Month: June 2025

Elon Musk Goes Off On President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Senate Makes a Significant Change to the Legislation

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged from hiding to comment on President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which is currently working through Congress. He’s quite unhappy with what he’s seeing, particularly after a major alteration was made to the bill late Friday night.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Senate GOP released the text of the 940-page reconciliation bill just after midnight with revisions made to the previous draft. The legislation accomplishes several critical policies, including making the Trump tax cuts permanent, eliminating taxation on tips and overtime, locking down the border, and taking an axe to Joe Biden’s green energy scam.

Perhaps the most significant change to the draft was the Senate’s treatment of credits to the wind and solar industries.

The Senate previously softened the House’s restrictions on energy subsidies. Specifically, it curtailed the House’s requirement that projects must begin within 60 days of the legislation’s signing and be placed in service by the end of 2028 to qualify for key energy tax credits.

The new legislation now says that the credits can only apply to facilities that start producing electricity before the end of 2027. Moreover, the bill imposes a tax on certain wind and solar projects placed in service after 2027.

These changes came after President Trump lobbied Senate Majority Leader John Thune to crack down on these wasteful and economically destructive energy sources, delivering a significant win for conservatives.

If no further changes are made, this could lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and the end of dozens of projects currently in the pipeline.

Seeing this massive alteration ticked off Musk. He complained that ending these subsidies would “destroy millions of jobs” and accused Senators of backward thinking.

“The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!” Musk wrote.

“Utterly insane and destructive,” he added. “It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.”

Musk then shared a poll showing that large majorities of the public were against Trump’s signature economic legislation and called it “political suicide for the Republican Party.”

What would be political suicide for the GOP is if they listened to Musk and killed the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Not only would the public not reward the GOP, but Trumpa nd the MAGA base would be livid.

Why bother to vote for a party that cannot fulfill its promises to voters and works against its leader?

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Leftist CNN Contributor Commits a Blunder for the Ages While Trying to Fact-Check Scott Jennings and Attack President Trump (VIDEO)

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A leftist CNN contributor committed one of the worst blunders in recent television history on Saturday while attempting to fact-check Scott Jennings and critique President Trump regarding a historic peace agreement signed between two African countries.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump proudly announced a US-brokered peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday.

After three decades of war, the two countries agreed to a historic peace deal thanks to Trump. He celebrated the peace agreement in the Oval Office before getting testy with a reporter who asked a question about Canada.

Jennings was thrilled about this accomplishment, along with many others, by President Trump this week. This did not sit well with CNN contributor Cari Champion, who was a panelist alongside Jennings on CNN’s “Table for Five.”

She warned Jennings that he was jumping the gun on the peace deal, repeatedly saying, “It’s not done! It’s not done!”

How does one go on TV and make such a comment when the truth is so apparent?

Jennings, who actually pays attention to current events, then helpfully informed Champion that the peace agreement was indeed signed and sealed. Then, things got worse for her.

Champion next tried to attack Trump by saying that he tends to announce things too soon while trying to get Jennings to agree with her. But CNN’s lone voice of sanity again calmly stated that all parties were present at the White House for the agreement, and mocked Champion for not bothering to watch the news.

Not only did Champion have no clue what happened with Rwanda and the Congo before opening her mouth, but she remained oblivious even after Jennings broke the news to her!

This is bad even for CNN.

WATCH:

TRANSCRIPT:

CHAMPION: Foreign Minister from Rwanda has told CNN and said he’s committed to supporting this ongoing negotiation, but warned that ending the conflict would depend on political will…And he doesn’t know if that is true.”

“It’s not done! It’s not done!”

JENNINGS: “You didn’t watch the news yesterday. They literally announced it in the Oval Office.”

(Video cuts to the announcement of the peace deal in the Oval Office)

CHAMPION: “Let me ask you a question…”

JENNINGS: “Literally in the Oval Office. Friday afternoon.”

CHAMPION: “You said something earlier…He (Trump) does announce things before – it’s too soon.”

JENNINGS: “They literally had the countries in there. I feel like you should watch the news before you come out here.”

