The Order That Changes Nothing

Virginia Governor Signed an Anti-ICE Order and a Top Constitutional Lawyer Just Destroyed It

Kate Steinle's killer walked free in San Francisco because the city refused to hand him to ICE. Now Virginia's governor just signed her own version of that policy.

What a law professor just said about that order should embarrass her completely. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin didn't mince words when Spanberger signed Executive Order 16 this week. "No surprise: Governor Spanberger continues to put illegal alien criminals over her own constituents," Mullin said.

The order instructs Virginia state employees to demand valid federal warrants before allowing ICE onto Commonwealth property and bars state facilities from being used as staging areas. Federal law – specifically 18 U.S.C. 592 – already prohibits federal armed personnel from stationing themselves at polling places.

That law covers ICE. It was on the books long before Spanberger picked up a pen.

Constitutional scholar Hans von Spakovsky of Advancing American Freedom called it for what it is: "This is political theater. First of all, no warrant is required under federal immigration law to detain individuals. And it is a completely unnecessary provision."

Spanberger herself knew that when she signed it.

Spanberger grandstanding

The Federal Reserve' s Shadow Government

Powell’s shadow Fed majority could threaten jobs, housing and growth

Jay Powell lost the chairmanship. He may still control the reaction function

PETER NAVARRO: Kevin Warsh has now been sworn in as the new Federal Reserve chair. Outgoing Chair Jerome Powell has refused to leave the Fed Board of Governors, breaking with the modern custom that departing Fed chairs leave the Board rather than linger as rival power centers.

The clear danger: Powell will have enough board support to act as Fed shadow chair and force a series of rate hikes down Warsh’s throat.

Never mind that even a single rate hike would be the worst possible response to an oil-price shock. Never mind that two of Jay Powell’s predecessors understood the difference between demand inflation and an oil shock.

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, Alan Greenspan understood that an oil shock can both raise headline inflation and damage growth. His FOMC repeatedly cut the federal-funds rate as the economy weakened.

When oil, foodstuffs, fertilizers and industrial metals all moved sharply higher in 2008 — driven by booming emerging-market demand, constrained supply, thin spare capacity and speculative flows — Ben Bernanke’s Fed likewise cut the federal-funds rate in April. He then held steady in June and refused to launch a recessionary rate-hike campaign into prices the Fed could not drill, refine, mine, plant or ship away.

That is the looming central error. The Fed cannot produce one extra barrel of oil. It cannot reopen a shipping lane. It cannot refine gasoline. It cannot lower diesel costs by crushing mortgage demand in Ohio or forcing a small manufacturer in Pennsylvania to roll over credit at punitive rates.

A Fed rate hike now would rein in demand in response to a supply shock and hit precisely where the economy is already vulnerable. Housing would weaken further. Interest-sensitive manufacturing would suffer.

Small-business credit would tighten. Financial conditions would tighten just as energy prices are eating real incomes. The dollar could strengthen, pressuring exporters.

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Platner "barbaric" says Rob O'Neill

Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden condemns Maine Democrat's resurfaced posts mocking wounded soldier

Robert O'Neill, the retired Navy SEAL credited with killing Osama bin Laden, called resurfaced social media posts attributed to Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner "completely barbaric", and challenged Democratic leaders in Congress to say something about it.

O'Neill spoke to Fox News Digital days after a deleted Reddit post resurfaced showing Platner, a combat veteran himself, apparently reacting to a viral video of a soldier wounded in a clash with Taliban fighters. The post attributed to Platner read: "Dumb motherf***** didn't deserve to live."

That quote, aimed at a fellow service member under enemy fire, has rocked Platner's Senate campaign and drawn sharp criticism from veterans and military figures. O'Neill did not mince words about what the post revealed.

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And Elizabeth Warren refers to Platner as "her kind of man." Democrats continue to get more despicable daily.

Fraud Czar on the move

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President Trump told a crowd in Rockland County, New York that House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries was the direct inspiration for a nickname Trump has been applying to the opposing party: "Dumocrat."

The back-and-forth between Trump and the Brooklyn congressman has been building for weeks. Jeffries called Trump "the dumbest president ever" last month. Trump, speaking to supporters in the Hudson Valley, made clear he found that particular line of attack worth answering, and worth turning around.

Jeffries' strategy of personal attacks on the president fits a broader pattern among House Democrats.

Rather than offering a competing policy vision on inflation, immigration, or government spending, the caucus has leaned heavily on investigations, impeachment talk, and rhetorical escalation. [DailyConservative]

Good Night, Patriots!

Iran Negotiations proceeding

'Not to rush': Trump says 'time is on our side' as negotiations with Iran continue

'Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes!'

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an update on peace negotiations with Iran, as he's instructing his representatives "not to rush into a deal."

"The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side," Trump posted on Truth Social.

"The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed. Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes!

"Our relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one. They must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.

