The late Pope Francis left his Popemobile to the people of Gaza to be used as an ambulance. Unfortunately for them, Israel won’t let it into the region.

The Catholic News Agency reports that “ongoing border restrictions, including the sealing of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, have prevented the vehicle, which was refurbished with essential medical equipment, from reaching its destination.”

Catholic representatives have also not been able to secure the right permits from Israel.

“Obtaining permits to enter Gaza from Israel is a very arduous and lengthy process. From Egypt, it is a little easier, but as I said, all borders are currently closed,” a representative for the Church said.

Think of that: Israel is bombing Gaza daily, but still finds time to block a symbolic ambulance over permit issues. It would be funny if it weren’t so grotesque.

This is yet another reason that Israel is losing global support. A new YouGov poll shows a new low in support for Israel’s attacks on Gaza throughout Europe. Importantly, this is not antisemitism – the poll didn’t ask about Jewish people. It asked about Israel’s military response, which most Europeans say has “gone too far” and caused “too many civilian casualties.”

The U.S. government doesn’t share that view. The United Nations representative to the UN Security Council vetoed a call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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The White House announced a new travel ban “to protect the nation from foreign terrorist or other national security and public safety threats from entry into the United States.”

The ban fully restricts and limits people from 12 countries and partially restricts people from an additional seven countries.

The full ban applies to: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The partial ban applies to: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

The White House says that a high percentage of residents from these places have overstayed their visa expirations and many of them do not cooperate with the U.S. on deportations.

President Trump instated a travel ban during his first term. Despite lawsuits to stop it, the courts upheld his authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict entry for national security reasons.

This ban does NOT apply to current Visa holders or permanent residents and there is a provision to make exceptions for “individuals whose entry serves U.S. national interests.”

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President Trump acknowledged that Russia will retaliate against Ukraine in a summary of a call with Russian President Putin.

The tone was very: A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.

“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attacks on the airfields.”

What President Trump didn’t say was that whatever Russia destroys in Ukraine, the U.S. will replace because weapons shipments to Ukraine have not stopped, despite the U.S. insistence on peace talks.

President Putin also had a call with Pope Leo on Wednesday. During the call, Pope Leo reportedly urged Russia to take meaningful steps toward ending the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of dialogue and humanitarian support, including facilitating aid and prisoner exchange.

In response, Putin claimed Ukraine was escalating the war and conducting sabotage, labeling such acts as terrorism. He reiterated Russia’s demand for Ukraine’s neutrality and an end to NATO’s eastward expansion.

In response to this, Ukrainian President Zelensky proposed a ceasefire until a meeting with President Putin can be reached.

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There are calls for trans influencer Lilly Tino to be arrested and banned from Disney parks after he took photos in women’s bathrooms at Disneyworld and used the park’s restaurants to demonstrate penis removal surgery with corndogs.

His posts center largely on how he felt—whether safe or affirmed—while entering and filming in women’s spaces. The comfort and privacy of the women and girls around him? Entirely ignored.

Under Florida law (§ 810.145), it is illegal to film or photograph inside bathrooms where individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Violators can be charged with a third-degree felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Many people on Tino’s posts claim to have notified the police.

So far, Disney has taken no action—and they probably won’t. It’s a no-win situation for them. If they condemn the male impostor, they risk being labeled bigots. If they ignore it, they appear complicit in the violation of women’s spaces. Their strategy? Say nothing, do nothing, and hope silence buys them time.

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The Department of Homeland Security has detained not only the suspect in the Colorado firebombing but also his wife and five children. The White House says that they are scheduled to be deported.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that DHS and ICE are “investigating to what extent his family knew about this horrific attack – if they had any knowledge of it or if they provided support to it.”

So now the Trump administration is deporting children who are in the country legally for actions of their family members. That is not what the law allows.

How far can this go? Can the government now deport entire families based on association? What’s next—ideology?

The U.S. has had many instances where immigrants committed high-profile terror attacks—and yet their families were not deported or prosecuted:

• 2015 San Bernardino shooting
• 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
• 2017 NYC truck attack
• 2016 Chelsea bombing

In every case, only those directly involved were targeted. Their families? Left alone.

This latest action is something new. It opens the door to ideological purges, guilt by association, and legalized intimidation of entire communities.

It should scare you because it isn’t justice—it’s authoritarianism. Is this the USA or the USSR?

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President Trump’s Big Beautiful Spending Bill is breaking Elon Musk’s heart and with good reason. It is a spending bonanza and it undoes a lot of the hard work that was done by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

When mortals dabble in politics, they expose the contradictions Congress sold its soul to ignore.

Musk posted this on X: “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”

He added that the bill “will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.”

The bill passed in the House and is currently with the Senate and is poised to pass ahead of the July 4 deadline.

