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Earlier this month, how did Abdul El-Sayed, a far-left candidate in the Democrat primary for an open Michigan Senate seat, mark the second anniversary of Hamas' slaughter of 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023? By sending out a fundraising email. Adding ghoulish insult to injury, El-Sayed's email began: "Two years ago this month, Netanyahu's military launched a ground invasion of Gaza."Incredibly, El-Sayed's email failed to mention the Hamas attack that prompted Israel's response. But just as El-Sayed never mentioned the Hamas attack in his October 7th fundraiser, neither did Cornish breathe a word of his outrage in their conversation. To...

The drug cartels basically said out loud this week that they want war. They might just get one. Before we get to war and other niceties, here's why they might have just opened a can of military-grade whoop-a** directly into their own faces. Bugs Bunny has been a hero of mine for so long that I can't remember a time when he wasn't. All Bugs ever really wanted to do was enjoy his (surprisingly posh) digs and indulge in a perfectly crafted carrot stew. He never sought out trouble, but when it came for him, he came back ready to...

New York magazine wondered aloud about the success of President Donald Trump in achieving a peace deal in the Middle East while the Biden administration was an utter failure in that regard. That puzzlement was reflected in the title of Ross Barkan's Tuesday Intelligencer section column, "How Did Trump Get a Peace Deal Done Where Biden Could Not?"Barkin struggles with the idea of Trump's success by denigrating him as merely a transactional deal maker in the real estate mode as well as being primarily motivated by a desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, such mockery is to be...

Early voting commenced in Pennsylvania yesterday, the same day Charlie Kirk would have turned 32. So Scott Presler came to the heart of Doylestown to celebrate the life and work of the late MAGA lion in a way Presler believes his friend would have loved. “The world is watching how we respond to Charlie Kirk’s assassination,” Presler said. “We’re not going to respond with violence; we’re not going to respond with burning down buildings; we’re not going to respond with anything other than peace. And also, we fight with ballots, not bullets.” The seasoned activist observed that turnout inevitably drops...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would likely make the highly unusual move and head to the Supreme Court to watch arguments on the cases related to his tariffs. On November 5, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the president has the authority to impose his tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Talking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump talked about how important the cases are to him. 'We have a big case coming up in the Supreme Court, and I will tell you, that’s one of the most important cases in the history of...

The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll, conducted by Noble Predictive Insights, surveyed 2,565 registered voters from Oct. 2-6, 2025, via opt-in online panel and text-to-web cell phone messages. The poll found that 15% of registered voters cited price increases and inflation as their top issues, followed by government corruption (13%), the economy/jobs (11%), health care (9%), illegal immigration (8%), and crime/violence (7%). "Name anything that's getting less expensive," pollster Mike Noble told The Center Square. "Literally everything is going up from insurance premiums to you name it. More and more is coming out of pocket." Noble said polls across the...

[Catholic Caucus] 39% of Young American Priests Consider Access to the Traditional Latin Mass a Priority 39% of priests in the United States ordained after the year 2000 consider access to the Traditional Latin Mass a priority -- 1in 4 (more like 4 in 10 edit e.t.), compared with just 11%, or 1 in 10, for priests ordained before 1980.The numbers come from this study ("Morale, Leadership, and Pastoral Priorities: Highlights from the 2025 National Study of Catholic Priests"), published today by The Catholic Project of the Catholic University of America (CUA).It is quite astonishing, and a clear trend. Woe...

Just started this afternoon...attempting to play Newsmax (Xfinity channel 1115). I'll get sound for about 3 seconds then it cuts off. EVERY other channel has sound working perfectly. If I jump channels and return to Newsmax, same thing: Two seconds of sound, then silence. I smell a 'RAT.

Cook County’s chief judge has signed an order banning federal immigration agents from arresting people around local courthouses without a warrant. Timothy Evans on Tuesday signed a new general order, which reaffirms the common law privilege against civil arrest while attending court, after county officials complained of arrests by immigration agents being made before, during and after unrelated court hearings. “The fair administration of justice requires that courts remain open and accessible, and that litigants and witnesses may appear without fear of civil arrest,” the order states. “The common law has long recognized this privilege to ensure individuals can fulfill...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argues that being black is like having a handicap or disability. They don't have equal access to the voting system. They're disabled."

