President Trump dismissed Elon Musk as a "trainwreck" as the former Trump campaign benefactor moves toward starting a third political party.
"I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks. He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States - The System seems not designed for them," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Musk has been ramping up threats to Trump and his political influence as a rift widens over the "Big, Beautiful Bill," which Trump signed into law Friday.
Musk has been taking shots at Trump since early June, accusing him and Republicans of putting the country's financial future at risk with reckless spending.
After apologizing for some unhinged comments linking Trump with Jeffrey Epstein, Musk returned to blasting Trump's policy bill last week and threatened to start a third political party if it passed.
Republicans sent the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to Trump's desk last week, just in time to meet Trump's July 4th deadline. In response, Musk held a poll on social media site X - which he owns - asking if he should start a new party dedicated to fiscal conservatism.
"By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it," Musk posted Saturday. "When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom."
When asked to comment on Musk's move, Trump was skeptical the "ridiculous" effort would succeed, pointing to the durability of the two-party system.
"I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party," Trump said on Saturday. "We have a tremendous success with the Republican Party. The Democrats have lost their way, but it’s always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds to confusion."
"It really seems to have been developed for two parties," Trump said. "Third parties have never worked. So, he can have fun with it, but I think it’s ridiculous."
While Musk says he's concerned about the cost of Trump's agenda, and what Musk calls a lack of representation for people concerned with the budget, Trump has said the Tesla CEO has a personal motive: the elimination of electric car subsidies.
"It is a Great Bill but, unfortunately for Elon, it eliminates the ridiculous Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate, which would have forced everyone to buy an Electric Car in a short period of time. I have been strongly opposed to that from the very beginning," Trump wrote in his Truth Social post.
Trump considered running for the White House on the Reform ticket in 2000, but ultimately made history as a candidate for the GOP, winning an upset primary challenge in 2016 and then the presidency.
While Trump continued to face resistance from the GOP establishment during his first term, the situation has changed dramatically since then, with the passage of the "Beautiful Bill" confirming Trump's near total dominance over the party.
President Trump campaigned on ridding America of the DEI agenda, and major companies are following suit.
Facing government pressure, top corporations are walking back Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies that have divided America, the Washington Times reported.
During the Biden era, DEI became a whole-of-government effort as the White House set explicit racial targets and shoveled public money toward the government's favored groups, while shutting out whites and other supposedly dominant demographics. Trump's approach has been just as sweeping, but in the other direction.
Trump has threatened to cut off government funds to institutions that practice DEI, and he has clarified that such policies violate civil rights law, creating a starkly new legal climate for corporations and universities to navigate.
Many companies in the private sector are walking a tightrope between placating the government and keeping woke activists at bay. Some major chains, such as Costco, have publicly resisted Trump's pressure, but others have tried to play it both ways, adopting new language to dodge scrutiny.
Major League Baseball deleted a "diversity" reference from its website, but the corporation says its "values on diversity remain unchanged.”
In February, Pepsi said it was axing its chief DEI officer and ending "workforce representation" goals, but the extent of the rollback has been questioned.
“If you check their website it still has DEI [crap] all over it… they’re just pushing it below the surface,” said Paul Chesser, director of the Corporate Integrity Project for the National Legal and Policy Center, told Fox Business.
Like many big names, McDonald's has taken an equivocal approach. Facing a boycott over its DEI rollback, the fast-food giant issued a boilerplate response touting "inclusion."
"As a brand that serves millions of people every day, McDonald's opens our doors to everyone, and our commitment to inclusion remains steadfast," the company said.
The big question is, are corporations like McDonald's really abandoning DEI, or just pretending? While many companies are still woke using woke lingo, the real changes are happening privately, said Dan Lennington, managing vice president and deputy counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.
“A lot of this is happening behind the scenes,” he said. “Corporations, education institutions, hospitals, health care institutions are just sort of either caving completely, fighting or they’re trying to play it cutesy by changing the language in their DEI webpages, which is doomed to fail eventually.”
