Month: July 2025

JUST IN: Two More Criminal Referrals Related to Fed $2.5 Billion Building Renovations Issued: Pulte

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Chairman of the Board of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Bill Pulte, on Tuesday evening said two more criminal referrals related to Fed’s multibillion dollar renovations were issued.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is under fire for the cost of renovating the Fed’s DC headquarters. The cost ballooned from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion.

Bill Pulte was on site to review the ongoing renovations at the Fed’s headquarters in DC and he said he only saw six construction workers.

Pulte told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that the construction workers were tearing down marble and steel.

“I’ve been in construction my whole life… but I go to this $2.5 billion Fed building and they’re tearing down marble and steel? It doesn’t make sense. We’re going to get to the bottom of it,” Bill Pulte told Laura Ingraham.

WATCH:

Shortly after he appeared on Laura Ingraham’s show, Pulte said: “We issued two more criminal referrals today.”

Details about the criminal referrals were not immediately available.

Jerome Powell has been criminally referred to the Justice Department for prosecution this week.

On Monday GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna sent a letter to the DOJ accusing Powell of perjury.

“On June 25, 2025, Chairman Powell provided testimony under oath before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding the renovation of the Federal Reserve’s Eccles Building. In his statements, he made several materially false claims,” Luna’s letter said, according to Fox News.

Rep. Luna said Powell was lying about the cost of the renovations.

“Separately, in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, Chairman Powell characterized the changes that escalated the cost of the project from $1.9 billion to $2.5 billion as minor. However, documents reviewed by congressional investigators indicate that the scope and cost overruns of this project were neither minor in nature nor in substance,” Luna wrote.

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Democrats Lose Their Minds as Republicans Vote to Rename the Kennedy Center in Honor of Melania Trump

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House Republicans added an amendment to the spending bill that would change the name of the Kennedy Center to the ‘First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.’

Democrats are losing their minds over this, naturally. They have already spent months freaking out about other changes Trump has made at the arts center. They seem to think it belongs to them for some reason.

Isn’t this small gesture the least the public can do for First Lady Melania? She gets ignored by fashion magazines, despite being such a smart and beautiful woman.

We will hear more about this story in the coming days. Democrats are definitely going to try to fight it.

ABC News reports:

Democrats say GOP ‘snuck in’ renaming Kennedy Center Opera House for Melania Trump

An amendment changing the name of the 2,364-seat theater, the second largest in the arts complex, was approved along party lines by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and would become law if Congress approves the House GOP spending bill that funds the Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies.

“This is an excellent way to recognize [the first lady’s] support and commitment to promoting the arts,” said Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee…

Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Republicans “snuck in” the “divisive” proposal to change the name of the Opera House and that Republicans have not technically approved a name change for a portion of the center.

“The Republicans have now given the president six times the normal amount of money to run the Kennedy Center, carte blanche over who will be on the board, and how different parts of the Kennedy Center — perhaps the whole Kennedy Center itself — will be named, and this amendment confirms that,” Pingree said in subcommittee hearing.

This is so great.

This is going to cause a lot of liberal heads to explode in the coming days.

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New York Man Arrested After Building and Stashing 7 Bombs on Subway Tracks, Rooftops

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A New York man was arrested and charged after building at least seven bombs and stashing them on rooftops and subway tracks.

Michael Gann, 55, was taken into custody last month and on Tuesday was charged by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.

According to prosecutors, Michael Gann “manufactured at least seven improvised explosive devices (“IEDs”) using precursor chemicals—chemicals that can be combined to create an explosive mixture—that he had ordered on the internet, stored at least five IEDs and shotgun shells on adjoining rooftops of residential apartment buildings in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, threw at least one IED onto the subway tracks of the Williamsburg Bridge, and subsequently lied to law enforcement about having disposed of his explosives and supplies in a dumpster.”

Gann stored 5 IEDs (pictured below) on the rooftops of residential buildings in SoHo.

homemade bomb New York / courtesy of SDNY

Gann tossed one of the IEDs on the subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge.

homemade bomb on NY subway tracks / courtesy of SDNY

“Michael Gann allegedly produced multiple improvised explosive devices intended for use in Manhattan,” said FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia. “Due to the successful partnership of law enforcement agencies in New York, Gann was swiftly brought to justice before he could harm innocent civilians shortly after his dangerous actions became known. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is enduring in its commitment and determination to protect the homeland.”

According to the DOJ: Gann is charged with “one count of attempted destruction of property by means of explosives, which carries a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of transportation of explosive materials, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison; and one count of unlawful possession of destructive devices, which also carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.”

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The Obama Bros Respond to Hunter Biden’s Crazy Rant: ‘You Were a Liability’ (VIDEO)

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The Obama Bros are the former staffers and speechwriters behind the ‘Pod Save America’ podcast. They were mentioned in Hunter Biden’s bizarre rant interview this week and they’re not happy about what he said.