The president also shared an X post by Trey Yingst of Fox News, who quoted Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as saying: "We are ready to assure the world that we are not seeking nuclear weapons. We are not seeking instability in the region."

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Kamala--It's all about Power

Kamala Harris Just Told Democrats to Blow Up the Constitution With Supreme Court Attack

Democrats spent years telling you they love democracy.

Now Kamala Harris is on camera calling for a brainstorm to destroy the guardrails that kept them from seizing permanent power.

And what she admitted they're willing to do to win should alarm every conservative in America. Harris Calls Your Vote Illegitimate

On a livestream with the left-wing nonprofit Emerge, Harris called on Democrats to hold what she described as a "No Bad Ideas Brainstorm" – and then she listed the ideas:

• Abolish the Electoral College.
• Pack the Supreme Court with new justices until Democrats control it.
• Fast-track statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico – adding four guaranteed Democratic senators overnight.
• Create multi-member congressional districts to dilute Republican representation.
• And then she said the quiet part loud: "We've got to neutralize these red states from cheating." LOL

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Byron Donalds at Club 47

Democrat Polls for 2028

Kamala Harris dominates AOC in early 2028 Democratic primary polling

Three years before the next presidential election, Democrats are already polling their bench, and the results tell a familiar story about a party that lost the White House, lost the Senate, and lost House seats, yet keeps circling back to the same names that led them there.

A Lake Research Partners survey of 800 Democratic primary voters, conducted May 6, 11, tested a hypothetical 2028 presidential primary using ranked-choice voting scenarios.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris led a 13-candidate field with 25 percent support. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York finished fourth at 9 percent, a 16-point gap that widened further when the field narrowed.

In a five-candidate ranked-choice simulation, Harris held 30 percent. California Governor Gavin Newsom took 24 percent. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg drew 22 percent. Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Mark Kelly tied for last at 12 percent each.

When elimination rounds played out, Harris beat Newsom in the final matchup, 52 percent to 48 percent. The poll carried a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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Early general election polls taken three years out are historically unreliable. But the Democratic appetite for testing these matchups reveals a party already gaming out 2028 with the same roster that failed in 2024.

Graham Platner’s deleted Reddit comments

The Maine Monitor

Graham Platner’s since-deleted Reddit comments became a flashpoint during his Democratic primary campaign against Gov. Janet Mills for U.S. Senate, but they didn’t prevent him from effectively clinching the nomination after Mills withdrew her candidacy April 30.

Many of those individual comments have been reported on or featured in attack ads by both Mills and Sen. Susan Collins-aligned super PACs, but they represent just a handful of the roughly 2,000 that make up Platner’s Reddit footprint.

Now The Maine Monitor is presenting the full archive so people can read the comments more easily for themselves.

The collection spans more than a decade — from when Platner was ages 24 to 37 — and provides a rare glimpse into the thinking of a candidate at a time when he betrayed no political ambitions and could not have known how future voters might have viewed his online commentary.

He said he “became a communist” as he got older, criticized police officers and asked why Black people don’t tip. But perhaps the most discussed comment was from 2013, when Platner responded to a post titled “shorts that prevent you from being raped” by writing:

“Holy fuck, how about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so fucked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to? Men and women, you make a choice to consume enough of a substance to lose your self control. So if you don’t want to be in a comprising situation, act like an adult for fucks sake.”

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The Republic is in chains when the government has to create a fund to compensate citizens harmed by its own weaponized machinery.

The $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund is not just a settlement mechanism. It is an institutional confession.

The federal government abused power, leaked records, staged raids, destroyed reputations, bankrupted dissidents, pursued political enemies, and turned law into warfare.

Trump, Flynn, Stone, Giuliani, Caputo, Eastman, Clark, McMahon, and countless J6 defendants lived through the machine. Now the monsters must pay.

Restitution is not enough. It is only the beginning. Believe me! [Roger Stone]

Pass the Save Act

If they oppose the SAVE Act, they should be gone. Full stop

Chris Salcedo is right: the fake two-party system survives because Republican voters keep tolerating politicians who campaign like conservatives and govern like Democrat doormen.

The SAVE Act has overwhelming public support because Americans understand the obvious: elections require citizenship, voter ID, clean rolls, and real safeguards.

Yet John Thune, John Cornyn, Bill Cassidy, and the Uniparty crowd keep hiding behind procedure while Democrats protect the fraud machine.

That is not caution. That is betrayal. If Republicans will not secure elections, primary them into retirement.

In short, we’ve been sold out by an elite few who wish to seize power, make elections a non-factor in the keeping of that power, and who wish to sacrifice our children’s future for their dark designs… If that sounds an awful lot like the world domination agenda of the communists, it’s because it is!

