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Protesting To Save Your Nation
The United Kingdom is experiencing some unrest as a result of its unlimited immigration policy. They are in danger of losing their culture, losing the ability to be safe on their streets, and losing their concept of law and order.
On Thursday, CBN News reported:
A 30-year-old man from Sudan appeared in a Belfast court Wednesday charged with attempted murder over a stabbing attack that left a man seriously injured and triggered anti-immigrant violence in several parts of Northern Ireland.
Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered held in jail after an appearance by video in Belfast Magistrates’ Court, where a detective said he blinded Stephen Ogilvie in the left eye during the knife attack. He was also charged with possessing a knife and threatening to kill a radiographer while being treated for a hand injury after the assault.
When police arrived at the crime scene, they found Alodid on the man, armed with a kitchen knife, the detective said. Alodid later told hospital staff: “I’ve killed someone, I don’t know if they are dead,” and said, “I will kill you.”
He refused legal representation through an Arabic interpreter and did not enter a plea.
The court appearance followed a night of violence in which masked men set fire to several homes they believed to house immigrants, burned trash bins, torched a Belfast bus and pelted police with objects. Firefighters rescued several people from burning homes.
I understand the frustration of the Irish even though I do not agree with their actions.
The article concludes:
The border is a highly sensitive issue. Allowing the free flow of people is a major pillar of the peace process that largely ended decades of violence known as “The Troubles.” The conflict involving Irish Republican and British Loyalist militants and U.K. security forces left almost 3,600 people dead before a 1998 peace accord.
Much of Tuesday’s violence took place in working-class areas where former paramilitary groups still hold considerable sway over the streets.
Last week a separate case of a university student who was stabbed to death in Southampton, England, in December was seized on by activists and U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who blamed immigration for the violence. Some British politicians objected to that.
Henry Nowak, who was white, was killed by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh who falsely claimed to police that he was the victim of a racist assault by Nowak. When police officers arrived, they initially treated the wounded Nowak as a suspect before noticing his injury and trying to resuscitate him.
Digwa was convicted of murder for stabbing Nowak with a Sikh dagger and sentenced last week to life in prison with a minimum 21-year term. The case has spurred heated debates about policing and race, and a protest over Nowak’s death turned violent, with some attacking police with chairs and rocks. Several people were charged with violent disorder.
The Continuing Saga Of California Elections
On Thursday, Townhall posted an article about some of the questionable practices that are coming to light about the current California elections.
The article reports:
California elections are chaotic. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman cried on election night after losing. Then, the mail-in ballots arrived, and now she and incumbent Karen Bass are heading to a runoff. Republican Spencer Pratt didn’t make it; he was leading until the mail-in ballots came in. This always sparks controversy and fascination: the election results and what seem like Democratic adjustments after all the votes from election day are counted. Now, there are reports from those on Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Bass or Raman (via NY Post):
A series of shocking videos show homeless residents on Los Angeles’ Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman.
The California Post obtained copies of the videos after they were published Tuesday on the TikTok account LaneNeedsSpencerPratt.
The footage, recorded near 7th Street and Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, has since been provided to the Department of Justice. It also follows The Post’s revelations that thousands of homeless voters were registered to shelters where they didn’t live.
One shelter in Venice, where 185 Raman voters were registered, received $600,000 from taxpayers care of the socialist Raman.
In one of the clips, a man who calls himself Kevin Shepherd, claimed he received $4 to vote for Bass.
[…]
“They gave you an optional choice,” Shepherd claimed, alleging the was offered $2 but negotiated for a higher payment and ultimately received $4.
Shepherd further claimed he completed a mail-in ballot for Bass and deposited it in a ballot box.
Skid Row resident, Rene Johnson, 39, also claimed she received $5 after being told to vote for Bass.
Johnson said she supported Bass, but told the creator she was still unclear about some of the forms she had completed.
“But, you know, at the time, I didn’t know that that was going on,” she said.
Please follow the link above to read the rest of the article. People need to go to jail for bribing voters. Otherwise, this will continue.
Changing The Rules To Create Equality–Not Equity
Equality in hiring means hiring the person who is best qualified for the position. Equity means hiring people based on criteria other than their qualifications supposedly to level the playing field.
On Thursday, American Greatness posted an article about some changes that are being made to the hiring practices in the Department of War.
The article reports:
The Justice Department concluded Tuesday that a key Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) interpretation of federal employment law is unconstitutional, arguing that it pressures employers to consider race when making hiring decisions.
The opinion, issued by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and challenges the concept of disparate-impact liability under Title VII, which allows employers to face legal consequences when neutral employment policies disproportionately affect groups protected by race, sex or other classifications.
While the opinion does not carry the force of a court ruling, it could significantly influence how federal agencies approach workplace discrimination cases and may make it more difficult for employees to bring certain claims against employers.In an unusual move, the Justice Department announced the opinion jointly with the EEOC.
T. Elliot Gaiser, assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, argued that the current interpretation of disparate-impact liability creates pressure on employers to make race-conscious decisions in order to avoid lawsuits.
