Negotiations have started and finished over the Iran war. If anyone thought Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing is very odd to me.
The race for governor is heating up in California. You can tell. The backstabbing has begun.
And the Artemis II mission comes to a spectacular end. Folks, we’re going back to the moon.
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Here is some news:
Along the Iran front
Talks have broken down in Pakistan after just 24 hours.
The United States had six “red lines” that Iran must adhere to:
Open the Straight of Hormuz with no conditions.
Iran must end all uranium enrichment.
Iran must dismantle all nuclear facilities.
Iran must retreive and turn over all enriched unranium.
Accept peace framework initiated by the United States.
Iran must end funding to terror proxies including Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah.
Trump is not surprised. He announced a blockage of the Straight of Hormuz.
He plans to clear all mines.
We will be getting help from some other countries.
There has been nothing said about bombing power plants or taking Kharg Island.
Eric Swalwell, the nominee for governor of California is under investigation for rape in New York.
He has been accused of a multitude of things including:
Paying a prostitute (there’s video of this).
Paying a nanny with campaign funds.
Thge nanny was also accused of being an illegal alien.
Accused of sleeping with interns.
Strange how all this comes out now.
Finally, the Orion spacecraft came back to Earth, safe and sound in one of the most amazing missions in human history.
đ¨ BOOM! The Strait of Hormuz was Iran's LAST HOPE, and President Trump is taking it AWAY from them
Shouldn't have stonewalled JD Vance in Pakistan!
"Now they have no leverage left, because they were decimated on the battlefield, and they're looking to the Strait of Hormuz, and⌠pic.twitter.com/H2wIp7PX0D
The deranged homeless man accused of savagely butchering Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, on a Charlotte light rail train has been found âincapable to proceedâ on state murder charges.
According to a motion filed April 7, Decarlos Brown Jr. was evaluated Dec. 29 at Central Regional Hospital, and the subsequent report determined he was not competent to stand trial, according to WBTV. His attorney has asked the court to delay his competency hearing by 180 days.
The results were previously sealed in state court and were only revealed as the motion was filed.
Prosecutors did not object to the requested 180-day delay of Brownâs Rule 24 hearing, which was previously scheduled for April 30, which will determine whether he is fit to proceed with a potential death penalty trial.
Brown is also facing federal charges â and will remain in custody on that case, his lawyer Daniel Roberts said.
A judge must now determine whether to accept the reportâs findings, and the case against him will likely be delayed until his capacity is determined to be ârestoredâ by the court, the station reported.
In the motion filed by Brownâs public defender, he claimed the court-required capacity hearing cannot take place with the accused killer in federal custody, and that the court also canât order to have his capacity restored.
If a judge agrees Brown is incompetent to stand trial, state law mandates the charges be dismissed. However, if the judge issues the ruling without prejudice, state murder charges could be refiled if he ever regains his capacity to be tried.
A similar situation happened in the Tar Heel State in 2020 when murder charges were dismissed without prejudice against Buford James Penley after he was determined to be incompetent by multiple psychologists, including one who worked for the DAâs office.
Under North Carolina law, a defendant is deemed capable to proceed to trial if they can understand the nature and object of the proceedings, comprehend his or her situation in reference to the proceedings, and assist in his or her defense in a rational or reasonable manner.
Brown has been in federal custody in Chicago since a grand jury indicted him on Oct. 22 for violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system causing death. He faces state charges of first-degree murder.
Heâs been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation pursuant to his federal case, but court filings viewed by the outlet last month show it hasnât been completed and that the evaluation period has been extended.
The outlet reports that restoring competency can take a long time in North Carolina because of limited space in state psychiatric facilities, and said itâs not uncommon for defendants to wait a year or more for a bed to open up.
Brown, 35, whose mother told The Post is schizophrenic, was arrested at least 14 times in North Carolina for crimes ranging from assault and firearms possession to felony robbery dating back to 2007.
The best thing that Gavin Newsom can do to save his presidential chances is to divorce his wife. He sure ain’t going to be able to shut her up. And she’s way too arrogant to realize she is actually hurting her husband’s chance of winning a future political office. He should have known he was in trouble when she started going around and calling herself the “first partner” instead of the “first lady.”
Let’s listen to a couple of her greatest hits that have come out over the last couple of weeks.
My Lord, Mrs. Newsom is nuttier than a fruitcake!!
That’s right. She would censor and cancel anything that she didn’t like or was “mean.” She sounds like she is saying women would be tyrants.
What’s worse is she is incredibly woke. This is something her husband has been trying to get away from. She’s just dragging her ass right back into it.
Then this little gem got released.
Jennifer Newsom recounts telling some San Quentin prisoners how she, as a 6-year-old, ran over and killed her 8-year-old sister.
Jennifer says it was an accident, like how with those prisoners âtheirs was probably an accident too.â
Donald Trump has had it with Iran’s lack of cooperation. Iran has six hours to figure it out.
California is an absolute mess. We, in California, knew it. Apparently CBS News just figured it out.
And NASA, with four brave astronauts, prove that America is awesome!
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President Donald Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes against its power plants and bridges on Tuesday.
The United Nations has warned that Trump’s threats to target Iran’s power plants and bridges could constitute war crimes if they are carried out.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., is mounting a long-shot bid to impeach President Donald Trump as he stares down a primary threat from younger challengers, who seek to thwart his bid for a 15th House term.
Larson, 77, introduced 13 articles of impeachment against Trump on Monday, citing the presidentâs military intervention in Venezuela, the deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country and his executive order to curtail birthright citizenship, among other charges.
Larson also charged Trump with “murder, war crimes and piracy” for ordering a naval blockade around Venezuela targeting U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers ahead of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro in January and for launching dozens of strikes against alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.
Researchers found that California’s minimum wage hike for fast-food workers led to “negative outcomes” such as automation and reduced work hours.
The researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz suggested in a report published in March that the policy could produce unintended consequences such as an increase in menu prices, a loss of overtime and benefits, reductions in employee working hours, and an implementation of automation that replaces workers.
Artemis IIâs four astronauts zoomed past Apollo 13âs 248,655-mile mark around 1:56 p.m. ET, reaching 248,656 miles as their aircraft hurtled past the moon at nearly 2,000 mph.
Then hours later, shortly after 7 p.m.., the crew set a new record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, at a staggering 252,756 miles. The astronauts then beginning their long journey back to Earth .
The distance record was set just minutes after the capsule made its closest approach to the moon around 4,067 miles in altitude.
It also came in the thick of Artemis IIâs communications blackout, which was expected to last about 40 minutes while the moon blocked any signals between Orion and the Earth.
Communications resumed around 7:25 p.m.
đ¨ HISTORY! Artemis II with its four astronauts on board, have now traveled further from earth then any other humans in history. pic.twitter.com/qi2GbRNLU9
PRESIDENT TRUMP asks Artemis II crew to share the "most unforgettable" part of their historic day.
COMMANDER REID WISEMAN: "We saw sights that no human has ever seen before, not even in Apollo, and that was amazing for us." pic.twitter.com/yUmdPQ8YWz
Californians pay $2 more for gas than the rest of the country. The question is now becoming why (yes, it’s been a slow news weekend).
