October 1, 2026

02a U.S. Politics – Conservative

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Republican politicians and conservative leaders are turning up the pressure on Senate GOP leadership to pass the SAVE America Act to strengthen election integrity.

President Donald Trump posted Thursday on Truth Social, imploring senators to move quickly on the measure.

“The Republicans MUST DO, with PASSION, and at the expense of everything else, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” Trump wrote. “And not the watered down version. This is a Country Defining fight for the Soul of our Nation!”

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the United States has no plans to admit a new wave of Middle Eastern refugees as the conflict with Iran unfolds.

President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social video early Saturday that the U.S. military launched Operation Epic Fury alongside Israel’s Operation Lion’s Roar. During a press briefing about the Iran attack, a reporter asked whether the Trump administration had safeguards in place to prevent a surge of refugees entering the United States.

“I‘m wondering if there‘s any safeguards put in place to make sure that the American people aren‘t having to have another wave of refugees?” one reporter asked.

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The end times are not announced by earthquakes or wars alone. The greatest sign, Fr. James Altman warns, is the apostasy unfolding inside the Church itself.

Joining John-Henry Westen, Fr. Altman draws on the warnings of Our Lady’s apparitions, Quito, La Salette, Garabandal, and the testimony of exorcists like Fr. Gabriel Amorth, who witnessed Padre Pio’s anguish over the loss of faith spreading through the Church’s own leadership. The crisis is not external. It is internal. And it has now reached the papacy.

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Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s fiery bid for a U.S. Senate seat was an exercise in self-immolation, according to a new report citing comments from various black Democrats.

The report from Politico said the shaky underpinnings of Crockett’s campaign were evident long before she lost the Democratic primary to state Rep. James Talarico.

The report also noted that Crockett’s defeat exposed fault lines within the Democratic Party shaped by the culture of identity politics.

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President Donald Trump said oil production is “beginning to flow” from Venezuela as Washington and Caracas work together to restore energy output following the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social, describing cooperation between the two countries as productive.

“Delcy Rodríguez, who is the President of Venezuela, is doing a great job, and working with U.S. Representatives very well,” Trump wrote.

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53 Democrats just voted against reaffirming that the Islamic Republic of Iran remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism — something State Departments of both parties have declared since 1984.

They’re sick.

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Texans and MAGA voters’ first instinct if President Donald Trump follows through with his reported endorsement of Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas primary will be anger. The real object of their ire, however, is not Trump but Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who has spent more time campaigning to save another GOP establishment pawn from losing his upper chamber seat than he has saving the country from the clutches of the radical left.

It should not be difficult for a Republican trifecta to pass popular legislation enshrining the GOP’s election integrity agenda — or any other useful conservative policy — in law. Doing so would not only insulate Republicans from some of the shenanigans that have plagued elections all across the country, but it would also prove to Americans that members of the red party have earned reelection come November.

The United States and Venezuela have officially restored diplomatic and consular relations that President Trump claims will lead to favorable oil and rare earth mineral deals for the U.S., deals that freeze Russia and China out of the equation. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said of the agreement, “When we are working together it can only mean two things, which is prosperity for the people of Venezuela and for the citizens of the United States, and it also brings peace and stability for the world.”

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U.S. Restores Diplomatic Ties With Venezuela In Historic Agreement – Trending Politics

The United States and Venezuela have formally agreed to restore diplomatic and consular relations, marking a significant shift in their bilateral ties after years of tension.

The announcement was formally made on Thursday after several weeks of improving relations, which started after the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in a daring raid last month.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries were last in place until January 2019, when the U.S. recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president amid disputes over the legitimacy of Nicolás Maduro’s re-election. In response, Maduro’s government severed ties, leading to the closure of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and Venezuela’s embassy in Washington, D.C.

Consular services were suspended, and diplomatic personnel were withdrawn as a result of the move. This limited interactions between the two countries to indirect channels, while the U.S. placed extensive economic sanctions on Maduro’s regime.

