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The American regime of today is a far cry from the one envisioned by our founders.   By S. T. Karnick As the nation approaches what looks like a weak and divided commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, another milestone has arrived with little acclaim. Today marks the 239th anniversary of the introduction of the Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives. It should be a day of celebration every year. The Bill of Rights is one of the most important documents in human history. James Madison, one of the nation’s central founders and a future two-term president, introduced it in Congress on June 8, 1787 . The central lesson of the Bill of Rights lies in Madison’s purpose : to bind every level of government to one overriding mission — protecting individual rights against majority tyranny. The Bill of Rights Institute summarizes Madison’s concern well. Before the Constitutional Convention, Madison wrote “ Vices of the Political System ,”...

By Ward Clark This just in: A majority of Americans don't think Iran should have nuclear weapons, and that Iran can't be trusted. Now, to those of us who have been following the doings of the Islamic Republic since, oh, 1979, already knew these things. Still, the recent Operation Epic Fury and the ongoing attempts to broker some deal with the defanged Iran have brought it to the forefront of pretty much everyone's attention. A new I&I/TIPP poll is showing just how much Americans distrust Iran, and some of the results are a tad unexpected . As the U.S.-Iran conflict continues to unfold amid ongoing talks and threats of further possible military action, the national online I&I/TIPP Poll asked 1,589 voters several questions about Iran. The survey, taken from May 26 to May 28, has a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. The first question: “How much of a threat do you believe Iran poses to stability in the Middle East?” Among all respondents, 64% said it was...

By Nick Arama President Donald Trump sat for an interview with NBC's Meet the Press host Kristen Welker in Wisconsin, and it did not end well.  They covered a variety of topics, from the negotiations with Iran to the Tuesday elections in California that are still being counted, days later. And it was that last subject that blew up the interview.  Whether you believe there was fraud or not, the fact that it may take weeks to get to the final vote count is ridiculous. The process sucks and needs to change because it makes people question the validity. As we reported, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, is looking into the various questions that have been raised. Spencer Pratt, who was second on election night with more than 40,000 votes up on the third-place candidate, Nithya Raman, has now had that lead cut to about 7400 with the various ballot drops, and there are more yet to come in, so the trajectory doesn't look good for P...

By Joshua Garrison I drove for Hello Fresh as a contractor. Thousands upon thousands of deliveries out of one of their warehouses. The audits were run by an upper-management 'boss babe' who walked the floor pushing crystal therapies and demanding pronoun discipline. The employees mumbled the magic words and went home with pitiful paychecks. They could not argue with the woman who decided if they kept the job. That was the culture two years before the ad. The ad is what happens when that culture stops hiding. HelloFresh does not even keep its own drivers. They ran on temp agencies. When they tried contractors like me, we cost more than the temps, so they cut their own people loose and went back to the cheapest body they could find. The company that will not pay its drivers fairly will pay a marketing team six figures to write this: "For those of you who are… prepping… we have an extensive lineup of high-fiber recipes available. Happy...

By Ariel Kahana Israel has been eagerly awaiting an opportunity to strike additional targets in Iran, targets that Israeli Air Force jets did not manage to bomb during Operation Rising Lion. In that sense, Iran took a risk by gambling on a resumption of the war with Israel in response to the symbolic strike in Dahiyeh in Lebanon. It, too, had prepared for another round, but judging by the scale of its fire overnight and this morning, it has not upgraded its capabilities compared with previous rounds. What is happening now? The question, of course, is: Where do we go from here? It can be assumed that there will be exchanges of blows with Iran for several days that will not fundamentally change the situation or the balance of power. On the other hand, the front where the rules of the game can and must be changed is Lebanon, because the current round we are in the midst of is due to the link the Iranians created between developments on their front and Lebanon. Israeli stri...

