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Socialist Who Called 9/11 'Inevitable' Wins Democratic Primary — And the Mask Comes Off
Melat Kiros just won a Democratic House primary, and within hours the internet dug up what she really thinks about America. Turns out this self-described socialist has gone on record claiming the United States made the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center "inevitable." Not that we failed to see warning signs. Not that intelligence broke down. But that we deserved it. Social media exploded with voters calling her a "radical lunatic," and for once, that's not hyperbole.
This is the new face of the Democratic Party in too many districts — not moderate problemsolvers, but activists who view America as the villain in every story. Kiros joins a growing squad of far-left House members who seem more comfortable condemning their own country than the terrorists who murdered 3,000 innocent people. The scary part isn't that she thinks this way. The scary part is that enough Democratic primary voters either agree with her or don't care enough to stop her.
🏛 Wade's Take: I was watching the towers fall on TV like every other American, and I'll never forget the sick feeling in my gut. Anyone who says we had it coming isn't fit to serve in Congress, full stop. If this is what wins Democratic primaries now, that party has lost its mind and doesn't deserve to be trusted with power.
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UN Spreads More Anti-Israel Propaganda While Hamas Hides Behind Civilians
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory released another report this week, and surprise — it accuses Israel of deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza. Never mind that Hamas uses schools as weapons depots and hospitals as command centers. Never mind that Israel warns civilians before strikes while Hamas fires rockets from residential neighborhoods hoping for maximum Palestinian casualties to parade before cameras. The UN has never met an anti-Israel narrative it wouldn't rubber-stamp and broadcast as fact.
These lies aren't just poisoning international diplomacy — they're poisoning the American mind, especially on college campuses where students have been fed a steady diet of this propaganda. Israel is the only functional democracy in the Middle East, the only place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews can vote and speak freely. Hamas is a terrorist organization that throws gay people off roofs and uses children as human shields. But according to the UN, Israel is always the villain. It's morally bankrupt, and it undermines America's most reliable ally in the most dangerous region on earth.
🏛 Wade's Take: I do business based on facts and track records, not feelings and propaganda. Israel has been our strongest ally in the Middle East for 75 years, and they're fighting the same Islamic terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. The UN has been worthless for decades — we should stop funding their anti-American, anti-Israel circus.
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Hegseth Preps National Guard for July 4th Security — Leadership That Actually Shows Up
War Secretary Pete Hegseth held a ceremony this morning with National Guard members in Washington as part of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force ahead of Fourth of July celebrations. While past administrations treated our military like a political prop to be kept at arm's length, Hegseth is out front working directly with the Guard to ensure the nation's capital is secure during one of our biggest patriotic celebrations. It's the kind of hands-on leadership we haven't seen from the Pentagon in years.
With heightened security concerns and ongoing threats from both foreign and domestic actors, having visible military leadership matters. The National Guard has been instrumental in keeping major events safe, and Hegseth understands that supporting them publicly sends a message both to our troops and to anyone thinking about causing trouble. This is what competent civilian-military leadership looks like — not hiding behind bureaucrats, but standing shoulder to shoulder with the men and women who volunteer to protect us.
🏛 Wade's Take: I want a War Secretary who knows our troops by name and treats them with respect, not some Ivy League theorist who's never met a deadline or made a tough call. Hegseth gets it — you lead from the front, not from a conference room. That's how you build trust and get results.
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Trump Has an Opening to End the Ukraine War — If Putin Is Smart Enough to Take It
National Review is reporting that conditions may finally be right for President Trump to broker a peace deal in Ukraine. After more than four years of grinding war, massive casualties on both sides, and hundreds of billions in Western aid, the battlefield has reached a kind of bloody stalemate. Putin's initial invasion failed to achieve its objectives, but Ukraine hasn't been able to push Russia completely out either. Both sides are exhausted, and Trump has made clear he wants this war ended — not because he's soft on Russia, but because endless war serves nobody's interests except defense contractors.
The piece argues that Putin should make a deal, and they're right. Russia's economy is strained, its military has been exposed as less formidable than advertised, and the cost in Russian lives has been staggering. Meanwhile, Ukraine needs security guarantees and a path to rebuild. Trump's track record on negotiation is better than any president in a generation — he got North Korea to the table, brokered Middle East peace deals everyone said were impossible, and he understands leverage. If there's an opening here, he's the one who can close it.
🏛 Wade's Take: Wars end at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield — any student of history knows that. Trump proved in his first term he can make deals everyone else said were impossible. Let him work, give him room to maneuver, and we might finally stop hemorrhaging taxpayer money into Eastern Europe while our own border remains wide open.
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Jobs Up 57K in June — Solid Growth, But Don't Hold Your Breath for Rate Cuts
US employers added 57,000 jobs in June, continuing steady hiring even as the number breaks a three-month streak of gains over 100,000. The labor market remains resilient — unemployment is still low, and businesses are still hiring, just at a more moderate pace. That's actually healthy after years of post-pandemic volatility. The problem? These numbers are strong enough that the Federal Reserve is almost certainly not cutting rates anytime soon, which means borrowing costs for everything from mortgages to business loans are staying elevated.
For anyone in commercial real estate, small business, or trying to finance growth, this is frustrating. We're in this weird zone where the economy isn't overheating but isn't cooling fast enough to force the Fed's hand. Powell and his team are terrified of cutting too soon and letting inflation reignite, so they're going to keep rates higher for longer. That's the safe play for central bankers, but it's hell on business owners trying to expand or investors trying to make real estate deals pencil out with 7% interest rates.
🏛 Wade's Take: The Fed is fighting the last war while the rest of us are trying to build the future. Inflation is under control, but they're so scared of getting burned again that they'll choke off growth just to cover their backsides. Meanwhile, every small business owner I know is paying double on their credit lines compared to three years ago.
Stay sharp, stay invested, and have a blessed Fourth of July. — Wade
— Wade Lawson