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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Having a &“Political Debate With A Dog”

HAVING A POLITICAL DEBATE WITH A DOG: The Left’s Argument For “Birthright” Citizenship Is Obviously Insane, But It Is Even More Insane When You Consider That They Actually Don’t Believe In Your Or My “Birthright”.

We are on stolen land and don’t belong here, according to the Left.

But the anchor baby whose parents got here from Guatemala 10 seconds ago has a “Birthright” and is tied to this Nation by blood for all time.

That’s actually their position. It’s so psychotic that you can’t even argue against it. Like trying to have a “Political Debate With A Dog”. These people are not rational.

Matt Walsh 04/01/2026FacebookDuckDuckGo Search


Senators Spring Break From Washington, D.C.

Senators Spring Break From Washington, D.C. With Unfinished Business: Senate “Majority” Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says Senate Republicans ”CAVED” on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deal despite no immigration policy reform wins

Senate Democrats are taking a victory lap after the upper chamber advanced a deal o fund the Department of Homeland Security without funding immigration enforcement [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)], despite the caucus not landing any immigration policy reforms they sought.

Senate “Majority” Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is maintaining that the Democratic caucus “Held The Line” in opposition, but none of their demanded policy changes, such as requiring body cameras and barring face masks for immigration officers, ended up in the deal they agreed to.

“Democrats held firm in our opposition that [President] Donald Trump‘s rogue and deadly militia should not get more funding without serious reforms, and we will continue to fight for those reforms”, Schumer said on the Senate floor Friday. ”I’m very proud of our Democratic caucus. Throughout it all, Senate Democrats stood united ” no wavering, no backing down.”

Trump sides with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) in Senate-House brawl to end Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown

“THIS GAMBIT THAT WAS DONE LAST NIGHT IS A JOKE...READ THE LANGUAGE OF THIS BILL:” Mike Johnson Splits From Thune Over A Late-Night Deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that excluded money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Washington Examiner 03/27/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

Left to Right: “Rags” The Dog; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY); Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY); “River Rock” The Dog; Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD); Maine Senator Susan Collins (R-ME); Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)


Reflections Of A Mirror

REFLECTIONS OF A MIRROR: Seeking Deal With Different Faces Of The Same Regime, Trump Risks Subverting His Own Vital War Goals

When the bombs stop, he promises Iranians, “Your Government Will Be Yours To Take”. But it won’t be. And as for his talk of potential “Guaranteed Peace For Israel” - Well, Would That It Were So.

In a 37-Second Video: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more than seven hours to formulate a response United States President Donald Trump’s bombshell announcement that his emissaries were negotiating indirectly with the “Top Man” in Iran on a deal to end the war, and that the sides had reached agreement on some 15 key points.

Times of Israel 03/26/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


You Gotta Lotta Splainin To Do

Security: Singham Network Coordinated With Communist Cuban Government To Save Regime Amidst Trump Pressure

Trump: “All my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. You know, ‘When will the United States do it?’ I do believe I’ll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That’d be good. That’s a big honor”, Trump said. The president added, “Whether I free it, take it - think I could do anything I want with it, you want to know the truth.”

Earlier in March, in the lead up to this past weekend’s events, the leaders of the now-infamous far-left Singham-linked People’s Forum, Tricontential: Institute for Social Research, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), and the International Peoples’ Assembly all traveled to Havana for a warm “solidarity” meeting with Miguel Díaz-Canel, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.

The so-called “humanitarian” trips to Cuba over the weekend - which continue to unfold this week - were in large part organized by groups within the activist network tied to and funded by wealthy Marxist and China-based businessman Neville Roy Singham, as well as by the far-left Progressive International (which counts the leftist anti-war group Code Pink, which is personally and financially tied to Singham, as one of its member organizations).

Just The News 03/25/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


RUTHLESS DICTATORS

RUTHLESS DICTATORS - How Iran's Ruthless Enforcers Use Rape To Crush Dissent: Brutal sex attacks on victims as young as 12 used to strike fear into protesters

Known for their brutality, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Slaughtering thousands of protesters who dared to take to the streets in anti-government protests - Last month a report from Amnesty International found that thousands of Iranians are at risk of sexual violence, with children as young as 14 being sexually assaulted by IRGC gangs in January.

Despite their fearsome reputation, the sadistic sexual punishments meted out by the Ayatollah's violent henchmen in recent months have still shocked observers.

