The Trump Administration has suggested that the majority of the American population be in debt for the majority of their life, but by creating a 50-year home mortgage. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte confirmed this Saturday. The Trump administration is currently “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage terms for homebuyers, which would ensure massive amounts of money flow to banks in the form of interest. The only loser with a 50-year mortgage is the one naive enough to agree to those terms. This idea is being attributed to ruler Donald Trump. “Thanks to President Trump,…
The outdoor industry lost one of its pioneers last month. Rodney Johnson, who founded Minneapolis-based outdoor store Midwest Mountaineering, passed away at the age of 76 on October 26. Johnson operated the store for over 50 years, helping an untold number of folks enjoy the great outdoors. Who Was Rodney Johnson? Johnson was an avid outdoorsman, climber, hiker, and paddler. In emails with GearJunkie, longtime store manager and friend, Randy “Rudi” Hargesheimer, recounted that Johnson was a true outdoor fanatic. “Rod was a gear-head and an adrenaline junkie, like so many of us outdoor-loving adventurers. He did everything his way,…
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’m of the opinion that if someone is too dangerous to be trusted with their gun rights, they’re too dangerous to be walking among the rest of us. After all, violent people don’t need guns to kill others, so why are you letting them hobnob with the rest of us if they’re that dangerous even today? But the law sees it differently, and worse than that, it also keeps non-violent felons disarmed, even though their crimes had nothing at all to do with violence in the first place, and there’s usually no evidence they’ll become…
If you’re an avid whitewater kayaker, take note: Werner Paddles is recalling two of its latest kayak paddles. The paddles may break, posing a risk of drowning. On Nov. 9, Werner Paddles posted a notification that it’s recalling its Covert and Stealth downriver whitewater racing models of kayak paddles. The brand says, “We have identified an issue with the collar of the paddle where the blade meets the shaft.” Basically, the blade can break off from the shaft. GearJunkie confirmed with a Werner team paddler that this issue is due to a problem with the mold and is being addressed…
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…
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Finally, Ford’s turbocharged Mustang is getting some of the respect it deserves. Ford, along with pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr., is launching a new Mustang for the first time. The 2026 Ford Mustang RTR will come with Dark Horse parts, the 2.3L EcoBoost engine, and plenty of RTR’s attitude and lime green accents. Anti-Lag & Drift-Tune Suspension Start the Turbo Party The Ford Mustang RTR gets the same 2.3L four as every other EcoBoost Mustang. That includes its 315 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque. But the RTR will add an anti-lag system based on tech from the Le Mans–winning…
Floridian gun rights advocates fought for open carry for years. They finally got it, but not through the Republican supermajority in the legislature, which seems disinterested in protecting and restoring the Second Amendment. No, they got it in court. It doesn’t matter, though, because a win is a win.Publix, one of the biggest grocery store chains in the South, has said it will do nothing to prohibit open carry in its Florida stores. That has some freaking out over going there, as noted in this report.Brian Lupiani is rethinking his life-long relationship with Publix Supermarkets…
The head of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is calling upon Congress to get to work to pass a measure that would ensure concealed carry reciprocity on a national basis. In an Op-Ed posted at thehill.com, NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford said the work President Donald Trump has done to curtail crime in Washington, D.C., has been very effective. And part of that effort was to streamline approval of concealed carry permits, which have tended to lag in the District. “Thankfully, part of the president’s initiative to make D.C. safe again is to ‘collaborate with appropriate…
Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court isn’t exactly known for its support for the Second Amendment. The state’s top court has upheld a number of gun laws, including an onerous process for out-of-state visitors to lawfully bear arms. This week, though, the court decided in favor of a man who was charged with first-degree murder after he unintentionally shot an innocent bystander while defending himself against a legitimate threat against his life. In their ruling, the justices on the SJC held that in situations like the one Kenneth Santana-Rodriguez found himself in, the state must prove that…
This article was originally published by Connor O’Keeffe at The Mises Institute. One year ago, as the 2024 election entered its final weeks, Donald Trump’s campaign focused its entire operation around one final objective: to drive home its “closing argument”—the one basic vision that the whole campaign had been built around. At a flurry of rallies from Madison Square Garden to the site of the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump repeated his fundamental promise: that, if elected, he and his administration would “help America heal.” That was evidently a powerful message to a population who had just lived through the political establishment’s…
Powerful, nuanced, long-running, and durable, the PD36R series of flashlights has been my top choice for at least 2 years. Now, with a slight boost in power and a major change in the user interface, the PD36R Ace might be the best flashlight on the market today. It comes down to your choice in controls — tail switch versus side switch. But for those who like a side switch, the new Fenix PD36R Ace is a brand new benchmark in small, versatile flashlights for everything from camping and hiking to hunting and tactical use. I’ve tested this light for about…
The various states of this country are often referred to by which way they break in presidential elections. You’ve got red states, blue states, and purple states that seem to swing back and forth. In reality, though, things aren’t that simple. In most states, the major urban centers are very leftist, the rural areas lean right, and how many of which determines which color applies.Minnesota, for example, is a pretty blue state these days. They haven’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Nixon and haven’t voted reliably Republican since Herbert Hoover’s first campaign nearly…
Red dots are popping up everywhere these days. They are the future of sighting options on concealed carry handguns and continue to creep into every crevice of handguns. This includes revolvers. Taurus and Charter Arms have optics options. Those all require you to purchase certain revolvers, but the new Shield R.O.C., or Revolver Optic Conversion, is bringing red dot compatibility to your favorite revolver. The R.O.C. brings red dots to revolvers. As long as that revolver is a S&W J-Frame. Yep, J-frames, which brings optics to micro-sized revolvers. This includes classics such as the 442/642, the 43C, and others. I…
If you’ve followed Senator Mike Lee for more than 5 minutes, his latest stunt won’t surprise you. The man has built an entire career out of trying to dismantle America’s public lands. Selling them off didn’t work. Handing them to states didn’t work. Gutting their funding didn’t work. So now, he’s getting creative. His newest masterpiece is called the Border Lands Conservation Act. It sounds nice, which is always how bad ideas start. The bill would rewrite parts of the Wilderness Act to allow roads, surveillance towers, motorized vehicles — and just about anything else the Department of Homeland Security…
