Giffords Org Endorsing Dog-Killing Gun Grabber Abdul El-Sayed BACKFIRES (Pun Intended) SPECTACULARLY

The gun-grabbing outfit founded by Gabby Giffords has decided in their infinite wisdom that Michigan’s Senate race desperately needs another dose of “public health” hysteria. They’re lining up behind progressive 'physician' Abdul El-Sayed—the same guy who just barely clawed his way past the Democrat establishment in a nasty primary — as the perfect vessel to treat America’s supposed firearm epidemic with the usual cocktail of “common-sense” restrictions, all while framing the Trump-backed Republican as the real threat to civilization. Because nothing says serious public health policy like treating constitutional rights like a contagious disease that only more laws can quarantine.

Oh, they also chose the same day we found out that he oversaw the murder of thousands of dogs and cats to announce their endorsement.

Stupid stupid stupid.

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... Dr. El-Sayed, defeat his Trump-backed opponent Mike Rogers, and win back the Senate majority by holding this seat.

It's cute how they all keep insisting that he's a Doctor.

He's not REALLY a doctor, per se, but in a Democrat's small mind, that makes him sound more important.

And of course, they turned off replies.

Because of course they did.

Not to mention, a dog killer.

Someone should probably explain to Giffords's org that shutting down replies only makes things worse.

Indeed.

https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/08/15/giffords-endorses-dog-and-cat-killer-abdul-el-sayed-and-she-deserves-every-ounce-of-backfire-she-got-n2431315

America Found A Rare Metal It Desperately Needs. Red Tape Could Keep It In The Ground For Ages

The metal substance Tungsten is pictured under light.

After pulling the plug on tungsten mining for over a decade, a massive discovery in Nevada could put America back in the game.

Developer 3 Proton Lithium (3PL) estimates its Railroad Valley Minerals project holds 1.78 million metric tons of tungsten, potentially the largest known deposit of the metal in the country, and more than five times the size of the next-largest U.S. resource, according to MINING.com. The rare metal is extraordinarily dense and heat-resistant, making it essential for armor-piercing munitions, cutting tools, semiconductors and aerospace and defense hardware.

But getting it out of the ground is another story, as a patchwork of federal land rules, a notoriously slow approval process and one very specific obstacle at NASA stand between the find and any actual production.

“This is a major resource play even with the NASA roadblock to a portion of it,” David Blackmon, an energy public policy analyst, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The conflict with NASA is illustrative of the kinds of conflicts created by clashing, legitimate stakeholder interests that typify permitting processes for energy projects of all types.”

NASA, 3PL, The White House and the Permitting Council did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.

Part of the Nevada deposit sits on land NASA had withdrawn from mineral development years earlier, and that restriction is currently blocking exploration there, according to the Federal Register. The withdrawal dates to April 2023, when the Interior Department, at NASA’s request, pulled roughly 23,000 acres of Railroad Valley out of mineral leasing for 20 years, a restriction that runs through the early 2040s.

NASA’s stake in the valley has nothing to do with minerals. The agency has used Railroad Valley since 1993 to calibrate Earth-observing satellite instruments. NASA says the dry lakebed is uniquely suited for the work because it is large, flat, free of vegetation, consistent in surface color, undisturbed, easily accessible and clearly visible from space.

“President Trump does possess the authority to force NASA to relent if he believes doing so is key to U.S. national security,” Blackmon said. “The Trump administration’s FAST-41 designation will help speed the permitting timeline for the mining project, a process that can normally extend to well over a decade without such designation.”

FAST-41 is a federal program that speeds up permitting by setting timelines and coordinating agencies. In April 2025, the Trump administration expanded its use for critical-mineral projects as part of President Donald Trump’s directive to accelerate domestic mineral production and streamline permitting.

“Tungsten’s key role in hardening munitions and other military applications made the Railroad Valley project a natural FAST-41 candidate,” Blackmon continued. “It is key to point out, though, that FAST-41 does not eliminate the potential for litigation and other efforts by activist groups to impede this project’s progress and extend the timeline by years before it can be produced.”

Environmental groups have also challenged other U.S. mining projects tied to national security.

In May, a coalition including the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthworks and the Idaho Conservation League asked a federal court to halt construction of the Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho, arguing the project threatened wildlife, waterways and other environmental resources. A federal judge ultimately denied the request, allowing construction to continue while the underlying litigation proceeds.

The Stibnite project is expected to become a major domestic source of gold and antimony, a critical mineral used in munitions, military-grade materials, batteries and other defense applications. The Department of Defense previously awarded $24.8 million to advance the project, describing the investment as necessary to establish a domestic antimony supply for missiles and munitions. The Justice Department has since called Stibnite critical to national defense, noting that defense officials have identified it as the only domestic mine capable of producing enough antimony to meet U.S. defense requirements with scheduled operations for 2029.

