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by Steven Monacelli – texasobserver.org

In February 6, pistol-packing pastor Troy Jackson, a former Republican Party of Texas strategist and current candidate for vice chair of the Texas GOP, beamed as he welcomed a dozen conservative activists into a flag-adorned meeting room at the New Beginnings Church in Bedford. The attendees included the founder of Citizens Defending Freedom, a Tarrant County GOP official, the founder of the local John Birch Society, and a representative from the far-right group Turning Point USA. They were gathering as the Remnant Alliance, a coalition of Christian nationalist groups that are working to educate, train, and mobilize conservative Christian congregations to influence the outcomes of local elections—especially school boards.

“Even if I don’t have kids in school, I’m showing up at school board meetings and testifying that you’re not going to teach our children this smut,” Jackson told the group. “You’re not going to sexualize these children. Because, even though I may not have children in the school, it affects the entire community.”

Jackson’s heated rhetoric echoes the talking points deployed by state-level Republican lawmakers, big-dollar political action committees (PACs), and well-connected Republican consulting firms that have descended upon local school board races in recent years—and helped install majorities that have taken books off library shelves and rolled back protections for LGBTQ+ students. The election of those majorities was not coincidental: A recent Texas Observer investigative series revealed the coordinated nature of efforts to back more than 105 hard-right school board candidates across 35 districts since 2021, and how those efforts were funded in large part by billionaire donors who support school privatization.

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By Simon Kent – Breitbart

FBI Director Kash Patel made the revelation on Fox & Friends. He confirmed DNA matching alleged assassin Robinson, 22, was found on a towel that covered the murder weapon when it was thrown away in nearby woods.

A screwdriver found in the sniper’s position on the UVU rooftop also returned a positive match.

Robinson also wrote a note saying declaring he had an opportunity to “take out Charlie Kirk,” and that he was “going to take it,” Patel said.

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By Sarah Arnold – Townhall.com

Russia launched its largest air assault on Ukraine since the start of the war, striking targets across the country with hundreds of drones, decoys, and missiles—including a direct hit on a major government building in Kyiv.

Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia used 810 aerial weapons in the attack, including at least 13 missiles. While Ukrainian defenses intercepted the majority—747 drones and four missiles—several still broke through, causing casualties and destruction in the capital and other cities. At least two people were killed, and 20 more were injured in Kyiv alone.

The most significant hit came when one of the missiles struck the Cabinet of Ministers building—a high-profile government target in central Kyiv that, until now, Russian forces had largely avoided. Fire crews and emergency responders quickly moved in as police blocked off the area. The full extent of casualties and structural damage remains unclear.

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By Ward Clark – redstate.com

Sanctuary state and city policies have been a thorn in the side of the Trump administration since Trump resumed office in January, and the administration has been seeking legal redress in dealing with these jurisdictions. On Friday, a Biden-appointed judge dealt the Trump administration a setback by tossing a Trump administration lawsuit challenging the sanctuary policies of the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago.

The judge cited the Tenth Amendment as part of the reason for the ruling.

A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s bid to force Illinois and Chicago to aid its mass deportation agenda, saying it would encroach on autonomy guaranteed to states under the Constitution.

U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins concluded that the lawsuit — the first filed by the administration this year trying to upend so-called “sanctuary policies” in states and cities — was an “end-run around the Tenth Amendment,” which protects states from federal government overreach.

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By Joel Pollack – Breitbart

On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released documents showing “overwhelming evidence that demonstrates how, after President Trump won the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, President Obama and his national security cabinet members manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President Trump.”

The new allegation that emerges from the documents is that senior Obama officials defied existing intelligence assessments that suggested Russia had not interfered meaningfully in the 2016 election, and prepared new assessments to suggest that it had done so — “based on information that was known by those involved to be manufactured i.e. the Steele Dossier or deemed as not credible,” an ODNI statement said.

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By Victor Davis Hanson – Townhall.com

After days of deliberation and an intense Israeli air campaign that paved the way, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. airstrikes to eliminate Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday night.

“We’re the only ones that have the capability to do it,” Trump said about striking Fordow on Tuesday, just hours before the attacks.

In the lead up to the strikes, the Iranian regime refused to negotiate or give up their nuclear program, despite Trump giving them extra time to come to the table.

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