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Proving yet again that the Democrat train has jumped its tracks, far-left Representative John Larson of Connecticut compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Nazis. The narrative that enforcing federal immigration law resembles Nazi Germany has become a key narrative among Democrats. Illegal aliens are key constituents, and someday, Democrats hope, voters. So Larson joins the long line of crackpot Democrats — Boston Mayor Michelle and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz among them — who can’t stand to see those future voters deported. Larson represents the norm in the Democrat party: pro-illegal alien, but anti-federal immigration law.Days ago, for instance, he...

One of the most striking things about the Biden years was the proliferation of...idiosyncratic..."public servants" and, in particular, how obviously their presence was shoved in our face. We went from being asked to tolerate "idiosyncracies" when they were expressed in private life (which seems fair) to embracing the authority of "experts" who clearly hate us. There are lots of examples, but the two which have popped up in the news due to their finally departing government are Rachel Levine and Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH (he/his/him). Levine was booted, Daskalakis resigned, and walked out the door. Levine, who was presented...

The left’s “heroes” are too often liars, criminals, or violent radicals—canonized not for virtue, but for their usefulness to the progressive cause. American left-wing heroes are proving to be a creepy bunch. So what do some of the most renowned “resistance” left-wing heroes have in common other than shared hatred of conservative America? They are either criminals, pathological liars, or self-described performance-art victims. Take Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the current face of progressive resistance to the enforcement of federal immigration law. No one questions that Garcia had previously received deportation orders before he was re-arrested by ICE. No one argues that...

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of the New York congressional delegation, has decided not to run for reelection next year, his office told CNN on Monday. Nadler, 78, told the New York Times in an interview published Monday he was convinced it was time for generational change and that a younger person “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.” He did not discuss who should succeed him, the Times said, but noted that many of his allies might enter the race. The move comes around a month after Liam Elkind, a 26-year-old Democrat, entered the race for...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta is among the party's leaders calling for Democrats to become "more aggressive in making life better for people." It was a common theme as more than 400 DNC committee members from all 50 states and seven territories huddled this past week for their summer meeting, which was held in Minnesota's largest city. As Democrats hunger for more forceful resistance against President Donald Trump's sweeping and controversial agenda, DNC Chair Ken Martin kicked off the three-day confab by targeting the president, arguing Trump's acting as "a dictator-in-chief" and that his...

Fox45’s Mikenzie Frost didn’t hold back when she confronted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) over his handling of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., since August 11. Pointing out that Moore has appeared on national TV nine times during this period, Frost bluntly asked whether the governor’s actions are truly serving the people of Maryland and Baltimore—or if he’s more focused on advancing his own political ambitions. “Is what you’re doing really best for the people of Maryland and the people of Baltimore—or is it best for Wes Moore’s political career?” Frost challenged. The pointed question underscores growing concerns...

President Donald Trump’s recent focus on urban crime presents a classic dilemma for Democrats. If they point out that his lurid portrait of a violent epidemic is inaccurate, they risk turning off voters who agree with him on an emotional level. But if they go along with it, they risk legitimizing his power grab. Trump and his Republican allies clearly hope to ride this issue all the way into next year’s midterms, so Democrats need to come up with a counteroffensive soon. Fortunately for them, there is a group of Democrats who know exactly how to run — and win...

Most Democrats agree that they need to fight Trump more vigorously, while also focusing on economic issues. A sharper debate has opened over social and cultural issues: Should Democrats break with identity politics? WASHINGTON — The Democratic Party’s standing in public opinion polls has sunk to its lowest point in more than 30 years. Many of the party’s own voters think their leaders aren’t fighting hard enough against President Trump. In one survey, the words they used most often were “weak” and “tepid.”“The party is in shambles,” said James Carville, the political strategist who helped Bill Clinton win the White...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) accused White House official Sebastian Gorka on Sunday of wanting “to deflect from the reality” of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting by pointing out gunman Robin Westman’s transgender identity. Gorka, who serves as President Trump’s deputy assistant and senior director for counterterrorism, argued on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Westman had a clear “ideological” motive for targeting the Annunciation Catholic School earlier this week — where two students were killed and more than a dozen other children and adults were injured while they prayed at Mass. “That’s what terrorism is,” Gorka said of the mass...

Democrat Party leaders gathered in Minneapolis this week for the DNC summer meetings, billed as a critical opportunity for the party to “turn the page” on a turbulent 13 months starting with former President Joe Biden’s early exit from the presidential race last July. But from literally the opening minutes of the event, it became clear that Democrats either have no real interest or are completely incapable of reforming the aspects of their party that have left them hopelessly out of touch with everyday Americans. Just when it seemed Democrats might finally be realizing how exhausted most people are of...

