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Joy Reid went on a despicable racist rant you’ll never believe

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Joy Reid went on a despicable racist rant you’ll never believe

Reid is a demagogue. There’s no denying it.

Now Joy Reid went on a despicable racist rant you’ll never believe.

A Segment That Would Never Air The Other Way Around

If a conservative commentator appeared on a nationally distributed show and delivered a sustained, profanity-laden attack on “weak Black men,” “fragile Asian men,” or “brittle Latino men,” the institutional media response would be both immediate and total. The segment would generate days of condemnation, advertiser calls, demands for termination, and think pieces about the mainstreaming of racial hostility on the American airwaves.

What Joy Reid and her guest Wajahat Ali produced on “The Joy Reid Show” this week aimed at a different demographic, and the institutional media response has been notably quieter.

“These weak, pathetic, fragile, brittle, porcelain teacups,” Ali said of conservative men generally, in a segment targeting President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and others in the administration. “They can dish it, but they can’t take it.”

Reid agreed enthusiastically, and amplified. “This is what America was built on in telling these weak-chinned, unaccomplished mediocrities that the meritocracy means they get everything they want,” she said.

She went further, claiming Hegseth became Defense Secretary primarily because Trump “thinks [he] is attractive.” “You’re qualified to be [secretary of defense] … simply because you’re a White guy who Donald Trump thinks is attractive,” Reid said.

Ali added: “They demand safe spaces for themselves. No safe spaces for anyone else. They demand civility, but give only cruelty.” He also accused the Trump administration of having deliberately removed women and minorities from positions of power. “They got rid of women, Black people — especially women of color.” Then: “These dumba– mediocre men purged all the women and people of color for their bros.”

The White House Responds — And Notes The Obvious

White House spokesman Davis Ingle did not take long to formulate a reply. “There’s a reason Joy Reid’s show got canceled — her takes were too dumb even for MSDNC,” Ingle said. “I lose brain cells every time I have the displeasure of hearing her speak.”

The reference to “MSDNC” was a dig at MSNBC — since rebranded as MS NOW — which terminated Reid’s show “The ReidOut” in February of last year. Since her departure, Reid has continued producing content through independent online platforms, including the show where this segment aired. The absence of a major network behind her has not, it seems, required any corresponding adjustment in the scope of her claims.

A Critique With Some Notable Gaps

The central argument Reid and Ali are making — that the Trump administration is staffed by unqualified white men who were promoted through personal loyalty rather than merit — is one they are entitled to make. It would be considerably more persuasive if it engaged with Pete Hegseth’s actual record. He is a West Point graduate, a U.S. Army National Guard Major, a combat veteran who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, and a Fox News host with years of foreign policy commentary. One may find that background insufficient for the role of Defense Secretary. Describing it as nothing more than physical attractiveness is not political analysis — it is the kind of reflexive dismissal that the left routinely accuses conservatives of applying to female and minority appointees.

The broader “meritocracy myth” argument that Reid deployed — that America was built on telling unaccomplished white men they deserve everything — is a legitimate topic of sociological debate. Condensing it into a rant about “porcelain teacups” and “mediocre men” who “can’t take it,” delivered on an independent platform by a host whose last major show was canceled, does not obviously advance that debate. It does, however, illustrate with perfect clarity why the Democratic Party keeps losing working-class white men and why James Carville keeps warning his fellow progressives that the coastal media ecosystem is leading them toward another electoral catastrophe.

Radical leftist threatens Trump with impeachment plot

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Radical leftist threatens Trump with impeachment plot

Democrats pretty much care about one thing. And that’s to stop President Trump.

And this radical leftist threatened Trump with an impeachment plot.

In the heart of conservative East Texas, a Democrat congressional hopeful is making waves with plans that clash hard with the values of hard-working families across the district. Dan Alexander, running for the state’s 1st Congressional District, has openly declared that his very first vote as a U.S. congressman would be to push for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Alexander is charging forward with an agenda that prioritizes Washington resistance over the needs of local communities.

He laid out his extreme position during an interview with KLTV ABC7. He made clear his intent to target Trump upon taking office, framing it as a necessary stand against the current administration.

On immigration, Alexander shows zero support for securing the nation’s borders. He flat out rejects physical barriers and backs legislation that mirrors the amnesty-style proposals pushed during the previous administration.

