California News: Walk through any major American city today—San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle—and you’ll see the same troubling pattern: sidewalks turned into encampments, public parks overtaken by tents, and transit stations rendered unusable. This isn’t just a humanitarian crisis. It’s a public safety emergency, a sanitation nightmare, and a glaring indictment of failed…
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Texas Dems called out for acting like ‘children’
Mamdani’s pledged ‘war’ on Trump would mean nightmare for NYC
Editors at the New York Post assess recent rhetoric from the city’s leading mayoral candidate. Zohran Mamdani promises to be President Donald Trump’s “worst nightmare” if he becomes mayor, but the actual victims of any such faceoff will be the people of New York City. For starters, no mere mayor, even of America’s greatest city, has…
Trump stands up to ‘woke’ banks
Justin Haskins writes for the Federalist about a significant Trump administration action. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will finally put an end to banks’ discrimination against conservatives, Christian groups, and other organizations. The order requires that federal banking regulators eliminate references to reputational risk and similar concepts in their guidance…
President Trump’s message to Israel: ‘Remember Oct. 7th’
The American president “seemed to agree” with the Israeli prime minister that upping military pressure on Hamas is necessary. JNS — “I have one thing to say: remember October 7, remember October 7,” U.S. President Donald Trump told Axios on Monday, referring to the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel by the terror group…
SCOTUS stopped univeral injunctions … or not
Ben Weingarten writes for the Federalist that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision didn’t really end universal injunctions from individual federal court judges. On June 27, the Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump what he hailed as a “GIANT WIN,” finding that lower courts had “likely” overstepped in ordering universal injunctions blocking many of the president’s…
Media picks curious source to trash Trump energy policy
Thomas Catenacci of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a dubious source in media reports about recent Trump administration energy policy shifts. Recent reports in NPR, CBS News, and CNBC have cited a study from “nonpartisan” research firm Energy Innovation to argue that President Donald Trump’s repeal of green energy subsidies will cause energy prices to…
At least five interesting things: Cool research edition (#68)
I’ve got quite a few great podcasts for you today. One is this excellent live show that Erik Torenberg and I did with Dwarkesh Patel, in which we interview Dwarkesh about his thoughts on AI and the economy. The picture of me here is quite silly-looking, but the conversation was excellent: I also went on…
The Division of the Community Estate in California
California News: In the California Family Code, Division 7, Part 4, deals with special rules for the division of the community estate. Section 2600 authorizes the court to divide the community estate as provided in this part. Section 2601 states that, where economic circumstances warrant, the court may award an asset of the community estate…
Wildfire Death Toll EXPLODES—Hundreds Uncounted
Official numbers downplay the staggering loss: new research reveals the L.A. wildfire death toll may be over a dozen times higher than authorities admit, igniting serious questions about disaster accountability and public trust. Story Snapshot New research finds L.A. wildfire deaths may reach 440, far exceeding the official count of 31. Discrepancy exposes flaws in…
Socialists seek takeover of Democratic Party
Jessica Costescu writes for the Washington Free Beacon about significant action on the political left. The Democratic Socialists of America sent a clear message to Democrats during its biennial convention: We’re in charge now. Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win wasn’t an anomaly, delegates said, but rather the start of the DSA’s rise to power over the…
Video shows Good Samaritans tackling man who was threatening woman with a bat at laundromat
A harrowing video showed an attack on a woman at a Memphis laundromat that was ended by two Good Samaritans who tackled the alleged offender. Tennessee police said in an affidavit that Joseph Leake had been given a trespass notice on Wednesday to stay away from Ellie’s Laundromat on South Pauline Street. After signing the…
Trump Was Right the First Time: Fire Intel’s CEO by Gordon G. Chang
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21828/fire-intel-ceo-tan Here is a suggestion: Instruct the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into Tan. It is time to establish accountability in corporate America when it comes to the People’s Republic of China. The sales were illegal under U.S. law — the university was added to the Commerce Department’s Entity List in 2015 —…
Emerging Treatments for Chikungunya Disease
By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH Chikungunya disease is a common illness caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a virus transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The name itself, derived from the Makonde language of Tanzania where the virus was first identified in 1952, means…
