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A Trump tariff legacy: U.S. Treasury posts June surplus of $27 billion

11Jul

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A Trump tariff legacy: U.S. Treasury posts June surplus of $27 billion

By Frank DeMatteo | Investing.com Investing.com -- Just one week after President Trump signed the “Big Beautiful Bill” into law, the administration is celebrating again. The U.S. government posted a budget surplus for June, driven in large part by Trump’s aggressive tariff policies. The June 2025 budget recorded a surplus of over $27 billion, the first monthly surplus since 2017. Economists had expected a deficit of $41.5 billion for the month. A key factor was the surge in customs duties, which totaled roughly $27 billion for the month. That’s up from $23 billion in May and a staggering 301% increase compared to June 2024. So far this year, tariff collections have reached $113 billion, up 86% from the same period last year. Much of the increase is tied to the across-the...

Pastor Bob: “Shhhhh Pastor–you can’t say that!”

11Jul

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Pastor Bob: “Shhhhh Pastor–you can’t say that!”

By Rev. Robert Babcox | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice “Shhhhh, Pastor, you can’t say that!” That’s what they want us to believe. That if we dare speak the truth about what’s going on in our country, we’re risking our church’s tax status. But here’s the thing—truth doesn’t come with a mute button. Let me explain where this all started: The Johnson Amendment—for what good it has done, or should I say what good it has prevented. The Johnson Amendment is a provision in the U.S. tax code, in place since 1954, that prohibits all 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates. These organizations range from charitable foundations to universities and churches. It’s named for then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, who introduced it in a prelim...

Colorado Springs vs. Huntsville: what’s next for Space Command HQ?

11Jul

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Colorado Springs vs. Huntsville: what’s next for Space Command HQ?

By Jamie McIntyre | Washington Examiner One of the longest-running battles in Washington is not over the war in Ukraine or the wisdom of tariffs and tax cuts but rather a war between two states over whether Space Command headquarters should remain in Colorado, where it is and always has been since its predecessor, the Air Force Space Command, was established in 1982, or move to Huntsville, Alabama, where it would be the crown jewel of “Rocket City,” home of the Army’s Redstone Arsenal. When President Donald Trump created the Space Force at the end of 2019 during his first term, Colorado’s newly renamed Peterson Space Force Base was, as logic would dictate, named the temporary headquarters of what was now a full-fledged combatant command, while a formal A...

Victory for the pulpit: Religious leaders no longer face tax threats for political speech

10Jul

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Victory for the pulpit: Religious leaders no longer face tax threats for political speech

By Noah Stanton | I Stand For Freedom Every Sunday, millions of Americans go to church hoping to learn how to live better lives. For years, pastors have had to watch their words carefully. Say something about who to vote for, and the government might show up and take away the church’s special tax status. It’s like having a referee who can throw you out of the game for saying certain words. This hidden muzzle on church leaders has been around since 1954. Americans can speak freely almost everywhere else. But in church, the IRS could punish certain kinds of talk. Many religious people wondered: How can we have true religious freedom if our pastors can’t speak freely about today’s big issues? That question now has an answer. The Internal Revenue Service told a federal court on Monday...

Court lets defamation case against SPLC proceed over weaponized ‘hate’ label of Dustin Inman Society

10Jul

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Court lets defamation case against SPLC proceed over weaponized ‘hate’ label of Dustin Inman Society

By Tyler O'Neil | The Daily Signal How can a leftist group present itself as the authority on “hate groups” in public, touting the fact that police and even the FBI have relied on its materials, and then reverse course when challenged in court, claiming that its statements are unprovable “opinion” rather than expert statements of fact? Has the Southern Poverty Law Center no shame? To ask the question is to answer it. As I wrote in my book “Making Hate Pay,” the SPLC has long engaged in ritual character assassination, putting mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, claiming that the map exposes the “infrastructure upholding white supremacy.” It persisted in doing this after the “hate map” inspired a terrorist att...