Musk is not the only one who is deeply disappointed by this bill. After years of ballooning budgets, voters are demanding real, lasting cuts—not another bloated dead dog.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the President asked him to “eliminate $9.4 billion in wasteful foreign aid spending at the State Department and USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.”

Does that make anyone feel better? The Big Beautiful Bill could add $2.3 trillion to the deficit but we’re supposed to feel better about $9.4 billion in cuts? It’s pennies for dollars.

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The U.S. will ask NATO members to pony up some cash this week. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Europe to participate in the 81st anniversary of D-Day and to push NATO members to pay into the “defensive” organization that they hold so dear.

The U.S. currently pays for about 64% of NATO members’ combined defense spending, but its direct contribution to NATO’s common budget is only around 16%. That direct contribution totaled about $600 million in 2024.

The other 32 NATO countries don’t even pay 2% of the overall cost. By some estimates, only 22 out of those 32 meet their 2% contribution. That’s pathetic. It means a third of the alliance still underfunds its military obligations—while riding the coattails of U.S. power.

Secretary Hegseth plans to encourage NATO members to spend 5% of their GDP on NATO. But what happens if they don’t?

As journalist Michael Shellenberger put it: “Europeans don’t respect us; they look down on us.” Why would they sacrifice their protected welfare states to support NATO when they know Washington will foot the bill anyway? It’s arrogance layered on top of dependence.

“In Europe, you have universal healthcare, you work 35 hours a week, you retire at a young age, you don’t work nearly as hard as we do in the United States. You have many more benefits in large part because we pay for your security and in turn we just get disrespect,” Shellenberger said.

So even if Secretary Hegseth says “please”: why would they change anything?

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Russia will “inevitably” retaliate for the Ukrainian attacks on its soil, according to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council.

“Our army is on an active offensive and will continue its push forward. Everything that needs to be blown up will be, and those who need to be eliminated will be,” he wrote with a declarative specificity rarely seen from politicians.

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine remain bleak. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian negotiators “idiots.” He demanded that the U.S. and Europe place “new, tougher sanctions against Russia.”

The U.S. said that President Trump was not notified about Ukraine’s strikes on Russia in advance. When White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if the President was informed in advance of the attacks, she responded, “He was not.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will reportedly not participate in a defense conference for Ukraine on Wednesday. This is a conference that the Biden administration organized three years ago.

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The suspect accused of firebombing peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, has been charged with 16 counts of attempted murder, hate crimes, and a list of other charges.

What he did was heinous — no question. But why is it a hate crime? A crime is a crime. We don’t need new legal categories to punish a crazed man with a makeshift flamethrower. Attempted murder covers it.

Labeling something a “hate crime” may feel satisfying, but it’s dangerous. Our legal system is supposed to guarantee equal justice under the law. Adding extra punishment based on intent or emotion risks undermining that principle. It opens the door to thought policing — punishing people more harshly not for what they did, but for what we think motivated them.

Ironically, hate crime laws gained momentum under the Clinton administration following the murder of Matthew Shepard. The public was sold a story of an innocent gay man who was beaten to death for making a pass at a straight man but in-depth investigative reporting tells a different story.

Shepard, according to close friends and multiple witnesses, had a months-long sexual relationship with one of his killers. He was deeply involved in cross-state drug trafficking. At the time of his death, his jaw had recently been wired shut after an altercation with another man who said Shepard made unwanted sexual advances. Shepard had also been arrested as a teenager for molesting young boys — a fact the court barred from being introduced at trial.

In short: the story that sparked a national movement and new legislation was, at best, incomplete — and at worst, manufactured.

We now live in the shadow of that narrative. Hate crime laws may sound righteous, but they create legal disparities and moral confusion. They elevate certain victims above others. They allow prosecutors and politicians to signal virtue, rather than uphold principle.

And they put us all one step closer to punishing people not just for what they do — but for what they think.

The Boulder fire bomber should have the book thrown at him, yes, but “hate crime” need not apply.

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President Trump declared that Iran “will not be allowed to enrich uranium at all. 0%. Zero.”

But just weeks ago, in April, the U.S. signaled it would tolerate low-level uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes like energy production. What changed?

The shift likely reflects pressure from hardliners in Trump’s circle and growing tensions with Tehran, as the administration pivots from diplomacy to deterrence in hopes of forcing a more favorable deal—or justifying military options.

Meanwhile, Iran is still engaged in negotiations, asking that the U.S. clarify its commitment to lifting sanctions if a deal is reached. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei reiterated Iran’s intent to continue enrichment strictly for “peaceful” purposes.

What once looked like a possible compromise now appears to be slipping further out of reach unless it is what Senator Chuck Schumer calls a “secret deal” that involves tough talk in public but true diplomacy behind closed doors. Senator Schumer is upset about that. I’m not.

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