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DOJ Pressure Too Much, Major University President Resigns Amid DEI Investigation

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University of Virginia President James Ryan announced his resignation, amid pressure from the Trump administration to end the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

In a letter addressed to the head of the university board on Thursday, Ryan said his resignation would be effective no later than Aug. 15, The New York Times reported.

In another letter, addressed to the university community on Friday, Ryan shared his reasons for stepping down.

“I am writing, with a very heavy heart, to let you know that I have submitted my resignation as President of the University of Virginia,” Ryan said.

“To make a long story short, I am inclined to fight for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University. But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job.

“To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld,” he wrote.

Ryan added that he had already planned on stepping down in 2026 for “entirely separate” reasons.

In an April 28 letter addressed to Ryan, the Department of Justice urged Ryan to take action.

The DOJ had received complaints that the school was not complying with President Donald Trump’s executive orders dismantling discriminatory DEI practices.

“Time is running short, and the department’s patience is wearing thin,” read another DOJ letter dated June 17, signed by Harmeet K. Dhillon, the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division.

The DOJ later announced it was launching an investigation of the school.

According to another New York Times report published Thursday, the DOJ had also demanded that Ryan step down to help resolve the university’s DEI issue.

Ryan had served as president of the school since 2018, according to the UVA website.

Previously, the Trump administration had almost exclusively targeted Ivy League schools like Harvard and Columbia.

UVA, a public university, marks a shift in the administration’s war on DEI, the Associated Press reported.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Three Leftist Rioters Charged With Multiple Crimes After Violently Attacking Federal Officers Outside ICE Office in Portland – One Faces a Massive Prison Sentence

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A handful of violent left-wing thugs attacked federal officials while ‘protesting’ outside the Portland ICE office earlier this month, and one of these leftists is looking at spending potentially most of the rest of her life behind bars.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced on Thursday that three rioters had been charged with several crimes, including assaulting federal law enforcement officers. The three defendants made their first appearances in federal court that day before a U.S. Magistrate Judge.

Here are the three individuals, along with their specific alleged crimes.

Julie Winters, 46, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with the felony of attempted assault of a federal officer.

Aziel Chambers, 20, of Merlin, Oregon, has been charged by information with the misdemeanor offenses of assault on a federal officer, creating a hazard on federal property, and failing to obey a lawful order.

Rachel Jean Pope, 28, of Portland, has been charged by information with the misdemeanor offense of assault on a federal officer.

According to court documents and information shared in court, on June 24, 2025, several leftists organized near an ICE office in South Portland. For several weeks, leftist rioters had been trying to damage the building and target federal law enforcement officers with threats of violence, hurling pepper spray, and tossing other objects like rocks, trash, and bricks.

At approximately 11:15 pm, federal officers noticed Winters trying to light what was described as an incendiary device next to the guard shack of the building. Things then escalated when FPS officers engaged her.

Winter responded by pulling out a large knife from her backpack and throwing it at an officer. Fortunately, the officer was not hit.

An officer then used a taser to take down Winters as she attempted to flee, but danger remained. She was able to pull out another large knife from her waistband before another officer finally subdued and arrested her.

Chambers tried to blind a federal officer by striking him in the eye with a laser pointer that same evening. He has also been charged with failing to comply with an officer’s orders to leave the premises on June 17 and throwing an object at federal property on June 20.

Out of the three, Winters faces the most severe punishment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon notes that felony assault of a federal officer and inflict bodily injury carries a potential 20-year prison sentence.

Pope and Chambers have been released from prison pending future court proceedings, presumably because their alleged crimes are ‘misdemeanors.’ Winters remains in custody.

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Entropy Reigns 

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Politics

Entropy Reigns 

From fences and phones to campaign promises, all things decay. 

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In the past, when I have watched Woody Allen’s wonderful movie Stardust Memories, I have generally laughed at, but not necessarily with, the bleak pronouncements of the psychologically tormented character Sandy Bates, played, with a potent mixture of dread and depression, by Allen.

“Hey, did anybody read on the front page of the Times that matter is decaying?” Sandy says early in the film. “Am I the only one that saw that? The universe is gradually breaking down. There’s not going to be anything left.”

Over the last few weeks, however, I have come to recognize the reality of things breaking down, a phenomenon otherwise known as entropy. Sandy is mistaken to limit his diagnosis to physical matter. Nonphysical things, like political dogmas that purport to oppose forever wars, are also susceptible to something akin to entropic rot, but more on those in a moment.

