barrel maximum storage was full in late April, and there was space for 20 million to 30 million barrels more.

Epoch Times: A Judge Allows The Feds to Keep The Seized Fulton County 2020 Ballots – U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee rejected arguments from county attorneys that said the materials should be returned.

Epoch Times: Iran’s Oil Storage Clock Is About to Run Out – As the U.S. blockade holds, Iran’s inability to store tens of millions of barrels of oil could alter the course of the war, analysts say. – Since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed the blockade on April 13, at least 1.5 million barrels of Iranian oil have been stored every day because there’s no place to move it.

America First Report: US and Iran Edge Toward Fragile Truce as Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions Loom Large – Reports indicate negotiators are closing in on a one-page memorandum designed to formally end active hostilities. – Trump has signaled optimism, describing “great progress” toward a complete agreement, which is being negotiated by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Ynet News: President Trump threatens to resume bombing Iran if emerging Hormuz deal fails – Trump says strikes will return at a ‘much higher’ intensity if Tehran rejects a reported deal to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and launch broader nuclear talks, as Iran denies progress and Israel voices concern…

Gatestone Institute: Islam’s Turbocharged Takeover of Europe – Discord between Western allies, ostensibly due to contrasting views towards Islam and Israel, has escalated to a new height. – Political leaders seemingly reject any obligation to oppose attempts to destroy their nations’ traditional way of life, as European nations, it appears, have succumbed to Islamization…

Newsmax: President Trump said Wednesday the new White House ballroom will be double the size and nearly double the cost than originally proposed, yet the massive project remains ahead of schedule and under budget. – This morning, Trump pushed back against what he called “Fake News” reports suggesting the project’s price tag had ballooned unexpectedly.

Townhall: The DC Police Finally Hold 13 Individuals Accountable for Cooking the Books on Crime Data – MPD Commanders Michael Pulliam, Tatjana Savoy, and Assistant Chief LaShay Makal are amongst those reportedly facing termination. – Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll also abolished the Office of Patrol Operations, headed by Assistant Chief Andre Wright, currently on administrative…

Daily Caller: Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter inadvertently revealed the real reason leftist politicians are pushing for sanctuary cities. – Porter let the mask slip during Tuesday night’s debate and admitted that illegal immigration is one of “the only ways [California] has been growing in recent years,” seemingly embracing the replacement of American residents with foreigners.

American Thinker: Being Born Here Does Not Automatically Mean Citizenship – The Left falsely equates physical presence with 14th Amendment “jurisdiction.” – True jurisdiction derives from citizenship, not geography. – The Supreme Court must clarify that a mere presence in America does not grant birthright citizenship or the full due process rights of Americans.

Slay News: Influential Christian leaders are concerned after they were quietly warned by U.S. intelligence officials to “prepare now” for a coming wave of government disclosures about UFOs and so-called “non-human intelligence.” – They were reportedly told that the coming revelations could shake the foundations of biblical faith.

Slay News: Media mogul Ted Turner has died at the age of 87, according to the network he created. – Turner, who transformed the media landscape with the launch of CNN in 1980, was widely credited with reshaping how Americans consume news, introducing continuous, around-the-clock coverage that became a defining feature of modern broadcasting.

Slay News: FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that the bureau used false information to obtain surveillance warrants and illegally spy on President Donald Trump and his campaign during the 2016 election and beyond. – The FBI chief detailed what he described as a years-long effort to uncover misconduct tied to the Trump-Russia Hoax.

Slay News: An FAA Employee Arrested on Federal Charges for Threatening to Assassinate Trump – The case began after Dean DelleChiaie conducted a series of alarming internet searches on his government-issued FAA computer between January 20 and January 29. – The searches included: “how to get a gun into a federal facility.” – “Previous assassination attempts against the President.” – “% of the population that wants the President dead”…

The Federalist: Indiana Primaries Should Be A Wakeup Call For Senate RINOs To Pass The SAVE Act – Most of the Republican Indiana state Senate candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump won primary races Tuesday against incumbents who voted with Democrats to stop a congressional redistricting bill.

American Thinker: America Is Not An Idea, It Is A Covenant Of Principles – Calling America an “idea” is a dangerous category error. – It is actually a nation built on fixed, foundational principles. – Unlike mutable ideas that shift with consensus, principles are binding, reality-based standards that hold the government accountable across generations.

American Thinker: One rule for you, none for them – America suffers from a two-tiered system of justice. – The average citizen faces swift consequences for minor errors, yet the political class operates with total impunity. – This lawlessness, typified by intelligence failures, unchecked official violence, and sanctuary city defiance, demands strict accountability.

American Thinker: The Globalization of Digital Oppression – Communist China is exporting scalable surveillance and censorship infrastructure globally, embedding centralized control into national telecommunications. – This threatens civil liberties, necessitating an electronic bill of rights to protect freedom against these hardening, state-managed digital governance architectures.

