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The Chicago way

2025-10-12T10:16:00.003-05:00

NOW: JD Vance absolutely decimates Gov. JB Pritzker

"Governor Pritzker will talk a lot about how bad Donald Trump is, about how bad I am, and about how bad the administration is. He is the governor of a state that where its biggest city has murder rates that rival the most violent places in the THIRD WORLD!" "WHY is he so mad at Donald Trump for trying to keep Chicagoans safe? He should be mad at the CRIMINALS that he has failed to keep at bay. We're trying to help him, and we're trying to help the residents of his biggest city." "I wish that he would let us, because he certainly isn't doing the job himself!"

Chicago could be so much better if it had more responsible leadership. Democrats in Illinois don't appear up to the job.

The Muslim invasion of North Texas

2025-10-12T09:26:00.008-05:00

Blaze:

As if the 402-acre Muslim compound called “EPIC City” just north of Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas wasn’t enough, the sleepy little town of Murphy, Texas, is now being targeted by Islamists intent on spreading their ideology.

“There is a residential neighborhood called Oasis Springs Manor. And if you move to Oasis Springs Manor, you can now live on streets such as Al Maun Drive,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says, explaining that the new street name is a reference to a passage or section in the Quran.

Another street is named Sadiq Drive, which is a reference to Jafar al-Sadiq, the sixth imam.

“A man who many Muslim writers credit for proclaiming the principle that whatever was contrary to the Quran should be rejected despite whatever evidence might support it,” Gonzales explains.

Osman Drive, another new street, is a nod to the former sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

“Now, remember, the Ottoman Empire used the concept of jihad or holy war to expand Islam into non-Muslim territories. Like, they were really big on that,” Gonzales says, before introducing the street Syed Drive.

Syed Drive “signifies a Muslim descendant of their prophet Muhammad.”

“And remember, Muhammad is a dude who married a child, had slaves. I’m sorry, you’re supposed to call them concubines. That’s the more PC way of saying that. Okay, so that’s what he had. I believe he consummated his child marriage when she was 9. Other than that, though, great guy,” Gonzales says.

“So that neighborhood has gotten the city to go along with naming their streets those names. Now, that’s sending quite a message, isn’t it? That neighborhood is sending quite the message. And the message is ‘We are not assimilating. … We are going to bring Islam everywhere’ because remember, that’s the whole freaking goal,” she continues.

Near this neighborhood is land owned by the Islamic Association of Murphy, where they’re also now building a 32,000-square-foot mosque.
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Islam is a made-up religion trying to displace Christians and Jews. Arab Muslims are the dominant group supporting Islam. That they are trying to become an important group in Texas is unusual. I am a longtime resident of Texas and have rarely seen a Muslim outside of the time I was a Student at the University of Texas. In that case, there was only one, and he seemed very unhappy.

See also:

Steven
@nogulagsagain
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Islamic scholar: "We don't want to coexist with different religions, we want to extinguish light of every other religion. We want to dominate entire world and make people submit to Allah." Press if you think Islam is evil

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Imtiaz Mahmood
@ImtiazMadmood
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Marine Le Pen warns Muslim immigrants: "Those connected to Islamist Ideology must be stripped of their Nationality and expelled. Radical Mosques will be shut down…and the Muslim Brotherhood will be dissolved…" -
@AdamMoczar

Democrats favor illegals' over US law

2025-10-12T09:12:00.000-05:00

Washington Examiner:

TRUMP IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS STILL STRUGGLING WITH BIDEN’S LEGACY. Trump administration immigration authorities not only have to contend with violent attacks, rioters, angry activists, and others trying to obstruct enforcement of federal immigration law. They also have to deal with the obstacles former President Joe Biden left in their path.

You’ve seen videos of resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents doing their jobs. Just yesterday, the Democratic mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, declared the city an “ICE-free zone.” Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), Johnson’s ally in the fight against enforcing federal immigration law, referred to federal immigration agents as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s “thugs.”
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Biden opened the borders to illegals, and it looks like Democrat controlled cities want to do the same thing. I suspect the Democrats want the illegals becasue not enough American citizens are willing to support Democrat candidates.

Melania Trump works on reunification of children separated during Russia-Ukraine war

2025-10-12T08:50:00.007-05:00

Trending Politics:

First Lady Melania Trump surprised White House observers with an announcement on Friday that she has been in close communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his staff as part of an effort to reunify children and their parents separated during the war in Ukraine.

With stoic poise, Melania spoke from the White House, where she credited the Russian autocrat and his staff for compiling a public database of children, allowing their parents to identify them. Eight children have been returned home since the program launched 24 hours ago, she revealed.