I wanted to begin with the matter of the split-rail fence that surrounds my property. It does its job of forming an appealingly rustic barrier, but the price I have paid for such privacy has, since it was first installed six years ago, been fairly substantial. From the beginning, the wire mesh that runs along the inside of the fence has been a hindrance to attempts to mow or edge the grass along the fence. My only consolation is that the mess of mangled, tangled wiring is not readily visible from the street.

More recently—and there is no gentle way to put this—the fence itself has started to fall apart. I have known for some time that several of the rails have warped, but earlier this month, I noted that one of the rails had become warped to such a degree that it had dislodged from one of the posts that had been holding it up. This caused a cascade effect whereby the rail beneath it became dislodged, too. In defeat, my brother and I dutifully took down the wayward rails. Now, when I look out my family room window, I see before me not a section of impressive fencing but something closer to a pile of rotting lumber. If only I had a wood-burning fireplace.

Have I mentioned the ants? Notwithstanding the pitiful state of my fence, my yard itself is, or was, in excellent shape. Last fall, I replenished the mulch and planted a half-dozen holly bushes, but despite my attempts at controlling the environment, huge numbers of ants have seized various spots throughout my otherwise manicured yard. What distresses me the most is that my earnest efforts at landscaping are no match for these insects’ primal instinct for colonization. 

I wish I could tell you that the state of things inside my house is more stable, but here, too, I find further evidence of the general, inevitable decline referred to in Stardust Memories. Several days ago, my landline phone began behaving erratically: Sometimes there is a dial tone, sometimes not; sometimes the answering machine clicks on, sometimes not. Your guess is as good as mine, but since I am among the last true believers in the superiority of landlines to smartphones, this inexplicable service interruption has been a lesson in humility. I have cast my lot with landlines, yet these things, too, are vulnerable to failure, breakdown, malfunction. Entropy again. What’s more, this episode does not help my carefully cultivated image: No longer am I the prideful, smug Luddite but a literally helpless throwback who can’t even receive a phone call.

I admit, my examples of metaphoric entropy thus far seem entirely trivial, especially in light of the precarious position that our country recently found itself in. Not even one week ago, the president whose services were, improbably, sought for a second nonconsecutive term on the basis of his disinclination to start or perpetuate forever wars seemed to be accelerating America’s involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

As far as I could tell, this was yet another example of entropy: All of a sudden, President Trump’s more-or-less consistent, coherent antiwar position—manifested in his condemnation of the Iraq War, his merciless goading of Jeb Bush, his selection of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence—was disintegrating before our eyes. The universe may or may not have been decaying, but the new administration’s stated principles certainly were. Happily, Trump gathered himself, regrouped, and, in announcing a ceasefire between the warring nations, reverted to his previous stance. 

But the last weeks have taught me that Woody Allen’s character in Stardust Memories turned out to be right in the long run. Things do have a propensity to break down: fences, yards, landlines, and campaign promises against forever wars. What Trump does next is up to him. I just hope I can fix my fence sometime soon.

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Argentina Onward

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Latin America

Argentina Onward

Javier Milei’s libertarian governance continues to pay dividends to the battered South American country.

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks during the closing

It’s a good time to be an Argentine. That is, at least in modern history, an unusual statement, but for a country used to economic chaos and national decline, the vistas are all the rosier. Inflation in May dropped to just 1.5 percent, a rate not seen since May 2020 and a miraculous rate in comparison with the 25.5 percent monthly inflation rate of December 2023, the month President Javier Milei took office. Economic growth year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025 reached 5.8 percent, slightly under economists’ projections but still topping China.

Milei, an avowed anarchocapitalist with many strange personal quirks—he claims to be a tantric sex guru and has cloned his deceased dog five times—was an unlikely choice for national revival. But his libertarian political program continues to be a massive success, having tamed inflation and jump-started economic growth. Milei’s severe policies—slashing government jobs by the thousands, cutting regulations, reforming the tax base, and vetoing even highly popular spending bills passed by the Argentine legislature—have shored up the country’s balance sheet and made it possible for his administration to pull off the incredible accomplishment of ending Argentina’s suffocating regime of currency controls.