Why Is Reuters Carrying Water for Hamas? Media organizations said there is ‘no evidence’ of systemic aid theft by Hamas. That reporting went viral. But it isn’t true.By Jonas Du
https://www.thefp.com/p/why-is-reuters-carrying-water-for-hamas?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email When it comes to the war in Gaza, how is it that the legacy media always defers to the narrative that benefits Hamas? A recent Reuters story illuminates the problem. Last month, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) produced an internal analysis tracking reports of waste, fraud, and abuse of humanitarian aid…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Makes His Country’s Case
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fed up with the nonsense and lies about “mass starvation” in Gaza, and the world media’s adamant refusal to consider the evidence that Hamas has been releasing photographs of children with pre-existing congenital illnesses, such as cerebral palsy, and presenting them as “starving” and “close to death.” He also…
Lizzo takes a shot at her own jeans ad — but Elon’s AI claims she does NOT have ‘good genes’
When Lizzo caught wind of a viral meme floating around the internet of herself posing as if she were Sydney Sweeney in the American Eagle ad, she posted it to her own Instagram. The meme’s text read “If the Democrats won the election.” Lizzo wrote in her own caption, “My jeans are black.” She then…
Australia Recognizes Palestine After Israeli Hostages Revealed to Be Starving, Abused Catherine Salgado
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/11/australia-recognizes-palestine-after-israeli-hostages-revealed-to-be-starving-abused-n4942600 The government of Australia waited until after videos had been released showing how horrifically Hamas is abusing Israeli hostages, and after former hostages affirmed that not a single Gazan intervened to help any hostages (quite the opposite), to recognize a state of Palestine. Evyatar David’s and Rom Broslavsky’s families must be heartbroken seeing how…
Mind-reading technology is here and it’s poised to go off the rails
Last month, I reported on a company that produces a wristband called the Bee that logs everything you say — to your friends, your family, your roommate, even what you say out loud to yourself. Its maker is in buyout talks with Amazon as the Bee seems like an upgrade from the Amazon Alexa. But what will…
This is just another example of Dem lies: GOP senator
Jonathan Alpert Therapy’s Identity Politics Problem The field has embraced left-wing racialism.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/therapy-psychology-wokeness-identity-politics Psychotherapy used to be a refuge from politics, but it’s become another front in the culture war. Therapists once helped people face reality. Today, more and more, they urge patients to interpret it through a hierarchy of oppression. As a psychotherapist with more than two decades of experience, I have observed this shift firsthand….
John Ketcham, Charles Fain Lehman How to Bring Safety to the District of Columbia A suite of laws and precedents give Trump all he needs to get Washington’s crime problems under control.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-press-conference-dc-home-rule-crime-national-guard In a Monday morning press conference, President Donald Trump announced new, decisive action to quell crime and violence in the District of Columbia. Flanked by Cabinet officials, the president indicated that he will not only deploy National Guardsmen to the city but also temporarily federalize the D.C. police department (MPD) under an obscure provision…
Israel’s Military: Force and Dollar Multiplier for the US Ambassador (Ret.) Yoram Ettinger
http://bit.ly/45bujf4 The Israeli Battle-Tested-Laboratory received – with much gratitude! – the initial F-15 (Boeing) and F-16 (Lockheed-Martin) in 1976 and 1980 respectively. Since that time, for 45-50 years, the Israeli Battle-Tested Laboratory and Showroom of the US defense and aerospace industries and Armed Forces has significantly improved these fighter jets – and the US air force’s battle tactics –…
Trump Assembles Top Cabinet Officials To Put The Swamp On Notice: Crime Stops Today
President Donald Trump gathered his top cabinet officials on Monday to declare that they are collectively cracking down on violent criminals who are running rampant throughout Washington, D.C. Violent criminals have murdered and viciously attacked victims in D.C. in the course of just a few years, prompting the Trump administration to take swift federal action…
Shutting down the economy won’t help the hostages Ruthie Blum
https://www.jns.org/shutting-down-the-economy-wont-help-the-hostages/ In a press conference on Sunday morning, the October Council—consisting of hostages’ families, bereaved relatives of Oct. 7 victims and mothers of reservists—took turns at the microphone to call for a countrywide strike the following week. The men and women who read statements aloud conveyed a uniform message to the powers-that-be in Jerusalem: End…
“No, the Atomic Bomb Wasn’t the Only Way to End the War in the Pacific.” Diana West
