Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) is coming to the defense of disgraced former Congressman George Santos, who is currently serving out his prison sentence. On Monday, Greene called on President Trump to issue a pardon to Santos, who began his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey last month after being sentenced to […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Russia warns against threats after Trump repositions nuclear submarines. The first official statement from the Kremlin about Trump’s move seemed to distance Vladimir Putin from ex-president Dmitry Medvedev’s inflammatory comments. Putin and Trump’s relationship has soured – but behind the posturing, a Ukraine deal is still possible. When you are moving […]
The Al‑Ihsan Islamic Center in Minnesota has drawn criticism after providing a community character reference for a Somali Muslim immigrant, Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie, recently convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl. Dirie received a 12-year prison sentence as a result of the crime. Details of the Crime and Conviction Dirie, born in Somalia during the country’s […]
Washington, August 5, 2025 — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R‑Ky.) today announced plans to issue subpoenas to a host of high-profile figures from Democratic and Republican administrations — along with Bill and Hillary Clinton — as part of its expanding probe into the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking cases. The committee is also […]
In a high-stakes escalation over redistricting, the Texas House voted 85–6 on Monday to authorize civil arrest warrants for Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to deny Republicans the two-thirds quorum needed to pass a new congressional map. Governor Greg Abbott immediately ordered the Department of Public Safety to locate and apprehend missing legislators and […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed her subordinates to convene a grand jury to investigate whether officials from former President Barack Obama’s administration politicized intelligence to falsely link Donald Trump to Russia during the 2016 election. The inquiry stems from a criminal referral submitted by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, who accused senior […]
Democratic Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) is facing intense backlash following a controversial statement made during a left-wing political summit in Mexico City, where she told an audience in Spanish, “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” The remarks, delivered during the Panamerican Congress, a gathering of progressive politicians from across the Americas, ignited a […]
President Donald Trump weighed in this week on the controversy surrounding actress Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans commercial, mocking critics and defending the ad as a hit — especially after learning Sweeney is a registered Republican. “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there,” Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. “It’s for […]
Stephen Colbert may be saying goodbye to his own late-night fanchise — but he’s not leaving TV altogether. With The Late Show with Stephen Colbert scheduled to end in May 2026, the veteran host has secured a creative pivot: a guest role playing a late-night talk show host on CBS’ crime-comedy drama Elsbeth. Colbert will […]
The latest Gallup poll on Americans party identification reveals an interesting split. While the Democrat Party’s favorability has hit a new rock bottom, they have surged ahead of Republicans in party identification. “Americans’ party affiliation has flipped back toward the Democratic Party after the Republican Party held advantages for most of 2023 and 2024. However, […]
The intellectual foundation of modern climate policy rests on a shaky assumption: that anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, left unchecked, will wreak unmanageable havoc on the Earth’s climate and economy, and that radical mitigation is the only path forward. This assumption has been treated not as hypothesis but dogma, one that brooks no dissent. Yet, on […]
The Smart Play: Fines, Pressure, And Patience In The Texas House Showdown
The Texas Constitution is many things, deliberate, idiosyncratic, stubbornly unyielding, but above all, it is orderly. It is not designed for spectacle. It is certainly not a vehicle for legislative melodrama, nor for the theatrics of politicians who believe governance is best performed at a remove from their constitutional duty. Yet here we are again, […]