He’s manhandling the media.
Secretary Rubio makes a reporter look foolish after being asked why the administration didn’t notify Congress prior to the strikes on Iran.
REPORTER: “Why not notify Congress ahead of this?”
RUBIO: “We did.”
“We notified Congress. We notified the gang of eight, we notified Congressional leadership.”
“There’s no law that requires us to do that. The law says we have to notify them 48 hours after beginning hostilities, we’ve done that. I think the notification went today.”
“But we did notify members of Congress in advance, but we can’t notify 535 members of Congress.”
“Congress can vote on whatever they want, but there’s no law that requires us to do that.”
“And I want to say something, because I see people on TV — looks like that’s fine if they want to take the War Powers vote, they can do that. They’ve done that a bunch of times.”
“But people keep saying that we have some law — there is NO law that requires the president to have done anything with regards to this.”
“To begin with, no president, presidential administration has ever accepted that the War Powers Act is constitutional, not Republican presidents or Democratic presidents.”
Then Rubio landed the haymaker:
“That said, we have followed the notification of 48 hours, we are here today — I have done more gang of eight briefings than I got in the four years that Biden and I were members of the gang of eight.”
“All of that said, we have complied with the law 100% and we’re going to continue to comply with it.”
BREAKING 🚨 This video of Nancy Pelosi is going viral of her insisting Presidents don’t need approval from Congress to carry out strikes
"[Obama] did not need authorization, and still does not need it on Libya?"
NANCY PELOSI: "Yes”
There you have it
If a liberal friend of yours tries to convince you that Gavin Newsom is the right one to vote for in 2028. Here are 10 amazing accomplishments he was responsible for in California, and why you should vote for him.
POLITELY tell them they are an idiot!
1. Hypocrisy during COVID-19 restrictions: Newsom attended a maskless dinner at the upscale French Laundry restaurant in 2020 while urging Californians to follow strict masking and gathering rules, and later partied maskless in an NFL luxury suite despite state orders. This fueled public backlash and contributed to a 2021 recall effort.
2. Mismanagement of high-speed rail project: After initially promising to scale back the troubled project in 2019, Newsom reversed course and continued pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into it, despite ongoing delays, cost overruns (now exceeding $100 billion), and criticism that it's become a "money pit."
3. Overstating wildfire prevention efforts: An investigation revealed Newsom exaggerated the acres of land treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns by 690% (claiming 90,000 acres when only 11,399 were treated), amid criticism of inadequate preparation for devastating wildfires.
4. Handling of unemployment benefits (EDD fraud): During pandemic shutdowns, the Employment Development Department (EDD) under Newsom's administration faced massive fraud, with estimates of $20-30 billion in improper payments, long delays for legitimate claimants, and criticism for poor oversight.
5. Contribution to high cost of living: Policies under Newsom have been blamed for California's highest-in-the-nation cost of living, including high taxes, housing shortages, and regulations driving up expenses like gasoline (nearly 50% above the national average).
6. Rising crime rates: Despite national declines, California's crime rate reportedly increased by 13% in 2022 per FBI data, with critics pointing to Newsom's support for criminal justice reforms like Prop 47 (reducing penalties for some thefts) as exacerbating shoplifting and other issues.
7. Persistent homelessness crisis: Despite billions spent (over $20 billion since 2019), homelessness rose by 6% in 2024, with critics accusing Newsom of ineffective strategies, slow progress on housing, and failing to address root causes like mental health and addiction.
8. Energy policies and high gas prices: Newsom's push for renewable energy mandates and regulations has been linked to California's highest gas prices in the U.S., population outflows, and business departures, amid broader economic strains like repeated budget crises.
9. Halting the death penalty: In 2019, Newsom imposed a moratorium on executions, dismantling death row despite voters twice affirming capital punishment via ballot measures, drawing criticism for defying the electorate and denying closure to victims' families.
10. Focus on national politics over state issues: Critics, including fellow Democrats like San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, argue Newsom prioritizes social media trolling of Republicans and national ambitions (e.g., potential 2028 presidential run) over addressing California's problems like homelessness and crime.
A vote for Gavin is a vote for evil. His horns are just below the surface.
Trey Gowdy , South Carolina Congressman, recently responded to a reporter about the military in response to a question from a CNN reporter about the DoD ban of transgenders from joining the U.S. armed forces. As Trey typically does so very well, he nailed it rather succinctly.
Question: How can President Trump claim to represent all U.S citizens, regardless of sexual orientation, when he banned transgenders from joining the military? Isn't that discrimination?
Trey Gowdy's Response: " Nobody has a right to serve in the Military. Nobody! What makes you people think the Military is an equal opportunity employer? It is very far from it - and for good reasons - let me cite a few."
"The Military uses prejudice regularly and consistently to deny citizens from joining for being too old or too young, too fat or too skinny, too tall or too short. Citizens are denied for having flat feet, or for missing or additional fingers." he went on to explain: "By the way, poor eyesight will disqualify you, as well as bad teeth. Malnourished? Drug addiction? Bad back? Criminal history? Low IQ? Anxiety? Phobias? Hearing damage? Six arms? Hear voices in your head? Self-identification as a Unicorn? Need a special access ramp for your wheelchair?"
"Can't run the required course in the required time? Can't do the required number of push-ups? Not really a morning person? and refuse to get out of bed before noon? All can be legitimate reasons for denial"
"The Military has one job: Winning War. Anything else is a distraction and a liability. Did someone just scream? That isn't Fair? War is VERY unfair, there are no exceptions made for being special or challenged or socially wonderful"
"YOU must change yourself to meet Military standards and not the other way around."
"I say again: You don't change the Military - you must change yourself. The Military is not about being fair, it is about taking advantage of others and about winning.