In the same month, two Iranian nurses were gang-raped and relentlessly tortured by the Islamic Republic's security agents because they treated wounded protesters during anti-regime demonstrations.

The nurses, from Tehran’s Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Centre, have had their uteruses removed, so violent were the assaults.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR - ENDURING ABUSE ON THE FRONT LINE: New Evidence Shows Vladimir Putin's Commanders Torturing their Own Men:

Graphic videos show commanders beating and electrocuting their own troops, denying them food, forcing them to crawl through mud, tying them naked to trees in sub-zero temperatures and even making them fight to the death

Daily Mail 03/23/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

Left to Right: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran [Dead]; Pol Pot, Cambodia [Dead]; Mao Zedong Rule and Historical Punishments in China [Dead]; Karl Marx Father of Communism The Communist Manifesto, Russia [Dead]; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran [Dead]; Mullah Omar, Iran [Dead]; Kim Jong Un, North Korea, [Dead]; Vladimir Putin, Russia; Joseph Stalin Russia [Dead]; Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah [Dead]; Adolf Hitler, Germany [Dead]


Defeated Democrats, RINO Republicans

Government: Senate Republican In Name Only (RINO)s Are Squandering Golden Opportunity To Fix Cracked Election System

Some Republicans care much more about enriching themselves than saving the republic. So much for the ‘“Will Of The People”.The Federalist

Left to Right: Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell; Senate Majority Leader John Thune

Defeated Democrats, RINO Republicans

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE): Texas Senator John Cornyn publishes op-ed backing filibuster reform for SAVE America Act after runoff with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the first round of the Republican primary

Texas Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) published an op-ed in the New York Post endorsing changes to Senate rules to advance the SAVE America Act in the upper chamber, but declined to defend his position change just hours later.

Cornyn's op-ed saw him state that “I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the SAVE America Act and homeland security funding past the Democrats’ obstruction, through the Senate, and on the president’s desk for his signature.” He further explicitly said he would be open to the “talking filibuster”, a proposal from Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah.Just The News

The Federalist 03/13/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

Left to Right: Governor Gavin Newsom; Vermomt Senator “Feel The Burn” Bernie Sanders; California's Ex-Vice President Kamala Harris; Texas Senator John Cornyn


Microplastics

Microplastics linked to genetics and the environment possible cause of Parkinson's incurable neurological disorder... as experts race to answer why rates have more than DOUBLED globally in the last 25 years

In a review of more than 100 studies, the researchers said the tiny plastic fragments that enter the body daily through food and water could accumulate in the brain.

Today, researchers estimate that the average American consumes about five grams of microplastics every week, the equivalent of a spoon full, 21 grams every month, the same as the weight of five casino die, and 125 grams every six months, or enough to fill a standard bowl of cornflakes.Daily Mail

Bio & Medicine: Real-time imaging of microplastics in the body improves understanding of health risksPhys.org - Science, Medical, Technology and other Sciences

Daily Mail 03/06/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


Ayatollah Reading Poetry To His Children

Ayatollah Reads Poetry To His Children: Washington Post Touts Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Man With an “Easy Smile” and Love of “Poetry”

In the wake of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei coming down with a killer headache after getting a U.S. warhead on his forehead, on Saturday, The Washington Post [Amazon Post] published one of their infamous glowing remembrances of Islamic terrorists.

The paper [rag] fondly remembered the brutal Islamic dictator as a “avuncular figure” with an “easy smile” and love for “Persian poetry”.

Iran Strike - The “I” Word; Not “Iran”, But ”Impeachment”: Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) (D-NY) Launches Impeachment Assault as New York Times Unleashes SkepticismNews Busters.org

Trump Says “One Of The Most Evil People In History”, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead: “The Single Greatest Chance For The Iranian People To Take Back Their Country”

Trump Says “Good Candidates” To Lead Iran After Khamenei’s Death - reveals that he has a potential leader in mind for Iran

Monitoring The Situation: White House releases photos of Trump, Rubio and team being briefed on Iran operation

Congress Scrambles For Answers after Trump Iran strike

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei aides, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander among those killed by Israeli strikes so far

Threat Of Iranian Retaliation Puts Pressure On Democrats to reopen Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as House Homeland Security Chair Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) urging Democrats to end a two-week shutdown at DHS

Khamenei Is Dead. We’re about to learn how many terrorists crossed the U.S. BorderWashington Examiner

The Federalist 03/05/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

Left to Right: Unidentified Iranian Female Terrorist [Dead]; IRGC commander Qassem Suleimani [Dead]; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [Dead]; Framed, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini [Dead]


Two Crazy Sisters

Two Crazy Sisters: The Right’s Brand Is “America First”. The Left’s Brand Is Getting Mad About That [Democrats Set Themselves Up As Angry Foils To Basic Civics And Feel-Good American Patriotism.]