Washington Examiner: After former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden massively increased access to food stamps, President Trump’s reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are working to cut back the bloat. – States have reportedly reduced food stamp rolls by 3.5 million people since the bill became law.

American Thinker: Plutocracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest. – Socialist attacks on “oligarchy” are hypocritical attempts to impose a ruinous dictatorship of the proletariat. – A benign plutocracy, driven by entrepreneurial innovation, generates prosperity for all, whereas socialism inevitably mandates equality in poverty by crushing individual industry and success.

American Thinker: CRISPR Kids – Gene editing offers transformative potential to eradicate genetic diseases, yet it poses profound risks. Beyond significant safety concerns and irreversible germ-line mutations, it invites a dystopian “designer baby” future, exacerbating inequality and threatening our fundamental human nature and morality.

Conservative Playlist: Leftist Domestic Terrorism Caused the California Fires and Legacy Media Is Ignoring It – Jonathan Rinderknecht was asked why a person might commit arson in the Pacific Palisades, and he responded, “It would be done out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as we’re basically being enslaved by them.” – He later invoked Luigi Mangione’s ambush and killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as a comparable act of “desperation.

California Globe: The Supreme Court Ruling Could Affect California’s Prop 50 – CA Redistricting ensured there would never be a contested primary between black and Latino candidates. – California’s legislative Democrats kicked the voter-approved independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission to the curb with SB 280, AB 604, and ACA 8, to redraw California’s congressional districts mid-decade.

California Globe: The Department of Education Launched a Title IX Investigation Into The LAUSD for Union Deal That Shields Alleged Sexual Predators from Termination – DOE Secretary Linda McMahon: ‘The unions are not fighting for students or teachers,– they are fighting to protect their own power.’

Zero Hedge: Another illegal migrant, handed legal status under Biden-era policies, is charged with brutally murdering two women in New York — One was a hardworking mother of two, and the other was his own roommate. – 22-year-old Rony Yahir Alvarenga Rivera entered the US illegally as an unaccompanied minor at age 12, roughly a decade ago, and was released into the country with no supervision.

May 5, 2026

Epoch Times: President Trump Paused the US Operation to Guide Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz – The president said he is doing this to see if a final agreement can be reached with Iran. – The U.S. blockade against Iranian ports will remain in effect for the time being…

Breitbart: The United States overtook Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest exporter of crude oil over the past nine weeks, as Iran’s attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz choked off Middle Eastern oil shipments. – The US shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers during this period.

New York Post: Cole Allen was hit with four felony counts. – An attempt to assassinate the President of the United States, assaulting an officer of the United States with a deadly weapon, transporting a firearm, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. – He faces up to life in prison if convicted on the top charge.

Breitbart: – A Billionaire Singled Out in Mamdani Tax Day video Is Halting New York Expansion – Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, “The Mayor of New York has made clear to my partners, and principally, my New York partners, that we need to double-down on our bet in Miami because we want to be in a state that embraces business, that embraces education, that embraces personal freedom and liberty…

Blaze Media: Ilhan Omar did not meet the deadline set by a Minnesota state committee to produce documents related to its investigation into the “Feeding Our Future” fraud scandal. – Republicans believe Omar may be linked to the massive ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud scam…

Daily Wire: Inside Ohio’s Home Health Empire – 7 Buildings With Supposedly 288 Medicaid Companies Are Billing $250 Million – A single landlord owns seven desolate buildings filled with home healthcare companies billing taxpayers millions. – We went to see them, but nobody was home. – Signs on doors suggest the owner is out to lunch, but the piles of mail outside tell a different story…

One America News: Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy wins GOP primary election for Ohio Governor. – He is a Harvard University and Yale Law School graduate. – He founded Roivant Sciences in 2014, “to improve the lives of patients by accelerating the development and commercialization of medicines that matter,” according to the company’s website.

American Thinker: If you want to witness a society’s end-stage decadence, look at the Met Gala. – Once, the Met Gala was about upper-class women dressing up in nice clothes. – Now, though, it’s a scene of ugliness, perversion, and debauchery. – See for yourself…

Western Journal: The Supreme Court agreed Monday to throw out racial gerrymandering in Louisiana’s congressional districts, triggering a war of words among justices. – The court ruled last week that districts drawn to enhance the power of black voters under the auspices of the 1965 Voting Rights Act are no longer legitimate…

Zero Hedge: Hormuz “Deserted” – While Maersk confirmed that its vessel Alliance Fairfax transited the strait on Monday under US military protection, Tuesday saw zero traffic following a day of violence that included attacks on vessels and missile strikes targeting the United Arab Emirates.

