Broc Smith

Hot Takes: Democrats Melt Down and Break Out the Talking Points After Trump Speech on Election Integrity   

"As usual, Gavin is accusing someone else of what he is guilty of".

Worse Than the Third World? Trump Exposes Mind-Blowing Election Compromising and Cheating – PJ Media   . . . "The president also mentioned a review from the Department of Homeland Security revealing almost 300,000 non-citizen names on voter rolls, which they believe is only the tip of the iceberg, since Democrat states have so far refused to share their data.

"The most disgraceful part is just how many Americans were willing to work with foreign enemies to steal our elections. "In mid-2018, China was working to influence the results of the U.S. midterm elections, and later the results of the 2020 presidential election itself. Separately, in mid-2019, the Chinese government's strategy against the United States was focused on undermining domestic confidence in the U.S. president," Trump disclosed. "The strategy included efforts to use Chinese contacts with big U.S. companies to influence U.S. business leaders to turn against the president of the United States of America." Furthermore, "The Chinese government sought to identify U.S. journalists who had reported negatively on the U.S. president, and pay them large sums of money."

"Our media and Deep State were selling America to our worst foes. "Put together, these disclosures reveal an election system so broken and so vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it," Trump declared. "Hundreds of millions of U.S. voter files are in the hands of foreign governments. Our machines and ballot counting systems are exposed to hacking, manipulation, and corruption. China and other countries have been trying to meddle in our elections. Evidence of fraud has been buried. Hundreds of thousands of non-citizens and dead people are listed and active on the voter rolls, and yet we still have elections with no voter ID, no proof of citizenship, and tens of millions of ballots floating aimlessly through the mail." That is indeed a situation that belongs to a Third World hellhole, not to the USA."

Trump Unleashes Election Intel: China Stole 220 Million Voter Files, Deep State Cover-Up   "In a highly-anticipated primetime speech Thursday night, President Donald Trump announced "the immediate declassification and release of critical intelligence revealing shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," including evidence of "China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files" in the 2020 election, and a DHS evaluation of state voter rolls and public records revealed that 278,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in federal elections.

"Those documents have all been posted to the White House's website. (For the readers who might need to be spoon-fed, you need to navigate down to the bottom of each of the four sections and look for the part that says "Documents" and then "ZIP" and download it.)" . . .

Not A Single Democrat Attended Senate Fraud Hearing  

"Senate Democrats were absent from a Wednesday hearing focused on allegations of widespread fraud involving government programs and election-related activity. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held the hearing without any Democratic members in attendance, according to a post shared on X. The witnesses included journalist Nick Shirley and activist journalist James O’Keefe, […]"

🚨 BREAKING: The Senate is holding an anti-taxpayer fraud meeting right now with Nick Shirley and James O'Keefe...
...and stunning new footage shows EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT SEAT is *empty*
100% of Democrats on the committee were invited, 0% SHOWED UP.
The Party of Fraud. They… pic.twitter.com/ZaJiyti5eK

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 15, 2026

Report: Taco Bell Lettuce Supplier Identified as Possible Source of Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

Democrats fervently hope the source is tied to Republicans somehow. Anyhow.

Legal Insurrection   

"More states are now reporting Cyclospora infections as health officials continue searching for the source behind a growing outbreak that has now spread across 38 states. Michigan remains the hardest hit with more than 1,500 reported…

"I have been following the nationwide outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis, a microscopic gut parasite that triggers explosive diarrhea and can be accompanied by severe cramping, nausea, fatigue, and prolonged weeks of illness.

""As I noted in that article, given similar previously recorded events, the Cyclospora spread would likely be tied to fruits or vegetables from a national distributor.  Subsequently, I indicated that Taco Bell restaurants were pulling fresh ingredients from the menu.

"It now appears that cases of Cyclospora are exploding throughout the country.

As of July 14, nearly 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported by at least 34 states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC believes 400 of these cases in four states — Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky — are connected as part of a large, multistate outbreak, it said in a health alert on Tuesday.

Cyclosporasis cases normally increase in the U.S. during the warmer months, according to the CDC. But the recent surge has sparked concern.

“Cases are simply exploding across the country,” NBC medical contributor and ER physician Dr. John Torres said on TODAY in a July 14 segment. At least 141 people have been hospitalized so far." . . .

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Fetterman draws red line for Democratic Party, says he would leave if it abandons Israel

"The warning comes the same day that over 100 House Democrats voted against sending more aid to Israel, though the amendment containing the proposal failed to pass because of wide Republican support."

