Top official in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration secretly scheduled meeting with Iran’s UN ambassador; Trump refuses to sign Housing Bill – unless SAVE America Act passes the Senate; Increasing calls for Mitch McConnell to disclose where he’s at’; Trump cleans out US Election Assistance Commission before midterms; DHS removes convicted child rapist pardoned by Minnesota governor Tim Walz; Spencer Pratt declares war on election fraud in fiery video; AAG Harmeet Dhillon closing in on election fraudsters; Teachers who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination cash in with taxpayer-funded settlements; Former secretary of Pope Benedict XVI renews call for repeal of restrictions on traditional Latin Mass; Universal Church honors 11 martyrs who in 1860 chose death rather than convert to Islam; and more —
Top Official in Marxist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Administration Secretly Scheduled Meeting with Iran’s UN Ambassador – Trump State Department Forced to Shut It Down
A senior official in Communist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration tried to hold an official meeting with the Iranian regime’s ambassador to the United Nations.
Commissioner Ana María Archila, head of the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs, had scheduled the meeting for July 7 at 11 a.m. at 2 United Nations Plaza with Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN.
Two other senior officials from the office were also set to attend, according to calendar invitation screenshots reviewed by City Journal and confirmed by multiple sources, including a State Department official.
The meeting was called off only after the U.S. State Department, which had not been informed in advance, stepped in and met with the Mamdani administration to “clarify acceptable conduct,” according to City Journal.
Read more at the Gateway Pundit
Trump refuses to sign Housing Bill – unless the SAVE America Act passes the Senate
Read @RapidResponse47
MIA: ‘Mitch McConnell’s constituents deserve answers where he is at’
See @FDRLST
Trump Cleans Out US Election Assistance Commission Before Midterms
See @nypost
The LA Mayor’s Race Is a Warning for All of America – by The Honorable Mike Garcia
What happened in Los Angeles last month was a flashing warning light for the rest of America.
On election night, Spencer Pratt appeared headed for a run-off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, and the Democrat Socialist mayoral candidate, Nithya Raman, appeared headed for defeat. But as thousands of additional ballots flowed in days later, the race looked completely different.
Whether your candidate won or lost isn’t really the point.
What we’re asking now is: Why does California keep asking voters to wait days, and sometimes weeks, for answers after Election Day?
Americans expect clarity and transparency from their leaders. But above all, they expect confidence that election rules are applied fairly and consistently.
Instead, California has normalized uncertainty, creating resentment and cynicism among millions of Californians for decades.
As a former Congressman representing California, I’ve watched our election system drift further away from the commonsense standards that most Americans support.
Read more at RedState
Spencer Pratt’s war on election fraud
‘As Spencer correctly noted, the civilization-destroying problems start well before anything illegal happens. Even the appearance of impropriety can poison a republic‘. – Jeff Childers
Watch @spencerpratt; read more at Coffee & Covid News
How a Pro-Reality Sports Brand Aims to Compete With Transgender-Aligned Nike
XX-XY Athletics, a sportswear company championing women, aims to compete against the brand behemoth Nike, which XX-XY accuses of failing to stand up for women by pushing transgender ideology.
“My goal is to have a successful business that actually truly stands out for female athletes—not that does it in a fake way, like Nike, where they pretend to champion female athletes, but treat them with astonishing disregard,” XX-XY Athletics founder and CEO Jennifer Sey told the Daily Signal in an interview Wednesday.
Sey, a retired champion gymnast and former brand president at Levi Strauss & Co., noted that conservatives have passed legislation upholding fairness in women’s sports, and courts have upheld the laws, but few major brands are fighting this ideology.
Read more at the Daily Signal
‘Watch it burn’: Justin Trudeau serves as backup dancer in Katy Perry’s new video
Watch @MarioNawfal
66 Million Babies Have Been Killed in Abortions Since Roe v. Wade
More than 66 million babies have been killed in abortions in the United States since the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Analysis drawing on data from the Guttmacher Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the total has now reached this level. The Roe ruling alone is responsible for more than 64 million deaths through mid-2022, with the overall figure surpassing 65 million by early 2025 and estimates now placing it at approximately 66 million.
In June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe in the Dobbs decision, returning authority over abortion to the states. Many states promptly enacted protections for unborn children. These measures led to abortion center closures in pro-life states and initial drops in abortions there.
The abortion industry responded by shifting resources to pushing women to travel across state lines for abortions and by expanding access to dangerous chemical abortion pills through telemedicine and mail delivery.
Federal regulatory changes also played a role in facilitating these practices.
“Roe cost this country tens of millions of innocent lives, leaving a painful legacy that will never fully heal,” one analysis stated. “Even so, it would have been far worse if not for the efforts of pro-life Americans who offered practical alternatives and put up legislative barriers that eventually resulted in Roe’s overturn.”
Read more at LifeNews
[UK] Police investigate Ann Widdecombe’s death amid murder fears
A police investigation has been launched into the death of Ann Widdecombe amid fears she was murdered, The Telegraph understands.
The former Conservative Party minister was found dead at her home in Dartmoor at the age of 78 and there had been no suggestion of anything other than natural causes when her death was announced by her agent on Friday morning.
However, detectives from Devon and Cornwall Police are now investigating the possibility of foul play and the force is set to make a public statement this afternoon.
Ms Widdecombe, who switched allegiance from the Tories to the Brexit Party in 2019 and later to Reform UK, lived alone at her home in Haytor, where she had lived since retiring as MP for Maidstone and The Weald in 2010.