California said it was starting a commission to
NBC News investigation finds the price of gas in California is not because of the war with Iran, itâs because of Gavin Newsom and California Democrats
âWe are paying on average $2 a gallon more than the national average for drivers across the nation and an expert on the oil and⌠pic.twitter.com/qmNvY9j4P4
Using a 6.00 dollar pump price, hereâs what each component would roughly be per gallon based on the CBS breakdown.
Dollar breakdown at 6.00 dollars/gal
Component
Percent of price
Approx. cents/gal
Approx. dollars/gal
Component
Percent of price
Approx. cents/gal
Approx. dollars/gal
Crude oil
40%
240¢
2.40
Refining (incl. CA blend premium)
13%
78¢
0.78
Distribution
15%
90¢
0.90
Federal gas tax
5%
30¢
0.30
State excise + storage fee
15%
90¢
0.90
State climate programs (Cap & Trade, LCFS)
10%
60¢
0.60
Sales taxes (state + local)
2%
12¢
0.12
Total
100%
600¢
6.00
Those percentage buckets are approximations the article uses to summarize the detailed line items (61¢ excise tax, 23¢ CapâandâTrade, 14¢ LCFS, etc.), so at different pump prices the cent amounts would change but the shares stay roughly similar.
Do you want a version of this table recalculated for a different typical California price (for example, 5.50 or 6.50 dollars per gallon)?
Believe it or not, California is still thinking of building this high speed rail system. They’ve already blown $34 billion for:
Roughly 0 miles of the California highâspeed rail system are actually in service; what exists today is partially built civil works on the initial Central Valley segment, not an operating line.
Whatâs physically built so far
Construction is active along a 119âmile Central Valley âspineâ from around Madera through Fresno and Kings/Tulare toward Kern County, but this is mainly earthwork, bridges, viaducts, and graded guideway, not finished track.
As of early 2026, about 70â80 miles of guideway (the prepared railbed/structure) are complete, and roughly 55â60 major structures (bridges, overpasses, viaducts) are finished, with a few dozen more under construction.
No true highâspeed rail track is in service yet; the Authority is only now moving into contracts to lay track and install systems on that 119âmile spine, with track installation expected to begin in 2026.
BREAKING: California doesn't have enough money to finish building a high speed rail system to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles and now they want $125 BILLION MORE!
"The entire amount of money we need is not there…"
Worker advocates in Oakland are pressing for a $30 minimum wage, mirroring a similar goal from socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from across the country.
A workerâs organization, One Fair Wage, is hoping to put forward a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in the area. The organization believes the wage increase will help workers with the expensive cost of living in the Bay Area, especially with the affordability crisis.
Essentially, the city wants to raise the minimum wage so they can take more money in taxes. Of course, as usual, this assumes everyone working now will be working when the minimum wage goes up, which they surely won’t. It’s basically a big redistribution program.
By the way, this is why they keep raising the minimum wage. It gets a lot of votes and is easy to do. It is economic suicide, but everyone loves it. Except people that do all the signing of paychecks.
âEvery time there has been a downturn or a serious challenge to the economy, in the end, we raise wages as a stimulus,â Saru Jayaraman, the president of One Fair Wage, told Center Square.
âItâs basically a stimulus in the hands of working people, who spend a much bigger percentage of their income than higher-income people because they have to. Itâs survival,â she added.
One Fair Wage says the proposed ballot initiative would gradually institute the $30 minimum wage within the city and Alameda County until reaching the proposed amount in 2030. Oaklandâs current minimum wage is $17.34 an hour, and Californiaâs minimum wage sits at $16.90 an hour.
A $30 minimum wage would be the highest in the country. New York City legislators introduced a bill last month to also introduce a $30 minimum wage.
Police “reforms” in Boston replaced cops with mental health clinicians and social workers, and on Saturday one of those clinicians was attacked by a delusional man wielding a sword. The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, attacked the clinician as well as police officers with the sword. Cops responded by shooting and killing the suspect.
The incident took place near the Northeastern University campus on Saturday morning in Boston. Officers were responding to a 911 call about four people armed with guns and the caller was in the apartment building. After officers arrived at 212 Hemenway Street and located the disturbance they called in a mental health professional with the Boston’s BEST program, according to Mass Daily News.
The program, in which mental health professionals ride along with cops to de-escalate tense situations, has been running since 2011. The EMS clinician deployed to the scene spoke to the man for 45 minutes through the door before the suspect pushed open the door and attacked.
“He immediately opened the door and struck the clinician and an officer who was outside the door. He was armed with some type of sword, stabbing the officer in the arm and knocking the EMS clinician to the ground,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said. “One or more officers, which is under investigation at this time, fired a taser and weapon at the individual, bringing the person to a halt.”
The suspect as well as the officers and clinician that were attacked by the suspect were taken to the hospital. The suspect was later pronounced dead. “This was a very chaotic circumstance. The individual was clearly in some sort of mental distress,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.
Boston EMS said in a statement that their employee had gotten injured in the altercation.
“Our focus tonight remains on the two members of Boston EMS, including one of our BEST clinicians, who were treated and transported to the hospital after the incident on Hemenway Street in Boston. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries,” the statement read.
“Today serves as a reminder of the dangers inherent in this work and the sacrifice our members make every day. Members of Boston EMS show up to save lives â not to be assaulted. No one should face violence for simply doing their job. Our thoughts are with our injured members, the Boston Police officers, and everyone affected by todayâs incident.”
The concept is simple: Store your silenced cell phone in a âchicken coopâ while you enjoy your Chick-fil-A meal in-store and get a free âIcedreamâ cone as your reward for staying present with your chicken sandwich and your fellow guests. Open to groups and solo acts, the initiative got its start at a Chick-fil-A in the Atlanta area back in 2016. It hasnât gotten the nationwide rollout treatment, but it pops up around the country every so often at the whim of individual franchisees. This month, the hype went global after Complex posted Chick-fil-A phone challenge signage on X.
Commenters quickly responded with enthusiasm for the stroke of marketing genius behind quality family time and an immersive tech cleansing. But others called out the âsadâ state of affairs with someone adding, âSociety has hit a low point holy sh*t.â One hater posted, âIâm trying to enjoy my chicken, not talk to my d*mn family.â Another person bet that this particular Maryland-based Chick-fil-A would be giving out zero ice cream cones since no one can stay off their phones these days.
Well, random X user, I brought receipts proving that at least five people have successfully completed the task and cashed in on those cones: my two parents and the three teenagers they paid to participate in the same challenge at another table. Having known my mom and dad my whole life, this all checks out.
My parents FaceTimed me the minute they returned from their mission, sharing boots-on-the-ground perspective on the promo everyone else in America wishes their local Chick-fil-A was running. They were already fans of Chick-fil-A, as well as the Towson Place locationâs spacious dining area and flawless customer service. âI love âItâs my pleasure,ââ my mom said.
