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On Wednesday morning, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (LA-04), delivered remarks to the press on topics including Operation Epic Fury and the ongoing partial government shutdown. As is his habit, the Speaker didn't mince words.
Let's look at some highlights. First, on the operation itself, the Speaker points out that this is an exercise of muscular foreign policy; in other words, peace through strength.
The B-52 Stratofortress bomber, often affectionately referred to as the "Big, Ugly, Fat Fellow," or BUFF, is an aircraft whose design history begins at the end of World War 2. The first B-52 bombers were delivered to the United States Air Force in the early 1950s, and the newer marks of that magnificent warbird are still flying today. There's a good reason for the long service of this wonderful warbird; it may not be as slick, as fast, or as fancy as newer aircraft, but if you need a few dozen square miles of countryside destroyed and you need it destroyed right now, the BUFF can get that done.
This may be the most epic troll of the anti-ICE Leftists that we've seen, and it's perfect. Back in January, the anti-ICE Leftists in Minneapolis were stopping vehicles they thought were operated by ICE to check the papers and identities of the drivers. The Left said this was necessary so they could know "who was in our community," which may be the most ironic thing we've ever heard.
But now, ICE in Colorado have decided to use the flagship care of White Leftists as their undercover vehicle: the Subaru.
Policymakers often argue over whether capitalism works and how aggressively it should be restrained. But they rarely ask the more pertinent question: where, exactly, does large-scale laissez-faire capitalism even exist?
The uncomfortable answer is that in the 21st century, it barely does. Across sectors, federal policy does not merely regulate at the margins; it often coordinates at scale, sometimes through forms of rulemaking that do not appear in the traditional Federal Register. Prices, payment flows, entry conditions, risk allocation, technology adoption, and even product, service, and
Shame on the Democrats.
As Operation Epic Fury enters its fifth day, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth offered an update this morning, and it's a good one: "America is winning. Decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy," Hegseth said in his opening remarks. Hegseth said the U.S.-Israeli-led strikes will give our respective air forces "complete control of Iranian skies" in the coming days. We've obliterated Iran's senior leadership, both political and military, as well as decimated Iran's air force and navy, including sinking 17 naval ships.
But the Democrats, who operate under opposition to President Trump no matter what he does, don't seem to care about those wins,
Israeli intelligence hacked into Tehran’s traffic camera network years ago to monitor the bodyguards of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials ahead of the supreme leader’s assassination, according to a newly released report.
The Financial Times reported that Israel’s Mossad intelligence organization gained access to the cameras, which form part of Iran’s surveillance apparatus used to identify and pursue protesters and regime opponents. One camera was positioned to show where members of Khamenei’s security team parked their vehicles.
Through the footage, Israeli intelligence compiled files on the guards’ home addresses, work schedules, and protection assignments.
Texas DeceptiCON Dan Crenshaw, aka “one-eyed McCain”, a man of notoriously arrogant and intemperate disposition, has lost the Texas CD02 primary race to Steve Toth. Mr Toth won 56% of the primary vote, so there will not be a runoff.
At the conclusion of this year, the perpetually horrible Dan Crenshaw will no longer be a congressman.
Apparently, Crenshaw was blindsided and didn’t see it coming. [SOURCE] (snip)The greater share of Wesley Hunt’s vote is expected to go toward Ken Paxton, setting up the opportunity for the people of Texas to finally remove another DeceptiCON from the Senate.
Jasmine Crockett didn’t simply lose her Senate primary. She staged a slow-motion meltdown on the way out the door, complete with preemptive claims of cheating and “disenfranchisement,” long before the votes were even done being counted.
