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By M. D. Kittle Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s UOCAVA guidance permitting ‘never residents’ of Colorado is in conflict with residency law. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who served as head cheerleader in the left’s failed attempt to keep Donald Trump off her state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, now faces a lawsuit alleging she broke the state constitution in permitting non-residents who have never lived in Colorado to vote in its elections.  Griswold, the leftist tool of the far-left machine that defiled the U.S. Constitution, is now accused of ignoring the Centennial State’s charter.  “Yet again, Democrats are trying to let people vote in a state where they’ve never lived,” Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement. “Jena Griswold is ignoring Colorado’s Constitution and allowing non-residents to cast ballots in Colorado elections.” ‘Residency is not Inherited’  The RNC filed the lawsuit on Friday in Denver District Co...

By Martin Walsh In a quiet but significant move on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal of a $5 million civil verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the long-running case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The denial leaves intact a jury’s 2023 decision from New York federal court, even as the sitting president contends the proceedings represent a politically motivated distraction from his duties leading the nation. The ruling comes as Trump navigates a second term focused on border security, economic revival, and restoring American strength abroad. Critics on the right have long viewed the Carroll litigation as classic lawfare—a weaponized legal process designed to tie up a conservative leader in endless court battles. Because the justices did not dissent or issue written opinions, the high court left the petition unexplained. Legal observers note that certiorari denials are common and do not necessarily...

By Stephen Greem This story involves two of the things I enjoy most in life: wine and seeing Democrats get what they vote for, good and hard. Unfortunately, it's the winemakers — and out-of-state wine-enjoyers like Yours Truly — paying the price for a new groundwater tax on winemakers who don't even abuse the groundwater supply. Wait, wut? California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) passed the Democrat-dominated Assembly in 2014 and was signed into law by then-Gov. Jerry Brown. Under the SGMA, late last year, the Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency imposed a $99-per-irrigated-acre flat tax, regardless of any actual groundwater use. "It comes as the region," the New York Post reported this weekend, "is already in crisis mode over plummeting profits, fewer tourists, changing drinking habits and wildfires wiping out farmland." Locals argue that: Napa’s groundwater isn’t in crisis like the Central Valley. They’re being charged r...

By MATTHEW BOYLE WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told Breitbart News exclusively that deportation numbers in 2026 will very soon outpace all of 2025, and that agents from across the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are removing illegal aliens from the United States interior at record rates. “We’re on a path this year — ’26 — to well past what we did in ’25,” Mullin told Breitbart News in a wide-ranging conversation at DHS headquarters. “I mean, our numbers are in fact — within, I’d say probably, within the next six weeks we’ll probably pass what we deported in all of ’25. What we’re going to do in ’26, maybe two months, I think we’ll definitely do it within two months but should be probably six weeks at the current rate.” As for how DHS is accomplishing this, Mullin said it is by focusing on those who have criminal records or final orders of deportation from judges — and oftentimes, he said, the federal agents ...

Israel will eventually have to test the validity of US assurances against Washington's commitments to Tehran By Meir Ben Shabbat The flood of incessant statements from Tehran and Hezbollah strongholds against the framework agreement signed over the weekend reflects the deep frustration and sense of defeat overwhelming them. Only a week after declaring that "missile-based Iranian diplomacy" is what "protects Beirut from Israel," Hezbollah and Iran are forced to recalculate their route. "The agreement is invalid – we will continue to apply pressure for an Israeli withdrawal," Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem responded. Echoing his sentiments, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri charged that the agreement is designed to sow division and civil war – a scenario that triggers severe anxiety across all strata of the Lebanese population. Iranian spokespersons focused primarily on denying the validity of the framework agreement, such as ...

By Catherine Salgado The Tehran terrorists are not hiding their genocidal intentions toward America. The advisor to peace deal negotiator and Majles speaker Mohammad-Baquer “Death to America” Ghalibaf (or Qalibaf) declared on June 10 that negotiations buy time for the Iranian regime that is simply allowing temporary recovery for the next round of fighting. Citing Qalibaf, Mahdi Mohammadi declared that “you must never forget that you are at war … negotiations are a tool of the struggle.” He added, "We have no illusions about peace with America." A couple weeks later, on June 28, a new report surfaced that Iranian state media is openly insisting the government should and will seek nuclear weapons. Well, If they really want a Nuke... Let's send them one... pic.twitter.com/zpV7Z7O9YL — Trackman (@TheeTrackman) June 28, 2026 The Hormuz Letter noted that Iranian media is justifying this nuclear advocacy by blaming President Donald Trump for threatening to wipe out the regi...

By Nick Arama President Donald Trump has been busy trying to clean up and fix the National Park monuments and fountains that have been left in disrepair for so long, so they are in good condition for America 250.  Rather than supporting that, Democrats who seem to have a problem with basic American patriotism have tried to attack the effort at every turn. Not only did prior Democratic administrations leave things in disrepair, but it was leftist activists who damaged some of the monuments over the years.  Trump was out with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, checking out the repairs to Lafayette Park and the Andrew Jackson statue. 🚨 AWESOME! President Trump is now PERSONALLY touring his Lafayette Park renovations with Sec. Doug Burgum This comes after Trump made sure the fountains came back online 👏🏻 DC is beautiful again and the left DESPISES IT! 🇺🇸 🎥 @MargoMartin47 pic.twitter.com/zia3aG2Zbs — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 28, 2026 President Trump this mo...

(AP) By Tom Wilson Somewhere along the way, America decided that a four-year degree was the only respectable answer to the question of what comes after high school. The plumber who just handed you a $250 bill to replace a faucet cartridge never got that message. He also doesn't have $50,000 in student loan debt. The joke, it turns out, was on the rest of us. America didn't stop needing tradesmen. It spent thirty years telling young people not to become one. Starting in the 1980s and accelerating hard through the 1990s and 2000s, schools measured themselves by college acceptance rates. Guidance counselors steered students toward university applications. Politicians competed to expand college access. The message, delivered with total consistency by educators, parents, and policymakers: a degree is the path. Everything else is settling. It was a cultural shift as much as an institutional one. Wood shop, auto shop, welding, drafting — hands-on courses that had once introduc...