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has called President Trump “the gravest threat to American democracy.” Nonetheless, Schumer wants to erase the Second Amendment. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump a “racial arsonist” and urges supporters to “fight” the Trump administration “in the streets.” Still, Jeffries wants to limit gun ownership and confiscate Americans’ firearms. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz claims Trump is a “tyrant” who “finds new ways to trample rights” each day. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia says, “President Trump is a tyrant.” Senator Alex Padilla of California insists that Trump is a “tyrant.” Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon...

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, a Democrat, told a vigorously agreeing MSNBC host Ali Velshi on Saturday that offering thoughts and prayers following a tragedy like the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting is “theological malpractice” and accused those doing so of “idolatry.” Jones is a frequent cable news guest and far-left activist lawmaker who came to prominence when he and other members helped lead protesters in occupying the Tennessee House to protest against guns.

CBS Chicago CONFIRMS Trump isn’t just targeting criminals in Chicago, he’s planning a massive immigration raid ‼️ “Sources confirm to CBS News that that could include armored trucks, federal troops and ICE agents flooding the city.“ “Breaking news, there is word from Washington that the Trump administration is planning to conduct a major immigration enforcement operation right here in Chicago” Say goodbye to Democrat’s illegal voters in Chicago!

This is truly ghoulish: Minnesota Democrats are fundraising off Robin Westman’s murderous spree: Note the suggestion that “Minnesota Republicans…may refuse to take action, even now.” As though it were self-evident that Westman’s murders require banning a particular type of firearm, one of several, I believe, that he used. Governor Tim Walz has said that he is considering calling a special session to enact more gun control legislation, including an “assault rifle” ban. Minnesota Democrats want to turn the 2026 election into a referendum on gun control, as they turned the 2022 election into a referendum on abortion. They thus seek...

Minnesota Democrats are fundraising on the recent homicidal assault on a church by one of the transgender maniacs they have gone out of their way to foster. According to liberal ideology, the children were not murdered by Robert/Robin Westman, but by the guns he used. Therefore, the bloodbath is an opportunity to raise money to fight the Second Amendment: (X image on link) Our right to bear arms helps us defend the innocent from maniacs like Westman, who are outside the law and therefore will never have much difficulty obtaining firearms, just as they easily obtain illegal drugs. Democrats have...

The debate is not just about the power of prayer. In the United States — with both a large religious population and the most mass shootings in the world — it’s also a polarized debate about gun control. In other words, the episode set off rhetorical skirmishes along two of the biggest dividing lines in America’s cultural and political wars: God and guns. (That doesn’t even count the scrutiny over the motives and gender identity of the shooter, who died by suicide after the attack.) Frey tapped into the principle of “Tikkun Olam,” in his Jewish faith, which speaks about...

...Democrats lost it on Thursday after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. (RFK) announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun studying certain psychiatric medications following the latest trans-related mass shooting. Appearing on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” RFK was asked by host Brian Kilmeade if he intends to study whether the hormonal drugs used in so-called gender transitions are contributing to said shootings.... https://twitter.com/i/status/1961046886053281883 ...

This week, a person who was "tired of being trans" opened fire on praying students at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two children were killed and 17 others were wounded. The killer's manifesto complained "gender and weed f**ked up my head. I wish I never tried experimenting with either. Don't let your kids smoke weed or change gender until they are like seventeen." The heinous crime sparked outrage among many public officials. Mayor Jacob Frey (D) warned "the most important thing is that we not blame the 'trans community' for this tragedy." He insisted that "anti-trans hate is...

Vance starts the 2028 race with advantages in the Rust Belt and Sun BeltAs we settle into the second Trump administration, eyes are already turning toward 2028. With President Donald Trump barred from a third elected term by the 22nd Amendment, the Republican nomination looks like a coronation for Vice President JD Vance. Polling shows Vance dominating the GOP field, with 46% support in a recent survey. That's far ahead of potential challengers. Vance, the Ohio senator and author of "Hillbilly Elegy," embodies the Trumpian blend of populism, economic nationalism and cultural conservatism that has reshaped the GOP. Operationally, his...

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. – The Apostle Paul, Romans 1:28 If stupid is as stupid does, would it be safe to say that Godless is as Godless does. Those blue state wonders who say ‘thoughts and prayers’ are a waste of time have run roughshod over about three-quarters of every American in the country. They have disregarded the lives and the faith of children. That is an offense that Christ took time to specifically describe,...