Google will invest a staggering $15 billion to build data center capacity for a new AI hub in southern India, marking the company’s largest AI investment outside of the United States. CNBC reports that Google has announced plans to invest $15 billion in a new AI data center hub in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The investment, which will be rolled out over the next five years, represents Google’s largest AI investment outside of the United States. The announcement was made by Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian at an event on Tuesday. The deal comes after a year...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S. attorney to explain the administration's rationale for the more than 4,100 layoff notices that started going out Friday even though furloughed workers can not access their work emails and there are no human resources specialists to assist with next steps.“It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs,...

The United States boasts plenty of coal, wood, and fowl — enough to provide all the tar and feathers required. Indeed, the globalist bureaucrats at the United Nations should remember how Americans deal with unconstitutional attempts at taxation. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.N. this week stands “poised to impose what amounts to a global tax on carbon emissions” — what the WSJ called “the ultimate in taxation without representation.” Despite lacking both sovereign authority and enforcement power, the U.N.’s London-based International Maritime Organization could attempt to saddle ships with taxes ranging from $100 to $380 per metric...

Two teenagers who jumped former DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have avoided jail after pleading guilty to simple assault at a Washington, DC, court. The boy and girl, both 15, from Hyattsville, Maryland, were sentenced to probation at a DC court on Tuesday, just over two months after the pair were arrested for the savage Aug. 3 attack, WUSA9 reported. The boy was handed a 12-month probation and allowed to return home under strict house arrest, while the girl was given a nine-month probation and remanded to a local youth shelter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina through a mix of financing from sovereign funds and the private sector.That would come on top of the $20 billion credit swap line that the U.S. Treasury pledged to Argentine President Javier Milei and his government this month to bolster the South American nation's collapsing currency.“We are working on a $20 billion facility that would complement our swap line, with private banks and sovereign funds that, I believe, would be more focused on the debt market,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters...

WOAH — Nancy Pelosi tells reporter to 'SHUT UP' when asked why she refused National Guard support on January 6th. The democratic party is fracturing.

Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York’s politics. Zohran Mamdani delivered a major speech last night to thousands of supporters who’d crowded into New York’s United Palace to hear him lay out the stakes in the upcoming mayoral election. To the historically sentient, the speech was replete with echoes of New York’s previous progressive heroes—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, and A. Philip Randolph in particular. Mamdani began by acknowledging the legions who’d walked precincts and made phone calls on his candidacy’s behalf. “There is something special in...

The Democratic Party is collapsing before our eyes. You can see it in the polls. You can see it in their internal panic. You can see it in the way their message shifts from week to week as they desperately grope for something—anything—that resonates with the American people. Now they’re shutting down the government because they want to fund healthcare for illegal aliens. Why you ask? For two reasons: one, because they need to continue to create a new demographic for political power by keeping the illegals here on our social welfare programs to shore up Democrat Party power. Second,...

Senate Republicans tried and failed for the ninth time to reopen the government and are starting to believe that Senate Democrats won’t budge until next week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats again blocked the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) in their push for an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies. They argue that unless congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump come to the table and negotiate an extension to the expiring tax credits, they won’t provide Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., the necessary votes to reopen the government.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita seeks stronger immigration enforcement powers to help the Trump administration fix Biden’s border crisis.INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana lawmakers and sheriffs gave at least three standing ovations to U.S. border czar Tom Homan Tuesday in the state capitol as he urged them to pass state legislation to bolster immigration enforcement. “Despite all the hate and all the attacks on me, Tom Homan is not going anywhere. I promised President Trump I will finish this job,” the beefy 63-year-old stated from the speaker’s podium of the Indiana House floor, prompting one of the standing ovations. Indiana Attorney...