http://“No, the Atomic Bomb Wasn’t the Only Way to End the War in the Pacific.” Below is an essay I first published in 2015 called “No, the Atomic Bomb Wasn’t the Only Way to End the War in the Pacific.” Nothing has changed except the date. As we approach the 70th anniversary (2015) of the…
The Jaranwala Case: A Comprehensive Analysis of Religious Violence in Pakistan Will there ever be justice for the victims of Jaranwala? by Faraz Pervaiz Roshan
https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-jaranwala-case-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-religious-violence-in-pakistan/ The Jaranwala incident of August 16, 2023, stands as one of the most devastating attacks against Pakistan’s Christian minority in recent history. This tragic event, which unfolded in Jaranwala, Faisalabad district, Punjab, resulted from false blasphemy allegations that spiraled into widespread communal violence. The incident destroyed at least 26 churches and over 400 Christian…
Just How Bad Is The BLS At Its Job? Our Findings Will Shock You
https://issuesinsights.com/2025/08/12/just-how-bad-is-the-bls-at-its-job-the-answer-will-shock-you/ Yesterday, President Donald Trump nominated a high-profile critic of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, EJ Antoni, to be its new commissioner, promising on Truth Social that under his leadership “the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE.” If confirmed, Antoni, currently chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, has his work cut out for him. Last…
Tuesday’s Forum
OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: Steven L. Taylor This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.outsidethebeltway.com and its author. This…
Study Reveals Cultural Roots Behind Hungary’s Housing Priorities
Nearly 60 per cent of Hungarians believe government policy should prioritize helping people buy their own homes, while only one third think rental housing construction should take precedence. The findings come from a survey by the Szent István Institute conducted in cooperation with the Nézőpont Institute, first published on Mandiner.hu. The report recalls that the…
An activist judge blocked Alligator Alcatraz construction with one move that has Ron DeSantis seeing red
Florida’s getting results with its immigration detention center in the Everglades. That’s exactly what has the environmental lobby up in arms. And now an activist judge blocked Alligator Alcatraz construction with one move that has Ron DeSantis seeing red. Obama Judge Steps In To Help Illegal Aliens U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams – an Obama…
Big Tech colonization is real — zoning laws are the last line of defense
How much of America’s rural landscape, power, water, quality of life, and heritage will be wiped out by one industry — AI data centers? Big Tech firms won’t say. Evidently, it’s as much as we’re willing to tolerate. David Sacks and his Silicon Valley allies know the stakes. They tried to slip a provision into…
Newslinks Tuesday 12th August 2025
Badenoch suggests housing asylum seekers in ‘camps’ instead of hotels as Labour target Reform “Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants should be homed in ‘camps’ as an alternative to hotels. Some communities feel unsafe as a result of migrant hotels, the Conservative leader said during a visit to Essex. It is expected that official figures will…
‘A FRAUD’: Zohran Mamdani called out for socialist policies
The Inc. is over and now it’s time to clean up on Aisle Washington…
President Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he selected Judge Jeanine to be the U.S. Attorney Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: The Marshall Report This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://themarshallreport.wordpress.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the…
Australia’s Anglo-Celtic Identity Is Being Erased by Multiculturalism, Warns Dr. Stephen Chavura
Australian academic and author Dr. Stephen Chavura has warned that Anglo-Celtic Australians could become a minority in their own country if current immigration trends and multicultural policies continue. In a video shared on social media, Dr. Chavura argued that Australia’s identity is being reshaped by what he described as the “disastrous ideology of multiculturalism,” which,…
“Mike Pompeo and His CIA” Were Behind the 2020 Election Theft with China
By Alexandra Bruce
‘EPICENTER OF ROBOTICS’: Inside the autonomous driving landscape
Trump Sought Orbán’s Advice on Ukraine Ahead of Alaska Summit with Putin
US President Donald Trump sought advice from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. During a White House press conference on 11 August, Monday, Trump said he asked Orbán—whom he described as a ‘very smart man’—whether he thinks Ukraine can defeat Russia. According to Trump,…
The Art Of The D.C. Clean Up
On August 11, 2025, President Donald Trump did something that no other president in modern memory has dared to do: he effectively took over Washington, D.C.’s policing operations. In a sweeping declaration of a public safety emergency, he deployed about 800 National Guard troops, assigned 120 FBI agents to night patrols, and put the D.C….
