“The battle in this country is no longer between the left versus the right; it’s the normal versus the crazy.”
– Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR)
“No university in our nation has produced more Nobel laureates or white-collar criminals… so whether you choose good or evil, know that you are among the very best.”
– Conan O’Brien, 2026 Commencement Speech at Harvard
“When the debate is lost, insults become the loser’s tool.“
– Socrates
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
– Oscar Wilde
“Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone.”
– Frédéric Bastiat
“Democracy is not enough. If the culture dies, the country dies.”
– Pat Buchanan
“I firmly believe in law and order and in standing up for authority, otherwise we should have no free society.”
– Margaret Thatcher
“What’s funny to me is you’re mad at the guy who found the fraud, but not mad at the people who wasted your money.”
– Congressman Wesley Hunt (TX)
D-Day : June 6, 1944—D‑Day—remains one of history’s defining moments of courage and sacrifice. In the early hours of that day, thousands of Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel and stormed the beaches of Normandy, facing overwhelming danger to begin the liberation of Europe.
They were young and far from home, but united by a shared purpose: to defend freedom and defeat tyranny. Many never returned, giving their lives on the sands of Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword. Their bravery turned the tide of the war and changed the course of history.
D‑Day is more than a military operation—it is a testament to the power of unity, determination, and sacrifice. The legacy of those who served reminds us that freedom is never guaranteed; it is preserved by those willing to stand for it.
Today, we honor their memory with gratitude and humility. We remember not only what they achieved, but also what they gave, so that future generations could live in peace and liberty. We will never forget.
Jobs Added!: The new job numbers came out this week, and the results were double what economists expected. More than 172,000 new jobs were added to the economy.
More importantly, government jobs continue to be down, and President Trump drains the swamp and reduces the size of the federal government.
When it comes to the economy, President Trump and the Republicans in Congress are delivering.
War in Iran and the Russian war on Ukraine continue to put a strain on the world economy… and yes, we feel it.
But freedom is never free and we can’t afford to have a nuclear Iran that continues to fund terrorists worldwide or allow Russia to bully its neighbors, steal their land, resources and children, and get away with it.
The United States remains the world leader. We should have the moral authority to act righteously and humbly helping those who can’t help themselves… but it has to be a two way street when it comes to international affairs.
Washington is a frustrating place. The Democrat’s agenda is basically anything that is anti-Trump. And some Republicans use the slim majority to put our republic at risk.
Elections matter… be strategic, but we need to elect people who put America First… because I believe Western civilization depends on it.
America 250: It’s happening, and thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Washington DC is truly going to be that shining city on the hill that EVERY American can be proud of and the world will look to for inspiration.
From the Reflecting Pool to Union Station, the city has changed for better. The grandeur of our nation’s capital is being restored. You can safely travel through downtown. God Bless the National Guard for patrolling America’s neighborhoods and making them safer to enjoy.
While not perfect, the United States is still the greatest country in the world. People from all over the world strive to get their piece of the American Dream. Some legally, while too many illegally. We welcome those who come here to be Americans, and I support mass deportation of those who hate America, have no interest in assimilating, and want to destroy America and western civilization.
Vote and engage as if your way of life depends on it… because it does!
Peace In Ukraine – Easy: It’s really a very straightforward solution. All that has to be done is for Russia to respect international borders, respect their neighbors, and remove their troops from Ukrainian soil, and we have peace.
Russia signed the Budapest Agreement recognizing Ukraine’s border… now abide by the agreement they signed and we have peace.
Putin and his Russian thugs are the aggressors. They daily commit war crimes. They have no excuse other than their imperial ambitions to justify this war. And the “bad guys” should NOT be rewarded.
The United States signed the Budapest Agreement, agreeing to help enforce the agreement… so we have a legal, moral, and geopolitical reason to support Ukraine.
Putin is a war criminal, a liar, and a failing dictator. We should NOT empower him or his regime.
HUGE Opportunity – New Ambassadors: This week President Trump nominated Keith Noreika of Pennsylvania to be the Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Lithuania.
For the first time in history, the Baltic States and Poland have “political” ambassadors appointed by the President. A historic opportunity for influence and access like never before.
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have ambassadors who have personal or political access to the President, to the Secretary of State, and to Members of Congress. Access the Baltic States have NEVER had before.
All accomplished professionals and leaders in their field. All have deep political connections that will serve them well in representing the United States and their assigned country’s relationships. All that have a unique opportunity to have their voices heard and have a direct impact on public policy and trans-Atlantic relations.
Many professional career diplomats have served their country well in these front-line assignments. Their diplomatic skills and abilities have often been underappreciated.
However, in today’s environment, having political ambassadors that can pick up the phone and call political leaders to share a message, raise a concern, or initiate action is paramount.
