I have been warning how corruption in Ukraine will bedevil efforts to defeat Russia from the very beginning. Finally, Big Media is catching on. The Washington Post featured a front-page story on a growing scandal involving key government officials close to Zelensky that has shocked Ukrainians and international observers. Consider these excerpts: “The corruption scandal has fueled rage that the country’s ruling elite may have lined their own pockets as they sent troops to die in the name of democracy and Western values. . .” “. . . a major kickback scheme siphoned money from the… Read More

A communist went to the White House today. I was working in the Reagan administration when former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev came to the White House in 1987. To be honest, many of us were not happy. Just as President Reagan was, we were very dubious about the Soviet Union. Reagan had devoted his presidency to bringing “the evil empire” down. Of course, we were also welcoming a head of state for an official visit, and the flag of the Soviet Union was displayed on Pennsylvania Avenue. A lot has happened since then. The Soviet Union is gone, but today’s Marxists are not bred in… Read More

Former President George W. Bush emerged from his self-imposed political “exile” today to deliver a eulogy at the funeral of his vice president, Dick Cheney. And it may not be the last that we see of Mr. Bush. There are reports that members of the Bush family and other GOP establishment hacks are putting together a serious effort to “retake” the Republican Party when Donald Trump’s administration ends. You would have thought they had learned their lesson after Jeb! crashed and burned in the 2016 primaries. They want to take the GOP back to what it has always been: The party that can’t… Read More

The House and Senate have voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill requiring the Justice Department to publicly release additional information on Jeffrey Epstein. Once President Trump signs the bill, the Justice Department has 30 days to make the information available. Epstein, a sexual deviant, invited powerful people to his private island where they sexually exploited young women who were trafficked by Epstein. Already, Larry Summers, a prominent figure, removed himself from public life as a result of information about his relationship with Epstein. Summers served as Bill Clinton’s… Read More

The story we told you about yesterday regarding the newly discovered social media history of failed Trump assassin Thomas Crooks has gained a lot of traction, but only on Fox News and conservative media sites. Big media remains totally uninterested in how one young man was able to elude all Secret Service safeguards and nearly kill Donald Trump in the middle of the most important election in modern U.S. history. One prominent voice demanding answers is Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore, who died shielding his family from the hail of bullets. There have always been… Read More

Two reports have raised serious concerns that the FBI covered up evidence about the motives of Thomas Crooks, who nearly succeeded in assassinating Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year. The first report comes from investigators hired by Tucker Carlson, who has hurt his credibility in recent months. But the second report, which confirms Carlson’s investigation, comes from the New York Post. In the aftermath of the Butler assassination attempt, top FBI officials, including former Director Christopher Wray, testified before Congress that Crooks had no significant social media… Read More

Now to close this busy week, here’s a note you might find an encouraging sign for the battle that lies ahead.

The government shutdown is officially over.

Breathing New Life into Free Speech

Sadly, we are living in an era of increasing hostility toward America. Thank God Donald Trump is confronting this, but he has a big battle ahead.  A false narrative has taken root on our college campuses.  We are teaching our children not American history, but anti-American history. President Trump has a major initiative to reverse this.

Late last night, after 15 tries, the U.S. Senate voted 60-40 to break the Democratic filibuster that was preventing a final vote on reopening the federal government under a continuing resolution (CR). 

At the end of this historic and daunting week, I woke up with a lot of angst about where our nation stands. As great as the challenges seem, it struck me how we have been here before.

We just had an election where left-wing Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia won by landslides. I guarantee a lot of the people here in Virginia, where I live, didn’t know they were voting for a radical social agenda. But they’ll find out pretty quick. When you vote for leftist Democrats to run your state or city, don’t think that you’re just going to get more focus on healthcare and welfare because they’re nicer people with more empathy. Wherever the Left has control, they force on us bizarre, radical policies that hurt your children and grandchildren. Democrat leaders support men… Read More

Yesterday was a massacre at the ballot box for Republicans. It was also a tremendous defeat for anyone who believes in faith, family, and freedom. The Left swept virtually everything. Across the country, it wasn’t just Democrats who won, but far-left socialists who won.

A lot is at stake on the ballot today, and conservatives are swimming uphill in every state. A Newsom-ordered radical redistricting plan is on the ballot in California. Recent polls show the redistricting plan getting as much as 60% of the vote. The ultimate plan will be to flip five more congressional House seats to the Democrats. There are, of course, important races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia. There is an attorney general candidate on the ballot in Virginia who imagined murdering the Republican leader of the House and his children. Unbelievably, he could still win today… Read More

Shortly after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10th by a trans-obsessed leftist, something else tragic happened. Various nefarious forces started claiming that Israel was involved in Kirk’s assassination. The suggestion is absolutely ludicrous. There is no evidence whatsoever that Israel had anything to do with Kirk’s murder. Moreover, Charlie Kirk was staunchly pro-Israel. But some people on the fringes of the conservative movement—Candace Owens being the worst among them—pushed this insane conspiracy theory. People close to Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA released… Read More

I saw a disappointing poll today. Forty-four percent of Americans blame Republicans for the government shutdown, while just 35% blame the Democrats. I don’t understand it, but I also do understand it. When you’re here in Washington, D.C., it’s as clear as night and day that the Democrats are responsible for the shutdown. We don’t have to guess at who is responsible. Republicans put legislation on the floor to reopen the government 13 times, and 13 times Democrats voted against it. How can 44% of the public think it’s Republicans who won’t reopen the government?

