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Trump Gold Phones Made In China

John Amato — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:00:02 +0000

Erick and Don Jr promised their cell phones were to be made in the US, and you believed it.

Hahahahaha.

CNN: "The Android-powered phone was first touted as being “Made in USA.” But that claim was quickly scrapped, and changed to “designed with American values in mind,” according to screenshots previously taken by CNN."

"The revised language came after industry analysts expressed skepticism about the phone’s American origins, noting that its specifications resembled a phone made by a Chinese manufacturer."

Lmao the community note on the Trump phone is epic 🤣💀 pic.twitter.com/30awt9w2bq

— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) May 14, 2026

What fools.

Open thread.

Republicans Move To Expunge Both Trump Impeachments

NewsHound Ellen — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:02:14 +0000

It’s no surprise Republicans feel desperate to burnish Donald Trump’s reputation. His approval ratings are in the toilet, his unwanted and unnecessary war and tariffs are causing inflation and gas prices to soar, and while using his p***y-grabbing hands to pocket billions of taxpayer dollars and documents for himself, he has taken away health insurance and food benefits from Americans.

That’s not counting Dozy Don’s obvious mental decline.

Republicans in Congress could do a lot to rein in Trump’s wrongdoings and actually serve struggling Americans. Instead, Rep. Darrell Issa has introduced a resolution, cosponsored by more than 20 other Republicans, to rewrite history and expunge Trump’s two impeachments. Not only that, as Alternet reported, “it appears he wants to allege ‘misconduct’ on the part of those who were part of the process of impeaching him.”

'It's A Violation': Russian-paid MAGA Host Says Influencers Shouldn't Get Foreign Cash

David Edwards — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:02:13 +0000

A MAGA host who was secretly funded by Russia recently argued that influencers should not be able to receive foreign money without registering as a lobbyist.

During an interview on Monday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) told Benny Johnson about his legislation that would ban dual citizens from serving in Congress.

"And it's important to know that like the people that are advocating and arguing with really big voices on either side of anything are doing so with clarity of heart and that they are doing so for the interests of America and not some foreign nation," Johnson argued.

"Well, I think one thing we could use is a lot more transparency," Fine replied. "So, for example, you talked about influencers... Now you have many influencers [who] are simply taking money from overseas, but we don't actually know that."

"So a piece of legislation that I've been working on would require anyone involved in politics to disclose who's giving them money," he continued.

Johnson agreed despite once taking money from Russia: "Yeah, foreign influence is a massive problem. I would probably make an addendum to that say that if this is a foreign, if you're being paid by a foreign country, that you should have to register under [the Foreign Agents Registration Act] FARA."

Linda McMahon: It's 'Weird' You'd Rather Feed Kids Than Fund Trump's Ballroom

John Amato — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:55:56 +0000

Trump's WWE Education Secretary Linda McMahon was befuddled when asked to choose between paying for Trump's 1 Billion Dollar Ballroom with federal dollars or buying millions of school lunches while hiring thousands of new teachers.

Rep. Casar highlighted the ridiculousness of federal funds going to Trump's massive ego project, or using the funds to help the American education system while feeding school kids.

CASAR: We can talk about teachers, at $64,000 a year, do we know how many new teachers we could hire if we sent a billion dollars out to the states for reducing class sizes and hiring more teachers?

I'm sure you have that number.

MCMAHON: Yes, it is 15,000 more teachers.

CASAR: Or we could pay for the Office of Civil Rights that's being cut in this budget seven times over.

I think, I think you get the point. So here's my real question here.

As Secretary of Education, which do you think helps our nation more?

Getting free lunch to more than a million more kids, 15,000 more teachers, or the ballroom?

MCMAHON: I think those are incredibly weird comparisons.

There's nothing weird with Casar's thinking. Trump said the ballroom destruction and renovation would cost the country nothing.

Now he wants a billion dollars of money that could be spent for the wellbeing and education of the country.

It's not really a choice. There's nothing weird about it at all.

Kevin O'Leary Mocked After He Accuses Opponents Of Being Funded By China

Ed Scarce — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:55:46 +0000

When O'Leary went on "Mornings with Maria" earlier this week on Fox, he did so with the intention of going after opponents of the ginormous data center he's a part of.

In the video above and on their Substack, Mr. Wonderful Discovers Local Utah Cells, O'Leary gets his ass handed to him.

