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It’s Not About The Guns

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On Sunday, Breitbart posted an article about a recent incident at Brinell High School in Fagersta, Västmanland County Sweden. A teenager described as having a difficult upbringing attacked his fellow students with a sword. Swedish gun laws are restrictive, so this disturbed teen used a sword.

The article reports:

18-year-old Liam Nebel, a Swedish Swede has been officially detained by Västmanland District Court on Sunday on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after a sword attack at Brinell high school in Fagersta, Västmanland County Sweden on Friday. Authorities have now confirmed that there was one fatality in the attack, a 17-year-old girl. Three teenage boys were also injured, two seriously.

Police believe the slain girl was not a targeted victim but was rather killed at random, reports German newspaper Die Welt.

Suspect Nebel’s defence lawyer said that while their client had not confessed to police, he had nevertheless not contested the murder charge. He did, however, contest the additional charges of attempted murder. The teen, who is understood to have a difficult upbringing and who was placed into a foster home last year over “extensive” failings of the home environment was a current pupil at Brinell high school and consequently was able to access the site on the day of the attack with his student card.

The article notes that quick action by the police may have saved lives. The police had the situation under control within ten minutes of the initial telephone call. A School Resource Officer with a gun could have had the situation under control in less than two minutes.

Saving American Lives

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The Trump administration has done a good job securing our southern border, but there is still much work to be done to keep dangerous drugs out of America. But there is good news.

On Friday, Breitbart reported:

Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized enough fentanyl to kill 8 million Americans during a bust last month in Newark, New Jersey, Breitbart News has learned. The drugs were in the possession of members of the Trinitarios gang, a violent gang made up of Dominican-Americans.

Agents with HSI Newark executed search warrants last month, leading to the arrest of two Trinitarios gang members who have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, and maintaining a drug-involved premises.

In the search, federal officials told Breitbart News that agents seized 16 kilograms of fentanyl, over a kilogram of heroin laced with fentanyl, about 900 grams of cocaine, and a firearm with a large-capacity magazine that contained 51 rounds of ammunition.

For perspective, just one kilogram of fentanyl can kill up to 500,000 people.

Officials said that many of the drugs found in the bust were hidden in a trap cabinet that could only be opened using a remote key fob.

The article concludes:

“HSI special agents stand on the front lines of the fight against fentanyl, working tirelessly with our Homeland Security Task Force partners to disrupt the criminal networks that traffic this deadly poison into our communities,” HSI Executive Associate Director John Condon said. “Their dedication, skill, and courage are putting dangerous drug dealers behind bars while saving American lives. Every seizure, every arrest, and every investigation reflects HSI’s unwavering commitment to taking deadly drugs off our streets.”

Likewise, HSI agents, as well as agents with the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) and the U.S. Postal Inspector Service (USPIS), discovered that nearly 80 pounds of methamphetamine and one kilogram of fentanyl were purchased through undercover operations.

This month, federal agents and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement arrested those involved with the purchases, and a search resulted in the seizure of almost $1.4 million in drug profits.

We need to find a way to deal with the demand, but until then, getting dangerous drugs off the street is a good start.

One Consequence Of Closing The Border

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On Thursday, Breitbart posted an article about one of the consequences of closing America’s southern border.

The article reports:

Profits for human smugglers, mainly the Mexican drug cartels, are down significantly, a Treasury Department report details, as President Donald Trump’s policies have drastically cut illegal immigration at the nation’s borders.

A Financial Trend Analysis report from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) found that United States banks flagged some nearly $5 billion linked to potential human smuggling from 2023 to 2025.

“Many human smuggling networks generate profit for larger transnational criminal organizations, including Mexico-based drug cartels,” FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki said in a statement. “Suspicious activity flagged by financial institutions provides critical information, and we will continue to work closely with both the private sector and law enforcement to dismantle human smuggling networks and protect our borders.”

In particular, the report states that human smuggling-related transactions fell 62 percent in 2025, the first year of Trump’s second term, compared to 2024 when former President Joe Biden was in office.

The article notes:

“Again this month, the results are clear: President Trump’s border security agenda is restoring order and putting the safety of the American people first,” Mullin (Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin) said. “DHS remains focused on enforcing our immigration laws, securing the border, and ensuring those who enter our country illegally are removed swiftly.”

In July, fewer than 10,000 illegal aliens were apprehended crossing the southern border. Daily apprehensions, DHS officials said, are down 94 percent compared to the Biden administration.

Securing the border has a lot of financial consequences–human trafficking is down and payments to the cartels are down. Hitting the cartels in the pocketbook is one way to deal with them. It is going to take a lot more than that to get rid of them, but securing the border is a good first step.

The Latest News On Inflation

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On August 12, Breitbart posted an article about the current inflation rate.

The article reports:

Consumer prices inched up in July after declining sharply in June.

The consumer price index rose 0.1 percent compared with June, the Department of Labor said Wednesday. Compared with a year ago, the consumer price index is up 3.4 percent.

That matched the consensus forecast. In June, prices fell 0.4 percent while the consumer price index was up 3.5 percent from a year ago.