Early Tuesday evening, while ballots were still being tallied across 254 Texas counties, Crockett started laying the groundwork for an excuse. She told supporters there had been “a lot of confusion” in Dallas County. She insisted that “people have been disenfranchised,” blaming Republicans for supposedly targeting Dallas and hinting darkly at votes that might not count. Then she left her own watch party early and told the crowd not to expect results that night,
New York, New York - Texas state representative James Talarico is facing renewed criticism after past remarks about immigration resurfaced online following his recent Democratic primary victory in the race for the U.S. Senate in Texas. In comments circulating on social media, Talarico compared the nation’s southern border to a “front porch,” saying it should function like a “giant welcome mat.” The statement has sparked backlash from critics who argue the remark signals support for more open immigration policies at a time when border security remains a central issue in national politics. Talarico, a progressive Democrat who has represented parts
Six U.S. airmen are safe after Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shot down three fighter jets during combat with Iran on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said. CENTCOM said three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles were engaging Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles and drones at around 7 p.m. local time when they were hit by friendly fire. All six aircrew ejected safely, the command said in a statement Monday. “Kuwait has acknowledged this incident, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti defense forces and their support in this ongoing operation,” the statement read.
The puzzle pieces are falling into place faster than the Deep State ever imagined. The case against the Clintons as a crime family, which I laid out in 2019 when I discussed their Deep State RICO conspiracy, has just been validated by fresh evidence.
John Solomon nails it with the “Clinton Corruption Files.” Irrefutable documents reveal that Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel sent to Congress in late 2025 confirm a “massive bribery operation” through the Clinton Foundation—specifically, foreign interest donations in exchange for State Department favors during Hillary’s tenure as Secretary. Three FBI offices (New York, Washington, Little Rock) independently flagged pay-to-play,
An American submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday, the first US sinking of an enemy ship by torpedo since World War II.
The attack left at least 101 people missing, one dead and 78 injured, sources in Sri Lanka’s navy and defense ministry told Reuters.
The IRIS Dena frigate was armed with heavy guns, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles and torpedoes and could carry a helicopter.
The 180-crew frigate had issued a distress call at dawn.
“An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo,”
The U.S. Air Force updated its physical fitness program and score charts for the fitness tests to boost the long-term health of airmen.
The modernized program utilizes a more thorough assessment model to strengthen warfighter readiness by motivating airmen to build more sustainable fitness habits for the duration of their careers, according to a Feb. 27 release.
“This update is not just about increasing the physical fitness test standards; it’s about ensuring our warfighters are fit, ready, and prioritizing their long-term health,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach said in the memo.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testified that the Biden administration funneled cash to sponsors who trafficked and abused unaccompanied migrant children. Federal dollars poured through the Department of Health and Human Services right into the pockets of adults escaping screening, meaning many of those people ended up as outright predators.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement dumped kids into homes without solid background checks, skipped consistent DNA testing, and ignored follow-ups that could've kept them safe. Nearly 450,000 kids cycled through the system, many of whom disappeared after sloppy placements.
If Noem slams down documented proof linking this mess straight to federal blunders,
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) told supporters she was going to leave her own watch party after votes in Dallas County were delayed.
“We need to see the Dallas County votes to see where they are,” she said, per NOTUS, accusing the GOP of having “specifically targeted” Democratic voters.
[snip] Crockett seized on the chaos and suggested “cheating” was already taking place, fueled by Republicans.
“Unfortunately, this is what Republicans like to do, and so they specifically targeted Dallas County, and I think we all know why,” she told her supporters at the Dallas watch party.
On Feb. 24, President Donald Trump gave what many, including some critics, thought was one of the most effective presidential State of the Union speeches of recent decades, if not ever. But it barely moved the needle when it comes to his presidential favorability ratings, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows.
In the March online national I&I/TIPP Poll, taken from Feb. 24 to Feb. 27 by 1,456 adults, Trump showed only slight improvement on the lead presidential leadership question: “Overall, is your opinion of Donald Trump generally favorable, generally unfavorable, or are you not familiar enough to say one way or the
Hot Takes: Rashida Tlaib Lets Mask Slip
Amid Questionable 'Reporting' on Operation
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Amid Questionable 'Reporting' on Operation
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As my RedState colleague Brad Slager documented, many mainstream media outlets rushed to report on how Shajarah Tayyebeh, a girls' elementary school in southern Iran, had been hit on Saturday, with unverified claims from Iranian officials that it was "bombed in broad daylight, when packed with young pupils" after the start of Operation Epic Fury.
