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By Cam Edwards It's been more than a week since Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes made her controversial statement that the state's "Stand Your Ground" law could lead to someone shooting at immigration agents, and the furor has yet to die down. In fact, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling on her fellow Democrat to retract her comments, calling them  inappropriate . As we  reported at the time , Mayes' remarks took a swipe at both Stand Your Ground and the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, with the Attorney General falsely claiming that the, "Stand Your Ground law makes Arizona very, very different from almost every other state where this (ICE) buildup is happening." 38 states have Stand Your Ground enshrined in either statute or common law, and despite the high-profile nature of the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, that's hardly the only place where ICE and Border Patrol officials are conducting operations.  Mayes ...

By Bob Hoge   It’s now been over a year since the catastrophic wildfires that burned down entire neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas of Los Angeles. The planning for such an eventuality and the Keystone Cops response to it have drawn blistering criticism from everyone from Donald Trump to billionaire developer  Rick Caruso  to actor Spencer Pratt, who lost his house in the conflagration and is now  running to replace  Karen Bass as LA mayor. Some of the harshest words, however, came Wednesday from someone who presumably knows a thing or two about fires: Redondo Beach Fire Chief Patrick Butler. Redondo Beach is in Los Angeles County, about 20 miles from downtown LA. Speaking at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, the chief  didn’t mince words : ‘’During the critical preparedness period, the mayor was out of the country despite knowledge of the forecasted life-threatening conditions,” Butler said, referencing Bass’s...

By Cam Edwards When the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out Ali Danial Hemani's conviction for possessing a firearm while an "unlawful" drug user, it did so on Second Amendment grounds. In defending that decision, though, several Second Amendment groups are looking beyond the right to keep and bear arms.  I covered the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association's brief earlier today, which r aises objections  to Section 922(g)(3) under both the Fifth and Eighth Amendments. The Firearms Policy Coalition is also putting a non-2A argument front and center in its amicus brief; namely, that Congress has no constitutional authority to impose a gun ban, either temporary or permanent in nature.  The Constitution “withold[s] from Congress a plenary police power that would authorize enactment of every type of legislation.” Madison stressed that “[t]he powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to rem...

By Streiff Deep in mid-winter blues and suffering through never-ending images of shrieking Karens, their soy-boys and the judges and elected officials obstructing the deportation of rapists, fraudsters, and run-of-the-mill 75 IQ illegals, I thought we could use a pick-me-up, a bit of cheerful news. Well, I've got it. The UN is facing bankruptcy. UN operations may cease by the end of February, and the last flabby, underworked UN bureaucrat could receive a final check, assuming it doesn't bounce, in  July . The United Nations said on Friday that it was facing imminent financial collapse and would run out of money by July if countries, namely the United States, did not pay their annual dues that amount to billions of dollars. Senior U.N. officials said that if the cash ran out, the agency would be forced to shut down its landmark headquarters in New York by August. The U.N. Security Council, a 15-member body responsible for maintaining international peace and stability, conven...

By Becca Lower Overnight on Friday into Saturday morning, a roving far-leftist mob unleashed on federal law enforcement officials in Eugene, OR, wrecking the federal building/courthouse in the process. And as you will see, it wasn't just a building that was under attack. More on that in a minute. Independent journalists like our friend Andy Ngo, and Kate Harnedy, provided video and photos from the chaotic melee: Eugene, Ore. (Jan. 30) — Antifa and far-left rioters who surrounded the federal building are dispersed with pepper gas. The university city is infected with radical leftist politics that regularly turns into political violence. pic.twitter.com/B1S9n8zZF0 — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 31, 2026 🚨Eugene, Oregon: These are no longer protesters. They’re enemy combatants. pic.twitter.com/g9AqOmRw1K — Don Keith (@RealDonKeith) January 31, 2026 In the light of the morning, Katie Daviscourt had this clip showing the major damage and vandalism done to the federal property, ...

By Nick Arama While Minneapolis has been grabbing a lot of the headlines when it comes to anti-ICE insanity, it's not the only place where leftists have a twisted approach.  In Seattle, they now have a new socialist mayor, Katie Wilson. She's already off to the races this week on the  unhinged actions. Seattle's  progressive Mayor  Katie Wilson announced a series of moves Thursday that ban federal agents from using city property to conduct immigration enforcement operations and requiring the police department to investigate, verify, and document reports of enforcement activities, citing the "unpredictable, chaotic, and violent behavior" of the federal government.  Here's more of what she's saying. pic.twitter.com/MABn78dShC — Mayor Katie B. Wilson (@MayorofSeattle) January 29, 2026 She wants the police not only to track ICE, but she's mandating that they "share" and cooperate with community organizations to make sure they have the ...

'It's hard to face that you are disfigured for life.' By CANDACE HATHAWAY A woman who underwent breast removal surgery at 16 years old was awarded $2 million in the first medical malpractice lawsuit brought by a detransitioner to go to trial. Fox Varian, 22, sued her New York-based psychologist and plastic surgeon, and their respective employers, after regretting the 2019 surgery. Varian's attorney contended that the health care professionals misdiagnosed and improperly treated her for gender dysphoria. The defense claimed that Varian did not express regret about the surgery until years later, filing the lawsuit in 2023. They also argued that it was Varian's decision to use "he/him" pronouns, change her name, wear a chest binder, and undergo breast removal surgery. Varian's lawyer claimed that her psychologist "drove the train" and had been "putting ideas" in her head. Varian's mother testified that she oppos...

By Shawn Fleetwood In no particular order, here are 10 great Justice Alito quotes to commemorate his 20 years on the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito just hit a major milestone in his judicial career. On Saturday, the Bush appointee  marked  his 20th anniversary as a justice on the highest court in the land. Since joining SCOTUS, Alito has been a staunch and reliable originalist, authoring some of the court’s most significant decisions of the 21st century. This includes the court’s 2022  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization  ruling, which overturned the horrifically decided  Roe v. Wade  (1973) and the imaginary “constitutional right” to abortion. Producing strong, consistent originalist interpretation and wisdom at the Supreme Court for two decades is no small feat. So, it only seemed fitting that The Federalist compile 10 of the justice’s best quotes from over the years to celebrate the occasion. Doing What’s Right During an ...