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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
House Republicans Skip Votes, Go on Recess Early
House Republican leaders abruptly canceled votes on major legislation Tuesday and sent lawmakers home early for a nearly two-week recess after a group of Republicans blocked action on the House floor.
Politico reported the rebellion centered largely on frustration over the stalled SAVE America Act, one of President Donald Trump's top priorities, along with other issues involving immigration legislation.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., argued that House leaders should attach the SAVE America Act directly to the National Defense Authorization Act instead of relying on a procedural maneuver.
"The current plan being proposed by HOUSE GOP to 'MIRV' NDAA + SAVE AMERICA is a procedural head fake," Luna wrote on X. "This does not do anything but guarantee the Senate will EASILY TAKE OUT SAVE America from the NDAA."
Luna urged House leadership to allow an amendment attaching voter ID and proof-of-citizenship provisions directly to the defense bill.
She added that her approach would make it more difficult for the Senate to remove the language.
The dispute helped derail a procedural rule governing floor debate. The measure failed 224-198 after 14 Republicans joined Democrats in opposition, prompting House leaders to postpone votes and begin the Independence Day recess early.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had said earlier Tuesday that Republicans would continue negotiations in hopes of completing work before lawmakers left Washington.
Instead, the House postponed consideration of the annual defense authorization bill, the fiscal 2027 State Department appropriations bill, and other legislation.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the lack of action on immigration legislation was the primary reason he opposed the procedural rule.
"We certainly didn't see either committee action or floor action on it," said House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md. "That disappointed a number of people, myself included."
Other disagreements also contributed to the failed vote, including disputes over amendments to the defense bill.
Roy later posted: "I remain hopeful we can move forward soon with a productive, conservative agenda. Authorizing our Department of War and strengthening our national defense are essential, but House Leadership must first demonstrate that it is serious about delivering on the commitments it has made."
The impasse extends a slowdown in House floor business that began last week as Republican leaders searched for enough support to advance their agenda.
It's Not Over: DOJ Launches Major Crackdown After Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Ruling
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The Supreme Court came out with some decisions Monday and Tuesday that many conservatives are celebrating, but as they say, you can’t win ‘em all. As many pundits expected, the High Court knocked down President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, which said people born on American soil should not automatically be granted citizenship if their parents were here either illegally or temporarily. The court ruled otherwise in a 5-4 decision, arguing that the 14th Amendment specifically provides that anyone born here is regarded as a citizen. This leaves the door open to the birthright tourism scam, where pregnant women either purposefully overstay their visas or sneak into the country illegally and have their babies. So there’s nothing to be done after the SCOTUS decision, right? Not so, says the DOJ. They reacted quickly, and in a department-wide memo, a top official ordered federal prosecutors to prioritize investigations and prosecutions against scammers who try to game the system: Now we’re talking. If we catch you trying to cheat, you will be punished, the memo said:
Prior to issuing the memo, the DOJ had earlier hinted at the crackdown, calling birth tourism a “national security threat”:
MORE FROM THE COURT: Trump Turns SCOTUS Lemons Into Lemonade: 'Too Bad' on Birthright, but Massive Wins Elsewhere Clarence Thomas Goes Nuclear on SCOTUS Majority Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon reminded us Wednesday of a story showing how damaging (and lucrative) birth tourism scams can be:
Dongyuan Li pleaded guilty to federal charges for the scam in 2019 and was sentenced to 10 months in prison. Li's operation was exactly the type of threat that needs to be dealt with harshly, and as Trump pointed out in a social media post reacting to the SCOTUS ruling, Congress needs to enact more powerful laws to deal with the situation. The Supreme Court ruling may not have gone the way many wanted it to, but that doesn’t mean nothing can be done. Let’s roll, DOJ. |
'You're a Disgrace!' Lawler Unloads on Raskin and Jayapal During Fiery Sanctuary City Hearing
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Without fail, every time Republicans hold congressional hearings on the deadly consequences of the Democrats' sanctuary city policies and Joe Biden's open borders debacle, Democrats make it very clear that they could not care less about the victims. And in the instances where they pretend to care, they play whataboutism games while continuing to refuse to take responsibility for dangerous policies that have gotten American citizens killed. Jessica Gorman, the mother of murdered 18-year-old Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman, is one of many Angel Moms who knows this all too well. Nevertheless, she continues to advocate on behalf of her daughter and others who have been senselessly hurt or killed by illegal immigrants in hopes that one day, no family will ever have to go through this again. On Tuesday, Mrs. Gorman appeared at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing, where the topic was "Sanctuary Policies: Victims’ Perspectives." But before she had a chance to speak, the ranking member, Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), put on a disgusting display, complaining that this was the fourth hearing they'd held on sanctuary cities and suggesting they had other, more pressing matters on which they should be focused. And no, I am not exaggerating. That's exactly what she did. Watch:
