Sunset 8-8-26

A federal judge struck down New York's attempt to ban federal agents from wearing face coverings and require them to display visible identification, the latest in a string of court losses for blue-state leaders trying to hamstring immigration enforcement.

U.S. District Judge Mae D'Agostino, sitting in the Northern District of New York, ruled Monday that the state measures likely violate the supremacy clause of the Constitution, the provision that bars state governments from regulating how federal law enforcement operates. The federal government, D'Agostino found, had shown a strong likelihood of success on that central legal question.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the face-covering ban and identification requirement into law in May as part of the state budget. The provisions took effect in June. They lasted roughly two months before a federal court pulled the plug. [Marissa George, RealTalk digest]

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Senate Sanctons Russia and Iran

Senate Passes Bill to Impose New Sanctions on Russia and Iran

The bill must next go to a vote in the House of Representatives before the president can sign it into action.

The Senate on Aug. 7 overwhelmingly passed a bill to impose new sanctions against Russia and Iran.

In an 86–11 vote, the Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026. The bill still needs to pass a vote in the House of Representatives before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature.

The late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died on July 11, had sponsored legislation to raise economic sanctions on Russia, as punishment for the ongoing war in Ukraine. The bill was revised and renamed in Graham’s honor following his death.

[The Epoch times]

Black woman demands Reparations

'I want my money': Watch 'mad' black woman demand reparations and journalist Benny Johnson offer her 'an unbelievable deal'

An American black woman demanding reparations while driving is now being made "an unbelievable offer" by journalist Benny Johnson.

The woman, whom Grok identifies as Andrea George, the founder of Oklahoma-based Andrea Creative Company, posted a TikTok video of herself while piloting a car last Tuesday, saying:

"Y'all I'm getting to the point where I'm getting mad. I want my money.

"I'm getting to the point where I need my reparations. I am owed my reparations."

"I am kind of tired of dealing with racism and white supremacy without my check in my hand. Like why am I still dealing with this bulls*** and there's no check in my hand? I don't know, that's my morning thought for today."

The vast majority of the world is not white. White people are like 10% of the total world population, and it's getting smaller and smaller with every passing generation.

"Why don't you move to the vast majority of countries that are majority black or brown? That's the majority of the world. There's only a handful of countries that are considered white countries. So move to THEM. The majority of the world is YOU, in fact. And so if you don't like the state of the world, like, I don't know. Have you done any introspection?

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Staffers now can rank their Capitol Hill bosses - "The Scoop"

Capitol Hill Staffers Got a Tool to Tell on Their Bosses and a Vulnerable House Democrat Ranked Dead Last

Capitol Hill can be a cesspool for staffers stuck under an abusive boss.

Now a new verified ranking system just put a real number on the worst offices.

One vulnerable Democrat just landed dead last and staffers explained exactly why.

Capitol Hill staffers have whispered about toxic bosses for years with nowhere official to turn. Capitol CNCT changed that on July 20 when it launched "The Scoop," a verified rating system built for congressional aides. Former House staffer David Tennent built it after growing sick of watching young aides get chewed up by offices with zero accountability.

Tennent requires every reviewer to prove they actually worked in the office they're rating. His team checks House and Senate email addresses before a single review goes live. He built it this way on purpose.

Rep. Don Davis's office scored worse than anyone else measured on the platform. Individual reviews ranged from a brutal 1.3 to a still-damning 3.4 out of a possible 10, and multiple staffers pointed straight at his chief of staff for the collapse.
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Murkowski and Collins voted "no" on Todd Blanche

UPDATE: Last night, Todd Blanche was confirmed

Anti-Trumpers - RINOS

Murkowski announces opposition to Todd Blanche for attorney general, leaving confirmation on a razor's edge

Sen. Lisa Murkowski declared she will vote against confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general, joining Sen. Susan Collins and putting the nomination's fate in the hands of a single undecided Republican.

Murkowski, the Alaska Republican, posted her decision on X, acknowledging that Blanche had impressed her personally and made solid decisions as acting attorney general, then listing a series of concerns she said made confirmation impossible.

