THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman criticized his party Saturday over the ongoing partial government shutdown and its impacts on federal employees and operations. Multiple agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), are being subjected to “emergency measures” due to the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to a release by DHS. Fetterman said he spoke with TSA agents during his frequent travels about the effects of the shutdown. “I am the only Democrat that has refused to vote in shutting down DHS, literally the only one,” Fetterman said during Saturday’s episode of “The Big Weekend Show.” “And now all agree that this would not have any impact on ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]. They already have their funding, and it doesn’t push or force ICE to do any of those kinds of reforms that people think are necessary now, too.” “Why would you want to punish all of these workers that are under DHS? The only thing that it can do is just make us less safe, and that also makes people have to go without getting paid,” Fetterman continued. “I’m at the airport virtually every week of the year, and I ask all those TSA agents, and I said, ‘Hey, do you like not to get paid for your work?’ I haven’t met one saying, ‘No, it’s no problem.’” Democrats are demanding new restrictions on ICE after federal law enforcement officers were involved in the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good in January during Operation Metro Surge. The separate incidents occurred amid the deployment of hundreds of federal agents to Minnesota in response to reports about welfare fraud involving Somali migrants. Fetterman also criticized Democrats over their efforts to block the funding. “It’s not a big deal, you know,” Fetterman said. “I truly don’t understand that, other than it’s just toxic for a Democrat to agree with something that maybe that the Republican side might agree with that. And now I know that, but it’s very easy: more of a country over party, or ‘I’m going to put those union workers over it,’ or America’s security over what the base might demand.” Originally published by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The post ‘Why Would You Wanna Punish All These Workers?’: Sen. Fetterman Slams Fellow Dems Over HHS Shutdown appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Iran war has exposed the fragility of much of the world’s energy system. Years of political theater disguised as climate policy—demonizing fossil fuels and glorifying unreliable wind and solar energy—dismantled a dependable energy infrastructure. Europe is a cautionary tale of the “green” delusion. EU politicians ignored the physical reality that a steel mill cannot run on a cloudy, windless day with a press release about “net zero.” They underestimated the risk of tying economies to a small number of external suppliers, then compounded the danger by shutting their own coal mines, gas fields, and nuclear power plants. Germany shut down nuclear reactors and accelerated coal plant closures as it deepened reliance on imported Russian gas and intermittent wind and solar. The U.K. decommissioned coal stations and scaled back dispatchable gas capacity, banking on imported liquified natural gas and wind turbines that are responsive to the weather but not human need. European gas storage entered 2026 well below the 10-year seasonal average, with EU inventories less than 50% of capacity in January and now sliding toward 30% as winter ends, leaving little buffer against a sustained liquified natural gas disruption. European natural gas prices roughly doubled compared with late February. The result: power prices spike, industrial users cut output, and households absorb higher heating and electricity bills, all in economies already strained by inflation. The irony is that the European Commission itself now admits what critics have said for years. In Paris, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen understated the decision to marginalize nuclear power as a “strategic mistake.”Asia grapples with similar traps, where net zero pledges clash with surging demand. India and China, giants in population and ambition, squandered fortunes on solar panels and wind turbines that sit idle without sun or breeze. Imagine if those funds had been put to building fossil fuel stockpiles or expanding nuclear fleets.Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam embraced net zero rhetoric. Their leaders overlooked glaring energy gaps that have been revealed by the ongoing crisis. Many Southeast Asian countries have now implemented measures to curb oil and gas use, including a halt in export of petroleum products and work-from-home measures for citizens. Reports describe Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas company scrambling to secure supplies, while Bangladesh is forced to buy emergency shipments at prices more than double those paid in January. Indian and Vietnamese buyers have issued tenders for prompt deliveries that went unawarded. Shortages of liquified petroleum gas cylinders are surfacing across India. Hotels and restaurants are struggling to operate as the cylinder shortage cripples the hospitality sector. It is rarely acknowledged that energy scarcity has long been catastrophic for billions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. When liquified petroleum gas cylinders become scarce and expensive, poor households revert to wood and dung for heating and cooking, which leads to smoky indoor air. When factories cannot secure reliable power, jobs disappear and poverty deepens. The one major economy that enters this crisis with a cushion is the United States. The U.S. possesses a massive foundation of domestic oil and gas production, a direct legacy of a 10-year record growth in domestic extraction that accelerated dramatically during the first Trump administration.The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects U.S. crude oil production averaging around 13.5 million barrels per day in 2026, only slightly below the 2025 level after several years of growth to record output. For natural gas, the Energy Information Administration expects production to climb from about 107-108 billion cubic feet per day in 2025 to 109-110 billion in 2026, which would be a new record. By embracing fracking, horizontal drilling, and regulatory sanity, the U.S. unleashed the power of the Permian Basin and other shale plays. They prioritized sensible energy economics over apocalyptic climate claims. This stark contrast between American resilience and European collapse is a permanent lesson to be taken by the developing world. National security should not be subject to the whims of the weather or the approval of climate activists in European capitals.What the current crisis proves is simple: Energy security resides in the ability to secure physical molecules—oil, gas, coal, and uranium—when geopolitical storms hit. Europe and much of Asia chose to anchor their future to slogans instead. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Once a niche instrument for occult enthusiasts, mystics, and fringe spiritual groups, tarot cards are a highly trendy item you can pluck off a Walmart shelf today. They’re no longer considered just a tool for divination either. In the modern world, tarot cards are used in many games as well as for self-reflection, spiritual guidance, and storytelling. There are even “Christian” tarot card decks available now.For years, tarot cards were viewed by the majority of Christians as off-limits because of their connection to divination, which Scripture strictly prohibits. But today, views have softened as these colorful, illustrated decks have been absorbed into mainstream culture.But Rick Burgess, BlazeTV host of the spiritual warfare podcast “Strange Encounters,” warns: Tarot cards, regardless of stated purpose or Christian branding, are “highly, highly dangerous.” Rick begins by recounting the strange history of tarot cards.They began as a regular card game — with no spiritual element whatsoever — in Italy in the early to mid-1400s.“But then in the 1780s, French occultists ... took these cards, and they started to make it popular that ... these cards held some sort of ancient Egyptian secrets, and this is when they started the fortune-telling,” Rick recounts.“I don’t want to be sitting down anywhere throwing out a bunch of cards that are used by the occult for some sort of fortune-telling because we know that that’s divination, and the Bible completely, I mean, rejects that. How this has crept into Christianity, I will never know,” he adds.Rick then reads from Deuteronomy 18:10-12: “Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD; because of these same detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.”To those who think tarot cards, psychic mediums, and fortune tellers are all a hoax, Rick issues this dire warning: “If you start dabbling in these cards, it opens the user up to demonic forces because what you’re saying to demonic forces is, instead of seeking guidance from God, ... you want to seek guidance from whoever shows up.”And spiritual beings do show up, he insists. But they’re never on your side.“Evil spirits — that’s who you’re going to deal with,” he says.“You may very well get a supernatural message from these cards. ... But it’s not from God, and that’s where the caution is. ... It’s misplaced trust. We trust in God and God alone.”To hear more of Rick’s biblical wisdom, watch the full episode above.Want more from Rick Burgess?To enjoy more bold talk and big laughs, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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