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Turning Our Back On A Long-Time Ally

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On Wednesday, Just the News posted an article about a recent vote in the House of Representatives on an amendment to the State Department’s spending bill which would have eliminated funds for Israel.

The article reports:

Nearly half of Democrats in the House of Representatives on Wednesday rebuked Israel by voting to end aid to the United States ally, even though the measure to cut off aid still failed because of massive Republican support. 

The measure, which was an amendment to the State Department’s spending bill, would have eliminated $3.3 billion in funding for Israel but failed in a 314-104 split, according to Politico. Ten lawmakers voted “present.” 

The vote still marked a significant change in support for Israel among Democrats, who have had to deal with blowback from liberal voters regarding Israel’s handling of the conflict against Hamas. In 2024, just 37 Democrats voted to pull U.S. funding from Israel. 

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton stated:

“We simply cannot continue to condone [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s actions that are against our moral conscience and our own national security interests by perpetuating the status quo,” he said in a statement.

Where was your moral conscience on October 7th? Where was your moral conscience when Hamas was shooting people who showed up to collect food from the United Nations trucks? Were was your moral compass when kindergarten children in Gaza were being trained as martyrs? I think your moral compass is very selective.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, Fox News reported:

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has “no plans” to leave the Democratic Party but if it officially became the “anti-Israel party,” count him out.

“My long-term concern has been with the Democratic Party, as I am a member of that, is that our party is going to back away and turn their back to Israel,” he said Wednesday at the Hill Nation Summit in Washington, D.C.

“If our party ever becomes, and just makes it official, the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave because that’s been a moral clarity for me.”

Sorry, Senator, I think your party is already there. As the Democrat party moves left and drifts into the coalition between Marxism and Islam, there will be more opposition to supporting Israel. That is unfortunate, but it is the way things are going.

We need to remember:

“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” – Genesis 12:3

Victor Davis Hanson And The War In Iran

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Victor David Hanson is one of America’s foremost historians. He is known for his clear analysis of both past and present history. On Saturday, Fox News posted some of this analysis on its website.

Here are some highlights from the article.:

Historian Victor Davis Hanson called out critics of the newly signed U.S.-Iran preliminary agreement, arguing that they are misreading American leverage in negotiations.

Speaking on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Hanson disputed what he described as misconceptions about the deal and said the military conflict dismantled Iran’s infrastructure, leaving Tehran with no cards to play.

“They’ve suffered probably a half a trillion dollars to their nuclear military industrial complex that took them 50 years to build,” Hanson said in response to what he called “unhinged” arguments that Iran is better off now than before the conflict.

…The Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran was released this week, laying out the terms of the deal reached by both parties for a 60-day ceasefire and a framework for negotiations.

The deal itself has drawn criticism from both sides of the political aisle, with critics arguing that it does not include aspects like an immediate dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure or the removal of enriched uranium stockpiles.

Hanson also pushed back against critics who have cited difficulties moving oil out of the region due to Iranian actions in the Strait of Hormuz.

The article concludes:

He suggested that Tehran is concerned about America’s upcoming midterm elections and the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Hanson argued that if the conflict goes past the midterms, Trump will be less constrained by electoral considerations.

“They are terrified that if he wins the midterms and the price of gas goes down, he’s got a free hand, and he already has a free hand now,” Hanson said.

“They are afraid that Donald Trump is [going to] drag it out because if he drags it out after the midterm, after the 250th anniversary, he’s [going to] have a lot more options than he does now when he’s worried about gas and the midterm. So the dynamic is all upside down. They are the ones that have the time clock.”

It is going to be an interesting few months.

Taking A Stand

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I need to say up front that I don’t hate or dislike gay people. What they do in their private lives is none of my business. However, when an organization tries to convince me that an alternative lifestyle should be celebrated, I am not impressed. On Thursday, Fox News posted an article about some members of a professional baseball team who refused to celebrate the homosexual lifestyle.

The article reports:

A professional baseball team in Pennsylvania will be forfeiting a game Thursday that was scheduled to be the team’s Pride Night after players refused to wear LGBTQ-themed jerseys, the team announced.

The York Revolution of the Atlantic League, the same league in which Trevor Bauer plays, said the decision “was not reached lightly” in announcing the forfeit against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Wednesday.

The team was not afraid to throw its players under the bus in a rather scathing statement, saying it was “deeply troubled and profoundly disappointed by the decisions of these few players.”

The players have every right to stand up for what they believe.

The article notes:

“To be clear, this action by the players is completely inconsistent with our vision as the Most Welcoming Place in York,” the team’s statement continued.

The jerseys, which would have been worn on the team’s 11th annual Pride Night, had rainbow sleeves.

The team announced it would be making a $10,000 donation to the Rainbow Rose Center “as a small token of our regret for the last-minute change of plans and support for our LGBTQIA+ representing partners … to support and further their work in making sure the York community is as inclusive as we strive to make WellSpan Park in York, Pennsylvania.”

When is the league going to host ‘heterosexual pride day’?