“The fundamental problem is that disparate-impact liability tends to incent—and even coerce—employers to make race-based decisions to avoid liability or the threat of liability,” Gaiser wrote.
“By pressuring employers to take race-based actions in the name of proactively addressing potential statistical disparities, disparate-impact liability allows the government to engage in race discrimination indirectly,” he added.
The opinion is the latest step in the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle progressive diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and other policies officials claim have encouraged discrimination under the guise of promoting equality.
If a soldier is tasked with defending his fellow soldiers in battle, I want him to be the smartest, best-trained, most qualified soldier available I really don’t care about his race, religion, color or sex life.
The Stalling Is Going To End Shortly
President Trump is running out of patience with the Iranians in the peace negotiations. It has become obvious that the Iranians really don’t want to negotiate–they just want to hold out until the midterm elections hoping that by that time the war will no longer have the support of the American voters.
On Thursday, The New York Post reported:
President Trump said he is readying new strikes on Iranian infrastructure — after warning that the Islamic Republic will “have to pay the price” for taking “too long” to negotiate a peace deal.
The commander-in-chief said he is “getting close to ordering new strikes against Iranian power plants and bridges” in a phone call with Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on Wednesday.
Trump also accused Iran in the phone call of “tapping the United States along when it comes to the negotiating process.”
The current cease-fire has not been two impressive–everyone has continued their drone strikes, only somewhat less frequently.
The article notes:
It came as the president took to Truth Social to warn of retaliatory strikes against Iran following the shooting down of a US Apache helicopter on Monday near the Strait of Hormuz.
“They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!” Trump wrote in a thunderous post Wednesday morning, after stating that the country’s military infrastructure and leadership were in disarray.
“Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore – They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!! ” he added.
It really is time to end Iran’s funding of terror in the Middle East. If we need to destroy Iran’s infrastructure to do that, I am okay with that.
Trying To Get The SAVE Act Passed
If you weren’t already convinced that America needs the SAVE Act to insure honest elections, watching the elections in California should convince you. However, John Thune seems to be having a lot of difficulty getting the SAVE Act passed. I am not sure how much of that difficulty he is actually creating.
On Tuesday (updated Wednesday), Just the News posted an article about a suggestion by Senator Marsha Blackburn on how to breakup the logjam.
The article reports:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is reviving an idea to end the current Senate parliamentarian’s blockade on the Save America Act election integrity law: enact a term limit for the position.
Blackburn told Just the News on Tuesday her legislation from a year ago to set term limits for the parliamentarian was gaining renewed steam as the GOP voter base stews over the chamber’s inability to pass President Donald Trump’s signature election law, imposing voter ID in citizenship checks.
“Now, when it comes to the parliamentarian, last year you had Senators Tuberville, Marshall, and I who filed a bill that called for term limits on the parliamentarian. And this is a discussion that has popped back up because of some of the decisions of the parliamentarian,” Blackburn told the Just the News, No Noise television show.
“I think it’s appropriate to term limit the parliamentarian,” she added. “You know, you have different positions, different assigned, and different offices that are term limited, whether it’s serving as on the Fed, or whether it’s serving on certain commissions, or in certain appointments, and we think it’s appropriate that the parliamentarian be someone that is term limited also.”
As Trump has pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, Blackburn said more senators have rallied around the idea of her legislation.
The SAVE Act is supported by over 80 percent of Americans (including Democrats and unaffiliated voters). If the Senate does not represent the voters, who does the Senate represent?
When The Veneer Begins To Crack
Bill Gates can easily be described as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in America today. Some of us are very grateful for the computer consistency provided by Microsoft. I love the fact that this blog works essentially the same way as Microsoft Word. However, recent events have revealed a side of Bill Gates that seems to be anything but wholesome.
On Wednesday, Coffee and Covid included Bill Gates in its daily news update.
The article on Bill Gates reminds us:
Last week, the same Wall Street Journal reported, “Bill Gates Spent Years Crafting His Image. Now It’s Cracking.” The Journal published this story mere days before Gates’s closed-door testimony before the House Oversight Committee, which is today. If you want to believe the timing was coincidental, fine. Not me.
Gates’ carefully stage-managed agreement to testify voluntarily (without cameras) focuses on his connections with everyone’s favorite International Mystery Man, the late Jeffrey Epstein. Gates is taking it seriously. He hired attorney Jake Greenberg, the Oversight Committee’s former chief investigations counsel, to advise him.
Among other things, DOJ’s documents and Epstein’s calendar entries show numerous meetings with Gates starting in 2011, which is three years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. Why was Gates repeatedly meeting with a convicted sex offender, starting three years post-conviction?
The WSJ article tells us, in so many words, that Bill Gates is a big fat phony. And they exposed him right before he was set to testify.
Please follow the link to read the entire article. The article reminds us of how carefully Bill Gates has crafted his image over the years–the article notes that he has spent more money on public relations than most major corporations. The article also reminds us that now that the NGOs are being defunded, Bill Gates has lost a lot of his influence.