Trump has also used regulatory power to browbeat telecommunications companies like Verizon and AT&T, which have agreed to curtail DEI to get approvals for merger deals from Trump's FCC.
The administration's war on DEI is also shaking up higher education. University of Virginia's president resigned in June following months of pressure from the Justice Department, which finally threatened to cut off funding to the public university unless its DEI-friendly president stepped aside.
Kamala Harris commemorated July 4th with a social media post taking an obvious jab at her former election rival, President Trump. While her lament for the state of the nation was unsurprising, Harris raised eyebrows with a cropped image that left Joe Biden out of the picture.
Whether intentional or not, Biden's exclusion from the scene underscores how quickly he has become a pariah among Democrats who would like nothing more than to leave his presidency in the past.
The photo shows Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff watching fireworks from the White House balcony.
"This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better," Harris wrote.
"But I love our country - and when you love something, you fight for it. Together, we will continue to fight for the ideals of our nation," she added.
Social media users criticized the bleak tone of Harris' message, and what some saw as pettiness toward her former boss.
"At least take his arm out of the shot when you crop it," one user wrote.
Rumors of tensions between Biden and Harris circulated frequently during his presidency, and Biden's insistence that he would have beaten Donald Trump in 2024 - something Harris was unable to pull off - has only widened a rift between Biden and his former running mate.
Biden endorsed Harris to take his place on the presidential ticket after a pivotal debate performance that effectively ended his political career. Rather than bow out gracefully, Biden put up a spirited fight with his own Democratic party before suspending his campaign.
It's a fight that is still, in a way, ongoing. With his presidency in shambles, Democrats are dismayed that Biden is still making the rounds of the media to defend his tarnished legacy.
There is nobody in the party who is liable to take greater offense to Biden's attempted comeback than Harris, who believes, like many Democrats, that Biden dragged her down to defeat with his quixotic dreams of re-election and stubborn refusal to face reality.
While Democrats have focused on blaming Biden, Harris' candidacy also had serious flaws. The vice president floundered in one interview after another, despite the efforts of the media to prop her up, much as they had done with Biden before he fell from favor.
Months after his presidency ended in disgrace, Biden has quickly become a historical footnote, to the point where even his vice president apparently doesn't feel any obligation to recognize his existence. But Republicans are pressing ahead with a probe into Biden's cognitive decline, to the annoyance of Democrats, who are appealing to Americans' desire to move on. While many would rather forget the Biden era, Republicans argue the public is entitled to know who was governing on Biden's behalf during a chaotic time for the nation.
As for Harris, she is testing the waters to run for governor of California, but Democrats are far from enthusiastic about the prospect.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A majority of the judges on a state supreme court's bench have exercised what has been determined to be their "personal preference" to overturn a "duly enacted" law banning abortion.
The details are documented a report at the Federalist, which pointed out the minority dissent in the case before the Wisconsin state Supreme Court noted even judges are supposed to follow the law, even if they don't like it.
The report explained, "In a decision deemed judicial activism and a 'power grab' by pro-life and judicial experts, the leftist-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to nullify the Badger State's longstanding law barring abortion."
The 4-judge majority claimed "the legislature impliedly repealed" an 1849 law that made abortion a felony. There was no specific repeal.
The new interpretation of the law, unchanged by the legislature in the state, is abortion is allowed – through a certain time period.
Chief Justice Jill Karofsky actually "repeated the leftist lie that women, such as Georgia woman Amber Thurman, lost their lives 'because they lived in states that severely restrict abortion care,'" the report confirmed.
However, both of the women cited by Karofsky died after taking the dangerous chemicals involved in a do-it-yourself abortion pills, and the report noted that medical malpractice also was involved in their deaths, a factor ignored by Karofsky.
"In her dissent, Justice Annette Ziegler scolded the majority and the concurring chief justice for prioritizing the 'profoundly personal way in which we might determine our respective positions on abortion' over 'how a court is required to interpret the law,'" the Federalist explained.
