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Outgoing Texas Sen. John Cornyn (AP) By Kurt Schlichter In perhaps the least surprising revelation of this campaign cycle, besides the epiphany that the guy with a Nazi tattoo turned out not to be very nice to women, was that the Deputy Legislative Director for nominally Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) just enlisted in the legions of blasphemous, demonic Democrat James Talarico. For any Texans wondering if, in retrospect, they should’ve given Ken Paxton a shot instead of sticking with the incumbent, you’ve got your answer: Hell yes. This turncoat, one Jacob Smith, had a central role in developing policy for an allegedly Republican senator, yet he slid seamlessly into the camp of the imp pushing the gender mutilation of children, socialism, DEI, open borders, and gun control. But then again, Sen. John Cornyn would be on a smooth glide path to another term as a senator if he had ever done anything to stop the gender mutilation of children, socialism, DEI, open borders, and gu...

By Nick Arama We've been treated to a lot of bad takes from the socialists of late.  The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) platform includes all kinds of unhinged things, including abolishing the Senate, borders, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), prisons, and even defunding the Pentagon. They've shown they're all in for "taxing millionaires" — but then can't even describe how that would work.  If there was any further evidence of how ignorant and unhinged their positions are, their position on Fidel Castro showed how delusional they truly are. DSA commemorates the centenary of Fidel Castro and demands an end to the genocidal blockade. pic.twitter.com/ApeyncJTf7 — DSA (@DemSocialists) August 13, 2026 They lauded 100 years of Castro, praising him as a "fighter" and "stalwart symbol of anti-imperialist struggle." They're angry that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been putting pressure on Cuba to change for the benef...

By Nick Arama White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of the Presidential Personnel Office, Dan Scavino, made an intriguing post on X that had everyone talking. It's not hard to see why.  Warning for graphic language:  When you get fired for doing a spectacularly shitty job at an agency, with your badge deactivated, building access revoked, and the full “you’re dead to us” package—or when you get passed over for Ambassadorships, Boards, or Commissions—because there are candidates who are… — Dan Scavino (@Scavino47) August 20, 2026 When you get fired for doing a spectacularly shitty job at an agency, with your badge deactivated, building access revoked, and the full “you’re dead to us” package—or when you get passed over for Ambassadorships, Boards, or Commissions—because there are candidates who are actually far more qualified than you, please resist the urge to sprint to every media outlet that will platform your lying bull shit, and then falsely attack the peopl...

By Rusty Weiss A Long Island man has been arrested on federal charges after allegedly posting two videos on X in which he threatened to kill U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Daniel Wayne Kretsinger, of Hauppauge, New York, appeared shirtless and enraged in the June 30 videos, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York. In the recordings, Kretsinger vowed to travel to Washington, D.C., and “put a bullet directly between your eyes,” in a reference to Pirro, while adding he may kill President Trump. “Because you’re such a lying despicable piece of s***,” he said, according to the complaint. “I’m specifically targeting you when I come to Washington, D.C., and put a bullet directly between your eyes ****.” The terrifying video was in direct response to a post from Pirro . Kretsinger thought it was such a good idea to very publicly threaten an official that he posted a second video, stating, "I’m gonna come to DC very f***kin soon sweetheart, and I’m go...

By Rusty Weiss FBI agents reportedly confronted former California Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) at San Francisco International Airport over the weekend and seized his electronic devices. The action was carried out under a search warrant as part of an ongoing federal investigation into sexual assault allegations against him. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress earlier this year amid the accusations, was cooperative during the encounter, according to well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily Mail for an exclusive story .  The one-time Democratic presidential candidate was flying to his home state from a residence in Washington that he shares with his wife and three children. Federal officials were waiting for him at the airport. The outlet also reports that FBI agents "entered his (Swalwell's) house in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, seizing additional undisclosed potential evidence." 🚨 JUST IN: FBI agents CONFRONTED ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport and promptly ...