The section of the article on Bill Gates concludes:
It is unquestionably true that, in normal times, men with Gates’ money and political connections are devilishly hard to convict. But, as we have seen, these are not normal times. And Bill’s political support network is winking out like stars on a cloudy night as the thunderstorm moves in.
Finally, as a brief coda, consider all the other libidinous billionaires, high-profile political types, and swamp co-critters who are currently squirming in the same broad net as Gates. Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, Leon Black, Marc Andreessen, Eric Schmidt, and the whole Pritzker network, just to name a few. It is so easy to forget how much karma is suddenly and relentlessly flowing upstream toward the funders and facilitators of vast human misery during the pandemic.
And all of it has happened recently, since the Epstein disclosures. Not just progress this time. It’s much progress.
Bill Gates is innocent of any crimes until proven guilty, but if he is guilty of criminal behavior, we need equal justice under the law.
This Seems Totally Logical
On Monday, CBS News posted an article about the Trump administration’s effort to revoke the citizenship of 17 U.S. citizens accused of immigration fraud.
The article reports:
Officials said the move represents the largest-ever effort by the U.S. government to use its denaturalization powers, which were rarely invoked before President Trump returned to the White House last year with promises to launch a historic deportation blitz. Between 1990 and 2017, the Justice Department filed an average of just 11 legal complaints per year seeking to denaturalize American citizens, historical figures indicate.
Federal law has long allowed the government to try to denaturalize foreign-born U.S. citizens who officials believe committed fraud to obtain their citizenship, such as by concealing information, like criminal conduct, on their immigration applications. But the process has been historically lengthy, complex and seldom exercised, requiring officials to persuade judges to strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship in civil or criminal proceedings in federal court.
The Trump administration has sought to vastly escalate denaturalization efforts as part of its larger crackdown on illegal and legal immigration. In 2025, the Justice Department broadened the categories of naturalized citizens who should be prioritized for denaturalization. Last month, officials announced a dozen denaturalization cases, at the time the largest such effort in years.
Some of the 17 citizens targeted in the latest denaturalization campaign were convicted of violent or serious crimes, including sex offenses against children. Others were convicted of fraud crimes or accused of committing immigration fraud.
Why in the world would we want people who lied to get into America and then committed other crimes to stay here? If we put them in jail (where they belong for their crimes), we have to support them. Why not send them back to the countries they came from?
The article concludes:
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Trump administration would “continue to use every lawful avenue to denaturalize and remove aliens.”
“American citizenship is a privilege, and it must be earned honestly. If you come here, break our laws, and lie in your immigration proceedings, you forfeit that privilege,” Mullin said.
The denaturalization process allows the targeted citizens to challenge the government’s filings to try to retain their citizenship. If U.S. citizens are denaturalized, they return to their prior immigration status, typically as permanent U.S. residents, and lose all the legal benefits of American citizenship, including protection from deportation.
Character should matter when granting citizenship.
Questions About California’s Voter Rolls
On Monday, The Gateway Pundit posted an article about a report by Nick Shirley on California’s voter rolls. There are some serious questions about the current elections for Mayor of Los Angeles and Governor of California that may never be answered, but the discoveries of Nick Shirley are very interesting.
The article reports:
This is the Democrat Party’s idea of “secure” elections in their one-party utopia.
Investigative reporter Nick Shirley — the same journalist whose explosive February 2026 video we reported on here at The Gateway Pundit — knocking on doors and exposing the rotting corpse of the state’s Democrat-controlled election system, and the latest clip is pure fire.
Meet Doris. She lives in California. According to the California Secretary of State’s own voter rolls, she is 126 years old and has cast ballots in 51 elections.
There’s just one small problem.
Doris is not 126 years old. She was born in 1940. That makes her roughly 86 years old. She’s never voted in 51 elections. And when Nick Shirley showed up at her door to ask about it, she was stunned.
Nick Shirley and his team went straight to the address listed on the official rolls to confirm what the Democrat-run bureaucracy is hiding.
The article includes the interaction between Nick Shirley and Doris. She states that she did not vote in 51 elections. I think it may be long past time to clean up California’s voter rolls. Congress also needs to pass the SAVE America Act to try to keep our elections honest.
I trust the current California election about as much as I trust gas station sushi!
A Bad Week For Fairfax County Schools
On Saturday, WTOP News reported three legal cases against Fairfax County School employees.
The article reports:
Three Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) employees were arrested or charged in unrelated criminal investigations announced by Fairfax County police this week, including allegations involving inappropriate contact with a student, embezzlement and theft.
The most serious offense involves a Langley High School teacher accused of inappropriate conduct with a student.
Police said the investigation began June 2 after concerns were reported to the School Resource Officer (SRO). Detectives later determined that Matthew Thorsen, 38, from Reston, a math teacher at Langley High School, had engaged in unlawful and inappropriate contact with a student.
He was arrested June 4 and charged with three counts of Indecent Liberties by Custodian and one count of Using a Communication Device to Solicit a Minor. He is being held without bond. FCPS placed him on administrative leave after being notified of the allegations, according to police.