Townhall: Pete Hegseth Says The Military Intercepted Six Iranian Vessels Trying to Break the Blockade And Turned Them Around – “America has established a powerful red, white, and blue dome over the strait with destroyers, fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and 24/7 overwatch.” – “The ironclad blockade remains fully in effect.” – “Iran is learning the hard way.”

Epoch Times: President Trump Says Iran War Could Stretch Another 2 to 3 More Weeks – “We either make the right deal, or we win very easily.” – Trump then reiterated that Tehran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon and criticized the 2015 deal between the Obama administration and Iran that he later scrapped in his first term in office…

Times of Israel: The UAE says it is under drone and missile attack from Iran for the 2nd day running – Israel and US are said to be readying potential new strikes on Iran to pressure it in talks…

Washington Examiner: Hegseth, “The Ceasefire is ongoing despite Iran’s missile attacks on Monday.” – “Right now, the ceasefire certainly holds, but we’re going to be watching,” Hegseth added. – Iran’s recent attacks came after the president announced “Operation Freedom” over the weekend…

American Thinker: A new Muslim pact in the Middle East? – Driven by regional volatility and U.S. unreliability, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Egypt are forming a strategic Sunni defense pact. This alliance threatens American regional influence, creates a new arms-market rival, and establishes a nuclear-backed deterrent against Israel.

One America News: The U.S. carried out a strike on a drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, killing 2 ‘narco-terrorists – “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” SOUTHCOM said in a Monday statement.

Slay News: Kash Patel, “The FBI’s Secret Anti-Trump ‘Burn Bags’ Room Was Missing from Building’s Blueprints.” – A burn bag is typically used to destroy classified information by literally shredding and burning its contents. – This fuels concerns about why they were preserved and who knew about their existence.

The Federalist: ‘Another Racial Gerrymander Bites The Dust’- DeSantis Approved The New Florida Map Ahead Of Midterms – The new map — which takes effect immediately — could potentially net Republicans an additional four seats during the upcoming 2026 midterm elections…

Natural News: The UN faces what Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described in January as “imminent financial collapse,” with the US, the organization’s largest contributor, owing more than $4 billion in assessed dues. – Guterres declared that member-state obligations are “non-negotiable” and cannot be linked to policy demands by President Trump.

Issues & Insights: Exposing The Great Green Grift – EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told lawmakers that the Biden administration’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is a con. – His office found that money that was supposed to have some environmental benefit has been funneled “to former Obama and Biden officials” as well as various Democrat donors…

American Thinker: The Supreme Court Outlaws Anti-White, Pro-Democrat Discrimination – The Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling dismantles decades of race-based redistricting. By demanding color-blind maps and rejecting proportional entitlement, the Court restores equal representation, effectively ending state-sanctioned dilution of the white, Republican-leaning electorate.

Trending Politics: Rudy Giuliani’s Team Issues A Heartwarming Update – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged from a coma and is “talking” and “alert” as he remains hospitalized in Florida while recovering from pneumonia, longtime friend and billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis said Monday.

American Thinker: The communist seeds of depravity and violence have sprouted – Young Americans’ belief that communism could succeed in the U.S. ignores the historical reality of Marxist depravity. Organizations like Black Lives Matter, led by self-avowed Marxists and radicals, are already utilizing revolutionary tactics to dismantle American society.

California Globe: Sacramento Democrats Pass Bill to Shield High-Speed Rail Failures From The Public – AB 1608 would rename and expand the powers of the High-Speed Rail Authority’s Inspector General while creating broad exemptions to withhold records…

Economic Collapse Report: California’s Fuelmaggedon Exposes the Catastrophic Failure of Green Energy Fantasies – California’s leaders have spent years demonizing fossil fuels, shuttering refineries, blocking pipelines, and pushing electric vehicle mandates while the state’s vast car-dependent population and economy still demand enormous quantities of gasoline and jet fuel.

May 4, 2026

Washington Examiner: Two US destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz under an Iranian missile barrage. – The attacks were described as intense, but both destroyers made it through without incurring any damage as they were covered by Apache attack helicopters and other aircraft, which were used to repel the attacks…

Daily Caller: The US Destroyed Six Iranian Fast Boats In Strait of Hormuz That Were Threatening Commercial Vessels During ‘Project Freedom’ – Admiral Brad Cooper, “The U.S. has cleared an effective pathway through the strait.” – “Two U.S. ships have passed through the strait in the last 24 hours.”

Washington Post: European leaders have found renewed enthusiasm for upholding Europe’s role in NATO after the US announced it would reduce its troops on the continent. – Kaja Kallas, top diplomat for the European Union, “I think it shows that we have to really strengthen the European pillar in NATO and we really have to do more.”

