A new California bill would make election recounts more expensive. The legislation, which was approved by the Assembly and has headed to the state Senate, would also allow nonvoters to serve on paid recount boards. That has led some Republican legislators to say this would allow noncitizens to be hired to count votes. While the bill would…
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Arming Kiev could count as NATO defense spending – Euractiv
Western officials have called the Ukraine conflict a proxy war against Russia NATO members could formally include weapons supplies to Ukraine as part of increased defense budgets, according to a proposal cited by Euractiv on Tuesday. Members of the US-led military bloc have already provided hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of arms to Ukraine…
Majority Of Americans Believe Society Fair And Decent
Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters say that, in general, American society is fair and decent. A Napolitan News survey also found that 43% think it’s generally unfair and discriminatory. This is the highest number saying fair and decent since Trump took office. Under Biden, in January of 2022, 34% of all voters believed the country…
Ukraine’s strikes on Russian airfields risk escalation – Trump envoy
Kiev jeopardized a key pillar of Moscow’s nuclear security, and the response could be unpredictable, Keith Kellogg has warned The recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airfields reportedly hosting nuclear-capable bombers sharply increase the risk of escalation, Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, has warned. On Sunday, Kiev launched a drone raid targeting…
Trump Dumps Biden Era Policy On Emergency Abortions For Hospitals
Yeah, I can see the liberals launching more lawsuits, despite it being totally Constitutional for one president to cancel another’s EO Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had revoked a Biden administration requirement that hospitals provide emergency abortions to women whose health is…
Time’s Up for the Muslim Brotherhood on Capitol Hill. Plus, WaPo Issues Mea Culpa Over Stealth-Edited Israel Story.
Time’s up for the MB: Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill for the United States to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, the Free Beacon‘s Adam Kredo reports. The global Islamist group already enjoys such status in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Syria, and Bahrain, but the United States has thus far failed…
Judge: City of Mesquite in contempt for violating order on former police chief’s firing
(Photo courtesy of Travel Nevada/Sydney Martinez) The City of Mesquite’s messy firing of its chief of police earlier this year has resulted in contempt of court findings by a Clark County judge against the city, former City Attorney Mike Branum, and outside counsel Marcus Lee. Clark County District Judge Nadia Krall ordered the city to…
Why does Hollywood have to make everything gay?
It’s Pride Month. Or at least, that’s what the calendar says. In reality, it’s felt like Pride Millennium for a while now — years of rainbow flags, queer-coded marketing, and Hollywood scripts that seem less concerned with story than with sexuality. Even Walton Goggins showed up with a look that screamed, ‘I’m not gay, but…
Escaped New Orleans Inmate Pleads Help From Trump In Video
One of two inmates who escaped last month from a New Orleans jail and are still on the run has apparently made a video in which he asks for help from President Trump and rappers including Young Boy and Lil Wayne. “I’m asking for help from the world, from Meek Mill, Lil Wayne, Young Boy, Donald…
How the Gaza War Must End
John Spencer is a professor of urban warfare at West Point who has closely studied the war in Gaza ever since it began, as well as other campaigns fought by the IDF, and has concluded that “Israel has done more to prevent civilian casualties in war than any military in history — above & beyond…
House Republicans Vow To Put $9.4B Rescission Package On Floor Next Week
House Republican leadership released a joint statement on Tuesday night, promising to put the White House’s proposed $9.4 billion rescission package on the chamber’s floor next week. The White House sent the package to Congress earlier Tuesday, which would codify some of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts if passed. The number includes proposed cuts to wasteful foreign…
Nevada Dem Senator Asks Trump Reconsider Job Corps Cuts
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, has asked the Trump administration to reconsider its decision to eliminate funds for the Job Corps in America. The JCA is America’s largest residential career training program, helping young people develop career skills. In her letter to the Trump administration, Rosen said the JCA has helped “millions of young people” obtain…
Israel on the cusp of civil war?