Core prices, a measure that excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.2 percent compared with the previous month. For the year, core prices are up 2.5 percent, a decline in year-over-year inflation from the previous month’s 2.6 percent.

The moderate monthly readings across all times and core inflation, along with the decline in the year-over-year inflation rate, will likely ease concerns among Fed officials. Prices of fed funds futures implied the odds of a rate hike at the Fed’s next meeting in September fell from nearly 50 percent to around 40 percent.

Goods prices fell 0.2 percent, the second consecutive monthly decline. Excluding food and beverages, goods prices dropped 0.4 percent. Durable goods prices rose 0.3 percent after declining in May and remaining flat in June.

The goal of the Federal Reserve is to keep inflation at 2 percent; however, their policies seem to reflect politics more than inflation strategy.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) notes:

The last time the United States experienced an average inflation rate of around 2% was in 2021, when the annual inflation rate was approximately 4.7%, but it had been lower in previous years, specifically around 2.1% in 2018. The Federal Reserve typically aims for a long-term inflation target of 2%.

AI notes:

Overview of Federal Reserve Interest Rates (2016-2024)

The following points summarize key trends and changes in interest rates during this period.

  • Initial Rate (2016) — The federal funds rate was set at 0.25% in December 2015 and remained unchanged until December 2016.
  • Gradual Increases (2017-2018) — The Fed raised rates several times, reaching 2.50% by December 2018.
  • COVID-19 Response (2020) — In March 2020, rates were cut to near zero (0-0.25%) to support the economy during the pandemic.
  • Inflationary Pressures (2021-2022) — Rates remained low until inflation concerns prompted increases starting in March 2022.
  • Current Rate (2024) — As of 2024, the federal funds rate is approximately 5.25%, reflecting ongoing efforts to manage inflation.

During the first two years of the first Trump administration, interest rates were raised. In 2020, rates were lowered and remained low halfway through the Biden administration.

Draw your own conclusions.

Numbers You Probably Aren’t Hearing In The News

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On Wednesday, Breitbart posted an article about some of the economic numbers President Trump cited in a recent speech in Nevada. He is reciting those numbers because the majority of the press is ignoring them.

The article reports:

President Donald Trump touted the results of his economic policies in Las Vegas on Wednesday, including 40,000 new jobs for Nevadans since his second term began.

Trump highlighted his administration’s economic wins in the Silver State and nationally while delivering remarks at Red Rock Casino.

…“Here in Nevada, we’ve created over 40,000 new jobs and lifted nearly 100,000 Nevadans off of food stamps,” he said. ” And they don’t want to be on food stamps, because they’ve got new jobs. They’ve got jobs. They don’t need food stamps.”

He then noted that more Americans are working now than ever before.

“Last month, inflation dropped at the fastest rate it’s dropped in many years, and… so the biggest thing for this whole thing: more Americans are working in the United States right now than at any point in the history of our country,” he added.

…Trump also touted his No Tax on Tips policy, which became law through the One Big Beautiful Bill, where workers, beginning this past April, can deduct up to $25,000 of their tipped income. The policy is particularly beneficial in the Silver State, where many work as waiters, waitresses, bartenders, and in other tipped professions.

…No Tax on Tips was one of several novel tax policies Trump and Congressional Republicans created in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Others include an up to $12,500 deduction for overtime pay, a tax deduction of up to $10,000 for interest paid on loans for cars assembled in the United States, and Social Security deductions for certain seniors.

One family, in which all members benefited from aspects of the One Big Beautiful Bill, joined Trump on stage. Sandra, a waitress, and her husband Brad, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer, saved thousands thanks to No Tax on Tips and overtime, while their children each have Trump Accounts, which were also established in the legislation.

Elections really do matter. A waitress and a police officer are not rich. Both are very valuable to American society. The tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill helped average Americans–they did not go to the rich as the Democrats have claimed. Voting for a Democrat right now is taking a financial risk!

This Really Shouldn’t Be Surprising

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On Sunday, Breitbart posted an article reporting that CEO Julie Masino of Cracker Barrel is stepping down. Mr. Masino failed to follow the wisdom of an old Georgia farmer who said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”

The article reports:

Cracker Barrel’s CEO is stepping down nearly a year after an attempted rebrand of the chain led to a fierce customer backlash.

Cracker Barrel said Monday that CEO Julie Masino will step down next month but remain with the company until Oct. 9 in an advisory capacity.

David Deno will succeed Masino on Aug. 10 as CEO. Deno served as the CEO of Bloomin’ Brands, which owns Outback Steakhouse and other chains, from 2019 to 2024. He has also held executive roles as Best Buy and Yum Brands, which is the parent company of KFC and Taco Bell.

Last August, Cracker Barrel announced plans for a simplified logo featuring only the company’s name. Lebanon, Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel, which has 660 restaurants in 43 states, made the change as part of a wider plan to modernize its restaurants and appeal to younger customers. The company also started revamping some restaurants to make them lighter and less cluttered.

Cracker Barrel is a very unique place. It is a place to shop for nostalgic things that you might not find anywhere else. It is a place to eat simple food at reasonable prices. It is a throwback to an era that many of us remember fondly. Trying to change the brand and the image was a costly mistake.