Just The News    

“As a Democrat, I am angry at people like Bernie Sanders, that pushed that accused rapist. Why did so many people on that left embrace that accused rapist?” he asked. “What was the appeal? Was it no record in public service? Was it the record of the Nazi ink? Was it the crazy things he said online?

"Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman issued a warning to the Democratic Party on Wednesday, stating that he would leave it if the party officially turns its back on Israel. 

"The warning comes the same day that over 100 House Democrats voted against sending more aid to Israel, though the amendment containing the proposal failed to pass because of wide Republican support. 

“If our party ever becomes — and just makes it official — the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave because that’s been a moral clarity for me,” Fetterman said during an interview at the Hill Nation Summit in Washington.

The senator claimed he could not understand why the Democratic Party, which shares a lot of similarities with Israel, would turn against the country and that he fears the long-term trajectory for Democrats, who have been more vocally against Israel amid a rise in progressivism among the party.

“My long-term concern has been with the Democratic Party, as I am a member of that, is that our party is going to back away and turn their back to Israel,” he said. “You look at the kinds of individuals that are winning our recent primaries, it’s becoming more anti-Israel and hostile to [pro-Israel] people." . . .

In seismic shift, more than 100 House Democrats vote to end Israel aid - POLITICO

Full List of Democrats Who Voted to Block Weapons to Israel - Newsweek

"As candidates ramp up for this year's midterm elections—with Democrats aiming to make significant gains and trying to take control of Congress—Israel and its wars in Lebanon and Iran are emerging as central issues in the political debate."

List of Senators Who Voted Against the Measure [To deny aid to Israel]: 

Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Chuck Schumer (NY) John Fetterman (PA)

July 12, 2026 “Well Regulated” But Not Well Read: James Talarico Makes Curious Claim on Second Amendment

Jonathan Turley

"A virtual cottage industry has emerged among people finding James Talarico clips espousing everything from declaring his campaign meat-free to there being six genders to God being non-binary. One recently uncovered video from a meet-and-greet, however, attracted my interest and deepened my concerns about Talarico. It shows Talarico explaining why sweeping gun control laws do not violate the Second Amendment. The reason, he declared, is that the Second Amendment expressly embraces gun controls by referring to the right as “well regulated.”

"In the clip, Talarico mocks those opposing gun control measures and bans as not taking the time to actually read the Amendment:

“A lot of politicians like to talk about the Second Amendment. Very few have actually read the Second Amendment, because, if they did, they would know that the words ‘well regulated’ are right there in the text of the amendment itself.”

"What he omits is the word following “well regulated”: “militia.”

"It is hardly a long read, so here is the language:

1. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

"The term “well regulated” was not a reference to regulation in the contemporary sense. It was used to mean orderly or well-maintained. Militias were considered the backbone of the American military, particularly by those who feared a standing army. Some militias were less capable than others in the Revolutionary War. A well-regulated militia meant state militias that were combat-ready.

"The individual right to possess guns was viewed as central to maintaining such militias. However, the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that a “well regulated militia” was not a limitation but a justification for the individual right." . . .

Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the New York Times best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”

STUDY: Be My (Leftist) Guest: PBS's Liberal-Conservative Disparity Tops 5-1

Kaitlan Collins once told an interviewer she welcomed guests from both liberal and conservative views. We have to discover for ourselves how each side was treated in her interviews and what sort of rebuttal guests were on the show with them. TD

 STUDY: Be My (Leftist) Guest Once Again:

. . . "A new Media Research Center study tracked and labeled every guest that appeared on the News Hour over the first six months of 2026 -- January 1 through June 30 -- and found that liberal-Democratic leaning guests outnumbered conservative-Republican leaning guests by 234-45, a ratio of 5.2 to 1 (186 guests were rated either neutral or nonpolitical).

"That ratio surpasses findings from two previous MRC studies (3.7 to 1 in March 2023 and 4.2 to 1 in May 2025), meaning the bias has gone from bad to worse since PBS lost its government subsidy. 

KEY FINDINGS:

■ Liberal-Democratic guests outnumbered conservative-Republican guests by 234-45, a ratio of 5.2 to 1.

■ Of 22 appearances by Republican officials and appointees, seven were coded as anti-Trump. Of 31 appearances by Democrats, only one was coded as pro-Trump.

■ When elected officials and appointees were removed from the guest count, the ideological disparity becomes even more striking, with liberal-leaning guests outnumbering conservative-leaning guests 203-23, a ratio of 8.8 to 1.

■ Liberal-leaning journalists made 40 appearances as guests, compared to 0 appearances by conservative-leaning journalists.