Source: Fox 13, Salt Lake City

BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — Kevin O'Leary, an investor in the proposed 40,000-acre Stratos data center campus in Box Elder County, accused two Utah groups opposing the project of being funded by the Chinese government.

O'Leary made the accusation on Fox News, targeting Alliance for a Better Utah and Elevate Strategies.

"Who would want us to stop building our electrical grid? Who would want to stop us from having the computing capacity to develop AI? Which adversary would want that? There's only one. It's China." O'Leary said.

In a social media exchange, Gabi Finlayson of Elevate Strategies pushed back on the claim.

"If we were Chinese operatives, we would be the worst operatives in the entire world. Someone alert Beijing that the payment portal to Jackie and I's Amex bills is somehow broken," Finlayson said.

Elizabeth Hutchings of Alliance for a Better Utah also denied the accusation.
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Ron Johnson Hates China But Loves Their (Money) Take Out

Chris capper Liebenthal — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:55:45 +0000

Even while his Fearless Leader is playing all nice in China, Wisconsin's really dumb senator, Ron Johnson, went on Fox to badmouth the country:

Well, Sandra, well, the American public ought to read Sun Tzu's Art of War because it's exactly the kind of warfare that China conducts across the board. They're long-term thinkers.

They have pervasively invaded America with the investments into our university system. They have plundered America to the tune of probably trillions of dollars of our intellectual property to help build up their economy. They just don't fight fair, and this is one example of that as well.

So now we need to be on guard. I wish China was a friendly, competitive economic rival, but they're an unfriendly adversary. They want to replace us, which would be very bad for the world.

RoJo's words are a little surprising when one looks at how he has embraced China over the years.

As far back as 2010, RoJo was praising China because of the certainty they provide for businesses:

In 2019, RoJo wasn't concerned about China investigating the Bidens at Trump's request. Well, doesn't that make you go "Hmmm?"

Democrat Unloads On Trump Official:'Stop Talking About Biden! Talk About Your Record'

Conover Kennard — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:51:18 +0000

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner testified before a Senate Appropriations Committee panel on Trump‘s fiscal 2027 budget request, with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand growingly increasingly frustrated when Turner kept pathetically pivoting to Joe Biden. Turner played the role of a guy who couldn't get off-script, but Gillibrand repeatedly called him out.

Turner immediately defaulted right back to "During the Biden administration—" like a broken record with only one track.

"And what I will say, and I offer this, is number one, the point in time report in the Biden administration HUD said that we had 770,000 people in America that were homeless at one given time," Turner said. "And this is with record funding. So we have record funding, but yet we have an increase in street homelessness."

"So what is your record?" Gillibrand asked. "You've had this job for well over a year. I just want to know, did you get the number down? Do we have 700,000 homeless still, or is it a million or a million point five?"

"So I get you want to do things differently, and this committee will support you as long as the goals are good, but where are the results?" she continued. "The report is delayed over a year, over a year, and I just don't want to hear about what you don't like about the Biden administration. You're in charge. You have a vision. Let's see it. Let's see the results."

JD Vance: Trump Didn't Say That Thing Everyone Heard Him Say

Conover Kennard — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:15:22 +0000

During a Wednesday press conference, Vice President JD Vance was asked whether he shared Trump's view that Americans' deteriorating financial circumstances should not factor into Iran-related policy decisions — and his response was openly dishonest. Shocking, I know.

"Do you agree with the President’s position that Americans' financial situations should not be a consideration?" a reporter asked.

Vance: I don’t think he said that." Vance blatantly lied. "I think that's a misrepresentation of what the president said."

Reporter: Do you agree with the President’s position that Americans' financial situations should not be a consideration?

Vance: I don’t think he said that. I think that's a misrepresentation of what the president said.

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-05-13T18:51:45.751Z

That is a lie, and Vance knows it. Ellen covered it here on Tuesday.

Trump Has The Worst Approval Rating On Healthcare This Century

John Amato — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:54:38 +0000

CNN's Harry Enten delivered more bad news for Trump when he received the lowest approval rating on health care by any US president this century.

ENTEN: Yeah, if we talk about health care, why don't we just look at the highest disapproval ratings for presidents this century.

And you can see it right here.

The one in red on your screen, Donald Trump, 65 percent disapproval of him on health care.

That is the highest.

That is the highest for any president this century.