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By DAVE URBANSKI A teenager was caught on surveillance video pointing a gun in the face of a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and demanding his car keys in Maryland earlier this week, but things didn't work out so well for the punk — or his three friends. Jheyco Borda — who was trained in hand-to-hand combat while in the military — told WTTG-TV he was working on his pickup truck near Oxon Hill High School around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday when four teenagers approached him on the sidewalk. 'Once a Marine, always a Marine.' Borda told the station the suspects — all of whom were dressed in hooded sweatshirts — approached him and demanded his car keys, phone, and other valuables. WTTG said surveillance video showed one of the teens — dressed in red, white, and blue — pulling out a handgun and pointing it directly at Borda’s head. However, the station said the gun-toting suspect became distracted for a split second — and Borda said that was all the time he needed to put his m...

By David Manney Former President Joe Biden loved the tough-guy whisper, warning foreign bad actors with that famous one-word command, “Don't,” as if America's enemies were waiting for a stern hallway monitor before changing plans, while also treating ice cream as if it were a food group. Still, his balloon record may be the cleanest snapshot of his strategic instincts: China's spy balloon crossed the country, but a harmless balloon tied to a Boy Scouts project got blasted out of the sky. The Chinese surveillance balloon entered U.S. airspace in early 2023 and traveled over sensitive military sites before an F-22 shot it down off South Carolina's coast on Feb. 4, 2023 . Biden officials cited the danger falling debris could pose to civilians to defend the delay. Sure. I believe them. Pfft! Every commander has to weigh risk, yet the same team soon treated far smaller, far less threatening objects as if they were airborne invaders from a bad Saturday matinee. Then-Se...

By Catherine Salgado An unknown gunman committed a mass shooting in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday, and it is unknown if any of the victims have died. The shooting occurred at the longtime Old West End Festival on Saturday evening and left at least six people injured. One local said he had heard two people were dead, but according to The UK Daily Mail , police have not yet confirmed any casualties. Police are still searching for suspects. The local, “Tony Toledo,” posted about his experience on Facebook. “I came to Toledo to attend the Old West End Festival today. During my college days I always came,” he wrote. “Around 5:30 pm there were shots fired 30 feet away from me at the old west end festival at the arboretum were [sic] music was playing. I was eating ribs. Dropped the ribs. Every person at the park stopped to the ground.” He clarified, “I am ok. Unknown to met [sic] the shooter ran past me ten feet way. He dropped his gun on ground ten feet from me. Another attendee was standin...

By Nick Arama Turning Point USA is holding a Women's Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX, over the weekend. Erika Kirk and Riley Gaines are among the women at the event.  But the event also drew the attention of radical leftists, who were angry about the event, claiming it was somehow harming "feminism."  Warning for graphic language and images: HAPPENING NOW: Far-left activists are preparing to march towards the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter to protest @TPUSA and @MrsErikaKirk . Organizers have been plotting this for months — ever since TPUSA announced the Women’s Leadership Summit. They claim the event “actively… pic.twitter.com/9jcHpVYF79 — FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) June 6, 2026 The full post reads: HAPPENING NOW: Far-left activists are preparing to march towards the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter to protest @TPUSA and @MrsErikaKirk .Organizers have been plotting this for months — ever since TPUSA announced the Women’s Leadership Summit. They ...

By Ward Clark Governor Ron DeSantis's Florida, at the state and local level, is setting some precedents that other states would be smart to follow. In areas from driver's licenses to working with federal immigration authorities to taxes and regulatory policies attracting business, Florida has been winning for a few years now. Another example of that winning comes to us from St. Augustine Beach, Florida, where local authorities were able to preempt another violent teen takeover by employing some novel social media monitoring. A Florida police department is taking a victory lap after thwarting an unsanctioned "teen takeover," marking the latest move from law enforcement working to combat the viral events sweeping the nation.  Authorities with the St. Augustine Beach Police Department shut down an unsanctioned event scheduled for Thursday at a local pier after they used electronic monitoring to identify the plan before it dissolved into chaos.  "We’re a beach ...