As RedState reported, CBS has pulled the plug on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” with the decade-long running “comedy” program set to end after the 2025-2026 season closes. That marks a dramatic cancellation of one of the biggest names in late-night, and it’s an ominous sign for…
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Watch: Joy Reid Loses Her Race-Baiting Mind After Piers Morgan Points Out She’s Always Race-Baiting
Piers Morgan and former MSNBC personality Joy Reid got into a tense exchange when the former accused her of playing “the race card” and pointed out she was likely fired from her job for being boring.
President Trump’s Alcatraz Proposal Is Exactly What We Need, and What San Francisco Deserves
By Mike Garcia
This Is ‘Gavin Newsom’s Lawless California’—American Idol Exec, Husband Brutally Slain by Known Psycho
It’s a horrible story, the kind that keeps you up at night, and it’s made all the more terrible by the fact that it should never have happened. Had competent officials been in charge in the progressive sewer of California, a known violent drug addict would have been…
Breaking: House Delivers With $9B Rescissions Package
If it feels like we were just having this conversation…it’s because we pretty much were. Just two weeks ago, we gritted our teeth through the marathon slog of a House vote (and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-NY) endless “magic minute”) on the reconciliation bill (also known as the…
A Landmark Crypto Week: House Passes GENIUS Act, Moves Clarity Act Forward to the Senate
It’s been a big day for the crypto community. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s promise to make America the Crypto Capital of the World, Congress worked to put forward and pass legislation that would secure a stable footing within the marketplace while ensuring asset privacy and shore up…
New: Trump Blasts WSJ Epstein ‘Scoop,’ Lawsuit Incoming
Late Thursday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal published an “exclusive” involving President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. That “scoop,” as our Joe Cunningham notes, amounts to a “bawdy” birthday card purportedly sent by Trump to Epstein for his 50th birthday…in 2003.
Rep. Luna Files Criminal Referral Against Fed Chair Powell Over Building Testimony
Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced Thursday she will criminally refer Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the Department of Justice for alleged perjury regarding the Fed’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation.
Surprise: Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Has Been Canceled, and Adam Schiff Is Hilariously Aggrieved
It’s the end of an era over at CBS after the network announced on Thursday that Stephen Colbert, one of the most insufferable left-wing “comedians” on the planet, is being canceled. Once the current season ends, “The Late Show,” which Colbert has hosted since 2015, will be no…
New: Cracks Form in Zohran Mamdani’s Armor As NYC Mayoral Race Intensifies
There’s rarely a dull moment in New York City politics, and the mayoral race is no exception, with all of the candidates in the race continuing to make the push to convince Big Apple residents that they are the one to lead the iconic city for the next…
Spoiler Alert: The Wall Street Journal’s Damning Trump-Epstein Scoop Is… a Birthday Letter
After being teased all afternoon with a story tying Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, the final product from the Wall Street Journal is out, and it’s… underwhelming at best.
TQ+ Community in Shambles After Nintendo’s ‘Legend of Zelda’ Princess Cast As Woman
It’s a tough day for the TQ+ community as it failed to insert itself into yet another major property in the name of cultural dominatio— I mean, inclusivity.
Had Enough Yet? Twice Deported Illegal Alien Rapist Nabbed by ICE
David Cabrera is a real piece of work. A Guatemalan national, Cabrera has entered the United States illegally at least three times. He initially snuck into the United States in 2014, during the Obama administration. He was convicted of felony rape in 2015 and sentenced to 7 years…
Watch: Man Allegedly Slashes Tires of Border Patrol – Finds Out It Was a Very Bad Idea
Fox’s Bill Melugin reported on what happened when he went on a ride-along with the Border Patrol as they conducted an enforcement action in Sacramento on Thursday morning.
Sen. John Kennedy Outwits NPR Head Once Again After She Laughably Tries to Claim It’s ‘Non-Partisan’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) continued his destruction of lefties, outwitting NPR CEO Katherine Maher once more after she laughably tried to claim that her organization is “nonpartisan.” Yes, really.