By Ben Smith A single sentence pulled from Anthony Fauci's government cellphone may be the most damning line yet to emerge from the Biden administration's COVID inner circle: "I'm sending this via text messaging to avoid any FOIA issues." Journalist Catherine Herridge identified the sender as Michael Osterholm, a member of Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board. He sent the message to "Jeff, Vivek, Tony and Rochelle," the Biden administration's entire COVID inner circle, to discuss face masks, aerosol transmission and the administration's public guidance. Herridge posted the screenshot Wednesday. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) obtained the texts from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through his investigation into COVID-19 origins as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which also has jurisdiction over the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). EXCLUSIVE: Fauci Text Implicates Biden Task Force “I’m sending this via text messagi...

By Teri Christoph New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to open five government-controlled grocery stores – one for each borough! – is going about as well as you'd expect a taxpayer-funded socialist supermarket experiment would go. Not great. On Wednesday, city officials took a group of prospective vendors to tour the site of the Harlem store, dressing them up in hardhats and high-visibility vests. Everyone was ready for a muddy-boots tour of the construction site, hyped to be wowed by this socialist utopia coming to life.  They were greeted by an empty parking lot with no construction whatsoever. Even worse, there was trash blowing across the vacant lot and nary a sign to suggest Mamdani’s socialist supermarket was arriving anytime soon. Big Apple officials took prospective bidders on a pathetic tour Wednesday of a trash-strewn empty lot in East Harlem where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s planned $30 million city-owned grocery store is supposed to become reality. The bidders ...

By Stephen Kruiser Way back in ancient times — more than 10 years ago — lively debate between people who disagreed was a regular part of the American political conversation. I swear I'm not concussed. I used to look forward to vigorous back-and-forth discussions with my lefty acquaintances, as those of us who tend to be right a lot usually do. That kind of discourse went the way of the Dodo bird once the Democrats opted for pants-wetting insanity as the cornerstone of their post-Donald Trump political philosophy. One issue I chose to stop talking about with any leftist years ago is election integrity. Long before President Trump ascended to the pinnacle of American political power, the Democrats went all-in on lying about virtually anything having to do with safeguarding elections. I'm sure that many will say that the Dems have always lied about everything, but that's simplistic and just not true. If it were, I never would have talked to any of them. Even in this curren...

By Bob Hoge As we’ve seen, Donald Trump likes to think big, so it’s hardly surprising that when it was time for a new White House helicopter landing spot, he pushed for a massive 100-foot granite helipad capable of landing the biggest choppers out there. On Wednesday, he gave reporters an impromptu look-see: Builder-in-Chief. ⛏️ “This is a helipad at the highest level. It can land any helicopter in the world, no matter how big, no matter how powerful, no matter how strong.” - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/u4XqY6fegc — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 19, 2026 Trump: This is going to look incredible from the air and from every place else. And again, this is going to be used for a lot of different celebrations, a lot of different big meetings where, as an example, [Chinese] President X is coming in a little while, a couple of weeks… President Xi’s coming, other heads of state will come, and we can do this all outside. Nice weather like today. And this was not a...

By Victoria Taft I haven't seen such a recklessly steered case since the McMartin family was sent to prison based on emotion and politics instead of logic, reason, and evidence. And now, finally, a Minnesota judge will mete out a little justice in the case of Derek Chauvin, the cop who is alleged to have purposely killed George Floyd. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin says that the charges against him were "illegal" and that his trial was a "fraud." The now-imprisoned cop and his lawyer are calling for the verdict to be thrown out because of civil rights violations so severe that the trial became a "one-year-long due process violation." Minnesota, though a basket case, may have one judge left who knows what justice is supposed to look like.  Chauvin, who used a knee hold to keep a resisting George Floyd on the ground while awaiting backup and an ambulance, was found guilty of murdering the drugged-out fentanyl user who had just taken ...