In their response, they knock Hunter, saying that he was a liability for his father’s presidency. They bring up his involvement in Burisma and his brief art career. It’s a pretty harsh response.

It’s a reminder that the Democrats are still very divided over the 2024 election and other issues.

Partial transcript via Real Clear Politics:

“Pod Save America” hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor respond to criticism from Hunter Biden of the Democratic Party replacing President Biden with VP Harris in the 2024 election campaign.

“Imagine how hard it must be for Hunter Biden to watch all these people dining out on somebody’s name,” Lovett joked.

“You were on the board of Burisma because of who your dad is, and that is what people hate about Washington. It was part of the problem,” Vietor said, in response to Hunter Biden’s lengthy interview with “Channel 5.” “It is three hours of Hunter playing the victim.”

“One thing we know is that Hunter Biden, throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, was a terrible liability for him,” Lovett said. “Addiction aside, it was because he was on Burisma, because he became an artist, because he was part of a kind of sleazy Washington that people hated.”

“You were a liability,” he said to Hunter. “You should be ashamed of the ways in which you made your father’s political life worse. And the idea that we’re going to listen to you now—give me a break. It’s ridiculous.”

See the video below:

Hunter burned a lot of bridges in that interview.

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Trump Announces Trade Deals with Indonesia and the Philippines – Both Countries Agree to Open Market with ZERO Tariffs on the U.S. but will Pay 19% Tariffs on Exports to U.S.

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After his meeting with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on Tuesday, President Trump announced a new trade deal with the Philippines and, hours later, one with Indonesia. 

Immediately after his meeting concluded, Trump announced that the Philippines will cease all tariffs and pay a 19% tariff on imports to the Untied States. ” In addition, we will work together Militarily. It was a Great Honor to be with the President. He is Highly Respected in his Country, as he should be,” the President said:

President Ferdinand Marcos, of the Philippines, is just leaving the White House, with all of his many Representatives. It was a beautiful visit, and we concluded our Trade Deal, whereby The Philippines is going OPEN MARKET with the United States, and ZERO Tariffs. The Philippines will pay a 19% Tariff. In addition, we will work together Militarily. It was a Great Honor to be with the President. He is Highly Respected in his Country, as he should be. He is also a very good, and tough, negotiator. We extend our warmest regards to the wonderful people of The Philippines!

Just hours later, President Trump announced another deal with the Republic of Indonesia and President Prabowo Subianto — also with no tariffs on American goods. Indonesia, too, will pay 19% on “all of their products coming into the U.S.A.”

” In addition, Indonesia will supply the United States with their precious Critical Minerals, as well as sign BIG Deals, worth Tens of Billions of Dollars, to purchase Boeing Aircraft, American Farm products, and American Energy. This Deal is a HUGE WIN for our Automakers, Tech Companies, Workers, Farmers, Ranchers, and Manufacturers,” Trump said.

It is my Great Honor to announce our Trade Agreement with the Republic of Indonesia, as represented by their Highly Respected President, Prabowo Subianto. It is agreed that Indonesia will be Open Market to American Industrial and Tech Products, and Agricultural Goods, by eliminating 99% of their Tariff Barriers. The United States of America will now sell American Made products to Indonesia at a Tariff Rate of ZERO, while Indonesia will pay 19% on all of their products coming into the U.S.A. — The Best Market in the World! In addition, Indonesia will supply the United States with their precious Critical Minerals, as well as sign BIG Deals, worth Tens of Billions of Dollars, to purchase Boeing Aircraft, American Farm products, and American Energy. This Deal is a HUGE WIN for our Automakers, Tech Companies, Workers, Farmers, Ranchers, and Manufacturers. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the President also announced a third trade deal with Japan, securing a $550 billion investment in the United States and a Reciprocal Tariff rate of 15% to the United States.

“Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits,” Trump said in a statement. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it.”

JUST IN: Trump Announces “Massive Deal” with Japan with 15% Reciprocal Tariffs – $550 Billion to be Invested with U.S. Receiving 90% of Profits

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VICTORY FOR VOTER INTEGRITY: Federal Judge Tosses Leftist Lawsuit — Delivers Knockout Win in Wyoming’s on Proof of Citizenship Requirement

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In a crushing blow to radical left-wing lawyer Marc Elias and his progressive allies, a federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit that sought to gut Wyoming’s new election integrity law.

United States District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl ruled in favor of Secretary of State Chuck Gray and dismissed outright the lawsuit filed by the Equality State Policy Center, which had enlisted notorious Democrat operative Marc Elias in a blatant attempt to strike down House Bill 156—Wyoming’s common-sense requirement that all voter registrants provide proof of U.S. citizenship and state residency.