Biden was at 57 percent.

That was his highest.

Obama, remember, this was around the Obamacare debate, right?

He was at 63 percent.

Obama's actually beating him on this score, which is a score you don't want to be winning on.

And then, of course, Bush, when there was all this talk about privatizing Social Security, he was at 63 percent.

But Donald Trump takes the cake on this issue, 65 percent disapproval, the highest for any president this century.

The only reason Trump still gets support in the 30s is that the evangelical MAGA cult is clinging on for dear life.

RJK Jr.'s approval ratings have also finally cratered.

Miami Residents Sue Trump Over Land Grab For Presidential Library

Susie Madrak — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:42:33 +0000

Two Miami City residents have filed suit to stop Trump from receiving prime waterfront Florida real estate for his presidential library, claiming the land transfer violates the Constitution. Via Politico:

The lawsuit is being brought under the Emoluments Clause, which bars the president from accepting gifts, payments or other benefits from state, federal or foreign entities beyond an official salary. The land where the skyscraper library is set to be built — in a prime waterfront location downtown — was first transferred by Miami Dade College to the state. Then Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet gifted it to Trump’s library foundation.

The lawsuit targets Trump, his library foundation, DeSantis and members of the Florida Cabinet, as well as Miami Dade College. The 2.63 acres of land in question is valued at around $67 million, though some real estate experts have said it could be worth as much as $300 million given its bayfront location across from the city’s Kaseya Center arena. It’s also next to the Freedom Tower, a historic immigrant processing center that once welcomed Cuban refugees.

The lawsuit, from two Miami residents who live near the soon-to-be-constructed site and led by the Constitutional Accountability Center and Miami-based law firm Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, points out that Trump has told reporters he thinks the land could also serve as a hotel “with a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby.”

Mike Johnson's Response: Election Integrity Only Valid For Republicans

John Amato — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:52 +0000

Speaker Mike Johnson callously dismissed the thousands of votes already cast in Louisiana that will be nullified because of the redrawn maps as a nothing to see here moment for voters, even as they disenfranchise Democratic voters, claiming those votes are unconstitutional.

Whenever Republicans say the words "voter integrity," what they mean is disenfranchisement of all Democratic, minorities and disabled senior voters.

Jebus Johnson was asked about the hypocrisy in his state, using their voter integrity nonsense against them while Republicans try to pass the draconian Save Act.

REPORTER: ...thousands of ballots have been distributed or even cast in two of your primaries that Governor Landry now says will be discarded. Is that not an election integrity concern

If Johnson had a handlebar mustache, he would have been twirling it around between his fingers like Simon Legree when he responded.

JOHNSON: Listen, what the ultimate election integrity concern is to ensure that you don't have an election on an unconstitutional map, and when the highest court in the land says your map is unconstitutional, you cannot proceed, you can't have an election on a non-constitutional map...

Johnson then would have started cackling at the media.

Inflation Bad, Bartiromo Sad

John Amato — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:54:19 +0000

Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo was forced to report on the terrible PPI number and inflationary data hitting the United States today as inflation jumped 6% in April, that almost made her cry since she had no way to sugar coat the results for Donald Trump's economy.

The MAGA Queen let reporter Cheryl Casone read off the horrific data that was released before bring on Navellier and Associates chairman Louis Navellier to discuss.

Casone: ...the energy story in this report Maria and markets do not like what they're saying back to you.

BARTIROMO: All right so we got a we got a PPI of up 1.4 percent versus an estimate of five-tenths or six-tenths and then you had the six percent year over year number and as soon as those numbers hit the tape the market went from down about a hundred to down 269 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, so we are now deeper in the red.

Louis no surprise that we're getting a hotter than expected PPI number given the spiking oil prices, but is this worse than you expected?

NAVELLIER: Of course yeah this is pretty devastating actually.

So you know the yield curve has been trying to flatten here a bit and that's what we got to keep an eye on.

We certainly don't want to invert a yield curve and that's obviously Treasury Secretary Bessett's job to keep it keep a slant to it.
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Nothing Says 'Happy 250th Anniversary' Like 250 Pardons!

Susie Madrak — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:35:33 +0000

Oh, look. Trump's people are weighing a plan for him to issue 250 pardons as a way to mark the celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday this summer.

