Congressional Dems Remain At Rock Bottom In Eyes Of American Voters
The majority of Americans disapprove of the job Democrats in Congress are doing, according to a Marist Poll released Tuesday.
A gun in the hand is worth more than ‘never again’
Let’s face the truth. Being Jewish is a marvelous way of life, but it is also a very dangerous one. Jews need to wake up to the fact that there are imminent threats to their safety seemingly everywhere now in our country: in their homes, workplaces, synagogues, community centers, schools, and wherever else they happen to be.
FBI hate crime statistics against Jews are now at the highest they have been in decades. Just in the past several weeks, there have been two high-profile anti-Semitic attacks in America: the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21 and the Molotov cocktail attacks against Jews at a pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1.
Jewish gun ownership isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. Don’t wait. Do it now.
But the truth is, these incidents are not unusual. They are becoming all too common. Anti-Semites from both the radical left and radical right are out for Jewish blood. Their violent, unhinged anger is not going away any time soon.
It is also chilling how many Americans, especially in the younger generations, believe that violence is justified in the name of their political ideals. This is evidenced, for example, by the astonishingly high percentage of younger Americans who sympathize with Luigi Mangione in the murder of a health care executive.
Although Mangione’s case has nothing to do with Jews, it’s indicative of what people think are reasonable forms of activism. Increasingly, people believe that killing innocents is justified and normal.
The fact is, plenty of radicals blame “the Jews” for whatever they happen to be angry about that day — whether it’s the conflicts in the Middle East, America’s economic support for Ukraine, capitalism, globalism, woke ideology, high prices, or whatever else. Both sides have their reasons for wanting to see Jews dead.
Now that we recognize just how precarious Jewish lives have become, American Jews have two solutions going forward. The first is to rely on government to protect us. How is that working out, though? While many attacks are foiled by law enforcement, plenty still slip through the cracks. Unless we’re prepared to turn America into a full-on Orwellian surveillance state that watches everyone’s every move and strips basic freedoms from all, dangerous people will always slip through.
The second solution is more reasonable: Jews must become more self-reliant. That means becoming armed.
Unfortunately, American Jews are among the groups least likely to own guns. According to a survey from the American Jewish Committee, Jewish gun ownership is around 10%. Compare that to roughly 32% for the general population, according to Pew. And the AJC also found that 70% of Jews support strict gun control laws.
The irony is maddening. Jews face greater threats than most, yet they oppose the very means of self-defense they need most. This needs to change.
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Jewish Americans need to buy guns, seek firearms training, and carry legally. Synagogues and community centers should sponsor training workshops and allow lawful carry on premises. They should also build neighborhood watch teams and community security groups.
Most American Jews live in the three most virulently anti-gun states: New York, New Jersey, and California. They need to support state-level reforms to restore the God-given right to self-defense as America’s founders intended.
Two things stand in the way. The first is hoplophobia — irrational fear of guns. Many Jews treat firearms as inherently evil simply because bad people use them. They need to understand good people use them, too.
The second obstacle is uncertainty. For those unfamiliar with gun culture, it can be daunting. But help is easy to find. NRA-certified instructors are available across the country. The NRA website has a full directory. And several excellent Jewish gun-rights organizations already exist — including Cherev Gidon in the Catskills and Magen Am in Los Angeles.
Jewish gun ownership isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. Don’t wait. Do it now. Your life, your family, and your community may depend on it.
Democrats can’t stop chasing Trump’s red dot on immigration
In his first term, President Donald Trump chased Democrats’ laser pointer; now, they’re chasing his. No issue illustrates this like immigration; it’s become the Democrats’ red dot. Whenever, wherever, and however Trump moves it, Democrats can’t help pouncing.
In his first term, Trump reacted to everything Democrats and the establishment media did. He couldn’t help himself, as though always compensating for having lost the 2016 popular vote. Forever taking their bait, his tweets poured forth. His frequently abrupt policy and political changes cost him on Obamacare — and popular support, too. Throughout his first term, Trump never had a favorable job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics Average of national polls.
Of all the things Trump has pursued, nothing has exercised Democrats like his crackdown on illegal immigration.
In his second term, circumstances have markedly reversed. Democrats have been reacting to Trump since before he took office — if not since before he won it.
The tables have turned
Even before his inauguration, Democratic leaders ran to microphones to announce their defiance. As they did, they picked politically questionable issues. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) proclaimed he was opening his state to more transgender surgeries; California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) proclaimed support for electric vehicle credits.
When Trump talked about a third term, even with the Constitution clearly blocking it, Democrats and the establishment media were apoplectic. Once in office, they were opposed to the Department of Government Efficiency with equal vehemence.
In short, if Trump proposed it, Democrats opposed it. They couldn’t help taking the bait. However, of all the things Trump has pursued, nothing has exercised Democrats like his crackdown on illegal immigration.
Democrats flounder on immigration
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) , boldly proclaiming that he was harboring an illegal immigrant, dared ICE to come — until ICE said they intended to. Democratic officials stormed a New Jersey ICE holding center. When a Milwaukee judge was arrested for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant avoid ICE capture, Democrats rallied around her, despite a judge’s job being one of impartiality on cases before the bench.
