Former Military Officials Launch ‘Cowardice‘ Award
A network of former intelligence, military, and national security officials on Tuesday launched the Profiles in Cowardice Award and urged the public to vote for nominees who are “silent in the face of the country’s descent into fascism,” a march led by U.S. President Donald Trump.
“We are in a constitutional crisis,” says the Eisenhower Media Network’s (EMN) website for the award. “Trump is amassing power in the executive branch, ignoring Congress and the courts. Meanwhile, leaders who have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution are sitting on their hands.”
“The Joint Chiefs of Staff are tasked with defending the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” the site notes. “But as reckless U.S. military actions push the world closer to nuclear catastrophe, they’ve chosen silence over service. No resignations. No public warnings.” “.. (Continue to full article)
‘Absolute bloodbath for Trump‘: Experts Flag ‘Stunning Numbers‘ in New Poll
President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that he has a mandate from the American people to stem immigration, but a new Gallup Poll reveals attitudes have shifted since he took office.
When asked if immigration is generally a good thing or bad thing for the country, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults call it a good thing; a record-low 17% see it as a bad thing.
Other highlights of the poll showed “30% of Americans want immigration decreased, down from 55% a year ago.” It also showed waning support for Trump’s border wall and mass deportation policy… (Continue to full article)
FBI’s Dan Bongino Thinking of Resigning After Clash With AG Pam Bondi Over Epstein Files Fallout
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino is considering resigning over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, a source told Fox News Digital, noting that Bongino took a day off from work on Friday due to his frustrations.
The latest revelation comes on the heels of a heated argument between Bongino and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that occurred on Wednesday at the White House, two sources confirmed
The latest revelation comes on the heels of a heated argument between Bongino and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that occurred on Wednesday at the White House, two sources confirmed… (Continue to full article)
“It Didn’t End on Friendly Terms“: FBI Leader ‘Seriously Thinking About Resigning‘ After White House Spat
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer says FBI deputy director Dan Bongino is now considering leaving the Trump administration after the administration’s mishandling of the controversial Epstein files.
“[Bongino] is now seriously thinking about resigning from the FBI as Deputy Director over Pam Blondi’s mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein file release and the lack of transparency at the DOJ,” Loomer posted on X. “… Source tells me it’s very likely that Bongino resigns from the FBI unless Pam Blondi is FIRED by President Trump or resigns from the DOJ…. (Continue to full article)
Director of Federal Agency Suggests Fed Chairman Powell Is Considering Resigning
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte – a vocal critic of Powell who has backed President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the central bank into interest rate cuts – released a statement on X and the agency’s website alluding to unspecified reports that Powell will resign.
“I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome Powell is considering resigning. I think this will be the right decision for America, and the economy will boom,” Pulte said.
It’s unclear where Pulte is getting the information he used for the statement and there is no other public information on the subject at this time… (Continue to full article)
Laura Loomer, After Scooping Bongino News, Says Ron DeSantis Is Under Consideration to Replace Pam Bondi
Laura Loomer, the prominent MAGA influencer and Trump-world insider, dropped several posts on Friday, one of which turned out to be a quickly confirmed scoop. Loomer reported that Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is “now seriously thinking about RESIGNING” amid the ongoing fallout from the so-called “Epstein Files” memo, concluding there was no conspiracy.
Loomer’s Bongino post was quickly confirmed by mainstream media reporters from CNN and Axios. She later posted that if President Donald Trump were to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has been under fire over her handling of the Epstein case, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is a leading contender to replace her.
“If Blondi is fired, I’m told @GovRonDeSantis has been considered/floated for the role of Attorney General by some over the last few months… (Continue to full article)
FBI Director Kash Patel ALSO Considering Resigning If Pam Bondi Keeps Her Job
FBI Director Kash Patel may reportedly join Deputy Director Dan Bongino in resigning if Attorney General Pam Bondi keeps her job.
According to a Friday report from Axios, Bongino and Bondi clashed over President Donald Trump’s administration’s handling of the case of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department, led by Bondi, released a joint memo with the FBI announcing that the rumored “Epstein list” naming his associates never really existed. That conclusion contradicted Bondi’s previous claims that the supposed list was on her desk.
As a result, Bongino and Bondi reportedly got into it. That led to Bongino taking off from work on Friday “in protest.” The deputy director, according to The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan, had also made it clear that he would be leaving his post if Bondi kept hers… (Continue to full article)
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Trump Dismisses Concerns of Chinese Businesses Purchasing Land by Military Bases: ‘I Have a Good Relationship With President Xi‘
A day after Trump officials said he may take executive action and work with states to ban U.S. land sales to China and other foreign adversaries, the president dismissed concerns about Chinese businesses buying farmland near military bases nationwide.
During a multilateral lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump was asked why he believes “the Chinese have been buying up all this farmland in our country, so close to military installations.”
“I don’t want to get into that,” Trump initially said in a clip shared on X by journalist Aaron Rupar… (Continue to full article)
USDA Chief Outlines Plan to Block China From U.S. Farmland Ownership
Trump’s administration will pursue a ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland as part of an effort to strengthen farm security, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday, July 8.
Appearing alongside other Cabinet officials, Republican governors and members of Congress at an event outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C., Rollins announced a department initiative to block “foreign countries of concern” from owning U.S. agriculture lands.
Rollins said officials will even try to revoke lands already owned by China-backed entities… (Continue to full article)
Trump Floats 200% Tariffs On Pharmaceuticals
Even though one area of the border has seen more border crossings this year than in the President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday his administration intends to impose a 200% tariff rate on pharmaceutical imports into the U.S., which would take effect in a year, a major fee that could affect some $200 billion in imports and raise prices on Americans’ medications if it takes effect.
