Those inflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome are no longer just wishing the president were dead, they’re actually starting to hallucinate it. While the rest of us were hitting the grocery store for Labor Day Weekend goodies, the Never Trump-types were hitting resend on posts questioning whether President Donald Trump had died. It seems a whole flurry of hashtags like #TrumpIsDead” and #WhereIsTrump” went viral and conspiracy theories emerged when Trump was not seen in public for almost three whole days and his Labor Day Weekend calendar was clear. Oh, and Vice President JD Vance said he’d be ready to step in as president if a “terrible tragedy” should occur. (Right after saying Trump is in excellent health.) But who knows? Maybe if you play a recording of Vance’s interview backward, perhaps you can make out the words, “Trump is dead.” That’s about how ridiculous the hopeful speculation was getting. Never mind that Trump was on social media the whole time posting as only the president can. Or that a couple days without the president being in our face is hardly worth a fuss, especially considering former President Joe Biden only emerged from the ground as often as cicadas. I mean, Linus was more likely to spot the Great Pumpkin than we were to spot Biden most months. Here’s the sick part. It wasn’t just social media tin hats spreading this nonsense about Trump’s demise. Illinois Gov. JD Pritkzer responded to Trump’s (theory-busting Truth Social post) demanding he step up efforts to fight crime in Chicago or else, by snarking, “Why don’t you send everybody proof of life first?” Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first?(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here) pic.twitter.com/1hdPA6NENJ— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) August 31, 2025 Two points. First, I doubt the family of the seven people murdered and 54 shot in Chicago Labor Day Weekend would appreciate Pritzker’s response to Trump’s anti-crime plea. Second, no disrespect, but it seems Pritzker’s the last person in American politics to question another politician’s health. The morbid delusion of Pritzker and the TDS crowd collapsed Saturday morning when Trump headed out for a golf date with granddaughter Kai—though some bitterly clinging to their conspiratorial dream suggested it was a body double. These are sad, sad people. (Still, one can only imagine what Trump’s reaction to claims there was a body double. “Where they going to find another body as beautiful as mine?”) However, this whole folly does point to a fascinating truth: Nobody would blink twice if any other president had an empty schedule for a couple days around a holiday weekend. But Trump opens the door because the man takes no time off. Historically, during the summer, our presidents take a stretch of time away from the White House for an extended vacation. And no one blames them. President Ronald Reagan would head to his California ranch and ride horses. President George W. Bush would race bikes around his West Texas spread. President Barack Obama would kick back with the fabulous on Martha’s Vineyard. President Joe Biden would scarf chocolate chip ice cream and lay comatose on Rehoboth Beach. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)Trump? He treats vacations the way Biden treated a secure border wall. He wants no part of one. One suspects he’d rather slow dance with Rosie O’Donnell than take any time off. Trump does not vacation. He was supposed to go to his Bedminster resort in New Jersey for a spell but chucked that idea to keep working at the White House on Ukraine and Russia peace. His idea of a day off is negotiating trade deals while riding around the back nine. That would be a joke, except that’s precisely what he did during a recent visit to his new golf course in Scotland. The guy won’t even take time off when visiting his own resort. Heck, the guy didn’t take any meaningful time off after getting shot. Here’s another example: A few days back, when the president had nothing on his schedule … and was supposed to be dead … Trump took to Truth Social to blow up a contractor like the guy was an underground Iranian nuclear site for daring to gouge the new limestone surface of the Rose Garden. pic.twitter.com/36EHaNbPZS— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 30, 2025 Yes, Trump’s idea of R&R is DIY. Heck, what’s he doing for fun this summer? Building a ballroom … for future presidents to use, along with a Presidential Wall of Fame. (Hey, Mr. President. Got a few hours to help us with the back porch?) The president says he doesn’t need much sleep. I predict they’ll give a Pulitzer to the reporter who proves he actually does sleep. Just the other day Trump announced plans for a major comprehensive crime bill at 12:31 in the morning.His exhausting 24/7 schedule is why worn-out reporters are more likely to cry “Uncle!” than “Mr. President” when he heads off on another bit of business on behalf of the American people. Perhaps on these days after Labor Day we can pause to appreciate the man has who all the means—and all the reason—in the world to enjoy a life of leisure, but instead labors without rest to improve the life of each and every American. Even those who fantasize about his death. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Trump’s Not Dead. He’s Barely Even Taking a Moment Off. appeared first on The Daily Signal.