She praised his willingness to visit Alaska's rural communities and called him "decent and capable," but said the Justice Department's trajectory under the current administration left her without confidence that Blanche would serve as an independent check on executive power.

Her opposition lands at the worst possible moment for the White House. Collins, the Maine Republican, had already announced her own "no" vote. Sen. Mitch McConnell remains absent from the Senate.

NBC News reported that a third Republican defection would be enough to sink the nomination outright, given that Democrats are expected to vote as a bloc against Blanche.

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Trump signs Executive Order that denys birthright citizenship

Trump Signs Orders Targeting Birth Tourism, Limiting Birthright Citizenship

President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders Thursday aimed at restricting automatic U.S. citizenship for some children born in the United States, including those born through the commercial "birth tourism" industry, according to Axios.

The orders mark the Trump administration's second attempt to narrow birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court limited the use of nationwide injunctions in challenges to the administration's broader executive order in June.

One order would seek to deny automatic citizenship to children born to foreign nationals who enter the United States solely to give birth so their children can obtain U.S. citizenship, a practice commonly known as birth tourism.

The order also seeks to prevent the use of surrogate mothers as part of commercial birth tourism operations.

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Early Morning 8-8-26

One Little Weasel

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Sunset 8-7-26

Has the Democratic Party had enough of this shitbrick Hasan Piker yet, or is the DNC officially taking orders from a Twitch commie with a terrorist-apologist mouth and a revolutionary cosplay wardrobe?

After Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan win, Piker did not even pretend to build bridges. He spat on skeptical Democrats, called them “Islamophobic pieces of shit,” and ordered them to shut up and fall in line.

That is not coalition politics. That is the Red-Green hostage video. The freak show is no longer outside the tent. It is holding the microphone. [RAIR Foundation]

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Fauci subpoenaed for "self-dealing" by three Atorneys General

Three state attorneys general subpoena Fauci over alleged personal profit from COVID guidance

The attorneys general of Florida, West Virginia, and Louisiana have subpoenaed Dr. Anthony Fauci, demanding records tied to whether he used his pandemic authority to line his own pockets.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the joint subpoena requesting documents and communications generated between January 2020 and August of this year.

The probe centers on whether Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the White House's COVID-19 czar, shaped public health guidance not to protect Americans, but to advance his own financial interests.

The subpoena lands days after the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions about prize money he collected, COVID lockdowns, 

Uthmeier says Fauci chased 'book deals, awards, and fortune and fame' while Floridians were harmed Uthmeier laid out the case bluntly during a Wednesday appearance on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."

He told viewers his office is zeroing in on what he called Fauci's "self-dealing", a trail that runs through awards, book contracts, board positions, private foundation partnerships, and professorships the former COVID czar pursued while still directing national health policy.

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Disabled Americans Act

House Passes Bill To Restore Dignity of Work for Disabled Americans

The House of Representatives took a decisive step this week to empower Americans with disabilities who want to work.

House lawmakers passed legislation that renews the Social Security Administration’s ability to test practical reforms and remove the bureaucratic traps that keep too many people on the sidelines.

H.R. 8884, the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act, sponsored by Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., cleared the House by a vote of 232-188.

The measure now moves to the Senate, where it has been referred to the Committee on Finance.

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President never in Danger

WH: Trump 'Never in Danger' During Marine One Incident

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an air traffic safety incident involving Marine One after commercial flights at a D.C. airport were reportedly not halted before President Donald Trump's helicopter departed the White House on Tuesday.

The White House emphasized the president was never at risk. "Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the president in harm's way," White House spokesman Kush Desai told The Hill.

The incident occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. EDT as Trump traveled aboard Marine One to Joint Base Andrews to board Air Force One for a trip to California. According to reports, the presidential helicopter came within about a mile of an Envoy Air regional jet departing Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for Pensacola, Florida.

The FAA said there was a "momentary loss of separation" between the aircraft but stressed the situation did not appear to be a dangerous close call. "The air traffic controller was in contact with both the commercial pilot and Marine One pilot during the loss of separation.

As the White House has said, the president was never in danger," an FAA spokesman said.

