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By Ward Clark It's a fine state of affairs when a nut in a Chairman Mao cosplay getup can espouse communist principles to a group of college-age Democrats and get a big round of applause, but here we are; Hasan Piker , a "democratic socialist" (communist) agitator, did just that in a recent speech to the College Democrats of America. Now, to be sure, Piker has the same First Amendment rights as anyone, no matter how ridiculous his statements are. What's mildly alarming is that anyone is listening to him. And yet, here are these young skulls full of mush, listening to a commie in a Mao jacket . Dressed like Mao and talking about how much he hates the majority of Democrats as an invited guest of @CollegeDems . Our party having a normal one. pic.twitter.com/y1QDuF7I9Q — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 19, 2026 Well, Well, Well, Listen to you, I bet you're glade you didn't get any of those unconstitutional gun laws passed... pic.twitter.com/RfBNirozBP — T...

By Nick Arama If you watch how Iran has responded to Operation Epic Fury , you have to wonder if their leaders have a death wish.  Yes, they might be able to fire a missile or a drone , but the great cost they will incur in response would make most normal countries not choose such a foolhardy route.  As Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained, they are paying a high cost for their bad decisions, not only in a lot of damage to their military capabilities, but also to their economy and ability to survive.  . @SecRubio : "Iran is a rich country. One of the reason why Iran is in shambles is because every penny that this regime ever gets — be it through sanctions relief or through the oil they're able to get out — they invest it in Hezbollah. They invest it in Hamas... They should be… pic.twitter.com/E3OrpuBAHa — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 20, 2026 "I mean, Iran's economy is in a shambles," Rubio said.  "300 percent inflation, particularly o...

By Nick Arama There was an explosion outside of 26 Federal Plaza in New York City Monday morning. That building houses dozens of agencies, including the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  FBI statement to @FoxNews : "This morning an individual deployed an incendiary device outside of 26 Federal Plaza. The individual has been taken into custody and the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident." NYPD tells FOX there was a "found… https://t.co/bUdDbryRxC — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 20, 2026 FBI Statement to Fox News: "This morning an individual deployed an incendiary device outside of 26 Federal Plaza. The individual has been taken into custody and the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident." NYPD tells FOX there was a "found firearm" in relation to this event, but couldn't confirm if it was found on the suspect. One perso...

By Ward Clark After eight nights of pounding by American forces, Iran is reeling. They've managed a few counterattacks, most notably a missile and drone attack on Jordan that cost the lives of (we now know) three American service members. But the beating they are taking is all out of proportion to what they are dishing out. Now there's an indication that the biggest rats may be leaving this sinking ship. There are reports from an "Israeli security source," quoted in the Times of Israel, that the so-called Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may have left Iran, destination unknown . An Israeli security source cited by the Saudi al-Hadath outlet on Sunday said Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei “is not in Iran.” Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader shortly after his father was killed in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, which sparked the war, has only communicated via written statements since, and has made no public appearances. The source told al-Hadath that Kha...

By Tim O'Brien In addition to its general corruptibility, one thing you can be sure of when it comes to the federal government is that it’s probably not a good idea to trust federal employees to conceal your misdeeds. In the bureaucracy, "good enough" is the standard for quality work. And so, when President Donald Trump delivered his address to the nation on July 16, he brought attention to something we should know much more about but don’t yet: the discovery of “ burn bags ,” which Trump said contained sensitive documents from the Obama administration. Trump said, “Recently, we found significant numbers of burn bags... and this is a group of bags that were used to destroy information given by President Barack Hussein Obama to be burned... These bags were supposed to be at a different level, by different people, incinerated...but it never happened. Maybe we got lucky.” As the term implies, burn bags contain material that is slated for destruction, sending all of the ...