The candidate went further, blasting President Trump’s mass deportation ideology as “an assault on the American people.”

“Walls don’t work,” says Alexander’s campaign website on its Issues page. He also pushes to codify abortion access at the federal level and advocates for so-called red-flag laws in the name of “gun safety.”

Alexander did not stop at domestic policy. He described the ongoing situation with Iran as an “illegal war.”

“He’s violated high crimes and misdemeanors… he’s led an assault on the American people via immigration issues,” he said to KLTV ABC7. “He started illegal wars in Iran.”

This rhetoric stands in sharp contrast to the district’s incumbent, who takes a firm line on protecting American interests abroad and at home.

Rep. Moran defended the Trump administration’s actions in a CBS19 interview, calling the $25 billion allocated to the Iran conflict “a great investment.”

“Congress needs to have a very strong voice in this. We are the Article 1 branch of government,” Moran said.

“As the conflict carries on, we need to make sure that we say these are the conditions upon which we will actually allocate funds or not.”

“When you’re talking about national security interests, $25 billion is a great investment.”

Rep. Moran’s approach emphasizes accountability in spending while recognizing threats that demand real investment. His support for DHS and ICE funding aligns directly with protecting American sovereignty and the rule of law.

This matchup tests whether East Texas will stay rooted in common sense conservatism or experiment with the kind of radicalism that has strained other parts of the country. The differences could not be more stark.

Supreme Court Justice gives unexpected look into the Court’s internal politics

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Supreme Court Justice gives unexpected look into the Court’s internal politics

The Court should be unbiased. But we all know it isn’t anymore.

And now this Supreme Court Justice gave an unexpected look into the Court’s internal politics.

A Justice Who Says The Quiet Part Out Loud

In a political culture where nearly everything is filtered through partisan tribalism, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is insisting on a distinction that the loudest critics of the court consistently refuse to make.

The divisions among the nine justices, he told Fox News Digital in a recent interview, are not fundamentally about politics. They are about jurisprudence — specifically, about how you read the Constitution and the laws that flow from it.

“That has nothing to do with politics,” Gorsuch said. “That has to do [with] how you read law. Interpretive methodologies.”

It is a straightforward observation, but one worth defending in the current environment. Gorsuch, a self-described textualist nominated to the bench by President Trump in 2017, grounds his approach in the ordinary meaning of legal texts as written — a philosophy linked to originalism, which holds that the Constitution should be interpreted according to its original public meaning at the time of ratification. Other justices apply different approaches, some of which allow for constitutional meaning to evolve over time as social conditions change.

These divergent methodologies, not party affiliation, produce the 6-3 and 5-4 decisions that critics routinely describe as politically motivated. Gorsuch’s point is that the ideological sorting Americans observe on the court is a product of different answers to a foundational legal question — answers that happen to correlate with how presidents of each party have selected nominees, but that are themselves grounded in legal philosophy, not marching orders from the White House.

“At the end of the day, you’re trying to get to the right answer under the law,” he said.

Trump’s Frustration And The Independence Question

Gorsuch’s remarks arrive in an environment where the court’s relationship with the executive branch has been particularly charged. Trump posted to Truth Social last month that certain “Republican” justices had gone “weak, stupid, and bad, completely violating what they ‘supposedly’ stood for,” after the court’s conservative majority blocked his “Liberation Day” tariffs. He contrasted the conservative justices unfavorably with liberal ones, whom he characterized as sticking “together like glue, totally loyal to the people and ideology that got them there.”

Gorsuch did not directly address the president’s comments, but his remarks about judicial independence reflect an institutional conviction that sits in quiet but unmistakable tension with the demand for loyalty. The whole point of life-tenure federal appointments, he noted, is to insulate judges from exactly the kind of political pressure that shapes decisions in the other two branches.

“The framers understood that people would come to the table with different views,” he said. “The goal is to reason together.”

That institutional logic doesn’t mean the court is always right, or that its rulings are always consistent. But it does mean that a justice who rules against the president who appointed him has not “gone weak” — he has done his job. That distinction matters enormously, and Gorsuch is right to make it plainly.

Behind The Conference Table

For all the external heat the court absorbs, Gorsuch offered a portrait of the institution’s internal culture that will surprise readers accustomed to thinking of its members as political combatants in robes.