China controls roughly 80% of global tungsten production, and its hold on the metal has only tightened.

In February 2025, China imposed export controls on tungsten and four other critical minerals — tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium — requiring licenses for exports of covered products, according to Reuters. China tightened its grip further later that year, cutting tungsten mining quotas and announcing in December that only 15 companies would be permitted to export the metal during 2026 and 2027.

Tungsten prices have climbed sharply amid China’s tightening export restrictions and surging demand from the defense sector, according to Reuters. By April 2026, the price of ammonium paratungstate, an intermediate used to produce tungsten metal, had risen more than 200% since the beginning of the year and reached record levels.

Even with a domestic deposit this size and a federal fast-track designation in hand, the U.S. permitting system remains the bigger constraint.

“It takes 29 years to bring a mine online in the U.S. from discovery to production, including extensive permitting, the second longest timeline in the world; that’s not sustainable,” Ashley Burke, senior vice president of communications at the National Mining Association, told the DCNF. “This extended timetable imperils our supply chains, resulting in import-dependence for minerals we could be sourcing here at home; minerals that are increasingly vital for our future.”

Tungsten is widely used in electronic and electrical applications, as well as defense equipment ranging from jet engines to ammunition. The military relies on tungsten’s density and hardness for armor-piercing ammunition, including rounds that use tungsten-carbide penetrators to defeat hard targets.

The U.S. Geological Survey also identifies ammunition and jet engines among tungsten’s primary applications.

“A transparent, predictable and streamlined permitting process is exactly what American mining needs. This is about keeping the rigor of the review process but removing duplication and unnecessary delays,” Burke said. “Litigation is an issue that can stretch for years and years, even when there is little chance or basis for the challenging party to prevail. The administration has made progress in addressing this issue, but it is well past time for Congress to act on permitting reform to ensure that any progress that has been made will be lasting and durable.”

https://www.westernjournal.com/america-found-rare-metal-desperately-needs-red-tape-keep-ground-ages/

This Might Be the Most Brutal Diagnosis of AOC You'll Ever Hear

Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News’s The Five this week and gave a blunt yet extremely fair assessment of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.): she's not actually doing her job.

"AOC stands for Always On Camera," Conway said. "She is a performer, not a reformer. She went to Washington to legislate; that's her job. She's a pontificator, not a legislator."

Conway piled on by pointing out that, in four years under President Joe Biden, AOC passed one bill. One. Conway's point was simple: if you're not good at legislating, you find something else to be good at, like living online, playing with your hair, and giggling every time someone asks whether you'd be fit to serve as commander-in-chief. Conway didn't think that was funny. With the whole world watching, she said, that kind of response would be "embarrassing and a disaster."

Just watch The Brink of War and imagine AOC in a similar situation. You can’t, because she’s an absolute joke. But I digress.

AOC has tried to distance herself from her old positions by claiming her rhetoric from years ago doesn't reflect where she is today. Conway found that laughable. Five years isn't ancient history, and she made the point with a sharp comparison: does AOC's position change with the seasons, too? If it's raining, does she flip? If it's October instead of April? Conway called the whole excuse disgraceful, and said both failed Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong and AOC had proven themselves untrustworthy to voters.

Conway also gave AOC credit for one thing. She started as a bartender who knocked off longtime incumbent Joe Crowley in a primary nobody saw coming. That, Conway said, was the best thing AOC ever did. Everything since has traded on being the fresh face, the disruptor. But by 2028, AOC will have spent ten years in Washington voting the party line, while also proving herself to be extremely radical. For example, she was also one of only ten Democrats to vote against a resolution condemning the October 7, 2023 attack, just eleven days after it happened.

And Conway wasn't finished with the receipts.

She explained how 2024 was a disaster for AOC's political brand. Kamala Harris spent over a billion dollars and lost anyway. AOC endorsed Jamaal Bowman in his primary, and he lost. She endorsed Cori Bush, and she lost, too.

Make no mistake about it, Conway's larger argument wasn't really about policy. It was about authenticity, or the lack of it. She called AOC a "performative progressive," someone running “stunts and grunts” to sway voters, rather than legislating on their behalf. Conway doesn't think Americans are buying it anymore. Voters who tweet first and think third and fourth, she said, will pay a price for it.

