Thank heavens for the American left. This weekend, as you might have heard, they're throwing another round of "No Kings" protests. I was profoundly worried before this; we've gone 91,051 days without a king as of Saturday, but would we make it to 91,052? Thank heavens, a cadre of retired...

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You've probably heard about Saturday's "No Kings" protests. I know: again. We haven't had any kings in the interim, so I'm rather puzzled as to the fierce urgency of Oct. 18, but que sera, sera. But why is it getting such fevered coverage, such fervency of support? Surprise, surprise: It's...

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If you've been paying attention over the past week or so, you've noticed that a lot of media outlets -- particularly those critical of the administration as a rule -- are having a fit over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's new expectations for journalistic outlets covering the Pentagon. What they...

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A Chinese national faces felony charges after he reportedly drugged and raped three women while enrolled at the University of Southern California. Sizhe "Steven" Weng, 30, allegedly committed the crimes between 2021 and 2024 while pursuing his doctoral degree, according to a Wednesday news release published by the Los Angeles...

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Everybody knows (or is) the one person in the friend group who could generously be described as an unreliable narrator. You know the type; tall tales, stories that never quite match up, and a weird fixation on arbitrary details are all telltale signs of such a friend. For one Texas...

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The gangs were outside with their guns. Du'wan Morgan, 14, was inside with his video games. But that didn’t matter. On Oct. 8, shortly after 6:00 p.m., two shots entered the room where the teen was playing and killed him, according to KSDK-TV. “He was minding his business, doing nothing,”...

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If you pay any attention to American ideological discourse, you've no doubt heard the one about "Christian nationalism." It's this bogeyman idea that Christians are trying to take over the world politically, culturally, and spiritually (as if that's a bad thing). For anyone paying attention to the world, however, you're...

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Surveillance footage showed a dad instructing his daughter to beat up another girl on a school bus in Ferguson, Missouri. Following the Oct. 9 incident, Maurice Fox now faces several charges, including trespass of a school bus, first-degree harassment, and two charges of fourth-degree assault, according to KTVI-TV in St....

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For better or for worse, artificial intelligence is here, and likely here to stay. Now, some people have found some genuinely good uses for it. Examples include using AI to minimize busywork, automate menial tasks, and summarize long documents for easier consumption. But of course, as is the case with...

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A woman died after a wind-blown board struck her in the head at a concert in Salt Lake City. Ava Ahlander, 23, was at the RedWest Country Music Festival on Oct. 11 when tragedy struck, according to KSTU in Salt Lake City. On the second day of the three-day event,...

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Marijuana smokers responded in "overwhelming" numbers when Maryland police asked for their help on Tuesday. Teaming up with the Montgomery County Police Department, Ocean City police called for 12 to 14 volunteers willing to participate in a "Cannabis Green Lab," according to a department Facebook post. Volunteers would get high...

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Secret Service agents found a suspiciously-placed hunting stand Sunday that is now under investigation by the FBI. The stand's line of sight pointed directly to President Donald Trump's Air Force One area at Palm Beach airport. Agents had been scoping out the area around the airport just prior to President...

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A driver in Merced, California, took "artistic license" literally when he hand-drew his rear plate. A patrolman noticed something was off about the design and pulled the driver over, according to an Oct. 10 Facebook post from the California Highway Patrol. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the plate was...

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Christians in Egypt are seeking to have Easter Sunday recognized as a public holiday, a proposal currently moving through the judicial system. Egyptian Christians only compose 10 percent of their population, but they also represent one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world. Those Christians are expected to work...

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Teen Instagram users will have tighter restrictions under a new "PG-13" rating system, according to the social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday. In addition to prohibiting or hiding adult content, which Meta said it already does, it will now be taking it a step further, according to its news...

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The "No Kings" protests have come and gone. We still have no kings. Good work, I suppose. In the meanwhile, this weekend's spate of rallies across the nation -- which brought together hundreds of thousands of leftists with an inchoate agenda but a shared dislike of democratically elected President Donald...

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Far-left New York City mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani insists he does not support terrorism. But terrorist supporters? That’s a different question, as shown by Mamdani’s social media post of a photo of him with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, "who is an unindicted co-conspirator in 1993 World Trade Center bombing,” according to...

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The “Night Stalkers” are circling Venezuela. Officially known as the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the "Night Stalkers” unit has a roster of attack helicopters -- such as the Army’s MH-60 Black Hawks and small transport helicopters -- that can deploy Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, or Delta Force personnel,...

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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." That is the Second Amendment, in its entirety. There's nothing in there that says that the right to keep and bear arms shall...

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To reaffirm the adage that "liberalism is a mental disorder," a brainwashed leftist who fled the United States to Costa Rica due to pathological Trump Derangement Syndrome now wants to return -- after realizing it sucks to live in a third-world country. An unnamed California woman confessed in a viral...

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