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On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported a fact that should disturb a lot of Democrats who think that momentum is on their side for the 2026 midterms: Despite those "No Kings" protests, things are looking pretty dire. According to the report -- titled "Democratic Donors Sit on Sidelines as...

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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday said President Donald Trump made the right call in not supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. In a video posted to YouTube, Rutte said that “one specific weapons system” is not likely to change the war. “And I think what the president explained today...

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Conservatives often try to get a bit cute with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by re-arranging the letters DEI into "DIE." Even as a conservative myself, I find the transposition a bit on the nose for my tastes. One case where it's very true, however, is when you're talking about...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the press a very novel proposal for drug cartels if they wanted to stop being blown up trying to send drugs to the United States: stop doing it. On Wednesday, footage began making the rounds from the Oval Office where Rubio, President Donald Trump,...

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If you didn't watch the final New York City mayoral debate, congratulations: Go on Facebook and mark yourself safe from having wasted 90 minutes of your time with a grandma-killer and a commie talking over each other. I'm a political junkie and write about this stuff, so I didn't have...

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The accused killer of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian woman killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August, has been indicted on a federal charge. A federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted Decarlos Brown Jr. on a charge of violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death....

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The tolerant left strikes again. One man committed the unforgivable sin of wearing an inflatable consume of President Donald Trump to a "No Kings" rally Saturday in Swampscott, Massachusetts, outside of Boston. For his efforts, he was punched and kicked by an individual suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Fox News...

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Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey lost multiple family members Wednesday in a helicopter crash in Montana, his campaign announced on social media. Bailey’s son and daughter-in-law, along with two of their children, were killed when the helicopter went down. The candidate's campaign released a statement on Thursday morning about the...

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When liberals say malicious things, we must remind ourselves that, in the end, they do not matter. Vice President JD Vance, for instance, has more pressing concerns than to address at length whatever nonsense originates in the mind of a deranged liberal like former White House press secretary Jen Psaki....

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When it comes to both economics and politics, events often prove President Donald Trump correct. If the same thing happens this time, then prepare for the U.S. economy to supercharge and for Republicans to reap the benefits of it in the 2026 midterm elections. In a clip posted Wednesday to...

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A 21-year-old illegal alien from Nicaragua who was released into the United States by the Biden administration has been charged with brutally raping a 54-year-old woman in Chicago, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Federal officials said Leyter Jeferson Arauz-Medina attacked the woman on Aug. 31 in the city’s...

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Some people achieve fame and even rise to powerful positions despite the fact that no one takes them seriously. Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris leap to mind. In the world of television, the poster boy for this phenomenon might be longtime journalist and political commentator...

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Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized the Israeli Knesset for a vote in support of annexing the West Bank. The West Bank territory on the western bank of the Jordan River was taken from Jordan by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel administers it as an occupied territory...

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Is the Boy King's tomb doomed? Scientists studying the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen, commonly known as King Tut, recently examined the ruler's famous tomb and declared it has "experienced varying degrees of instability and damage, which have progressively worsened over time," according to a report published on Nature's NPJ Heritage Science...

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An American missionary has been kidnapped in Niger, with some reports saying he could be headed to areas where extremists who support the Islamic State and al-Qaida are based. Kevin Rideout was kidnapped in Niamey, Niger’s capital. He is a pilot for the agency Serving in Mission, according to Reuters....

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The establishment media consists largely of propagandists who despise President Donald Trump. Of those agenda-driven hacks, no one comes across as more odious than ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. Even Stephanopoulos, however, no matter how hard he tries, cannot always get his guests to go along with him. Tuesday on ABC's...

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Three NBA players and coaches were among more than 30 people indicted by federal prosecutors Thursday in a sweeping organized crime and gambling probe. After FBI Director Kash Patel laid out the government’s case, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith laid out an insane case against President Donald Trump. Miami Heat guard...

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A former county clerk in Kentucky who was at the eye of the storm in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage is asking the court to hear an appeal in a case in which she is seeking have the decision reversed. Shortly after the Obergfell v. Hodges...

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President Donald Trump scored a major court victory this week in the battle over control of the California National Guard, and the ramifications could be felt in liberal enclaves around the country. The California-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, with an established reputation as being one of the most liberal...

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