Olympic gymnastics legend Simone Biles has apparently deleted her X (formerly Twitter) account after facing intense public backlash for attacking women’s rights advocate Riley Gaines and appearing to defend the inclusion of biological males in female sports. A search for Biles’ handle, @Simone_Biles, now yields the message: “This account doesn’t exist.” The deletion follows a […]
Following Iran’s launch of 14 missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, President Trump downplayed the attack as “very weak,” noting that 13 missiles were intercepted and the lone one that got through caused no damage. He emphasized that there were no American casualties. Trump thanked Iran for providing advance warning, which he credited […]
The story of Iran is a story of civilizational brilliance undone. Persia, the land of Cyrus and Darius, stood for centuries as one of the great pillars of human advancement. Its engineers carved rivers through deserts. Its kings issued the first known declaration of human rights. Its physicians established the world’s first university hospital. And […]
The CATO Institute has long pushed for open borders, a stance that contrasts with the views of other libertarians like Milton Friedman, who argued that open immigration only works if the country doesn’t have a large welfare system. In a new report, despite all the evidence to the contrary, CATO again claims that illegal immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than […]
A strike on a symbol of state oppression… In the early hours of June 23, a missile — or possibly a drone — struck the gates of Iran’s Evin Prison, the Islamic Republic’s notorious holding site for political prisoners, journalists, dual nationals, and regime critics. Footage shows the prison’s entrance blown apart. The message wasn’t […]
A Public Clash Over U.S. Foreign Policy and Conservative Priorities Fox News host Mark Levin called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday after she criticized U.S. military involvement in the growing conflict between Iran and Israel. Levin, a longtime conservative commentator and Trump ally, dismissed Greene as a “shameless nitwit” for comments he […]
60 Children Rescued, Eight Arrested in Two-Week Crackdown Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday announced Operation Dragon Eye — a sweeping, two-week child trafficking operation that state officials are calling the largest of its kind in U.S. history. The initiative led to the rescue of 60 children between the ages of 9 and 17, […]
Now-Deleted Posts Expressed Concern for Iran After U.S. Bombing of Nuclear Sites The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is under fire after its official X account briefly posted a message expressing sympathy for Iran following a U.S. military strike targeting the regime’s nuclear weapons program. “Our hearts go out to the victims and families […]
[UPDATED — 1:54 p.m. EDT] A Fox News report from a U.S. official states that no American service members were harmed in today’s Iranian strike. [UPDATED — 1:46 p.m. EDT] According to The New York Times, Iran informed Qatar in advance of its intention to launch a missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base — […]
The Brazilian Judge Who Would Be King Faces An American Reckoning
There is an old maxim that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. In the case of Alexandre de Moraes, Justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), the phrase feels less like a cautionary adage and more like a clinical diagnosis. What began as a seemingly standard judicial appointment has curdled into something far more […]