02 U.S. Politics

Oregon’s war on confused children, by the numbers: It’s REALLY bad www.theblaze.com
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For the better part of two decades, confused children across the Anglosphere deceived into believing that they might be in the wrong bodies have been widely subjected to medications that adversely affect bone density, cognitive performance, emotional stability, and/or future fertility. This horrific experiment, briefly provided a patina of legitimacy by so-called experts and politicians, has not only been ruinous but is based on junk science.

To the chagrin of the profitable and predatory child sex-rejection industry, the Trump administration, like the British government, has taken action nationwide against the “chemical and surgical mutilation of children.” However, some blue states appear keen to continue waging war on America’s youth.

‘1 in every 630 boys in Oregon received cross-sex hormones.’

Penn State law school still requires students to take ‘antiracism’ class www.thecollegefix.com
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OPINION: Federal government needs to investigate civil rights complaint against public institution

Neither public scrutiny nor a civil rights complaint have swayed Penn State Dickinson Law leaders from their goal of pushing “antiracist” beliefs on students.

Only real consequences will prompt change at an institution where Marxist beliefs are so deeply embedded. But the federal government has not yet said whether it will investigate the public institution.

A screenshot of the fall course ‘Race & Equal Protection of the Laws’ at Dickinson Law; Penn State University

This spring, reports by the Washington Free Beacon and a civil rights complaint from the watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust drew public attention to the law school’s “antiracist” focus, including a required first-year class on the subject.

NYC DSA Co-Chair Called Out For Trying To Release Prisoners www.louderwithcrowder.com
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Releasing prisoners back onto the street does nothing to protect the public. This is why it is bizarre and evil, to say the very least, that the DSA continues to fight for the release of people who have been convicted of a crime.

According to NYC DSA Co-Chair Grace Mausser, the United States has far too many prisoners, especially compared to the rest of the world. She implies this somehow proves those people don’t deserve to be in prison, despite everyone being innocent until proven guilty. Rather than prove the current system is evil, and thus everyone should be exonerated of their crimes, she thinks throwing out random data points somehow makes her point, which is extremely lacking.

If the best argument you have is quoting Bernie Sanders, you have no point whatsoever. In fact, she has proven herself to be nothing more than a parrot for the far-left, while showing the world how naive she truly is.

Mausser believes we have an over-incarceration problem. She added that, “The radical thing is not the idea that we should decrease our incarcerated population.” The problem with that statement is that this is the most radical point in the history of opinions. Abolishing prisons, which is essentially what these people want, is solely intended to destroy and cause destruction. People like Mausser fool no one with their cherry-picking of random numbers, as if that somehow proves those people ought not to be in prison.

Iran War Live Updates: Iran Digs In After Latest Trump Threat on Civilian Targets www.nytimes.com
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Early Thursday in the Middle East, the U.S. Central Command said it was carrying out a new wave strikes on Iran, a 12th consecutive day of attacks. Iranian state media said the province that is home to Iran’s only operating nuclear power plant had been hit in a missile strike.

Fox News Star Crushes Lindsey Graham’s Sister, Other Contenders in South Carolina Senate Poll www.westernjournal.com
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South Carolina voters still love former Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy — so much, in fact, that a new poll says he would be their first choice for the Senate seat left open by the recent death of Republican Lindsey Graham.

Gowdy was a popular member of the House from 2011 to 2019. Since leaving Washington, he has been a Fox News host who has shown no sign of wanting to return to Washington

“Trey would be an amazing senator for South Carolina,” GOP Sen. Tim Scott said recently, according to Fox News.

Participants in a poll from Peak Insights agreed, according to Politico.

With an Aug. 11 primary looming for the Republican nomination for Graham’s seat, Gowdy was far ahead of everyone else at 38 percent support.

Rep. Ralph Norman had 13 percent support while Rep. Russell Fry and Sen. Darline Graham Nordone were at 9 percent support.

Would you like to see Trey Gowdy run for Senate?

Louisiana Pastor Fired Over Pronouns Sues Library www.standingforfreedom.com
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On July 9, Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Baton Rouge and the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system on behalf of a library technician who was allegedly terminated for refusing to use preferred gender pronouns that conflicted with his Christian beliefs.

The complaint, which also names the Metropolitan Council and the Library Board of Control, contends that the library’s “Inclusivity Policy” violates the First Amendment and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by forcing employees to engage in compelled speech and denying reasonable religious accommodations.

