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TO CLAIM THE SENATE MAJORITY without Maine, Democrats must win not only the seats they currently hold, but also four of five states Trump won in 2024 by an average of more than 10 points. By Steve Peoples NEW YORK (AP) — As Democrats scramble to contain a political disaster in Maine, the Republicans on the front lines of the GOP’s fight to hold the U.S. Senate majority are breathing a sigh of relief. For much of the year, Republican operatives have been quietly considering the real possibility that their party might lose the Senate. No longer. While much can change before November, Republicans have already begun to rethink their national strategy to take advantage of a political map that suddenly looks much more favorable in the wake of Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s announcement that he intends to withdraw from the race. His decision Wednesday follows Platner’s latest controversy — an accusation of sexual assault that even his most loyal allies have described as credible. Pl...

By Sister Toldjah As RedState reported, the Michigan Democrat Senate primary has had some interesting developments over the last week, with perhaps the most notable one being that one of the three candidates, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, suspended her campaign. She didn't endorse either of the remaining two, Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11) and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed, stating that "Whoever wins this primary on Aug. 4 will have my full support." Another notable moment came when CNN, of all places, fact-checked a wildly false claim El-Sayed made about how he did not support defunding the police, while suggesting old tweets he put up but deleted on the topic were taken out of context. But CNN nailed him on it, noting that "interviews from 2020 show El-Sayed repeatedly endorsed defunding the police."  In addition to that, there is another whopper El-Sayed has told that Michigan voters should be reminded of: in the past, he's claimed ...

By Rusty Weiss New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (C) is getting heat from Italian Americans after his administration’s “Immigrant Enclaves” map highlighted dozens of ethnic neighborhoods across the five boroughs while completely ignoring Little Italy—one of the city’s most historic and recognizable immigrant communities. The Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL) slammed the omission as blatant “cultural erasure,” arguing that the map finds room for pet progressive causes but has no space for the Italian immigrants who helped build modern New York. The group dismissed any notion that the move was merely a clerical error and condemned the mayor. "This is cultural erasure,” said Mike Crispi, President of the Italian American Civil Rights League, in a statement. “Little Italy is sacred ground. It is where Italian immigrants came with nothing, worked like hell, opened shops, raised families, built churches, fed the city, and helped make New York what it is.” Mayor Mamdani...

By David Manney U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave a short answer to a long-running fight over American memory. Asked whether the Treasury Department still planned to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, Bessent said, “We are not at present.” Should Harriet Tubman be featured on $20 bill? NewsNight panel debates. pic.twitter.com/5tyHyz3ZXc — CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (@CNN_NewsNight) July 8, 2026 The answer landed hard for our betters on the left. The argument is simple: Andrew Jackson was a slave owner and triggered the trail of tears leading to the deaths of thousands of Native Americans. Replacing him with Harriet Tubman is pretty clear… — Sudz 🇭🇹 (@Sudsssy) July 8, 2026 I watched this last night and she got me so annoyed. She could have ended her argument when she said she think Harriet Tubman deserves recognition and shut up after that. However she blew it all when she continued into what was clearly a racist undertone as to why it should be… — MikeyD🇯🇲🎹 ...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell Yet another tragic tale confirming what a terrible idea it was to allow just anyone across our nation's Southern border. It's also a reminder that, under the Biden-Harris administration, every town became a border town because they deliberately spread the poison nationwide. On June 29th, in Coldwater, Michigan — a suburb between Chicago and Detroit — a 20-year-old worker at a pork processing plant reportedly got into an argument with a co-worker, and instead of simply walking away, the 20-year-old allegedly chose violence. Haitian illegal immigrant Valmir Djempsley allegedly fatally stabbed his co-worker. The accused is an illegal alien who was allowed in the country thanks to Biden-Harris catch-and-release policies . BREAKING: DHS confirms that a suspect arrested for murder after he allegedly stabbed his coworker to death at a Michigan meat plant is a Haitian illegal alien who was caught and released at the Texas border by the Biden admini...

By Teri Christoph Despite appearances to the contrary – not to mention the very best efforts of Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her fellow Virginia Democrats – there still is some sanity and respect for the Constitution remaining in the Old Dominion. For example, a circuit court judge out of Washington County has expanded an injunction against the assault weapons ban that went into effect on July 1 to include the entire commonwealth.  Judge Jeffrey L. Campbell of the Washington County Circuit Court issued a letter opinion late Tuesday that amended his June 29 letter opinion in the case of Santolla, et al. v. Katz, et al . In his June opinion, Campbell entered a preliminary injunction against the law that applied to the Virginia State Police and a handful of jurisdictions involved in the litigation. This meant that the Democrats' ban on "assault weapons" and high-capacity magazines went into effect on July 1 for most of the state. RedState previously reported on the growi...

By Kevin Downey Jr. The recent crop of Democrat politicians and the spellbound scullions who support them have something in common: They're crazier than squirrel scat. Each successive wave appears to be wackier than the last, which seems impossible considering what the Democrats have thrown at us in the last five years: “End of quote. Repeat the line.” Never forget when Biden (The Big Guy) read this on the teleprompter and said it out loud. pic.twitter.com/tCxIUZNaR1 — Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) July 7, 2026 I wrote a few weeks ago about how the Democrats are scraping the bottom of the clown car (eww) to find new minions, and, just as you think they've emptied their freak tank, along comes another wave of putrid mutants to carry the soggy torch of liberalism into battle. And yet it appears that, just when you think you've seen the grand finale of progressive flunkies, the Democrats throw us an unsettling encore. Sending the "trans children"-loving Jame...

By David Manney Otto Rohwedder gave America something so ordinary now that we barely notice it unless the loaf gets smashed on the ride home. On July 7, 1928, his commercial bread-slicing machine began cutting bakery loaves into neat, even slices. The first machine was used at Bench's Bakery in Chillicothe, Mo., and suddenly breakfast had one less small battle built into it. Before that, bread was hardly a novelty. People had baked, sold, carried, torn, cut, toasted, and blessed bread for centuries. But buying a loaf already sliced was different; it saved time, made sandwiches easier, and gave mothers one less knife job during the morning rush. It also helped turn store-bought bread into a reliable household habit instead of a second-best choice behind the home-baked loaf. From Time : While an advertisement touted it as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped,” customers were wary. According to the author of Why Do Donuts Have Holes? Fascinat...

By Rusty Weiss Former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan walked out of federal court on Wednesday with nothing more than a $5,000 fine after being convicted of felony obstruction for actively helping an illegal alien evade ICE agents inside her own courthouse. Despite facing up to five years in prison and federal sentencing guidelines calling for 15 to 21 months behind bars, the 67-year-old was spared any jail time. In fact, she didn't even get slapped with probation . U.S. District Judge Lynn S. Adelman of Wisconsin’s Eastern District, a Democrat appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997, offered a sympathetic take when addressing the reasoning behind the light sentence. “The defendant is 67 years old with no prior record. I don’t think she has any correctional services needs. She has a lifetime of service to others. This is a person who has done a lot of good in our community," Adelman explained, according to WTMJ Wisconsin . "This is a situation where an otherw...