May 6, 2026

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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….

Geopolitical analysts have observed that one of the hardest hit casualties of the fall of Iran’s Islamic Republic regime is America’s main competitor, China. Chairman Xi has spent a decade himself, and billions of dollars, cultivating Middle East relations, largely through its major supporter, Iran.

In addition to that, the failure of Chinese war tech to stop the absolute brutalization of Iran and help it mount an effective counter (so far) will cause its current allies and customers to second-guess both its military tech capabilities and its capacity to protect them from American aggression. China was also hoping on Iran’s continued support of radical militant Islam colonizing western countries would continue, accelerating the decline of the West, rendering it a feckless foe.

Blurb:

China Scrambles As U.S Israeli Strike On Iran Upends Xi’s Middle East Strategy  Rocky Mountain Voice
from news.google.com

The men in Zhongnanhai do not rattle easily. Decades of patient statecraft, a foreign policy built on studied ambiguity, and an economy engineered to absorb external shocks have granted Beijing’s leadership a remarkable tolerance for turbulence. Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.–Israeli military campaign now dismantling Iran’s military architecture, has produced something unusual in the corridors of Chinese power: visible confusion.

Xi Jinping is scrambling — and that word is not used lightly. For a leader who has built his image on strategic composure and long-horizon thinking, Xi faces an acutely dangerous moment — not because China faces a direct military threat but because every available response to the crisis in the Persian Gulf leads Beijing into a trap of its own contradictions.

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


from thefederalist.com

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.

Blurb:

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.”

Blurb:

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.

Blurb:

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.

Scouting America has now committed to end its DEI programs, recognize the biological binary sex reality of humans, and separate the boys from the girls. The move came after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth informed the organization that failure to uncouple anti-American leftism from their standards would result in the Department of War ending its relationship with them.

Blurb:

BREAKING: Boy Scouts agrees to ditch DEI, keep boys and girls separate in showers, lodging after Pentagon pressure – The Post Millennial Hegseth said he had been “seriously considering” ending Department of War support for the youth organization.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth revealed on Friday that Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, is ending DEI in its programs and implementing measures to separate boys and girls by biological sex in toilets, tents, and other “intimate spaces.”

Hegseth said he had been “seriously considering” ending Department of War support for the youth organization, “But, before making this big change, I decided to meet with the current scouting leadership to convey our deep concerns.”

Less than 48 hours after the U.S. and Israel launched their historic air assault on the Iranian Regime, almost all of its top leaders across all major institutions are dead, and that includes the Ayatollah Khomeini, whose 47-year reign of terror over his own people has finally come to an end. His first replacement was killed soon after he was appointed. While the DNC-CCP press mourns his loss, Americans, Iranians, and freedom-loving people of the world celebrate the end of his tyrannical reign.

Blurb:

Justice arrives for Tehran’s terror  – washingtonexaminer.com – written by Mike Pence, former VP and Progmerican rear-guarder.

Operation Epic Fury is off to a strong start, but it will not be without cost. Indeed, fighting has already claimed the lives of American service members. We must honor their sacrifice by ensuring that this mission succeeds. It would be foolish to expect the mullahs to go quietly. They will cling to power with all the desperate cruelty they have shown for decades. The president and Congress must continue to provide our military with the resources, clarity of mission, and unified support necessary to achieve lasting victory over the terrorist regime in Tehran.

Excessive restraint applied before victory is secured will be mistaken for weakness, which will only invite further aggression. History has shown that peace is preserved not by wishful thinking, but by American strength.

The Supreme Court struck down a California policy that essentially allowed schools to secretly transition your children to a different “gender” without your consent. The ruling was 6-3, which means 3 supreme court justices are fundamentally unfit to serve, and probably have suspicious material on their laptops.

The non-child-groomer justices determined, “We conclude that the parents who seek religious exemptions are likely to succeed on the merits of their Free Exercise Clause claim. The parents who assert a free exercise claim have sincere religious beliefs about sex and gender, and they feel a religious obligation to raise their children in accordance with those beliefs. The right protected by these precedents includes the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions regarding their children’s mental health.”

Blurb:

HUGE WIN: Supreme Court BLOCKS California’s ‘Secret Gender Transition’ Law for Kids – wltreport.com

In a huge victory in California, the Supreme Court just struck down a policy allowing for secret “gender transitions” of children in schools.