The plan is still in preliminary discussions but, if carried out, would expand Trump’s venal use of the pardon power. His apparent willingness to grant pardons (for ALLEGED CASH PAYMENTS) has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle and encouraged some high-profile candidates to openly campaign to have their convictions or alleged crimes wiped away with a signature. (And what a great way to get Ghislaine Maxwell off his back, once and for all.)

Some in the White House have raised concerns about doing too many more pardons, or any at all, before the midterm elections this fall, some of the people said. Trump could announce the 250 acts of mercy on June 14, which is both Flag Day and his birthday, or on the Fourth of July, some of the people said.

A decision has not been made. Trump is the ultimate decision maker on any clemency-related actions, an official added.

Trump has been determined to put his imprint on the national celebration, known as the semiquincentennial. In the MAGA areas near my house, those 250th Anniversary flags are all over the place.

Ready, Fire, Aim? The Army Has A Sudden $6B Budget Shortfall

Susie Madrak — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:15:13 +0000

The Army is grappling with a "sudden" budget crunch and scrambling to slash training costs across broad swaths of the force, according to internal documents reviewed by ABC News and multiple U.S. officials.

Gee, seems like someone should have seen that coming. Isn't Whiskey Pete supposed to be in charge of their budget?

The cuts are to make up for a shortfall of some $4 billion to $6 billion, according to one of the officials, as the service has drastically expanded its operational footprint at home and abroad. But you can be sure Trump's "Golden Dome" plan has a lot to do with it.

The cuts range from elite schools to unit-level training, and have triggered a wave of abrupt cancellations and unusually aggressive spending scrutiny months before the fiscal year ends in September. The service's multibillion-dollar shortfall is the product of a widening set of operational demands and rising costs across the force.

Major drivers, a U.S. official noted, have been costs associated with the Iran war and an expanding mission securing the southern U.S. border.

You don't say!

https://bsky.app/profile/godofindifference.bsky.social/post/3mlqxwgwbks2b

Trump ‘Golden Dome’ Will Waste $1T Taxpayer Money, Enrich Cronies

NewsHound Ellen — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:41:38 +0000

Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” is not another plan to physically slather gold all over something to make himself look more king-like but it might as well be. As Mother Jones explains, it’s Trump’s scheme for a missile defense shield over the entire country, modeled after Israel’s Iron Dome system. Never mind that the U.S. is vastly larger than Israel and that Israel’s system is designed to protect from missiles from within 40 miles.

Now, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated the cost to be about $1.2 trillion. The CBO also found the system would not block all missiles. Its cost estimate is a huge increase from Trump’s $175 billion estimate.

Meanwhile, “companies like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Anduril are likely to profit: they’re among 12 companies that have already been awarded $3.2 billion in Golden Dome contracts,” Mother Jones said.

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Tengrain — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:41:20 +0000

Above, Tonio Armani Performs, Money (That's What I Want). On this date in 1787, delegates gathered in Philadelphia to draw up the Constitution of the United States.

Today's Edition says, "Trump’s response was callous but truthful. He doesn’t think about anyone else."

Blue Heron Blast says that's a lie, he's "thinking about his ballroom, a new blue reflecting pond and two or three more massive Arc de Trumps." No Lie Detected.

The DAM Digest reports on the economic tsunami of tariffs, taxis, and truth.

Mock, Paper, Scissors fills us in on the Anywhere But Home Tour: Fat Nixon Goes To China.

Bonus Track: She Who Seeks gives us a vocabulary lesson in the form of a meme round-up. (NSFW-ish)

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

Ryan Walters, Faithful MAGA Education Czar, Files For Divorce

Red Painter — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:41:02 +0000

Former Oklahoma Education Superintendent and Trump lover, Ryan Walters, has filed for divorce. It is unclear if this is related to his alleged love of porn or if the champion of "family values" was unable to value his own family.

A man who based his entire identity on Christian-conservative branding, loving Jesus, following the Bible and forcing good old fashioned family values down the throats of all students...can't follow the Bible and keep his family intact. Talk about hypocrisy.

Walters filed for divorce last week, seeking to end his marriage of 15 years. He states that the reason is 'a state of complete and irreconcilable incompatibility has arisen between the parties, which has destroyed the aims of the marriage of the parties and rendered its continuation impossible.'

Ironically, Walters is asking for "privacy" during this difficult time. Yet whole touting his moral leadership while working for the Department of Education, he made it his focus to degrade, harass and insult anyone not living a life that he felt was biblical - which to him meant straight, White, Christian....I guess staying married wasn't on his list.