It’s unclear when exactly the Trump administration could formally announce any pharmaceutical tariffs, and when they could take effect, given Trump suggesting there would be a year-long grace period first for manufacturing to move to the U.S.
HOW WILL PHARMACEUTICAL TARIFFS IMPACT CONSUMERS?… (Continue to full article)
Brazilian President Warns of Retaliation After Trump Threatens to Impose 50 Percent Tariffs
Trump has cited Brazil’s non-tariff trade barriers and treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro as the reason behind his tariff hikes.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that his nation may implement retaliatory tariffs if the United States follows through with President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazilian goods on Aug. 1.
Lula said that his government intends to negotiate with the Trump administration over the tariff hikes. Still, he warned that Brazil may enforce its economic reciprocity laws if those talks fall through.
“If there’s no negotiation, the reciprocity law will be put to work. If he charges 50 [percent tariff] from us, we will charge 50 from them,” he told local broadcaster TV Record. “Respect is good. I like to offer mine and I like to receive it.”… (Continue to full article)
Ford CEO Jim Farley Warns AI Will Wipe Out Half of White-Collar Jobs, but the ‘Essential Economy’ Has a Huge Shortage of Workers.
During the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, he highlighted the importance of the “essential economy”—which he defined as everything that gets moved, built or fixed—while saying blue-collar skilled trades have been neglected.
The U.S. spends too little on vocational training, which is also geared more toward 1950 than 2050, contributing to a decline in blue-collar productivity, Farley explained, though the carmaker has been investing in training.
There’s already a massive shortage of trade workers, he added, estimating a deficit of 600,000 in factories and nearly half a million in construction, for example… (Continue to full article)
Veterans Affairs to Cut Staff by Roughly 30,000 by End of September
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins revealed this spring plans to cut roughly 15% of the VA’s staff or around 80,000 workers, arguing that positions “like interior designers and other things DEI” are bloating the agency, which saw staffing levels surge during the Biden era.
While mass layoffs, also known as reduction-in-force, were on the table, Collins said he no longer viewed the technique as necessary this week due to a federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements, and normal attrition. Nearly 17,000 employees have already left because of those measures under the Trump administration, Collins said, revealing that an additional 12,000 VA workers are expected to exit the agency by Sept. 30.
I think that’s important to understand that if we continue down the path we are and just add people and add money to it, it’s not going to improve because it hasn’t improved for many years… (Continue to full article)
Social Security’s 2026 COLA Is Shaping Up to Be a No-Win Scenario for Retirees
With inflation rising, retirees are paying higher prices now but won’t receive a benefit increase until later. The key inflation metric used to calculate the Social Security COLA doesn’t fully reflect retirees’ higher costs.
Less accurate data collection this year could increase the odds that the 2026 COLA doesn’t keep up with inflation.
What if your Social Security retirement benefits never increased? The buying power of those benefits would steadily erode over time due to inflation. Many retirees would soon find themselves in dire straits…. (Continue to full article)
GOP Medicare Reversal Spells Doom for Social Security
As tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, Senate Republicans have sharpened their focus on finding social security budget cuts within the contentious “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The focus has shifted toward Medicare, prompting concerns that the program might be on the chopping block alongside the already slashed Medicaid.
Despite the eye-watering deficit, some Senate Republicans are eager to further reduce spending in a bid to ease the bill’s financial impact. Alarmingly, this push has turned the gaze of GOP lawmakers toward Medicare, raising questions about the future of two critical entitlement programs, and by extension, Social Security…. (Continue to full article)
…and the Beat goes on…
We’re all familiar with the story behind this article’s headline. It was the last day of the Constitutional Convention, Sept. 18, 1787, when a prominent Philadelphia socialite, Elizabeth Willing Powel, confronted Benjamin Franklin outside of Independence Hall and asked him, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy”?
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy delivered a clear message in his recent conversation with CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape Amazon’s workforce, automating routine jobs while creating new opportunities in advanced technology fields.
Everybody agrees that the rich have been getting even richer in recent years. But what about all the rest of us? Unfortunately, it turns out that flooding the system with money was really good for the wealthy, but it has made things much worse for almost everyone else.
Why is probably the most open-ended indirect question ever posed, yet it’s on my mind constantly. An indirect question is a rhetorical device used to provoke thought or conversation, and it makes an excellent opening for this article.
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City of Ink Tattoos has been an Atlanta staple for nearly two decades. Its owner, Miya Bailey, set up shop in 2007 and has since created an iconic small business that has become a popular spot in the city’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood.
The president announced the tariff threat against Russia as he hosted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House on July 14.
Economists have for months warned that tariffs would cause an inflation surge, but as of July, there’s little evidence of that in economic data, despite about $100 billion in tariffs already collected by the Treasury. Fortune asked economists to explain why. The possible reasons range from “it’s too soon” to “consumers won’t stand for it.”
Everyone seems to be getting the vapors over the Trump administration’s new, aggressive scrutiny of those people who have become U.S. citizens through the naturalization process, but for me, it’s simply a heightened awareness that far too many new “immigrants” – legal and illegal – have used our freedoms, laws and system to take advantage of any weak link they could find, and it’s far past time to bring the gravy train to a halt, to bring the deceptions and subversion to a halt. Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice is doing exactly what several past administrations failed to do, and no one can find any real fault in her orders or those of President Trump’s in this regard, unless of course they are already in the camp of the damned anti-American Democrat Party communists.