This is a unique opportunity for Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia to further cement their relationships with the United States. All are reliable allies and partners with the United States. All are among the first to meet President Trump’s challenge to spend 5% of the GDP on NATO defense.
It’s an impressive and powerful line up.
Ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose
Ambassador to Latvia, Melissa “Lisa” Argyros
Ambassador to Estonia, Roman Pipko
Ambassador to Lithuania Designee, Keith Noreika
Now comes the hard part, but it will be interesting to see how this unique opportunity in history plays itself out. As someone whose family immigrated from Lithuania, I am thankful to the President and excited by the quality and caliber of President Trump’s team in the Baltics.
International Calendar of Events: The 60 Plus International Institute is putting together the first consolidated calendar aggregator for conservative and libertarian foundations’ conferences and events worldwide.
If you’re looking for something interesting around the world to attend… check it out.
60 Plus International Calendar of Events
If you know of events that center-right activists who would be interested in, please let us know.
Feel free to share… and your intel worldwide would be helpful.
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Against the Imperial Press – The Constitution does not grant them special privileges
Writing in 1833, Justice Joseph Story, one of the greatest jurists of the early republic, warned against a dangerously exaggerated conception of the freedom of the press. “There is,” Story observed in his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, “a good deal of loose reasoning on the subject of the liberty of the press, as if its inviolability were constitutionally such, that, like the king of England, it could do no wrong, and was free from every inquiry, and afforded a sanctuary for every abuse; that, in short, it implied a despotic sovereignty to do every sort of wrong, without the slightest accountability to private or public justice.” This idea, Story held, “is too extravagant to be held by any sound constitutional lawyer.”
Story’s warning is as relevant today as it was when it was written almost 200 years ago. Much too often, the contemporary press is not content with the equal constitutional rights shared by all Americans. Instead, its members frequently assert special privileges that are not based on the Constitution. In some cases, they even claim a prerogative to do things that would land any ordinary American in serious legal trouble. This problem is illustrated by the recent remarks of A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times, at an event sponsored by Yale Law School.
In his speech, Sulzberger presents himself, his newspaper, and its supporters as defenders of the First Amendment and the freedom of the press. This great freedom, he rather predictably suggests, is under assault by President Trump. Yet many of Sulzberger’s grievances are actually based on asserting special privileges for the press that are not guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Sulzberger criticizes Trump’s “rhetorical” attacks on American journalism, such as his memorable labeling of many in the press as “fake news.” Yet under the First Amendment, Trump has as much right to his freedom of speech as the Times does to its freedom of the press. Sulzberger laments Trump’s effectiveness here, observing that a large majority of Americans now say that “they don’t trust the press to report the news fairly, accurately, or in the public interest.” He does not even consider the possibility that this dismal public approval rating is the result of the press’s own misconduct, and not of Trump’s violation of some imaginary immunity of the media from criticism.
Let’s get America building again
Seventy years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System — the greatest public works project in the history of the world. He knew that America had to be connected if it was to lead the world.
This year, we have the privilege of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System, 100 years of the iconic Route 66, and, of course, the 250th birthday of our great nation. The Trump administration is moving full speed ahead to honor these milestones.
As we approach our nation’s 250th anniversary, the administration is focused on a historic revival of American infrastructure. This week, I took that message to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, outlining how the president’s 2027 budget equips the Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to slash red tape, accelerate project approvals, and deliver on our promise to get America building again.
Under Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s leadership, the Federal Highway Administration is focused on large, durable projects that enhance safety — our top priority — while connecting our country and our people. The results speak for themselves. Since the start of the Trump administration, it has executed 888 grants and delivered $8.4 billion in competitive grants. To put that in perspective, the Biden administration only managed $9.43 billion across four years.
Where the redistricting fight stands heading into the midterms
After 10 states enacted new congressional maps, Republicans are in position to gain up to 16 seats this fall, compared with six for the Democrats, as the parties vie for control of the House.
By the end of April, the party had drawn enough Democratic-leaning seats to turn the back-and-forth over new congressional maps for the midterms that President Donald Trump had started a year earlier into roughly a wash.
Then the courts acted: The U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to Republican-led states in the South to eliminating majority-Black districts held by Democrats. A week later, the Virginia Supreme Court blocked the state from implementing a new map favoring Democrats that voters had approved in a special election.
Now, with the general election five months away, the 2026 redistricting dust is beginning to settle. In total, 10 states have implemented new congressional boundaries over the past year, with Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee most recently taking action following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
California’s sluggish vote counting ripped across the political spectrum: ‘Extremely embarrassing’
Rep Kevin Kiley says the state’s inability to handle basic election administration is indicative of broader problems
Though California voters are heading to the polls tonight, they may not know the results of several key primary races for days – a fact that has people across the political spectrum raising concerns.
