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On Tuesday, disgraced former CNN anchor Brian Stelter took to the stage at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to chair a panel on "disinformation." The panelists claimed that the spread of fake news was among the greatest threats currently facing society, and praised Europe for its strict internet regulations. "How does this discussion of disinformation relate to everything else happening here today in Davos?" Stelter asked the panel, which included the New York Times' Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, European Commission VP Věra Jourová, Rep. Seth Moulton, and Internews CEO Jeanne Bourgault. "If you look at this question of disinformation," Sulzberger...

As Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan prepares to exit the governor’s mansion and end his eight-year stint in the unusual role of a Republican running a deep-blue state, he is shaking his head in disbelief at what’s become of the GOP. Mr. Hogan, who was never a fan of former President Donald Trump, sees the Republican Party suffering the consequences of the Trump brand. And nowhere are those consequences more apparent than in Maryland, he said, where the return of complete Democratic control of state government ushers in fears that runaway spending will eat up the $2.5 billion budget surplus and...

President Joe Biden celebrated the birthday of Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, but mistakenly called her “the president” again. “Happy birthday to a great president,” Biden said, referring to the vice president’s birthday on October 20th. [cut] During his speech, Biden spotted two young children in the audience and invited them to join him on stage. “You want to come up?” He asked. “You don’t have to but you can.” He went to the side of the stage and escorted them up to the podium.

Conservatives on Twitter were not buying President Joe Biden’s recent speech assessing the pandemic and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as the two main issues behind the United States’ economic woes. Around noon on Tuesday, Biden addressed the American public on the state of the economy. In addition to saying that his administration has made "extraordinary progress" with the economy, Biden blamed all economic hardship on COVID-19 and Russia.

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Ignoring and conceding small battles like six Dr. Seuss books or Mr. Potato Head is what empowers the left's culture warriors to take control of everything.Bill Maher made an interesting point on his show last Friday, arguing that America’s obsession with political correctness is crippling its institutions, leaving the country hobbled in the geopolitical race with China. That’s an accurate assessment, one that also tasks the defenders of cultural sanity with resisting wokeness while not getting bogged down by trivialities at the cost of basic efficiency. That’s an impossible balance to strike. Despite the left’s false but emergent narrative that...

The imbecilic derangement of the so-called “woke” culture warriors is shown perfectly by their politically correct focus on the gender reassignment of a plastic potato. Some say move on, it is just a toy and its maker, Hasbro, is merely trying to rebrand its iconic toy by removing the sexist “Mr.” from in front of “Potato Head” on the toy’s marketing and packaging. I would argue that it is more than that. As a toy, it is a way of reaching, and brainwashiung, our children, of continuing the left’s attack on the nuclear family, of fundamentally transforming society in a...

Mr. Potato Head has been more than neutered. The generational toy that American children have played with for decades is no longer a Mister. Hasbro has announced it is now gender neutral and will simply be known as Potato Head. The toy will make its transition later this year in new boxes and new name. Even though there also is a Mrs. Potato Head, that wasn’t enough to appease the political correctness police. Rather than options, everything must be uniform.

The ex-CIA software engineer suspected of leaking a massive, highly secret trove of U.S. hacking tools and source code to WikiLeaks has been charged in federal court with a series of Espionage Act violations. Joshua Schulte, 29, allegedly disclosed thousands of top-secret files outlining the extent of the CIA’s cyberwarfare capabilities in an unprecedented breach that triggered an intensive investigation even before WikiLeaks published the information in March 2017.

As potential jurors enter Courtroom 11D at the Regional Justice Center for a robbery trial on Monday, they will not see the teardrop tattooed just below defendant Bayzle Morgan’s right eye. They will not see the swastika within a clover under the 24-year-old’s left eye. Nor will they see the words “Most Wanted” across his forehead. The “Baby Nazi” tattoo on his neck will be hidden, as will the Iron Cross on the back of his bald head, along with two more white supremacist tattoos where his eyebrows should be. In an unusual move, District Judge Richard Scotti has...

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TED CRUZ: So let me make things real simple: Even if Donald Trump dresses up as Hillary Clinton, he shouldn't be using the girls' restroom. By the way I apologize for that image, it is going to haunt you at night... Donald in a bright blue pants-suit. But let me just say to Jimmy Fallon and the Tonight Show. Please...

Could Trump be convicted of being a conservative? Is there enough evidence to convict Trump of being a conservative? Certainly something to ponder.... Anyone have any evidence to prove the case?

...Kevin Kern, a spokesman for Presley's Graceland estate, told The Commercial Appeal the new toy is one of 15,000 Elvis-licensed products and is one the company is excited about. The first of the Elvis potato heads will be released for Elvis Tribute Week in August. The toy will be in a jumpsuit. A second version — with the likeness dressed in black leather — will be on the market for Christmas...

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue the federal government if Congress passes health care reform. Legal experts say the measure, signed Wednesday, will likely be struck down. But Idaho's new law reflects growing frustration with President Barack Obama's health-care proposal.

Matthews: "Is she a balloon head?"

MSNBC's Chris Matthews says Sarah Palin is an empty vessel.

Here is video of MSNBC's Chris Matthews saying Sarah Palin is "frightening," after playing a comment she made in an interview with Fox News Chris Wallace. Palin had been asked about possibly running for President, and how if she thought President Obama would be strong or weak politically in 2012. Palin responded that it depended on what happens between now and then, and gave as an example "what if" Obama "played the war card," - decides to "declare war on Iran." She said that would change the dynamic dramatically. Matthews said she is "frightening," and said "everyone knows a President...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0OsfEziVyw&feature=player_embedded Unbelievable! So I guess if you are for State Rights and Federalism you are somehow a racist. Get your barf bag ready. "We've gotten use to in the public discourse to let people go as far right as they want to go, and somehow claim they are more American than anyone else, somehow if you are for secession and nullification, you are more American than someone who abides by the Constitution. This has gotten distorted, that's not conservative to talk like that, that's not conservatism." - Chris Matthews. WTF? Also watch the end (if you can stomach it), they...

Pay attention to Matthews' use of the word NULLIFICATION. Of course, neither Texas governor Rick Perry nor Sarah Palin advocate that. That's a typical Matthews slander that can be ignored. But his use of the word shows his own ignorance of its real meaning. I quote from the highly acclaimed book "April 1865," by historian Jay Winik: "Two of the very Founding Fathers themselves - Jefferson and Madison - authored their "Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-99" which held that states in the federal union could NULLIFY acts of Congress. This was to them a 'rightful remedy' in state and...