I confessed to stopping by Chick-fil-A when I lived in Los Angeles purely because, unlike people in the rest of the city, the chainâs friendly employees seemed to enjoy serving customers. But back to the challenge at hand.
âWe were expecting a chicken coop,â my mom said. There are many representations of the âcoopâ from the Chick-fil-A phone challenge on social media (one claims to be made of wood), but the Towson Place version involves a plain white cardboard box meant to secure your phone. (Apparently, it could have used some fun chicken-related decoration, according to âreviews.â)
Still, my parents persisted, roping in a trio of local teens into the mix, who my mom says âwere like ⌠âo-kay?ââ about the idea. The boys had completed the challenge before and were happy to walk these nice elderly people through the process, accepting $2 each in cash. My parents value the quality time of other peopleâs grandchildren. And still carry cash.
They placed their order at the counter, sat down at the table with their drinks, and stowed their phones in the âcoopâ once their food arrived.
âWait. So do you normally use your phone during dinner?â I asked, having no idea what my parents do in their free time.
âNo, but I usually have it at the ready,â my mom said, like most of us. (How else are we gonna pick it up 186 times a day?) But when she admitted, âI checked my purse for my phone 10 times while my phone was still in the âcoop,ââ my eyeballs ejected from my face. Full disclosure, I did ask her to document as much pre- and post-coop action as possible. But I was shocked. The challenge, which is so obviously aimed at kids, even had my mom feeling the benefits from sealing her phone in a cardboard box.
âIâve watched many families come in with young kids, and they do it,â said Natalie Martz, owner of the Towson Place Chick-fil-A. âIâve seen adults come in with adult children and do it.â
Maybe the Chick-fil-A challenge is just a wholesome excuse to encourage customers to âeat mor chikinâ and make it an occasion by purchasing meals for the whole family. But breaking bread sans phones might lead to small, surprising joys beyond chicken nuggets â no matter your age.
âI havenât had a cone in years,â my mom recalled. âIt was nostalgic. It brought back good memories for me.â Chick-fil-A happens to be celebrating its 80th anniversary this year with a âNewstalgiaâ marketing blitz that features retro packaging on drinks and sandwiches along with all-new plushie cows.
âThe cone was really good,â my dad reported. That comment on the actual cone part of the old-school vanilla soft-serve dessert is notably high praise from a non-foodie. It warmed my heart hearing that they had fun with the assignment.
As one fan summed it up on Instagram, âA free ice cream for being present with your people? Thatâs a deal worth taking.â Try the challenge for yourself at a participating Chick-fil-A or politely ask your local shop to get in on the action. Iâm sure it would be their pleasure.
The American military continues to prove that we have the best military in human history.
The Artemis II is preparing to make its historic flyby of the moon.
And SNL makes another joke that should be condemned by everyone, but, instead, got nothing but applause.
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After 12,000 sorties over Iran, a couple of planes were shot down over Iran.
An F-15 Eagles was struck by a missile on Friday. Two pilots ejected over Iran.
An A10 Warthog was also shot, but was able to fly to safety.
The F-15 pilots enabled a beacon when they ejected. The pilots were separated. One of the pilots was found right away at the foot of the mountain where the second pilot was found.
The second pilot climbed 7000 feet of that mountain, and hid in a crevice.
Iran put out a bounty on the pilots, knowing that they would be key to negotiations.
The Department of War created a perimeter of several kilometers around where the suspected the pilots to be. The killed any Iranians who broke that perimeter.
The CIA and Israel released disinformation to confuse the Iranians.
The weapons pilot’s location was confirmed by a voice communication of him saying “God is good.” The pilot was very religious.
The pilot was rescued and brought to a secret airstrip being used by the U.S. military. This base had a pair of C-130s.
The pilot was loaded onto another transport vehicle and brought out of the country.
The weapons officer was a highly decorated colonel with survival training. He suffered from a serious concussion.
This was a seriously awesome rescue mission and shows how weak the Iranians are.
Trump has had enough with the Iranian leaders and we should expect major operations this week. We have started going after infrastructure.
The United States blew up a B-1 bridge. This bridge was being used to transport military personnel and weapons.
Trump issued this threat on Sunday: Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckinâ Strait, you crazy bastards, or youâll be living in Hell â JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.
By the way, non of this are war crimes. Nope, it’s not.
Dear Maga cheerleaders đ
International war crime laws protect OUR service members, & US too.
Trump & Hegseth have now made it open game for hostage taking, torture, & another 9/11.pic.twitter.com/DFsrZ6jwwz
Yesterday, Donald Trump was asked a question about how the government was going to handle the problem with expensive childcare. It’s a poison question because the reporter knows what Trump going to say, and it ain’t going to be pretty.
Let’s listen:
Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country, we have 50 states, all these people, we're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things pic.twitter.com/8rf8SzHeKT
Trump says America is âtoo bigâ to take care of child care, Medicaid and Medicare and instead must focus on waging wars of choice.
Heâs wrong. Our country has the abilityâwhatâs missing is a President willing to put people first.
There are hundreds of posts just like this from the usual suspects. Here’s the thing, she’s wrong. Our country cannot handle this.
I know Nancy is a bis fan of Modern Monatary Theory and thinks all we have to do is print more money when we need it. This is socialist trash of a theory that has failed everywhere it’s been done. The Soviet Union, Cuba, China, Venezuela, Portugal, Spain and Greece have all tried this and have failed. Some ending up in austerity.
We also have a hell of a debt crisis in this country. I know we all know about the national debt of about $39 trillion dollars. But our actual debt is around $160 trillion when you include all of the nanny-state program, social security, and subsidies. Folks, we are actually in some trouble.
There are a couple of points I want to make that show Trump is right (though he is a little clumsy with his language).
The first thing I want to point out is all these things the Left tells us are human rights are not. No one has a right to housing, healthcare, food, childcare, or a job. No where in the Constitution does it tell you we have a right to those. We used to be a country that believed that. The reason these are not rights is because these things depend on the labor or property of others.
Housing requires the property of another person.
Healthcare requires the labor of a doctor.
Food requires the labor of a farmer.
Childcare requires the labor of a childcare provider.
A job requires the capital (money) of a business owner.
None of this stuff is free and the government cannot afford to pay for it all. Especially since the government does not have any money. The taxpayers pay for it.
As far as the states taking care of all of the social programs, Trump is right. States, cities, and communities are much better able to handle what they need than the federal government. In fact, localities and communities are better able to handle these things better than the state government.
Right now, state governments, like California, provide all this crap to get federal money, which they waste through incompetency and corruption. What do you think California would do if they had to pay for it? Especially since California is already $34 billion in debt.
Finally, as far as wars and having to pay for the military, Trump is also right. Yeah, it was gruff and blunt, but it is right.
When the Constitution was written, the government only had three jobs:
Protect the country from threats, both foreign and domestic.
Ensure the sovereignty of our borders.
Resolve interstate commerce.
That’s it. Nothing more.
Throughout the 20th century, the courts have expanded the federal government’s power and responsibility (mostly on the grounds of interstate commerce). This has created the bureaucracies we have today. Conservatives like me point this out every time we get the chance.
