Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s once-commanding lead in the New York City mayoral race has narrowed significantly, according to a new Suffolk University poll — signaling a tightening contest just over a week before voters head to the polls on November 4. The survey shows Mamdani leading with 43.8% support among likely voters, compared to 33.6% for independent candidate and former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, and 10.8% for Republican […]
Accident or attack? In what is considered a highly unusual event, two U.S. naval aircraft flying from the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN 68), an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter, crashed within a 30-minute time span in the volatile South China Sea. This is the fourth F/A-18 that the Navy […]
U.S. defense officials say the military conducted three lethal strikes Monday against four vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean suspected of narcotics trafficking, resulting in 14 confirmed deaths and one survivor. War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the four vessels were identified by U.S. intelligence as operating along known drug trafficking routes and linked to “Designated […]
Newsom’s got a plan… California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of the most high-profile critics of President Donald Trump, says he will consider running for the White House in 2028 after the midterm elections next year. Asked in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” whether it would be fair to assess that Gov. Newsom would give a […]
“You will respect our president!” In a moment few expected, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) allegedly came to the defense of President Donald Trump during a diplomatic trip to Europe earlier this year, according to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL). Luna recounted the incident on the PBD Podcast last week, describing a tense exchange between a […]
A new lawsuit in New York is challenging congressional maps on racial grounds, Erika Kirk prepares for her first public interview since her husband’s assassination, and federal agents arrest a man accused of plotting a murder-for-hire against the U.S. Attorney General. Together, the stories weave a thread between politics, power, and safety. Redrawing the Lines: […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson declared that there are no “illegal aliens” in Chicago and that using the term is “racist.” Speaking to reporters about his administration’s handling of migrants, the Democrat mayor said that calling anyone an “illegal alien” is equivalent to calling Black Americans “slaves.” “We don’t have illegal aliens,” Johnson said. “I don’t know if […]
The word “OK” is everywhere. It sits comfortably in text messages, headlines, presidential speeches, and even rocket transmissions. Yet its origins are so unassuming that few realize this global linguistic phenomenon began as a Boston newspaper joke in 1839. What started as a bit of editorial humor, an intentionally misspelled abbreviation, became the most universally […]
Greetings from the People’s Republic of Massachusetts! It has been some time since I wrote about what is going on behind the enemy lines, but I can no longer stay silent. I’m sure you saw our Governor Maura Healey crying over the government shutdown and the possibility of SNAP benefits not being covered for those […]
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A 16-year-old student at Kenwood High School was handcuffed and searched after an AI-powered weapon detection system wrongly identified a crumpled bag of chips as a gun, officials confirmed. The incident occurred Oct. 20, shortly after football practice, when the student, Taki Allen, sat outside the school with friends and slipped […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – We should assume China is powerful even as we acknowledge its weaknesses. China against China. Thirteen years after Xi Jinping ascended to the top of China’s leadership hierarchy, observers in Washington remain deeply confused about how to assess his rule. To some, Xi is the second coming of Mao, having accumulated […]
Signatures Without A Soul: Why Biden’s Autopen Actions Are Null And Void
The question before the nation is deceptively simple yet constitutionally profound: can the president of the United States delegate his own will to a machine? The House Oversight Committee, under Chairman James Comer, has determined that President Biden’s use of the autopen, a mechanical device employed by staff to replicate his signature, in the absence […]