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Many of us came into 2017 expecting the worst. And the worst is what we got. Donald Trump has been every bit as horrible as one might have expected; he continues to prove himself utterly unfit for office, morally and intellectually. And the Republican Party turns out to be composed entirely of cynical apparatchiks, willing to sell out every principle — and every shred of their own dignity — as long as their donors get big tax cuts. Yet I’m ending this year with a feeling of hope, because tens of millions of Americans have risen to the occasion. The...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin headed to the United Nations in New York Thursday to ask for help fighting violence in Chicago. "I'm hoping to appeal the UN to actually come to Chicago and meet with victims of violence and maybe even possibly help out in terms of peace keeping efforts," Boykin said. Boykin boarded a plane to New York City for a meeting with an Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations. It's a meeting that's been planned for more than a month and stems from disconcerting violence numbers seen this year in Chicago. Violence which...

The far left #FakeNews media has been wrong all year. The liberal mainstream media has pushed the conspiracy that the Trump campaign was colluding with Russia during the 2016 election to defeat Hillary Clinton. This was all a lie. In fact, it was Hillary Clinton and the DNC who colluded to defeat Bernie Sanders in the primary and then colluded with Russia. Democrats and the Obama FBI paid cash for a fake Russian dossier so they could spy on Donald Trump at Trump tower. But Democrat voters are ignorant. And Democrats rely on the fact that they are stupid and...

While the 27-year-old Oscar winner says she’s never come face-to-face with Trump, she told Winfrey she’d “definitely” be prepared if the opportunity presented itself. “I’ve got a pretty good speech,” Lawrence said, adding with a laugh that “it ends with a martini to the face.”

RUSH: I saw something that was… A new round of criticism from Never Trumpers about Trump, and I’m sitting here thinking, “You know, you want to talk about irony?” You know, some of these Never Trumpers out there are ardent conservatives. You know who they are as well as I do. You know the magazines; you know the blog sites. When you get down to looking at what Trump has done, when you look at Trump’s agenda, you’re gonna find more conservatism than we had with George W. Bush. You’re gonna find more conservatism than we had with George H....

**SNIP** “You hear ‘coward’ and ‘stand up’ and ‘disgrace,’’ Vernon told the New York Post. “It’s fine. As long as nobody comes on the field and touches me. You stay where you at, you’re going to be all right. They have a right. Oh yeah, I hear it all the time.” And then there was the advice: “If they don’t like it, don’t come to the game.’’ And the fact is the fans may be doing exactly that.

With the holiday shopping at hand, you might want watch out for devious ones out there to boldly pick pocket you from your hard earned money. Even though the art of pickpocket is on the decline in the U.S., you should still be cognizant of your surroundings and belongings. According to the FBI the drop is due to the trends in our society, most people no longer carry large sums of cash. However, would be pickpocketers can target your phone or the gifts that you just bought. Its highly unlikely that they will forcefully make you go to an ATM...

Reid labeled rural Americans “the core threat to our Democracy” and called for the abolition of the electoral college to limit their ability to influence elections and government.

A woman known for documenting her travels on social media fell to her death while trying to snap a selfie, according to reports. Toni Kelly, 20, a New Zealander living in London, died Nov. 14, two days after plunging out of a second-story window and suffering a severe brain injury, the Evening Standard reported.

He’s not saying Moore should go “if” the sexual assault allegations are true. He’s telling him to get out now. Mitt Romney called on Roy Moore to step aside from the Alabama Senate race Friday, becoming one of the only Republican politicians to say, unequivocally, that Moore should go in light of accusations that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl. (TWEET-AT-LINK) On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that four women said Moore pursued them when he was in his 30s and they were between the ages of 14 and 18. The most serious case involves Leigh Corfman, who was 14...

Snoop Dogg is sharing an EP cover that shows the rapper standing over President Trump’s dead body. An altered Instagram photo shared Tuesday by the “Gin and Juice“ rapper includes the title of his new album and single, “Make America Crip Again” — a play on Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

Sayfullo Saipov, who is suspected of killing eight people in a terror attack in Manhattan on Tuesday, planned to continue the bloodshed by striking pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge, according to a criminal complaint. He also asked to display an ISIS flag in his hospital room. Saipov faces federal terrorism charges, as well as charges of violence and destruction of motor vehicles. Saipov waived his Miranda rights and spoke to authorities about the attack and his motivation behind it, the complaint said.

Mark Halperin, now under fire for alleged sexual misconduct, once attacked Donald Trump over the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape by wondering what “could be worse” than what Trump said. Halperin tweeted: When people say some new Trump tape could have material that is WORSE than the @accesshollywood video, what exactly could be WORSE?!? 10:15 AM - Oct 9, 2016

On Tuesday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace again demonstrated that she is still obsessed with Sarah Palin's part in the 2008 presidential campaign as she found a way to work an anti-Palin jab into a discussion of Republican Jeff Flake publicly condemning President Donald Trump. MSNBC's Wallace Inserts Anti-Sarah Palin Jab into Trump DiscussionAfter right-leaning MSNBC contributor and Trump critic Charlie Sykes recalled the President's public feud with Myesha Johnson -- the widow of fallen soldier La David Johnson -- Wallace took a shot at the former Republican vice presidential nominee as she turned to fellow Republican-leaning MSNBC...

.... © Reuters/Joe Skipper Man Sends Out Call On Facebook To Lynch Rep. Frederica Wilson by Chris Walker Share Like Us Rep. Frederica Wilson's Congressional office says they have received several credible threats of violence against her since she called President Donald Trump "insensitive." A member of Congress is facing serious and violent threats against her safety after suggesting President Donald Trump spoke to an army widow in an “insensitive” way. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Florida) has spoken out against the president’s conversation with Myeshia Johnson, a widow whose husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, was killed while serving in Niger earlier...

<p>UPDATED with video: President Donald Trump’s continues to suffer from state of knicker knotted-ness about “this Rex Tillerson story,” Jimmy Kimmel reported Thursday.</p> <p>NBC News reported this week the Secretary of State wanted to resign earlier this year and called Trump a “[bleep]ing moron” at a meeting.</p>

Keith Olbermann, probably the only person ever fired from MSNBC for being too radical, cited former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and claimed that the Second Amendment doesn't guarantee people's right to own guns. He actually argued that, based in part on the amendment's "militia" language, the Framers had intended for it to be a gun-control measure. He said it was meant to limit our access to firearms, not enable it. "The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..." He says the Framers didn't know that there would be a firearm capable of...

Caleb Keeter, who performed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, tweeted: "I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd Amendment my entire life. Until the events of last night. I cannot express how wrong I was." Josh Abbott Band guitarist Caleb Keeter took to Twitter on Monday morning to share his thoughts on gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting that left more than 50 people dead and 500 injured.

Wolves have often been feared and loathed by people. While some agrarian and hunter-gatherer societies held them in high regard, keepers of cattle, goats, and sheep felt very differently. In folklore, this apex predator is often pictured lurking in the forest waiting for its next victim, sometimes devious enough to dress up as someone’s grandmother! In fact, attacks on humans are very uncommon and usually involve a wolf with rabies. Wolves are closely related to dogs but are nearly impossible to domesticate. While out in the woods of Wisconsin, John Oens saw a great big timber wolf with its paw...

First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propaganda.” Stephanie Grisham, director of communications for the first lady's office, said in a statement to Fox News that the response was "unfortunate," and Mrs. Trump wanted to use her platform "to help as many children as she can." "She has demonstrated this in both actions and words since her husband took office, and sending books to children across the country is but one example," she said. "To turn the gesture of...