…In a separate case, police charged a Hayfield Secondary School Finance Technician for embezzling more than $40,000 from the school.
…A third investigation involved the alleged theft of woodworking tools from Chantilly High School.
Police said school administrators alerted the SRO on May 29 after learning an employee, Trevor Papavasiliou, 34, from Culpeper, had taken $1,200 worth of tools from a woodworking classroom.
He turned himself in June 4.
Following the investigation, Papavasiliou was charged with Grand Larceny. The school has suspended him from his position.
The cases are unrelated, but Fairfax County police announced the trio of arrests and charges involving school employees on the same day.
Thank you to the police for keeping our schools safe and dealing with employee misconduct. This article illustrates the vital role that School Resource Officers play.
Changes In The Military Chaplaincy
On June 4th, Military.com posted an article about the changes made to the military’s recognized religion list.
The article reports:
Military.com has learned that the Department of Defense, for the first time in almost 10 years, has dramatically reduced its number of recognized religious faiths and belief systems by approximately 180.
“The new list will provide chaplains with clear, readily available information that will better enable them to anticipate the religious support needs of service members and to provide religious support activities that align with service members’ personal faith and practices,” Tata wrote.
He added that members will not be limited to the list of “religious affiliation codes” when selecting information for their dog tags. The revised list, according to documents obtained by Military.com, includes Agnostics, Buddhists, Hindus, Islam (Muslims), Judaism, Sikh, and a wide range of Christian-based groups like Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists.
…This restructuring of faith codes, which help identify service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans.
The First Amendment prevents a government-sponsored religion; it provides freedom for Americans to worship as they please. That being said, however, America was founded on a Judeo-Christian legal system and was at one point declared a Christian nation by the Supreme Court. Some of the religions no longer recognized involve practices that are illegal in the United States–such as animal sacrifice.
I think this move will make life much easier for military chaplains.
Shouldn’t Every State Be Required To Pass An Audit?
On Sunday, The Daily Signal posted an article about an audit of states that was done to verify billions of dollars in unemployment spending, Medicaid payments, and pension obligations in federally-funded programs. Needless to say, some states had problematic results.
The article reports:
The findings in the 2026 Financial Transparency Score report, released by the government watchdog Truth in Accounting, found that 13 states failed to earn clean audit opinions. The report comes as the Trump administration is cracking down on how states are spending federal dollars.
The organization used data from annual comprehensive financial reports, or ACFRs, produced by each state as a requirement for getting federal funding.
The biggest culprits of the unlucky 13 states, according to the analysis, were Delaware and Georgia, as auditors were unable to obtain enough evidence to issue an opinion at all. This is a “disclaimer” in audit terms.
…Arizona’s audit identified one of the more striking problems cited by the Truth in Accounting report.
“Arizona was unable to substantiate much of its financial statements, including a discrepancy of $231.1 million between the Arizona Department of Economic Security’s cash balance and its bank records,” the report says, citing the state’s 2023 ACFR.
…California’s most recent ACFR, which reviewed the state’s finances for 2024, found the state had to correct $1.4 billion in prior-year accounting errors, a previously unreported $950 million in loans, and a $196.5 billion unrestricted deficit driven by pension and retiree obligations. It further had to note that the state’s Medicaid system helped create an $11.8 billion budget shortfall.
The 2025 state budget act partially addressed the Medicaid shortfall; one measure included an enrollment freeze, H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the California Department of Finance, told the Daily Signal.
Palmer added that the administration directed the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to assess potential concepts to pay down the outstanding unemployment insurance loan balance. Regarding the $196.5 billion in unrestricted debt, Palmer said it is mostly for pensions.
…In Alaska, auditors reported that the state’s Medicaid payment-processing system relies on outside contractors. However, it says the state failed to obtain independent assurance that the contractors’ financial controls were functioning effectively during fiscal year 2024.
You get the picture. Please follow the link to the article to get the rest of the list.
Broken-Window Theory On A Federal Level
In 1994, Rudy Giuliani became Mayor of New York City. The prior Mayor was David Dinkins who became Mayor in 1990. In the early 1990’s the crime rate in New York City was staggering. There were 2,245 murders, over 100,000 robberies, and over 200,000 burglaries (source here). When Rudy Giuliani was elected, he instituted a broken-window policy.
Basically, the broken-window theory says that visible signs of disorder and neglect lead to more serious crimes. It supports the enforcement of laws preventing broken windows and other seemingly minor crimes to deter more serious crimes.
By the end of the 1990’s, New York City was one of the safest cities in the nation.
On Sunday, The American Thinker posted an article suggesting we use the broken-window policy in the Department of Justice.
The article notes:
The left is outraged that Trump is seeking retribution. Duh! Retribution is a key component of the crime-punishment equation. The punishment must be severe enough to deter future crimes. That the left continues to attack our right of self-governance proves that the punishment has not reached adequate severity — yet.