“The fact that California elections often can’t be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world,” Nate Silver, a top political data analyst, wrote on X on Tuesday afternoon. “Like honestly ‘it’s going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election’ is failed state sh-t and should be much more stigmatized. The fact that it’s tolerated is bad too a textbook example of learned helplessness.”
Lengthy vote counts in California are a product of the state’s reliance on mail voting and its thorough review process. Under California law, every registered voter receives a mail-in ballot and votes that arrive at election offices up to a week after election day are considered valid so long as they were postmarked by election day.
Thoughts on Improving a Struggling Housing Market
Housing is presently out of reach for many Americans. Mortgage rates remain above 6%. Existing-home prices are above $400,000. Sales are weak, and available houses are increasingly difficult to find.
Some in the real estate industry are framing private housing listings as “seller choice.” That sounds good. Sellers should have choices. But the real question is: choice to do what? Choice to get less exposure, fewer bidders, weaker price discovery, and a process that may benefit the agent more than the homeowner?
That is not a choice most sellers would knowingly make if the trade-offs were clear. Families need more homes, more information, and more competition available. They do not need more gatekeeping. That is why the distinction between pre-marketing and private listings matters.
Pre-marketing can be a useful market tool. A seller may want to test interest, prepare a better public launch, or gather feedback before going fully active. That’s fine if buyers can see the home without being forced into a closed brokerage network.
Private listings are different. They restrict information to select channels. Buyers outside those channels may never know the home exists. Sellers may never reach the full pool of bidders. That is not market efficiency. It is fragmentation.
This is also where criticism of public pre-marketing tools misses the point. This should not be about defending a platform’s business model. Large platforms deserve scrutiny, too, especially when federal regulators are already raising questions about competition in online real estate markets. The issue here is narrower and more important: whether listings are broadly visible to consumers or hidden behind brokerage walls.
The Democratic Party’s future is on the ballot in June
Democratic voters chose electability in key battlegrounds on Tuesday, kicking off a big month of ideological primary tests for the party.
Democrats are staring down a host of primaries this month that will help shape the party’s message heading into November — and potentially its direction for years to come.
June’s monthlong test of the party’s future kicked off Tuesday with a slate of primaries across six states, in which voters mostly chose more establishment-leaning candidates in critical battlegrounds while dealing mixed results for progressives, with some race calls still pending in California.
Next up among the roughly dozen primaries are competitive contests in Maine, Colorado and New York that will test how far the base has shifted on contentious issues like Israel and offer key markers in the ongoing debate over generational change that’s been roiling the party since 2024.
“There’s two levels of the struggle going on here,” said Democratic strategist Ian Russell, who is working on a number of House races this cycle, usually on the side of more-moderate candidates. “There’s the ideological fight, or the candidate-specific fight in certain safe seats, and then the larger fight about who’s best positioned to help win the House.”
Here are some big questions that Democratic voters will answer throughout the rest of June.
Trump Unveils $700 Million Coal Industry Plan
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will invoke Cold War-era emergency powers to direct nearly $700 million to help the U.S. coal industry ship the carbon-intensive fuel to Asia and help power companies burn it domestically.
Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act of 1950, which grants presidents broad authority over industries deemed critical to national security, to fund upgrades to over a dozen coal-fired power plants, help finance two new coal plants, and support construction of a West Coast coal-export terminal.
The Trump administration has framed energy policy as a national security issue to ensure electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and reduce reliance on other countries.
House Republican Don Bacon says he wants ‘pariah state’ Russia booted from UN Security Council
The Nebraska congressman has repeatedly called Russia a ‘pariah state’ and pushed for more US military aid to Ukraine
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who has repeatedly referred to Russia as a “pariah state,” reiterated his call for Russia to be ousted from the United Nations Security Council.
“The United Nations General Assembly should vote on removing the Russians from the Security Council. Russia is a pariah state and should be treated that way,” Bacon asserted in a post Friday on X.
The Russian Federation is one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.
The other permanent members include the U.S., the United Kingdom, China and France.
In a February 2022 post on X, Bacon wrote, “It is obscene reality that Russia now Chairs the UN Security Council. We should kick the Russians out of as many international organizations and forums as possible. Russia is a pariah state and should be treated as such.”
In a December 2023 post, he declared, “The United Nations is an embarrassment with Russia sitting on the Security Council. Russia invaded its neighbor and is committing crimes against humanity. Kick Russia off the Security Council.”
The U.N. charter, which lists the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as one of the permanent Security Council members, indicates that amending the charter would require support from all five permanent Security Council members.