The combination of rampant inflation and strict restrictions on access to dollars had created a voracious demand on the black market for stable, American money. Argentines receiving a paycheck would often immediately stop in at one of the ubiquitous arbolitos—black market currency traders—and swap out their pesos for dollars to preserve their buying power. The result was a permanent crisis of confidence in the domestic currency, aggravating inflation further.

That has now ended. In April, Milei successfully secured a loan from the IMF, giving the government sufficient reserves to lift restrictions on purchasing dollars, and allowed the Argentine peso to float at market price (within a band regulated by the central bank’s purchase or sale of dollars and pesos). Skeptics argued that people would rush to sell pesos for dollars, draining the central bank’s dollar reserves, but the markets proved to have more confidence in Milei than anxiety about inflation, and the central bank hasn’t needed to intervene by propping up the peso.

Allowing the free exchange of pesos and dollars has been vital to restoring confidence in the currency, cooling inflation, and even creating price deflation in some commodities. It has also made the country a vastly more promising target for foreign investment, which previously was severely limited in its ability to repatriate its Argentine earnings. 

Milei’s approval ratings reflect his economic success. The Argentine president has, according to Morning Consult’s polling data for June 3–9, an approval rating of 60 percent and a disapproval rating of just 36 percent, making him one of the world’s most popular heads of state. His political party, La Libertad Avanza (LLA), is also in good shape for the upcoming legislative elections in October, where polling averages project it will take first place at the ballot box.

All of this is a remarkable change from just two years ago, when Milei’s presidential candidacy was still widely regarded as unserious. His advisory team was actually assembled with the assistance of the Peronist frontrunner Sergio Massa, who thought he could use Milei as a prop against center-right candidate Patricia Bullrich. All signs pointed towards Massa, the economy minister under the disastrous government of Alberto Fernández, helming Argentina in the future and perpetuating the decades-long Peronist control of the country. Thankfully, the Argentine people had better instincts.

It’s impossible to say how long Milei’s success will last—politics is fickle, in Argentina even more than in most countries. Eventually the government may encounter a situation that libertarianism is not well-equipped to handle; at some point the people will want a change of pace. But for now, the future is looking bright for the first time in a long time. Javier Milei’s skillful political maneuvering and good economic sense have laid the foundation for a significantly more prosperous Argentina than was even imaginable just a short time ago.

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The U.S. Bombing of Iran Damages International Law

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Foreign Affairs

The U.S. Bombing of Iran Damages International Law

The unprovoked attack exposes Western hypocrisy.

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It is not yet clear how much damage was done to Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities by the fourteen bunker-buster bombs the United States dropped last weekend. But the damage done to international law, not only by the bombing but also by the response of America’s allies, is very clear.

The hypocrisy is stunning. Washington and its Western allies have committed to a military and intelligence operation against Russia in defense of Ukraine so massive that it has put the world on the brink of nuclear war more than once. The weight of the justification for that effort rests, in large part, on the defense of international law and especially the ban on any nation violating the sovereignty of another nation with an aggressive attack.

And yet, the U.S. committed that very crime by attacking, without approval of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a sovereign nation that had neither attacked nor threatened it. 

America’s action and the response to it by its allies exposes the charade of international law. In the U.S.-led rules-based order, there is no consistently applied international law; Washington and its allies selectively apply the rules when they suit them and exempt themselves from the rules when they do not.

That reality is laid bare not only by America’s illegal bombing of Iran but by Europe, NATO, and Ukraine’s justification of that attack while simultaneously condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

British prime minister Keir Starmer placed the responsibility on Iran and praised the U.S. “Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the U.S. has taken action to alleviate that threat,” Starmer said.

France “expressed its firm opposition to Iran gaining access to nuclear weapons” and “urge[d] the parties to exercise restraint.”

Italy called for de-escalation while saying Iran’s nuclear facilities “represented a danger for the entire area.”

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, could only muster a milquetoast pronouncement: “I urge all sides to step back, return to the negotiating table and prevent further escalation.” EU president Ursula von der Leyen said, “Iran must never acquire the bomb…. Now is the moment for Iran to engage in a credible diplomatic solution.”

