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Friday, April 17, 2026

Democrat Analilia Mejia has won the special election to fill NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill's seat in the US House (NJ 11th CD), defeating AIPAC recipient Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and Republican Joe Hathaway in the process.

Good riddance to bad rubbish


A career federal law enforcement official who oversaw President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation campaign is leaving government service. Read more


Thursday, April 16, 2026

US bishops' doctrine chair defends church's just war tradition after JD Vance comments

" Shortly after Vice President JD Vance appeared to warn Pope Leo XIV to "be careful" when speaking about theology and taking issue with his description of the U.S. conflict in Iran as unjust, the U.S. bishops' point-man on doctrine issued a forceful statement on the Church's teaching about just war theory. Read more


None Dare Call It Treason"But I Will

It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s"weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits... Thom Hartmann


Donald Trump in another unhinged rant on Cunt Social demands MLB rename Jackie Robinson Day to Donald J Trump day (the J stands for "Jesus") and wants all players to wear 47. Or 45.


"Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination," Justice Laurie McKinnon wrote in the court's decision. "Government issued identification documents are necessary to access public life. When they do not accurately reflect a person's sexual identity, the transgender Montanan is prevented, based on their sex, from obtaining the same attributes of public life that a cisgender Montanan may obtain. Hence, the inability of transgender Montanans to receive government-issued identification documents accurately reflecting their gender identity is fundamentally about the nature of sex and suspect class discrimination."


An ICE agent who was part of the federal immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year was charged with felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, a Minnesota prosecutor announced Thursday. The agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., is accused of pointing a gun at the heads of two civilians in a vehicle, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said.


President Donald Trump is nominating a former Coast Guard officer and public health official to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The president named Dr. Erica Schwartz on Thursday to run the embattled agency, which has been without a permanent director since Dr. Susan Monarez's ouster in August.


On Thursday, The Daily Beast published a report about a new survey of 2024 Latino Trump voters conducted by Third Way and UnidosUS, which found "that more than a third of Latino Trump voters say they now regret voting for him."


The Trump administration has reportedly canceled an $11 million contract with the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, which offers shelter and care to migrant children entering the United States alone.


Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday delivered a televised broadside against progressivism, a political philosophy he described as an existential threat to America and the principles that founded it 250 years ago.


A legal scholar argued Wednesday that the Supreme Court's own constitutional framework " the same one it used to overturn Roe v. Wade " could be used to strike down the military draft, and that President Donald Trump may have just handed activists the perfect moment to try.


Pete Hegseth cited a prayer largely invented by Quentin Tarantino for the movie Pulp Fiction to praise a rescue mission during the Iran war.


GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHP) " Former Gettysburg Mayor Chad-Alan Carr has been released on bail after turning himself in to the police on child sex-related charges, according to court documents. Records show Carr was bailed out of jail on a $100,000 surety bond. The investigation into Carr's alleged conduct began on Feb. 24 when a childline report was filed. The victim spoke with investigators the next day, according to an affidavit. READ MORE | Former Gettysburg mayor facing child sex crimes, accused of grooming 16-year-old boy During the conversation, the victim claimed to have met Carr when they were 8 years old. Troopers said the alleged abuse didn't start until years later, when they were 16.


Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard asked the Justice Department to investigate two former government officials who played a central role in President Trump's first impeachment inquiry. Read more


The Trump administration wants automakers and other American manufacturers to play a larger role in weapons production, reminiscent of a practice used during World War II.

Operation AIPAC Fury is bankrupting the US economy and we still no universal healthcare for us here in America as enjoyed by the residents of Germany, Israel, Canada, Taiwan, Greenland, tiny Albania, and Mexico in 2027


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