“We have agreed to cooperate with each other for the benefit of all people involved in this war,” she said about Putin.

Melania told reporters that “much has unfolded” since she first sent a letter to Putin in August pleading with him to join her in an effort to return children to their parents who lost them during Russia’s two-year bombardment of Ukraine. Thousands of the country’s youth have been seized by Russian forces in that time.

Putin has demonstrated a “willingness to engage” with the First Lady “directly” about “details regarding the Ukrainian children residing in Russia,” she said from the White House.

“Since then, President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication regarding the welfare of these children,” she said.

“Eight children have been rejoined with their families during the past 24 hours. Each child has been left in turmoil because of the war in Ukraine. Three were separated from their parents, displaced to Russia…the other five were separated from family members across borders because of the conflict,” Melania added.
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While children can be victims of warfare, it is unusual for them to be POWs. Russia appears to be working with Melania Trump to return them to their parents.

Trump finds a work around to make sure troops are paid

2025-10-12T08:35:00.005-05:00

Blaze:

President Donald Trump is implementing a temporary solution to minimize the pain inflicted on American servicemen during the Democrat-induced government shutdown.

Trump announced Saturday that he has identified funds for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to use to ensure that American troops don't miss a paycheck on Oct. 15. This action comes after the Senate reached a stalemate, sending lawmakers home until votes resume Tuesday.

With no end to the shutdown in sight, Trump decided to take matters into his own hands.

"Chuck Schumer recently said, 'Every day gets better' during their Radical Left Shutdown," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday. "I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of 'Leader' Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th."

"That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th," Trump added. "We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS."

Democrats allowed government funding to lapse past the Sept. 30 deadline, refusing to pass the Republican-led continuing resolution. Although spending fights have turned partisan in the past, Republicans simply proposed a clean 90-page CR that kept funding levels at the same rates that Democrats voted for in the past. Their bill had no partisan line items, with the only anomaly being a bipartisan boost in security funding for politicians following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

On the other hand, Democrats proposed a $1.5 trillion funding bill that is chock-full of ideological provisions aimed at reversing the legislative accomplishments Republicans secured with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Democrats have also attempted to make the spending fight about renegotiating Obama-era health care subsidies, although they don't expire until the end of the year.
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Democrats keep doing things that make me want to vote against every one of them. If Schumer thinks things are getting better for Democrats, he is mistaken.

US helping Ukraine target Russian sites

2025-10-12T08:11:00.001-05:00

Newsmax:

The U.S. has been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities for months in a joint effort to weaken the economy and force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

U.S. intelligence has helped Kyiv strike important Russian energy assets, including oil refineries, far beyond the front line, the newspaper said, citing unnamed Ukrainian and U.S. officials familiar with the campaign.
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I suspect the intel is from a US satellite exposing the geolocation of the facilities. Ukraine appears to be using long-range drones for the attacks on the sites.

Virginia Democrats have a self induced problem

2025-10-12T07:49:00.001-05:00

Federalist Wire:

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Abigail Spanberger drew sharp online rebukes as “pathetic” and a “coward” for declining to withdraw her backing of fellow Democrat Jay Jones—who texted wishes of death against a rival and his kids—during Thursday’s debate.

Conservative commentator Steve Guest observed that Spanberger “was REPEATEDLY asked about her unhinged running mate, AG candidate Jay Jones, in the wake of his murderous threats being made public. Spanberger wouldn’t say that she denounces him. Truly pathetic.”

Prominent school-choice advocate Corey DeAngelis stated, “She needs to drop out. Now.”

“The Democrat candidate for Virginia Governor repeatedly REFUSED to pull her endorsement of the guy who fantasized about MURDERING his political opponent. He wished death upon CHILDREN,” DeAngelis added.

The Virginia GOP posted a statement on X post-debate: “The principle here is simple: if Abigail Spanberger can’t tell someone who fantasizes about murdering children to drop out of the race, she does not deserve to be our next governor.”
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How hard is it to say that you do not support murdering your political opponent? Jay Jones and Abigail Spanberger are likely to have a difficult time winning after appearing to be OK with threats to children.

Gazan and Israelis support Trump ceasefire

2025-10-11T13:35:00.008-05:00

NY Post:

Jubilant locals in both Gaza and Israel took to the streets early Thursday to celebrate President Trump for his role in the historic cease-fire deal — with many calling for him to get the Nobel Peace Prize.

Footage from both the streets of Tel Aviv and war-torn Gaza showed crowds of revelers celebrating what they hope will be the end of the two-year war as they hailed Trump for helping secure the deal.

