Does your vote and election results mean anything anymore? Is voting a mere formality today?

Who gets to decide America’s elected government no longer has authority?

Our tax dollars have been used covertly to steal our nation from us and shift power from the people to those who are unelected.

NGO networks and former USAID officials have discussed challenging federal authority after the midterms—including conditions for declaring Washington illegitimate.

Who gets to decide America’s elected government no longer has authority? Jennica can walk through the materials behind her allegations, while Joshua connects them to the book’s broader examination of power beyond the ballot box.

Why does the post-midterm period matter?

What have funding records established?

How can we get control over our nation back?

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Wednesday that it was preparing to unveil a new weapon, which it dubbed the "Father of All Bombs," in response to US threats to use the most powerful conventional bomb in the American arsenal against Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Iranian announcement follows US media reports that the Pentagon had prepared plans to use the GBU-43/B bomb, known as the "Mother of All Bombs" (MOAB), against targets in Iran. Weighing approximately 9.8 metric tons (20,000 lb.), the bomb is considered one of the most powerful conventional weapons in the US arsenal.

Pickaxe Mountain a prime target?

US pulls personnel from Saudi Arabia as kingdom comes under Houthi fire

Deadly Houthi missile and drone attacks on Riyadh and other Saudi cities prompted the mandatory departure order.

Riyadh has also asked Washington for additional missile interceptors, though U.S. officials have warned that global demand is straining available supplies.

"I also talked to Saudi Arabia today; they'd like interceptors. Israel would like interceptors. We would like interceptors. Every country in the world would like interceptors," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday.

Rubio described the weapons as "probably the most in-demand product right now in the defense field," acknowledging that the United States must balance requests from allies against its own military requirements.

The U.S. continues to provide intelligence and targeting support to Saudi Arabia as Trump weighs whether to launch another round of strikes against the Houthis.

The United Kingdom pledged to provide the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with additional defensive military support as it continues to battle insurgent Houthi forces in neighboring Yemen.

On Oct. 20, the UK’s Ministry of Defense announced it will send Typhoon fighter jets to fly aerial patrols over Saudi Arabia in support of defensive efforts around Saudi cities and infrastructure. (Ryan Morgan/The Epoch Times)

Israeli authorities have detained a group of activists, including a Democratic U.S. congressional candidate, Brad Lander in the so-called, contested West Bank (Judea and Samaria).

With the Israeli election days away, why would they do this?

Recent polling shows that Netanyahu will be replaced. What will this do to the current situation in the Middle East?

Now it seems like it’s going to be a hot-button issue in the Los Angeles mayoral race next month.

Both mayoral candidates using the bills for political advantage, however; they and their Dem-Com cronies are responsible.

If energy prices are key to affordability, why is it that anyone with a “D” after their name likes high energy prices?

The fact is that Dem-Coms have been keenly aware that their tinkering with electric power generation and green energy policies have deliberately drive up electric rates across America!

But, is the situation different in Red-States?

Driving the price of electricity and other utilities higher is all about control, isn’t it?

And now, DSA candidates are calling for all utilities to be under government control. What would that do?

How has deliberate, overregulation driven up the coast of electricity in America?

John’s latest opinion piece is a wakeup call to Washington. If you were concerned that the Paris riots could spread to America, you should be worried that our own housing crisis could trigger civil unrest here.

Spain’s government may become the latest casualty of a housing crisis that policymakers helped create, offering a cautionary tale for America.

This month, Spain’s parliament rejected two housing decrees championed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. While the package included some sensible measures aimed at curbing housing speculation, it was dominated by heavy-handed interventions, including expanded eviction restrictions, long-term mandatory lease renewals and substantial penalties for landlords who declined to renew leases. Such policies risk driving landlords out of the market and further reducing housing supply.

The defeat was a major blow to Sánchez’s fragile coalition and helped trigger a snap election for November 29. Although Sánchez subsequently revived the measures in revised form, the new decrees preserve the same core approach: more government control of the housing market, less flexibility for property owners and little effort to address the underlying forces pushing housing demand ever higher.

Americans should pay attention. Spain shows what happens when policymakers regulate housing’s symptoms while refusing to confront politically difficult, government-driven demand pressures.

According to Spain’s national statistics, the overwhelming majority of recent population growth has been attributable to immigration. Spain has experienced one of Europe’s fastest immigration surges and issued more first residence permits than any other EU country in 2025.

The economic logic is straightforward. Every additional household needs a place to live. New arrivals typically enter the rental market first, increasing demand where supply is already constrained. The Bank of Spain’s Annual Report 2023 identifies housing demand that far outstrips supply as a central driver of sustained rent and home-price increases and notes growing affordability problems in major urban areas and markets with substantial investment and rental activity.

John, recent civil unrest in Northern Ireland was triggered by illegal migrants in the country, but also their access to local programs and housing.

In the first six months of this year, NYPD officers made 24,343 arrests of suspects carrying weapons. Cops fired their guns just 23 times.

Yet last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced he was directing the police department “to conduct a comprehensive review of its use-of-force policies and practices.”

“Every New Yorker deserves to know that force will be used lawfully, carefully and only when necessary,” declared the mayor, implying that New Yorkers have reason to believe the NYPD falls short of that standard now.

But does it? Let’s look at the numbers.

From Jan. 1 through June 30 of this year, the NYPD fielded more than 3.35 million 911 calls — more than 100,000 of which involved either persons in crisis (75,746) or weapons (33,063).

The professional protesters who responded to the hospital where the illegal who was shot by ICE was being treated, confronted the NYPD who were dispatched to keep the peace!

The NYPD detective who was robbed and attacked in the Bronx, was washing his car without his weapon. He would have shot the suspects if he has his weapon!

Tennessee is considering a change to their state constitution with regard to bail. If passed, judges would more easily be able to deny bail for a defendant who the judge deems a danger to society.

Tenn. Amendment 1 would give judges more power to deny bail.

Tennessee’s constitution limits when judges can deny bail before trial. Amendment 1 would give judges greater authority to detain defendants they determine pose serious risks.

Rafael, you wrote an opinion piece for the Tennessean. Isn’t this kind of bail revision something New Yorkers would welcome?

If you are elected to Congress, is the system rigged so that you cannot make a difference?

Did you know that a member of the U.S. House represents roughly 750,000 people? John Cox argues that no elected official can realistically know, listen to or personally represent a constituency that large.

Special-Interest Money — large electorates increase the cost of reaching voters and make fundraising central.

Political Extremes — partisan and primary incentives can reward appeals to highly motivated ideological voters.

Big Media — mass electorates make paid media and professional political communication increasingly important.

Negative Campaigning — it is easier to attack a stranger than a neighbor.

“The problem isn't that there are Republicans. The problem isn't that there are Democrats. The problem is that our system increasingly rewards politicians for fighting each other rather than solving problems for the people they represent.”

John, you are an American, who obviously cares about the direction of your state and our country. There are many others like you who got int the game to make a difference. They failed in their election bids. What is it like to know what you want to do to fix things, but the voters rejected the opportunity they had?

Do people like you; who showed real courage to stand up and fight to make a difference fear that others (like you) will refuse to run for office in the future?

Former Gubernatorial Candidate John H. Cox spent years trying to win political office in California. Now he’s arguing that the bigger problem isn’t necessarily who gets elected to Congress, but the structure they’re elected to operate within.