Real Clear Energy: Washington politicians on both sides of the aisle falsely claim they cannot influence oil prices. – In reality, the U.S. is a major price-maker. – Through leases, taxes, the dollar, and emergency authorities, government actions prioritize producer profits over alleviating consumer pain.

Western Journal: Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui, who is overseeing the case of WHCD shooter Cole Allen, issued an apology to the defendant on Monday for his current living conditions. – “Whatever you’ve been through, I apologize for the prior week.” – Allen’s attorneys reportedly stated their client is being kept alone in a cell and has been denied access to a Bible.

Reuters: Authorities in the United ​Arab Emirates’ Fujairah ‌said on Monday that a ​fire broke ​out at the ⁠Fujairah Oil ​Industry Zone following ​what they described as a drone ​attack originating ​from Iran. – Civil defense teams ‌were ⁠deployed immediately to contain the blaze, Fujairah ​Media ​office ⁠said in a statement.

Zero Hedge: CENTCOM hails two US merchant ships exiting Hormuz Strait safely in “first step”. – Bessent issues remarks warning the US “will fire if fired upon.” – Iran insists Hormuz is under its control & says it targeted & struck a US Navy vessel, which the Pentagon/Central Command has denied. – Trump announced Sunday the US will ‘help free up’ ships stuck in the Hormuz Strait through Project Freedom…

Western Journal: ‘Project Freedom’ Leads to Immediate US Success in Strait of Hormuz – U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf – American forces are actively assisting efforts to restore transit for commercial shipping.” – As a first step, 2 U.S.-flagged merchant vessels have successfully transited the Strait, safely headed on their journey.

Zero Hedge: Europe Will Lose Billions In Revenue If US Military Bases Shut Down – Europe is in far greater economic trouble than most people realize. – The quiet decline of the once mighty British Empire is just one of many examples of Europe not understanding its own precarious economic circumstances. – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently sparked intense controversy by stating that the U.S. is being “humiliated” by Iran…

American Thinker: The Hindsight Moment: Recognizing and dealing with evil before it shapes the future – History proves that waiting to confront extremist regimes leads to catastrophic, preventable loss. – Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, fueled by an openly hostile ideology, demands proactive intervention now, rather than repeating the fatal passivity of the 20th century.

American Thinker: The Rough Art of Leadership. – History demonstrates that leaders like Grant, Patton, and Trump use blunt, uncompromising styles to break stalemates. – While their confrontational nature generates friction, it is often the necessary catalyst for decisive action and tangible, long-term national gains.

American Thinker: The Left’s Dangerous Endgame of ‘He Must Be Stopped’ – For years, the political and media establishment has targeted Donald Trump with endless investigations and inflammatory rhetoric, branding him a “threat.” When narratives and “lawfare” failed to stop him, the intensity of this opposition escalated, dangerously blurring the lines. – When none of it works, what comes next?

Slay News: Pennsylvania Democrat Senate Candidate, Raymond Chandler, Has Been Arrested for Death Threats Against Trump & Fetterman – In one message, he described a scenario in which a mob would murder the lawmaker and their family, claiming such violence was justified because “wealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country. – Days later, Chandler allegedly urged the lawmaker to assassinate President Trump, stating…

Resist The Mainstream: A 2023 Video Shows Buttigieg Bragging About Helping Kill Spirit Airlines’ Merger With JetBlue – When Pete Buttigieg stepped in front of CNN cameras in 2023, he was not shy about what his agency had just done. The then-Transportation Secretary made clear that Washington had planted its flag in the middle of a corporate deal, and he was proud of it.

American Thinker: The Democrats’ Affordability Push Is a Con – Affordability is just the Democrats’ latest excuse for giving out free stuff to their supporters, paid for by you and me. – Their policies replace genuine, market-driven prosperity, which emerges from organic innovation, with state-managed schemes that threaten to destroy our economic progress.

Zero Hedge: Can The GOP Oust Thune To Get The SAVE America Act Passed? – Despite a Republican trifecta and broad voter support, the SAVE America Act remains stalled by the Senate filibuster. – Majority Leader John Thune refuses to enforce caucus discipline, fueling grassroots frustration over his perceived failure to advance key legislation…

Townhall: Did Bill Maher Just End Gavin Newsom’s Political Career? – The host of Real Time brought up the Golden State’s failure to build a high-speed rail system. – You can tell by Newsom’s facial expression that he was not pleased. – MAHER: “Well… are they going to say anything good about gas prices?” – “Are they going to say anything good about how high their rents are?” – Gavin, you’ve got to get rid of the train!”