“Donald Trump! Donald Trump!,” residents in Gaza could be heard cheering after the news broke Wednesday night.

“Nobel Prize to Trump,” those in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square cheered as they waved American flags and danced.

Trump’s plan calls for an immediate cease-fire, an exchange of all the 48 hostages, a staged withdrawal of the Israeli army from Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas, and the creation of a transitional government spearheaded by an international body.
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The conflict in Gaza began with the mass murder of Jewish civilians. Israel responded with a dominant attack in Gaza. It looks like they are both ready for a peace agreement.

See also:

Hamas accepts Trump peace plan ending 2 years of war in Gaza, returning hostages

Trump invokes scripture in touting new peace deal

The Democrats and FBI behind Russiagate and Spygate

2025-10-11T13:10:00.003-05:00

Conservative Tree House:

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From a risk management perspective, initially the surveillance and spying operation was a low-risk endeavor. Obama held power and was going to hand off operations to Hillary. The Clinton administration would retain the officials who were doing the surveillance/spying, and no one would ever know.

Donald Trump was not expected to win the election. When he did, all of the participants were suddenly at risk. President Obama and every member of his cabinet involved in the spying operations, then used Clinton’s “Russiagate” smear to cover up Obama’s “Spygate” activity.

The IRS was used to identify targets 2010 through 2012, until discovered in April ’12. Suddenly, President Obama has a problem. President Obama then sends his Chief of Staff, Jack Lew, to run the IRS and block discoveries around the IRS weaponization.

From 2012 through April 2016, the Obama administration was spying on their political opposition using the FBI to conduct surveillance through their access to the NSA database.

In April 2016, NSA Admiral Mike Rogers was alerted by the NSA compliance officer who noted the uptick in database access activity by the FBI searching the Republican primary candidate field.

Post April 2016, the Obama administration had a problem. Enter FBI operation “Crossfire Hurricane,” July 2016, in an effort to remove the political risk.

October 2016, the FBI rushes a FISA application through the FISC, circumventing the missing ‘Woods File’, with the Chris Steele dossier as evidence.

October 2016, NSA Director Rogers sends the first official notification of the FBI using the NSA database to the oversight body, the FISA Court.

December 2016, worried about Trump now discovering the NSA database spying, the Obama administration wraps the Clinton smear into official policy, blaming the Russians and validating Crossfire Hurricane. That’s where the Intelligence Community Assessment becomes critical.

May 2017, needing to extend the coverup of the FBI activity, special counsel Robert Mueller then takes over Crossfire Hurricane. All FBI evidence and personnel transfers to Mueller.

April 2019, Robert Mueller operation wraps up, prior activity coverup shifts to Impeachment process.

July 2019, John Durham kicks in extending DOJ/FBI control through 2020 election.

Fall 2020, mail-in ballots triggered to facilitate 2020 election outcome.

January 2021, FBI triggers Operation Arctic Frost, targeting Trump supporters and 2020 election researchers. FBI again using NSA database search queries to identify targeting.

March 2021, FBI Arctic Frost results fed to J6 Committee and DHS. TSA trigger “Quiet Skies” targeting via results from Arctic Frost.

It’s one long continuum of coverup activity within Main Justice and the FBI, supported by all other various agencies who operate in support. What are they covering up? The 2012 through 2016 political spying operation within the Obama administration, as carried out by the same Main Justice and FBI operations.
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The FBI was apparently a willing participant in the scam.

See also:

JUST IN: Declassified Docs Reveal CIA Covered Up Biden Family’s ‘Corrupt’ Foreign Dealings At Joe’s Request

Dems putting illegals ahead of US military

2025-10-11T12:52:00.006-05:00

Tim Burchett

@timburchett
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Imagine telling our military families who are literally standing in a food line that you care more about providing illegals with taxpayer funded healthcare. Welcome to the 2025 Democrat party.

The Democrats' desire to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants is nonsensical for the git go. Our military deserves better.

See also:

Exclusive: Pedophiles, Abusers Among Aliens Arrested By ICE While Dems Withhold Agents’ Paychecks

And:

Every Senate Democrat Stands By Jay Jones After He Fantasized About Assassinating Republican

Democrat shutdown means military could go hungry

2025-10-11T11:52:00.001-05:00

Newt Gingrich

@newtgingrich

HR5731 is the bill that will pay the military and their families on time and it can be passed and signed into law before October 15. The next military paycheck is due October 15. Because of the Schumer shutdown there is a dangerous possibility that the men and women who risk their lives defending America and their families will not be paid. As an Army brat (my father spent 26 years in the infantry and served in World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam) I know how tight finances can be and how much military families depend on the government keeping its word and paying them on time. The Senate can avoid all this pain and confusion among our military families by simply passing HR5731 immediately. HR5731 has already passed the House and if five more Democratic Senators would join the 3 Democrats and 52 Republicans who have already voted for it then the military and their families would be paid on time next Wednesday. The men and women who risk their lives protecting us and their families should not have to pay the price for politicians arguing over policy. Pass HR5731 now and avoid a lot of anxiety and pain for our forces.