The Military doesn't need to accommodate anyone with special issues. The Military needs to Win Wars and keep our Country safe - PERIOD!"
"If any of your personal issues are a liability that detract from readiness or lethality... Thank you for applying and good luck in future endeavors."
"...any other questions?"
Having been called a liar by Anthony Fauci for saying that "not one of the 72 vaccines mandated for children has ever been safety tested", RFK Jr. sued Fauci.
After a year of stonewalling, Fauci's lawyers admitted that RFK Jr. had been right all along.
"There's no downstream liability, there's no front-end safety testing... and there's no marketing and advertising costs, because the federal government is ordering 78 million school kids to take that vaccine every year."
"What better product could you have? And so there was a gold rush to add all these new vaccines to the schedule... because if you get onto that schedule, it's a billion dollars a year for your company."
"So we got all of these new vaccines, 72 shots, 16 vaccines... And that year, 1989, we saw an explosion in chronic disease in American children... ADHD, sleep disorders, language delays, ASD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, ticks, narcolepsy."
"Autism went from one in 10,000 in my generation... to one in every 34 kids today."
And this is:
One of the greatest crimes ever perpetrated in United States history against the American people:
Former U.S. Border Chief Aaron Heitke,
who served under five administrations:
“I WAS TOLD TO MOVE THEM OUT OF SIGHT OF THE MEDIA.”
TESTIFIES that he was ordered by the Biden–Harris terrorist administration to cover up, conceal, and manipulate data on the border crisis; intentionally reduce detention capacity nationwide; issue Social Security numbers to illegal aliens; grant them Social Security benefits and Medicaid; register them to vote; and ultimately enable them to vote in U.S. elections—while even prohibiting the mention of arrests of foreign terrorists.
Border Chief Aaron Heitke:
“We have no idea who or what is coming through our country.”
— Regarding SIAs:
“Special Interest Aliens (SIAs) and known and suspected terrorists…
At the time, I was told I could not release any information on this increase in SIAs or mention any of the arrests.
The administration was trying to convince the public there was no threat at the border.”
— FENTANYL
“San Diego sees between 80% and 90% of the methamphetamine and fentanyl seizures annually for our entire country.
With little enforcement at the border, these drugs were coming through in mass.
During my last year in San Diego, the price for a single pill of fentanyl went from $10 to 25 cents.”
— FUNDING
“To make matters worse, during 2022 and 2023 I had to shut down San Diego traffic checkpoints—which are critical for drug interdiction—because the resources had been diverted to the process and release mission.”
— THE COVER-UP
“I had to release illegal aliens each day into communities that could not support them. To quiet the problem, two flights a week were provided from San Diego to Texas. Each flight cost approximately $150,000.
This was the administration’s way of trying to quiet the border crisis.”
“Under pressure from the administration, my headquarters became more interested in the fiction being portrayed in the media, and not at all concerned with reality.
We had 2,000 or more illegal aliens sitting between the fences, asking to turn themselves in.
I WAS TOLD TO MOVE THEM OUT OF SIGHT OF THE MEDIA.”
In the 1970s they ran an experiment that still blows minds today.
They took four windowless 1st-grade classrooms, swapped the harsh flickering fluorescent lights for full-spectrum bulbs that mimic real daylight… and filmed what happened next.
The difference is shocking: hyperactive, off-the-wall kids suddenly calm down, sit still, and focus like never before. The control classrooms under standard lights? Chaos as usual.
This is real 1970s footage from Dr. John Ott’s groundbreaking work (1976, Sarasota, FL). His time-lapse cameras caught something schools still ignore: artificial light spectrum and flicker can literally rewire developing brains.
Modern science backs it up hard:
- 2023 meta-review of 59 studies: kids are WAY more sensitive to light color & timing than adults
- Blue-enriched “daylight” lighting improves attention, task-switching, reading fluency
- Poor classroom lighting = higher stress, absenteeism, even myopia risk
- Natural/full-spectrum light = up to 25% higher test scores in some studies
We spend billions on curriculum and tech… but most classrooms still run 1970s prison-grade lighting.
Parents, teachers, anyone with kids: watch this clip and tell me this isn’t worth rethinking.
The 70s called — they were onto something huge.
Who else thinks it’s time for a classroom lighting revolution? Drop your thoughts
Tylenol during pregnancy is one cause of autism. There are others, and Kennedy made it clear that vaccines are being reviewed. So what are they waiting for? EVIDENCE. Evidence through the studies they are now doing. It has to be SOLID before they take down the vax industry.
@robbystarbuck Even Bill Gates praises President Trump’s method of experts meeting to discuss ideas for innovation in improving the best practices for governing an efficient society. 🇺🇸
This is a first!!
🚨BREAKING: Fired CNN anchor Jim Acosta receivd $4 million from USAID for Ukraine to "disseminate positive information."
In other words,they paid him millions to lie to the public.
What's your response?
July 4th has special meaning for me.
Having my brother Gary murdered, along with my best friend Doug and 656 friends and colleagues at Cantor Fitzgerald on September 11th, 2001, simply because they were American, cannot make the point more clear.
America is the defender of peace and the protector of freedom.
Many who are fortunate and blessed to live in America want to destroy freedom and seek our undoing.
They are able to attack us with words, signs, and protests only because they live in a country that allows them the freedom to speak.
All those who live in America and yell “death to America” should leave this country and live where they think it’s better.
This, of course, will never happen because there is no place better to live than the U.S.
We live in the only country that protects the world, fights for peace and freedom, loves life and liberty, and allows us, the citizens of America, to collectively choose our leader.
And I cannot be prouder that we, as a nation, have chosen Donald J. Trump as our President.
Today, let us give thanks for the freedom we enjoy every day and remember all those who gave their lives because they were Americans.