"During a Q & A session in the Oval Office, Collins and others brought up the Epstein files yet again, and the President body slammed Collins for it, calling her CNN's "worst reporter" and telling her, “CNN has no ratings because of people like you."
"The Left, of course, deemed this an attack on the free press, sexism, etc. It wasn't, of course. It was President Trump being President Trump. He made his name by calling the media the "enemy of the people," which remains one of the truest things he's ever said.
"Collins apparently capitalized on this moment, because she appeared on the "Absolutely Not" podcast hosted by Heather McMahan yesterday in an episode titled "Smiling with Kaitlin Collins."
"During the interview, Collins shared a very interesting story about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Collins said that Leavitt defended her free speech rights after the Saudi Royal Guard "freaked out" over a question Collins asked and barred her from another event.
" ‘It’s infuriating. It’s like they think a whole demographic of our country can’t figure out how to get an ID,’ said Wisconsin’s Will Martin."
"Elite white liberals think black voters are helpless, incompetent, and stupid. They don’t think too highly of married women and rural Americans, either. Or poor people and Native Americans and the disabled for that matter.
"That condescension was on full display again this week as all but one House Democrat voted against a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID at the polls. The measure passed on a party-line vote.
"Why would the “Party of the People” be so vehemently opposed to a proposal overwhelmingly supported by the people — black people, brown people, white people, male and female people, even people who identify as Democrats?
" 'Because the SAVE America Act, as the bill is dubbed (and its antecedent, the SAVE Act) is a modern-day “Jim Crow” bill, according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“While the specific policies may have changed since the days of the Jim Crow South, the goal of the SAVE Act is the same: disenfranchising American citizens and making it harder for eligible people to vote, particularly low income Americans and people of color,” the New York Democrat said this week on the Senate floor. Think about that. legislation requiring voter ID is tantamount to the “separate but equal,” segregated South, according to representatives from the party that brought America the Jim Crow era.
"Democrat allies like the group Reproductive Freedom For All, the abortion industry lobby formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, echoed the party’s race-baiting talking points. " . . . More...
"Representing this country proudly is the only job American Olympic athletes have — and they’re failing at it."
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. . . "In our modern world, the Olympics strike as something of an anomaly: This isn’t the kind of event where everyone gets participation awards and goes home mildly annoyed that competition amounts to nothing these days. This isn’t some kind of global “kumbaya” where we erase our differences.
"No, this is where men and women patriotically do their best to represent the rest of us well (and to prove that all that money we sank into their training was worth it). The Olympic field is one where skill and expertise are rewarded; where countries are celebrated and patriotism is praised while the whole world watches.
"This is good old-fashioned competition and good old-fashioned national pride — sights you don’t see on the global stage every day.
"Of course, that’s not the world most of these athletes grew up in. Sure, they’ve been competitive (they wouldn’t be in Milan otherwise), but they’ve also spent their entire lives being indoctrinated in an ideology that believes national pride is a vice we should have all outgrown. Need proof?Newsweekhas a list of all the U.S. athletes who have used their five minutes of fame to lambast their president.
"For instance, Rich Ruohonen, a lawyer turned athlete, told journalists in Milan that hebelievesthere are constitutional issues with the way the federal government is trying to enforce its immigration law in his home state of Minnesota.
"Hunter Hessexpressedhis “mixed emotions” when it comes to representing the U.S. at the Olympics: “There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t,” he said during a press conference. “I think for me it’s more I’m representing my, like, friends and family back home, the people that represented before me. All the things that I believe are good about the U.S. I just think if it aligns with my moral values, I feel like I’m representing it.”
"President Donald Trumprespondedby [sadly] calling Hess a “real Loser.”
"Then there’s Amber Glenn, a figure skater and self-identified pansexual, whodecidedto use her newfound platform to publicly criticize the treatment the LGBTQ “community” has experienced under the Trump administration." . . . More...
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"Progressive California journalist and political adviser Gil Durán published an op-ed with the Guardian Tuesday harshly titled “Gavin Newsom’s likely presidential bid is built on broken promises.” He makes the case that the California governor has repeatedly failed to deliver on his progressive commitments. (RELATED: Gavin Newsom’s ‘Self-Puffery’ Gets Him in Trouble With David Axelrod)
"Durán portrays the governor as a man entirely motivated by his own ambitions for power who has lost any regard for working-class Americans. Newsom, says Durán, “mistakes theatrics for leadership.” Durán believes Newsom has been “wishy-washy” on pursuing progressive priorities on a number of issues, including public healthcare, homelessness, the death penalty, COVID control measures, and reparations for descendants of slaves, and has aligned himself too closely with his Big Tech billionaire friends.