Securing All Of Our Border

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On Wednesday, Fox News posted an article about a recent incident in Florida involving the role of the Coast Guard in border security.

The article reports:

In a stark warning that U.S. borders are closed “by land or sea,” the U.S. Coast Guard opened fire to disable a noncompliant vessel attempting to smuggle 25 Chinese nationals into the country off the coast of Florida.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital that on June 10, a boat carrying 25 illegal immigrants from China refused to comply with Coast Guard orders to stop one mile south of Key Biscayne.

Crews from Coast Guard Station Miami Beach initially deployed warning shots, but when those proved ineffective, they used “disabling fire” to successfully halt the vessel, according to DHS. No injuries were reported.

…”This sends a clear message to illegal aliens attempting to enter the United States: don’t even think about it,” Bis told Fox News Digital. “By land or sea, our borders are CLOSED.”

Lt. Matthew Ross, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, emphasized local, state and federal maritime law enforcement partners remain vigilant against unlawful migration ventures.

The article concludes:

“Anyone considering one of these dangerous voyages should understand that they are risking their lives at sea and can expect to be interdicted and repatriated,” Ross said.

The enforcement action falls under Operation Vigilant Sentry, a layered approach by the Coast Guard and its partners to maintain a continuous presence across the Florida Straits, Caribbean Sea and surrounding waters to deter and prevent illegal maritime migration.

The process for legal immigration needs to be simplified and made more accessible to people who want to come here. However, at the same time, immigration needs to be limited to numbers that can assimilate into America, and people who don’t plan to assimilate should be denied entry to America.

I’m Grateful For The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)

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On June 16th, Fox News posted an article about the most recent attempt to attack the White House.

The article reports:

The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend’s UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., officials told Fox News Digital.

Five people were in custody as of Monday, and investigators identified 23 people as part of a potential network of plotters. The alleged plan involved using explosive-laden drones to hit buildings near the event, force a mass evacuation and steer crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team, officials said.

A “second wave” was then allegedly planned to storm the White House gate, according to officials.

The FBI first learned of the threat on June 10 and worked with partners to secure probable cause for an arrest in Cincinnati, where one suspect was taken into custody.

…Investigators later uncovered Signal chats in which multiple people allegedly discussed attacking the UFC event. An initial review of one suspect’s iPhone identified at least 23 Signal users discussing pre-operational activity, officials said.

Some of those involved allegedly planned to travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 12 or 13 to prepare for the attack.

One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target “capitalist elites,” “billionaires” or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

This planned attack is the result of the rhetoric we are currently hearing from the Democrats and the mainstream media. It is not only anti-Semitic, it is anti-American.

I hope all the events centered around America’s 250th birthday will have the increased security they deserve. Some of the rhetoric from the media and from the anti-Semitic elements of America is not helpful.

Is This A Surprise To Anyone?

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On June 16th, Hot Air posted an article about the latest scandal involving the Obama Presidential Library. The Obama administration claimed to be scandal-free, but much of the information coming out about the administration since President Obama left office has shown that was not the case. The Obama Presidential Library is also not scandal-free.

The article reports:

It'[s going to be a big party when the doors open, but there are some people who were involved in the construction who might not have the thirty bucks to get a ticket to darken the doors.

It turns out there are many unhappy and unpaid contractors on this massive project, and a required endowment for future maintenance and repairs on behalf of the Obama Foundation of $470 million that has never once climbed above the initial $1 million deposited in the account years ago.

,,,The Obama Presidential Center opens to the public on Chicago’s South Side on June 19, the Juneteenth holiday, with a grand opening ceremony the night before. The 19.3-acre campus in Jackson Park houses a 225-foot museum tower, a digital library, an athletic facility, a café, conference space, a branch of the Chicago Public Library, and offices for the Obama Foundation, which will run the center as a private nonprofit.

The center cost roughly $850 million to build, nearly triple the original $300 million projection. Public infrastructure spending tied to the project has crossed $350 million by state and city transportation department figures alone, with no agency producing a final consolidated total. 

A $470 million reserve fund the Obama Foundation pledged to seed for the center’s long-term operations stands at roughly $1 million. Median rents in the neighborhoods near the campus have risen 43 percent and home values 130 percent since the center was first announced in 2015. Days before the opening, several Black-owned subcontractors who built the campus say they are owed millions and are fighting to keep their businesses open.

In March, Fox News reported:

The Obama Foundation is looking for 100 unpaid volunteers to work alongside the former president’s highly paid cronies at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago when it opens in June.

Officials are pitching the no-paycheck gigs as rooted in former President Barack Obama’s legacy of civic engagement. The recruitment campaign comes after Fox News Digital reported that the organization’s CEO, former top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, was paid $740,000 in 2024.

Maybe the people paying the bills at the library need to revisit their priorities.

A Miscarriage Of Justice

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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.

Finding The Fraud

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On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. They seem to be taking their work seriously and are doing a good job. The orange jumpsuits are coming. On Thursday, Fox News reported that the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit was reportedly sentenced Thursday to nearly 42 years in prison for orchestrating a $250 million pandemic relief fraud scheme.