When Trump says that the federal government shouldn’t worry about crap like childcare or healthcare, he is right.
The NBA’s Chicago Bulls show why no one is watching the NBA anymore.
Let’s go over an opinion piece that was written about our children’s diets and how the government can fix this. I think you know where I’m going to go with this.
And a historic event is happening today, yet know knows nor cares about it. This is kind of sad if you think about it.
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Here is some news:
The Artemis II launches today.
This ship will travel about 685,000 miles, the longest distance ever flown.
It will be traveling 25,000 MPH.
This will be a 10 day mission.
This is a test flight for landing on the moon by 2028.
Four astronauts will be traveling.
The Supreme Court is currently listening to a case involving birthright citizenship case.
Pictures involving Kristi Noem’s husband have been released by the Daily Mail.
Byron Noem appeared to be pictured in hot pink underwear, wearing a skin-colored shirt with large, faux breasts worn underneath.
President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday morning Truth Social post that Iran has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire.
“Iranâs New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!”
Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls has been released by the team for being a normal Christian.
They released a statement: “The Chicago Bulls have today announced that the team has waived guard Jaden Ivey for conduct detrimental to the team.”
Jaden Ivey expressed his displeasure for the Pride Night celebrations throughout the NBA coming in June.
He is now being accused of being crazy. He says he’s not.
BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are waiving Jaden Ivey after he spoke out against the NBA for promoting 'Pride Month' and unrighteousness, according to ESPN.
Ivey recently announced that he was alive in Christ.
Jaden Ivey was thrown off the @chicagobulls today over his Christian views on LGBTQ pride events.
Heâs reacting live on IG right now and refusing to back down from his religious convictions.@NBA wouldnât dare to do this to any other faith. Christians must stand with @JadensIV! pic.twitter.com/jSI8d5irdf
Here is an opinion piece by Robert Kennedy Jr. and Leslie Brooke Rollins from the Department of Health and Human Services. See if you notice if something is missing.
According to Fox News:
As we prepare to celebrate 250 years of freedom this summer, America should resolve to once again be a healthy nation. Chronic disease has been rapidly increasing for decades, and for far too long, the federal governmentâs approach to nutrition has been part of the problem. Empowered by President Donald Trumpâs leadership, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon publish a final rule that will more than double the amount of healthy food that many retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are required to stock.
Since its inception, SNAP has helped our most vulnerable citizens afford the essential and nutritious food they need. At least, that is what the program is supposed to do. Over time, however, SNAP has been taken advantage of, allowing many to game the system and leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without healthy, nutrient-dense food options.
Requiring to stock certain foods does not change the behavior of those taking advantage of SNAP. Banning highly processed foods is the problem.
This is the first clue about what is missing.
This has accelerated the health crisis that our nation is up against. Every year, 90% of the nearly $5 trillion the United States spends on healthcare goes toward treating people with chronic conditions. And of the roughly 73 million children under age 18 in the United States, the CDC reports that over 40% have at least one chronic health condition, while more than 350,000 American children have been diagnosed with diabetes.
The consequences are far-reaching and have even put our national security at risk. Due primarily to obesity, poor physical fitness, and/or mental health challenges, more than 75% of Americans aged 17 to 24 are ineligible for military service â a staggering and dangerous reality.
The article fails to point out that 75% of those on SNAP (child or adult) have obesity problems.
Rising rates of childhood chronic disease are driven by a combination of factors. Improving SNAP â which covers 15.6 million children, or about 39% of all SNAP participants â is a terrific place to start. When it comes to a lack of healthy options for both Americaâs children and adults, the stocking standards that classify the foods retailers are required to stock to redeem SNAP benefits are a key culprit.
The current stocking standards were established when SNAP was used quite differently. Today, too many taxpayer dollars are spent on highly processed products loaded with empty calories. With nearly 266,000 retailers nationwide redeeming nearly $96 billion in SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2025, we canât afford not to act.
To take just one example of SNAP misuse, retailers have been able to qualify for SNAP by selling jelly, passing it off as a “fruit,” and making a quick buck off it. This was never the intent of SNAP, and the Trump administration is laser-focused on restoring the program to its original mission.
Our pending final rule raises the bar for stocking by strengthening requirements for retailers and closing loopholes that have allowed certain snack foods to count as staple foods. This rule requires all retailers to carry a minimum of 28 varieties across the four staple food groups â more than double the 12 they are currently required to carry. This will mean more real food like eggs, chicken, whole grain breads, fruit and yogurt on store shelves and on Americansâ plates.
Or, you can make real food like eggs, chicken, whole grains breads, fruit, and yogurt the only foods they can purchase!
Americans on SNAP deserve even more than 28 varieties, but this is a long overdue step in the right direction. It is also the very least retailers can do in exchange for receiving federal taxpayer dollars, since public money should go toward supporting the national interest. And retailers participating in SNAP should feel obligated to offer a variety of healthy foods, period.
At long last, we are modernizing SNAP to responsibly steward taxpayer dollars, promote healthy eating and empower Americans to lead better lives. This pending final rule squares with the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americansâ call to eat real food by ensuring low-income Americans have healthy options available wherever they shop.
There is no better 250th birthday present we can give America than making our nation healthier through real food grown by our incredible farmers, ranchers and producers. Stay tuned â there is much more to come before July 4th.
Some things:
SNAP is a program that needs to go away as it is.
It is abused.
It is has become a lifestyle instead of being temporary help for people in trouble.
It costs way to much.
Behavior is the problem, not the lack of regulations.
Parents are the ones who need to be careful what their children eat, not the government.
Newcomers to the workforce are already in need of respites from the rat race. So, theyâre ditching the daily grind to enjoy a little midweek mindfulness in nature amid the rising âgreen daysâ movement.
âIâm really enjoying my day off from work,â raved a 28-year-old law office assistant, in part, while frolicking barefoot through grass in a trending vid. âIâm putting my health first and taking it easy.â
Itâs the easy way out of doing a hard dayâs work.
As if Gen Zers, young adults under age 29, donât already have a bad rap for being âlazy and entitledâ loafstotally unprepared for the corporate world, the youngsters are now abandoning their posts for green days â time away from the office for time spent in the forest or at the beach â during normal business hours.
And while the spontaneous outing might come as a nuisance to the 65% of employers whoâve deemed Zoomers the âhardest generation to work with,â owing to their poor communication skills, lack of focus and emotional fragility â not to mention their near-crippling dependence on mommy and daddy â randomly going âgreenâ for a day does have its benefits, per reports.
A staggering 55% of the worldâs population lives in urban areas â a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050, according to The World Health Organization (WHO), which notes that a lack of fresh and activity makes folks vulnerable to noncommunicable disease.
Rather than staying cooped up in a cubby, experts suggest squeezing in a little âgreen timeâ from time-to-time.
