George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend more waking hours with his family.
Hungary's new prime minister, Pter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. "I will not rule over Hungary -- I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament.
One woman was recently told to pay up if she wanted clandestine footage removed from social media. read more
Americans believe President Donald Trump would win in a fight against an 8-year-old boy -- but only by a slim margin. read more
Four protesters are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from seizing DNA samples from Americans arrested while peacefully protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. read more
... The White House released a wide-ranging counterterrorism strategy describing narco-terrorists, Islamist terrorists, and violent left-wing extremists ...
OK, it's been a couple of weeks, but here are the current numbers ...
President Trump Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com
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RCP Average 4/20 - 5/7
Approve: 40.5
Disapprove: 56.3
Spread: -15.8
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Oh, that ain't good, especially when you look at the graph on the cited page and see the trend.
That aside, more numbers ...
President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com
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RCP Average 4/8 - 5/5
Approval: 45.7
Disapproval: 52.0
Spread:-6.3
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Oh dear, Pres Trump now seems to be underwater on his immagration policies?
OK, moving on to inflation ...
President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com
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RCP Average 3/30 - 5/5
Approval: 29.1
Disapproval: 67.9
Spread: -38.8
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Holy freakin' pasture pasture pastries ...
Pres Trump is underwater by nearly 40% on inflation?
Another view ...
White House Releases 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy With Focus on Cartels, Iran, and Domestic Extremism
www.hstoday.us
... The White House has released its 2026 United States Counterterrorism Strategy, outlining a broad "America First" approach that expands the federal government's counterterrorism priorities beyond traditional foreign terrorist organizations to include cartels, transnational gangs, and what the administration describes as "violent left-wing extremists." ...
One of the strategy's most notable additions is its focus on domestic extremist threats. The document says the administration will prioritize identifying and disrupting "violent secular political groups" described as "anti-American," "radically pro-transgender," and anarchist. It also references Antifa and states the government plans to use "all the tools constitutionally available" to map networks and identify members linked to violent activity.
At the same time, the strategy argues federal counterterrorism authorities should not be used politically against Americans exercising constitutionally protected rights. The document criticizes prior administrations for what it describes as politicized use of national security tools and calls for "reality-based threat assessments." ...
@#20 ... That being said JPW is absolutely right ... .so many guns used in crimes are stolen from vehicles ... . ...
Seems that way.
Gun Thefts from Cars: The Largest Source of Stolen Guns (2024)
everytownresearch.org
...Key Findings
In cities that report crime data to the FBI:
- - - On average, at least one gun is stolen from a car every nine minutes in the United States.
- - - The rate of gun thefts from cars is triple what it was a decade ago. This includes both consistent increases nearly every year over the decade and a marked spike during the pandemic.
- - - A decade ago, roughly a quarter of gun thefts were from cars; in 2022, over half were.
- - - Cars parked at residences (in driveways, outside homes, etc.) are the most common source of stolen guns, demonstrating the importance of securely storing guns at all times and locations.
- - - Cities in states with the weakest gun safety laws see nearly 18 times the rate of gun thefts from cars as those in states with the strongest gun laws.
- - - Memphis, Tennessee -- the city with the highest rate of guns stolen from cars -- had over 3,000 gun thefts from vehicles in 2022. A range of cities in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, reported zero gun thefts from cars.
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States react to FLOCK?
New CT law bars police from sharing license plate data for immigration enforcement
www.ctinsider.com
... The legislation follows a CT Insider investigation that found Connecticut police departments using cameras from Atlanta-based company Flock Safety were sharing data to a "national network" that allowed out-of-state agencies to access their data. The data was searched thousands of times by out-of-state agencies for "ICE," "ICE-assist" and "immigration" purposes, the reporting found. ...
... A convicted participant in the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack who was pardoned at the start of Donald Trump's second presidency has been ordered to serve seven years in prison after a jury found him guilty of committing a burglary in Virginia in May 2025. ...
Is there a list of the convicted crimes committed by those who previously had been pardoned by Pres Trump?
Found this old one ...
List of Donald Trump Pardon Recipients Charged with New Crimes (2025)
www.newsweek.com
And this one ...
Which Pardoned Jan. 6 Defendants Were Later Charged With Other Crimes? (April 2026)
https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/jan-6-pardoned-individuals-subsequent-criminal-charges-
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@#68 ... You fake Christian, pedophile supporters are a mystery to me. ...
Once the Christians started to try to affect politics, well, then they lost it.
The concern I have are the White Nationalist Christians who insert their religion in areas where it should not be inserted.
Case in point: Sec Defense Hegseth.
Poll finds broad rejection of religion-related messages from Trump, Hegseth
www.msn.com
@#3 ... I don't have to worry about them exploding. ...
Maybe, take a step back and consider why you hold opinion?
Symptom vs cause?