The Daily Caller reported:

The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud — quarterbacked by Vance — hit the ground running this year. After uncovering massive fraud in Minnesota, the task force and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paused over $250 million in Medicaid funding to the state. “People are billing the government millions, tens of million, billions of dollars, saying they are providing a service, but there’s no actual confirmation,” Vance explained.

In just three months, the team has “uncovered tens of billions of dollars in defrauded taxpayer money, prosecuted dozens of fraudsters, and stopped billions in suspicious payments,” said Vance. The VP then added: “we’re just getting started.” He wasn’t kidding

Just last week, Dr. Mehmet Oz — the administrator for CMS — announced that his agency had identified nearly 800 suspected fraudulent providers of hospice and home health care services in the Los Angeles, California, area alone, resulting in over $1.4 billion of potentially fraudulent payments. When CMS cut off all 800 providers, fewer than 20 even attempted to contest the move, Oz reported. “Unbelievable. So at least 780 are not even trying to claim that they’re not fraudulent,” Vance exclaimed. “It’s just completely insane.”

The article concludes:

And Vance has the weapons to execute the mission. The Trump administration just launched a brand new National Fraud Enforcement Division at DOJ in April, led by Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald. In an unusual arrangement, demonstrating how aggressively Trump and Vance want to crack down on the fraudsters, McDonald reports directly to the vice president via the anti-fraud task force.

The division has been hard at work, hitting a $50 million Medicare fraud scheme in Los Angeles and executing 22 search warrants against fraudulent day care centers in Minnesota, including the infamous “Quality Learing Center.”

In just a few short months, the task force has unearthed massive amounts of fraud by utilizing a robust and effective whole-of-government approach.

Vice President Vance’s task force has proven it’s a serious effort which is producing real results. If they can keep pace over the coming months and years, the wins are only going to pile up. All Americans should be proud that this administration is finally looking out for their tax dollars.

I am thoroughly impressed by Vice-President Vance. I don’t know if it’s his Marine training that aids him in getting things done or something else, but this is a wonderful change from Kamala Harris as the Border Czar.

Medicaid Fraud Comes To North Carolina

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The North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek has been doing an awesome job. According to artificial intelligence (AI), his initiatives have reportedly saved millions in taxpayer dollars. Recently, he has turned  his attention to Medicaid.

On Saturday, AOL posted an article from Fox News. The article reported:

As fraud concerns ramp up across the country, particularly involving Medicaid, North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek told Fox News Digital the problem is very real in his state, especially when it comes to autism therapy, an area that has been highly scrutinized in Minnesota.

Boliek is sounding the alarm on potential waste, fraud and abuse within the state’s Medicaid program, specifically noting in an interview with Fox News Digital a 47,000% explosion in autism therapy billings he has flagged since taking office last year. 

“Those are vital services to folks and individuals that need that therapy,” Boliek said. “But when you have, like in North Carolina, a system that went from $1.4 million or so in total billings for autism therapy to more than $660 million a year in billings on autism therapy within a five-year range, that begs an audit from the state auditor, who in North Carolina, we are the top watchdog agency for taxpayer waste, fraud and abuse prevention. So, we’ve dug down into that and are in the middle of that.“

The article concludes:

In terms of next steps in North Carolina, Boliek says his office is working with lawmakers to strengthen fraud enforcement by increasing financial accountability, expanding investigative and Medicaid audit resources and investing in staff and technology to recover misused funds. 

Boliek explained that one important tool to crack down on fraud is artificial intelligence. 

“Look, we’ve got to pour jet fuel on artificial intelligence in the area of state auditing because the fraudsters are using AI and if we’re not using AI to combat the fraud, then we’re going to be on our heels and the taxpayer isn’t going to be protected.”

He emphasized that these steps, especially enhancing oversight of programs like Medicaid, are aimed at holding individuals accountable and returning taxpayer dollars for more effective use. 

The State Financial Officers Foundation, a group of financial officers that collectively oversees more than $3 trillion in state funds, released a report earlier this year outlining how the organization safeguarded more than $28 billion of waste, fraud, and abuse in 2025 alone.

“Every wasted dollar is a dollar that can’t be spent on a person who actually needs service,” Boliek said.

There need to be severe consequences for Medicaid fraud.

Winning At Track Is Easy When You Are A Guy Competing Against Girls

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On Saturday, Fox News reported the following:

 A California postseason track meet on Saturday opened with a “Save Girls’ Sports” rally outside the gates and ended in familiar fashion, as one athlete again separated from the field in the jumping events, highlighting growing concerns over competitive fairness in girls’ sports.

Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 3 preliminaries in Yorba Linda drew attention before competition began, with demonstrators protesting California’s policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

Inside, the focus turned to the jumping events, where biological male AB Hernandez, a senior from Jurupa Valley, competed against women and finished first across all three competitions with dominant performances.