School choice continues to be a hot topic among parents in Virginia, especially in an election year when the Governor’s Mansion and House of Delegates are up for grabs. The commonwealth has limited options and doesn’t have true choice for every student. The Virginia Education Opportunity Alliance will hold a statewide education summit in Richmond this Saturday that will include The Middle Resolution, the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, The Heritage Foundation, and leaders in the homeschooling and microschool movements. >>> Sign up for our Virginia email newsletter The daylong event will look at current school choice options open to Virginia families and discuss how to bring more choice in the future. The Daily Signal sat down with Virginia Education Opportunity Alliance President Craig DiSesa to look at those opportunities now and in the future at the State Policy Network Annual Meeting, where the growth of school choice in states around the country was a large portion of the program. Listen here: The post What School Choice Options Are Available for Virginia Families? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd, is planning to sue the London Metropolitan Police after his arrest at Heathrow Airport over comments he made on social media. His detention, which involved five armed officers as he returned from the United States, has reignited public anger over the police’s expanding role in ideological enforcement rather than the maintenance of public safety. The arrest stemmed from several posts Linehan made online. Linehan, describing his experience as surreal and oppressive, said, “This was a horrible glimpse of the dystopian clown show that Britain has become.” Backed by the Free Speech Union, he is now launching legal action for wrongful arrest and a breach of his civil liberties. Mark Rowley, head of the Metropolitan Police, acknowledged widespread public discontent and alleged that vague laws have put officers in untenable positions. He insisted that officers should avoid being dragged into “culture war” territory and that only posts posing a clear threat to public order or safety would now warrant police involvement. “Most reasonable people would agree that genuine threats of physical violence against an identified person or group should be acted upon,” said Rowley. “But when it comes to lesser cases, where there is ambiguity in terms of intent and harm, policing has been left between a rock and a hard place.” He confirmed plans to present proposals to the government for legal reforms and to begin trialling new guidelines on handling online speech. Though, Rowley defended the arrest under existing legal frameworks, citing current laws that can criminalize threats directed toward protected groups. Still, he signaled that the legal system itself is overdue for change. What makes this even more baffling is how avoidable it was. The tweets are public. They’re there, plainly visible, for anyone, including the police, to read and evaluate. So if officers felt they had to investigate, why the dramatic airport ambush? Why not a phone call? Why not an invitation to attend a voluntary interview? Or a scheduled meeting at a police station? Why are they investigating this at all? Instead, they opted for a full-scale operation, handcuffing Linehan and detaining him for 16 hours. This, despite the fact that they already knew exactly why he was returning to the UK: to attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. There was no risk of flight. There was no uncertainty about his whereabouts. Those supporting Linehan, including the Free Speech Union, are now looking into legal action against the Metropolitan Police for wrongful arrest and imprisonment. And part of the case will hinge on precisely this point, the sheer disproportionality of the response. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Graham Linehan to Sue Metropolitan Police Over Heathrow Arrest and Online Speech Dispute appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Over the years, our government has expanded dramatically, all with the objective of improving our lives. Yet, with all of this, confidence that Americans express in our country and its major institutions has plummeted. Of 18 of the nation’s major institutions, per a recent Gallup survey, there are only three in which 50% or more now express a “great deal or quite a lot” of confidence. In 1979, an average of the 18 institutions -- ranging from the military, the presidency and the Supreme Court to higher education, Congress and big business -- stood at 50%. By 2025, this was down to 28%. Let’s consider the case of big business. In 2025, 15% of Americans said they have a “great deal/quite a lot” of confidence in big business. The Business Roundtable is an advocacy organization in Washington whose membership consists of the CEOs of more than 200 of America’s largest corporations. In 2019, they issued a new statement regarding the “purpose of the corporation” which, per the release, modernized the statement that had been in place since 1997. These new principles supposedly would advance a new, more “modern standard for corporate responsibility” to accommodate people “asking fundamental questions about how well capitalism is serving society” and noting that “business can do more to help the average American.” In 1970, economist and later Nobel laureate Milton Friedman wrote a famous article in The New York Times, with the headline, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” Friedman’s point was that the responsibility of the management of the corporation is economic, not political. The corporation controls assets, owned by its shareholders, and those shareholders choose to own shares in the firm, which they can sell any day they want, because they believe this firm will maximize the economic potential of those assets and provide competitive returns on investment. Once the management turns its attention to other objectives, they are failing to do their job and abusing their fiduciary responsibility to those paying them. Moving from objectives other than maximizing the economic potential of the resources for which they are responsible turns the corporation into a political entity rather than an economic entity. And this is exactly what the Business Roundtable did with its change, in 2019, of their official statement of the “purpose of the corporation.” According to the new statement, shareholders became just one of numerous “stakeholders” to which the management was responsible to serve. Suddenly customers, suppliers, employees, communities in which the companies do business, were no longer elements of the realities in which the firm conducts its business. Suddenly, they were transformed into “stakeholders” of the firm. Now, among other things, per the Roundtable, part of their business obligations included “foster diversity and inclusion, dignity and respect.” Along with our universities, our corporations lost sight of what they were about and transformed and morphed into tools of a political agenda. What’s been the result? Practically speaking, as noted above, the public has just lost confidence in these institutions that are simply not doing their job. Regarding business, back in 2002, Gallup reported 20% saying they had “a great deal/a lot” of confidence in big business. Now, six years after the Business Roundtable corporate responsibility revision, it’s five points lower than it was 23 years ago. A recent Wall Street Journal column under the headline “The Boss Has Had It with All the Office Activists,” notes businesses are now shaking off the political culture that they allow to proliferate in their firms. DEI directives are being purged. Firms are clamping down on employees using time at work to discuss or engage in political activities. Work is work. How innovative! A broad de-politicization of our nation’s institutions is taking place. Maybe partly driven by President Donald Trump. Maybe driven by the realities of an increasingly competitive global marketplace. This is a good and healthy sign.

