The Patriot Post® · Get Them Out
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the visas of relatives of Iran’s former terror mastermind General Qasem Soleimani and other regime leaders. Evidently, he’s just getting started.
There are credible reports that the Trump administration is in the process of revoking up to four thousand more visas held by family members of the Iranian regime. How many of them are spies or terrorists?
Presumably, individuals like Eissa Hashemi will be on Rubio’s list. Currently an adjunct professor living in Los Angeles, Hashemi is the son of Masoumeh Ebtekar, a key figure in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Known as “Screaming Mary,” Ebtekar became the English-speaking public face of the Iranian regime during the U.S. embassy hostage crisis. She has held various government positions over the years and routinely defends the regime’s brutal suppression of civilian protests.
Hashemi has never denounced the Islamic revolution, the oppression of the Iranian regime, or his mother’s involvement in the regime. If he is unwilling to publicly defend the freedoms he is enjoying in the United States and condemn the tyrants of Tehran, he shouldn’t be here.
Artemis Makes History
The four crew members of the Artemis II mission made history Monday, traveling nearly 253,000 miles from the Earth. That is the farthest distance into space human beings have ever been.
President Trump called the astronauts to congratulate them on this historic achievement. They were excited to hear from the president, and he was excited to talk to them. Trump even asked the astronauts for their autographs!
Just before they traveled to the far side of the Moon and lost communication with Earth, pilot Victor Glover shared the Gospel. He said:
“As we get close to the nearest point to the Moon and farthest point from Earth, as we continue to unlock the mysteries of the Cosmos, I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on Earth—and that’s love.
"Christ said, in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are. And He also, being a great teacher, said the second is equal to it, and that is to love your neighbor as yourself.”
The crew also named a crater after Carroll Wiseman, the late wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman, who died of cancer in 2020. It was a very emotional moment.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman explained to CNBC Tuesday morning what the future of the Artemis program will look like. Starting next year, Artemis III will start launching near-monthly unmanned missions to the Moon. They will deliver materials for the construction of a manned base at the south pole of the Moon.
Some people will ask, “How can we afford this? Why are we spending so much time and effort on the moon?”
Imagine that communist China, instead of the United States, was sending monthly deliveries to the moon next year and would start building a base shortly after that. That’s not a hypothetical scenario. China is planning to land on the moon by 2030—just four years from now.
The future of our children and grandchildren would be bleak indeed if communist China takes the lead in space exploration.
Left-wing Hate
If you need any more evidence of the Left’s hatred for America, check out Troy Aikman’s X feed. Monday, the football legend posted a message that was short and sweet—three American flags. That was it. No words or commentary of any kind, just three American flags.
I could be wrong, but my guess is that he was celebrating the historic Artemis mission or perhaps the successful weekend rescue of U.S. airmen in Iran. We really don’t know what prompted the post, but you don’t need a reason to express a patriotic sentiment.
But that innocuous display of patriotism sent left-wing lunatics over the edge. Aikman’s account was deluged with hateful messages to him and America. Here’s a sample:
“Thanks for helping tank our country with your lack of knowledge about anything.”
“Give me one thing to be proud about right now. One thing.”
“Death to it.”
I think it’s time to start a fund to buy one-way tickets for all these America-haters to the country of their choice.
Putting Americans First
Since the beginning of the Trump administration, federal immigration police have arrested nearly 20,000 illegal aliens just in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Thousands of them had criminal records.
That’s quite a contrast to Joe Biden’s last year in office. In 2024, the Biden administration arrested just 3,800 illegal aliens in the same area. So, Trump is arresting 1,428 illegal aliens a month while Biden arrested just 316 a month.
What explains this massive difference? It wasn’t a lack of illegal aliens in and around our nation’s capital in 2024. The difference is that Open Borders Biden refused to enforce our immigration laws. Democrats want illegal aliens to remain in the country and become Democrat voters.
President Trump is enforcing our immigration laws and putting Americans first.
God Is Good
This year, on Good Friday, we received the news that two US airmen had ejected from their fighter jet after they were hit by enemy fire over Iran. In the hours that followed, and in the midst of celebrating Easter, millions of Americans prayed for those men and their families.
Read more about this “Easter miracle” in my latest public policy update for the James Dobson Family Institute. Share it with your friends and family!