First, let’s get our terms right–he is NOT a biological male–he is a male. His gender was NOT assigned at birth–when he arrived in this world, his parts determined his gender. Without major surgery, there is no way to change those parts.

The article concludes:

Hernandez competed under rules California has allowed for more than a decade. Those rules remain at the center of a growing conflict between state officials and federal leaders over Title IX and women’s sports. That battle has now moved into the courts, with the Department of Justice suing California over its transgender athlete policies.

In response, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office distanced the governor from the lawsuit, emphasizing he was not personally named while defending the state’s existing law.

Saturday’s prelims in Yorba Linda added more data to the growing push to keep biological males out of girls’ events.

The protest set the tone early, and by day’s end the argument had moved off the sidewalk and onto the results board, where the outcome carried real consequences.

In the long jump, Hernandez was able to jump a foot more than his female competitors. I wonder how he would have done against male competition. Female sports is not the place for mediocre male athletes.

The Battle For Redistricting In Texas

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On Monday, MSN reported that the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the Texas redistricting maps.

The article reports:

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) sided with Texas, upholding its redistricting Monday.

The five-to-three decision ruled in favor of reversing the District Court’s judgment, according to the orders of the court issued through its controversial shadow docket.

The now-reversed District Court’s judgment sided with the plaintiff, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), that Texas’ 2025 congressional map, enacted mid-decade in August 2025, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

The case was appealed to SCOTUS, which made its decision “for the reasons” described in SCOTUS’ response to a December application for a stay.

The court’s preliminary evaluation then determined that Texas satisfied the traditional criteria for interim relief, citing two serious errors of the District Court, and because the “trial court base[d] its findings upon a mistaken impression of applicable legal principles.”

On Monday, Fox News reported:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, had asked the Supreme Court last year to pause a three-judge panel’s ruling in the Western District of Texas that found 2-1 that race was too much of a factor in its redraw.

The Department of Justice also chimed in, telling the high court to intervene and reverse the decision, saying Texas’ choice to change its map was driven by purely “partisan objectives,” not racial objectives, which could violate the Voting Rights Act.

The voting rights groups who challenged Texas and Abbott claimed that the map was an illegal racial gerrymander, but the high court found in December 6-3 that the groups could not offer an alternative map that served Texas’ political needs.

I would like to mention that the New England states–Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maine have Congressional Districts set up so that there are no Republican Representatives from those states. The Republicans in those states have no representation in Congress. The Democrats have no room to talk about gerrymandering (a tactic that began in Massachusetts).

I Have Questions

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On Wednesday, Fox News reported that the redistricting plan that Virginia residents voted for was unconstitutional.

The article reports:

Republicans are cheering a circuit court victory in Virginia that showed Democrats’ redistricting efforts in Virginia are not quite over yet despite a referendum to accept a new map drawn by Democrats getting approved by voters Tuesday.

Virginia Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley ruled Wednesday, one day after the Democrat redistricting referendum passed, that all votes for or against the proposed redistricting amendment were unconstitutional, citing rules that impose certain requirements that the referendum did not meet. 

There are a handful of cases making their way through the Virginia court system challenging various aspects of the referendum, including the one Hurley ruled on Wednesday.

Basically, the legal problem is with the referendum–not with the redistricting. However, I have questions.

Below is a chart of how the New England states are divided into districts:

According to the Independent Voter Project, about 30 percent of Virginia’s voters are Republican and about 18 percent do not register with a political party. It seems to me that we have an awful lot of Republicans from various states that are not represented in Congress. Shouldn’t the Congressional delegation from a state bear some resemblance to the political balance of the state?

Justice Sometimes Takes A While

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On Friday, Fox News reported that all charges against Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden have been dismissed.

The article reports:

A California judge on Wednesday cleared the final legal hurdle in the long-running prosecution of a pro-life activist who alleged in undercover videos that abortion providers were illegally profiting from fetal tissue.

“As promised, the final charge has been DISMISSED and the case completely expunged— —after a couple months’ administrative delay, and a truly bizarre last-minute ‘April Fool’s’ attempt by @PPFA and @NatAbortionFed to overturn the State’s agreement,” Center for Medical Progress founder David Daleiden tweeted on Wednesday, including a previous statement made on the reached settlement.

Daleiden, who alongside undercover journalist Sandra Merritt, faced 15 charges filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in 2017. The charges stemmed from an investigation prompted by former California Attorney General Harris’ office, who left her position as state attorney general in January 2017 after being elected to the U.S. Senate.

…On Wednesday, San Francisco County Judge Brian Ferrall dropped the last charge against Daleiden and expunged the case. 

In a statement made last year, Daleiden said that the end of “the lawfare launched by Kamala Harris [is] a huge victory for my investigative reporting for the public’s right to know the truth about Planned Parenthood’s sale of aborted baby body parts.”

The article notes:

The release of the videos pushed the Senate Judiciary Committee to call the Department of Justice to investigate Planned Parenthood Federation of America. No charges were ever brought against the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Daleiden was sued by Planned Parenthood for damages and was ordered in 2019 to pay $2.4 million in damages and more than $13 million in attorney’s fees.