When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported from Maryland, the accused MS-13 gang member became a Democratic cause célèbre. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) went to El Salvador to have cocktails with Garcia; other Democratic members of Congress followed. Nationwide, Democrats have prominently counseled illegal immigrants on evading ICE.
Still, the Los Angeles uprising this month took Democratic efforts (or lack thereof when it comes to enforcement) to another level. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) — who already had bungled wildfires that caused enormous damage — and Governor Newsom stood by as the city descended into anarchic chaos due to protests over ICE doing its job.
Trump called in the National Guard. Next, the Marines. Meanwhile, Newsom called press conferences — and sued. He sought to cast himself as a political paladin, a knight-errant in defense of not enforcing immigration law.
Democrats feel the pressure
The better term for Newsom and the rest of the Democrats rallying to the cause of blocking the deportation of immigrants in the country illegally would be “knights-in-error.” More accurate in terms of immigration and law enforcement policy, it would be more accurate still in terms of politics.
Having already given Trump a winning issue, they are now gift-wrapping it in images: attacking law enforcement, rioters, outside agitators, destruction, looting, burned-out vehicles, a city aflame. Each picture is a winner for Trump, each one a loser for Democrats.
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To understand how big a loser these visuals are for Democrats, just look at the polling numbers.
RealClearPolitics’ final average for President Joe Biden’s job approval on crime was 38% approval and 59% disapproval — a margin of negative 21 percentage points. On immigration, Biden’s final job approval average was 33.5% approval and 64.8% disapproval — a margin of negative 31.3 percentage points.
With negatives like these, why do Democrats insist on fighting on this terrain? Why Trump does is clear: His job approval on immigration is 51.5% approval versus 47% disapproval — a positive 4.5 percentage points.
The figures on reduced illegal immigration and overall crime since he took office only burnish the law-and-order credentials Democrats are thrusting on him.
Americans want immigration reform
Even in California, increased law enforcement is a winner. California’s ballot measure that increased penalties for shoplifting and drug possession — and undid an earlier ballot measure relaxing these — passed overwhelmingly last November.
Non-deluded Democrats have also voiced their concerns with picking this losing fight. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) have both had the temerity to swim against Democrats’ lemming tide.
Immigration has become a laser pointer for Trump to use on Democrats. With every flash of the red dot, Democrats instinctively respond, each time believing that one more pat of the paw, one more snap of the jaw, and they will have seized what is forever a pounce away.
Contrary to outward appearances, Democrats do, in fact, have an agenda: Trump’s. Or rather, Trump’s agenda has them. And on immigration, it has Democrats right where Trump wants them.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.
One bad order could undermine Trump’s strongest issue
Thank God President Trump walked back his misguided order to grant de facto amnesty to illegal alien farm workers. Now he needs to kill the policy for good.
Trump won in 2016 — and again in 2024 — on two core promises: lower the cost of living and stop the third-world invasion of the United States. Since he shows no interest in cutting deficits in a way that might restore pre-COVID price levels, immigration remains the battlefield that will define his presidency. And unless he corrects course, he risks failure on that front too.
No more half measures or donor-driven compromises. No more weakness. Only total war on the policies, programs, and pipelines that keep America under siege.
To his credit, Trump moved quickly to shut off the surge at the southern border during his first week in office. But he did the same in 2017, and the long-term results didn’t last. A future Democrat administration will simply escalate. If Biden brought in 10 million, the next one will aim for 20 million.
Temporary border control and modest deportation numbers won’t solve the crisis. Fewer than a million removals over a four-year term won’t reverse the demographic or economic damage — especially while legal immigration, foreign student visas, and guest worker programs continue at record highs.
Unforced errors
Trump must go beyond symbolic border enforcement. That means neutralizing judicial interference through must-pass legislation — or ignoring illegitimate court rulings outright. He should authorize maritime deportations using ships, suspend most of the 1.5 million foreign student visas — especially from China and Islamic countries — and permanently empower states to enforce immigration law.
Instead, Trump recently unveiled a set of policies that undermine those very goals.
He announced continued access for Chinese nationals to U.S. universities — just as a spy ring was uncovered at the University of Michigan. He expanded his support for white-collar visas for Indian nationals and revived his “golden visa” scheme, which allows wealthy Chinese Communist Party elites to buy their way into U.S. citizenship.
Worst of all, Trump issued an order halting removals of illegal aliens working in farming and hospitality. He later reversed course — but the damage was done.
In pushing for more illegal labor, Trump handed leftists a talking point they had already lost. He lent moral weight to one of their core claims: that America needs illegal immigrants to do the “jobs Americans won’t do.” That argument, long peddled by George W. Bush, John McCain, and the donor-class GOP, was the very reason millions turned to Trump in the first place.
Ten years after calling for a moratorium on illegal immigration and a drastic cut to legal migration, Trump now echoes the talking points he once dismantled. If he keeps this up, he won’t just squander his mandate — he’ll cement the invasion he was elected to stop.
