Trump DOJ charges illegal aliens in Boston with nearly $1.5 million in welfare fraud
JUNE 18, 2026
A Day That Ended the Roman Republic, 44 B.C.
2 hours ago
Friday, June 19, 2026
Iran behaving as expected...nothing will change until they are totally defeated and I mean like Germay or Japan after WWII
Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed again after US lifts blockade
Bringing third world behavior to the streets of LA
Chaos in LA streets as World Cup fans turn violent for Mexico-South Korea match
Should the drug addled mentally unstable people of the homeless population be allowed to vote?
Registering to Vote – Eligibility
To register to vote, you must be:
- A United States citizen,
- A resident of California,
- 18 years old or older on Election Day,
- Not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony, and
- Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court.
A rational path forward
From Soft Justice To Generational Welfare: Why America’s Moral Collapse Can Only Be Fixed With Brutal Common Sense
Movements start out with ideas, even if they take a while.
Last year when Iryna Zarutska was (allegedly — our lawyer said we have to put that until it is adjudicated) murdered on the train by DeCarlos Brown Jr., I (and countless others) wrote about the scourge of violent criminals being released to prey on innocent civilians. But I recently started looking at it from a different angle, particularly when I saw the contrast between the way the Knicks fans behaved after their team won and the Japanese did after their team’s game. It occurred to me that something bigger is going on. Not that the scourge of violent crime isn’t real, because it is and we see it play itself out on our screens every day.
No, I started to look at it differently in that this whole soft on the bad guys problem is a symptom, not the cause, per se. It’s like focusing on the rope or the gun someone uses to commit suicide rather than recognizing that a lot went on before they ever got to that point. As such, the problem is much deeper than a broken justice system. America is in the middle of a moral crisis.
We see it every day, almost everywhere. In Minnesota, we see immigrants defrauding taxpayers out of millions via fake childcare and healthcare scams. After the Karmelo Anthony verdict, black supporters were saying that the “poor boy” should be set free while others were calling for the murder of whites. Across the country we see “teens” ruin stores, community activities, and sporting events with virtual impunity. In LA we saw an election be stolen with everyone watching. In cities from Baltimore to Chicago and beyond, we see schools that graduate kids who can’t even read.
I could go on with an encyclopedia length list of examples of moral problems showing themselves in America every day.
It’s one thing to have a moral crisis as an individual. You handle that by going to see your priest, talking with friends or family, or finding a support group. But what does a nation do when it has such a crisis? Sadly, usually nothing. But not always, as we’ve seen in El Salvador.
From a third of Americans on the government dole to drunk drivers with multiple arrests to the owners of vicious dogs getting slaps on the wrist when their dogs attack, the signs of the moral crisis are seemingly everywhere.
The reality is, in America in 2026, we have a crisis of responsibility. More precisely, we have a crisis of consequences. Simply put, almost no one is ever held responsible for anything and most feel like they have the right to… everything and anything. In a country of 350 million people, there are over 100 million of them living off the taxes of others. From welfare to food stamps to housing assistance and more, America has become a place where not working and living off taxpayers is not only normal, but a right. There are families who have lived on welfare for generations, and no one feels any responsibility to work to provide for their family.
America could easily become the vanguard of Western civilization once again by simply acting morally, with common sense: Make America a place where people are forced to take responsibility for their actions again.
But politically, the challenge with that is… women. Not to put a too-fine point on it, but much of what’s wrong with America began when women gained the right to vote… and even before: Who do you think began the Prohibition movement? Where do you think gold stars in schools and participation trophies come from? Women are naturally empathetic to a far higher degree than men. How many times have you seen when a brute attacks a couple and the man, defending them, begins to beat the hell out of the bad guy, only for the woman to try to restrain her man, and as a consequence, they both get beaten to a pulp? Think of that on a civilizational scale. It’s no wonder that three women, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, and Ursula von der Leyen, are most responsible for the West being overrun by third-world invaders.
Whether it’s women (and to be honest, it’s really liberal women…) or eunuchs or professional victims, the reality is, America’s moral compass is off. The traditional nuclear family is disappearing. Individual responsibility is a quaint footnote in history. The notion of working hard to take care of your family is disappearing.
