TikTok is reportedly building a new version of its app specifically for the United States. The video sharing platform’s app for American users has a planned launch in U.S. app stores Sept. 5, The Information reported. This development comes shortly after President Donald Trump said the U.S. had “pretty much” reached a deal for an…
‘Like all technocrats (fascists), the corporate welfare king who derived all of his wealth from theft via taxes and insider trading is threatening real patriots with prison. Who about just deporting PSYOP-MUSK?’ lot more CO2 than any ICE cars too, which is about the only good thing about them; in other words, there is no…
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings warned Elon Musk on Sunday that his newly launched third party could divide the right and help Democrats win. Musk posted on X Saturday that he had just created the “America Party,” asserting it would restore “freedom” to Americans. Jennings said on “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and…
Amidst a housing affordability crisis, Las Vegas reportedly has over $7 billion in home value on the market. Redfin’s new report spelled out a record total value for the city’s real estate market. “What I think has happened, we have very high prices,” said George Kiprios, president of the Vegas Realtors Association. “Our market is…
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court overturned the state’s 1849 abortion law with a Wednesday ruling, stating that legislation since then should supersede and replace the law in a 4-3 decision. The ruling was written by Rebecca Dallet with concurrence by Jill Karofsky, Ann Walsh Bradley and Janet Protasiewicz. In dissent were Annette Ziegler, Rebecca Bradley and Brian…
Russia has said it will not tolerate any Western troops within the neighboring state after a potential truce A UK-French initiative to deploy troops to Ukraine after a potential truce with Russia is floundering, and adding to tensions between the two countries, Politico reported on Monday, citing officials. French President Emmanuel Macron stated last year…
Although the United States and Canada reached an agreement to scrap Ottawa’s controversial Digital Services Tax – estimated to cost U.S. companies $1 billion annually – a much larger and ongoing dispute over drug prices is getting less attention. Canada’s government is keeping the price of American-made pharmaceuticals artificially low while U.S. consumers and taxpayers foot the…
As I always say, every experiment needs an experimental group, and Sweden has done their part in seeing what flight shaming has wrought Sweden invented ‘flight shaming’. Now it is begging airlines to return The country that invented “flight shaming”, a concept championed by climate activist Greta Thunberg, has scrapped its air tax in a bid…
The director of the new “Superman” movie has found himself under attack from online critics after he talked about what it feels like to be attacked by online critics. For director James Gunn, it may feel like he is living in an alternate timeline (much like his superhero movies), but unlike the Avengers, he cannot…
While Ohio’s new budget has been the legislative focus in the last two weeks, lawmakers continue to push to change the rules voters approved for recreational marijuana use. Many expected the House to pass changes earlier this month that would have cut in half the amount of home-grown marijuana allowed and given cities more power…
The bloc has committed trillions to defense but still lacks key technologies, raising questions over its autonomy, according to the report EU officials are concerned that Washington could one day stop providing critical software updates for US-made military equipment, according to a New York Times report. The fear stems from uncertainty over the future of…
Wisconsin’s new budget includes $5 million that will re-start the state’s film tax credits and create a state film office as part of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Advocates, including Gov. Tony Evers, have pushed the tax credits as a way to have more movies and television shows film in the state, saying that will…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday encouraged Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to stay out of politics just one day after the billionaire announced his new political party. “The principles of DOGE were very popular – I think if you looked at the polling Elon was not,” Scott Bessent said on CNN’s State of…
A power struggle unleashed by top Zelensky aide Andrey Yermak risks plunging the country into chaos, the outlet reports Ukraine’s leadership is increasingly mired in “palace politics,” bitter infighting, and purges that threaten to fracture the country from within, The Economist reported on Sunday, citing multiple sources. Much of the turmoil is reportedly linked to…
Is Politico trying to get me to like the bill, which still spends too much, even more? Megabill hits health care for immigrants, including legal ones, hard As President Donald Trump intensifies his targeting of undocumented immigrants, the GOP megabill passed Thursday takes aim at those here legally by revoking their access to subsidized care….
Former U.S. Rep. John Fleming, R-La., is making his case that he has a more conservative voting record and is more aligned with President Donald Trump as he tries to out incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., in next year’s Republican primaries. “This is going to be a national election,” Fleming recently told the Just the…
The war in Gaza is at the top of the agenda. Times of Israel: As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Israel on Sunday for Washington, where he will meet with US President Donald Trump, he highlighted his opposition to any hostage deal that would ultimately leave Hamas in power in Gaza. “Twenty living hostages remain…
In a win for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 5-1 to limit flu vaccines to only those free of thimerosal. The mercury-containing preservative, largely phased out of childhood vaccines by 2001, still lingers in some multi-dose flu shots. But with 96% of U.S. flu vaccines…
As the death count in the Independence Day flooding in central Texas has now surpassed that of Hurricane Harvey, with dozens of children reported dead and missing who were camping at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texans are asking why a warning system wasn’t in place and why the camp didn’t evacuate when others did….