"On a few occasions, liberal guests appeared, but their statements were fairly neutral information and analysis, so they were not included in the tally, including pro-abortion academic Mary Ziegler and China expert Orville Schell." . . . 

Democrat Attorneys General Sue to Block Paramount CNN Merger Over Bias Concerns  

 . . ."Giggle when they call themselves the “mainstream media.”   At CBS, arrogant leftists like 60 Minutes activists Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi throwing fits of insubordination and getting fired was meant to imply there’s been a massive sea change in what people see when they tune in on Sunday nights. Once again, viewers haven’t seen a massive change in their stories. But leftists cannot abide anyone even questioning their aggressive partisanship to steer America toward that “right side of history.'”

Nets Kowtow to AOC, Refuse to Air Trump Speech but Offer Rebuttals

Enemy of the People: Trump Unloads on Mainstream Media Outlets Who Are Too Cowardly to Even Air His Words – RedState

. . . "One part of the speech that really stood out to me was his devastating attack on much of the nation’s media, which has become more and more politically biased to the Left over the decades, to the point where almost nobody even disputes it anymore. We all know it’s true, and to pretend otherwise anymore makes you look like a fool.

"Between pushing the fake Russia collusion hoax, COVID misinformation, Joe Biden’s “excellent” mental health, and so much more — while repressing real discussion on vaccine questions, Democratic Socialists’ extremist and often violent rhetoric, etc. — they have done serious damage to the country, and I agree with a tweet by the RNC tonight: they have become the “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.”

"If you don’t think they openly put their thumbs on the scale, note this: as our Ward Clark reported earlier Thursday, two major networks, ABC and NBC, announced they were refusing to air the speech — before he had even begun delivering it. CNN covered it as a "news event," while MS NOW cut away, as you will see in a moment." . . .

MSDNC — which a few call "MS NOW" but many others call "group therapy for the mentally deranged" — cut out immediately as @POTUS started to describe shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure. See Jen Psaki's denial.

NBC, ABC, and CNN Blacked Out the President's Speech, So Aunt Mary and Uncle John Deleted THEM 

 . . . "Have you met my Uncle John and Aunt Mary? John and Mary are no simps. I've known my Uncle John for my whole life and my Aunt Mary for most of it, and the thing is, they saw the stories coming out over the last couple of years about election issues, including no voter ID, bums being paid to register to vote (how you doin', Brenda?), and "China printed how many ballots?" stories this whole time, which were already UNDERreported by the mainstream media. But surely, they thought, Trump's bringing the receipts. "This is gonna be big!'" . . . 

Nets Kowtow to AOC, Refuse to Air Trump Speech but Offer Rebuttals

. . . "Amazing stuff here. Is the refusal to acknowledge the possibility of a scintilla of election-related impropriety not its own form of election denialism?

"Next, Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan comes on and refutes President Trump’s claims against China with…literal Chinese propaganda." . . .   Watch...

"In sum, a fancy version of “without evidence” and complaints of Trump not presenting evidence during the speech that had just been declassified." 

CNN Accidentally Tells on Itself, Reveals Why It Didn't Air Trump's Speech Live

"But in some ways, CNN was the worst, revealing more than it probably intended when it explained why it didn't air the speech.

Joe Biden savaged over memoir announcement

Joe Biden is brutally roasted over new memoir as critics give book savage fake name

"Joe Biden announced in a Wednesday social media video that his long-expected book on his White House tenure would be published in mid-November.

The announcement was greeted with Republican scorn and Democratic relief. 

'What are the odds Joe Biden even knows he's releasing a book?' White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson posted in a mocking response.

Other users deployed memes and AI-generated imagery to punctuate their mockery of the former president, including a book titled I Forgot. 

Biden said the book, called Promise Me, America, would cover everything from addressing the COVID pandemic to his decision to drop out of the race. 

The publication date is November 17 - exactly two weeks after a crucial midterm Election Day. 

Michael LaRosa, a former spokesman for First Lady Jill Biden, credited the Bidens for timing any bombshells about the Democratic defeat to land after voting day." . . . More...

