Tex's Place

The Port of Long Beach, Calif., is the second busiest seaport in the United States. By Oliver Ward The Trump administration on Thursday finalized new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners as it seeks to reconstitute sweeping duties struck down by the Supreme Court in February. The new duties, which range from 10 to 12.5 percent, follow a five-month investigation into trading partners’ efforts to root out products made with forced labor from their supply chains and are set to take effect just as a temporary global 10 percent tariff expires. Starting Friday, 17 trading partners — including Canada, the European Union, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Mexico — will face a 10 percent duty, along with another 10 countries that agreed to address forced labor through signed trade agreements with the U.S. Another 43 other countries, including Japan, China, South Korea and Australia, will face a 12.5 percent tariff rate. The rates are in line with the investigation’s ...

By Rick Moran Police in Madison, Wis., were dealing with a controversial shooting of a man armed with a knife who attacked an officer on Wednesday and shortly after was shot to death by the same officer. Corey Ruiz, a homeless man, was trying to break into locked cars on the street in the Marquette neighborhood of Madison. When police arrived, Ruiz fled on a bicycle, only to be stopped by police a short time later. Ruiz had a "fixed-blade knife" that he attacked arresting officers with, injuring one of them. As three officers sought to subdue Ruiz, one officer fatally shot him with his drawn gun. As usual, videos will be dissected frame by frame rather than examining the entire sequence of events to gain an understanding of exactly what happened.  This video shows the fatal shot. Madison Officer Fatally Shoots Man After Reported Knife Attack During Struggle MADISON, Wis. — A man believed to be in his 30s died after he was shot by a Madison Police Department officer durin...

By Ben Smith Democrats have spent years attacking voter identification requirements as voter suppression. A new national poll found that argument is collapsing, including with their own voters. Eighty-three percent of registered voters support requiring a valid photo ID proving U.S. citizenship before someone can register to vote, while 77 percent support requiring one before a ballot can be cast. Among Democrats, support stood at 72 percent for registration and 62 percent for voting. The numbers caught Bret Baier's attention during Thursday's "Special Report." He called the results "pretty overwhelming" before asking panelist Ben Domenech, a conservative commentator, whether Republicans should make voter ID a bigger issue heading into November. Baier said: 🚨 HUGE: Fox’s @BretBaier : “Our latest Fox News poll is pretty OVERWHELMING” with support for voter I.D at 83% favoring the photo I.D. mandate. Even 72% of Democrats support it. “This is rich territ...

By Amy Swearer & Jenna Rahn The Supreme Court’s most recent term ended earlier this summer with an important victory for the Second Amendment in Wolford v. Lopez , where a 6-3 majority struck down a Hawaii law that made it all but impossible for the state’s concealed carry permit holders to exercise their Second Amendment rights outside of their homes. The Court held that the statute—which presumptively banned lawfully armed citizens from entering any store or business without express permission from the owner—was inconsistent with any historical national tradition of firearms regulation. The opinion was a small but important step toward ensuring that all Americans enjoy equal and full access to the right to keep and bear arms.  In one sense, Wolford’s immediate impact is quite limited. It has no direct effect whatsoever on lawful gun owners in other states, and Hawaii’s concealed carry permit holders are still subject to an extraordinary number of other severe restriction...

By Catherine Salgado The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued the left-wing state of Colorado for discriminating against American citizens by providing in-state tuition to illegal aliens. The argument in this case is the same as that in multiple other cases against Democrat states. The DOJ is arguing that the states cannot provide in-state tuition rates to foreigners when American citizens who live in other states must pay higher prices to attend those public universities. This argument is not exactly as strong as the one many of us might like to see — namely, that illegal aliens shouldn’t be allowed to attend American universities at all, let alone receive in-state tuition — but it gives the DOJ specific leverage under the law. The crux of the argument is discrimination against American citizens. In a July 23 press release , the DOJ explained that it is completely unfair to American citizens and totally unjust to reward illegal aliens for breaking our laws, while incentivizin...