" Like Trump, Newsom breaks promises, serves billionaire interests, and mistakes social media theatrics for leadership. Is that really what American voters will want in 2028?” said Durán. “Having watched Newsom for two decades, I don’t see why anyone thinks he’s it. He’s not even ‘strong and wrong’ — just highly ambitious, strategically dishonest, and blatantly opportunistic.” (RELATED: Gavin Newsom, ‘King of Fraud’)
"Worryingly for Newsom, Durán is far from alone, as progressives have increasingly spoken out against him. Many progressives now argue that Democrats should rally behind a different candidate, someone who is concerned with their priorities, not self-aggrandizement or appeasing establishment donors and the billionaire class.
"In an interview with Current Affairs last month, California Rep. Ro Khanna came out swinging against the governor of his state, calling Newsom a “cookie-cutter Democrat” and a “Clintonite.” He warned that if someone like Gavin Newsom were chosen as the Democratic nominee in 2028, “[W]e basically are going to see an even more ferocious right-wing populism come back in 2030 or 2032.” Khanna argued that what Democrats instead need is “an FDR-like realignment” and someone who, like him, takes on AIPAC, defense contractors, the Epstein class, and billionaires.
"California state Sen. Caroline Menjivar recently complained, like Durán, that Newsom’s focus on his national ambitions is causing him to turn away from his past progressive priorities" . . .More...
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The history of the American and French Revolutions shows that heroes can be discovered or created for political purposes. They can produce true tragedies when they are used to radicalize some and dehumanize others.
"Below is my column in The Hill on the recent controversies over enhanced images of Alex Pretti and his shooting in Minnesota.
"As seen throughout our history, Pretti has achieved mythic status — even having an ice cream invented after him by one of the founders of Ben & Jerry’s. Reality recedes when politics demand the perfect hero.
"Here is the column:
“ 'Show me a hero, and I will write you a tragedy.”
" That statement, from F. Scott Fitzgerald, has never been truer than with the posthumous treatment of Alex Pretti, killed in a confrontation with federal officers in Minneapolis. He has been called a “hero” and a “martyr” by the left as a rallying cry for protests around the country. In the process, many have “enhanced” both his story and his image.
"MS NOW has admitted that it used an AI-enhanced photo of Pretti that made him look more handsome. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was criticized for bringing to the Senate floor an altered image, featuring a headless immigration agent, that made it look like officers executed a kneeling Pretti with a shot to the head.
" Pretti needs to be be inviolate to make the government seem vile in the eyes of the public. He is being described as the combination of Florence Nightingale and Crispus Attucks.
" A CNN panelist and co-host of “The View,” Ana Navarro, voiced the new orthodoxy that Pretti was the “perfect guy … the guy you’d want to date your daughter, the guy you want your son to grow up to be, a decent human being who was serving humanity.” She added that he was so perfect that “there is nothing that has been said about that man that isn’t wonderful. And so they can’t malign him.”
" The point is that any skepticism, let alone criticism, is no longer acceptable.
"In fairness, Pretti was vilified before he was canonized. Many of us objected that the videotape evidence did not support the original description of Pretti’s conduct. Pretti did not threaten officers or approach them brandishing a weapon.
" But he did disobey police orders and he did resist arrest. Indeed, eleven days earlier, he had spat at officers, damaged a police vehicle by kicking out its taillight, and again resisted officers.
" The remaking of Alex Pretti by both sides is strikingly familiar. On Tuesday, my book on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution will be released. “Rage and the Republic” looks at both the American and French Revolutions to explore why one became the world’s oldest democracy and the other became a blood-soaked terror.". . . More...
"Instead of locking up Epstein and putting an end to his sexual predations on young girls back in 2006, Krischer’s office treated the girls as if they were the ones on trial. Prosecutor Lanna Belohlavek accused the teens of prostitution, asking them, “You’re aware that you committed a crime?' ”
"I don’t have a team of researchers like The New York Times to review the Epstein files, but I have flipped through them and found a couple things that you won’t read in the Times — and you definitely won’t see on MS-NOW.
"Criminal defense lawyer David Schoen sent an informative emailto Epstein, saying no one would ever take the Russia investigation seriously because special counsel Robert Mueller had selected a legal team that was a “murderer’s row of the worst.”
"Schoen’s case-in-chief was Andrew Weissmann, frequent Times opinion writer (Title of actual column: “A Former Prosecutor on the ‘Incredibly Strong Case’ Against Trump”). He appears so frequently on MS-NOW, he has a cot and toothbrush under Lawrence O’Donnell’s desk.
