Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has quietly retreated from his planned special session on gun control, but he continues to push for a ban on so-called assault weapons when the state legislature begins its 2026 session next February. The odds of a gun ban bill getting through the Democrat-Farmer-Labor-controlled Senate were already fairly decent, but there are a couple of DFL senators who’d been quiet about whether or not they’d support a ban. Now one of them, a supposed moderate named Judy Seeberger, has decided to break her silence and come out in favor of a…
The U.S. Coast Guard is piggybacking on the news of its highest recruiting numbers in decades by soliciting a new potential location for a training center, Military.com has learned.The service announced Friday that its Fiscal Year 2025 accession numbers were the highest since 1991, with 5,204 active-duty enlisted service members–equivalent to hitting 121% of its target of 4,300 members for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2024, and concluded Sept. 30, 2025. It exceeded USCG expectations.USCG, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), today announced a Request for Information (RFI) and market research to identify prospective locations nationwide…
I grew up on a steady stream of books that contained not only really great information, but a lot of high-quality pictures. I could probably spend hours reading and looking at Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections. These days, however, I’ve come to really appreciate the more historically oriented coffee table books that Headstamp Publishing has been putting out. Their latest book, authored by Forgotten Weapons’ Ian McCollum, Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025, is available now through their Kickstarter campaign, which has already fulfilled its funding goal, a mere 6 hours into it. Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917…
From dawn patrol corduroy to hidden powder stashes, the best women’s all-mountain skis are made for skiers who want to do it all. These quiver-of-one workhorses thrive on everything the mountain throws at you — smooth groomers, wind-buffed ridges, or surprise tree runs with friends. We tested the top contenders in everything from knee-deep powder to East Coast ice, skiing hard at Stowe in Vermont, Jackson Hole in Wyoming, Utah’s Powder Mountain, and more than half a dozen Idaho resorts. What follows is our A-List, the cream of the crop for women’s all-mountain skis. Whether you’re chasing the all-around excellence…
I’ve long said that if you want mandatory gun safety training for people to exercise their Second Amendment rights, rather than mandating it before a purchase, mandate it as part of the school curriculum so that everyone gets it that way, and it’s not a barrier to buying a firearm lawfully. Most of the states that want mandatory training, though, aren’t exactly the kind of states that will embrace gun training of any kind in public schools.But some other states looked at it rather differently.Now, three require it.This school year, students in elementary, middle and…
A foundation formed in 2015 continues to help veterans in a rather unconventional way – on surfboards. The FoundationThe Warrior Surf Foundation (WSF), a nonprofit organization formed in South Carolina, assists veterans fighting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression by providing opportunities to hit the open water in a fun, exciting way. The foundation offers a free 12-week program that also includes yoga and wellness therapy.“Jarbo,” a U.S. Army veteran, told WPRI.com in Rhode Island that he felt lost and isolated after leaving the military in 2008. The foundation helped him reconnect to activities he enjoyed. “The Warrior Surf Foundation…
The Senate reached a tentative agreement to re-open the federal government late on Sunday evening, and if the House concurs with the package approved by the upper chamber the Schumer Shutdown could be over in a matter of days. Once the shutdown is over the House is expected to return to regular business, and that includes a potential floor vote on HR 38, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025” that was placed on the House calendar just before the shutdown began. Under the bill, which currently has 189 sponsors, “a person who is not…
United States President Donald Trump has promised every single American, except those who are “high income”, a $2000 tariff dividend. This dividend would be funded by his tariff policies and is currently under review for “legality” by the Supreme Court. “A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high-income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday. “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” the ruler added, insisting that the policy is contributing “trillions of dollars” to the U.S. budget and will help reduce the nation’s $38 trillion national debt. The tariffs are also…
Years ago, when I was in college, I worked at The North Face (TNF) store in Boulder, Colo. As employees, we had a 50% discount on gear, so naturally, every payday, I would give my entire paycheck back to the company, buying rain jackets, tents, backpacks, and sleeping bags that would last me for years to come. One of the most useful and bombproof pieces I acquired during that time was my blue, size medium, Base Camp Duffel. That bag has traveled the world with me. It carried my belongings when I moved to Perth, Australia. It’s been to Costa…
If you’re one of the few New York City residents with a valid carry permit, you still can’t take your pistol with you when using the city’s mass transit system, which is one of many “gun-free zones” established by New York politicians after the Bruen decision. Prior to 2022 it was perfectly legal to carry in a subway car, but it was nearly impossible to get a permit to carry. Honestly, things haven’t improved that much since New York was forced to adopt a “shall issue” licensing regime. Applicants are still waiting a year or more…
The Republic Turns 250 Soon. Will We Still Have the Spirit of “Don’t Tread on Me”? Every empire believes it will last forever, right up until the moment it doesn’t. Rome thought so, too, before corruption and complacency brought it to its knees. Today, many Americans are wondering if our own Republic is heading down that same road. But unlike Rome, America was built with a safeguard: the Constitution. A set of limits on government power and guarantees of individual rights, including one that the Founders saw as essential to liberty itself, the right to keep and bear arms. That…
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in a request to the White House for a major disaster declaration.In one of the hardest hit villages, Kipnuk, an initial assessment showed that 121 homes — or 90% of the total — have been destroyed, Dunleavy wrote. In Kwigillingok, where three dozen homes floated away, slightly more than one-third of the residences are uninhabitable.The remnants of…
Everytown for Gun Safety in America is, without a doubt, one of the leading gun control organizations in the country. Sure, they have “gun safety” in their name, but we’ve all known since the start that the group was about gun control and little else. They might talk about safety in the abstract, but that’s not what they or their membership was about.Over the last month or two, the organization has hit a few speed bumps. Maybe not as many as March For Our Lives has, but enough. For example, they’re dealing with the fallout from…
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This article was originally published by Dann E. Kroeger at The Mises Institute. That is where we are today. The Federal Reserve has used its tools to lock inflation into our lives for some time to come. For most citizens, our major challenge today is to fight the rise in prices for consumables that matter most to us: food, housing, clothing, and transportation. Over the past 5 years, the government’s official measurement—the Consumer Price Index (CPI)—shows a cumulative increase of about 20 percent. A visit to the store by any consumer, however, tells a much different story. We see price…
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Swapping the heart of a legend — this episode covers the full motor swap on my 1972 Ford F-250 Highboy. From pulling the old … Watch full video on YouTube