Disagreement among justices is expected, healthy, and not personal, he emphasized. Even the most pronounced ideological divides do not erode the foundational shared commitment all nine members bring to the work.

“When I sit around the table with my colleagues and we disagree, the one thing I know is that the person across from me loves this country,” he said. That’s a sentiment that has become almost countercultural in a political climate where disagreement is routinely reframed as bad faith. From a justice who has lived inside the institution — and defended its independence against pressure from every direction — it carries genuine weight.

“If you sit and listen to someone long enough,” he added, “you’re going to find something you can agree on. Maybe you start there.”

Braindead Democrat Congresswoman gets utterly humiliated by this history lesson

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Braindead Democrat Congresswoman gets utterly humiliated by this history lesson

The Left only cares about its agenda. They aren’t bright in other regards.

And now a braindead Democrat Congresswoman gets utterly humiliated by this history lesson.

A History Lesson From Congress

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez added a new chapter to her ongoing war with factual accuracy this week, telling an audience that the American Revolution was “against the billionaires of their time” — a claim that drew immediate, detailed, and remarkably entertaining rebuttal from historians, commentators, and anyone who has spent thirty minutes reading about the founding era.

The comment came in the context of AOC’s broader argument that accumulated wealth is inherently illegitimate — the same thesis she advanced on a recent podcast when she argued that billionaires “can’t earn” their money and that fortunes are built through “abuse.” The American Revolution framing extended that argument backward in time, implying that the Founders were proto-socialists waging class warfare against the wealthy elite. The problem with this interpretation is that it is, in almost every particular, the opposite of what actually happened.

The American Revolution was not a revolt of the poor against the rich. It was organized, financed, and led by some of the wealthiest men in the colonies. John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, was widely regarded as the richest man in Massachusetts — his fortune built on a vast merchant shipping empire. Robert Morris, who signed the Declaration and is often called the “Financier of the American Revolution,” was the wealthiest person in America in 1776. He ultimately nearly bankrupted himself using his personal fortune, his shipping fleet, and his financial networks to fund the Continental Army. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, another signer, presided over a 10,000-acre Maryland estate. George Washington was arguably the wealthiest president in American history — a distinction he reportedly holds in competition with Donald Trump.

These were the “billionaires of their time.” They didn’t fight against themselves. They pledged, in the Declaration’s famous closing words, “our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor” — and many of them lost all three.

The Revolution They Were Actually Fighting

Senator Mike Lee of Utah put the historical correction plainly: “No, AOC, the American Revolution was NOT ‘against the billionaires of their time.’ It was against a large, distant, overly intrusive government that recognized no limits over its own authority to tax, regulate, and eat out the substance of the citizens it claimed to serve.”

That is, in fact, what the revolution was about. “Taxation without representation” — the animating grievance of the colonial resistance — was a complaint about government overreach, not private wealth. The colonists objected to Parliament imposing taxes on them without their consent, not to wealthy individuals making fortunes. The ideological foundation of the revolution, as articulated in the Declaration of Independence and later in the Constitution, was the limitation of government power and the protection of individual rights — including property rights. This is almost precisely the opposite of the democratic socialist framework AOC is trying to retroactively impose on the Founders.

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana offered the kind of assessment that requires no elaboration: “I think she’s the reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle.”

The Larger Pattern

It would be easier to dismiss this as a casual misstatement if it weren’t so consistent with AOC’s broader pattern of presenting ideologically convenient historical claims with supreme confidence regardless of their accuracy. Thomas Sowell — the economist and social theorist whose analysis of exactly this kind of argument has aged remarkably well — offered the relevant observation, shared widely online in the wake of AOC’s Revolution remarks: “As I listened to her, I was amazed that there seems to be no factual issue as far as she is concerned. She just pronounces things to be so and that’s the end of it.”

The American Revolution was the founding act of a nation built on limited government, individual liberty, and the protection of private property. Its leaders were, by the standards of their time, among the wealthiest people on the continent — and they risked everything to create a constitutional republic, not a redistributive state. AOC’s version of 1776 is not history. It’s a talking point wearing a tricorn hat.

Concerning health issue has struck this U.S. senator

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Concerning health issue has struck this U.S. senator

This is not what this politician needed. Especially before the midterms.