Germany, France and Britain issued a joint statement, insisting “that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.” It implied that America’s “targeted military strikes against nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan” were consistent with their nations’ shared aim “to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.” They then called on Iran “to engage in negotiations” and “urge[d] Iran not to take any further action that could destabilize the region.”

Molly O’Neal, a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, suggested to me that the European response is best represented by Germany, whose chancellor, Friedrich Merz, recently said the U.S. was doing “our dirty work” by attacking Iran. 

“This offensive remark,” O’Neal said, “exposed vividly that norms of sovereignty and territorial integrity, applied rigorously in Europe, are ignored when the U.S. applies force in violation of these norms.”

Australia announced, “We support action to prevent Iran getting a nuclear weapon and that is what this is.” Czechia similarly endorsed the attack. “The U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is an understandable attempt to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons,” the prime minister wrote on X.

Al Jazeera’s James Bays pointed out to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that NATO has “been criticizing Russia for breaching the rules-based international order by invading Ukraine.” Bays asked, “Doesn’t all of that seem very hypocritical given the U.S.’s recent actions which are clearly dubious under international law?” Rutte stammered through a response. “Well, I don’t agree with that assessment at all…. I do not at all—not one syllable of your assessment—sorry—on what you just said…. I think you have this completely wrong.”

NATO’s reaction to the U.S. bombing had already been revealed when President Donald Trump published Rutte’s message to him on Truth Social. “Mr. President, dear Donald,” Rutte wrote, “Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary, and something no one else dared to do. It makes us all safer.”

But, perhaps, the greatest example of self-defeating hypocrisy goes to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has, understandably, insisted on enforcing the international law against unprovoked attacks on sovereign nations without UNSC approval.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement saying, “Ukraine is convinced that Iran’s nuclear program must be stopped so that it never again poses a threat to the countries of the Middle East or any other state.” Zelensky reiterated that Iran “must absolutely not” be allowed to have “nuclear weapons,” and he praised “the resolve of President Trump.” There is also a hypocrisy to Zelensky’s insistence that “there must be no proliferation of nuclear weapons in the modern world,” since he himself has threatened to reacquire nuclear weapons in Ukraine, a remark that went uncriticized by the U.S. or NATO in another selective application of international law.

The sincerity of America’s commitment to an impartial international law has long been questioned in much of the world, and especially in the Global South. That suspicion has undoubtedly been hardened by America’s recent unprovoked bombing of Iran in the absence of an imminent threat to the United States or of UNSC approval. 

Though the damage done to Iran’s nuclear program remains to be seen, one cost of that achievement is the great, and possibly irreparable, damage done to international law and America’s claim to be its greatest defender.

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Chris Cuomo Slams AOC And His Former Network CNN for Rushing to Downplay Trump’s Strikes on Iran (VIDEO)

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You may not be a huge fan of former CNN host Chris Cuomo but every once in a while he gets something right.

In this case, Cuomo slammed AOC and his old network for rushing to claim that Trump’s airstrikes on Iran weren’t effective. In CNN’s case, they rushed out a preliminary ‘top secret’ report. Trump slammed them for it.

They simply can’t allow Trump to have a win on anything. Even Chris Cuomo can see it.

The New York Post reported:

Chris Cuomo ripped into his former network CNN on Wednesday, accusing it of leaning into partisan theatrics as it feuds with President Trump over a report questioning the effectiveness of US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

Cuomo’s criticism came during his NewsNation show “Cuomo,” where he hosted Bill O’Reilly to discuss fallout from a leaked intelligence assessment suggesting the recent strikes likely delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions by months — not years, as US officials had claimed.

“I think that [CNN is] trying too hard to compete with these pod bros and people who sell hysteria for profit,” Cuomo said on his show.

“We just too often get caught up in the propaganda game.”

Trump blasted the media coverage, labeling it “fake news,” while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also dismissed the reports during a Thursday press conference.

See the clip below:

In another segment on the same show, Cuomo went off in a rant about how the radical left is killing the Democrat party. Watch:

Credit where it’s due. He got some things right here.

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Law Prof Jonathan Turley: Majority of SCOTUS Getting Tired of ‘Histrionics And Hysteria’ on Left Side of the Court (VIDEO)

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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley appeared on the Hannity show this weekend and talked with guest host Kellyanne Conway about the drama we saw unfold on the Supreme Court this week.