Formal rapprochement began in the days following Maduro’s capture, when Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s vice president, was sworn in as acting president and quickly signaled openness to dialogue. On January 9, the Venezuelan government issued a statement indicating the start of an “exploratory diplomatic process” with the U.S., aimed at re-establishing diplomatic missions in both countries.

Then-Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez meets with the Russian government in September 2024

By late January, the U.S. notified Congress of plans to implement a phased approach to resuming embassy functions, including sending temporary staff for select diplomatic activities. Discussions expanded to include economic cooperation, particularly in energy and mining sectors, as the Trump administration sought to reduce reliance on foreign sources for critical minerals and oil.

In February, the U.S. Embassy in Caracas reopened for limited operations, and Venezuela released several political prisoners as part of reconciliation efforts.

These moves paid the way for the most high-profile milestone to date, when U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited Caracas for two days. The secretary met with President Rodriguez and representatives from U.S. mining and energy firms, with talks centered on investment opportunities and security assurances for foreign companies operating in Venezuela’s mineral-rich regions.

“When we are working together it can only mean two things, which is prosperity for the people of Venezuela and for the citizens of the United States, and it also brings peace and stability for the world,” Burgum said following the meeting.

The restoration of relations is expected to facilitate phased improvements in areas such as visa services, trade, and security cooperation. The agreement aligns with U.S. goals of fostering a democratic transition, which could soon lead to easing of sanctions and more detailed framework on economic agreements.

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Kristi Noem received a summary demotion from President Donald Trump a day after a Senate hearing exposed a massive $220 million DHS ad campaign that seemed more about promoting Kristi Noem than DHS. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) all but accused Noem of lying when she claimed President Trump approved the campaign in advance. Action by President Trump would indicate she did not, indeed, seek prior approval before she ran a pro-Noem campaign using American tax dollars to do it.

Noem will be reassigned as “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas,” which President Trump called “our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere.” Trump has chosen Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to replace him. The Senator is popular with the MAGA base. He is known for his firebrand confrontations with Progmericans during Senate hearings.

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Here’s the Moment That Appears to Have Cost Kristi Noem Her Job as DHS Secretary – westernjournal.com

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy is much better known for demolishing Democrats than ridiculing Republicans, but Kristi Noem might be the exception.

The South Dakota Republican and the now-soon-to-be-former Cabinet official made headlines Wednesday as Kennedy used a Senate hearing to probe insistently about a taxpayer-funded advertising campaign that made Noem out to be some kind of heroine for Homeland Security.

And only a day later, Noem’s ouster was making headlines of its own.

Kennedy’s questioning was polite — almost excruciatingly so — but his skepticism was on full display over Noem’s answers when it came to whether President Donald Trump was fully behind the $220 million ad campaign.

Check it out here:

 

“Sorry to interrupt,” he said at one point. “But the president approved, ahead of time, your spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently?”

After another round of much sound and fury signaling nothing, the GOP’s Department of justice has allegedly quietly shut down its Biden autopen investigation in much the same way it has tried to bury the Epstein Files investigation.  The claim comes from the Washington Examiner, which cites an anonymous source. The Department of Justice has refused to comment when asked by the press about the claim.

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CASE CLOSED: DOJ Makes Final Decision On Joe Biden’s Auto-Pen Investigation – wltreport.com

This is highly disappointing.

The Department of Justice has quietly wrapped up its investigation into Joe Biden’s use of an autopen.

And the result?

Nothing!

No, I’m not being facetious.

The Department of Justice, after conducting an investigation into Biden staffers using an autopen for Executive Orders, pardons, and other presidential activities, failed to garner enough evidence that the aides broke any laws.

The Washington Examiner had more on the DOJ’s decision:

The Department of Justice has quietly closed an investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign official documents, according to a source familiar with the matter.

DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin, the former “weaponization” czar, opened the investigation while he was serving as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. The inquiry examined whether aides may have used the signature device without Biden’s full knowledge or authorization as his cognitive abilities declined late in his presidency.

The war plan by the U.S. and Israel to annihilate Iran’s effective military power seems to be ahead of schedule, with the navy already largely destroyed and its missile capacity reduced by more than 80%. The plan is going so well, talk of the regime’s replacements have already gotten serious.