Virginia Governor’s Race Heats Up As Republican Winsome Sears Does a Hard Reboot of Her Campaign
We are long overdue for an update on the gubernatorial race in Virginia, where Republican Winsome Sears, the commonwealth’s current lieutenant governor, is taking on Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who served from 2019 to 2024 in the U.S. House of Representatives, so let’s get down to it.
Huge Fail: Gavin Newsom Uses Taxpayer Resources to Bully, Attempt to Silence a Palisades Fire Victim
Gavin Newsom, Governor of the once-Golden State of California, just can’t seem to stop stepping on a certain protrusion. In his latest, he’s engaged with actor and Pacific Palisades resident Spencer Pratt, who lost his home in the recent wildfires. And Mr. Pratt, frankly, has walked all over…
Ex-Voice Of America Employee Indicted For Death Threats Against MTG, Family, and Staff
The Department of Justice announced that a former Voice of America employee has been indicted for making death threats against not only Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), but also directed at her family and members of her staff.
The Story of Illegal Immigrant ‘Abducted’ by ICE in LA Takes Dramatic Yet Predictable Turn
Back at the beginning of July, we brought you the story of Juli Calderon, a Los Angeles-based illegal immigrant who, along with her family, alleged she had been “abducted” in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant and taken to a place at the California/Mexico border where…
Watch: White House Touts Trump Economy, Focus on Tariffs
On Thursday, during the White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt brought some numbers to the table on the Trump economy and federal spending. She hit on several topics, including the rescissions package, inflation, and tariffs. Here are some highlights.
Despite Republicans’ Best Efforts To Screw Up Immigration Wins, Trump Sees Through Latest Proposal
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made it crystal clear that President Donald Trump will not support amnesty for illegal immigrants in any way, shape, or form.
Funding of NPR, PBS Is on the Chopping Block; Let’s Explore How ‘Needed’ Emergency Broadcasts
It has been a repetitive and tiresome mantra from the pro-public funding crowd that the public broadcasters are a deeply vital lifeline to people living in the hinterlands of our rural communities. This talking point has taken root over the past few years as the prior talking point…
Watch: Dana Bash Flips Out at Trump Comment About CNN, Refuses to Read It
I think it’s fair to say that President Donald Trump doesn’t think very highly of CNN. That’s no secret.
President Trump’s Swollen Ankles and Bruised Hand Explained by White House
At a White House briefing held Thursday afternoon, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt put to rest rumors that President Trump’s health was failing based on some recent photos showing the president with swollen lower legs and a bruised hand. The same media that turned a blind eye to Joe…
Will Artificial Intelligence Lead the Way to the Unemployment Line? ‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Mike Rowe Says Yes
Whenever I hear about someone being 100 years old, one of the first things I think of is how much history they have witnessed in their lifetime. Today’s centenarians were alive when radio, landline telephone, and Ford Model Ts were the height of technology, and now, for the…
‘Horse Spaces Are White Spaces’: NPR Head’s Hilarious Past Tweets Shared in Honor of Defunding
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) had some fun with the insane past tweets of NPR CEO Katherine Maher in light of the Senate’s move to end taxpayer funding of the leftist media organization and PBS.
Alaska’s Tsunami Warning Fizzled, and So Do the Left’s NPR Claims
Alaska’s a great place to live. On sunny mornings like this, when I’m embroiled in reporting on all the unpleasantness in the world, it’s great to go outside, look up at my beloved Alaska sky, and take a few deep breaths of the clean Susitna Valley air, pure…
Must-See: Shane Gillis Hosted ESPN’s ESPY Awards, and Holy Cow, Some Executive Is Getting Fired
I don’t know how Shane Gillis managed to secure the hosting gig for this year’s ESPN ESPY awards, but I’m glad he did because it was absolutely hilarious. I’m also pretty sure some executive is going to get fired over it because the network’s DEI department had to…
Russia Threatens Pre-Emptive Strikes If NATO Continues Support for Ukraine
Russia is talking tough again, this time in the form of Putin insider and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Speaking with the Russian state media propaganda outlet Tass, Medvedev blustered about NATO’s support for Ukraine, in particular the deployment of Patriot air-defense missiles, and stated that a pre-emptive…