In his 17-page ruling, Judge Skavdahl SLAMMED the plaintiffs for lacking any standing whatsoever, exposing the entire case as a baseless political attack dressed up as a legal complaint.

“Plaintiff has not adequately demonstrated its standing to sue on its own behalf or on behalf of others in this action,” Skavdahl wrote. “The Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this lawsuit, and consequently it must be dismissed.”

The court wrote:

To establish Article III standing to sue, the law requires the plaintiff to show three requirements:
(1) it has suffered an “injury in fact” that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; (2) the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant; and (3) it is likely, as opposed to merely speculative, that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.

Assuming Plaintiffs assertions to be true, they do not establish its standing to bring this lawsuit in its own capacity. Plaintiff has not shown a concrete injury in fact that is fairly traceable to HB 156.

Plaintiffs alleged diversion-of-resources injury is the same type of injury claimed in AllianceforHippocraticMedicine,but the U.S. Supreme Court determined this type of alleged injury was not a concrete injury in fact traceable to the challenged governmental conduct sufficient to satisfy Article III standing.

Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray celebrated the ruling:

On July 22nd, United States District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by Equality State Policy Center, through its attorney Marc Elias, against Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray challenging Wyoming House Bill 156, which requires proof of United States citizenship and proof of Wyoming residency to register to vote.

“I’m extremely pleased with the court’s ruling granting our motion to dismiss this outrageously wrong lawsuit,” Secretary Gray said.

“This is a huge win for the people of Wyoming. Proof of citizenship for registering to vote is a common sense, conservative election integrity measure and was the number one priority of our administration’s conservative election integrity reform agenda and a key priority of President Trump. Marc Elias’ outrageously wrong lawsuit has always been an attempt by the radical Left to undermine the common-sense election integrity measures Wyomingites want.”

“We have successfully defended proof of citizenship for registering to vote and fought and defeated this lawsuit. This decision shows that Marc Elias and the radical left were no match for our vigorous defense. Today marks a huge victory for the people of Wyoming and for the truth. I will keep defending the truth, and our common sense conservative Wyoming values that Wyoming elected me to defend. I want to thank the Trump Administration for their pivotal statement of interest, the support of the RNC, and also the great work of our outside counsel at Dhillon Law in defending the truth.”

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Massive Protests Erupt Against Zelensky in Ukraine

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Massive protests broke out against President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday in Ukraine.

The protests took place one day before peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

Marjorie Taylor Greene reported:

The protests erupted outside the president’s office after Ukraine’s Parliament passed a law that would strip the independence of the anti-corruption bureau.

There were several protests elsewhere in the country.

Many people believe Ukraine will be in ashes before Zelensky signs a peace agreement. The Ukrainian leader is as unpredictable as he is foolish.

It is not clear at this point if Western countries are behind the anti-Zelensky protests but Zelensky is wearing himself out with several Western leaders.

The protests are being ignored by the Western press.

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EPIC! Tom Homan UNLEASHES on “Former First Drug Addict” Hunter Biden in Response to Deranged Interview (VIDEO)

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Border Czar Tom Homan on Tuesday responded to Hunter Biden’s crazed rebuke of the conservatives and the Trump Administration in epic fashion. 

Hunter Biden said “f*ck you” to anybody who wants safe streets and a secure border

“I don’t really care what the former First Drug Addict thinks,” Homan told Fox’s Laura Ingraham.

Homan then doubled down on his threats to sanctuary cities, putting leaders on notice that “hundreds of additional ICE agents” will be sent in if they continue to let violent criminals back onto their streets instead of handing them over to ICE. “we’re going to flood the neighborhoods until we find that guy, we’re going to flood work sites until we find that guy, because we’re going to make this country safe again,” he said.

The Gateway Pundit reported on Monday that Homan blasted sanctuary cities during a press conference after visiting a Border Patrol agent, who was was ambushed and nearly murdered by an illegal alien while off-duty, at a New York City hospital. “We’re going to flood the zone,” he told reporters. “And when we arrest them in the community, if he’s with others that are in the country illegally, they’re coming too.”

Homan further threatened on Tuesday that the DOJ is going to prosecute anybody who impedes ICE or attacks ICE officers or ICE vehicles, saying, “They’re going to get out of the car, they’re going to chase you down, they’re going to arrest you, and you’ll be prosecuted.”

WATCH:

Ingraham: I do my own dishes, Tom. But this idea that the fruit is going to rot in the orchards, nobody’s ever going to have a lawn mowed again, if we actually enforce our immigration laws.