President Donald Trump has signaled that any peace with Iran will have to include the President being able to approve of the leader the next regime selects to lead it. President Trump told the press, “They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela. Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran… Most of the people we had in mind are dead.”

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BREAKING: Trump says he has ‘to be involved in the appointment’ of Iran’s next leader – The Post Millennial

“I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela.”

President Donald Trump has said that he must be involved in the selection of the next leader in Iran after the US and Israel launched an Operation Epic Fury. That conflict has gone on since Saturday and has already wiped out much of Iran’s leadership.

Should the Trump administration lose in the courts and be forced to refund “American” businesses, they are committed to pay interest on the refunds, they informed the courts. Judges have already signaled a willingness to fast-track the process, as we predicted would happen in our report on the Tariff ruling on page 2. In addition to the refunds for U.S. companies, foreign companies are also lining up for their cut of the SCOTUS plunder. Estimates top out at $170 as far as revenues collected through the tariffs so far.

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Trump Administration Says It Will Pay Interest on Tariff Refunds – dailysignal.com

The Trump administration will pay interest on refunds for global tariffs if ordered to do so, according to a court filing on Wednesday.

U.S. officials have not committed to full refunds on the money collected from tariffs, as President Donald Trump has said he would find other laws to continue his tariffs. However, litigation and negotiations are continuing on multiple fronts.

This comes less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump could not use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a national emergency law, to impose tariffs.

Brandon Lord, executive director of the trade programs at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, wrote in the filing with the U.S. Court of International Trade, “In accordance with applicable law, any validated refund of IEEPA duties would include interest.”

Since Trump imposed the tariffs in a “liberation day” announcement, the U.S. government has collected about $170 billion in tariffs, according to Bloomberg News.

The Texas Senate Primary races were the main feature of Tuesday’s midterm primaries, which were also held in Arkansas, North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. In Texas, DNC race hustler Jasmine Crocket lost to James Talarico, a far-left “Christian” who claims God is non-binary and ok with abortions.

In the GOP race, Senator John Cornyn failed to get a majority vote, so a run-off race between himself and his closest challenger, Attorney General Ken Paxton, will happen in May. Paxton has offered to drop out of the race if Cornyn commits to passing the SAVE Act, even if it means voting to change the filibuster rule to require it to be verbal, not merely procedural.

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Cornyn, Paxton Advance to Runoff in Texas Republican Primary – breitbart.com

Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn overperformed most expectations Tuesday in his fight for a fifth term, advancing to a runoff in the Texas Senate Republican primary against Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The race was called by the Associated Press (AP) at 10:50 am ET. With an estimated 65.8 percent of the vote in, Cornyn led with 658,274 votes, 42.5 percent, to Paxton’s 632,472 votes, 40.8 percent.

Rep. Wesley Hunt finished a distant third with around 13 percent of the projected vote and will be out of office upon the completion of his current House term.

The Washington Republican establishment, led by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of Senate Republicans, pulled out all the stops to support Cornyn, making the race the most expensive Senate primary in history. Cornyn and his allies spent tens of millions to boost Cornyn and attack Paxton and Hunt.

In an exchange with U.S. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), Governor Tim Walz (D-MIN) was caught lying about a claim he restarted the fraudulent “Feeding our Future” charity because a judge ordered him to. When confronted with the Judge’s statement refuting the claim, Walz changed his testimony, claiming he merely took the advice of his counsel, who told him the Judge ordered the funding to restart.

The key exchange came when Jordan asked if the Judge was lying, or his counsel was lying. To that question, he responded, “I can’t tell you!” Pressed further, he claimed, “I just know what the attorneys said.”

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Tim Walz Caught in Major Lie During House Grilling on Minnesota Fraud Scandal –  slaynews.com

Democrat Gov. Tim Walz faced an intense grilling on Capitol Hill as House Republicans pressed him over Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal, focusing on a key controversy involving the state’s handling of payments to Feeding Our Future.

The confrontation unfolded during a House Oversight Committee hearing examining alleged fraud and misuse of federal funds tied to pandemic-era relief programs.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) opened the hearing by accusing Minnesota officials of overseeing a sweeping collapse in oversight.