The final version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” contains a series of tax policy changes that are taking effect now that Trump has signed the legislation into law. The impact of some of the changes will be seen from Main Street to Wall Street. Reducing Taxes on Tips The bill reduces taxes on…
President Trump’s Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a “client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios. The administration is releasing a video — in both raw and “enhanced” versions —…
Alexander Roooney is a Welsh Conservative working in Clwyd and North Wales Welsh Water claims is different. No shareholders. Not-for-profit. Every penny, they say, is reinvested to serve the people of Wales. But recently, North Wales lost its final Blue Flag beach. Not a single stretch of coastline in the region now meets international water…
Catastrophic Texas flooding leaves dozens dead, including young girls at a summer camp, while some try to place the blame on President Trump’s cuts to the National Weather Service. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visits President Trump at the White House following a joint U.S.-Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites, as ceasefire talks with Hamas remain…
Just when you thought the Biden years were at peak dystopia, it turns out that some of their freakish initiatives were just the pregame for turning life-or-death decisions into diversity bingo. America First Legal (AFL) just dropped a lawsuit on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),…
Moscow sought security guarantees from the West before the Ukraine conflict, but was rebuffed, the foreign minister has said NATO’s push to turn Ukraine into a foothold against Russia is a direct threat to national security, and left Moscow with no other choice other than to start the military operation against Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergey…
You’ve likely already heard many stories about the tragedies resulting from the recent horrific flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas. Some parts of it were raised 30± feet in an hour! In other sections, there was literally a 20± foot wall of water that drowned almost everything in its path. This article has many good pictures of…
Roman Starovoit has been replaced by Andrey Nikitin, his former deputy Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Roman Starovoit from the post of transport minister, which he held for just over a year, according to a decree published on the official legal acts portal on Monday. Starovoit has long worked in Russia’s road infrastructure sector….
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21732/gaza-security-egypt There are also concerns that the tunnels could be used to smuggle terrorists into Gaza. The Egyptians chose to ignore the smuggling as long as the weapons were making their way into the Gaza Strip and not staying in Egyptian territory. After all, these weapons were being used against Israel, not Egypt. The weapons…
Cyril Ramaphosa has called for stronger multilateralism and coordinated peace diplomacy South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged BRICS nations to play a more assertive role in mediating global conflicts and reshaping international governance. Speaking at the opening session of the 17th BRICS Summit, currently underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ramaphosa emphasized the critical…
If this party gains any traction, it will be at the GOP’s expense. It will have no impact on the Democrat Party. On the contrary, it will split the Republican Party just as the Reform Party split the Republican vote in 1992 leading to the Clinton presidency, which we barely recovered from. Ross Perot snagged…
This discussion focuses on the stark contrast between optimistic public statements from Ukrainian leadership—especially President Volodymyr Zelensky—and the deteriorating situation on the battlefield. Despite claims that Ukraine can still win, recent events on the ground suggest otherwise. Russia has now claimed full control over the Luhansk region, adding to Crimea and parts of Donetsk. Fighting…
Defund the UN, it is an arm of the global jihad. These organizations, created with the best of objectives and intentions and funded largely by the United States, are no long recognizable let alone serving their stated purpose. On the contrary, they have been hijacked and co-opted by our hostile actors and enemies of freedom….
