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Note: The information provided here or in any related communications is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. We do not provide personalized investment, financial, or legal advice. Gateway Pundit benefits from purchases made through our sponsors. by Lindsey Hough Elon Musk just made his biggest move yet… And by May 31, everything could change. Not just for Tesla.For Silicon Valley itself. Behind the scenes, Elon is quietly assembling what insiders believe could become the first $10 trillion tech empire in history. Tesla.SpaceX.xAI.Neuralink.The Boring Company. One interconnected AI machine. This isn’t about EVs anymore.Or robotaxis.Or…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The true cost of AI is rapidly catching up with the tech industry. At first, tech leaders were adamant that their workforce use up as much AI resources as possible, an approach that’s become known as “tokenmaxxing.” But as prices for cloud AI tools continue to soar, managers are starting to ask pointed questions about whether all of those expenses are actually worth it. Some are even coming to the realization that it may be cheaper to pay human coders after all. In…

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A child receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., on Nov. 4, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration’s panel of vaccine advisers will consider which COVID-19 strains the agency should direct manufacturers to target in the fall.The FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on May 28 and vote on whether vaccines should be reformulated to target XFG variants.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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A for sale sign in Elkridge, Md., on Sept. 27, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesRefinancing activity in the U.S. housing market plummeted last week as mortgage rates hit their highest level in nine months, new industry data released on May 27 show.Refinancing decreased by 18 percent for the week ending May 22 and is up by 19 percent from the same time a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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Spain’s elite anti-corruption unit raided the Socialist Party’s Madrid headquarters Wednesday, collecting evidence as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. The action adds to a list of legal troubles for the Sánchez government. The National Court indicted Ana Fuentes — the party’s finance manager since 2021 — accusing her of taking part in a scheme to discredit government critics, Politico reported. The same court charged former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero a week earlier over the 2021 Plus Ultra airlines bailout, the outlet reported.Officers from the Civil Guard’s Central Operative Unit…

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A Leon County circuit judge has UPHELD Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new congressional redistricting map, handing yet another humiliating courtroom loss to notorious leftist election lawyer Marc Elias and his Democrat allies. On Tuesday, Judge Joshua Hawkes denied the request for a temporary injunction from Equal Ground Florida and their attorneys at the Elias Law Group. The ruling means Florida’s new map — which shifts the state’s congressional delegation from a previous 20R-8D advantage to a dominant 24R-4D — will be used in the 2026 elections. “Once again, we beat Marc Elias,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier declared on X. “Florida’s…

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Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Fighters are now streaming in from around the world to wage the final, global jihad. On May 16, President Trump killed the world’s #2 ISIS commander in a strike on his compound inside Nigeria. Americans better start paying attention. Nigeria is not a sideline in the war on terror. It is today the center of Islamic end-times theology — what they believe is the prophesied launchpad for the one, final, global jihad Muhammad himself said would end the age. Muhammad taught two things every Muslim child still learns. The world is…

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This is just more evidence why the federal government needs to be abolished by the People, according to their right and duty to do so under the Declaration of Independence.  More of our money is being unconstitutionally sent to Ukraine under Donald Trump.  Remember when people were upset that Joe Biden was in bed with Ukraine?  Now, it’s the Trump administration.Lance D Johnson has the latest on America’s transfer of wealth. The United States has just approved a $108.1 million sale of maintenance equipment for the HAWK missile system to Ukraine, a transaction that reveals far more about Western military…

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Federal prosecutors inexplicably dropped charges this month against an Israeli linked to a dangerous biological laboratory in Nevada. Authorities arrested property manager Ori Salomon in February in connection with a probe into hazardous materials being stored in a Las Vegas home, according to police statements and court records. The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Salomon with illegally possessing a firearm on a non-immigrant visa before dropping its case. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: COVID Mandates Derailed Massachusetts Cops’ Careers. They’re Still Picking Up The Pieces.) #UPDATE Sheriff Kevin McMahill, alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Clark County Fire Department, provided a detailed…