And a concerning health issue has struck this U.S. senator.

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has stepped forward with news about a personal health matter just as she kicks off her campaign for another term in the Senate.

At 73 years old, the veteran lawmaker revealed she has dealt with a benign essential tremor for decades.

This condition leads to noticeable shaking in the voice, hands, and head. Collins chose to speak about it openly for the first time this week during an interview with local media.

The senator stressed that the tremor has been part of her life throughout her entire Senate career, which began back in 1996.

She maintains it has never slowed her down or affected her daily responsibilities in office.

“I have had it for the entire time that I have served in the United States Senate,” Collins said to News Center Maine.

“It has absolutely no impact on my ability to do my job or on how I feel each day.”

Collins pointed to her remarkable attendance record as proof of her fitness.

She has not been absent from a single Senate floor vote across roughly 30 years.

“If you talk to anybody in Washington, they will tell you that I am the hardest-working person that they have ever worked with, and the fact is I’ve never missed a single vote in all the time that I’ve been honored to represent the people of Maine,” the senator stated.

She framed this perfect attendance as clear evidence of strong health:

“I think that’s pretty good evidence of the fact that I am blessed with great health.”

Collins went on to dismiss any concerns about her condition hindering her performance.

“It’s inconvenient at times, but that’s all,” the senator stated.

Hospitalized Trump ally on pace for miraculous recovery

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Hospitalized Trump ally on pace for miraculous recovery

Things were looking grim for this Republican. But now a medical breakthrough is on the way.

And a hospitalized Trump ally is on pace for a miraculous recovery.

Rudy Giuliani is proving once more why he earned the title America’s Mayor. After days of serious concern following his hospitalization, the former New York City leader has made a remarkable turn in his fight against pneumonia.

His son Andrew delivered the uplifting news on Tuesday, filling supporters with relief and renewed admiration for the resilient 81-year-old warrior.

“Good news update: Thank you for the love and support you’ve shown my Dad over the past few days,” Andrew stated.

“Just yesterday he was in critical condition, so I’m incredibly grateful to share that he is now conscious, off the ventilator, and even cracking jokes.”

This update comes after Giuliani was rushed to the hospital over the weekend. The pneumonia struck hard, worsened by long-term respiratory problems tied directly to his heroic efforts in the days after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

For a man who stood tall amid the rubble and guided a wounded city through its darkest hours, this latest challenge tested his legendary toughness.

Friends and those closest to him watched anxiously as he slipped into a coma.

Yet true to form, Giuliani fought his way out by Monday. The former mayor’s inner circle began sharing cautious optimism as signs of improvement emerged.

Tom Von Essen, Giuliani’s friend and the fire commissioner during the 9/11 tragedy, offered heartfelt words on Tuesday morning:

“It looks like Rudy has turned a corner. We hope he continues to improve.”

“I worry about him. What he has done for New York City and the compassion he showed 9/11 families is remarkable. I hope he has a great recovery.”

Giuliani’s leadership in the wake of the terror attacks defined an era. He didn’t hesitate to walk the streets with first responders and ordinary New Yorkers.

His hands-on approach won the hearts of working-class Americans who saw in him a fighter unwilling to bow to crisis.

Before 9/11, Giuliani took on the crime epidemic plaguing New York. He implemented policies that dramatically cut violence and restored order to streets.

Even at 81, Giuliani refuses to fade quietly. His recent years have been marked by bold stands against powerful institutions and defense of everyday patriots.

Supporters across the nation have rallied behind him, recognizing a man who puts country and truth above personal comfort.

Devastating news hits the U.S. military that has Americans worried

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Devastating news hits the U.S. military that has Americans worried

United States troops put their lives on the line for our freedom. They know there’s a chance they might make the ultimate sacrifice.

And devastating news hits the U.S. military that has Americans worried.

Two U.S. service members have vanished during a sprawling multinational military drill in Morocco, leaving families in anguish and Americans concerned.

The incident took place near the Cap Draa Training Area, less than 20 miles from the Atlantic Ocean by the city of Tan Tan. U.S. Africa Command confirmed the disappearance but offered few concrete answers about what went wrong or which branches the missing personnel served in.