Anti-tourism sentiment in Mallorca has escalated into acts of vandalism targeting properties associated with expats and tourists Activists on the Spanish island of Mallorca have vandalised cars and businesses owned by German expatriates, Mallorca Zeitung has reported. The incidents come amid growing anger against mass tourism across Spain and a deepening housing crisis in the…
The African country’s president has accused “rich countries” of looting Congo’s minerals and falsely blaming Kigali Rwanda remains committed to honoring its obligations under a US-brokered deal to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), President Paul Kagame has said. He warned of a firm response if the other side…
The Starmer government went all in on authoritarianism last week when they officially “proscribed” the grassroots human rights group Palestine Action as state-designated “terrorist organisation’, thus banning them and making any public displays of support for the activist group a criminal offense under the 2000 Terrorism Act. Meanwhile, the US and UK continue supporting Israel…
Philadelphia’s public school system has become an “absolute cesspool” of anti-Semitism and anti-American hatred, according to local parents, who say Gov. Josh Shapiro (D.) has “completely ignored” their pleas for help. Since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, Philadelphia school officials have publicly defended terrorism, called for the release of convicted cop killers, claimed Israel is…
When California sued the nation’s largest oil companies in 2023 for allegedly causing global warming, the state’s attorney general Rob Bonta (D.) vowed to “fight tirelessly on behalf of all Californians.” But Bonta quickly awarded a lucrative million-dollar contract to a liberal law firm to represent California in the case and do the fighting for…
Former Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York went on a fiery rant on CNN, blaming everything from obesity to heart disease in the black community on Republican colleagues and getting “called the N-word.” “The problem is we are not dealing with America’s original sin and its disease of hate and racism towards black and…
New Delhi believes an agreement with Washington should help it gain greater market access for labour-intensive goods India will negotiate a bilateral trade agreement with the US from a position of strength, keeping New Delhi’s national interests in mind, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has said, according to the Hindu BusinessLine newspaper. Washington and New Delhi…
As early as next year, leading technology companies, such as Tesla, plan to launch their human-like robots that can handle tasks both in industry and in our homes. Human civilization has experienced several epoch-making technological changes throughout history. Domesticating livestock, creating agriculture, and metallurgy were the biggest changes during the first 95 percent of our…
https://quadrant.org.au/news-opinions/anti-semitism/in-melbourne-the-latest-pogrom/ Let it drop in a casual conversation that you’ve spent a lot of time in the United States — half an adult lifetime in my case — and it can be quite the cue for a recitation of misconceptions. Oh, America, so violent, so heartless and cruel to its poor, so racist in closing…
https://quadrant.org.au/news-opinions/the-law/free-speech-vs-personal-safety/ “Yes, Jewish Australians – even though you have contributed to this nation since the First Fleet and even though your families and friends are being murdered in Israel, and elsewhere, by the very forces these wielders of free speech are promoting – toughen up.” Free speech has gotten a bit of a run recently,…
Western nations risk financial unsustainability when implementing their militarization plans, the Danish economy minister says EU nations risk “increased debt levels and unsustainable finances” if they raise defense spending too quickly, Danish Economy Minister Stephanie Lose has warned. EU and NATO members are pushing to invest billions of euros in troops and weapons. NATO leaders…
Green Party MPs have proposed 50-cent scoops for children from struggling households Germany’s Green Party has called on ice cream vendors in Berlin to offer scoops at a reduced price to children and teenagers from low-income families, local tabloid B.Z. has reported. The move comes as a recent survey indicated that nearly two-thirds (64%) of…
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/07/07/how-the-media-echoes-hamas-propaganda/ Israel has come to be the most demonized nation on Earth. Its actions in Gaza are continually vilified as ‘genocidal’. Last month’s air strikes against Iran were denounced as ‘unprovoked’ and ‘illegal’. In the one-sided narrative that is now dominant in the West, the Jewish State is the aggressor, while the terror groups and…
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/07/the-frightening-dream-house-of-zoran-mamdani/ After his first-place win in the New York City mayoral primaries, Zoran Mamdani is furiously denying everything that he once glibly thought was cutting-edge and cool. So, like a good postmodern relativist, Mamdani now claims he didn’t really mean that violence was merely a “construct.” I suppose Mamdani asked Jewish New Yorkers—the target of…
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm-plus/combatting-classroom-chaos/ On April 23, President Trump signed an executive order directing public schools to develop student discipline policies without considering race and ethnicity. The order states, “The Federal Government will no longer tolerate known risks to children’s safety and well-being in the classroom that result from the application of school discipline based on discriminatory and…
Wealth tax explored, as Tories warn of benefit system collapse “Labour is “willing to explore” bringing in a new wealth tax, Lord Kinnock has suggested. The party’s former leader said a 2 per cent tax on assets worth more than £10 million could help raise about £10 billion a year for the Treasury. His suggestion…
President Trump’s tariffs are set to snap back to the “reciprocal” rates on Wednesday — unless foreign countries can cut deals. So far, the only major players to reach agreements in principle are the United Kingdom and, ironically, China. Others aren’t so lucky. The European Union, Japan, and India all risk facing a sharp increase…
By Paul Homewood h/t Joe Public Sounds like poor Roger Harrabin has finally lost the plot completely! https://x.com/RHarrabin Calm down and keep taking the tablets, Roger! Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: Paul Homewood This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com and its author. This…
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/07/06/new-york-times-struggles-to-explain-why-it-reported-news-to-traumatized-readers/ This week, the New York Times experienced an uprising in its ranks and among its readers. The paper was denounced by its own staff and liberal pundits called for the entire editorial staff to be canned. Why? Because The New York Times actually reported news that was deemed harmful to the Democrats, specifically Democratic…
