For almost two months I’ve been looking forward to making this announcement….and today it’s finally time. My new book, “The Confessor” is LIVE on Amazon! After nearly two months of writing this book, an average of 5-6 hours a day with no days off, the book is finally finished, edited and now live on Amazon for you to find and purchase if you are so inclined. Let me give you all the links you need right here, because you can choose from Hardcover, Paperback or Kindle, whatever works best for you. I am also offering signed first-editions of the book through my website at WLTLH.com, but only 10 of those available per month to keep it exclusive. Hardcover on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vhvun5 Paperback on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vcnX8U Kindle on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/44gCTYC Signed first-edition on my website available here:  https://books.wltlh.com/TheConfessor/ And what does everyone do before deciding to purchase a book? You read the back cover, of course. So here is the back cover from “The Confessor” so you can get a little taste of what’s in the book: Here’s the full text of the back cover in case that’s hard to read: The Confessor is never wrong. He has built his whole life around being sure of it. He chooses people who got away with it — never charged, never even suspected. The charity director who gutted his own foundation. The smiling influencer who built an empire on a lie. He sits them down alone with a pen and a yellow legal pad, and waits as long as it takes for the truth in their own hand. Then he balances the account. The confessions are real. But on paper, nothing connects the victims — separate lives, separate crimes, no thread that should tie one death to the next. Detective Logan Hollister has every reason to stay out of it. The money came a long time ago; the house is an hour down the coast, the kind of quiet other men spend their whole lives chasing. Logan can only tolerate it in small batches before he wants back in. He keeps the badge, works the cases that still mean something, and this is the one he can’t walk away from. On the surface, he and the man he’s hunting are opposites. One has everything a life can hold. The other spent years making himself into no one at all. But the bodies keep coming, and the difference between them keeps thinning — until Logan can’t always tell whether he’s hunting the man or recognizing him. Two small requests from me if you’re inclined to help me out… One, will you please help me get the word out about this new book?  As a new author, it’s hard to break onto the scene and get people to know you’re out there.  So if you’ve been with me for a long time and would be willing to help me out, please tell your friends and family about my new book.  It would sure mean a lot to me.  And for any of you so inclined, maybe purchase a few extra copies and give them out to friends and family, they make GREAT gifts! Two, once you read the book, I would LOVE to know what you thought about it, especially the ending!  I think the ending is so satisfying, but I’d love to know what you thought of it.  Please email me with your review and/or I would really love it if you would leave an honest review on Amazon, that helps me out a ton. Oh, and two fun things before I go…. First up, this will only make sense after you read the book, but there’s a website in the book that features prominently into the plot.  It’s called WLTLH.com and you might notice that sounds a lot like WLTReport.com.  That’s because many aspects of our main character, Logan Hollister, are parts of me that I’ve written into the book.  And Logan just so happens to run a news website just like I do, and it just so happens to be a big part of the plot twist in the book. So I thought it would be fun to not only have that site live in the book but also to come alive outside the book! Fiction meets reality and you can browse the real WLTLH website right here while/after you read the book:  https://localnews.wltlh.com The other thing I want to leave you with is the Dedication Page.  “The Confessor” is an homage to my favorite author of all time and dedicated to him: Dedication This book is dedicated to my favorite author of all time, John Sandford. And particularly to the Lucas Davenport universe. After reading countless Sandford thrillers beachside and poolside for nearly three decades, it has always been my dream to attempt to write something similar. Logan Hollister is his own man with a lot of myself baked in, but my hope is that he could pass for a distant cousin of Lucas. A warmer, West Coast cousin. And just as Del Capslock was born of the keyboard, I hope Curt Alton brings a smile. Together they could successfully reboot a computer. Much like Kobe Bryant modeled his game after the greatest of all time, that is my vision for this book. A young sixteen-year-old Kobe Bryant at Lower Merion High School, just outside Philadelphia, studying game tape and patterning his own game to honor and echo Michael Jordan. If I accomplish anything with this book and the Logan Hollister universe, I hope it has those same echoes. The pacing. The dialogue. The alternating point-of-view chapters that suck you in and flip you back and forth from killer to hero. The moments where Sandford will stop and tell you an utterly useless fact that does not advance the plot at all, just because he thinks the reader needs to know it. It’s all what makes Sandford uniquely Sandford and while there will never be another #23, here’s to hoping this could one day be The Black Mamba. Here are the links again for where you can find the book: Hardcover on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vhvun5 Paperback on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/4vcnX8U Kindle on Amazon available here:  https://amzn.to/44gCTYC Signed first-edition on my website available here:  https://books.wltlh.com/TheConfessor/ Thank you so much for your support, I think you are going to absolutely LOVE this book! Enjoy! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon prices and availability can change, and the signed first edition is sold separately through WLTLH Books. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: My New Book Is Officially LIVE On Amazon! Here’s How You Can Find It! appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

