https://redstate.com/precinctpatriot/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 17:36:57 -0400<![CDATA[As I wrote on Thursday, the results of the Maine Democrat Senate primary made clear that a majority of the Democrats who voted wouldn't care if Graham Platner kicked puppies, crushed butterflies with his bare hand, and stole old ladies' purses, much less be a Nazi sympathizer and allegedly physically abusive towards a woman, provided he does his part in giving the party control of the U.S. Senate.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:33:09 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[John Kennedy]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/06/12/sen-john-kennedy-discusses-graham-platner-n2203303<![CDATA[Information regarding the mass shooting incident that unfolded in Midland, Texas, on Friday morning is still somewhat limited, but the suspected shooter has now been identified as 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, a resident of Odessa, Texas.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:45:26 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Mass Shooting]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/12/new-suspect-in-midland-shooting-idd-n2203305<![CDATA[As the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for."]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:58:46 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Van Laar]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/06/12/spencer-pratt-moves-to-phase-iii-of-saving-los-angeles-karen-bass-and-nithya-raman-might-wish-hed-won-n2203300<![CDATA[We reported earlier how President Donald Trump lit up the Iranian state media for leaks that they were claiming about the deal that is about to be finalized.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:27:41 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/12/regime-scolds-its-own-state-media-after-it-ticks-off-trump-indicates-how-close-deal-is-n2203298<![CDATA[We've been covering the story of Europeans in the U.S. for the World Cup, traversing America, finding the wonderful things that we have here, and maybe take for granted. It's been a joy, especially as we celebrate our 250th birthday, to see just how much love visiting Europeans like Freddy from Germany have for us.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:22:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[Germany]]><![CDATA[Louisiana]]><![CDATA[World Cup]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/12/freddys-journey-continues-n2203291<![CDATA[Everybody's attention seems focused on Elon Musk today, thanks to the SpaceX IPO (I've made a few bucks on SpaceX already myself). That's understandable; he is now the first trillionaire in history. That's a heck of an achievement, and he's earned it.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:18:25 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/12/spacex-ipo-windfall-employees-eye-rolexes-and-private-jets-n2203299<![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I brought you the story of faculty members throughout the University of California system who had signed an open letter demanding that standardized testing, such as SAT and ACT testing, be resumed. University professors said that they were being forced to reteach middle school math to incoming students. They may just get their way as the University of California (UC) announced on Thursday that it would open a thorough review of the system's standardized testing policy.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:05:24 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Science]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/06/12/faculty-members-might-get-their-way-as-standardized-testing-at-ca-universities-could-make-a-comeback-n2203294<![CDATA[It's Game On at the White House for the UFC event set to take place there this weekend. D.C. District Judge Amit Mehta (an Obama appointee, FWIW) just body-slammed an eleventh-hour effort to stop President Trump’s White House UFC extravaganza, denying plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) or preliminary injunction request outright.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:45:39 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[TikTok]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/12/let-the-games-begin-federal-judge-says-nope-to-plaintiffs-ufc-injunction-demand-n2203297<![CDATA[UPDATE: The City of Midland, Texas has confirmed that the gunman is deceased, and the situation has been resolved.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:19:19 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]><![CDATA[Mass Shooting]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/12/active-shooting-midland-texas-11-victims-suspect-holed-up-in-building-n2203296<![CDATA[On Friday morning, Elon Musk became the first trillionaire in recorded human history. SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq, opened 11 percent above its suggested IPO price, and Forbes estimated its net worth had crossed $1.1 trillion before noon Eastern. No person had ever done this before. Not even close.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:05:36 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]><![CDATA[Tesla]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/12/elon-musk-becomes-the-first-trillionaire-in-human-history-the-lefts-response-was-immediate-n2203295<![CDATA[Grizzly bears are impressive creatures. Here in Alaska, we live among them, and we're well aware of their capabilities; they are 500-pound murder missiles that can run 35 miles an hour, can rip off the door of a truck, and can smell a drop of olive oil for a mile downwind.