She cited the legal standard that, "It is the court's duty to adhere to the law whether we 'like' the answer or not."
The majority, she explained, took part in "a jaw-dropping exercise of judicial will, placing personal preference over the constitutional roles of the three branches of our state government and upending a duly enacted law," the report said.
"In this dangerous departure from our constitutional design, four members of the court make up and apply their own version of implied repeal, failing to hew to any semblance of traditional judicial decision-making or jurisprudence."
Andrew Bath, of the Thomas More Society, explained, "This decision is nothing short of a judicial power grab. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken it upon itself to erase a law that elected representatives deliberately preserved for over 175 years — even while Roe v. Wade rendered it unenforceable.
"The majority abandoned sound legal reasoning in favor of political activism, mocking the very concept of judicial restraint. This is a betrayal of the rule of law and a devastating blow to the state's longstanding commitment to protecting the most vulnerable."
Such judicial radicalism isn't a surprise, as the original Roe decision creating a "right" to abortion was adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court majority with an absence of any link to the U.S. Constitution back in 1973. It was overturned just a few years ago.
And Kelsey Pritchard, of SBA Pro-Life America, told the Federalist that the lives of unborn now are at risk because of an "activist ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court."
"Babies with heartbeats and who can feel pain have no legal protection in the state of Wisconsin where abortion through the fifth month is now the law of the land as dictated by four justices on the court," Pritchard said.
Bath described the court's activism as "legislating from the bench — an egregious violation of our constitutional system of separation of powers."
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A constitutional expert, Jonathan Turley, who has not only testified before Congress on constitutional issues but also has represented members in court on those same topics, is warning a small college in Maine that it is entering the dangerous waters of "facilitating such abuse of students."
The warning comes in a dispute at the school, Eastern Maine Community College, where a professor reportedly "attacked a Christian conservative student for writing an essay about gun control."
The student, Katherine Parker, accused English instructor Carol Lewandowski "of engaging in raw political bias."
Further, Parker said the school failed to support her constitutional rights.
Assigned to do a speech, Parker chose the topic of the 2nd Amendment. When she submitted a draft to Lewandowski for review, "Parker said that she was told to change topics and was ridiculed over her religious and political beliefs," the report said.
The teacher apparently told Parker to "avoid proselytizing with logical fallacies in a college class," apparently condemning her 2nd Amendment statements as a "logical fallacy." She then added "Wasn't your former speech a testimony to finding Jesus. Did Jesus pack heat?"
Turley commented, "One would think that such an abusive and politically biased attack on a student would result in the termination of the professor. However, Parker alleges that the community college did not seem inclined to take action against Lewandowski. Parker says that she spoke to EMCC Dean of Academics Lynn Hunter, who 'assured me that discrimination was not tolerated at the community college, but she did not give me a clear answer when I asked her how she felt about what the teacher said to me — she assured me that she would be getting both sides of the story.'"
He explained, "Such abuse of a student over political and religious views should result in the termination of the professor. However, we have seen a high-level of toleration (and even support for) anti-conservative and anti-Republican positions by faculty. That includes teachers in Maine calling for Trump supporters to be 'taken out.'"
He continued, "It is now common to hear inflammatory language from professors advocating 'detonating white people,' denouncing police, calling for Republicans to suffer, strangling police officers, celebrating the death of conservatives, calling for the killing of Trump supporters, supporting the murder of conservative protesters and other outrageous statements. One professor who declared that there is 'nothing wrong' with such acts of violence as killing conservatives was actually promoted."
"We have not heard directly from Professor Lewandowski, but these communications are shocking. If true, the failure of the community college to take action immediately against Lewandowski is a chilling reminder of how higher education has lost its moorings. By retaining Lewandowski, the college is not just allowing but facilitating such abuse of students."
He said, "What happened to this student is the very antithesis of the values supporting higher education."
