Shootout Erupts At Seattle Festival, Killing 3; Second Gunman On The Run

A Conservative Audit Of The Left's Ruling Assumptions Authored by Stu Cvrk via American Greatness, There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that does not know it is dishonest. It wraps itself in the language of compassion, hides its power hunger behind slogans of liberation, and mistakes its own cultural preferences for universal moral law. American progressivism, in its current form as embodied by the Democrat Party, has become a nearly perfect specimen of this condition. The clichés, observations, and aphorisms collected here are not talking points manufactured in a think...

Vance Calls Off Pakistan Trip, Iran Delegation Confirms No-Show, With Hours Till Ceasefire Collapse Summary Vance calls off trip to Pakistan after Iran demanded US lift blockade of ports. Tasnim says Iran's 'final decision' is to not attend talks. Trump warns: 'Expect...bombs' & urges Tehran "release women" said to be on death row. Overnight, US forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani in Indo-Pac region: CENTCOM As just 12 ships have gone through Hormuz Strait in last 24 hours, Iran claims one of its own made it past...

Obama Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Anti-DEI Grant Conditions Via American Greatness, A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration’s push to attach anti-DEI strings to federal grant money. The court ruled this week that the executive branch overstepped its constitutional authority by imposing the conditions on a group of West Coast cities and counties. Obama-nominated U.S. District Judge William Orrick granted a preliminary injunction Thursday barring the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and the Interior from enforcing the contested conditions against 11 local governments, concluding in a 68-page order that the restrictions likely run...