CNN drew a significant level of criticism from viewers after airing a segment in which they allowed a Sinaloa cartel member to discuss his feelings about President Trump.
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Something Is Seriously Wrong With Michelle Obama
If you had told me just a few years ago that Michelle Obama would be a presidential candidate, I’d have said she was the most formidable opponent the Democratic Party could put up. Yet, as I sit here in May of 2025, I’m not even sure she’d survive…
Trump Has Big Plans for Notorious Alcatraz Prison—’This Will Be a Huge Win!’
Donald Trump thinks outside the box. The president has sent illegal alien criminals captured by ICE to the El Salvador megaprison CECOT. He’s suggested that Greenland should become part of the United States—maybe Canada too.
Trump Looks to Launch the Golden Age of Hollywood by Imposing 100 Percent Tariffs on Foreign-Made Movies
Before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, he named actor-writer-producer Sylvester Stallone, director-producer-actor Mel Gibson, and actor Jon Voight as Special Envoys to Hollywood. Trump announced the move in a January 16 post on Truth Social:
Hegseth’s First 100 Days: How DOD Turned Around One of Biden’s Worst and Most Dangerous Problems
Remember how the military was having problems attracting recruits during the Biden administration? I mean, who would want to serve a regime that prioritized social justice over lethality and woke politics over excellence in war-fighting? Here are just a few RedState headlines from that thankfully bygone era:
Mommy Needs a Valium: NPR CEO Says Trump Defunding Order a Violation of First Amendment Rights
As my colleague Rusty Weiss reported, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to defund public broadcasting stations PBS and NPR from taxpayer subsidies. As Weiss wrote, this amounts to roughly $535 million that Congress allocated to public broadcasters in the current fiscal year, and any funding…
Upcoming Book Reveals the Turmoil in the White House Over Biden Cognitive Test That Wasn’t
As we watched former President Joe Biden continue to decline during his one and thankfully only term, the cries for the often incoherent leader to take a cognitive test increased to a roar. Although the calls came mostly from the conservative side, even some liberals encouraged him to…
Trump Talks Tough on US Tariffs and China: ‘I’m Not Happy About This’
On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump took part in a wide-ranging interview with NBC News’ “Meet The Press” and host Kristen Welker.
Whoa: Former Pelosi Aide Torches Hakeem Jeffries’ Leadership, Calls Out Dems’ ‘Embarrassing’ Failures
It’s been incredibly satisfying watching the Democrats flail, whine, and beg for relevancy after they lost the ’24 presidential election and gave control of the House and Senate to the GOP. Normally, I try not to revel in the misfortunes of others, but if there’s anyone who deserves…
Essex Files: U.S. Brokers Historic Congo-Rwanda Peace Accord With Billion-Dollar Investment Boost
In a major win that was very unexpected, President Donald Trump is showing why he’s the dealmaker. In a promising step toward regional stability and economic growth, the United States is spearheading an ambitious initiative to bring peace and unprecedented investment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
Elon Musk Has 1-Word Answer When Asked If He Regrets DOGE Role, Adds: ‘At Least I Didn’t Get Shot’
The world’s richest man stayed mostly on the sidelines of the political battles in the country for much of his career, but then he bought Twitter when he saw that it was an anti-free speech, censorious platform, and following that, he put his weight firmly behind Donald Trump’s…
‘Such a Dishonest Interview Already’—Trump Sits With NBC, and the Media Response Is Utterly Predictable
Donald Trump sat down with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, and as usual, it appears as if the nation’s leftist media gathered together in a smoky back room and all decided on what headlines they would run. How about a little originality, folks?
Big, If True: Barrasso Predicts Senate Will Match House Proposed Spending Cuts in Reconciliation Package
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) joined Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” to discuss the efforts of congressional Republicans to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.