Governor Newsom Press Office

@GovPressOffice

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TRUMP’S SHUTDOWN HAS FORCED OUR HEROIC MILITARY FAMILIES INTO BREAD LINES! This is what happens when chaos runs the country. Disgraceful!

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Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47

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The line at this food bank is filled with military families who have no idea when they'll get their next paycheck — all because of Chuck Schumer and Democrats. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves, but that'd require them to have shame in

The shutdown is the fault of Schumer and the Democrats. Trump did not shut down the government; it was shut down by a vote in the Senate.

The 'radical judge' problem

2025-10-11T11:38:00.005-05:00

DC Daily Journal:

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And an attempted assassination of a Supreme Court justice has this Republican on the attack.

Radical left judges are twisting the law to push their woke agenda, letting dangerous criminals off easy just because of their “gender identity.” But Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) isn’t sitting idly by. On Wednesday, he dropped a legislative bombshell aimed at restoring fairness and protecting Americans from this insanity. His new “Fair Sentencing Act” is a direct shot at judges who think gender confusion should mean shorter prison time.

This move comes hot on the heels of a disgraceful ruling by a Biden-appointed judge who gave Nicholas Roske—a man who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh—a measly eight-year sentence. That’s 22 years less than the 30-year minimum federal guidelines recommend. Why? Because the court spent over seven hours obsessing over Roske’s transgender identity, arguing it justified leniency, according to The Daily Wire.

“Criminals are criminals. Radical left judges shouldn’t be able to use ‘gender confusion’ as a reason to assign shorter sentences. My bill will keep Americans safer by ensuring all criminals are properly sentenced,” Cotton said to The Daily Wire. His Fair Sentencing Act would slam the brakes on judges using gender identity as an excuse to hand out soft sentences. It’s a common-sense fix to a system that’s been hijacked by far-left activism.

Let’s talk about Roske for a second. He was ready to m*rder a Supreme Court Justice after the Roe v. Wade decision leak sparked his rage. Yet, instead of throwing the book at him, the court got lost in a circus of gender politics. Cotton’s bill would ensure this kind of nonsense doesn’t happen again, forcing judges to focus on the crime, not the criminal’s feelings.
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Assignation attempts should be taken seriously, and the punishment should be more than eight years for such attempts. Gender confusion is no excuse for an assignation attempt.

The Dem shutdown plot

2025-10-11T11:21:00.005-05:00

Blaze:

Democrats are using the government shutdown to protect funding for illegal immigrant health care — while federal taxpayers across the country foot California’s bill.

Dr. Oz is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator for President Trump, and he’s joining Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on “Glenn TV” to debunk the left’s lies surrounding the current government shutdown.

“It is really reprehensible, what the Democrats are doing,” Oz tells Glenn. “This has been a process, this continuing resolution process, whether you like it or not, that’s gone on for a long time.”

“One of the things we addressed, I think, quite successfully, is the fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid. In fact, some of the points you make like money going towards illegal immigrants — again, it’s not that you’re paying for it in California; it’s that folks are being taxed in Mississippi and Texas and Florida, and that money is being shipped to California,” Oz explains.

“We stopped that. We’re not going to reverse that. And we’re certainly not going to reverse it for seven weeks of continuation so we can actually have more negotiations,” he says, noting that Medicaid and Medicare are only getting hurt by shutting down the government.
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“These programs, we struggle to keep open when you have a shutdown of this nature. This is high-stakes poker, and it’s unfair, and frankly, the Democrats don’t have many chips anyway,” he adds.

Glenn notes that some Democrats are now asking whether or not illegal immigrants will be helped in the emergency room — even in life-or-death situations where the patient may have a gunshot wound.

But Oz says that question distorts the truth, explaining that there’s a law that will protect illegal immigrants.

“You will get the care you need, especially if it’s lifesaving care. You’re in trouble if you don’t provide that care. So this is not about that at all. This is about giving benefits to illegal immigrants,” Oz explains.
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So why do Democrats want to give free healthcare to illegals? I suspect it is becasue they know American citizens are not voting for them in sufficient numbers for them to win, and they want to make voters out of the illegals to try to make up the difference.

