35 thoughts on “News/Politics 7-18-25

  1. I see that Walz says he will not run for president. That’s a good thing for everyone. Frankly, the amount of fraud in MN has been enormous. I hope now that there is not the horrible imbalance in our legislature that we can put some barriers up to stop the fraud. Millions have been given to criminals. I hope they are all convicted to the enth degree.

    I read in Isaiah this morning: “If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness…(26:10a This refers to God’s judgement, but I think we can also see how it applies to human beings, whether parents or government.

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  2. Last night there was a lot of hand wringing and pearl clutching going on. To the point where I wonder what planet some of you actually live on.

    But I’ll play along.

    What specific acts do you see the president’s doing that you feel oversteps his constitutional powers?

    Time and time again he’s in court defending his actions all the way to the Supreme Court where it’s decided he’s acting legally and within his authority.

    I get that strong men in powerful positions scare some of you, but what specifically has he done to violate the Constitution or his duries?

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  3. For all those defending the fine upstanding NONcitizens….

    Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, a 41-year-old illegal alien, decided she’d had enough of being a law-abiding resident (oh wait, she wasn’t) and orchestrated a Hollywood-worthy plot to fake her abduction by masked ICE agents. According to the DOJ, Calderon hoped her sob story would tug at America’s heartstrings and, of course, loosen its purse strings. She and her daughter even set up a GoFundMe campaign to rake in $4,500 while her “loved ones” held press conferences to sell the lie. And the media? They ate it up like it was the last avocado toast on Earth.The Left’s Favorite Narrative: ICE Agents As Boogeymen

    You’ve heard it before. Democrats and their activist buddies claim ICE agents are “kidnapping” and “disappearing” innocent immigrants in the dead of night. But now, thanks to Calderon, we know how much of that is grade-A nonsense. This hoax fits perfectly into the Left’s ongoing attempt to paint federal agents as villains. California State Senator Scott Wiener even went on CNN calling immigration enforcement “private prison gulags”—because nothing says “calm and rational debate” like comparing ICE to Stalin.Media Malpractice: Fact-Checking? Never Heard Of It

    Local media outlets jumped on this story faster than Kamala Harris on a word salad. Not one of them paused to verify the claims before breathlessly reporting that ICE agents had abducted a hardworking mother in broad daylight. Press conferences were staged, tears were shed, and anti-ICE protesters lined up to shout their slogans. Meanwhile, federal agents worked overtime—over the Fourth of July holiday no less—investigating a hoax.Surveillance Video Exposes The Scam

    Here’s where the plot unravels. Surveillance footage showed Calderon strolling casually into a sedan—not dragged kicking and screaming by masked men. Phone records revealed her supposed “borrowed phone” calls were actually made from her own cell, cleverly masked as “unknown numbers.” Turns out, the only thing masked in this story was the truth.

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  4. Those jobs are never coming back say the experts…..

    They’re wrong again, of course.

    https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1945862409182134333?t=mQVdAPKReZroP_ySPdT1Hg&s=19

    “@POTUS’ tariffs “motivated Samsung” to build a $500M washing machine manufacturing plant in South Carolina, creating over 1,600 U.S. jobs:

    “There’s not a whole lot of debate in Newberry, SC about whether or not @POTUS’ tariffs help or hurt the economy here—they say it HELPS!””

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  5. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

    This will be the next sob story they run with. He too, is apparently a citizen, one who will now justifiably have a criminal record.

    https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1945924458830528543?t=j_5ausOJyGjlHdG18-hcKA&s=19

    “A California man saw an ICE operation unfolding at Home Depot and decided to slash the tires of the agents’ vehicle.

    He then got ragdolled, maced in the face, and arrested.”

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  6. Correct!

    https://x.com/RichardGrenell/status/1946173931075064266?t=HUIN0VsyiyG1s9d09o35AA&s=19

    “Everyone in Washington, DC knows that the @WSJ drastically changed a few years ago – it started hiring very partisan @politico reporters who ruined the brand.

    I don’t know who decided to do it….but look at the DC office for the WSJ and you see mostly partisan Lefties who have just recycled through Left wing newsrooms for years.

    The WSJ used to have only solid journalists who cared about the truth.”

