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Gov. Abigail Spanberger will do anything for a buck: she’s even prepared to sacrifice the wellbeing of Virginia’s children to cannabis to add to the state’s coffers. She already betrayed several promises she made while campaigning, trying to position herself as a moderate. Now the fact that she’s ignoring the most recent data on the dangers of recreational cannabis, permitting its sale to our most vulnerable, is revolting.

Every state that has approved recreational cannabis has experienced its perils:

Let’s begin with an inconvenient fact: Marijuana is not harmless.

Whether illicit or regulated, marijuana remains a drug that profits from addiction. It is estimated that more than 60 million Americans now use marijuana, and Yale researchers report that ‘30% of current users meet the criteria for addiction.’ Research has also documented psychotic symptoms during intoxication, including paranoia and hallucinations. Legalization does not make marijuana safer; it simply makes it more accessible.

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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the GOP runoff for the state’s governor race.

He was endorsed by President Trump after advancing to a runoff with Lt. Governor Pamela Evette last month.

Decision Desk HQ called the race:

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Texas Democrat James Talarico is facing fresh scrutiny after newly leaked audio reveals that the Senate candidate once described himself as “a Christian who hates Christianity” during a podcast discussion with progressive religious activists.

The remarks were made during a 2021 appearance on the “Activist Theology” podcast but were leaked online by the Republican National Committee on Tuesday.

The audio is now drawing attention as Talarico attempts to present himself as a faith-driven Democrat in his bid to defeat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in November’s closely watched Senate race.

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Iranian negotiator calls deal struck with U.S. a “declaration of America’s defeat”

Iran’s chief negotiator called the deal it struck with the U.S. “a declaration of America’s defeat” on Wednesday.

“The Islamabad understanding was not the result of pressure and coercion, but rather the result of the resistance and authority of the brave Iranian nation,” Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Wednesday of the agreement signed last week.

“That is why, the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding became a declaration of America’s defeat,” he said, adding that security in the Middle East must be ensured by the countries of the region.

President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the agreement last week, launching a designated 60-day negotiating period during which Pakistani and other mediators hope to bring the two sides to a permanent settlement to end the war.

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It’s too bad Senate RINOs aren’t as passionate about election integrity as they are about tying the hands of the nation’s commander-in-chief.

But here we go again.

On Tuesday, four GOP senators stood with Democrats in voting for a House resolution telling President Donald Trump to remove U.S. military personnel from the war (“ceasefire”) in Iran. The resolution is, like most things in Congress, performative — a symbolic congressional directive that Trump has no obligation to follow. The president effectively told Congress to go pound Iranian sand.

In a Truth Social post late Tuesday, Trump insisted he has “Iran on the ropes.”

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According to a report from the New York Post, a woman who was seen on video allegedly dumping and stealing a trash can at the Knicks championship parade in New York City has been identified as a JPMorgan Chase director and was fired from her job Tuesday as a result of the situation.

The 40-year-old Angie Baez was given a promotion over a year ago to become JPMorgan Chase’s Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce, per her profile on LinkedIn via the New York Post.

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Earth’s oldest known impact crater formed when a meteorite slammed into what is now Australia about 3 billion years ago ‪—‬ 470 million years later than scientists previously claimed, a new study suggests.

The impact crater, known as the North Pole Dome crater, is located in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, which is home to some of the planet’s oldest rocks. It remains a record-breaking structure, beating the world’s next-oldest known meteorite impact crater — the Yarrabubba impact structure, also in Western Australia — by roughly 800 million years.

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The Trump administration’s first Antifa-related terror prosecution has resulted in long and well-deserved prison sentences for terrorists who attacked federal agents.

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WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Donald Trump.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make a formal request to Congress. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, including Monday evening. A top deputy defense secretary told senators about the Iran funding request last week, according to two people familiar with the situation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The Wall Street Journal first reported on the developments.

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When it comes to matters of Iran, it’s hard for Americans not to view the Islamic Republic through the lens of the United States.

After all, few issues have been as contentious — even among conservatives and Republicans — as the Iran conflict has been during President Donald Trump’s second term.

