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Friday, May 29, 2026
GOP Defends Missouri Map Against Court Challenge
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The National Republican Congressional Committee and Republican National Committee defended Missouri's newly enacted congressional map, arguing that Democrats and allied groups are attempting to use the courts to overturn a lawfully approved redistricting plan after suffering a series of defeats nationwide. The intervention comes as legal challenges to Missouri's 2025 congressional map continue to unfold, even after the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously upheld Gov. Mike Kehoe's authority to call the extraordinary legislative session that approved the new districts. "The people of Missouri deserve fair and equal representation, not a partisan power grab designed to silence voters and overturn a lawfully enacted map," NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., said in a statement emailed to Newsmax on Thursday night. "The NRCC and RNC are standing up for the integrity of the democratic process and defending Missourians' right to have their voices heard under fair congressional districts." RNC Chairman Joe Gruters accused Democrats of relying on litigation after electoral setbacks. "Democrats across the country are using frivolous lawsuits to cling to power after failing at the ballot box," Gruters said. "The RNC is fighting for the values of Missourians against Democrats trying to use the courts to rig congressional districts in their favor and override the will of voters." The NRCC and RNC said Missouri's congressional map was lawfully enacted by the General Assembly and complies with the state constitution. Republicans also pointed to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which they said reaffirmed that states cannot draw districts predominantly based on race and that legislatures retain broad authority to craft maps reflecting the political makeup of their states. The announcement follows a significant victory for Republicans in Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 7-0 that Kehoe acted within his constitutional authority when he convened lawmakers for an extraordinary session to consider congressional redistricting, KRCG reported. The lawsuit, brought by the Missouri NAACP, argued there was no urgent circumstance justifying the session. The court rejected that argument, concluding that the state constitution places no meaningful limitation on the governor's discretion to call lawmakers into session when the legislature is not already meeting. Republicans currently hold six of Missouri's eight U.S. House seats. The revised map is widely viewed as strengthening GOP prospects in the state and potentially putting additional pressure on Democrat Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City-based district. The NRCC noted that Democrats and allied groups have spent millions challenging Missouri's map in court, while also highlighting unsuccessful efforts to redraw congressional districts in other states, including Virginia. Republicans argue that those cases reflect a broader national strategy to achieve through litigation what Democrats could not accomplish at the ballot box. |
Susan Collins Lands a Solid on Graham Platner As He Digs Deeper Hole on Military Enlistment Claims
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That the Democrats are pinning their hopes and dreams of retaking the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterms on goofs like Graham Platner shows us the absolute state of things on the left, and it, of course, is not good. Platner is seemingly riding high right now as the party's presumptive Senate nominee for Maine, with the full backing of members of the socialist wing, which includes Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and somewhat favorable polling numbers ahead of the expected general election matchup between himself and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). He's been able to do this despite (or perhaps because of?) a wave of negative stories that started early in the primary and which have continued that largely center around a lengthy history of sexist, racist, homophobic, and inflammatory Reddit comments where he's blamed sexual assault victims for being raped, spouted derogatory remarks about black people, has insulted rural white Americans, and bragged about being a communist. He even went so far as to wish some of his fellow military veterans had died horrible deaths in combat. READ MORE: Graham Platner Was Already Disgusting — These Latest Unearthed Posts Make It Much Worse Between all that, bizarrely bragging about self-pleasuring in a porta-potty, and even the Nazi tattoo scandal, the cringe against Platner is stacking up, which isn't good for a guy who needs to win not just Democrats but some independent voters if he hopes to defeat Collins in the fall. The latest example comes from Platner's repeated insistence that Collins "voted to send me to Iraq," a campaign line he's been using since at least mid-May, when he uttered it in a New York Times interview:
Except Susan Collins voted for the Iraq war resolution in 2002. Platner didn't enlist until late 2003, several months after the war started. Others at the time pointed to comments Platner posted on Reddit, where he noted how enthusiastic he was about enlisting, so that he "could kill some people": Since Platner has continued with the baseless attack, reporters are still talking about it, and Collins was asked about it during a Thursday groundbreaking in Maine. She landed a solid on him, pointing out that not only did he enlist twice after the war started, but that he "also went to work for a controversial security company" sometime after his service was over. Further, she made the point that Platner was "not drafted" to serve:
Incredibly, Platner's response was to pretend she was attacking veterans, and to pretend he was their defender after years of disparaging them:
One of the "selling points" Platner and his prominent backers, like Sanders and Warren, have been using is that he's a veteran who supposedly served honorably. Yet, his Reddit attacks on his fellow service members, including the late Navy SEAL and American sniper Chris Kyle, and now this, where he first falsely presented himself as a victim of Collins' Iraq war vote, and then pretended to be a defender of veterans whom Collins did not attack as she called him out, is a pretty dishonorable thing to do, in my opinion. It is unlikely to sit well with folks for whom serving their country meant a lot more than enlisting just so they "could kill some people." Just how much that impacts his general election campaign remains to be seen, but good on Collins for ensuring that hole Platner keeps digging for himself gets a little deeper. |
New Poll Shows Rep. Mike Collins Surging Ahead of His Opponent in the U.S. Senate Race for Georgia
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The May 19 Georgia primary resulted in a runoff between Republican Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10) and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley.