âSpending time in nature can help relieve stress and anxiety, improve your mood and boost feelings of happiness and well-being,â says the American Heart Association. âWhatever you call it â forest bathing, ecotherapy, mindfulness in nature, green time or the wilderness cure â humans evolved in the great outdoors, and your brain may benefit from a journey back to nature.â
Researchers from the UK even found that a minimum of 20 to 90 minutes outdoors each day is âeffective for improving mental health outcomes.â
The brain boost, however, does not require a full 9-to-5 shift.
Still, the Gen Zs whoâd rather play in the green than make some green seem happy with their self-serving choices.
âMidweek day off in the sun though,â gushed a on-the-go gal taking full advantage of her PTO.
âWhat my mornings look like on my day off,â another captioned footage of herself hiking near a waterfall, far away from big business.
âDays off recharging around nature,â wrote a carefree couple beneath a clip of themselves tabling their responsibilities to kiss in a forest.
Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi faces a lawsuit for $27 million after making a joke about the lyrics to the opening song of the Disney film “The Lion King.”
While appearing on the One54 Africa podcast last month, Jonasi jokingly claimed that “Nantsâingonyama bagithi Baba,” the opening African chant to the song “Circle of Life,” translates to “Look! Thereâs a lion! Oh my god!”
South African composer Lebohang Morake, otherwise known as Lebo M, the vocalist behind the opening chant, accused the comedian in a legal document on March 16 of making “false statements of fact about the meaning of the ‘Nantsâingonyama’ composition” which he insists translates to “All hail the king, we all bow in the presence of the king.”
He claimed Jonasi was diminishing the song’s value, which could have a negative impact on Morake’s reputation and estate, and is seeking more than $27 million in damages.
Zorhan Mamdani opens his first “free” daycare center, which isn’t all that free.
And the Supreme Court makes a big decision today. That decisions seemed pretty bipartisan.
News
Here is some news:
But as digital payment systems increasingly suggest gratuities automatically, a new debate is emerging: Should those tips be calculated before or after tax?
The question has drawn attention following controversy at a Dave & Buster’s location, where suggested tips were reportedly applied to the post-tax total.
Two restaurant owners said tips should be calculated on the pre-tax amount â and not the total bill.
Updated pricing listed on the companyâs U.S. website shows the ad-supported tier at $8.99 per month, up from $7.99, while the standard plan is priced at $19.99 and the premium tier at $26.99.
Fees to add members outside a subscriberâs household have also increased, with extra members costing $7.99 per month on ad-supported plans and $9.99 on ad-free tiers. Netflix says accounts are intended for use within a single household, with added charges for users who do not live together.
A bipartisan panel of House lawmakers voted to kickstart a process that could lead to the expulsion of a congressional Democrat accused of laundering millions of disaster relief funds into her campaign account.
A House Ethics investigative subcommittee approved a motion for summary judgment, effectively finding Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of nearly all alleged violations outlined by the committee earlier this year.Â
The verdict came after a rare public ethics hearing on Thursday â the first since 2010 â that lasted more than six hours as lawmakers from both parties grilled Cherfilus-McCormickâs counsel. The eight-member adjudicatory subcommittee, helmed by Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., announced its decision in a written statement Friday morning.Â
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the opening of a new daycare center for municipal workers Monday that will cost more than double the average price of child care â to a tune of nearly $60,000 per kid.
Mamdani said the Adams administration didnât allocate operating funds for the center, which Hizzoner said would have a $2.3 million price tag and will be included in the cityâs upcoming executive budget.
That works out to $57,500 per child to attend the day care from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Apollo Global Management, a $900 billion asset manager, is plotting a second US headquarters in the Sunbelt just as Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushes to hike taxes on deep pocketed corporations, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Steve Fulop, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, a business lobby group, framed Apolloâs move as a natural reaction to an increasingly unfriendly business climate in the Big Apple.
Apollo leaders have already quizzed partners and managing directors on where theyâd rather move their families and bonuses â Texas or Florida â sources told FT.
The Supreme Court made a huge decision today.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado cannot enforce its so-called “conversion therapy” ban regarding conversations between therapists and minors, saying the law likely violates the First Amendment by allowing some viewpoints but not others.
In an 8â1 decision, the high court said the law favors one viewpoint by allowing therapists to affirm a minor’s gender identity or sexual orientation, but not help them to change it if they want to.
The decision stemmed from a lawsuit brought by Kaley Chiles, a licensed Christian therapist, who argued her conversations with youth clients were a form of protected speech. The Colorado government had said the conversations amounted to professional conduct that the state was allowed to regulate.
In the lone dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority “plays with fire in this case” and that she feared “the people of this country will get burned.”
Gang-rape victim Noelia Castilloâs father had battled for years to stop her from dying by euthanasia â before finally losing out to the power of the courts.
Geronimo Castillo, supported by a group called Christian Lawyers, argued that his 25-year-old daughterâs mental illness impaired her ability to decide to end her own life.
He also accused the Spanish state of âabandoningâ his daughter by offering death instead of further psychiatric treatment.
His daughter acknowledged how much her death would pain her friends and family â especially her father â in a final interview before she was euthanized Thursday
âNone of my family is in favour of euthanasia. But what about all the pain Iâve suffered during all these years?â she said.
âThe happiness of a father, a mother, or a sister cannot be more important than the life of a daughter,â she maintained defiantly.
Noelia launched her euthanasia process in April 2024, almost two years after she was paralyzed when she attempted suicide by jumping off a building â which her dad had witnessed, she said.
âMy father saw me fall and couldnât do anything. But after everything heâs done, I donât feel sorry for him anymore,â she told Y Ahora Sonsoles in a final interview before her death.
âHe hasnât respected my decision and he never will,â she added.
She told her interviewer that the suicide attempt came days after three men assaulted her at an entertainment center.
Noelia also said she had been assaulted by a previous boyfriend and survived another attempted assault.
Her euthanasia was first approved by a medical board in Catalonia in July 2024 but in August, a day before the scheduled procedure, a Barcelona court accepted her fatherâs petition to postpone it.
The case moved through multiple courts in Spain throughout 2025 before, in January 2026, the Spanish Supreme Court upheld Noeliaâs right to euthanasia, rejecting her fatherâs appeal.
In February, the Constitutional Court of Spain rejected a further appeal, stating there was âno violation of fundamental rights.â
On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected a final request for interim measures to stop the procedure.
A Barcelona judge denied a last-minute emergency injunction on Thursday, and Noelia received life-ending medication at 6:00 p.m. local time.
Noeliaâs suicide attempt left her paraplegic and in a state of constant, âunbearableâ physical and psychological pain, and she argued that under Spanish law, she met the criteria of having a âserious and incurableâ condition and was mentally capable of deciding to end her life.
Geronimo argued that his daughterâs history of psychiatric conditionsâspecifically borderline personality disorder and OCDâmeant she lacked the âmental capacityâ to make a truly free and informed decision.
President Trump does what the Democrats don’t want to do.
And let’s talk about that judgement in California finding social media companies liable for making social media addictive for kids.
Do Parents Hold Any Responsibility?
According to Perplexity:
A Los Angeles jury in a firstâofâitsâkind California trial found that Instagram (Meta) and YouTube (Google) were negligently designed to be addictive and that this defective design harmed a young userâs mental health, making the companies legally liable for part of her injuries.