He said whistleblowers raised concerns for years while taxpayer funds continued flowing out the door and into the pockets of Somali fraudsters.

Comer also cited estimates from federal prosecutors that up to $9 billion may have been stolen from 14 Medicaid programs in Minnesota, according to the committee’s interim findings.

He argued the situation represented “one of the most extensive breakdowns of oversight this Committee has ever examined.”

Jordan Presses Walz Over Feeding Our Future Payments

The hearing’s most intense exchange came when House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) questioned Walz about the state’s decision to restart payments to Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit at the center of what federal prosecutors say became a roughly $250 million pandemic fraud scheme.

Jordan pressed Walz over why the payments resumed after concerns about fraud had already been raised, and why the governor publicly suggested the state was compelled to restart payments because of a court ruling.

That claim has previously been confirmed to be false by the judge involved in the case.

According to a public statement from Minnesota Judge John Guthmann, the court never ordered the state to restart the payments.

“Judge John Guthmann never ordered the Department of Education to resume payments to FOF in April 2021, or at any other time,” the court said.

The statement added that the state agency “voluntarily resumed making payments” and that reimbursements were issued “without any court order.”

The court further explained that the clarification was released because of what it described as “inaccurate statements by the Governor” and others regarding the situation.

Walz Points to Legal Advice

During the hearing, Walz maintained that state officials believed their actions were required based on legal advice provided by agency lawyers.

However, Republicans argued that the explanation does not address why the public was told a judge forced the payments to resume.

They said the court’s statement contradicts the governor’s earlier explanation.

The dispute has become a central political vulnerability for Walz as the Feeding Our Future investigation continues to expand.

Jordan grilled Walz over the claims and accused the Democrat governor of “lying.”

“Why didn’t you tell the truth about why you restarted the payments?” Jordan asked Walz.

Walz responded: “The agency believed the court required them to make those payments.”

Jordan fired back: “But that was false..

“The court says the judge never ordered you to resume Feeding Our Future payments…

“So the court’s lying?!”

“I can’t tell you!” Walz insisted.

“Somebody’s lying!” Jordan raged.

“Either you’re lying, or the court’s lying. Which one?!”

“I just know what the attorneys said,” Walz claimed.

Jordan replied: “Could it be you’re trying to hide behind the court?

“Is it all about politics?!”

WATCH:

Growing Scrutiny Over Minnesota Fraud

The scandal has drawn national attention after federal prosecutors alleged that pandemic food aid programs were exploited on a massive scale.

In earlier hearings, witnesses testified that warnings about potential fraud were documented and raised repeatedly before the scheme was uncovered.

This week’s hearing escalated scrutiny by putting Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison under oath as Republicans attempted to link the fraud directly to failures within state leadership.

For Walz, the controversy is not only about the fraud itself but also about how his administration explained its decisions once the scandal became public.

Republicans say the court’s statement rejecting the governor’s earlier claim that payments were ordered by a judge has become one of the most politically damaging elements of the entire episode.

READ MORE – Tim Walz Triggers Backlash by Complaining as Missiles Flatten Iranian Regime

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Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano chose to release an illegal immigrant, Abdul Jalloh, despite being warned directly that if he did so, someone WOULD be killed. Jalloh then allegedly murdered Stephanie Minter at a bus stop, stabbing her to death, a murder the police directly warned Descano would happen if he let him go. Independent Virginia reporter Nick Monock obtained an email copy of the letter the police sent to Descano.

Monock offered this commentary in response to the email, “… the police were warning the prosecutor’s office that if this guy was released back into the community again something like this could happen. The murder of Stephanie Minter. And it did. Mr. Jalloh has more than 40 past charges, and almost every case, Descano’s office dropped those charges and released this illegal immigrant, violent offender, back into the community. And they had a warning from the police department.”