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(CN) — A suspected pirate ship, a panicked crew and a three-month detention off West Africa ended Wednesday with an international maritime court ruling that Equatorial Guinea illegally seized and held a giant oil tanker.The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea largely sided with the Marshall Islands, the flag state of the M/T Heroic Idun, a massive crude carrier detained in 2022 after Nigerian authorities accused it of trying to illegally load oil near one of the country’s offshore terminals.The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, based in Hamburg, Germany, was created in the 1990s under…

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A Glock handgun and two magazines, in a file photograph. Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoMaryland’s governor on May 26 signed legislation that bans selling, buying, and receiving many handguns, prompting groups such as the National Rifle Association to sue.Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, signed Senate Bill 334, which bars people from manufacturing, selling, buying, receiving, or transferring guns defined as “machine gun convertible pistols.”We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was placed under arrest Tuesday and hit with multiple charges of domestic violence, the Hobart-Lawrence (Wisconsin) Police Department (HLPD) said The 28-year-old Jacobs received charges of domestic abuse, intimidation of a victim, disorderly conduct (domestic abuse, strangulation and suffocation) and battery (domestic abuse, criminal damage to property), per ESPN,Jacobs faces a felony with the charge of strangulation and suffocation, while the remaining four charges are classified as misdemeanors, according to Brown County jail records. They also show that Jacobs was booked with no bond. (RELATED: Lawsuit From Former US Olympian Against USA Fencing…

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Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. There’s a reason certain shows don’t just attract listeners, they attract controversy. The Rabbi’s Table, hosted by Rabbi Michael Barclay, is starting to fall into that category. What began as a niche platform for long-form discussions on Israel, theology, and geopolitics is now drawing attention for something bigger. It is becoming a place where some of the most uncomfortable and polarizing questions about the future of Western societies are being aired without restraint. That shift did not happen by accident. Barclay has spent years writing and speaking about the intersection…

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Customers line up to purchase items during a close-out sale at Miller’s Surplus in Tucson, Ariz., on April 4, 2026. Allan Stein/The Epoch TimesConsumer confidence in the United States declined marginally in May due to the continued persistence of price shocks from the ongoing Middle East conflict between the United States and Iran, according to a May 26 statement from think tank The Conference Board.The board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell 0.7 points to 93.1 this month from April. The Present Situation Index, which assesses current labor market and business conditions, declined 3.2 points. On the positive side, the Expectations Index,…

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Spanish police searched the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party on Wednesday. It is part of an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing linked to a party member. The member allegedly tried to influence police and legal cases that could damage the party. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. His party faces a series of corruption scandals. Communists, which is what he actually is, are always corrupt. “We respect the justice system, we will collaborate with the courts, and there is the commitment in the Socialist Party that if…

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The Hamas Global Front Group has chapters, offices, and relationships with other organizations and front groups around the world. Photo courtesy of Izvestia. The organizations behind the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was interdicted on May 19, 2026, by Israeli forces while attempting to breach the blockade on Gaza, were part of a global front-group architecture that Hamas has been building for decades. The network spans Europe, North America, and the Middle East, and many of its affiliated organizations have long been designated by the U.S. government as terrorist entities or terrorist financiers. The mechanism connecting Hamas to its overseas operations…

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By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Wednesday, May 27, 2026Mike Winger | YouTube/Screenshot/Mike WingerChristian YouTuber and Bible teacher Mike Winger announced he will take a “long overdue” three-month sabbatical beginning in June after postponing the break for months while working on his series about “cover-up culture.”“I was supposed to go on a sabbatical in January,” Winger said during Episode 77 of his podcast. “It didn’t happen because of this series on cover-up culture, because of the stuff I’ve been working on, that sabbatical did not take place.”Winger, who just hit over 1 million subscribers on YouTube — “It’s all by…

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The National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly deleted several posts attacking Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday after he won his Senate runoff race in a landslide. The Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, which backed ousted Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn, removed a statement from July 10 which criticized Paxton’s extramarital affair while married to Republican Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton. The page on the website takes readers to a “404” page, which includes a photograph of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and states, “You’re As Lost As They Are!”“What Ken Paxton has put his…

