EPA has been a ‘puppet for the left,’ former chief of staff says

Former EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara discusses the termination of Biden-era climate rules by the EPA on ‘The Bottom Line.’

Why Gas Prices Are High When We’re Energy Independent

It confuses many people. Myself included. I will attempt to simplify these complex concepts so that even I can grasp them.

Oil is a globally priced commodity. Pump prices in the U.S. follow world supply and demand without concern for how much we produce. People often ask why the pump price goes up so quickly even when the gas at the station was bought at a lower price. The price at the pump does not reflect the price paid but the replacement cost. The same principle applies in reverse.

Shockingly Underreported News and Commentary for the Week of 30 August

This is the fifth post in the ongoing weekly feature that highlights news and commentary on important geopolitical, cultural, and economic issues that the Democrat-media complex buries because they expose the hypocrisies associated with the continuing Marxist-Democrat narrative. Everything is properly sourced and linked for follow-up reading, whether from legacy media, independent sources, or social media.

Here we go!

Trump Administration National Security and Foreign Policy Accomplishments: October 2025 – July 2026

President Trump remains focused on delivering his 2024 campaign promises with lightning speed. This is Part II of a two-part series that summarizes Trump administration accomplishments since October 2025. An article last November covered the accomplishments during the first nine months here.

90 Days without Juice: Welcome Back to 1850 America

Electricity was once a luxury. Today, it is the invisible life-support system of modern civilization. Take the grid away for three months and the problem isn’t simply darkness—it’s water, sewage, refrigeration, medicine, fuel, communications, and millions of people discovering that civilization has outsourced most of their basic survival skills. America’s Achilles’ heel may not be that an enemy can defeat our military, but that someone could disrupt the enormous electrical extension cord connecting nearly everything that keeps us alive.

Highlights of the News with Don Surber

Don Surber delivers his take on this week’s news items as only he can. He’ll make you think, laugh, and learn to recognize the absurdity of the media’s coverage of the news.

ITEM 1: Yahoo reported, “A Popular ED Medication Was Just Linked to a Greater Risk of Blindness in Men Over 40.’

As the movie asked, can I do it till I need glasses?

Bessent has a ‘SPINE OF STEEL’: Former national security adviser on ‘Economic Outcast’

Former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien joins ‘Kudlow’ to discuss the European Union joining ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ to isolate Iran’s financial lifelines and freeze IRGC assets.

Donald ‘Jed Clampett’ Trump: The world runs on oil. The USA is getting back to controlling the world’s oil.

Red China is hurting for certain. The world’s largest oil importer lost oil from Iran and Venezuela, which supplied 15% of the oil it bought last year.

Under Trump, the USA is a net exporter of oil. That should be the case for decades to come because thanks to President Trump and Chief Warrant Officer Five Eric A. Slover, America now controls 65 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela. Slover is the helicopter pilot who took a licking of bullets but kept on ticking as the military extracted Maduro on January 3, earning a Medal of Honor.

CARTEL CRACKDOWN: DEA, SOUTHCOM push to dismantle Ecuadorian drug networks

State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott discusses rescue efforts following flooding near the China-Nepal border, President Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela and the Trump administration’s crackdown on cartels on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’