The new state law barred schools from notifying parents if their kid started identifying as a transgender and forced teachers to use students’ “preferred pronouns” even if they do not align with their biological sex.

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For a brief season in Vermont, Christians could not adopt children because of the DNC-controlled state’s presupposition that homosexuality and transgenderism are good and should be celebrated, especially in children. If your belief system falls outside of their pedo-enabling orthodoxy, you cannot adopt a child. After all, if they want to explore sex with a person of their same sex, or explore their non-existent gender choices, your beliefs would prevent them from being terrorized by leftist child groomers.

Now, Vermont has been reeled in after a settlement between the state’s child grooming and terrorizing agency, the Department of Children and Families, and Christian couples who sued for the right to adopt children without bending the knee to the left’s child grooming ideology. Now, the DCF’s new guidelines protect Christians from leftist terrorism. It reads “[a]pplicants’ sincerely held personal, cultural, religious, moral, or philosophical beliefs shall not be considered in the licensing process.”

Blurb:

Vermont Ends Foster-Care LGBTQ Affirmation Requirement After Lawsuit – standingforfreedom.com

State bans on Christians from the foster care system continue to fall after coming up against legal challenges that claim such policies violate the First Amendment’s protections for religious freedom.

The latest is in Vermont, where a settlement has been reached between the state’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) and two Christian couples who were kicked out of the state’s foster care system because they refused to say they would affirm a hypothetical child’s gender confusion.

Pastor Bryan Gantt and his wife, Rebecca, and Pastor Brian Wuoti and his wife, Katy, were once favorites of the Vermont foster care system. The Wuotis became foster parents in 2014 and adopted two boys from the foster care system. The Gantts became foster parents in 2016 and specialized in caring for children born with drug dependency or fetal alcohol syndrome.

… DCF demanded the couples agree to affirm a child’s gender identity if they were ever asked to care for an LGBT child. Due to their religious beliefs, the couples both said they would love and care for an LGBT child, but they wouldn’t lie to them and affirm their gender confusion.

As a result, they were removed from the foster care system, leading to a lawsuit filed on their behalf by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).

On Monday, February 23, ADF issued a statement saying they had reached a settlement with DCF after Vermont created a new policy that no longer requires parents to agree to philosophical statements in order to participate in the foster care system.

Under the settlement, dated February 18, DCF will issue new guidance stating that an “[a]pplicants’ sincerely held personal, cultural, religious, moral, or philosophical beliefs shall not be considered in the licensing process.” DCF also stated that it does not require “endorsement or affirmation of specific identities” nor the “use of particular vocabulary, prescribed language, or preferred pronouns related to gender identity, sexual orientation, or identity expression.”

Blurb:

Parents Get Enormous Payout After School Forces Kids to Read LGBT Books – westernjournal.com

Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland was required to pay parents $1.5 million after forcing their children to read storybooks with homosexual and transgender themes.

In 2023, three sets of parents filed a lawsuit after parental notices and opt-outs were removed before their children were exposed to books about gender transitions and pride parades, according to a report from The Christian Post.

But last June, the Supreme Court ruled that the district had to obtain parental consent before the children were shown the material.

U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued a financial judgment on Feb. 19, requiring the school to pay the impacted parents $1.5 million in damages, according to an alert from Becket.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that President Trump has a right to retrieve taxpayer information on illegal aliens from the IRS. The court affirmed that laws protecting Americans from privacy regarding their taxes do not apply to illegals.

Blurb:

Trump Scores Momentous Legal Victory as Appeals Court Backs Immigration Crackdown Tactic – slaynews.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit handed President Donald Trump a significant legal victory this week, ruling that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may share certain taxpayer information with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assist in identifying and deporting illegal aliens.

In a decision reinforcing federal enforcement authority, the court concluded that existing law does not create a blanket shield preventing illegal immigrants’ tax records from being used in lawful immigration investigations.

Gun in Virginia have a higher approval rating, 84%, than the Marxist they elected, Abigail Spanberger, who has a 32% approval rating. Her approval comes from the Democrats, who give her a 63.8% rating, compared to the republicans who give her an 88.1% disapproval rating, and independents who give her an 89.7% disapproval rating.

Blurb:

Poll Reveals 84% Support The Right To Bear Arms In Key Blue State – trendingpoliticsnews.com

Virginia voters are sending a blunt message on guns and crime: stop targeting the law-abiding, and start punishing criminals.