China Could Wipe Out Every U.S. Base in Asia in the Opening Hours of a War
Summary and Key Points: America’s network of major bases across Asia — its biggest bet for deterring China — now sits within range of Beijing’s vast missile, drone, and hypersonic arsenal, which dwarfs anything Iran fielded in the recent war.
-Key sites like Guam remain lightly hardened, and analysts, including Hudson’s “Concrete Sky” report, warn that shelters are too few.
-With a massive defense budget request on the table, the urgent question is whether Washington can harden its Pacific bases before China is ready to act.
China’s Missiles are Far More Powerful Than Iran’s
One of America’s biggest defense investments, and one of the capabilities that the Pentagon believes is its greatest asset in any way with China, might actually be the US military’s greatest vulnerability. That’s a reference to the 30- 40 major named US military bases across Asia. Numerous smaller sites, logistics hubs, and shared facilities support these larger facilities. What’s more, these bases and support facilities house tens of thousands of active-duty military and War Department civilian personnel.
America has spent decades since the end of the Second World War building these key bases throughout the Indo-Pacific. Now, every one of them has gone from being force multipliers for the US military to major strategic liabilities.
That’s entirely because of China’s commitment to its anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategy. This strategy insists upon denying the US military forward bases from where the Americans can launch attacks against Chinese forces that could either be attacking Taiwan or another US ally, like Japan or the Philippines.
What’s Up With Trump and NATO?
The Pentagon is cutting troops in Europe, even as Russia probes for weakness. Is there a U.S. strategy here?
A Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in Romania on Friday, and we doubt this is a coincidence, comrade. The Kremlin is probing to test NATO’s response, which makes it all the more puzzling that President Trump is sending confusing signals about America’s commitment to the defense of Europe.
“The peaceful sleep is over,” wrote Vladimir Putin adviser Dmitry Medvedev after the incursion. European officials denounced the incident, but don’t be surprised if there are more.
It’s probably no accident that the incursion comes as the U.S. is telling the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to count on far less American firepower to defend the continent in a crisis. The Journalsays Pentagon officials are floating a one-third to one-half reduction of available military assets in a war, including strategic bombers and ships. The Pentagon isn’t denying the cuts, casting them on the QT as an “opportunity” for allies to handle more on their own.
This amounts to a rewrite of American strategy in Europe, without leveling with the public about the risks and costs to U.S. security. Mr. Putin has demonstrated with his war in Ukraine that, even though he’s economically weak, he’s capable of a ruinous miscalculation. NATO is facing arguably the worst security environment since its creation.
Lithuania warns Russian economy is ‘built on war’ and Baltic states are likely next target
The Lithuanian government fears the Baltic states will be Russia’s logical next target because the Kremlin has gone over a cliff in transforming the country’s economy into a war machine.
Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas told reporters during a press conference at his ministry’s headquarters in Vilnius that the “Russian economy is now built on war,” and he worries his own country is next on the chopping block after the conflict in Ukraine is normalized.
“They will continue to build weapons, but after the war in Ukraine — where will those weapons go?” Kaunas warned. “It’s very concerning because Russia can at least try to start a new war, and this new war can be with the Baltic states.”
“From Russia, we’re facing incursion into our airspace with jets [and] cyberattacks,” the defense minister said. “It’s not a hypothetical threat.”
Russian spies are aggressively seeking Western technology as sanctions bite, officials say
Russia’s intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country’s wartime economy, three senior European intelligence officials told The Associated Press.
Moscow’s agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who are gathering information that could also be used to attack key infrastructure, they said.
Four years of international sanctions have hampered Moscow’s ability to procure machinery, technology and research from Europe, while the grinding war in Ukraine has taxed key industries and pushed the country toward a potential financial crisis.
“They really know what they need,” and are putting “serious effort” into acquiring advanced machine tools, factory equipment, research and dual-use technology, said Christoffer Wedelin, deputy head of operations at the Swedish Security Service.
A Tale of Two Types of States: Those with Dumb Energy Laws, and Those with Smart Laws
“It was the best of energy policies; it was the worst of energy policies” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. (Apocryphal)
Higher electricity prices and a lack of cheap energy are in the news. Even before the start of the Iran war, consumers over the winter of 2025-2026 experienced some of the highest energy prices on record, especially electricity consumers in the Northeast and New England.
A recent report by the American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC, America’s largest voluntary membership organization for state legislators, shows the problem lies in local politics, not supply and demand. When it comes to electricity prices, there are two types of American states: those that manipulate electricity markets to the detriment of their citizens, and those that do not.
In 2024, the most recent year with reliable data, the average retail price of electricity nationwide was 13.69 cents per kilowatt-hour. Thirty-seven states average below that level, while the remaining 13 states are ahead in a race that no one should want to win.
Since 2021, ALEC has ranked the states in affordability from 1st to 50th.
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