In the most made-for-TV of many made-for-TV moments in State of the Union address, President Donald Trump urged every member of Congress to “stand up and show your support” for the statement: “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”

Cameras panned to show nearly the entire left-hand side of the chamber awkwardly remaining in their seats. After two minutes of Republican cheering and Democrat scowling, Trump suggested that Democrats should “be ashamed of yourselves”, and the cameras showed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Mogadishu, shouting angrily in response.

The Federalist 02/25/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

Left to Right: U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (D-Mogadishu, Somalia); U.S. Representative for Michigan's 12th Congressional District, Rashida Harbi Tlaib (D-Democratic Socialists of America)


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Jane Fonda Barbrela Tiananmen Square Army Tank Trump Protest

Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) Remembers North Vietnam's “Hanoi Jane”: Jane Fonda Barbrela Tiananmen Square Army Tank Trump Protest: On MS NOW (“M-SNOW JOB”/Formally MSNBC Jane Fonda Suggests Second Trump Term Is Worse Than Jim Crow

Actress Jane Fonda stopped by “The Briefing with ‘Biden Spokes Mouth's White House Press Secretary Under Then President Joe Biden’ Jen Psaki“ on MS NOW in an attempt to hype “No Kings” protests.

Psaki led Fonda by misusing the word “ALL” when she invited her to promote the cause, “I watched your event today. We all watched your event today.”...“So tell us about the event and the message you were really trying to get across to people watching.”

Fonda replied by freaking out over “the attacks on the arts, on literature, on film, on museums, the National Endowment of the Arts, all of these are under attack right now. They're being defunded. They're being censored. They're being removed.”

Not only is Fonda simply incorrect about history being erased, the media has not stopped its efforts to parrot her narrative. Nevertheless, she continued freaking out, “And we have to understand what's happening. This is not normal. This does not happen in a democracy. And we have to call it what it is and we have to end it. We're the Committee for the First Amendment. It's the First Amendment for a reason.” ... “All of this is under attack.”

MUST READ - Trump Derangement Syndrome: OMMISSION - ABC/CBS/NBC Mostly Ignore Trump’s Popular Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act audio

News Busters.org 03/28/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


Robert Mueller’s Legacy

IT'S THE LAW: DRIVING MS. HILLARY Robert Mueller’s Legacy Is Self-Destruction Because He Failed To Stay In His Lane

“An enduring piece of Robert Mueller’s legacy will be the way he attempted to justify his political assassination on President Trump 1.0 - The 2017 “Russian Interference” investigation - by not just saying that he found no crime committed by the president (he didn’t) but adding that the probe “also does not exonerate him”.

The Federalist 03/23/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


Chuck Norris (1940-2026)

MOUNT CHUCKMORE: CHUCK NORRIS READS HIS TOP TEN JOKES: “They Want To Put Chick Norris' Face on Mount Rushmore, But The Granite Wasn't Hard Enough For His Beard.” [Chuck Norris (1940-2026)] audioYouTube

Legendary Actor Chuck Norris Dies Aged 86 Following Medical Emergency In Hawaii

“He lived his life with faith, purpose, and an unwavering commitment to the people he loved”, his family said. “HeThrough his work, discipline, and kindness, he inspired millions around the world and left a lasting impact on so many lives.”Daily Mail

YouTube 03/20/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


HUNTER BIDEN LOPTOP FROM HELL

SECURITY: HUNTER BIDEN, SON OF LAPTOP FROM HELL: Pentagon’s New Military Education List Includes School Filled By Hunter Biden Laptop Letter Signers

The Pentagon recently removed a host of elite and Ivy League schools from the War Department’s senior service college fellowship program, but its new list of professional military education schools includes a haven for signers of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter and is home to fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.