New polling from Quantus Insights shows a politically dissatisfied electorate that remains largely confident about personal safety, and strongly supportive of Second Amendment protections.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s approval rating sits at 32%, with 64% disapproving. The divide is stark. Republicans disapprove by 88.1% and Independents by 80.7%. Democrats break the other way, with 63.8% approving.

Most Virginians, however, say they feel safe in their communities. Women report feeling safe at 72.9%, men at 71.0%. Democrats express the highest sense of security at 82.8%, while Independents (64.7%) and Republicans (66.7%) are more mixed but still mostly positive.

On the Second Amendment, the poll finds broad agreement that it protects an individual right to own a firearm. Republicans agree at 92.0%, Independents at 90.8%, and Democrats at 71.2%. By gender, 86.0% of men and 82.2% of women agree.

Support narrows on the right to carry for self-defense outside the home but remains substantial. Republicans agree at 82.6%, Independents at 75.8%. Democrats split, with 39.7% agreeing and 55.3% disagreeing. Men support carry rights at 71.2%, compared with 58.9% of women.

Quantus Insights

The survey’s most decisive finding centers on responsibility for gun violence. Across party lines, voters point to offenders rather than firearms.

“The criminal” is responsible, say 95.7% of Republicans, 94.1% of Independents, and 82.3% of Democrats. By gender, 91.1% of men and 89.5% of women agree.

Majorities also say criminals pose a greater threat than firearms themselves. Republicans agree at 91.8% and Independents at 90.1%. Democrats are more divided at 52.7%. Women are more likely than men to say firearms are dangerous on their own, 25.0% versus 15.5%.

When asked what would do the most to reduce crime, voters favor tougher enforcement over new regulations.

Judges delivering tougher sentencing is the top choice. Republicans select it at 46.9%, Independents at 48.9%, and Democrats at 21.8%. Prosecution of existing laws draws 33.1% of Republicans and 24.6% of Independents.

Support for “more laws regulating firearms” is concentrated among Democrats at 33.3%, compared with 7.3% of Independents and 5.0% of Republicans. Men lean more heavily toward sentencing and prosecution, while women show somewhat greater support for new gun laws.

The results point to a consistent theme: Virginians want consequences for criminals prioritized over expanded firearm restrictions.

With Spanberger’s approval at 32% and disapproval at 64%, the poll suggests that further tightening of gun laws could face stiff resistance from a skeptical electorate.

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Panama has moved against two Hong Kong operated ports after pressure by the U.S. to force China out of the canal. Hong Kong was once an independent city-state that has since been taken over by the Chinese Communist party. CK Hutchinson Holdings responded, claiming, “None of the actions by the Panama State were advised to or coordinate with PPC. The Panama State is responsible for harm and damage caused by the confiscatory actions it has taken.”

Blurb:

Panama seizes control of two ports operated by Hong Kong subsidiary  upi.com
from news.google.com

Panama authorities have taken control of two ports operated by a subsidiary of a Hong Kong company, assets that came under scrutiny after President Donald Trump claimed China exerted too much influence over their operation.

Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings condemned the Monday takeover in a statement on Tuesday that said the actions of Panama were “unlawful” and raised risks to the operations, health and safety of the Balboa and Critobal terminals that its subsidiary, Panama Ports, has been operating for decades.

“None of the actions by the Panama State were advised to or coordinate with PPC,” Hutchison Holdings said.

“The Panama State is responsible for harm and damage caused by the confiscatory actions it has taken.”

26-year-old Quinn Hughes scored the winning goal in the golden game of the 2026 Olympics Hockey tournament, defeating Canada in overtime 2-1. Afterwards, he gave an interview that made it clear he was there to win for the country he loves, America. His message went viral. He said, “It’s special. … I love the U.S. It’s the greatest country in the world, so [I’m] happy to represent it here with these guys. … It’s really special.”

Alysia Lui came to America from China, and her father faced great threats by the CCP to do so. Even after she came to America, the CCP was still threatening to kidnap her and force her to skate for China. She survived, going on to win the gold medal for her country of choice, America, knowing better than most Americans the blessing this country is to those who simply want to be self-stewarded people, to be free.

Blurb:

USA Hockey Player Touts His ‘Love’ For America After OT Win – thefederalist.com

Some American athletes may be predisposed to trash their country on the world stage while competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. But the same can’t be said for Team USA hockey player Quinn Hughes.

