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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation GOP Sens. Cornyn, Tillis confirm they’ll back Todd Blanche for AG after he scraps Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis confirmed Monday they will vote to pass Todd Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General out of the Senate Judiciary Committee after the acting DOJ chief formally terminated a $1.776 billion fund established earlier this year for victims of purported government weaponization. “From the outset, we were clear that we needed a written document addressing our concerns on the IRS audit agreement and the anti-weaponization fund,” Cornyn (R-Texas) and Tillis (R-NC) said in a joint statement. Hero civilian who fired back at In-N-Out shooter trained in self defense after witnessing another mass shooting “We are pleased that the Department of Justice has issued a formal order terminating the anti-weaponization fund … We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.” Trump calls out 'duplicitous' Iranian leadership President Donald Trump condemned Iranian leaders as "duplicitous" for appearing to back away from intentions to talk on Monday. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Tehran had begged for a meeting with the U.S. this weekend, leading to a pause in strikes only to walk back on Monday. "Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say 'beg,' talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with 'Oman,'" Trump wrote. Iran denies Trump claim new peace talks planned after US calls off attack The Iranian government flat-out rejected President Trump’s claim that new negotiations were due to get underway later Monday, with officials stating that no talks were taking place or scheduled. Trump, 80, told reporters en route to Washington Sunday night that he had called off a planned “massive attack” on Iran at the request of US partners in the region — including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. “They thought that a deal is imminent,” said the president, later adding: “Now what we’re doing is talking to them [Iran], in the form of a negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon.” Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei claimed Monday that no negotiations with the US were in prospect and Tehran had no plans to host any foreign delegations or send negotiators abroad in the coming days. The only talks under way, Baghaei added, were discussions with Oman over management of the Strait of Hormuz, the closing of which has roiled global energy markets since the start of Operation Epic Fury Feb. 28.
Former Biden COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha says pandemic ‘probably was a lab leak’ Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator during the Biden administration, revealed Sunday that he now favors the so-called lab leak theory as the most plausible origin story of the pandemic. “When I went into the White House [in April 2022], my view was, this was almost surely a natural outbreak, maybe a lab leak,” Jha told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Based on information I learned and based on information I have seen, I have come to conclude that it is more likely to have been a lab leak,” he added. “Here’s the bottom line: No one in the United States knows for sure. The only people who know for sure are people — officials in China, and we still need transparency and accountability on that,” concluded Jha, the former dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. Idaho In-N-Out Burger shooting motive still a mystery as armed citizen speaks out Idaho man Jordan Salinas who returned fire: 'He did not like it when bullets started firing both ways' Police are still working to determine why a 24-year-old gunman opened fire at a crowded In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, killing three people and wounding seven others before taking his own life after taking fire from a bystander and an off-duty Idaho state trooper. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday that investigators were confident Chad Williams acted alone in Saturday's attack, but detectives had not yet established a motive or fully traced his movements before the shooting. "We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties," Hicks said of an armed citizen and officer who returned fire. "We want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off-duty officer and the citizen, and their heroic action to stop this incident." Police have not publicly identified the trooper or the bystander, but the Idaho Statesman detailed the heroics of Jordan Salinas, 35, of Kimberly, Idaho, strapped by the shoulder with a FN Five-seveN semi-automatic pistol fitted with a suppressor. Hero civilian who fired back at In-N-Out shooter trained in self defense after witnessing another mass shooting The good Samaritan being hailed as a “hero” for firing upon Idaho In-N-Out gunman Chad Williams in the middle of his deadly drive-thru rampage had trained for such a moment for years after witnessing another mass shooting. Jordan Salinas, 35, a healthcare worker and the full-time caregiver of his brother, who uses a wheelchair, had been horseback riding with his girlfriend the morning of the shooting when the couple pulled into the Twin Falls In-N-Out location for lunch and immediately noticed something amiss. A large crowd of people was rushing through the exit doors of the restaurant, which he assumed was due to a kitchen fire until he heard the unmistakable pop of gunfire. Operating on pure instinct, Salinas sprinted toward the sound of the gunfire – a response he’d later refer to as “automatic” and “mechanical,” he told the Idaho Statesman. Trump v. Smithsonian: A timeline of how the White House fight over 'woke' history unfolded A 162-page White House report concludes the American History Museum has undergone 'ideological capture' Fox News reporter Alexandria Hoff has the latest on House Republicans questioning Smithsonian officials over claims of political bias on ‘Special Report.’ President Donald Trump's effort to root out what his administration calls "woke" ideology at the Smithsonian has grown into one of the most extensive White House reviews of the institution in decades. The Smithsonian oversees 21 museums, the National Zoo and nearly 157 million objects and specimens while receiving more than $1 billion annually in federal funding outside of private-side dollars. The administration's campaign has placed the taxpayer-supported institution at the center of a broader debate over patriotism, historical interpretation and the role of federally funded cultural institutions amid a growing divide over how people view and retell America's story. Trump Insists His Polling Numbers Are 'Best They Have Ever Been' President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that his approval rating is the best it has ever been, despite many surveys showing that it has gone down significantly over recent months. Trump wrote on Truth Social that "my REAL polling numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been, and why wouldn’t they be with the biggest tax cuts and employment numbers EVER, the biggest outside investment in America in world history, a totally secure border, a giant victory in Venezuela, the denuclearization of Iran, unparalleled respect and success throughout the world, and much more?" The president encouraged the public to "vote Republican for greatness in America" in the upcoming midterms.
Venezuela Oil Deals Stalled by Divisions Divides in the oil industry and within the Trump administration reportedly have delayed new Venezuelan oil production, despite President Donald Trump's pledge to rapidly restore the country's energy sector following the removal of strongman Nicolas Maduro. Nearly eight months after Trump predicted American companies would quickly rebuild Venezuela's oil industry, no new petroleum agreements with U.S. firms have been finalized, according to Axios. The report cited more than a dozen oil industry executives, senior U.S. officials, and Venezuelan insiders, many of whom pointed to the Energy Department as a key reason for the delays. Fed's Williams Expects Inflation to Ease, Says Fed Will Act If It Doesn't Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said he remained optimistic that inflation pressures are on track to ease gradually, but if they don't the U.S. central bank will not hesitate to respond with rate hikes to ensure price pressures return to target. If energy prices and trade tariffs have peaked and the economy remains on a solid footing, "I think that some of the big drivers that pushed up inflation" over the last year and half or so "will not be at play as much, and then some of the disinflationary forces that we've been seeing" should reassert themselves, Williams said in an interview with Reuters on Friday. Williams said: "I am quite honestly focused quite a bit on, What are we seeing in the core inflation data over the next several months? And is that consistent with a kind of a run rate of inflation moving towards 2% and really on a disinflationary path consistent with us achieving our 2% inflation goal on a sustained basis by 2028?"
James Madison knew the antidote for Dr. Fauci’s COVID tyranny By Josh Hammer
Anthony Fauci, the public health bureaucrat who became the face of America’s botched COVID-19 response, testified last week on Capitol Hill. Except Fauci actually didn’t testify: In an astonishing act of hubris and disdain for the countless Americans who bore the brunt of tyrannical COVID-era “Faucism,” the mad doctor invoked the Fifth Amendment well over 100 times. Dr. Fauci's handling of the COVID pandemic was: It’s an unprecedented defiance of congressional will for a man who has already received a sweeping presidential pardon. Congress would do well to vote to hold Fauci in contempt. Wednesday’s intense senatorial standoff followed Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s earlier release of damning excerpts of Fauci’s diary. Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan rise exposes Democrats’ moral morass By Isaac Schorr
John Fetterman is a little less lonely these days, but not because his courage has proven contagious to Democratic elders. The Pennsylvania progressive has been branded a Benedict Arnold for speaking the truth about the ascendant, anti-civilizational forces within his own party Bernie Sanders “keeps pushing these communists and these . . . awful anti-American people,” Fetterman argued last month after the collapse of Graham Platner’s candidacy in Maine. His “anti-American” modifier was of special import because it cut to the core of the conflict. |
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