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By Brad Sager There is a desperate pattern emerging in the press regarding FBI Director Kash Patel. There is a growing tendency to see/hear a claim of outlandish behavior involving Patel and then rush to publication without maybe committing a modicum of research or striving to apply calm, rational thought to the matter. But then again, if they commit to researching the story, they run the risk of discovering information that would completely derail their hit piece. Best to just allude to these items in a minimalist fashion and bury them under waves of outrage. For the latest, we have Patel allegedly desecrating the site of the Pearl Harbor memorial, the site of the sunken U.S.S. Arizona. Based on the reactions across social media, you are led to believe Patel was in a pool float with zinc oxide on his nose and slamming hurricanes while taking a dip at the historic site. The media coverage is notable in that it heightens the visit as outrageous, has the expected voice(s) of outrage ...

By Ward Clark Cuba's communist leaders are facing some tough times. The Cuban people are getting good and tired of no electricity, no decent food, no garbage pickup, and the prospect of a jail term if they complain about any of that, and yet the people are taking to the streets anyway. This has to be making the remnants of the old Castro regime nervous. Also making them nervous is President Trump's removal by force of a key Cuban ally, Venezuelan strongman dictator Nicolás Maduro, and the subsequent shutting off of the Venezuelan oil that was helping keep Cuba's energy economy afloat. Could Cuba's El Presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel and his communist cohorts be thinking that they'd rather go down fighting? There are now reports that Cuba has acquired as many as 300 military attack drones, and that should be causing some foreheads to sweat in Florida as well as in Washington . A new report indicates that the Caribbean state of Cuba has acquired more than 300 milita...

By Matt Margolis Barack Obama appeared on Late Night with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday evening and decided it was a good time to rewrite history. And he did it with a smile and a room full of applauding liberals who were never going to challenge his lies. Obama took veiled shots at President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, and dared to claim his diplomacy was a smashing success. "There's no dispute that it worked, and we didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz," Obama said. President Obama on Iran: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz” pic.twitter.com/ELRAVFwW7y — Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) May 13, 2026 Actually, there is a dispute. Obama's nuclear deal...

By Spencer Neale Gloria Caulfield had expected a different reaction. Speaking at the University of Central Florida’s commencement ceremonies last weekend, Caulfield, the vice president of Strategic Alliances for Tavistock Development, had approached the microphone in long black and gold robes to speak positively about the sweeping improvements that artificial intelligence will bring to the next generation of workers and entrepreneurs. But what Caulfield had not considered was the simmering frustration among the several thousand students. Caulfield spoke triumphantly. “The rise of artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution!” And that’s when the jeers, instead of cheers, began. Caulfield awkwardly laughed and turned to her fellow speakers. “What happened?” Caulfield asked as she sought support. One student’s voice rose among the crowd. “AI sucks!” Turning back to the students, Caulfield admitted she had “struck a chord,” though it was clear that she struggled to co...

By Hayden Cunningham The former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas , turned himself in to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegally voting in multiple elections. Jose Ceballos-Armendariz, a Mexican national and lawful permanent resident with a green card, turned himself in at an ICE office in Wichita. He is currently being held at the ICE Chase County detention facility. "I don’t know what’s going to happen," Ceballos said at the facility. "I don’t know where they’re going to take me and what I can and can’t do inside there." Ceballos previously served two terms as mayor of Coldwater. In April, he pleaded guilty to three counts of disorderly conduct after a prosecution by the Kansas Attorney General’s office. Ceballos was granted his green card in 1990. He also has a prior 1995 battery conviction. In January, Ceballos applied for US citizenship, where he falsely stated that he had never previously claimed to be a...