The 26-year-old defenseman wasn’t shy about voicing his love for America following his game-winning goal in Team USA’s overtime win against Sweden on Wednesday. The moment came when a reporter asked Hughes in a post-game press gaggle about what it was like playing in an atmosphere with fans displaying American flags all throughout the arena.

“It’s special. … I love the U.S.,” Hughes said. “It’s the greatest country in the world, so [I’m] happy to represent it here with these guys. … It’s really special.”

Wednesday’s game was by no means an easy win (2-1) for the Americans.

The left’s ongoing assault on our children is continuing in high schools where teachers have been traumatizing children with lies about race, sexuality, gender, and America. Now, they’ve whipped the children into a frenzy to goad them into staging Anti-ICE protests. In West Lawn, PA those protests were stopped by a wily High School Principal.

Wilson High School Principle Daniel Weber announced to the students that had left the school to protest that they must immediately return or be suspended. The students had left without school authority, no doubt cheered on by the insurrectionist teachers who helped contribute to the DNC-CCP’s agit prop on a daily basis. Only 60 students among the 2100 students decided to join protest.

Blurb:

High School Principal Slams Brakes on Anti-ICE Walkout. This is How He Did It. – PJ Media

… My guess is that Daniel Weber, who is a high school principal in Reading, Pa., has seen this movie before in different contexts. He knows how it’s likely to end.

And so, when a group of students from his high school recently decided to follow the fad and walk out of school to protest ICE, Weber did something spineless or communist principals at other schools across the country have refused to do – he stopped them.

According to WFMZ-TV in Pennsylvania, on Feb. 19, the group of 60 students from Wilson High School, which has a student population of 2,100, decided to leave the school building without permission so that they could organize a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Prior to that, the school district had been in negotiations with the students, but no agreement had been reached, and the students did not have authorization to stage a protest.

School officials from the district told WFMZ that the students just decided they would stage a walkout with or without the district’s permission. So the group left the building, some carrying Mexican flags and signs, only to be met out there by Weber, their principal.

 

While Iowa Universities appear to want to create soft targets for mass shooters by creating “gun free zones,” the Iowa legislature is preparing to check their anti-American power grab. Iowa State Senator Jason Schults (R) has introduced a bill that appears on a fast track to passage.

The bill limits the restrictions on gun rights colleges and universities can impose on their students and staff. It essentially allows Americans to possess firearms in secured positions in some places, including college campuses, and expands the right to conceal carry to include school parking lots.

Blurb:

Iowa Lawmakers Move to Limit Campus Authority Over Guns in Private Vehicles – usacarry.com

DES MOINES, IA – An Iowa Senate subcommittee has recommended passage of Senate File 2263, a bill that would expand protections for lawful firearm possession in vehicles across several locations in the state.

Introduced by Sen. Jason Schultz, R, SF 2263 was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 10, 2026. On February 17, a subcommittee recommended the bill for passage. A committee hearing is scheduled, according to the Iowa Legislature.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is shutting down major parts of its operation as it continues to run out of funds. The WHO will be shutting down the Department of Policy, Law, and Human Rights. The WHO and its surrogates continue to appeal to nation-states to rescue it before it’s too late, but so far, there are no takers to that challenge.

Blurb:

Facing Existential Challenges, WHO Shuts Down its Policy, Law, and Human Rights Unit – madinamerica.com

“The Department of Policy, Law, and Human Rights at the World Health Organization is officially closed,” mental health podcaster and pianist Chad Lawson said in a video posted to Instagram on February 11. “Let that sit for a second.”

Lawson posted the video in response to an email announcing the closure from WHO unit staff Dr. Michelle Funk and Natalie Drew, which began circulating on February 10. The announcement prompted an outpouring of diverse responses from activists, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers around the world.

“I am not sure why I was shocked to see the WHO human rights unit shutting down,” Sera Davidow, co-founder of Roots Up, and who has provided guidance on rights-based support to the United Nations and WHO, told Mad in America via text message. “Yet shock was indeed my first reaction.”

After it was revealed that Peru’s President, Jose Jeri, had secret meetings with members of the Chinese Communist Party, the congress moved quickly to remove the President, who had only been in power for four months. He is the eighth President in eight years and the third President in the time-period to be removed by the congress.