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Dem attorney was warned illegal who murdered a Virginia woman would do so if he were released, they released him anyway – louderwithcrowder.com

Earlier this week, we told you about Abdul Jalloh, the illegal immigrant with over 40 violent priors who (allegedly) murdered Stephanie Minter at a bus stop. And about the “moderate” Democrat governor whose first order of business this year was to run Virginia into a Sanctuary STATE. And about how they wouldn’t give ICE a heads up before releasing this guy without a judicial warrant, which ICE can’t get because it’s not a federal crime. Today, we’re here to tell you that the story has managed to get worse.

Police warned Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s office last November that if they released Abdul Jalloh AGAIN, something like him murdering Stephanie Minter…

…could very well happen. They released Abdul anyway. And what the police warned would happen if you released someone with over 40 violent priors back into the public tragically happened.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that higher courts must stop ruling on immigration cases that have been adjudicated by Immigration Judges in asylum cases. Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the ruling, stating, “the agency’s determination whether a given set of undisputed facts rises to the level of persecution under §1101(a)(42)(A) is generally ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.’”

The ruling puts a significant limit on district courts, especially, which have been interfering with an inordinate number of asylum cases. Many of these judges are from the batch of judges the GOP lazily allowed to be approved during the last weeks of the Biden administration.

Blurb:

SCOTUS unanimously rules courts MUST defer to immigration judges in asylum cases – The Post Millennial

The court was unanimous in its ruling.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that federal appeals courts must defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions. The case centered around asylum claims made by Salvadoran national Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana and his family, with Urias-Orellana arguing that a hitman had been targeting him in his home country.

The court’s ruling, written by Biden-appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, stated that immigration laws require federal courts to use a “substantial-evidence standard” when reviewing immigration judges’ decisions regarding whether an asylum seeker would face “persecution” if deported from the country.

Jackson noted that courts must meet a high bar before overturning an immigration judge’s findings. “the agency’s determination whether a given set of undisputed facts rises to the level of persecution under §1101(a)(42)(A) is generally ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.’”

The three hero cops who prevented the Muslim terrorist in the Austin shooting from killing more people than he did are now facing a Grand Jury investigation. The Travis County DA is known for using a Grand Jury process he created that requires every officer-involved shooting to go before a Grand Jury even when the shooting is deemed justified, as it was in this case.

The policy itself was allegedly pushed by a special interest group called the Wren Collective, which has ties to far left, and pro-Islamist organizations. The key part of the Grand Jury is that the jury only gets to see the prosecutor’s unchallenged evidence. The prosecutor is also not required to present exculpatory evidence.

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3 Hero Austin Cops Who Stopped MASS MURDERING MUSLIM MIGRANT Deadly Bar Shooting FACE GRAND JURY
– Geller Report

The 3 brave Austin police officers who killed an Islamic terrorist are being hauled before a Grand Jury to avoid murder charges after a peo-jihad progressive organization demanded it.

The Muslim terrorist opened fire on a crowded bar in Austen, Texas, Texans partying on a Saturday night, three dead, several wounded. This is an attack on our very way of life.

For all those fleeing blue states, Austen is not the place to go.The liberals ruined it aleady.

A major Shiite Mosque in Dearborn, Michigan was caught holding a memorial service for the rightly executed leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei. During the service, they praised the Ayatollah’s martyrdom and called America “devil worshipers” on “stolen land.” The language was incendiary and insurrectionist in nature. The report warrants further investigation by federal authorities.

Blurb:

Michigan Mosque Honors ‘Martyrdom’ of Slain Iranian Regime Leader, Claims Americans Are ‘Devil-Worshipers’ Living on ‘Stolen Land’ –  slaynews.com

A Shiite mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, has held a memorial service honoring Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following his death during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign known as Operation Epic Fury.

Speakers at the event praised Khamenei’s life and described his death as “martyrdom,” while also delivering speeches sharply critical of the United States.

Speakers at the event accused the American people of being “devil-worshipers” who are living on “stolen land.”

They also argued that the United States is being led by “Satan.”

Planned Parenthood is running a “sex education program” for teens between the ages of 14 and 19 in the LBTQ and gender-bending spectrum. The program’s stated goal is this, “IN·clued will address health disparities affecting LGBTQ+ youth, who are disproportionately impacted by unintended pregnancies.” The program both encourages sexual expression and encourages abortion as a solution to “unintended pregnancies.” It is, in effect, a marketing program to find new customers in new “un-serviced” markets.