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Some Americans said loyalty to President Donald Trump is the thing they like the least about the GOP, according to a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll released Wednesday. The new survey found that 12% of U.S. adults responded Trump or “loyalty to Trump” when asked what they dislike most about the Republican Party. Another 4% of adults said they disliked the GOP for not backing Trump enough, according to the poll. (RELATED: Republicans Cozying Up With Democrats To Save Liberals’ Favorite Censorship Agency)Of those surveyed, 4% mentioned “ineffective” or “weak and unqualified” leadership as what they dislike most about the Republican…

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President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, calling him a “Crooked Politician!!!” after the former president filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump Justice Department in an attempt to permanently block the public release of audio recordings and transcripts from his private interviews with the ghostwriter who wrote his book. The recordings, made in 2016 and 2017 during work on Biden’s memoirs, were gathered as part of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. The files have become a flashpoint because they allegedly reveal Biden discussing sensitive information and displaying signs of cognitive…

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Below is State of the Day, a morning newsletter by Daily Caller Editor-at-Large Geoff Ingersoll. Sign up here. __________Greetings, Dear Reader, I’m shocked this actually happened. Let’s get after it … A NEW LEVEL OF STUPID Hasan Piker – along with a host of other lefty organizations, like Code Pink – is under federal probe for potentially being an unregistered foreign agent. He recently received a subpoena related to a “humanitarian aid” convoy he took to Cuba. Most smart people, when they’re under such an investigation, usually take the advice of a lawyer. Usually that advice is to shut the f***…

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The International Criminal Court’s legislative body hailed an “important decision” after the government announced it would discontinue the process of withdrawal.BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) — Hungarian lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to cancel the European country’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court set in motion by former nationalist premier Viktor Orban last year.Pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who won a landslide electoral victory in April, vowed he would reverse the yearlong exit process before it takes effect on June 2.The 199-member Parliament voted 133 for, 37 against with five abstentions to formally repeal a law on exiting the ICC, just ahead…

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Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat James Talarico in November after opening a roughly 25-point lead. Associated Press called the race at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, estimating 49 percent of the vote had been counted. At the time of the call, Paxton led Cornyn 62.5 percent to 37.5 percent, with 505,741 votes to Cornyn’s 303,276. Paxton’s victory comes one week after President Donald Trump gave him his “Complete and Total Endorsement,” calling him “The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas,” “an…

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Democrat Texas candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico asked supporters of the defeated Republican incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), to join his campaign as he prepares to face the GOP nominee, Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Tuesday night Republican runoff was called by the Associated Press for Paxton at 9:00 p.m., giving Cornyn the boot after serving in the U.S. Senate for over two decades. As of 10:00 p.m., Paxton had 63.2 percent of the vote over Cornyn’s 36.8 percent, with 60 percent of the votes counted.  Talarico, the far-left state legislator who beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (R-TX) in…

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Rep. Christian Menefee decisively defeated fellow Democrat Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s Texas 18th Congressional District primary runoff, taking more than two-thirds of the vote when the Associated Press (AP) called the race. The Associated Press called the race for Menefee at 7:33 p.m. with an estimated 61 percent of votes counted. Menefee led with 21,678 votes, or 68.6 percent, while Green had 9,930 votes, or 31.4 percent, according to the AP race call. The result marks a major intraparty defeat for Green, who has served in Congress for more than 21 years, and advances Menefee after a cycle in…

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Former President Joe Biden has sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in his quest to block private audio recordings from 2016 and 2017 between him and his biographer. Filed in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, the lawsuit “comes ahead of the department’s planned June 15 release of the materials ​to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the conservative Heritage ​Foundation,” per Reuters: The foundation sought them after they were used as part ⁠of then-Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 investigation into Biden’s handling of ​classified documents. Hur declined to bring criminal charges. The department fought the Heritage ​Foundation’s 2024 request for the…

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Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin attends the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is “drawing up plans” to halt customs and immigration processing at airports in sanctuary cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on May 26.In an interview with Fox News, Mullin said he had discussed the plans to stop processing international travelers at sanctuary cities with the White House but that no decision had been…

