Category: Stories Speak Volumes

Stories Speak Volumes: Mar 21-Mar 27

There are so many stories making up the mosaic of national/international news that we can’t cover them all every week. The biggest stories now seem to be: Israel and Iran, the Trump presidency (lawfare and judges), immigration (migrants and illegals), wars, weaponization of government (the deep state) against Trump and conservatives, our nation’s debt, massive inflation, climate change controversy and related expenses of government, industry attempting to address these issues, the Chinese threat, national security, abortion, taxpayer cuts, Ukraine peace, and hatred and violence against Christians.

Stories Speak Volumes

Operation Epic Fury (March 16-21): Joint U.S. & Israel Operation Against Iran

President Donald Trump said Monday it would take “just one simple word” for the United States to destroy the oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, which handles roughly 90% of the Islamic Republic’s crude exports.

Stories Speak Volumes

Stories Speak Volumes: Mar 10-Mar 13

Stories Speak Volumes

Affordability: Prices We Can Afford–A Roundup of Local, State, and National Stories

March 19, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, citing new IRS and Treasury Department data, said the average federal tax refund this filing season is more than $3,700, higher than during the same period last year. She said nearly 63.5 million tax returns have been processed so far, representing about 45 percent of the total expected by the April 15 deadline.

Stories Speak Volumes

Election Integrity: Votes We Can Trust–Local, State and National Stories

March 19, 2026
The Democrats oppose voter ID laws and are in favor of mail-in voting, while calling Republicans fascists for not agreeing with them.

However, a review of voting laws around the world shows that the overwhelming majority of countries, at least 176 nations and jurisdictions, require voter ID. Many have no mail-in voting at all, while others allow only very limited domestic mail-in voting restricted to those who are hospitalized, and no country allows illegal aliens to vote.

Stories Speak Volumes

Election Integrity: Votes We Can Trust–Local, State and National Stories

Just one week after its explosive launch on March 5, 2026, former Army Captain Seth Keshel’s hard-hitting exposé, The American War on Election Corruption: The Crusade to Restore Trust in Voting, has skyrocketed to the top of Amazon’s charts. With a foreword by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, this must-read book delves into the systemic fraud plaguing America’s elections, from historical manipulations like Boss Tweed’s era to the shocking anomalies of 2020 and lessons from 2024.

Stories Speak Volumes

Operation Epic Fury (March 11-15): Joint U.S. & Israel Operation Against Iran

According to various reports, Iran has started laying mines in the Gulf of Hormuz. Reports from U.S. officials and multiple news outlets state that Iran has begun laying a limited number of naval mines in the Strait, using small vessels capable of deploying two to three mines at a time. Iran’s stockpile is estimated at 2,000 to 6,000. So far, estimates indicate that about a dozen mines have been laid.

Stories Speak Volumes

Stories Speak Volumes: Mar 10-Mar 13

Stories Speak Volumes

Affordability: Prices We Can Afford–A Roundup of Local, State, and National Stories

Democrats and Gavin Newsom stubbornly cling to carbon taxing – not because they are true believers – because it’s a revenue-generating tax.

Chevron just sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board warning them of deep concerns and strong opposition to the CARB- proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Invest (formerly cap and trade) regulation, that the state’s few remaining refineries can’t survive, and the California economy could be crippled.

Stories Speak Volumes

A Safe America: Closed Borders–Immigration & Stories of Violent Illegal Crimes

Stephanie Minter, 41, was waiting in a bus shelter last Monday in the Hybla Valley section of Alexandria, Virginia when she was repeatedly stabbed in the upper body, allegedly by Abdul Jalloh, 32, an illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone. In addition to being an illegal with a final removal order dating back to 2020, Jalloh has a rap sheet a mile long and has been released 30 times by Steve Descano, the commonwealth’s attorney for Fairfax County.