California Republicans don’t need gimmicks; they need leaders willing to fight for every voter. Yet, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher has chosen a flashy, tone-deaf stunt in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Election Rigging Act: proposing to split California into two states between inland and coastal counties.
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New: Rudy Giuliani Seriously Injured in ‘Freak’ Auto Accident
In the days following the 9/11 terror attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, due to his diligence and first-hand management of the crisis, became known for a time as “America’s Mayor.” We should also note that his crime policies made New…
Yes, That’s Gavin Newsom Mugging With the Wife Of an Illegal Alien Gang Member and Convicted Pedophile
On Wednesday morning, ICE agents raided a home in San Diego to apprehend a thrice-deported illegal alien who is also a convicted pedophile and known gang member. Unlike your garden-variety pedophile gang member, this creep’s home was also the location of his wife’s home day care operation. And…
DHS Comes Tweets a Blazin’ for CNN Over Their Hero Worship of Illegal Alien Criminals
Most people were probably taking it easy on their Labor Day weekend Saturday night, but not the Department of Homeland Security. Instead of basking by the pool with margaritas, they were busy blasting CNN for their slanted coverage of the Trump administration’s efforts to repatriate immigrants in this…
New World Screwworm Cases Surge In Mexico – But American Cattlemen’s Association Favors Imports
There’s a battle along the United States’ southern border, and this one’s not about illegal aliens. At least, not human ones. The controversy here in cattle, specifically cattle imported into the United States from Mexico, and a fly, specifically the New World Screwworm Fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax). This fly…
Robert E. Lee Returns to West Point
The Trump administration is returning a 20-foot-tall painting of General Robert E. Lee to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed. In a statement, Army spokeswoman Rebecca Hodson said, “At West Point, the United States Military Academy is prepared to restore…
Illegal Aliens? There Are No ‘Close Encounters of The Third Kind’
Years ago, Dan Aykroyd appeared on “Larry King Live.” The subject (besides Aykroyd being a lunatic) was “Outer Space” and illegal aliens invading our land. The latter refers to space aliens, not the dudes filling bags of weed for Hollywood actors.
Uber Customer Gets Knocked Out by Driver – an Illegal Alien
Imagine, for a moment, that you used a ride-share app to call for a lift somewhere, as many people who travel often do. You have a dog with you. For one reason or another, the driver who answers your request doesn’t want your dog in his car. What…
Gotcha: JB Pritzker Tells on Himself With Response to Trump’s Call Out on Chicago Violent Crime
As he eyes a possible 2028 presidential run, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has been busy trying to portray himself as a Resistance leader against President Donald Trump.
‘Lazy Butt’: Gavin Newsom Comes for Sen. Kennedy in Crime Debate, Probably Wishes He Hadn’t
One of the tactics Gavin Newsom has used over the last several weeks to try and get the upper hand in the crime debate is using misleading and, in some cases, false crime data impressions in an attempt to make the case that red states have bigger crime…
RedState Weekly Briefing: Blinken’s Beach Blanket Bounce, the Maid of Dundee, and an AWFL’s Awful Take
Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. What do you suppose caught people’s attention in this latest whirlwind week? Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you’re…
Supporting Israel Is Key to Our Security
By Keith Beardslee
ESSEX FILES: Stop the Political Posturing—Protect Our Kids
Two children, just 8 and 10 years old, sat in the pews of Annunciation Catholic Church, ready to celebrate the start of a new school year. Instead, they met a hail of bullets—50 to 100 shots, fired through stained-glass windows by a deranged 23-year-old named Robert Westman. Who…
Malcolm’s Memories: A Hooker in the House, Whistle War, and Ann Landers’ Worst Mistake
As regular readers of this Memories series know, and new ones will soon discover, I enjoy sharing stories from my life and decades as a journalist. (All the links are below.) Especially if the stories seem to tell us about more than one immediate event.