Collins held a 10-point lead over second-place finisher Dooley, 40.5 percent to 30.9 percent. Neither candidate reached the 50 plus 1 threshold to go straight to the general election in November. The stakes are high for the Republican who will go up against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA). Now, two weeks shy of that runoff election, a new poll from JMC Analytics and Polling shows Collins taking a 16-point lead over Dooley. The poll also revealed that 39 percent of undecided voters were leaning toward Mike Collins, versus 27 percent for Dooley. In terms of favorability, 25 percent of voters viewed Collins as "very favorable," versus 16 percent for Dooley. Read More: Georgia Primary Overview: It's Runoff Central With a Few Bright Lights Collins is a two-term congressman known for his fiscal conservatism and championing small business and the working man and woman. Collins introduced the Laken Riley Act to the House and Representatives and was instrumental in shepherding it toward passage in the House. He strongly aligns with the MAGA agenda of mass deportations, strong border security, and is a staunch supporter of veterans and the military. Though Collins has been a loyal ally in seeing the Trump agenda enacted, President Donald Trump has not yet chosen to endorse for this race. Dooley's campaign is more focused on "Georgia First" above America First. Dooley promises he will champion safer communities, fight for more quality education and skills training to prepare Georgians for high-paying roles in the 21st century economy, and better affordability. Dooley has been endorsed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
The Georgia runoff is slated for Tuesday, June 16, 2026. |
Now We Know Who Was Really Behind E. Jean Carroll’s Bogus Allegations Against Trump
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E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations against President Donald Trump were never credible, and now she’s under investigation by the Department of Justice for perjury. Now, Byron York
is digging into the case and has uncovered what could be the most elaborate political setup in history. Trust me, the picture coming into focus is damning. Carroll has claimed, without any evidence, that Trump raped her sometime in 1995 or 1996. She can't remember which year. Nothing about her allegations makes any sense. Are we supposed to believe that she simply stayed quiet about it through Trump's rise to fame and politics, through his 2016 presidential run, and through the wave of #MeToo accusations that dominated the news cycle? Carroll said nothing about it for decades, and her stated reasons range from concern over her elderly Republican mother's health to worries that speaking out might actually help Trump win key states. Right. Sure. It wasn’t until 2019 that she came forward with her bizarre allegations. But she didn’t tell the police, she didn’t go to an elected official, or even to a journalist. She chose to disclose it in a book. Why? Because no other option would generate royalties. And Carroll had a history of grifting, too. Before the book even dropped, she was charging admission for her "Most Hideous Men in NYC Walking Tour," a 90-minute #MeToo landmark stroll through Manhattan. The tour started at the Bergdorf Goodman entrance on 58th Street, which just so happens to be exactly where she claims she first encountered Trump the day of the alleged assault. She had been leading paying groups past that spot before she’d told the world what had supposedly happened there. Now here's where the origins of these allegations get genuinely interesting. Carroll, by then a certified celebrity of the anti-Trump resistance, attended a party at writer Molly Jong-Fast's Manhattan home, a gathering the New York Times described as "Resistance Twitter come to life." The guest list included George Conway, who apparently advised Carroll to sue Trump for defamation. The case got a critical boost when the New York legislature passed the Adult Survivors Act in 2022, which allowed sexual assault claims to be filed regardless of expired statutes of limitations. Carroll had helped advocate for the bill. The Act went into effect on November 24, 2022, and within hours, Carroll filed a second suit, this time adding a rape allegation in addition to defamation. Recommended: Jill Biden Makes a Brutal Admission About Joe’s Disastrous Debate Night As PJ Media previously reported, tech billionaire Reid Hoffman,