Blurb:

Planned Parenthood Wants Kids Hooked on Sex to Sell More Abortions – lifenews.com

Planned Parenthood rears its ugly head once again in its so-called “sex education,” and this time it is targeting teens in Delaware high schools. Planned Parenthood of Delaware announced that it would begin offering its “IN·clued” sex education, a program other Planned Parenthood affiliates have implemented to teach teens how to engage in homosexual acts “safely” and that affirms gender confusion.

This “sex education program” targets teens ages 14-19 who are struggling with same-sex attraction and/or gender confusion. Instead of helping these teens overcome these struggles and encouraging them to live healthy and virtuous lives, Planned Parenthood unsurprisingly leads these teens down a path of destruction and affirms the confusion.

To add to the confusion and nonsensical nature of this program, Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s education and community outreach coordinator said that “IN·clued will address health disparities affecting LGBTQ+ youth, who are disproportionately impacted by unintended pregnancies.” While this statement makes us scratch ours heads in bewilderment, Planned Parenthood always means business. In other words, it just wants money in its pockets.

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We know from examples like this one that Planned Parenthood’s true purp

ose for indoctrinating young people in school is to gain future “clients.” Through promotion of birth control, gender hormones, and yes, even abortion for those “unintended pregnancies,” these teens receive the propaganda early on that Planned Parenthood will be there to “help” them.

This isn’t the first disturbing tactic from Planned Parenthood of Delaware to corrupt the minds of impressionable teens in recent years. As STOPP reported in August 2024, this same affiliate developed an explicit sex education video series in American Sign Language and attempted to implement the series into every deaf middle and high school throughout the country. While STOPP and its supporters wrote to all these deaf schools and asked them to reject Planned Parenthood’s offer, we did not hear from a single school’s administration about this.

However, we will not give up, for Christ is our guide and hope. We encourage our supporters in Delaware to inform their family and friends about this new LGBTQ+ sex ed program that Planned Parenthood is attempting to indoctrinate your teenager with. Next, we ask that you raise awareness within your school district and provide reasons why this program and Planned Parenthood should not be allowed in your child/grandchild’s school. (STOPP can help with this. Please contact us at [email protected].)

Lastly, and most importantly, pray for wisdom, strength, and protection for today’s youth, who are so heavily infiltrated with these messages, and for the end of Planned Parenthood’s destruction.

To read more tips on how to get Planned Parenthood out of your schools, please visit our website.

LifeNews Note: Katherine Van Dyke writes for American Life League.

 


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By the time you see this, Iran may very well have selected a new group of future military targets, their new leadership. They had to select a new leadership not because the Khomeini leadership was killed, but because their replacements were. The leadership meeting to select the replacements of the Khomeini leadership happened in Tehran, where the entire leadership gathered was killed, according to U.S. and Israeli officials.

Blurb:

Israel hits Iranian leadership meeting to choose new Supreme Leader – gellerreport.com

The Israelis and Americans have just made it significantly easier for the Iranian people to overthrow the regime. Instead of announcing a new Supreme Leader today, the Iranian mullahs are reeling from an Israeli strike on the meeting where they were intending to choose him. Let us continue to hope and pray that we are seeing the last days of this evil regime.

“Israel targets Iranian leadership meeting about succession: senior Israeli official,” Fox News, March 3, 2026:

Israeli forces struck an Iranian Supreme Council gathering on Tuesday as the group was meeting to choose a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Israeli official told Fox News.

Fox News’ Trey Yingst reported…

“They just targeted the meeting in Tehran where what’s left of the leadership was gathering to choose a new Supreme Leader,” Yingst said….

The Senate voted 53-47 against a resolution which would direct President Trump to withdraw troops from Iran. The one lone GOP Senator to vote for the bill was Rand Paul (R-KY), who was also a co-sponsor. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) was the lone Democrat to vote against the resolution.

Blurb:

Senate fails to advance Iran war powers resolution – Yahoo News

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic-led Iran war powers resolution that called for congressional approval for military action against Iran.

