Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is once again showing himself to be the most reasonable member of his party.

Following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Fetterman is calling on his fellow Democrats to drop their Trump Derangement Syndrome and support construction of the White House Ballroom.

This will earn him more scorn from the rabid far-left wing of his party, but he doesn’t seem to care. Good for him.

FOX News reported:

Fetterman breaks with Democrats after shooting scare, backs Trump on major White House project

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., broke party lines again after the close call at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this weekend, siding with President Donald Trump’s push to build a ballroom at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Fetterman, who has repeatedly shown he is willing to defy his party, posted on X that he was “there front and center” at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner when the shooting occurred Saturday night. The alleged shooter, 31-year-old California resident Cole Allen, broke through multiple layers of Secret Service security at the Washington Hilton and nearly opened fire in a room where the president, vice president and other key administration and federal officials were present.

“After witnessing last night,” Fetterman called for people to “drop the TDS [Trump derangement syndrome] and build the White House ballroom.”

He said the purpose of the ballroom would be to host events “exactly like these.”

“We were there front and center,” he wrote. “That venue wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession for the U.S. government.”

Watch below:

NEW: John Fetterman: “Drop the TDS. Let’s just build this ballroom.” pic.twitter.com/roclYtep7J

— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) April 28, 2026

The GOP is solidified on this. Senator Lindsey Graham is talking about it.

Lindsey Graham says they are going introduce legislation that’s going to authorize 400 million dollars to be spent on building the ballroom: We pay for it by offsetting it with customs fees. The sooner we get the ballroom built, the better it is for the country. pic.twitter.com/aYS3Pi07gT

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 27, 2026

Even Senator Rand Paul is on board!

I’m dropping a bill tomorrow. Let’s build the Ballroom. https://t.co/vlQTY1l3ub

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) April 27, 2026

The ballroom is going to get built, whether Democrats like it or not.

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After the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz published a tweet claiming that he is against political violence.

He could have fooled us.

Just last week, Walz attended a far left conference in Barcelona, Spain and bashed President Trump as a fascist. Greg Gutfeld later accused Walz of treason for doing this.

This is the tweet Walz published after the shooting:

Political violence has become all too prevalent in America. I’m grateful for the swift response from law enforcement at White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) April 26, 2026

CNN’s Scott Jennings dropped this reply on him:

This you? https://t.co/bX9zREYIql pic.twitter.com/yCWhMzjlh3

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) April 26, 2026

Others reminded him about his words in Spain.

You just called him a fascist last week on your trip to Europe.

Remember when violence against ICE agents increased by 1,000% after you called them the Gestapo?

What did you think your rhetoric was going to do, Tim…

— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) April 26, 2026

You literally went to a foreign country, called Trump a fascist and begged foreigners to do something about it.
How is the FBI not knocking at your door?pic.twitter.com/4VyKwcsx8X https://t.co/UmSokH3zu7

— Rising serpent (@rising_serpent) April 26, 2026

“Political violence has become all too prevalent in America.”

Do these clowns ever take a look in the mirror? https://t.co/Me2vJOab1i

— David Wolf (@DavidWolf777) April 26, 2026

This is just like what’s happening with Bruce Springsteen.

These people accuse Trump of being a Nazi and a fascist, then turn around and act shocked when one of their supporters acts on their inflammatory rhetoric.

What do they expect is going to happen? They encourage this behavior.

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Congress’s purple-haired congresswoman had a near-complete meltdown after EPA administrator Lee Zeldin completely embarrassed her during an an exchange on ‘climate change’ and the law.

On Monday, Zeldin testified before the House Appropriations Committee regarding President Trump’s 2027 budget request. As The Washington Examiner notes, the proposed budget would cut the agency’s budget in half if approved by Congress.

During the hearing, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) angrily attacked Zeldin for “appeasing polluters” and ignoring Americans under “the false flag of economic growth.”

Zeldin responded by explaining that he’s following the law, pointing out that it says nothing about fighting climate change.

Then, he asked DeLauro if she was familiar with the Loper Bright Supreme Court case.

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is a landmark Supreme Court case in 2024 which overturned the long-standing Chevron doctrine, fundamentally altering the balance of power between the judiciary and federal agencies.

The Chevron doctrine, established in the 1984 case Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, has long been a source of contention. It granted deference to federal agencies in interpreting ambiguous statutes, effectively allowing unelected bureaucrats to make laws through their regulatory actions.

However, by a 6-3 majority, SCOTUS declared that such power is unconstitutional and goes against the principles of democratic governance.

DeLauro had no clue what Zeldin was talking about and went berserk:

“You do not, excuse, you don’t have the right to say climate change does not exist, that it’s a hoax!” she yelled at the EPA Administrator.

The exchange got even worse for DeLauro when Zeldin exposed her for not knowing about another landmark Supreme Court decision: West Virginia Vs. EPA.

In this 2022 case, The Court determined by a 6-3 margin that Congress did not authorize the EPA to compel existing power plants to combat climate change using the Clean Air Act, thereby curbing the agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from them.

