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Monday on MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) claimed Secretary of State Marco Rubio cut off her mic and called her question stupid during a congressional briefing on Iran.
Dean said, “We had a conference call. It was not a classified call with, Secretary Rubio and Mr. Wyckoff. And it was bipartisan members of Congress, a House, members, Republicans, Democrats. Mr. Rubio gave a very brief opening, just talking about the, the shots back and forth over the course of the last four days, then sent it open to questions. We didn’t learn much of anything. I have to be very, very honest with you.
WASHINGTON – States can ban transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams, the Supreme Court ruled June 30 in addressing a major cultural and political flashpoint before adjourning for the summer.
The decision is another setback for the LGBTQ+ community from the high court, which has issued a series of recent rulings against transgender Americans. The court said West Virginia's and Idaho’s bans on female transgender athletes do not violate either the Constitution or a federal law barring sex discrimination in education.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a major blow to his agenda. The court, divided 6-3, ruled that the executive order Trump issued Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, was unlawful. Five justices said the order fell foul of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which has long been interpreted to bestow birthright citizenship on almost anyone born in the United States.
Homeowners in California county angry
after neighborhood demands they take down
American flag replies
after neighborhood demands they take down
American flag replies
Homeowners in a southern California neighborhood were outraged Monday after their local Homeowners Association demanded they take down their American flag as Americans nationwide prepare to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday.
Three homeowners in San Marcos, identified as Terri Collins, Amy Cooke and Chris Cooke, said their HOA warned them that they could face a $100 fine if they continued flying American flags outside their homes.
“I’m not taking my flag down,” Collins said. “They can fine me, $100, $200, $1,000, I’m not paying it.”
The local homeowners association attempted to describe the display of the American flag as "political" and has been pushing neighbors to take down their flags
Homeowners in California county angry
after neighborhood demands they take down
American flag replies
after neighborhood demands they take down
American flag replies
Homeowners in a southern California neighborhood were outraged Monday after their local Homeowners Association demanded they take down their American flag as Americans nationwide prepare to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday.
Three homeowners in San Marcos, identified as Terri Collins, Amy Cooke and Chris Cooke, said their HOA warned them that they could face a $100 fine if they continued flying American flags outside their homes.
“I’m not taking my flag down,” Collins said. “They can fine me, $100, $200, $1,000, I’m not paying it.”
The local homeowners association attempted to describe the display of the American flag as "political"
Two days ago, Beth Ann Bossio woke up to the news that Pennsylvania would not have a booth at the Great American State Fair, the Fourth of July celebration underway on the National Mall in Washington.
The decision was made by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), who told the New Republic he would not send a delegation to the fair in honor of America 250 after his administration said it canvassed opinions among Pennsylvania businesses and told the reporter, “None of them were interested.”
The Supreme Court announced its final opinions of the term today, covering some of the most high-profile issues of the term.
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: The court rejected President Donald Trump's executive order ending citizenship at birth for people born on U.S. soil. The court ruled that the executive order ran foul of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which has long been interpreted to bestow birthright citizenship on almost anyone born in the United States.
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES: The high court, in a ruling that combined two cases, upheld state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. Two student athletes in West Virginia and Idaho sued to overturn the bans.
Another favorite in the knockout round of the 2026 World Cup bit the dust Monday. After Germany was defeated by Paraguay in penalty kicks in a massive upset, another World Cup power received its walking papers early Tuesday as the Netherlands lost to Morocco in penalty kicks. Perhaps the moment that the Dutch will be thinking about for the next four years is Morocco’s second penalty kick, where Soufiane Rahimi appeared to have his shot blocked.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) has emerged as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination while denouncing the ultra-rich who "hoard wealth and engage in financial speculation." But the progressive, Silicon Valley congressman and his family live a life of staggering luxury, fueled by dynastic wealth they did not earn and protected by the same thicket of trusts, anonymous corporations, and foundations that Khanna condemns.
Khanna lives in a $6 million, 8,000-square-foot luxury home with a four-story elevator and so much premium marble that even the two laundry rooms have marble counters. The Northwest Washington, D.C., home is now for sale, as the Khanna family prepares to move to
Scratch a Democrat, and you’ll find a communist underneath their lizard skin. Last week’s elections in New York City just confirmed what we already knew. The leftists are ascendant, and the alleged moderates — who were also leftists — are very upset. Think of this as like #MeToo. Remember that? That campaign against gropey, rapey people wasn’t really a fight about gropey, rapey people. Democrats like gropey, rapey people. Younger, primarily hard-left women just pretended not to in order to gain a political advantage over older establishment figures within the Democrat universe. #MeToo was simply about younger leftists trying to take power from older leftists.
On one hand, it's been somewhat amusing to watch the House Democrats who are trying so hard to distance themselves from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Party members who won their House primary races in New York last week, and the ones whose political futures will soon be decided in states like Colorado and Michigan.
I mean, when you look at the batcrap crazy things some of them, like newly minted NY-13 Democrat nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier, have said and done over the years, one could almost understand why the purportedly "moderate" House Democrats who have signed on to a "Promise to America" letter
President Trump is seizing on a series of far-left wins in Democratic primaries to paint the opposition party as dangerous “communists” about four months out from midterm elections.
The president has never shied away from painting Democrats as far left, but his recent messaging gives Republicans an amped-up blueprint for capitalizing on the progressive left becoming an insurgent force across the country.“They use the word social democrat because it sounds so nice, but it’s really communism you’re talking about,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday when asked about the growing list of left-wing primary wins.