a virulently anti-Trump donor, bankrolled the whole operation. Yet Carroll testified under oath in October 2022 that no one was paying her legal fees, calling it "a contingency case." It wasn’t until shortly before the trial that her own attorney wrote to Trump's legal team admitting that Carroll had "recollected additional information" while preparing for testimony. Trump's lawyers noted that the "belated disclosure" raised "significant concerns" about Carroll's "bias and motive." Hoffman has some skeletons in his closet, too. In 2018, he had to apologize for funding a group that secretly mimicked Russian disinformation tactics to help a Democrat win an Alabama Senate seat. York's reporting suggests that a criminal probe is now zeroing in on exactly these origins: the anti-Trump resistance party, the politically motivated lawyers, the billionaire backer, the conveniently timed legislation. What conservatives have been saying for years is now getting the scrutiny it deserves. |
NM Democrat Governor Probably Said the Dumbest Thing Regarding Winning Elections
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Democrats don’t seem to realize what’s coming. Once the restrictive wars end and the 2030 census data is released, they’ll become a regional party. It will be one where they dominate cities and coasts. Our system favors parties with geographic diversity, and while we have that, Democrats do not. They’re panicking. Take New Mexico Democrat Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who finally found the task of attracting more male voters too much of a hill to climb. She said that if their party focuses on Democratic women, they don’t need to worry about male voters. I’m not kidding. That’s peak idiocy. First, limiting options is just flat-out dumb in anything. In politics, where there are multiple ways to skin the electoral cat, relying on one path can lead parties to irrelevance. I’m not complaining if Democrats choose to do this — we’ll hold the majority for a generation — but this is trivial stuff. It’s also not a new problem. For at least twenty years, white males over 40 have been a concern for Democrats. Forget liberal men, forget black men, too, and focus on the Chardonnay-drinking Karens from the suburbs who watch too much Bravo and MS Now. That’s the Democratic base, Michelle? You think it’s just miserable singles, overeducated, blue-haired freaks, and their equally insufferable boomer counterparts that can win you elections? You are sadly mistaken. We can discount half the electorate and still win—what a clown party. It’s almost as bad as when Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson tried to argue analytically that they beat the New York Knicks two out of three times in the series. They were mostly blowouts, my dude, and you got swept. |
Adams trolls Mamdani's decision to boycott Israel Day parade: 'I'll be there'
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Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams took a direct jab at his successor, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, by announcing that he will attend this Sunday’s Israel Day Parade – an event the current mayor plans to skip. Adams’s pointed public criticism marks a dramatic break from the long-standing political tradition of former New York City executives avoiding public fights with their successors. It also highlights a historic shift at City Hall as Mamdani (D-N.Y.) is the first sitting New York City mayor to skip the parade since 1964, breaking a 62-year streak of unconditional mayoral attendance.
Adams, a moderate Democrat who served as New York City mayor from 2022 to 2025, has repeatedly criticized Mamdani’s progressive administration over the city’s budget. Additionally, he has also taken aim at Mamdani’s handling of the deaths of unhoused individuals during a severe winter storm, as well as the mayor’s outspoken criticism of Israel. Mamdani, a progressive anti-Zionist who took office in January, defended his decision to boycott the event. However, the mayor insisted that his geopolitical stance is separate from his support for Jewish New Yorkers.
However, Adams argued that showing up to the “Israel Day on Fifth” march is more vital than ever this year. |
Trump: No Deals with Iran as US Strikes and Hezbollah Threat Grows
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We are watching a very dangerous moment unfold in the Middle East. This week, U.S. forces struck Iranian-linked boats and missile sites, Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and talks with Tehran remain murky at best. At the same time, the Justice Department filed a civil-rights lawsuit over antisemitism at a major university. These are not separate stories—they are connected pieces of a contest that stretches from the Strait of Hormuz to American college campuses.