The only way to prevent a civil war in Israel is to acknowledge its impending outbreak, so that steps can be taken to forestall it. Israel is on the brink of civil war. An irreconcilable rift is beginning to open up between rival segments of Israeli society, which no amount of unilateral goodwill can amicably…
Russia and UN official discuss steps to end Sudan conflict
Moscow has said peace in the African state must come without “destructive external interference” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has met with the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, to discuss ways to bring the armed conflict in Sudan to an end, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. During their discussions, both…
Potential Voter Fraud, Including Noncitizen Registration, Alleged In 9 States
Secretary of State Frank LaRose is sending evidence of voter fraud to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and attorneys general in seven other states for prosecution. LaRose announced Tuesday he found potential fraud in noncitizen registration and double votes in Ohio, Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina and Washington, D.C. The accusations came…
Alaskans Say Biden Admin Ignored Them, But Trump’s Cabinet Holds Town Hall There
Utqiagvik, Alaska, sits on the North Slope of Alaska, the northernmost community in the U.S. The town has less than 5,000 residents and can only be accessed by air or, in the summer, by sea. Despite its remoteness, this week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin made the…
Trump-Backed Candidate In NJ Governor Races Hopes To Flip Blue Seat
Early in-person voting began Tuesday in the New Jersey primaries to decide the state’s next governor, with Republicans hoping to flip a blue-state governorship after coming up short in 2024. President Trump, who is backing front-running GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli, thinks so. “New Jersey is ready to pop out of that blue horror show and…
Critically Thinking about Dr. Ed Meyer’s Teaching Philosophy — Part 1
I’m always on the lookout for others who understand and support the extreme importance of properly teaching Critical Thinking to K-12 students — which currently is happening in zero States. I was pointed to Dr. Ed Meyer. I reached out to thank him, and we had some communications. I asked him to write up something about why…
Interim Capitol Police Chief Plagued By Jan 6, Discipline Probe, No-Confidence Vote
Deputy Chief Sean Gallagher, newly elevated to interim chief on Monday by the Capitol Police Board, is haunted by criticisms over his handling of Jan. 6, his past disciplinary record, and a lack of confidence by the rank-and-file in his leadership. The department confirmed the appointment of Gallagher on Monday, following Chief Thomas Manger’s retirement…
Why Hamas Rejected Witkoff’s Ceasefire Plan by Khaled Abu Toameh
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21666/hamas-witkoff-ceasefire The leaders of the Iran-backed Hamas terror group do not seem to be in a rush to end the war with Israel: after all, they and their family members are not living in the Gaza Strip… Hamas’s political leaders, billionaires funded by Iran’s mullahs and the rulers of Qatar, live in several Arab and…
FBI Spent 1 Million Manpower Hours Catching Illegal Aliens In Major Shift
The swanky Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket communities on the Massachusetts coastline are best known for politicians like Barack Obama who flock there for summer vacation or for the Hollywood elites who filmed iconic movies like Jaws on their beaches. But over Memorial Day week, a new class of visitors hit the island enclaves – G-men from the…
Two Chinese nationals arrested in Michigan on charges of smuggling deadly pathogen into United States
Evidence taken into custody suggests at least one of the two suspects is a loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party. Two Chinese nationals were charged in Michigan Tuesday with allegedly smuggling a dangerous pathogen into the United States, claiming it was for the purpose of studying at the University of Michigan. United States Attorney…
Boulder Terror Suspect’s Family in ICE Custody, Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Speaks Out: AM Update 6/4
The wife and children of the Boulder, Colorado terror suspect have been taken into ICE custody and face expedited removal, as officials investigate whether they knew about or supported the attack. Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark questions FBI officials’ recent claim that Epstein died by suicide, in an AM Update exclusive interview. A former hotel security…
POLL: Is the Boulder attack proof of an anti-Semitic CRISIS?