“Two U.S. service members participating in African Lion 2026 were reported missing near the Cap Draa Training Area, near the city of Tan Tan, Morocco, May 2, 2026,” the command said in a post on X.

“U.S., Moroccan and other assets from African Lion immediately initiated coordinated search and rescue operations, including ground, air, and maritime assets.”

“The incident remains under investigation and the search is on-going. Our focus is on the service members involved and their families.”

“Additional information will be provided as it becomes available,” the command added.

African Lion 2026 brought together over 7,000 troops from about 30 nations.

The drills stretched across Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia, turning a massive chunk of the continent into one giant exercise zone scheduled to wrap up in early May.

The annual event dates back to 2004. Each year it pulls in U.S. personnel from the Marine Corps, Air Force, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard.

This latest incident serves as a sober reminder of the human price tag attached to military affairs.

Stay tuned to Prudent Politics.

Kash Patel announces massive change at the FBI

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Kash Patel announces massive change at the FBI

The FBI has lost the trust of most Americans over the years. But the direction is changing fast.

Now Kash Patel announced a massive change at the FBI.

A BUREAU TRANSFORMED IN 14 MONTHS

Critics said it couldn’t be done. Defenders of the old order insisted the FBI’s bloated Washington bureaucracy was simply the cost of running a modern federal law enforcement apparatus — too entrenched, too institutionalized, too essential to be meaningfully touched. Fourteen months into Kash Patel’s tenure as FBI Director, the numbers tell a different story.

In a letter to the FBI workforce obtained by Fox News, Patel outlined the scale of what he calls a “generational” reshaping of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency — one that has moved agents out of Washington conference rooms and into field offices where actual investigations get made, gutted hundreds of millions of dollars in wasteful spending, and embraced emerging technology in ways the bureau’s previous leadership resisted for years.

The centerpiece of the restructuring is a significant geographic rebalancing. More than 1,000 agents and staff have been reassigned from FBI headquarters to field offices across the country, and hundreds of intelligence personnel have been relocated closer to active investigations — a structural shift that reflects a core conviction Patel brought to the job on day one: that the FBI’s mission is law enforcement, not bureaucratic self-perpetuation. Intelligence analysts embedded with the people actually running cases, rather than reporting upward through layers of Washington management, is a different — and more effective — model.

$300 MILLION CUT AND COUNTING

The personnel overhaul is matched by a financial one. A sweeping review of the bureau’s contracts and real estate footprint has already produced more than $300 million in spending cuts, with additional savings projected in coming years. The planned relocation of FBI headquarters — a project long discussed but never executed by previous administrations — is on track and expected to generate billions in reduced costs over the long term.

The scale of these savings matters not just fiscally but symbolically. For years, critics of the FBI’s Washington presence argued that the concentration of resources and decision-making in a single headquarters building had produced exactly the institutional insularity that contributed to the politicization controversies of the past decade. Moving agents to the field and closing out wasteful contracts is, at minimum, a structural correction — one that removes some of the conditions that allowed those problems to develop.

The reforms also include a heightened focus on domestic security that the previous leadership had deprioritized. A new multiagency mission center specifically focused on domestic terrorism and politically motivated violence has been established — a tacit acknowledgment that the bureau’s resources and attention had, in some respects, been directed unevenly in recent years. Patel has also deepened collaboration between the FBI and private sector technology companies, and created formal channels for state and local law enforcement agencies to engage directly with bureau leadership rather than navigating layers of bureaucratic intermediaries.

AI, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AN OVERDUE RECKONING

One of the more forward-looking elements of the overhaul is the FBI’s accelerated embrace of artificial intelligence. Under Patel’s direction, the bureau has expanded its use of AI tools to process tips, identify threats, and streamline investigations — a recognition that law enforcement in 2026 requires the same technological edge that adversaries, both domestic and foreign, are already exploiting.

The move into advanced technology is paired, in Patel’s framing, with a broader commitment to accountability and transparency — an acknowledgment that the FBI’s relationship with the public it serves has been badly frayed and requires active rebuilding. In his letter to the workforce, Patel acknowledged that the reforms he has implemented were not developed in isolation: “While he has been the one pushing for the reforms, they could not have happened without the feedback of all those who work at the bureau.” It is a gesture toward the rank-and-file agents who, by most accounts, welcomed the institutional shakeup even as the bureaucratic class it displaced resisted it.