Blurb:

Peruvian President Jose Jeri ousted over China-linked secret meetings – channelnewsasia.com

Peru’s Congress on Tuesday (Feb 18) ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending a cycle of political upheaval that has gripped the Andean nation for much of the past decade.

There were 75 lawmakers who voted in favour of removing Jeri, while 24 voted against and three abstained….

The scandal that was dubbed “Chifagate” – after a local name for Chinese restaurants – began last month when Jeri was filmed arriving at a restaurant late at night wearing a hood to meet with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang, who owns stores and a concession for an energy project. The meeting was not publicly disclosed.

Jeri became president in October after Peru’s unpopular Congress voted unanimously to remove his predecessor Dina Boluarte, as the right-wing parties that had backed her dropped their support amid corruption scandals and growing anger over rising crime.

One part of DNC Virginia’s plan to remake the state in a Progmerican image has failed before it ever reached a floor vote in the Virginia General Assembly. A bill that would have added a $500 gun suppressor tax failed in the subcommittee unanimously. This doesn’t mean the DNC won’t reintroduce the bill later, but, for now, they have retreat, to the good of the American people behind DNC enemy lines in Insurrectionist Virginia.

Blurb:

Virginia Lawmakers Unanimously Block $500 Suppressor Tax in Finance Subcommittee Vote – usacarry.com

RICHMOND, VA. — A controversial proposal that would have imposed a $500 excise tax on firearm suppressors in Virginia has been unanimously tabled by a House Finance Subcommittee during the 2026 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly.

House Bill 207, introduced by Delegate Karen Keys-Gamarra, sought to create a new chapter in Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia establishing a firearm suppressor tax. The measure would have imposed a $500 tax per retail sale of any firearm suppressor by a firearms dealer, effective July 1, 2026. Revenue collected from the tax would have been directed to the state’s general fund.

According to the Virginia Legislative Information System, HB207 was referred to the House Committee on Finance and assigned to Finance Subcommittee No. 2. On February 10, 2026, the subcommittee voted 10 to 0 to lay the bill on the table, effectively halting its progress for the session. The bill remains listed as “In Committee” following the unanimous recommendation to table.

After lower-level insurrectionist DNC-CCP judges repeatedly attempted to force the Trump administration to keep funding their party’s money laundering foreign aid fund scheme, the Supreme Court has officially ended their judicial tyranny. SCOTUS ruled 6-3 the Trump administration has every right to cut off $4 billion in foreign aid if he so chooses. The six justices assessed that “the harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents.”

Blurb:

Supreme Court Hands Trump HUGE Victory, Clears Path to Freeze $4 Billion in Foreign Aid – gellerreport.com

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the federal government to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump tried to cancel last month using a rare “pocket rescission.”

The justices voted 6-3 to grant the Trump administration’s emergency appeal, which stopped a lower court’s order to release the funds that had already been set aside.

A spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget said, “This is a huge win for restoring the President’s power to carry out his policies. Left-wing groups can no longer take over the president’s agenda.

Puerto Rican governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R) signed legislation that recognizes unborn children as being human beings. The law declares, “Every human being has legal personality and capacity from the moment of conception and is a subject of law for all purposes that are favorable to him or her. The inheritance rights that the law recognizes in favor of the unborn child are subject to the event of birth. The representation of the human being in gestation corresponds to whoever will exercise it when he or she is born and, in case of impossibility or incapacity, to a legal representative or court-appointed guardian.”

Blurb:

Puerto Rico Legally Recognizes Unborn Babies as Human Beings – standingforfreedom.com


A new law declaring that everyone has “legal personality and capacity from the moment of conception” rejects the kind of dehumanizing statutory language that has helped society normalize and even celebrate the killing of the unborn.


Puerto Rico has taken an important step to support unborn babies after Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, R, signed new legislation recognizing them as human beings.

Senate Bill 504, which became law on February 12, represents a major development in the fight for life…

Alabama has just joined 22 other states in opposing the 2023 FDA decision that allowed a deadly drug designed to terminate the unborn to be purchased over the counter, and even through the mail. The drug has already been used by men to murder unborn children against the mother’s will.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said, “This rule is unlawful, plain and simple. The Biden FDA eliminated critical safety safeguards, authorized the mailing of abortion drugs in direct conflict with federal law, and empowered out-of-state providers to violate the laws of pro-life States. After Dobbs returned abortion policy to the States, the Biden administration attempted to override that decision through executive action. We are standing with Louisiana to defend state sovereignty, enforce the law, and protect unborn life.”