Basic facts
The case was tried in Los Angeles County Superior Court and involved a 20âyearâold woman from Chico, California, identified as Kaley G.M.
Kayley started using social media at the age of six.
She alleged that Instagram and YouTube were intentionally designed to hook young users, which led to compulsive use starting in childhood and contributed to depression, selfâharm, and other emotional distress.
After about seven weeks of testimony and roughly 40 hours of deliberation, the jury found Meta and Google negligent in how they designed their platforms.
What the jury decided
The jury concluded the platforms were defectively designed because features like endless scrolling, algorithmic recommendations, notifications, and other engagement tools created an unreasonable risk of addiction and harm for minors.
They found Meta (Instagram) 70% responsible and Google (YouTube) 30% responsible for Kaleyâs harm.
Jurors awarded her about 3 million dollars in compensatory damages, with the possibility of additional punitive damages; some outlets round the total package to âmore than 6 millionâ when including related awards or phases.
Why this case is important
This is the first U.S. âsocial media addictionâ lawsuit to go all the way to a jury and end with a liability finding against major platforms; thousands of similar cases are pending around the country.
Plaintiffsâ lawyers and regulators see it as a test of whether tech companies can be held to productâliability style standardsâarguing the apps are more like dangerous products than neutral speech platforms.
The verdict may influence settlement leverage and legal strategy in other youthâharm suits, including large coordinated federal cases against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat.
How the companies defended themselves
Meta and Google argued there is no formal medical diagnosis of âsocial media addiction,â and that many factorsâfamily, school, underlying mental health issuesâcontributed to Kaleyâs struggles, not just app design.
They claimed they invest heavily in safety tools, parental controls, and content moderation, and that they never intended to harm children.
They also point out that the parents should hold some responsibility to what their children are watching. Television isn’t held responsible when a child watches something they shouldn’t.
They claimed that they are protected by section 230 which states they are a platform, not a publication.
The social media content is not created by the company, but by its users. It is up to the user to access social media to pick what they see.
YouTube argued that they are not a social media company.
Meta has said it ârespectfully disagreesâ with the verdict and is considering its legal options, signaling an appeal.
How this fits into the bigger picture
The verdict came as other juries and courts are starting to confront similar issues, including a New Mexico jury that recently hit Meta with a large verdict over Instagram and child exploitation and a Delaware ruling about whether insurers must cover socialâmediaâharm claims.
Lawmakers at both the state and federal level have been pushing ageâverification rules, designâduty laws, and other regulations targeting youth protections on social media, and this verdict is likely to be cited in those debates.
Some things:
This lawsuit should be thrown out.
This is a slippery slope. This will extend beyond children and apply to adults.
This also extends with the subjective, pseudo-science of psychology. There really is no way to tell who was causing her mental illness.
If someone should be of age, there should be a law making it mandatory that a user must be 18. This is going to open an entire flood of lawsuits. This seems to be a money grab.
I also feel that this is more of a parental problem, like drug abuse. Why aren’t the parents being held responsible?
But I don’t think social media is completely innocent.
Social media does use processes that are addictive.
Social media has been acting like a publisher not a platform. They have banned certain content that is considered “offensive” including conservative political speech, political figures, and information THEY don’t like. They said they have done this.
COVID information.
Abortion information.
They banned conservative commentators such as Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh.
They banned politicians such a President Trump.
Social media did know for a very long time that their content was no good for children. They made half-hearted attempts to limit access to children.
In 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom broke ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), a project featuring an overpass for animals atop ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California.
At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to âcomplete the job within another $10 million,â before seeming to hedge on whether that final sum would do the trick.
Officials projected a 2025 completion date for the overpass, and estimated that the entire project â which includes the bridge and other ancillary developments â would cost $92 million, some of it coming from private philanthropists.
Nearly four years after the ceremony, the bridge is past due and the project some $21 million over budget. What was supposed to be the worldâs largest wildlife crossing has become a jobs program for environmentalists, with taxpayers on the hook for what WAWC leader Beth Pratt told us is an overpass âfor everything from monarch butterflies to mountain lions.â
That money apparently was not enough. This past January, donning a hard hat and a â#SAVELACOUGARSâ jersey, Pratt announced a possible $21 million overage. She effectively blamed President Trump, attributing the multimillion-dollar overrun to âtariffs, inflation, [and] labor problems.â
âThereâs no boondoggle,â she said. âGiven the times weâre living in,â a potential $21 million overage is ânot that bad.â
In response to our request for comment on the cost increases, Pratt argued that they were consistent with those faced by other construction projects.
A group of experts apparently adds to the operationâs expense. A fungi whiz, Pratt says, worked as a WAWC habitat designer, periodically scrutinizing root samples under a microscope. A contracted soil scientist said his process involves assessing local dirt to ârebuild it ⌠as close to nature as possible.â
One reason California supposedly needs this overpass is to ensure the safety and genetic diversity of mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains, where only about a dozen non-kitten cougars live at any given time.
While bridge proponents claim that the local mountain lion population could otherwise face extinction, researchers suggest the bridge is not the only solution to ensure their survival.
According to a 2016 paper published by the Royal Society, the mountain lion population living in and around the Santa Monica Mountains is âdemographically vigorous.â Still, the paper argues, the population could face ârapid extinctionâ if it becomes less genetically diverse.
While bridge proponents have cited this study, the researchers say adding just one new mountain lion to the population per generation was apparently sufficient to reduce extinction risk. If Newsom and the philanthropists were really interested in protecting these lions, $114 million could likely fund translocations for thousands of years.
At the groundbreaking ceremony, Newsom envisioned WAWC as a catalyst for the construction of wildlife crossings across the state. California, he boasted, set aside $105 million âto replicate projects like this all up and down the state.â Pratt reportedly thinks âhundreds more crossings are needed.â
Californians canât afford it. The Newsom administration projects a $2.9 billion budget deficit for 2026â2027. The state legislatureâs nonpartisan fiscal advisor has published steeper estimates, and claimed the deficit could rise to $35 billion in coming years.
If the state wants to fund a nine-figure overpass project for animals, it should turn to the Annenberg Foundation, which holds $1.27 billion in net assets. (The foundation did not respond to our request for comment.)
California taxpayers shouldnât have to spend another cent. Gavin Newsom, unfortunately, seems committed to bankrolling what for now is a multimillion-dollar bridge to nowhere.
Two men have passed away and, I will say, the world is a better place for it.
A Leftist politicians is asked a question about solving her city’s debt crisis. Let’s just say she’s our Dumbass of the Day.
And Kathy Hochul is asking for a little help from the millionaires of her state.
Well, Maybe?
According to the Daily Wire:
Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has died at age 43 following a battle with cancer, the company announced Monday.
âWe are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,â the subscription platform said in a statement. âHis family have requested privacy at this difficult time.â
The Ukrainian-American billionaire entrepreneur purchased Fenix International, the parent company of OnlyFans, in 2018, according to The New York Post. He served as the companyâs director and majority owner until his death.