 UK Daily Mail: Joe Biden savaged over memoir announcement

10 Rejected Titles For Biden’s New Memoir | Babylon Bee   

• "At long last, the wait is over — President Joe Biden has written a memoir about his time in the White House. The book, titled Promise Me, America, will be released this fall following the November midterm elections, but that wasn't the only title that was pitched.   Here is an exclusive list of potential titles that were rejected:"
• 
  If You Don't Read This, You Ain't Black: Close, but the marketing team wanted to cast a wider net.
• My Time As, You Know, The Thing: All the trademark clarity of his presidency in one phrase.
• Two Scoops of Mint Chocolate Chip, Waffle Cone, Please: Always ice cream with this guy.
• Look, Fat: This option was ultimately discarded to avoid body shaming any potential readers.
• The Last of the Dog-Faced Pony Soldiers: A tantalizing tease of the treasures found in the book.
• My Life as a Chinese Asset: A little too raw and real-world.
• Tales from a Truck Driving Lifeguard: This title was tossed after the fictional portion of the book was removed.
• How We Finally Beat Medicare: An inspiring rallying cry everyone still hasn't figured out.
• If I Did It: His "hypothetical" confession to killing America, right there in black and white.
• Truinnernationalundrepressure: Surprisingly, this is more legible than the rest of the memoir." . . .More...

A majority of Gen Z now supports socialism thanks to Leftist teachers

"None of this is rocket science. But you do have to stop and think — and that is what too many of our schools and colleges are failing to teach their students to do."   Dr. Thomas Sowell

Whatfinger News' Choice Clips   "A majority of Gen Z now supports socialism. Not because they enjoy starving in gulags, but because public schools are run by NPR interns while Washington fed Gen Z into an economic woodchipper."    Video here...

Professor blames education system for Gen Z socialism   

"Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow and Professor of Political Science Nicholas Giordano says that Gen Z’s growing acceptance of socialism is a result of the education system demonizing capitalism."

Socialism for the Uninformed, by Dr. Thomas Sowell | Creators Syndicate

"Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster.

"While throngs of young people are cheering loudly for avowed socialist Bernie Sanders, socialism has turned oil-rich Venezuela into a place where there are shortages of everything from toilet paper to beer, where electricity keeps shutting down, and where there are long lines of people hoping to get food, people complaining that they cannot feed their families.

"With national income going down, and prices going up under triple-digit inflation in Venezuela, these complaints are by no means frivolous. But it is doubtful if the young people cheering for Bernie Sanders have even heard of such things, whether in Venezuela or in other countries around the world that have turned their economies over to politicians and bureaucrats to run.

"The anti-capitalist policies in Venezuela have worked so well that the number of companies in Venezuela is now a fraction of what it once was. That should certainly reduce capitalist "exploitation," shouldn't it?

"But people who attribute income inequality to capitalists exploiting workers, as Karl Marx claimed, never seem to get around to testing that belief against facts — such as the fact that none of the Marxist regimes around the world has ever had as high a standard of living for working people as there is in many capitalist countries.

"Facts are seldom allowed to contaminate the beautiful vision of the left. What matters to the true believers are the ringing slogans, endlessly repeated." . . .More...

CNBC Proves Why Nobody Cares About Corporate Media Anymore

The American Spectator 

"It’s pitiful. But it’s an immaculate rendering of what legacy corporate media has become and refuses to move beyond, and why it won’t last much longer in its current formation."

. . . "The study itself is a big, fat nothing. It claims that Tennessee is the worst state in America to live, followed by Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, and Georgia to round out the bottom five. (RELATED: The Spectator P.M. Ep. 229: CNBC’s ‘Top States’ Ranking Is the Top Flop of 2026)

. . . "Those are what Scott Cohn thinks are the important factors in quality of life? How easy it is for a woman to kill her unborn baby, and how friendly the local libraries are to Drag Queen Story Hour?

"All of the top 10 worst places for Scott Cohn, a veteran legacy corporate media reporter out of San Francisco, to live are red states. Rounding out his bottom 10 are Utah, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. (RELATED: Y’all Street Is Eating Wall Street’s Lunch)

"And they want you to believe this is credible.

"Hilariously, four of the worst states to live, according to Cohn’s listicle, are in the top 10 of CNBC’s best states for business — Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Indiana. So the two worst states to live in America are among the top 10 best states to do business. Cool story, bro! (RELATED: Go South, Young Man, Go South)

"It would have been a bit more believable if Scott Cohn had told you that these were the top 10 worst places for the LGBTQIA++ Alphabet People to live, or that they were the top 10 worst places for women wanting to have abortions — or men wanting to have wanton sex without fatherhood — to live.

"But nope. Scott Cohn and his team of “researchers” at CNBC decided to impose San Francisco values on red states and found Tennessee and Texas to fail the biggest of all." . . .

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European Girl Shocked by Rural America

Cori Ander explores the Pacific Northwest, visiting the iconic Twin Peaks diner and experiencing local customs like the imperial measurement system. The journey continues through the countryside to observe wildlife and explore a community rummage sale, offering a unique perspective on life and nature in Washington State.