The plaintiff is Luke Ash, the lead pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church. Like many pastors of smaller churches, he also worked a full-time day job to support himself and his family while serving his congregation during evenings and weekends. In March 2025, he took a job as a library technician for the East Baton Rouge Parish Library and worked there without incident — until he was abruptly terminated from his position.

His offense? Respectfully refusing to lie by using false, gender-deluded pronouns to refer to a biological female coworker.

For American evangelical Christians, this is yet another crucial moment that exposes the dangerous, hostile nature of gender ideology. When the government demands that Christians speak lies that violate God’s truth, it is time for the Church to stand up and say: We will not bow.

Suspected Epstein Pimp Found Dead in Paris Home as Authorities Close In slaynews.com
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A French modeling scout accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse young women and children has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Daniel Siad, 69, was under investigation in France over allegations that he assisted Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Siad had not yet been questioned by investigators and denied the accusations against him.

“An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery,” the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said.

Authorities said an autopsy would be conducted after Siad was found dead at his home in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine.

Major Push Underway To Flip Dems On SAVE Act After Election Development trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Vice President JD Vance is turning New Jersey’s voter-roll scandal into a direct challenge for the state’s two Democratic senators: back the SAVE America Act or explain why they will not.

Vance called on Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim to support the election-integrity bill after Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill admitted that roughly 6,600 noncitizens were wrongly registered to vote in New Jersey because of what she called a software error.

Even worse for Democrats, Sherrill said a preliminary review found fewer than 400 of those mistakenly registered people cast ballots.

The registrations happened between June 2023 and June 2024, before Sherrill took office and while Democrat Phil Murphy was governor.

Trump Media Company Unveils Insider Trading Service www.truthdig.com
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Starting August 1, Trump Media and Technology Group will launch a new data feed aimed at high-frequency trading firms whose profits are made by making trades a fraction of a second faster than everyone else.

It will provide “licensed, real-time access to posts from the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts.” In other words, the feed will let you know what Trump has said before anyone else knows, meaning it’s well worth the tab that Truth Social will charge to see Trump’s posts before the rest of the public sees them — up to $100,000 per month.

That’s a pittance relative to what could be made, because Trump’s words on Truth Social — about his war in Iran, about his latest tariffs, about the Fed — have caused the stock market to soar or drop. So, if you’re a trader on Wall Street, you’ll make millions if you know what he’s posting a fraction of a second before everyone else knows. Perhaps more to the point, if you’re behind on that news, “you’ll get crushed,” as one hedge-fund executive told the Financial Times.

The feed will let you know what Trump has said before anyone else knows.

No wonder Trump Media’s interim CEO Kevin McGurn is gloating that the feed will “become a meaningful, ongoing source of revenue for the company, creating lasting value for shareholders.” Trump Media has been unprofitable until now.

Trump, of course, is the company’s largest shareholder.

DOJ Demands New Jersey Hand Over Voter Roll Data Within 5 Days slaynews.com
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) intensified its effort to obtain New Jersey’s voter registration records on Wednesday after Democrat Gov. Mikie Sherrill disclosed that hundreds of noncitizens have voted in elections.

Sherrill admitted that roughly 6,600 noncitizens were mistakenly added to the state’s voter rolls through the motor-voter system.

New Jersey officials are blaming a “software glitch” for the crisis.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon sent a letter to Sherrill requesting additional information about the registrations, including approximately 400 cases in which the state said registered noncitizens cast ballots.

The request comes as the Justice Department continues its lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell and the state seeking access to New Jersey’s electronic voter registration database.

“Ensuring that U.S. citizens’ votes are not illegally diluted by noncitizens’ votes is of paramount importance,” Dhillon wrote.

“We therefore write to formally request additional information to assess New Jersey’s compliance with various federal statutes, as provided in our July 7, 2026, letter to the Lieutenant Governor.

Trump Hits Record GOP Approval Into Second Term trendingpoliticsnews.com
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President Donald Trump continues to command historically strong support within the Republican Party as he settles into his second term, according to new polling highlighted by CNN data analyst Harry Enten.

During Wednesday’s segment, Enten pointed to Trump’s standing among Republican voters compared to other presidents this century, arguing that no modern president has maintained stronger approval from members of his own party at this stage of a second term.

“Trump is still very popular with Republicans,” Enten said while presenting the data. “Just take a look here. Twenty-first century own-party approval rating about at this point in the second term. We’ve got Trump, we’ve got Obama, we’ve got Bush.”

