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There’s a particular kind of innocence in believing that generosity will be recognized for what it is. A nation opens its doors, offers a warm meal, provides a safe bed, and assumes the visitor understands the privilege. For decades, America set out the banquet, refilled the bowls, and quietly told itself that this time, surely, the guests would take only what they needed. But people who are constantly fed start to forget who stocked the pantry. They come back with friends. Then relatives. Then demands. And the hosts, too polite to object, keep ladling stew while pretending not to notice...

The era of open bowls and borders is over. Those who arrived under fraudulent pretenses who sneer at the country that feeds them are out. Those who came here to undermine America instead of join it, out. Those who treat our generosity like weakness, out. Those who believe they can live in the American household without contributing to it, are out. This isn’t cruelty. It’s stewardship.

MOULTONBOROUGH, NH — To make the most of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Richardson family reportedly instituted helpful debate rules allowing for 2-minute speeches followed by a 1-minute rebuttal. "We have to have order, people," Henry Richardson said. "No shouting over people, or you're not getting any dessert." According to sources, pre-planned debate topics for the Richardson family Thanksgiving include, but are not limited to, the American school system, January 6, and cranberry sauce. Strangely missing from the family's planned discourse is a debate on transgenderism, owing in large part to the fact that cousin Freddie's new name is Francesca. Heather...

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President Donald Trump continued to poke fun at former President Joe Biden’s golf game during a Thanksgiving call with military members. One of the petty officers on the call with Trump at the White House asked the 47th president what his "true golf handicap" was, while also asking this: "Are you and President Biden going to play that golf match?" the petty officer said. Trump’s response to the petty officer was one of confidence, as he quickly said he would "love" to face off against Biden on the links. "I mean, I’ve invited him, but he doesn’t want to show...

President Trump says he’ll ‘permanently pause migration’ from all ‘Third World Countries’ President Trump said late Thursday that he intends to “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries,” to allow the US to “fully recover” in a Thanksgiving Truth Social post. “Even as we have progressed technologically, Immigration Policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many,” Trump wrote late Thursday night. “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and...

Sarah Beckstrom, one of the West Virginia National Guard members shot in a cowardly ambush by an Afghan refugee Wednesday, has died. The 20-year-old’s grieving father confirmed she died of her injuries in a heartwrenching Facebook post Thursday. “My baby girl has passed to glory. If I don’t talk to you don’t be offend[ed] this has been a horrible tragedy,” Gary Beckstrom posted just after 6 p.m. President Trump also announced the young Guard member’s passing during a Thanksgiving evening call to half a dozen military units to mark the holiday. “She’s just passed away. She’s no longer with us....

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President Donald Trump will 'permanently pause migration' from third world countries and ordered a green card audit of 19 nations after the Washington, DC terror attack that left a National Guard soldier dead. Trump blasted former president Joe Biden for letting unvetted migrants stream into America - claiming he allowed the Afghan shooting suspect into the US during the disastrous 2021 withdrawal. 'I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to fully recover,' he said in a Truth Social post Thursday night. Trump also vowed to end all federal benefits for noncitizens, denaturalize...

Although, I will not give particulars to protect myself, God performed a miracle for me last night. I was traveling from my work camp to a gas compression station, which compresses LNG to allow it to flow through the pipes easier. The road I was traveling on was good, except for after the T-intersection, then it turned very ice with hard packed ice with grooves in the road that could catch your tire. I slowed down to about 50km/hr, trying to be safe. However, the road still caught my tire and I spun out of control. I had no control...

Lizzo believes we, as a society, must “undo the effects of the Ozempic boom” because plus-sized women are being “erased.” The musician, 37, took to Substack on Sunday to share an essay titled, “Why is everybody losing weight and what do we do? Sincerely, a person who’s lost weight.” Lizzo, who began shedding pounds in the fall of 2023 following a very public harassment and hostile work environment scandal, confessed that the ordeal made her “deeply suicidal.” (snip) “We’re in an era where the bigger girls are getting smaller because they’re tired of being judged. And now those bigger girls...

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The Afghan national suspected in the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, DC was brought into the US through a Biden-era refugee program after the former president's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that led to the death of 13 US military members. The same program is known to have given suspected terrorists protected status as refugees in the US. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with shooting West Virginia National Guard troops Andrew Wolfe, 24, and Sarah Beckstrom, 20, in Washington, DC on Wednesday. The case is now under a terrorism investigation by the FBI. However, Republican lawmakers have...

Temps are going to be below freezing for about four days at my farm house/hunting cabin. The house is unheated. The temps will be getting up to 37°F, 46°F, and 52°F on those days. I have two options. A) Turn the water off from outside. I'd open up the faucets to relieve any existing pressure and turn the water heater down to low. B) Option 2. Leave the water on from outside. Turn the water on inside the house at a trickle. (3 faucets) Leave the water heater as is. Is one method better than the other? thnx

Tucker Carlson pressed Piers Morgan on whether he “would say the word ‘******’ on camera” — a question that came up as the two debated whether free speech has been restricted in the United Kingdom. Morgan, during an interview on Carlson’s show on Wednesday, declined the offer. Carlson had asked him a moment before directly: “Would you say the word ‘******’ on camera?” “No,” Morgan replied. “Why? You don’t want to get arrested, do ya?” Carlson jabbed. Morgan started to protest, but Carlson kept going, saying, “Ohhh, because it’s so harmful to people? Is it like gay-bashing? What’s wrong with...

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was placing an indefinite pause on immigration from Afghanistan in response to the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. The suspected shooter, an Afghan national, immigrated to the U.S. in 2021, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols,” the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said in a post on the social media platform X. “The protection and safety of our homeland and of the American people...

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The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” Trump’s post to Truth Social on Wednesday came less than two weeks after he said “quiet, piggy” to another female reporter, which drew attention to his gendered insults and general brusqueness. The Times’ story analyzed Trump’s public schedules this year and those during his first term in office. Americans see Trump “less than they used to,” The Times found. He “has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling...

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Norman Rockwell’s Freedom From Want is one of the most iconic (and parodied) paintings of the 20th century—it’s the Thanksgiving painting we know without even necessarily knowing its name.