This Independence Day, Elon Musk is doubling down on his proposal to start a new political party, which he is calling the “America Party.” Today on X, he gave some more details on his plan, explaining how he would focus on gaining key seats in the House and Senate in order to become the “deciding vote on contentious laws.” Read his full post here: One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts. Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025 Elon Musk first floated the idea of starting a third political party after his falling-out with President Trump over the Big, Beautiful Bill. On Monday evening, he brought it up again, vowing to start the America Party “the next day” after the Big Beautiful Bill passed. However, actually carrying through with his threat could be harder than Musk thinks. CBS News explained more about how the process would work: It remains unclear if Musk will follow through on his pledge, but the idea could be easier said than done. If Musk decides to launch a new political party, he’ll need to contend with a thicket of complicated state laws, time-consuming ballot access rules and intense litigation. “Only the richest person in the world could make a serious effort at creating a new American political party,” Brett Kappel, a veteran election lawyer, told CBS News. “Political parties are creatures of the states,” Kappel said. Each state has different legal rules for recognizing which political parties can appear on the ballot, and those hurdles “range from high to extraordinarily difficult to overcome,” he noted. In some cases, a nascent state party may need to get candidates onto the ballot by submitting large numbers of signatures, and then win a certain percentage of the vote across election cycles. For example, to qualify in California, a new political party needs to either sign up 0.33% of the state’s voters — or about 75,000 people — as registered members, or submit signatures from 1.1 million voters. After that, in order to remain qualified, parties have to either maintain that 0.33% registration threshold or win at least 2% of the vote in a statewide race. And to gain recognition at the national level, each state-level political party would need to seek an advisory opinion from the Federal Election Commission. These efforts would almost certainly face intense pushback from the Democratic and Republican parties, including legal challenges over signatures in each state, requiring Musk — or any other aspiring third-party founder — to spend scores of money on litigation. “The state laws in all of the states are biased towards the two major political parties, and make it as difficult as possible for the emergence of a third political party,” Kappel told CBS News. The process of creating a political party with national ambitions would be time-consuming, too. Kappel says it might be doable — albeit difficult — for Musk to get a few favored candidates onto the ballot in certain states, but building an entirely new national party would likely take years, and would not be possible by the 2026 midterm elections. Not to mention the fact that, while starting a third party that represents 80% of American people might be a good idea in theory, it may not be so great in practice. Elon should really listen to these replies: No. At the end of the day, the America party will only split votes from one party, the Republican Party. This will cause Democrats to win and destroy the country. If you want to help America succeed, support truly MAGA candidates to run for the current GOP seats. — Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) July 4, 2025 This is a reckless strategy that risks splitting the vote, ousting good Trump-backed Republicans, and handing Democrats control of the House and Senate. If they retake control, they’ll impeach President Trump, cut border funding, and raise taxes! Disastrous outcome. — James Fishback (@j_fishback) July 4, 2025 Scott Presler brought the receipts: Here are 2 Senate seats Republicans lost in 2024 because of third party candidates. The third parties did not win — democrats did. The data speaks for itself. pic.twitter.com/aFyC0woicH — ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 4, 2025 Besides, President Trump already achieved what Elon is proposing — representing the majority of Americans through an alternative movement. That’s exactly what MAGA is. We already did that. It’s called MAGA. — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) July 4, 2025 If Elon truly wants to get the will of the people done, he should team back up with President Trump. This is the way. What are your thoughts? Do you agree?

Hamas accepted the framework of a proposed new 60-day cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza. If concluded, it would immediately trigger U.S.-backed negotiations between the militants and Israel aimed at a permanent end to the war. The terms of the new proposal, put together by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff along with mediators from Egypt […] The post Hamas Agrees to the Framework of the Ceasefire appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President Trump added pomp and circumstance to the signing of the Big Beautiful Bill. The current $2,000 child tax credit, which would return to a pre-2017 level of $1,000 in 2026, will permanently increase to $2,200.  The legislation includes tougher restrictions on Medicaid. The cuts only affect illegal aliens and able-bodied people. The bill would allow […] The post President Trump Signs the BBB appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Here is someone who is potentially eligible for deportation: Rep. Ilhan Omar. She admits she is only in Congress to help Somalia, and is credibly accused of marrying her brother in an immigration scam. Dominic Green, a distinguished member of the Royal Historical Society, former editor of the American edition of the Spectator, wrote an […] The post James Woods Says Ilhan Omar Is “Gone” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Of all the upcoming survival games we know about, Subnautica 2 is right up there as one of the most anticipated. There’s been a lot of excitement for a new underwater adventure, this time with full co-op support so you can explore alien seas with a friend. This week, that excitement has faded and been replaced with concern and anger after Krafton, the game’s publisher and owner of developer Unknown Worlds, removed the studio’s co-founders and president, replacing them with a new CEO. After widespread outcry, and even calls for a boycott of the game, Unknown Worlds has followed this news up with a statement reassuring fans that the vision for Subnautica 2 remained unchanged and that no extra monetization was being added to the game. Continue reading Subnautica 2 dev attempts to reassure fans after controversial leadership swap MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Subnautica 2 release date, Best co-op games

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