So exposing the fact that Planned Parenthood was selling aborted baby body parts was more of a crime than selling the body parts. I don’t know if Planned Parenthood is still selling aborted baby body parts, but there was ample evidence at the time of the lawfare against David Daleiden that they were.

Who Paid For The Protest?

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On Saturday, Fox News posted an article about the No Kings protests that happened in various places around America. Anyone who watched any of the protests was bound to notice that the signs were pre-printed. Who paid for the signs and where did they come from?

The article reports:

A network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in combined annual revenues is behind the coordinated nationwide “No Kings” protest Saturday, including communist groups who are using the day to call for a “revolution,” according to a Fox Digital News investigation. 

According to a copy of the permit for the “flagship” march in St. Paul, Minn., Indivisible, a national well-heeled Democratic political advocacy organization funded by billionaire George Soros, is the lead coordinator for the protest.

But Fox News Digital has also identified key participation by a network of radical socialist and communist organizations funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American tech tycoon and avowed communist living in China.

Over nearly a decade, Singham has financed a constellation of activist institutions that promote revolutionary socialist politics and frequently collaborate in protest campaigns, including the People’s Forum in New York, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition and CodePink, whose co-founder Jodie Evans is married to Singham. These groups work closely with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

They are all sending members to the protests and one group said they plan to bring a message of “revolution” to the protests.

On Friday evening, at the corner of N. Fremont Avenue and N. 37th Avenue in Minneapolis, members of the Twin Cities chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation packed a car with stacks of bright red protest signs they had prepared at the Dream Shop for Saturday’s demonstrations. They are part of the Singham network and co-sponsors of the St. Paul protest.

It seems ironic to me that people who used the free market system of America to get rich now want to destroy that system.

The article notes:

The network’s messaging for the #NoKings echoes Singham’s own rhetoric describing the United States as a form of “fascism” and advocating organizing strategies rooted in Mao Zedong’s doctrine of a “People’s War,” which calls for revolutionary movements to embed themselves inside broader political struggles and radicalize them from within.

I wish the protestors could spend some time in countries that live under communism to see what it is really like.

Limiting The Flow Of Drugs Into America

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On Monday, Fox News reported that the Coast Guard cutter Munro has returned to their home in California.

The article reports:

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter and its crew returned to their home in California following a 119-day mission in which they seized more than 22,000 pounds of cocaine, the largest maritime drug seizure in 18 years, in the Atlantic in support of the Trump administration’s effort to target drug traffickers. 

The cutter Munro left its port in Alameda on Nov. 3, 2025 for training and participation in Resolute Hunter exercise offshore of San Diego, before sailing into the Pacific Ocean to conduct counternarcotics patrols in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Operation Pacific Viper.

However, the ship was diverted to the Atlantic Ocean in support of Operation Southern Spear, a Trump administration effort to target and disrupt transnational criminal networks, the War Department said Monday. 

The article lists some of the things the Coast Guard Cutter accomplished:

After transiting the Panama Canal, the Munro patrolled the Carribean Sea, where it followed the U.S.-sanctioned Motor Tanker Bella 1, across the Atlantic Ocean for 18 days and 4,900 miles. 

The vessel was determined to be without nationality and subject to U.S. jurisdiction. The crew of the Munro boarded the Bella to seize control of the 333-meter crude oil carrier.

In the Pacific, the Munro detected a vessel transiting along a known smuggling route.

With the help of its two cutter pursuit boats and other assets, the Munro tracked and interdicted the vessel using warning shots and disabling fire from a helicopter.

Six suspected drug smugglers were detained and 22,052 pounds of cocaine were seized, a milestone not seen in nearly two decades. 

A local law enforcement person recently told me that the price of street drugs has increased exponentially because of the secure border and the intercepting of boats smuggling drugs. We can only imagine how many lives have been saved by the actions of the Trump administration against the cartels and smugglers.

Common Sense Shows Up

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On Monday, Fox News posted an article about a new policy announced by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

The article reports:

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a new policy that would ban foreign nationals and non-citizens from accessing its loan services — a continuation of efforts to refocus federal resources to ventures that align with American prioritization.

“The Trump SBA is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for American citizens,” SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said in a statement on Friday.

The requirement will apply to its Surety Bond and Microloan programs and is an expansion of changes made in February to the SBA’s 504 and 7(a) programs — loans for small businesses looking to finance working capital, equipment or acquisitions. Those earlier reforms prohibited SBA loans from going to businesses that are partially or wholly owned by foreign nationals.

Not only is this common sense, I suspect that the policy is totally the same as all other nations of the world.

The article concludes:

SBA framed its policy change as a way to protect its limited resources and loan capital.

“With our lending authority capped annually by Congress and amid record demand for access to capital, our responsibility is clear: the limited resource of SBA financing must prioritize American citizens who are building businesses and creating jobs here at home,” Loeffler said.

The expanded policy will go into effect 30 days after the agency’s announcement.