Five points Trump should heed
- You can’t re-onshore manufacturing and offshore the workforce. Trump champions tariffs to bring jobs home — but what good is that if those jobs go to foreign nationals here illegally? Patriotism means putting Americans to work on American soil — not just moving the factory.
- This isn’t about labor shortages. It’s about labor suppression. Trump wants more white-collar visas even as tech jobs disappear. He supports handing green cards to foreign students. This isn’t policy — it’s donor-class economics wrapped in populist branding.
- You can’t modernize with AI while subsidizing human labor. Trump wants to “win the AI arms race” with China. Great. Start by automating farm work instead of importing cartel-affiliated field hands. Cheap labor delays innovation — and the status quo keeps us dependent.
- The welfare state distorts the labor market. Trump refuses to shrink entitlements and yet complains that Americans won’t work. Maybe that’s true — but the welfare state is the push, and illegal labor is the pull. Cut both, and you raise wages and get people off the couch.
- Illegal labor invites cartel exploitation. Agricultural guest labor provides the perfect cover. In 2019, an exposé by the Louisville Courier Journal revealed how Mexican farm workers served as mules for the Jalisco New Generation cartel. One man, Ciro Macias Martinez, groomed horses by day at Calumet Farm — and ran a $30 million drug ring by night.
The cash-based, transient, and legally vulnerable workforce offers a logistical gold mine for transnational criminal organizations. Cartels use job scams to traffic humans, set up safe houses, and move product. Rural communities lack the law enforcement resources to push back. The result: strategic sanctuary zones for America's most dangerous enemies.
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When Trump says these workers are “hardworking” and “not criminals,” he ignores the obvious fact that every illegal alien is a criminal. Amnesty for farm workers isn’t just a policy mistake — it’s an operational gift to America’s foreign adversaries.
No room for ambiguity
Trump knows immigration is his strongest issue. The polls prove it. But if he wavers, even slightly, on mass deportations or illegal labor, he opens the door for his political enemies to sow doubt — and for cartel operatives to sow chaos.
He reversed the farm worker carve-out. Now he must bury it. Then, he needs to go farther. No more half measures. No more donor-driven compromises. No more weakness. Only total war on the policies, programs, and pipelines that keep America under siege.
His base expects it. The country needs it. The future depends on it.
Polish Voters Again Reject Liberal ‘Laboratory’ Candidate
The recent Polish election keeps conservative check on leftist prime minister and reflects Poles’ iron will.Trump's triumph: Approval ratings surge despite leftist attacks
Despite relentless attacks from the left, President Donald Trump's approval ratings have progressively increased, marking a stunning turnaround from last month's lows.
Since beginning his second term in office, Trump's disapproval rating peaked at 52.4% in late April, according to RealClearPolitics. The drop in support came just weeks after Trump rolled out 10% baseline tariffs as part of his Liberation Day declaration on April 2.
'His rising ratings are directly the result of his easing of concerns about his tariffs.'
Trump's critics slammed his tariff announcement, further fueling concerns about economic uncertainty that appeared to reflect in the polls, which showed a 45.3% approval rating on April 28.
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However, as Trump's administration has worked toward trade negotiations to promote its America First policy, economic concerns have decreased.
The latest polling reflects a substantial swing and a major win for Trump.
According to RealClearPolitics' data, Trump's disapproval rating dropped to 50%, and his approval rating increased to 47.5% on May 25.
While the president's approval rating is still in the red, the polling shift signals a significant reversal: Over the past month, Trump went from being 7.1 points behind to just 2.5 points.
Henry Olsen with the Ethics and Public Policy Center told Blaze News, "His rising ratings are directly the result of his easing of concerns about his tariffs." Olsen added that the polls "started to fall around Liberation Day and they started to rise after the deals with the [United Kingdom] and the pause [regarding] China."
Olsen stated that Trump's ratings "remain historically low for presidents in their first terms at this point in time, but they are much higher than they were at a corresponding point in 2017."
Trump's comeback in the polls even grabbed the attention of legacy media outlets.
Over the weekend, the New York Times released an article titled "How Donald Trump Has Remade America's Political Landscape," which noted how the president "has increased the Republican Party's share of the presidential vote in each election he's been on the ballot in close to half the counties in America — 1,433 in all."
The Times called it "a staggering political achievement."
The article noted how Trump has "steadily gained steam across a broad swath of the nation, with swelling support not just in white working-class communities but also in counties with sizable Black and Hispanic populations."
On Monday, Newsweek highlighted Trump's growing support among young adults. The piece cited a J.L. Partners/Daily Mail poll from mid-May that found Trump's approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds increased by six points.
"An even bigger increase was seen in the latest YouGov/Economist poll, conducted between May 19 and 16 among 1,710 adults. In the survey, Trump's approval rating among Gen Z voters jumped 7 points, from 28 percent last week to 35 percent this week. Meanwhile, his disapproval rating dropped by 11 points to 51 percent," Newsweek reported.
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