The Jan. 6 bomb 'plot'

2025-10-11T11:12:00.006-05:00

Liz Wheeler:

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While the FBI’s initial narrative claimed that the pipe bombs were planted by unidentifiable figures the night before, there’s no phone tracking in the time frame that matches the action of the person on video.

“And so over the last six months or so, some people in Congress like Barry Loudermilk, the chairman of the subcommittee, looking at it, starting to wonder, ‘Was that a head fake? Was there something different to look at? Was this a training episode?’” Solomon explains.

“You start opening up the possibilities of things that you didn’t think about in the original analysis when it was so clean and cut and the FBI gave us a nice cookie cutter of what they thought the storyline was,” he continues.

Now, FBI Director Kash Patel has been coming out with new information, like the lab report.

“The lab report shows that both of these bombs were not likely to have been active, meaning they would not have likely exploded with the triggers that were on them,” Solomon tells Wheeler. “And they use language like, ‘If they had been properly assembled, they would have exploded, but it doesn’t look like that.’”

Expert Fred Whitehurst, Solomon recalls, explained that the report had “a lot of problems in it” and was “made to make it sound like these bombs were dangerous and terrible and those bad Donald Trump people probably planted them.”

“There are two key things,” he tells Wheeler. “There doesn’t appear to be a lot of black powder in the bomb. That would be the propellant for the bomb exploding and putting out dangerous material and shrapnel towards people.”

“And then two, if these were planted 16 hours in advance, the bomb maker had an only one hour timer on it. So if you planted them 16 hours earlier, that timer is gone in an hour. What happened?” he continues.

However, that’s when the “real bombshell” came.

“There was a witness who found the Republican National Committee bomb and that witness says there is no chance that bomb was planted 15, 16 hours before,” Solomon tells Wheeler.

The witness noticed that there were 20 minutes left on the timer for the bomb before she alerted the police.

“Now none of that fits the 15-hour narrative that the FBI had long bestowed upon the American public,” Solomon says. “And by the way, that narrative comes from the Capitol police from their video footage.”
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The bombs may have been intended as a distraction, but why did the FBI mislead the public about the bombs? Otherwise, it suggests that the bomber was inept.

Fetterman's growing support from GOP voters

2025-10-11T10:54:00.007-05:00

DC Daily Journal:

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A fresh Quinnipiac poll dropped recently, revealing Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s surprising ascent among Republicans, outpacing his standing with his own party—a testament to his no-nonsense, independent streak that’s resonating in a divided Keystone State.

The survey captures a whopping 54-point leap in GOP approval for Fetterman since 2024, mirroring trends from earlier polls that track his rising favor after bucking Democratic orthodoxy on key issues. Overall, his net approval among Pennsylvania voters clocks in at 46-38—a solid +8 edge—edging out last year’s 45-42 split.

Republicans now back Fetterman 62-21, a dramatic flip from 2024’s 75-16 disapproval, while Democrats have soured to a 54-33 disapproval from an 80-10 thumbs-up. Independents hold steady at 43-43, nearly identical to the prior 42-43.

Fetterman’s office didn’t respond right away to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s outreach, but his polling pivot speaks volumes about a senator prioritizing practical governance over partisan lockstep.

Fetterman’s voter realignment tracks his habit of charting his own course in a Democrat caucus often criticized for rigid groupthink, earning quiet nods from across the aisle.

As a government shutdown loomed, Fetterman joined just two fellow Dems in siding with Republicans on a funding bill to avert the crisis—one of eight Democratic votes needed to pass the GOP’s continuing resolution and keep essential services humming.
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The Democrat shutdown is about the desperation of the party leadership that sees itself falling further behind in the polls. Republicans see Fetterman as a rare voice of reason among Democrats.

See also:

Fetterman Hails Trump’s Role in Hostage Release Agreement

The Blue City rebellion

2025-10-11T10:44:00.006-05:00

Victor Davis Hanson:

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What’s really disturbing is we’re starting to see a new—I would call it—neo-Confederate successionist ideology in these cities. In these blue cities, the officials who run them, the mayors or the police chiefs, believe they are a law unto themselves. In other words, within the confines of Chicago or within the confines of Portland, they can nullify all federal laws, just in the way that South Carolina said it could on the eve of the Civil War: The Union does not apply to us. We are morally superior.

I wanna remind everybody how that works out in reality. If you are an ICE agent and you’re in an ICE detention center, you may not be able to get in or out of work or you can’t fulfill your duties because there is a siege on of Antifa semi-terrorists and their sympathizers that surround you. And the Oregon police will not help you. In fact, in a recent demonstration, a reporter was arrested while reporting on the inaction of the Oregon police and the violence of the protesters.

