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Thursday, August 21, 2025

A New York appeals court has thrown out the half billion-dollar civil fraud judgment handed down last year against President Donald Trump, his family and his company. In a 323-page opinion, all five judges in the Appellate Division's First Department agreed that the half-billion-dollar penalty imposed on Trump should be thrown out.


Saturday, August 09, 2025

This comes as the Trump administration tries to find peaceful solutions to the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. Erica Brown reports from the White House. read more


Kimberley A. Strassel: They've escalated a war in which the Republicans have a structural advantage read more


Thursday, August 07, 2025

When Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, climate change wasn't on anyone's mind. Yet under an Obama-era decision known as the "Endangerment Finding," the Environmental Protection Agency has claimed authority under the act to micromanage large parts of the American economy in the name of combating global warming. A new Trump administration proposal to reverse the Endangerment Finding returns the Clean Air Act to its original purpose, marking the end of a failed effort to control the climate through executive fiat.


Thursday, July 31, 2025

... So why am I even talking about this? Because liberals have lost their minds over it, accusing both American Eagle and Sweeney of sending a racist message. Some have outright called the ads "Nazi propaganda" and an example of "White supremacy." It's a ridiculous overreaction to an advertisement featuring a successful, attractive celebrity. And it's the latest example of how the left refuses to let go of their woke agenda and identity politics, which were soundly rejected in the 2024 election


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"I'm sure this will be bulls*&^, but go on.

#18 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-08-29 02:57 AM"

The national guard presence post J6 was 'ostensibly' to guard the capitol. I am not aware of any credible reporting that the J6 riot was anything other than a protest that turned violent for a few hours.

I have never seen any allegations, certainly not backed by credible reporting, that J6 was anything other than a one-off. Yet, the core capitol buildings were temporarily transformed into military compounds for 4 months without any credible evidence of anything remotely akin to a repeat event.

This thread is about the exorbitant cost of the deploying the guard for 1/4 of the time they were deployed in 2021 and they are being much more active than being stationed to "deter" a threat that no longer existed vs. being productive for this time frame.

For the record, My only opposition to National Guard troops being deployed to DC for 4 months during 2021 was because it seemed like it was purely to create a narrative that J6ers were a genuine threat when it was already neutralized within a day.

That's all it did.

Yet, the recent deployment has resulted in seriously tangible results in actual crime reduction.

As a Federalist, broad executive actions need constraints. So, when Trump talks about doing the same in Chicago...No. Not without consent or with narrow quelling of ongoing riots and passive protection of federal assets.

I hope that provides light as to where I am currently at with all of this.

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