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/12/glacier-park-grizzly-drags-hiker-20-30-feet-in-trail-attack-n2203292<![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee took a decisive step this week toward restoring a name that once embodied America’s military might, approving language in the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act to re-designate the Department of Defense as the Department of War. The move, which passed the committee 18-9, mirrors a similar provision already advanced in the House. It builds directly on President Trump's 2025 executive order&nbsp;directing informal use of the original title and aligns with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's emphasis on projecting strength over bureaucratic euphemisms.The Pentagon has operated under the softer "Defense" branding since 1947, when the National Security Act created a unified command structure to improve coordination between military branches and emphasize deterrence over constant warfare. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and others have championed the rebrand as a rejection of post-Cold War weakness that invited adversaries to test U.S. limits. The rebrand seems to have come at the right time, after years of alarming shortfalls that left the services struggling to fill ranks; military recruiting has staged a remarkable turnaround. In fiscal year 2025, every branch met or exceeded its active-duty goals for the first time in years. The Army hit 101.7 percent of its 61,000 target with 62,050 recruits. The Navy crushed its goal, reaching 108.6 percent. The Air Force, Marines, and Space Force all cleared their marks as well.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:50:29 -0400<![CDATA[RC Maxwell]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Tommy Tuberville]]><![CDATA[Department of War]]>https://redstate.com/rc-maxwell/2026/06/12/senate-committee-moves-to-bring-back-department-of-war-amid-strongest-recruiting-surge-in-over-a-decade-n2203289<![CDATA[I've written many times on how and why, as a biologist, the notion of biological agents, not to mention messing around with pathogens, scares the absolute kapok out of me. Nukes have some after-effects, but once the bomb has gone off, it's over. The same can be said for chemical agents.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:42:52 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/12/dni-tulsi-gabbard-exposes-120-us-funded-biolabs-worldwide-n2203290<![CDATA[It sounds like Iran is being Iran again.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/12/trump-remarks-on-iran-indian-ships-n2203287<![CDATA[I've long thought that when humans finally expand into space to stay, it would be the private sector, for the most part, that takes us there. There are incredible mineral resources as close as the asteroid belt, which (unlike resources found on a planet) don't have to be lifted out of a gravity well. Some of the moons of the gas giants, while still having that gravity well issue, have nearly-unlimited volatiles, like methane, and even water vapor.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:52:41 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]><![CDATA[Tesla]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/12/so-i-placed-a-new-buy-order-for-some-spacex-stock-n2203288<![CDATA[As my colleague Ward Clark reported on May 29, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) has a new primary challenger named... Dan J. Sullivan. As Clark surmises, it's Alaska, where the natives delight in their political oddities as much as they do their isolation.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:10 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Alaska]]><![CDATA[Dan Sullivan]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/12/ak-sen-dan-sullivan-gets-challenger-dan-j-sullivan-disqualified-n2203283<![CDATA[Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was gracious on the night he lost in the primary to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Senate race. He said he had always supported the Republican ticket and would continue to do so.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:50:20 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[John Cornyn]]><![CDATA[Ken Paxton]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/12/cornyn-remarks-presler-ny-times-n2203281<![CDATA[Friday, June 12, 2026]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:30:18 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Morning Minute]]><![CDATA[Trade]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/12/morning-minute-n2203284<![CDATA[On Thursday, President Trump delivered a significant win for America's commercial fishing industry, signing a proclamation that rolled back a bunch of Biden-era restrictions on commercial fishing in the Pacific. The proclamation is titled "Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific."]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:36:52 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/12/trump-delivers-big-new-economic-boost-to-pacific-fishing-communities-n2203282<![CDATA[Democrats are ready to make Brett Kavanaugh and abortion a central issue in Maine's Senate race, and the strategy tells you almost everything you need to know about how little else they have going for them.]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:15:04 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Abortion]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/12/democrats-want-maine-voters-talking-about-brett-kavanaugh-graham-platner-is-the-problem-n2203280