The recent surge in anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S., from violent attacks to hateful rhetoric on campuses and in public spaces, has ignited fierce debate. Glenn has repeatedly warned that the rise of anti-Semitism is not just a threat to the Jewish community but a symptom of broader cultural decay and extremism. He has called…
Petal to the Metal: Even Michigan’s Peonies Can’t Escape Antisemitism
Are the leftists actually earth-lovers and environmentalists? Not really. Just when you thought nature might be the last safe space from the political insanity of the left, someone decided to drag a peony garden into their antisemitic protest. That’s right – flowers are now getting hate-crimed. Vandals hit the Nichols Arboretum’s famous Peony Garden in…
Matt Smith: The Cardiff Bay Village takes blob politics to a whole new level
Matt Smith has stood as a Conservative and Unionist candidate for Parliament and the Senedd. He was a Policy Analyst at Vote Leave. In his book Ruling the Void,political scientist Peter Mair described of the hollowing out of modern western democracies as “citizens withdraw from politics” and “elites withdraw from civil society into the state” amidst…
Elon Musk fumes tax and spending bill is a ‘disgusting abomination’; GOP senators shrug
Elon Musk arrives for a meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Billionaire and former Trump administration official Elon Musk published a flurry of social media posts Tuesday slamming the “big, beautiful bill” in Congress, but his criticisms were mostly…
Cancer-Causing Metals Found in Household Favorite
Every single rice sample tested in a major U.S. study contained toxic arsenic, with some popular brands exceeding federal safety limits for infants while facing zero regulations for family consumption. Key Takeaways Healthy Babies, Bright Futures found arsenic in 100% of 145 rice samples from U.S. stores, with one in four exceeding federal limits for…
The family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the Boulder attack suspect, have being taken into ICE custody
Crime scene tape blocks off the intersection on Pearl Street as law enforcement officials investigate after an attack on the pedestrian mall Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. The family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman is being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement today following his arrest in connection with the firebomb attack that injured…
Washington Post faces brutal backlash over bizarre headline on ‘complex’ drop in fentanyl seizures at border
Social media users hammered away at the Washington Post over their bizarre insistence that the reasons for a drop in fentanyl seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border were “complex.” The news outlet appeared to complicate the reasons for the drop in fentanyl seizures in order to avoid crediting a massive drop in illegal alien crossings. President…
Netanyahu slams ‘vicious’ attack in U.S., blames ‘blood libels’ against Israel
“This attack was aimed against peaceful people who wished to express their solidarity with the hostages held by Hamas, simply because they were Jews.” — Benjamin Netanyhu JNS – Jewish News Syndicate — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned what the “vicious” terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, that left eight people wounded during…
Ukraine would ‘suck up every euro’ as EU member – Hungary
Brussels is pushing Kiev’s bid despite the costs, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned Ukraine would be a huge drain on EU resources if it became a member of the bloc, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned. He accused officials in Brussels of attempting to force the issue despite the cost. Orban, a long-standing…
Two African states win UN Security Council seats
Liberia and the DR Congo will serve a two-year term as non-permanent representatives amid mounting calls for reform of the institution The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Liberia have secured seats in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members, following a vote at the General Assembly in New York. In…
Newslinks for Wednesday 4th June 2025
Starmer handed five-week reprieve from Trump’s steel tariffs “President Trump exempted British steel and aluminium exports from new 50 per cent tariffs while giving ministers five weeks to finalise details of a trade deal with the United States. In an executive order, Trump said UK exporters would be spared from the doubling of tariffs that…
Trump’s SEC pick would blow up Biden’s lawless financial agenda
The media’s narrative has done its job. Many Americans now see Donald J. Trump not as a reformer but as a symbol of corruption. That perception is both dishonest and deeply misleading. The reality? The first 100 days of Trump’s second term leave no doubt about his goal: to reform and remake the federal government….
Pentagon chief to skip key Ukraine meeting
Pete Hegseth’s absence from the gathering in Brussels will be unprecedented for Washington’s top defense official US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will not attend Wednesday’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, the Pentagon has confirmed. It marks the first time the head of the Pentagon will miss a gathering of the group. The US…
Hypocrisy in Political Fear: Analyzing Jasmine Crockett and Jim Acosta’s Claims
(LibertySociety.com) – Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett claims she has a “target on her back” from Trump while accepting hundreds of thousands in corporate PAC money despite promising to take “zero dollars” from such groups. At a Glance Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed she took “zero dollars” from corporate PACs while actually accepting nearly $400,000 from them…
Two Charged with Smuggling a ‘Dangerous Biological Pathogen.’ Guess Where They’re From? Sarah Anderson
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/06/03/researchers-smuggled-in-a-dangerous-biological-pathogen-guess-where-theyre-from-n4940416 United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr., along with Cheyvoryea Gibson, a special agent in charge with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Detroit Division and Marty C. Raybon, Director of Field Operations with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, announced on Tuesday that two people had been “charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy,…