Homan: Well, I don’t really care what the former first drug addict thinks. I just thank God every morning I wake up, we got President Trump in the Oval Office, and because of President Trump, in seven weeks, we got the most secure border in this nation’s history, and now we’re arresting public safety threats and national security threats every day across this country. We’ve already arrested three times the number of criminals that Biden did during the same time frame, and President Trump just committed two weeks ago to prioritize sanctuary cities because of what you just said. In California, Illinois and New York— I said it during a press conference the other day, we’re going to flood the zone. We’re going to send hundreds of additional ICE agents to these cities. If they don’t want to help us and get the bad guy in the county jail, then we’re going to flood the neighborhoods until we find that guy, we’re going to flood work sites until we find that guy, because we’re going to make this country safe again. President Trump was elected for that purpose, and we’re going to keep that promise from President Trump.

Ingraham: And Tom, those who would impede or harm or threaten ICE officers, will you commit tonight to—

Homan: Going to jail. Going to jail, Laura. You impede an ICE officer, you’re going to be prosecuted. You throw a stone at an ICE Vehicle, they’re going to get out of the car, they’re going to chase you down, they’re going to arrest you, and you’ll be prosecuted. President Trump sent out a Truth post, and an X the other day: zero tolerance. You step over the line, you’ll be prosecuted. And Pam Bondi has already talked to every US Attorney across this country; they’re not going to decline that prosecution. So you step over the line, you’re going to jail.

As The Gateway Pundit reported on Monday, Hunter Biden went on an unhinged, profane, and likely drug-induced tirade against the Trump Administration’s deportation border policies. “I say, f*ck you! How are we getting those people back from f*cking El Salvador?” Hunter said in the interview with Channel 5’s Andrew Callaghan.

“People are really upset about illegal immigration? F*ck you. How do you think your hotel room gets cleaned? How do you think you have food on your f*cking table? Who do you think washes your dishes?”

“I Say, F*ck You!” Hunter Biden Lashes Out at Trump in Profanity-Laced Tirade About Illegals Being Deported (VIDEO)

During the interview, “handle of vodka a day” Hunter also exposed his father for taking drugs before the first and last Trump-Biden debate and tore into top Democrat figures, including George Clooney, James Carville, David Ploofe, David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, and Jake Tapper for helping execute the coup against Biden.

Hopefully, Biden does more interviews because this was gold!

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US Olympics and Paralympics Ban Transgender Athletes from Competing in Women’s Events to Comply with Trump’s Order

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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has banned transgender biological males from competing in women’s events to comply with the executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

The committee announced the change on Monday after informing the national sport governing bodies that it has an “obligation to comply” with Trump’s February “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Executive Order 14201, which requires federal agencies and organizations receiving federal funding to enforce sex-based distinctions in sports.

The new “Athlete Safety Policy” references the order directly, without naming it.

“The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act,” the document says.

Under the new rules, athletes must compete in the category corresponding to their biological sex at birth.

NBC News reports:

It’s unclear whether any Olympians would be banned from competition for the 2028 Olympics under the updated policy.

American middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz, who is nonbinary, would presumably not be affected by the ruling because they were assigned female at birth. Hiltz finished seventh in the women’s 1,500-meter race in the 2024 Paris Games.

No athlete has won an Olympic medal while competing as an openly transgender woman.

The committee has not stated if the policy will also apply to men’s sports.

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Tulsi Fires Back at Barack Obama, Says She Will be Releasing More Trump-Russia Hoax Docs Tomorrow to Refute Obama’s Statement (VIDEO)

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ODNI Tulsi Gabbard fired back at Barack Obama on Tuesday afternoon after the former president released a rare statement in response to Trump’s assertion Obama was the ringleader of the Russia hoax.

The office of former President Barack Obama responded to Trump’s assertion that Barack Obama was the “ringleader” of the Russia collusion hoax.

According to a declassified presidential briefing from December 2016, Barack Obama knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was a hoax.

Barack Obama knew it was a hoax and he was personally involved in manufacturing and politicizing the intelligence to create the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

On Tuesday President Trump said Obama is guilty of treason.

“Barack Hussein Obama is the ringleader. Hillary Clinton was right there with him and so was Sleepy Joe Biden… and so were the rest of them. Comey, Clapper, the whole group,” Trump said on Tuesday during remarks to reporters in the Oval Office.

“This was treason…they tried to steal the election…” Trump said.

Obama’s spokesperson released a very carefully worded statement in response to Trump’s Oval Office remarks.

“Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction,” Obama’s office said.

“Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”

Tulsi fired back at Barack Obama during an appearance on Fox News.

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Later Tuesday, Tulsi appeared on NewsMax and said she will dropping new documents tomorrow to refute Obama’s statement.

“We will be releasing further documents tomorrow that will refute that statement,” Tulsi said.

“We will be pulling a whole host of statements made by the Obama administration…that state over and over again, after this Jan. 2017 manufactured intel document was created, that repeat the narrative…Russian hackers worked to aid Trump in the election,” she said.

WATCH:

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