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The Merriam-Webster dictionary added a new definition of the word “preference” after Democrats criticized Judge Amy Coney Barrett for using the term “sexual preference” during her confirmation hearing. The dictionary now says that using the word “preference” in the context of “sexual preference” might be considered “offensive.” According to media critic Steve Krakauer, who is also the executive producer of Megyn Kelly’s podcast, the change was made Wednesday.

Smith College in Massachusetts is offering a course this fall semester called “White Supremacy in the Age of Trump.” The course will explore questions such as “is White Supremacy a permanent feature of race in contemporary U.S. society?” and “how does one appropriately respond to its ideology and political power in the Age of Trump?” Students will examine “the relationship between white supremacy and white privilege,” as well as “analyze the history, prevalence, and current manifestations of the white supremacist movement,” and learn “how to build a human rights movement,” which includes “reproductive justice," so that students can “counter the...

Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram have suspended the accounts of former Marine Corps Sergeant John Tiegen, a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack against U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya that were overrun by militants of the since-dissolved terrorist group Ansar al-Sharia. Other than notifying Tiegen that he had somehow violated the platform’s “community standards,” Facebook did not explain why it disabled his account.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett held up a blank notepad when Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) asked her to show the public the notes she’s been using to answer the numerous questions spat at her during day two of the confirmation hearings. “Most of us have multiple notebooks and notes and books, things like that in front of us,” said Sen. Cornyn (video below). “Can you hold up what you’ve been referring to in answering our questions?”

A career of the police chief in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has been cut short after his wife supported President Trump in a comment to a Facebook post. 49-year-old Jarrad Berkihiser, faced an ultimatum from the mayor, Democrat Danene Sorace, to either retire or be fired, and eventually chose the former. The account of this controversy comes from until recently the head of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) for Lancaster, John Fiorill, who said Berkihiser had turned to the organization for advice once he was asked to step down on account of his wife’s opinion expressed online. On September 27, Kristy...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he refuses to speak on whether he plans to “pack” the Supreme Court because, he implied, that would deflect attention from President Trump. “You’ll know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over,” Biden told reporters alongside running mate Kamala Harris. “Now look, I know it’s a great question and I don’t blame you for asking, but you know the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that other than focusing on what’s happening now.” “The election has begun. There has never been a...

ABC News on Thursday published a lengthy article that ABC touted as a fact-check on Wednesday night’s first and only vice presidential debate, but the network’s article exclusively focused on Vice President Mike Pence’s remarks. The article, titled “Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris,” promises to evaluate “what both candidates said,” but deals only with the vice president. ABC divided the feature into 12 separate sections, each of which dealt only with remarks from Pence.

Missouri Gov. Michael Parson (R) vowed on Wednesday to pardon Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the white couple who drew national attention over the summer after footage of them pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home went viral, after the pair was indicted on charges related to the incident the day before. Parson said at a news conference on Wednesday that he "most certainly would" issue a pardon for the couple should they be convicted on counts of exhibiting a weapon and tampering with evidence brought against them over the June incident, according to The Associated Press. "We'll...

Just drove down one of the main streets in Cary, NC. Lots of Biden/Harris signs, some with little US flags on them. ZERO Trump/Pence signs. Found out from Wake County GOP that ALL our Trump/Pence signs were put out but have been REMOVED by the Demonrats.

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) is calling on the Pulitzer Prize Board to “rescind” the prize awarded to New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones over the summer for her work on the 1619 Project where she asserts, with “no evidence,” that slavery was the reason the American Revolution was fought. “We call on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind the 2020 Prize for Commentary awarded to Nikole Hannah-Jones for her lead essay in ‘The 1619 Project,’” the NAS wrote in a public letter to the board. “That essay was entitled, ‘Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were...

Joe Biden on Monday tried to defend his inaction on criminal justice reform during a NBC News town hall. Joe Biden falsely claimed “18,000 people got clemency” while he was Vice President. Actually, 18,000 were *denied* clemency while he was Vice President. Of course NBC town hall host Lester Holt didn’t push back on Biden’s lies. Shocker!