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At least five conservative prosecutors in Virginia are saying they won’t enforce new laws in the state banning the sale and transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons. “The Second Amendment is alive and well in Spotsylvania County,” the county’s prosecutor, Ryan Mehaffey, told News4.  Under the laws, buying, selling, transferring or importing certain semi-automatic weapons will be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The law goes into effect in about five weeks. Several lawsuits have been filed against the ban.  Prosecutors in Powhatan, Pulaski, Scott and Smyth counties have also said they won’t enforce…

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Nearly 90% of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border during part of the Biden administration were released through parole, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. Between early 2021 and the start of President Donald Trump’s second term on Jan. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security greatly expanded the use of “humanitarian parole.”  Between 2019 and 2020, by contrast, parole was granted in approximately 3% to 28% of cases at the southern border, according to the GAO, an independent government agency that produces reports for Congress.  The number of paroles that were granted increased beginning in the summer…

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The Trump administration is reportedly sending U.S. public-health officers to Kenya, where they will staff an Ebola quarantine facility primarily intended for Americans. The facility will serve those Americans who are exposed to or at high risk of testing positive for the disease, according to the Wall Street Journal. Americans who test positive will also be treated at the facility.  There are currently no reported cases in Kenya, but health officials in Africa say that an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than it can be contained.  Some members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps…

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening congratulated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on winning the Republican nomination for Senate in the primary runoff.Paxton triumphed over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, decisively after Trump issued a last-minute endorsement of the state attorney general. “Congratulations to Ken Paxton on such a tremendous win, and to John Cornyn for having run a strong and powerful race but, more importantly, having had a truly great career,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “John will remain my friend for a long time to come, as we both watch Ken become a fantastic, common sense Senator, one…

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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that a return to war with the United States was unlikely, but warned the Islamic republic stood ready to respond to any attack.The statement came a day after Iran accused the U.S. of breaching the ceasefire in place since April, and warned it was prepared to retaliate following the most serious strikes since the truce took effect.In Lebanon, where a truce has done little to halt the violence in Israel’s war with Hezbollah, Israeli strikes killed 31 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.The Middle East war erupted…

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Former President Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of an interview obtained by the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified materials. The audio recordings and transcripts are from an interview with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer in 2017 for Biden’s memoir, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose,” according to ABC News. The files were investigated by former special counsel Robert Hur after looking into Biden’s improper retention of classified documents, according to the New York Post.The investigation led to a nearly 400-page report that was released…

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Talk about selection bias.  CNN This Morning began its coverage today of Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff by airing Manu Raju’s interviews on an Austin street with exactly two Texas Republicans who swore they won’t vote for Paxton. One even declared she will “absolutely” vote for Democrat James Talarico in November. This is what passes for journalism at CNN these days. Hand-picked, cherry-picked, man-on-the-street interviews that conveniently fit the narrative the liberal network wants to push: that Paxton’s win is somehow fracturing the GOP and handing the seat to Democrats. Could…

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Arabella Advisors now operates as Sunflower Services. It is behind tens of thousands of coordinated false attacks against the Utah Data Center Project. The organization is under investigation and is tied to the Chinese Communist Party. Business titan Kevin O’Leary hired a team of data science experts to look into the attacks. His extensive investigation involved data scientists, IP tracking, IRS filings, and funding records. What he found shocked him to the quick. He discovered a coordinated campaign targeting energy and data center infrastructure. He provided federal law enforcement with 90 pages of evidence and raised concerns directly with White…

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President Trump on Wednesday congratulated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on his landslide victory over RINO Senator John Cornyn in last night’s Texas Senate primary runoff election.  “I will do some nice, big, beautiful rallies for Ken. Texas, this will be FUN!” Trump said. Paxton beat Cornyn by nearly 30 points. The race was called within the first hour of polls closing. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Paxton gave his victory speech after whooping RINO John Cornyn, and he promised to be a key voice for President Trump’s agenda and the Save America Act in the Senate. “I’ll support President…

