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President Trump on Saturday said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will likely have to be drained to make the necessary repairs after vandals took a knife and put a 250 foot long gash into the pool and poured corrosive chemicals in the water.
Many people have been arrested for vandalizing the reflecting pool and peeling off the paint from the bottom of the pool.
Former Olympian David Hearn was arrested and charged with misdemeanor for destruction of property for vandalizing the Lincoln Reflecting Pool.
According to independent journalist Emily Miller, a man was arrested after jumping into the pool on Friday and cutting out a “huge piece” of the sealant.
America 250 Just Put the Spotlight on
the Generation Coming Next With Launch
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the Generation Coming Next With Launch
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The United States turns 250 years old in a few weeks, and the celebration is already taking shape in the usual big, patriotic ways: fireworks, concerts, military flyovers, historical exhibits, and events stretching from Washington, D.C., to Mount Rushmore. One of the newest additions, though, is aimed less at the country's past than at the kids who will inherit its future.
Freedom 250 announced Friday that it is launching the 2026 Patriot Games, a nationwide athletic competition that will bring together high school athletes ages 14 through 17 from every state, territory, and tribal nation for three days of competition in August.
Senator John Cornyn is back to being the mouth-piece for RINO sentiment regarding the SAVE Act, as the failed politician is once again targeting fellow-Republican Mike Lee for speaking about the necessity to pass the vital legislation.
Cornyn, who worked as the GOP Senate whip for six years and had pitched himself as an experienced legislator that Republicans needed to advance quality bills, stated that it was Lee’s job to “get” the votes and to “prove us wrong.”
A district judge sentenced an illegal alien from Chile to 45 months for her extensive identity theft scheme spanning 7 states and impacting 18 victims.
Mayorie Fernandez-Ormeno, 37, pleaded guilty to five counts for conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud, attempted access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and illegal reentry after deportation.
She will serve a total of 45 months' imprisonment, after which she is expected to be deported. The court also ordered Fernandez-Ormeno to pay $47,218.84 in restitution to her victims.
“This defendant showed no respect for our laws,” said U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft.
Just because God is unconventional, and
Trump is unconventional, too, doesn’t
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Trump is unconventional, too, doesn’t
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God created the world in six days, and rested on the seventh. The seventh was Sunday, or maybe it was Saturday. Or Friday. Anyway, we’re supposed to rest that day, whenever it is.
Just to be careful, I rest seven days a week.
The current President when he’s not hosting the UFC (that’s “Ultimate Fighting Championship” for those of you not in the know) at the White House (whatever happened to good clean make-believe fun like the World Wrestling Federation?) is hosting the in-laws.
Two Venezuelan nationals have pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to using fraudulent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cards to illegally purchase food to stock a local restaurant.
Roman Vequiz Fernandez, 32, a Venezuelan national and Coralba Albarracin Siniva, 24, also a Venezuelan national, both residing in living in Leominster, Mass., have pleaded guilty to use, transfer, acquisition and possession of SNAP benefits in an unauthorized manner.
U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled sentencings for Sept. 22, 2026. The defendants were charged in February 2026 along with Joel Vicioso Fernandez and Raul Fernandez Vicioso.
This criminal conduct is a part of a larger fraud scheme
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has become the latest target in the left's war on anything Donald Trump touches, and the radical left isn't even trying to hide it anymore.
According to reports circulating on social media, the National Guard and Park Police have ramped up patrols around the reflecting pool amid threats from leftists vowing to sabotage the recently renovated landmark. Independent journalist Nick Sortor sounded the alarm on the brazen plot.
"American workers are pushing around the clock to finish the pool by July 4, but liberals have a vested interest in destroying it for some reason," Sortor wrote.
We all know the reason: Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Scarcely a day passes when I don’t receive a message from one of my American friends asking, “What the hell is going on over there?” By “over there,” of course, they mean “in the UK,” where I live.