Is Pickaxe Mountain Next?

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An article posted at Breitbart on Tuesday reports that Israeli intelligence believes that Iran moved its nuclear centrifuges into the underground Pickaxe Mountain facility near Natanz last fall. President Trump is still determined to end Iran’s nuclear program.

The article reports:

President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the United States is “not finished at all” with Iran, warning U.S. forces would strike the regime’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site “pretty soon” while signaling his administration was prepared to expand military operations rather than return to negotiations.

Trump made the remarks while meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House after being asked about a Wall Street Journal report that Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved thousands of advanced centrifuges into the underground Pickaxe Mountain facility near Natanz last fall.

“I think that they may have,” Trump said when asked about the reported transfer, while stressing that the centrifuges alone would not allow Iran to revive its nuclear program.

“It doesn’t mean anything unless they have the material. They don’t have it. We follow the material. That’s where the action is.”

“We’ll be hitting that area probably pretty soon. There’s not a thing they can do about it,” he said. “Normally, I wouldn’t say that. If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that. But we’ll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily.”

It is quite possible that what is left of the rulers of Iran believe that the existence of nuclear capabilities (or at least the illusion of that existence) may be the only thing keeping them in power and keeping their country from being destroyed.

The article notes:

Trump’s remarks came as U.S. forces continued striking Iranian military infrastructure, with U.S. Central Command announcing additional operations targeting missile and drone capabilities, military command centers, maritime assets, air defense systems, and other facilities tied to Tehran’s efforts to disrupt commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has repeatedly argued the campaign is intended to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program while maintaining military pressure on the regime.

Asked about Iran’s remaining capabilities, Trump maintained the administration would continue applying military pressure while monitoring Tehran’s nuclear assets.

“We’re degrading them at levels that nobody thought was possible,” he said, adding that U.S. officials continue to track Iran’s nuclear material rather than focusing solely on centrifuges or infrastructure.

We need to end this quickly, and the current regime of Iran needs to leave the country!

A Very Questionable Driving Record

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On Saturday, Breitbart posted an article about the charges filed against Paul Pelosi for a recent hit-and-run accident.

The article reports:

Paul Pelosi’s shockingly bad driving record appears to have finally caught up with him and could result in a substantial jail sentence if he is convicted.

The 86-year-old husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi was charged in a hit-and-run crash over the Fourth of July weekend in northern California wine country.

Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley filed charges against Pelosi Friday, violations that included one count of misdemeanor hit-and-run driving and one infraction for turning unlawfully, multiple news outlets reported.

The charge for leaving the scene of an accident where there was only property damage is punishable by up to six months in the county jail and a maximum fine of $1000.

The San Francisco-based venture capitalist, who has been married to former House speaker for more than 60 years, was also arrested in May of 2022 for DUI after crashing in Napa County. He pled guilty, served two days in jail instead of a possible five, and got three years probation in that case.

The article cites other incidents of accidents in Paul Pelosi’s past. At least he was not drinking at the time he hit the parked car, but the fact that he left the scene is troubling.

I realize that aging is a very personal thing and that not everyone ages at the same rate, but I am concerned that an 86-year-old with that bad a driving record is still driving.

Who Is Voting In America?

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On Friday, Breitbart posted an article about America’s voter rolls.

The article reports:

President Donald Trump released documents on Thursday evening that detail problems with the nation’s election system, including revealing that a portion of foreign nationals are illegally registered to vote.

The document, which focuses on noncitizen voting, was posted to the White House website. Multiple investigations from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the document states, have exposed that more than 250,000 foreign nationals are illegally registered to vote in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada alone.

“State election officials in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Nevada have been notified of this serious threat to national security and DHS stands ready to support their efforts to identify and remove ineligible registrants,” the document states:

The investigation is expanding to include multiple additional states. In addition, DHS will support the Department of Justice’s review of voter files obtained pursuant to their enforcement authority under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. [Emphasis added]

The article concludes:

Most recently, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by former President Joe Biden, issued an order to prevent the Trump administration from using the streamlined version of the SAVE system.

“There is an undeniable pattern emerging as DHS begins to unravel the horrific damage done by the open border policies of the Biden administration,” the document concludes. “States that have adopted alien-first policies instead of American-first policies have a disproportionate number of non-citizens on their voter rolls.”

People vote for their own interests. People who are here illegally are often here simply to collect American safety-net benefits. Americans are a generous people, but they are also a practical people. We have an obligation to take care of our citizens before we take care of anyone else. When Americans who pay taxes are in the majority, theoretically there will be different priorities.

The Blockade Begins Again

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On Wednesday, Breitbart posted an article about the continuing war with Iran. Peace is a wonderful idea, but it requires two parties negotiating in good faith. We haven’t really had that.

The article reports:

The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump vowed to reimpose a naval blockade, prompting Tehran to respond with strikes on targets in countries around the region.

Trump said a negotiated deal was still possible, but fighting surged to a scale unseen since an April ceasefire. Iran hit two ships in the Strait of Hormuz, killing a crew member, according to the United Arab Emirates.