Chris Salcedo on Substack

Trump governs for American families and workers

Trump Rolls Back Biden-Era Refrigerant Regulations

Projecting $2.4 Billion in Savings for Americans

Every week, millions of Americans walk into their local grocery store and wince at the total. Chicken costs more. Milk costs more. A bag of frozen vegetables somehow feels like a splurge. Washington loves to blame supply chains, labor shortages, and global instability. But what if one of the real culprits has been hiding in plain sight — buried in the fine print of obscure EPA rules that most shoppers have never heard of?

Here’s what the Biden administration never wanted you to consider: regulation is a stealth tax. It never appears on your receipt, but it inflates the price of everything it touches. One administration believed that federal bureaucrats should dictate how grocery stores cool their produce, down to the chemical compounds inside their refrigeration units. The other believes Americans deserve relief, not more red tape from Washington.

The Biden-era rules at issue — the Technology Transitions Rule and the Emissions Reduction and Reclamation Rule — restricted the use of hydrofluorocarbons in refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pumps. Sounds like routine environmental policy, right? In reality, it landed like a sledgehammer on independent businesses.

These mandates didn’t just require swapping out a refrigerant. Piggly Wiggly owner Kevin McDaniel made that crystal clear at the White House: “It’s just not a refrigerant change, it was an equipment change.” We’re talking millions of dollars per store. “We want to thank President Trump for rolling this terrible Biden legislation back,” McDaniel said, “because without it, there would have been a lot of independents out of business.”

Deregulate, and companies compete to lower prices. Funny how that works.

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Commander in Chief blindsided?

Trump rebuked Hegseth after defense secretary scrapped Poland troop deployment without warning

President Trump called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and demanded to know why the Pentagon chief had abruptly canceled a planned U.S. armored brigade deployment to Poland, a move that blindsided one of America's closest NATO allies and drew bipartisan anger on Capitol Hill, the Daily Mail reported.

Hegseth called off the deployment earlier this month. No public explanation followed. What did follow was a sharp phone call from the commander in chief, a scramble by Polish officials to reach the Oval Office, and, within days, a presidential announcement reversing the damage with an even larger troop commitment.

The episode raises a straightforward question: How does the defense secretary cancel a major allied deployment without the president's knowledge, then leave the White House to clean up the mess?

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump lectured Hegseth during the call, telling him the United States should not mistreat Poland given the country's close ties to the White House. The Journal's reporting was not denied by either the Pentagon or the White House. Both issued statements insisting the president and his defense secretary were aligned on U.S. troop deployments in Europe.

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The decision was part of a larger plan to draw down forces in Europe and for NATO to start picking up the slack.

Graham Platner pays influencers to promote him

Graham Platner's 'grassroots' Maine Senate campaign paid tens of thousands to firm that pays influencers to promote him

Democrat Graham Platner has built his Maine Senate campaign on the promise of grassroots authenticity, no corporate PACs, just ordinary people powering a populist challenge to Republican incumbent Susan Collins.

But his own campaign finance disclosures tell a different story. Since September, Platner has paid at least $36,437.94 to a Democratic consulting firm that maintains a stable of social media influencers who promote candidates and causes for pay, and at least one of those influencers has repeatedly urged his audience to donate to Platner without disclosing any financial connection.

The Washington Free Beacon reviewed Platner's FEC spending records and found the payments went to Be a Good Influence LLC, a Louisville, Kentucky-based firm commonly known as Good Influence. The company describes itself as "the trusted partner for measurable creator-led campaigns" and says it "bundles elite news and cause-focused online creators together to create a network effect" for its clients.

The gap between Platner's public image and his spending habits is the kind of thing voters in a purple state like Maine deserve to know about, and the kind of thing mainstream outlets have so far failed to report.

Platner built his campaign on the claim that he answers to ordinary people, not moneyed interests. His own FEC filings show he's paying a professional operation to manufacture the appearance of organic enthusiasm. If that's grassroots, the word has lost all meaning.

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Be A Good Influence LLC is a political consulting firm that recruits and pays social media influencers to promote Democratic Party candidates and left-leaning causes to their audiences.

In early 2024, Josh Cook joined the company, Good Influence LLC, as its president. For A long-time Democratic Party digital strategist, Cook had been a digital strategist for President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

Expanding the Immigration Court

Trump Admin Takes Significant Step To Increase Deportations

The Trump administration is moving to further accelerate its deportation agenda by significantly expanding the nation’s immigration court system, according to a report from The Daily Wire.

In its latest effort, the Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has hired 82 immigration judges — the largest single-year class in agency history. The additions bring the total number of immigration judges in the United States to nearly 700.

“The Trump administration is committed to reestablishing an immigration judge corps that is dedicated to restoring the rule [of] law in our nation’s immigration system,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.

“Today, we are onboarding the largest immigration judge class in agency history,” Blanche added. “This could only happen thanks to President Trump’s decisive leadership and commitment to securing our borders. I also applaud EOIR’s leadership team for helping facilitate these hiring efforts and recruiting highly qualified and talented personnel in record time.”

The incoming class consists of 77 permanent judges and five temporary appointments.

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