The left insists that the DoJ is not Donald Trump’s tool to use against his enemies. We know that — Merrick Garland isn’t the attorney general anymore. The Trump DoJ is actually going after our enemies — those who attacked our constitutional republic. The left attacked our institutions of law and order and must be held accountable — or there will be no law or order.
When a law enforcement officer is attacked, the system reacts far more energetically than it would for other assaults. That’s because an attack on a police officer is an attack on the institution we have commissioned to maintain social order.
When an ICE agent was struck in Washington, D.C., it wasn’t one guy hitting another guy with a sub sandwich. It was a citizen giving “we the people” the finger by attacking our agent.
When E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump, it wasn’t a ditz with a bad memory trying to get a windfall from a billionaire with a big mouth. It was part of a planned conspiracy to undermine our right to choose our leadership.
When James Comey posted “86 47,” it wasn’t an innocent photo of sea shells. It was a threat against our president, using the same symbolism violent protestors are using to call for his murder. The fact that there have already been numerous attempts against on the president’s life makes Comey’s posting all the more egregious.
The article concludes:
Rudy Giuliani used the “broken window” strategy to clean up the mess that the Dems had made of New York City. He punished delinquents for misdemeanors to deter them from becoming felons. It worked.
Is the DoJ using Giuliani’s strategy in its pursuit of Comey and Carroll, or are they just pieces of a much bigger strategy?
As silly as James Comey’s posting was, it was an illegal implied threat against a president. Carroll’s alleged perjury was an illegal undermining of our justice system. Both acts had a shared objective of preventing Trump from being our president. That makes both offenses something far more important — recent acts of an ongoing conspiracy. As such, Comey and Carroll have reset the statute of limitations for all acts of the conspiracy that came before them.
Now the conspirators are faced with the necessary consequences of their actions — without a statute of limitations shield. James Comey, John Brennen, James Clapper, Letitia James, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and numerous others must be held to account for the crime-punishment ledger to balance. Their combined offenses undermined our right to free and fair (i.e., honestly informed) elections, and all should be treated as such.
Perhaps prosecution of the Comey and Carroll “window breakers” will lead to the eventual downfall of the traitorous conspirators.
Using a broken-window policy may be the only way to stop the weaponization of the Justice Department in the future.
Say It Isn’t So
On Friday, Yahoo News posted a frightening article.
The article states:
For decades, the idea of a four-door Ford Mustang has lived mostly in fan renderings and online debates. Purists usually rejected the concept outright, while others wondered why Ford never tried building an American performance sedan around the Mustang formula.
Now, the idea suddenly appears far more realistic. A recent Ford trademark filing for the name “Mach 4,” combined with comments from executives and earlier dealer leaks, strongly suggests the company is seriously exploring a four-door Mustang sedan.
Unlike the all-electric Mustang Mach-E crossover, this rumored model could return to traditional internal-combustion performance. If the speculation proves accurate, Ford may finally deliver a rear-wheel-drive muscle sedan powered by a V8 engine.
The timing is particularly interesting because most automakers are abandoning the segment entirely. Dodge killed the Charger and Chrysler 300 as traditional V8 sedans, Chevrolet discontinued the SS years ago, and imported performance sedans continue getting more expensive. That leaves a potential opening Ford may be eager to exploit.
…The biggest clue comes directly from Ford’s recent trademark activity. Earlier this year, the company filed for the “Mach 4” name through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, covering both gasoline and electric automobiles.
That filing immediately reignited speculation surrounding a Mustang sedan. The name itself seems intentionally designed to connect a four-door model to the existing Mustang lineup while distinguishing it from the Mach-E crossover.
Trademark filings do not automatically guarantee production plans, but automakers rarely spend time protecting names without at least considering future use. Combined with other recent developments, the filing carries much more weight than a random rumor circulating online.
Don’t do it, Ford. The electric Mustang lost the look of a Mustang. Putting another door on will only further dilute the brand. I drive a 2010 Mustang convertible, and I love the lines of the car. There isn’t enough room in the backseat for anyone over 3 feet tall, so why do they need a door?
The Exodus Continues
On Wednesday, Breitbart posted an article about another large company leaving New Jersey.
The article reports:
Samsung plans to its relocate its U.S. headquarters to Plano, Texas, which will cost New Jersey roughly 1,000 jobs.
The South Korean tech giant said this week that it would move its headquarters out of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to its campus in Plano, Texas, less than one year after it celebrated the opening of a new headquarters in Bergen County, New Jersey.
The transition will be completed by the end of the year, according to Samsung. Samsung has been in Bergen County for roughly three decades and operated its Ridgefield Park headquarters from the early 1990s before moving to Englewood Cliffs in 2025.
“Samsung Electronics America Inc. is undergoing a business transformation designed to better position our organization for long-term growth and future success,” Samsung said.
“As part of this effort, we are relocating our US headquarters from New Jersey to our existing campus in Plano, Texas, building on our 30-year presence in the state,” it continued in a statement.
Samsung has yet to say if it will completely abandon the New Jersey location, which exceeds 300,000 square feet.