But if you were to separate Washington, D.C., from Tehran, it’s evident that Iran’s issues run far, far deeper than anything the United States is doing or has done to the Middle Eastern country.

Just look at what’s happening at the 2026 World Cup.

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Hundreds of people have been arrested in the largest investigation into health care fraud in history.

U.S. Department of Justice:

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 455 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $6.5 Billion in Alleged Fraud: Record Medicaid Fraud Charges Largest Number of States Participating in Health Care Fraud Takedown History. “This year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown represents the greatest whole-of-government effort to combat health care fraud in our Nation’s history,” said Acting Attorney General @DAGToddBlanche. “Under the decisive leadership of @POTUS, @VP, the @WHFraudTF, and our law enforcement partners, this administration has ushered in a new era of enforcement that will safeguard taxpayer dollars.” (Department of Justice on X.) (Press Release.)

“This announcement marks the greatest combined federal and state effort in combating health care fraud IN HISTORY. Thanks to the leadership of  President Trump and all the folks standing behind me, and next to me, we are more united than ever before. This team is working tirelessly to take down fraudsters who steal from taxpayer funded programs and prey on vulnerable Americans.”

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that the Democratic Party has been overtaken by its far-left wing, arguing that figures such as New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner represent the party’s future.

Speaking with Fox News while campaigning in South Carolina ahead of the state’s Republican gubernatorial runoff, Cruz said Democrats have moved dramatically away from the political center and are increasingly driven by hostility toward President Donald Trump.

“Look, unfortunately, I think that’s the base of the Democrat Party,” Cruz said.

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On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Brad Lander discussed his primary win over Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), which he stated “says Democratic voters want to reset the U.S. relationship with Israel,” and said he’s unsure Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) “is in our party any more, to be honest.”

Lander began by saying that Democratic voters “want leaders who are going to fight, not just Donald Trump, but the billionaires who are rigging the economy against us. And that’s what I think tonight’s election is about.”

He added that the candidates who have won prior primaries are progressive candidates “who say we want to see a Democratic Party that’s fighting harder. We shouldn’t be taking corporate PAC money from Wall Street and crypto and AI and AIPAC, we’ve got to fight harder for working families and have people see us fighting for them, and we have to reset the U.S. relationship with Israel.”

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After months of investigation, Operation Rescue has uncovered evidence of what can only be an unlicensed, unaccredited abortion operation in Elizabeth, New Jersey. American Women’s Services, also known as Associates in Obstetrics and Gynocology, may be operating without a license at 700 N Broad Street, and this isn’t the first time this clinic has been involved in reckless or illegal operations.

The History 

“It was no surprise when our investigative team received a tip that this AWS abortion operation seemed suspicious,” says Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. “The American Women’s Services abortion chain was once solely owned by infamous abortionist Steven Chase Brigham — a man whose New Jersey medical license was fully revoked in 2019 for operating an illegal bi-state late-term abortion scheme.”

The abortion scheme, which was only discovered when an 18-year-old girl was injured so badly during a botched abortion that she had to be life-flighted, is only one of Brigham’s endless documented crimes and horrors. He has had as many as six medical licenses revoked or surrendered, and even faced murder charges when police discovered the bodies of 34 late-term aborted babies found in a bloody freezer at his clandestine Elkton facility in Maryland.

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Scholars deride move as censorship, threat to academic discourse

A New Zealand psychology journal recently retracted a paper questioning claims about science being a tool of “white power,” stating that it was “inconsistent” with the publication’s “values,” according to a former journal editor.

Now, the editors of the Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists are facing criticism from scholars across the globe.

Dr. Kumari Valentine, a psychologist and former editor of the journal, raised concerns about the retraction in an article Saturday on the substack Psychology at the Crossroads.

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Anyone who is a big fan of socialism, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and who hates Israel has to be loving what played out on Tuesday in the three House primary races where the mayor made an endorsement.  All three of the candidates he backed, Brad Lander in NY-10, Claire Valdez in NY-07, and Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13, have moved on to the general election, where they are likely to be victorious in the heavily blue gerrymandered districts.