Zero Hedge: FedEx and UPS share prices dropped after Amazon debuted Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its freight network to outside sellers. – Amazon said ASCS is a move to “open its freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities to businesses of all types and sizes.” – This gives companies outside the Amazon marketplace access to a global delivery network with two- to five-day delivery…

American Thinker: Starbucks flight: Seattle chooses decline – Its mayor gave Starbucks a flippant ‘byeeee….’ – Seattle’s rapid decay, exemplified by the exodus of Starbucks, Amazon, and others, is a direct result of hostile, anti-business governance. – Leftist leaders prioritize ideological purity over economic reality, choosing systematic decline while foolishly dismissing the catastrophic loss of revenue.

Breitbart: Spain Gave $2 Billion to Illegal Migrants in 2025, While Spending Just $70 Million on Border Protection. – Spain, led by the socialist administration of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, is believed to have about 840,000 illegal migrants living in its territory, with a fifth of its entire population now composed of foreigners of various classifications.

May 3, 2026

Daily Caller: US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro Says There’s No Doubt Cole Allen Targeted Trump At WHCD – “It is very clear, based upon the fact that, as soon as this president said that he was going to be at the Hilton for the WHCD on March 2, he then decided to hatch his plan.” – “One issue that people might think about is whether he is insane.” — “He is far from insane.” – “He is brilliant.”

Epoch Times: U.S. forces will “help free up” ships trapped in the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday morning, President Trump said on May 3. – Trump said countries from across the world asked the United States to help move the stranded ships. – Trump, “They are merely neutral and innocent bystanders!”

Breitbart: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says that the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey went beyond his Instagram post. – Blanche was asked for more details. – “Can you and will you let the public know what any of those other facts are?” – Blanche said, “Absolutely. It’s called a trial.

Daily Caller: Former Republican New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition and receiving treatment in a hospital, according to a statement released Sunday by spokesperson Ted Goodman. – The exact details of the ailment that led to his hospitalization were not immediately disclosed.

Just The News: The USCIS chief has launched a historic offensive against immigration fraud, armed with denaturalization. – We saw a need for a very specialized group of criminal investigators. – Many are in training right now, and we are bringing more on all the time who are going to be going out to various field offices across the country and investigating actual immigration fraud.”

Western Journal: The Somali fraud is a drop in the bucket compared to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and hurting the American economy, through H-1B visas, using bought degrees and fake certifications. – Since COVID, 90% of the net gain in American jobs has gone to foreign workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

New York Post: Two major California insurers plot massive rate hikes, bringing misery for nearly 1 million homeowners. – The AAA-affiliated Inter-Insurance Exchange of the Automobile Club applied to raise rates for homeowners by 11.2%, with rates for condos and people renting a home to drop by 20.5% and 27%, respectively. – Travelers Insurance looks to increase rates by 6.9% for homeowners, and decrease rates by 17% for renters, 22.8% for condo owners, and 19.6% for condo landlords, but only about a quarter of customers would see a rate decrease under Travelers’ proposal…

Slay News: The DOJ is expanding its fight against fraud, announcing a new regional strike force targeting health care scams that drain billions from taxpayer-funded programs. – Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald unveiled the West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force during remarks in San Francisco, confirming that the unit will operate across Arizona, Nevada, and the Northern District of California.

California Globe: Understanding California Refineries: The ‘Turnaround’ – Refineries are very complex operations, and are the backbone of our economy. – USC Professor Mike Mische, “The oil industry makes up 8% of California’s GDP. Without that 8%, the other 92% would be impossible to achieve.” – On September 5, 2025, Andy Walz, CEO of Chevron, stated, “California is the most expensive state in the country to do business.”

Issues & Insights: Our Data Is For Sale To An Unexpected Buyer – Federal agencies are bypassing the Fourth Amendment by purchasing bulk personal data from commercial brokers. This warrantless “shadow surveillance” infrastructure enables mass behavioral profiling and creates severe national security vulnerabilities, allowing adversaries to track and target Americans.

Commonplace: Tim Cook Built Apple in China, but Beijing Owns the Keys – Tim Cook’s legacy is a strategic quagmire. – This is because by tethering Apple’s supply chain to China, he created an inescapable dependency. – Incoming CEO John Ternus inherits a company that must prioritize Beijing’s censorship and surveillance demands to retain operational viability.

American Thinker: We may already have access to a bountiful, safe supply of clean energy– Thorium-based energy offers a virtually limitless, clean, and safe alternative that could end resource-driven conflict. – However, the establishment, bureaucrats, military, and academics suppress this technology because it threatens the power structures built upon managing scarcity and energy-based geopolitical control.

Gatestone Institute: There Are No ‘Moderates’ Calling The Shots In Iran. – It would be outrageous if President Trump replaced a brutal Islamic dictatorship with an equally brutal non-Islamic dictatorship, as seen in other adversaries of the West, such as Russia, China, and North Korea. – Concerns are growing that Trump is losing interest in the plight of ordinary Iranians…

American Thinker: Have We Broken Iran’s Will Yet? – Iran’s regime is clearly rejecting genuine peace, leveraging defiance to survive. – To end the conflict, the United States must transcend current tactics, weaponizing uncertainty and overwhelming force to shatter the revolutionary leadership’s will, just as historical precedents once forced capitulation.