…Bahrain said it had intercepted “several treacherous aerial attacks launched by Iran” and accused Tehran of targeting civilians, after explosions and sirens were heard in Manama.

Trump’s declaration on the Hormuz blockade and the scale of the renewed fighting have called into question efforts to bring a permanent end to the war.

Iran started blocking the strait after US-Israel attacks in February, which prompted Washington’s blockade on Tehran’s ports — but restrictions eased after the sides agreed a preliminary deal in June.

President Trump initially said that he would charge a 20% toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to cover the cost of defending it. However, he has altered that plan–replacing the toll with trade and investment deals that various Gulf States will be making with America.

The article concludes:

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded mockingly on X that Trump was “absolutely right” that whoever guarantees safe passage should be compensated, but that Tehran would charge less for this service, noting that “20% is of course too much”.

Washington has vehemently opposed Tehran’s desire to charge tolls in the strait, which international law generally forbids.

Despite all signs to the contrary, Trump said Monday that a deal with Tehran to end the war was still possible.

Until there is a change of leadership in Iran, I don’t expect peace.

Negotiating With A Two-Year Old

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When your child is standing in front of you with his face full of chocolate, it is pretty obvious who got into the cookie jar. He can blame the dog, his sister, or his brother, but the truth is still obvious. Someone got into the cookie jar, and he looks like the obvious culprit.

On Friday, Breitbart reported the following:

Iran reportedly told Trump advisers the Strait of Hormuz attacks were the work of a rogue hardline group and not a deliberate government decision.

Iran has reportedly told the Trump administration behind closed doors that the attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz were not intended as official government action and were instead carried out by a rogue hardline faction seeking to derail ongoing negotiations, according to senior U.S. officials cited by CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs.

The White House, however, is pushing Tehran to publicly admit it was responsible, arguing the incident breached the ceasefire agreement. Despite the incident, President Donald Trump has instructed Vice President JD Vance, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press ahead with diplomatic talks, which are expected to take place in Oman.

And what about the other attacks by Iran on their Arab neighbors? Was some rogue group responsible for those attacks also? If the government of Iran was not responsible for those attacks, wasn’t it still their responsibility to control the people doing the attacking? Who is actually in charge in Iran?

The article notes:

U.S. officials also warned that Washington is prepared to use both military force and economic pressure if Iran launches further hostile actions.

The United States and Iran appear to be steering back toward the Memorandum of Understanding despite recent military action, after U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets following Trump’s confirmation that the ceasefire had ended.

I am not convinced that anything good is happening here. I believe Iran wants to drag out negotiations until November in the hope of influencing the American mid-term election. They seem to want to talk to America only after we remind them that we have attack capabilities.

Sometimes It’s Hard To Remember That In America People Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty

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The preliminary hearing of Tyler Robinson in Utah is continuing. Some of the evidence is overwhelming.

On Thursday, Breitbart reported:

Robinson, the man accused of killing Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, allegedly admitted to the killing on multiple occasions, both in text messages and to an acquaintance. Lee said that he witnessed State District Judge Tony Graf admit the highly compelling and “damning” evidence while sitting in the courtroom behind the victim’s family.

“I was in the courtroom today sitting next to Jack Posobiec and just behind Erica Kirk when evidence was admitted by Judge Graf. That evidence, the evidence admitted today, is absolutely compelling. It’s damning,” Lee (Senator Mike Lee) said. “It contains multiple confessions by the defendant, Tyler Robinson, acknowledging not only that he killed Charlie Kirk, but acknowledging that he did so having planned it in advance in great detail. And acknowledging at one point that he was motivated by hate.”

When did it become appropriate to kill someone because you disagreed with their lifestyle or political views?

The article concludes:

The state is pursuing capital punishment, with prosecutors actively seeking the death penalty if the case goes to trial and ends in a conviction.

I hate the possibility of such a young person being executed, but my brain can’t really wrap around the fact that someone so young would take it upon themselves to kill someone because he didn’t like what the person stood for.

Fixing A Mistake

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I am not a soccer fan, but I have watched some of the World Cup and marveled at the athletic ability of the players. Soccer seems to have the attention of the world, and it has been fun to watch the European fans and their adventures in America.

On Sunday, Breitbart posted an article about the reversal of a red flag card that was given to a member of the United States soccer team.

The article reports:

In a shocking reversal with mammoth implications for the U.S. Men’s National Team’s (USMNT) chances of advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA has rescinded the red card given this week to star U.S. striker Folarin Balogun, making him eligible to play against Monday night in the U.S. men’s Round of 16 game against Belgium.

Balogun, who plays his club ball for Arsenal in the English Premier League, scored the game-winning goal for the USMNT against Bosnia and Herzegovina, but was shown a red card later in the match on a highly controversial play in which he inadvertently stepped on the ankle of a Bosnia and Herzegovina player.

The referee, Brazilian Rafael Claus, conducted a VAR review of the play, which did not even draw a yellow card during live action. While the announcers debated whether the play was even serious enough to review at all, Claus emerged from the VAR viewing area after a lengthy review and shocked the thousands in attendance and better than 30 million watching from home, by showing Balogun a straight red card.