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  7. I believe the phrase is “hoisted by their own petard”….

    https://x.com/SenJudiciaryGOP/status/1945926845876121667?t=YMKHRg_blY-1rjwHtrwf5g&s=19

    “In Nov 2023, the Democrat Judiciary Chair shut down debate on Biden judicial noms & proceeded to a vote, over multiple Republicans’ objections.

    Republicans warned this decision created a dangerous precedent. Today, Democrats were faced with the consequences of their own actions.”

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  8. https://x.com/PressSec/status/1946013505167233294?t=ELeaC1yZ9jMLLCGvx9Yfxw&s=19

    “The Wall Street Journal published a hatchet job article with a FAKE “birthday letter” that is supposedly from 2003.

    This is like the Steele Dossier that kickstarted “the Russia, Russia, Russia” Hoax all over again.

    The WSJ refused to show us the letter and conceded they don’t even have it in their possession when we asked them to verify the alleged document they’re basing their ENTIRE fake story on.

    When has President Trump ever spoken like the conversation alleged in the fake WSJ story? That’s not at all how he speaks or writes.

    The WSJ knowingly published false information to smear the President of the United States.

    As I said at the podium today, there is a coordinated Hoax by the Democrats and Fake News to smear President Trump — as we’ve seen throughout both of his terms.”

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  9. 2 sides to every sob story.

    https://x.com/swartmadison/status/1945657685359071605?t=O-Z11lBOp6cmxUivKSiG6A&s=19

    “She walked out of her immigration hearing smiling — papers in hand, standing tall. She had no idea the man waiting in the hallway was ICE. No idea she was about to be detained.

    This is happening inside NYC’s immigration courts. Every day. #ICE”

    —-

    https://x.com/RobProvince/status/1945916914171011472?t=SdCCGb5qZraRj6XsC9zlNQ&s=19

    “Let me help you….

    This person has lived here illegally from the day she illegally entered the U.S.

    She has been living under a stolen ID using someone else’s social security number to gain access to govt benefits and free school. Even college.

    She has just now decided after a lifetime of breaking the law and living off a victims SS number to NOW become legal. Why not before? Because she was getting a @#$& load of govt benefits while paying the minimum into the system by being here illegally and her victim was the only one to pay a price.

    This help?”

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  10. “BREAKING: We just rode along w/ Border Patrol as they conducted immigration enforcement in Sacramento, the capitol of the sanctuary state of California. Upon arrival at a Home Depot, suspected illegal aliens took off running in all directions. 10+ arrested. BP tells us records checks on one already came back showing he’s an aggravated felon with a prior conviction for fentanyl trafficking. One man, who claimed to be a U.S. citizen, was arrested and maced by federal agents after he allegedly slashed the tire of a federal vehicle and appeared to assault an agent was he was taken to the ground. We were with one team of federal agents, as there are others conducting enforcement in other areas of the city.

    @USBPChiefELC tells me this is the farthest north his BP agents have gone in California for immigration enforcement during the Trump administration, and it’s meant to send the message that the federal government can and will go wherever they want in the sanctuary state.

    “There is no sanctuary from our enforcement efforts,” Chief Bovino told me.”

    https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1945902933813690454?t=7Tjue0Snr5nSXBFEF-psAA&s=19

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  11. And again, that’s not overreach, that’s not seizing and amassing new powers for the Presidency, it’s simply a president doing his job and enforcing the damn law, for a change.

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  12. We know who built this. Dems, the media, and NTers.

    https://x.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1945880877025874207?t=v55RJ0KvsNCX6okywN4pyQ&s=19

    “An ICE @ERODallas officer was dragged nearly a block down the road by an illegal immigrant from Honduras— When officers were detaining Jose Melgar-Rivas, he accelerated his van and dragged the officer in an attempt to escape according to @ICEgov

    The officer sustained multiple injuries to his body.

    Jose Melgar-Rivas was taken into custody—On top of his final removal order, he’ll now also face charges for assaulting a federal officer.

    This comes as @DHSgov says assaults against agents and officers are up 830% when compared to this time last year.”

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  13. @9:44 AJ, I’m not sure you’re even reading the responses at this point, and my time is limited today, so I’ll simply direct you to HRW’s post @ 2:51 yesterday. You should remember that people you don’t agree with in general, may occasionally be annoyingly right. And it is not treason to your good sense or your faith or your character to acknowledge it. Try it sometimes.