Times of Israel: Israel approves the purchase of 2 more squadrons of F-35I and F-15IA fighter jets from the US following lessons learned from the recent Iran war – The aircraft would eventually bring the Israeli Air Force’s F-35I fleet to 100 and F-15IA, the Israeli variant of the advanced F-15EX fleet to 50 in the coming years.

Breitbart: President Trump Says U.S. Will Withdraw ‘A Lot’ More Than 5,000 Troops From Germany – The announced move comes amid a broader shift in U.S. military policy towards NATO and Europe in light of the response to the Iran conflict. – Trump has long been critical of the military arrangement with Germany, in which America essentially underwrites the nation’s defense…

John Kass News: What if Republicans Threatened Obama The Way Democrats Threaten Trump? – The radical left’s relentless dehumanization of President Trump has incited three assassination attempts. Legacy media enables this violence by protecting progressive actors while relentlessly punishing conservatives, revealing a dangerous, systemic double standard that threatens the republic’s future.

American Thinker: The Left Is True To Its Roots While Spewing Its Propaganda – Mainstream media outlets operate as sophisticated propaganda machines, utilizing Marxist-inspired tactics of agitation and repetition to manufacture narratives. – By synchronizing cultural and digital influence, they systematically suppress competing truths to consolidate political power and manipulate public opinion.

American Thinker: It Is Time to Get Rid of the FACE Act – The Weaponization Working Group report exposes the FACE Act as an ideological weapon used by the DOJ to target pro-life activists while ignoring violence against pregnancy centers. – This partisan abuse necessitates either its immediate repeal or rigorous oversight.

American Thinker: Political Topic Flipper Obama – Barack Obama’s sudden outrage over gerrymandering masks a deeper panic: the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against race-based districting threatens to dismantle the “courtroom artifact” of the Democrat House majority, potentially shifting the balance of power permanently by year’s end.

American Thinker: The DoJ Is Coming For Companies That Mislabel Products’ Countries Of Origin – The DOJ fined Boise Cascade $6.4 million for mislabeling Chinese plywood as Malaysian to evade tariffs. – This is a big deal. – China often benefits from these labeling violations, and consumers are hurt when they don’t know where their money is going…

May 2, 2026

Newsmax: A senior Iranian military officer said Saturday that renewed fighting with the U.S. was “likely,” hours after President Trump said he was not satisfied with Iran’s latest proposal. – Iran delivered the new draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening without detailing its contents.

Breitbart: During a recent exchange, a reporter noted that about 85% of Iran’s nuclear missile-making capabilities had been eliminated and asked whether the remaining 15% was important for the United States to eliminate. – Trump responded, “I’d like to eliminate it.” – “It’d be a start for them to build up again, and yeah, I would like to eliminate it.”

Zero Hedge: The US Spends More On ‘Defense’ Than The Next 8 Countries Combined – United States, $921B – China, $251.3B – Russia, $186.2B – Germany, $107.3B – United Kingdom, $94.3B – India, $78.3B – Saudi Arabia, $72.5B – France, $70.0B…

Just The News: President Trump signed an executive order to revive portions of the Keystone XL Pipeline project nixed by the Biden Administration. – The Canadian company South Bow has joined forces with U.S.-based Bridger Pipeline, aiming to stitch together pieces of the project that had been left unfinished. – This is a trans-border pipeline similar to the old Keystone XL pipeline.

Fox News: Dr. Oz named 5 states in fraud crackdown as the Trump administration targets Medicaid abusers – Minnesota, California, Florida, New York, and Maine received letters as all 50 governors face a 10-day re-validation deadline…

American Thinker: Elizabeth Warren Set The Stage For The Demise of Spirit Airlines – Warren’s intervention against the JetBlue-Spirit merger, masquerading as a “Biden win,” directly caused Spirit Airlines’ collapse, resulting in massive job losses and higher consumer prices. – Her destructive regulatory overreach highlights a pattern of wrecking industries while falsely claiming to protect the “little guy.”

Center Square: U.S. debt tops 100% of GDP – This is ‘deeply troubling’ for our economy and national security – Out of the $39 trillion total national debt, debt held by the public hit $31.27 trillion on March 31, surpassing the $31.22 trillion in Gross Domestic Product over the past 12 months. – Research indicates that debt above 80% of GDP, tends to crowd out private sector investment…

New York Post: California’s other transit ‘boondoggle’ is laid bare as its costs double – Another blighted project seeking to connect the Bay Area with the San Joaquin Valley is the Valley Link Rail Project to relieve traffic congestion in areas like the Altamont Pass. – It has seen millions of dollars poured into it since 2018, with absolutely nothing to show for it.

