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New Labour leader Andy Burnham has claimed that nationalisation – taking Britain back to the pre-Thatcher 1970s – will cure the country’s ills. He’s in for a very nasty shock, says Tim Wallace in the Telegraph. Here’s an excerpt.
Grieving families, unable to bury their dead as gravediggers downed tools. Factories forced into a three-day week after a strike by miners. Hospitals blockaded by protesting NHS workers, ending all but emergency care.
In the minds of some, these were Britain’s glory days, the pre-Thatcher 1970s for which Andy Burnham pines.
I do not hate any groups of people because of where they come from, what their ancestors did, or anything beyond their own actions as individuals, which might then land them in a group that I hate. People who hurt others, especially children, for example. But I don't blink about hating governments, and China has been a special case in my mind for years.
On Thursday night, President Donald Trump took to (most of) the airwaves to announce some disturbing evidence regarding China and its attempts to meddle in the 2020 election.
Considering Trump and his election integrity fight, I understand him bringing it up,
Do you remember Linda Sarsour? She was very active in left wing politics during Trump’s first term. She became a leader of the ‘Women’s March’ movement but was ejected after they realized that she is a raging Jew-hater. It’s part of what led to the group’s downfall.
With the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), she has returned. Her views make her a perfect fit for this radical mob.
In a recent video address to her supporters, she fantasized about replacing the Declaration of Independence with something that would better reflect the values of the left.
President Trump defended the war with Iran as the US launched retaliatory strikes on Tehran for the deaths of two American service members in a call with The Post on Saturday, saying the troops made the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon — and warned the region could descend into wider conflict if Tehran isn’t stopped.
Speaking about an hour into the latest US bombing campaign, Trump called the deaths “a shame” but argued the mission remains critical.
“They did it because they don’t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon,”
New York is ranked last among U.S. states in legal protections of religious liberty, according to a new report that criticized the state's support for abortion and a lack of safeguards for religious groups.
The index, produced annually by the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy at First Liberty Institute, ranks each state based on 20 broad legal safeguards encompassing 50 specific statutory protections.
The report's authors evaluated each state's laws to determine if they protect the "free exercise of religion" in areas such as education, employment, health care, parental rights, licensing, and conscience protections.
The United States Central Command said Saturday that two American service members were killed in Jordan this week and one service member is missing in action.
The military said the incident took place Friday while CENTCOM and "partner forces" defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. The identities of the fallen and missing service members have not been disclosed.
Four other American service members were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan but have since been discharged. An undisclosed number of other U.S. personnel were evaluated for minor injuries and have returned to duty.
The Tate brothers were arrested again on Saturday.
Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by US Marshals in Miami according to the Associated Press and TMZ.
The Tate brothers are wanted in the United Kingdom on rape and human trafficking charges.
Andrew and Tristan Tate are dual British and US citizens. British prosecutors on Saturday night said they are seeking the extradition of the Tate Brothers. Video posted by TMZ shows the moment the Tate brothers were taken into custody by federal agents.
The Tate brothers were arrested shortly before Andrew was set to cohost a boxing event.
Trump Is Righting Latin America
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am proud to be an American, not just because our nation has lasted 250 years with great success under the same charter, but because of our positive influence around the world.
In World War I, we turned the tide in favor of the Allied forces.
In World War II, Nazi totalitarianism would have won, but the United States bolstered Allied forces overseas and in the European theater. Japanese aggression throughout Southeast Asia, from 1931 to 1945, ended because of America. We dropped two atomic bombs on their homeland, and we forced their surrender.
The Cold War was the longest battle. Yes, there were fewer battles, but many sanctions, lots of threats,
Half a Nation of Traitors
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Democrats hate this country. They hate you if you don’t also hate this country. And they will do anything to avoid you continuing to live free in this country, up to and including murdering you, because that’s who they are. If Russia or China offered to help them seize power, they’d take the deal no matter what they asked for in return. After 250 years, one of our political parties has become infested with traitors the way an old dead tree becomes infested with termites. There is only one Democrat in the country speaking with any sense of sanity; one person who does not openly appeal to racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism,
When will the members of the far-Left cabal learn?
New York City, as the home of the United Nations headquarters, is hosting the U.N. General Assembly in the fall. And Democratic Socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed during a recent interview with a New York Times interviewer that he's holding onto a deeply-held wish and campaign promise: to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested when the world leader arrives in his city to attend it. Mamdani wasn't finished, though, admitting that he's not 100 percent sure "whether he has the legal authority" to do it, and to that end, he's still consulting with his administration's Law Department.
Netanyahu, meanwhile,
Strange Things Are Happening
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On one hand, we are winning the war with Iran. This week, bombings greatly accelerated and are not likely to end without real capitulation and surrender. On the other hand, the Vice President seems to be at odds with the administration, unhappy that we are in a (winning) war and casting blame for the failure of his peace effort, which is really only Iran’s fault.
On one hand, the President has declassified documents credibly showing foreign influence and interference with our elections. On the other hand, major news outlets seem determined to keep their viewers from knowing this
The new platform of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) got a lot of attention this week.
The revision to the DSA platform, "Workers Deserve More," plans to abolish the Senate entirely and replace the president and Supreme Court with an executive branch and judiciary elected by and subordinate to Congress.
They also want to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), defund the Department of War, end deportations, ease restrictions on immigration control for migration between countries, and "extend full voting rights to people with criminal convictions and noncitizens."
Report: President Trump Orders CENTCOM
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to 'Rain Hell' on IRGC After US Service
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Iran is finding out that the United States under President Trump doesn't mess around when U.S. servicemembers are killed by its reckless missile strikes.