Under FIFA rules, a player shown a red card is not only disqualified from the remainder of the current match but is also ineligible for the next game.

The article includes a video of the play involved. It appears to be simply a collision between two intense players trying to get the ball. Balogun is an important player for the United States team, and I am glad that the officials reviewed the film and changed their minds.

Rules For Radicals

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Saul Alinsky wrote RULES FOR RADICALS in 1971. It serves as a guide book for community organizers and people organizing protests. The book is generally associated with left-wing political activity. Two of the rules for radicals are”

  • “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
  • “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”

It is remotely possible that some on the political right have decided to follow some of the suggestions in the book.

On Tuesday, Breitbart reported:

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) shared that he would reintroduce former Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) “exact bill” that would not only eliminate birthright citizenship for the children of illegal migrants, but also clarify who can receive birthright citizenship.

In a post on X, Moreno responded to another post from Fox News’s Bill Melugin, who shared that in 1993, Reid had introduced the Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993. Moreno stated that they would “see how today’s DC Democrats will vote when offered the ideas of the Democrat party that used to love” the U.S.

“I will reintroduce this exact bill when I return to DC,” Moreno said. “Let’s see how today’s DC Democrats will vote when offered the ideas of the Democrat party that used to love this country and the American people!”

It’s interesting that the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress in 1993 and Bill Clinton was President. According to Congress.gov, on 08/16/1993, the bill was referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs. It died in committee. I wonder why the bill did not pass.

It will be interesting to see how the Democrats in the current Congress react to the re-introduction of this bill.

Border Patrol Is Doing Its Job Well

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On Wednesday, Breitbart posted an article about the success of the Border Patrol in keeping dangerous drugs off our streets.

The article reports:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports of entry in Texas have seized more than 9,000 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of more than $80 million in just four incidents during the month of June. The thwarted cartel smuggling attempts occurred in Laredo, El Paso, and Pharr, Texas.

In two interdictions on the Juneteenth holiday, officers seized more than $72.3 million in methamphetamine as smugglers attempted to push through two south Texas ports of entry. The larger of the two seizures occurred on June 19 at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, when a CBP officer referred a 2011 Dodge Ram stake-bed truck purportedly hauling a shipment manifested as “polypropylene” for secondary inspection.

Officers deployed a canine team and used non-intrusive inspection technology to search the vehicle’s interior. The enhanced inspection and search of the stake-bed truck uncovered more than 7,000 pounds of methamphetamines valued at more than $63 million hidden within the commodity being brought into the country.

The second seizure occurred on the same day at Pharr International Bridge. In that incident, officers searched a tractor-trailer attempting to enter the United States from Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Officers referred the vehicle to a secondary inspection area where nonintrusive inspection equipment detected anomalies within the trailer.

The article concludes:

CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations Ray Provencio commented on the arrest and seizure of the narcotics, saying, “CBP officers use their experience and advanced technology to stay one step ahead of smugglers. Their dedication and vigilance play a critical role in protecting our communities from the dangers of illicit drugs.”

As exclusively reported by Breitbart Texas, nationwide narcotics seizures have increased in recent months as illegal alien apprehensions continue to remain below 10,000 per month along the southwest border. The reduction in illegal border crossings has allowed CBP officers and the U.S. Border Patrol to focus on enhanced counter-drug strategies.

Imagine how many lives could have been saved if this policy had been carried out consistently in recent years.

The Supreme Court Made A Mistake

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On Tuesday, Breitbart posted an article about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship. The Court declared birthright citizenship legal. That is not a good thing. It seriously weakens America’s sovereignty in the long run.

The article reports:

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Tuesday to reject President Donald Trump’s reform of the nation’s birthright citizenship policy, which now grants the huge prize of citizenship to nearly all infants born in the United States, even if the parents are illegal migrants or temporary visitors.

…The decision forces Trump and pro-American politicians to step up border controls to exclude more migrants seeking to snatch citizenship slices from Americans. Democrats and business groups, however, will resist such controls because they favor migration.Alternatively, pro-American politicians and voters can try the near-impossible task of amending the Constitution via votes in a two-thirds majority of state legislatures.

The article concludes:

Millions of infants with no parental connection to the United States have gained citizenship via this route, much to the advantage of the Democratic Party, various business interests, as well as foreign governments, such as those of China and India.

Each such arrival has taken political power and civic clout from ordinary Americans, especially from Americans living in coastal cities or along the Texas border. Those births have helped shift political and cultural power leftward, often toward a direct rejection of Americans’ free-speaking, independent culture.

For example, Zohran Mamdani’s election victory in migrant-crowded New York is difficult to imagine without the loose policy of birthright citizenship.

According to AI, only 37 percent of New York City’s population is American-born. What is happening in New York City is a result of immigration policies that do not consider the welfare of American citizens.

Something To Consider As The Election Approaches

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I am a registered Republican. If you read this blog regularly, I am sure that does not surprise you. At various times in my life I have been registered as a Democrat and as an unaffiliated voter. In the past I have voted for both Republicans and Democrats. I will not be doing that in the upcoming November election. I will be voting a straight Republican ticket.