Breitbart: Beleaguered Spirit Airlines abruptly announced it was finished and out of business, with all operations ended. – Engines powered down, all flights were cancelled, and 17,000 people found themselves out of work early Saturday morning. – Spirit is the first significant airline to halt operations in nearly 25 years, with operations beginning in the 1980s.

Zero Hedge: The Secret Service Chief Says The Hilton Site Was ‘Set Up Perfectly,’ But Critics Disagree – Curran said the place where Allen fell and was subdued was nearly 120 yards away from the podium. – But Allen was just yards away from a short stairwell leading to a jam-packed ballroom filled with 2,600 guests. – Also..

American Thinker: Three assassination attempts and miracles – The unprecedented frequency of assassination attempts against Donald Trump exposes the catastrophic decline of the Secret Service. – Institutional degradation, driven by DEI mandates and administrative incompetence, replaced elite protection with a failing, understaffed agency unable to ensure presidential safety. This must be corrected…

Breitbart: Bill Maher, The WHCD Shooter Wasn’t Insane, He Just Listened to Social and Mainstream Media – Maher, “Once you start with Hitler, it’s like what we’ve seen it in many places in the world where they make someone into vermin, you dehumanize someone to that degree, people are going to go, oh, I’m doing this, I’m a hero…

American Thinker: Gerrymandering Reality vs Democrat Narratives – The Supreme Court’s recent ruling rightly strikes down race-based gerrymandering, affirming that the Constitution forbids racial discrimination. – Predictably, Democrats, desperate to maintain power via rigged electoral maps, are misrepresenting this victory for colorblind law as a regression into segregation.

American Thinker: America first reciprocity means our allies need skin in the game – “Operation Epic Fury” highlights the unfair burden placed on the U.S. to secure global energy. The Reddy Reciprocity Index demands allies finally pay their fair share for regional defense, ending decades of subsidizing those who refuse to act.

American Thinker: SNAP Is Beyond Broken – USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins exposes massive, systemic fraud within the SNAP program. – With hundreds of thousands of ineligible recipients, including deceased individuals and luxury car owners, the program faces allegations of corruption, vote buying, and institutional resistance to reform.

American Thinker: America, It’s Time to Pick a Side, —And We Conservatives Can Help – No one can sit on the sidelines in this election.- It is critical, representing a choice between globalist-driven Democrat decline and a path to peace. – Media manipulation fuels division, but by engaging others through questions and common sense, we can overcome voter apathy, demand election integrity, and prevail.

Powerline: The Week In Pictures, Missed Me Again Edition – Leading the week’s news was the Democrats’ third failed assassination attempt against President Trump. – The rest of the week’s news was lighter: King Charles visited America and addressed Congress, and it turned out that Democrats love kings after all.

One America News: Millions of Americans expected to lose SNAP benefits amid fraud crackdown – Starting May 1st, adults up to 64 years old, without young children, will be required to log 80 work, school, or volunteer hours per month to maintain eligibility. – Supporters of the new restrictions believe it will reduce the risk of SNAP fraud and increase workforce participation.

May 1, 2026

Gateway Pundit: President Trump Declared The Hostilities with Iran ‘Terminated’ – The 1973 War Powers Resolution says a president is supposed to seek congressional authorization for a war if the conflict lasts longer than 60 days. – On April 7, 2026, Trump ordered a two-week ceasefire, which was extended, with no exchange of fire between the US and Iran since then. Trump, “The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated.”…

Epoch Times: SOW Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany. – Spokesman Sean Parnell, “This decision follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground.” – Parnell said the withdrawal could be completed over the next six to 12 months…

Center Square: U.S. troops in Italy and Spain hang in the balance as the troop reduction in Germany is announced. – On Thursday, President Trump was asked if he was also considering pulling troops out of Italy and Spain following the countries’ decisions not to provide any support in the strikes on Iran. – Trump indicated that he would consider doing the same with Italy and Spain.

Trending Politics: President Donald Trump announced, on May 1st, that the US would be “taking control” of Cuba in the immediate future. – This followed Trump’s signing of an executive order earlier that day expanding U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government and its affiliates. – The order targeted individuals, entities, and supporters involved in Cuba’s security apparatus, corruption, or human rights violations.

Breitbart: President Trump announced that roughly 300,000 illegal aliens in the United States have been removed from Social Security rolls. – Additionally, he added that 100,000 have been removed from Medicare.