Nathalie Rose Jones of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in Washington, D.C., last month for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump and transmitting threats across state lines.Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., indicated that "justice will be served"; however, an Obama judge and a grand jury comprising Washington residents evidently had other plans.'The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed.'U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg, whom Attorney General Pam Bondi slapped in July with a misconduct complaint "for making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration," overruled a magistrate judge last week and ordered Jones' release.Boasberg told Jones, who recently participated in an anti-Trump protest outside the White House, to drive to New York City and meet with her psychiatrist.Jones' attorneys revealed in a Monday court filing that a D.C. grand jury declined to indict her."The Honorable James E. Boasberg reversed the detention order on August 25, 2025, and released Ms. Jones to home detention," wrote the attorneys. "One of the factors the court considered in determining the conditions of release was the nature of the case and the weight of the evidence. A grand jury has now found no probable cause to indict Ms. Jones on the charged offenses.""Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak," continued the attorneys. "The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely."RELATED: If ‘words are violence,’ why won’t the left own theirs? Judge James Boasberg. Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Justice noted that among the 49-year-old woman's many alleged threats against the president was a statement on social media indicating a willingness to "sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea."Prosecutors claimed that Jones — who a friend indicated in a character reference had spent some time in the Army Reserve — also said she "would take the president's life and would kill him at 'the compound' if she had to, that she had a 'bladed object,' which she said was the weapon she would use to 'carry out her mission of killing' the president, and that she wanted to 'avenge all the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic,' which she attributed to President Trump’s administration and its position on vaccinations."In recent years, others have been indicted and ultimately convicted for far less graphic threats against Democrat presidents.'The system here is broken on many levels.'On Thursday, 20-year-old Troy Kelly of New York was convicted for threatening former President Joe Biden. Kelly said in response to a Biden post on social media that he was "gonna put a bullet in your head if I ever catch you."Cody McCormick of Kansas was sentenced last year to nearly two years in prison for writing, "I will get a Greyhound bus ticket and go and shoot him," in reference to Biden.Brandon Correa was sentenced in 2015 to 18 months in prison for posting a social media message directed to former President Barack Obama that said, "Im [sic] coming to watch you die."RELATED: Online outrage erupts over video of illegal alien's arrest in DC — then the horrific charges against him are revealed Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Pirro said in a statement to Fox News, "A Washington, D.C., grand jury refused to indict someone who threatened to kill the president of the United States. Her intent was clear, traveling through five states to do so.""She even confirmed the same to the U.S. Secret Service. This is the essence of a politicized jury. The system here is broken on many levels," continued Pirro. "Instead of the outrage that should be engendered by a specific threat to kill the president, the grand jury in D.C. refuses to even let the judicial process begin. Justice should not depend on politics."'I'm going to f**k your ass up.'Blaze News has reached out to Pirro's office for additional comment as well as to the White House and the U.S. Secret Service. When pressed for comment, the USSS referred Blaze News to Pirro's office.D.C. residents have repeatedly signaled an unwillingness to hold accountable those who allegedly threaten Trump or attack the federal agents keeping their city safe.DOJ prosecutors recently told a magistrate judge that a grand jury also refused to indict Edward Alexander Dana, who is similarly accused of threatening President Trump, reported the Associated Press.D.C. police responding to a report of destruction at a restaurant in the northwest of the city arrested Dana on Aug. 17. According to the U.S. Secret Service's affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, Dana allegedly told an officer wearing a body camera that he was affiliated with the Russian mafia and said, "I'm going to find out who you are, where you live, who you're married to, if any. ... I'm going to make sure that many people, not just me, come after you. ... I'm going to f**k your ass up."The