I don’t love all of the Republican candidates. I am not necessarily happy about how the primary elections turned out. However, the danger to our republic is more important to me than personalities or the actions of the Republican party that I disagree with.

On Friday, Breitbart reported:

The far-left Democrat nominee for New York’s 13th congressional district is the co-founder of an organization that claims to fight for the “total eradication of Western civilization.”

…Avila Chevalier is a 2016 graduate of Columbia University, where she co-founded the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), a group that led the charge in the tent encampment protests on the school’s campus in 2024.

While Meta removed CUAD’s Instagram account in April 2025, screenshots captured before the page was taken down show extremist leftist language:

“We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization. We stand in full solidarity with every movement for liberation in the Global South,” the group stated. “Our Intifada is an internationalist one — we are fighting for nothing less than the liberation of all people. We reject every genocidal, eugenicist regime that seeks to undermine the personhood of the colonized.”

The ‘good’ news here is that only 15 percent of New Yorkers voted in the primary so she may not actually be a reflection of the voters. It is a heavily Democrat district, and she will probably be sworn into Congress in January. This is not the camel’s nose under the tent–this is the camel walking and an making himself comfortable.

What happens next determines the kind of country your children and grandchildren will live in. It can’t happen here is not an excuse–it is already happening.

This is the timeline of the fall of Venezuela according to AI:

  • 1998: Hugo Chávez is elected president, promising to address poverty and inequality.
  • 2002: A short-lived coup temporarily ousts Chávez, but he returns to power.
  • 2003: Chávez implements strict currency controls and nationalizes key industries.
  • 2013: Chávez dies; Nicolás Maduro is elected president amid economic turmoil.
  • 2014: Oil prices plummet, exacerbating Venezuela’s economic crisis.
  • 2017: Protests erupt against Maduro’s government, leading to violent clashes.
  • 2018: Maduro is re-elected in a controversial election, facing widespread condemnation.
  • 2019: Juan Guaidó declares himself interim president, gaining international support.
  • 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic worsens the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
  • 2021-Present: Ongoing political instability and economic decline continue, with millions fleeing the country.

It didn’t take long.

My plea to everyone who loves America (yes, I know she is not perfect) to get out and vote and vote for Republican candidates. The Democrat party is scary right now, and if they gain control of Congress, America will not look like America in five years.

Please consider this carefully.

If They Came Here Illegally, They Didn’t Respect Our Laws

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There have been a lot of people who came into America in recent years who came here illegally. Not all of them were bad people–some were simply fleeing really bad situations and hoping for a better life in America. However, there were some bad people in the group. All of those who came here illegally showed a lack of respect for America’s laws. Some became law-abiding citizens, but some others continued on a downward spiral of ignoring the law.

On Thursday, Breitbart posted an article about the actions of some of the questionable people who entered America illegally.

The article reports:

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced charges against 15 individuals, including 11 illegal aliens, for a benefits fraud scheme in which the suspects allegedly stole some $1.4 million in food stamps, health benefits, disability benefits, and unemployment benefits.

At a press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, Thursday federal officials detailed the charges brought against the 11 illegal aliens and four American citizens, including how much each individual is accused of stealing and from which benefits programs.

Here a just a few examples:

    • Heriberto Rodriguez of Framingham, Mass., is charged with passport fraud, SNAP fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with $546,463 in total benefit fraud loss ($175,182 in MassHealth fraud; $146,944 in Social Security fraud; $185,194 in HUD fraud; and $39,000 in SNAP fraud);
    • Mirian Chalas, 33, a U.S. citizen living in Salem N.H., is charged with making false statements in connection with $266,000 in MassHealth fraud; $25,000 in Social Security Disability fraud; and $12,000 in SNAP fraud;
    • Santo Escolastico Cuello, 56, a Dominican national unlawfully living in Worcester, Mass., is charged with aggravated identity theft and making false statements relating to a health care program in connection with $162,180 in MassHealth fraud;
    • John Doe, age unknown, suspected to be in the United States illegally, is charged with false representation of a Social Security number, aggravated identity theft and making false statements relating to a health care program in connection with MassHealth fraud totaling $75,000;

These are not people we want in our country.

The article concludes:

“There isn’t any place else in the world where you can go and be handed free food, free housing, free healthcare and free monthly checks, while being in the country illegally,” Foley said. “However, it appears that you can come to Massachusetts and steal as many benefits as you want without fear and without any accountability. This is all ending on my watch. Beginning today, we will be announcing benefit fraud charges on a rolling basis.”

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said each of the illegal aliens will be deported once their sentences are served, should they be convicted.

The illegals need to be deported immediately after their trials if they are found guilty. Why do we need to house and feed them? The American citizens involved should spend a long time in jail.

A Novel Approach

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On Wednesday, Breitbart posted an article about the ongoing construction of the border wall between America and Mexico.

The article reports:

The Department of Homeland Security is “ahead of schedule and… below budget on building the border wall” from California’s beaches to the Texas coast, says Rodney Scott, the nation’s top border patrol leader.

A government project that is below budget and ahead of schedule?! I didn’t even think that was legal!