Radvinsky was known for staying out of the spotlight and had not publicly announced his illness. He was a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in economics and is survived by his wife, Katie Chudnovsky, and their four children. The family resided in Florida.
He famously declined interviews and did not attend industry events. According to The Wall Street Journal, employees were required to sign nondisclosure agreements limiting unauthorized disclosures about the company and its operations. At the time of his death, Radvinskyâs net worth was estimated at $7.8 billion.
The tech entrepreneur is credited with turning OnlyFans into the massively successful company that it is today. Under his leadership, OnlyFans grew into a highly profitable platform that allows creators to sell subscription-based content directly to users, including pornographic material.
Critics say the model has expanded access to producing and distributing adult content and played a role in normalizing sex work.
An infamous Pennsylvania abortionist convicted of murder for killing babies born alive during illegal late-term procedures has died while serving multiple life sentences in prison, state officials said Monday.
Kermit Gosnell, 85, died March 1 after being transported from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon to a hospital. He had been serving multiple life sentences following his 2013 conviction on three counts of first-degree murder. His West Philadelphia abortion facility was dubbed the âHouse of Horrors.â
The Gosnell case drew national attention after pro-life advocates highlighted the brutal nature of his abortion practice. Many of the gruesome details came out during his 2013 trial and through a grand jury report.
âThis case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women,â the Pennsylvania grand jury report said. âHe regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy â and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors.â
Testimony during the trial described the practice in detail. Steven Massof, one of Gosnellâs former employees, explained the process. âWe call it a transection, but itâs literally a beheading,â he testified.
Massof estimated that around 100 babies had their spinal cords snipped. He said he âfelt like a fireman in hell. I couldnât put out all the fires. ⌠I would run around with scissors.â
The grand jury report documented one case involving a 17-year-old whose baby was delivered at around 30 weeks. According to the report, the infant was âbreathing and movingâ before being killed.
âHe was breathing and moving when Dr. Gosnell severed his spine and put the body in a plastic shoebox for disposal. The doctor joked that this baby was so big he could âwalk me to the bus stop,ââ it said.
Gosnell denied that any infants were born alive, claiming that movements observed by staff were involuntary.
During the trial, jury members were shown pictures of unborn babies who had been killed by Gosnell, showing how their skulls had been crushed and spinal cords cut.
Other workers stated that Gosnell stored baby parts in jars in a refrigerator and routinely did abortions past 24 weeks of gestation. âThe bigger the baby, the more he charged,â the grand jury report stated.
The investigation further found that Gosnellâs clinic operated in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. The grand jury described blood-stained furniture, improperly sterilized instruments, and the storage of fetal remains throughout the facility.
âIt was a baby charnel house,â the grand jury said.
Gosnell was also convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who died in his facility during an abortion.
Additionally, he pled guilty to federal charges related to running a pill mill out of his facility and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam, and codeine.
Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs:
âI need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in⌠pic.twitter.com/7quhsFyWyn
Virginiaâs Democratic-controlled General Assembly has advanced a broad package of gun-control bills in the 2026 session; many are now on Gov. Abigail Spanbergerâs desk and are expected to be signed, but as of midâMarch 2026 most are not yet in effect.wtop+2
Major âassaultâstyleâ firearm and magazine bills
HB 217 / SB 749: Ban the sale, purchase, or transfer of most âassault firearmsâ in Virginia after an effective date (July 1, 2026 is the operative date in current House language). Existing legally owned guns are generally grandfathered, but new sales or imports into the state would be prohibited.arlnow+3
Definition: An âassault firearmâ is defined as certain semiâautomatic centerâfire rifles, pistols, and shotguns meeting feature and magazineâcapacity tests; language has evolved, but the focus is ARâ15âstyle rifles and similar semiautos plus âlargeâcapacityâ magazines.wset+4
Magazine capacity: Legislative drafts limit magazines to between 10 and 15 rounds for new manufacture/sales; one Senate version removed grandfathering and would criminalize possession of magazines above 10 rounds, while House language uses a 15âround cap and grandfathers existing mags.lis.virginia+5
Open and public carry limits
SB 312 / SB 727âstyle measures: Prohibit carrying âassault firearmsâ (defined semiautos) in public places such as streets, sidewalks, parks, and âany public area,â effectively banning open carry of semiâautomatic rifles and many pistols with magazines over 10 rounds in most public spaces.nraila+1
SB 272: Bans carrying firearms in certain public buildings and at public institutions of higher education, including stateâowned or stateâleased facilities and places like the Capitol and state universities.yahoo+1
Storage, vehicles, and redâflag laws
Safe storage in homes: Bills passed by both chambers would require firearms to be securely stored (locked, disabled, or in a locked container) in homes where minors or prohibited persons are present; violations can carry criminal or civil penalties.nraila+2
Storage in vehicles: A separate bill creates a civil fine (up to about $500) if someone leaves a firearm unsecured in a vehicle; the car may also be towed.[wtop]â
Expanded redâflag (ERPO) law â HB 901: Broadens who can petition for an emergency substantial risk order beyond law enforcement and Commonwealthâs Attorneys to include immediate family, recent intimate partners, school officials, and licensed healthâcare providers, and allows consideration of factors like ongoing substance abuse.yahoo+1
Taxes, training, and âgunâviolenceâ infrastructure
Waiting period â HB 700: Imposes a 5âday mandatory waiting period on most firearm sales and transfers.[nraila]â
Excise taxes â HB 919 & HB 1094: Add separate 11% excise taxes on all firearms and ammunition sold by dealers or manufacturers; revenues go to a Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund or similar state programs.[nraila]â
Gunâviolence offices â HB 969: Establishes a Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center as a central body for research, best practices, and implementation of firearmâviolence intervention programs.[nraila]â
Training â HB 916 & HB 1071: Tighten concealedâcarry training requirements and require school threatâassessment teams to receive training on using redâflag/ERPO procedures.[nraila]â
Additional prohibitions and disqualifications
Domesticâviolence and restrainingâorder addâons: SB 160 closes the âboyfriend loopholeâ by extending firearmâpossession bans to certain misdemeanor domesticâviolence convictions involving intimate partners, not just spouses; SB 38 requires people under certain restraining orders to transfer guns to nonâcohabiting adults 21+.[yahoo]â
Mentalâhealth and hospital restrictions: SB 173 bans weapons in hospitals providing mental health or developmental services.[yahoo]â
Misdemeanor expansion â HB 1015: Adds additional misdemeanor offenses to the list that disqualify a person from firearm possession under state law.[nraila]â
Local authority â HB 926: Allows localities to restrict outdoor shooting on private property unless conditions like minimum lot size are met.[nraila]â
Status and politics as of March 2026
Passage status: At least a dozen of these bills, including the assaultâweapons sales ban, safeâstorage requirements, expanded redâflag law, and publicâcarry restrictions, have passed both chambers and are heading to or already on Gov. Spanbergerâs desk.statenavigate+5
Expected outcome: Spanberger has publicly indicated support for major pieces like an assaultâweapons ban, ghostâgun ban, stronger domesticâviolence restrictions, and stronger redâflag laws, so supporters expect she will sign many of them; opponents (NRA, VCDL, Gun Owners of America) are preparing court challenges.vcdl-lis+4
Our country is a mess. I believe that because we have lost our way that that has led to a disintegration of our institutions that used to be run on justice, truth, and reason.