Cori Ander*

"To experience small-town life in the USA, I rented a car and headed out into the countryside of Washington State. In the idyllic town of North Bend, I visited Twede’s Cafe, the world-famous diner from the Twin Peaks movie. After that, I continued my journey to Snoqualmie to explore some of Washington’s beautiful nature."

*Coriander is an aromatic herb and spice from the plant Coriandrum sativum, with edible leaves (cilantro) and seeds used in cooking worldwide.  Just saying. No particular reason. TD

Communism Hasn't Been Done Right. (Yeah, That’s The Ticket.)

"The current crop of young Democrat/DSA politicians is testing the leftist theory that communism will work if you just put the right people in charge."

Milli Sands

"An admission: I am not a fan of communism, socialism, fascism, or Nazism.

"So, I have a bias.

"That said, I also have an open mind.

"And there seem to be lots of people who are fan-boys/girls/trans of the Democratic Socialists of America (“DSA”) who think that having the conglomerate known as the Democrats/Progressive/Liberals (DPLs) embrace them is the right move.

"I am willing to accept, with sufficient proof (whenever that comes), that the problem with communism/socialism is one of poor implementation.

"After all, great minds such as Noam Chomsky, Richard D. Wolff and Stephen Resnick, and Owen Jones seem to suggest that.

"So, I got to thinking about other brilliant ideas that simply have been poorly implemented, but for that would succeed, as would communism/socialism.

"Many of these persons have won Darwin Awards.

"Some possess skills in their respective areas:" . . .

A sampling of the cast of characters who Democrats expect can "do it right":

What is most encouraging about the near-guaranteed success of the upcoming implementation of communism/socialism, i.e., it being done right? The cast of characters:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14): Armed with an overpriced Boston University international relations degree, her pre-political résumé boils down to slinging cocktails and a pathetic home-based children’s book startup that died instantly.

Rashida Tlaib (MI-12): Textbook career grifter who leveraged her law degree into instant taxpayer-funded state gigs and cozy progressive nonprofit sinecures.

Ilhan Omar (MN-05): Glided from a political science degree straight into municipal nutrition busywork and policy aide handouts—a lifelong parasite on government institutions. Though, to her credit, she prepped for her Feeding Our Future fraud by having a background in nutrition.

Ayanna Pressley (MA-07): Dropped out of college to latch onto congressional staff gigs and city council, scoring a flawless lifetime on the government teat with zero private-sector contamination.   

Read the author's full list here for other names you should know...

Erasing Little Italy Is About More Than a Map

Ben Shapiro

"New York City has long been celebrated as a city of immigrant neighborhoods. Little Italy, Chinatown, Harlem, Washington Heights, Brighton Beach - these communities tell the story of generations of newcomers who helped build America's largest city while gradually becoming part of it.

"That history makes one omission from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's recently released map of immigrant communities particularly striking.

"Little Italy wasn't there.

Instead, the map highlighted a series of neighborhoods identified as "Little Pakistan," "Little Senegal," "Little Yemen" and even "Little Palestine." City Hall defended the project by saying it was never intended to identify religious enclaves but rather neighborhoods with substantial foreign-born populations from around the world.

"That explanation raises an obvious question: If the goal was to recognize immigrant communities, how does one leave out perhaps the most iconic immigrant neighborhood in New York City?

"Little Italy is more than a tourist destination. It represents one of the defining chapters in the city's history - a reminder of the millions of Italian immigrants who arrived in America, endured discrimination, built businesses and eventually became woven into the fabric of American life. Omitting it while highlighting far newer and, in some cases, unofficial neighborhood designations sends a message, whether intended or not, about which immigrant stories deserve recognition.The omission also fits a broader pattern.

"During the protests of 2020, Mamdani posted a photograph of himself making an obscene gesture toward a statue of Christopher Columbus, accompanied by the caption, "Take it down." Columbus has become a lightning rod in America's culture wars, but for many Italian Americans, his monuments represent more than one historical figure. They symbolize a community that fought for acceptance in a country where Italians were once treated as outsiders." . . ."

NY Italians put Mamdani on notice after ‘sacred ground’ snub: ‘We stand against communists!’  "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is under fire from an Italian American heritage group after Little Italy was left off a city immigrant-neighborhood map tied to a World Cup tourism campaign — an omission critics called an insult to one of the communities that helped build New York.

"Zohran Mamdani wants to ERASE Italian Americans. First, he denied our permit for Unity Day 2026. Now, he is excluding Little Italy as a recognized location all together on the map," wrote the Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL) on X along with a press release.

"Italian Americans BUILT NEW YORK CITY. Not third world Ugandans, We stand AGAINST COMMUNISTS," the group added." . . .