Jasmine Crockett claims these little red states “ain’t contributing nothing,” and California is a “donor state.” What she doesn’t mention is the debt and deficit California is accumulating as wealthy people flee the state. California is paradise which is why people, wealthy people settled there. Gradually, many are leaving. There are Republicans in blue states […] The post Jasmine: These little red states “ain’t contributing nothing” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

This is just funny. Chuck Schumer broke into hysteria over the PBS and NPR loss of government funding which only amounts to 1% of their revenue. He said it’s a matter of life and death. Not only that, he falsely claimed public broadcasting is the only way people get information about disasters. I don’t know […] The post Chuck Schumer: Not Funding PBS & NPR Is a Matter of Life & Death appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Syrian forces loyal to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), are attacking and reportedly slaughtering members of that country’s Druze community, prompting Israel to strike back to protect them. Al-Jolani was previously the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, before taking over Syria in the wake of the defeat of former President Bashar al-Assad. On Tuesday, HTS forces entered the Druze-majority city of Sweida. Suwayda: Syrian regime personnel brutally beat #Druze who are handcuffed with their hands behind their backs. This is what European leaders are giving a pass to. pic.twitter.com/rtLj6tCrLB — Dr. Fundji Benedict (@Fundji3) July 15, 2025 This is how being a Druze right now in south #Syria feels like. This young man whispers into the camera asking for help, says Islamist Syrian government's Military Police are currently firing on his house, causing fires. His family is suffocating and moving between rooms to… pic.twitter.com/Bzb7LHtgwX — Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain) July 16, 2025   “A Suweida resident told BBC Arabic the situation in the city was ‘catastrophic,’ with indiscriminate shooting prompting people to ‘flee towards the countryside’ despite a curfew declared by Syrian authorities,” the BBC reported. “A people that survived the Holocaust will not stay silent as a peaceful community is slaughtered on its border. The West’s silence and hypocrisy over Syria’s horrors will not be forgotten. This is a war of light vs. darkness-good vs. evil,” Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism, wrote on X. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that Syrian officials and Druze leaders announced a ceasefire, adding, “It was not immediately clear if the new agreement, announced by Syrian Interior Ministry and in a video message by a Druze religious leader, would hold.” A people that survived the Holocaust will not stay silent as a peaceful community is slaughtered on its border. The West’s silence and hypocrisy over Syria’s horrors will not be forgotten. This is a war of light vs. darkness-good vs. evil. pic.twitter.com/CIAxdAqPxI — עמיחי שיקלי – Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) July 16, 2025 The report of a ceasefire came after the Israel Defense Forces hit the military headquarters and the Presidential Palace in Damascus with airstrikes. Druze in Sweida showed their gratitude to Israel for defending them by flying the Israeli flag. WATCH The Druze hang an Israeli flag on the roof of one of the buildings in Suwayda, Syria. pic.twitter.com/0bMSmSvP56 — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 16, 2025   According to the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, as far back as the 1930s, Muslims assassinated “prominent Druze figures advocating collaboration with Jews,” and Druze served valiantly with Jews in Israel’s War of Independence. In 1957, as requested by the leaders of the Druze community, the Israeli government designated Druze Israelis as a distinct religious community. More than 80 percent of Druze men enlist in the IDF; many Druze soldiers have fallen in the fight against Hamas in Gaza. Many Druze residents of the Golan Heights have applied for Israeli citizenship, especially after the Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Druze children playing soccer in Majdal Shams in July 2024. In 2017, two Druze border police officers, Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shnaan, 22, were shot dead in a Palestinian terrorist attack on the Temple Mount. Sitawe was the father of a three-week-old son; Shnaan was planning to announce his engagement to his girlfriend the following week. In 2014, Druze police officer Zidan Seif died from wounds he suffered protecting Jews praying at a Jerusalem synagogue during a terrorist attack; he had a seven-month-old daughter. Rabbi Yaakov Kermaier, the president of Yakir, an organization focused on Druze-Jewish relations, told the Algemeiner that for Druze, they regarded the deaths as destiny, adding, “It’s very painful, but they are also very proud that their young people make the same sacrifices as the young Jewish women and men who defend Israel.”

A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers is teaming to try and lock in a vote on legislation that would force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files regarding Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender who was found dead at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in 2019. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is once again pitting himself against President Donald Trump, joined forces with Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Wednesday on a discharge petition that would force leadership to act on a disclosure bill should it garner signatures from a majority of the GOP-led House’s membership. “We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency. We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files,” Massie said on X. “A discharge petition is a procedural tool for bypassing leadership. In 7 days we can start collecting signatures. At 218 signatures, the House must vote on our bill requiring a full release of the Epstein files. If your Representative won’t sign the discharge petition, ask why,” Massie explained in a follow-up post. We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes. Americans were promised justice and transparency. We’re introducing a discharge petition to force a vote in the US House of Representatives on releasing the COMPLETE files. pic.twitter.com/Ja1xJ7Hiz1 — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 15, 2025 The announcement comes after the lower chamber repeatedly shot down Khanna’s legislation this week, first in the Rules Committee in the form of an amendment to an unrelated crypto bill, and then a procedural vote on the House floor that Republicans warned would have given the Democrat minority the power to force votes on whatever agenda items they pleased. Called the “Epstein Files Transparency Act,” Khanna’s legislation demands that the attorney general make available records and investigative materials public within 30 days. Redactions are permitted for certain types of content, including child sexual abuse materials, documents that would jeopardize active federal investigations or prosecutions, and information designated to be secret by executive order. Trump, who recently vowed to help defeat Massie in his next primary after disagreements on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and strikes on Iran, has expressed support for Attorney General Pam Bondi and dismissed the uproar within the “Make America Great Again” movement following the DOJ claiming it had no evidence that Epstein had a client list, blackmailed powerful people, or was murdered. A “new SCAM” from “Radical Left Democrats” is “what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years,” Trump said on Truth Social. “I have had more success in 6 months than perhaps any President in our Country’s history, and all these people want to talk about, with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems, is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax. Let these weaklings continue forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore! ” Still, many people remain skeptical that the DOJ is being completely forthcoming, and other Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), quickly signed on to become co-sponsors of the discharge petition. Democrats, who have suddenly taken an interest in releasing Epstein files after fighting GOP efforts in the past, also signaled their support for the measure and requested a hearing on the matter. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in an interview with conservative political commentator Benny Johnson on Tuesday that he supports “transparency” with regard to the Epstein issue and called on Bondi to be more forthcoming to inform the American public what happened after she hinted earlier this year that major bombshells were about to be revealed that never materialized. If the discharge petition were to prevail, Khanna’s bill would still face long odds, as explained by Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman. “Massie may succeed in getting signatures. But I anticipate the leadership will make the case – as they usually do – that this is handing the floor to Democrats,” Sherman said on X. “And even if this gets the requisite 218 signatures, it’s subject to a motion to table then a vote in the house. Then the senate can ignore it. If the Senate somehow does pass it — probably won’t happen — Trump would almost certainly veto. And then will there be a veto proof majority? Almost definitely not.”

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