The procedural vote, which directed the removal of United States armed forces from hostilities within or against Iran that have not been authorized by Congress, failed by a vote of 47 to 53.

The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped Progmerican-controlled New York state from disappearing a republican district through gerrymandering before the 2026 election. The decision does not rule out a future evaporation of the sole GOP-held district, but it prevents it from disappearing before the midterm election.

Blurb:

SCOTUS Blocks NY Bid To Redistrict GOP Seat Before Midterms – thefederalist.com

The U.S. Supreme Court shut down a bid by New York courts to redistrict a Republican-controlled congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms on Monday.

In its 6-3 ruling, the high court granted an emergency application to temporarily stay (“pause”) a state judge’s efforts to redraw Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ congressional district. Malliotakis has represented New York’s 11th Congressional District since 2021 and won reelection by 28 points during the 2024 election.

As described by The Hill, “A state judge had ordered the boundaries be redrawn after ruling the district dilutes black and Latino voting strength in violation of the state constitution.” The Supreme Court’s Monday order “granted Malliotakis’s emergency application to block that ruling as the litigation proceeds, effectively restoring her existing district lines for the midterms.”

The high court noted that the New York court’s ruling “is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts” and the filing of a petition at SCOTUS asking the justices to take up the case. The Supreme Court’s stay will terminate if it declines to hear the case or if it agrees to take up the case and renders a verdict on the matter.

Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson would have denied Malliotakis’ request for relief.

Associate Justice Samuel Alito authored a concurring opinion in which he expressed agreement with the court’s decision and blasted the New York judge’s directive “that blatantly discriminates on the basis of race.” He noted how the “New York Supreme Court (that State’s trial-level court) ordered the New York Independent Redistricting Commission to draw a new congressional district for the express purpose of ensuring that ‘minority voters’ are able to elect the candidate of their choice.”

“That is unadorned racial discrimination, an inherently ‘odious’ activity that violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause except in the ‘most extraordinary case,’” Alito wrote. “Extraordinary circumstances exist only when the challenged state conduct is narrowly tailored to achieve a ‘compelling’ interest, and our precedents have identified only two compelling interests that can justify race-based government action: (1) mitigating prison-specific risks and (2) ‘remediating specific, identified instances of past discrimination that violated the Constitution or a statute.’ … Neither of those interests is present here.”

In her dissent, Sotomayor (joined by Kagan and Jackson) accused the majority of “[i]gnoring every limit on federal courts’ authority” by “tak[ing] the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court’s decision in a redistricting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State’s highest court a chance to act.” Such an action, she claimed, “violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity.”

“By granting these applications, the Court thrusts itself into the middle of every election-law dispute around the country, even as many States redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election,” Sotomayor wrote. “It also invites parties searching for a sympathetic ear to file emergency applications directly with this Court, without even bothering to ask the state courts first. There is much reason to question whether the majority will exercise its newfound authority wisely, but there is no reason to question this: If you build it, they will come.”

Monday’s ruling is the latest in a series of redistricting-related cases to come before the high court ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Within the past several months, the justices have effectively greenlit maps passed by Texas and California that bolster their respective ruling party’s chances of winning more seats this fall.


Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood


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Dan Crenshaw, the U.S. representative from Texas, lost his GOP primary race to challenger Texas State representative Steve Toth. Crenshaw is famous for voting against the Trump agenda at critical times. He represents the Eric Erickson branch of the “conservatives.” These are the DNC sleepers whose jobs are to muck up the resistance to the DNC by undermining it with strategic “objections.” Crenshaw lost 58 to 40.

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BREAKING: Dan Crenshaw loses GOP US House primary in Texas to Steve Toth – The Post Millennial

Crenshaw was the only incumbent Republican House member in Texas running for re-election who did not receive President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) was defeated Tuesday in the Republican primary in Texas’ 2nd Congressional District, ending the four-term congressman’s bid for re-election.

Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who has represented the district since 2019, lost to businessman and state Rep. Steve Toth. With roughly three-fourths of ballots counted, Toth led with about 58 percent of the vote to Crenshaw’s 40 percent. Decision Desk called the race at 12:12 am local time.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has struck down a challenge to Louisianna’s law requiring the 10 Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms. The court ruled that the plaintiffs in the case lack standing to bring suit. The court held, “There can be no doubt that the Ten Commandments bear immense religious significance. For believing Jews and Christians’ they are ‘the word of God handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.’ But they also ‘have historical significance as one of the foundations of our legal system.’ That dual character forecloses any categorical rule against their display on public property. Instead, constitutionality turns on ‘the context of the display’ and ‘how the text is used.’”

They added, “Simply put, we cannot evaluate ‘how the text is used,’ because we do not yet know—and cannot yet know—how the text will be used. And ‘[i]n the absence of this evidence, we are not able to conduct the fact-intensive and context-specific analysis required by’ the Supreme Court’s Ten Commandments cases.”

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5th Circuit Clears Way for Louisiana Ten Commandments in Classrooms – standingforfreedom.com


The federal appellate court ruled that the plaintiffs challenging Louisiana’s law mandating that public schools display the Ten Commandments did not show evidence that the law actually violates the Constitution’s Establishment Clause.


[UPDATE]  In late February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the plaintiffs challenging Louisiana’s law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in all public school classrooms do not have standing, allowing the law to go into effect pending future legal efforts.

The law, H.B. 71, was previously struck down by a panel of judges from the Fifth Circuit, but following an en banc hearing, meaning all 17 judges weighed in, the court ruled that plaintiffs could not sue the state because they showed no evidence that there had been any violation of the Establishment Clause, which bans the government from establishing a state religion.

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The U.S. military assisted Ecuador with a land operation against cartels on Tuesday night.

I believe it’s the first land operation since the U.S. started striking suspected narco boats in the Caribbean and Pacific.

In total, the military has performed 43 strikes on boats, killing 150 people.

“On March 3, Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces launched operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador,” U.S. Southern Command wrote on X. “The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism.”

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REUTERS—A U.S. appeals court on Monday returned the lawsuits that led to most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs being struck down to the U.S. Court of International Trade, which could determine the process for refunding more than $130 billion to importers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a one-page order granting the motion by importers to send the case back to the trade court, where it originated in early 2025.

The motion was opposed by the Trump administration, which said it wanted the case delayed for up to four months to give it time to consider its options.

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Voters are giving President Donald Trump a modest boost on the economy — and Republicans a messaging edge heading into the midterms.

The latest Harvard CAPS / Harris poll shows the GOP has surged 8 points on the generic congressional ballot since January, pulling even at 50-50 after trailing at the start of the year. Among likely voters, Republicans now hold a 4-point edge.

That momentum comes as the February survey found 52% of voters say the economy is better today than it was under President Joe Biden, up 5 points from January. A narrow majority, 51%, now describe the U.S. economy as strong, a 2-point bump from last month and an 8-point jump since November.

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Thirty-three protesters who took over a University of Washington engineering building in May 2025, causing roughly $1 million in damage, are finally facing trespassing charges.

The King County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday charged them with misdemeanor criminal trespass, “but stopped short of accusing anyone of vandalism and the destruction inside,” KOMO News reported, adding 23 of them are UW students who also served suspensions for their actions.

During the May protest, masked individuals had obstructed two streets near the building, blocked its entrances and exits, and set fires in two dumpsters, according to a university official at the time. They also chanted “death to the police,” video showed.

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Sri Lanka’s navy rushed into the Indian Ocean after receiving a distress call from an Iranian warship, but what it found looked like a scene from a disaster film: oil slicks, empty life rafts and bodies in the water after the vessel was sunk by a U.S. torpedo strike.

Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament on Wednesday that Sri Lanka launched a rescue effort after a distress signal from Iran’s IRIS Dena, which had 180 people on board. Navy ships and aircraft were sent to the area.

When Sri Lankan forces arrived, the ship was gone.

“There was no sign of the ship, only some oil patches and life rafts,” navy spokesman Cmdr. Buddhika Sampath said. “We found people floating on the water.”

Sri Lanka’s navy said crews recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people.