From Havana Elite to ICE Custody: GAESA Leader’s Sister Faces Deportation

From Havana Elite to ICE Custody: GAESA Leader’s Sister Faces Deportation

Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of Brigadier General Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera — the executive president of GAESA and a key figure in Cuba’s military-controlled economy — was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami on May 22, 2026. Morera entered the United States lawfully as a permanent resident on January 13, […]

THE REPUBLIC IN CHAINS

THE REPUBLIC IN CHAINS

Empires rarely collapse all at once; they decay incrementally like an ancient cathedral left exposed to centuries of salt air and corrosion. Empires rarely collapse all at once; they decay incrementally like an ancient cathedral left exposed to centuries of salt air and corrosion. The marble still glistens from a distance. The banners still wave. […]

Bundt Cakes, Sealed Files, and the Implosion of the Jack Smith Apparatus

Bundt Cakes, Sealed Files, and the Implosion of the Jack Smith Apparatus

Jack Smith’s once celebrated legal crusade did not end with triumph. For decades, Carmen Mercedes Lineberger cultivated the image of the consummate federal prosecutor. She was not some transient political operative bouncing from cable television studios to activist nonprofits. She was a career Department of Justice (DOJ) insider who rose through the prosecutorial ranks with […]

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Lifts Nearly 5 Million Americans Off Food Stamps in Second Term

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Lifts Nearly 5 Million Americans Off Food Stamps in Second Term

SNAP is a $102 billion annual program serving roughly 38 million people each month. For decades, the welfare system trapped generations in cycles of poverty by discouraging work. President Trump’s policies, paired with robust economic expansion, demonstrate that the best anti-poverty program is a thriving job market. At a rally this past Friday in Rockland […]

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