If your resources are limited, you tend to feed your own children first.

Who Do You Invite To Your Daughter’s Wedding?

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I have three daughters. I was involved in two weddings and one elopement. Wedding invitations go to friends and sometimes business associates, but they rarely go to people you don’t know. That might be a problem for the Clintons as they testify before the House Oversight Committee in their Jeffrey Epstein probe–Ghislaine Maxwell attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding. I am not sure if Jeffrey Epstein was there.

On Thursday, Fox News reported:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is accusing the GOP-led House Oversight Committee of using her to “distract” from President Donald Trump during her high-stakes testimony in Congress’ Jeffrey Epstein probe.

“A committee endeavoring to stop human trafficking would seek to understand what specific steps are needed to fix a system that allowed Epstein to get away with his crimes in 2008,” she is telling the panel, according to her opening remarks.

“But that’s not happening. Instead, you have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump’s actions and to cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.”

“I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island homes or offices. I have nothing to add to that,” her remarks state.

“Like every decent person, I have been horrified by what we have learned about their crimes. It’s unfathomable that Mr. Epstein initially got a slap on the wrist in 2008, which allowed him to continue his predatory practices for another decade.”

The House Oversight Committee’s deposition is officially kicking off on Thursday morning after months of back-and-forth.

“No one’s accusing, at this moment, the Clintons of any wrongdoing. They’re going to have due process,” Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters shortly before it began. “But we have a lot of questions, and the purpose of the whole investigation is to try to understand many things about Epstein.”

I have no idea what the Clintons did or didn’t do. I do, however, think that if the full story of Jeffrey Epstein ever comes out, we will see the same amount of resignations of people of both political parties in high places that is currently happening in Europe come to America.

It’s Hard To Spin Actual Facts

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February 25th, Fox News posted a full transcript of Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger’s response to President Trump’s State of the Union Speech.

This was her opening salvo against President Trump:

Tonight, as we watched our nation’s lawmakers gather for a joint session of Congress, we did not hear the truth from our President.

So, let’s speak plainly and honestly, and let me ask you three questions:

Is the President working to make life more affordable for you and your family?

Is the President working to keep Americans safe — both at home and abroad?

Is the President working for YOU?

To answer the first question, I am sharing this chart from The New York Post:

I think $6,000 makes life more affordable for most families.

To answer the second question, on February 5th, Fox News reported:

According to the CCJ’s report, nationwide homicide data released later this year could show killings in 2025 falling to roughly 4.0 per 100,000 residents – the lowest rate ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data dating back to 1900 and the largest single-year percentage drop on record.

The report found homicides fell 21% from 2024 to 2025 in the 35 cities that reported data, amounting to 922 fewer killings. Thirty-one of those cities saw declines, with Denver, Washington, D.C., and Omaha, Nebraska, each posting drops of around 40%.

Other major crimes also fell sharply in the cities studied. 

Is the President working for me? Well, let’s see. Billions of dollars of fraudulent government spending is being investigated. Hopefully the people responsible will go to jail regardless of their political connections. Government jobs are decreasing while private sector jobs are increasing. My taxes have gone down. The cost of gasoline has gone down significantly. Our borders are secure. Criminals are being arrested and deported. The censorship on social media has decreased significantly. Parents at school board meetings are no longer viewed as possible terrorists. Confused teenagers are no longer being told they are in the wrong body and they need surgery and drugs. The Christian religion is being acknowledged for the part it played in the founding of America.

Yes, I think the President is working for me! We heard the truth from President Trump. Did we hear the truth from you?

This Seems a Little Upside Down To Me

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The Northeast has endured a blizzard that began Sunday night and went through Monday afternoon. Obviously, there was a lot of extra help needed to clear the snow, so Mayor Mamdani asked for people to apply for snow removal jobs. Seems logical.

On Saturday (updated Sunday), Fox News reported:

New York City on Saturday put out a call for emergency snow shovelers ahead of a powerful nor’easter bomb cyclone, requiring workers to submit multiple forms of identification — contrasting the city’s election policy for most voters.

For the first time in nearly a decade, a blizzard warning was issued for New York City, with expected snowfall totaling 19 to 24 inches and wind gusts up to 55 mph.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a State of Emergency for New York City, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced outreach teams have been mobilized.

…While pay is generous, starting at $19.14 per hour and increasing to $28.71 per hour after the first 40 hours worked in a week, workers must meet a number of requirements to be eligible.

Shovelers must be at least 18 years old, able to perform heavy physical labor and eligible to work in the U.S., according to the department.

They must also bring two small 1.5-inch square photos, two original forms of ID and copies, along with a Social Security card for registration, officials said.

The article concludes:

First-time voters are only required to bring one of three documents including: driver’s license number, non-driver ID number or the last four digits of a Social Security number.

Those who did not provide ID when registering to vote are also able to vote by affidavit ballot.

The snow will eventually melt. Stolen elections tend to linger for a long time.