Joondeph: What would our Founding Founders think? An Independence Day reality check

10Jul

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Joondeph: What would our Founding Founders think? An Independence Day reality check

By Dr. Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, Rasmussen Reports As we lit sparklers and grilled burgers this Fourth of July, a new Rasmussen Reports poll provided a sobering dose of reality. Only 36% of Americans believe the Founding Fathers would see today’s America as a success. Forty-one percent (41%) think they’d view it as a failure, and the rest aren’t sure. That’s not just political frustration speaking. It’s a warning sign that something has gone off course. The ideals that launched our republic, including liberty, limited government, and personal responsibility, seem more like museum relics than guiding principles. Picture Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, men who risked everything on the idea that a free people could govern themselves. They didn’t agree on everything, ...

HHS shuts door on illegal immigrants’ access to taxpayer-funded benefits

10Jul

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HHS shuts door on illegal immigrants’ access to taxpayer-funded benefits

By Natalia Mittelstadt | Just the News “For too long, the government has diverted hardworking Americans’ tax dollars to incentivize illegal immigration,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday banned illegal immigrants from accessing the agency's taxpayer-funded benefits. Since 1998, HHS has interpreted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to let illegal immigrants use certain federal public benefits, according to the department. On Thursday, HHS announced that it has formally rescinded the interpretation that began under the Clinton administration. “For too long, the government has diverted hardworking Americans’ tax dollars to incentivize illegal immigration,” HHS Secretary Robe...

Garbo: The Hippocratic Oath demands compassion—even for MAGA voters suffering from Texas floods

10Jul

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Garbo: The Hippocratic Oath demands compassion—even for MAGA voters suffering from Texas floods

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The moment Dr. Christina B. Propst chose to mock flood-stricken Texans as “getting what they voted for,” she exposed a depth of moral bankruptcy that defies belief. In a now-deleted Facebook post under the name “Chris Tina,” she wished safety only for “children, non-MAGA voters and pets,” while implying that political affiliation should determine who deserves compassion amid a deadly disaster. Her employer, Blue Fish Pediatrics, acted swiftly to dismiss her. But firing her is only the first step in addressing a breach that demands far stronger accountability. Propst’s remarks struck at the heart of medical ethics. Every physician takes an oath to treat patients impartially, regardless of background or belie...

GOP lawmakers demand end to taxpayer-funded dog and cat experimentation at NIH

9Jul

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GOP lawmakers demand end to taxpayer-funded dog and cat experimentation at NIH

By Hannah Knudsen | Breitbart Several Republican House members, led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), are demanding the termination of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding going toward cruel experiments on dogs and cats. In a letter penned to NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, reviewed by Breitbart News, lawmakers raise the issue highlighted by the taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste Project (WCW), which has demonstrated that NIH “continues to renew and fund dozens of Dr. Fauci’s disturbing experiments on dogs and cats in labs around the world, in which animals are infested with insects, infected with viruses, forcefed experimental drugs, and killed.” “As Congress begins its work to implement the Trump Administration’s request for a 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Heal...

DOE report warns of blackout risk soaring amid push to shut conventional power

9Jul

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DOE report warns of blackout risk soaring amid push to shut conventional power

By Paul Gerke, Kevin Clark | Power Engineering The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) began the week following Independence Day with a bang, releasing a report that the status quo is unsustainable for the U.S. electric grid. According to DOE, blackout risks in 2030 could be 100 times higher if the U.S. keeps shutting down conventional power plants. According to DOE’s analysis, the grid will not be able to sustain an estimated 104 gigawatts (GW) of baseload generation retirements by 2030 and isn’t prepared to meet the growth in electricity demand driven by data centers and artificial intelligence (AI). The DOE expects an additional 100 GW of new peak-hour supply to be needed by then; half of that growth is directly attributable to data centers. The United States has more tha...

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A Trump tariff legacy: U.S. Treasury posts June surplus of $27 billion

Pastor Bob: “Shhhhh Pastor–you can’t say that!”

Colorado Springs vs. Huntsville: what’s next for Space Command HQ?

Victory for the pulpit: Religious leaders no longer face tax threats for political speech

Court lets defamation case against SPLC proceed over weaponized ‘hate’ label of Dustin Inman Society

Joondeph: What would our Founding Founders think? An Independence Day reality check

HHS shuts door on illegal immigrants’ access to taxpayer-funded benefits

Garbo: The Hippocratic Oath demands compassion—even for MAGA voters suffering from Texas floods

GOP lawmakers demand end to taxpayer-funded dog and cat experimentation at NIH

DOE report warns of blackout risk soaring amid push to shut conventional power

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