Tensions on the Water and in the Air
The U.S. strikes on vessels and missile-launching positions came after threats to commercial shipping and American forces. President Trump has been blunt: no sanctions relief for Tehran in exchange for uranium, and a warning that the U.S. will act if necessary. That toughness is the right stance. Appeasement is a cheap gamble when nuclear capability is on the table. If Iran thinks it can buy time while rearming and then demand concessions—or, absurdly, trillions in reparations—then they are misreading American resolve.
Israel vs. Hezbollah: A Wider War Looms
Israel has intensified strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and issued evacuation warnings for large areas. If Hezbollah is not broken as an effective fighting force, the fighting will keep spreading. The U.S. and Israel share a common goal: prevent a wider, multi-front war that would drag in regional heavyweights. That means precision, resolve, and clear red lines. Flirting with half-measures only invites escalation. As President Trump put it bluntly, if diplomacy fails, “we’ll just have to finish the job.” That is the language of deterrence. It is also the kind of clarity our commanders and allies need.
The Domestic Front: Campus Antisemitism and National Unity
While missiles fly and ships get struck, the home front matters too. The DOJ lawsuit alleging a hostile, antisemitic environment at a major university is welcome news. Words and actions that isolate and threaten American Jews are part of the same rot that fuels radical movements abroad. Combating antisemitism on campus is not a culture-war headline—it’s national-security commonsense. Institutions that tolerate mob tactics and threats against students should face consequences. If we want to keep our country and our allies safe, we must also defend the idea that every American can study and worship without fear.
We are at a test of will and wisdom. Strong defense, clear diplomacy, and a refusal to normalize hatred at home are all necessary. Learn the history. Support our soldiers and allies. And while diplomacy should be tried, it must not come with the price of our security. The world is watching. It’s time for steady leadership, not hedging and hand-wringing. If we stand firm now, we give ourselves and our allies the best chance to avoid a far worse war later.
Zohran Mamdani's Housing Plan Stuns CNN's Kaitlan Collins
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New York City politicians keep promising the moon — and then hand the bill to hard-working taxpayers. A clip making the rounds, shared by Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report, shows CNN’s Kaitlan Collins visibly stunned when told how much money Zohran Mamdani expects to pull from city coffers to fund a massive expansion of public and affordable housing. The moment says a lot about progressive spending plans: big on promises, short on practical answers.
Big Promises, Bigger Price Tags
Affordable housing and public housing are noble goals in the abstract. But policy is about trade-offs, not slogans. When someone proposes a sweeping expansion, the most basic question is: who pays? The clip makes clear that the numbers involved are not small. Yet instead of explaining real funding sources — cuts, efficiencies, private partners, or realistic tax plans — the response from the progressive wing often sounds like a kids’ birthday wish list: “Make it happen, and someone else will pay.”
Who Pays for This?
It’s simple arithmetic, but apparently hard politics. Large-scale housing spending ultimately hits taxpayers and the private sector. Higher property taxes, higher business taxes, and squeezed city services are the usual outcomes. Middle-class homeowners and small businesses, not billionaires “who can afford it,” end up bearing much of the cost. That’s the invisible transfer that gets left out of campaign soundbites and late-night rallies.
Political Theater Over Economics
The Caitlan Collins reaction in the clip is telling because it exposes the disconnect between political theater and economic reality. Progressive lawmakers can roll out sweeping plans and chant “tax the rich,” but blunt-force redistribution rarely results in neat outcomes. There are cost overruns, delays, and economic disincentives that make projects more expensive — and less effective — than promised. If politicians truly cared about housing, they’d talk about zoning reform, deregulation, and getting private capital involved instead of assuming government coffers are endless.
If we really want more affordable homes, honesty matters. Voters deserve real cost estimates and clear trade-offs — not the same old melodrama dressed up as “moral urgency.” Conservative policy solutions favor getting supply up, removing needless rules, and using targeted subsidies where they do the most good. That’s not glamorous, but it works better than pulling a rabbit out of a hat and asking taxpayers to clean up the mess. Let’s demand practical plans that respect both renters and the people who pay the bills.
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