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22 States Fight Biden Rule Allowing Mail-Order Abortions – lifenews.com

Alabama has joined 21 States in filing a brief in support of Louisiana’s lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that expanded access to abortion drugs through mail and telehealth, despite contrary state laws.

The case challenges a 2023 Food and Drug Administration action that removed long-standing safeguards on the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and allowed doctors in one State to prescribe abortion pills to patients in another. The States’ brief argues that the rule unlawfully overrides state laws protecting unborn life and intrudes on States’ sovereign authority following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs.

“This rule is unlawful, plain and simple,” Attorney General Steve Marshall said. “The Biden FDA eliminated critical safety safeguards, authorized the mailing of abortion drugs in direct conflict with federal law, and empowered out-of-state providers to violate the laws of pro-life States. After Dobbs returned abortion policy to the States, the Biden administration attempted to override that decision through executive action. We are standing with Louisiana to defend state sovereignty, enforce the law, and protect unborn life.”

The legal extortionist operation known as Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sends out a questionnaire every year to corporate America, designed to de facto threaten them if they don’t continue to enact policies that grant privilege to non-heterosexuals. Last year, 377 Fortune 500 companies responded, or 75%. This year, that plummeted to just 131, a 65% drop. Let us hope next year sees that number go to zero. Let us also hope HRC one day faces consequences for its decades of extortionist activities.

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Transgender orthodoxy is in retreat in medicine, the courts, and even business—as the LGBTQ mafia bleeds allies in corporate America.

The Human Rights Campaign has long employed mafia-like tactics to pressure companies to toe the line on gender ideology, but a growing chorus of critics, assisted by President Donald Trump’s second administration, has led companies to reconsider their alliances with the organization.

About three-quarters of all Fortune 500 companies (377) disclosed their business practices to HRC in 2025, so the LGBTQ activist group could rate them on its Corporate Equality Index. This year, however, only 131 companies are working with HRC—a 65% drop.

14 years after the attack on a U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya that left four Americans dead, the alleged mastermind of the attack, Zubayar al-Bakoush, has been arrested and transferred to American soil where he will face numerous charges in an American court, including first degree murder.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced, “In 2012, Islamist terrorists carried out an horrific attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, murdering four Americans: Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty. For 14 years, their families suffered through the pain of devastating loss with no accountability,” Gabbard said. “President Donald Trump made clear that honoring their sacrifice to our nation meant accountability, and today one of the terrorists behind this attack will finally be brought to justice.”

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U.S. arrests suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack, promising justice after Hillary Clinton cover-up – lifesitenews.com

Nearly 14 years after an attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi shocked the world and later exposed the mendacity and extreme cover-up measures of Obama Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Trump administration has brought the leader of the attack, Zubayar al-Bakoush, to American soil to face justice.  

“In 2012, Islamist terrorists carried out an horrific attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, murdering four Americans: Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard noted

“For 14 years, their families suffered through the pain of devastating loss with no accountability,” Gabbard said. “President Donald Trump made clear that honoring their sacrifice to our nation meant accountability, and today one of the terrorists behind this attack will finally be brought to justice.”

Obama administration officials had tried to assert the attack as having arisen from an anti-Islam video, but the American public and intelligence agencies refused to buy into the Obama White House lie. The murderous assault was, in fact, a coordinated terrorist attack by extremist militias against which the State Department refused to protect the four American heroes.  

In an opinion piece titled “Benghazi arrest delivers long-overdue justice and reminds America who failed our fallen” published by Fox News by Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (retired), said “Benghazi was always about more than catching terrorists. It exposed fundamental leadership failures.”

The State Department’s own Accountability Review Board delivered a devastating verdict in December 2012. The board found “systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies” that resulted in “grossly inadequate” security in Benghazi. While the board did not assign criminal liability, it made clear that leadership failures in Washington materially contributed to the tragedy.

Despite extensive intelligence warnings about deteriorating security and al Qaeda’s expanding operations, State Department officials in Washington repeatedly denied requests for additional security from personnel on the ground. The CIA, by contrast, increased security at its Benghazi facilities.

“Hillary Clinton once famously said about Benghazi, ‘What difference at this point does it make?’” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi noted during a press conference announcing the arrest, pointing at the former Secretary of State’s mishandling of the entire affair.  