affidavit indicated that Dana then proceeded to threaten Trump's life, allegedly stating, "I'm not going to tolerate fascism. You see, I was adopted [inaudible] to protect the Constitution by any means necessary. And that means killing you, Officer, killing the president, killing anyone who stands in the way of our Constitution."D.C. grand juries also recently refused to indict:Alvin Summers, an individual accused of fleeing from a U.S. Park Police officer who asked to see his identification, then assaulting the officer during a subsequent arrest attempt; Sidney Lori Reid, a D.C. resident charged in July with an alleged assault on an FBI agent who was assisting with the transfer of an alleged international gang member at the D.C. Central Detention Facility; and Sean Dunn, the former DOJ employee who was caught on video allegedly throwing a submarine sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer on Aug. 10.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino attempted, and failed, to erase Highway America’s beloved country store. Masino’s doomed endeavor is just the latest example of refinement culture’s steamrolling homogeneity, but this felt different, somehow much worse, than previous flattenings of consumer couture. Cracker Barrel’s eccentricities and nostalgia kitsch turned a remodel into a reckoning.Of course, the woke Millennialification is cringe-inducing. However, this is not the first overhaul of an established chain with pop culture power. Previous iterations of Taco Bell, McDonald’s, and Pizza Hut also invoke nostalgia, with images from the 1990s and early aughts making the rounds online once a season or so. Cracker Barrel, clearly, had a different pull. In practical terms, it has always been a sit-down-first experience, but the backlash runs deeper than that.The logo may have been salvaged, but if interior remodels continue apace, your roadside retreat will become a hospice grab-and-go.Founded in 1969 as a purposefully nostalgic endeavor, the Cracker Barrel project set out from the get-go to tug on your heartstrings. It evoked a bucolic America already gone by, the decor a launching point for older relatives to spin yarns about the good old days. Pizza Hut nostalgia is down simply to a decade of construction and the passage of time.Cracker Barrel’s true uniqueness is its emphasis on an ambience that says "stay," inviting customers to settle in and reminisce. Whether you were playing the peg game over butter and biscuits or rifling through the wooden toy and Weasel Ball aisle, Cracker Barrel never motioned toward the door. Cozy and familiar, Cracker Barrel invited you into the tangible world of things: clutter, knickknacks, antiques, wood, gas lamps, and farm equipment. The walls were heavy. Stone hearths anchored every dining room. The Barrel presented itself as a destination, as the American grandparent par excellence, a barn-den of earthly delights.Contrast this with the new interior. The tyranny of gray, of symmetry and 90-degree angles, becomes omnipresent. It is profoundly soulless: rolling pins arranged in perfect squares and sequence, kettles in fluorescent color affixed exactly upright in rows on bland canvas displays. In essence, Cracker Barrel’s simulacrum of a country home is abstracted even farther into its most literal parts and parcels, calling to mind cooking blog thumbnails and pallid pop art. It points toward the digital, to the representative over the real, and even worse, it pushes the consumer toward the exit. It seems to say “get in and get out.”RELATED: Why Cracker Barrel’s disastrous rebrand was inevitable Photo by Joe Raedle / Contributor via Getty ImagesThe digital is fundamentally temporary, the way in which we interact with essays, short-form video content, tweets, and the rest. The sign of this is the gray, the sleek, nostalgic props rendered in perfect lines like typeface, all blaring with the same refrain: EXIT. They’re razing the physical and replacing it with a digital reconstruction.Everything is an airport. Everyone, everywhere, wants you out as soon as you walk in. The restful, the physical are stripped away in order to sap the hearth of its heat so you never get comfortable enough to stay. There is nowhere to stop and wait for a while. You have to keep moving, racing through a world of commodities blurring together into one long strand of gruel.The last redoubt of color and clutter, Cracker Barrel is now just another franchise, flattened and homogenized. The logo may have been salvaged, but if interior remodels continue apace, your roadside retreat will become a hospice grab-and-go.We still crave slivers of the real, of invitation and warmth, of the physical world. We desire escape from our escapes, entry into the real and exit from the digital. Cracker Barrel’s rebrand discarded the pleasant lie of highway stopover as home away from home. Venues will increasingly resemble the virtual as comfort food becomes uncomfortable.

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