The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban sex change procedures for minors, and — crucially — that transgender identity is not a protected class under the Constitution.

In its landmark decision in United States v. Skrmetti, the Court upheld Tennessee’s SB1 law, which prohibits doctors from performing sex change operations as well as prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to children for the purpose of gender transition.

The Court rejected claims that the law violates the Equal Protection Clause, applying only rational basis review — the most deferential standard — and finding Tennessee’s interest in protecting minors from irreversible, experimental treatments to be plainly legitimate. As the Court noted, “many of these procedures, when performed on a minor for such purposes, are experimental in nature and not supported by high-quality, long-term medical studies.”

But the bigger headline is this: the Court declined to invent a new “suspect class” for transgender individuals, resisting activist pressure to elevate gender identity to the same legal status as race or sex. That move was always unlikely, given the Court’s long-standing refusal to create suspect classes for other groups — including homeless people, people with disabilities, the poor, and the elderly.

The decision sends a powerful message to lower courts: the Constitution does not require states to affirm gender ideology — and courts are not in the business of creating new protected classes on demand.

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President Trump said he would do a better job as Fed Chief than Jerome Powell because Powell pissed him off by keeping interest rates steady instead of cutting them, as the President wanted.

President Trump called Powell “a stupid person” who was “costing the country a fortune,” citing high interest payments for the federal government.

I mean…we could also lower the federal debt to lower interest payments. That’s a thought.

The Fed also may have a new war to fund.

With a $37 trillion national debt, it is clear that the U.S. can’t afford a new war but it can if the Fed acts as a War Venture Capitalist like always.

Former Congressman Ron Paul points out in his fantastic book End The Fed, World War I was funded by:

• 21%: taxation
• 56%: Fed-backed borrowing
• 23%: outright money creation

That trend hasn’t stopped. It’s only intensified through every war since.

If we had no Fed, we couldn’t go to war. End the Fed indeed!

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Israel doesn’t want you to know the extent of its damage or any of the damage it is inflicting. The government has issued an unprecedented order restricting Israeli media from publishing details about the war.

The IDF military censor applies to Israeli media and any foreign media operating in Israel. The censorship rules extend beyond Gaza, banning Israeli press from publishing stories that could “damage national morale” or “aid the enemy.” That includes civilian casualties, military mishaps, footage of protests, and even some international reports that contradict the official line.

And it is retroactive? 1984-style!

Media watchdogs and human rights groups have condemned these censorship demands as deeply authoritarian—especially given the global implications. When a military demands pre-approval of news coverage, that’s not just “national security,” that’s information control.

What is it that they don’t want us to see? Perhaps that the Iron Dome has been failing at an embarrassing rate. Al Jazeera reports that they “do not know exactly how some Iranian missiles made it past Israeli air defense systems.”

If the Iron Dome is struggling to intercept missiles, Israel’s censors are working overtime to intercept the truth.

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President Trump said that Iran wants to re-open peace negotiations with the United States but the Iranian envoy to the United Nations says that is a lie.

“No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House,” a statement from Iran said on X. “The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to ‘take out’ Iran’s Supreme Leader. Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance. Iran shall respond to any threat with a counter-threat, and to any action with reciprocal measures.”

Okay so much for diplomacy.

The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump has already given a greenlight to attack Iran but he is still “holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program.”

What nuclear program? The one he thinks existed that U.S. intelligence confirmed does not? The IAEA has even admitted to having no evidence of this nuclear program!

The White House sure does seem to be prepping our psyche for war. This video, posted on the White House X account, says that the U.S. will “affirm with unwavering certainty that in the years ahead, and in every generation hence, whenever duty calls and whatever danger comes, the American soldier will be there. No matter the risk… they will seize the crown of victory.”

That sure does sound like a battle cry, doesn’t it?

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The Trump administration has delivered the strongest real wage growth for blue-collar workers in over 50 years — up 1.7% in just five months, according to Treasury data. That’s better than any president since Nixon, and even tops Trump’s own first term.

But for how long? All of this progress could be wiped out if the U.S. enters another unwinnable war in the Middle East. Will these economic gains be wiped out by a war economy?

If the conflict with Iran escalates, oil prices could double, or even quadruple — sending gas past $6 a gallon and dragging wage growth down with it.

So the question isn’t just how good the numbers are now — it’s whether the administration will risk burning it all for another foreign war.

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There’s a bipartisan antiwar movement brewing — and it just solidified with the introduction of a War Powers Resolution to stop unauthorized military action in Iran.

Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna filed a concurrent resolution this week that would require the President to withdraw U.S. troops from hostilities in Iran unless Congress formally declares war.

This isn’t symbolic. It’s a legal trigger under Section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution — a rare move that says: no more blank checks for war.

Congress hasn’t declared war since 1942. Every conflict since — Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya — was launched under vague Authorizations for Use of Military Force, executive orders, or NATO justifications.

The Massie–Khanna resolution is a last-ditch effort to restore constitutional order — because if war is coming, the American people deserve to see exactly who voted for it.

Democrats have mostly marched in lockstep with Republicans in backing Israel’s attack on Iran. But a few have spoken out — including Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib. Even activist David Hogg has joined the chorus.

Maybe the antiwar wing of the party is waking up. Or maybe they see an opportunity — a chance to capitalize on Republican warlust and flip the midterms.

After all, Trump won reelection on an antiwar platform and has betrayed that promise. Obama won on an antiwar platform — and then killed thousands with drone strikes, toppled Libya, expanded Bush’s wars, and launched new ones in Syria, Yemen, and Somalia.

So the question is: Do Democrats mean it this time — or are they just stepping into the antiwar vacuum for political gain?

And can Congress actually pass this resolution — especially when so many members still reflexively back Israel, no matter the cost? Probably not. Even though Democrats passed something exactly like this in 2020, they won’t now.

Support for Israel remains the default position in Washington. Defense contractors bankroll both parties. And the political class is in full wartime posture — waving flags, spiking oil, and labeling dissent as unpatriotic or worse.

But this resolution matters — because it forces a vote. It puts names on the record. And it cracks open the bipartisan shield that usually protects endless war from scrutiny.

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Could Russia bring peace between Israel and Iran — where the U.S. refuses to even try?

Russia has accused Israel of “pushing the world toward a nuclear disaster.” A statement from the Russian foreign ministry said this:

“The ongoing intensive attacks by the Israeli side against civilian nuclear facilities in Iran are illegal from the point of view of international law. They pose unacceptable threats to international security and push the world to a nuclear disaster, with its consequences being felt everywhere, including in Israel. Russia is calling on Israel’s leadership to come to its senses and immediately stop air raids on Iran’s nuclear installations that have guarantees from and are inspected by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency.”

China has echoed Russia’s call for de-escalation, warning that the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities risk triggering a broader regional war. Also this week, 11 countries — including China, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Cuba, and Venezuela — issued a joint condemnation of the Israeli strikes, emphasizing that Iran’s nuclear sites remain under IAEA oversight and are protected under international law.

Will Israel pay any mind?

President Trump had indicated that Russian President Putin may be the next best party to negotiate a peace but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed that bluntly: Israel doesn’t appear interested in peace — from anyone.

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