New Mexico Donkey Racers Burro Into the Record Books
The domestic donkey, or burro, (Equus africanus asinus) is descended from the African wild ass, and may be one of the first animals humans ever domesticated. They are great little beasts of burden; tough, hardy, able to eat a wide variety of foods. They can survive in environments…
Lighter Fare: World’s Hugest Dog Meets Planet’s Shortest, and the Encounter Will Melt Your Heart
Sometimes we have to step away from the onslaught of President Trump’s changes to America (don’t get me wrong, I love them) and the Democrats’ toxic continuing assaults on our country, as well as the numerous no-name judges who keep leaping out of literally nowhere to unilaterally declare…
Bloomberg Columnist Makes Total Fool Out of Himself Attacking ‘Miserable’ Seeming Trump, Vance, Musk
Matthew Yglesias is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. If that doesn’t tell you all you need to know about this guy, perhaps this will: He was a co-founder of and former columnist for Vox — which is well beyond “left-leaning” (translation: a left-wing rag.) Even better, he writes…
That’s Actually Racist. DOJ Looking Into Minnesota DA Urging Considering Race in Plea Bargains
Remember when equal treatment under the law was still a thing? Hennepin County, Minnesota County Attorney Mary Moriarty doesn’t. She is instructing prosecutors to consider race when determining possible plea deals, which is not only against the principle of equal treatment under the law, but is also actually…
Busted: Fed Budget Analyst Cops to Embezzling $657K – and There Are Many More Doing the Same
Any organization as vast and complex as the federal government is ripe for fraud. There are literally millions of people managing all the ways money flows into and out of the government, and amazingly, a lot is disbursed through things like QuickBooks accounts that can be edited after…
RedState Weekly Briefing: Bad Maryland Dad, Canadian Consequences, Illegal Immigration Ingenuity
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…
Watch: Ballistic Missile Hits Near Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, Major Escalation Expected
Ben Gurion Airport was shut down after a Houthi ballistic missile made it through air defenses and struck the perimeter. Situated near the center of Israel, the airport is a major international thoroughfare. Videos of the aftermath showed smoke billowing while people rushed for cover, not knowing if…
HOT TAKES: The Outrage From the Left Over Trump’s AI Pope Meme Is Peak Hypocrisy, Total Hilarity
Twenty-four hours after President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself in full papal regalia on his Truth Social account, heads are still exploding over it. Our editor Bob Hoge reported about the meme, and how the Left is full-on losing their minds. As Hoge noted, Trump’s…
Early Election Returns Are in on Whether Elon Musk’s Starbase Becomes Its Own City in Texas
You just cannot make some things up, and this just happens to be one of those stories.
Bill Maher Continues to Confound, Can’t See the Forest Through the Trees Even As He Exposes Dem Idiocy
Comedian Bill Maher is confounding, I have to admit—he says a number of things that are right on the money and regularly nukes progressive insanity, but then he crawls right back into his leftist corner and declares that Trump is the devil. Did he miss the last four…
Legendary Berkshire Hathaway Titan Warren Buffett Calls It a Career, Announces His Successor
Legendary Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is ready to hang up his hat and announced on Saturday that he intends to step down and name billionaire investor and Vice Chairman Greg Abel as his replacement.
Maine Settles With USDA Over Title IX Funding Freeze, but State Still in Trump’s Crosshairs
In what on the surface looks like a capitulation by the Trump administration, a settlement has been reached between the state of Maine and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) over funding freezes as a result of the current investigation of the Maine Department of Education for…
Winning: 15K Employees at USDA Join 4K Others Who Are Taking Trump up on His Deferred Resignation Offer
The Department of Agricutlure (USDA) will look a little more lean and mean later in 2025 after thousands of its employees have taken President Trump up on an offer to join the government’s deferred resignation program, something that a spokesman for the agency confirmed in an email to…
Winning: 11K Employees at USDA Join 4K Others Who Are Taking Trump up on His Deferred Resignation Offer
The Department of Agricutlure (USDA) will look a little more lean and mean later in 2025 after thousands of its employees have taken President Trump up on an offer to join the government’s deferred resignation program, something that a spokesman for the agency confirmed in an email to…
Donald Trump Sets Internet on Fire As He Posts AI Picture of Himself As Pope
Real, actual green trolls like Shrek living under bridges and demanding tolls are getting pretty jealous of Donald Trump these days. That’s because the president is the ultimate Master Troll, and can get under the skin and into the heads of leftist freaks and progressive zombies with a…
California’s High-Speed Rail Project Says ‘Hold My Beer,’ Manages to Get Horribly, Comically Worse
Is California’s high-speed rail project the biggest infrastructure boondoggle in history? With $13 billion of taxpayer money spent and nothing to show for it, it’s certainly got to be high on the list, and the project’s new CEO just made things comically worse.
Wow: D.C. Circuit Hands Trump Administration a Huge Win That Will Have Far-Reaching Implications
The Trump administration scored a HUGE win on Saturday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Not only did the court grant the administration’s request for a stay pending appeal in several consolidated/related cases, but it set forth the framework that district courts should be adhering to in…