The Democrat Party has been overrun by far-left socialists this election season, but that doesn’t mean those who theoretically represent the party’s moderate wing aren’t engaging in alarming rhetoric of their own.  Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) fancies herself the “most bipartisan” member of Congress, but that willingness to find common ground was notably absent from her latest remarks about the Trump administration.  As Breitbart reported:  “I do want to be bipartisan. I want to work across the aisle. That’s the only way to get things done,” the lawmaker, who is seeking reelection, told an audience at the Sun City Liberal Club in Las Vegas, Fox News reported Friday. “Another issue, Hegseth comes in front of my committee. Now listen, it’s so easy. Like, it’s just so easy. Like, you just wanna to beat the shit out of him,” she said while the crowd laughed and cheered. “Yeah, but I just… you gotta bite it. He came in front of my committee twice.”   With political threats and attempted violence surging on the left, her remarks drew some social media criticism:   Susie Lee tells us every day that she's a moderate, bipartisan member of Congress. Here she is telling a group of liberals that she wants to "beat the sh*t out of Pete Hegseth." Susie is radical, unhinged, and unfit to continue representing Southern Nevada. pic.twitter.com/OWRN0yLKqN — Marty O'Donnell (@MartyTheElder) July 3, 2026 Yes, she really want to be bipartisan?Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev. a swing-district Democrat who says she is a bipartisan dealmaker, told a liberal audience she wants to "work across the aisle" then later, that watching Pete Hegseth testify made her want to "beat the s— out of him." https://t.co/PiwVGV95BI — RJJ (@ron65169) July 3, 2026 How "tolerant" & "open minded" of her.https://t.co/x37T3fTITk — Michael J. Fell (@MichaelJFell) July 3, 2026 Fox News provided these details: The Hegseth remark is not the first profanity-laced comment to draw scrutiny for Lee. In April, Fox News Digital reported that Lee deleted an expletive-filled late-night social media post targeting Trump after online backlash, then defended her remarks by saying her “nerve was touched” by what she described as attacks on the Constitution. “Secretary Hegseth has made life less safe and more expensive for Americans. The war of choice that he and President Trump started has placed more burden on working families by increasing the cost of gas and groceries. And despite promising to immediately review Congresswoman Lee’s request to get Nevada Test and Training Range veterans the health care they need, Secretary Hegseth has dragged his feet for nearly two months,” a spokesperson for Lee told Fox News Digital. “Clearly, there are many areas in which Congresswoman Lee does not see eye to eye with the Secretary.” Lee’s comments about wanting to beat up Hegseth came while she was teeing up a story to the Sun City Liberal Club about pressing the Secretary of War during a hearing on the Pentagon’s decision to invest in an Australian company while supposedly leaving a U.S.-based one out to dry. Lee said she appealed to Hegseth by telling him she believed in “made in America” and questioned why the Pentagon had invested more heavily in a different Australian company as opposed to MP Materials, an American one.  “Now listen, it’s so easy. It’s so easy. Like you just wanna beat the s— out of him. I mean yea, but you just got to bite it. So this is what I did – he came in front of my committee twice,” Lee said as she told the story about the rare earth investments. “You got to lay on their ego, right?” she continued. “Well, three weeks later, they announced a $2 billion investment in MP Materials, okay? I didn’t want to be sweet with Hegseth, okay, I didn’t. But, you know, you got to do what you got to do to get s— done, right?”   Meanwhile, Hegseth continues to prove he’s capable of handling critics, as this recent video demonstrates: What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Supposedly ‘Bipartisan’ Democrat Reveals Desire To ‘Beat The S*** Out Of’ War Secretary Hegseth appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

One year in, the first scorecard is here. The White House marked the anniversary of President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts on July 3 with a numbers-heavy report on what the law actually did for people’s wallets. The headline figure: Americans claimed $82 billion in direct tax relief. Even better, the White House says 97% of filers received a tax cut. This is an Independence Day weekend story about money landing in real hands. Refunds jumped too. The average refund this tax season topped $3,400, an 11% increase from last year. The pieces of the law that Democrats fought are the ones working families reached for first. More than 29 million workers claimed the No Tax on Overtime deduction, with an average deduction over $3,100. More than 35 million seniors claimed No Tax on Social Security, averaging over $7,500. Nearly 8 million workers claimed No Tax on Tips, with an average deduction over $7,000. That is waitresses, bartenders, delivery drivers, and hourly workers keeping what they earned. One year after President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts into law, this once-in-a-generation legislation is delivering on its promises and unleashing a blue-collar BOOM. pic.twitter.com/UFjmb5pY2j — The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 3, 2026 Parents cashed in on the enhanced Child Tax Credit, with nearly 40 million families claiming it. The