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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 HERE) World & Nation Democrats in Panic: GOP to Gain 10 House Seats  Democrats have gone into what party insiders openly describe as panic mode as Republicans suddenly see a clearer path to holding the House in 2026. A series of court rulings on redistricting and voting rights has given the GOP a clear path to pick up at least 10 House seats, political experts say. What only weeks ago appeared to be a growing Democrat advantage in the national redistricting battle has now dramatically reversed. A major ruling this past week by the Virginia Supreme Court invalidating the state's newly drawn congressional map, combined with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, could ultimately hand Republicans control of the House in the next Congress. Virginia ruling tips redistricting war firmly in Republicans’ favorDemocrats in panic: GOP to gain 10 House seats  Democrats have gone into what party insiders openly describe as panic mode as Republicans suddenly see a clearer path to holding the House in 2026. A series of court rulings on redistricting and voting rights has given the GOP a clear path to pick up at least 10 House seats, political experts say. What only weeks ago appeared to be a growing Democrat advantage in the national redistricting battle has now dramatically reversed. A major ruling this past week by the Virginia Supreme Court invalidating the state's newly drawn congressional map, combined with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, could ultimately hand Trump Eyes Gas Tax Holiday for 'Period of Time'  President Donald Trump said Monday he wants to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax as Americans face surging fuel prices tied to the Iran war. In a phone interview with CBS News, Trump said the tax break would remain in place until prices begin falling again. "And yep, we're going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we'll let it phase back in," Trump said. "We'll be doing something on that." WHCA Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen pleads not guilty, judge scoffs at defense’s power play The Torrance, California, man faces four charges including assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon  The man accused of attempting to kill President Donald Trump on April 25 at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner entered a plea in a Washington, D.C., federal court Monday morning to four charges related to the alleged crime. Cole Allen, who was shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, pleaded not guilty to attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. More charges are possible the 31-year-old Torrance, California, resident, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. But Allen's defense attorneys want Pirro and her office removed from the case, citing a "conflict of interest" stemming from the fact that Pirro was a victim of their client's alleged crime, they said in a court filing on Friday. They also cited Pirro's personal friendship with Trump. Tehran executes 29-year-old grad student accused of being CIA and Mossad spy  Iran executed a promising aerospace engineering student Monday, accusing him of spying for both the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence service. Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged at dawn after being convicted of stealing classified satellite information from the scientific organization where he worked, Iranian state media reported. The regime had accused Shakourzadeh — a post-grad student at the University of Science and Technology in Tehran — of funneling details on satellite activities to the foreign intelligence services. Shakourzadeh was arrested in February last year and forced into making a confession, according to the Iran Human Rights Society.
Trump criticizes 2 Supreme Court justices by name over tariff ruling Trump expects 'they will be ruling against us on Birthright Citizenship'  President Donald Trump issued a lengthy lament for two of his Supreme Court justices' $159 billion ruling against tariffs and likely "ruling against us on Birthright Citizenship" and showing "so little respect to our country, and its people." "I don't want loyalty, but I do want and expect it for our Country," Trump's 545-word Truth Social post read Sunday night, showing his disappointment in Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. "Yes, I have another way of doing Tariffs, but it is far slower, and more laborious than what was just determined, in a close decision, to be 'illegal' or 'unconstitutional,' with three powerful, and highly accurate, dissents! Well, maybe Neil, and Amy, just had a really bad day, but our Country can only handle so many decisions of that magnitude before it breaks down, and cracks!!!" "Sometimes decisions have to be allowed to use Good, Strong, Common Sense as a guide." Senators Push Trump on Taiwan Arms Deal  Days before Donald Trump is scheduled to visit mainland China, a group of mostly Democrat senators reportedly is urging the president to move ahead with a long-delayed $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan. The bipartisan group pressed Trump in a Friday letter to formally notify Congress of the major arms sale ahead of his summit this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping, warning that U.S. support for Taiwan "is not up for negotiation," The New York Times reported. The senators argued Taiwan has already demonstrated its commitment to self-defense after lawmakers in Taipei approved a massive $25 billion special defense budget last week aimed at strengthening deterrence against Communist China.