Enforcing An Already Existing Law

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On Sunday, Fox News posted an article about a state auditor in Massachusetts attempting to do her job.

The article reports:

A Democratic state auditor is taking Massachusetts legislative leaders, including members of her own party, to court after uncovering nearly $12 million in alleged fraud in public assistance programs, seeking to enforce a voter-approved audit law.

“What are they hiding? If there’s nothing to hide, open up the doors, let the sun shine in. Let’s do this audit,” Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said on “Saturday in America.”

DiZoglio, a Democrat and former member of both the Massachusetts House and Senate, is filing a complaint with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to enforce a 2024 ballot measure that authorized her office to audit the legislature. The measure passed with 72% support.

The legal action follows a report from the Massachusetts State Auditor’s Office identifying nearly $12 million in alleged fraud in fiscal year 2025 alone across several public assistance programs.

The article notes:

DiZoglio emphasized that rooting out fraud is essential to protecting public assistance programs for those who genuinely need them. She shared her own background, saying she was born to a 17-year-old single mother who relied on programs such as WIC before becoming a nurse and getting back on her feet.

“A lot of people rely on these programs,” she said. “But folks who are committing fraud need to be held accountable. We need to root out that waste, fraud and abuse so that these systems are working as they should and people truly in need get these services.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

However, according to GBH News, the attorney general claims DiZoglio lacks the authority to file the lawsuit.

It is time for every state to have a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) program and to make the necessary cuts.

Using Your Voter ID To Opposed Voter ID

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The following was posted on X on Thursday afternoon:

On Wednesday, The U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act.

On Wednesday, Fox News reported:

The House of Representatives passed a massive election integrity overhaul bill on Wednesday despite opposition from the vast majority of Democrats.

The House passed Rep. Chip Roy’s SAVE America Act, legislation that’s aimed at keeping non-citizens from voting in U.S. federal elections. All but one House Democrat — Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas — voted against the bill. It passed 218 to 213.

It is an updated version of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, also led by Roy, R-Texas, which passed the House in April 2025 but was never taken up in the Senate.

The bill requires a new federal proof of citizenship mandate in the voter registration process, photo ID to vote in any federal elections, and require states to clear ineligible voters from their voter rolls (dead people, etc.). In North Carolina, we had (hopefully this has been fixed) a number of people on our voting rolls that were over 120 years old. Hopefully the are no longer on the voting rolls or they are alive and being celebrated by their families.

The article notes:

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., accused Republicans of trying to make it harder for women to vote. She argued that the legislation would make it more difficult for married women to cast ballots if their surname is different from their maiden name on their birth certificate.

Do they really believe women are too dumb to produce a birth certificate and a marriage certificate (or other form of identification)? You need an id to open a bank account or cash a check. To my knowledge, women have been doing both for years.

The article concludes:

Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital, “The American people did not give Republicans a mandate to make excuses. They gave us one to deliver wins, and the SAVE America Act is exactly that. Every single Democrat who voted no today proved they would rather let illegal aliens tip the scales in our national elections than protect your vote.”

If implemented, the bill could see new requirements imposed on voters in this year’s November midterm elections.

But it would have to pass the Senate, where current rules dictate that at least several Democrats are needed to meet the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster.

Seventy plus percent of Americans support voter id requirements. Let’s see if the Senate is willing to listen to the people they are supposed to represent!

Pay Attention, Republicans

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On Saturday, The Gateway Pundit posted an article about some recent comments by Republican activist Scott Presler. You may remember that Scott Presler was a major factor in President Trump’s 2024 election victory. He has become a seasoned political worker and observer.

The article reports:

Republican activist Scott Presler joined Kayleigh McEnany on FOX News to push the Save Act. Presler told FOX News that there are already 48 co-sponsors with Mike Lee sponsoring the bill. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune needs to bring it up for a vote.

The Save act requires:
** Proof of US citizenship to vote,
** Mandates states to verify the citizenship of voters
** Requires states to remove non-citizens from the voter rolls

These are basic rules to help secure our elections. Democrats are against them, of course.

Scott is urging everyone to continue to call their senators and ask them to make a public statement about moving the Save Act to the Senate floor.

The article includes the following statement from Scott:

So my warning to members of Congress that are not willing to pass election reform at the federal level, which is constitutional, is either Republicans allow for proof of citizenship and photo voter ID, or it’s very likely that Republican voters will not come out on Tuesday, November third, and we very likely could lose the House of Representatives, and you could even lose Senate. The senatorships in Alaska, Maine, North Carolina. And if we lose three seats, Kaylee, it’s 50-50, and we lose the majority. So to our beautiful Senate Republican colleagues that are in the majority right now, I ask you, bring the Save Act to the floor, and any senator against proof of citizenship must tell the American people publicly on the floor why they are against it.

The Save Act will help deal with the problem of election integrity. Right now we have tens of thousands of people in America who are not citizens and may not have a problem illegally voting. The Save Act would help deal with that problem. If the Republicans can not get it passed, what is the point of electing them?

Please follow the link to the article. It contains a video of the interview on Fox News.