In recent weeks, I’ve been taking a lot of questions about the murder of Henry Nowak and the scandalous response by police, who handcuffed him and left him to bleed to death in the street because the man who had stabbed him—a Sikh called Vickrum Digwa—said he was the victim of a racist attack. That was a lie. A lie that the rest of Digwa’s family acquiesced in without a second thought.
As RedState previously reported, Major League Baseball (MLB) landed itself in hot water on Monday after issuing a "warning" to three San Francisco Giants pitchers who refused to bend the knee to "Pride Night," writing Bible verses on their rainbow-themed hats during the team's Friday game against the Chicago Cubs. The warning stated that "the writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations." In a follow-up statement, they claimed it had nothing to do with the Christian message. "To be clear,
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) of the United Kingdom announced on Friday that it had decided to temporarily suspend Karim Khan, formerly the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as the ICC addresses allegations that Khan engaged in “non-consensual” sexual activity with a colleague.
The allegations first came to light in late 2024 after Khan had developed a reputation for an aggressive approach that resulted in the international court issuing warrants for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Britain's Observer newspaper said Prime Minister Keir Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, though a government source said Starmer remained focused on getting on with the job of governing.
The threat to Starmer's position, which has been building for months, increased sharply on Friday when his rival Andy Burnham won a seat in parliament that would allow him to launch a formal leadership challenge.
Controversy over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is drawing national attention again after “Pro-Algae” protesters began a demonstration opposing the Trump administration's cleanup and restoration of the historic landmark. Independent journalist Emily Miller interviewed the self-described “Team Algae” protesters who reportedly return every day to protest the Reflecting Pool's cleanup.
“We have reached peak circus here,” Miller said, as National Park Service crews removed the green algae using advanced nanobubble technology.
This video, posted on YouTube, recorded the pro-algae protesters. Miller reported on X that at least one male protester was arrested for jumping into the water and grabbing hoses from female Park Service workers who were clearing the algae.
Buzz Patterson was the Air Force pilot who, as a Major, carried the nuclear football for Bill Clinton. He has since written several best-selling books about his experiences in the Clinton White House. He has also written about those experiences on X. The Daily Mail provides some insight:
[Patterson] said he primarily lived in the White House and was 'always in close proximity to both Bill and Hill', which made him quickly learn that the mood of the day 'depended solely on the presence or absence of Hillary.' [skip]
He said in his X post that the day-to-day work for Clinton varied dramatically based on Hillary's whims,
Thank God former President Obama is only going to open one library. How many of these self righteous rants can we put up with? I remember when President Bush and President W. Bush opened their libraries; they were grateful, gracious, and political rants were missing.
Here comes Obama and he starts by acknowledging that this building was on stolen land, whatever that means. It was pathetic:
The long-delayed and over-budget Obama Presidential Center opened Thursday in Chicago with a stolen land acknowledgment.
‘We’d also like to take a moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which we are gathered today,’ Valerie Jarrett, chief executive officer of the
American Olympic canoeist arrested for
allegedly vandalizing Lincoln Memorial
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allegedly vandalizing Lincoln Memorial
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A former US Olympian was arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.
David Hearn, a three-time Olympic canoeist, was cycling past the monument on Friday when he said he stopped and noticed a piece of the pool’s liner floating in the water.
Hearn, 67, claimed to the Washington Post he reached out and touched the detached piece and was quickly taken into custody by Park Police at the beleaguered monument. Video of the incident went viral, with Hearn shown looking bewildered as he’s confronted by members of the National Guard and then put in cuffs by US Park Police.
“I didn’t vandalize anything,” Hearn told The Washington Post.