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Small embassies to be shut down

Trump Administration to Close 5 US Embassies and Consulates

President Trump’s administration is preparing to close several smaller U.S. embassies and diplomatic offices around the world in a major State Department shake-up.

The move could save taxpayers millions while significantly reshaping America’s overseas presence. Five Locations Targeted.

The State Department informed Congress that it intends to close five diplomatic locations. The list includes the U.S. Embassy in St. George’s, Grenada. American consulates in Nagoya, Japan, and Medan, Indonesia, are also expected to close. The administration also plans to shut down the American Presence Post in Winnipeg, Canada. An embassy branch office in Douala, Cameroon, is included in the plan as well.

The department announced earlier this year that it would permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Spokane Arson--The Narrative Ran Ahead of the Facts

Spokane Wildfire Arson Suspect Arrested After Previously Shooting His Father

An arson suspect has been identified and arrested in connection with the Spokane wildfires that torched hundreds of homes, according to the source report.

That is a major turn in a story that many on the left were quick to frame through the usual climate-change lens before the facts had finished putting on their shoes. Wildfires are serious, and families losing homes is not a political game.

But when an arrest enters the picture, especially in an arson case, the public deserves a clear look at what investigators are dealing with instead of another lecture from the same crowd that seems to blame every flame, flood, drought, and bad hair day on climate change.

The report says the climate-change narrative pushed by the left after the latest wildfires affecting the United States has taken a major hit following news of the arrest.

That does not erase the suffering of the people affected, and it does not answer every question about every fire. But it does show why it is wise to wait for evidence before turning a disaster into a political sermon.

If authorities are looking at arson, then the story is not just about weather patterns or broad environmental claims. It is also about human action, accountability, and whether someone deliberately helped turn a community into ash.

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Early Morn 8-7-26

John Fetterman UNLEASHES HELL on Wolf Blitzer & the entire DNC live on CNN

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Sunset 8-6-26

Peter Navarro is bringing the manufacturing revival straight from the White House because the legacy media will not do it for him.

The ISM Manufacturing Index is not some abstract Wall Street mood ring. Above 50 means expansion, and under Trump it has now stayed above 50 for seven straight months. July came in around 56, the strongest reading since the pandemic rebound period.

Production, orders, inventories, supplier deliveries, and employment all moved into expansion. That is factory-floor evidence that Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts are forcing capital back home. [Luthman/Navarro]

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FBI opened investigation against Trump one week after Comey's firing

Declassified FBI memos reveal bureau opened probe into whether Trump was a Russian agent after Comey firing

The White House released declassified FBI documents showing the bureau launched a counterintelligence investigation into whether President Trump was acting as a Russian agent, a probe that produced no charges and that a later special counsel called deeply flawed.

Seven days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, senior bureau officials signed off on an investigation codenamed "Oxferd Comma." Its stated purpose: to determine whether the sitting president of the United States was "directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with, the Russian Federation." The investigation ran for nearly two years. It ended on April 9, 2019, with no charges filed against Trump.

The memos, released by the White House on Wednesday, lay bare the FBI's internal reasoning for opening the probe, and expose how quickly the bureau escalated its suspicions about a president who had exercised his lawful authority to remove a subordinate. FBI opened the probe one week after Comey's firing.

The May 16, 2017 memo that launched Oxferd Comma was approved by then-FBI General Counsel James A. Baker and Bill Priestap, the assistant director of the bureau's counterintelligence division. The memo framed the investigation as a national security matter, not merely a criminal one.

The document stated that the FBI sought to:

"determine if President Trump is or was directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with, the Russian Federation in a manner constituting a threat to the national security of the United States and/or a violation of federal criminal statutes"

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The bureau sits under the U.S. Department of Justice and answers directly to the Attorney General who was Jeff Sessions at that time. Jeff Sessions remained the U.S. Attorney General after FBI Director James Comey was fired on May 9, 2017.

Sessions did not lose his job at that time; (he was fired by Trump in 2018) rather, he had already recused himself from the Russia investigation, meaning Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein took over specific supervisory oversight regarding Comey's replacement and the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.