Sheridan Gorman, who was killed in the sanctuary city of Chicago in March, allegedly by 25-year-old Venezuelan illegal Jose Medina, was a constituent of GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17). Lawler was at the hearing to introduce Jessica Gorman, but as one might expect, he was incensed over Jayapal's remarks. He got even more irate when Jayapal objected to the fact that he was making a statement instead of a simple introduction, which she - and her equally despicable colleague, Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) claimed was against the rules. Jayapal's and Raskin's callous indifference to the Angel Families in attendance, combined with the two of them fretting about decorum considering the highly emotional subject matter, caused Lawler to unload on both of them, not backing down one inch in telling the backstory behind Sheridan Gorman's murder despite Raskin's and Jayapal's attempts to shut him up:
In the clip below, Lawler was having none of Raskin's whataboutism games, and went off, calling him a "disgrace" and someone who "should be ashamed" of himself during a yelling match between the two:
Later, a clearly angry Lawler went on Fox News to talk about how Democrats had obviously learned nothing from the previous hearings, which is why they needed to continue to have them - if for no other reason than to expose the truth:
Lawler also pointed out that Republicans are not just talking about this issue, that they're trying to do something about it, but Democrats won't budge:
And in an interview with TMZ, Lawler point-blank called his colleagues "f**king a**holes" for their disgusting behavior towards Angel Families during the hearing (language warning):
I should also note that Jessica Gorman did not hold back on Jayapal, either:
Mrs. Gorman's statement, in fact, was one of the most powerful I've ever heard. Make sure to watch it below:
As far as I'm concerned, Raskin and Jayapal gave Republicans a gift headed into the midterms with their pathetic displays. It was a pretty powerful reminder that when it comes right down to it, Democrats will put illegal immigrants over the safety and security of American citizens every time. |
Justice Kavanaugh May Have Handed the United States a Roadmap to Fix Birthright Citizenship
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Despite Tuesday's disappointing ruling on birthright citizenship, one of the conservative justices outlined a potential path forward that could address concerns such as birth tourism and the automatic granting of citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the majority in striking down President Trump's executive order but wrote separately in partial dissent. He concluded the order conflicted with existing federal law, not that it was unconstitutional. In his opinion, he also outlined a framework for addressing concerns surrounding birthright citizenship through legislation, making clear that any path to lasting change would likely require an act of Congress. "Significant illegal immigration into the United States is a new circumstance that was largely unknown as of 1868 and that the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment could not have fully anticipated," Justice Kavanaugh wrote. "And the Framers likely would not have anticipated (and presumably would not have intended) the odd result of granting a substantial birthright citizenship benefit to (i) those foreign citizens who violate U. S. immigration law and illegally enter or overstay and then have children in the United States over (ii) those foreign citizens who follow U. S. immigration law and have children in their home countries while seeking to lawfully immigrate to the United States. Nor presumably would they have wanted to grant constitutional birthright citizenship to children of foreign citizens unlawfully in the country while simultaneously denying constitutional birthright citizenship to children of tribal American Indians." "Consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress could amend §1401(a) or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country," he added. "But Congress has not yet done so." The likelihood of Congress taking up the issue remains slim, making Kavanaugh's proposed path a difficult one. More importantly for the Trump administration, the Court did not merely hold that birthright citizenship is a matter for Congress to regulate. The majority reaffirmed that the Citizenship Clause applies to the children of individuals in the country illegally or on temporary visas, while noting that only narrow exceptions were historically recognized, including the children of foreign diplomats. Even if Congress were to pass legislation altering the rules surrounding birthright citizenship, the law would almost certainly face immediate legal challenges before making its way back to the Supreme Court. It remains unclear whether Justices Amy Coney Barrett or Chief Justice John Roberts would alter their positions, though there is little indication they would. If not, the Court's majority would likely continue to uphold its current interpretation of birthright citizenship. |
Oh, So Dr. Fauci's Pardon From Joe Biden Is Not 'Bulletproof'?
