Fox News "Rep. Mariannette Miller‑Meeks, R-Iowa, joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the bombshell allegations against Adam Schiff, why she believes he should step down, and [also] a surge in female military recruitment."
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Trump hand-delivered Putin a letter from First Lady Melania on ‘plight of children in Ukraine and Russia’:
" 'I go home, I tell the first lady, ‘I spoke to Vladimir today, we had a wonderful conversation.’ And she says, ‘Oh really, another city was just hit,” he said from the Oval Office."
"President Donald Trump hand-delivered Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter from First Lady Melania Trump on the “plight of children in Ukraine and Russia,” according to a new report that cites White House officials.
"Trump met with Putin for nearly three hours on Friday at a U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska. In their first meeting in six years the two leaders discussed the war in Ukraine. Trump has pushed for peace in the region but no ceasefire deal came out of the talks.
"Melania Trump, who was born in Slovenia, wrote Putin a letter that mentioned the abductions of children in the over three-year war, which Trump gave to Putin at the summit, two White House officials told Reuters.
"While the exact number of missing children remains unclear, the Institute for the Study of War reported in March Ukraine verified nearly 19,500 children have been deported by Russia. But the research non-profit said, “The true figure is likely to be much higher because Russia frequently targets vulnerable children without anyone to speak for them.”
"In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin, accusing him of the war crimes of unlawfully deporting children and unlawfully transferring them from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the questions raised by the ICC “outrageous and unacceptable,” Reuters reported at the time. He also mentioned Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the court, so “any decisions of this kind are null and void” for the country.
"Prior to Friday’s summit, Trump had spoken on the phone with Putin on several occasions, but it didn’t seem to move the needle on the war in Ukraine. In recent months, Trump grew more frustrated with the Russian leader, as he continued his military campaign in Ukraine.
"Last month, Trump talked about Melania reminding him of the deadly toll of Russia’s bombardments on Ukraine." . . .
Democrats Betray Democracy to Stop Trump
"But you’re angry because you’re impotent, and you’ve created false narratives that Donald Trump is doing what you have actually done. And what is that? Destroying democracy."
. . . "The Democrats have a new narrative, the Left in general does, that they are saving democracy from President Donald Trump. And that justifies “almost any means” necessary to achieve the end of destroying or preventing Donald Trump from governing effectively.
"The problem with all of this is they are destroying democracy to destroy Donald Trump.
"What do I mean? One of the issues that they are agitating is the redistricting of congressional districts in Texas and California now. And the general problem the Left has is, if you look at gerrymandering to make these jigsaw puzzle piece-like districts, the Left is way ahead of the Right. In other words, states that have proportions of 30% to 40% to 50% for Donald Trump do not have that level of representation in the Congress.
"And there’s been sophisticated studies of gerrymandering. And it boils down to the Republicans are short some six to 10 seats in the House, based on the proportion of the national vote they have received.
"The Democrats know that, but they’re angry about the Texas reapportionment and gerrymandering. And their attitude is: “We’ve already gerrymandered our states to the maximum. Don’t dare try to emulate us.”
"James Carville said that they have to get tougher. That’s the new mantra: Gotta get tougher. Gotta get meaner. Sen. Cory Booker screams and yells and throws a fit about every three weeks in the Senate. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries picks up his baseball bat. There’s usually a video with “the squad” or representatives using the word “s—” or the F-word, kind of pornographic. Rep. Jasmine Crockett periodically calls Donald Trump names that can’t be repeated on air. But you can see the anger." . . .
Toronto Film Festival Changes Mind, Will Show October 7 Documentary
Legal Insurrection TIFF worried about anti-Israel protesters and…Hamas copyright claims.
"The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) changed its mind and will screen a documentary about the Hamas massacre in Israel on October 7.
From The New York Post:
TIFF’s turnaround comes only as the festival faced outrage over reports that “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue” wouldn’t be screened, because the filmmakers used footage filmed by Hamas but didn’t obtain the rights for the clips.Festival CEO Cameron Bailey defended the earlier decision to bump the documentary from its September lineup, denying accusations that “censorship” played a role.“I want to be clear: Claims that the film was rejected due to censorship are unequivocally false. I remain committed to working with the filmmaker to meet TIFF’s screening requirements to allow the film to be screened at this year’s festival,” Bailey wrote on social media.“I have asked our legal team to work with the filmmaker on considering all options available,” he added.But the documentary’s filmmakers said the film has not been reinstated at the festival.“As it stands, TIFF has not communicated to us in writing that it has reversed its decision. This continues to be a negotiation.”
" Leslie wrote about TIFF banning the documentary because the Hamas footage came from the terrorists live stream of the attack.
"TIFF worried about anti-Israel protesters and…Hamas copyright claims.
"What a joke.
"Documentary producer Talia Harris said the live streamed footage puts it in the public domain." . . .
The Week In Pictures: Democrats All-In For Crime Edition
"There was a lot of news this week. Texas Democrats, emulating their brethren in Wisconsin and Minnesota, fled to greener pastures in hyper-gerrymandered Illinois. The battle over illegal immigration continued. As of this writing, President Trump and Vladimir Putin are conferring in Alaska.
"But the overwhelming favorite of meme-creators was President Trump’s effort to get crime in the District of Columbia under control. That seems like a laudable objective, but every Democrat, without exception as far as I know, has lined up on the side of the criminals. The District has sued to stop Trump from saving residents from violence and disorder. And the Deep State, in the person of Sean Dunn, a Department of Justice employee, summed up the irrationality and futility of the Democrats’ position by throwing a Subway sandwich at an FBI agent.