By Ward Clark The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled F-16 fighter jets and deployed flares on Sunday to intercept multiple aircraft that had wandered into restricted airspace over Bedminster and East Rutherford, New Jersey. The incidents coincided with Temporary Flight Restrictions as President Trump attended the FIFA World Cup final at nearby MetLife Stadium. "More than 10 general aviation aircraft have entered restricted airspace today, three of which required intercepts by NORAD aircraft. During two of the intercepts, NORAD aircraft dispensed flares, which may have been visible to the public," NORAD said in a statement. "The flares were used to draw the pilots’ attention." All general aviation aircraft were safely escorted out of the temporary flight restriction zones after the violations. Pilots were urged to check their Notice to Airmen (NOTAMS) and FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions in a post on X. NORAD F-16s intercepted multiple g...

By Tyler Durden Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times , A total of 478 individuals have been charged across Texas and Arizona over the past week in cases involving border and immigration-related crimes. In Texas, 199 people, including 175 illegal immigrants, were charged in 194 cases between July 10 and 16 , according to a July 17 statement from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Authorities filed 146 criminal complaints in the Southern District of Texas for felony reentry after prior removal. Illegal entry charges were filed against 17 individuals. According to the DOJ, most of the arrested illegal immigrants have prior felonies , such as violent crimes, immigration crimes, and narcotics. Twenty-eight people were charged with human smuggling, including 12 illegal immigrants. Charges related to firearms have also been leveled against some of the apprehended people. One of the arrested individuals has a prior conviction for online solicitation of a minor. In Arizona, 279 ...

By Ward Clark Tom Homan has to be one of the best picks as far as cabinet members, advisers, and staff, of President Trump's second term. Under his watch, the borders have closed, illegal immigration has slowed to a trickle, and that wasn't an easy task after the torrent of illegal entries under Joe Biden. Mr. Homan doesn't hesitate to go head-to-head with the press, either. On Sunday, he appeared on CBS News' Meet the Press, opposite host Margaret Brennan, and when the "gotcha" questions started, Tom Homan showed he just wasn't having any of it . 🚨 JUST IN: Tom Homan just EMBARRASSED Fake News Margaret Brennan to her face after she smeared ICE as secret police BRENNAN: Well, the people who were chasing the [illegal] who died didn't have law enforcement markings, he didn't know! It just looked like a car coming after… pic.twitter.com/fFnbWgg5qY — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 19, 2026 Here's how that conversation went: Margaret Brenn...

By Tim O'Brien After President Donald Trump’s disruptive primetime speech to the nation on July 16, he revealed that his administration had evidence that federal intelligence officials withheld intelligence about China’s involvement in election tampering in the U.S. For a U.S. president to make such a claim, he’d better have the receipts, and the president promised that he did . MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump says 220 million U.S. voter files were stolen by the People’s Republic of China and says the intelligence was deliberately covered up by deep state actors within the U.S. government. pic.twitter.com/nUGGnVoNeJ — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 17, 2026 Now, reports are that Nikki Floris , a former FBI analyst and senior leader who was charged with oversight of election security in 2020, once wrote that she was “basically running a shadow government across the FBI.” This in the context of a report that now alleges that China was behind the manufacture of fake driver’s l...

By Mike Bski Bernie. Bernie, Bernie, Bernie. Let me get this straight, because I want to make sure I am reading your economics homework correctly, and I did not eat a bowl of alphabet soup this morning so bear with me. You just listed UnitedHealth's $5.48 billion quarterly profit as proof of corporate greed. Cute. Except that profit happened WHILE the Affordable Care Act — the law that guarantees these insurers a captive, subsidized, taxpayer-fed customer base — has been the law of the land for fifteen years. You are not exposing corporate greed, Senator. You are reading me the receipt for your own bill. The ACA did not shrink the insurance industry. It turned it into a government-guaranteed cash cow, and now you are shocked, SHOCKED, that the cow got fat. Eats soup with a fork, this one. And here is the part that should really sting. Your own party just finished a 43-day shutdown demanding MORE money be poured into that exact system, because the temporary COVID subsidies YOU...