Musk continued his online campaign against the Trump administration on Monday, posting on X about the lack of arrests related to Jeffrey Epstein's supposed "client list" despite campaign promises to release information about his close associates.
"What's the time? Oh look, it's no-one-has-been-arrested-o'clock again," he captioned a graphic titled "The Official Jeffrey Epstein Arrest Counter" set to "0000."
What’s the time? Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock again … pic.twitter.com/CO9xJz68Tf
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2025
Musk was seemingly responding to an earlier post in which the Trump administration said "There is no Epstein list" after promising to release it.
The Epstein knock has been ongoing with Musk, who during an earlier disagreement with President Donald Trump accused him of being on the Epstein list before removing the post and apologizing.
Musk obviously doesn't know who is on the Epstein list, if it exists, or he would probably just release the information himself.
That's if there is even an Epstein list, which would mean that the Trump administration was lying when it claimed there wasn't one.
At any rate, the administration also signaled that there were no further arrests forthcoming related to Epstein's alleged sex trafficking.
Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, were both arrested in connection to sex trafficking, and many allegations were thrown around about which famous and high-profile politicians and celebrities might have been involved.
Epstein was said to have had a top-secret client list that he used to blackmail his famous clientele, but a Sunday night memo from the DOJ said they didn't find any evidence of a list or any sort of blackmail.
The memo, as reported by Axios, also said there was no evidence Epstein didn't kill himself, despite widespread questions and speculation suggesting he was murdered by someone who didn't want his alleged client list to be made public.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who once espoused conspiracy theories about how Epstein really died, said in April that after investigating himself, he believes that Epstein did kill himself.
He and FBI Director Kash Patel, who said before his appointment that it should be easy to release the Epstein client list and implied that officials were cowards for not doing it, that Epstein's cause of death was suicide and that the client list didn't exist.
Many people remain skeptical about that narrative, however.
Fox News reported on Monday that Princess of Wales Kate Middleton has been balancing her royal duties with hobbies, parenting, and theraputic practices as she recovers from a battle with cancer.
At the encouragement of her husband Prince William and King Charles III, Middleton has resumed some royal duties at a pace she feels she can manage while she continues to recover from the undisclosed cancer that led to obdominal surgery in early 2024 and preventive chemotherapy.
"Princess Catherine has been recuperating behind the scenes," royal expert Neil Sean told Fox News Digital. "This includes a return to ballet with her daughter Princess Charlotte, a massive return to daily nature walks, as well as [keeping up with] her photography hobby."
"An excellent source told me she is living in the moment and has no time for drama… or difficult family members," Sean claimed. "She attended Trooping of the Colour and the Order of the Garter but felt it was too much to attend Royal Ascot. She felt exhausted. This is normal… regarding her return after cancer."
Sean also said that Middleton has been playing the piano again, and that Prince William has been enjoying her efforts.
Along with her children George, Charlotte, and Louis, she has returned to cooking for the family and tending a garden.
She particularly enjoys making chutney and cultivating honey from her beehive, the sources said.
"[Catherine] knows only too well how fortunate she is, but behind the scenes she is a rock to many others," Sean shared. "Catherine told this source that we must remember to always enjoy the moments that we are in and not lose sight of the fact that life is a wonderful and precious thing."
She has leaned on senior royals and her mother, Carole Middleton, as well as Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and her sister-in-law Alizee Thevenet for emotional support during the difficult journey.
"They’re [encouraging] her to enjoy these wonderful moments with her young family while recuperating," Sean said.
"Those who work with her, and for her, share that she’s disciplined, pragmatic, and a quiet, influential figure," British royals expert Hilary Fordwich said. "She divides her time meticulously between parenting, supporting Prince William, fulfilling her royal duties, all while maintaining a workout regimen supporting her physical and mental health."
It seems like a full life for the princess, and one she must enjoy all the more after it was threatened by the cancer diagnosis when she was barely 40 years old.
She is reportedly excited about Wimbledon, which she attends every year, as well as her family's retreat to Balmoral Castle in Scotland every summer.