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, took to X to remind people that his Washington watchdog organization had “caught Hillary Clinton stealing and trying to delete classified emails about her Benghazi lies, pay to play scandals.” 

“Then she and the Obama gang came up with (the manufactured) Russia smear of Trump to try to keep herself out of jail,” Fitton added. 

“For 13 hours, Americans waited for help that never came,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro declared during a Fox News appearance. “We knew that we were being lied to … when President Obama said, ‘We did everything we could.’”

Zubayar al-Bakoush faces an eight-count indictment that includes charges of murder, attempted murder, arson and conspiracy to support terrorists.



from www.lifesitenews.com

A recent Axios’ headline suggests that crime fell at historic levels in major U.S. cities “despite” Trump’s “crackdown,” not because of it. The headline was designed to protect the criminal press’ narrative that ICE agents are unconstitutional paramilitary Nazis destroying the nation.

To protect that libelous narrative, Americans are being gaslit to believe that somehow ICE agents are still sources of violence, not preventers of it. The readers reacted so overwhelmingly that even the criminal terror outfit Axios had to retreat from its mask-off moment. This is our first documented incident of the Insurrectionist press being brought to heel by its own readership.

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News Outlet Forced To Delete Anti-Trump Headline After Furious Backlash –  trendingpoliticsnews.com

Axios was forced to delete a social media post after readers erupted over a headline suggesting violent crime fell “despite” President Trump’s crackdown rhetoric, even as new data showed crime dropping sharply across major U.S. cities.

The outlet’s framing triggered swift backlash online, where critics accused Axios of downplaying the possibility that tougher enforcement and rhetoric may have contributed to the decline.

President Trump has spent months hammering Democratic-led cities over lawlessness while defending aggressive federal intervention.

“Chicago is a hellhole right now. Baltimore is a hellhole right now,” Trump said in September. “We have the right to [call in the National Guard] because I have an obligation to protect this country.”

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Fired Washington Post Staffers Outraged When Not Allowed to Enter Building – breitbart.com

If you want to know why the corporate media has lost all touch with common sense and reality, take a good look at the assholes hired by the Washington Post.

A national newspaper actually hired (and then fired) people who literally believe they are entitled to work at the Washington Post. The Washington Post hired people who literally believe they have a right to work at the Washington Post. The Washington Post hires people who literally believe it is illegal to fire them.

Watch this. It looks like something out of a comedy skit:

The U.S. created 130,000 jobs in January 2026 according to the Department of Labor, which is twice the number of jobs predicted to be created. The unemployment rate has also fallen to 4.3%. The jobs gains are all the stronger because, during this time there was a net loss in Government jobs of 34,000.

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U.S. employers unexpectedly added 130,000 jobs in January 2026, surpassing forecasts of 65,000–75,000, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%. Nearly double forecast while government payrolls shrink. Government jobs are taxpayer funded – the Democrats bogus’ ‘job growth.” This surge is from the private sector. In other words, it’s real.

Wow!” Analysts React as January Jobs Report Smashes Expectations

Key January 2026 Jobs Report Details:

–Job Growth: 130,000 nonfarm payrolls added in January 2026.
–Unemployment Rate: Dropped to 4.3%, despite economists’ expectations of 4.4%.5.

After California Governor Gavin Newsome (D) signed an illegal law forcing ICE agents to be unmasked to make it easier for his army of antifa revolutionaries to hunt and murder them, he was immediately shut down by Clinton-appointed U.S. District Judge Christian Snyder. The so-called “No Secret Police” act aims to help the DNC’s secret and street police, ANTIFA, enforce their unconstitutional laws. The judge says the law unfairly discriminates against Federal officers.

The judge did not address the underlying insurrectionist spirit behind the violent law. Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the ruling, “Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe, and they do not deserve to be doxed or harassed simply for carrying out their duties. California’s anti-law enforcement policies discriminate against the federal government and are designed to create risk for our agents.”

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A federal judge in Los Angeles has issued a preliminary injunction against a California law that sought to prohibit federal immigration agents from wearing masks during enforcement operations.

U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, ruled Monday that the “No Secret Police Act” (Senate Bill 627) violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause by discriminating against federal officers.

The law, which was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom this past September, banned most law enforcement officers from covering their faces while on duty, with the stated aim of preventing “secret police” tactics and promoting accountability. It initially exempted state and local officers and applied primarily to federal agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).