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Dr. Anthony Fauci was granted a presidential pardon by Joe Biden before he was carted out of the White House. Why? Well, we know why. Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard exposed that before she left her post this month. Fauci said the National Institutes of Health didn’t fund gain-of-function research on the COVID virus, even though it appears it did. Because of this development, Fauci could get yanked onto the Hill again sometime in July The language of the pardon is odd but not bulletproof. Investigative reporter Catherine Herridge broke it down:
The question is whether the Trump Justice Department wants to take this on. |
14 House Republicans vote down procedural rule over 'SAVE America Act,' halting week's legislative calendar
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A coalition of fourteen House Republicans paralyzed the legislative floor on Tuesday, tanking a procedural vote and forcing GOP leadership to abruptly scrap the week’s legislative calendar. The coalition, led by Representatives Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas), choked off legislative business as conservative holdouts dug in on demands for stricter federal voting regulations — specifically targeting the passage of the SAVE America Act. The full list of the 14 Republicans includes:
The immediate casualty of the intraparty disagreement was a $1.15 trillion defense spending bill. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had engineered a plan to merge the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with the SAVE America Act, packaging the conservative voting priorities into a must-pass piece of legislation before sending it to the upper chamber. However, the faction rebelled against this strategy, sinking the routine procedural rule vote 224–198. Luna described the leadership’s legislative bundling as a “procedural head fake,” arguing that merging the bills would make it far too easy for the Senate to simply strip the election provisions out during conference negotiations. Instead, Luna and like-minded House members demanded that the voting regulations — including mandatory photo ID and documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections — be written directly into the base text of the NDAA via amendment, thus making it legally harder to unravel. Analysts say that the legislative standoff represents a massive bottleneck for the thin Republican majority, where Speaker Johnson can only afford to lose three votes on party-line measures. Notably, this procedural loophole allows Republican leadership to bring the rule back to the floor for reconsideration at a later date without being forced to send the massive defense package back to the House Rules Committee. Confronted by an unyielding wall of opposition, GOP leadership admitted defeat just hours after the failed vote, canceling all remaining legislative business for Wednesday and Thursday. Lawmakers were sent home for an early Fourth of July holiday recess, postponing any further action on the defense bill or pending appropriations measures until the House reconvenes on July 13th. A visibly frustrated Speaker Johnson defended the derailed defense package, noting that it contained roughly 65 of the Trump administration’s core priorities and executive orders (EOs). Johnson lamented that a handful of his own members chose to halt very important progress because of their grievances with Senate Democrats. Meanwhile, thee ultimate destination for the SAVE America Act remains highly contentious. While the bill represents a core pillar of the Trump administration’s platform, it faces friction in the upper chamber. Even if the House successfully advances the measure, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has struggled to gather the necessary support to cross the 60-vote filibuster threshold, with several Senate Republicans joining Democrats to vote against the measure in a recent 48–50 vote. As the House enters a multi-week cooling-off period, Johnson indicated he would use the recess to regroup and work on the holdouts, though hardliners have pledged to block all subsequent floor traffic until their strict voting integrity parameters are met. |
BlazeTV Host Sara Gonzales Escorted Out of Texas Dem Convention