If you look at a recent suburb in Chicago, resisters to ICE actually did a blockade. They had 10 or so cars and they, by design, ambushed an ICE patrol and stopped the agents from being able to go forward or backward in their vehicles. One of them was armed with an automatic weapon. When ICE called for the Chicago police to lend assistance, because they were an extremist, the Chicago police did not.

Gov. Pritzker sort of, basically, said that ICE lies. And so, we don’t really pay any attention to them. Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago didn’t help.

In other words, we’re starting to see now organized resistance, not on the street by thugs and terrorists and resisters, but we’re starting to see, in neo-Confederate fashion, elected officials.

And the premise that they’re using is, again: We are a law unto ourselves.

I would like to remind them of two things: Not all Americans are Portlanders or Chicagoans. But everybody that’s a citizen in Chicago and everybody who is a citizen in Portland is, first and foremost, a U.S. citizen. And therefore, subject to the laws, the federal laws of the government. First and foremost.

And what these elected officials are doing and what law enforcement is doing, at the municipal level, is no different than what caused the Civil War.

They are actively encouraging resistance, and nearly armed resistance because these officers are law enforcement, to federal agents who are trying to dutifully fulfill their constitutional mandates to protect the border and ensure that people who come across do so legally. They’re just fulfilling the law—federal immigration law. And yet they’re being resisted by—I guess you would call it—neo-Confederates.
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Their resistance to US immigration law is not supported by the majority of American voters. In fact, it is only supported by roughly 20 percent of the American citizens. Support for Trump is growing more than when he was elected. I suspect that Democrats know they are in the minority and are hoping they can make the illegals voters to boost their numbers.

See also:

Confederate Chaos in Chicago

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (6 percent approval rating) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker continue to demonize federal law enforcement officers. And the Chicago Police Department shamed itself by telling officers to stand down rather than come to the aid of Immigration and Customs enforcement agents being swarmed by leftist mobs on the Southwest Side and nearby suburbs.

Johnson and Pritzker shamed themselves, but their constant screaming against ICE agents put pressure on police to turn their backs on ICE agents calling for help on Saturday. Their vehicle was rammed by rioters. They were surrounded by the angry crowd whipped to a frenzy by Pritzker and Johnson. They were abandoned by CPD. Many officers were disgusted and ashamed. Police Supt. Larry Snelling did himself and his department no favors by not speaking clearly as to who gave the order to abandon the ICE agents.
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The Biden family business?

2025-10-10T10:20:00.009-05:00

Trending Politics:

A new batch of declassified documents reveals that President Joe Biden allegedly quashed an investigation into his family’s international business dealings right as opponents in Congress sought to expose them.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the release of a report detailing how Ukrainian officials grew increasingly concerned over the Biden family’s business dealings in their country. In it, Biden, then the vice president, told CIA officials in 2015 he would “strongly prefer” that a summary of his family’s “corrupt” business dealings “not be disseminated” — a request that the Obama-era CIA honored at the time.

In a statement, Ratcliffe cited the report as another example of the “politicization of intelligence” under the Obama administration.

The discovery of the documents was made during a routine review of the agency’s historical files. Fox News reviewed the papers, which stated that Biden “expressed a preference to not share the report.”

An email dated Feb. 16, 2016 is titled “RE: OVP query regarding draft [REDACTED]” was sent to the CIA and labeled “SECRET.”

“Good morning, I just spoke with VP/ NSA and he would strongly prefer the report not/not be disseminated. Thanks for understanding,” states the writer, whose name is redacted but carries the title of “PDB Writer,” a reference to the presidential daily briefing.

The report being discussed referenced concerns by Ukrainian officials, who cited Hunter Biden’s work at an energy company in the country “as evidence of a double-standard within the United States Government towards matters of corruption and political power.”
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It is not too late to go forward with an investigation of the Biden family business. Influence peddling should be investigated.

See also:

Emails: Biden Demanded CIA Coverup of Embarrassing Ukraine Intelligence

Chicago officials accused of failure to protect ICE officers

2025-10-10T10:12:00.005-05:00

Daily Signal

President Donald Trump said Illinois’ Democrat leaders deserve to be in jail for letting crime run rampant in the city.

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have vocally opposed Trump’s deployment of 300 Texas National Guard members to clean up crime in the city and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

Johnson signed an executive order this week creating “ICE Free Zones” to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from city property.

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit Monday to block the National Guard deployment.

For 13 consecutive years, Chicago has had the most murders of any U.S. city. For seven consecutive years, Chicago has had the highest murder rate among U.S. cities with more than 1 million people.