Senators object to Trump push to ax Education Department programs for low-income students
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on June 3, 2025. (Screenshot from committee livestream) WASHINGTON — U.S. senators from both parties pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate funding…
Doctoring the Truth About Gaza Gregory Rose and Lewi Stone
https://quadrant.org.au/news-opinions/israel/doctoring-the-truth-about-gaza/ Last week hundreds of Australian doctors circulated a call to the Australian government for action against Israel. We want to believe that all were motivated by universal humanitarian concerns. But their call made minimal demands of Hamas and claimed that Palestinian terrorists held by Israel are hostages. The doctors’ repeated misinformation that has its…
Bondi’s Move To Cut ABA’s Judicial Role Stirs Debate
Pam Bondi just dropped a bombshell on the judicial nomination process. The Department of Justice, under her leadership, has severed its long-standing ties with the American Bar Association, ending the group’s privileged role in vetting federal judicial nominees, the Daily Express reported. The DOJ’s move strips the ABA of its ability to rate nominees for…
The media’s dangerous lies about Israel The world was told the IDF massacred starving Palestinians. Now the BBC admits it was ‘incorrect’. Brendan O’Neill
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/06/03/the-medias-dangerous-lies-about-israel/ 1 June 2025. Make a note of that date. For there is a good chance it will be recorded as a day of infamy. As a day when the Jews were once again libelled as the slayers of innocents. As a day when the intellectual classes mimicked their benighted forebears of the medieval era…
Harvard has brought this reckoning on itself Free speech and the pursuit of truth were abandoned long before Trump. Sean Collins
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/06/04/harvard-has-brought-this-reckoning-on-itself/ In its war on Harvard, the Trump administration has dropped some serious bombs on America’s most prestigious university. It is investigating Harvard for violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act by tolerating racial discrimination and anti-Semitism. It has frozen more than $3 billion in federal funding and cancelled the government’s remaining contracts with Harvard. Trump…
The Left’s War on Elon Musk: A Campaign of Smears and Slander By Liz Peek
https://lizpeek.com/daily-rant/the-lefts-war-on-elon-musk-a-campaign-of-smears-and-slander/ Elon Musk is apparently now fair game, open to any kind of vicious accusations and ad hominem attacks. ALWAYS described as “the world’s richest man”, as though that’s a bad thing instead of an extraordinary achievement, the Left goes after Musk because they’re afraid of slamming Trump. Last week Jamie Raskin, a senior Democrat…
Trump’s Endorsement Shakes Up New Jersey’s GOP Gubernatorial Primary
President Donald Trump’s last-minute endorsement has turned New Jersey’s Republican gubernatorial primary into a high-stakes showdown, Fox News reported. With early voting starting June 1, 2025, Trump’s backing of Jack Ciattarelli, a former state lawmaker and certified public accountant, has reshaped the race against conservative talk radio host Bill Spadea and state Sen. Jon Bramnick….
Musk: “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” added the Tesla and SpaceX CEO. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You
‘Elon Musk on Tuesday tore into the massive tax-and-spending-cut bill backed by President Donald Trump, calling it a “disgusting abomination” that will explode federal budget deficits. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk wrote in a post on his social media site X.’ Alexander News Network (ANN): Trump’s War 2.0 for America…
The allure of the “silver bullet solution” has never been stronger but it’s as reliable as snake oil
No one wants to hear it but there are no silver bullet solutions. The very phrase “a silver bullet” originates from a made-up solution for ridding yourself of a mythical creature! However, witches and were-wolves aside, let’s assume those that believe in metaphorical silver bullets mean quick, simple, fixes to complex problems. The phrase also…
Rape Gangs and Liberal Silence B. Duncan Moench
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/rape-gangs-liberal-silence Few issues expose the self-blinding of the Western progressive left more than the sexual violence waged against working-class girls in the UK by predominantly-Pakistani grooming gangs. The scandal, long ignored by polite society and actively buried by both law enforcement and politicians, only broke into a broader American consciousness when Elon Musk began posting…
Sally Satel This Program Is a Lifeline for the Severely Mentally Ill Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics serve as a one-stop shop for people with psychotic conditions.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/mental-illness-certified-community-behavioral-health-clinics-funding-grants The Department of Justice is brainstorming ways to clear homeless encampments and increase involuntary hospitalization, focusing on people with serious mental illness. Fortunately, the federal government already has a resource for people with such conditions: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics. CCBHCs serve as one-stop shops for people with serious mental illness, providing coordinated physical…
Christopher F. Rufo On Israel-Palestine, You Don’t Need to Be an Expert to Pick a Side What the Gaza war reveals about America’s domestic politics
https://www.city-journal.org/article/israel-palestine-gaza-war-hamas-domestic-politics Intellectuals, rarely short on opinions, often fall back on a familiar dodge when confronted with a controversy they’d rather avoid: calling the issue “complex.” The war in Gaza is one such case. To be sure, the tangled history, religion, and culture behind the Israel–Palestine conflict make it genuinely complicated. Partisans on both sides accuse…
We Don’t Need To Welcome In People Who Hate Us Francis Menton
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/ Yesterday in Boulder, Colorado, a perpetrator sprayed a flammable liquid on a group of mostly elderly Jews protesting the continued holding of hostages in Gaza. Then he threw Molotov cocktails to set several of the demonstrators on fire. The New York Post reports here that 8 were injured, ranging in age from 52 to…