The FBI Patel inherited was an agency in reputational crisis — battered by years of credibility-destroying controversies, perceptions of political bias, and a Washington culture that had come to value institutional self-preservation over actual law enforcement. The reforms now underway won’t erase that history. But moving 1,000 agents to the field, cutting $300 million in spending, and rebuilding the mission around cases rather than conference calls is at least a serious attempt to rebuild an institution that America genuinely needs to trust.

Kamala Harris just had her presidential hopes shattered

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Kamala Harris just had her presidential hopes shattered

Harris needs to realize she isn’t going to be president. But she just won’t let it go.

And now Kamala Harris just had her presidential hopes shattered.

THE VERDICT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC BASE: ‘WHY?’

The whisper campaign against Kamala Harris running again in 2028 has now become a full-throated op-ed — and it’s coming from someone who voted for her. In a piece published Friday by USA Today, liberal columnist Sara Pequeño delivered an unusually candid assessment of the former vice president’s political future, and the conclusion wasn’t flattering.

“I have no doubt in my mind that she knows what the job entails. What I doubt is that she has the backing to actually secure the presidency for the Democrats. In all of this fanfare over her potential run, my question is, ‘Why?'” Pequeño wrote. “Why is she willing to humiliate herself and the Democratic Party for a second time? Why does she think she has a better shot this time? What has she done to better the lives of people who voted for her in the months since she lost the presidential election?”

The piece arrives as Harris herself has been coyly stoking 2028 speculation, telling Al Sharpton in a recent interview that she “might” make another run at the White House. The answer delighted her supporters and alarmed Democrats with longer memories — including, apparently, those at USA Today.

A DEVASTATING LOSS AND A SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED

Pequeño, a Harris voter in 2024, doesn’t sugarcoat the problem. She describes Harris’ chances of winning in 2028 as “slim” and tells readers flatly that “the nation has far too much to lose to bet on her.” The numbers back up the skepticism: while Harris leads some Democratic primary polls, betting markets put her odds of securing the nomination at just over 9%.

The columnist also went after the narrative that sexism or race cost Harris the election, calling those who believe it “naive.” “On the presidential campaign trail, Harris failed to establish a clear message on affordability, continuously touted the lethality of the U.S. military and gave non-answers on the situation in Gaza and transgender issues,” Pequeño wrote. “She aimed for the middle by following the playbook that former President Joe Biden had laid out for her, and ended up pleasing no one in the process.”

The critique is blunt and difficult to argue with. Harris lost every major swing state and became the first Democratic presidential candidate to lose the popular vote since 2004 — a staggering collapse for a party that had convinced itself it held a structural advantage with the American electorate. Trump, meanwhile, won decisively, validating his America-First agenda in the most definitive terms possible.

ABSENT, UNPOPULAR, AND YESTERDAY’S NEWS

Perhaps most damaging is Pequeño’s assessment of what Harris has done — or failed to do — since November. The answer, in the columnist’s telling, is essentially nothing. She accuses the former vice president of being “absent from the conversation” during President Trump’s second term, and argues that she can’t “ignite enthusiasm” among progressive Democrats. She also notes that Harris “burned bridges” with the establishment wing after publishing her memoir last year.

“For most people, Harris’ name carries baggage from the 2024 presidential campaign, as well as her failure to do anything of note following her attempt to reach the Oval Office. She hasn’t done much to cement herself as the new leader of the Democratic Party in the aftermath,” Pequeño wrote. She added that even Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 race, “at least” won the popular vote — a distinction Harris cannot claim.

The irony here is hard to miss. The Democratic Party that spent four years insisting Donald Trump was an existential threat to democracy can’t find a single credible standard-bearer willing to make that case compellingly enough to win. Harris tried, lost badly, went quiet, and is now mulling a comeback. From Trump’s vantage point, that’s the best possible news heading into 2028.

The View’s Whoopi Goldberg completely loses it on set during unhinged rant

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The View’s Whoopi Goldberg completely loses it on set during unhinged rant

Goldberg and the hosts of The View aren’t the sharpest minds. They prove that almost daily.

And The View’s Whoopi Goldberg completely lost it on set during an unhinged rant.