Trump has said for weeks he wants to use the National Guard to assist in public safety efforts in Chicago. On Sunday, he said Pritzker’s opposition to using the guard in assisting federal agencies enforcing federal law stems from being “afraid for his life.”
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I don't know if they are afraid for their life, but what I do know is that they should support the federal government's plan to make their cities safer by taking crooks off the street. Chicago looks like a poorly run city.

See also:

Black Chicagoans Welcome ICE and Military Protectors

Say what?

2025-10-10T10:02:00.006-05:00

Western Lensman

@WesternLensman

12h

Democrats: The Trump administration weaponizing the government to go after political enemies is an outrage. Hakeem Jeffries: As soon as we retake power, we’re going to weaponize the government to go after our political enemies in the Trump administration.

People who have committed a crime should face prosecution. Being a political opponent is not a crime.

A mixed decision by court on Trump attempt to restore order in Portland

2025-10-10T09:46:00.004-05:00

Trending Politics:

A federal appeals court on Wednesday lifted a temporary order blocking President Donald Trump’s control over Oregon’s National Guard soldiers, handing him another victory in his crusade to restore peace to blue cities through a show of strength.

The decision, however, stops short of allowing Trump to ultimately deploy the troops to Portland, who were told to stand down by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut earlier this week. The Trump-appointed judge also ordered the administration not to deploy the National Guard to other parts of the state, a decision that stays in place for now.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit wrote in a brief memo that its decision helps ensure the “status quo.”

“The effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed,” they wrote.

The panel, comprising two Trump appointees and one Clinton appointee, will hear oral arguments on Thursday regarding whether to fully overturn Judge Immergut’s pause until the appeals court makes a final decision.

The Trump administration lashed out at Immergut on Monday, accusing her of “impermissibly second-guess[ing]” the president’s authority to restore domestic order under his authority.

“The district court’s order improperly impinges on the Commander-in-Chief’s supervision of military operations, countermands a military directive to officers in the field, and endangers federal personnel and property,” U.S. Justice Department lawyers wrote in Sunday court filings, according to The Hill.
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Earlier this week, Stephen Miller, a top legal advisor to the president, suddenly muted himself after declaring that Trump carries “plenary authority,” or the unmitigated ability to exercise all power afforded under his office. The statement sparked a brief backlash, and the administration has pivoted to warning that Trump will implement the Insurrection Act instead, which allows the president to use military power to stifle violent unrest at home.

The decision to block Trump's orders does not make any sense. The President is called the Commander-in-Chief for a reason. A judge is not a commander of the military.

Democrats stand by nominee who called for assignations

2025-10-10T09:18:00.006-05:00

Federalist Wire:

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A bombshell revelation last week exposed a series of disturbing 2022 text messages from Jay Jones, the Democratic contender for Virginia’s attorney general, where he vividly imagined violence against the state’s former Republican House speaker. The Virginia Fraternal Order of Police swiftly condemned the messages, urging Jones to abandon his campaign right away amid the uproar.

The exchanges, sent on August 8, 2022, targeted then-Speaker Todd Gilbert and escalated into graphic fantasies of harm. According to reports from National Review and The Post, Jones vented his rage in a conversation with Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner, a period when he had recently left his own seat in the Virginia House of Delegates after serving from 2018 to early 2022.

One particularly chilling message read: “Three people, two bullets,” followed by “Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot.” He added, “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” and “Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time.”

Jones’s tirade didn’t stop there; he also mused cruelly about Gilbert’s family suffering losses to shift the speaker’s stance.

The texts spilled over into bitterness about tributes to the late centrist Democrat Joe Johnson Jr., a former legislator who had passed away just days before. “If those guys die before me,” Jones wrote, “I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves. ‘Send them out awash in something.’”

In a pointed letter dated Monday, the Virginia FOP laid into Jones’s behavior as utterly unacceptable for anyone vying to lead the state’s prosecutions. “This conduct has no place in our society or democracy, especially from an elected official who is running to be the top prosecutor in Virginia,” the group stated.

They declared outright: “You, Jay Jones, are unfit for the office of Attorney General of Virginia. It is time you hold yourself accountable for these actions and withdraw from the Attorney General race immediately.”

The union highlighted the irony, noting, “The men and women of law enforcement work tirelessly to combat the violence you wished on a fellow Virginian and his family.” Before the story broke, Jones had held a slight edge over his conservative challenger, the incumbent Jason Miyares, in key polls, making the timing all the more damaging.
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The fallout has split along party lines. President Trump joined a chorus of prominent Republicans in demanding Jones step aside, but Virginia Democrats have mostly held firm. Senator Tim Kaine has kept his endorsement intact, while gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger voiced strong disapproval without pushing for his exit.
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Jones' statements are indefensible. But the Democrats appear to be sticking with him.