Just The News 03/18/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

From Front to Back: “Call Me Doctor” Jill Biden; Ex-Vice President Kamala Harris; Ex-President Joe Biden; Hunter Biden [Son Of Laptop From Hell]


Macron Le Pew's Head In The Tulips [La Tête Dans Les Tulipes]

Macron Le Pew's Head In The Tulips [La Tête Dans Les Tulipes]: French President Emmanuel MacronL France Will “NEVER” Consider Helping To Secure The In Strait of Hormuz Military Operations From Iranian Influence

The United States has pressed France and other NATO members to help facilitate the free flow of oil tankers and other vessels through the tiny, immensely strategic waterway leading to the Persian Gulf.

Macron pushed back this week, telling officials that because Paris is not part of the conflict, ”therefore France ​will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context.”

The positioning from Paris comes after Macron suggested that French warships being deployed to the Middle East could join an international force seeking to help reopen the strait and escort vessels safely through the waterway. During those March 9 remarks in Cyprus, Macron said the aid would be a possibility only once the “most intense phase° of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has concluded.

Qatari State Outlet Al Jazeera Runs Op-ed Proclaiming US-Israel “dquo;War Strategy Is Working”

In Knockdown-Dragout Battle To Shape Media Narrative Surrounding Operation Epic Fury - Unlikely Show Of Support From Qatari Media

Al Jazeera, a state media outlet of the Qatari government that is widely viewed as one of the administration’s sharpest critics, published an op-ed asserting that the “US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working” and explicitly rebuking skeptics.

Washington Examiner 03/17/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


DEEP STATE MEDIA WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE IRAN

DEEP STATE MEDIA WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE NUCLEAR IRAN PROPAGANDA: On ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos [Step-On-All-Of-Us]: Retired Admiral Former Fifth Fleet Commander Kevin Donegan (VADM, USN-RET) SHUTS DOWN Martha Raddatz's “Failed to Plan for Hormuz” Narrative

ABC’s MARTHA RADDATZ PULLS A MICHAEL DUKAKIS TANK PHOTO OP THAT TANKED:

Media Narrative Laid Waste In Real Time: Retired Navy admiral exposes ridiculousness of the notion, pushed heavily across Elitist Media, that military planners somehow failed to plan for contingencies along the Strait of Hormuz.

MARTHA RADDATZ: But - But - You say we knew about their capabilities. And certainly in the Strait. Are you surprised that we didn't do more or have a bigger plan for - for - against that?

KEVIN DONEGAN: I would say that if you look at the campaign CENTCOM initiated, this was built into it from the beginning. And when you think about it in terms of the things that - that the Chairman said and the things that Admiral Cooper said his mission was, one of the things in there was- was to go after the (Iranian) Navy.

And what they really meant was Iran's capability to control the Straits when this is over, because we don't want them to have power projection capability. We also don't want them to have this leverage over this Internet.

You know, this - such an important chokehold so this effort that that that's being done and being waged by CENTCOM is specifically to get at their cruise missile threat, their ability to launch drones at boats, put mines in the water, all those things that when this is over you want then NOT to have, if that makes any sense.

SANCTIMONY: Jake Tapper Is MAD At Criticism Of The Elitist Media’s Coverage Against Iranian Regime

On MS NOW (“M-SNOW JOB”/Formally MSNBC), Ben Rhodes Says Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Is More Credible Than U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner

Fired ABC Reporter Terry Moran [Moron]: Trump's In a “Terrible Spot”, Iran’s Got…Speedboats!

News Busters.org 03/15/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


IRAN WAR: NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE

IRAN WAR: NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: Trump Weighs Daring Mission To Snatch Iran's Nuclear Stockpiles Amid Fears Of 'Dirty Bomb' If Uranium Falls Into The Wrong Hands

Donald Trump is weighing a daring mission to snatch Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles amid fears about what could happen if rogue actors get to it first.

The president has flirted with deploying U.S. soldiers on the ground in Iran in recent days, although he said othat he would need a 'very good reason' to make the escalatory move.

In Order Of Appearance: President Donald Trump; Vice President J.D. Vance

IRAN WAR: New Laser Weapon Zaps Enemies

LASER INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM: Explosion Hits United States Embassy In Oslo... as Sci-Fi-Like Defenses Are Used To ZAP Rockets Targeting Embassy In Baghdad

Attacks were launched on U.S. embassies in Norway and Iraq as the crisis in the Middle East threatens to spiral out of control.

