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By Stephen Kruiser There are quite a number of ways that I believe President Donald Trump's nonconsecutive presidencies have been refreshing, entertaining, and often times transformational. He has given the Republican Party a blueprint for saving the Constitution from the Democrats; whether the party embraces it beyond Trump's time in office obviously remains to be seen. As I have written on many occasions, the people who have risen to prominence in the Trump 47 administration give me hope for the future.  In my less-than-humble opinion, one of Trump's greatest accomplishments has been to force the Democrats to continually reveal who they really are. Throughout most of my many decades in politics, Democrats were masters of deception. They could convince almost anyone except hardcore right wing nutjobs like me that they were centrists, genuinely concerned about voters, or even true American patriots. To be fair, some of them were the latter back then. Not so much anymore...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell Early Thursday evening, my RedState colleague Ward Clark reported that Mexican national Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano was arrested for allegedly taking a sledgehammer to an Iwo Jima monument replica near Quantico, VA. His action exacted substantial damage; one of the Marine figures was even decapitated. The reasons for Maldonado Soriano's presence in our country had not immediately been established. As Clark so cogently expressed : And an act like this, because of that brotherhood, enrages all of us. We don't know if the goblin who did this originally came here from somewhere else, whether he is here legally or illegally, or whether he was born here. And, honestly, in this context, it doesn't matter. The hate and disrespect he showed towards a monument depicting the ultimate moment on what was one of the greatest American feats of arms tells us all we need to know about Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, and if the local authorities want...

The military had announced earlier that morning that two Hamas-linked terrorists, Hamouda and Firas Jua'ba, involved in the attack had been killed. There are no other terrorists involved. By YONAH JEREMY BOB Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the city of Hebron to be cordoned off and for the entire West Bank to be blocked from entry and exit starting on Friday morning, after five people were wounded in a terror attack in the area carried out by Hamas terrorists. "I have instructed the IDF and security forces to immediately impose a closure on the city of Hebron and prepare for a full lockdown of all of Judea and Samaria, beginning today," Netanyahu said, adding that the IDF would be carrying out extensive waves of arrests. "We will pursue Hamas terrorists and those who send them , wherever they are and at any time," Netanyahu said. "You have nowhere to hide." The military had announced earlier that morning that two terro...

The Department of Justice alleges that Jessica Tavares, 31, of Attleboro, Mass., is seen in this photo entering into marriage with an illegal alien from Brazil in 2018. (United States Department of Justice) By Ted Wayman BOSTON — Federal prosecutors announced charges resulting from an investigation of a group that allegedly arranged "hundreds of sham marriages" with the goal of helping individuals obtain immigration benefits. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said six people were charged in connection with the case, including five who were arrested on Wednesday morning. She spoke at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston alongside John Soars, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England, and Shawn Saucier, Northeast Regional Chief of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Foley said the alleged marriage fraud ring lasted more than a decade and generated more than $6 million in profits for the perpetrators. According t...

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By Anthony Blair A young protester was filmed being knocked off her feet after riot cops in Italy blasted her with a water cannon as violence in neighboring France seeped across the border. Wild footage shows the female demonstrator, dressed in red and carrying a handbag, getting sent flying as police targeted her amid far-left protests in the northern city of Bologna. The woman was walking confidently near the front of the crowd, wearing bright clothing, before a direct blast of high-pressure water sent her slamming onto the ground. The clip is believed to have been filmed over the weekend, as protests erupted across major Italian cities, including Milan and Bologna, following growing public anger over rising inflation, housing costs, stagnant wages, and general malaise. Italian police use a water cannon against a protester. Visegrad 24 While far smaller than the riots in France , where almost 2,500 arrests were made over the weekend, the unrest in Italy saw police...

We should stop telling women that the ultimate goal is to have everything and start reminding them of the beauty of having something worth giving everything for By Riley Gaines In a viral exchange this week, Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper and actress Sophia Bush offered young women a familiar piece of relationship advice: If you're questioning whether to leave your marriage because you fear you won't find someone better, the answer is always yes. Bush went further, suggesting that the fear of being too old or unreasonable for wanting more is a product of the patriarchy. Cooper built her brand largely by celebrating sexual experimentation, including encouraging young women to engage in highly explicit sexual experimentation early in dating. This is the same podcast Kamala Harris joined prior to the 2024 election, but I digress. Bush is now on her third marriage, with the first one lasting 5 months, the second lasting about a year, and the third to a woman. These ...

By Ward Clark First body armor, now knives; the Second Amendment wins are really coming in this week. In the latest, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal law restricting the interstate manufacture, transportation, and distribution of switchblade knives is in violation of the Second Amendment. It's an interesting finding with a couple of key points . The court held that switchblade knives are protected by the Second Amendment, finding that they have historically been used for self-defense and remain in common use today. The court rejected the government's argument that switchblades are not commonly used arms. — SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) October 22, 2026 First, the court's decision states in part: We determine that switchblade knives qualify as “Arms” and are covered by the “plain text” of the Second Amendment.  Because the regulation implicates the amendment, the government bears the burden of establishing that the FSA comports with well-esta...

By Stephen Green Earlier today, my friends at Shooting News Weekly forwarded me their report on crime and guns in America with the headline, "More Guns, Less Crime: Homicides Plunged as Firearm Freedom and Gun Ownership Have Soared." Since they're the gun experts, I'd usually just post a quick link on Instapundit and leave it at that. But I have got to chime in on this one because the news beneath the headline is just too good not to. It's true that homicides have plunged, but what you might not know is that 2026 is on track "to hit its lowest point in over a century." By my math, you'd have to go back to before Prohibition gang violence to find an America this at peace with itself. "Gun owners will note that the historically low homicide rate has come during the golden age of the Second Amendment,"  SNW practically crowed on Wednesday. Before getting too exuberant, please remember that correlation is not causation. We can't look ...

By Chris Bray Cornyn thought Republican primary voters were smart and decent when they chose John Cornyn, after which they chose somebody else and turned into wild-eyed extremist morons. In a quite strange discussion on CNBC this week, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said that he’s supporting the Republican ticket, and as a loyal member of his party wants to see the GOP hold the Senate. But keep watching, because here’s the strange part: GOP Senator John Cornyn: "Part of the problem with our politics is that people who participate in the primaries and choose the candidates are on the extremes of either party." https://t.co/iX5ndkm8u8 — TheBlaze (@theblaze) October 21, 2026 I’m a loyal member of this fringe group of weirdos. If we believe him and take it all at face value, a Texas Republican who proudly supports his party thinks the really unfortunate thing in American politics is that the most reliable and consistent Republican voters are deplorable: extreme, crazy, out on ...