No, That Wood-Chopping Illegal Alien in Washington State Is Not a ‘Firefighter’ or ‘Victim’
Friday night, a relative sent me a text. That wasn’t unusual. He’s recently discovered texting as a vehicle to rant, and specifically, to rant at me. The context also wasn’t unusual. It was a rant about “fascist Trump.” Trump, he wrote, had sent his stormtroopers to Washington state…
Tim Walz Has the Sads—’I Get Tired of Myself at Times’
When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was trotted out on stage as Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election, he promptly proved to the world that he was a cartoonish gaffe machine who came with a trolley car’s worth of political baggage. Did Kamala’s team even bother…
HUD Secy Scott Turner Schools Reporter on the Goal Behind Section 8 Time Limits: ‘Poverty Has No Party’
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner is making strides to divest illegal aliens from receiving government housing assistance. Turner is also pushing for President Donald Trump’s 2026 proposed budget which seeks, among other aims, to place a two-year time limit on Section 8 housing, hearkening…
The Perfect Metaphor for the NYC Mayoral Race Has Just Revealed Itself
I have to say that from the outside looking in, the New York City mayoral race has given me a sense of hopelessness about the Big Apple.
Hold Onto Your Hat; the ‘Walking Tall’ Cold Case Murder Has Been Solved
There are sometimes stories that you really don’t want to cover, but to remain true to yourself, you have to. This is one of them.
Britain on the Brink: New Poll Shows Staggering Number of Residents Think Country Is in ‘Bad State’
We’ve written about many of the problems Britain is experiencing—and the terrible choices their government has made over the years—because it’s a cautionary tale. Many of the policies that have led to its decline, like unfettered immigration from populations that despise the United Kingdom’s values, insane censorship, a…
Guess Which State’s Taxpayers Are Now Reportedly on the Hook After Trump Cut Off Kamala’s Secret Service
There are some things you just cannot make up, readers, and one of them is just how dedicated the Democrat Party is to placating those in their ranks most prone to failing upwards. The poster child for this that immediately springs to mind when thinking about California, of…
Sen. Kennedy Levels Pritzker, Newsom on Crime Issues and the Words ‘Princess’ and ‘Mafia’ Were Used
There’s been a lot of yada yadaing in recent weeks from both Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in response to President Trump’s continued efforts to follow through with his campaign pledge to make America safe again.
Holiday Weekend Warning: East Coast Beaches Contaminated With Toxic Poo
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…
Creepy Dude Ruins Young US Open Fan’s Day—but Then the Story Takes a Surprising Turn
It was going to be a memory to last a lifetime—a boy watched his favorite player win an epic match in the U.S. Open, the player came over to the crowd to sign autographs, and he handed his hat specifically to the young fan.
Lipstick, Meet Pig: AOC Touts New Trash Cans on NY’s Notorious ‘Market of Sweethearts’
There’s clueless, then there’s abysmally clueless. Then, somewhere beneath that, there’s New York’s own, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), or AOC.
Lipstick, Meet Pig: AOC Touts New Trash Cans on NYC’s Notorious ‘Market of Sweethearts’
There’s clueless, then there’s abysmally clueless. Then, somewhere beneath that, there’s New York’s own, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), or AOC.
Too Funny! Maxine Waters Invokes 25th Amendment Against Trump – She Should Look in a Mirror
“Mad Max” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has surfaced again, and is in her usual form: Incoherent, unhinged, irrational, and nonsensical. She’s an embarrassment to the people of her Congressional district, or she should be, if the voters in her district were capable of embarrassment; Mad Max’s continued re-elections…
Too Funny! Maxine Waters Invokes 25th Amendment Against Trump – She Might Want to Look in a Mirror
“Mad Max” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has surfaced again, and is in her usual form: Incoherent, unhinged, irrational, and nonsensical. She’s an embarrassment to the people of her Congressional district, or she should be, if the voters in her district were capable of embarrassment; Mad Max’s continued re-elections…
‘Haters Hopes Dashed’: Lincoln Project-Fueled Rumor That Trump Is Unwell or Dead Gets Nuked From Orbit
Republicans, up to Donald Trump himself, were roundly vindicated on claims that then-President Joe Biden was unfit to serve another four years in office after his disastrous June 2024 debate performance massively exposed not just the poor state of Biden’s health, but the press/White House cover-up that had…
New: HUD Sec. Orders Public Housing Authority to Root Out Illegal Alien Residents
It stands to reason that if we are to have a federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and an American Public Housing Authority, whose job it is to provide low-income Americans with cheap housing, that this service should be limited to American citizens. The taxpayers are…