Footage appeared to show a U.S. Army C-RAM Interceptor System shooting down the rocket fire, sending a stunning Red Laser across the skies as it took down the munitions.

Defiant Iran Hardliners Rejoice as Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba is confirmed new Supreme Leader - and vow to INCREASE missile attacks on 'Infrastructure'

Trump said somewhat sarcastically that 'at some point they'll be calling me to ask who I'd like' to replace Khamenei.

Iran's New Supreme Leader “Is Wounded”: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son, Mojtaba sustained mystery injury, claims state TV

Daily Mail 03/08/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

In Order Of Appearance: President Donald Trump; Iranian Dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba confirmed new Supreme Leader


2026 Texas Primaries{ James Talarico Created In A Lab

2026 TEXAS PRIMARIES - DEMOCRATS JUST DON'T LIKE “POPWERFUL” BLACK WOMEN, THEY PREFER “PASTY” WHITE MEN: SEVENTEEN (17) Times James Talarico Made Us Wonder If He Was Created In A Lab

From arguing ‘God is nonbinary’ to “grieving” over protecting the unborn, it’s clear Talarico is a leftist lab experiment gone wrong.

James Talarico is many things, but, despite Democrats and corporate media’s best efforts to convince Texans otherwise, normal is not one of them.

Talarico tries to come across as your friendly neighborhood Jesus freak, but ultimately presents as yet another Democrats and faux-masculinity Democrat, frankensteined together with remnants of Pete Buttigieg and Tim Walz’s flailing political careers and programmed to spout off Democrats’ most radical and cringey talking points.

The cherry on top of Talarico’s place as the Lone Star State Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate is the Democrats and ringing praise he received from disgraced Democrats and chronic election loser and fellow Texan Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke.

Left to Right: Jasmine Crocket; James Talarico

2026 Texas Primaries

Trump Despises Republican(s) In Name Only (RINO)s. So Why Is He Reportedly About To Endorse One Of The Swamp’s Biggest?

“Be Careful What You Wish For:” The four-term RINO locked in a contentious Republican primary run-off battle against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton boasts a storied Senate career of genuflecting at the altar of the Swamp. Cornyn has been begging for Trump’s platinum endorsement more shamelessly than he’s prostituted himself for establishment cash.

The Federalist 03/05/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search


Hillary Clinton Campaign Lawyer Marc Elias The “Big Lie”

Hillary Clinton Campaign Lawyer Marc Elias The “Big Lie”: Democratic Super Lawyer Clinton Campaign Lawyer Marc Elias Behind British Ex-spy Christopher Steele’s Discredited Russia Collusion Dossier Now Sees Iran Interference Intel As “Big Lie”

The Clinton campaign lawyer who helped fund British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s discredited dossier pushing baseless claims of Trump-Russia collusion in 2016 joined other Democrats in denying confirmed Iranian election influence efforts in 2020 and 2024 aimed at denigrating President Donald Trump, calling it a “Big Lie”.

Just the News published a story titled ““Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with U.S.” late Friday night. In the early morning hours of Saturday, Trump shared the Just the News article and its full headline on Truth Social shortly after releasing his video announcing strikes against Iran.

Just The News 03/02/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

In Order Of Appearance: Ex-Secretary Fo State, Ex-Bleachbit Cleaner Hillary Clinton; Democratic Super Lawyer Marc Elias Russiagate Spy Lawyer


AOC's Loud Snoring Fiancé

AOC ADDRESSES POLICY COMMENTS: With Democratic Presidential Ambitions, AOC Ridiculed As Her Fiancé's Riley Roberts Snoring Frowns Out Defense of Her Word Salad Munich Conference Speech

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dismissed those who argued she has a poor grasp of foreign policy during a personal Instagram story with her fiancé snoring in the background.

Ocasio-Cortez has been scrambling after a dismal showing at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that saw her criticized for word salad answers and a lack of knowledge on international subjects.

If Ocasio-Cortez runs for president, Vance could be her opponent. In fact, she celebrated a poll in December that had her beating him 51 percent to 49 percent. [WHO TOOK THIS POLL?]

Daily Mail 02/23/2026YouTubeDuckDuckGo Search

Left to Right: U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional District Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) (D-NY); Fiancé Riley Roberts