No one knows the real reason for the divorce. Porn? Cheating? Him secretly being in the closet as a self hating gay man? I am sure the truth will come out one day. I bet it is one (or more) of the 3 possibilities I suggested.

On This Day: Winston Churchill Takes Over As Prime Minister

John Amato — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:01 +0000

This became a turning point in WWII, but nobody knew it at the time.

Joe Wright's direction and Gary Oldman's performance in Darkest Hour were riveting.

History:

On May 13, 1940, as Winston Churchill takes the helm as Great Britain’s new prime minister, he assures Parliament that his new policy will consist of nothing less than “to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.”

I've seen this movie multiple times, and it never gets old.

Emphasizing that Britain’s aim was simply “victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of terror, victory however long and hard the road may be.”

Open thread.

Fox Business Host: 'Bomb The You Know What' Out Of Iran To Get Inflation Down

Heather — Wed, 13 May 2026 23:27:19 +0000

Fox Business host Charlie Gasparino is all-in with Trump committing more war crimes if it means getting inflation under control in the United States. I'm surprised he didn't find a way to pin all of this on Joe Biden while he was at it.

Here's Gasparino from this Tuesday's The Big Money Show:

RIGGS: I want to start with inflation, Charlie. These numbers were hot mostly across the board. There are some analysts who said underneath the hood, it doesn't look so bad — it looks like it was cooling. Curious how you're thinking about this.

GASPARINO: You know, I think there's a double whammy between tariffs and oil prices, and I think that's what we're seeing right now. The reason the White House knows that tariffs are inflationary is because they're looking at cutting tariffs on beef — they're actually throwing in the towel on one aspect of their tariff regime.

I would say of everything that Donald Trump has done, and he's done so many good things, the one unforced error was going whole hog on tariffs. And when you throw a war in there with higher gas prices, you're going to get this.

Now, here's the good news: I think there's a way to end this war soon — and I don't mean running for cover. I mean, doing what has to be done. Either bomb the hell out of them, take them out — you don't have to do a landing, but you have to reestablish order. If he does that, gas prices are going to come down, and the inflation picture improves.
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Fetterman Cast The Deciding Vote Against Reining In Trump’s Iran War

NewsHound Ellen — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:40:37 +0000

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted again on an attempt to halt Donald Trump’s war against Iran. It was the seventh such Democratic attempt. All have been blocked by Republicans. But this time, it was “Democratic” Sen. John Fetterman who killed the measure.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has now joined fellow Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Rand Paul to stop the war. Politico said about the situation, “Republican divisions over the Iran war deepened … signaling greater headwinds for President Donald Trump … as the war grows increasingly unpopular with the American public and as gas prices skyrocket.”

Politico also noted that the vote was “the first since the Trump administration blew past a legal deadline to wind down the war effort, which several Republicans have signaled would be a turning point for their support.”

But there’s one Democratic senator who doesn’t care that the war is unconstitutional, unpopular and causing skyrocketing gas prices: John Fetterman.

GOP Congresswoman Writes Horrific Letter To 10-year-old Boy

Ed Scarce — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:50:31 +0000

When 10-year-old Christian Mango sent his essay to his U.S. Representative, he probably didn't expect anything more than a thank-you letter for his interest in civics. Instead, he and his teacher were ridiculed.

Writing, “We should have a $5,000 tax rebate. For electric cars, because they’re better than normal cars. They’re better for the environment. They pay less. And there’s no gas,” Christian said. That was seemingly too much for the cross-eyed Foxx, who wrote back a scathing response.

And, for the love of Christ, stop electing these types of people to Congress. Do better, citizens of North Carolina's 5th district.

Source: WRAL

A Greensboro mother is calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx over a letter she said her son received from the congresswoman after a school assignment.

Emily Mango said her 10-year-old son was assigned to write a persuasive essay and send it to a changemaker. Her son decided to write to Foxx, urging the government to consider giving drivers a rebate for electric vehicle purchases. Mango said the topic was her son's choice.

And here's part of what Foxx wrote back that was the boy's mother called "horrific."

Hegseth Reveals There Is No Plan To Open Strait Of Hormuz

NewsHound Ellen — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:49:04 +0000

Sometimes a refusal to answer is an answer. That was obviously the case with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday when Sen. Chris Coons asked him a simple question, “What is your plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz?”