Although all three presidents enjoyed strong backing from their respective parties, Enten noted that Trump’s numbers stand apart.

“They’re all fairly popular, but the one who is the most popular, and we have seen this time and time out, no matter when you look, is Donald John Trump,” Enten said. “He’s the only one who’s over 80%.”

Jackson Emerges as Maine Democrats’ Likely Senate Nominee. Can He Beat Collins? legalinsurrection.com
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Although it won’t become official until this weekend, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is poised to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. With control of the upper chamber hanging in the balance, his past is certain to face intense scrutiny in the weeks ahead. Among the issues likely to draw attention are his past political alliances, electoral setbacks, and public persona.

According to Jackson’s campaign website, the fifth-generation logger from Allagash, is “ready to flip Maine’s Senate seat and unseat [Republican Sen.] Susan Collins once and for all.”

The site boasts that he’s “proven he can win — by 20 points — in a district carried by both Susan Collins and Donald Trump.” That may well be, but he just finished third in last month’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. What does that say about his statewide appeal?

The progressive Jackson was among disgraced former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner’s most enthusiastic supporters. Like Platner, Jackson backs universal health care, federal abortion rights, abolishing ICE, ending the so-called “genocide in Gaza,” and cutting off U.S. aid to Israel.

However, when rape allegations against Platner surfaced several weeks ago, Jackson called on him to withdraw from the race.

The View Faces Budget Cuts and Denied Raises Amid FCC Scrutiny and Pressure www.newsbusters.org
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Amid the Federal Communications Commission’s probe into possibly stripping The View of their “bona fide news program” status and the FCC receiving pushback on the prospect of renewing the broadcast licenses of ABC affiliates, The New York Post was reporting that the day time TV giant was under great financial pressure and appeared to be buckling. So much so, that requests for raises from co-hosts were being denied and their wardrobe budget was being slashed.

According to The Post, a network insider says The View was experiencing “major cost cuts” and that all six co-hosts have received pay cuts:

“The View” has been hit with major cost cuts, which have affected not only the hosts’ wardrobe budgets, but their pay raises.

A source told Page Six Hollywood that several of the hosts — Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin — have taken pay cuts since Season 29 premiered in September 2025.

The cast were apparently upset that their ABC budget for “expensive designer clothes” was reportedly being slashed as well:

Not only that, but the women’s wardrobe budget was affected, with a source explaining, “They’re all mad because they were all wearing really expensive designer clothes, and now it’s the same budget of a Wendy Williams-type show versus a marquee daytime show.

“They keep downsizing and downsizing and downsizing.”

Lisa Murkowski is undecided on Blanche’s confirmation. Her state is getting a windfall from DOJ. www.politico.com
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The Justice Department has been lavishing nine-figure policy wins on Alaska — and openly touting what a “huge” time it’s been for the state — as attorney general nominee Todd Blanche is scrambling to lock down support for his confirmation from its senior senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski.

A July 7 settlementover the federal government’s unfinished work on the port of Alaska resulted in a $180 million payout to Anchorage — an announcementBlanche, who is currently the acting attorney general, made personally during a two-day visit. The Justice Department shared news around the same time it had dropped Biden-era lawsuits related to Alaska’s energy production.

Then on Tuesday, the administration inked a $400 million settlementwith a group that administers health care programs for American Indians and Alaska natives.

“The wins keep coming for the American people in Alaska,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward declared last week, after announcing yet another win for the state: a $6.1 million award to tribal governments to combat violent crime.

Those developments all coincide with Blanche’s effort to court Republican senators to vote for his nomination as he deals with blowback over the botched release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which he oversaw as deputy attorney general, followed by the launch of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” — which he has since said is dead.

Epstein survivors wanted justice. Tillis used one vote to get them a meeting www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spent about an hour Thursday afternoon at the Justice Department with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. The meeting resolved nothing. Blanche told reporters afterward that the meeting was not entirely cordial because the survivors wanted “some form of justice” he did not believe he could deliver. The survivors described deflection and no credible plan for accountability.

That meeting did not deliver justice. It did show that advice and consent still mean something when a senator treats his vote as leverage rather than a ceremony.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the arithmetic on this nomination is tight. With Democrats opposed, his vote could determine whether the committee advances Blanche at all. On Wednesday, Blanche cited ethical restrictions on meeting directly with survivors who have lawyers, while insisting the department had dealt with their representatives. On Thursday, survivors testified that their requests had gone unanswered. Tillis drew a line. He said he had not made a final decision, and then he said he expected the meeting to happen before the committee marks up the nomination. “I’m trying to get to yes,” he told the room.