She's right. AOC has spent a decade cultivating an image as the insurgent outsider fighting the establishment. Conway just pointed out what should have been obvious all along: the insurgent outsider has become the establishment, and yet she has nothing to show for it.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/08/15/this-might-be-the-most-brutal-diagnosis-of-aoc-youll-ever-hear-n4956177

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SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS: Colombia’s New President ‘El Tigre’ Is Asking Trump To Deploy US Military To Help Fight Drug Cartels

The western hemisphere is fighting back.

Colombia’s new president, Abelardo ‘El Tigre’ de la Espriella, has asked US leader Donald J. Trump for US military assistance to combat drug traffickers in the country.

With this move, Trump’s ‘Shield of the Americas’ kicks into high gear, and the Cartels finally have a powerful coalition lined up against them.

The Telegraph reported

“Abelardo de la Espriella, also known as ‘El Tigre’, took office on Aug 7 after campaigning on taking an aggressive, zero-tolerance approach to the country’s drug economy.

He threatened a bombing campaign against traffickers and promised to build a swath of El Salvador-style mega-prisons to house criminals involved in the narcotics trade.

‘Colombia has already requested that the department of war join Colombia in its fight against narco-terrorism, authorizing joint military operations to destroy terrorists and terror networks’, Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, said at a summit of the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition in Panama on Wednesday.”

‘El Tigre’, never one to mince words, vowed to capture and kill cartel leaders. ‘I’ll hunt them like rats’, he said.

At the Panama summit, Colombia signed the agreement to become the 19th member of the ‘Shield of the Americas’ coalition.

“The new Colombian president’s rhetoric matches that of the Trump administration, which has designated some Latin American drug trafficking groups as terrorist organizations.

That characterization has emboldened the US to pursue military action against those groups, striking dozens of boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific that the administration has accused of involvement in the drug trade. The strikes have killed at least 221 people.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/shield-americas-colombias-new-president-el-tigre-is/

'Barbarians Are Inside the Gate': Mike Johnson Nails Insidious Threat of DSA's Gen Z Push

As speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (LA-04) is naturally keeping a close eye on the midterm elections. Republicans only have the slimmest of House majorities as it stands – the current split is 219R-212D (with four vacancies) – so the chamber could easily flip come November's elections. 

As a leader of the Republican Party, Johnson is keenly aware that Democrats are increasingly flirting with socialism, particularly among younger voters, and he nailed the problem during a Saturday interview on Kayleigh McEnany's Fox News show, Saturday in America.

When asked by McEnany if there are any examples of socialism actually working, Johnson said there aren't any; and, furthermore, the midterms this year are a "contrast election" and will come down to "common sense versus communism."

He continued:

Communism and this philosophy has led to the murder of more than 100 million people in the last century. It has never worked anywhere it’s been tried. And the reason is because it runs completely counter to human nature and to the principles that made our country the greatest nation in the history of the world.

We believe in individual freedom. We believe in limited government. We believe in free markets and free enterprise and the dignity of work, and all these things that have made America exceptional. They want to turn all of that upside down.

NEW: @SpeakerJohnson told me, "these insurgent left candidates are winning the Democrat primaries all across the country."

"The barbarians are inside the gate. It's very, very serious stuff."

Speaker Johnson explained that communism "begins with the wrong premise."

"Communism is anti-American. It's the opposite of our ideals. We're one nation under God."

"Communism begins with the premise that there is no God. The state is the god, effectively."

"It never works, and it ends in poverty, destruction, political violence, human suffering. That is the story of Communism."

"This election really does draw a contrast in a sharp way for the American people."

Johnson was adamant about one thing in particular: this threat is here, not in some future political world. "This is what we’re facing right now," the speaker told McEnany of socialism's creep into the Democrat Party.

In remarks earlier this month, Johnson drove the point home, decrying how badly the other side had botched things over the last ten years.

"Could we've imagined even 10 years ago, if somebody told us that on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the greatest nation in the history of the world, in the midterm, in the fall of 2026, we'd be in a contest to determine whether we're going to maintain our constitutional republic — the greatest nation in history — or go down this dark, dangerous, deadly road to communism?" Johnson said.

Things are precarious, not just for the House GOP and its seat count, but for the country as a whole. Johnson’s point is that socialism’s appeal may be getting a shiny new look from a new generation of candidates, but the underlying ideology hasn’t changed one bit. And this is something young voters aren’t hearing nearly enough about.

It's not something Speaker Johnson intends to be quiet on, judging by his conclusion, "And so we are here as the Republican Party to stand on the founding principles of the greatest nation in the history of the world. It is our duty to do that, and we’re doing it on behalf of everybody."

https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/08/15/mike-johnson-nails-why-gen-z-is-embracing-socialism-n2205634

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