The article concludes:
Will Hild, the executive director of Consumers’ Research, said in a statement:
Samsung’s decision to reincorporate in Texas is just the latest example of a seismic shift taking place in the business landscape. Pro-growth states like Texas that actually want companies to succeed are proving to be powerful magnets for businesses being crushed by radical policies and politicians in places like New Jersey, New York and California. Notably, in addition to keeping taxes low and regulation light relative to their competitors, Texas has taken groundbreaking steps to protect businesses incorporated there from molestation by rogue woke actors like Proxy Advisors. By making this sensible move, Samsung and other companies are demonstrating that they’re done being battered by far-left government hacks and woke Wall Street firms and will fight to put the interests of their investors and customers first.
He added, “Consumers Research applauds these firms and hopes more are encouraged to follow.”
If New Jersey wants companies to remain in their state, they need to reconsider who they are electing to office.
Save America: Public Safety
Author: R. Alan Harrop, Ph.D.
This is the latest article of a series on issues critical to the survival of our nation as we have known it as we celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary. The topic of public safety is of concern to all Americans and especially to me, since I spent my career as a psychologist in the North Carolina Department of Correction. One of the requirements of correctional psychologists is to assist in determining which inmates are reasonable risks for release back into society and which should stay in prison. This article summarizes some of the essential facts that effect crime and that decision process.
Like many essential things in our country’s history, it is important to look back and see what has worked and what hasn’t. As most people realize, the crime in Democrat run cities and states exceeds that in most more conservatively run places. Let’s examine why. First, it is important to realize that a very high percentage of crimes are committed by a very small percentage of the population. For example, about 1% of the population commits about 65% of all crimes. Violent crimes are committed by 3% to 5% of the population. Second, 3% to 5% of specific neighborhoods account for over 50% of all crimes of violence. Clearly places you want to avoid if you can. Third, offenders commit many more crimes than those for which they are arrested. Active criminals commit an average of 9 to 17 offenses per year when free in society. Very rarely is a criminal arrested the first time he commits a crime. Think of it as a profession or career, because that’s what it is to the typical criminal. Going to prison is seen by most criminals as a price they have to pay occasionally so they can return to their profession. Fourth, criminal continuity is very common, with most delinquent criminals going on to become adult criminals, while non-delinquent juveniles remain noncriminal all of their lives. Fifth, most criminals when released from prison go on to commit more crimes. For example, 68% of released prisoners are rearrested within 3 years of release, and 82% within 5 years of release. Not very encouraging. You may recall that Governor Cooper released 3500 prisoners before their sentences were completed ostensibly due to the COVID virus. Based on the data above showing an average of 9 to 17 offenses committed each year, the Governor’s ill- advised release accounted for approximately 31,000 to 60,000 crimes. So much for concern about public safety Governor! Sixth, criminals are most likely to commit crimes at the highest rate in early adulthood; and Seventh, the individuals committing the most crimes are those who are members of criminal gangs.
OK, so what do we do about it? It would be great if we could ensure that all children are raised by two parents who instill a conscience that respects right from wrong, and good from evil. Obviously, this is not happening to those who become criminals. Since we cannot control conscience development, the best option is swift arrest, conviction and incarceration. Incarceration not to rehabilitate, which is rare, but rather to remove from society as long as the law allows. The idea of not prosecuting (like in California), suspended sentences and early parole are all threats to public safety. Sentences should increase as the criminal shows a pattern of continued criminal activity. Remember, for every arrest that results in a sentence, the criminal is committing many more that go undetected. It should also be remembered that the dichotomy of property versus violent offenders is not supported by the facts. Many property offenders also commit many acts of personal violence since both types of crime reflect the lack of a moral conscience and no sense of empathy for others.
Instead of reducing sentences, we should go back to the 1980s where sentences were longer and more certain. Incarceration during the young adult ages of criminals has the greatest impact on improving public safety. So, the next time you hear a district attorney, judge or politician talk about reducing what they consider the high incarceration rate in this country, you will know what to do and how to vote. The safety of the citizens should take precedence over sympathy for the criminal.
June 6, 1944
I ran this article a few years ago. It bears repeating.
Eighty-two Years Ago
Seventy-eight years ago on June 6, 1944, some very nervous young (and not so young) men were boarding boats in England in preparation for an invasion of France. My father was one of the men who landed at Utah Beach.
A website called allthatsinteresting reports:
Brig. Gen. Teddy Roosevelt Jr. — the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt — landed with the first wave of soldiers at Utah Beach. After personally scouting the area, he determined that their location was better, as there were fewer German defenses.
“We’ll start the war from right here!” he stated, and he rerouted the rest of the landings to his location.
Roosevelt led the 8th Infantry despite using a cane – he had arthritis and a bad heart. Maj. Gen. Barton, the commander of the 4th Infantry Division, later recalled meeting Roosevelt on the beach:
While I was mentally framing [orders], Ted Roosevelt came up. He had landed with the first wave, had put my troops across the beach, and had a perfect picture (just as Roosevelt had earlier promised if allowed to go ashore with the first wave) of the entire situation. I loved Ted. When I finally agreed to his landing with the first wave, I felt sure he would be killed. When I had bade him goodbye, I never expected to see him alive. You can imagine then the emotion with which I greeted him when he came out to meet me [near La Grande Dune]. He was bursting with information.