Three elderly hikers died in apparent heat-related deaths while traversing the Grand Canyon's inner trails as temperatures spiked above 100 degrees. Rangers and emergency personnel responded to two separate heat-related incidents on June 12 and June 16, according to the National Park Service. "In both cases, the deceased hikers were hiking trails in the Inner Canyon, where temperatures can exceed 109 F in the shade during midday hours," the statement said. Emergency responders arrived to find the hikers already deceased on the trails. A 72-year-old man was found dead June 12 on the South Kaibab Trail due to heat-related symptoms
WASHINGTON — Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was flowing Friday — under Iran’s monitoring — after a radio message to vessels in the region suggested the waterway had been closed over tensions with Israel and the US.
“The armed forces of Iran, in accordance with the memorandum of understanding [MOU] to end the war dated June 18, 2026, have taken the necessary measures to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, and shipping in this route is currently underway,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Friday, according to Iran’s Fars News Agency.
Earlier, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) statement read over maritime radio
The Dem Party has many problems, too many to count. But one biggie is their obsession with identity politics.
Race, gender, sexuality, and gender-confused status, AKA “transgender,” matter more than competence, judgment, character, or basic common sense. ip).Does the name Stacie Marie Laughton ring a bell?
Stacie, whose actual name is Barry, was once a rising star in New Hampshire politics. But that all came crashing down when authorities uncovered that he’s a horrific child predator and abuser.
But in the early days of his political career, the New Hampshire community embraced him, mainly because he fit the agenda: a mentally ill man masquerading as a woman. How progressive, right?
Team Algae and Filth has been busy at work, supported by CNN, ABC and various leftist media, in an attempt to grow algae back in the DC reflection pool, and cut out the newly installed lining. A few arrests have been made by DC park police.Yes, these folks are that unstable. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
President Trump responds to the effort via Truth Social:
“We’ve cleaned, renovated, and beautified over 45 Monuments and Memorials, 28 Statues, and 22 Fountains in Washington, D.C. Things are really looking good in our Nation’s Capital,,(snip) However, we’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool, which sits between The Washington
One industry in America pumps out toxic waste day and night, but suffers no penalty for the damage it causes.
It operates at enormous public and private expense, sucking up hundreds of billions of dollars in government money.
Its toxic bilge poisons much of society, but those who complain about it are often dismissed as ignorant or bigoted.
Its product is largely free of state and federal regulation.
That industry is higher education.
And the toxic waste it emits isn’t chemical but intellectual sludge, in the form of racial bigotry, antisemitism and crude Marxism.
LOS ANGELES — James Burrows, who helped create volumes of laughter as director of more than a thousand episodes of such classic television comedies as “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Friends” and “Will and Grace,” died Friday. He was 85.
His family confirmed his death in a statement to People, saying he “passed away peacefully today surrounded by his family.” No location or cause of death was provided.
Burrows spent his career behind the camera specializing in situation comedies. Few viewers recognized him or knew his name, other than to see it flash quickly on the screen in the opening credits. But they knew his work.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom slammed the “tradwife” trend on social media and blamed sexism for Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris’ presidential election losses in a recent wide-ranging interview. She stopped in for the interview to promote her new movie, “Miss Representation: Rise Up,” while the Justice Department investigates the tax conduct of her and her husband, California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Siebel Newsom says the “tradwife” trend — which originated from the prominent roles women played in households within the 20th century and prior but has evolved into a social media subculture — oversimplifies women. “For the tradwife phenomenon, it’s like, you
There are two primary obstacles to finding the truth in any given situation: Cognitive dissonance and propaganda. One always feeds into the other. Effective propaganda works because it caters to the biases or fears of it’s target audience. Cognitive dissonance is the open door through which propaganda enters the mind and controls it.
When it comes to Donald Trump and his administration, there is a LOT of propaganda and cognitive dissonance, and the vast majority of it is weaponized against him rather than for him. If you are unbiased,
On Friday, in a decision that's sure to bear some interesting fruit, a judge denied former President Biden's request to block the release of the tapes of his interviews with his ghostwriter.
A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden’s request to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts from his conversations with biographer Mark Zwonitzer.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the former president’s motion for a preliminary injunction in the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Heritage Foundation and its employee, Mike Howell.
The materials come from former special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.