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“Green has been among President Donald Trump’s fiercest critics in Congress, pursuing impeachment charges on multiple occasions against him during both of Trump’s terms. Green has been kicked out of Trump’s State of the Union addresses multiple times” The post Buffoonish Democrat Rep. Al Green Defeated in Texas Runoff Election first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech AI agents used to be all the rage, the supposed next hit product category after generative AI failed to generate productive returns. Now, the bill on all that hype is coming due. According to some estimates, up to 79 percent of US corporate execs have some type of AI agent in the making — but one Gartner prediction found 40 percent of these projects will implode due to poor risk controls. In a nutshell, AI agents are capable of inflicting tremendous amounts of…

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Reading is making a comeback. This is a declarative statement supported by various surveys and trends indicating a real revival. The public is ostensibly aware of the “brain rot” associated with hours of scrolling on social media. People are uninterested in the vast volume of content options on streaming platforms. As cliché as it might seem, individuals want to cozy up by the fire in a comfortable chair, with a good Dostoevsky novel and a cup of coffee. Reading Is Making a Comeback When was the last time you read a book from front to back? Recent data from the…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Want to spend less on energy? You’re not alone. Summer’s approach means air conditioning season is almost here, just in time for a global energy crisis. Naturally, we’re all looking for ways to lower our energy bills. There’s a lot of great advice out there, from ditching incandescent…

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Well, not PERFECT. How about “perfectly symbolic.” After all, the amount of money being wasted doesn’t begin with a “B,” but rather an “M.”Still, you have to admit that this scam is the sort of thing that Californians will love, and the only problem with it was that the “clients” being served—illegal aliens—are more skeptical of government than the liberals trying to throw money at them.  Advertisement A contractor drove hundreds of miles a day trying to get illegal aliens to sign up and had to convince them that it wasn’t a scam.Incredible stuff. pic.twitter.com/B9nL7JbG5o— City Journal (@CityJournal) May 26,…

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For decades, Alveda King, as a fulltime associate at Priests for Life, would have me as a guest at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service on the federal holiday in his honor in January. The speeches were always inspiring, calling for inclusion, justice and nonviolence for all, welcoming every human being into the Beloved Community. But what about the unborn? When Pastor Sammy Rodriguez gave the keynote one year, he mentioned them. When I was invited to speak another year, I mentioned them as well. And numerous times through those years, as people were cheering on their feet,…

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NEW YORK (AP) — The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders.The median employee at companies in the S&P 500 earned $89,744, reflecting a 4.7% increase year over year. While that gain outpaced the rate of inflation in 2025, many workers were still feeling pinched by the accumulation of higher prices over the past few years and had to cut corners to make ends meet and run up credit card…

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A licensed sex therapist and leftist activist who called for turning a federal ICE detention center in Texas into a “prison for American Zionists,” complete with a “castration processing center for pedophiles,” lost the Democrat primary runoff for Texas’s 35th Congressional District on Tuesday. Maureen Galindo, who was running as a self-described “participatory Democrat,” lost to Bexar County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Johnny Garcia by a margin of approximately 40.5% to 59.5%, according to Associated Press projections called late on election night. Democrat Johnny Garcia will defeat Maureen Galindo, who was rebuked by the party for antisemitic remarks, in…

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Meanwhile Talbot Passes Compromise Grading Policy In a move to protect educational excellence, consistency and standards, the State of Carolina has become the first state in the U.S. to ban “grade floor” policies in K-12 public schools. For those who are not familiar with the “grade floor” policy, it is a practice that prevents teachers from giving a student a grade below the actual percentage the student earned. Please follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Twitter, Youtube  The most common “floor” school systems adopt is the 50% minimum. Basically, a student need not do any work…

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After Tuesday’s GOP Senate Primary in Texas, MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera welcomed former Bush and McCain advisor Mark McKinnon to her show the following day to react. McKinnon twice stated that the matchup is more than Republican Ken Paxton versus Democrat James Talarico but that it is “good versus evil.” Paxton overcame some personal baggage to unseat incumbent John Cornyn with the help of an endorsement from President Trump, which led Cabrera to wonder, “Will this end up being a ‘be careful what you wish for situation’ for Trump and his allies?” Mark McKinnon is a big James Talarico Fan,…

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