"Weissmann, Schoen said, was known in the U.S. attorney’s office as “The Pathological liar,” because he “literally would withhold exculpatory evidence throughout the case.” When defense counsel complained, Weissman waited until the guy “went to the bathroom or lunch, stick the documents under other [papers] on his table, and tell the judge the lawyer had it all along.” He did this even in murder cases, which Schoen knew because, “his rats have come to me to admit their role in it.” If true, this is a Brady violation, about as bad as it gets."The Times has frequently discussed the rule, saying it ought to be “obvious,” to “prosecutors with any sense of fairness” that they have to “inform a defendant’s lawyer of evidence that could be favorable to the defendant’s case.” The paper complains about the “near complete lack of punishment for prosecutors who flout the rule.”
"Democrats are demanding that ICE agents be stripped of their qualifiedimmunity? Federal prosecutors like Weissmann have absolute, blanket immunity for their actions.
"Schoen noted that Weissmann’s unsavory tactics “ruined” some of the biggest criminal cases ever tried. For example, he led the federal prosecution of Arthur Andersen LLP, a major player in the Enron scandal. But because of his extreme overreach on jury instructions (agreed to by the pliant judge) the Supreme Court unanimouslyreversed the conviction.
"In terms of Weissmann’s appearance of fairness, Schoen said Weissmann is a “Trump hater and Clinton sycophant.” . . .More...
. . . "But let’s get to Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), who used the opportunity to obliterate the Biden Justice Department for their years-long campaign of political retribution against their rivals. It was a lightning round that took a knife to the gut of the old Biden DOJ and their corruption:
GILL: “I’ve got a series of questions for you that we can get through pretty pretty quickly, I think.”
“Can you tell me, is it true that the Biden-Harris DOJ raided President Trump’s home?”
BONDI: “They did.”
GILL: “Did the Biden Harris DOJ allow Jack Smith to spy on over a dozen Republican members of congress?”
BONDI: “Absolutely.”
GILL: “Did the Biden-Harris DOJ seize the phone of a sitting sitting Republican Congressman?”
BONDI: “Yes.”
GILL: “Did the Biden-Harris DOJ and Jack Smith pay at least $20,000 to confidential human sources to provide information on President Trump?”
BONDI: “At least.”
GILL: “Did the Biden-Harris DOJ and FBI fail to apprehend the suspect who placed pipe bombs near the capitol ahead of January 6th?”
BONDI: “Yes.”
GILL: “Did the Biden-Harris DOJ target parents as domestic terrorists?”
BONDI: “Absolutely.”
GILL: “Did the Biden-Harris DOJ target pro-life Catholics, going so far as to interview a priest and a choir director?”
"Ramos-Caballero had an Oregon driver’s license. Oregon is a sanctuary state that issues driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. He was driving legally under state law—even though he had no right to be in the country and had a removal order against him."
September 2015: Ramos-Caballero illegally entered the United States.
Immediately after entry: He was released into the country by the Obama administration. No detention. No immediate deportation. Just released.
Before May 2016: Ramos-Caballero was supposed to appear for his immigration hearing.
May 9, 2016: He didn’t show up. An immigration judge ordered his removal in absentia. He became deportable. He should have been deported.
November 11, 2025: Nearly a decade later, Ramos-Caballero was still in the country. Still driving. Still a danger. And Mora Gerety was dead" . . .
"Mora Gerety, an 8-year-old was apparently killed by a criminal alien who was given a license in Oregon AFTER being ordered for deportation. No tears, marches or press conferences for her from evil politicians like Kotek, Bynum, Dexter, Merkley, Wyden or the lame Republicans who refuse to do everything in their power to put an end to this lawlessness. How many innocent sons and daughters have to be killed for Oregon’s so-called leaders to take action?" Jonathan Lockwood
Unidentified sources involved in the investigation had earlier told the outlet that officers believe the ransom notes that were sent to the networks were, in fact, written by the kidnapper.
"Investigators have discovered a black glove near Nancy Guthrie's home that looks similar to the one her abductor wore in the chilling doorbell camera footage.
"The Daily Mail understands the lone glove, found lying in a small shrub, was bagged up and taken by authorities. They did not give a definitive answer on who it belonged to.
"On Tuesday, the FBI released shocking footage of a masked man wearing thick latex gloves as he tried to obscure the camera on Nancy's front porch. That clip was the latest development in the missing persons case in over a week.
"She was reported missing on February 1 after her church friends grew worried when she failed to show up for services. Nancy has not been seen or heard from since.
"TMZ received the fresh note before 5am Pacific Time, and said the correspondence stated the sender has tried unsuccessfully to get in contact with Camron Guthrie, Nancy's son, and Annie, her eldest daughter." . . .
"After his release around 1am local time, Palazuelos said he didn't know about Nancy's kidnapping. 'They told me I was being detained for kidnapping. I asked them, "Kidnapping of who?",' he told KNXV after he was set free."