Getting to yes is not the same as getting out of the way. Tillis told reporters he wanted to create a forcing mechanism to make sure the meeting took place. The forcing mechanism worked in about six hours. Blanche was at the Justice Department by 4:30 that afternoon. Tillis then posted that he appreciated the willingness to sit down and listen, which is roughly the opposite of a victory lap.

U.S. pledges $5 billion to boost AI in government-backed scientific research www.scientificamerican.com
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Overall federal funding for scientific research is set to decline in 2027, the most senior White House science figure said on Wednesday. The government, however, pledged to spend $5 billion on promoting artificial intelligence in science.

Michael Kratsios, the White House’s science and technology adviser, told the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology that the money will be drawn from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA, as well as other federal agencies.

The goal is to produce “the premier AI for science ecosystem in the world,” he said. The funding will be earmarked for “research awards, funding opportunities, specialized scientific datasets and research facilities,” the White House said in a statement.

Oil prices jump 4% as Rubio says Iran ‘not serious’ about peace talks www.cnbc.com
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Oil prices were about 4% higher on Wednesday morning following the eleventh consecutive round of U.S. strikes against Iran overnight, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz remains a sticking point between the two sides.

Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, traded about 4% higher at $94.76. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 3.9% to trade at $87.61.

President Donald Trump has announced an historic multi-billion-dollar deal with Saudi Arabia. The deal will result in U.S. firms being contracted to help the Saudis build a nuclear power plant. Critics warn the Saudis will develop a nuclear arms program through the civil program the U.S. will help it build.

Trump Seals Saudi Nuclear Pact, Handing Russia and China a Defeat › American Greatness amgreatness.com
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President Donald Trump has signed off on a sweeping 30-year civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, a deal administration officials say will lock American companies into the kingdom’s energy future and keep Moscow and Beijing on the sidelines.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is expected to formally sign the accord alongside Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, capping months of negotiations that began during Wright’s first foreign trip to the region in April 2025. The pact, valued at tens of billions of dollars, still must clear a congressional review period before taking effect.

Under the agreement, U.S. firms, led by Westinghouse Electric and its AP1000 reactor capable of powering a midsize city or a large artificial-intelligence data center, would build out Saudi Arabia’s nuclear infrastructure. A joint two-year study will examine whether the kingdom should eventually host its own uranium-enrichment facility, built and operated by American companies under a tightly controlled “black box” structure meant to keep sensitive technology out of Saudi hands. If Washington decides against enrichment, Riyadh would be barred from pursuing it alone or with another country for a decade.

New NRCC Ad Blasts Socialist Amish Shah As Dangerous for Arizona Families–  townhall.com

New NRCC Ad Blasts Socialist Amish Shah As Dangerous for Arizona Families townhall.com
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dropped a new paid digital ad today targeting Amish Shah, the radical socialist who just won the primary in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, a key battleground for control of the House. The ad highlights Shah’s ties to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), including backing Bernie Sanders for president at a DSA event in 2019. He also heaped praise on AOC and other members of the extreme left-wing Squad, praising their progressive movement in the Democratic Party while calling our economic system unfair

Shah ran for Congress in 2024, where he underperformed both Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego, and now he’s decided that his best move is to run even farther to the left than he did two years ago. Shah himself admitted it back in May, saying, “I’m not hesitating one bit to use, you know, my platform to be able to prosecute as vigorously as I can sometimes with, you know, expletives and whatever it takes” because President Trump is “horrible.”

The NRCC’s ad highlights Shah’s extremism and the danger he poses to Arizona families.

“Socialist Amish Shah,” the ad says. “He’s with AOC, Ilhan Omar … The Squad. Amish Shah would raise taxes by $4,000 per year on every family, and give sanctuary to criminal illegal aliens. Shah voted against border security funding, against police funding, and against requiring child sex offenders to register online. Shah even voted for early release for dangerous criminals. Socialist Amish Shah: too extreme, too dangerous for us.”

Shah has an uphill battle within his own party, as Democrat leadership grapples with what to do to address the insurgence of socialists. Will the Democrats back Shah financially? The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and its allies spent $4.5 million in an effort to defeat Shah, and Shah spent the primary night begging the DCCC for support, going so far as to joke that he hopes to get their endorsement over his Republican opponent, Jay Feely.