She served as a Brexit Party MEP for South West England from 2019 to 2020 and joined Reform UK in 2023, acting as the party’s immigration and justice spokesman.
See more at The Telegraph; read ‘Ann Widdecombe, British Politician and Catholic Convert Who Vigorously Defended Church Teaching, Dies at 78’ at the National Catholic Register
Interview with Ann Widdecombe (Sept, 4, 2025)
Ann Widdecombe is a former Conservative MP, Minister of State, author, and one of Britain’s most outspoken political voices. In this interview with EWTN’s Colm Flynn, Ann reflects on her unusual upbringing moving between places due to her father’s military work, her decision to enter politics, and her long career built on conviction rather than popularity. She speaks candidly about her outspoken conservative views, her faith journey and conversion to the Catholic Church, and the great honour of being made a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI in 2013 for her services to politics and public life. Now in later life, she also shares her reflections on mortality, legacy, and why she has always believed in doing what is right rather than what is easy. Whether you admire her convictions or disagree with her politics, this is a fascinating and unfiltered insight into a woman who has never been afraid to stand her ground.
Watch at EWTN
AAG Dhillon closing in on election fraudsters
Watch @AAGDhillon
New Testimony Builds Case That Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated For Christian Belief
Judge Tony Graf fully admitted the now-released three-page testimony on Charlie Kirk’s religious beliefs by pastor, TPUSA board member, and friend of Charlie Kirk, David Engelhardt, on July 9. The statement details Kirk’s “orthodox-Christian position on marriage, family, gender, and sexual being, which find their basis in various Biblical scriptures.”
Defense attorney Richard Novak disputed the admission for more than 30 minutes on the second day of the preliminary hearings because the document does not reveal accused assassin Tyler Robinson’s views on Kirk and “this is not a case about religion.”
However, because Graf ruled that the document is admissible as evidence for Kirk’s political beliefs, he bolstered the prosecution’s case for the victim-targeting enhancement, which could increase Robinson’s punishment if he is found guilty. …
Read more at The Federalist
Accused killer confessed ‘three times’ to murdering Charlie Kirk according to trans lover
See @nypost
Teachers who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination now cash in with taxpayer-funded settlements
Faculty at Tennessee, Ball State, Clemson and Alabama secured payouts after being fired or placed on administrative leave
Public universities and school districts have agreed to pay more than $2.7 million to educators disciplined over social media posts about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, including a $1.9 million settlement approved last week, as lawsuits alleging First Amendment violations continue to mount.
NBC News reported Friday that public records show at least five educators have reached settlements with their employers over the past year totaling more than $2.7 million, with a newly approved agreement accounting for the largest share.
Former University of Tennessee professor Tamar Shirinian is set to receive $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the school of violating her constitutional rights after officials sought to discipline her over social media posts criticizing Kirk following his assassination.
Read more at Fox News
Marco Rubio deports sexual predator Tim Walz had pardoned
Watch @SecRubio; read ‘DHS Removes Convicted Child Rapist Pardoned by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’ at Homeland Security
Archbishop Gänswein renews call for repeal of restrictions on traditional Latin Mass
Editor’s Note: Echoing an appeal he made last week, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the former prefect of the Papal Household and private secretary of the late Pope Benedict, renewed his repeal for the lifting of restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass.
Archbishop Gänswein, now apostolic nuncio to three Baltic nations, said in an interview that Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict’s 2007 document permitting wider celebration of the extraordinary form, bore fruit “especially for young people, and this can be seen first of all in the increasing numbers of the Paris-Chartres pilgrimage every year.”
“These young people are nourished by the beauty of the liturgy; they are not at all opposed to the Second Vatican Council,” he continued. “It is not true that those who have a traditional liturgical sensibility and participate in the Tridentine Masses are anti-conciliar.”
In 2021, Pope Francis repealed the provisions of Summorum Pontificum when he issued Traditionis Custodes, his 2021 document restricting the extraordinary form of the Mass.
Read more at Catholic Culture; see also ‘I saw the pain in Benedict for the abolished Latin Mass’ at il Giornale (translation available)
Faithful to his flock: Sudanese bishop Yunan Trille Kuku Andali
See @Guzik_Paulina
‘No one really knows’ whereabouts of Nicaragua’s Bishop Mata
Authorities claim he was released after being detained last week, but police have sealed his house and family have been unable to contact him.
Nicaraguan human rights activists have raised alarm over the welfare and whereabouts of Bishop Abelardo Mata. The bishop was briefly detained by the Nicaraguan regime on June 29 and while authorities claim he was returned home later that day, no one outside the security forces has been able to establish contact with him since.
According to Church sources and local human rights advocates, Mata’s residence has been surrounded by police since June 29, and neither his relatives nor other close contacts have been able to see or speak with him. The lack of independent confirmation of his whereabouts has fueled fears that he is either being held under de facto house arrest or has been transferred to another detention facility.
Eighty-year-old Bishop Abelardo Mata, SDB, emeritus Bishop of Estelí, was held in police custody for several hours on June 29 after celebrating Mass in his former diocese on the previous Sunday, during which he asked the faithful to pray for the persecuted Church in the country and for the diocese’s Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has lived in exile in Rome since 2024 after spending more than a year in prison on conspiracy charges.
Read more at The Pillar
Today is the Feast of the Holy Martyrs of Damascus
They were offered the choice of converting to Islam or death in Damascus in July 1860.
See @benedict_kiely; see also CatholicSaints.Info