Of the three, Avila Chevalier’s victory was the narrowest, with her barely squeaking by five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who is the Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. He’s also the co-chair of the House Latino-Jewish Caucus, which might have been one thing that helped sink his reelection bid, considering the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas sentiment that has taken root in the Big Apple under Mamdani’s “leadership.”

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Lander’s victory comes as there has been a wave of Mamdani and Democrat Socialist of America-backed candidates challenging members of Congress.

Mamdani-backed candidate Brad Lander has won his congressional primary against Democrat incumbent Dan Goldman, who has voted to impeach President Donald Trump twice during his stint in Congress.

Lander’s victory comes as there has been a wave of Mamdani and Democrat Socialist of America-backed candidates challenging members of Congress.

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Last July, a group of armed Antifa militants ambushed an ICE detention facility in Texas, bringing rifles, body armor, and military-style medical kits. During the attack, one officer was shot through the neck. On Tuesday, several Antifa militants who participated in the attack were sentenced — including one individual who was convicted of attempted murder.

But you might not necessarily glean that if you read the Washington Post’s headline of the story.

“Federal judges in Texas on Tuesday gave eight members of an alleged ‘antifa cell’ prison sentences as long as 100 years for their roles last summer in a protest that turned violent outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility,” Molly Hennessy-Fiske wrote. (The SEO headline for the piece states: “Alleged antifa members in Texas are sentenced for ICE protest”).

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has legitimized Jew-hatred in NYC. This is the result. This coffee shop should be shut down.

A coffee shop in New York City that attacked Rep. Dan Goldman, whose primary against fellow Democrat Brad Lander ended yesterday, took to Instagram to express its revulsion at having inadvertently sold him coffee. The Justice Department noticed, and is investigating.

NBC New York: A social media tête-a-tête between a New York City coffee shop and a Democrat in Congress has caught the attention of the federal government. Poetica Coffee, a chain of half a dozen locations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, told Rep. Dan Goldman he was no longer welcome in their stores for his support of Israel. The store made the declaration in a since-deleted Instagram post accompanying what appeared to be a surveillance image of the lawmaker standing by the register.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is intimidating Russian organizations and scientists on American soil, according to a prominent professor speaking out about the situation.

The incoming president of the Russian-American Science Association, University of Southern California chemistry Professor Anna Krylov, told The College Fix she fears for her safety and the safety of academics caught in the Kremlin’s scope — but refuses to stand down.

“I definitely am not going to quit RASA, because that’s not the proper response to bullies, and so I will continue with operations as usual,” she said. “I will be organizing our next conference, and I will be participating and doing my job as president-elect and then as president of RASA.”

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for a major expansion of the country’s naval forces, suggesting the regime should build two large warships each year for the next five years.

Speaking at a commissioning ceremony for a new destroyer, Kim suggested North Korea should build two warships comparable in size to its 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class vessel each year over the next five years, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Kim was celebrating the deployment of the new multipurpose destroyer at the port of Nampho. In April, he observed launches of two cruise missiles and three anti-ship missiles from the vessel.

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If President Trump is still trying to weed out government workers who are threatening to undermine his agenda from within, he might want to take a look at one of his immigration judges named Holly D’Andrea.

In an interview with The New York Times (repackaged this week for The Daily podcast), D’Andrea said something that’s a dead giveaway when someone wants to thwart elections and impose their own agendas— that certain government institutions and agencies need independence from the president, or separation from the political process.

“We’re getting to a point now where it’s just getting more and more necessary to have that full separation of power and have the immigration courts separate from the Department of Justice,” D’Andrea said. “Take the policy influence away from the courts, so the courts can just enforce the law. That’s all any of the immigration judges want. We want to be able to enforce the law and not be subject to just the policies.”

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London — Labour Party lawmaker Andy Burnham, who looks increasingly likely to be Britain’s next prime minister, has previously criticized President Trump, accusing the American leader of bringing “instability” to the world.

Current Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he would resign in the wake of disastrous local elections in May, and 20 resignations from his government.

As his Labour Party still has a large majority of seats in the U.K. parliament — won in the last national elections in 2024 — it gets to pick Starmer’s replacement, and Burnham is widely expected to get the job.