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The 'Progressive' Stance on Venezuela's Economy Proves Leftists Are Very Much Idiots

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R ) on Thursday said he would help President Trump primary Republican state lawmakers who voted against a redistricting measure backed by the leader. “I am very disappointed that a small group of misguided State Senators have partnered with Democrats to reject this opportunity to protect Hoosiers with fair maps and to reject the leadership of President Trump. Ultimately, decisions like this carry political consequences,” Braun wrote in a post on the social platform X. ‘I will be working with the President to challenge these people who do not represent the best interests of Hoosiers,” he...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds — an amount far greater than previously known — as part of a brazen agenda last year to defeat two ballot amendments he staunchly opposed, a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times investigation has found. Much of the state money was intended to assist needy Floridians, including children. Instead, it paid for political consultants, lawyers and thousands of advertisements that helped DeSantis and his supporters win at the ballot box. The ads purchased with the diverted money blanketed TV, social media and radio stations in the weeks before the election....

President Donald Trump suffered a major political setback on Thursday in his push to pass congressional redistricting in red states. After months of arm-twisting by the president, top allies and aligned groups, the Indiana Senate voted down a new map championed by Trump that would have created two more right-leaning congressional districts in the solidly red Midwestern state, where the GOP controls seven of Indiana's nine U.S. House seats. The districts of Democratic Reps. Frank Mrvan and Andre Carson would have been eliminated. The vote in the chamber was 31-19, with 21 Republicans joining 10 Democrats in voting against the...

Thank you Indiana! /max sarcasm Democrats everywhere want to offer their most sincere thank you to the Republicans in the state of Indiana for saving 2 democrat House seats. Those unselfish efforts will certainly help ensure that Hakeem Jeffries will be the new Speaker of the House, and they will be able to stifle/obstruct President Trump in his last 2 years. In addition, it will also help in their promised Impeachment efforts. Thank you, again, Indiana Republicans—democrats will be eternally grateful and will never forget your willingness to sacrifice your party loyalty and help move this country further to the...

A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to multiple sources. The Justice Department presented its case against James to grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, Thursday — a week after a different grand jury in Norfolk declined to bring charges. A spokesperson for James’ legal team declined to comment Thursday. The quick move by the Justice Department to present a case against James again to a grand jury again shows the intensity of its efforts to...

This guy has been getting clobbered for years. He'd have my vote if I lived in Minnesota.

MERRIMACK, N.H. — The Anheuser-Busch facility in Merrimack is closing in early 2026. According to the beermaker, the decision to close the Merrimack facility comes as the company takes steps to “update and modernize our U.S. manufacturing operations.” Advertisement As of now, the company has about 100 facilities across the country. The company is also closing its facility in Fairfield, California, and is selling its facility in Newark, New Jersey. An Anheuser-Busch spokesperson told WMUR that they will be shifting production from these three facilities to other U.S. facilities. “These changes will enable us to invest even more in our...

A federal judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Thursday ordered Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody, capping — for now – an extraordinary, 10-month legal fight that has spanned two continents, multiple federal courts, and prompted dozens of hearings in the aftermath of his removal. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia released from the ICE Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pa., ruling that the Trump administration had not obtained the final notice of removal order needed to remove him to a third country. "Since Abrego Garcia’s return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has...

Downing a smooth, sweet morsel of chocolate may feel like the ultimate indulgence, but did you know that certain compounds in dark chocolate could actually be good for your heart? Yes, you read that correctly — dark chocolate is more than just a delicious treat; it has some sweet potential benefits for your cardiovascular health too. Before you start stockpiling candy bars, though, there's a bit more to the science than simply grabbing the darkest-looking chocolate on the shelf. As a registered dietitian, here’s what I think you need to know about the potential health benefits and drawbacks of dark...

Matt Walsh Applies Proper Logic to Determine We Shouldn't Take Any Asylum Seekers at All

"Construction bro raising a family spills the tea on what impact illegals REALLY have on his worksites."

As of 12/10/2025 text has not been received for H.R.6508 - To require the President to give notice of denunciation of the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of withdrawing the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and for other purposes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60. Malo died Monday night, his wife, Betty Malo, posted on his Facebook page. He had been battling cancer. The frontman of The Mavericks had documented his health journey on social media since he disclosed in June 2024 that he was receiving treatment for colon cancer. In September 2025, Malo said on Instagram that he was battling LMD, or leptomeningeal disease, a rare complication when cancer spreads to membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. Born Raul...

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court should consider a basic constitutional reality: county officials from Boulder, Colorado, cannot force their preferred climate policies on the rest of the nation. Obvious as it seems, that is what’s at stake in Suncor Energy Inc. v. Boulder County, a climate change case the court will weigh for review on Dec. 12. Like the other thirty-odd copycat climate lawsuits filed by states and localities from Honolulu to my hometown of Charleston, Boulder’s suit weaponizes tort law to try to transform state courts into vehicles for deploying sweeping climate mandates. If Boulder gets its way,...

Thursday the Indiana Senate will vote on redistricting. There are about a dozen RINO’s that plan to vote with the democrats to oppose it. It will be a close vote, and it looks like the Republicans might lose. If the RINO’s get their way, they are helping to elect Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House, and stifle the President’s efforts the last two years.. I have made several calls, please call,,,in particular, also call the President of the Senate, Rodric Bray.

Age quiz time! Give yourself one point for each thing you've NEVER done. Lowest score wins. Used a rotary phoneUsed a 3.5 inch floppy disc (the new upstarts)Used an 8 inch floppy disc Used a typewriter Taken photos with a film camera Listened to music on a CD Listened to a cassette tape (and rewound one with a pencil). Listened to a vinyl record Listened to music on a Walkman Listened to music on a boombox outside Watched a video from a VHS tape Accessed the internet by dial-up (Was 56 kpbs "fast" for you? It sure was for me!)...

Reporting live from Central America. The General Elections from 30 November gives dysfunction a bad name. Let me bring you up to date. My source is local Honduran television, before the signal was mysteriously cut, just now. The conservative candidate from the National Party "Tito" Asfura remains in the lead by 42,407 votes (1,298,835 votes) over the moderate Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla with (1,256,428). The socialist (let's be honest, communist) Libre Party candidate Rixi Moncada is a distant 3rd with 618,448 votes. The current president Xiomara Castro is from the Libre Party and under the Honduran Constitution, cannot run...

While less prevalent these days, it’s hard to not appreciate the sound of a high-revving naturally aspirated engine. The team at Boreham Motorworks just pulled the cover off their new 2.1-liter, inline-four cylinder engine. This small-displacement powerplant puts out an impressive 325 horsepower and, as the name suggests, screams all the way to an astonishing 10,000 rpm. It may be small, but innovative engineering is significantly pushing the boundaries for what a street-driven engine can be.

One way to prove you are a patriotic red-blooded American: buying a house in Qatar — according to Tucker Carlson.The ex-Fox News star, during an appearance at the Doha Forum on Sunday, said he was going to buy real estate in the city on Monday.Carlson referenced accusations he and his media company, the Tucker Carlson Network, have accepted big bucks from Qatari investors, while interviewing Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. He then announced his new purchase.“I have been criticized as being a tool of Qatar, and I just want to say, which you already know, which...