I won’t bore you with all of Whiskey Pete’s rambling replies that sounded more like barstool braggadocio than any kind of serious answer.

Hegseth's long responses included, for example, “From the beginning, we've been very clear about the military objectives and the underlying strategic objective, which is preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,” meandered to the claim that Iran’s Navy aircraft carriers, “full on destroyers and battleship capabilities” are now gone and “We've degraded almost completely their defense industrial base capabilities.”

Finally, Hegseth claimed, “We control what goes in and out, and we control whether or not we have to restart conflict.” Right before admitting we don’t really. “We’re the ones that will manage where this goes in the future and they have very limited ability to set the tempo or respond to it, and that gives the president a lot of options to ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.”

“My question was, what's the plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic?” Coons pressed.

This time Hegseth pivoted to blaming the Biden administration. Even though, last I checked, the Strait of Hormuz was never closed during Joe Biden’s presidency, only during Donald Trump’s, after he started his unnecessary and unpopular war.

'Who's Going To Provide?' MAGA TV Uses Segment On Strong Women To Hype Male 'Protectors'

David Edwards — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:13:12 +0000

The pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network celebrated women for Mother's Day by calling for male "providers" and "protectors."

During a Monday segment about Mother's Day, host Gina Loudon spoke to Kimberly Fletcher, CEO of Moms for America, a conservative organization.

"You can have a career anytime, but there's a time clock when you can have children in a family," Fletcher explained. "And I think as we started to look at our mothers and our grandmothers, we realized that there was something that was lost and we wanted something more."

"But this calls, Kimberly, for men, young men, really to rise up here," Loudon suggested. "Because if a mom is going to be able to have the liberty, to stay home and raise children and be a wife and a mom, that means somebody's, you know, got to provide. And the ERA era, right, in the 1970s, taught our society that women had to work. It had to be that women were in the workforce. This actually decreased our family incomes. This decreased our happiness quotient. This destroyed marriages."

"This made people more dependent on welfare systems."

"Well, I think that we have realized that what we want is strong men," Fletcher agreed. "Even feminists who say they don't want a strong man who's going to be a protector and a provider."

Trump Scrambles To Dismantle Beef Tariffs Amid Panic Over Record-high Prices

David Edwards — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:29:45 +0000

President Donald Trump's administration will reportedly suspend some tariffs on beef amid record-high prices.

On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the highest tariff "on all beef-exporting nations" would be temporarily dismantled.

The Small Business Administration was also expected to increase access to loans and capital for U.S. ranchers, the report said. The effort will reportedly include reducing protections for gray and Mexican wolves under the Endangered Species Act. Regulations on electronic ear tags for livestock would also be loosened.

Beef prices in the United States have reached record highs, driven by a combination of factors including drought conditions affecting cattle ranching, supply chain disruptions, and increased feed costs. The surge in beef prices has hit American consumers hard, with ground beef and steaks commanding premium prices at grocery stores nationwide, forcing many families to reduce their meat consumption or seek alternative protein sources.

Ranchers have culled their herds in response to prolonged drought and rising operational costs, which have constrained the overall supply of beef available to markets. Industry analysts point to climate challenges, particularly severe drought conditions in major cattle-producing states such as Texas and the Southwest, as a primary driver of reduced herd sizes and elevated prices.

America First's Marjorie Taylor Greene Starting 'Next Chapter' In Costa Rica

David Edwards — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:29:44 +0000

Former America First Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed that she was starting her "next chapter" in what was reported to be Costa Rica.

Soon after her fiancé, Brian Glenn, resigned as a White House correspondent, Greene shared a photo from a tropical location.

"I'm so thankful to start the next chapter with @brianglenntv ❤️," she wrote on Instagram.

MAGA activist Laura Loomer alleged that Greene "fled the country to Costa Rica, where she is now living in a $5 million mansion after selling her home in Rome, Georgia, for $1.1 million in March of 2026."

"Does this mean that Marjorie Traitor Greene has applied for dual citizenship or has already obtained citizenship in Costa Rica?" the activist asked. "And if so, how long has she been planning to flee the country to become a citizen of a foreign country as a now *former* member of Congress?"

Loomer added: "The purchase of the property proves she began this process as a member of Congress, all while she pretends to be 'America First' and 'America Only'."