In a Biden campaign video released Tuesday, former First Lady Michelle Obama argued that only a small percentage of protests in the U.S. have turned violent. The story: The former first lady asserted that the majority of protests in the U.S. are peaceful and instances of riots and looting scarce. She also said in the video that claiming otherwise is “racist.” Shortly before that, she attacked President Trump for what she said was dividing the American people. Obama further noted that painting protests against racism and police brutality as violent plays into President Trump’s tactic to scare people into voting...

This trend of making Trump look like some kind of "nazi" isn't a new radical left tactic. I'm old enough to remember the demonization of G.W. Bush as a supposed "hitler", after war on terror began Post 9/11 Islamists' butchery. Suggestion for Trump's team. Publicize the following: Trump condemns Holocausts 'the most savage crimes' (WBAY) By ARON HELLER Associated Press Published: May. 23, 2017 at 10:34 AM EDT President Donald Trump paid a short visit to Israel's national Holocaust memorial on Tuesday, calling the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews "the most savage crime against God and his children" during the most...

NBC News’ town hall with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday came under fire for what were described as softball questions and audience that appeared overwhelmingly liberal. The event was hosted by NBC News anchor Lester Holt and took place in Miami, Florida, on an outdoor veranda at the Pérez Art Museum along Biscayne Bay. NBC said that all of the Miami attendees, which asked Biden questions, were “undecided voters.” The town hall started with Holt asking the former vice president to react to President Trump’s return to the White House. He asked if Biden was “surprised” by the...

UChicago United, a coalition of activist groups at the University of Chicago, is advising students to avoid calling the police for certain crimes and is taking shots at the school. The story: The coalition recently released the 2020 edition of its “dis-orientation” booklet. The 63-page booklet covers various topics, including race, free speech, and global justice. According to its Facebook Page, UChicago Unite was “formed to make the University of Chicago campus more inclusive for students of marginalized backgrounds and identities.” Don’t call the police: The booklet tells students that the university will teach them to call the University of...

The student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Madison refused to publish an op-ed that arguing against the “defund the police” movement over the fear of backlash. The op-ed was penned and submitted by Tripp Grebe, who worked as a conservative columnist for the student paper, called the Badger-Herald. In it, Grebe criticized calls to defund and abolish police departments. The paper’s initial response: At the beginning of the fall semester, Samira Bhushan, an opinion editor at the paper, sent an email to Grebe, informing him that his stance too controversial and might invite “backlash.”

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Thursday fired back at critics who have deemed him a sell-out and a race traitor over his handling of the Breonna Taylor case. Cameron, a Republican, drew intense backlash and has become the subject of racial attacks from the left after he recommended that the officers involved in Taylor’s death, who was shot in her home during a drug raid in March, not be charged with murder. On Thursday, Cameron appeared on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to say “that enough is enough.”

Throughout Friday’s early hours, CNNers repeatedly expressed best wishes to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump after having tested positive for the coronavirus. But behind those best wishes, CNN not only levied their usual, poisonous rhetoric, but plenty of subliminal levels of apocalyptic brainstorming, gloating, and calls for a return to global lockdowns. Perhaps worst of all, it led off CNN analyst and former Obama flack Sam Vinograd claiming the President’s diagnosis could “be the most dangerous moment that the U.S. government has ever faced.” No word on why the Civil War, Cuban Missile Crisis, four presidential assassinations,...

Fox News’ Chris Wallace had his hands full during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, but many say the veteran anchor could’ve done a better job moderating the debate fairly. On Wednesday, the Daily Caller’s Greg Price posted several videos on Twitter highlighting the moments where Wallace appeared to press President Trump on several sensitive issues yet refused to apply the same standard when questioning Biden. One of those instances included Wallace refusing to press Biden on whether the Democrats intend to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Wallace asked Biden if Democrats plan to eliminate the Senate filibuster...

Several Fox News anchors criticized their colleague, Chris Wallace, for the way he handled the first presidential debate as a moderator. The debate was contentious from beginning to end with Wallace struggling to stop President Trump and Joe Biden from interrupting each other, launching personal attacks, and getting off-topic. Wallace repeatedly asked the candidates to let each other speak and at one point, Wallace raised his voice to end a clash between the president and Joe Biden. “Why should I be different from the two of you?” he said.