All DeLauro could do was yell at Zeldin and finally snapped completely by saying, “I don’t have to listen to this BS!”

WATCH:

LMFAO! Purple haired psycho Rep. Rosa DeLauro goes BERSERK on EPA Admin Lee Zeldin because he’s not a climate change cultist

She starts becoming VISIBLY DISTURBED and says:

“You do NOT have the right to say climate change is a hoax!”

She’s batsht. pic.twitter.com/zty9gOWpIv

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 27, 2026

DELAURO: When climate change is flooding our streets, poisoning our air…how can the EPA justify abandoning that duty to protect Americans to appease polluters under the false flag of economic growth?

ZELDIN: Following the law: section 202 of the Clean Air Act. Where does it say anything about fighting global climate change?

Loper Bright Supreme Court case, are you familiar with it?

DELAURO: Maybe others are but I’m not…

ZELDIN: Loper Bright says that we as an agency don’t have the authority to get creative, if Section 202 of the Clean Air Act…

DELAURO: You do not, excuse, you don’t have the right to say climate change does not exist, that it’s a hoax! And that’s what your administration…

ZELDIN: I understand you’re upset, you don’t know what Loper Bright is. Do you know what the Major Policies Doctrine is?

You’re a member of Congress you should know.

DELAURO: You’ve moved from someone who defended the environment to all of a sudden…

ZELDIN: You’re getting defensive for not knowing the two biggest Supreme Court cases of the last year.

DELAURO: And you are very defensive about changing your policy and your position!

ZELDIN: Do you want me tell you the two biggest Supreme Court cases of the last few years are?

DELAURO: You’re here because you need money from us, so hold up for a second! Wait for the questions and answer the questions!

ZELDIN: I answered your question and you didn’t like my answer because you don’t know what Loper Bright is, what EPA vs. West Virginia is….Because you’re asking me about Section 202 of the Clean Air Act and you don’t read it, you don’t know what it says.

DELAURO: You want to deny…

ZELDIN: No, I actually read the law. I do my homework. You’re just someone who likes to have the microphone on.

DEALURO: This is the appropriations committee!

ZELDIN: Oh, you care about science and now you want to defund it? Because you don’t know what Loper Bright is, you don’t know what the Major Policies Act is.

DELAURO: I don’t have to listen to this BS!

ZELDIN: BS? You think I made up these cases?

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A newly resurfaced recording of a damning phone call has revealed that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was warned about the potential for the dangerous and destructive wildfires that swept through southern California more than a year ago.

She had all of this information before she left the country for a trip to Ghana. She went anyway.

It’s just another reminder of how incompetent Bass is as a mayor. The people of Los Angles were doomed before the fires even began.

PJ Media reports:

In the leaked audio, Bass was reportedly talking to John Alle, a local resident and property manager in the Santa Monica and Westlake areas. Alle himself confirmed this here.

Reports are that Elle called Bass on Jan. 4, 2025, warning her about the risks tied to the weather, the wind, and dry conditions. In the call, Alle said he tried to convince Bass not to leave for Africa, but in the secretly recorded audio, she told Elle she had no intention of canceling her trip in spite of all his warnings.

To be sure, we have not been able to verify with 100% certainty the validity of this leaked audio, but it is worth noting that neither Bass nor her office has disputed the call’s authenticity and the content of the audio.

This is the transcript of the call:

Bass says, “The situation is very dangerous, and I would never do… I will take the criticism before I do a publicity stunt, and frankly a press conference at this point in time would just be publicity.”

Elle interrupts with, “I think my neighbors, property owners, and the residents – 41,000 people live within a square mile here. Two families share a one-bedroom apartment…”

Bass then says, “But they wanna hear that something is gonna be done.”

Elle replies, “They want to know it’s recognized.”

Bass then gets creepily cryptic, “Exactly, but if I have a choice between that and compromising something, I just have to go along with it. It’s not my area of expertise. I wanna make sure that you are safe. And hopefully you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate… and it’s hard for me to tell you this, but um, hold tight. You will understand soon.”

The two then indicate they now understand each other, and Bass then adds, “And when I am able to talk, I will be happy to go into great detail.”

Elle reminds Bass, “You’ve got me on the street, and you’re welcome to call me at any time, I’ll call you right back.”

On the matter of her plans to travel to Ghana in the midst of this crisis, Bass tells Elle, “Just in terms of my trip, just so you know I’m missing two work days. That’s it. And if President Biden extends an invitation, I took it.”

Listen below:

Leaked audio from mayor @karenbassla right before the Palisades fire. She has no business in public office. The only choice for mayor is @spencerpratt pic.twitter.com/WswrMTfWH3

— Denise Aguilar (@InformedMama209) April 25, 2026

On top of all of this, there was no water in the reservoirs to feed the fire hydrants, making the blazes almost impossible to stop.

It was not just a failure of leadership. It was borderline criminal.