So what would a moral America run with common sense look like? The first thing would be a justice system that worked to protect citizens. An across the board 3-strikes you’re out rule for violent criminals. (1% of the criminals are responsible for 63% of the violent crime.) Employ the death penalty for crimes which are appropriate, like murder and the rape of children. Drunk drivers should spend a minimum of a decade in prison and if they kill someone, they should get the death penalty. If a vicious dog kills a person and the owner is responsible, they should spend decades in prison.
For “teens” involved in street takeovers and rampaging through stores, not only should they be arrested and jailed, but their parents should also be held responsible. Eliminate any welfare benefits they’re receiving. Arrest them for multiple infractions.
For those involved in fleecing taxpayers, while capital punishment may be a bridge too far, their sentences should number in decades, not just years.
But it’s not just the justice system. It’s more than that. The government should not be in the income redistribution business at all. Individual responsibility starts in the home, and that starts with working to support a family. With a job. To be clear, much of this problem was created when government programs made fathers expendable. The cancer of unwed motherhood is very much at the core of America’s responsibility problem, particularly in black America.
The government should phase out all welfare programs and should simultaneously roll back regulations and taxes so that entrepreneurship can rescue the country.
Eliminate NGOs. It’s not that private organizations shouldn’t help. They should. It’s just that the tax system should not be used to create fake charities that fund leftist agendas and rarely help anyone.
Eviscerate DEI. No organization that receives $1 of taxpayers money should have DEI as any element of its program. This is particularly true of schools. Schools should admit and grade on one metric, merit. Merit is the measure that gives a person dignity and is the basis for pride of accomplishment, both of which are lacking tremendously.
Deport every illegal. With upwards of 50 million illegals in the United States, from jobs to homes to hospital beds, Americans find themselves underpaid and overcharged for practically everything in the economy. It’s a lot easier to get a job and work for a paycheck to support your family when there aren’t millions of illegals able to work for lower wages.
Draconian, maybe, but big problems require big solutions. You can suggest this is pie in the sky thinking, and that may indeed be true. What’s the likelihood of all of these things and more in the same vein coming to pass? A snowball’s chance in Hell I’d say. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean they don’t need to be said. Movements start out with ideas, even if they take a while. And besides, government can sometimes fix things, even its mistakes. See the 21st Amendment.
Iran's goal is the destruction of the State of Israel and the expansion of Islam...they have not varied from this goal
Iran Cancels Switzerland Talks
I expected this, or at least some variation of it.
I wrote about this on Wednesday: Iran demanded the ceasefire in Lebanon to create a steady casus belli they can use to jerk the United States around and drive a wedge between Israel and the United States.
Demand a ceasefire, then get Hezbollah to keep poking at Israel with attacks to generate defensive responses. Then use those defensive responses to cancel talks or jerk us around, claiming that Israel violated the ceasefire.
This was, at least to me, as predictable as the sun rising in the East. Hell, even I predicted it, and I am not a genius.
Well, maybe I am. If so, I am a "stable genius."
Vice President JD Vance postponed a planned trip to Switzerland for U.S.-Iran talks expected to begin Friday, the White House said.
Why it matters: The White House said the reason for the change of plans was "logistics." But there were some indications that the background for the decision is connected to the shaky ceasefire in Lebanon.
What they're saying: At a press conference on Thursday, Vance said the plans for the talks hadn't been finalized and mentioned the fact that Iranian officials might have technical challenges with their travel arrangements.
- "The U.S. delegation has been prepared to depart at the first available opportunity. But the logistics of these negotiations have never been simple or predictable," the White House said in a statement on Thursday night.
- "As of now the Vice President is not departing tonight. We look forward to beginning technical talks as soon as possible."
Driving the news: On Thursday afternoon, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khameneiauthorized Iranian negotiators to conduct direct talks with the U.S., while stressing it 'does not signify acceptance of the enemy's views.'"
- Several hours later, Iran's chief negotiator Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf issued a statement thanking Khamenei and vowing to maintain Iran's red lines in the talks with the U.S., but didn't mention any change of plans.
Between the lines: A U.S. official said Tehran's claims about alleged Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon could be the reason for the talks not happening on Friday.
Context: Israel's military conducted a strike in southern Lebanon earlier on Thursday, killing four people.
- On Thursday night, after the Israeli ambassador's statement and before Vance announced he wasn't going, intense fighting between the Israeli military and Hezbollah erupted in southern Lebanon.