"That’s especially true of automakers who, rather than standing up for their consumers, eagerly bent the knee to the Climate Industrial Complex."
"When Stellantis last week announced it was writing down $26 billion, the CEO of the car company that now owns Chrysler, Antonio Filosa, said it was “part of a decisive process we started in 2025 to once again make our customers and their preferences our guiding star.”
"Which begs the question: What was Stellantis’ guiding star before if not its own customers?
For that matter, who or what has been guiding General Motors (which announced a $7.6 billion writedown last month), Ford ($19.5 billion), and other automakers that’ve written down a total of $140 billion in just the past three years?
"Anyone who has followed the auto industry over the past decade knows the answer. All of these losses are the result of automakers chasing the phantom known as “zero emission” cars.
"Remember that until just recently, we were treated to a constant barrage of stories about how EV sales were skyrocketing, and car companies were winning plaudits for going green.
"Just five years ago, GM promised to go all-electric by 2035, and just two years ago, its chief executive, Mary Barra, said “we believe in an all-electric future.” Honda, Volvo, Ford, and others laid out plans to be 100% “zero emission” within two decades.
"It was all supported by Big Environment, which brayed that EVs were the only way to save the planet from “climate change.”
"But none of it worked out as planned.
"And keep in mind that the $140 billion in combined auto industry losses is just the tip of the iceberg. Those are just the costs incurred by shareholders and employees of these companies.
"Taxpayers have forked over hundreds of billions in federal and state tax dollars in subsidies that were designed to “kick start” the EV car market. They paid thousands toward the cost of each EV sold. They paid companies to build battery factories. They paid for charging stations." . . . More...
. . . "When it's a trans homicidal maniac behind a mass killing, suddenly privacy trumps victims families knowing the truth. Peak Liberalism"
Nick Sortor: " IT’S CONFIRMED: The Tumbler Ridge School shooter who kiIIed 10 in Canada has been identified as 17-year-old TRANS Jesse Strang" . . https://x.com/i/status/2021600750850208103
. . . "Twenty-five more people were injured, two critically enough that they had to be airlifted out. The shooter's bodywas found at the schoolwith a self-inflicted gunshot wound."
...“As part of the initial response to the active shooting, police entered the school to locate the threat,” the B.C. RCMP wrote in a statement Tuesday evening. “During the search, officers located multiple victims. An individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury.”
"During the initial press conference on the ghastly tragedy, RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark used the most obfuscatory language imaginable to describe the murderer.
"The dead assailant was, the Sgt said, a 'gun-person.' It sounds even more ludicrous when a reporter is corrected and has to ask the Sgt a question using the term." . . .
"The media calls him "woman in a brown dress" then stops talking about him then shifts to "gunperson" because we need to respect his pronouns, in death.
"This is the state of things. Now Canadians will blame his actions on all the awful anti-trans-ness in the world. Not the fact that he was a drug addicted psycho unleashed and made worse by the trans/medical/industrial complex." Jennifer Sey
"IT’S CONFIRMED: The Tumbler Ridge School shooter who kiIIed 10 in Canada has been identified as 17-year-old TRANS Jesse Strang SO freaking predictable. "He started transitioning at 15 and was prescribed HEAVY SSRIs. "Wokeism KlLLS. pic.twitter.com/qO9TIq5RwS
"Not even a week ago, we learned Olympic boxing usurper Imane Khelif finally admitted that he is, in fact, a man. But the damage was already done: Khelif not only stole the gold at the Paris Games in 2024, but he was also applauded for pounding the snot out of the actual women he faced.
In October 2024, the U.N. — hardly a bastion of right-wing, anti-trans ideology — said that nearly 1,000 women and girls lost sporting competitions, titles, and medals to men who "identified" as women. The Left just shrugged and continued punishing the women and girls who spoke out against such blatant unfairness.
Now it's happened again, in California. AB Hernandez is a boy, yet he competed against girls in the winter championship event held this weekend." More...
Why This Girl Wrestler Had Shock and Horror All Over Her Face? It's All on Video. . . . "What the hell is this? Any parent would be horrified if this happened to their child. It dates to an old wrestling match in Washington last December. Kallie Keeler, 16, was wrestling in the 190-pound class, but something was off. Keeler’s facial expression says it all: her opponent allegedly committed what some could argue was sexual assault. Keeler felt violated, saying her opponent, who was revealed to be transgender, pressed their fingers hard into her vagina." . . .
16-year-old Kallie Keeler didn't even realize she was wrestling a boy. She didn't find out until after she says he forcefully pushed his fingers into her vagina. The Puyallup (WA) School District is accused of burying her complaint – now there's now a criminal investigation. pic.twitter.com/4LRo0ft0wI
