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Terror Plots, Fake Crime Stats, and a Border Bill Coming Due
While the media chases Trump’s tone, the country just got a raw look at what the last four years actually unleashed, and what’s changing fast.
Terror, Teeth, and the Cost of Looking Away
From a Hanukkah massacre in Australia to Trump enforcing peace abroad, today exposed who acts—and who hides.
Congress Goes War-Mode as Trump Quietly Grabs Culture Levers
Defense cash, foreign “peace,” and blue-city radicals show where power is really shifting.
An Update on The Ledger
I want to be direct with you.
 • Scott Hughes
Somali Fraud, Media Kid Gloves, and the Crackdown They Pretend Isn’t Happening
Washington tightens the screws — and suddenly the press forgets how to ask questions.
Omar Calls Trump Adviser a Nazi — Media Shrugs
A Jewish White House official gets smeared on CBS, and nobody blinks.
Trump Turned Their Impeachment Addiction Into Background Noise
Democrats tried to light Trump up again. Instead, they lit up their own split screen of weakness while he kept governing like a wartime president.
The ‘Innocent Fisherman’ Meltdown Hits Full Spin Cycle
Democrats yell “war crimes,” the White House laughs, and the media reenacts the Maryland Man hoax in real time.
Washington’s Strike Doctrine Collides With a Manufactured “Fisherman” Narrative
Democrats cry “war crimes” while the White House calls their story the next Maryland Man hoax — and the real battle is over who controls America’s rules…
Trump Wanted Cuts — The Fed Blinked
Third rate cut of 2025: Trump turns up the pressure, Powell pretends it’s “data,” and the real fight over who runs the economy just went public.
THE EVIDENCE DROP THAT SHIFTED THE MANGIONE CASE
NYC prosecutors didn’t just release photos — they released a narrative, and the defense is already losing the framing battle.
THE PHASE TWO GAMBIT HITS WASHINGTON
A stalled Gaza plan, a nervous Pentagon, and a White House quietly tightening its grip on the post-war map.
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