By Tim O'Brien Sara Innamorato (D), Allegheny County’s county executive, was a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) when she defeated an old-guard Democrat to take her seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2018. This marked her entry into public life. Apparently, realizing that being seen as an unofficial socialist is more convenient than being an official socialist, she switched over to the Democrat Party in advance of her run for the top political office in her region, a race that she won. The office she now holds entails oversight of a county that encompasses the greater Pittsburgh area. For reference, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) calls Braddock, Pa., home, which is well within the confines of Innamorato’s jurisdiction — a county that is now moving rapidly to the far left as it considers implementing such an unprecedented parental leave law that it’s not hyperbole to call it socialist. There is not another policy like it in the country. If...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is having a terrible, no good, very bad couple of weeks. Former Reality TV star and mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt leveled Bass in a May 6th mayoral debate. So much so that Bass begged out of another televised debate on May 13, opting to do one-on-one interviews with favored press. And who could be more favorable than the leftist clown car over at MS NOW? On Saturday, Bass appeared with Jonathan Capeheart on "The Weekend" to talk about her goals for her second term. The lowlights: restoring copper wire in the streetlights, and dealing with the problems of L.A. that have " existed for 3-plus decades ." Bass also dismissed Spencer Pratt by accusing him of being an anger ball who connects with the generalized anger that exists all over the country. Mmmkay.  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass accused the Republican challenger in her reelection race of using a “general sense of anger” to motivate support for...

By Ward Clark Homeless encampments have been a growing problem for some time now, and not only in the nation's major cities. Even here, in Alaska, Anchorage is beset by encampments, which in that city are not only a public health hazard but also a buffet table for bears. Even so, some local governments are slowly figuring out how to deal with these threats - and yes, they are threats, to law and order, to health, to sanitation, and more. Spokane County, Washington, has had an idea: A new ordinance puts property owners on the hook for the cost if the county has to clean up a homeless enclave on their property . Spokane County now has the authority to recover abatement costs from private property owners if the owners permit encampments that create public health and safety concerns on the estate. The county prosecutor’s office proposed the idea in April after it slipped through the cracks last winter, when the Board of County Commissioners overhauled its nuisance code for unincor...

By Joe Cuninghan Bill Cassidy voted to convict Donald Trump in February 2021. Louisiana Republicans spent five years deciding what to do about it. On Saturday, they gave their answer. Cassidy, who has represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate since 2015, did not finish in the top two of the Republican primary. He will not advance to the June 27 runoff. His Senate career is over. The two candidates who did advance, Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming, now face each other in a runoff that will determine which of them represents the Louisiana Republican Party against the Democratic nominee in November. In Louisiana, that general election is a formality. The real race ends June 27. The Impeachment Vote That Defined a Career's End Cassidy was one of seven Senate Republicans to vote to convict Trump following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The vote made him a target. The Republican Party of Louisiana censured him formally. Trump kept score. And for th...

By Ward Clark On Monday, May 18th, Earth is getting a haircut; not from a barber, but from an asteroid the size of a city bus. Relax; it's not going to hit us. At least, not this time. A newly discovered asteroid, getting closer to Earth by the day, will soon fly past our planet. Asteroid 2026 JH2, only just spotted for the first time on May 10, 2026, is already on track to pass Earth on Monday, May 18, 2026. The asteroid will reach within a little over 90,000 km (56,000 miles) from Earth, closer than most asteroids that sail near Earth. While the upcoming flyby of 2026 JH2 may seem a little close for comfort, astronomers have confirmed that it won’t hit Earth. Those who want to catch the close approach in action will be able to watch 2026 JH2 in the sky with amateur telescopes on Monday. That's within the orbital radius of most "near-earth objects." So, what would have happened if it did hit the planet? Possibly, not much.  What would happen if an asteroid like 2...

By Sister Toldjah While a lot of attention understandably has been given to the red states that have been busy with redistricting maneuvers in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais , Republicans in one blue state where there was no map action in the 2026 election cycle have seen some victories of sorts as well. As RedState readers will recall, and as we referenced earlier Friday, back in the fall of 2025, some Illinois Democrat lawmakers were floating the idea of trying to make their already gerrymandered 14-3 congressional map into a 15-2 map. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) phonily played the "reluctant warrior" role at the time, saying they " may " act depending on what Indiana did. Though we know how things played out in Indiana, there was never any real chance for Democrat leaders in Illinois to successfully make map changes anyway, since the Illinois Senate Black Caucus openly expressed that they were not on board with anything ...