There are, obviously, no "logistics" problems for Vance. I am pretty certain that the United States military could execute a pre-planned trip to Switzerland. The reality is that Iran said they were not going to show up because "Israel violated the ceasefire."
A one-sided ceasefire, for sure. Hezbollah has been sending drones and other ordnance at Israel and Israeli soldiers. There is, in fact, intense fighting there, just as Iran wants. It gives them an excuse to jerk us around and humiliate our Vice President, and to get our president to pressure Israel to accept being attacked whenever Hezbollah (Iran) decides to.
Here’s your reminder of how Hezbollah is “upholding the ceasefire” in the last couple of days:
💥 June 17th:
10:15 - 1 IED
10:57 - 2 Explosive UAVs
12:35 - 9 Rockets
12:37 - 2 Rockets
12:51 - 1 Missile
12:56 - 2 Rockets
13:04 - 6 Rockets
16:53 - 2 Rockets
17:31 - 3 Rockets
17:38 - 1 Rocket
18:24 - 2 Rockets
18:39 - 5 Rockets
18:50 - 5 Rockets
18:54 - 2 Rockets
19:12 - 5 Rockets
19:21 - 4 Rockets
19:37 - 3 Rockets
19:46 - 6 Rockets
20:56 - 6 Rockets
💥 June 18th:
01:00 - 5 terrorists approached forward defense line
06:57 - 1 Explosive UAV
07:28 - 1 Explosive UAV
08:16 - 2 Explosive UAVs
08:23 - 1 Explosive UAV
08:51 - IED explosion
There is a point to this: keep a steady stream of low-level, just below the threshold attacks going to create an environment where Iran can keep the pressure on, but not enough to get Trump to throw the dealmaking away. Just as during the sitzkrieg "ceasefire," when Iran took potshots at its neighbors without Trump responding (until they hit a US helicopter, which apparently was a red line), Iran keeps the initiative and controls the tempo.
They have the initiative. Enough to make the Vice President of the United States wait until they are good and ready. And it is "Israel's fault." I guarantee that Israel will get rebuked by the United States for this, despite being the original victim of an attack.
MORE: Iran’s threats to collapse the agreement unless Israel ceases operations and withdraws from Lebanon likely reflect a deliberate effort to compel the United States to pressure Israel to end operations. Iran has surely observed reports in Western media that President Donald Trump prioritizes preserving the deal and has pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to limit military operations in Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has continued operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, despite Iranian insistence that Israel must halt its campaign in Lebanon as part of the MoU. The IDF stated on June 18 that it will remain deployed within the 10-kilometer-deep IDF “security zone” in southern Lebanon to remove Hezbollah threats to Israeli forces in southern Lebanon and Israeli residents in northern Israel. Two Israeli officials told Reuters on June 18 that Israel recently held talks with the United States to discuss US approval for continued IDF presence in southern Lebanon. Israeli media reported on June 18 that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump during a phone call that Israel will not leave southern Lebanon “as long as Israel’s security needs require it.” Trump stated in a social media post on June 18 that the United States expects a complete ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel. Hezbollah, Iranian officials, and Iranian media have continued to claim that the US-Iran agreement requires Israel to cease operations against Hezbollah and ultimately withdraw from southern Lebanon. Both sides have continued to engage one another in southern Lebanon, including beyond the Yellow Line.
Forget for the moment whose side you are on and just look at the negotiations in terms of who has played things well, and Iran comes out ahead by many points. They will continue to extract concessions from us, and by extension Israel, while creating more and more breathing room for conducting gray-zone warfare against Israel and the United States.
Currently, as long as we are committed to negotiations, Iran has far more freedom to gain leverage than we do.
It's obvious that Iran sees the conflict in Lebanon as the key to gaining leverage. Poking at Israel and getting responses time and again, until Trump throws Israel under the bus, is their main goal. A united US and Israel is a very powerful combination. They intend to divide and conquer the Great Satan and the Little Satan.
Will Trump and Vance cooperate with this plan? It's hard to say. Vance has certainly made clear that he holds Israel in low regard right now and sees its security needs as a significant obstacle to overcome. Trump, I think, is more sympathetic to Israel in general, but clearly worries that its needs are at odds with his.
Iran is going to play on the Trump administration's eagerness for a deal to give it room to hurt its biggest regional enemy, knowing that Trump will work mightily to restrain its ability to respond unless its existence is at stake. "Minor" attacks, or as Trump says, "taps," must be borne.
