FAIL: Abdul El-Sayed Tries to Filibuster His Way Through Interview With Jesse Watters

Abdul El-Sayed, the radical DSA type candidate running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, went on the Jesse Watters show on FOX News tonight. It did not go well for him.

Watters kept attempting to ask El-Sayed legitimate questions and instead of answering, he just kept trying to filibuster his way through it and offer his own campaign talking points.

If the goal here was to make El-Sayed seem more appealing as a candidate, it was a failure.

Transcript via Overton News:

JESSE WATTERS: “I don’t want you guys to blow the country up. Do you know how much the federal budget is now?”

ABDUL EL-SAYED: “No. Neither do I. Pete Hegseth –”

JESSE WATTERS: “Answer the question. Do you know what the federal budget is for?”

ABDUL EL-SAYED: “I just want to talk about this. You want to talk about budgets. I’m happy to do that. The guy who used to work on your channel, I think he was the sixth host on that five. He wanted to raise our military budget to $1.5 trillion, and you don’t seem to be upset about that. So we can fight we don’t know how to get out of to raise our gas prices five dollars a gallon? That doesn’t make sense to me, Jesse.”

From there the ad hominens started coming in.

JESSE WATTERS “I have a feeling, Abdul, you don’t even know how much money the government spends every year. Do you know?”

ABDUL EL-SAYED: “Look, the question, Jesse, to me –”

JESSE WATTERS: “Alright, so you don’t know. Let me tell you what it is. It’s $7 trillion a year, and your plan to take over the health care system is four trillion.”

ABDUL-EL SAYED: “To exactly your point –”

JESSE WATTERS: “I’m not very good at math, I don’t think you’re very good at math either. Go ahead.”

ABDUL EL-SAYED: “Clearly. Clearly you don’t. And you don’t seem to care, but I don’t think most Americans want to spend that much money on military escapades so that the folks stranded on the USS Abraham Lincoln can even get a sausage for breakfast, because I just think that we could do a whole lot better with our money. And I think that’s where you and I –”

JESSE WATTERS: “Yeah, I disagree. I think if you spend $4 trillion, everything else is going to get really expensive.”

Here’s the video:

This moment about the transing of kids was rather surreal:

Democrats are probably going to regret nominating this man for the Senate.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/fail-abdul-el-sayed-tries-filibuster-his-way/

ICE Just Made a Huge Bust in the Greater DC Area

ICE just successfully completed one of its largest operations in history, arresting nearly 1,400 illegal aliens across the greater Washington, D.C. area in a 14-day period, according to Fox News.

Videos uploaded by Bill Melugin showed multiple aliens fleeing federal agents and resisting arrest. Melugin reported that approximately 30 percent of those detained by ICE either had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.

The news of the massive bust comes just days following a DNC vote to abolish ICE, release detainees, and bring an end to the detention of illegal aliens. The policy could land itself onto the Democrat Party platform ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

The Trump administration has set record months for deportations over the summer. Data reported by Newsweek shows that the federal government has averaged 1,246 daily deportations from April through July.

https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/08/24/ice-just-made-a-huge-bust-in-the-greater-dc-area-n2681802

Norway Will Drill for Oil and Gas in the Barents Sea Despite European Union’s Objections

Norwegian oil rig – Wiki Commons

Norway rejects the title of ‘Europe’s green battery’.

The Scandinavian Kingdom of Norway keeps plowing along an independent course when it comes to energy security.

Despite the fact that the European Union keeps insisting on its suicidal energy policies, including a ‘moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon supplies, the Norwegian will keep at it.

Energy Minister Terje Aasland assured the press that his country will continue developing its oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea, in spite of the EU’s objections.

He also stated that Norway is no longer interested in being Europe’s ‘green battery’.

Reuters reported:

“Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of ‌Ukraine, Norway has become Europe’s largest supplier of natural gas, meeting around 30% of gas demand of both the European Union and Britain.

Last year, the country’s gas production was near record levels, while oil output reached its highest level since 2009. Official forecasts, however, show production falling sharply after 2030 unless new resources are discovered and developed.

‘In today’s geopolitical and security environment, and given the resource situation, I believe continued activity in the Barents Sea serves both ​Norwegian and European interests’, Aasland said in a Reuters interview ahead of ONS, Norway’s biannual energy conference, which begins in Stavanger on Monday.”

OilPrice reported:

“Norway, not an EU member but a close ally and the single biggest gas supplier to Europe, pursues increasing its oil and gas supply to meet demand in Europe, which has had to contend with the bans on Russian oil and gas imports amid two energy crises in four years.

The EU, for its part, currently has a moratorium on drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic.

The EU’s moratorium on Arctic drilling was enacted in 2021 due to the bloc’s climate commitments and environmental concerns. The ban does not allow drilling in Norway’s northern parts of the Barents Sea, which is estimated to contain most of the remaining Norwegian oil and gas resources.

Production in the Barents Sea would be key to Norway meeting its goal to maintain oil and gas exports at current levels until at least 2035, the minister added. ‘If Norway is to remain a long-term supplier of oil and gas to Europe, then the Arctic must be part of that discussion’, Aasland said.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/norway-will-drill-oil-gas-barents-sea-despite/

MAJOR BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting Ahead of Midterms

The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Earlier this month, US District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, expanded her previous block on President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting.

The Boston-based Judge previously blocked President Trump’s March 2025 executive order, specifically his attempt to create a federal voter list.

In March 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14248: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.

“Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election,” the executive order said.

“Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans’ voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error. Yet the United States has not adequately enforced Federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote,” the executive order said.

“Several Federal laws, including 18 U.S.C. 1015 and 611, prohibit foreign nationals from registering to vote or voting in Federal elections,” Trump said.

Judge Talwani previously said, “The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.”

On August 11, Judge Talwani blocked the US Postal Service from implementing Trump’s executive order that would make mail-in ballots more secure.

On Monday, the high court paused Judge Indira Talwani’s ruling that blocked key parts of President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots.

The three liberal justices, Kagan, Jackson and Sotomayor, dissented.

CNBC reported:

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump for now in his effort to impose sweeping new restrictions on distributing mail ballots, putting on hold a lower-court ruling that had blocked key parts of the plan ahead of November’s midterm elections.

The justices, over three dissents, paused a ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston that prevented the Trump administration from carrying out portions of a March executive order involving the U.S. Postal Service and voter eligibility lists.

The decision is an interim victory for Trump and does not resolve the underlying legality of his order.

And it does not immediately clear the way for the new mail-ballot system to take effect. A separate injunction Talwani issued on Aug. 11 still bars the Postal Service from implementing the procedural changes for the Nov. 3 elections. The administration would need to overcome that order as well.

This is a breaking story…please check back for updates.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-president-trumps-executive-order/