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Conservative BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales rolled into the Texas Democratic Party state convention in Corpus Christi and did what she does best: ask blunt questions and make liberals squirm. Her new video shows the confrontation, some heated responses from delegates, and what she says is her being escorted out. If you want proof the left dislikes unscripted questions, the clip makes a tidy case. What happened at the Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi?Sara Gonzales published a BlazeTV video and podcast segment showing her street-style interviews with attendees at the Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi. The footage shows Gonzales asking delegates pointed questions, getting shouted at by some attendees, and event staff moving in. Gonzales says she was removed from the convention; the video is her primary evidence and it does show security or staff escorting her away. Why conservative street reporting matters — and why Democrats hate itConventions are meant for messaging and friendly faces. That’s why conservative hosts like Gonzales go there: to puncture the talking points with real questions. Mainstream convention coverage focused on the usual items — national speakers like Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Cory Booker, and the party re-electing Kendall Scudder as chair — but Gonzales’ clip highlights what happens when the message board meets the street. If a simple on-camera question earns an escort, that tells you more about the event than the speeches do. Trolling, media, and double standardsLet’s not pretend these on-site stunts are novel. Activists from both sides have used confrontational interviews for years. The difference now is who gets amplified. Conservative outlets and social accounts quickly replay Gonzales’ encounter, while much of the mainstream coverage barely mentions it. That selective attention is the point: when the left runs the show, uncomfortable moments are muted, not debated. Bottom line — conservative reporters and podcasters will keep showing up and asking questions, whether the party wants them there or not. The Texas Democratic Convention proved the point: scripted platforms prefer scripted applause. If Democrats want to be taken seriously, they’ll either answer the hard questions or stop wondering why people keep asking them. Either way, expect more street interviews and more video evidence the next time a convention feels too cozy. |
Seattle Pride Parade Sparks Outrage with Nude Marchers
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Seattle’s massive Pride parade on June 28, 2026, which drew hundreds of thousands of people downtown, devolved into a controversy after videos and eyewitness accounts showed several marchers parading nude along the route. Footage circulated online of unclothed adults near the Seattle Center fountain where families and children were present, prompting immediate outrage and questions about basic decency at what the city touts as a family-friendly event. The visuals were jarring not because they hit a political nerve, but because they crossed a line most Americans still expect public events to respect — especially when minors are in the crowd. Local reporting and multiple clips captured naked participants and banners promoting a “free to be naked” message, scenes many parents found alarming and unnecessary at a downtown celebration. Seattle Pride organizers promoted a massive, city-block-spanning parade and festival with the theme “Rally,” and the scale of the event made any lapse in oversight consequential; organizers estimated hundreds of participating groups and enormous turnouts along Fourth Avenue. When an event grows this large, the responsibility to safeguard public spaces — and the children and families who attend — becomes non-negotiable, not optional. City officials and law enforcement were forced to respond after the clips spread, noting that while nudity is not automatically criminal, it can cross into indecent exposure depending on context and public alarm. That legal gray area isn’t comforting to parents who watched strangers remove clothing feet from children; it’s a reminder that rules should be enforced uniformly, regardless of the political or cultural message being paraded through our streets. This episode is a symptom of a broader trend: normalization of explicit behavior in public under the banner of “expression” or “inclusivity,” from naked yoga events to spectacles staged at large festivals. Local guides for Pride weekend even listed body-positive events like nude yoga as part of the schedule, underscoring how organizers have blurred boundaries that used to be common-sense. Americans who believe in neighborhood safety and decency should demand accountability — from parade organizers, from city officials who issue permits, and from law enforcement charged with protecting the public. Enforcing public decency laws, restoring common-sense standards at civic events, and ensuring children are not spectators to gratuitous displays are practical, middle-ground steps any responsible city should take to prevent another needless scandal. |
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