"Princess Catherine’s approach to balancing duty and family, as well as [practicing] mindful self-care while being careful not to overextend herself, has rendered her as ever more vital, as well as a highly respected member of the royal family," Fordwich said.
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he had signed a major disaster declaration for Knerr County, Texas, where sudden and severe flash flooding around the Guadalupe River has led to dozens of deaths, with dozens more still missing.
“These families are enduring an unimaginable tragedy, with many lives lost, and many still missing,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The administration “continues to work closely with State and Local Leaders,” he said, and noted that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is also in Texas in partnership with Governor Greg Abbott (R) as part of the relief efforts.
As of Sunday, Trump said that first responders including the Coast Guard and others at the state level had rescued over 850 people from the raging floodwaters that resulted from severe thunderstorms in the early hours of July 4th.
In Knerr County, 68 people were confirmed dead as of Monday, and 28 of those were children.
Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, was particularly hard hit, with 27 campers and counselors dead and 11 more still missing.
A total of 82 people have died in Texas from the flooding, and 41 are still missing.
There was no warning siren system in place in Knerr County, and because the floodwaters rose rapidly in the overnight hours on Friday, other emergency response systems and broadcast warnings may not have been as effective as they would have been during the day.
The waters of the Guadalupe River and other nearby waterways remain swollen, and search and resuce operations continue in the hopes that some of the missing found a way to survive the flooding,
With the disaster declaration in place, federal resources will be available to supplement state and local ones.
The Guadalupe River has experienced major flooding before, most notably in 1936, 1952, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991 and 1997.
In 1987, 10 teenagers at another summer camp, Pot O’ Gold Christian Camp near Comfort, Texas, died in another flood of the Guadalupe.
The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that Friday's flooding exceeded the 1987 levels.
Of course, the left wants to blame the flooding deaths on DOGE and budget cuts, which have led to reduced staffing levels in the area where the floods occurred.
But the warning systems that were available were used as they shoudl have been, so it isn't clear how more staffing would have changed anything about the situation.
A former SpaceX security official has taken legal action against the company, accusing it of fostering a workplace culture hostile to women and enabling critical lapses in national security procedures, Breitbart reported.
Jenna Shumway, once a senior contractor program security officer for SpaceX, filed a federal lawsuit alleging harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation, and severe security violations by a high-ranking employee and the company itself.
Shumway joined SpaceX in 2022 and was later promoted to a senior security role overseeing compliance for government contracts. The work environment, she says, changed dramatically in 2024 following the hire of Daniel Collins, a former Defense Department official brought in to lead security for sensitive programs. Shumway alleges that with Collins’ arrival in the spring of 2024, her responsibilities were slowly stripped away.
By October 2024, Shumway was terminated from her position. Her lawsuit, filed in late May 2025, claims that the mistreatment was both targeted and systemic, impacting not only her but other female colleagues as well. The court documents allege continued discrimination under Collins’ supervision, including actively preventing female staff from fulfilling their duties just to place them in technical non-compliance.
The lawsuit, initially brought before the Los Angeles County Superior Court, has since moved into federal jurisdiction. In its claims, Shumway details her repeated efforts to alert the SpaceX human resources department about Collins’ behavior, including what she describes as sexually inappropriate comments and unprofessional conduct. One incident cited in the filing involves Collins allegedly inviting a subordinate to “get s–tty together” over drinks.
Shumway also accuses Collins of staring at a colleague's chest during a meeting—a pattern that she says illustrates a broader culture of gender misconduct condoned at high levels within the company. Despite complaints made by Shumway and other employees, HR allegedly failed to take meaningful action, only suggesting staff avoid being alone with Collins.
Beyond allegations of discrimination, the lawsuit raises alarming national security concerns. It claims that Collins violated top-secret security protocols and hid these actions from relevant federal agencies. These reported breaches, according to the complaint, were not one-off occurrences but part of a broader pattern of neglect tied directly to executive decisions.