Trump Returns

I’m sure we all remember the headlines that began as soon as Donald Trump was elected in 2016 and continued throughout the Biden years. Here are a few examples:

“Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power”

It’s been said that political debates in America now are no longer Democrat versus Republican or Left versus Right, but insane versus common sense. That’s exactly what we’re seeing as two symbols of the great debate over what it means to be a woman in America today are squaring off. (The fact that this is even a debate at all is astonishing!) I’m referring to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Riley Gaines. The Trump-hating, pro-abortion, socialist star of the Democrat Party versus the collegiate champion swimmer, conservative Christian, and advocate for women. Their recent social… Read More

A Senate hearing today addressed a deeply disturbing and growing problem in America—political violence. Media commentators often frame any discussion of political violence with the mantra that “both sides” are guilty. The problem with the “both sides” mantra is that it doesn’t reflect the reality that political violence today is coming from one side—the Left. Virtually every day there is a new incident. A radical leftist was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month for threatening the life of Attorney General Pam Bondi.

As many Americans were heading to bed Friday night, President Trump walked out onto the White House lawn and took a few questions from reporters. Then, he boarded Marine One and took off for Andrews Air Force Base. Shortly after 11:00 PM, the president left the country for a major summit of Asian nations. After a brief stop in Germany Saturday morning, Trump flew to Qatar, where he held a meeting with the emir. Later that night, he landed in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. He walked off of Air Force One full of energy, even dancing briefly with native Malaysian performers. The… Read More

In the last 24 hours, there has been yet another avalanche of dangerous, hateful rhetoric from the Left. Every American of good will who rejects violence as a way of solving political differences needs to be paying attention right now. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker went on Fox News last night. He doubled down on his outrageous accusation that our immigration police officers are comparable to the Nazi Gestapo. He said they are rounding up minorities just like Hitler’s Gestapo rounded up the Jews, leading to the Holocaust. That’s pure demagoguery and demonization meant to inspire hatred… Read More

President Trump met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the White House yesterday. Dealing with the war in Ukraine was at the top of their agenda, and the president announced tough new sanctions on Russia’s largest oil companies and dozens of their subsidiaries that fund the Kremlin’s war machine. President Trump has done everything possible to try to bring both sides to the table. He has encouraged Russia and Ukraine to make concessions to end this weeping wound in the middle of Europe, which, at any moment, could go “sepsis” and sink the world into a nuclear war. Of course, he… Read More

Every time we turn around, there’s another left-wing demonstration. This past weekend it was the No Kings protests, and people always have the same questions: “Do these people have jobs? Where do they get their money? Why do all their signs look professionally made? Who is behind this?” Well, we may get some answers soon. After President Trump designated the far-left revolutionary group Antifa as a terrorist organization, FBI Director Kash Patel set up a new division to investigate how Antifa and other leftist revolutionary groups are funded. The FBI is tracking the money just like… Read More

After Charlie Kirk’s brutal assassination, his widow, Erika, pointed out that conservatives did not riot, loot businesses, and destroy private property. It was the exact opposite of what happened five years ago after a drug addict and petty criminal died in a confrontation with Minneapolis police. Radical leftists used George Floyd’s death as an excuse to loot and riot in our major cities. But something did happen after Charlie Kirk’s murder, and we just got more evidence of it. Bible sales this September were 36% higher than in September 2024. So, a conservative leader is murdered, and… Read More

Thankfully, there was no significant violence at Saturday’s much anticipated “No Kings” protests. I think I know the reason why. It’s tough to riot when you’re over 70, and most of these protesters looked like aging, white hippies. Big Media says 7 million people participated around the country, but no one can prove that, so call me skeptical. The turnout in Chicago was a flop, even though the city has been Ground Zero in the battle between the Left and the Trump administration over immigration enforcement. Several commentators noted that the protests appeared concentrated in liberal… Read More

Former U.N. Ambassador and National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted yesterday for 18 felony violations of the Espionage Act—eight counts of transmitting classified information and ten counts of unlawfully retaining classified information. Each felony count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The fake news media are claiming that President Trump is using the legal system to go after his opposition—you know, the way Joe Biden and Kamala Harris did. That’s a lie. Bolton is the latest Trump-hater where significant evidence has emerged that he violated the law in his… Read More

Pro-Hamas, Trump-hating, Netanyahu-hating cyber terrorists hacked into the public address systems of four North American airports, one in Pennsylvania and three in Canada. The extremists broadcast messages calling for the destruction of Israel and “F—k Netanyahu and Trump.” The cyber terrorists also took over flight information boards, posting pictures of Hamas leaders and these phrases: “ISRAEL LOST THE WAR, HAMAS WON THE WAR HONORABLY” and “You are a pig, Donald Trump.” Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blasted the cyberattack and vowed to “get to the bottom of this hack.” How… Read More

Some of the most radical anti-Israel and anti-American groups immediately condemned President Trump’s Middle East peace plan. One of the most prominent groups is the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The DSA is challenging Democrat incumbents deemed “too moderate” in primaries all over America, and the Democrat Party establishment is terrified of them. This is the movement that gave us such “luminaries” as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and Zohran Mamdani. In response to President Trump’s peace plan, the DSA issued a disgusting statement full of antisemitic… Read More

Virtually every leading Democrat and media pundit hysterically screamed in 2016 that Donald Trump was “a warmonger.” They said he had no idea what he was doing, that he would destroy our alliances, and that he couldn’t be trusted with the nation’s nuclear arsenal. They were all wrong. Donald Trump understands what so much of our “establishment” doesn’t—peace through strength works. That’s why thousands of grateful Israelis, many wearing MAGA hats, were chanting, “We love Trump,” yesterday. And it’s why some at Trump’s Knesset address wore red hats reading, “Trump The Peace President… Read More