Brad noted in his write-up that the suggestion/insinuation from these same Iranian regime officials that it was a deliberate "strike" on the school by the U.S. and Israel was not initially met with the appropriate amount of media skepticism from U.S.-based outlets that such claims warranted.
CA Taxpayers — Did You Know You're Footing
the Security Bill for Kamala's International
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the Security Bill for Kamala's International
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We all know that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California is home to rampant waste, fraud, and abuse, and that the state regularly encounters major budget crises. That’s because the Golden State funded healthcare for illegal immigrants and a bullet train to nowhere, and regularly throws money at leftist social projects while our quality of life drips, drips, drips into the Pacific. But did you know, California residents, that your hard-earned tax dollars get used to pay for the security of a private citizen while she goes on a book tour, a tour that will make her money but has nothing whatsoever to do with governing the state?
While Jamaat has often participated in electoral politics, its long-term objective has remained unchanged: the establishment of a theocratic state under Islamic jurisprudence.
Within hours of the news [of Iranian Supreme Guide Ayatollah Ali Khameni's elimination].... Jamaat-e-Islami...[s]enior leaders delivered speeches accusing the United States and Israel of "murder" and calling for mass mobilization.
Even though organizationally separate, the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat have maintained ideological synergy and periodic cooperation across South Asia and the Middle East. Both movements frame global politics as a civilizational struggle between Islamic governance and Western liberalism
Dearborn mosque holds memorial for 'martyr'
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Ayatollah Khamenei, accuses US of worshiping Satan replies
A prominent Shiite organization in Dearborn, Michigan, held a memorial for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei over the weekend, honoring him for his "martyrdom" while accusing Americans of being led by Satan.
"We're gathered here today to commemorate the martyrdom of the great leader of our time, Sayyid Ali Hussein Khamenei," said Hassan Salamey, one of the speakers at the memorial held at the Hadi Institute on Sunday, a day after U.S. and Israeli forces executed Khamenei and other top Iranian officials in Operation Epic Fury.
Footage of the service went viral after being shared by the nonprofit Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) on X.
Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss funneled millions of dollars to the left-wing organizations that are organizing the anti-Donald Trump "No Kings" protests and spearheading lawsuits targeting President Trump's immigration and energy policies, according to new tax filings obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. They reveal the extent to which Wyss, a foreign national, is central to anti-Trump resistance efforts.
The Berger Action Fund, one of two nonprofits Wyss has used to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to left-wing causes, gave a total of $57.3 million to 11 activist groups between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the disclosures show. That includes $3 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
For President Donald J. Trump, it doesn't take another 9/11 attack on the United States to strike at the head of a snake.
His preemptive assault on the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, recognizes the stark reality that the ruling ayatollahs and their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have not only sworn to destroy the State of Israel but seek to dominate the entire Middle East, from Yemen to Syria and beyond. They have slaughtered their own citizens, murdered American military personnel, and encouraged and funded acts of terror worldwide.
Despite Trump's efforts to engage in diplomacy,
Credit markets tend to unravel at the margins first. What begins as stress in a few vulnerable industries can, under the right macroeconomic conditions, morph into something broader and more systemic. That risk is becoming more salient as stagflation concerns -- a toxic combination of slower growth and stickier inflation which hasn’t been seen since the 1970s -- re-enter the conversation. In such an environment, the leveraged loan market is often the first pressure point. These floating-rate loans, typically issued by below-investment grade companies, are especially sensitive to higher interest costs and softer demand. Recently, cracks that began in tariff-exposed chemical producers spread to auto-related borrowers,
Republican voters’ routine apathy to the primary process has permitted RINOs to hijack the party and stonewall conservative priorities. Conservatives are about to have the chance to oust some of the Republican Party’s worst elected officials. The question is: Will they take it?
Primary elections to decide which Republicans will run in the 2026 midterms are now officially underway, with the states of Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas each holding such elections on Tuesday. The states are the nation’s first primary contests for the 2026 cycle —