    I’ll try to get back to you later ;–)

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  14. “The third witness in our investigation into the cover-up of President Biden’s cognitive decline and unauthorized executive actions pleaded the Fifth Amendment today. There is now a pattern of key Biden confidants seeking to shield themselves from criminal liability for this potential conspiracy.

    Annie Tomasini, former Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations, pleaded the Fifth when asked if Joe Biden, a member of his family, or anyone at the White House instructed her to lie regarding his health at any time. She also pleaded the Fifth when asked if she ever advised President Biden on the handling of classified documents found in his garage, if President Biden or anyone in the White House instructed her to conceal or destroy classified material found at President Biden’s home or office, and if she ever conspired with anyone in the White House to hide information regarding the Biden family’s ‘business’ dealings. 

    It’s unbelievable that Ms. Tomasini and others refuse to answer basic questions about President Biden’s fitness to serve. It’s apparent they would rather hide key information to protect themselves and Joe Biden than be truthful with the American people about this historic scandal. There needs to be transparency and accountability, and we will continue to pursue the truth and examine options to get the answers we need.”

    https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1946216738342744220?t=3pTsQFeQTHmo6uYPZiQEPg&s=19

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  15. This makes the WSJ hit piece/smear job look even more pathetic.

    https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1946226301444014300?t=A8VcHu1wyIuJhhz7kYoybw&s=19

    “As @ByronYork pointed out…

    Moments before the Wall Street Journal ran with their silly letter last night, the Washington Post published an entire fact check on President Trump and Epstein in which they declared…

    “No credible allegation has emerged to connect Trump to any of Epstein’s crimes. If the full file is ever released, we are confident that no connection would be found. Rest assured — if Trump were prominently mentioned, it would have been leaked by now.”

    washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

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  16. “6 questions for the idiots at the Wall Street Journal:

    1. How on earth did you just suddenly find a letter from 2003?

    2. Who gave it to you? When? What were the terms?

    3. Why didn’t you publish the “letter” in full?

    4. President Trump’s always been known for writing personal letters by hand. Can you cite a single example of him sending a typewritten note?

    5. He is also known for his straightforward and direct writing style (just like his speaking style). Can you cite one (1) other example of him writing in whimsical riddles like this “letter” you suddenly found?

    6. Don’t you find it odd that this “letter” magically appears now—not before 2016, 2020, or 2024—but right when the Democrats are trying to weaponize “Epstein” against Trump?

    Cancelling my WSJ subscription. Absolutely disgraceful article.”

    https://x.com/j_fishback/status/1946002424470143235?t=kFtr-Rm87tgkv0hupDOPDw&s=19

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  17. Twitter is full of folks canceling the WSJ today.

    Even leftists dems aren’t buying it.

    https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1946022212370149669?t=NnD5IHWAwyT9iMGZZcUXPg&s=19

    “Chris Cuomo goes SCORCHED EARTH on the Wall Street Journal for their fake “bombshell” Epstein letter:

    “This Wall Street Journal piece is a hack job… The letter is meaningless. You put out the piece anyway, and there’s no light on what really matters. It’s so stupid.”

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  18. NEW YORK (AP) — In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into custody, often as public anger and outcry unfold around them. But in the process, something has disappeared: the agents’ faces, covered by caps, sunglasses, pulled-up neck gaiters or balaclavas, effectively rendering them unidentifiable.

    With the year only half over, the covered face — as deployed by law enforcement in a wave of immigration crackdowns directed by President Donald Trump’s White House — has become one of the most potent and contentious visuals of 2025.

    The increase in high-profile immigration enforcement was already contentious between those opposed to the actions of Trump’s administration and those in support of them. The sight of masked agents carrying it out is creating a whole new level of conflict, in a way that has no real comparison in the U.S. history of policing. … ~

    https://apnews.com/article/ice-masks-immigration-enforcement-policing-aacbb45b9eca804c2295f52a33a2a0fd

    • dj

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  19. This is treason, but some waste their time bashing law enforcement for doing their job instead of noticing, or even batting an eye, because Orange Man Bad.

    https://x.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1946269713736007908?t=SBEg0q5QmFj0qdpJAHNdvQ&s=19

    “Obama and Biden sat in that August 3, 2016 Situation Room briefing and said, yeah, let’s let the highest officials in our administration fabricate evidence to frame the opposing party candidate Donald Trump.

