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Elon Musk, the mercurial trillionaire, is planning another massive cash binge on behalf of the GOP's midterm campaign that might just be enough to keep the Republicans in power in the House and Senate.
In 2024, Musk dropped a cool $260 million to help elect Donald Trump. No word on exactly how much Musk is willing to shell out this election cycle, but it will only add to the Republicans' massive cash advantage over the Democrats for the November contests.
"GOP super PACs and committees have a $300 million-plus advantage over their Democratic counterparts — and that doesn't include the $400 million sitting in Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC," reports Axios.
Less than 100 days before the midterms, voters are agitating for wholesale change in Congress and looking to the Democratic Party in hopes of making that happen.
Democrats lead Republicans on the generic ballot by 8 points among registered voters, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Democrats also continue to hold a significant advantage in voter enthusiasm and have a 20-point advantage in preferences among those who say they are extremely motivated to vote. More Americans say the country would be better off (38%) than worse off (33%) if Democrats were to take control of Congress this November, with 29% saying it wouldn’t make a difference.
About a third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning adults identify as democratic socialists, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
They’re some of the party’s staunchest supporters, but many are also raring for a party overhaul at a time when democratic socialists are seeing new momentum at the polls.
Building on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s victory over Andrew Cuomo last year, candidates describing themselves as democratic socialists have secured the Democratic nomination in several US House races around the country, including defeats of incumbent Reps. Adriano Espaillat in New York and Diana DeGette in Colorado.
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza.
The diplomatic breakthrough, brokered by his Board of Peace alongside mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, will pave the way for a new Palestinian government in Gaza, Trump said.
"Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY," Trump said in a Truth Social post.
The European Commission on Thursday announced a call for tenders designed to generate over €30 billion ($34 billion) in state and private funding for the construction of seven so-called AI gigafactories to boost the European Union's computing independence.
Of the funds, €10 billion will come from the EU and member states while private investors put up the remaining €20 billion.
The funds are to be collected and distributed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), which was launched in 2020 to develop "a world class supercomputing ecosystem by pooling the resources of the European Union, European countries and private partners."
The Fauci Legend Will Not Die!
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Mother Jones on Dr. Anthony Fauci: “The diary entries contain plenty of cringeworthy moments—Fauci congratulating himself on how famous he had become, for example, and basking in the attention of female celebrities like Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand. What they don’t contain—much to the dismay of Paul and Fauci’s other critics—is any kind of smoking gun proving that the public health leader deliberately misled the American people.“ I wonder what Mother Jones would consider a smoking gun. On February 9th, 2020, appearing on the Newt Gingrich podcast “Newt’s world,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said the idea that Covid-19 came from a lab was a “conspiracy theory… without any scientific basis.”
Good policy, it is said, makes for good politics. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and his Senate GOP colleagues find themselves in a serendipitous moment, having before them a tremendous opportunity to serve the nation’s interests while simultaneously benefiting their party’s narrower political interests.
What is the opportunity? Simple — stay in Washington until they pass a budget resolution to make possible the passage of key elements of the SAVE America Act.
Anthropic said Thursday that several of its advanced artificial intelligence models broke out of an isolated testing environment, accessed the open internet and independently hacked multiple companies without the AI-maker’s knowledge in three separate incidents dating back to April.
In a review published on Thursday night, Anthropic said an unreleased, internal research test model, as well as Opus 4.7 and Mythos 5, were involved. Mythos was released last month to a limited audience of tech companies and cybersecurity researchers, also known as Project Glasswing.
The White House on Thursday released a statement from its spy agency chiefs making clear that China's targeting of Americans' voter registration files that began during the 2020 election likely meets the intelligence community's definition for "election interference."
The fact sheet approved by the chiefs of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Homeland Security Department followed President Donald Trump's declassification of documents and July 16 speech exposing weaknesses in the U.S. election system ranging from voting machines vulnerabilities to noncitizens making it illegally onto state voter roles.
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, was the driving force behind transforming what started out as a water navigation dispute between Maryland and Virginia into the Constitutional Convention, which then produced our Constitution. Madison was not only one of the primary influences during the Convention itself but also, writing as Publius (along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay) in the Federalist Papers, he advocated for its ratification.
His Constitution, with its staggered terms, federal system, three branches of government and more, was written specifically to tamp down and limit the power of both mobs and government.
Look, we keep being told—by pundits, pollsters, and a panoply of prognosticators—that the Republicans are absolutely doomed in November, that Trump is the lamest of ducks, that it’s all over, and that instead of voting, we should just stay at home in our double-wides being transphobes and hating The Odyssey because it has black people. And if you look at history—and we do look at history, because we know history didn’t begin in 1619—Republicans do have a problem. It’s a midterm election with a second-term president, or a third-term president, depending on whether you believe Joe Biden got 80 zillion votes in 2020,
Almost right after an illegal alien killed an officer and his girlfriend in Connecticut, the governor there proposed allocating millions of dollars for individuals who are now also illegally in the USA after their temporary protected status expired.
The fact that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has lasted for decades in some cases illustrates how much the system is abused, given that “temporary” is literally in the name. Democrats just like to use TPS to bring in hordes of foreigners who will provide cheap labor and change demographics while never actually obtaining U.S. citizenship.
Ed Miliband has spent his career as one of the world’s most committed climate zealots, and he now finds himself installed as Foreign Secretary in Andy Burnham’s new government, personally taking up the United Kingdom’s seat as Governor of the World Bank. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced this week that the former Energy Secretary would personally occupy the United Kingdom’s seat as Governor of the World Bank, a job normally left to a junior minister, so that the “climate crisis” and overseas development sit at the very heart of British foreign policy.