Made-in-America car-loan interest deduction rewarded buyers who bought American, with more than 1.4 million filers claiming it and averaging over $1,800. The permanently doubled standard deduction reached more than 127 million taxpayers. And the new Trump Accounts are already off the ground, with nearly 6 million opened and 1.4 million eligible for the $1,000 pilot contribution. The one-year breakdown gives the policy fight a hard-dollar measure. According to The White House, families and workers claimed $82 billion in direct tax relief in the first year, with 97% of filers getting a tax cut and the average refund topping $3,400. The release credits the No Tax on Overtime, No Tax on Social Security, and No Tax on Tips deductions for putting thousands of dollars back in the pockets of workers and seniors. It also points to the Made-in-America car-loan interest deduction, the enhanced Child Tax Credit reaching nearly 40 million families, and a doubled standard deduction that benefited more than 127 million taxpayers. The White House frames the whole thing as a blue-collar economic win, and notes that Democrats voted against the law. The results speak for themselves — President Trump’s signature tax cuts are delivering: Millions of Americans received historic tax refunds this tax season with the average refund exceeding $3,400 — an 11% increase from last year. American families and workers claimed $82… https://t.co/3ErwmZpztv — Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) July 3, 2026 Every one of these breaks was on the ballot in a sense, because the other side told voters they were a bad idea. They opposed no tax on tips. They opposed no tax on overtime. They opposed no tax on Social Security. Now tens of millions of Americans are using exactly those provisions. A year later, the argument looks a lot different with refund checks and claimed deductions on the table. The post White House Says 97 Percent Of Filers Got A Tax Cut Under President Trump’s Law appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump’s push on gas prices just got a lot bigger, and a lot of new enforcers now have a job to do. On July 3, 2026, the Justice Department announced a call to action aimed directly at state attorneys general across the country. The message is direct. Federal enforcers are pulling more state power into the fight. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission said they are closely monitoring petroleum markets and gas prices. They also said they will take appropriate measures to stop illegal conduct that contributes to high prices at the pump. Then they went a step further and pulled the states in. The two agencies sent a letter to state attorneys general encouraging them to open their own investigations and bring enforcement actions under state antitrust and consumer-protection laws. According to the Justice Department, DOJ Antitrust and the FTC are monitoring petroleum markets and gas prices and warned that they will use appropriate tools if illegal conduct is contributing to high prices. It turns the gas-price fight into an antitrust and consumer-protection push with state prosecutors invited in. The July 3 release says the agencies sent a letter to state attorneys general encouraging investigations and enforcement actions under state antitrust and consumer-protection laws. It specifically calls out retail-price manipulation, collusion among competitors in petroleum markets, and potential price-gouging enforcement where state law supports it. The release also points consumers to DOJ’s Citizen Complaint Center, notes possible financial rewards for antitrust crime tips, and directs FTC complaints to ReportFraud.ftc.gov. No company has been declared guilty here. The agencies are monitoring, investigating, and urging enforcement against illegal conduct if it exists. The reach is real. Federal and state enforcers working the same beat at the same time is a lot of pressure on any company thinking about gaming the market. The Justice Department and the @FTC warn lawbreaking companies that they are closely monitoring petroleum markets and gas prices and will take all appropriate measures to stop illegal conduct contributing to high gas prices. “Affordable energy is essential to a thriving American… pic.twitter.com/JweTeAvxkW — Antitrust Division (@JusticeATR) July 3, 2026 Woodward framed the effort around accountability. He said affordable energy is essential to a thriving American economy, and that the Antitrust Division will use the tools available to hold companies accountable for unlawfully manipulating the market. The DOJ also gave the public a way to get involved. People who suspect antitrust violations can call the Antitrust Division’s Citizen Complaint Center at 888-647-3258 or file a report at justice.gov/atr/report-violations. The department also noted that individuals who report antitrust crimes may be eligible for financial rewards. On the FTC side, suspected antitrust violations and unfair or deceptive practices can be reported at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. That is a wide net, and it invites ordinary consumers to feed the effort with what they see. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are urging states to join a sweeping probe into major oil companies. Watch OAN on Spectrum and YouTube TV for updates. https://t.co/TLiUApMF9d pic.twitter.com/2NJa7lLALx — One America News (@OANN) July 4, 2026 This moves the pressure beyond the earlier federal warnings to the industry. Instead of one federal demand, it is now DOJ, the FTC, and potentially fifty state attorneys general looking at the same markets under the same suspicion of illegal conduct. Cheaper energy has been a core promise of this administration, and this move puts enforcement muscle behind it. Companies playing straight have nothing to worry about. Companies gaming the market now have a lot more people watching. The post President Trump’s Gas-Price Crackdown Just Pulled In Every State Attorney General appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump’s new child-investment program just hit its July 4 launch date, and the early numbers are already massive. More than 4 million children have been signed up for Trump Accounts, according to the IRS. One million of them have claimed the $1,000 pilot-program contribution from the federal government. And now, as America marks its 250th birthday, families can begin adding their own contributions to the accounts. The program moves the policy fight from a one-time payment into long-term ownership. That is the real political fight underneath it. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act created Trump Accounts, a new tax-advantaged investment account for children that includes a $1,000 Treasury deposit for eligible newborns. Beginning July 4, parents, employers and others may contribute to the accounts, which are available to… pic.twitter.com/H5sierB9Ls — CBS News (@CBSNews) July 3, 2026 The IRS said more than 4 million children have been signed up for Trump Accounts, with 1 million covered by elections for the $1,000 Trump Accounts pilot-program contribution, a hard early number that shows the program is already being used by families. The agency said those figures are based on Trump Account election forms submitted with individual tax returns so far. The IRS also explains that Trump Accounts and the $1,000 pilot contribution were established under the One Big Beautiful Bill, which President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025. Parents and other qualifying individuals can use Form 4547 with a 2025 tax return to request that an account be established and to enroll an eligible child in the pilot program. The contribution window is the big July 4 update: the IRS says contributions to Trump Accounts can be made starting July 4, 2026. Those deposits can come from parents, relatives, friends, employers, state governments, philanthropic organizations, and individuals, subject to the annual limits. In other words, the agency is not describing a future concept or a campaign promise. It is reporting filed election forms, active pilot-program claims, and a contribution window that has now opened. The official TrumpAccounts.gov program site gives families the cleanest version of the offer: eligible children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028 can receive a $1,000 Treasury deposit. The site says the account is fully in the child’s name, with the parent or guardian serving as custodian until the child turns 18. It also says no personal contribution is required to receive the eligible $1,000 seed deposit, though families can contribute up to $5,000 per year to help the account grow. The site walks families through the basic sequence: file the election, activate the account, and then allow the seed money and any private contributions to compound over time. That makes the program easy to understand. President Trump is giving eligible newborns a funded starting point, then giving families, employers, charities, and states a way to build on it. You can start contributing to a Trump Account starting July 4. Here's what to know. https://t.co/WvlALj0dIO — CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) July 4, 2026 CBS News described the accounts as new tax-advantaged investment accounts for children created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with the first contribution window opening on Independence Day weekend for families. The outlet noted that the $1,000 Treasury deposit is for eligible newborns and that July 4 is the date when parents, employers, and others can begin contributing private money on top of the government seed deposit. CBS also pointed out the basic eligibility window for the federal seed money: children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028. Older children may still be eligible for accounts, but the special Treasury deposit is tied to the newborn window set by the pilot program. That is why the July 4 launch matters so much for young families. It turns the program from a tax-form election into an actual savings vehicle that can begin receiving deposits. For parents who already filed the election, July 4 is the moment the program becomes more than paperwork. For parents who have not, the coverage makes clear that the account is now part of the household financial checklist. The Associated Press called Trump Accounts a new federal savings and investment vehicle for children, also known as 530A IRAs, putting the launch in the broader category of long-term child wealth-building tools. AP reported that the launch was scheduled for July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The report explained that children born during the eligibility window can receive the $1,000 government deposit, while older children can have accounts opened but do not get that federal bonus. AP also noted that the accounts are designed to grow over time, with access limited until adulthood and the money intended for major life-building uses such as education, buying a home, or starting a business. The AP guide also captured the political split around the idea, with supporters calling it a wealth-building tool and critics arguing that families with more disposable income may benefit more from the contribution rules. The left will find a way to complain about the name, the market exposure, or the fact that the program is attached to President Trump’s signature law. But for millions of families, this is much simpler than that. A child starts life with an account in his or her own name. The first $1,000 can come from the Treasury. Then parents, grandparents, employers, charities, and states can help grow it. This is an ownership seed planted at birth, with President Trump’s name attached to it. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post President Trump’s $1,000 “Trump Accounts” For Kids Officially Go Live appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.