The article notes:

“We’ll have the entire system — to include a secondary barrier in places we need it, the water barrier in the Rio Grande River, and the [monitoring] technology that was paid for by OB3 [One Big Beautiful Bill Act] — done by July 2028,” he told Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

The article concludes:

Biden’s agents were pro-migration progressives, said Scott:

They literally just had a completely different perspective on the world. They didn’t see America as a place to preserve or to protect or to put first. They saw it as a place to provide freebies to other people from anywhere around the world.

I told them, many other people told them, we put it in writing, we showed them historically when certain things had taken place and [when] there was no [legal] consequence to illegal immigration, what would happen.

More so — and I want everybody to understand this — it’s not [just] about illegal immigration. We, I, explained to them in detail how the cartels depend upon illegal immigration to distract and overwhelm law enforcement [at the border], so that they can get the second wave of — whether it be people, narcotics, or anybody willing to pay extra to avoid a law enforcement officer — [through].

“We showed the Biden administration facts and evidence of how that happens, how [the cartels] work it out, and they didn’t care,” Scott said.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans — and thousands of migrants — were killed by drugs and crime in Biden’s administration.

“This administration cares, and we shut it off immediately,” said Scott.

Read that last sentence again and consider it when you vote in November.

The Exodus Continues

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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.

The Dangers Of Having Illegal Aliens Who Do Not Share Western Values Working Here

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On Friday, Breitbart posted an article about an illegal immigrant from India sentenced for sex-trafficking in Nebraska. He will serve a ten-year prison term and then be deported to India.

The article reports:

Kavankumar Patel, an illegal migrant from India, has been sentenced to a ten-year prison term for participating in a child sex-trafficking ring in Omaha, Nebraska, the Department of Justice announced.

The 27-year-old native of Gujarat, India, was convicted on two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, and handed a ten-year sentence with no chance for parole, the DOJ said in a press release.

The article notes:

Police in Omaha had initially been contacted over a case of theft that Patel was allegedly involved in, but upon investigating that case, police realized that there was something more sinister going on. They brought in the Homeland Security Task Force and a joint investigation revealed two young girls, 15 and 16, who had been brought to an Omaha motel for sex.

The girls told investigators that they had been forced to allow hotel employees to have sex with them to get cheaper hotel rates. DOJ says that several hotel employees later admitted engaging in sex with the girls. Patel was one such employee and in court admitted that he schemed to “harbor, obtain, and maintain the minors in the hotel.”

Many U.S. hotels are owned or operated by Indians from the large Patel clan. This coast-to-coast Indian enclave also uses a large inflow of cheap-labor illegal migrants — mostly from India — who are believed to be more likely to facilitate other crimes, including prostitution and drug crimes.

…Five other migrants were also charged in the sex-trafficking scheme.

Those arrested and now being prosecuted include Eduardo Jose Perdomo, 36; Michel Martinez-Gonzalez, 28; and Alfredo Zambrano-Hurtado, 24. All were charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit human trafficking, and two counts of sex trafficking minors by force, fraud, and/or coercion.

When people come here illegally, why do we expect them to abide by our laws?

This Is One Weird Cease-Fire

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On Tuesday, Breitbart posted an article about U.S. attacks on Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats in the Strait of Hormuz.

The article reports:

Fresh strikes on southern Iran were launched by U.S. military forces early Tuesday morning targeting Iranian missile sites and vessels attempting to lay anti-shipping mines in the contested Strait of Hormuz.

The targeted strikes were done “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” but the military was “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” Capt. Tim Hawkins, the spokesman for the U.S. military’s Central Command, said in a statement as reported by AP.

Following the strikes, the BBC reports U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a deal was still possible and pointed to talks on Tuesday between Iran’s top negotiator and foreign minister and Qatar’s prime minister.

The article concludes:

Capt Hawkins said the U.S. strikes targeted an area near Bandar Abbas, a southern port city and the site of one of Iran’s largest naval bases, that sits on the Strait of Hormuz, according to the New York Times.

Iranian state media had earlier reported local officials in Bandar Abbas were investigating after explosions were heard.

As I have previously stated, I don’t think this war ends without a total defeat of Iran. A total defeat could bring regime change, although that is not a guarantee, but a total defeat could end the threat. We will have to find a way to stop Iran from re-arming and re-developing its nuclear capabilities. World War II ended because Germany and Japan were thoroughly defeated. I don’t think the war with Iran ends any other way. A total defeat is the only way to bring peace to the region. It should also be considered that there are countries that do not want peace in the Middle East–it is to their advantage to promote unrest in the region.

Avoiding Paying American Workers What They Are Worth

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One of the problems with the Chamber of Commerce Republicans is that sometimes they put profits over principles. One of the reasons the Republicans in Congress didn’t stop the flow of illegal immigrants until President Trump was elected was that the illegals provided cheap labor and higher profit margins. That is also the reason there is abuse of the H-1B program.

On Tuesday, Breitbart reported:

The government would gain by supercharging the inflow of migrants just as millions of American voters lose their jobs and careers to artificial intelligence, says Silicon Valley investor and AI advocate Jason Calacanis.

“The best interest of America today, when it comes to expansion, is very simple … Recruit the smartest and most driven 1-3m people on the planet every year,” Calacanis wrote May 25 on X, without mentioning the impact on the prosperity of ordinary Americans.