The Supreme Court just delivered a clear message to Louisiana and the rest of America: stop drawing congressional districts based on race. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices struck down the state’s second majority-Black district, calling out the blatant racial gerrymandering that twisted maps into unnatural shapes to guarantee certain outcomes.

This decision puts an end to one of the most obvious power plays in recent redistricting fights. Louisiana lawmakers had carved out a sprawling district that snaked across more than 200 miles, connecting distant communities for no reason other than skin color. The Court rightly said enough is enough. Equal protection under the law means treating citizens as individuals, not as members of racial voting blocs.

On ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg wasted no time spinning the ruling into a grand conspiracy. She claimed the decision “is meant to discourage you from voting. This is meant to make you feel like you don’t have a voice. You do have a voice. Do not forget that.”

Goldberg insisted the Court had declared race no longer matters in America, yet warned that dark forces were still at work. She tied the Louisiana map to everything from Project 2025 to future restrictions on women voters, painting a picture of systematic efforts to silence certain groups.

Her message was clear: this ruling targets people of color first, but others will feel the heat soon enough.

She went further, invoking the bloody history of the civil rights era. “We put the Voting Rights Act together because there was an issue. They were literally shooting people. They were running them down with dogs to keep them from voting. OK, let’s start with that. So when they say that problem is gone, it’s not gone because you’re still doing it. You’re still doing it.”

It’s a dramatic leap from dogs and fire hoses in the 1960s to today’s arguments over compact districts and color-blind redistricting.

Most Americans watching the news know the days of violent poll suppression ended decades ago. What remains are debates over fair maps, voter ID, and making sure every legal vote counts equally.

Goldberg expressed confusion about why anyone would oppose race-based districts:

“What I don’t understand is what is everybody so afraid of? Because I always thought I was raised to believe that you and I don’t have to agree. That’s all right. But now suddenly your argument doesn’t hold water so you’re cheating. See that? We’re a two party system. We’re not just Democrats, we’re not just Republicans, we’re a two party system.”

This framing flips reality on its head. The real cheating has often come from politicians who treat racial groups as guaranteed vote banks.

Packing or cracking voters by skin color doesn’t strengthen democracy; it weakens it by turning elections into racial headcounts rather than contests of ideas and policies.

Ordinary working people in every corner of the country want representatives who fight for secure borders, good jobs, safe streets, and affordable energy.

They don’t want politicians obsessed with engineering racial balance in every congressional seat. The Supreme Court’s decision pushes back against that divisive approach.

Leading Republican issues a sobering reality check on this government crisis

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Leading Republican issues a sobering reality check on this government crisis

Government is supposed to work for the people. But that’s obviously not the case.

And a leading Republican issued a sobering reality check on this government crisis.

Americans are once again being asked to trust a system that too often fails to protect their hard-earned tax dollars. This time, the warning comes from someone who has seen the inner workings up close. On a recent episode of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli laid out a problem that many everyday citizens already suspect: government benefits programs are riddled with fraud, and the people in charge aren’t stopping it soon enough.

What Cuccinelli described isn’t a minor issue or a few bad actors slipping through the cracks. It’s something much larger, something baked into how these programs operate from the ground up.

The systems meant to safeguard taxpayer money simply aren’t built to catch fraud before it happens. Instead, they react after the damage is done—after the money is already gone.

As Cuccinelli put it, “[T]he reality is that there are massive amounts of fraud in all of these programs, in just raw dollars…there are large quantities of fraud.” That’s not the kind of statement you can easily dismiss. It points to a widespread failure that costs Americans billions.

For working families, this hits close to home. Every paycheck already feels stretched thin, and knowing that tax dollars are being siphoned off through fraud only adds to the frustration. People expect the government to act as a responsible steward of their money, not as an easy target for exploitation.

What makes the situation worse is how predictable it all seems. In the private sector, companies have long used advanced tools to detect suspicious activity before it becomes a serious problem. Banks, credit card companies, and financial institutions constantly monitor transactions in real time, flagging anything unusual within seconds.

Cuccinelli highlighted this contrast in a way that’s hard to ignore. “One of the things that DOGE did well, even though it’s not being implemented much, is they brought a [systemization] to analyzing fraud. Like, when you run your Visa card, Chris, Visa automatically runs algorithms. You’ve gotten the phone calls, just like I have, where they flag things for patternistic behavior, or it’s outside the pattern, and you can do that with fraud as well.”