See also:

Leading Senator caught in a controversy that’s causing chaos on Capitol Hill

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The Democratic Party’s hypocrisy is laid bare once again, and it’s a gut punch to anyone who values integrity in politics. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is standing by Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for state attorney general, despite Jones’ 2022 text messages that called for the assassination of then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R).

Jones didn’t stop there—he fantasized about forcing Gilbert and his wife to watch their child die to change his views on politics.
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Drug cartels labeled unlawful combatants

2025-10-10T09:00:00.003-05:00

Military Times:

President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump administration memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, after recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

A person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly said the Congress was notified about the designation by Pentagon officials on Wednesday.

The move comes after the U.S. military last month carried out three deadly strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean. At least two of those operations were carried out on vessels that originated from Venezuela.
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The first military strike, carried out on Sept. 2, on what the Trump administration said was a drug-carrying speedboat, killed 11 people. Trump claimed the boat was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, which was listed by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year.
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The current Venezuelan regime is openly hostile to the US.

Trump administration to investigate left-wing groups

2025-10-10T08:49:00.006-05:00

Reuters:

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

The Trump administration plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus - including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department - as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said.
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"Left-wing organizations have fueled violent riots, organized attacks against law enforcement officers, coordinated illegal doxing campaigns, arranged drop points for weapons and riot materials, and more," the White House said in a statement to Reuters.

Miller did not respond to a request for comment.

Two weeks after the September 10 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump issued a presidential memorandum directing the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to focus on "domestic terrorists" whose common ideologies include "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity."
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Most of the current violence is on the left by groups that oppose the Trump agenda.

Funding of left-wing riots

2025-10-10T08:37:00.007-05:00

Breitbart:

Seamus Bruner, the Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) revealed that left-wing funders such as billionaire Neville Roy Singham were behind left-wing Antifa riots and protests.

During a roundtable event on Antifa with President Donald Trump, Bruner explained that he, GAI President Peter Schweizer, and their team “followed” a trail of money and “followed it to the top of what” they called the Protest Industrial Complex, or Riot Inc. Bruner explained that the so-called “Riot Inc.” was made up of many different divisions, and that “dozens of radical organizations” have received millions of dollars from Riot Inc.

“We found a network of NGOs, it’s not just the Soros network, the Open Society Network. It’s other funding networks, the Arabella Funding Network, the Tides Funding Network, Neville Roy Singham and his network, foreign cash,” Bruner explained. “And, it’s also big left-wing funders — some of them are not citizens of this country.”

Bruner continued to note that these left-wing funders were “pouring money into this entire ecosystem.”

Bruner continued to share “three money facts” about Riot Inc., explaining that there were “many divisions” such as “PR divisions, marketing divisions” and even a “well-funded legal division.”

“Number two, we have identified dozens of radical organizations, not just the decentralized Antifa organizations, but dozens of radical organizations that have received more than one hundred million dollars from the Riot Inc. investors,” Bruner added. “These would be the lawyer groups, these would be the groups that advocate for calling good, honest Americans fascists.”
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The term "fascists" has lost its meaning with these groups. It originally applied to European countries prior to World War II, such as Nazi Germany and some groups in Italy. Now it is used to attack groups that the leftists don't like, even though those groups are not remotely like the Nazis.

See also:

Antifa leaders flee America as Trump cracks down on domestic terrorist networks

Illinois leadership hostel to Federal officals

2025-10-09T09:42:00.007-05:00

Daily Signal:

President Donald Trump said Illinois’ Democrat leaders deserve to be in jail for letting crime run rampant in the city.

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker have vocally opposed Trump’s deployment of 300 Texas National Guard members to clean up crime in the city and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

Johnson signed an executive order this week creating “ICE Free Zones” to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from city property.

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit Monday to block the National Guard deployment.

For 13 consecutive years, Chicago has had the most murders of any U.S. city. For seven consecutive years, Chicago has had the highest murder rate among U.S. cities with more than 1 million people.

Trump has said for weeks he wants to use the National Guard to assist in public safety efforts in Chicago. On Sunday, he said Pritzker’s opposition to using the guard in assisting federal agencies enforcing federal law stems from being “afraid for his life.”
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To control crime, cities need to have a sufficient force-to-space ratio. When you have enough law enforcement in an area, you have less crime. A government that is incapable of controlling crime is not in a position to oppose increased federal policing.