It's doubtful that Israel can accept that, and that is exactly what Iran wants: bring down the Netanyahu government, divide the US and Israel, and extend the talks long beyond the 60 days.
Yesterday, I almost wrote a piece predicting that Iran wouldn't show up at the talks in Switzerland, but to be honest, I thought it was a bit risky to bet that so early in the talks. I knew it would come, but wasn't sure when. This was the smart play for them, for sure, but also risky.
They are betting that Trump will chase the deal, giving a bit more each time they threaten to walk. That's a risky bet, but they seem pretty good at playing the odds.
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Democrats admit they hate America!
Poll: Nearly 4 in 10 Democrats ‘Ashamed’ to Be American
Nearly four in ten Democrats say they are “ashamed” to be American, a new survey found.
The survey by The Economist/YouGov found just weeks before America’s 250th anniversary that 26 percent of Democrats say they are “somewhat ashamed” and 12 percent say they are “very ashamed” to be American.
Nearly twice as many Democrats reported being somewhat or very ashamed to be American compared to overall poll respondents. Out of all U.S. adult citizens polled, 12 percent say they are “somewhat ashamed” and 8 percent say they are “very ashamed.”
Still, some Democrats say they are “very proud” to be American (22 percent) or “somewhat proud” (18 percent). Approximately 22 percent of Democrats say they are “neither proud nor ashamed” — a sentiment shared by 20 percent of overall respondents.
Americans overall are still proud to be American, with 42 percent saying they are “very proud” and 18 percent saying they are “somewhat proud.”
Republicans are the most likely voters to say they are “very proud” to be American, at 78 percent, and 15 percent say they are “somewhat proud.” Only 3 percent of Republicans say they are ashamed to be American, including those who are “very ashamed” (1 percent) and “somewhat ashamed” (2 percent).
Only 4 percent of GOP voters say they are “neither proud nor ashamed.”
In another question, 45 percent of Democrats say America compares poorly to other countries, including 25 percent who call it “worse than average,” 14 percent who say it is “among the worst,” and 6 percent who say it is “the worst” in the world.
Overall, 54 percent of U.S. citizens polled say America is either the greatest country in the world (21 percent), among the greatest (20 percent), or better than average (13 percent).
The survey was conducted between June 13-15 with 1,549 respondents, and the margin of error is ±3.5 percentage points.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her on X @thekat_hamilton.
SCOOP: Rick Scott Moves to Terminate DHS Program That Incentivizes Hiring Foreign Grads
SCOOP: Rick Scott Moves to Terminate DHS Program That Incentivizes Hiring Foreign Grads
• June 18, 2026
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Rick Scott introduced a bill designed to end the Optional Practical Training visa program, which incentivizes employers to hire foreign students.
The Florida Republican’s Prioritizing American Talent Act would prohibit Department of Homeland Security funding from being used to help foreigners secure employment in the U.S.
The Optional Practical Training program, created in 1992, allows international students to remain in the United States to work for nearly four years after graduation. Employers receive a tax break for hiring the graduates under the program, which some say gives foreign nationals an advantage over U.S. citizens.
Scott has said the OPT program creates a national security risk by allowing Chinese students to access sensitive technology and cutting-edge research at top U.S. companies and universities before returning home.
“We need to make more jobs available for hardworking Americans, not foreign workers who come over to exploit the system—including thousands from Communist China,” Scott said in a statement to the Daily Signal. “This is why we need to end the Optional Practical Training Program, which has allowed employers to import foreign labor under the guise of job training. That’s why I am proud to introduce this bill to end it.”
While the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to end the program by issuing a new rule, President Donald Trump’s administration has not publicly begun the rulemaking process, leading some conservative members of Congress to propose their own bills to end the program.
“We need to make sure that Americans who work hard and play by the rules still have the chance to live their American dream,” Scott said.
Scott told the Daily Signal that people are “shocked” whenever he talks about OPT.“It makes you mad,” he said. “We all pay our taxes, and then we create incentives for our companies in our country to hire foreign workers.”
“This should happen today, one, to help Americans get jobs, and number two, we got to get rid of this for the fraud,” he said. “Number three, we’ve got a lot of people here from Communist China, they’re spying on us and stealing things from our companies.”
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