It’s a simple comparison, but a powerful one. If private companies can protect consumers with smart systems and real-time alerts, why can’t the government do the same? Why are taxpayers left footing the bill for outdated and ineffective safeguards?

The answer, unfortunately, seems to come down to a lack of urgency and accountability. Government programs often grow larger and more complex over time, but the tools used to manage them don’t always keep pace. That leaves massive gaps—gaps that bad actors are all too eager to exploit.

Cuccinelli didn’t mince words about the consequences. “You can also set your systems up so that they catch those fraudulent patterns more effectively. That has not been done at the — by, really, anybody, federal or state level.” That’s a staggering admission when you consider the scale of these programs.

Instead of stopping fraud before it happens, agencies are stuck playing catch-up. Cuccinelli summed it up bluntly: “And so, it’s a lot of chasing the fraud after the fact. That’s a systemic problem.” By the time investigators step in, the money is often long gone, and recovery becomes difficult or even impossible.

This isn’t just a bureaucratic issue—it’s a matter of fairness. Every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar that doesn’t go to people who truly need help. It also places a heavier burden on taxpayers who are already struggling under rising costs and economic uncertainty.

There’s also a deeper concern about trust. When people see repeated failures to protect public funds, confidence in government institutions erodes. Citizens begin to question whether those in power are capable—or even willing—to fix the problems that affect them most directly.

The frustration isn’t limited to one political camp. Americans across the spectrum want efficiency, accountability, and common sense when it comes to managing public resources. They want systems that work, not excuses about why things can’t be improved.

Democrats got smacked upside the head by the last person they ever expected

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Democrats got smacked upside the head by the last person they ever expected

The Left thinks everyone who isn’t conservative agrees with them. Nothing could be further from the truth.

And now Democrats got smacked upside the head by the last person they ever expected.

Sports Media’s Most Prominent Voice Delivers a Rare, No-Excuses Call for Actual Civility

He’s not a conservative commentator. He’s not a political pundit. But after surviving Saturday’s terrifying breach at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith delivered a message that cuts across every partisan line — and one that Americans serious about the state of their country need to hear.

“For the purposes of what transpired this weekend, I felt the need to address it because I was there. I was in the room,” Smith said. “And it was a crazy, crazy experience to say the least.”

Stop Talking. Start Doing.

The core of Smith’s message was aimed directly at political leaders and media figures on all sides, and it didn’t come wrapped in comfortable equivocation: “I’m sick and tired of us giving lip service to the narrative of dialing down the rhetoric. We need — enough of that. Stop talking about it and do it. Stop talking about it and do it. You know, let’s debate policy. Let’s talk about what’s actually happening in our country from a policy perspective, whether we agree or disagree and why.”

Smith was careful not to turn the moment into a partisan cudgel. He acknowledged that one could take issue with the current administration’s own rhetoric, but stated plainly: “all of that is, to me, at this particular moment in time, irrelevant, because I’m not going to sit up there and blame them for the actions of some really sick individuals that’s willing to do harm, and dare I say, attempt to kill people because they don’t like the state of our politics or anything like that.”

The alternative — inflaming that rage further — was what Smith put squarely in the crosshairs of people who call themselves journalists and public officials: “engaging in name-calling, speaking about people in incendiary and derogatory fashion and fomenting and feeding into the hostility and the ire that some sick individuals out there want to exercise and engage in.”

Personal Responsibility and Patriotism

Smith also made a point that gets lost in the daily partisan noise: Americans live in the freest nation in history, where every grievance has a legitimate, peaceful outlet. “Can it be better? You’re damn right,” he said. “Does it need to get better? You’re damn right. But in the same breath, you understand you’re an adult. You’re responsible for your own actions.”

His message continued: “There’s a lot that we don’t like that’s going on in our country. That doesn’t mean we’re going out trying to kill people.”

Smith also endorsed the President’s argument on the White House ballroom, adding his own simple question: “If it’s the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, why the hell is it not at the White House?”

For Americans tired of watching leaders mouth platitudes about civility between rounds of scorched-earth politics, Stephen A. Smith’s no-nonsense response to the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting was a breath of fresh air. Now the question is whether anyone in a position of actual power is listening.

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