By Kurt Schlichter Here’s my minority position – I think Republicans are set to do surprisingly well in the 2026 midterms and very, very well in 2028. Oh, I don’t put it beyond the Republicans to screw up any advantage they’ve been handed. Republicans have the uncanny ability to squander a good thing, but what the Democrats are handing over is pure electoral gold. If you look at the relative positioning of both parties in terms of future electoral success, there is zero question that the Republican Party is much better situated to begin a lengthy sojourn in power. The Democrats have walked themselves into a minefield, and they’ve got no map. Let’s take a look at a few of these land mines. Some of them are obvious, some a lot less so. Will they all fully manifest by 2028? No, some will arise in later cycles. What’s important to remember is that even if the Democrats were aware of them, there’s not a lot they can do about them. One of the problems with the Democrats is that, ironic...

By The Post Millennial Minnesota mother Shiloh Hendrix , 37, was found guilty Thursday of one count of disorderly conduct following a four-day jury trial in the viral case involving Shire Jimale, the father of an autistic Somali boy accused of taking an item from Hendrix's diaper bag before she responded by calling him a racial slur. A jury in Olmsted County District Court acquitted Hendrix on a second misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge after more than nine hours of deliberations. As first reported by the Minnesota Star Tribune , Judge Christa M. Daily sentenced Hendrix to a stayed 90-day jail sentence, placed her on supervised probation, ordered her to complete 200 hours of community service and fined her $1,000. The charges stemmed from an April 28, 2025, confrontation at Roy Sutherland Playground in Soldiers Field Memorial Park in Rochester. According to testimony at trial, the 8-year-old autistic Somali boy removed a packet of applesauce from Hendrix's 18-mon...

By Mike Bunge ROCHESTER, Minn. — The trial of a woman accused of disorderly conduct for using a racial slur with a child has moved into closing arguments. Shiloh Hendrix was charged after an incident on April 28, 2025. The judge started by asking jury members if they had discussed the case outside the courtroom, and all denied doing so. The defense called a Rochester Police Department detective who first interviewed the father on May 8, 2025, about 10 to 11 days after the incident. The detective confirmed the father did not initially say he was afraid Hendrix would hit his son. In a May 9, 2025, interview, he said he was afraid she would hit his son. The judge warned defense attorney Brian Karalus that he is in contempt of court for refusing to stop arguing his point that GoFundMe is a widely known and verified website. Prosecutors said this is a straightforward case based on evidence, not emotion. They argue Hendrix's words fall under fighting words and that her con...

By Ward Clark One gets pretty jaded, writing about the issues of the day. Some of these issues are deadly serious, while some are just troubling.  Once in a while, though, one stumbles across a piece of unintentional comedy. On Tuesday, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ' propaganda outlet on X (Yes, they have one) posted a video loudly proclaiming that the IRGC has "begun assassinations within Israel" using a drone. They were, of course, lying. Painfully and obviously so. How so? Watch : Iran has begun assassinations inside Israel.. This is one of the successful operations carried out by the IRGC within Israel using a drone! 🇮🇷🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/vXBQ6dqYXD — IRGC (@IRGC_Press) July 21, 2026 Did you get that? That's right - the Iranian/IRGC "drone" was an American A-10, going BRRRRT on a target that absolutely wasn't in Israel. And yes, this actually made me burst out laughing when I first viewed it. That's not easy to do these...

By JOHN NOLTE Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and failed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg now lead among Democrat presidential primary voters in New Hampshire. This poll of 648 primary voters released on July 22 shows AOC at the top with 22 percent support. Buttigieg is right below her with 21 percent. Everyone else is in single digits. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) earns nine percent support. Failed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is at eight percent. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earns just six percent. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is at five percent. Other candidates who seem seriously interested in running are in even worse shape. Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) gets just two percent of the vote, while Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) is at one percent. In this same poll, going back to October of 2025, there has been some notable movement. AOC increased her support from 14 percent to 22 percent. Even more notable are those who have lost support. Kamala Harris ...