Journalist Mark Halperin is not impressed with the mainstream media’s coverage of Dr. Fauci this week. You might even say he is disgusted.
Halperin talked about it with two guests on his 2Way program and although he mentioned several news outlets, he really saved his anger for Brian Stelter of CNN, who made sure to write about how ‘MAGA media’ was treating the story.
It is truly remarkable, the way that Fauci became such a celebrity among members of the media and they’re still showing their devotion to him today.
Halperin also points out how the Fauci coverage mirrors the way the media treated Joe Biden and the cover-up of his mental acuity.
Iowa and Missouri are suing New York over its Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, arguing it's an "unconstitutional attempt to regulate businesses, consumers and individuals beyond [New York’s] borders."
Fox News on Wednesday published an op-ed from Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, arguing that the law imposes civil and criminal obligations on out-of-state producers and distributors, "even if the connection to the state is extremely remote or hypothetical."
The Center for Individual Rights is representing Iowa, Missouri and the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce in the lawsuit, which was filed in May with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Well, well, well. There it is. Even if it is clouded in Reuters News doublespeak and coded language, the answer to the big question about why Zelenskyy fired the most effective military leader is right there. The key words are, “military procurement system”; or in common language “military spending.”
It never made sense; the 35-year-old Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, was heralded as turning the tide of the war in favor of Ukraine through his adaption of technology, specifically drones, and his very close relationship to Alex Karp of Palantir, a military contractor. Fedorov was young, smart, strategic and exceptionally capable. Yet, Zelenskyy fired him.
America stands at a crossroads that will define her power for generations on end.
The choice is clear: build the foundations for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance or surrender the future to those who already race ahead.
President Donald J. Trump has chosen the path of strength.
Last summer, he signed an executive order which accelerates federal approval for data centers that demand more than 100 megawatts. This unlocks loans, grants, and tax incentives while stripping away Biden-Harris mandates that layered red tape onto energy projects. Agencies must cut fat, use existing exemptions, speed reviews under proven frameworks, and open suitable federal lands.
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Says Illegal
Alien Detention Unlawful Because No Other
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Alien Detention Unlawful Because No Other
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The issue of illegal aliens being detained while awaiting their transport out of the country is destined to eventually hit the Supreme Court.Several courts of appeal have split on the issue of whether illegal aliens can be detained during processing out of the country with some saying yes and some saying, no. The Nineth Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in today and also said no, with a rather goofy and odd reason in their opinion. [Court Ruling Here]
The 9th CCA doesn’t like the term “illegal alien” so they use the politically correct term, “unadmitted aliens” to describe non-Americans who are in the country illegally.
As if things with Iran weren't already complicated enough, there are indications that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is trying something new - in, of all places, Minnesota.
Yes, you read that right. And the possible intrusion here isn't coming from a bunch of AK-waving goons or explosive-strapped useful idiots. No, this is something more sophisticated: A cyberattack on Minnesota water systems that resulted in water to 30 MinnesotaBetween Sunday, July 26, and Monday, July 27, 2026, a coordinated cyber attack disrupted water and wastewater utility operations across more than 30 communities
Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox recently dropped his bid for the Republican candidate for governor. The highly unpopular Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is the likely Democratic candidate running for governor after being term-limited as Secretary of State.
Jocelyn Benson, who the Gateway Pundit frequently refers to as “America’s most dishonest Secretary of State,” is familiar with lawsuits. Benson has been involved in 69 election-related lawsuits during her time as Secretary of State. That is more than the combined total of the previous four Secretaries of State.
WNBA Team Co-Owner Fined, Suspended for
Harassing Teen Fans over Opposition to
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Harassing Teen Fans over Opposition to
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The Seattle Storm apologized after the team’s co-owner Celeste Keaton harassed two teenage fans during a home game over their opposition to trans-identifying males participating in women’s sports.
Keaton was fined by the WNBA and suspended from the Storm’s next five home games for berating two teenage girls at Tuesday’s game against the Indiana Fever. The girls were wearing “XX XY Athletics” shirts and holding signs expressing support for Sophie Cunningham, a Fever guard who has spoken out in support of fairness in women’s and girls’ sports.
The WNBA has suspended Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton from attending the team's next five home games after her exchange with two fans during Tuesday's matchup with the Indiana Fever, the league confirmed Thursday.
According to multiple reports, Keaton had admonished a pair of fans who brought signs into Climate Pledge Arena supporting Fever guard Sophie Cunningham following her recent comments about transgender athletes. The fans told unDividedPod.com that Keaton directed expletives at them for a sign that thanked Cunningham "for speaking up for girls."
Along with the suspension, Keaton was fined an undisclosed amount, the league said.
My previous essay examined the parallels between Communism/Socialism and Twelver Shia violence. But to be clear, violence is the currency of all Islam, full stop. Despite claims to the contrary, almost no one converts to Islam (or becomes Commie/Socialist) absent coercion of one form or another. The Twelvers were highlighted because of the current situation with Iran and the homicidal Blues Brothers rulers itching to get their grubby fingers on the nuclear button.1 2
Another feature of the Mohammunist Manifesto is wealth redistribution, i.e., the predatory taking of property from some and giving it to others.
In the seventh century,
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) unveiled a proposed health insurance option Wednesday in Fort Worth that he said could cut premiums nearly 20% for Texas families and small businesses while helping more than 1 million additional Texans obtain coverage.
Speaking at Los Vaqueros Mexican Restaurant in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Abbott said the Essential Benefits Health Insurance Plan would allow insurers to offer employer group plans that meet federal requirements while omitting some state-mandated benefits. Employers could still choose fully mandated policies.