Turley suggested that the majority wing of SCOTUS is tired of the antics of the leftist minority of the court.

He noted that the ‘histrionics and the hysteria’ are just too much.

Transcript via Real Clear Politics:

KELLYANNE CONWAY, “HANNITY” GUEST HOST: For anyone against unchecked government power, this was a very, very good day.

Here now with analysis, FOX News contributor Jonathan Turley.

Jonathan Turley, what an incredible day at the Supreme Court.

Let’s have you break it down. And also I think people are very curious how this does impact things like sanctuary city funding, birthright citizenship and other issues at play.

JONATHAN TURLEY, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Well, thank you, Kellyanne.

I think that the first thing the president should do is go buy a lottery ticket because he’s having a heck of a week and if I was going to get a lottery ticket, it’s probably be today.

But this is a huge win for him. It does negate what has been a stumbling block. These judges have been throwing sand in the works in many of his policies, from immigration, to birthright citizenship, to DOGE cuts. That will presumably now be tamped down.

If these judges try to circumvent that, I think they’ll find an even more expedited path to a Supreme Court that’s going to continue to reverse some of these — lift some of these injunctions.

As you noted, the opinion was really radioactive in this take-down of Justice Jackson. I — it’s rare. I’ve been — I’ve been covering the Supreme Court for decades. It’s rare to see that type of exchange.

The important thing to remember is that, you know, Justice Barrett delivered what was essentially a pile driver but she didn’t do it alone. I mean, her colleagues signed on to this and I think it’s very clear that the majority is getting tired of the histrionics and the hysteria that seems to be growing a bit on the left side of the court. But this was really an astonishing uh takedown by the justice.

But it’s the — it’s the hyperbole that’s coming out of the dissent that is so notable. Justice Sotomayor in that Maryland case said that giving parents the ability to opt out of a few lessons was going to, quote, create chaos and probably end public education. Then you had Justice Jackson saying this could very well essentially be the death of democracy. It’s the type of hyperbole that most justices have avoided.

Here’s the video:

Turley nailed this and did so eloquently, as usual.

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BREAKING: Senate Finally Advances President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” After HOURS of Drama and a Visit From VP JD Vance – Two GOPers Vote NO

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The Senate has advanced President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill to a full debate despite two GOP defections after hours of drama.

The final tally was 51-49. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina were the two Republican nays.

Ron Johnson of Wisconsin initially voted no but switched to yes.

Vice President JD Vance arrived at the Capitol earlier to potentially cast a tie-breaking vote.

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The GOP holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate. With Tillis and Paul voting no, Republicans needed to hope that Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted to proceed with the debate.

This was a bit of a gamble since these are the two most notorious RINOs in all of Congress. With that in mind, the GOP gave a little gift to Murkowski: a special tax cut for Alaskan whaling captains, which would benefit subsistence hunters.

Fortunately, both came through, though Murkowski helped drag the process out by over an hour.

But then Senators Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, and Senator Mike Lee of Utah held the vote up for two more hours. Finally, they were able to cut a deal.

Johnson then flipped his vote to yes.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the final text of President Trump’s signature domestic legislation was released late last night. The legislation accomplishes several critical policies, including making the Trump tax cuts permanent, eliminating taxation on tips and overtime, locking down the border, and taking an axe to Joe Biden’s green energy scam.

The vote to proceed was supposed to happen roughly 4 pm. but Democrats blocked it for a few hours in a childish tantrum.

However, there were questions regarding whether the vote would succeed. One key GOP holdout, Johnson, announced Sunday morning he would vote no after Paul made clear several days ago he was opposed.

“President Trump, his goal in the Senate was to make the Big Beautiful Bill even better. I’d like it much better,” he told “Fox and Friends on Saturday.” “Right now, I’m not going to vote for a motion to proceed today.

“We just got the bill. I got my first copy about 1:23 in the morning, this morning.”

Then, Tillis announced he was a no.

Now, the process will stall for up to 15 hours as Democrats have vowed to force the Senate clerk to read the entire bill. But they are likely only delaying the bill’s inevitable passage.

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