    Below from John Durham”

    https://x.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1946265859971813667?t=KCbz6moqYrPrYjWDpc3muA&s=19

    “UPDATE! from @DNIGabbard

    Declassified Evidence of Obama Administration Conspiracy to Subvert President Trump’s 2016 Victory and Presidency

    – dni.gov/index.php/news…

    Report – dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…

    Hoax Memo – dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…”

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  20. “The sight of masked agents carrying it out is creating a whole new level of conflict, in a way that has no real comparison in the U.S. history of policing. … ~”

    —-

    More pearl clutching. Also, total BS.

    SWAT units around here and the US EVERY SINGLE DAY conduct no knock raids with masked officers bashing in the doors, so the criminals don’t see their faces. Just stop with the “no real comparison in the US history of policing” trash already.

    Ya’ll know this too, yet you post that and expect me to consider that a serious argument?

    It’s not.

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  21. As is the “well they wore masks so we didn’t know they were police or ICE”….

    Well, yeah, except for the huge letters reading ICE, FBI, and POLICE on their jackets….

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  22. “Their goal was to usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people.

    No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The integrity of our democratic republic depends on it.

    We are turning over all documents to the DOJ for criminal referral.”

    https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/1946293600976785453?t=QFRohQ9hma41G5jgcoYdpg&s=19

    https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4086-pr-15-25

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  23. But in the process, something has disappeared: the agents’ faces, covered by caps, sunglasses, pulled-up neck gaiters or balaclavas, effectively rendering them unidentifiable.

    Honestly the country is going to hell because ICE is trying to protect themselves? Has anyone seen the violent insurrectionists in California? Total anarchy yet ICE needs play nice? You know what has disappeared? Law and order due to sorry tailed Democrats and their defenders…..

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  24. A woman who racked up $95,000 in student loans and $200,000 in credit card debt has been deported – and her final words?

    “Thank you, America.”

    Wow!!!!!

    They come here, exploit our system, live off our credit, drain resources — and leave Americans footing the bill. Multiply this by hundreds of thousands — even millions — and you see the real cost of open borders and zero accountability.

    While American families struggle with rising inflation, housing, and healthcare, some non-citizens are bleeding the system dry and walking away smiling.

    It’s time to protect our country, our economy, and our citizens. Enough is enough.

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  25. Further evidence in a broken “news source” system. Totally overlooking a Dem president who clearly had dementia/Alzheimers when he even ran for the presidency but let Trump have swelling in his leg??? The “we told you so” crowd declares he is physically unfit!

    The Media’s Double Standard On Presidential Health

    It’s telling how quickly legacy outlets turned a common age-related diagnosis into headlines questioning Trump’s ability to serve. Meanwhile, President Biden’s very visible struggles with physical coordination and verbal gaffes are largely brushed aside. This double standard highlights the media’s ongoing obsession with discrediting Trump at every opportunity, even if it means misrepresenting a routine health update.

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  26. It seems that Israel and the US run Syria now through Al Quaeda.

    “DAMASCUS/BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) – Syria’s government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
    Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops and on Damascus on Wednesday in an escalation that took the Islamist-led leadership by surprise, the sources said, after government forces were accused of killing scores of people in the Druze city of Sweida.”

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-believed-it-had-green-light-us-israel-deploy-troops-sweida-2025-07-19/

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  27. US companies are now able to finally cash in on our many years of military ‘investment’ in Syria, Perhaps this is not really Trump’s second term so much as George Bush’s third—except, while Bush was also a liar, he was not openly authoritarian.

    DAMASCUS, July 18 (Reuters) – U.S.-based firms Baker Hughes (BKR.O)
    , opens new tab, Hunt Energy and Argent LNG will develop a masterplan for Syria’s oil, gas and power sector, Argent LNG CEO Jonathan Bass said on Friday, in a partnership aimed at rebuilding energy infrastructure shattered by 14 years of civil war.
    The move marks a swift turnaround as U.S. companies enter a country previously under one of the world’s tightest sanctions regimes that U.S. President Donald Trump lifted at the end of June.

    https://archive.is/20250718170547/https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-firms-develop-syria-energy-masterplan-after-trump-lifts-sanctions-2025-07-18/

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