The government should also import many additional foreign workers for healthcare and other white-collar jobs, he said. “Allow for a modest number of worker visas based on our acute needs … This is probably 100-500k [migants] a year on average,” he wrote. He did not explain whether the term “our acute needs” refers to the needs of government, investors, or citizens.

Americans will accept the bigger inflow of legalized migrants if the current inflow of illegals is kept at zero, he suggested: “of course cut off all illegal immigration to accomplish this.”

The article notes:

Calacanis describes himself as a moderate among his peers. His demand for both government support of job-killing AI and government support for more American-replacing migration is echoed by other green-eyeshade investors who are shrugging off the rising public anger about stalled wages, declining jobs, high housing costs, and chaotic diversity.

However, Calacanis ignores the many polls that show rising public alarm at AI, mass migration, and white-collar visa programs.

In contrast, President Donald Trump and his deputies see those polls and argue that AI and migration are alternative strategies for economic growth. “We’re going to need robots… to make our economy run because we do not have enough people,” Trump told Breitbart News in August 2025, adding:

We’ll probably add to [the existing workforce] through robotically… Then, somebody is going to have to make the robots. The whole thing, it feeds on itself.

“When you guys graduate from this university, I don’t want you competing against a low-wage foreigner for your first job,” Vice President JD Vance told students in April, adding:

I want a company to have to pay you a fair wage for a fair day’s work. It’s common sense. But to do that, you really have to do reform of the H-1B and other… visa systems.

This is another reason every college student and working person needs to support the Trump agenda.

I Wish The Congressional Republicans Had Some Courage

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President Trump was elected by a large majority. The American voters approve of his agenda. So why in the world hasn’t Congress passed that agenda into law? Why has the SAVE Act, which 80+ percent of Americans support, not been passed? The Democrats are already saying that if they win the midterms that they will end the filibuster, so why haven’t the Republicans ended it to get President Trump’s agenda through? The primary elections on Tuesday showed voter support for President Trump’s candidates. Do the Republicans in Congress have any interest in representing the voters?

On Tuesday, Breitbart reported:

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) argued that if Democrats take control of the Senate, they should get rid of the filibuster, “and no arcane Senate procedural rule should block people’s ability to be heard in their democracy.”

Warnock said, “I’m proud of all that we did when I first entered the Senate, it was the 117th Congress. We passed a lot of legislation. We cut child poverty by 40% for six months. We did infrastructure. We did clean energy, the biggest clean energy bill in human history, a whole lot of good, coming right out of the pandemic. I have to tell you, looking at what’s happening to our democracy right now, it was a mistake not to take voting rights first, to get the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act over the finish line. I’m proud of all that work we did. If I could, I’d trade all of that for the democracy, for the people’s voice.”

We are not a democracy–we are a representative republic.

These are some of the provisions of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act:

  • Restores provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that were invalidated by the Supreme Court.
  • Requires states with a history of discrimination to obtain federal approval before changing voting laws.
  • Expands access to early voting and vote-by-mail options for all voters.
  • Mandates that states enhance voter registration processes, including same-day registration.

Voting by mail is the least secure method of election. It is also responsible for a lot of the fraud in the 2020 election. The bill simply wants to bring back cheating.

The Republicans need to end the filibuster NOW!

A Welcome Change

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On Friday, Breitbart reported the following:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week that April marked twelve consecutive months of zero releases of illegal aliens apprehended by Border Patrol at the southwest border with Mexico into the United States — a milestone officials say reflects the most secure border in American history under President Donald Trump. DHS reports a 94 percent drop in illegal border apprehensions compared to the Biden era, with daily crossings now lower than what agents encountered in a single hour at the height of the 2023 crisis.

Twelve straight months of ZERO releases at the border. Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, we are delivering the most secure border in American history,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “The days of catch and release are over. We are enforcing the nation’s laws and sending illegal aliens back to their home countries.”

Two years ago, Border Patrol agents, under orders from President Joe Biden and then-DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, released more than 68,000 illegal aliens who were apprehended at the border into the U.S. interior, according to CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott.

It is unrealistic to expect 68,000 to be able to assimilate into America. How many of those became recipients of welfare programs designed for American citizens? How many of them broke additional laws after crossing the border illegally?

The article concludes:

“CBP has seized 61% more drugs this fiscal year through April than it seized during the same period of FY 2024, and CBP seized 53% more drugs this fiscal year than it seized on average during the last four years in this same period,” DHS reported.

DHS officials say the dramatic collapse in illegal crossings — paired with a surge in drug seizures as agents return to frontline enforcement — underscores the scale of the turnaround since the Biden‑Mayorkas years, when more than 68,000 migrants were released into the U.S. interior in a single month. “Every minute of every day, President Trump’s border security policies are making every American safer,” Commissioner Scott said. With year‑to‑date apprehensions down 95 percent and drug interdictions surging, DHS argues the numbers speak for themselves: the era of catch‑and‑release is over.

America’s drug problem needs to be addressed by arresting the distributors and helping the addicted, but fewer illegal drugs coming across the border is always a good thing.