Watch: Democrats Panic as GOP Turns Gerrymandering Against Them!
The liberal media is in full meltdown mode as Republicans finally turn the tables on Democrats’ decades-long gerrymandering schemes. During a fiery panel discussion on FOX News Sunday, Republican strategist Matt Gorman dismantled the left’s faux outrage over Texas’ redistricting efforts, exposing how Democrats have been rigging the game for years—only to now whine when the…
Billionaire Anti-Trumper Shocks Dems—Praises Trump’s Tax Masterstroke!
resident Donald Trump has once again proven his mastery of economic strategy, striking a groundbreaking deal with semiconductor titans Nvidia and AMD that will funnel millions into U.S. coffers—all while leaving the far-left scrambling to explain how their own progressive tax fantasies were just executed by the man they love to hate. According to the Financial…
The Initial PABS Submissions Are Available
Share Leave a comment Subscribe now “We need the World Health Organization go to hell.” Short version: Full Version: The WHO BioHub facility is a joint initiative between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Switzerland. The Spiez Laboratory in Switzerland, plays a crucial role in the global sharing of biological materials related…
Judge Boasberg Orders Release of Documents in Jack Smith’s Politically Motivated Witch Hunt Against President Trump
In a major development, Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg has ordered the release of documents related to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case and President Trump’s attorney-client privilege dispute—a clear victory for transparency in a case that has been shrouded in secrecy and weaponized by the Biden administration. This ruling exposes yet another attempt by…
The most offensive thing about shoplifting isn’t the word ‘scumbag’
It takes a particular kind of brass neck to walk into someone else’s shop, past the carefully arranged displays, past the person who opened up early that morning, and help yourself to their livelihood. No payment. No thanks. Just a pocket full of stolen goods and the quiet confidence that you’ll probably get away with…
People of the Lie
Evil is not committed by people who feel uncertain about their righteousness, who question their own motives, who worry about betraying themselves. The evil in this world is committed by the spiritual fat cats, by the Pharisees of our own day, the self-righteous who think they are without sin because they are unwilling to suffer…
Olympic OPT-OUT? : Trump official calls out ‘UNHINGED’ columnist
‘HYPOCRISY’: Kevin McCarthy calls out Dems argument for anti-redistricting
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy weighs in on Texas Democrats fleeing the state to avoid voting on redistricting on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ #foxnews #news #us #fox #politics #usa #politician #politicians #texas #democraticparty #democrats #democrat #redistricting #map #election #voting #kevinmccarthy #gerrymandering #gavinnewsom #california #newyork #illinois #breakingnews Subscribe to Fox News: https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video:…
“We Stand With the President”: D.C. Police Union Backs Trump’s Capital City Crime Crackdown
(DCNF)—The DC Police Union announced on Monday that it is backing President Donald Trump’s efforts to combat crime in Washington, D.C. The union in a statement to Fox5 said it “acknowledges and supports the President’s announcement … to assume temporary control of the MPD [Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia] in response to…
Nick Gibb: My new book explains how we Conservatives transformed English education
Sir Nick Gibb was the MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton for 27 years until last year and Schools Minister for 10 of those years. On Monday, his and Robert Peal’s book, ‘Reforming Lessons‘, is published. When Michael Gove was appointed as shadow education secretary by David Cameron in July 2007, I had already been…
James Crouch: Polling suggests the Conservatives should campaign on saving the ECHR from itself
James Crouch is head of policy and public affairs research at Opinium. There is something oddly resilient about support for the European Convention on Human Rights: for a treaty often at the centre of tabloid firestorms, the public at large are surprisingly reticent to leave it. Considering the volume of negative coverage, the fact that…