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Democrats want to talk about rhetoric, but they cannot escape one damning fact.

Regardless of who uses what words, the bullets have only flown in one direction.

In the wake of Saturday’s alleged assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois told CNN’s Pamela Brown that Trump bears special responsibility for the inflamed passions that have produced such acts of violence.

First, Brown played a clip of Trump commenting on political violence in general before blaming Democrats in particular.

Then, the CNN host asked the congressman for his comment.

“I think that definitely the rhetoric needs to cool,” Krishnamoorthi said in a clip posted to the social media platform X. “But remember his own rhetoric has inflamed the discourse in a way that we haven’t seen before.”

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: “I think that definitely the rhetoric needs to cool, but remember [Trump’s] own rhetoric has inflamed the discourse in a way that we haven’t seen before.” pic.twitter.com/Ha7FLjHkF8

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 27, 2026

For more than 10 years, of course, Trump has indeed used colorful language to attack his political opponents. More often than not, the president used that language to fight back against Democrats’ outrageous slanders.

Moreover, in many cases, those slanders have had sinister origins and purposes. When they called him a Russian agent, for instance, Democrats had already laid the groundwork for a “treasonous conspiracy” that included the manufacturing of intelligence to perpetuate a hoax that undermined the first Trump administration.

The same thing happened after the 2017 Charlottesville protests. Democrats accused Trump of racism with their now-debunked “very fine people” hoax. In fact, last week, the Department of Justice secured 11 indictments against the extreme-leftist Southern Poverty Law Center, which stands accused of funding that event (and other hate-group leaders) to raise funds off the manufactured racism.

In other words, with Democrats, there exists a correlation between words and actions.

For instance, in the same CNN interview, Krishnamoorthi subtly tried to legitimize the attempted violence against Trump.

“There’s tremendous, as you can understand, concern, given the threat levels that are going up, in part because of the president and now three assassination attempts on him, his very low approval ratings, which unfortunately fuel a lot of disaffection,” the congressman said in another clip posted to X.

UNREAL. Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi blames President Trump for the assassination attempts against him instead of blaming the left-wing lunatic shooter:

“The president… has very low approval ratings which fuel a lot of disaffection.” pic.twitter.com/a5da2GEBV1

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 27, 2026

When, therefore, the president has low approval ratings, we should expect violence? No Republican ever took a shot at the wildly unpopular former President Joe Biden.

Unfortunately, Democrats do not behave the same way. Convinced of their own righteousness, they produce foot soldiers who justify murder.

In fact, not only do they justify it, they celebrate it. Thousands of unhinged leftists went online to gloat following the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Thus, Krishnamoorthi can say whatever he likes about Trump’s rhetoric. The fact remains that in the present era — call it the Trump Era — the purveyors of violence have only targeted Republicans.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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A federal judge in Maryland has sided with a group of immigrants from countries flagged for terror risks and national security threats, blocking USCIS from pausing their green card applications.

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Judge George L. Russell III, an Obama appointee, issued a sweeping preliminary injunction on Friday, blocking USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow from enforcing two key Policy Memoranda (PM-602-0192 and PM-602-0194) that placed adjudicatory holds on green card (Form I-485) applications from nationals of dozens of “Countries of Identified Concern.”

These policies were a direct response to President Trump’s Presidential Proclamations 10949 and 10998, which rightly restricted entry from high-risk nations lacking proper screening and vetting capabilities, such as Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Eritrea, and more.

This is to enhance national security reviews to keep terrorists, criminals, and public safety threats out of our communities.

But this judge, in a 39-page Memorandum Opinion, ruled the holds “arbitrary and capricious,” claiming USCIS failed to adequately consider “reliance interests” of the 83 plaintiffs (many from these exact hot spots) who want their green cards processed ASAP. The court ordered the government to resume processing these applications, potentially within 30 days.

The Daily Record reported:

The 83 Maryland plaintiffs sued in January and asked for a preliminary injunction against the hold on applications by people from those countries. They alleged the indefinite pause would cause irreparable harm to their careers, businesses and families.

All but three of the plaintiffs are citizens of Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Syria or Venezuela, which are all on the list; the other three are married to citizens of those countries. Twenty-five are spouses or children of the other 58.

Russell noted that many are scientists and researchers who are unable to attend international conferences while their residency applications are pending. Others alleged in the complaint that they have had to postpone decisions about having children due to the uncertainty.

Russell granted their request for a preliminary injunction, deciding to preserve the status quo before the indefinite pause. He ruled that the USCIS policy memorandum counts as a “final agency action” eligible for court review.

The order only applies to the 83 plaintiffs.

Russell ruled that they were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims, that they were likely to suffer irreparable harm without final decisions on their applications and that a preliminary injunction would serve the public interest.

He declined, however, to order the agency to process the applications within 30 days, as the plaintiffs requested, because they are in different stages. Some of them have provided the required biometrics data — including fingerprints, photos and signatures — and are awaiting final approval, while others only submitted their applications shortly before the complaint was filed.

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