That’s called courage and leadership.
A website called business insider posted the following in 2012:
On this day 68 years ago, nearly 3 million Allied troops readied themselves for one of the greatest military operations of world history.
D-Day. And the push that led to Hitler’s defeat.
At least 160,000 of those troops landed on the shores of Normandy, France. As they stormed the beaches, General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s confident words summed up the incredible significance of their mission:
“You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you,” he wrote in a famous letter sent to troops before the assault.
The May Jobs Report
The May jobs report has been released. The numbers are very good.
According to a Friday Fox Business article:
The U.S. economy added jobs at a modest pace in May amid uncertainty surrounding the impact of conflict in the Middle East on the labor market.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported that employers added 172,000 jobs in May. That figure is above the estimates of economists polled by LSEG, who predicted a gain of 85,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, which was in line with the expectations of LSEG economists.
Revisions were made to the payroll numbers for the prior two months, with March revised up by 29,000 from a gain of 185,000 to a gain of 214,000; while April’s report was revised up by 64,000 from a gain of 115,000 to 179,000.
Taken together, employment in March and April was 93,000 jobs higher than previously reported.
It’s amazing how the numbers are treated when a Republican is in the White House versus when a Democrat is in the White House. Somehow when a Republican is in the White House, the expectations are lower and the revisions tend to raise the numbers. Do you remember how many numbers they had to lower during the Biden administration?
The article notes:
Private payrolls added 120,000 jobs in May, well above the LSEG poll’s prediction of 85,000 jobs. April’s gain of 123,000 jobs was revised up to 177,000 jobs, while March’s gain of 190,000 jobs was revised up to 202,000.
Government payrolls grew by 52,000 jobs in May. Local government accounted for most of the gain, adding 55,000 jobs for the month compared with 1,000 jobs added by the federal government. Those gains were partially offset by a decline of 4,000 jobs in state government.
The manufacturing sector added 7,000 jobs in May, topping the gain of 2,000 jobs expected by LSEG economists.
Because of the war in Iran and the higher gas prices, inflation is an issue. However, the economy is expanding and moving into the private sector, which is where the growth is healthy for the economy.
A Miscarriage Of Justice
On June 4, Fox News posted an article about the protesters who disrupted a Minnesota church service in January.
The article reports:
Dozens of anti-ICE protesters, including former CNN journalist Don Lemon, will avoid state criminal charges after storming a Minnesota church service in January — a decision church leaders blasted as effectively giving activists a free pass to disrupt religious worship.
St. Paul City Attorney Irene Kao said in a statement Wednesday that her office would not pursue charges, saying the available evidence did not support prosecution under Minnesota law.
“Following a careful evaluation of the video footage, investigative reports, and other available materials, prosecutors determined that the current evidence is insufficient to meet that standard for criminal charges under Minnesota state statutes,” the statement said.
This isn’t surprising, but it is definitely disappointing.
The article notes:
Federal prosecutors have already charged 39 people, including Lemon and another independent journalist, with civil rights violations tied to the disruption. The federal cases remain pending.
There should be consequences for going into a church and disrupting the service. There were also instances of preventing parents from getting to their children in Sunday School. The protesters would not talk to the Pastor, but the Pastor did ask Don Lemon to leave. It’s sad that the state is refusing to enforce the law.
The FACE Act makes it a federal crime, with potentially steep fines and jail time, to use or threaten to use force to “injure, intimidate, or interfere” with a person seeking reproductive health services, or with a person lawfully trying to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. It also prohibits intentional property damage to a facility providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship. (source here)
I hope the protesters are convicted under the federal charges. I have no doubt that if protesters had gone into an abortion clinic and disrupted what was happening there, the state would have pressed charges.
Bringing Sanity To The Federal Firing Process
On June 4th, USA Today posted an article about a change in the process of firing federal employees.
The article reports:
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order converting nearly 8,000 federal workers who are in “senior policy-influencing positions” into at-will employees, making it easier for the administration to fire them.
About 97% of the reclassified positions are among the highest-ranking career positions, such as directors, chiefs of staff, senior advisers and policy analysts who are involved in drafting regulations and guidance and determining who gets federal grants.
At an Oval Office event June 3 to sign the executive order, Trump invited James Sherk of the Domestic Policy Council, the mastermind behind the change, to share his thoughts.
Sherk said federal employee removal procedures are often lengthy.
“If you have employees who are trying to undermine the wishes of American people by pushing of their own agenda or just incompetent in what they’re doing, agencies have a longstanding typical time getting rid of them. And that’s a particular problem,” Sherk said.
“What this does is basically treats those employees like private sector workers. They can be hired on the basis of merit … but if they’re messing up, then they can be removed real quickly rather than taking a year longer.”