Former Dem gov in hot seat for ‘complete failure’ in ‘INSANE’ early release of thousands of inmates About 3,500 inmates were released over 180 days in 2021; Cooper's campaign calls criticisms 'blatant lies'  Democratic Senate candidate and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is being ripped as a "complete failure" after hundreds of inmates released under his administration as part of a COVID-era agreement were rearrested on new charges within two years. This comes as Cooper is locked in a heated Senate race with Republican Michael Whatley that could help determine which party controls the chamber. A spokesperson for Cooper’s campaign dismissed the criticisms as "blatant lies from Republicans," pointing to how the former governor fought the releases in court. The spokesperson also said thousands of prisoners were released during the first Trump administration due to COVID-19. A Fox News Digital review of data from the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission found that more than 560 inmates released during the Cooper administration went on to be arrested on charges of new offenses within two years of their release. Texas Gov. Abbott welcomes NY companies after Mamdani demonizes wealthy Big Apple CEO Ken Griffin  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is welcoming Big Apple companies relocating or expanding in the Lone Star State after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonized billionaire hedge fund honcho Ken Griffin for being rich. “Governor Abbott is proud to welcome businesses and job creators from across the country to Texas, where we have no state income tax, reasonable regulations, and a pro-growth environment that encourages free enterprise to flourish,” Abbott spokesman Andrew Mahaleris told The Post. “Punitive policies that target successful job-creating entrepreneurs only accelerate the trend of companies choosing Texas,” Gov. Greg Abbott’s spokesman said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott fired off a blistering letter threatening to yank state funding if a city doesn't shut down a "discriminatory" "Muslim-only" bash hosted by an Islamic group at a taxpayer-funded water park. Texas city scraps “ Dems Rip Trump Ballroom While Taking Donor Cash  Some Democrats who have criticized President Donald Trump for building a new White House ballroom have also accepted money from companies helping to fund the construction. Several Senate Democrats and Democrat Senate hopefuls have accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from corporate PACs, executives, lobbyists, and employees tied to companies backing Trump's White House ballroom project even while publicly condemning it, The Hill reported. The issue is creating headaches for Democrat candidates already facing pressure from progressive challengers who accuse establishment Democrats of hypocrisy and being too cozy with corporate interests. Among the most prominent examples is Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who sharply criticized Trump's ballroom project on social media while also benefiting from contributions linked to companies funding the project.
Starmer Vows Closer EU Ties as Ouster Pressure Mounts  Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pledge to bring Britain closer to the European Union as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labour Party. Starmer plans to use a speech on Monday to argue that he will “face up to the big challenges” and restore “hope” to the country. That includes “putting Britain at the heart of Europe,” a decade after the U.K. voted to leave the EU, his office says. Hormuz blockade offers hard lessons for trade-reliant China  For all its death and destruction, war also imparts instruction for those willing to learn. The ongoing conflict in the Middle East shows how easily a regional economy dependent on seaborne shipping can be taken hostage — a lesson with worldwide applications, but one that is particularly sobering for China, the world’s biggest exporter. The war between the U.S. and Iran underscores the massive economic risks a trade-dependent China faces if Beijing undertakes an invasion of Taiwan. In addition to the extreme peril built into any assault across the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait, Chinese officers planning that operation must also confront a double-headed dilemma strikingly apparent in the Persian Gulf. Hegseth accuses Sen. Mark Kelly of revealing classified information on 'Face the Nation' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday accused Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) of divulging classified information during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “‘Captain’ Mark Kelly strikes again,” Hegseth wrote in response to a post by “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan on the social platform X detailing what Kelly told her about U.S. stockpiles, which Kelly said the U.S. war with Iran has reduced. “Now he’s blabbing on TV (falsely & dumbly) about a *CLASSIFIED* Pentagon briefing he received. Did he violate his oath…again?” Hegseth wrote. The Defense secretary added that the Pentagon’s legal counsel “will review” the Democratic lawmaker’s remarks. Iran’s cyberwar targets ordinary Americans. We need to dismantle the hacker network Digital attacks against America run on stolen passwords and cheap tools By Omri Raiter
Former Trump State Department official Christian Whiton joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to break down Iran tensions, cyber threats targeting U.S. troops and the impact of collapsing oil exports amid President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign. In the first hours after American and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran on Feb. 28, while most of the world was watching missile tracks across the Middle East, something quieter was happening on the blockchain. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) operatives moved tens of millions out of their crypto wallets in the first hours, scaling to hundreds of millions in the days that followed. RAKIA, a cyber intelligence firm that develops data analysis platforms used by governments and security agencies, had its analysts track the surge in real time, and Fox News Digital detailed the findings as they unfolded. The funds eventually landed in wallets used by the Houthis, Hezbollah and personal safe havens for regime insiders. It was a tell. The same regime that spent years building a $3 billion crypto operation to fund its proxies was, in the opening hours of a war, using that infrastructure to evacuate its war chest. The two months since have brought the second act: the IRGC turning that infrastructure outward, against Americans and our allies. Six different ways that prove the wealthy pay a lot more than their ‘fair share’ Politicians demand more from the wealthy but never define what 'enough' looks like in real dollars or percentages By Ted Jenkin
If you listen to politicians like Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there’s a constant drumbeat. The rich don’t pay their "fair share." and we don’t need any "oligarchs." These are powerful soundbites. They are also among the most intellectually lazy phrases in modern economics. Because here’s the real question no one answers: what exactly is "fair?" Let’s start with the facts which many people don’t like to discuss and not feelings. According to data from the Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Foundation, the top 1% of earners already pay roughly 40% or more of all federal income taxes. The top 10%? Closer to 70%. Meanwhile, nearly half of Americans pay little to no federal income tax each year. |
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