Forty years ago, I spent my first Independence Day here in Washington, D.C. My family and I had just arrived in the United States as legal immigrants, carrying all of our possessions in a few suitcases of clothes. I was not even three years old. They willingly traded the comfort of the warm Caribbean for the unknowns of the cold East Coast. But they were inspired to expand the educational horizons for their son and daughter (and later, their second son), and what they hoped would eventually be fulfilling career paths for all of us. 

Democrat Party nominee for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, doesn’t like Jews. Any quick search of his past exposes a long list of coded statements and friends who straight-out say so. On Sunday's "Meet the Press" he was given three chances to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” – and he not only whiffed, he made the problem worse. He’s not uncomfortable with his anti-Jewish hate. If your “principles” allow for bigotry and hatred in some circumstances, it really will allow for them under any circumstances.

This is not what democracy should look like. New York City Democrat Primary voters just elected a Muslim-Indian Democrat-Socialist, who's a trust-fund baby born in Uganda that only became a U.S. Citizen in 2018, that preaches all things anti-White, anti-American, anti-Capitalist, anti-Israel, and anti-Common Sense as their nominee for Mayor. No wonder polling indicates the American Public is fed up with them – and here's the numbers.

Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar -- the last Parthian shot from a terrified regime, desperate for an out -- and a ceasefire. Iran would have been better off not launching such a ceremonial but ultimately humiliating proof of impotence. Even worse for the theocracy, Iran's temporary reprieve came from the now magnanimous but still hated U.S. President Donald Trump.

This isn’t Iraq. It isn’t Afghanistan. It’s not even in the same universe. This wasn’t some tragic exercise in exporting democracy to people who didn’t want it. It wasn’t a two-decade nation-building slog through endless desert. There were no speeches about empowering women’s councils or holding parliamentary elections in caves. It was targeted. Surgical. The mission was simple: identify the most dangerous, real-world threat to global stability—Iran’s nuclear weapons program—and end it. Not debate it.

In a brief Saturday night address, President Trump said that all of Iran's nuclear capabilities were "obliterated." ​​​​And addressing the "are we, or are we not at war with Iran," the president said: "For 40 years Iran has been saying 'Death to America, Death to Israel.' They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, so I decided long ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue."

Trump talks nonstop about protecting the middle class. Unions like him; Wall Street mostly despises him. Trump wants to deport as many illegal alien criminals as possible. But he is willing to consider green cards for unlawful aliens who are working, crime-free, and with long residence in the U.S. The Trump counterrevolution barrels ahead. The people cheer. And Democrats keep barking at the moon.

Last Friday, the world awoke to news that the long-simmering conflict between Israel and Iran had reignited with dangerous new intensity. Explosions rocked strategic sites inside Iran in what analysts believe was a calculated Israeli response to Tehran’s escalated proxy attacks across the region. This cycle of strike and counterstrike has destabilized oil markets, rattled global alliances, and raised the risk of wider war.

They say “five million people” took to the streets to protest “No Kings” last Saturday. Know how I know there are five million people? Because the public relations firm hired by organizers – fully funded by spoiled, entitled, white billionaires – put out a press release saying so. That’s how I know. Democrats simply declare something and no judgement is cast in their direction. Weird, right? Actually, no – it's not weird at all, it’s how media bias works now. 

After Israel took out at least two of Iran's top nuclear weapons scientists (and promised to kill more,) my High School Fight Song came to mind. After a touchdown, we sang, "Hit 'em hard and hit 'em again. Show 'em now we're gonna win." That's precisely what Israel's done over several days against its mortal enemy that's threatened to exterminate them for decades.

I can’t ascribe a reason why these people – not just in America, but around the world – seem to be hype-men for the Mullahs of Iran, but my suspicion runs the gambit. Some, I’m sure, do it out of what they view as "principle," but what those principles are will forever remain a mystery. There has to be a serious price for that – but thanks to Democrats, they haven’t paid much of one. Don't forget, we have the biggest stick, and I’m not talking about nuclear.

The entire career of race-baiter Al Sharpton was founded on falsehoods about the Tawana Brawley scam. Nearly everything the left told us about the Trayvon Martin fight was false. The "hands up, don't shoot" Ferguson fable and the Covington Kids myth were quickly exposed. The Duke Lacrosse and Jussie Smollett melodramas were laughable. Abrego Garcia became a "Maryland Man": a supposed poor victim of Trump overreach.

California has long prided itself on being a symbol of progressive governance, a supposed beacon of tolerance, opportunity and inclusivity. But behind the glittering curtain of Hollywood dreams and Silicon Valley innovation lies a troubling reality -- a self-inflicted crisis stemming from policies that defy economic logic and common sense. As California grapples with an unprecedented immigration surge, ballooning homelessness and mass exodus of residents and businesses, the question arises: Should the federal government intervene?

Bass and Newsom also seem to think that the president should not be able to send the National Guard to Los Angeles when the governor has not requested it. Newsom has just filed suit against President Trump over the issue. But he and the mayor are, unfortunately for them, on the wrong side of that question, too. Yes, usually when a president sends the National Guard, it is at the request of a state's governor. But not always.

It’s time to accept that some people simply cannot be reached – they're like smelly, woke National Democrats who stand for the rights a criminals who are in our country illegally — or wait, like California leftists who cannot be reasoned with. They’re AOC, Chuck Schumer and Gavin Newsome Democrats. The rest of us don’t necessarily have to pay attention to them, but we do need to be informed about their activities that enable lawbreaking, or are anti-American.

The White House on Friday cited the May jobs report as evidence that the labor market's robust, while Congressional Democrats called it weak. While labor conditions are softening, a deep dive into the report shows any weakness started long before the Trump administration, which is making undeniable progress reprivatizing the economy. The number of jobs in the federal government has now fallen every month this year, bringing the number of federal payrolls down to the lowest level since November 2023.

Some 500,000 illegal entrants are believed to have criminal records – a number greater than the population of Oakland, California. New reports relate almost daily that another illegal alien has murdered, raped, or assaulted an American Citizen. Yet Democrats & The Left often champion violent illegal alien criminals facing deportation. Thousands of these unknown criminals are deadly land mines waiting to explode.

It's been six months since their disastrous 2024 Election performance, and Democrats are “still searching for the path forward” wrote The New York Times last week. In order to help them fix this difficult problem, Democrats recently hired some (very) expensive consultants – and one decided to ask voters what animal they'd assign to each party. Republicans were “apex predators... lions, tigers & sharks.” Democrats were called “tortoises, slugs & sloths.”

In one of the delicious ironies of history, after the 2012 Presidential Election the GOP set out to broaden its appeal to Minorities & Young Voters, it ignored the advice of its top party officials, and embraced a candidate that many insiders rejected. Now, a fascinating new 2024 Election Analysis puts 2024 in the context of data from yhe 2012, 2016 and 2020 Elections to see which direction each party is moving with individual groups of voters. Spoiler alert – it's a feel-good story for Republicans.

Last week, in what is being called the largest-ever ICE enforcement operation, nearly 1,500 illegal foreign nationals were arrested—most of them hiding in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions. That’s not just a number. That’s a blunt warning: there are thousands more just like them—living, working, and perhaps plotting among us, thanks to open-border ideologues and their enablers in blue-state leadership.