This country used to be built on three principles: God, family, country.
God, specifically the Judeo/Christian faith, was the moral fabric of this country. Our laws were based on it. Justice was defined by Judeo/Christian principles. And, yes, God did support the death penalty. God did believe in separate communities and they must protect and care themselves. God did believe in the authority of the government.
But God specified more than just justice. He declared that he was the authority over His creation. No authority was over Him. And He gave us free will. He gave us the freedom to execute our free will. No one has the right to take that away. Only He does. The Bill of Rights is based on those freedoms.
The family is important. Very important. A family is made up of a father, a mother, and children with extended family of grandparents and siblings. The family is the ultimate community. They are there to help and protect each other. There should be no one in the world that can be trusted more than the family.
But the parents have a greater purpose. They are to lead the children. They are to raise them with the religious education that will give them that moral base. They are to civilize the little savages. They are to teach them so they have all the tools needed to succeed in life. For the parent, children are the ultimate reason to be alive. For the children, the parents are the beacon for their success and contentment.
And, finally, country. Our country is the framework for it all. It has created the framework and pathways for God and family. A country’s government is only there for two things: protecting the country (an army) and solving inter-community conflict using the framework that was created. That’s it.
And we, the people, have the power to control the government. We elect our leaders based on our beliefs. We fire the people who don’t do what we want them to do. We also risk our lives to defend this country. Not for the government, but to protect and maintain the framework that will maintain our lives and the lives of our families.
The big problem with a country’s government is when it tries to replace God. Unfortunately, that’s been the problem with most governments in human history.
Our country was the exception. We were based on all the principles I just talked about. What happens when those principles that have made our country go away? When God, family, country irrelevant concepts? Well, we get the stories we are going to talk about today.
There Are Advantages of Being Black
ALERT: Judge releases 12-year-old accused of shoving rocks in the mouth of a 12-year-old girl so his friend could r*pe her.
A Seattle man who shot and killed an eight-month pregnant Korean-American woman and nearly killed her husband when they were driving to work has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Cordell Goosby mârdered Elina Kwon and her unborn baby in June 2023 when they were stopped at a red light. Prosecutors did not charge him for killing the baby due to concerns about protecting abortion in the liberal state.
After hearing testimony from defense medical experts that Goosby was “insane” at the time of the shootings, the prosecution agreed to have the case ended through the not guilty motion. Goosby will be committed to an institution and regularly evaluated to see if he is fit to be released to the public.
They Hate You and All Americans
According to NBC News Chicago:
According to Perplexity:
What Happened
In the early hours of a recent Thursday, Sheridan was walking with friends near Tobey Prinz Beach, close to Loyolaâs campus, reportedly to get a view of the skyline and even the Northern Lights.
A male suspect approached the group on foot, pulled out a gun, and opened fire; Sheridan was shot in the head and died at the scene, while no one else was physically injured.
Her family emphasized that she was simply walking near her dorm in an area believed to be safe and that there was nothing reckless about her actions.
Investigation and Suspect
Chicago police quickly identified and questioned a person of interest and later announced an arrest.
Prosecutors have charged 25âyearâold Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national living in the U.S. illegally, with firstâdegree murder and related offenses in connection with the shooting.
Officials say Medina entered the U.S. illegally in 2023, was released by immigration authorities, and had a prior shoplifting arrest in Chicago; DHS has now requested an immigration hold so he can be processed for deportation after the criminal case.
Family, Community, and Political Reaction
Sheridanâs family has issued public statements calling her killing a âviolent and preventable actâ and urging anyone with information to help investigators.
Memorial services are being planned in Yorktown, and both the Yorktown and Loyola communities have held vigils and called for stronger safety measures near campus.
National and local political figures have pointed to her case in broader debates over immigration enforcement and public safety, including references to legislation like the Laken Riley Act.
Is there a particular aspect you want to know more aboutâher life, the legal case, or the political/immigration angle?
Maria Hadden, a Chicago Alderwoman and a self-described "queer & progressive champion", says Sheridan Gorman was m*rdered because she "might've startled the migrant who k*lled her."
Chuck Schumer tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat with his DHS shutdown and Donald Trump has the last laugh.
Trump learns something from what is happening in Cuba and decides to try it in Iran,
And one of the icons of martial arts passes away.
News
Iran is showing that they are more than an imminent threat.
Iran launched a medium range ICBM to the Diego Garcia Joint Military Base.
The base is British Indian Ocean Territory, about 3000 kilometers away.
A medium range ICBM missile has a range of 3000 to 6000 km.
Absences among transportation security workers this weekend reached their highest since a partial government shutdown began five weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday, as immigration enforcement agents prepared to fill in for them at some of the busiest U.S. airports.
Nationwide, about 11.5% of Transportation Security Administration staff were absent on Saturday, DHS said, but that figure soared to 42.4% at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, 33.4% at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and 33.6% at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Overall, more than 9% of TSA employees have been absent from work over the past seven days, leading to lengthy lines for passengers trying to get to their gates, according to DHS.
President Donald Trump on Saturday issued a stark 48-hour ultimatum to Iran, warning that the United States will begin targeting the countryâs energy infrastructure if it does not reopen the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz.
âIf Iran doesnât FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!â Trump wrote on Truth Social at 7:44 p.m. EST.
Iran said on Sunday it would strike the energy and water systems of its Gulf neighbours in retaliation if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through with a threat to hit Iranâs electricity grid in 48 hours, escalating the three-week-old war.
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on.
Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate floor, Schumer used an arcane tactic to force a procedural vote to allow the Senate to get onto the bill in Democratsâ move to shift the narrative of the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown.
President Donald Trump took no time taking shots at Robert Mueller, who died at the age of 81, his family announced on Saturday.
âWith deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night. His family asks that their privacy be respected,â the family said in a statement. Mueller had reportedly been suffering from Parkinsonâs disease, though an official cause of death was not immediately disclosed.
In a blunt post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: âRobert Mueller just died. Good, Iâm glad heâs dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMPâ
Norris, who died Thursday, was the rare Christian conservative in Hollywood. He advocated for Republican politicians, supported gun rights, pushed for the Bible to be brought back into schools, and published a regular column at conservative website WorldNetDaily.
A devout Baptist, Norris spoke frequently about his faith, crediting both famed evangelist Billy Graham and his mother for shaping his beliefs. In his 2004 book, âAgainst All Odds: My Story,â Norris discussed his momâs influence on his faith.
Chuck Norris: â Je me suis penchĂŠ et je lâai caressĂŠ, et tout Ă coup, on a entendu un rugissement, comme ça. Alors le dresseur a dit : ÂŤ Lève-toi très lentement et recule. Âť Et le tigre lâa fait. Il sâest levĂŠ lentement et a reculĂŠ.â pic.twitter.com/KrlwCpLBPw