Know Your News Source

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It  is amazing how differently two news sources can cover the same story. On Wednesday, Fox News and Just the News both reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was seen scouring the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Georgia. Evidently someone is finally looking into voting irregularities at the city. Despite what you may have heard, Fox News is no longer the conservative bastion of objective news it once was.

Just the News reports:

Post-2020 election investigations and reports have confirmed irregularities in the election process in Georgia’s most populous county. Just the News, for instance, found in 2021 that the tally sheets the county used for audits and recounts did not match totals from ballot images, appearing to duplicate counts.

Gob. Brian Kemp, in 2021, issued an official complaint about “sloppy” processes in the county and later referred the 2020 election results to the State Election Board after separate reviews confirmed errors in the absentee ballot counting process.

Fox News reports:

President Donald Trump lost the election in Georgia in 2020 by a wafer-thin margin and claimed various instances of fraud had tainted the results. Those claims did not survive court scrutiny. Fulton, which includes Atlanta and is the state’s most populous county, drew significant attention at the time.

A machine count and two recounts confirmed that former President Joe Biden had won the state, leading Trump to feud with Georgia’s leaders for years.

The DOJ sued Fulton County last month seeking access to ballots related to the 2020 election. The county is fighting the lawsuit, saying the DOJ has not made a valid argument for accessing them.

Fox News is ignoring the fact that Fulton County officials admitted they did not properly sign tabulator tapes after the 2020 election, a violation of state regulations. They are also ignoring the fact that the county says approximately 315,000 votes cast during early voting were certified without the required signatures on tabulator tapes from poll workers. No, the record does not confirm the fact that Biden won the state. We can’t change the past, but we need to make sure all future elections include accurate and valid vote counts. Meanwhile, could someone please be held accountable for the fraud.

Do We Really Have Equal Justice Under The Law?

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Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro served jail time for defying a Congressional subpoena. Bill and Hillary Clinton are about to find out if that same standard applies to them.

On January 13, Fox News reported:

Former President Bill Clinton appears to have defied a congressional subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday morning.

Clinton was compelled to sit for a sworn closed-door deposition in the House’s bipartisan probe into Jeffrey Epstein, but Fox News Digital did not see him before or after the scheduled 10 a.m. grilling.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., had threatened to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Clinton if he did not appear Tuesday.

Comer said Tuesday morning, “We will move next week in the House Oversight Committee … to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress.”

The article notes:

The Clintons’ attorneys tore into Comer’s leadership of the investigation, accusing him of violating the Constitution’s separation of powers and trying to obfuscate the search for real information.

“President and Secretary Clinton have already provided the limited information they possess about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the Committee. They did so proactively and voluntarily, and despite the fact that the Subpoenas are invalid and legally unenforceable, untethered to a valid legislative purpose, unwarranted because they do not seek pertinent information, and an unprecedented infringement on the separation of powers,” the letter said.

“Your continued insistence that the former President and Secretary of State can be compelled to appear before the Committee under these circumstances, however, brings us toward a protracted and unnecessary legal confrontation that distracts from the principal work of the Congress with respect to this matter, which, if conducted sincerely, could help ensure the victims of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell are afforded some measure of justice for the crimes perpetrated against them, however late. But perhaps distraction is the point.”

I believe that the excuse that President Clinton used during the Monica Lewinsky scandal was that he needed to focus on running the country. I expect to hear similar excuses from the Clintons in the near future.

Cutting Spending Is Hard

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On Thursday, Fox News reported that seventeen Republicans voted to extend the ‘temporary’ Obamacare subsidies for another three years. These are the ‘temporary’ subsides put in place during Covid. The only justification for the Republicans who voted for this is that they are in liberal districts and fear that they will lose in the mid-terms if they end the subsidies. This illustrates how citizens can raid the treasury and how that impacts elections. Hopefully the bill will not pass in the Senate. Premiums for Obamacare are increasing, but the solution is not to pay the insurance companies–it’s to fix the problems with Obamacare.

The article reports:

The vast majority of Republicans believe the subsidies are a COVID-era relic of a long-broken federal healthcare system. Conservatives argued that the relatively small percentage of Americans who rely on Obamacare meant that an extension would do little to ease rising health costs that people across the country are experiencing.

But a core group of moderates has been arguing that a failure to extend a reformed version of them would force millions of Americans to grapple with skyrocketing healthcare costs this year.

Those moderates were also frustrated with Jeffries for not working with Republicans on a bipartisan solution to the subsidies but felt they were left with little choice but to support Democrats’ bid in the end.

Unless someone stands their ground, the subsidies will continue forever, and Americans will wonder why the government keeps taking more of their money and insurance companies get richer.

The article concludes:

House Republicans passed a healthcare bill in mid-December aimed at lowering those costs for a broader swath of Americans, but that legislation has not been taken up in the Senate.

There’s also little chance the three-year extension will pass the upper chamber, however. Similar legislation led by Senate Democrats failed to reach the necessary 60-vote threshold to advance in December.