A fact sheet issued by the White House put the idea behind the change in starker terms. It said that because firing employees is burdensome, “agencies seldom remove career employees” for “subversion of Presidential priorities.”
Only about 50,000 employees will be affected by this change–they would be reclassified to Schedule Policy/Career.
The article concludes:
Since the start of the second Trump administration, the federal government has reduced the workforce by more than 300,000 civil service jobs. The cuts were driven by layoffs, buyouts and deferred resignation offers in concert with the Department of Government Efficiency.
We are definitely moving in the right direction.
The Government NEVER Does It Better
On Wednesday, The Washington Examiner posted an article about a program in Rhode Island to provide affordable housing.
The article reports:
Rhode Island has spent an eye-popping $52.2 million to produce 200 rental units since voters approved a $120 million housing bond in November 2024, a local nonprofit research organization has revealed.
The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council’s 35-page report reveals the imprudence commonly found in government-financed housing initiatives. The Ocean State subsidized half of each rental unit’s development costs, which RIPEC found were almost 50% higher than in the private sector.
If they were subsidizing half of the development costs, that means that each rental unit cost about $520,000. I just looked up the current value of a house that I once owned in Rhode Island. The house is a three-bedroom ranch with one bathroom. It’s current value is approximately $400,000. These rental units cost more than a house!
The article notes:
“If you think about your normal private market, real estate transaction, there are two sources of capital,” says RIPEC Senior Analyst Dr. Jeff Hamill. “When you buy a house, you make a down payment and take out a mortgage — that’s all there is.”
“But when it comes to financing affordable housing, I have seen projects with up to twenty sources of financing,” Hamill continued. “The average probably has six or seven. Each of these sources might have different rules and requirements.”
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, found that each additional funding source extended a project’s timeline by four months and increased costs by $20,500 per unit.
Worse, government-financed housing projects often require developers to integrate hilltop planners’ irrelevant policy priorities. Labor requirements, climate policy, and community benefits agreements bloat building costs.
The article concludes:
“Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, community engagement meetings, and aldermanic prerogative are commonly used to kill or downsize new developments at a time when residents desperately need more housing stock,” he told The Washington Examiner.
Rhode Island does not need another expensive housing bond that enriches bureaucrats, consultants, and favored developers while producing too few homes. It needs a simpler, faster, cheaper housing policy that removes barriers to construction. If lawmakers want more affordable housing, the answer is obvious: Let builders build.
Removing unnecessary regulations would save money for all Americans.
From my friends at Townhall:
We Are Finally Seeing Some Results
On Monday, The Gateway Pundit posted an article about some serious cuts made to the Department of War spending.
The article reports:
The Deep State’s endless gravy train just collided with a massive brick wall.
In a direct and no-nonsense video announcement, Hegseth revealed the Department of War is immediately terminating $5.1 BILLION — yes, BILLION with a capital B — in wasteful contracts for consulting, nonessential services, DEI, climate nonsense, and duplicative IT work.
According to Hegseth, one of the largest savings comes from contracts awarded through the Defense Health Agency to consulting giants, including Accenture, Deloitte, Booz Allen, and other firms.
Those cuts alone are expected to save taxpayers approximately $1.8 billion.
Another $1.4 billion will be saved by eliminating a software reseller contract tied to enterprise cloud IT services.
Hegseth also highlighted a staggering $500 million Navy contract dedicated to what he characterized as bureaucratic “business process consulting.”
The article concludes:
So, if you’re keeping score at home, today’s cuts bring our running total to nearly $6 billion in wasteful spending over the first six weeks of the DoD-DOGE effort here at the Defense Department.
Their job is to go out and find the stuff that we can get rid of and then flow back into—drive back into—warfighting capabilities here at the Defense Department.
So, we want to thank our friends at DOGE. We want to thank all the folks here that have contributed to this effort.”
This is only a small percentage of the federal budget, but it is a good beginning. The problem has never been the lack of income from taxes–the problem has always been the runaway spending. It looks as if some of the things that DOGE discovered are now being acted on.
Confronting Fake News
On Tuesday, Townhall posted an article about President Trump’s debunking some recent fake news.
The article reports:
President Donald Trump went scorched earth on reports that the Iranian regime cut off contact with the U.S. over Israel’s recent military action against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote, “Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous.”
This is what the President posted on Truth Social:
The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today. Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, “It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!”
The Iranian state media has claimed that Iran suspended the talks because of Israel’s activities in Lebanon.
The article notes:
However, he (President Trump) also stressed that he had not heard this directly from the regime and posited that the reports were meant for media outlets to pick up. Trump on Tuesday said he believes Washington and Tehran could come to an agreement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz while pushing Iran toward giving up its nuclear program.
…Trump has consistently demanded that Iran abandon its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, material that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. Iran has rejected full concessions on the nuclear matter, but expressed willingness to draw down its program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions and other demands.
Meanwhile, Americans are dealing with heightened gas prices as a result of Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which it started shortly after the war started.
It really is time for this to be over, one way or the other.