Tuesday’s primaries in Colorado mark the next front in the establishment-versus-insurgent battle playing out within the Democratic Party, one week after major victories for candidates in New York City backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Colorado’s Democratic primaries have flown more under the radar, but they feature three major contests where veteran Democrats are facing challengers who are aiming to capitalize on the party’s growing anti-Washington sentiment.
Here’s what to watch for Tuesday night as the votes come in. Polls close at 9 p.m. ET.
In Trump v. Slaughter, published yesterday, the Supreme Court held that the President has plenary (that is, unfettered) authority to fire the heads of regulatory agencies (though not the governors of the Federal Reserve Board, as explained in a note at the end of this post). The decision is hugely consequential. It is both a massive blow to the regulatory state and a huge—albeit precarious—step to returning our nation to function as the Constitution intended.
For over a century, ever since President Woodrow Wilson ushered in the “progressive era,” Congress has been creating “independent” agencies that have complete power to write regulations with the force and effect of law,
Now that Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates are popping up in races all over the country, actual Democrats are starting to get questions from a nervous media which wonders how all of this happened.
In response, the talking point you keep hearing from Democrats is that they are a ‘big tent’ party.
It’s a stupid and lazy response that completely fails to address the actual issue. The Democrat Party is being taken over by full-on communists who hate Israel and Jews.
Today on The Five of FOX News, Jesse Watters talked about this, saying:
When Emanuel Macron was first elected French president nearly a decade ago, he looked like the prototype of Europe’s next generation of leaders: young, reform-minded, pro-market, pro-European, strategic, not clearly on the right or the left.
Macron is still ambitious internationally, but at home he is term limited, with falling approval levels, and looking increasingly like the last remaining champion of Europe’s battered liberal center.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned amid populist pressure at home. In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz is struggling as the country’s right wing strengthens. Giorgia Meloni of Italy, who heads Europe’s most stable government in a major country, comes from the right. And in Spain,
It’s been a good couple of weeks at the Supreme Court for gun-rights advocates. In United States v. Hemani, a unanimous Court held that the Federal government may not disarm habitual drug users, while in Wolford v. Lopez, the Court ruled 6-3 that a Hawaii law which required gun-owners to seek express authorization from property owners before carrying handguns on private property open to the public was similarly unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
While gun owners will no doubt welcome these decisions, court-watchers, constitutional scholars, and lower-court judges seeking clarification on the Court’s “history and tradition” test for firearm regulations may be left feeling disappointed.
In many areas of constitutional law,
The sons of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stand to see a big windfall after businesses tied to the families helped secure a $1.6 billion mining deal in Kazakhstan, according to a new report.
After Trump and Lutnick closed a deal for an American company called Kaz Resources to mine one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten last November, records indicate that firms tied to their sons saw financial gain from the contract, the New York Times reported.
Dominari Securities — which is housed at Trump Tower in New York and partly owned by the president’s two eldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump —
The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, a high-stakes challenge to President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order that seeks to restrict automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders. In the event the court rules against Trump, a number of Congressional Republicans have legislation pending that could practically accomplish what a different ruling would have done.
"American citizenship is a priceless privilege that must be protected, not exploited. We must restore integrity to our immigration system, uphold the rule of law, and protect the value of American citizenship for generations to come,"
The contrast couldn’t be clearer.
While Democrats spent years painting President Trump as the man who would torch the Constitution and defy the courts, a pair of videos posted by Townhall Media flip the script and show exactly who the real threat to the rule of law was from the start.In one clip, the current President sits in the Oval Office and accepts an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling.
A reporter asked Trump, in the context of a few rulings earlier today that went against him, whether he would accept the Court's decision on birthright citizenship, which is expected tomorrow.
"Well,
As a 37-year comedy veteran, I believe I'm pretty good at "reading the room," and I believe the room, in this case, Western civilization, has turned a corner: we've finally had enough of the Islamic rape and murder epidemics terrorizing mostly white Christian girls and women in the West.We've seen a series of events — and heinous crimes — unfold in the last month that are shaking the world and scaring the globalist, New World Order lizard people to their Godless core.
Here is a timeline of crimes and victories we've seen in the past month:
Dave Portnoy, the multimillionaire who built Barstool Sports into a massive media presence, announced on FOX News tonight that he is considering running for mayor of New York City because he is opposed to the rise of Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Portnoy would be a formidable candidate. He understands economics, loves the United States of America, has serious name recognition, and a huge social media following.
He is also clearly opposed to communism, which makes him even more attractive as a candidate.
Now the good news. As noted by Justice Thomas, this decision when contrast against the Lisa Cook decision does not find alignment.
By a vote of 6-3, the justices struck down a federal law that bars the president from firing members of the Federal Trade Commission except in cases of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” [PDF Ruling Here] That law, a majority of the justices ruled, violates the constitutional separation of powers between the three branches of government.
This lengthy 108-page decision supports the Unitary Theory of government in that the President can remove any agency head within the Executive Branch through plenary power,
Win some blue-state and blue-city races, and the cocky new socialist Jacobins believe that they have either already taken over the Democratic Party or will soon absorb it. And in reaction to these new swarms, an increasingly terrified and ossified old Democrat guard either limps away from the hive or invites them in to take over more.
It is fascinating but ultimately depressing to watch old-style Democrats say or do anything to avoid the new mob of Robespierres. Democrat candidates who recently begged for a Schumer/Pelosi/Jeffries endorsement now are telling them to get in line —