As RedState wrote earlier on Saturday:
The U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, has now revealed that two United States service members were killed and one remains missing following a missile and drone attack by Iran. The attack was targeted at the U.S. forces in Jordan.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reacted to the attack in an X post in an update, writing:
Godspeed, heroes.
Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.
There’s not a whole lot of information yet, but a corpse was found Saturday at a Boston-area property owned by Conan Harris, husband to Squad Member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7). The couple does not live in the house but rents it out to tenants.
Here’s what we know:
Police spokesperson James Moccia told CBS News Boston officers were called to 25 Malta Street in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood at 1:52 p.m. "for a report to investigate a person."
When they arrived, they found the person deceased, Moccia said.
Moccia did not have any further details and said the homicide unit is handling the investigation.
Iranian state TV, amid a series of threats from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei against the “Great Satan” America, has labeled Donald Trump the “'number one target of the Iranians.'”
Amir-Hossein Tahmasebi is a host on Iranian state TV, and therefore acts as a mouthpiece of the terrorist regime's sentiments. Indeed, the Iranian parliament has a €50 million (about $57 million) price on Trump‘s head, besides a bounty on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier this month, Tahmasebi commented on Trump's presence at the NATO summit, and expressed the official regime determination to assassinate the U.S. president. Unsurprisingly, the Iranian parliament is promoting the same goal:
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” New York City DSA Co-Chair Gustavo Gordillo said that if a private store in New York City is put out of business by one of the government-run grocery stores in the city, “then maybe they shouldn’t have been in that business in the first place.”
Host Martha MacCallum asked, “I guess the question is, how does the government become more democratized if the government takes over more of the power? So, for example, here in New York, if you have government-owned grocery stores, right? And that was what Mamdani promised, I know you were supportive of his election,
Prominent House Democrats appeared befuddled when asked about the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) platform that seeks to destroy the American political system guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
That, from a report Saturday by Fox News.
“I don’t support that,” Rep. Ro Khanna, (D-CA), said when asked about the new agenda. “I haven’t read the proposal.”
The DSA platform includes eliminating the Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court, measures which essentially would rewrite the U.S. Constitution and would end American governance as we know it.
State Dept to Americans Abroad: Exercise
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Extreme Caution Due to 'Heightened Tensions
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Things in the Middle East are growing very spicy indeed, with two American service members killed in the line of duty and President Trump ordering, shall we say, a vigorous reply to be visited upon Iran. Things are liable to get worse before they get better, and now the Trump administration is taking steps to keep Americans in the rest of the world safe.
On Saturday, the State Department issued a travel warning to Americans traveling abroad. The post reads:
Worldwide Caution: Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. We remind Americans in the region of the continued need for caution
In 1990, New Jersey passed a law banning over 30 named “assault firearms” and any weapons “substantially identical” to those named. The law had a few other nuances that also limited gun buyers’ and owners’ rights. At the same time, New Jersey banned all magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds.
In 2018, New Jersey amended the law to ban all magazines holding more than 10 rounds. It was that amendment that finally spurred legal action, in the form of a lawsuit filed by the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Inc., Blake Ellman, and Marc Weinberg.
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) put her IQ on full display on Friday when she was asked about the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) desire to abolish the Senate.
The Democratic Socialists of America recently unveiled their new “Workers Deserve More” platform, which includes abolishing the Senate and expanding the House of Representatives, replacing the Supreme Court and the President with Congressionally chosen leaders, ranked-choice voting in all elections, open borders and amnesty for all, and abolishing private businesses.
During a Friday appearance on Fox News, New York City DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo discussed the DSA’s vision, describing the democratically elected Senate as “a non-democratic institution.”
The View co-host Sunny Hostin is representing her son after she reportedly says he received a citation in New York while jogging, claiming he had “no intent to trespass.”
Sunny, who is also a lawyer and former federal prosecutor, wrote a letter to an assistant district attorney for the New Rochelle City Court, obtained by TMZ on Monday, July 13.
In the letter, she reportedly asked the prosecutor to dismiss the violation and noted that her 24-year-old son, Gabriel Hostin, is “a 2025 Harvard University graduate with no criminal history or prior contact with the criminal justice system,” who was simply “in the area training.”
Two U.S. service members were killed in action in Jordan during Iranian attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan on Friday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed Saturday.
"On July 17, two U.S. service members in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. Central Command … and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. Additionally, one service member is currently missing," CENTCOM wrote in a statement on X.
"Four American service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals. They have since been discharged. Other personnel who were evaluated for minor injuries have returned to duty.
The radical left is having an absolute, total meltdown, and corporate America is once again bowing at the altar of woke madness! Just days after Florida officially renamed Palm Beach International Airport in honor of President Donald J. Trump, United Airlines was caught instructing reservation agents to let passengers switch flights for free if they don’t want to land at the newly named President Donald J. Trump International Airport.According to an explosive internal memo obtained by Live And Let’s Fly per FOX Business, United Airlines executives actively instructed their reservation agents to give free pass upgrades to anti-Trump crybabies.
Detached from reality:’ School choice
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advocate blasts NEA president's annual
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For Becky Pringle, outgoing president of the nation’s largest teachers union, education appears to be synonymous with political organizing, at least to one critic, Corey DeAngelis, the founder of the Educational Freedom Institute, and a fellow at the Americans for Fair Treatment and the Heritage Foundation.
At the National Education Association’s 2026 Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly in Denver, Pringle’s nearly 40-minute speech was largely dedicated to highlighting the union’s political and social accomplishments – priorities that critics say diverge from the unions’ original purpose of ensuring fair pay and working conditions and instead diving into the deep-end of the radical left.