Discern Report: California’s Gas Station Ghost Town Is Due To $3 Cheaper Fuel Two Miles Away – Cody Eggleston tends an eerily empty Mobil station where regular unleaded commands a punishing $6.99 per gallon in Needles. – Drive over the K Street Bridge into Arizona, and the same fuel flows for $4.09. Away. – This is due to Sacramento’s relentless war on affordable energy and oil.

Zero Hedge: The Income Needed To Live Comfortably In Various US Cities – The Top Five Are: New York, $158,954 – San Jose, $158,080 – Irvine, $151,965 -Boston, $139,776 – San Diego, $136,781 – The Bottom Five Are: Tulsa, $88,317 – Baltimore, 87,485 – Memphis, $86,320 – New Orleans, $84,406 – San Antonio, $83,242

Patriot TV: Will Iran Launch Its Newly Acquired Chinese Ant-Ship Missiles Against Our Aircraft Carriers? – China’s potential provision of advanced CM-302 “carrier-killer” missiles to Iran poses a severe threat to U.S. naval dominance. As diplomatic solutions fail and both sides prepare for intensified conflict, the risk of catastrophic maritime warfare rapidly increases.

Zero Hedge: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Lists 5 Pressure Points As The US Blockade Clock Is Ticking – 1. The United States has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz. – 2. There is a hard currency shortage. – 3. Food and gasoline rationing are in place. – 4. The entire international community has turned against Iran. – 5. The BLOCKADE will continue until there is pre-February 27 Freedom of Navigation.

Geller Report: Unemployment Falls To LOWEST LEVEL IN 50 YEARS – U.S. jobless aid applications for the week ending April 25 fell by 26,000 to 189,000, down from the previous week’s 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s well below the 214,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting.

Townhall: President Trump Announces a 25% Tariff on EU Cars & Trucks Due to Trade Agreement Violations. – The EU agreed to reduce its tariffs on U.S.-built cars to zero, while the U.S. would impose a 15% tariff on EU-imported cars. – However, Trump says the EU has not fully implemented the tariff reduction and is still effectively restricting U.S. cars, and especially trucks, in practice.

Epoch Times: The DOJ Will Seek Nationwide Enforcement of The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Gerrymandering Based On Race – Following the ruling, Senator Eric Schmitt urged the DOJ to apply the Supreme Court decision across all states and “use it to end illegal racially-gerrymandered districts…

Washington Examiner: Rand Paul’s proposed amendment to end birthright citizenship – A person born in the US may only be considered ‘subject to the jurisdiction of the US’ if the person is born in the US of parents, one of whom is — 1) a citizen or national of the US; 2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the US whose residence is in the US; or 3) an alien with…

American Thinker: Will SCOTUS Do Plessy Again in The Birthright Citizenship Case? – Granting birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens undermines the Privileges and Immunities Clause. By bypassing congressionally mandated naturalization, engaging in unapproved migration, and violating the guarantee against invasion, illegal aliens infringe upon the fundamental rights of all American citizens.

Breitbart: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Marks One Year of Trump’s Trucking Crackdown – DOT’s efforts led to kicking more than 20,000 non‑English‑proficient drivers out of service, revoking over 28,000 illegally issued foreign CDLs, shutting down thousands of fraudulent training schools, and forcing noncompliant states like California and New York into line…

American Thinker: The teachers’ Union and May Day – The Nation’s Report Card reveals historic lows in student achievement. Meanwhile, teacher unions, co-opted by radical activists, prioritize promoting socialist-rooted May Day events over addressing the academic crisis, alienating parents, and undermining our capitalist values.

American Thinker: President Trump’s instincts for the U.S. airline industry – Trump’s suggestion to acquire struggling airlines like Spirit reflects pragmatic, action-oriented leadership. – Unlike bureaucratic predecessors, Trump recognizes aviation’s national security importance, offering a creative, market-based approach to modernize infrastructure and ensure essential emergency redundancy.

American Thinker: Against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic – A country unwilling to defend itself will not survive. – Nations survive by securing borders and preserving their historic culture. – Europe is currently sleepwalking toward “fundamental transformation,” trading its sovereignty and security for bureaucratic control, political correctness, and a suicidal reliance on external military protection.

American Thinker: New Science Shows How These ‘Helpful’ Campaigns Are Manufacturing Illness – Modern mental health awareness campaigns are backfiring, pathologizing normal human struggle and fueling an epidemic of self-diagnosis. – By inflating diagnostic criteria and promoting fragility, this “awareness” industry serves corporate and ideological interests rather than fostering true resilience.

Discern Report: California’s experiment in aggressive climate regulation has turned what should be an abundant resource into a luxury good. – Drivers report regular unleaded commands $8.29 or more, with full tanks routinely exceeding $100. – The state average hovers near $6.01 per gallon, well above the national $4.30 figure. – It is concentrated in Southern California, where sprawling geography makes escape from the car impossible for most workers.

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