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By Bob Hoge El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells has a rather stunning allegation to make against the state of California. Oh wait, maybe it’s not that stunning, considering Gavin Newsom’s Golden State is often at the heart of some of the most bat guano policies you’ll ever come across. Wells says that officials actually hamper child welfare checks because they wouldn’t want to inadvertently come across an illegal alien and have to do something about it. He wrote an op-ed for Fox News Thursday where he  detailed the insanity : California told El Cajon police that conducting a welfare check on an unaccompanied child could violate state law -- because it might lead to sharing information with federal authorities. Think about that. A child who may have been trafficked or abandoned. And the state says… — Bill Wells (@MayorBillWells) March 19, 2026 His tweet continues: Think about that. A child who may have been trafficked or abandoned. And the state says checking on them is the problem. Ear...

By Nick Arama Let's face it, whoever was behind Iran's game plan to attack its Gulf States neighbors badly miscalculated.  Iran has been dropping all kinds of attacks on them, not just hitting American bases, but hitting civilian targets and oil targets.  Apparently, the thought was that if Iran did that, the Gulf States would lean on Israel and the U.S. to stop the fighting.  Instead, the Gulf States are now viewing Iran as an existential threat that has to be permanently dealt with and "defanged." They're talking like the United States about making sure that Iran can't threaten things in the future with missiles and nuclear threats. They also want to make sure that Iran can't threaten the Strait of Hormuz in the future. So what did Iran do then? They decided to attack Saudi Arabia while the Gulf ministers and other leaders were meeting in Riyadh to discuss what to do about Iran. Talk about a bad choice. The Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin F...

By Ben Smith President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security is moving forward, but only because a Democrat stepped in after a Republican tried to stop him. Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) nomination advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on an 8-7  vote . The vote margin held only because Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) crossed party lines to vote yes, while Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) broke with Republicans to oppose it, offsetting each other and leaving the outcome  hanging  on a single vote. That split didn’t come out of nowhere. It played out in real time during a  hearing  that veered off course early and never found its way back, with Paul driving much of the confrontation. Before Mullin could even get through a routine introduction, Paul cut it off. He blocked Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) from formally introducing him, a small procedural move that immediately sparked a clash in the room. From there, the focu...

By Ben Smith U.S. installations were at Force Protection Condition Charlie, a threat posture used when commanders have intelligence that an attack or danger is possible, as unknown drones flew over Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live, and officials still did not know who sent  them . “U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above the Washington Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live, according to three people briefed on the situation.” Multiple drones were spotted over the base on a single night within the past 10 days, setting off increased security measures and a White House meeting as officials scrambled for an answer, and still did not know where the drones came  from . That uncertainty fed directly into discussions over whether Rubio and Hegseth needed to be taken off the base while this was unfolding. They ultimately  stayed , but rel...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, and other high-level Department of Justice (DOJ) officials agreed to an after-hours, closed door briefing with the GOP House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (KY-01) and the House panel members investigating the Epstein files. The goal: for the DOJ Team to answer, at length, any questions the panel had about the Epstein documents, their handling, and the next steps in the investigation. This briefing followed a Monday subpoena issued by Comer for AG Bondi to appear for an April 14, closed-door deposition. However, this briefing should have had no bearing on that future deposition date — at least that is what was assumed; and we know what happens when one assumes.   The Democrats on the panel were most displeased that there would be no cameras present. This meant they could not get Bondi on the record about the subp...

In the state that produced the author of the U.S. Constitution and the fifth president, James Madison, a foreigner is seeking to disarm Americans.   By Allen West The words of the Second Amendment are quite simple: “A well regulated (trained) Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The basis for the Second Amendment comes from our Founding Fathers’ understanding that an armed individual can be a citizen, protect their rights, and their state. The unarmed, or disarmed, individual will only be a subject and subservient to the whims and tyranny of the state. This lesson came from April 19, 1775, when the British army was marching inland towards Concord, Massachusetts, to destroy a weapons and armaments factory that was supplying the Sons of Liberty. Liberty was a challenge to the rule of the British crown. That British column was stopped at a place called Lexington by 77 men who were part of the ...

By WARNER TODD HUSTON A group of Florida county sheriffs on a state advisory council are calling on President Trump to ease up on his immigration policy and to create a “path to citizenship” for illegal migrants who are holding down jobs and who are not otherwise engaging in criminal activity. Despite that the sheriffs have been elected by Republicans and appointed to the State Immigration Enforcement Council by Republican Gov. Ron De Santis and Republicans, the council members are collaborating on a letter to President Trump calling for a more liberal focus on immigration policy. The call to leniency has already spurred one state official to speak out against the council. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he “does not support the letter,” and added, “If somebody is here illegally in this country, they have broken the law.” Regardless, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, the chair of the Council, recently said those migrants who are here “working hard” need a b...

By ELIZABETH WEIBEL Former director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joe Kent is reportedly being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for “allegedly leaking classified information.” Shelby Talcott, a White House Correspondent for Semafor,  reported  that according to “three sources,” Kent, who resigned from his position on Tuesday, is being investigated by the FBI. The alleged investigation “pre-dates his departure.” In another post, Talcott said, “a fourth source” also confirmed this. News: Joe Kent is under FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information, three sources tell me. I’m told the investigation pre-dates his departure. — Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) March 18, 2026 In a post on X on Tuesday, Kent  shared  that he had “decided to resign” from his position, explaining that he could not “in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.” “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it i...

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By Ward Clark There is no telling what acts might be taken by desperate men with weapons. In just such an example, what's left of Iran's military forces just launched an attack on Qatar, a Gulf state that has been friendly to Iran over the years. A major industrial center, the Ras Laffan Industrial City, has been attacked with missiles and  badly damaged .  Several   reports  have already hit X, the world's bulletin board. This is a major development. Qatari officials spoke out about the strikes earlier today against Iran’s South Pars field over concern that Iran could target their energy infrastructure in response. Ras Laffan is the largest liquefied natural gas export facility in the world. https://t.co/NZfHla7nok — Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 18, 2026 Well, Iran did target Qatar's energy structure. We might note that last September, President Trump hosted Qatar's Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, on Air Force One for a meeting to discus...