"Dunn has been described as a “theater kid” from–sadly!–South Dakota. No doubt he thought he was acting nobly, like all Democrats, and is surprised to find himself fired and facing a felony count. Assault with a deadly sandwich. Meme-creators couldn’t resist.
"So here we go:" . . .
Gaza Part One: The Situation: Hamas wages war through terror and propaganda, while Israel is blamed for crimes it did not commit—facts ignored as the world embraces a false narrative.
American Greatness This is the first installment of a three-part series on the Gaza situation, political fallout, root causes, and real-world ramifications.
Hamas has deliberately adopted a strategy of maximizing civilian casualties by operating from hospitals, schools, and crowded neighborhoods, forcing the IDF to fight in civilian areas.
"The movement among key members of the international community to recognize a Palestinian state must be seen in the broader context of the war between Israel and Hamas—beginning with an analysis of the facts on the ground, free from the deceits of propaganda.
"First and foremost, Hamas is a radical Islamist terrorist organization that continues to hold both living hostages and the bodies of those they have already slain—a reality far too many in the feckless international community ignore.
"Hamas is a radical Sunni Muslim organization that has repeatedly declared its intent not only to destroy the State of Israel but also to murder as many Jews as possible, regardless of nationality. As a confirmed proponent of Islamic jihadism, Hamas also seeks to recreate a second Caliphate, in which Islam would reign supreme over the entire world. Hamas, therefore, also seeks to subjugate Christians (dhimmitude) and will kill as many of them as is necessary to attain this aim. As the jihadist slogan goes, first the Saturday people (the Jews), then the Sunday people (the Christians).
"A barbarous cog in the global jihad movement, Hamas has evidenced its rejection of Western values of democracy and human rights through murder, rape, and kidnapping in pursuit of power.
"Hamas launched the war on October 7, 2023, when it invaded Israel, killing 1,200 Israelis and foreign residents, and kidnapping 250 people. Hamas murdered its victims in incredibly barbaric ways, including burning families to death, beheading babies, and raping and mutilating women before slaughtering them. Hamas filmed their vile atrocities and broadcast them on public media so the world could witness their crimes and cruelty, and either cower or celebrate in the face of them.
"The attacked and aggrieved nation, Israel, didn’t immediately counterattack. When it did, the Israel Defense Forces (“the IDF”) made an unprecedented attempt to protect Gaza’s citizens. Before attacking certain areas, the IDF called Gazans on their cell phones and dropped leaflets announcing where the attacks would take place and where the Gazans should go to avoid being caught in a war zone. While civilians have died, the civilian-to-soldier death ratio has been historically low. Expert military historians, including John Spencer, have hailed the IDF for its efforts to minimize civilian casualties." . . .
Did you ‘misgender’ the mentally ill? You may be entitled to refugee status.
Olivia Murray- American Thinker
"A young Brazilian woman who was facing twenty-five years in prison for “social racism” after “misgendering a transgender politician” on social media has been granted refugee status in an undisclosed European nation."
. . . "Now, how gayness/queerness is a race is beyond me, but like I noted above, those five counts of “social racism” came with almost three decades in jail. For context, the prison sentence that Cêpa was facing is lengthier than what most child rapists in Brazil receive upon conviction: non-violent sex with a child under 14 will get you 6–10 years, violent sex comes with a penalty of 8–12 years, and if the child dies while you rape him or her? 12–30 years. In fact, you can murder someone, and get around half, or equal the punishment that Cêpa was fixing to receive. (Murder comes with a prison sentence between 12 and 30 years.)
"When the justice system becomes so unjust, what legitimacy does it have anymore?
"Despite all Europe’s (very serious) flaws, free speech didn’t die today. Sure, free speech is dead in Brazil, but that’s what happens when communists take over, and you have a Supreme Court that can issue arrests, and be the jury, judge, and executioner."
There Won't be a Biden Presidential Library
Douglas Schwartz - American Thinker
"Don’t be disappointed if you’re anxious to attend the Biden Presidential Library’s opening. It almost certainly will never exist. D.C. swampsters are trying to bury the record, hoping the public forgets how bad things were. Its subject will soon be either in the ground or too incapacitated to solicit funding. Biden staffers retaining criminal defense counsel have no interest in a library containing evidence for prosecutors to mine. No reporters from press outlets complicit in enabling chaos are hounding Biden. DOGE revelations testify to his administration's wholesale graft. FBI servers were purged of controversial data, unburdening what had been."
"There theoretically is a Joseph R. Biden Presidential Library. But it’s only virtual. The closest to a physical library was boxes stacked in his garage next to the Corvette. Biden has no plans, saying, “I’ve talked to former presidents – apparently building the library is a gigantic undertaking...And so I haven’t made that decision yet.” A Biden library would only occur if his entourage of grifters sought a vehicle for raising cash, taking a page from Clinton’s and Obama’s playbooks.
"Too much Biden administration funny business must never see daylight. Why would the Big Guy showcase incriminating evidence, even that which isn’t a Schedule II controlled substance? The linked headlines below reveal the empty reality. . . More...
Douglas Schwartz blogs at The Great Class War, applying pattern recognition of historical cycles to place current events into context.
Putin: ‘I can confirm’ Ukraine war would have never started if Trump was president (Video) | New York Post "Putin spoke first at the press conference with Trump in Alaska and said the meeting between Russia and the United States was long overdue. As the war in Ukraine has raged on, Trump has consistently maintained that the conflict would have never started if he were President. "I can confirm that," Putin said."
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