According to the lawsuit, Collins allowed individuals without the proper security clearances to attend meetings involving classified content. The court filing also alleges that he discouraged employees from reporting clearance violations, further exacerbating potential national security risks. These actions reportedly triggered three separate federal reviews of the company’s security operations by late 2024.
These issues became public in a December 2024 New York Times article, which noted SpaceX was under federal review for what was described as concerning lapses in security oversight. The article supported claims that Collins’ leadership style contributed to procedural failures across sensitive contracts involving the U.S. government.
Shumway’s case adds to existing legal pressures facing SpaceX. The California Civil Rights Department and the National Labor Relations Board are already investigating the company for similar claims of workplace hostility and gender-based discrimination. These probes suggest Shumway’s experience may reflect a larger systemic problem rather than an isolated complaint.
The legal filing argues that the company failed in its duty not only to provide a safe environment but also to protect national interests. Shumway maintains that her decision to come forward was based on a consistent pattern of retaliation and neglect at high levels within SpaceX. Her termination came soon after she began raising formal concerns about both conduct and compliance lapses.
The case could have far-reaching implications, particularly concerning how private aerospace contractors manage obligations under federal security agreements. With SpaceX playing a growing role in military and intelligence contracts, the claims may prompt increased oversight by federal agencies and defense partners.
As court proceedings unfold, attention will likely focus on whether the alleged behavior by Collins represents a breach of trust with national stakeholders. If substantiated, the consequences for SpaceX could extend well beyond employment law and into national defense partnerships. Any verified violations may affect its standing with U.S. government contractors and security agencies.
Neither SpaceX nor Collins has yet provided public comment in response to the lawsuit. It also remains unclear if the company will conduct its own internal probe separate from the ongoing federal reviews. Meanwhile, Shumway’s legal team is expected to push for depositions and document disclosures related to both HR actions and classified project management.
The Camp Mystic flood disaster in Texas has captured a worldwide audience, with millions hoping and praying that many of the missing are found alive.
The nightmare has touched all parts of the nation, including Washington D.C. Newsmax reported that Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and his wife were finally able to reunite with their two young daughters who, by the grace of God, were able to be evacuated from the camp.
Chaotic, sudden flooding from the Guadalupe River in Texas resulted in the deaths of dozens of young campers while many more are still missing and actively being found.
Prayers and support have poured in since the news of the historic flooding hit the headlines. Camp Mystic is a popular all-girls camp that has taken the hardest hit from the flooding.
Rep. Pflueger made his followers aware of the situation with his daughters on his X account, saying that he and his wife, Camile, along with a third daughter, Vivian, were able to reconnect with the two girls who were at camp.
"Camille, Vivian and I are now reunited with Caroline and Juliana who were evacuated from Camp Mystic. The last day has brought unimaginable grief to many families and we mourn with them as well as holding out hope for survivors," the Texas lawmaker wrote.
Camille, Vivian and I are now reunited with Caroline and Juliana who were evacuated from Camp Mystic. The last day has brought unimaginable grief to many families and we mourn with them as well as holding out hope for survivors.
We want to thank the first responders who have…
— Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) July 5, 2025
He added, "We want to thank the first responders who have come from far and wide to save lives. The TX Division of Emergency Management has been incredible and the White House, DHS, FEMA, DPS and local officials have all been responsive and helpful."
"Please join us today as we pray for miracles."
Newsmax noted:
The floodwaters along the river reportedly rose 26 feet in less than an hour early Friday. State and federal officials have said that about 27 campers from the summer camp, which opened in the 1920s, remain missing.
Users across social media offered their prayers to the Texas Republican and his family.
"I’m so glad you have your daughters and I’m praying hard for all the missing children and adults. I know Texas raced to kerrville to help in some form or other! Most places for donations were too full to take anything else. People were walking the river together in a line," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "So glad your girls are safe. My daughter went there a few years ago. Unthinkable."
Now, we must continue to pray for the many more who are still missing, and for the young souls lost to the natural disaster.