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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation US Will Hit Iran 'Very Hard,' Take Kharg Island  President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said the U.S. will be striking Iran "very hard" and "will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points" as it looks to end the Middle East conflict. In a Truth Social post, Trump declared that Iran's military capabilities have been largely destroyed and warned that additional U.S. military action is imminent. "The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT," Trump wrote. Trump also outlined an aggressive economic strategy aimed at depriving Tehran of energy revenues that have long funded the regime and its military operations.
Senate Dem: Need 1 GOP Vote to Block Trump War Powers  Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he believes he is "close" to securing enough GOP support to pass a war powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran. Kaine told The Hill that Democrats are optimistic they can attract a fifth Republican vote to pass legislation aimed at ending U.S. military involvement in the conflict, which has stretched into its 15th week. The resolution would invoke the 1973 War Powers Act, which requires congressional authorization for prolonged military engagements.
Trump: Congressional Republicans Must Pass 3rd Reconciliation Bill  President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday night that congressional Republicans immediately pass a third $350 billion reconciliation package that includes the SAVE America Act. "I am hereby calling on Republicans in Congress to IMMEDIATELY advance and pass the forthcoming $350 Billion Reconciliation Bill (Recon 3.0) — which, at the request of our Great Department of War — will include THE SAVE AMERICA ACT as well," Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post. "No games, no delays, and no weak compromises! Do this ASAP," he added. Trump's push comes a day after Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Chair Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said they were skeptical about pursuing a third reconciliation package.
Senators Urge Action as Social Security Gap Widens  A bipartisan group of senators is pushing Congress to extend Social Security’s solvency after the program’s trustees issued a report Tuesday warning that its main retirement trust fund would face a significant shortfall by the fourth quarter of 2032. "It’s clear now that Congress shouldn’t delay any longer," Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said in a joint statement. "Several of us have been coming together to talk about how we can strengthen Social Security for current and future generations of retirees. Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony's family used fundraiser money for moving and living expenses GiveSendGo campaign was posted less than two weeks after Anthony stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet  Karmelo Anthony will serve his sentence while it appears the fundraising campaign for his family organized by his mother, Kala Hayes, has been taken down. Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years behind bars on Tuesday. He has since filed a notice of appeal to challenge the conviction. He said in his appeal that he cannot afford a new lawyer, WFAA reported. Those documents say, Anthony is a "penniless, destitute, and indigent person, too poor to employ counsel to represent me on the appeal," according to the outlet. Trump admin axes ties to dozens of progressive groups in 'direct opposition' to mission: 'Decisive action' A department-wide review found nearly 3,000 active agreements with about 2,000 outside groups  The Department of the Interior is cutting 43 partnerships with outside groups it says no longer align with the Trump administration’s priorities, eliminating more than $4 million in planned funding for programs tied to DEI, environmental justice and support services for illegal immigrants. Led by Secretary Doug Burgum, the department determined the agreements were "operating in direct opposition" to its mission, according to a press release obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital. "Under Secretary Burgum, the Department of the Interior is ending partnerships with groups that no longer represent the priorities of the American people," the department said. In response, DOI said it is terminating all agreements with the identified groups and removing references to them from its websites. The terminated agreements supported internship programs, conservation initiatives, research projects and cooperative partnerships. Minnesota man marks FBI's first arrest from DOJ's 'Most Wanted Fraudsters' list Said Abdullahi Ereg allegedly stole from the Federal Child Nutrition Program during the COVID-19 pandemic  FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday that Said Abdullahi Ereg, a former Minneapolis grocery and deli owner, had surrendered to federal authorities, marking the first person on the FBI’s new "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list to be taken into custody as federal authorities continue a nationwide fraud crackdown. Said Abdullahi Ereg, 47, faces charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. The FBI said Ereg, a former south Minneapolis grocery and deli owner, surrendered to federal authorities less than a week after the Justice Department unveiled its "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list, which is intended to publicly identify individuals charged in major fraud cases. Purple Heart recipient mocked by Platner says PTSD does not excuse 'abhorrent behavior' Pfc. Ted Daniels says the Maine Democratic Senate candidate is an 'embarrassment to veterans' who suffer with PTSD  A Purple Heart recipient wounded in Afghanistan is speaking out after Reddit comments linked to Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner resurfaced, saying PTSD does not excuse mocking a wounded American service member. Speaking on "The Ingraham Angle," Pfc. Ted Daniels, who received a Purple Heart after surviving a Taliban attack, pushed back against efforts to explain Platner's comments by citing PTSD. "Right now it appears that Graham Platner is the poster child for people who suffer with PTSD, and it's an embarrassment to veterans, to first responders, to sexual assault victims, to everybody who deals with it," Daniels said Tuesday. The controversy began after a Reddit comment linked to Platner resurfaced. The comment referred to a helmet-cam video of Daniels fighting Taliban operatives in 2012 before he was shot four times. The GOP’s choice in 2028 — more of MAGA or a reversion to the mean? There’s Vice President Vance, of course, but don't be surprised by a primary field approaching double digit Republican candidates By Hugh Hewitt
Since the triumphant return of President Trump in November 2024 — and it was a triumph, with Trump winning all seven swing states and the popular vote — the Democrats have reacted by lurching hard left, electing a radical mayor in New York City, attempting to take purple Virginia far left with a crazy gerrymandered Congressional map (which was struck down by the state’s Supreme Court as unconstitutional), and on Tuesday nominating radical (and deeply troubled) Graham Platner as their candidate in Maine to face off against the moderate and widely admired Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate’s powerful Appropriations Committee. Radical candidates are expected to emerge as the party’s Senate nominees in Michigan and Minnesota as well. The "Democratic Socialists of America" hostile takeover over the shattered glass of the Democratic Party seems inevitable. With the Democrats at best in an internal civil war between socialists and far-left liberals, which way will a post-President Trump GOP turn? The front-runner for party leader and 2028 nominee has to be considered to be Vice President J.D. Vance, but sitting Veeps don’t just accept the nomination save for extraordinary circumstances such as the Democrats faced in 2024 when Vice President Harris was handed the nomination when the physical and mental infirmities of President Joe Biden became too obvious to ignore. Dozens of whistleblowers sounded the alarm on Minnesota fraud — and Tim Walz’s team silenced them By New York Post Editorial Board
In the end, the most appalling thing about the ballooning US social services fraud scandals is the eager collusion of state officials in robbing the public by the billions — with Minnesota the early prime example. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday asked the Justice Department to investigate and perhaps prosecute Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and other high officials over the evidence laid out in a devastating House Oversight Committee report on benefit fraud in Minnesota. The committee documented how more than 30 whistleblowers tried to sound the alarm on fraud, only to be silenced by the Democrats running the state — e.g., with explicit orders to “stop looking into” obvious fraud because the folks in charge feared being labeled “racist or Islamophobic.” |
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